Soul Eu Min
Five Thousand Club
The Chinese zodiacs, a tale told by the elders of villagers to the youth. The great story of how the zodiac was created by a race brought up by the Jade Emperor, Sun Wan. He, a man of great magic and power but blessed with a kind heart, wished to leave a legacy with the ancient people of China and on the day of his decades old birthday, declared that there would be a race for the animals of China and the first twelve finishers of the race would be blessed with the ability to become human beings and serve as the representatives of the great zodiac, as well as the guardians of ancient China. In this tale, the twelve that made the zodiac, in order, was the rat, the ox, the tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the sheep, the monkey, the rooster, the dog, and then in twelfth place was the boar.
But what has never been mentioned in the story is the tragedy of the cat. Long before the announcement of the race, the cat and the rat were best friends and agreed to assist one another when the Jade Emperor notified the animals of his race. However, on the day of the race, the rat completely forgot to awaken his companion due to his excitement for the race. The cat, when it awoke and realized that the race had already been finished and the rat had claimed first place, developed a deep hatred for what was once its best friend and the cat swore vengeance and it sought for assistance from the Jade Emperor's crazed, renounced older brother, the Sun Lu, who had been banished from the kingdom after attempting to murder his parents for choosing the Jade Emperor to rule the throne. They could see the darkness clouding his eyes.
The Jade Emperor, catching wind of the betrayal from the keen ears of the dog, made his final attempt to keep China and perhaps even the world safe by sending his kingdom, his zodiacs, his evil consumed brother, and the traitorous cat into another dimension away from mortals. The new dimension he sealed them in was meant to keep his brother at bay and refrain from forcing the bitterness between them to bother the mortals. Everyone and everything would be safe, at least that's what the Jade Emperor believed.
One day, what seemed to be peaceful, Sun Lu and his deranged army of shadows reaped havoc in the Jade Kingdom, slaughtering every person in sight with the sole intention of shedding blood. Sun Lu's mission was to kill his younger brother once and for all. The cat, conniving and vengeful, aimed to destroy the rat even if it meant shedding the blood of the other zodiacs. He had become just as demented as Sun Lu. The Jade Emperor, tired of the fighting and the unnecessary death, used the last of his strength to turn both him and his brother into solid jade until the blood moon rose into the sun which would only happen in millions of thousands of years. The cat, enraged that his master had been trapped, escaped to the mortal world in the guise of its human counterpart and the zodiacs could only chase after it in their own human forms to cease the mischief and the evil.
From that day on.... no one had heard about the Jade Emperor, Sun Lu, the cat, or the zodiacs and the realm Jade Realm remained hidden for a lifetime. Until now with the blood moon rising up and the descendant of the cat seeking to finish what his ancestors started, but not before also putting and end to the meddlesome zodiacs.
But what has never been mentioned in the story is the tragedy of the cat. Long before the announcement of the race, the cat and the rat were best friends and agreed to assist one another when the Jade Emperor notified the animals of his race. However, on the day of the race, the rat completely forgot to awaken his companion due to his excitement for the race. The cat, when it awoke and realized that the race had already been finished and the rat had claimed first place, developed a deep hatred for what was once its best friend and the cat swore vengeance and it sought for assistance from the Jade Emperor's crazed, renounced older brother, the Sun Lu, who had been banished from the kingdom after attempting to murder his parents for choosing the Jade Emperor to rule the throne. They could see the darkness clouding his eyes.
The Jade Emperor, catching wind of the betrayal from the keen ears of the dog, made his final attempt to keep China and perhaps even the world safe by sending his kingdom, his zodiacs, his evil consumed brother, and the traitorous cat into another dimension away from mortals. The new dimension he sealed them in was meant to keep his brother at bay and refrain from forcing the bitterness between them to bother the mortals. Everyone and everything would be safe, at least that's what the Jade Emperor believed.
One day, what seemed to be peaceful, Sun Lu and his deranged army of shadows reaped havoc in the Jade Kingdom, slaughtering every person in sight with the sole intention of shedding blood. Sun Lu's mission was to kill his younger brother once and for all. The cat, conniving and vengeful, aimed to destroy the rat even if it meant shedding the blood of the other zodiacs. He had become just as demented as Sun Lu. The Jade Emperor, tired of the fighting and the unnecessary death, used the last of his strength to turn both him and his brother into solid jade until the blood moon rose into the sun which would only happen in millions of thousands of years. The cat, enraged that his master had been trapped, escaped to the mortal world in the guise of its human counterpart and the zodiacs could only chase after it in their own human forms to cease the mischief and the evil.
From that day on.... no one had heard about the Jade Emperor, Sun Lu, the cat, or the zodiacs and the realm Jade Realm remained hidden for a lifetime. Until now with the blood moon rising up and the descendant of the cat seeking to finish what his ancestors started, but not before also putting and end to the meddlesome zodiacs.