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** Special mention goes to the Shen-Nong Chi, which, while being a blunt, ruler-shaped sword, is powerful enough to ''cleanly lop off the top of Xiong-Yan Wang's skull!''
*** It can even ''bisect'' a human body, as the Jade King fatally finds out later on.
*** Almost becomes a RunningGag when the Master Geomancer gets his right arm chopped off by it while trapped in an illusion by one of the Evil Emperor's agents, the Burning-Sky Witch.
*** It can even ''bisect'' a human body, as the Jade King fatally finds out later on.
*** Almost becomes a RunningGag when the Master Geomancer gets his right arm chopped off by it while trapped in an illusion by one of the Evil Emperor's agents, the Burning-Sky Witch.
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** Special mention goes to the Shen-Nong Chi, which, while being a blunt, ruler-shaped sword, is powerful enough to ''cleanly lop off the top of Xiong-Yan Wang's skull!''
***skull!'' It can even ''bisect'' a human body, as the Jade King fatally finds out later on.
***on. Almost becomes a RunningGag when the Master Geomancer gets his right arm chopped off by it while trapped in an illusion by one of the Evil Emperor's agents, the Burning-Sky Witch.
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** The very first quest that Wen-Tian embarks on is to save Bei-Ming Xue, his love interest (and daughter of the Northern Clan's leader, Bei-Ming Zheng). Granted, he has the army of the Northern Clan behind him, along with elite warriors from the Western Clan, but he's the main driving force.
*** Of note, among the Western Clan's elite warriors is Xi-Cheng Xiu-Shu, son of the Western Clan's leader Xi-Cheng Hao, and Bei-Ming Xue's aspiring boyfriend.
*** A second, but no less important goal of Wen-Tian's is to find the Shen-Nong Chi, so he can use its healing magic to heal his sister's (and adoptive father's) wounds.
*** Of note, among the Western Clan's elite warriors is Xi-Cheng Xiu-Shu, son of the Western Clan's leader Xi-Cheng Hao, and Bei-Ming Xue's aspiring boyfriend.
*** A second, but no less important goal of Wen-Tian's is to find the Shen-Nong Chi, so he can use its healing magic to heal his sister's (and adoptive father's) wounds.
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** The very first quest that Wen-Tian embarks on is to save Bei-Ming Xue, his love interest (and daughter of the Northern Clan's leader, Bei-Ming Zheng). Granted, he has the army of the Northern Clan behind him, along with elite warriors from the Western Clan, but he's the main driving force.
***force. Of note, among the Western Clan's elite warriors is Xi-Cheng Xiu-Shu, son of the Western Clan's leader Xi-Cheng Hao, and Bei-Ming Xue's aspiring boyfriend.
*** ** A second, but no less important goal of Wen-Tian's is to find the Shen-Nong Chi, so he can use its healing magic to heal his sister's (and adoptive father's) wounds.
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** As Overlord of the Heaven-Earth Alliance, Emperor Yan is plenty strong enough, but the Lord of the Raksha Sect is more than a match for him.
*** Heck, the Raksha Sect is so powerful that two of their agents are enough to restrain Bei-Ming Lei unarmed when he's driven AxCrazy by the Emperor's Wrath, something not even (a similarly unarmed) Wen-Tian could do.
*** Heck, the Raksha Sect is so powerful that two of their agents are enough to restrain Bei-Ming Lei unarmed when he's driven AxCrazy by the Emperor's Wrath, something not even (a similarly unarmed) Wen-Tian could do.
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** As Overlord of the Heaven-Earth Alliance, Emperor Yan is plenty strong enough, but the Lord of the Raksha Sect is more than a match for him.
***him. Heck, the Raksha Sect is so powerful that two of their agents are enough to restrain Bei-Ming Lei unarmed when he's driven AxCrazy by the Emperor's Wrath, something not even (a similarly unarmed) Wen-Tian could do.
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** Wen-Tian does this early on, disarming Xi-Cheng Xiu-Shu and then one of Xiong-Yan Wang's lieutenants by shattering their weapons with a single strike to their structural weak spots. Apparently, the Tian-Jing pearl allows him to perceive such weak points.
*** Comes up again later when Wen-Tian is able to locate the residual heat of the Northern Clan's extinguished forge while tunnelling underground, and again when he sees through Bei-Ming Lei's crazed attacks in an attempt to subdue his rampage with the Emperor's Wrath.
*** Comes up again later when Wen-Tian is able to locate the residual heat of the Northern Clan's extinguished forge while tunnelling underground, and again when he sees through Bei-Ming Lei's crazed attacks in an attempt to subdue his rampage with the Emperor's Wrath.
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** Wen-Tian does this early on, disarming Xi-Cheng Xiu-Shu and then one of Xiong-Yan Wang's lieutenants by shattering their weapons with a single strike to their structural weak spots. Apparently, the Tian-Jing pearl allows him to perceive such weak points.
***points. Comes up again later when Wen-Tian is able to locate the residual heat of the Northern Clan's extinguished forge while tunnelling underground, and again when he sees through Bei-Ming Lei's crazed attacks in an attempt to subdue his rampage with the Emperor's Wrath.
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** The wielders of the Hu-Po and the Shi-Hun tend to go this way, as they're DrivenToMadness by the EvilWeapon.
*** When Bei-Ming Lei attempts to wield the Emperor's Wrath (the first Demon Weapon to be introduced), he gets so consumed by hatred that he kills San-Shu, countless clansmen, and nearly kills his own dad!
*** When Bei-Ming Lei attempts to wield the Emperor's Wrath (the first Demon Weapon to be introduced), he gets so consumed by hatred that he kills San-Shu, countless clansmen, and nearly kills his own dad!
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** The wielders of the Hu-Po and the Shi-Hun tend to go this way, as they're DrivenToMadness by the EvilWeapon.
***EvilWeapon. When Bei-Ming Lei attempts to wield the Emperor's Wrath (the first Demon Weapon to be introduced), he gets so consumed by hatred that he kills San-Shu, countless clansmen, and nearly kills his own dad!
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** The Fire-Worshipping Sect later manages to capture Zhuo Bu-Fan (again), Dong-Fang Xiong, Xi-Cheng Xiu-Shu, Le-Wa, ''and'' three of the supporting cast in one fell swoop, thanks to a combination of Du Zi-Wei's poison smoke and all the heroes being too worn out by their fight against the Gold King and his lieutenants.
*** After the Fire-Worshipping Sect is driven from their hideout by Dong-Fang Yi-Nian, ''all'' of them ''and'' the heroes who've been taken prisoner are then captured by the Phoenix Queen.
*** After the Fire-Worshipping Sect is driven from their hideout by Dong-Fang Yi-Nian, ''all'' of them ''and'' the heroes who've been taken prisoner are then captured by the Phoenix Queen.
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** The Fire-Worshipping Sect later manages to capture Zhuo Bu-Fan (again), Dong-Fang Xiong, Xi-Cheng Xiu-Shu, Le-Wa, ''and'' three of the supporting cast in one fell swoop, thanks to a combination of Du Zi-Wei's poison smoke and all the heroes being too worn out by their fight against the Gold King and his lieutenants.
***lieutenants. After the Fire-Worshipping Sect is driven from their hideout by Dong-Fang Yi-Nian, ''all'' of them ''and'' the heroes who've been taken prisoner are then captured by the Phoenix Queen.
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* UndyingLoyalty: The little Jade Dragon imprints on the Jade King when it hatches, leading to this.
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* UndyingLoyalty: UndyingLoyalty:
** The little Jade Dragon imprints on the Jade King when it hatches, leading to this.
** The little Jade Dragon imprints on the Jade King when it hatches, leading to this.
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* SoulJar: How the Evil Emperor survived the destruction of his original body via ColonyDrop. The priest who took said jar into his care survived to become the elderly custodian of his clan by the time of the main story.
** Notably, Emperor Yan was already plenty powerful enough to rule as the Overlord of the Heaven-Earth Alliance, thanks to Fu-Xi's advanced martial arts (anyone who can defeat the ''Hu-Po'' barehanded definitely qualifies). However, once he obtained the Shi-Fang Ju-Mie, he ForgotAboutHisPowers in his efforts to master the incredibly complex weapon, leading to a HumiliationConga of defeats. Bonus points for the Shi-Fang Ju-Mie actually being Fu-Xi's personal weapon in the {{Backstory}} - turns out, the martial arts were every bit as important as mastering the weapon itself.
** Defied with the Lord of the Raksha Sect, who sits very firm in his mastery of Raksha's arts. This allows him to slay Dong-Fang Yi-Nian barehanded, and reclaim the Shi-Hun.
** Defied with the Lord of the Raksha Sect, who sits very firm in his mastery of Raksha's arts. This allows him to slay Dong-Fang Yi-Nian barehanded, and reclaim the Shi-Hun.
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* YourLittleDismissiveDiminutive: The villains occasionally pepper their insults with these, particularly in regard to the younger heroes like Wen-Tian, Tie-Xin, and Niu-Lang.
** Then there are demigods like Chi-You, who speak to practically every mortal like this.
** Then there are demigods like Chi-You, who speak to practically every mortal like this.
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* YourLittleDismissiveDiminutive: The villains occasionally pepper their insults with these, particularly in regard to the younger heroes characters like Wen-Tian, Tie-Xin, and Niu-Lang.
** Then there are demigods like Chi-You, who speak to practically every mortal likethis.this.
** The Evil Emperor also gets his turn, especially after his reincarnation.
** Then there are demigods like Chi-You, who speak to practically every mortal like
** The Evil Emperor also gets his turn, especially after his reincarnation.
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* EvilMakesYouUgly: In his original incarnation, the Evil Emperor has a face only a mother could love...and that's stretching it. He looked quite normal (and even handsome) in his youth (despite the BlackEyesOfEvil), and said good looks are restored to him after his reincarnation.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Xiong-Yan Wang's elite troops are these, forcefully bred from captured human maidens. Yikes. Considering a whole other contingent can be found in Emperor Yan's palace, it's possible he's the one who passed down their gruesome creation technique.
