Untitled Sages

The **Untitled Sages** are one of the Three Great Guardian Clans, along with the Nightwatchers and Gravekeepers.

## Background

Unlike the other two Guardian clans, Untitled Sages were more well known for their monster slaying and monitoring duties by normal humans. They were worshipped as gods by humans, and were considered the pinnacle and pride of humanity. This causes the Untitled Sages who were born as humans to have a natural disdain for monsters, as seen with Lan Ling's situation in her branch sect.

At some point in time, the Untitled Sages separated and scattered across China, forming multiple sects in various locations. Among these schools, three would emerge as the strongest sects and become the main sects (宗家 *Zōng Jiā*) due to their superior power compared to other sects, who are referred to as branch sects (旁支 *Páng Zhī*). At some point in time, the Untitled Sage Civil War occurred, and the erase tag was created during the war.

Twenty years before the current timeline, Lan Ling went berserk and wiped out two branch sects, one which was her own, and three other mystic clans. She was eventually defeated by three Grand Masters from the main sects and imprisoned in the Hollow Jade Peak's Sage Prison. According to Huang Xiaoyan, the main sects have been weakened by shameless branch sects over the years. Gu Xiaohua notes that only one main sect's Grand Master currently remains active, which is the Hollow Jade Peak's Moyun.

## Overview

### Structure

The Untitled Sage clan (仙门 *Xiān Mén*) is composed of three main sects: the Hollow Jade Peak (玉虚峰 *Yù Xū Fēng*), the Grand Pure Peak (太清峰 *Tài Qīng Fēng*), and the Myriad Stars Peak (万星峰 *Wàn Xīng Fēng*), as well as countless branch sects. The main sects are responsible for selecting the most prospective Untitled Sage out of the new generation and sending her to the Department of Night as a representative of the Untitled Sage clan, while the branch sects' Untitled Sages can serve in governmental agencies to handle sudden supernatural incidents that the Department of Night isn't available for.

### Traditions

Untitled Sages are all women, with only a few male Untitled Sages having existed throughout history as exceptions. This is because sons of Untitled Sages are born spiritually weaker than daughters. It is stated that descendants of the son of an Untitled Sage are no different from normal people. As a result, sons of Untitled Sages are usually expelled from sects and either nurtured by their Untitled Sage mothers until they can survive on their own, or given to the father for him to nurture alone. On the other hand, daughters are kept in the sects and trained to become Untitled Sages themselves after they are selected by the Training Hall when they reach the age of three.

The mental training of Untitled Sages involve shunning themselves from emotions and desires so they can focus on cultivation. This training causes Untitled Sages to experience the feeling of love randomly during their lives. The conflicting ideals of their training and love creates dilemmas for many Untitled Sages throughout history, as they can only choose one option. The Hollow Jade Peak sect possesses two grimoires written by the Sage of Calligraphy that allow Untitled Sages to overcome this obstacle: the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra which is given to those who choose love, and the Stone Maiden Heart Sutra which is given to those who choose training.

The first Untitled Sage of the new generation amongst the three main sects to cultivate a rare Sage Mentality is chosen as the representative Untitled Sage.

### Morals

Untitled Sages are widely dreaded amongst monsters for their extremely strict conduct and brutality when it comes to criminal activity, as any monster who commits even the smallest of crimes in daytime will be brutally killed by Untitled Sages if discovered, and their souls will be destroyed along with their bodies, prohibiting them from even reincarnating after they die.

However, Untitled Sages aren't allowed to hurt monsters who haven't committed crimes, and aren't allowed to leave any innocent monster who was injured during their mission to die. As seen with Huan Chaojiao, who was accidentally and fatally injured as an innocent bystander by an Untitled Sage in the past, and was given medical treatment for his injury for five years until it healed.

When attempting to settle a disagreement through physical means, two Untitled Sages will initiate the "Sage Duel Barrier", a technique that blocks others from entering the area. While duelling, the two Untitled Sages will summon their respective weapons and use them to inflict physical damage on each other until one side surrenders. The losing side is obligated to fulfill any wish of the winner, they can cheat and not do so, though that is considered shameless and deceitful.

