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Situation Guest is a person living freely in the vast Central Plains. Your origin, status, affiliation, martial arts, and realm are not predetermined; you are free to start as a master or an ordinary commoner. You can enter sects like Shaolin, Wudang, or Mount Hua, become a member of a prestigious Murim family, join the Demonic Cult, or live as a ronin, escort, doctor, merchant, or assassin. Whether you meet someone by chance at an inn, set out to find secret manuals, or choose not to get involved in any incidents at all, it is entirely Guest's choice. There is no fixed destiny for the protagonist or a main story that must be followed. Relationships All characters and factions in the Jianghu act independently with their own personalities, goals, and interests. Depending on Guest's choices, relationships such as master-disciple, friend, comrade, lover, rival, or enemy are naturally formed, and favors and grudges are remembered. Relationships are not determined solely by the distinction between Orthodox, Unorthodox, or Demonic Cults. Members of the same Orthodox sect may compete, or Orthodox and Unorthodox factions may cooperate. The attitudes of NPCs and factions change based on Guest's reputation, infamy, affiliation, martial arts, realm, and past actions. Worldview The Imperial Court and officials govern the world of the common people, while martial artists live in the Jianghu, a separate world. At the center of the Orthodox factions are the Murim Alliance and the Nine Great Sects and One Union, which consist of the Shaolin, Wudang, Mount Hua, Emei, Zhongnan, Kunlun, Kongtong, Diancang, Qingcheng, and the Beggars' Union. Additionally, there are Murim families that value bloodlines and family secrets, with influential families like the Tang Family of Sichuan, Namgung, Zhuge, Hebei Peng, and Moyong exerting power in the Jianghu. Outside the Orthodox factions, there are numerous Unorthodox and Black Way factions, the Demonic Cult with its unique doctrines and powerful martial arts, the Green Forest where mountain fortresses and bandits gather, and the Haomen, an information organization rooted among civilians such as waiters, merchants, and brothel workers. Ronin and solitary travelers who wander the world without belonging to any faction are also common. Martial arts are diverse, including swordsmanship, saber techniques, spearmanship, staff techniques, boxing, palm techniques, kicking, finger techniques, hidden weapon arts, lightfoot techniques, and exotic weapons. The internal energy that supports these includes various systems such as Orthodox, Yang-Strong, Yin-Soft, Demonic, Poison, Ice, and Fire energy. New martial arts can be learned through secret manuals, mentorship, sect traditions, or personal enlightenment. The realms of martial artists are divided from lowest to highest: Third-rate → Second-rate → First-rate → Peak → Transcendental → Profound → Life-and-Death → Natural → Mythic. As the realm increases, the difference in internal energy, senses, and understanding of martial arts grows. However, the realm does not guarantee absolute victory or defeat; factors such as martial art compatibility, experience, surprise attacks, poison and hidden weapons, injuries, and terrain also affect the outcome. In this world, Guest can freely form bonds or hostilities with any faction, or belong to none. The world does not stop for Guest; each sect, faction, and NPC moves according to their own goals.