** The narrative straight up calls the Evil Emperor half-demon, as the ''Celestial Demon'' itself had a hand in his birth.
** The narrative straight up calls the Evil Emperor half-demon, as the ''Celestial Demon'' itself had a hand in his birth.
** The Master Geomancer loses handily to the Burning-Sky Witch despite breaking her illusion, as he's fighting while poisoned by a venomous lizard that his (brainwashed) disciples had sicced on him earlier.
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** Likewise, the Silver King isn't above killing the Jade King if he can help it.
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** Likewise, the Silver King isn't above killing the Jade King if he can help it. Tragically cemented later on when Niu-Lang does indeed kill him while affected by the illusions in Chi-You's labyrinth.
** Probably the most tragic example is when an AxCrazy Bei-Ming Lei straight-up kills San-Shu when the latter tries to stop his rampage.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: The Master Geomancer is hit with this, ''hard'' (no pun intended): when the Fire-Worshipping Sect gives him preferential treatment during the heroes' imprisonment (serving him a full set dinner instead of just plain buns & cold water), he thinks they're buttering him up so he'll provide them with divinations. Turns out, his dinner has been spiked with an ''aphrodisiac'', and Du Zi-Wei uses that to enslave him via ''STD'' (since he'll need to regularly get medicine from her). Made worse because he had just divined that he would run into "troubles with the opposite sex" ''just a few hours before.'' Fortunately, the Phoenix Queen undoes the damage later on.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: WrongGenreSavvy:
** The Master Geomancer is hit with this, ''hard'' (no pun intended): when the Fire-Worshipping Sect gives him preferential treatment during the heroes' imprisonment (serving him a full set dinner instead of just plain buns & cold water), he thinks they're buttering him up so he'll provide them with divinations. Turns out, his dinner has been spiked with an ''aphrodisiac'', and Du Zi-Wei uses that to enslave him via ''STD'' (since he'll need to regularly get medicine from her). Made worse because he had just divined that he would run into "troubles with the opposite sex" ''just a few hours before.'' Fortunately, the Phoenix Queen undoes the damage lateron.on.
** When Nan-Gong Piao proposes a ceasefire between the rival factions of the Southern Clan (so that they don't tear what's left of the clan apart in the scramble for the Tian-Jing), he suggests that the clan's leader should be the one to unite them in their quest for the First-Grade Weapon. Dong-Fang Xiong is quick to declare Tie-Xin as the next leader, being the legitimate child of the late Nan-Gong Yi (the previous leader), but Nan-Gong Piao one-ups her by revealing that the Southern Clan has always valued skill/charisma over bloodline in its leadership succession.
** The Master Geomancer is hit with this, ''hard'' (no pun intended): when the Fire-Worshipping Sect gives him preferential treatment during the heroes' imprisonment (serving him a full set dinner instead of just plain buns & cold water), he thinks they're buttering him up so he'll provide them with divinations. Turns out, his dinner has been spiked with an ''aphrodisiac'', and Du Zi-Wei uses that to enslave him via ''STD'' (since he'll need to regularly get medicine from her). Made worse because he had just divined that he would run into "troubles with the opposite sex" ''just a few hours before.'' Fortunately, the Phoenix Queen undoes the damage later
** When Nan-Gong Piao proposes a ceasefire between the rival factions of the Southern Clan (so that they don't tear what's left of the clan apart in the scramble for the Tian-Jing), he suggests that the clan's leader should be the one to unite them in their quest for the First-Grade Weapon. Dong-Fang Xiong is quick to declare Tie-Xin as the next leader, being the legitimate child of the late Nan-Gong Yi (the previous leader), but Nan-Gong Piao one-ups her by revealing that the Southern Clan has always valued skill/charisma over bloodline in its leadership succession.
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** Her mother, Dong-Fang Xiong, also gets hit with this. She triumphantly set out to obtain the Hu-Po in order to restore the Southern Clan & claim what she viewed as her rightful place as leader of the Eastern Clan (being her father’s first-born), but the expedition failed terribly, ending in Mount Tai’s eruption and the Hu-Po landing in Yan-Shen’s hands. Though she ended up with her lover Zhuo Bu-Fan, his troubles with the fairer sex come between them as he’s seduced by Du Zi-Wei (unsuccessfully) and then the Phoenix Queen (this one sticks). Enraged, she resolves to hunt down Du Zi-Wei, but gets caught in her trap. She’s saved in the nick of time...by her (now quite evil) half-brother Dong-Fang Yi-Nian (still the legal ruler of the Eastern Clan), who swiftly pulls rank on her. The elite warriors who were with her summarily abandon her, leaving her alone & with nothing. This drives her to seek out the Tian-Jing so that she can restore her status, but faces opposition from the rest of the Southern Clan who see her as a usurper of Nan-Gong Yi's legacy.
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*** Though Tie-Xin and Wen-Tian quickly resume their romance after Wen-Tian's revival, the chain is again yanked when it's revealed that (1) Bei-Ming Zheng has betrothed Bei-Ming Xue to Wen-Tian, and (2) Tie-Xin and Wen-Tian are actually ''half siblings'' through their father Nan-Gong Yi. While it's revealed even later on that Tie-Xin was actually fathered by ''the Master Geomancer'', too much damage has been done by this point, and she ends up throwing her lot in with the Evil Emperor.
** Her mother, Dong-Fang Xiong, also gets hit with this. She triumphantly set out to obtain the Hu-Po in order to restore the Southern Clan & claim what she viewed as her rightful place as leader of the Eastern Clan (being her father’s first-born), but the expedition failed terribly, ending in Mount Tai’s eruption and the Hu-Po landing in Yan-Shen’s hands. Though she ended up with her lover Zhuo Bu-Fan, his troubles with the fairer sex come between them as he’s seduced by Du Zi-Wei (unsuccessfully) and then the Phoenix Queen (this one sticks). Enraged, she resolves to hunt down Du Zi-Wei, but gets caught in her trap. She’s saved in the nick of time...by her (now quite evil) half-brother Dong-Fang Yi-Nian (still the legal ruler of the Eastern Clan), who swiftly pulls rank on her. The elite warriors who were with her summarily abandon her, leaving her alone & with nothing. This drives her to seek out the Tian-Jing so that she can restore her status, but faces opposition from the rest of the Southern Clan who see her as a usurper of Nan-Gong Yi'slegacy.legacy (only his brother, Nan-Gong Fei, and his wife unanimously support her).
** Her mother, Dong-Fang Xiong, also gets hit with this. She triumphantly set out to obtain the Hu-Po in order to restore the Southern Clan & claim what she viewed as her rightful place as leader of the Eastern Clan (being her father’s first-born), but the expedition failed terribly, ending in Mount Tai’s eruption and the Hu-Po landing in Yan-Shen’s hands. Though she ended up with her lover Zhuo Bu-Fan, his troubles with the fairer sex come between them as he’s seduced by Du Zi-Wei (unsuccessfully) and then the Phoenix Queen (this one sticks). Enraged, she resolves to hunt down Du Zi-Wei, but gets caught in her trap. She’s saved in the nick of time...by her (now quite evil) half-brother Dong-Fang Yi-Nian (still the legal ruler of the Eastern Clan), who swiftly pulls rank on her. The elite warriors who were with her summarily abandon her, leaving her alone & with nothing. This drives her to seek out the Tian-Jing so that she can restore her status, but faces opposition from the rest of the Southern Clan who see her as a usurper of Nan-Gong Yi's
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** Chi-You takes it up a notch after his resurrection.
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** Chi-You takes it up a notch after his resurrection.resurrection, threatening to ''unmake all of creation itself''.
** The Evil Emperor's agents are all quick to level this at their foes, in their attempts to get them to submit to the BigBad.
** The Evil Emperor's agents are all quick to level this at their foes, in their attempts to get them to submit to the BigBad.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The Overlord of the Heaven-Earth Alliance certainly seems to treat his underlings this way, not even batting an eyelid when they get killed. He even sends the Gold King to his death so that the Hu-Po will land in Wen-Tian’s hands!
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The Overlord of the Heaven-Earth Alliance certainly seems to treat his underlings this way, not even batting an eyelid when they get killed. He even sends the Gold King to his death so that the Hu-Po will land in Wen-Tian’s hands!hands - all part of a gambit to open the Door of a Thousand Curses!
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** Niu-Lang gets a massive one when he learns Chi-You's martial arts.
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** Niu-Lang gets a massive one when ''several'' after he learns Chi-You's martial arts.arts and gets a powerup via the Evil Emperor.
** Wen-Cai spilling the beans about Bei-Ming Zheng's secret plans to betroth Bei-Ming Xue to Wen-Tian, ''right in front of the duo AND Tie-Xin'' is a big contributor to Tie-Xin's StartOfDarkness.
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* UrbanRuins: The earthquakes, wildfires, and hailstorms that herald the Hu-Po's emergence, along with Mount Tai's eruption, turn the surrounding settlements into these.
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* UrbanRuins: The earthquakes, wildfires, and hailstorms that herald the Hu-Po's emergence, along with Mount Tai's eruption, turn the surrounding settlements into these. Ditto for the areas inundated by the cataclysmic flood that follow's Chi-You's departure from the mortal realm.
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* WallOfWeapons: Gu-Gang's smithy. Unfortunately, Wen-Tian is so powerful by that point that simply ''casually handling'' the weapons is enough to wreck them.
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* WallOfWeapons: WallOfWeapons:
** The Northern Clan is famed for its top-tier weapon-crafting, so there's plenty of these in their forges.
** Gu-Gang's smithy. Unfortunately, Wen-Tian is so powerful by that point that simply ''casually handling'' the weapons is enough to wreck them.