When an Untitled Sage is about to die, any nearby Untitled Sage is obligated to perform the "Resting Spell" so they can rest in peace, no matter how evil or bad the dying Untitled Sage was.

Any Untitled Sage who is caught committing a crime must be arrested, and taken to and imprisoned in a Sage Prison for the rest of their life until they die.

The most derogatory term to call an Untitled Sage is a Half Sage (半仙 *Bàn Xiān*).

## Abilities and Powers

**Demon Vanquishing Spell** (伏魔咒 *Fú Mó Zhòu*): After using Sage Trinity to combine the powers all three Untitled Sages, the giant apparition concentrates power into its lowest hand's index and middle finger before striking down on the enemy. The attack is capable of severely injuring a powerful ancient demon such as Y'Shari before seemingly obliterating the creature.In reality, the spell provides an opportunity for the recipient to redeem themselves by enlightening them, and will only destroy the target if they choose to continue their evil ways. While making their decision, the target's consciousness appears in the **Demon Vanquishing Spell Inner World** (伏魔咒心灵世界 *Fú Mó Zhòu Xīn Líng Shì Jiè*) and can see the personified apparitions of their options while the user may observe from the outside world. The target can make their decision by physically touching either apparition, although their subconscious could make the decision as well.Alternatively, the target can forfeit their decision and possible chance at life to revive someone they are emotionally close to by touching that person's apparition in the inner world. When touched, the person's apparition gains their personality and memories, allowing the target to converse with them. Once the target makes their decision, the spell announces it inside the inner world and causes the apparitions and inner world to shatter, resulting in a nonlethal explosion of the target's physical body if they choose to redeem themselves.

**Pure Tranquil Sage Mind** (明净不动仙心 *Míng Jìng Bú Dòng Xiān Xīn*): A rare Sage Mind learned by very few prodigious Untitled Sages throughout history. When visibly activated, the Untitled Sage hovers above the ground as a glowing yin-yang symbol appears below them. While active, this ability automatically detects the trajectories of incoming talisman. It is even able to accurately detect the locations of talisman manifested near the user through Void Seal Creation. By coupling this technique with a tremendous amount of erase tags, the user could render themselves immune to any talisman by intercepting and nullifying them. Users of this technique are also immune to having their Sea of Sage Wisdoms invaded by Sage Hunters, preventing them from having their thoughts and memories read or being mind controlled. While Sage Hunters can pollute their Sea of Sage Wisdom with their darkness, it would only cause a headache to the affected Untitled Sage. Only when they touch the black blood of the Sage Hunter would this technique be cancelled and render them vulnerable. This move requires the user to be completely calm for it to visibly activate, or it would slowly weaken and eventually deactivate if the user is influenced by strong emotions, such as embarrassment.

**Signless Wave Blade** (无相波动剑 *Wū Xiāng Bō Dòng Jiàn*): By transferring her sword's vibration and "will" to her opponent upon clashing with them, the Untitled Sage can damage her opponent's body and spirit by inflicting "true damage", rendering any form of defense useless against her attacks. The principle behind this spell is the application of oscillations, specifically a "leading oscillation" (先头波动 *Xiān Tóu Bō Dòng*) and a "follow-up oscillation" (后续波动 *Hòu Xù Bō Dòng*). Upon striking a target, the leading oscillation vibrates the area of contact, disrupting the structure of the target and allowing damage to penetrate. The follow-up oscillation then enhances the vibration's transmission, causing the damage to thoroughly perforate through the target. As a result, when defending against the Signless Wave Blade, the tiniest of damage caused by the first vibration can be amplified and torn through by the following vibration. However, in the extremely rare case that a target's defense exceeds the threshold for vibration resistance and is undamaged by the leading oscillation, the strike's guard-breaking effect is rendered useless since the follow-up oscillation has no flaw to exploit.

## Members

* Hollow Jade Peak
* Grand Pure Peak
* Myriad Stars Peak
* Branch Sects

## Trivia

"Untitled Sage" (散仙) is a Taoist term used to describe gods who were not given a position in the heavens and decided to leisurely live amongst humans.

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