Wushen Mountain

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Wushen Mountain (巫神山)
Classification	Neutral character (AI); a major Dao lineage and mountain realm of the Shamanic Way
Affiliation	Shamanic Way
Occupation/Role	Preserves, develops, and transmits the Shamanic Way’s Dao tradition; serves as a refuge, cultivation center, and political power in the southwest
Location	The southwestern extreme of This World, bordering the boundless Outer Domain 62 231
Status	Active 1008
First Appearance	30

Background and History

Wushen Mountain’s Myriad Beast Technique originated when its Great Shamans traveled across the land, made agreements with earthly deities, and used the Great Sacrifice of Heaven and Earth to create the Myriad Beast Diagram. The diagram contains 14,632 techniques, each tied to a mountain-and-river earthly deity; a qualified shaman may receive that deity’s blessing across tens of millions of li. 30

Its cultivation paths are divided into the Human-Ghost, Earthly Deity, and Heavenly God branches. Human-Ghost is regarded as the strongest, while the Earthly Deity and Heavenly God paths have no inherent superiority over one another. 30

Wushen Mountain’s Dao tradition is intended to be extended by successive generations rather than preserved unchanged. Its successors are expected to inherit existing knowledge, explore beyond it, and pass an expanded path onward; they are not trained solely for combat supremacy. 337

Divine Foundation

At the mountain’s root, the Great Earth Shamanic God bears Wushen Mountain’s mountain roots upon its shoulder. It uses Wushen Mountain as a hub for reincarnation, lifting and transforming Yin Qi through its Shang Ritual so that a catastrophic imbalance of Yin and Yang does not spread through the heavens. 339 340

Territory and Geography

Feature	Details
Dominion	Its actual dominion encompasses the world’s southwest, including the Myriad Mountains; the Myriad Mountains comprise only one-third of its territory. 62
Outer form	Wushen Mountain is not a single peak, but the convergence of innumerable mountain and water veins at the edge of the world. 231
Scale	Its visible exterior spans more than ten Baiyue countries; individual mountain ranges can each cover hundreds of li. 231
Interior spaces	Most peaks serve distinct purposes and commonly connect to private pocket dimensions or grotto-heavens. 231
Mountain root	Its root lies 1,200,000 li underground, where the Great Earth Shamanic God supports it. 339
Natural conditions	Its Heaven and Earth Great Source is exceptionally strong; even ordinary mortals may live to roughly two hundred years, while plants, animals, stones, and other things can develop spiritual intelligence. 510 514

The mountain’s exterior is sparsely populated despite its scale. Its peaks vary drastically according to their owners: some contain spirit-beast farms and automated production systems, others are occupied by mortal settlements, and one observed peak had been completely converted into a vast mechanical structure. 231

Wushen Mountain’s rich spiritual environment produces many Innate Spirits and increases the likelihood that animals will naturally become monsters. Human inhabitants also develop traits suited to their environment, such as great strength in mountain dwellers or water affinity among those living near water. 343

Organization and Institutions

Institution / Group	Function
Great Shamans	High-ranking shamans who teach disciples, pursue their own interests, and act independently unless a larger matter requires cooperation. 199 370
Great Ancestors	Maintain Wushen Mountain’s limited basic rules. 370
Ancestor Temple	Archives disciple information and handles personnel matters; its defenses protect the backgrounds of Wushen Mountain’s disciples. 513
Ancestor’s Mansion	Governing authority responsible for internal affairs, official appointments, and statistics across Wushen Mountain. 514
Liesu	A three-dimensional sea-of-stars transportation hub controlled by the Spirit Taming branch. Its Jade Road can reach known worlds. 358
Rain Dance Shamans / Wu Yu	High-ranking ritual practitioners who can guide others through Wushen Mountain’s mountain-water grand formation and into its underground depths. 338 339

Wushen Mountain has no rigid, centralized disciple-selection system. Great Shamans generally accept disciples according to personal judgment or inclination, though those selected by a Great Shaman are understood to be extraordinary. 199

