Azure Hunt Goddess

Biodata

Background / History

According to the legend preserved by Long Ling’s tribe, the Azure Hunt Goddess appeared during an era when humanity was weak and Soul Beasts dominated the world. Carrying a golden bow, she gathered scattered human survivors, taught them to hunt Soul Beasts, and led them in establishing safe homelands. 13

The same tradition holds that she reached the limit of mortal cultivation, condensed a Divine Core, and ascended to the Divine Realm. Later generations honored her as the deity of hunting, wilderness, forests, beasts, and archery. 13

Her worship persists within Long Ling’s mountain tribe, where her story has been passed down across generations. However, no one is known to have received her Divine Core, and the tribe had no confirmed divine response before the events involving Chu Zisheng. 13 17

Legacy and Worship

• Long Ling’s faith — Long Ling believes in the goddess despite receiving no blessing or rescue when she and her father were once endangered by a Soul Beast; she and her father survived through their own efforts. 16
• Ideal of protection — Chu Zisheng concludes that Long Ling reveres the goddess’s selfless protection of others rather than expecting rewards from her faith. 18
• Tribal prayers — During the Two-Headed Demon Wolf attack, Long Ling and her fellow tribespeople pray to the Azure Hunt Goddess for the safety of the tribe. 20
• Misattributed miracle — The tribe believes a golden pillar of light was the goddess answering their prayer, but Chu Zisheng created the phenomenon after deciding to intervene himself. 20 21
• Skepticism — Long Ling’s father argues that gods do not save mortals and that faith serves as emotional comfort; he recognizes Chu Zisheng’s role in Long Ling’s earlier rescue. 17

Associated Relics and Symbols

• Golden bow — The goddess is said to have entered the wilderness carrying a golden bow; Long Ling’s Azure Hunt Golden Bow is believed by her family to share the goddess’s legacy. 13 16
• Ancient arrowhead pendant — Long Ling possesses an aged arrowhead said to have once been used by the Azure Hunt Goddess. She gives it to Chu Zisheng as a protective charm. Its provenance is a matter of belief rather than verified fact. 13 15
• Faith Power — When Long Ling invokes the goddess, Chu Zisheng observes a faint golden thread emerging from her soul and suspects it is Faith Power. 14 20

Relationships

• Long Ling — Devout believer who invokes the goddess for protection and models her own life around selfless guardianship of her tribe. 13 16 18
• Long Ling’s mountain tribe — A hereditary worshipping community that credits the goddess with protecting humanity in the ancient past. 13 20
• Chu Zisheng — Investigates the Faith Power generated by Long Ling’s belief; he ultimately answers prayers directed toward the goddess himself. 14 20
• Long Ling’s father — Skeptical of the goddess’s intervention and dismissive of faith as a source of practical salvation. 17

Trivia

• Long Ling’s blessing for Chu Zisheng, “May the Azure Hunt Goddess keep you safe,” is accompanied by the ancient arrowhead pendant. 13
• The goddess’s purported protection is central to Long Ling’s interpretation of the Wolf King incident, even though the surrounding events point to Chu Zisheng’s concealed intervention. 14 21