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The founder of the scholarly faction, who died long ago in a battle to ascend to become Wielder of Heaven's Will.

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The founder of the scholarly faction, who died long ago in a battle when attempting to ascend to become Wielder of Heaven's Will.
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* DeaderThanDead: Played for laughs. Cheng Lin insists that she's dead, and later on she's regularly referred to as "so dead that she cannot die again." Nonetheless, this doesn't stop her from communicating on Shuhang's chat and generally interfering with the world. Her "father", Wielder of the Will Striped Dragon, describes her as having a complicated relationship with death.

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* DeaderThanDead: Played Subverted and played for laughs. Cheng Lin insists that she's dead, and later on she's regularly referred to as "so dead that she cannot die again." Nonetheless, this doesn't stop her from communicating on Shuhang's chat and generally interfering with the world. Her "father", Wielder of the Will Striped Dragon, describes her as having a complicated relationship with death.
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* DeaderThanDead: Played for laughs. Cheng Lin insists that she's dead, and later on she's regularly referred to as "so dead that she cannot die again." Nonetheless, this doesn't stop her from communicating on Shuhang's chat and generally interfering with the world.

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* DeaderThanDead: Played for laughs. Cheng Lin insists that she's dead, and later on she's regularly referred to as "so dead that she cannot die again." Nonetheless, this doesn't stop her from communicating on Shuhang's chat and generally interfering with the world. Her "father", Wielder of the Will Striped Dragon, describes her as having a complicated relationship with death.

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* PlayingPossum: She has a tendency to feign her death without warning, although it's usually more surprising than convincing.

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* PlayingPossum: She has a tendency to feign habit of feigning her death without warning, although it's often at inopportune moments, by making an elaborate death cry and then collapsing dramatically. It's usually more surprising than convincing.convincing.
* SnakePeople: As Shuhang's light of virtue, she takes the form of a snake-woman.

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! The Netherworld

[[folder:Senior White Two]]
The previous ruler of the netherworld, who somehow avoided disappearing when his corresponding Wielder of the Will vanished and who therefore retains control over half the realm. He looks ''exactly'' like the main universe's Senior White, and has many of the same mannerisms.

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\n! [[folder:@#%× / Waiting For a Promise / The Netherworld

[[folder:Senior White Two]]
The previous ruler
Virtuous Lamia]]
Once the most beautiful woman in the Heavenly City, @#%× shed her body and became a being composed purely
of the netherworld, who somehow avoided disappearing when his corresponding Wielder light of virtue. For complicated reasons, she ends up attached to Shuhang and accompanies him for most of the Will vanished story. Her name is untranslatable in any modern language but the closest approximation is "Waiting For a Promise", in reference to her waiting for Cheng Lin to return and who therefore retains control over half the realm. He looks ''exactly'' like the main universe's Senior White, and has many of the same mannerisms.kiss her.



* BerserkButton: He loathes being called Senior White Two (which is a homophone for "Senior White Rabbit" in Chinese) and doing so is a sure way to attract his ire. He also hates the Fat Ball, although not nearly as much as the Fat Ball hates him.
* BigGood: Even if he's technically supposed to be evil, he generally serves this role for netherworld-focused arcs, since he's the primary enemy of the Fat Ball, who serves as the BigBad.
* IdenticalStranger: As the name suggests, he looks ''exactly'' identical to Senior White, and has the same name and mannerisms, in addition to their stories broadly overlapping.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: As the ruler of the Netherworld, he's technically evil, but he's far better than the Fat Ball, who rules the other half.
* PokeThePoodle: Many of his "evil" actions amount to this, trolling people like Shuhang rather than actually harming them.
* SourSupporter: He is one of Shuhang's most important backers, but generally retains a bit of sourness in their interactions to preserve his reputation as the ruler of the netherworld.

