Purple Gold Mace

Biodata

Specifications

History

Bai Lang bought the pair through the trial exchange system for 800 points after finding Secret Manuals and pills beyond his means. The maces appeared with a flash of light on a deer-antler stand, and Bai Lang immediately approved of their weight and dark-gold sheen 33.

After returning from the trial, Bai Lang stored the maces and developed his Iron Mace Technique around smashing, hooking, wiping, coiling, and thrusting. He also practiced on mules and horses, though he considered his short-range Lightness Skill sufficient without relying on a mount 34.

The maces accompanied Bai Lang into the Chongzhen-era Ming world. Their imposing weight helped establish his reputation in Yanzhou: a yamen runner could barely lift one with both hands, while Bai Lang carried it as his personal weapon 36. He later used the pair in the defense of Yanzhou and in repeated engagements against Qing forces 38 39 42.

During a heavily contested attack against White Armored troops, Bai Lang threw both maces into two high-status Qing soldiers, killing them through their double armor. Unable to retrieve the weapons while escaping the encirclement, he left them behind; the Qing army seized the pair 43.

Combat Use

Crushing and Formation Breaking

The maces were Bai Lang's primary tools for overwhelming armored opponents and disrupting packed formations.

• A downward strike crushed a Qing warrior through helmet and armor, while a horizontal sweep split multiple soldiers across the chest 38.
• Their weight bent or broke spears and sabers on contact, injuring opponents badly enough to split their Tiger Mouths and disarm them 38 39.
• Bai Lang smashed an iron-reinforced heavy shield apart with a twin-mace blow 42.
• A strike against a charging cavalryman shattered both rider and horse 39.

Armor Piercing

The four-sided conical heads could be used as thrusting weapons rather than only blunt instruments.

• Bai Lang thrust one mace through a shield, the arms of its bearer, and the soldier's chest, forcing the spine out through the back 38.
• The armor-piercing head penetrated a double-armored cavalryman with ease under Bai Lang's strength 39.
• When thrown, both maces passed through the chests of two differently armored Qing soldiers 43.

Defense

Bai Lang could use the pair as a mobile guard while advancing.

• He crossed the maces before his face to block incoming arrows during his charge into Qing ranks 38.
• He used them to deflect heavy arrows and protect himself while closing on White Armored infantry 42.
• At seventy paces, he half-crouched behind a Purple Gold Mace while Qing firearm soldiers opened fire 39.

Known Wielders

• Bai Lang — Owner and sole demonstrated wielder; his divine strength and Golden Bell Shield cultivation allowed him to wield one mace in each hand and employ them in mounted and foot combat 33 38 39.
• Qing soldiers — Seized the abandoned pair after Bai Lang's retreat, but could not wield them as he did 43.

Story Role

• Trial exchange — Bai Lang acquires the pair as an affordable weapon after failing to afford stronger manuals or elixirs 33.
• Ming-world arrival — He uses a thrown mace to kill a bandit immediately after arriving in the Chongzhen era 35.
• Yanzhou defense — The maces become central to Bai Lang's one-man assault on Qing troops outside and atop Yanzhou's defenses 38 39.
• White Armored engagement — Bai Lang uses the pair to counter arrows, shields, lassos, and armored infantry 41 42.
• Loss to the Qing — He sacrifices the maces for mobility during an escape, contributing to the Qing army's only tangible gain from the engagement 43.
• Aftermath — Bai Lang declines a replacement pair of iron maces offered through Governor-General Deng, choosing to use a saber and later a greatsword instead 44.

Trivia

• Bai Lang lamented the loss of the maces because they had been bought with his hard-earned points 43.
• Despite their later reputation as Purple Gold Maces, Bai Lang initially selected them from an exchange listing based on their practical four-sided armor-piercing design 33.
• Their appearance and weight were influential enough that officials and Emperor Chongzhen specifically discussed them in reports of Bai Lang's exploits 36 45.