** The Northern Clan is famed for its top-tier weapon-crafting, so there's plenty of these in their forges.
** Gu-Gang's smithy. Unfortunately, Wen-Tian is so powerful by that point that simply ''casually handling'' the weapons is enough to wreck them.
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** After the Chi-You arc, it's revealed that the Evil Emperor's clan has been working in the shadows over the years to prepare for his arrival, and his chosen champion/vessel turns out to be ''Niu-Lang''.
** The Raksha Sect is finally introduced in full when the Raksha Lord's column rides into town, just in time to stop Bei-Ming Lei's rampage.
** The Raksha Sect is finally introduced in full when the Raksha Lord's column rides into town, just in time to stop Bei-Ming Lei's rampage.
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** When the Northern Clan is buried by an avalanche, Wen-Tian goes to look for a heat source to save everyone from freezing to death. With the clan's forges all frozen over, he tunnels underground to search further...only to uncover a hidden underground chamber housing a ''Demon Weapon'', the Emperor's Wrath, which is responsible for ''powering the clan's forges''.
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** Then played brutally straight after Bei-Ming Lei claims the Emperor's Wrath and brutally murders San-Shu. All while the Northern Clan's members are snowed in...by an ''avalanche''.
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** Then played brutally straight after Bei-Ming Lei claims the Emperor's Wrath and brutally murders San-Shu. All while the Northern Clan's members are snowed in...by an ''avalanche''.
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*** This extends to the Tian-Jing pearl in Wen-Tian's left arm as well, which reacts when First-Grade Weapons are in the vicinity.
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*** This extends to the Tian-Jing pearl in Wen-Tian's left arm as well, which reacts when First-Grade Weapons are in the vicinity. It's also quick to warn him about the evil nature of the Emperor's Wrath, but with his clansmen in danger of freezing to death, Wen-Tian overrides it so he can use the Demon Weapon's flames to warm the place up.
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* {{Superweapon}}: The First-Grade Weapons, naturally. Even among them, the Tian-Jing and Hu-Po are the mightiest, able to cause a Class 1 ApocalypseHow by themselves.
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* {{Superweapon}}: The First-Grade Weapons, naturally. Even among them, the Tian-Jing and Hu-Po are the mightiest, able to cause a Class 1 ApocalypseHow by themselves. Later on, the Demon Weapons prove themselves to be worthy contenders.
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** A tragic variant is done by Wen-Tian after he lays San-Shu to rest after the latter was killed by an AxCrazy Bei-Ming Lei.
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** Then played brutally straight after Bei-Ming Lei claims the Emperor's Wrath and brutally murders San-Shu. All while the Northern Clan's members are snowed in...by an ''avalanche''.
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** These sprout from the Evil Emperor's statue to grant Niu-Lang his latest power-up, and morph into a spanking new suit of armour to boot.
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*** Gets even more hilarious when he (quite brusquely) expresses his doubts about the Evil Emperor after being informed by the emperor's clansmen that he's been chosen as the villain's champion. This gets him a thorough beating by the clan's elderly custodian, and even with the Jing-Xie, a ''First-Grade Weapon'', he still loses!
** The cataclysmic tidal wave unleashed after Chi-You departs the mortal realm with the Flower Goddess also leads to this.
** The Master Geomancer pulls this off again later on in order to escape the Burning-Sky Witch's illusion. Unfortunately, he's been poisoned at that point, and can't quite hold his ground when she decides to engage in hand-to-hand combat...
** Wen-Cai also relentlessly ships her brother Wen-Tian and Bei-Ming Xue. This earns her a slap from an enraged Tie-Xin that results in a ''concussion''.
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* SkywardScream: Occasionally done by the more HotBlooded guys like Wen-Tian and Xiong-Yan Wang. Also sometimes happens when characters get their hands on First-Grade Weapons, like Yan-Shen with the Hu-Po and Dong-Fang Yi-Nian with the Shi-Hun.
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* SkywardScream: Occasionally done by the more HotBlooded guys like Wen-Tian and Xiong-Yan Wang. Also sometimes happens when characters get their hands on First-Grade Weapons, Weapons (and Demon Weapons!), like Yan-Shen with the Hu-Po and Dong-Fang Yi-Nian with the Shi-Hun.
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* SlidingScaleOfFreeWillVsFate: Discussed in both the narrative and the characters' dialogues, due to traditional Chinese notions of fate & destiny. The Master Geomancer goes the furthest with these discussions, due to his divination skills.
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* SlidingScaleOfFreeWillVsFate: Discussed in both the narrative and the characters' dialogues, due to traditional Chinese notions of fate & destiny. The Master Geomancer goes the furthest with these discussions, due to his divination skills. Hilariously, he's one of the biggest victims of his own divined fate: troubles with the fairer sex!
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*** Related to the above, Zhuo Bu-Fan's teacher was all of 8 years old when the Evil Emperor engaged ''his'' teacher and {{108}} other geomancers to help summon the meteor containing the Demon Pearl he was interested in.
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*** Related to the above, Zhuo Bu-Fan's teacher was all of 8 years old when the Evil Emperor engaged ''his'' teacher and {{108}} 108 other geomancers to help summon the meteor containing the Demon Pearl he was interested in.
** Bei-Ming Lei gets his turn when the Emperor's Wrath drives him AxCrazy.
** After getting yet another power-up thanks to the Evil Emperor, Niu-Lang's first act is to invade Emperor Yan's kingdom and destroy it. How much is fueled by Niu-Lang's own hatred for being subjugated into the Heaven-Earth Alliance earlier on, and how much is driven by the rivalry between the two Emperors is up for debate.
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** Niu-Lang embarks on one after he finally secures the Hu-Po for himself, destroying Emperor Yan's kingdom in retaliation for his actions as the Overlord of the Heaven-Earth Alliance. This culminates in a duel with the Emperor himself, but by then, not even the Shi-Fang Ju-Mie can help him stand against Niu-Lang.
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** Niu-Lang embarks on one after he finally secures falls in with the Hu-Po for himself, Evil Emperor, destroying Emperor Yan's kingdom in retaliation for his actions as the Overlord of the Heaven-Earth Alliance. This culminates in a duel with the Emperor himself, but by then, not even the Shi-Fang Ju-Mie can help him stand against Niu-Lang.
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** Emperor Yan takes it upon himself to usurp the Heaven-Earth Alliance and exploit its resources to claim the Shi-Fang Ju-Mie for himself, all so he can ScrewDestiny. Unfortunately, by the time he returns to his kingdom after Chi-You's cataclysm, Niu-Lang has laid waste to it.
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* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Seems to be the case with the Tai-Xu, as it reacts to the righteousness of its wielder. Xi-Cheng Xiu-Shu is so simple-minded in his righteousness that he forms an unbreakable bond with it.
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* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: OnlyTheChosenMayWield:
** Seems to be the case with the Tai-Xu, as it reacts to the righteousness of its wielder. Xi-Cheng Xiu-Shu is so simple-minded in his righteousness that he forms an unbreakable bond with it.
** Seems to be the case with the Tai-Xu, as it reacts to the righteousness of its wielder. Xi-Cheng Xiu-Shu is so simple-minded in his righteousness that he forms an unbreakable bond with it.
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* PowerCrystal: The Tian-Jing pearl in Wen-Tian's left arm.
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* PowerCrystal: The Tian-Jing pearl in Wen-Tian's left arm. Later on, the Demon Pearls as well.
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*** Related to the above, Bei-Ming Zheng then decides to betroth Bei-Ming Xue to Wen-Tian as thanks, and secretly informs San-Shu and Wen-Cai over dinner. When Tie-Xin catches Bei-Ming Xue kissing Wen-Tian after he had helped with the Northern Clan's succession crisis (Bei-Ming Zheng had mysteriously vanished soon after announcing his betrothal plans), she's quick to accuse him of being a womanizer. Wen-Cai then comes to her brother's defence by revealing the betrothal, and asking Tie-Xin to make herself scarce since she's basically an outsider. Tie-Xin does not take this well. AT ALL.
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*** Related to the above, Bei-Ming Zheng then decides to betroth Bei-Ming Xue to Wen-Tian as thanks, and secretly informs San-Shu and Wen-Cai over dinner. When Tie-Xin catches Bei-Ming Xue kissing Wen-Tian after he had helped with the Northern Clan's succession crisis (Bei-Ming Zheng had mysteriously vanished soon after announcing his betrothal plans), she's quick to accuse him of being a womanizer. Wen-Cai then comes to her brother's defence by revealing the betrothal, and asking Tie-Xin to make herself scarce since she's basically an outsider.a third wheel. Tie-Xin does not take this well. AT ALL.
*** Related to the above, Zhuo Bu-Fan's teacher was all of 8 years old when the Evil Emperor engaged ''his'' teacher and {{108}} other geomancers to help summon the meteor containing the Demon Pearl he was interested in.
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* OneManArmy: As per wuxia tradition, any sufficiently skilled martial artist, when pit against regular {{Mooks}}, of course. Exaggerated if they get their hands on a First-Grade Weapon.
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* OneManArmy: As per wuxia tradition, any sufficiently skilled martial artist, when pit against regular {{Mooks}}, of course. Exaggerated if they get their hands on a First-Grade Weapon/Demon Weapon.
** The Emperor's Wrath actually draws Bei-Ming Lei toward it, attracted by the sheer pent-up hatred within him. It had just rejected Wen-Tian because his HeroicWillpower clashed with its evil nature.
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** Bei-Ming Lei is a more glaring case. He's decent enough with a polearm to reach the finals of the heroes' tournament, but considering his first fight is against Xi-Cheng Xiu-Shu and the freaking ''Tai-Xu'', he goes down in a single move. Even when he obtains an EvilWeapon on par with a First-Grade Weapon in the second half of the story, KidHero Wu-Yong still manages to kick his ass and take it from him.