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* BerserkButton: He loathes being called Senior White Two (which is a homophone for "Senior White Rabbit" in Chinese) and doing so is a sure way to attract his ire. He also hates the Fat Ball, although not nearly as much as the Fat Ball hates him.
* BigGood: Even if he's technically supposed to be evil, he generally serves this role for netherworld-focused arcs, since he's the primary enemy of the Fat Ball, who serves as the BigBad.
* IdenticalStranger:
TheEchoer: As the name suggests, he looks ''exactly'' identical to Senior White, and has the same name and mannerisms, in addition to their stories broadly overlapping.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: As the ruler of the Netherworld, he's technically evil, but he's far better than the Fat Ball, who rules the other half.
* PokeThePoodle: Many of his "evil" actions amount to this, trolling people like Shuhang rather than actually harming them.
* SourSupporter: He is one of
Shuhang's most important backers, but light of virtue, she generally retains a bit of sourness only talks by repeating things that she heard.
* IWillWaitForYou: She was so deeply
in their interactions love with Cheng Lin that waiting for Cheng Lin to preserve his reputation as return is literally referenced by her daoist name.
* PlayingPossum: She has a tendency to feign her death without warning, although it's usually more surprising than convincing.
* TheUnpronounceable: Her daoist name can't be translated or pronounced in any modern language; in
the ruler of text, it's rendered as @#%×. A rough approximation is apparently "Waiting For a Promise."
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: She was apparently
the netherworld.most beautiful in the Heavenly City.



[[folder:The Fat Ball]]
A fat floating ball made of liquid metal that looks like a sphere of mercury, the Fat Ball is the current ruler of the Netherworld, though (much to its hatred) it is forced to share it with Senior White Two, who refused to disappear the way a ruler of the netherworld normally would when the Wielder of the Way changes.

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[[folder:The Fat Ball]]
A fat floating ball made of liquid metal that looks like a sphere of mercury, the Fat Ball is the current


! The Netherworld

[[folder:Senior White Two]]
The previous
ruler of the Netherworld, though (much to its hatred) it is forced to share it with Senior White Two, netherworld, who refused to disappear the way a ruler of the netherworld normally would somehow avoided disappearing when the his corresponding Wielder of the Way changes.Will vanished and who therefore retains control over half the realm. He looks ''exactly'' like the main universe's Senior White, and has many of the same mannerisms.


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* BerserkButton: He loathes being called Senior White Two (which is a homophone for "Senior White Rabbit" in Chinese) and doing so is a sure way to attract his ire. He also hates the Fat Ball, although not nearly as much as the Fat Ball hates him.
* BigGood: Even if he's technically supposed to be evil, he generally serves this role for netherworld-focused arcs, since he's the primary enemy of the Fat Ball, who serves as the BigBad.
* IdenticalStranger: As the name suggests, he looks ''exactly'' identical to Senior White, and has the same name and mannerisms, in addition to their stories broadly overlapping.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: As the ruler of the Netherworld, he's technically evil, but he's far better than the Fat Ball, who rules the other half.
* PokeThePoodle: Many of his "evil" actions amount to this, trolling people like Shuhang rather than actually harming them.
* SourSupporter: He is one of Shuhang's most important backers, but generally retains a bit of sourness in their interactions to preserve his reputation as the ruler of the netherworld.
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[[folder:The Fat Ball]]
A fat floating ball made of liquid metal that looks like a sphere of mercury, the Fat Ball is the current ruler of the Netherworld, though (much to its hatred) it is forced to share it with Senior White Two, who refused to disappear the way a ruler of the netherworld normally would when the Wielder of the Way changes.
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* MistakenIdentity: Numerous people assume that he is (or is related to) Slow-Witted Song, an infamous troublemaker from the Ancient Heavenly City, and end up attacking him as a result.

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* MistakenIdentity: Numerous people assume that he is (or is related to) Slow-Witted Song, an infamous troublemaker from the Ancient Heavenly City, and end up attacking him as a result. Later on he's also frequently mistaken for Cheng Lin, since since his ghost spirit gives him her aura and she gave him his daoist name.



