Just before Tai Lung was about to get hold of the Dragon Scroll, he was stopped by Master Oogway, who blocks up his chi, rendering him unconscious. Eventually, Tai Lung didn't hesistate to push Shifu out of the way, crippling him in the process, due to the fact that Shifu was unable to stand up for Tai Lung when Oogway denied him the Dragon Scroll. Shifu attempts to stop Tai Lung on his rampage, but is unwilling to harm the one who he considers to be a son. At that rate, Tai Lung's pride turns into rage, and Tai Lung takes it out by laying waste to the Valley of Peace, and tried to take the scroll by force, where Master Oogway and Master Shifu are waiting for him. He wanted the Dragon Scroll, which was believed to hold the secret to limitless power, to which it acts as the source of Tai Lung's growing pride.īut Shifu's mentor Grand Master Oogway sensed his overwhelming pride that will result dark pursuits, and respectfully refused to let him have it.
But even that power wasn't enough for him. Tai Lung became a formidable fighter, and was the first to master the thousand scrolls of Kung Fu. Shifu raised him as his own son, having "loved him like no other", and trained him in the arts of Kung Fu.
Tai Lung was found as a cub by Master Shifu.