Vajra Sect
An esoteric offshoot of an ancient Himalayan kingdom’s tantric tradition — devastatingly powerful, and utterly without restraint.
HereticalMale-onlyRival: EmeiFist / Blade / Odd Techniques
Also known as the Boundless Vajra Sect, this order traces its lineage to a tantric Buddhist tradition from the ancient kingdom of Zhangzhung. Vajra Sect has many disciples, and its guardian techniques are devastatingly powerful — but its members are known for cruelty and depravity, a far cry from orthodox esoteric Buddhism, making it a sworn enemy of the righteous martial world. Based in the Western Territories–Kunlun Mountains region, its arts run on the Vajra elemental attribute.
Vajra Sect is a heretical sect that won’t teach anyone whose reputation is too high, and stands opposed to Emei. Its members lean toward the Solipsistic stance.
Sect Philosophy
Its arts span fist, blade, and a pestle-based Odd Technique style — modeled on the “three mysteries” of body, speech, and mind unified as one, advancing with the wrathful glare of a vajra guardian, holding position like an unmoving Wisdom King, circulating like a turning jeweled wheel. Vajra Sect holds men in the highest regard: men study its manuals 50% faster (200% faster through combat); women study 50% slower (80% slower through combat) — this modifier does not apply to a manual’s overall framework. Techniques run on Buddhism aptitude. Vajra Sect members can be asked to tutor Connoisseurship, Buddhism, and Miscellaneous Knowledge.
Full Technique Roster
| Type | 9th | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internal Power | 4 Preliminary Vajra Practices | Tumo Technique | 3 Mysteries Unity Method | Vase-Breath Technique | Vajra Empowerment Technique | Great Sun Sutra | Vajra Peak Sutra | Mahakala Guardian Technique | Supreme Yoga Method |
| Movement | Stone-Sinking Feet | Great Stillness Feet | Vajra Seat Technique | Divine Foot Passage | — | ||||
| Ultimate | Follow One’s Desire | Meridian-Grasping Technique | Sinew-Shrinking Bone-Reduction Technique | 7 Chakra Resonance Method | Mandala True Words | Wisdom King’s Inner Fire Meditation | Great Mudra | Buddhahood in This Very Body | — |
| Fist | Vajra Hammer | 5 Wrathful Hands | Paramita Palm | Vajra Black Sand Palm | Spirit-Heat Palm | Vajra Extermination Hand | Mount Sumeru 4 Deity Palm | Vairocana Buddha Palm | — |
| Blade | Vajra Bladeplay | Rakshasa Bladeplay | Demon-Obstruction Bladeplay | Spirit-Heat Blade | Vajra Subjugation Blade | Vajra Prajna Blade | Wish-Fulfilling Jewel Wheel Blade | 6 Divine Might Blade | Mahakala Blade |
| Odd (pestle) | Stone-Shattering Pestle | Guardian Vajra Pestle | Rakshasa Pestle Technique | Wrathful Vajra Pestle | Great Wheel Vajra Pestle | Great Awe-Virtue Vajra Pestle | Wish-Fulfilling Jeweled Tree Pestle | Immovable Wisdom King Pestle | — |
Favor Interaction: Vajra Secret Method
Over the course of 1 year, raises one of a party member’s main attributes.
Regional Story: “The Wordless True Sutra”
Illusions spin and shift, false forms deceive — and karma drifts endlessly through the six realms. The Boundless Vajra Sect holds Mount Kunlun in the Western Territories, ambitious and merciless, its crimes many.
Resentment among the people at the mountain’s foot now runs deep, and Western monks have been turning up dead one after another. No one knows what calamity might follow, as the souls of the wrongly slain drift restlessly through the world…
| Trigger | Build the Reincarnation Platform in Taiwu Village, then a month rolls over while you’re in an uncorrupted region of the Western Territories |
|---|---|
| Reward | Charnel Skull Crown |
| Sequel unlock condition | Hold Fuloong Sanctuary’s treasure, the Divine Flame Immortal Dust |
| Sequel reward | Soul-Snatching Pearl |
Signature Mechanic: Soul Transfer Ritual
Completing “The Wordless True Sutra” unlocks Vajra Sect’s centerpiece feature: fusing a soul from the Reincarnation Platform into another body to create a resurrected character.
How it works
Activation: Interact with the “Reincarnation Platform” facility in Taiwu Village, then enter the “Soul Transfer Pavilion.”
Choose a soul: Any soul currently held at the Reincarnation Platform.
Choose a vessel: Any of your companions, prisoners, or Taiwu Village residents.
Result: Fuses the two into a new character. Appearance is based on the vessel, blended with select features from the soul — Charisma may shift accordingly. Mood, alignment, stats, aptitude, and study progress, and the character’s past-life memories, all inherit from the soul; traits are inherited from whichever of the two makes more thematic sense; everything else carries over from the vessel.
| Vessel’s prior reputation | Resulting trait |
|---|---|
| Above “Unknown” | “Reborn in a Pure Body” |
| Below “Unknown” | “Reborn in a Corrupted Body” |
Sequel unlock: multi-soul fusion
Completing the sequel story lets you fuse up to 3 souls into a single vessel at once. Appearance draws from all souls involved; mood, stats, and aptitude take the highest value across all souls; alignment is randomly inherited from one soul; shared trait types keep whichever has the highest positive tier (conflicting traits let you choose). If more than 1 soul is used, the resulting character has no past-life memories.