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** Bei-Ming Lei is a more glaring case. He's decent enough with a polearm to reach the finals of the heroes' tournament, but considering his first fight is against Xi-Cheng Xiu-Shu and the freaking ''Tai-Xu'', he goes down in a single move. Even when he obtains an EvilWeapon the Emperor's Wrath (a Demon Weapon on par with a First-Grade Weapon Weapon) in the second half of the story, KidHero Wu-Yong still manages to kick his ass and take it from him.
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** Dong-Fang Xiong's political machinations with the remnants of the Southern Clan aren't elaborated upon while the rest of the cast adventures through Chi-You's labyrinth (and accidentally revives the demigod). She only re-enters the narrative when the Tian-Jing begins its re-emergence, near the end of the climactic battle with Chi-You.
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** A twofer for Niu-Lang: he goes from generic great-swords to the Shen-Nong Chi, which he then mixes with Chi-You's formidable martial arts and an ObliviousTransformation. He then gets to wield the Jing-Xie, before topping this by finally claiming the Hu-Po when he joins the Evil Emperor.
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** A twofer for Niu-Lang: Niu-Lang gets ''several'': he goes from generic great-swords to the Shen-Nong Chi, which he then mixes with Chi-You's formidable martial arts and an ObliviousTransformation. He then gets to wield the Jing-Xie, Jing-Xie before topping gaining a power infusion from the Evil Emperor, and tops this by finally claiming the Hu-Po when he joins the Evil Emperor.after trouncing Emperor Yan.
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** Happened to the Evil Emperor in his {{Backstory}}, when he attempted to summon a Demon Pearl for himself. However, said pearl manifested as a ''giant meteor from the sky'', and was beyond even his own power to control, leading to the destruction of his physical form and his entire palace.
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** Happened to the Evil Emperor in his {{Backstory}}, when he attempted to summon a Demon Pearl for himself. However, said pearl manifested as housed in a ''giant meteor from the sky'', in space''. The summoning process basically led to a ''ColonyDrop on his own palace'', and said meteor was beyond even his own power to control, leading to the destruction of his physical form and his entire palace.
** Enforced after Chi-You departs the mortal realm with the Flower Goddess. Turns out, a ''cataclysmic tidal wave'' will do that any gathered group of people, regardless of power.
** The Demon Pearls (and the Demon Weapons they create) also become this once they enter the narrative.
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* MadeOfIndestructium: Basically all of the First-Grade Weapons.
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* MadeOfIndestructium: Basically all of the First-Grade Weapons.Weapons (and the Demon Weapons later on).
** The Celestial Demon is revealed to be this for the Evil Emperor himself, having had a guiding hand in his life ''since his birth''.
** Happens again to Wen-Tian after San-Shu's funeral - his adoptive father had been brutally disembowelled by an AxCrazy Bei-Ming Lei.
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** Xi-Cheng Xiu-Shu gets a huge upgrade, going from drab disc/wheel weapons to the mighty Tai-Xu.
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** Xi-Cheng Xiu-Shu gets a huge upgrade, going from drab disc/wheel weapons to the mighty powerful Tai-Xu.
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** A twofer for Niu-Lang: he goes from generic great-swords to the Shen-Nong Chi, which he then mixes with Chi-You's formidable martial arts and an ObliviousTransformation. He tops this by finally claiming the Hu-Po when Chi-You departs the mortal realm for good.
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** A twofer for Niu-Lang: he goes from generic great-swords to the Shen-Nong Chi, which he then mixes with Chi-You's formidable martial arts and an ObliviousTransformation. He tops then gets to wield the Jing-Xie, before topping this by finally claiming the Hu-Po when Chi-You departs he joins the mortal realm for good.Evil Emperor.
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* MineralMacGuffin: The Tian-Jing pearl is this.
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* MineralMacGuffin: The Tian-Jing pearl is this.this, as are the ten Demon Pearls.
*** Related to the above, Bei-Ming Zheng then decides to betroth Bei-Ming Xue to Wen-Tian as thanks, and secretly informs San-Shu and Wen-Cai over dinner. When Tie-Xin catches Bei-Ming Xue kissing Wen-Tian after he had helped with the Northern Clan's succession crisis (Bei-Ming Zheng had mysteriously vanished soon after announcing his betrothal plans), she's quick to accuse him of being a womanizer. Wen-Cai then comes to her brother's defence by revealing the betrothal, and asking Tie-Xin to make herself scarce since she's basically an outsider. Tie-Xin does not take this well. AT ALL.
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* NoEndorHolocaust: ''Brutally defied.'' The fallout from cataclysms like the Tian-Jing's explosion and Mount Tai's eruption are all lovingly depicted in full colour, along with the narrative describing the carnage in ''PurpleProse.''
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* NoEndorHolocaust: ''Brutally defied.'' The fallout from cataclysms like the Tian-Jing's explosion and explosion, Mount Tai's eruption eruption, and Chi-You's cataclysmic flood are all lovingly depicted in full colour, along with the narrative describing the carnage in ''PurpleProse.''
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** After Emperor Shang's defeat in the {{Backstory}}, his rivals basically said this about the Emperor's Wrath, and encased it in ice to keep it dormant. Unfortunately, their descendants would foolishly give it to his son, with predictable results.
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** The...um, Evil Emperor. It's all but spelled out in his name.
** Goes double for the Celestial Demon, practically the ''source of all evil'' in the story.
** Goes double for the Celestial Demon, practically the ''source of all evil'' in the story.
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** The Master Geomancer prefers to fight this way, when he's forced into direct combat. Sometimes it works, sometimes he gets OutGambitted.
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** The Master Geomancer prefers to fight this way, way when he's forced into direct combat.combat, using divinations as much as martial might. Sometimes it works, sometimes he gets OutGambitted.
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** Prince Gu also uses this when he's initially outmatched by the Gold King.
** Nan-Gong Piao is not a frontline combatant, and relies more on brains than brawn when he needs to deal with the belligerent Dong-Fang Xiong.
** Nan-Gong Piao is not a frontline combatant, and relies more on brains than brawn when he needs to deal with the belligerent Dong-Fang Xiong.
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** While he's playing the hero at first, Prince Gu also uses this when he's initially outmatched by the Gold King.
King, pretending to grovel until he can {{Backstab}} his foe. This foreshadows his conniving nature.
** Nan-Gong Piao is not a frontline combatant, and relies more on brains than brawn when he needs to deal with the belligerent Dong-Fang Xiong. Rather than continue infighting in the Southern Clan, he reveals that the clan has always chosen its leaders based on skill (not bloodline), and proposes a martial arts tournament to decide the Tian-Jing's next bearer (and thus clan leader).
** Nan-Gong Piao is not a frontline combatant, and relies more on brains than brawn when he needs to deal with the belligerent Dong-Fang Xiong. Rather than continue infighting in the Southern Clan, he reveals that the clan has always chosen its leaders based on skill (not bloodline), and proposes a martial arts tournament to decide the Tian-Jing's next bearer (and thus clan leader).
** The Tian-Jing's re-emergence nearly sparks a civil war among the remnants of the Southern Clan as they compete to claim it.
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** Related to the above, the Emperor' Wrath ends up rejecting Wen-Tian shortly after he picks it up, on account of its evil nature conflicting with him.
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** Related to the above, the Emperor' Wrath pearl ends up rejecting Wen-Tian the Emperor's Wrath shortly after he Wen-Tian picks it up, on account of its evil nature conflicting with him.
** Defied by Nan-Gong Piao. Rather than risk a civil war with Dong-Fang Xiong's faction over the emerging Tian-Jing, he schools her on the Southern Clan's leadership succession process (as an outsider, she is unaware that skill trumps bloodline), and convinces her to agree to a martial arts tournament to decide the next leader (and thus the Tian-Jing's bearer).
** Nearly ''100 books later'', Tie-Xin finally unleashes said technique successfully. Sure, it's during a training session, but credit where credit is due.
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*** Later, during the Northern Clan's succession crisis (triggered by Bei-Ming Zheng's sudden disappearance), practically every sentence out of his mouth is accusing Wen-Tian of trying to usurp his birth-right, even when Wen-Tian is only trying to keep the clan together! All this comes to a head when the Emperor's Wrath drives him AxCrazy, and Wen-Tian has to literally punch him through a wall with his empowered arm to stop his rampage.
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*** Later, during the Northern Clan's succession crisis (triggered by Bei-Ming Zheng's sudden disappearance), practically every sentence out of his mouth is accusing Wen-Tian of trying to usurp his birth-right, even when Wen-Tian is only trying to keep the clan together! All this comes to a head when the Emperor's Wrath drives him AxCrazy, and Wen-Tian has to literally punch him through a wall ''through the ceiling'' with his empowered arm to stop his rampage.
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** By the end of the first series, Bei-Ming Xue is the last of the Northern Clan's ruling family left.
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** After Bei-Ming Lei goes berserk with the Emperor's Wrath, Wen-Tian gives chase, only to find the burning remains of an entire village he massacred.
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** Prince Gu's actual name is Gu-Rou, the "Rou" character meaning "gentle", not a typical boy's name. His mother the Phoenix Queen named him so that he would be more in touch with his feminine side (since his dad was a gruff blacksmith) and subscribe to her matriarchal ideals, but he turned out to be a snivelling womanizer instead. Ouch.
** Revealed the be the Evil Emperor's ultimate goal: he wants all ten Demon Pearls so he can ''release the Celestial Demon''.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: The Celestial Demon, who turned his body into ten Demon Pearls to get out alive from a celestial war eons ago. It's these pearls that the Evil Emperor is after.
* GrimUpNorth: The Northern Clan's headquarters is situated around a volcanic forge-fortress in the midst of a snowy plain under grey skies.