! The Netherworld

[[folder:Senior White Two]]
The previous ruler of the netherworld, who somehow avoided disappearing when his corresponding Wielder of the Will vanished and who therefore retains control over half the realm. He looks ''exactly'' like the main universe's Senior White, and has many of the same mannerisms.

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! The Netherworld

[[folder:Senior White Two]]
The previous ruler
[[folder:Cheng Lin]]
An immortal who caused the fall
of the netherworld, who somehow avoided disappearing when his corresponding Heavenly City, she was also the first ghost spirit and the ghost spirit to the second Wielder of the Will vanished and who therefore retains control over half the realm. He looks ''exactly'' like the main universe's Senior White, and has many of the same mannerisms.Will, Striped Dragon. For complicated reasons she gives her daoist name to Shuhang, meaning that her enemies frequently mistake him for her.



* BerserkButton: He loathes being called Senior White Two (which is a homophone for "Senior White Rabbit" in Chinese) and doing so is a sure way to attract his ire. He also hates the Fat Ball, although not nearly as much as the Fat Ball hates him.
* BigGood: Even if he's technically supposed to be evil, he generally serves this role for netherworld-focused arcs, since he's the primary enemy of the Fat Ball, who serves as the BigBad.
* IdenticalStranger: As the name suggests, he looks ''exactly'' identical to Senior White, and has the same name and mannerisms, in addition to their stories broadly overlapping.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: As the ruler of the Netherworld, he's technically evil, but he's far better than the Fat Ball, who rules the other half.
* PokeThePoodle: Many of his "evil" actions amount to this, trolling people like Shuhang rather than actually harming them.
* SourSupporter: He is one of Shuhang's most important backers, but generally retains a bit of sourness in their interactions to preserve his reputation as the ruler of the netherworld.

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* BerserkButton: He loathes being called Senior White Two (which is a homophone BornAgainImmortality: Her path to immortality allows her to give birth to herself in order to live forever.
* DeaderThanDead: Played
for "Senior White Rabbit" in Chinese) laughs. Cheng Lin insists that she's dead, and doing so is a sure way later on she's regularly referred to attract his ire. He also hates the Fat Ball, although not nearly as much as the Fat Ball hates him.
* BigGood: Even if he's technically supposed to be evil, he generally serves
"so dead that she cannot die again." Nonetheless, this role for netherworld-focused arcs, since he's the primary enemy of the Fat Ball, who serves as the BigBad.
* IdenticalStranger: As the name suggests, he looks ''exactly'' identical to Senior White, and has the same name and mannerisms, in addition to their stories broadly overlapping.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: As the ruler of the Netherworld, he's technically evil, but he's far better than the Fat Ball, who rules the other half.
* PokeThePoodle: Many of his "evil" actions amount to this, trolling people like Shuhang rather than actually harming them.
* SourSupporter: He is one of
doesn't stop her from communicating on Shuhang's most important backers, but chat and generally retains a bit of sourness in their interactions to preserve his reputation as interfering with the ruler of the netherworld.world.



[[folder:The Fat Ball]]
A fat floating ball made of liquid metal that looks like a sphere of mercury, the Fat Ball is the current ruler of the Netherworld, though (much to its hatred) it is forced to share it with Senior White Two, who refused to disappear the way a ruler of the netherworld normally would when the Wielder of the Way changes.

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[[folder:The Fat Ball]]
A fat floating ball made of liquid metal that looks like a sphere of mercury, the Fat Ball is the current

! The Netherworld

[[folder:Senior White Two]]
The previous
ruler of the Netherworld, though (much to its hatred) it is forced to share it with Senior White Two, netherworld, who refused to disappear the way a ruler of the netherworld normally would somehow avoided disappearing when the his corresponding Wielder of the Way changes.Will vanished and who therefore retains control over half the realm. He looks ''exactly'' like the main universe's Senior White, and has many of the same mannerisms.


