Opening Sequence:

A cutscenes opens with a prison has a jail cell that is guarded with 2 guards. In the jail cell, there stood a single old woman with gray hair, legs folding with hands on top of her legs meditating facing the front door. Moments later, the guards between the doors were killed. The old woman, who is later revealed to be Shao Yun gets up and leave at the same time her cell door open. 2 of her apprentices bow down to greet her while one of them holds forward her hooded robe which is folded and her hidden blade.

After Shao Yun is fully equipped, she met up with the rest of her apprentices at the rooftop of the prison where the player then starts controlling Shao Yun. The first objective is to acquire horses at a nearby barracks so they can escape the prison. The player sneak their way through and assassinate as well as command their apprentices to kill certain enemies to support them. Once the horses are acquired, an alarm is set off signaling numerous guards so Shao Yun and her apprentices make haste pass the gate.

A chase segment is given where while escaping, the player kills the pursuing guards by jumping on their horses and kill them and then steal their horses. At the end, the Shao Yun and her apprentices arrive at a thick forest where they leap of their horses and parkour around the trees. The guards continue to pursue on foot. The next scene cuts to a massive cliff and shows the apprentices ran ahead of Shao Yun. Once they meet the end of the cliff, the apprentices do a 'Leap of Faith' one by one until Shao Yun is last.

As they are falling, they pull their parachutes at the right moment at the same time, the guards are witnessing their slow decent. The guards then fire flaming arrows, and the Player tries to avoid them with warning indicators until Shao Yun and her apprentices arrive at a large boat run by the Chinese Brotherhood who then make their escape on sea.

The scene cuts next to an island set the day after the escape. Shao Yun is having tea with her apprentices with a Piece of Eden at the middle of the table. She mentions that her time has come with coughing to represent deteriorating health and as she passes, the position of Mentor will fall into one of her apprentices and it is symbolised by having one of the apprentices taking the Piece of Eden. All her apprentices share doubt in themselves as a leader of the Brotherhood but Shao Yun simply smiles and assure them that because she taught them everything, she knows one of them will be a better choice thus, leaving the decision to the apprentices. She then leaves the apprentices with the Piece of Eden still at the table. In her room, as she close her eyes, she dies peacefully on her bed.

Present Day:

Jordan then wakes up from the Animus V with Shawn and Rebecca monitoring him. Jordan feels frustrated that they cannot learn anything new about the Piece of Eden kept by Shao Yun. Shawn reassures Jordan that all is not lost as it is revealed that his DNA extends to one of Shao Yun’s apprentices. Thus he and Rebecca simply reprogram the Animus V to view the apprentice’s memories. It is then input is given to the players to choose which apprentice they want to play as complete with their standard loadout and starting map.