Azure Profound Sect

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Azure Profound Sect
Original Name	青玄门
Affiliation	One of Qingyang Prefecture's Seven Sects 78 97
Occupation / Role	Major martial sect; a top-tier power within Qingyang Prefecture 470
Known Senior Strength	Regarded as a two-Grandmaster force following Fang Han's advancement; Chen Tianyuan later confirmed that Fang Han's combat strength rivals a Top Grandmaster. 712 769
Status	Undergoing a relocation and survival crisis following the Profound Heaven Sect's expansion. Gu Changqing ordered disbandment, but Fang Han proposed exposing the enemy's demonic cultivation as an alternative; completed dissolution is not established. 769 775 776
First Appearance	Chapter 78

Power Progression

Period / Chapter	Development
Seven Sects era	Established itself as one of Qingyang Prefecture's Seven Sects, with Grandmaster-level protection under Supreme Elder Gu Changqing. 78 386
Seven Sects Competition	Its new disciples won first place in the annual competition, securing the greatest share of Earth Heart Stone Milk and markedly raising the sect's prestige. 154 156
Conflict with Nether Pavilion	Demonstrated its preparedness and regional control by repelling simultaneous attacks on six sect properties. 410
Rise of Fang Han	Fang Han's promotion to the Grandmaster Realm made the sect a two-Grandmaster force; Nether Pavilion intelligence assessed his combat ability as comparable to a Grandmaster Fifth Layer expert. 708 712
East Foothills expansion	Destroyed the comparable top-tier Thunderlight Pavilion and began taking over its properties, prompting five East Foothills Prefecture powers to jointly pressure the sect. 698
Nether Pavilion settlement	Forced its long-standing rival to offer half its assets and three Mid-Grade Heavenly Treasures in exchange for peace. 709 712
Martial inheritance enrichment	Fang Han's submission of the Great Void Wind God Sword added a Middle-Grade Artistic Conception sword art to an inheritance previously limited to Low-Grade Artistic Conception Grandmaster arts. 479 482
Top Grandmaster-level deterrence	Chen Tianyuan confirmed that Fang Han could rival a Top Grandmaster. This gave the leadership confidence that he could secure a foothold for the sect in a Central Thirty-Six Prefectures region without an Overlord-Level Faction. 769
Profound Heaven Sect crisis	The rise and expansion of a Great Grandmaster-backed enemy exposed the sect's remaining limitations. Its leaders approved relocation rather than direct confrontation. 767 768 769
Pursuit and survival measures	The sect survived a pursuit force containing multiple Top Grandmasters, but the threat of Great Grandmaster retaliation made collective relocation impractical. Fang Han's discovery of the enemy's demonic arts supplied a possible alternative to disbandment. 775 776

Position in Qingyang Prefecture

• The Azure Profound Sect is one of the seven dominant sects of Qingyang Prefecture, a region containing several hundred cities and innumerable villages. Its standing places it above the prefecture's countless lesser powers. 78
• The other Six Sects are the Lingyun Sword Sect, Tyrant Blade Sect, Vajra Temple, Nether Pavilion, Hundred Flower Valley, and Rain Listening Tower. 97
• The Seven Sects jointly control the Earth Heart Stone Milk site. Each year, their newly admitted disciples compete to determine their sects' shares of the resource. 140
• Its status rests in part on its guarded inheritance of master-level cultivation methods; such methods are stated to be exclusive to the Seven Sects within Qingyang Prefecture. 533
• Although it is a major force and has since become a two-Grandmaster sect, it remains below hegemon-class powers such as the Heavenly Origin Sect, whose influence is supported by Great Grandmaster-level experts and spans multiple prefectures. 458 589 712
• The sect's destruction of Thunderlight Pavilion and subsequent settlement with Nether Pavilion significantly altered Qingyang Prefecture's balance of power, causing the other major sects to treat it with increased caution. 712
• Tyrant Blade Sect Master Lei Pojun explicitly ordered his sect's members not to come into conflict with Azure Profound Sect, while Vajra Temple took reassurance from its lack of longstanding hostility with the strengthened sect. 712
• The Profound Heaven Sect's emergence as an Overlord-Level Faction in West Ridge Prefecture created a threat beyond the sect's regional deterrence. After that faction conquered Nanchuan Prefecture, Azure Profound Sect's leaders chose to leave rather than risk a direct confrontation. 768 769