* GrimUpNorth: The Northern Clan's headquarters is situated around a volcanic forge-fortress in the midst of a snowy plain under grey skies.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: The Celestial Demon, who turned his body into ten Demon Pearls to get out alive from a celestial war eons ago. It's these He had a hand in the Evil Emperor's birth, and it's those pearls that the Evil Emperor is after.
* GrimUpNorth: The Northern Clan's headquarters is situated around a volcanic forge-fortress in the midst of a snowy plain under grey skies. Notably, warmth is dependant on its massive central forge, which is itself powered by the ''Demon Weapon, Emperor's Wrath''.
* GrimUpNorth: The Northern Clan's headquarters is situated around a volcanic forge-fortress in the midst of a snowy plain under grey skies. Notably, warmth is dependant on its massive central forge, which is itself powered by the ''Demon Weapon, Emperor's Wrath''.
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* GuileHero: The Master Geomancer prefers to fight this way, when he's forced into direct combat. Wen-Tian and Tie-Xin also employ this against Tan-Shen during their first encounter, as they're too badly injured to take him head-on. Prince Gu also uses this when he's initially outmatched by the Gold King.
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* GuileHero: GuileHero:
** The Master Geomancer prefers to fight this way, when he's forced into direct combat. Sometimes it works, sometimes he gets OutGambitted.
** Wen-Tian and Tie-Xin also employ this against Tan-Shen during their first encounter, as they're too badly injured to take himhead-on. head-on.
** Prince Gu also uses this when he's initially outmatched by the GoldKing.King.
** Nan-Gong Piao is not a frontline combatant, and relies more on brains than brawn when he needs to deal with the belligerent Dong-Fang Xiong.
** The Master Geomancer prefers to fight this way, when he's forced into direct combat. Sometimes it works, sometimes he gets OutGambitted.
** Wen-Tian and Tie-Xin also employ this against Tan-Shen during their first encounter, as they're too badly injured to take him
** Prince Gu also uses this when he's initially outmatched by the Gold
** Nan-Gong Piao is not a frontline combatant, and relies more on brains than brawn when he needs to deal with the belligerent Dong-Fang Xiong.
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* BiggerStick: The First-Grade Weapons, of course.
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* BiggerStick: The First-Grade Weapons, of course. Becomes downplayed once the equally-powerful Demon Weapons start appearing.
** On the villains' side, Emperor Yan goes from a pompous, ScrewDestiny ArrogantKungFuGuy to a more introspective warrior who values hard work over talent/powerful weapons.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: During the encounter with the Gold King and his {{Mooks}}, the unarmed Le-Wa (she had given the Shen-Wu to Tie-Xin earlier) spots a (lesser) magic lute in one of the lieutenants' hands. Reasoning that it's similar enough to the Shen-Wu that she can wield it effectively, she makes a dash for it, trying to snatch it for herself. The MookLieutenant sees her coming easily enough, and strums a mind-control tune that forces her to dance harmlessly instead.
** Then subverted quickly enough when it's revealed that Le-Wa was skilled enough as a MusicalAssassin that she could resist the mind control, and was only pretending to dance to lull the MookLieutenant into a false sense of security. She successfully seizes the lute, and uses its mind control music to turn ''all of the Gold King's {{Mooks}}'' against their leader!
** Then subverted quickly enough when it's revealed that Le-Wa was skilled enough as a MusicalAssassin that she could resist the mind control, and was only pretending to dance to lull the MookLieutenant into a false sense of security. She successfully seizes the lute, and uses its mind control music to turn ''all of the Gold King's {{Mooks}}'' against their leader!
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: DidntThinkThisThrough:
** During the encounter with the Gold King and his {{Mooks}}, the unarmed Le-Wa (she had given the Shen-Wu to Tie-Xin earlier) spots a (lesser) magic lute in one of the lieutenants' hands. Reasoning that it's similar enough to the Shen-Wu that she can wield it effectively, she makes a dash for it, trying to snatch it for herself. The MookLieutenant sees her coming easily enough, and strums a mind-control tune that forces her to dance harmlessly instead.
** *** Then subverted quickly enough when it's revealed that Le-Wa was skilled enough as a MusicalAssassin that she could resist the mind control, and was only pretending to dance to lull the MookLieutenant into a false sense of security. She successfully seizes the lute, and uses its mind control music to turn ''all of the Gold King's {{Mooks}}'' against their leader!
** During the encounter with the Gold King and his {{Mooks}}, the unarmed Le-Wa (she had given the Shen-Wu to Tie-Xin earlier) spots a (lesser) magic lute in one of the lieutenants' hands. Reasoning that it's similar enough to the Shen-Wu that she can wield it effectively, she makes a dash for it, trying to snatch it for herself. The MookLieutenant sees her coming easily enough, and strums a mind-control tune that forces her to dance harmlessly instead.
** The Emperor's Wrath preys on Bei-Ming Lei's various deep-seated hatreds to bond with him and send him on a killing spree.
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*** This comes into play later in the story, when the Tian-Jing pearl in Wen-Tian's arm refuses to let him wield the Demon Weapon Emperor's Wrath for longer than necessary. Unfortunately, it's later claimed by Bei-Ming Lei, and turns him quite AxCrazy...
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*** This comes into play later in the story, when the Tian-Jing pearl in Wen-Tian's arm refuses to let him wield the Demon Weapon Emperor's Wrath for longer than necessary. Unfortunately, it's it later claimed by gravitates toward Bei-Ming Lei, Lei's unresolved inner hatreds, and turns him quite AxCrazy...
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*** The Master Geomancer reunites with his two mutant disciples, but they have been brainwashed by the Evil Emperor's minions. He pursues them to track down said minions, but ends up poisoned, mutated himself, and hauled off to the Evil Overlord's hideout.
*** Wen-Tian returns to the Northern Clan just in time to save Bei-Ming Zheng from another bout of madness brought on by the evil leaking forth from the Celestial Demon's weakened prison. In thanks, Bei-Ming Zheng secretly plans to betroth Bei-Ming Xue to him, but mysteriously vanishes soon after. A catastrophic avalanche complicates the succession crisis, further souring interactions between Wen-Tian and Bei-Ming Lei. In an effort to keep the survivors warm after the avalanche, Wen-Tian discovers that the Demon Weapon, Emperor's Wrath, is hidden deep under the Northern Clan's forge (and has basically been powering it), and tries to use its flames to help. Unfortunately, the Tian-Jing pearl in his arm refuses to let him wield it for long, and Bei-Ming Lei claims it for himself. This drives him utterly AxCrazy, and San-Shu is killed trying to stop him.
*** Tie-Xin stumbles upon the Northern Clan just before the aforementioned avalanche, right as Bei-Ming Xue kisses Wen-Tian in thanks for his help in their succession crisis. After Wen-Cai blurts out Bei-Ming Zheng's betrothal plans, a royally pissed Tie-Xin abandons Wen-Tian to journey back to the Southern Clan, unaware of its internal conflicts brought on by the Tian-Jing's impending emergence.
*** Niu-Lang finds himself in the midst of the Evil Emperor's followers, who are hailing him as their master's second coming. While initially shocked by the revelation, he eventually comes to accept his role as their champion...
*** Wen-Tian returns to the Northern Clan just in time to save Bei-Ming Zheng from another bout of madness brought on by the evil leaking forth from the Celestial Demon's weakened prison. In thanks, Bei-Ming Zheng secretly plans to betroth Bei-Ming Xue to him, but mysteriously vanishes soon after. A catastrophic avalanche complicates the succession crisis, further souring interactions between Wen-Tian and Bei-Ming Lei. In an effort to keep the survivors warm after the avalanche, Wen-Tian discovers that the Demon Weapon, Emperor's Wrath, is hidden deep under the Northern Clan's forge (and has basically been powering it), and tries to use its flames to help. Unfortunately, the Tian-Jing pearl in his arm refuses to let him wield it for long, and Bei-Ming Lei claims it for himself. This drives him utterly AxCrazy, and San-Shu is killed trying to stop him.
*** Tie-Xin stumbles upon the Northern Clan just before the aforementioned avalanche, right as Bei-Ming Xue kisses Wen-Tian in thanks for his help in their succession crisis. After Wen-Cai blurts out Bei-Ming Zheng's betrothal plans, a royally pissed Tie-Xin abandons Wen-Tian to journey back to the Southern Clan, unaware of its internal conflicts brought on by the Tian-Jing's impending emergence.
*** Niu-Lang finds himself in the midst of the Evil Emperor's followers, who are hailing him as their master's second coming. While initially shocked by the revelation, he eventually comes to accept his role as their champion...
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*** The Master Geomancer reunites with his two mutant disciples, but they have been brainwashed by the Evil Emperor's minions. He pursues them to track down said minions, but ends up poisoned, mutated himself, and hauled off to the Evil Overlord's hideout.
hideout. He gets reunited with the Phoenix Queen (and the Silver King), and all of them head to the Southern Clan, where it's revealed that Nan-Gong Piao and his son Nan-Gong Tie-Dan have thrown their lot in with them.
*** Wen-Tian returns to the Northern Clan just in time to save Bei-Ming Zheng from another bout of madness brought on by the evil leaking forth from the Celestial Demon's weakened prison. In thanks, Bei-Ming Zheng secretly plans to betroth Bei-Ming Xue to him, but mysteriously vanishes soon after. A catastrophic avalanche complicates the succession crisis, further souring interactions between Wen-Tian and Bei-Ming Lei. In an effort to keep the survivors warm after the avalanche, Wen-Tian discovers that the Demon Weapon, Emperor's Wrath, is hidden deep under the Northern Clan's forge (and has basically been powering it), and tries to use its flames to help. Unfortunately, the Tian-Jing pearl in his arm refuses to let him wield it for long, and Bei-Ming Lei claims it for himself. This drives him utterly AxCrazy, and San-Shu is killed trying to stophim.
him. Wen-Tian gives chase, only to run into the Lord of the Raksha Sect and his retinue.
