Chapter 0: The Time Before
Beyond the known lands guarding a tree as tall as a mountain sat a man wearing nothing but a pair of trousers surprisingly not even the blistering cold winds could bother this man though thats to be expected this man has dealt with much more for this man is Long Wei the man born with the name meaning dragon and the man to become a dragon amongst men.
Long Wei grew up an orphan always scavenging for anything he could call food, but fate held him in fortune when one day an old men gave him food though what changed Long Wei's life were just eight words "Do you want to become strong little dragon" and with that the old man took Long Wei in and raised him as his grandson.
The old man taught Long Wei the basics of martial arts and only the basics stating that to truly become strong one must form his own path and not follow one of another's making, and so Wei took these words to heart and when he was 16 and the old man passed away he set out out to form his martial arts 'The True Dragon Style' which later became a martial art feared by all.
During Long Wei's journey he came upon countless tombs where he learned the skills of dead ancestors whose test he passed, gaining enough knowledge to be called a grandmaster in multiple crafts be it medicine all the way to smithing Long Wei did it all, just so he could find a way to better his martial way.
In the end life isn't so easy, war came upon the lands and Long Wei was forced to choose a side and choose he did, during the war Long Wei tempered his martial way defeating countless enemies in the name of the dragon, the monkier Long Wei was know for by enemies and allies alike because of his fearless and domineering way of battling.
Eventually the war came to the end when Long Wei vanquished the opposing opposition in a final due or die mission, this granted him fame and recognition through out the land, though this mattered not to Long Wei his martial way was not complete so he continued his journey past the known lands where his body and mind were tested by countless perils.
Past the known lands Long Wei faced many dangerous and powerful creatures not known to man yet somehow he always came out stronger than before, eventually he came upon an ancient tomb where he met an ancestral beast who has lived since the world began and tasked him with ending the peril of the black lands
Long Wei accepted the task of the ancestral beast and ventured out to end the peril in the black lands, the further Long Wei traveled the more difficult the beasts became though Long Wei only saw this as a way to better his martial way and marched forth, eventually through countless slaughter Long Wei came upon the cause of beasts madness, a tree as strong and tall as a mountain no matter what Long Wei did he couldn't destroy the tree so he guarded the tree sending any beast that dared to venture forth away.
Eventually after years of meditation Long Wei finally found the answer to his life long goal, he has already accomplished his martial way he has formed the 'True Dragon Style' a martial arts formed from his lifetime of battle and learning, after accepting this Long Wei felt as if he achieved a new level of enlightenment.
Facing the tree Long Wei Pulled his fist back and pulled all of his martial knowledge into this one strike a strike filled with the power of a lifetime a martial battle, after a moment of silence Long Wei puched the tree...
Do you truly wish to destroy me...
"No I only wish for the madness to end"
Then something must end along with me...
"If you must take my life I have already achieved that of which I have lived for"
Yes this power is that of a martial god...
"Martial God... yes I have become a martial god may this be known as my awakening yet also my slumber"
That may not be so let us venture forth towards a new future Long Wei of the Martial Dragon way...