Named weapons, martial arts manuals, artifacts, and notable items from Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (天龙八部).
Named Weapons
- Dog Beating Staff (打狗棒 — Dǎgǒu Bàng) — Beggars’ Guild chief’s jade-green bamboo staff, symbol of authority; passed down through generations of chiefs
- Fine Iron Staff (细铁杖 — Xì Tiězhàng) — Duan Yanqing’s weapon; heavy iron staff used in his crippling strikes
- Crocodile Tail Scissors (鳄尾剪 — Èwěi Jiǎn) — Yue Laosan’s signature weapon; large scissors shaped like a crocodile’s tail
Manuals & Scriptures
- Tendon-Transmuting Sutra (昉筋经 — Yìjīn Jīng) — Shaolin’s supreme internal cultivation text; transforms the body’s meridians and grants extraordinary neigong
- Beiming Power Manual (北冥神功 — Běimíng Shéngōng) — Xiaoyao Order’s neigong manual for absorbing others’ neili; named after the northern sea from Zhuangzi
- Lingbo Steps Manual (凌波微步 — Língbō Wēibù) — Xiaoyao Order’s supreme qinggong manual; footwork based on the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching
- Mark of Life and Death Instructions (生死符 — Shēngsǐ Fú) — Child Elder of Tianshan’s technique for controlling others; ice-based hidden weapon causing cyclical torment
- Dipper Turns, Stars Shift Manual (斗转星移 — Dǒuzhuǎn Xīngyí) — Murong clan’s ancestral technique; redirects opponents’ attacks back at them
- Tianshan Six Yang Palms Manual (天山六阳掌 — Tiānshān Liùyáng Zhǎng) — Xiaoyao Order’s supreme palm technique; balances yin and yang energies
- Tiny Unseen Power Manual (小无相功 — Xiǎo Wúxiàng Gōng) — Xiaoyao Order’s technique for mimicking other martial arts; formless energy that can replicate any technique
- Eight Desolations Six Yang Supremacy Manual (八荒六合唯我独尊功 — Bāhuāng Liùhé Wéi Wǒ Dúzūn Gōng) — Xiaoyao Order’s supreme neigong; grants immortality but requires periodic rejuvenation
- Sanhe Finger Manual (参合指 — Cānhé Zhǐ) — Murong clan’s finger technique; named after the Battle of Canhe
Artifacts & Treasures
- Divine Wooden King Ding (神木王鼎 — Shénmù Wángdǐng) — Ding Chunqiu’s artifact for Star Burning Incense; jade vessel used in the Star Sea School’s poison cultivation
- Star Burning Incense (星宿火 — Xīngsù Huǒ) — Poisonous incense used by the Star Sea School; contains venom from dozens of creatures
- Life-Death Talisman (生死符 — Shēngsǐ Fú) — Ice-based hidden weapon causing cyclical torment; used by the Child Elder to control the Thirty-Six Caves and Seventy-Two Islands
- Jade Face Fire Lotus (玉面火莲 — Yùmiàn Huǒlián) — Rare medicinal herb; used in antidotes for certain poisons
See Also
- Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils - Locations
- Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils - Characters
- Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils - Factions
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