The Ninefold Celestial Master

Maoshan is another name for the Shangqing School. Since it is based on Mount Mao, it is also called the Maoshan School. Maoshan arts are fierce and domineering, renowned for the Three Mao traditions: Upper, Middle, and Lower. They are considered the foremost of the Daoist methods, and flourished from the Southern Liang dynasty through the Northern Song. After the Northern Song, many lineages spread among the common people, with the Luofu Maoshan School becoming the most famous. Also known as Southern Maoshan, it gave rise to a centuries-long dispute over orthodoxy between the Southern and Northern Maoshan schools.

To this day, the Southern and Northern schools are divided along the Yangtze River, with Li Yi, Grandmaster of Southern Maoshan, and Zhang Buxie, Grandmaster of Northern Maoshan, each leading their own side. The Maoshan schools’ struggle continues unabated.

I am an heir to the Maoshan School. My story can no longer be told from the beginning, because three years ago, I was already dead...