True Yang Temple

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	True Yang Temple (正阳观)
Type	Taoist temple and inner-city martial institution
Location	A valley near the southern side of Black Dragon City, close to the Thin-Mist Defense Line 45
Affiliation	Black Dragon City’s demon-clearing efforts
Occupation/Role	Demon hunting, evil-entity suppression, and secondary defense of the city 45
Temple Master	Yan Jingqiu
Status	Active
First Appearance	45

Background / History

True Yang Temple was once counted among Black Dragon City’s four great martial schools. Its martial arts were reputedly stronger than those of the other three schools and were particularly effective against demons and evil entities. It became the principal force behind the Inner City’s demon-clearing missions. 45

The temple declined as the authorities assigned it an increasing number of dangerous demon-related missions. Prospective disciples avoided its Demon Hunting Team, while many existing disciples were injured and saw their cultivation delayed. The temple eventually lacked even outer disciples and struggled to cover injured disciples’ medical expenses. 45

Despite this decline, Yan Jingqiu maintained that, as long as she lived, True Yang Temple would remain Black Dragon City’s fourth great martial school. Its status and surviving inheritances made it a target for the Mo Family and Yuan Xu, who sought its untransmitted techniques. 47

Lin Nan joined the temple after Black Serpent, Split Mountain, and Clear Proclamation Martial Schools rejected him over his aptitude and bone structure. True Yang Temple accepted him because it valued a righteous heart and clear spiritual platform over innate physique. 45 48

Location and Layout

True Yang Temple is built within a narrow valley formed by two mountains at Black Dragon City’s southern gap.

• A gray-tiled Taoist compound with upturned eaves and a vermilion mountain gate bearing the name “True Yang Temple.” 45
• A bluestone path leads from the entrance to the main hall, which is flanked by two locust trees. 45
• The rear courtyard contains disciple quarters. 48
• The Duty Hall lies north of the temple; its task-record stone tablet lists completed assignments and determines rewards and contribution points. 53
• During the corpse-tide crisis, the temple’s walls were heightened and covered with Jade Talismans and Blood Talismans, turning the compound into a defensive stronghold. 87 88

Organization

Division / Position	Function
Temple Master	Leads the temple and personally teaches disciples; true disciples may access the martial hall’s Divine Intent Diagram inheritance. 48 66
Demon Hunting Team	Conducts regular demon-clearing missions and serves as the temple’s primary source of income. 45 48
Intelligence Team	Participates in the temple’s emergency deployments and defensive preparations. 79 87
Guardian Team	Assists with temple defense, supplies, and city errands during crises. 87
Duty Hall	Assigns missions and records completed tasks, rewards, and contribution points. 53

Membership and Benefits

• Demon Hunting Team members must undertake missions at regular intervals. 48
• The temple provides no monthly wage; members receive a limited monthly meat allowance for replenishing qi and blood, plus one lesson from Yan Jingqiu each month. 48
• Demon Hunting Team members carry iron tokens engraved with “Demon-Hunting Team.” 48
• True disciples may enter the martial hall and view the temple’s Divine Intent Diagram inheritance, necessary for advancing toward the martial-master realms. 66

Martial Arts and Inheritances

True Yang Illuminating Origin Technique

The cultivation method practiced by the Demon Hunting Team. It tempers blood, flesh, and inner breath by absorbing daylight at dawn and noon. 48

• Has three stages: Morning Dawn, Zenith, and Setting Glow. 48
• Requires practitioners to refine True Yang Origin Qi in the dantian at dawn. 48
• Produces a faint luminous force and is especially suited to fighting demons and evil entities. 48

Thirty-Six Forms of True Yang Evil-Breaking Fist

The temple’s demon-slaying fist art, used alongside the True Yang Illuminating Origin Technique. 48

• Contains twelve martial-warrior forms and twenty-four martial-master forms. 52
• Generates golden-red, heat-bearing force capable of scorching targets. 52
• Its yang-aligned restraining power is highly effective against evil spirits; Lin Nan used it to rapidly destroy a mid-stage first-rank Resentful Ghost. 81

