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.

Tradcul


  • 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

Procul


  • 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

Truecul


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

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