Organization

Position / Unit	Known Function or Holder
Sect Master	Chen Tianyuan, who directs major sect policy, grants merits and rewards, and represents the sect in Seven Sects affairs. 227 453 561
Supreme Elder	Gu Changqing, the “Azure Profound Sword,” is a master-level expert whose Azure Profound Sword Art made his name sixty years earlier. He has shared the sect's fortunes for over a century and holds decisive authority in matters of institutional survival. 386 776
Hall Masters	Chen Wanjun, Shen Moyan, and Jiang Chu participate in the sect's highest-level strategic deliberations. Later emergency meetings include all five hall masters: Chen Wanjun, Shen Moyan, Jiang Chu, Tie Qianjun, and Situ Xuan. 708 767
Law Enforcement Hall	Handles investigations, wanted orders, and missions against forces cultivating demonic arts. 116 249
Instruction Hall	Provides instruction in Internal Qi cultivation, weapon arts, movement arts, and other martial disciplines. 97 259
Library Pavilion	Stores cultivation methods and secret techniques; it possesses several hundred mid-grade Internal Qi techniques alone. Elder Mo supervises access to advanced manuals and advises disciples about the limits of its collection. 94 407 488
Armory Hall / Pavilion	Maintains weapons for disciples, including a restricted inner armory for treasures suited to true disciples. Tie Qianjun is identified as Armory Hall Master. 309 310 767
Sect Treasure Vault	Holds pills, heavenly treasures, divine weapons, and armaments accumulated over centuries; it is built near the Sect Master’s Hall and heavily guarded. 484
Transmission Hall	Led by Shen Moyan, who represents the sect at outside gatherings and commands forces defending important resources. 257 258 680
Rain Listening Hall	Led by Jiang Chu, who oversees the sect's intelligence. He was ordered to monitor the Profound Heaven Sect after its sudden rise. 767 768
Alchemy Hall	Supplies cultivation medicines, including Blood Origin Pills used to assist body-tempering practice. 327

Personnel and Command

• At the time of the North Mountain Herb Fields raid, the sect had dozens of Upper Third Grade elders, over a thousand formal disciples, and potentially tens of thousands of members when menial disciples were included. 392
• Its resource-defense formations can combine hall masters, elders, stewards, and ordinary disciples. The Bodhi Blood Tree defenders included Shen Moyan, Second Grade Elder Lu Songhe, Third Grade Elder Tang Shuang, eight Fourth and Fifth Grade stewards, and more than thirty disciples. 680
• Message hawks carry reports and operational instructions between the sect and its outposts; Message Jade Talismans are also used for urgent senior-level communications. 432 560 698 708
• Sect distress signals allow members traveling through the region to locate comrades under attack. Fang Han responded to one while traveling to reinforce Sky Swallow City. 416

