Ten Thousand Swords Sect

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Ten Thousand Swords Sect 3
Original Name	万剑宗
Type	Sword-founded cultivation sect; one of the five supreme human sects 6
Location	Southern Region, Immortal Spirit Continent 6
Sect Leader	Fu Shouci 7
Chief Disciple	Xiao Jixue, True Lord Jilin 3 9
Role	Leading power of the Southern Region 6
History	A legacy extending back ten thousand years 6
Status	Active; investigating Demon Clan infiltration and conducting rescue operations 37 49
First Appearance	First mentioned as Xiao Jixue’s sect; its grounds are reached later 3 6

Background / History

The Ten Thousand Swords Sect was founded on the way of the sword. Over its ten-thousand-year history, it became the Southern Region’s dominant power and one of the Immortal Spirit Continent’s five supreme human sects 6.

The Immortal-Demon War a thousand years earlier destroyed the continent’s Ascension Stairs, leaving its strongest cultivators unable to ascend. The sect’s supreme elders entered prolonged seclusion; Heavenly Venerable Yinsu, the closest to true Ascension, had remained secluded for five hundred years 20.

Fifty years before Tang Yan’s warning about a demonic resurgence, senior cultivators detected increasingly violent demonic energy in ancient war ruins. They reinforced the suppression formations, while major sects and clans continued cooperating against surviving Demon Clan remnants 20.

Organization

Leadership and Administration

The sect has Sect Leader, Grand Elder, Peak Master, Deputy Peak Master, and elder positions, alongside direct, ordinary inner, outer, and servant disciples. Senior cultivators and their personal disciples possess separate peaks or cave residences 9 26 29 36.

Member	Position	Responsibilities or distinguishing details
Fu Shouci	Sect Leader	Directs investigations, assigns protection, and leads operations against threats to the sect 26 49.
Heavenly Venerable Yinsu	Supreme Elder	Half-Step Ascension cultivator; described as one of the continent’s strongest combatants 18 20.
Xu Yi	One of three Grand Elders	Brought out of seclusion to reinforce prison security; performs the soul search on Han Zhongjin 37 49.
Bai Wuxia	Law Enforcement Hall master	Leads the internal investigation and arrests suspected infiltrators 26 37.
Xu You	Pill/Medicine Peak Master	Wei Lianyi’s father; oversees the peak containing the Shadow Prison 9 21.
Qi Yan	Talisman Peak Master	Proposes using Tang Yan’s visits to identify spies; participates in Chai Rong’s arrest 26 37.
Li Rong	Talisman Peak Deputy Peak Master	Presides over its competition while the Peak Master is away 29.
Ye Sheng	Artifact Peak Master	Leads Artifact Peak, which has no Deputy Peak Master during Han Zhongjin’s exposure 29 46.
Jiang Mei	Formation Peak Master	Strengthens prison defenses and breaks the concealment formation around Han Zhongjin’s hidden town 26 49.
Nangong Lin	Ten Thousand Swords Peak Master	In seclusion when the rotating protection duty is arranged 26 35.
Fei Zhong	Senior protector	Substitutes for Nangong Lin and secretly follows Tang Yan on Fu Shouci’s orders 26 29.

Fu Shouci’s Direct Disciples

Order	Disciple	Notable details
First	Xiao Jixue	Chief disciple; reached Nascent Soul at twenty-six and ranks first on the Heavenly Prodigy Rankings 3 9 16.
Second	Li Mo	Peak Golden Core cultivator ranked fifteenth on the Heavenly Prodigy Rankings 16.
Third	Feng Sheng	Generous toward Tang Yan; later sent home to investigate Lü Rongrong’s connection to the Demon Clan 15 16 41.
Fourth	Cui Yishu	Gives Tang Yan Formation Plates above the fifth grade; a princess from the Mortal World 15 27.
Fifth	Tang Yan	Accepted despite losing his spiritual root and cultivation; formerly ranked tenth on the Heavenly Prodigy Rankings 15 16.

Other Notable Disciples

• Wei Lianyi — Xu You’s biological daughter and a Pill Peak prodigy. Joins the Law Enforcement Hall because her instinctive revulsion can help identify demons and evil people 10 35 36 37.
• Zhu Hua — Talisman Peak direct disciple whose life is saved when Tang Yan’s thoughts expose Tang Chu’s trap 5.
• Qin Shuang — Sect prodigy who also avoids Tang Chu’s deadly secret-realm invitation after hearing Tang Yan’s warning 5.
• Gu Qingling and Qiu Ziyuan — Pill Peak disciples whose dangerous attachment to Xu Zhenzhen is exposed through Tang Yan’s thoughts 25 29.

