Studying a painting of the prophecy, Li Mei realizes that Tony is the 'Iron Knight' who it was foretold would battle the Mandarin, but this brings her no comfort, as the prophecy only states that one of the two shall die without specifying who. Rescuing Rhodes, Tony flees the temple and return home, but Li Mei refuses his offer to take her with him. Tony subsequently emerges in their true project a vast suit of armor. When the weapon that Stark and Rhodes have been developing is revealed to be a fake, the Jade Dragons leader is about to shoot Rhodes, but Li Mei shoots the leader from behind. Meanwhile, four elemental spirits are released by the raising of the city, the spirits subsequently acquiring two of the Mandarin's four rings. Befriending Li Mei, a member of the group, Tony learns that she has a great duty that has been passed down her family from father to son - she had no brothers - but she will not reveal what it is. The Dragons force Tony to construct a weapon to sink the city within a week or face execution and to show they are serious they kill the shaman. Should four rings created by the Mandarin - their purpose being to grant him power over death - be brought together after the city rises, the Mandarin will awaken and the world will be in great peril. Tony talks to the Shaman, who reveals that the Dragons seek to prevent the return of the Mandarin, an evil ruler of great power who ruled China three thousand years ago, and who the city commemorates. Traveling to China to investigate, he is captured and badly injured by the Jade Dragons, his life only saved thanks to a Chinese shaman and Rhodes' skills as an army medic after a piece of shrapnel damages his heart. Attempting to a rise an ancient Chinese city using his company's resources - while also diverting money into a project that he swears will bring Stark Enterprises big money without revealing the nature of the research - Tony Stark's ambitions go up in smoke when the Jade Dragons attack the excavation site, killing most of the men there and kidnapping his friend James "Rhodey" Rhodes.
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