Martial Inheritances

Inheritance / Resource	Known Significance
Azure Profound Art	A Grandmaster-tier internal cultivation art. When Fang Han switched from the Mystic Wind Art, it established circulation through nineteen interconnected acupoints, produced denser cyan-gold qi, and increased his cultivation speed at least threefold. 407
Void-Sundering Sword Manual	A Grandmaster-level sword art within the sect's inheritance; Fang Han cultivated it after progressing beyond the top-tier Void-Sundering Nine Swords. 386 413 479
Wind God Step	A Grandmaster movement technique obtained through the sect's merit-exchange system and later used by Fang Han in the Ancient Ruins trials. 436 466
Black Tortoise True Art	A Grandmaster-level body-tempering art with five stages, from Beginner to Perfection; its Proficiency Realm provides defense against ordinary Grandmaster attacks. 327 386
Great Void Wind God Sword	A rare Middle-Grade Artistic Conception sword art voluntarily submitted by Fang Han, substantially improving the quality of the sect's martial inheritance. 482
Secret arts collection	As of Fang Han's inquiry to Elder Mo, the sect's secret arts reached only High Grade, leaving it unable to provide the top-tier tracking and breath-concealment techniques he sought. 488

Recruitment and Disciple Development

• The sect opens recruitment on the second day of the second lunar month. Candidates who reach the Inner Qi Realm before age eighteen have strong prospects of passing the Beginner-stage assessment. 78
• Recruitment is highly selective: several thousand talented youths may attend an assessment, while the sect recruits only one hundred disciples at a time. 88
• Newly admitted disciples receive three basic benefits:
  • A free mid-grade Internal Qi cultivation technique.
  • Thirty sect contribution points each month.
  • Monthly guidance from elders and stewards. 93
• Contribution points can be supplemented through sect missions and performance on the Martial Dao Stele; high-ranked disciples receive additional points. 93 94
• Prodigy Ranking disciples receive preferential access to sect resources, greater elder recognition, and increased authority. 131
• True disciples receive greater allowances, resources, privileges, status, and protection from the sect’s upper ranks. 225
• Fang Han became the sect’s chief senior disciple after taking first place on the General Ranking Martial Dao Stele. 455
• Following Fang Han's Grandmaster advancement and contributions, the sect elevated his treatment to the level of a Supreme Elder, issued him a Supreme Elder token, and transferred him to a grand annex in the Elder Courtyard. 709
• Martial Dao Stele rankings primarily measure attack power. This makes offensive martial techniques especially important to disciples seeking higher monthly contribution rewards. 177 207
• Sixth Grade cultivation is sufficient to qualify a member to serve as a sect deacon. 208
• Chen Tianyuan explained that the sect's special investment in Prodigy Ranking disciples concerns not only reputation and future potential, but also the ranking's connection to destiny. 255
• Advanced rewards include Minor and Major Merits, which can be exchanged for Grandmaster martial arts and valuable cultivation resources. Fang Han received six Major Merits for submitting the Great Void Wind God Sword and later spent one Major Merit on fifteen bottles of Earth Spirit Pills. 386 482 664

Facilities and Holdings

• Azure Profound Mountain — The sect’s mountain gate and central headquarters, guarded by disciples who verify identity tokens. 86 177
• Azure Profound City — A major city at the foot of the sect; its name and many of its businesses are tied to the sect. 413 500
• Azure Profound Branch Courtyard — The sect’s major Prefecture City residence and operational foothold, used to lodge disciples and conduct city affairs. 141 258 364
• Regional branch courtyards — Outposts in cities across Qingyang Prefecture, used by disciples handling local matters. 560
• Resource sites — The sect maintains spirit-iron mines, herb fields, market towns, and other properties across the prefecture. 410
• Earth Heart Stone Milk cavern — A jointly controlled Seven Sects resource site where the annual allocation is determined by competition results. 140 156
• Former Thunderlight Pavilion properties — The sect began taking control of these East Foothills Prefecture holdings after destroying Thunderlight Pavilion, though five local major powers contested the takeover. 698
• North Mountain Herb Fields — A sect herb-growing property raided by purported bandits, who killed its defenders and workers and stole valuable medicinal herbs. 392
• Sky Swallow City gold mine — A valuable holding defended by Elder Wu Zheng and reinforced by Fang Han during the conflict with Nether Pavilion. 416 418 422
• True Transmission Courtyard — Residential area for true disciples; Fang Han occupied Annex No. 35 before receiving Supreme Elder-level accommodation. 386 392 620 709
• Bodhi Blood Tree valley — A hidden valley in Azure Wolf Ridge where sect personnel guarded a valuable tree against Nether Pavilion's attempts to seize it. 680