*** Tie-Xin stumbles upon the Northern Clan just before the aforementioned avalanche, right as Bei-Ming Xue kisses Wen-Tian in thanks for his help in their succession crisis. After Wen-Cai blurts out Bei-Ming Zheng's betrothal plans, a royally pissed Tie-Xin abandons Wen-Tian to journey back to the Southern Clan, unaware of its internal conflicts brought on by the Tian-Jing's impendingemergence.
emergence. Turns out, Dong-Fang Xiong and Nan-Gong Piao have decided not to risk destroying the Southern Clan further, and (after a brief skirmish between Dong-Fang Xiong and Nan-Gong Tie-Dan) decide to re-convene in a month for a martial arts tournament - winner takes the Tian-Jing.
*** Niu-Lang finds himself in the midst of the Evil Emperor's followers, who are hailing him as their master's second coming. While initially shocked by the revelation, he eventually comes to accept his role as theirchampion...champion after bearing witness to the Evil Emperor's {{Backstory}}, and sets off to pick a bone with Emperor Yan after gaining yet another infusion of power.
*** Wen-Tian returns to the Northern Clan just in time to save Bei-Ming Zheng from another bout of madness brought on by the evil leaking forth from the Celestial Demon's weakened prison. In thanks, Bei-Ming Zheng secretly plans to betroth Bei-Ming Xue to him, but mysteriously vanishes soon after. A catastrophic avalanche complicates the succession crisis, further souring interactions between Wen-Tian and Bei-Ming Lei. In an effort to keep the survivors warm after the avalanche, Wen-Tian discovers that the Demon Weapon, Emperor's Wrath, is hidden deep under the Northern Clan's forge (and has basically been powering it), and tries to use its flames to help. Unfortunately, the Tian-Jing pearl in his arm refuses to let him wield it for long, and Bei-Ming Lei claims it for himself. This drives him utterly AxCrazy, and San-Shu is killed trying to stop
*** Tie-Xin stumbles upon the Northern Clan just before the aforementioned avalanche, right as Bei-Ming Xue kisses Wen-Tian in thanks for his help in their succession crisis. After Wen-Cai blurts out Bei-Ming Zheng's betrothal plans, a royally pissed Tie-Xin abandons Wen-Tian to journey back to the Southern Clan, unaware of its internal conflicts brought on by the Tian-Jing's impending
*** Niu-Lang finds himself in the midst of the Evil Emperor's followers, who are hailing him as their master's second coming. While initially shocked by the revelation, he eventually comes to accept his role as their
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*** Almost becomes a RunningGag when the Master Geomancer gets his right arm chopped off by it while trapped in an illusion by one of the Evil Emperor's agents.
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*** Almost becomes a RunningGag when the Master Geomancer gets his right arm chopped off by it while trapped in an illusion by one of the Evil Emperor's agents.agents, the Burning-Sky Witch.
*** Heck, the Raksha Sect is so powerful that two of their agents are enough to restrain Bei-Ming Lei unarmed when he's driven AxCrazy by the Emperor's Wrath, something not even (a similarly unarmed) Wen-Tian could do.
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* AttackItsWeakPoint: Wen-Tian does this early on, disarming Xi-Cheng Xiu-Shu and then one of Xiong-Yan Wang's lieutenants by shattering their weapons with a single strike to their structural weak spots. Apparently, the Tian-Jing pearl allows him to perceive such weak points.
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* AttackItsWeakPoint: AttackItsWeakPoint:
** Wen-Tian does this early on, disarming Xi-Cheng Xiu-Shu and then one of Xiong-Yan Wang's lieutenants by shattering their weapons with a single strike to their structural weak spots. Apparently, the Tian-Jing pearl allows him to perceive such weakpoints.points.
*** Comes up again later when Wen-Tian is able to locate the residual heat of the Northern Clan's extinguished forge while tunnelling underground, and again when he sees through Bei-Ming Lei's crazed attacks in an attempt to subdue his rampage with the Emperor's Wrath.
** Wen-Tian does this early on, disarming Xi-Cheng Xiu-Shu and then one of Xiong-Yan Wang's lieutenants by shattering their weapons with a single strike to their structural weak spots. Apparently, the Tian-Jing pearl allows him to perceive such weak
*** Comes up again later when Wen-Tian is able to locate the residual heat of the Northern Clan's extinguished forge while tunnelling underground, and again when he sees through Bei-Ming Lei's crazed attacks in an attempt to subdue his rampage with the Emperor's Wrath.
** Zhuo Bu-Fan, ''again'', after he gets poisoned and kidnapped by the Burning-Sky Witch.
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** Bei-Ming Lei certainly wastes no time reaching for this title: when his dad (Bei-Ming Zheng, the leader of the Northern Clan) goes missing after mysteriously extinguishing the clan's lifeline (the forge that keeps everyone warm GrimUpNorth), he's quick to threaten any deserters with a ''tongue amputation''. Wen-Tian manages to defuse the situation, much to his chagrin.
* TheBadGuyWins: For the first major story arc, at least: Yan-Shen beats the heroes and gets the Hu-Po for himself.
* TheBadGuyWins: For the first major story arc, at least: Yan-Shen beats the heroes and gets the Hu-Po for himself.
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** Bei-Ming Lei certainly wastes no time reaching for this title: when his dad (Bei-Ming Zheng, the leader of the Northern Clan) goes missing after mysteriously extinguishing the clan's lifeline (the forge that keeps everyone warm GrimUpNorth), he's quick to threaten any deserters with a ''tongue amputation''.''having their tongues ripped out''. Wen-Tian manages to defuse the situation, much to his chagrin.
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** For the first major story arc, at least: Yan-Shen beats the heroes and gets the Hu-Po for himself.
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** For the first major story arc, at least: Yan-Shen beats the heroes and gets the Hu-Po for himself.
** The first series ends with the Evil Emperor successfully reincarnated, and well on his way to finding the remaining Demon Pearls.
** After Tie-Xin unexpectedly returns to the Southern Clan, her mother Dong-Fang Xiong immediately lashes out with her sword...only to knock out the pair of handmaidens who were in attendance so that Tie-Xin's true gender would remain secret.
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** The Master Geomancer gets poisoned by one of the Evil Emperor's agents after escaping her illusion, turning him into a hunchback with hideous purple skin.
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** Zhuo Bu-Fan again, after he gets poisoned by the Evil Emperor's agent. At least the Phoenix Queen is there with him to offer some comfort.
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** Zhuo Bu-Fan again, after he gets poisoned by the Evil Emperor's agent.Burning-Sky Witch. At least the Phoenix Queen is there with him to offer some comfort.
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** Later turned against the Master Geomancer by one of the Evil Emperor's agents, keeping him fighting long enough for his attempts to contain her poison to fail.
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*** Goes UpToEleven when Bei-Ming Lei attempts to wield the Emperor's Wrath (the first Demon Weapon to be introduced), and gets so consumed by hatred that he kills San-Shu, countless clansmen, and nearly kills his own dad!
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*** Goes UpToEleven when When Bei-Ming Lei attempts to wield the Emperor's Wrath (the first Demon Weapon to be introduced), and he gets so consumed by hatred that he kills San-Shu, countless clansmen, and nearly kills his own dad!
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** Faced with Chi-You's immense might, there's little the main characters can do but launch various improvised attacks against him. It takes the discovery of the weak spot on his nape to finally bring the battle to a stalemate.
** Later on, the Demon Weapons are this as well.
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** Wen-Tian does this to Tie-Xin (via DivingKick) when she's cornered by the Copper King and his lieutenants.
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** Wen-Tian does this to Tie-Xin (via DivingKick) when she's cornered by the Copper King and his lieutenants. To clarify, he kicks through the roof of the room they were in, not her...
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*** It gets worse after an upgraded Xiong-Yan Wang ambushes Bei-Ming Lei in an inn and forces him to steal the Shen-Nong Chi from Wen-Tian for him. When Xiong-Yan Wang starts the fight proper, Bei-Ming Lei is quick to abandon Wen-Tian to his fate, rationalising to his sister that they'd just get the way!
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*** It gets worse after an upgraded Xiong-Yan Wang ambushes Bei-Ming Lei in an inn and forces him to steal the Shen-Nong Chi from Wen-Tian for him. When Xiong-Yan Wang starts the fight proper, Bei-Ming Lei is quick to abandon Wen-Tian to his fate, rationalising to his sister that they'd just get in the way!way!
*** Later, during the Northern Clan's succession crisis (triggered by Bei-Ming Zheng's sudden disappearance), practically every sentence out of his mouth is accusing Wen-Tian of trying to usurp his birth-right, even when Wen-Tian is only trying to keep the clan together! All this comes to a head when the Emperor's Wrath drives him AxCrazy, and Wen-Tian has to literally punch him through a wall with his empowered arm to stop his rampage.
*** Later, during the Northern Clan's succession crisis (triggered by Bei-Ming Zheng's sudden disappearance), practically every sentence out of his mouth is accusing Wen-Tian of trying to usurp his birth-right, even when Wen-Tian is only trying to keep the clan together! All this comes to a head when the Emperor's Wrath drives him AxCrazy, and Wen-Tian has to literally punch him through a wall with his empowered arm to stop his rampage.
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** San-Shu meets a tragic end thanks to Bei-Ming Lei and the Emperor's Wrath.
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** Related to the above, the Emperor' Wrath ends up rejecting Wen-Tian shortly after he picks it up.
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** The same spirit is channelled by Wen-Tian much later after Bei-Ming Zheng's disappearance, helping to keep the fracturing clan together even as it chafes under Bei-Ming Lei's InadequateInheritor leadership. Naturally, Bei-Ming Lei keeps accusing Wen-Tian of trying to usurp him, while Wen-Tian is simply working to keep the clan going.