Territory and Facilities

The sect occupies an immense mountainous territory containing palaces, pavilions, and cave abodes. Spirit boats cannot fly within its grounds; arriving disciples disembark and switch to flying swords 6 9.

Location	Function and features
Main Peak	Administrative center containing the council meeting area 9 14.
Main Affairs Hall / Council Hall	Locations for mission reports, disciple acceptance, and senior strategy meetings 7 14 26.
Purple Dawn Peak	Xiao Jixue’s residence and Tang Yan’s home. Its spiritual energy is the richest outside the senior cultivators’ peaks; a Spirit-Gathering Formation keeps it verdant year-round 9 16.
Ten Thousand Swords Peak	Nangong Lin’s peak. Tang Yan recalls no Demon Clan infiltration there in the original plot 26 36.
Pill Peak / Medicine Peak	Xu You’s peak; contains the Shadow Prison 9 21.
Talisman Peak	Holds talisman-crafting competitions open to inner disciples who have studied the art 29.
Artifact Peak	Holds artifact-refining competitions; Han Zhongjin serves as a respected elder there before his exposure 44 46.
Formation Peak	Supplies specialists for defensive formations and concealment-breaking operations 26 49.
Shadow Prison	Holds Xu Zhenzhen and captured infiltrators; repeatedly reinforced with formations and additional security 20 26 37.

Training and Military Strength

Sword Cultivation

• Disciples are known throughout the continent as aggressive “battle maniacs,” readily drawing swords or using their fists to settle disputes 14 35.
• Xiao Jixue’s chief-disciple status places him above ordinary personal disciples and below the sect’s senior venerable cultivators 9.
• During the raid on Han Zhongjin’s estate, Xiao Jixue fights two early Divine Incarnation opponents despite being at late Nascent Soul 29 49.
• The sect deploys two Tribulation Transcendence Dao Venerables to seal the town’s surroundings, while Fu Shouci and the Peak Masters engage enemies at Divine Incarnation and above 49.

Competitions

Event	Format	Purpose
Internal competition	Qi Refining, Foundation Building, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul divisions	Selects representatives for the competition against the Divine Medicine Sect 19.
Two-Sect Grand Competition	Joint event with the Divine Medicine Sect every two years	Assesses disciples’ progress and encourages exchanges of cultivation insights 16.
Peak competitions	Specialized contests in arts such as talisman crafting and artifact refinement	Demonstrates skills beyond sword cultivation; Xiao Jixue wins the talisman contest with a twelfth-tier spirit talisman 29 37 44.

Defensive Resources

• Protective formations — Reinforce the Shadow Prison, establish traps, and prevent captured infiltrators from escaping 26 36 37.
• Law Enforcement Hall — Investigates suspicious incidents, arrests traitors, and accompanies Wei Lianyi during screenings 26 37.
• Rotating senior guards — Protect Tang Yan secretly in seven-day shifts, beginning with Fei Zhong’s assignment 26 29.
• Mission supplies — Senior members equip Li Mo and Feng Sheng with protective techniques, formations, talismans, and pills before their Feng Family mission 41.
• Spirit boats — Provide rapid transport outside the grounds; the raiding party reaches a town ten thousand li away in under two hours 49.

Sect Culture

Loyalty and Respect for Strength

The sect is notorious for protecting its own, making outsiders reluctant to provoke its disciples. Members generally favor direct action over scheming and regard strength as the basis for respect 14 35.

When Tang Yan reveals Wei Lianyi’s extraordinary future achievements, disciples respond with admiration and collective pride rather than jealousy. Disciples from different peaks insist that she belongs to the entire sect, not merely Pill Peak 35.

Tang Yan’s Thoughts and the Gossip Craze

• Cultivators at Golden Core or above can hear Tang Yan’s thoughts. Sect members establish this threshold through testing at Purple Dawn Peak 14.
• Xi Tong enters their Seas of Consciousness and threatens them against revealing the phenomenon to Tang Yan. Even Fu Shouci cannot resist the intrusion 14.
• Members initially cannot repeat, write down, or transmit the overheard information through Divine Sense; they communicate their reactions through looks 14.
• Disciples gather around Tang Yan with cushions, drinks, and snacks, sometimes abandoning cultivation or tournament duties to follow anticipated scandals 5 22 42.
• Gossip reaches the senior leadership as well: Peak Masters attend ceremonies or hide near competitions hoping to hear new revelations 14 29 44.
• Disciples develop and privately sell intimate-body-part protective talismans and formations. Fu Shouci orders the Law Enforcement Hall to suppress the trend as a threat to the sect’s dignity 37.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Tang Yan’s Arrival and Acceptance

