It is a dark time for humanity, as one by one the White Lotus Four awaken and prepare for their master's revival. However, before Bai Wang can be resurrected, she'll need human energy--and plenty of it. Granted the power to absorb energy from the strongest of fighters, it falls to the vile Shino to collect it.

Three Shaolin princesses are separated at birth, trained in the arts of supernatural and physical combat, and transported as reincarnated warriors into the present day to battle evil.

Julin and Shouko continue their battle with Shino and use the combined power of Julin's bells and Shouko's Bell of Darkness to defeat him. As punishment for his failure, the spectral Bai Wang drains Shino's energy, bringing her one step closer to walking the world once more. Illustrations.

Julin and Shouko continue their battle with Shino, and use the combined power of Julin's bells and Shouko's Bell of Darkness to soundly defeat him. As punishment for his failure the spectral Bai Wang drains Shino's energy, bringing her one step closer to walking the world once more.

Centuries after the three Kenga sisters' battle to save the world from their father, a modern-day girl named Julin begins having dreams about an age of martial arts and, after receiving a bell from a little bird, meets a mysterious man who tells her she must take up the ancient fight.

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Julin Kenga always thought that she was an only child and the heiress to her martial arts clan. So when an old kung-fu master gives her a magical bell and tells her to find her two older sisters, it comes as quite a surprise. She must find them quickly, as the evil King Baiwon is trying to capture the three bells that the Kenga sisters hold. Julin finds one sister, Kalin, in a nearby town, but the oldest sister, Seilin, is a pirate captain who won't believe that the other two are her sisters unless they defeat her in combat.