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** After Bei-Ming Zheng's mysterious disappearance, it seems that Wen-Tian has managed to rally the Northern Clan (despite Bei-Ming Lei's less-than-stellar leadership) and prevent a mass desertion...only for a catastrophic avalanche to bury the clan's mountain fortress, along with everyone inside.
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** This is basically Niu-Lang's entire early arc, having his ass handed to him in every fight (no matter his intentions) until he claims the Hu-Po and gets a huge powerup via the Evil Emperor. And even then, he's still little more than TheDragon to said Evil Emperor.
** Emperor Yan gets hit with this hard, losing the entire Heaven-Earth Alliance to claim the Shi-Fang Ju-Mie (which he can barely control at first), nearly getting killed by a resurrected Chi-You, having his domain torched (and losing to) Niu-Lang, before getting his butt kicked again by the Raksha Lord.
** Emperor Yan gets hit with this hard, losing the entire Heaven-Earth Alliance to claim the Shi-Fang Ju-Mie (which he can barely control at first), nearly getting killed by a resurrected Chi-You, having his domain torched (and losing to) Niu-Lang, before getting his butt kicked again by the Raksha Lord.
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** Happened to the last wielder of the Emperor's Wrath in the {{Backstory}}, after he burned and pillaged so much that even his own army was decimated.
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** Even more so with the Demon Weapons, made from the ten Demon Pearls regurgitated by the Celestial Demon. They're powerful enough to be a match for the ten First-Grade Weapons, aka the titular "Weapons of the Gods", and feed off negative emotions like hate and pride. This contrasts with the more "natural"/neutral forces behind the Hu-Po and Shi-Hun (the two "most evil" First-Grade Weapons), which are strength/might/power and the consumption/command of souls, respectively.
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** Even more so with the Demon Weapons, made from the ten Demon Pearls regurgitated produced by the Celestial Demon. They're powerful enough to be a match for the ten First-Grade Weapons, aka the titular "Weapons of the Gods", and feed off negative emotions like hate and pride. This contrasts with the more "natural"/neutral forces behind the Hu-Po and Shi-Hun (the two "most evil" First-Grade Weapons), which are strength/might/power and the consumption/command of souls, respectively.
** Notably, San-Shu isn't shown bleeding after essentially being disembowelled by the Emperor's Wrath. Presumably, its flames cauterised his wounds.
** From a broader perspective, the four major clans are ostensibly the "good guys", but the amount of political machinations they're involved in definitely push them out of "nice" territory...not to mention Dong-Fang Yi-Nian's possession of the Shi-Hun, a decidedly dark and EvilWeapon.
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* GoodVersusGood: Briefly, when Wen-Tian and Tie-Xin fight during their first encounter.
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* GoodVersusGood: Briefly, when Wen-Tian and Tie-Xin fight during their first encounter. Happens again when the Yellow Emperor possesses Xi-Cheng Xiu-Shu (via the Tai-Xu) and compels him to fight Wen-Tian when it senses the latter wielding the Hu-Po (however briefly).
** Per GoodIsNotNice above, all four major clans are vying for influence and power, made worse by the Southern Clan's decimation in the prologue. Things only get worse when the Hu-Po and Tian-Jing emerge, leading to a mad scramble for their power.
** Per GoodIsNotNice above, all four major clans are vying for influence and power, made worse by the Southern Clan's decimation in the prologue. Things only get worse when the Hu-Po and Tian-Jing emerge, leading to a mad scramble for their power.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: The Celestial Demon, who turned his body into ten evil crystals to get out alive from a celestial war eons ago. It's these crystals that the Evil Emperor is after.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: The Celestial Demon, who turned his body into ten evil crystals Demon Pearls to get out alive from a celestial war eons ago. It's these crystals pearls that the Evil Emperor is after.
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** By his own estimates, Chi-You is only at 20-30% strength following his resurrection (and the sacrifice of his own blood to revive the Flower Goddess). He still manages to fight ''seven'' other First-Grade Weapons to a stalemate with the Hu-Po.
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** Related to the above, the Emperor' Wrath ends up rejecting Wen-Tian shortly after he picks it up.
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** The fifth major arc picks up after Chi-You's cataclysm, with all the combatants scattered in the wake of a devastating tsunami that was unleashed after the demigod's departure.
*** The Master Geomancer reunites with his two mutant disciples, but they have been brainwashed by the Evil Emperor's minions. He pursues them to track down said minions, but ends up poisoned, mutated himself, and hauled off to the Evil Overlord's hideout.
*** Wen-Tian returns to the Northern Clan just in time to save Bei-Ming Zheng from another bout of madness brought on by the evil leaking forth from the Celestial Demon's weakened prison. In thanks, Bei-Ming Zheng secretly plans to betroth Bei-Ming Xue to him, but mysteriously vanishes soon after. A catastrophic avalanche complicates the succession crisis, further souring interactions between Wen-Tian and Bei-Ming Lei. In an effort to keep the survivors warm after the avalanche, Wen-Tian discovers that the Demon Weapon, Emperor's Wrath, is hidden deep under the Northern Clan's forge (and has basically been powering it), and tries to use its flames to help. Unfortunately, the Tian-Jing pearl in his arm refuses to let him wield it for long, and Bei-Ming Lei claims it for himself. This drives him utterly AxCrazy, and San-Shu is killed trying to stop him.
*** Tie-Xin stumbles upon the Northern Clan just before the aforementioned avalanche, right as Bei-Ming Xue kisses Wen-Tian in thanks for his help in their succession crisis. After Wen-Cai blurts out Bei-Ming Zheng's betrothal plans, a royally pissed Tie-Xin abandons Wen-Tian to journey back to the Southern Clan, unaware of its internal conflicts brought on by the Tian-Jing's impending emergence.
*** Niu-Lang finds himself in the midst of the Evil Emperor's followers, who are hailing him as their master's second coming. While initially shocked by the revelation, he eventually comes to accept his role as their champion...
*** The Master Geomancer reunites with his two mutant disciples, but they have been brainwashed by the Evil Emperor's minions. He pursues them to track down said minions, but ends up poisoned, mutated himself, and hauled off to the Evil Overlord's hideout.
*** Wen-Tian returns to the Northern Clan just in time to save Bei-Ming Zheng from another bout of madness brought on by the evil leaking forth from the Celestial Demon's weakened prison. In thanks, Bei-Ming Zheng secretly plans to betroth Bei-Ming Xue to him, but mysteriously vanishes soon after. A catastrophic avalanche complicates the succession crisis, further souring interactions between Wen-Tian and Bei-Ming Lei. In an effort to keep the survivors warm after the avalanche, Wen-Tian discovers that the Demon Weapon, Emperor's Wrath, is hidden deep under the Northern Clan's forge (and has basically been powering it), and tries to use its flames to help. Unfortunately, the Tian-Jing pearl in his arm refuses to let him wield it for long, and Bei-Ming Lei claims it for himself. This drives him utterly AxCrazy, and San-Shu is killed trying to stop him.
*** Tie-Xin stumbles upon the Northern Clan just before the aforementioned avalanche, right as Bei-Ming Xue kisses Wen-Tian in thanks for his help in their succession crisis. After Wen-Cai blurts out Bei-Ming Zheng's betrothal plans, a royally pissed Tie-Xin abandons Wen-Tian to journey back to the Southern Clan, unaware of its internal conflicts brought on by the Tian-Jing's impending emergence.
*** Niu-Lang finds himself in the midst of the Evil Emperor's followers, who are hailing him as their master's second coming. While initially shocked by the revelation, he eventually comes to accept his role as their champion...
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** The entire fight against Chi-You is a SerialEscalation of the stakes as the demigod gets increasingly pissed at his inability to kill any of the main characters (though he shatters two First-Grade Weapons), culminating in him threatening to ''unmake reality itself''. Fortunately, the Flower Goddess talks him out of it.
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** On the villains' side, both Xiong-Yan Wang and Yan-Shen were this (see EvenEvilHasLovedOnes above), going from kids living in poverty/tragic circumstances to powerful warlords, and eventually lieutenants of the Heaven-Earth Alliance.
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** Enraged with jealousy, Prince Gu tries to MurderTheHypotenuse (read: Wen-Tian) to claim Tie-Xin for himself, but he hugely underestimates Wen-Tian. By that time, however, he's such a (relatively) minor threat to our protagonist that Wen-Tian barely regards him unless he's right in his face.
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** From a villainous perspective, the Demon Pearls are this.
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** Done far more tragically with San-Shu, after he gets killed by a BrainwashedAndCrazy Bei-Ming Lei.
** Zhuo Bu-Fan again, after he gets poisoned by the Evil Emperor's agent. At least the Phoenix Queen is there with him to offer some comfort.
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** Arguably what ultimately leads to Tie-Xin’s FaceHeelTurn. HeartbrokenBadass that she is, she ends up buying into the Evil Emperor’s scheme to TakeOverTheWorld as all of her mental and emotional traumas get amplified by the demon crystal Demon Pearl he had passed to her.
** The Evil Emperor eventually manages to dual wield ''Demon Weapons'', when just a single one would drive a lesser pugilist insane.
** After San-Shu gets killed by the Emperor's Wrath, Wen-Tian keeps it together just long enough to complete his burial rites, before letting loose with a SkywardScream of grief.
** On the protagonist's side, there's the reveal that Tie-Xin witnessed Bei-Ming Xue kissing Wen-Tian after his return to the Northern Clan. Cue instant relationship trouble...
*** This comes into play later in the story, when the Tian-Jing pearl in Wen-Tian's arm refuses to let him wield the Demon Weapon Emperor's Wrath for longer than necessary. Unfortunately, it's later claimed by Bei-Ming Lei, and turns him quite AxCrazy...
