The Legend of Wisely

Decades ago, an alien named Howard Hope crash-landed on Earth, losing his ship's master key. Monks in Nepal later found the key and revered it as the sacred Dragon Pearl. Howard integrated into human society and amassed wealth while continuing to search for his missing key.

Kei-Wei Pak seeks the pearl to honor his late father and hires David Ko to locate it. David immediately recommends his friend Wisely to assist, sensing that the task will require a cunning ally. The search pulls together a web of players across continents.

In Nepal, David stages a fake kidnapping to distract the monastery while he steals the pearl. The escape by plane is compromised when the key's energy disables the aircraft, forcing a crash. Wisely survives the crash, and David, though believed dead, actually survives.

At the monastery, a telepathic young leader confirms that Wisely was manipulated and that David survived the crash. The revelation unsettles Wisely, but he resolves to help the monks recover their sacred object.

Back in Hong Kong, Howard's assistant tries to recruit Wisely to their side, but he refuses to be bought. Wisely remains loyal to the monks and their mission, turning away from personal gain. His resolve marks a shift toward a broader goal.

Wisely travels to Kei-Wei's home to recover the pearl and meets Sue Pak, Kei-Wei's sister who admires Wisely. Kei-Wei is hostile, assuming Wisely is there to claim a reward rather than to rescue the pearl. The tense confrontation foreshadows an uneasy alliance.

Sue believes Kei-Wei is mistaken and leads Wisely to a hidden lab. There they discover David and the pearl, and David pleads for Wisely to take him along. The trio secures the pearl and escapes, with Wisely briefly using Sue as a hostage to slip past guards.

Moments after escaping, Howard's henchmen close in and trap David and the pearl in a high-speed chase that ends with their capture and transport to Egypt. Wisely and Sue are forced to flee, while Kei-Wei remains behind to battle the pursuing guards. The pursuit reveals Howard's larger plan to weaponize the pearl.

In Egypt, Wisely and Sue close in on Howard's forces, but Kei-Wei arrives to defend Sue. A brutal fight erupts; Wisely tries to escape but Kei-Wei is dragged into quicksand, and Wisely saves him, only to become trapped himself. Both believe Wisely has sacrificed himself, while Sue and Kei-Wei regroup to continue the quest.

Wisely survives a fall into a cavern and crawls out, while the Pak siblings reassemble their plan. They discover a little monk waiting in Wisely's room who warns that their monastery was destroyed and urges immediate action.

The group returns to the Nepal monastery to find it massacred by Howard's incendiary powers. David explains that the pearl is an advanced computer capable of interfacing with human minds, revealing a deeper purpose behind the Dragon Pearl. The revelation hardens their resolve to confront Howard at all costs.

The little monk retrieves the pearl, but Howard continues the pursuit. Wisely and friends race toward a glacier battlefield where the key rests on unstable ice, setting the stage for the final confrontation. The tension builds as time runs out for Howard's plan.

In the climactic glacier clash, Howard is fatally wounded when he falls onto his ship's spire. His assistant activates the ship using the Dragon Pearl, while the little monk abandons the old beliefs about the pearl. Wisely and his allies escape as the ship launches, leaving Earth beneath a protective cloud as the vessel takes on a dragon-like silhouette and departs into space.