In the distant past (272 B.C. to be exact), the first sovereign emperor of China united the seven warring states into one country. Along the way, he subjugated a man by the name of Lo Pan and eternally cursed him with a body of "no flesh." Although this curse effectively made Lo Pan immortal, it also rendered him powerless, since his body of "no flesh" meant he existed as an insubstantial ghost. In order to regain his natural form, he had to find a green-eyed girl and marry her. This would appease Ching Dai, the God of the East -- Lo Pan's patron -- but in order to appease the emperor, Lo Pan would then have to sacrifice this woman. There were a few drawbacks to this cure, however. The first was green-eyed women are exceedingly rare in China. The second is she would have to be brave enough to embrace the burning blade and tame the savage heart.