Divine Intent Diagram

An inheritance restricted to true disciples, used to contemplate divine intent and begin the transition from fully tempered sinews and bones into martial-master cultivation. 66 67

Heavenly Dipper True Yang Seal and Sun-Slaying Evil-Bane Sword

Closely guarded temple inheritances sought by Mo Chunsheng and the Mo Family during their attempt to force True Yang Temple into submission. 88

Notable Members

Name	Position / Relationship	Notes
Yan Jingqiu	Temple Master	Black Dragon City’s former number one expert; leads the temple with a patient but decisive hand. 45 47 66
Yan Ling	Yan Jingqiu’s daughter; senior disciple	Handles logistical expenses and guides new members; one of the temple’s three Viscera Realm martial artists. 45 53 70
Pang Long	Eldest Senior Brother	Experienced demon hunter who coordinated the temple’s response to the corpse-tide crisis. 69 79 87
Lin Nan	True disciple; later acknowledged as Eldest Senior Brother	Joined the Demon Hunting Team, exposed Yuan Xu’s schemes, and defended the temple against the Mo Family. 48 66 92
Yuan Xu	Former core disciple and Duty Hall overseer	Manipulated task rewards, suppressed temple talent, defected to the Mo Family, and was killed during the Mo Family confrontation. 53 66 88 92
Li Luyao	Captain of the Sixth Demon-Hunting Squad	Participated in internal opposition to Lin Nan and later received mission records from the Hidden Spirit Manor operation. 53 76
Yin An	Inner disciple	Was pressured by Yuan Xu to testify against Lin Nan during the temple hearing. 65

Story Role / Major Arcs

Recruitment of Lin Nan

Fu Lin recommends True Yang Temple to Lin Nan after the three major Inner City martial schools reject him. Drawn by its demon-hunting purpose and frequent encounters with evil entities, Lin Nan takes its entrance test and joins the Demon Hunting Team. 45 48

Yuan Xu’s Internal Sabotage

Yuan Xu uses his control of the Duty Hall to manipulate assignments and rewards while targeting promising disciples. He attempts to frame Lin Nan for endangering fellow disciples, but Lin Nan produces evidence of Yuan Xu’s orders to secretly dispose of him. Yan Jingqiu punishes Yuan Xu and accepts Lin Nan as a true disciple. 53 65 66

Defense of Black Dragon City

When Corpse Wraiths breach the Outer City, True Yang Temple dispatches Demon Hunting Teams to reinforce the defense. Lin Nan represents the temple in disputes over strategy, fights alongside its disciples, and later returns with Outer City survivors to use the temple as a refuge. 79 80 86

As the Thin-Mist Defense Line collapses and white mist surrounds Black Dragon City, Pang Long, Yan Ling, and Lin Nan reinforce True Yang Temple into a fortified stronghold. 87 88

Mo Family Assault

Yuan Xu escapes confinement and betrays the temple to Mo Chunsheng, revealing Yan Jingqiu’s grave injuries and the existence of the Heavenly Dipper True Yang Seal and Sun-Slaying Evil-Bane Sword. Mo Chunsheng demands the temple’s submission, but Yan Jingqiu emerges from seclusion to confront him. 88 91

Lin Nan returns during the confrontation, defeats and kills Mo Chunsheng, then eliminates Yuan Xu, Mo Ming, and the remaining Mo Family attackers. The surviving disciples recognize Lin Nan as True Yang Temple’s new Eldest Senior Brother. 92

Notable Quotes

“No matter how far True Yang Temple declines, so long as I live, it will remain the fourth greatest martial school in the inner city. No one can shake it!”
— Yan Jingqiu 47

Trivia

• True Yang Temple’s entrance test ostensibly requires only a righteous heart and clear spiritual platform; Yan Jingqiu initially joked that applicants must be virgins before immediately withdrawing the requirement. 45
• The temple’s poor finances became so severe that Yan Ling personally swept the courtyard because it could not afford to hire help. 45
• Its proximity to the Thin-Mist Defense Line makes it both a crucial defensive position and a frequent target of demon-related danger. 45 87