History

Rise in the Seven Sects Competition

The sect entered the annual competition for newly admitted disciples as a faction that had generally hovered around the middle ranks. Its new generation—including Yun Qianyue, Li Feng, and Fang Han—changed that perception. 141 156

Azure Profound Sect defeated its long-standing rival Nether Pavilion, then overcame Vajra Temple without even fielding Yun Qianyue, its highest-ranked new disciple. 148 150 It ultimately defeated Rain Listening Tower and finished first in the competition, earning the leading share of Earth Heart Stone Milk. 154 156

Conflict with Nether Pavilion

The Azure Profound Sect and Nether Pavilion have a long history of hostility, driven by conflicts over resources and interests. Clashes and deaths between their disciples and stewards were already considered common before the competition. 120 122

The rivalry escalated into attacks on sect properties. When Nether Pavilion attempted simultaneous strikes against six Azure Profound Sect holdings, the sect had prepared ambushes at every target and repelled all six groups. 410

The conflict later ended through a negotiated peace: Nether Pavilion offered compensation and promised restraint, while Azure Profound Sect accepted because prolonged fighting would weaken both sides and benefit the other sects. 452 453

Following Azure Profound Sect's later destruction of Thunderlight Pavilion and Fang Han's ascent to the Grandmaster Realm, Nether Pavilion again sought a definitive settlement out of fear that it would become the sect's next target. It offered half of its assets and three Mid-Grade Heavenly Treasures as compensation. 708 709

Azure Profound Sect accepted the offer after Gu Changqing cautioned that destroying Nether Pavilion could allow Rain Listening Tower to seize much of the resulting spoils. One of the three treasures, the Dragon Elephant Fruit, was granted to Fang Han as personal compensation for Nether Pavilion's earlier attempt on his life. 709 712

Protection of Fang Han and Covert Retaliation

Earlier in the conflict, Nether Pavilion disciple Yin Huang injured and humiliated seven Azure Profound Sect disciples in Prefecture City. Fang Han intervened and defeated him, reinforcing his role as a protector of fellow disciples. 365

After Elder Yin Wugou personally attacked and seriously wounded Fang Han, Azure Profound Sect used Yin Huang's distress message to lure the elder into an ambush and kill him. This prompted Nether Pavilion's unsuccessful six-property retaliation. The sect's response led other regional powers to restrain their elders from attacking its disciples, especially Fang Han. 409 410

The sect also carried out a covert operation against Nether Pavilion's supply purchases outside Qingyang Prefecture. Intelligence from Hundred Treasures Pavilion enabled Fang Han, Elder Jin Han, and their companions to intercept the shipment in East Foothills Prefecture. They killed Elders Zhao Ping and Ma Yuan and more than thirty followers, seized the supplies, and removed evidence of their involvement. 432 436

Renewed Grandmaster Pressure

When Ling Wuyuan became a Grandmaster, Nether Pavilion sought to weaken Azure Profound Sect gradually by harassing its businesses rather than launching an immediate war of destruction. Chen Tianyuan answered by taking a delegation to Ling's Grandmaster Banquet and asking Fang Han to challenge him publicly, demonstrating the sect's own Grandmaster-level combat power. 663 664

The rivalry also produced a standoff over a Bodhi Blood Tree in Azure Wolf Ridge. Shen Moyan's defenders repelled an initial attack and refused to withdraw when Ling Wuyuan arrived and asserted that strength should determine possession. Chen Tianyuan asked Fang Han to reinforce them. 680

Demon-Slaying Operations

After covert investigation confirmed that multiple forces within its sphere of influence were cultivating demonic arts, the sect dispatched disciples to conduct purges. Yang Zhe's team attacked the Heavenly Eagle Gang, where Fang Han killed the gang leader Yin Li and the traitorous former Azure Profound Sect deacon Qian Yong. 249 250 251

