Wudang
The undisputed first house of internal cultivation — where softness overcomes hardness, and stillness overcomes motion.
NeutralRival: Veil Scar SectFist / Sword / Soft Weapon
Alongside Shaolin and Emei, Wudang is counted among the Three Great Orthodox Houses of the martial world. Its arts run famously deep — the founding patriarch’s Daoist insight and Taiji techniques are said to have no rival, earning Wudang the reputation of the first house of internal cultivation under heaven. Based in the Jingbei–Wudang Mountains region, its arts run on the Pure Yang elemental attribute.
Wudang is a righteous sect that won’t teach anyone whose reputation has fallen too low, and stands opposed to Veil Scar Sect. Politically, its members lean toward the Neutral stance.
Sect Philosophy
Wudang’s arts span fist, sword, and a whisk-based soft-weapon style — built on the principle that intent moves before the body, and qi arrives before force lands. It favors yielding over hardness, stillness over motion: pure Daoist theory made manifest. Its techniques run on Daoism aptitude, which can substitute for other lower breakthrough requirements — with soft-weapon techniques additionally requiring Poetry & Literature. Wudang members can be asked to tutor Poetry & Literature, Numerology, and Daoism.
Full Technique Roster
| Type | 9th | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internal Power | Wudang Grand Harmony | Embracing Primordial Unity | Unified Hunyuan Stance | 12-Pillar Heavenly Method | Marrow-Washing Golden Classic | Wudang Hunyuan Method | Taiyi Divine Skill | Pure Yang Boundless Method | Primordial Origin Method |
| Movement | 5-Step Plum Blossom Stakes | Eight Trigrams Step | Cloud Ring Step | North Star Heaven-Net Step | Taiyi Nine Palace Step | Heaven-Ascending Ladder | Cloud-Soaring Flight | — | |
| Ultimate | Wudang Iron Shirt | Three-Talent Sword Array | 9 Cloud-Bed Trials | Yin-Yang Cycling Method | Five Qi Facing the Origin | True Warrior Demon-Sweeping Array | Boundless Force | Three Flowers Converging | — |
| Fist | Wudang Long Fist | Wind-Chasing Cloud Ring Palm | Wudang Cotton Palm | Wandering Eight Trigrams Palm | Taiyi Carefree Palm | Mystic Divine Fist | Wudang Pure Yang Fist | Purple Yang Righteous Qi Fist | Taiji Fist |
| Sword | Wudang Cinnabar Sword | Wudang Carefree Sword | White Rainbow Swordplay | Taiyi Mystic Gate Sword | Pure Yang Sword Intent | True Warrior Roaming Dragon Sword | Taiji Swordplay | Innate Minor Yang Sword Qi | Boundless Sword Style |
| Soft Weapon (whisk) | Whisk Technique | Wudang Iron Whisk | Two-Forms Whisk Method | Laojun’s Whisk Method | Yin-Yang Reversal Whisk | Taiyi Cloud Whisk | Boundless Dust-Sweeping Method | Mystic Void Divine Whisk | — |
Favor Interaction: Seven-Star Origin Alignment
Perform up to 7 rounds of Zhoutian (Heavenly Cycle) circulation on one internal-power technique you’ve already broken through — a way to accelerate cultivation of a single core technique using accumulated favor.
Regional Story: “Tortoise and Serpent, Entwined in Support”
“The male does not stand alone, nor the female dwell in solitude. Tortoise and serpent, the Dark Warrior entwined, lean upon each other — thus is yin and yang made manifest, thus are the two forever bound together.” Yin and yang giving rise to one another is the way of heaven and earth.
Yet lately, word has spread of a disheveled Daoist wandering Mount Wudang — one who, upon encountering anyone practicing Wudang’s reversed (heretical) techniques, delivers an unsolicited lecture: “When yang flourishes and yin withers, that is the Way…”
| Trigger | Obtain permission to study at Wudang, then wander the Wudang Mountains region |
|---|---|
| Reward | Void of Nothingness |
| Sequel unlock condition | Hold Jade-Maiden Sect’s treasure, the Shattered Yiming Mirror |
| Sequel reward | Two-Forms Heart-Guarding Scale |
Signature Mechanics
Correct the Reversed
Unlock: Interact with “Little Black Snake,” the special character tied to “Tortoise and Serpent, Entwined in Support.”
Cost: 10 Stamina per use, plus Experience scaled to how much you’re rewriting.
Effect: Choose one technique manual you own and rewrite both its overall type and any number of its individual chapter contents. Higher-grade books allow more chapters to be rewritten, at proportionally higher Experience cost.
Shift the Palace (unlocked via sequel story)
During a technique breakthrough, spend Experience to swap the positions of any two breakthrough nodes (excluding the start and end points). Higher-grade techniques allow more swaps per breakthrough attempt, at proportionally higher cost.