Modern Jianghu

Near-future setting with advanced technology in some areas, but wuxia rules, rituals, and cultivation abilities apply. There's also a bunch of old ass immortals hanging around.

• Traditional cultivation without the use of technology or other enhancements
• Practitioners often join formal sects but may also choose to go it alone or work with more casual groups or arrangements
• Goals of cultivation can range from increasing health to immortality and beyond
• Some sects have history spanning hundreds or even thousands of years; many are newer
• Sects are registered and regulated, with codified avenues for conflict resolution
• Specialized Cultivation Schools serve children who may not have access to traditional sect education; they generally cover grades K-12 but students can enter the system at any age
• Those who graduate from cultivation school may join sects, go into procul, choose not to pursue cultivation further, or any number of possibilities

• Procultivation is a sport that grew out of traditional jianghu ranking lists
• Think wuxia fight sequences on a grand scale
• Matches are 1v1, 2v2, group battles, or grand melee, and take place on holographic stages
• Stage settings range from modern or futuristic to traditional milieus like bamboo forests
• Abilities may be technologically enhanced for greater visual impact
• Strict rules about power caps with many regulations in place to prevent real injury
• Legendary weapons are banned
• Many procultivators come from tradcul backgrounds
• Procultivators have stage personas, wear a variety of hanfu styles, and have their own lore
• Large fan-following with its own fan culture
• There are videogames, mobage, gacha, and all kind of licensed merchandise, etc based on procul
• Procultivation doesn't have sects; rather it has agencies
• Some procultivators are also members of tradcul sects

• Extremists that call themselves “True Cultivators”
• Anti cultivation tech
• Often advocate older and bloodier styles of conflict

• Meetcute Crush
• Proculverse