Tianxuan Peak

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Background & History

Tianxuan Peak is the leading peak among Guiyuan Sect's nine ranked Inner Peaks, with only Guiyuan Peak held above it as the Sect Master's seat. In the sect's ten-year peak-ranking competitions, Tianxuan Peak has claimed first place more than forty times across over eighty contests; Sword Peak is its principal rival, having taken the top position nearly thirty times. 53 71

The peak's leadership includes a Peak Master and Head Elder, both over a hundred years old, and Second Elder Lin Tian. Lin Tian became a Martial Arts Grandmaster in his forties, ranks beneath only the Peak Master and Head Elder within Tianxuan Peak, and is widely regarded as its likely future leader. 59 70

Appearance

Tianxuan Peak's summit pierces the clouds, while its upper slopes remain shrouded in mist throughout the year. 59

• Hundreds of independent courtyards stand along the mountain, built for the personal disciples of Tianxuan Peak's elders. 59
• The courtyards follow the mountain terrain in an orderly arrangement, with green tiles, white walls, towering pines, and cypresses. 59
• Meng Changsheng's east-side courtyard overlooks distant Guiyuan Peak and contains several fragrant osmanthus trees. 59
• Its back mountain includes a remote, cold valley of steep cliffs, jagged rocks, and overgrown weeds, used by Yang Zhan to spar with demonic beasts. 64

Organization and Standing

• Tianxuan Peak is one of Guiyuan Sect's ten Inner Peaks; Guiyuan Peak is the sect's central peak, while the other nine compete for rank. 53 71
• Its personal disciples live on the peak under the instruction of its elders, unlike ordinary inner disciples, who have not joined a specific peak. 53 59
• Tianxuan Peak's strength and long record at the top make other peaks cautious about provoking it. Tianquan Peak, for example, declined to recruit Chen Xuan despite recognizing his potential, fearing retaliation from Lin Tian and Tianxuan Peak. 70
• Sword Peak is Tianxuan Peak's chief competitor for dominance beneath Guiyuan Peak; the two lineages have a long-standing rivalry and are positioned opposite one another across a deep valley. 70 71

Notable Members

• Lin Tian — Second Elder; Meng Changsheng's master, a Martial Arts Grandmaster, and the expected future leader of Tianxuan Peak. 59 70
• Meng Changsheng — Lin Tian's personal disciple; possesses top-tier aptitude, is one of Tianxuan Peak's Ten Great True Inheritors, and is ranked seventh among the peak's true disciples. 59 62 83
• Yang Zhan — Disciple of the Sixth Elder; possesses superior aptitude, practices the top-tier Giant Spirit True Scripture and Eight Extremes Mountain-Shattering Fist, and was third among the Top Ten New Disciples before his defeat by Chen Xuan. 62 69
• Meng Hu — Meng Changsheng's younger brother; his conflict with Chen Xuan became a major cause of the peak's hostility toward Chen. 68 69
• Li An — Meng Changsheng's associate, who helped identify Yang Zhan as a suitable opponent for Chen Xuan's combat assessment. 62

Conflict with Chen Xuan

Meng Changsheng exploited the rules for external-assignment returnees by arranging for Yang Zhan to serve as Chen Xuan's combat-assessment opponent. Although candidates only needed to endure twenty moves to pass, Meng asked Yang to go all out, implicitly seeking Chen Xuan's death. 62 64

The plan failed when Chen Xuan defeated Yang Zhan with a single sword strike. The loss humiliated Meng Changsheng and drew the attention of Tianxuan Peak's Sixth Elder and Second Elder Lin Tian. Lin Tian did not recruit Chen Xuan despite recognizing his potential, citing the need to preserve Tianxuan Peak's face after Chen had offended Meng Changsheng. 69 70

Tianxuan Peak later pressured disciples funded by the Star Assembly, attempting to cut off support for Chen Xuan and using the dispute as part of its broader rivalry with Sword Peak. In response, Chen challenged every Tianxuan Peak disciple between the 360th and 200th places on the Inner Disciple Ranking. 78 79

• Chen Xuan defeated thirty Tianxuan Peak disciples in succession, each with one sword strike, rising from unranked status to 153rd on the Inner Disciple Ranking. 81 82
• The peak's grandmaster elder ordered Meng Changsheng to challenge Chen in order to uphold Tianxuan Peak's prestige. 81
• Meng Changsheng, then a seventh-level Qi Casting cultivator who had mastered Martial Intent, represented Tianxuan Peak in the resulting duel. 83 94
• Chen Xuan defeated Meng with a single strike of the perfected Qi Casting Chapter of the Great Thunder Sound Sword Technique, costing Tianxuan Peak considerable face before the sect's peak masters and disciples. 95
• Following Meng's defeat, observers believed the balance between Tianxuan Peak and Sword Peak had begun to shift in Sword Peak's favor. 96

Relationships

• Guiyuan Sect — Tianxuan Peak is one of its Inner Peaks and the strongest of the nine that compete beneath Guiyuan Peak. 53 71
• Sword Peak — longstanding rival for the position of strongest ranked Inner Peak; their competition intensified through Chen Xuan and Meng Changsheng's duel. 70 93 95
• Star Assembly — targeted by Tianxuan Peak disciples amid Meng Changsheng's conflict with Chen Xuan. 78 79
• Chen Xuan — adversary of Meng Changsheng and Tianxuan Peak disciples; his victories against Yang Zhan, thirty ranked disciples, and Meng damaged the peak's prestige. 69 82 95