During the same operation, four Azure Profound Sect elders surrounded the mysterious cultivator responsible for spreading the demonic techniques. The target escaped after being placed under siege, and the elders pursued him. 251

After receiving a court-issued Demon-Slaying Edict, the sect sent eight true disciples, including Fang Han, to the Prefecture City operation. The Seven Sects were assigned the dangerous Cloud Mist Mountain Range, where powerful demon creatures were concentrated. 364 366

Azure Profound Sect personnel fought alongside the other Six Sects during the campaign. Chen Wanjun led the sect’s force during the defense against demonic creatures, while Supreme Elder Gu Changqing later joined the gathered masters confronting the crisis. 380 386

Demon-creature attacks later appeared throughout Qingyang Prefecture, which Chen Tianyuan attributed to the Grandmaster-level demon creature that had escaped from the Cloud Mist Mountain Range. 482

The escaped demon had avoided the Seven Sects' Grandmasters and concealed its aura during a month-long pursuit. Chen Tianyuan therefore placed importance on Fang Han's increasingly precise tracking abilities as a possible means of locating it. 482 486

Iron River Gang Encirclement

When Fang Han reported that Iron River Gang leader Qi Zhen had cultivated demonic arts, Chen Tianyuan and the other six sect masters personally examined the corpse and confirmed the evidence. 560

The Seven Sects then launched a coordinated encirclement campaign. Azure Profound Sect’s Chen Tianyuan helped lead the decision, while Gu Changqing joined Grandmasters from Tyrant Blade Sect and Rain Listening Tower at the Iron River Gang headquarters. 561

The campaign confirmed that the Iron River Gang’s branches were broadly involved in demonic cultivation. 561

After Grandmaster-level demonic cultivator Yan Wuji escaped following an attack on Azure Profound Sect, the Seven Sects coordinated efforts to locate him. Chen Tianyuan accepted Nether Pavilion's strictly limited loan of its premier tracking art, Nether Guide, for Fang Han's use in the pursuit. 568

Before the encirclement, the Iron River Gang's coercive expansion had driven major powers to seek the Seven Sects' protection, strengthening the sects' affiliations rather than forcing universal submission to the gang. The Zhang Clan was among the forces that pledged itself to Azure Profound Sect. 550 551 553

Destruction of Thunderlight Pavilion

Azure Profound Sect destroyed Thunderlight Pavilion, a top-tier force of East Foothills Prefecture, and moved to take over its remaining properties. Fang Han assisted in the operation and received a reward from the sect valued at more than twenty million gold. 698 707

The destruction provoked Crimson Flame Sect, Iron Sword Sect, Sunset Glow Valley, Flying Cloud Fort, and Golden Saber Manor. The five powers formed an alliance to obstruct Azure Profound Sect's takeover and summoned their Grandmasters to pressure the sect at Thunderlight Pavilion's former mountain gate. 698

The hostility had earlier developed around the Ancient Ruins expedition. Thunderlight Pavilion and Crimson Flame Sect elders coveted the treasures obtained by Fang Han and attacked the returning Azure Profound Sect group. Thunderlight Pavilion subsequently sent three First Grade elders in pursuit, while Gu Changqing's intervention protected the expedition. 470 475 477 482

During the later takeover dispute, the five East Foothills powers detained supplies, prevented Azure Profound Sect disciples from entering properties, and occupied assets under claims of debts, territorial rights, or safekeeping. Their proposed five-Grandmaster coalition sought to force concessions from the sect's two Grandmasters while avoiding an outright war if possible. 698

Acquisition of the Great Void Wind God Sword

After returning from the Ancient Ruins, Fang Han voluntarily submitted the Great Void Wind God Sword to Chen Tianyuan in gratitude for the sect's support and Gu Changqing's protection. Its Middle-Grade Artistic Conception quality exceeded the Grandmaster arts previously preserved by Azure Profound Sect and the other Seven Sects. 479 482