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* BerserkButton: He loathes being called Senior White Two (which is a homophone for "Senior White Rabbit" in Chinese) and doing so is a sure way to attract his ire. He also hates the Fat Ball, although not nearly as much as the Fat Ball hates him.
* BigGood: Even if he's technically supposed to be evil, he generally serves this role for netherworld-focused arcs, since he's the primary enemy of the Fat Ball, who serves as the BigBad.
* IdenticalStranger: As the name suggests, he looks ''exactly'' identical to Senior White, and has the same name and mannerisms, in addition to their stories broadly overlapping.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: As the ruler of the Netherworld, he's technically evil, but he's far better than the Fat Ball, who rules the other half.
* PokeThePoodle: Many of his "evil" actions amount to this, trolling people like Shuhang rather than actually harming them.
* SourSupporter: He is one of Shuhang's most important backers, but generally retains a bit of sourness in their interactions to preserve his reputation as the ruler of the netherworld.
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[[folder:The Fat Ball]]
A fat floating ball made of liquid metal that looks like a sphere of mercury, the Fat Ball is the current ruler of the Netherworld, though (much to its hatred) it is forced to share it with Senior White Two, who refused to disappear the way a ruler of the netherworld normally would when the Wielder of the Way changes.
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* TheNotLoveInterest: While her introduction and early interactions with Shuhang follow a lot of romance tropes common to the genre, and they both end up ''important'' to each other, she's not interested in romance herself in the present day and their relationship is entirely platonic. Subverted in one of the future timelines, where her future self implies they did eventually become dao partners.
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* ReincarnationRomance: [[spoiler:She ends up with Thrice Reckless Mad Saber, who is the reincarnation of the Scholarly Sage, who loved her long ago.]]

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[[folder:Xuan Nu Sect's Skylark]]
One of the oldest members in the group, Skylark is a blue-haired woman who was the teacher of the Scholarly Sage.

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[[folder:Xuan Nu Sect's Skylark]]
One of the oldest members in the group, Skylark is a blue-haired woman
[[folder:Wandering Monk Profound Principle]]
A Buddhist monk
who was the teacher has taken a vow of the Scholarly Sage.silence; as a result, he communicates entirely in emojis.



* TheFogOfAges: Initially, she remembers very little of her past, though she recovers it as the story progresses.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: She automatically revives whenever she's killed due to her connection to eternity.
* TimeAbyss: It's unclear exactly how old she is, but since she was already an experienced adult cultivator when the Scholarly Sage was born, she's at least thousands of years old. In fact, she's the oldest Seventh Stage Venerable in the entire universe.

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* TheFogOfAges: Initially, she remembers very little ElectiveMute: His vow of her past, silence means that he doesn't speak, though she recovers it as the story progresses.
he does communicate with emoji.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: She automatically revives whenever she's killed due to her connection to eternity.
* TimeAbyss: It's unclear exactly how old she is, but since she was already an experienced adult cultivator when the Scholarly Sage was born, she's at least thousands of years old. In fact, she's the oldest Seventh Stage Venerable in the entire universe.
WarriorMonk: He's both a Buddhist monk and a powerful cultivator.


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One of the oldest members in the group, Skylark is a blue-haired woman who was the teacher of the Scholarly Sage.
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* TheFogOfAges: Initially, she remembers very little of her past, though she recovers it as the story progresses.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: She automatically revives whenever she's killed due to her connection to eternity.
* TimeAbyss: It's unclear exactly how old she is, but since she was already an experienced adult cultivator when the Scholarly Sage was born, she's at least thousands of years old. In fact, she's the oldest Seventh Stage Venerable in the entire universe.
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* AchievementsInIgnorance: He successfully makes body-tempering liquid in an induction cooker and a hot pot, which ought to be completely impossible. And he accomplishes it on his first try, no less.

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[[folder:Xuan Nu Sect's Skylark]]
One of the oldest members in the group, Skylark is a blue-haired woman who was the teacher of the Scholarly Sage.