• Xiao Jixue brings the cultivation-less Tang Yan to the sect as a protected guest and houses him beside his own room on Purple Dawn Peak 6 9.
• Tang Yan’s thoughts expose Wei Lianyi’s true parentage, prompting Xu You to rescue her and invite her home 7 10.
• Fu Shouci accepts Tang Yan as his fifth direct disciple. Fellow disciples and Peak Masters welcome him with valuable treasures, Formation Plates, and Sumeru Rings 15.

Demon Clan Infiltration

• Initial exposure: Elder Sun is seized near the Shadow Prison. Tang Yan reveals that a departed Demon Clan soul possessed her more than a decade earlier and that Xu Zhenzhen shares her body with the Demon Saint 22 23.
• Sect-wide inquiry: Fu Shouci orders discreet investigations of peak administrators and Golden Core disciples, including a review of suspicious events from the previous ten years 26.
• Targeted arrests: Tang Yan identifies Ding Liyun, Chai Rong, and Lin Feng as infiltrators. The sect arrests them and their disciples, while prison traps catch two additional administrative elders 36 37.
• Expanded screening: Wei Lianyi joins the Law Enforcement Hall after tests confirm her revulsion toward the prisoners. Fu Shouci assigns her secret protection 37.
• External investigation: Revelations about the Immortal Silence Tower lead the sect to send Feng Sheng and Li Mo to the Feng Family while pursuing a discreet approach to the Two Arts Sect 38 41.

Han Zhongjin’s Exposure and the Estate Raid

• Nearly ten male disciples disappear over two years. The Law Enforcement Hall investigates but initially finds no explanation 45.
• Tang Yan’s thoughts identify Artifact Peak elder Han Zhongjin as an abductor and Demon Clan mole raising an Evil Being against the sect 46 47.
• Fu Shouci and other senior members isolate Han in the Artifact Peak Hall, seal his escape routes, and capture him in Bai Wuxia’s golden net 48.
• Xu Yi’s soul search confirms the hidden estate and its crimes. He destroys Han’s cultivation but leaves him alive to avoid warning the estate through a possible soul lamp 49.
• The sect raids the concealed town, defeats its defenders by dawn, rescues Qiu Ling and more than a hundred captives, and destroys the Divine Incarnation-stage Evil Being 49.
• A blind, mentally muddled survivor with no clear destination is brought back to the sect 49.

Foretold Fate in the Original Plot

These outcomes are recalled by Tang Yan, not established events in the altered timeline.

Foretold threat	Expected consequences
Conflict with the Divine Medicine Sect	Malicious provocation turns the friendly sects against each other, costing both many talented disciples 19.
Demon Clan resurgence	Fewer than one in ten direct disciples survives; many others die, lose their cultivation, or become mentally unstable 20.
Destruction of Fu Shouci’s disciple line	All his direct disciples die; his cultivation falls, and an inner demon leaves him stuck at Body Integration 20.
Loss of standing	The sect declines from a top-tier power to a third-rate minor sect within twenty years 20.
Han Zhongjin’s Evil Being	Fifteen years later, it reaches early Tribulation Transcendence and devours sect forces sent to capture it, severely depleting the sect’s core strength 47.

Relationships

• Divine Medicine Sect — Friendly counterpart in the Eastern Region and co-organizer of the biennial Two-Sect Grand Competition. Fu Shouci and Liang Qiu coordinate investigations despite their personal rivalry 16 26.
• Two Arts Sect — Proposed partner in investigating the Immortal Silence Tower, approached through the friendship between Bai Wuxia’s grandmaster and Venerable Tenghua 41.
• Feng Family — Feng Sheng’s family; the sect sends her and Li Mo to investigate Lü Rongrong and prevent a dangerous marriage if necessary 41.
• Immortal Silence Tower — A respected Central Domain faction implicated in collusion with Demon Clan remnants. The sect seeks evidence discreetly rather than making unsupported public accusations 38 41.
• Demon Clan — Hostile force whose remnants infiltrate the sect through possession and covert agents 23 36 47.
• Tang Yan and Xi Tong — Tang Yan’s overheard knowledge becomes a crucial source of advance warning, while Xi Tong enforces secrecy and is suspected by the leadership to belong to a Heaven-and-Earth Supreme Treasure 14 26 37.