Chen Tianyuan accepted the art on the sect's behalf and rewarded Fang Han with six Major Merits, three top-tier techniques and ten High Grade techniques for the Fang Clan, and permission to continue studying the sword art in the Library Pavilion. 482

Profound Heaven Sect Crisis and Relocation

Chen Tianyuan urgently convened Fang Han, Gu Changqing, and all five hall masters after learning that the Profound Heaven Sect in West Ridge Prefecture had become an Overlord-Level Faction. Its abrupt emergence shocked the leadership because the region was poor and the faction had previously displayed unremarkable strength. Intelligence chief Jiang Chu acknowledged that he had detected no warning signs. 767

The Profound Heaven Sect immediately destroyed West Ridge's other two leading factions. Chen Tianyuan and Gu Changqing judged its expansionist intentions clear and warned that Qingyang Prefecture, separated from West Ridge by only one prefecture, could become a target. Jiang Chu was instructed to monitor the threat closely. 768

Half a month later, the Profound Heaven Sect destroyed all four leading factions in Nanchuan Prefecture and took control of that region. Azure Profound Sect's leaders concluded that neither passive waiting nor direct resistance offered a viable solution. Chen Tianyuan proposed relocating, and Gu Changqing approved. 769

Jiang Chu suggested resource-rich Green Mountain Prefecture, but Fang Han proposed the more prosperous Central Thirty-Six Prefectures. He offered to secure a foothold wherever no Overlord-Level Faction was present. Chen Tianyuan's confirmation that Fang Han rivaled a Top Grandmaster transformed the proposal from an apparently unrealistic ambition into a plan the hall masters supported. No specific destination was selected during that meeting. 769

Pursuit, Proposed Disbandment, and Exposure of Demonic Arts

The relocation effort was endangered by a Profound Heaven Sect pursuit force containing multiple Top Grandmasters. Its attackers were defeated, and the sect's disciples suffered comparatively few casualties, though Fang Han was badly injured. Traitors within the sect were also killed during the fighting. 775

Despite surviving the attack, the leadership feared that a Great Grandmaster might personally retaliate. Moving the entire sect together toward Cloud Province would make concealment impractical. Chen Wanjun proposed dispersing the membership in small groups, while the leaders considered whether preserving the institution would endanger its people. 775

Gu Changqing ultimately ordered the sect's wealth distributed among its members so they could flee, choosing their survival over the continuation of the sect's centuries-long history. Chen Tianyuan and the hall masters initially pleaded with him to reconsider. 776

Fang Han interrupted with evidence that the Profound Heaven Sect's extraordinary growth depended on demonic arts. He had examined fallen Top Grandmasters and found traces of demonic cultivation. He proposed spreading the discovery so that other Overlord-Level Factions and the dynasty's authorities would turn their attention toward the enemy, leaving it too occupied to pursue Azure Profound Sect. 776

The news spread rapidly and disrupted the enemy's plans. Its leadership ordered accelerated demonic cultivation in anticipation of suppression, while retaining its hostility toward the fleeing sects. The revelation offered Azure Profound Sect a strategic means of survival, but did not establish that the threat had permanently ended or that the ordered disbandment had been completed. 776

