In the old days, bandit gangs had a hierarchical structure with four main pillars and eight supporting pillars. The first pillar was called the "Sky-Supporting Beam," referring to the gang's strategist. Because strategists had a golden eagle tattooed on their chests, they were also known as "Pan Shan Eagles." The Pan Mountain Eagle was neither a Buddhist monk nor a Taoist priest, yet he could discern the forces of yin and yang, communicate with spirits, and divine fortune and misfortune; he was neither an immortal nor a shaman, yet he could cast spells, drive away evil spirits, and kill without a trace. Everyone in the underworld knew the saying: "Better to fight a mountain tiger than to provoke a Pan Mountain Eagle." My master was the last of the Pan Mountain Eagles... My master said, "I snatched my life back from the hands of death..."