They race to the tomb—a massive underground maze filled with traps, pressure plates, and fake lotus statues. Iron-Tusk corners them inside a hall of mirrors. Jackie must fight his own reflections while defending Lotus. In the climax, he finally unleashes the full Drunken Shadow Fist—a style that uses unpredictable, staggering movements to counter Iron-Tusk’s rigid military strikes.
Jackie flees through moonlit bamboo forests, chased by Iron-Tusk’s elite "Iron Crane Squad." What follows is a classic Jackie Chan escape sequence: rolling down hills in a grain basket, sliding under ox carts, using hanging laundry to swing across ravines. He’s clumsy, frightened, and brilliant.
Jackie picks up a scroll. On the cover: "The Second Golden Lotus – Rumors Only." The Golden Lotus -Jackie Chan 1974- -CHN-
Jackie does the only thing he can. He kicks the golden lotus (now a key) into the spring’s center. The lotus melts, sealing the spring forever. The jiangshi crumble. Iron-Tusk sinks into the mud, screaming.
Jackie smashes the golden lotus against a stone altar—not destroying it, but rearranging its petals into a lock mechanism. The floor opens. Below: the Eternal Qi Spring, glowing a sickly green. Iron-Tusk dives for it. Jackie grabs his ankle. Lotus drives a sword through the warlord’s shoulder. They race to the tomb—a massive underground maze
Back at the temple, Jackie returns the empty rice sack to Abbot Wei.
The warlord —a brutal former Red Guard commander turned bandit king—has learned of the lotus. He arrives at the temple with a hundred soldiers, demanding it. In the climax, he finally unleashes the full
"Little Jackie," she says. "You still hide your best moves."
A peasant boy finds a small, glowing lotus petal washed up on a riverbank. He picks it up. His eyes turn gold.