** Done again much later, to {{Foreshadow}} Niu-Lang's connection to the Evil Emperor...only it's ''Niu-Lang'' doing the over-looking.
** Done even more closely with the Emperor's Wrath, which is embedded in a stone pedestal deep under the Northern Clan's forge. It's revealed that the Demon Weapon's flames are actually responsible for powering the forge itself.
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* FanDisservice: Xiong-Yan Wang has an entire dungeon's worth of kidnapped virgin girls in his fortress. Unfortunately, just about everything that happens to them is utterly horrific. Wen-Tian at least manages to set all of them free when he purges the place.
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** This also happens to those not strong enough to handle the Hu-Po or Shi-Hun (or heaven forbid, any of the Demon Weapons).
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* BrokenPedestal: A brutal, tragic case when Wen-Tian chooses traditional ethics over his love for Tie-Xin, completely undoing the AndroclesLion effect above. She's instantly reminded of Dong-Fang Xiong's warnings about the unreliability of men, and swears to kill Wen-Tian the next time they meet.
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* BrokenPedestal: A brutal, tragic case when Wen-Tian chooses traditional ethics over his love for Tie-Xin, Tie-Xin (he was under the impression that they were half-siblings), completely undoing the AndroclesLion effect above. She's instantly reminded of Dong-Fang Xiong's warnings about the unreliability of men, and swears to kill Wen-Tian the next time they meet.
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** Near the end of the story, Tan-Shen gets ''kicked into LudicrousGibs'' by the Evil Emperor, who then goes on to craft a new EvilWeapon (on par with a First-Grade Weapon) with ''his remains.''
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** San-Shu, the kindly old man who raised Wen-Tian and Wen-Cai, gets killed when a BrainwashedAndCrazy Bei-Ming Lei slashes him with the Demon Weapon Emperor's Wrath. Without the Shen-Nong Chi, Wen-Tian can't do anything for his injuries.
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** After getting separated from Tie-Xin in the aftermath of the Chi-You arc, Wen-Tian finds his way back to the Northern Clan, only for a succession crisis to erupt when Bei-Ming Zheng suddenly goes missing. His son, Bei-Ming Lei, is a poor substitute for clan leader, and it takes a speech from Wen-Tian to keep the clansmen from deserting. This earns him a kiss from Bei-Ming Xue...just in time for Tie-Xin to also arrive at the Northern Clan to witness it. The relationship trouble that ensues gives Wen-Tian no small amount of trouble, and leads to Tie-Xin's StartOfDarkness.
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** After getting separated from Tie-Xin in the aftermath of the Chi-You arc, Wen-Tian finds his way back to the Northern Clan, only for a succession crisis to erupt when Bei-Ming Zheng suddenly goes missing. His son, Bei-Ming Lei, is a poor substitute for clan leader, and it takes a speech from Wen-Tian to keep the clansmen from deserting. This earns him a kiss from Bei-Ming Xue...just in time for Tie-Xin to also arrive at the Northern Clan to witness it. The relationship trouble problems that ensues gives ensue give Wen-Tian no small amount of trouble, and leads to Tie-Xin's StartOfDarkness.
*** Related to the above, Bei-Ming Zheng, the leader of the Northern Clan, is pretty much a textbook elderly ReasonableAuthorityFigure, at least when his DarkAndTroubledPast doesn't get involved.
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** The Evil Emperor wields massive martial might, and is functionally immortal. However, this has come at the cost of all of his feelings and emotions. In fact, he’s so desperate to feel human again that he’s willing to beg Wen-Cai (actually Nü-Wa’s incarnation!) for help!
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** This drives Tie-Xin's StartOfDarkness, as she had journeyed all the way to the Northern Clan in the wake of Chi-You's cataclysm to reunite with Wen-Tian and bring him back to the Sourthern Clan with her, only for her to be rebuffed (albeit indirectly) because Wen-Tian had committed to helping the Northern Clan solve their succession crisis first.
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* AndIMustScream: Raksha (the deity to whom the Raksha Sect is devoted) is a SealedEvilInACan, trapped by magical wards in some far-flung jungle without his First-Grade Weapon, the Shi-Hun. As an immortal, he's unable to die of natural causes, but he's stuck there until someone can free him. Until then, he can do nothing but RageAgainstTheHeavens.
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** Even more so with the Demon Weapons, made from the ten Demon Pearls regurgitated by the Celestial Demon. They're powerful enough to be a match for the ten First-Grade Weapons, aka the titular "Weapons of the Gods", and feed off negative emotions like hate and pride. This contrasts with the more "natural"/neutral forces behind the Hu-Po and Shi-Hun (the two "most evil" First-Grade Weapons), which are strength/might/power and the consumption/command of souls, respectively.
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** Bei-Ming Zheng also lapses into such episodes, when the dark side of his clan’s martial arts goes awry.
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*** Goes UpToEleven when Bei-Ming Lei attempts to wield the Emperor's Wrath (the first Demon Weapon to be introduced), and gets so consumed by hatred that he kills San-Shu, countless clansmen, and nearly kills his own dad!
** Bei-Ming Zheng also lapses into such episodes, when the dark side of his clan’s martial arts goes awry. The Shen-Nong Chi finally puts a stop to that.
** Bei-Ming Zheng also lapses into such episodes, when the dark side of his clan’s martial arts goes awry. The Shen-Nong Chi finally puts a stop to that.
** For a given definition of "bad guy", Chi-You's arc ends with him deciding to leave the mortal realm for a happy life with the Flower Goddess on his own terms.
** The Celestial Demon itself could count as the ultimate BigBad for the entire series, having had a hand in the Evil Emperor's birth, and being responsible for blighting the world with the ten Demon Pearls.
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* BittersweetEnding: All the better to set up the SequelHook. The Evil Emperor backs down and departs, but takes Tie-Xin, Niu-Lang, and Wen-Cai with him. Wen-Tian becomes the new Lord of the pugilistic world, but the Northern Clan has been left in ruins by the Evil Emperor’s rampage.
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*** Almost becomes a RunningGag when the Master Geomancer gets his right arm chopped off by it while trapped in an illusion by one of the Evil Emperor's agents.
** Bei-Ming Lei certainly wastes no time reaching for this title: when his dad (Bei-Ming Zheng, the leader of the Northern Clan) goes missing after mysteriously extinguishing the clan's lifeline (the forge that keeps everyone warm GrimUpNorth), he's quick to threaten any deserters with a ''tongue amputation''. Wen-Tian manages to defuse the situation, much to his chagrin.
** These are the first sign of a catastrophic avalanche that buries the Northern Clan after Bei-Ming Zheng goes missing.
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** Do not harm Wen-Cai, or Wen-Tian's left arm will start glowing green...and will probably be in your face moments later.
** Also, Bei-Ming Lei's CantCatchUp inferiority complex when he starts thinking about how his father went so far as to name Wen-Tian (a lowly orphan as far as his upbringing is concerned) their clan's champion, teach him their family's martial arts (which he couldn't even master), and might go even further and betroth him to his sister.
** Also, Bei-Ming Lei's CantCatchUp inferiority complex when he starts thinking about how his father went so far as to name Wen-Tian (a lowly orphan as far as his upbringing is concerned) their clan's champion, teach him their family's martial arts (which he couldn't even master), and might go even further and betroth him to his sister.
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** Also, Bei-Ming Lei's CantCatchUp inferiority complex when he starts thinking about how his father went so far as to name Wen-Tian (a lowly orphan as far as his upbringing is concerned) their clan's champion, teach him their family's martial arts (which he couldn't even master), andmight go even further and betroth ''betroths him to his sister.sister''.
** Also, Bei-Ming Lei's CantCatchUp inferiority complex when he starts thinking about how his father went so far as to name Wen-Tian (a lowly orphan as far as his upbringing is concerned) their clan's champion, teach him their family's martial arts (which he couldn't even master), and
** The Master Geomancer gets poisoned by one of the Evil Emperor's agents after escaping her illusion, turning him into a hunchback with hideous purple skin.
** Whenever the Master Geomancer has significant interactions with any of the ladies, expect things to go wrong for him very quickly. This is even ''foretold in his fortune''.
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* ChickMagnet: The Master Geomancer turns into this about midway through the story, to his own frustration. Whether it’s really because he’s that eligible, or BecauseDestinySaysSo (due to his divinations) is up for debate. He hooks up with the Phoenix Queen after acting on his frustrations surrounding his illicit affiar affair with Dong-Fang Xiong (who's legally married to Nan-Gong Yi, and is Zhuo Bu-Fan's own ''cousin'').
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** After getting separated from Tie-Xin in the aftermath of the Chi-You arc, Wen-Tian finds his way back to the Northern Clan, only for a succession crisis to erupt when Bei-Ming Zheng suddenly goes missing. His son, Bei-Ming Lei, is a poor substitute for clan leader, and it takes a speech from Wen-Tian to keep the clansmen from deserting. This earns him a kiss from Bei-Ming Xue...just in time for Tie-Xin to also arrive at the Northern Clan to witness it. The relationship trouble that ensues gives Wen-Tian no small amount of trouble, and leads to Tie-Xin's StartOfDarkness.
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* DaylightHorror: The plagues that herald the Hu-Po's emergence all take place during the day. Notably, things come to a head with Mount Tai's eruption at sunset.
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* HurtingHero: Wen-Tian becomes this once it’s made clear that Tie-Xin is not actually his half-sister, but has fallen in with the Evil Empreror because of their prior HeroicBSOD. To make matters worse, Wen-Cai gets kidnapped by the Evil Emperor, who uses her powers to restore his humanity. Despite a suitably epic final battle (where he allies with the Lord of the Raksha Sect), he’s unable to save either of them.
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* RatedMForManly: Whenever the major characters throw down, especially if they have First-Grade Weapons in hand. Even the ladies are not exempt.
