Secrets of the Yengtao Temple

The Yengtao Temple is located in a hidden valley in the Hengduan Mountains, where the Chinese provinces of Tibet, Yunnan, and Hunan all meet. The masters of the temple keep the temple secreted from the rest of the mortal coils through mystic rituals. They only allowed those with the necessary discipline and skill to find their way there. It was founded long ago, during the time of Emperor Yu the Great (roughly 2070 BC) who founded the Chinese empire (although his empire only encompassed the central-east part of modern-day China). The temple is located on a ley line and protected by an ancient, benevolent dragon spirit. The dragon spirit chooses a protector of the temple when it finds a worthy candidate, who keeps the title under their death. Dragon Lady is the new protector, with the previous protector (Jade Phoenix) betraying the temple to assist the Han Clan with their scheme. Jade Phoenix is now serving Dr. Yin Wu, having been saved by the supervillain who had need of his knowledge and abiltiies.
 
The masters of the Yengtao temple are:
Nightwind- from America but of Chinese origin, returned to the temple after Master Jade Phoenix's betrayal
Seeker- from Australia, the only non-Asian master
Fire Blossom- the youngest and the only female besides Dragon Lady
Spirit Fist- from Tibet, former member of the Tiger Squad, deserted over politics
Golden Tiger- the eldest and the most senior
Jade Phoenix- former master, betrayed the temple to assist the Han Chin clan with their scheme and now with Yin Wu
 
The remaining masters all adhere to a moral code of conduct varying from that of Buddhism, chivalry to superhero. This has earned them respect among much of the public, but the enmity of criminals, terrorists, and supervillains. Their reputation is global (at least among the mystic and martial arts worlds), spread by their past travels, deeds, and those that trained under them.
 
Dragon Lady learned martial arts from the various masters due to her being blessed by the Dragon spirit guarding the temple. Nightwind taught Dragon Lady Kung Fu, Fire Blossom taught her Pakua, Spirit Fist taught her Hsing-I, and Seeker taught her Tai Ch'i. Golden Tiger then taught her some special powers from the Temple such as Dragon Stance, Eight Steps of the Heavenly Dragon and the Wall of the Heavenly Palace. He also helped forge her mystic armor, while Seeker and Nightwind constructed a face mask for her. She also learned knowledge of Chinese arcane and occult lore, the martial arts world, yengtao magic and the temple itself.
 
The temple's greatest enemy is Dr. Yin Wu, who is a reclusive sorcerer who has terrorized China (and Asia) since the 6th century AD. His power has waxed and waned over the centuries, but seemingly rose to its heights in the 20th century. He was defeated by the Tiger Squad (China's official super-team) in 2000, then fled to his warded secret castle to brood.. He survived the "Vanishing" due to his ancient castle being protected from the spell by similar rituals as to the Yentgao temple. Dr. Wu is evil, insidious, ruthless, inscrutable, xenophobic, and extremely powerful. His power derives from his mastery of sorcery nd his arsenal of magic items; he despises all modern technology and ways. Surprisingly, he does have a code of honor that he follows (helping the poor, keeping his word, valuing loyalty, and respecting his enemies if they're worthy). He despises Dr. Destroyer, but his cruelty and selfishness earned him the enmity of the Yengtao Temple (who rejected him as unworthy of learning their secrets several times he's sought them out- and he didn't take his rejection well).

Of course, the ascent of Dr. Destroyer makes him just as worthy of an enemy of Dr. Wu for the Yengtao temple's masters. The temple's rituals protected the temple from the "Vanishing". However, this event coupled with the recent summoning of The Ancestor have weakened the temple's defenses and it is now vulnerable to being found. This is why Dragon Lady was sent off on her mission to America in order to restore the spirit world- which would also restore the temple's defenses. Now, she's gone to back to China; to the city of Tianjin (formerly Tientsin) with Lao Jin to find the latter's journals and research to achieve this. Unfortunately, Yin Wu's minions are waiting for the both of them in the alleyway outside Lao Jin's apartment- armed with deadly jian/tang swords (the Chinese version of a katana).