One of the most exciting projects coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings, will bring a martial arts flavor to the MCU. For fans excited to find the kind of action that they can expect from Shang-Chi's unparalleled fighting skills, one of the tie-ins to Secret Wars is actually the perfect retelling of the Marvel Universe as a Kung Fu epic.

What happens in the world of Masters of Kung Fu, the Shang-Chi led tie-in to Secret Wars by Haden Blackman, Dalibor Talajic, Goran Sudzuka, Miroslav Mrva, VC's Travis Lanham?

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Secret Wars introduced Battleworld, a patchwork reality made from the remains of the Marvel Multiverse. Each domain of Battleworld was a different Marvel Universe. One such was the domain of K'un Lun, where the Marvel heroes and villains were reimagined in the style of a Martial Arts epic. In the ancient times of this world, a war broke between the various masters that left only destruction in its wake. The battle raged until only the masters of the Ten Rings and Iron Fist Schools remained. The surviving Masters agreed to a pact: never again would open war tear them apart. Instead, K'un Lun would be ruled by the victor of a fighting tournament known as the Thirteen Chambers, with the victor named Emperor for thirteen years.

The throne changed many hands between clans until Zheng Zu, new Master of the Ten Rings, became Emperor and began a hundred-year reign. Masters of Kung Fu focuses on Zheng Zu's son, Shang-Chi. A master of the Ten Rings style, Shang-Chi has been wracked with guilt ever since he was forced to assassinate the Iron Fist Lord Tuan, or risk his father slaughtering the school of his former flame, Red Sai (the Elektra of this domain). Now traveling the streets of K'un Lun in a constant drunken stupor, Shang-Chi only raises his fists to defend himself from those seeking to claim the bounty on his head.

Battleworld: Masters of Kung Fu

While fighting this world's versions of Typhoid Mary, Razor Fist, and Nightwing, Shang-Chi is helped by the Lowest Caste -- outcasts deemed too weak to be taught full Martial Arts from their native clans. Begging Shang-Chi to teach them, the group (K'un Lun versions of Shadowcast, Lockheed, Wolfsbane, Caliban, Cypher, Marrow, and Callisto) bring Shang-Chi to their home. Shang-Chi's refusal to teach the deadly Ten Rings leads Calisto to turn Shang-Chi over to his father, and Zheng sends his deadliest agents after his son -- the current Iron Fist, Red Sai, and the Laughing Skull (the Taskmaster of this realm). When Iron Fist and the others arrive, the Laughing Ghost murders Cy. Shang-Chi quickly defeats Laughing Ghost and rescues the rest of the Lowest Caste.

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Deciding it's finally time to confront his father, Shang-Chi takes the Lowest Caste as his students -- elevating him to Master and making him eligible for the Thirteen Chambers. When the Thirteen Chambers begin, Zheng Zhu, Shang-Chi, Iron Fist, and Red Hand enter alongside T'Challa of the Panther Clan (Black Panther), Ava of the Jade Tiger (White Tiger), Lord Namor of Atlantis (Namor), Noble Creed of the Tooth and Claw (a gender-swapped Sabertooth), Shattered Spector the Master of the Faces of the Moon (Moon Knight), Mysterious Drew aka the Weaver of the Spider Cult (Spider-Woman), the Unyielding Karnak of the House of Terrigen Mists (the Inhuman Karnak), and Lady Mandarin, Mistress of the School of Spirit Blades (Psylocke).

The storyline quickly turns into a series of fights that are well-executed artistically. The only problem is that they're too short, with Shang-Chi's battles against each Master deserving a broader spotlight. One of the highlights of one of the best crossover events in Marvel history, Masters of Kung Fu does embrace the concept for everything its worth and allows the creators to conceive of uniquely engrossing versions of classic characters. It's a highly enjoyable epic, taking the trappings of Marvel and using them to create a story that also feels true to its fantastical roots.

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