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[[folder:Xuan Nu Sect's Skylark]]
One
[[folder:Medicine Master]]
A master of supernatural medicine, Medicine Master is one
of the oldest members first Cultivators to meet Shuhang in the group, Skylark is a blue-haired woman who was the teacher of the Scholarly Sage.person and gives him substantial assistance early on.



* TheFogOfAges: Initially, she remembers very little of her past, though she recovers it as the story progresses.
* ReincarnationRomance: [[spoiler:She ends up with Thrice Reckless Mad Saber, who is the reincarnation of the Scholarly Sage, who loved her long ago.]]
* ResurrectiveImmortality: She automatically revives whenever she's killed due to her connection to eternity.
* TimeAbyss: It's unclear exactly how old she is, but since she was already an experienced adult cultivator when the Scholarly Sage was born, she's at least thousands of years old. In fact, she's the oldest Seventh Stage Venerable in the entire universe.

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* TheFogOfAges: Initially, she remembers very little TheMedic: As his title implies, he's a master of her past, though she recovers it as medical alchemy and is usually the story progresses.
* ReincarnationRomance: [[spoiler:She ends up with Thrice Reckless Mad Saber, who is the reincarnation
one members of the Scholarly Sage, who loved her long ago.]]
* ResurrectiveImmortality: She automatically revives whenever she's killed due
group turn to her connection to eternity.
for thorny medical issues.
* TimeAbyss: It's unclear exactly TheMentor: Early on, he serves this role for Shuhang in exchange for information about how old she is, but since she was already an experienced adult cultivator when the Scholarly Sage was born, she's at least thousands of years old. In fact, she's the oldest Seventh Stage Venerable in the entire universe.Shuhang managed to create Body Tempering Liquid so easily.
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* ReincarnationRomance: [[spoiler:He is the reincarnation of the Scholarly Sage, and ends up with Skylark, who he loved but never met again in his past life.]]


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* ReincarnationRomance: [[spoiler:She ends up with Thrice Reckless Mad Saber, who is the reincarnation of the Scholarly Sage, who loved her long ago.]]


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[[folder:Xuan Nu Sect's Skylark]]
One of the oldest members in the group, Skylark is a blue-haired woman who was the teacher of the Scholarly Sage.
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* TheFogOfAges: Initially, she remembers very little of her past, though she recovers it as the story progresses.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: She automatically revives whenever she's killed due to her connection to eternity.
* TimeAbyss: It's unclear exactly how old she is, but since she was already an experienced adult cultivator when the Scholarly Sage was born, she's at least thousands of years old. In fact, she's the oldest Seventh Stage Venerable in the entire universe.
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* TheFogOfAges: Initially, she remembers very little of her past, though she recovers it as the story progresses.
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* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Eventually, the horrifying pain and repeated deaths that Shuhang has gone through inure him to the point where horrifying injuries and things that would be agonizingly painful to others barely affect him at all.

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The founder of the scholarly faction, who died long ago in a battle to ascend to become Wielder of Heaven's Will. He was [[PhraseCatcher very cool]].

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->''A man wearing scholarly clothing appeared in the air. \\
He just stood there, with the aura and bearing of a grandmaster.\\
When people saw him, for some reason, they felt that he was [[PhraseCatcher very cool]].''
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The founder of the scholarly faction, who died long ago in a battle to ascend to become Wielder of Heaven's Will. He was [[PhraseCatcher very cool]].
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The founder of the scholarly faction, who died long ago in a battle to ascend to become Wielder of Heaven's Will.

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The founder of the scholarly faction, who died long ago in a battle to ascend to become Wielder of Heaven's Will. He was [[PhraseCatcher very cool]].
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* NiceGuy: He describes himself this way, and it is ''mostly'' true; though he gains a tendency to {{troll}} more and more as the story goes on, he will generally try to help those he can and avoid being overtly unfair unless it's to someone who clearly deserves it.

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