Jade-Maiden Sect
A jade-cold peak where a goddess once descended, leaving behind an art that turns devoted women into something closer to immortal.
RighteousFemale-onlyRival: Swordsmith VillaFist / Finger / Instruments
Jade-Maiden Peak — also called Jade Maiden Peak — is crowned year-round in dark ice. Legend says a heavenly maiden once descended upon it, leaving behind a sacred art called the Yiming Jue: any woman who masters it grows ethereal and refined, her bones turned to jade, until at last she ascends to immortality. Based in the Jingnan–Jade-Maiden Peak region, its arts run on the Mystic Yin elemental attribute.
Jade-Maiden Sect is politically opposed to Swordsmith Villa, and its members lean toward the Upright/Just stance. The sect does not teach men — with two exceptions: characters whose body and disposition are mismatched (a male body with a female disposition, or vice versa), and anyone whose affection with a Jade-Maiden member has reached “Intimate” or higher.
Sect Philosophy
Its arts span fist, finger, and instrument-based techniques — light of step, graceful in bearing, every movement composed to its fullest elegance, as if watching clouds drift from a mountain peak, or an immortal briefly descending to earth. The sect holds women in the highest regard: women study Jade-Maiden manuals 50% faster (and 200% faster through real combat); men study 50% slower (and 80% slower through real combat) — this modifier does not apply to a manual’s overall framework. Techniques run on Painting and Daoism aptitude (instrument techniques additionally require Music). Jade-Maiden members can be asked to tutor Music, Painting, Connoisseurship, and Daoism.
Full Technique Roster
| Type | 9th | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internal Power | Jade-Maiden Heart Chant | Jade Bone Technique | Moon-Gazing Method | Lesser Yin Yiming Jue | Western Radiance Classic | Emperor’s Daughter Divine Skill | Jade Pool Immortal Bath | Grand Origin Jade Maiden Skill | Greater Yin Yiming Jue |
| Movement | Plum-Nodding Step | Ascending the Jade Pavilion | Parting Step | 8-Step Sunset Glow | Chang’e Flying to the Moon | Snow-Treading at Gushe | Ice-Walking Jade Maiden | Luo Shen Gliding on Waves | Feathered Robe Technique |
| Ultimate | Ice-Pure Jade-Clean | Jingwei Filling the Sea Style | Black Jade Technique | Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers Array | Radiant Immortal-Robe Method | Mirror Flower, Water Moon | Nüwa Mending Heaven Style | — | |
| Fist | Jade Maiden Silk-Wrap Hand | Jade Cup Hand | Cold Yin Palm | Lesser 9 Heavens 9 Forms | Golden Cup Jade Cauldron Fist | Yao Ji Cloud-Rain Style | Cold Ice Divine Palm | — | |
| Finger | Single Mystic Hand | Dark Ice Finger Technique | Jade-Perishing Finger | Leizu Cocoon-Peeling Style | Cold Pool Hidden Serpent Style | Changxi’s 12 Forms | Mystic Pivot Acupoint Finger | Great Greater-Yin Yiming Finger | — |
| Instruments | 7 Emotions Melody | Clear & Even Tune | Soul-Severing Faint Lament | Yellow Bamboo Song | Xiang Maidens Weeping at Cangwu | 3 Nights Bewitching Immortal Tune | Vast Cold Song | Waiting for the One | Su Nü’s Heavenly Sound |
Favor Interaction: Jade Mirror Meditation
Strengthen or weaken one general trait on a party member of your choosing.
Regional Story: “The Mirror-Water Reversed”
Ancient snow crowns the mountain peak — a solitary cold that has lasted a thousand autumns. Legend holds that atop Jade-Maiden Peak stands the sect’s greatest treasure, the Yiming Jue: within its jade mirror, one can faintly glimpse the shadow of a goddess.
A profound mystery lies hidden within — and to this day, no one has ever managed to unravel it.
| Trigger | A month rolls over while you’re within Jade-Maiden Sect’s sphere of influence |
|---|---|
| Reward | Shattered Yiming Mirror |
| Sequel unlock condition | Hold Kongsang Sect’s treasure, the Medicine King’s 10,000-Refined Clay |
| Sequel reward | Moon-Plucking Jade Pendant |
Signature Mechanic 1: The Solitary Phoenix’s Mirror-Water Ballad (song collection)
During “The Mirror-Water Reversed,” you receive a special item — the Solitary Phoenix’s Mirror-Water Ballad — a songbook that automatically records a region’s local melody the first time you arrive there (Taiwu Village, any sect, any provincial capital, or any uncorrupted region). Every collected song permanently raises your character’s Insight or Mind-Guard stat (the bonus persists across generations), and you can play any collected song to change the game’s background music — doing so also grants you and your companions a temporary boost to a Seven-Elements trait.
There are 46 songs total. Rather than list every one, here’s how the collection breaks down:
| Category | Count | Bonus per song |
|---|---|---|
| Taiwu Village & its home region | 2 | +30 Insight & Mind-Guard each |
| Each of the 15 sects (one song per sect, including Jade-Maiden’s own) | 15 | +20 Insight each |
| Major cities (capital, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, etc.) | 17 | +20 Mind-Guard each |
| Remaining regions (frontier & outlying territories) | 12 | +10 Insight & Mind-Guard each |
Every song also grants a unique “performance bonus” trait when played — for example, the Shaolin song grants a Buddhism-flavored buff, the Fuloong Sanctuary song a fire-themed one, and so on, generally themed to match the location’s identity.
Signature Mechanic 2: Life Creation
Completing “The Mirror-Water Reversed” also unlocks the ability to create an NPC companion modeled on yourself, using the power of the Yiming Jue.
Activation: Interact with the “Yiming Jue,” a special facility at Jade-Maiden Sect.
Cost: 10 Stamina, and disperses all your character’s Qi and internal power reserves.
Effect: Creates a new character who closely resembles you (you choose their name and gender), who joins your companions immediately. Their appearance, base stats, traits, aptitudes, and study progress all mirror your own. They start at age 16, with maxed affection toward you, and are in love with you. Their alignment is the opposite of yours. They carry a unique trait, “Created Life,” meaning they can never become corrupted — and if they later become the player character, they lose the ability to create another Life Creation companion.
Sequel unlock: Journey Beyond
Completing the sequel story unlocks a monthly-limited feature: introduce a child companion to the heavenly maiden, sending them to “journey within the mirror.” The child returns at the next month change, instantly aged to 16 — and comes back with significantly improved traits (negative traits weakened or removed, positive traits strengthened, sometimes gaining new ones entirely).