Rise of the black dragon takes place long into the future on April 1st 2077 where our protagonist (sung shen) is taking his entrance exam to join the special 5 star General academy witch is the top special forces academy under the banner of the void dojo.
We then see shen go through flash back's of his journey to get here. From growing up poor to being bullied in school to loosing both his parent on the night of where xen city was attacked by a 5th level wave of planet beast's.
Shen looks firm on the void dojo logo and vows to become strong enough to destroy all beast including the 3 sinfull titan beasts.
Shen walks up to the desk where a woman is sat and asks shen for his student I'd and she looks at it and gives a little chuckle
She says, "you really think you can join the 5 star general academy witch only 1/100 of students applying for the spot can join."
Shen gives an amusing look and walks off he is told to enter the grand Hall and wait for further instructions. After some time a loud voice is heard on the intercoms, "all students applying for a spot at the 5 star general academy please make your way to a designated room assigned to you on your student card's.
All students enter their own little room with 3 envelopes they are instructed to open the first one inside it says,"the first test is the knowledge test where you will be tested on how many questions you answer correctly and how quick you can answer them correctly."
Shen remembers this is where around half the students fail the entrance exam. Shen takes a deep breath and begins the test after half a hour the fist of the 3 tests are completed and as the results come in shen is nervous and takes a sigh of relief seeing his green light of approval.
Shen is ready to open his second envelope with confidence but as he reads it his eyes widen and face turns pale In shock.