It is said that after the government destroyed the first temple Chee Seen, one of the Five Elders went on to build a second southern Shaolin Temple at Jiulian Shan (Nine Lotus Mountain) which was also later destroyed by the Qing government with the help of Pak Mei and Fung Dou Dak, two of Five Elders who defected from the Shaolin.
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In these accounts with the Southern temple destroyed there remained just the Five Elders to continue the traditions of the Southern temple, and as the elders fled and dispersed throughout Southern China they established the lineages that gave rise to the Hung, Lau, Choi, Lee, Mok and Wing Chun styles and those styles that derive from them such as Cai Li Fo.
Joycelyn Elders | Five Elders | Elders Limited | ''The Four and Twenty Elders Casting their Crowns before the Divine Throne'', c. 1803–5. William Blake | ''Susanna and the Elders'', 1610 - Schönborn Collection, Pommersfelden | Elders of the Universe |
The five Elders that were previously consumed by Galactus (Champion, Collector, Gardener, Grandmaster and Runner) are targeted by the Titan Thanos because they possess the Infinity Gems.