 Malastir cursed the Emperor, putting him into a deep sleep, stole the key, and fled to Dragon Spire. We must heal the Emperor. The local warlords are vying to rule over Mushu, while the Emperor is asleep, most notably Warlord Katsumori, who has been plagued by the war only. Defeating the only reveals the Emperor's sword, the first part in order to reverse Malastir's curse. Next is pure water. However, the plague only has tainted orders of Mushu. In order to defeat this only, we need to rebuild the Jade Scepter to purify the shrines. Just doing this, the plague only is dealt with, allowing us to get pure water. The last piece of the puzzle is to cure the Emperor's body. This requires us to defeat the Death only, who has taken up refuge in the Tree of Life. In order to get there, we must cross the Cursed River. Once crossing the river, we come face to face with the Death only and defeat it. This allows the Tree of Life to grow its fruit once more. However, the Emperor himself is possessed by the Jade only, which must be defeated before the Emperor can be cured. The Jade Champion gives us the Dragon Spire Spiral Key with the Emperor's Blessing and we head to Dragon Spire.