according to himself, he met xia xiong when his family attacked hers twenty-three years ago, and fell in love with her at first sight. but because they were arch-enemies, he had to pretend to be a ma gua to be able to be with her. however, though he was deeply in love with xia xiong, his evil instincts always tried to make him drain her powers, so he relinquished his powers in order to be with her for real.