Ho Cheng - the court magician of the Empress. He is accompanied by several servants, and has great magical powers rivaling that of the twins. He can use his crystal ball to predict the future and determine the location of Jules and Julie at any point in time. Ho Cheng is revealed to have his own political aspirations, hoping to overthrow the Empress and install himself as ruler of China. He is eventually revealed to be a demon in the form of a giant brain, and is destroyed with the combined efforts of Jules, Julie and Kung Lee the pirate.