Relationships

• Fang Han — True disciple, later chief senior disciple and first on the General Ranking; repeatedly rewarded by Chen Tianyuan for major contributions to the sect. After becoming a Grandmaster, he received Supreme Elder-level treatment and became one of the sect's foremost deterrents. He later offered to secure a new foothold in the Central Thirty-Six Prefectures and proposed exposing the Profound Heaven Sect's demonic arts to avert disbandment. 227 410 429 455 709 712 769 776
• Chen Tianyuan — Sect Master; favors Fang Han, awards him merits and protective treasures, and directs the sect’s strategic decisions. He proposed relocation when the Profound Heaven Sect's expansion made remaining in Qingyang Prefecture unsafe. 227 453 482 769
• Gu Changqing — Supreme Elder and Grandmaster-level protector known as the “Azure Profound Sword.” He protected the returning ancient-ruins expedition and later advised accepting Nether Pavilion's compensation. During the Profound Heaven Sect crisis, he approved relocation and eventually ordered dispersal rather than allow the membership to face likely destruction. 386 477 709 769 776
• Nether Pavilion — Long-standing rival; the sects fought over resources and suffered repeated clashes before accepting peace terms. Nether Pavilion later offered half its assets and three Mid-Grade Heavenly Treasures to preserve itself from the strengthened Azure Profound Sect. 120 410 453 709 712
• Thunderlight Pavilion — A formerly comparable top-tier East Foothills Prefecture power destroyed by Azure Profound Sect, after which the sect sought to absorb its remaining properties. 698
• Crimson Flame Sect, Iron Sword Sect, Sunset Glow Valley, Flying Cloud Fort, and Golden Saber Manor — East Foothills Prefecture powers that jointly opposed the sect's takeover of Thunderlight Pavilion's assets. 698
• The Six Sects — Fellow dominant sects that cooperate with Azure Profound Sect on shared resources, demon-hunting operations, and the Iron River Gang encirclement. 140 364 561
• Hundred Treasures Pavilion — A major merchant power that sought Azure Profound Sect protection and cooperation. It supplied intelligence on Nether Pavilion's outside procurement teams, and permission to establish a branch in Azure Profound City served as repayment and a sign of deeper cooperation. 432 500 541 620
• Fang Clan — Fang Han’s clan received three top-tier and ten high-grade techniques after Fang Han handed the Great Void Wind God Sword over to the sect. 482
• Zhang Clan — A major clan that pledged itself to Azure Profound Sect for protection during the Iron River Gang's expansion. 553
• Myriad Treasures Tower — A merchant force compelled to apologize and compensate Fang Han after its young master framed him. Elder Zhou Jin defended the sect's reputation and delivered fifty million taels in compensation. 343 360
• Profound Heaven Sect — An expansionist Overlord-Level Faction whose rise prompted Azure Profound Sect to relocate. Its pursuit of the fleeing sect created a possible disbandment crisis; Fang Han uncovered and publicized its demonic cultivation as a countermeasure. 767 768 769 775 776
• Rain Listening Tower — A fellow Seven Sects power whose potential interference influenced the decision not to destroy Nether Pavilion. It later also resisted a pursuit force during the Profound Heaven Sect crisis, revealing a rare Great Grandmaster Talisman. 709 776

Notable Achievements

• Won first place in the Seven Sects Competition for newly admitted disciples after previously remaining around the middle ranks. 154 156
• Repelled coordinated Nether Pavilion attacks against six properties across Qingyang Prefecture. 410
• Secured and distributed Earth Heart Stone Milk according to its competition victory. 156
• Participated in the court-mandated demon-slaying campaign in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range. 364 366
• Helped lead the Seven Sects’ successful campaign against the demonic-art-cultivating Iron River Gang. 560 561
• Destroyed the top-tier Thunderlight Pavilion and moved to assume control of its East Foothills Prefecture properties. 698
• Compelled Nether Pavilion to surrender half its assets and three Mid-Grade Heavenly Treasures in exchange for peace. 709 712
• Acquired the Middle-Grade Artistic Conception Great Void Wind God Sword through Fang Han's voluntary contribution. 482
• Successfully seized Nether Pavilion's covert supply shipment, killed its accompanying elders, and concealed evidence of responsibility. 432 436
• Survived a powerful pursuit force during its relocation crisis and exposed the Profound Heaven Sect's demonic cultivation, creating the prospect of outside suppression of its pursuer. 775 776