Forbidden Sect

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

A hundred thousand years before the current events, the Forbidden Sect earned distinction in the battle at the Sea of Darkness. Ancestors Xiaochen and Dao Yuan fought extensively and earned military merits for the Three Thousand Great Worlds. Their contribution is associated with the sect’s historical position as the foremost of the top factions 35 39.

The sect’s Forbidden Secret Arts underpin its enduring legacy, but their lifespan costs also threaten its oldest defenders. After Zang Yu’s intervention against the invading Great Emperors, rival ancestors conclude that the sect’s aging protectors are approaching the end of their lives and begin targeting its younger generation 41 43.

Organization and Members

Leadership

The sect has eight renowned elders. Following Yin Ya’s breakthrough, the other seven are identified as peak Ancient Sages 43.

Ancestors

Xiaochen and Dao Yuan belong to the sect’s most recent generation of ancestors; observers are uncertain how many earlier-generation ancestors remain alive 39.

Disciple Ranks

• Core disciples — Most are in the Divine Soul Realm. Some are several hundred years old and therefore do not appear on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking despite their cultivation 17.
• Direct disciples — Include Chu Luo and Bai Yun. Han Wujie states that the other direct disciples he knows possess higher cultivation than Chu Luo initially does and hold places on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking 1 5.
• Sequence Disciples — Selected through the sect’s grandest contest; candidates for future sect master and senior elder positions 9.
• Number Zero Sequence Disciple — The position Yin Ya urges Chu Luo to pursue, with the goal of becoming junior sect master 1.

Notable Disciples

• Chu Luo — Yin Ya’s only direct disciple. Masters all one thousand Forbidden Secret Arts left to him by his master and enters the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking at rank 150 after defeating Han Wujie 1 2 8.
• Bai Yun — Good-natured direct disciple and Yun Qianqian’s beloved. Previously defeats Han Wujie and protects fellow disciples during a clash with Crimson Flame Valley 3 19.
• Tang He — Invites Chu Luo to accompany him and several junior brothers to the Magic Beast Mountain Range 43.
• Li Kui and Wang Sheng — Disciples who join the battle to protect Cloudmist Sacred Land members in the secret realm 19.
• Wang Hao — Core disciple defeated by Han Wujie during the latter’s challenge at the sect 4.

Rules and Sect Culture

• Restricted forbidden grounds: Trespassing carries expulsion for disciples and severe punishment even for elders. The ancestors pardon Chu Luo’s accidental entry on one occasion 1 3.
• Internal disputes do not override solidarity: Disciples who initially want Chu Luo expelled later warn him against risking his life against Han Wujie. Zhao Sheng likewise urges him to withdraw despite their earlier conflict 1 5.
• Protection against senior aggressors: The ancestors distinguish defeat by a peer from retaliation by an opponent’s elders. They promise to intervene when older cultivators bully disciples after losing a younger-generation contest 39.
• Willingness to risk war: Lin Feng, the elders, and the disciples refuse to surrender Chu Luo even when rival Great Emperors threaten the sect 38.

Cultivation Arts and Combat Strength

Forbidden Secret Arts

The sect possesses three thousand Forbidden Secret Arts, although outsiders commonly refer to only one thousand. The full collection is inscribed on a stone stele in the forbidden grounds 33 39 41.

• Exceptional difficulty: Ranked direct disciples struggle to master even one art; Zhao Sheng has learned only three 6 13.
• Lifespan consumption: Every use costs lifespan. Both power and cost increase with the user’s cultivation 2 8.
• Chu Luo’s mastery: He learns the thousand arts secretly left by Yin Ya in two and a half years. No other sect member has mastered that entire collection 2.
• Historical deterrence: An ancestor’s use of the Eternal Void-Splitting Sword ten thousand years earlier stunned the supreme powers of the Three Thousand Great Worlds 13.

Forbidden Primal Chaos Art

The sect’s supreme cultivation art. Chu Luo has comprehended its third level and approaches the fourth-level bottleneck while traveling aboard the void warship 4 11.

Senior Combat Forces

• Elder corps: Seven peak Ancient Sages alongside Great Emperor Yin Ya 43.
• Additional forces: The Heavenly Gate Sect campaign deploys three peak Ancient Sages, ten Great Sages, and ten Sage Realm experts 43.
• Ancient reserves: Great Emperor ancestors reside within the forbidden grounds, whose defenses block hostile divine-sense probing 39.