Its internal methods are heavily protected. Certain inheritances must be studied at their original scripture locations, and even after completion, the practitioner retains the resulting supernatural ability without being able to remember the cultivation method itself. 204

Philosophy and Society

Wushen Mountain follows the Shamanic Way’s principle of allowing things to develop according to their own nature. It generally does not forcibly reshape mountains, rivers, or living beings, instead seeking a place within their existing order. 324 350

This philosophy extends to its view of life. Humans, animals, trees, stones, ghosts, and spirits are all treated as parts of nature occupying different positions rather than as categorically separate forms of existence. 514

• Wushen Mountain does not actively prohibit other cultivation lineages, including the Human Way, from spreading within its territory. 533
• It also does not actively compel people to cultivate the Shamanic Way; whether one gains access to cultivation often depends on opportunity and acceptance by a lineage. 533
• Its minimal regulation grants Great Shamans extreme freedom, but the absence of broad social restraints leaves many Baiyue commoners in feudal conditions with little personal freedom. 247
• The Shamanic Way values privacy; Mount Luofu’s refugees were given secluded space without surveillance, and even Great Diviners deliberately avoided their residence. 239

Infrastructure and Resources

Liesu and the Jade Road

Liesu functions as Wushen Mountain’s interworld transportation network. Users activate the Jade Road by solving complex problems and contributing cultivation energy, intellect, labor, or specialized knowledge to Wushen Mountain’s larger projects. 358

• The network can transport travelers across vast distances in moments. 358
• Tens of millions of mid- and high-level cultivators use Liesu daily, supplying Wushen Mountain with distributed problem-solving capacity. 358
• Wushen Mountain values knowledge and labor over ordinary currency when operating this system. 358

Cave Mansions

Official cave mansions are more than residences: they include defensive formations, constructed spiritual sources, and internal grotto-heavens. Within Wushen Mountain, completed cave mansions can be assigned through the Ancestor Temple to qualified cultivators. 513

Relationships

• Great Earth Shamanic God — The being at Wushen Mountain’s root; it bears the mountain roots and manages the transformation of reincarnation’s Yin Qi through the Shang Ritual. 339 340
• Great Shamans — Wushen Mountain’s foremost practitioners and primary transmitters of its Dao tradition. 199 337
• Witch Xian — Its de facto leader, known for lecturing publicly, developing methods, and disseminating knowledge to shamans beyond the mountain. 1007
• Li Qi — An Earthly Deity Shaman and Young Master whose cultivation method identifies him to fellow members of Wushen Mountain. 30 231
• Tang Kingdom — A rival power of the Human Way; relations are marked by ideological hostility, diplomatic insults, and limited exchanges such as student programs. 219 262 264
• Mount Luofu — Wushen Mountain rescued a fraction of Mount Luofu’s survivors and granted them refuge and treatment, though its protection is intertwined with interest in the Sun and Moon Path opportunity. 240 225 427

Story Role and Major Arcs

• Li Qi’s induction — Young Master Zhu transmits the proper method for the Ox-Strength Technique, making Li Qi an Earthly Deity Shaman of Wushen Mountain. 30
• Political deterrence — Li Qi’s connection to Wushen Mountain is sufficient to intimidate local officials, though he chooses to conceal the affiliation afterward. 105
• Arrival at the mountain — Li Qi reaches Wushen Mountain at the southwestern edge of the world and is recognized as a Young Master by its inhabitants. 231
• Tang Kingdom exchange — Wushen Mountain sends a delegation—including Li Qi, Bo Yue, and Yan Ke—to the Tang Kingdom amid an uneasy alliance and public ideological conflict. 261 262 265
• Meeting the Shamanic God — Li Qi descends to the mountain root and witnesses the Great Earth Shamanic God sustaining Wushen Mountain. 339 340
• Xuanjing Mountain — Li Qi establishes a cave mansion within Wushen Mountain and helps secure Niu Huang’s formal enfeoffment as Mountain God. 513 514