Facilities and Assets

• Main hall — Hosts disciplinary hearings, meetings with visitors, and leadership gatherings 1 3 43.
• Forbidden grounds — Restricted ancestral sanctuary containing the stele of three thousand Forbidden Secret Arts and Zang Yu’s burial mound and bronze coffin 39 40.
• Arena square — Used for Han Wujie’s challenges; the arena is destroyed by Chu Luo’s Great Void Maitreya Palm 4 6.
• Zhao Sheng’s herb garden — Contains spiritual herbs he recovered from a dangerous location; Chu Luo’s uprooting of the plants fuels their early dispute 1.
• Void warship — Transports elders and disciples to the Northern Plains Realm for the Great Emperor Secret Realm expedition 10 11.

Relationships

• Pill Sect — Longstanding friendly faction with frequent exchanges. Its disciples defend Forbidden Sect members in the secret realm, while Ancient Sage Qingdan supports Zhao Sheng and Qin Yi against rival elders 8 23 31.
• Cloudmist Sacred Land — Its disciples receive aid through Bai Yun’s relationship with Yun Qianqian. She later helps Chu Luo and escorts Forbidden Sect disciples toward the collapsing realm’s exit 19 25 30.
• Crimson Flame Valley — Established enemy with recurring clashes. Han Wujie’s defeat and subsequent secret realm deaths escalate the rivalry into threats of sect war 3 8 15 38.
• Spiritclear Sect — Hostile faction whose disciples and elders seek revenge for Chu Luo’s killings. Its Great Emperors join the confrontation at the Forbidden Sect 23 31 37 38.
• Heavenly Gate Sect — Seeks retribution after Liu Feng’s death. Its Great Emperor joins the imperial confrontation, and Forbidden Sect forces subsequently annihilate it 35 37 43.
• Desolate Ancient Wang Family — Becomes an enemy after Chu Luo kills Wang Lin. Evil-Suppressing and Bright King confront the sect; afterward, Wang ancestors plan to suppress its younger generation 30 35 37 43.
• Heavenly Secrets Pavilion — Ancient Sage Xuanji and Spirit Diviner visit to seek Chu Luo’s assistance as Spirit Diviner’s battle protector 34 43 49.
• Ye Family — Yin Ya threatens war after Ye Luoyi attempts to cripple Chu Luo 47.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Chu Luo’s Disciplinary Hearing and Rise

Chu Luo faces expulsion after accidentally entering the forbidden grounds. Yin Ya returns as a Great Emperor, defends him, and secures the ancestors’ pardon. When Han Wujie humiliates the available core disciples, Chu Luo defeats him with Forbidden Secret Arts and takes his rank-150 position on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking 1 3 4 6 7 8.

Great Emperor Secret Realm Expedition

Chu Luo leads the sect’s disciples while Zhao Sheng and Qin Yi provide protection outside the realm. Inside, his group obtains spirit herbs and spirit soil, fights Heavenly Gate Sect disciples, and aids Cloudmist Sacred Land. Crimson Flame Valley and Spiritclear Sect later capture and beat Forbidden Sect and Pill Sect disciples to draw him into battle; the sect’s disciples rescue the injured during Chu Luo’s counterattack 9 10 17 18 19 23 24 25.

After the realm collapses, rival Ancient Sages demand Chu Luo’s surrender and attack him as he emerges. Zhao Sheng and Qin Yi block the strike. Yin Ya subsequently defeats Great Emperor Baikong, allowing the sect’s delegation to begin its return journey 30 31 34.

Seven-Emperor Confrontation

Seven Great Emperors from the Wang Family, Spiritclear Sect, Crimson Flame Valley, and Heavenly Gate Sect descend on the Forbidden Sect. Its leadership refuses to hand over Chu Luo. Xiaochen and Dao Yuan emerge to fight in the Outer Void, and Zang Yu’s intervention forces the invaders to flee 37 38 39 40 41.

The sect then sends Qingyi, Xiao Zhu, Ji Feng, and supporting forces to annihilate the Heavenly Gate Sect. Surviving rival factions turn their attention toward preventing the Forbidden Sect’s younger disciples from growing strong 43.

Notable Quotes

“Chu Luo is a disciple of our Forbidden Sect. He did nothing wrong!”
— Lin Feng 38

“If you die at the hands of someone of your generation, then your skills simply weren't good enough. But if you beat the young ones and their old ones jump out to bully you, then we old fossils will come out too and teach them how to behave!”
— The ancestors’ pledge 39

“The heavens turn, ten thousand generations pass; only our Forbidden Sect stands immortal...”
— Voice from the forbidden grounds 40