New Version The Way of the Spirit Sword: Female Sword Immortal & Spirit Pet System

Dear Ghost Mate,

A thousand years ago, she was nothing but a sword. No name, no voice, lying silently in the hands of others and striking wherever the one holding the hilt willed. Yet within that cold steel, a spirit root quietly awakened. Through a thousand years of forge fire and time, she grew from a lifeless object into a being with a will, with feelings, and with a heart that could feel pain.

"The Way" here is not the path of one who cultivates the sword, but the path a sword walks as it cultivates itself to become human. Until one day, she must ask herself: what does she exist for, and for whom?

Destiny links the blade’s path to our bond. The new version The Way of the Spirit Sword officially arrives in the Three Realms, bringing the long-awaited Female Sword Immortal, a brand-new Spirit Pet System, and a wave of exciting events, fashion and benefits.

Sword Immortal is a class released in 04/2026, initially available only as a male character. This October, the Female Sword Immortal officially arrives in the Three Realms. Her name is Weiyang Jun.

A sword spirit who has existed for a thousand years, she refuses to remain a mere tool in the hands of others. Gathering her sword intent into human form, she sets out on a path of free cultivation. Carrying a heavenly destiny to protect all living beings, she shatters the sealing chains of the sword and finally ascends to immortality.

Hailed as the most beautiful character in Ghost Story: Love Destiny to date, the Female Sword Immortal is set to make a huge splash. The Three Realms will never be the same.

1. Main Story

• Chapter 3 Story unlocked for the Sword Immortal class, available for both the male (Li Changsheng) and female (Weiyang Jun) characters.

2. Sword Immortal Appraise Skills

2 Appraise Skills are now available for the Sword Immortal class:

During the event, when you perform a Class Change, you can unlock the Class-Changing Fund Benefit interface for 300 Jade.

Complete quests in the Class-Changing Fund to earn extra Class Change Points, which can be exchanged for special items at the Class Change Points Shop.

1. Featured Items in the Class Change Points Shop

2. Class Change Support at NPC Pan Shimen

• Added a class quest check before performing a Class Change.
• Added quick unequip for equipment and Talismans before performing a Class Change.

Cat, Camel Cub and Dog are new types of Spirit Pet that can breed offspring, remodel their appearance, provide an Illusory Avatar and form companionships. In terms of attributes, Spirit Pets are no different from other Spirit Beasts.

When summoned with a Spirit Beast Anima, the Spirit Beast will be carried with you first; once your carry slots are full, it will go to the Spirit Pet Lodge. You can switch them between being carried with you and resting in the Spirit Pet Lodge.

1. Spirit Pet Journal

Each period includes one-time quests and weekly refreshing quests; complete the quests of the current period to receive the corresponding rewards. Complete all one-time quests of this period to receive Cat Soul - Red Hood.

2. Pet Outfit Rankings

Includes the Species Rarity Rankings and the Spirit Pet Acclaim Rankings, ranked by Spirit Pet rarity or the number of likes received. Rankings update with a slight delay.

3. Starfall Invocation

A permanent feature. Spend Jade to buy Starfall Stones and draw for a chance to obtain a rare Spirit Pet Soul and many other rewards.

4. Token Exchange

Spend Spirit Master Currency and Spirit-Taming Coins (obtained by Release of Spirit Pets) to exchange for a variety of rewards.

5. New Event: Falling Star Bond

The Falling Star Bond event is added to the Event Schedule from Monday to Friday every week.

Featured Rewards:

1. Spirit Beast Soul Imprint

Spirit Beasts can equip Soul Imprints in 3 slots: Heaven-Earth-Human. Soul Imprints increase the Spirit Beast's own attributes and boost the effects of regular Companion Skills.

2. Star Spirits

A new Spirit Beast stage-clearing feature: command your Spirit Beasts in tactical formations and earn Soul Imprints and Beast Souls.

• Consists of 6 areas: Common Spirit → Profound Mystery → Dragon Transformation → True Spirit → Primordial → Final Battle.
• Each of the first 5 areas has 6 stages; clear them in order to unlock the next area. Completing the first 5 areas unlocks the Final Battle.
• Final Rewards: Based on stage progress and ranking, the system will send a Star Performance Casket and a Soul Imprint Chest via mail at 00:05 the following Monday.
• Stage Rewards:
  • Beast Soul Crystal (Spirit Beast Item): used to randomly refine Soul Imprint Attributes.
  • Heaven - Soul Imprint Reward (Gift): grants 1 Heaven Soul Imprint (Bound) of a random level, no higher than your own level.

3. Spirit Beast Interface & Shop

• Updated and optimized the Spirit Beast System interface to accommodate Spirit Pets. The Spirit Beast Training section adds 2 tabs: Spirit Beast Soul Imprint and Spirit Pet.
• The Spirit Beast Item shop now offers: Soul Nourishing Wood, Phoenix Cry Jade, Red Crystal Sand, Purple Crystal Sand, Star Spirit Fruit.
• Guild League now rewards Soul Nourishing Wood (Bound).

2 new Spirit Beast skill books:

4. Guide Quest

• [Spirit Beast] Thriving and Multiplying: accept from NPC Liu Qilin.

1. Heirloom Fashion - Lord of the Snow Realm

A new flagship outfit arrives at the Starlight Pavilion:

• The reward pool replaces the Sovereign Attire Box with the Lord of the Snow Realm Outfit Box, with draw rates unchanged. Open it to receive the full Lord of the Snow Realm Heirloom outfit set, plus an Avatar Frame and Avatar Appearance.
• The Lord of the Snow Realm Outfit Box can be exchanged directly for 3 Starlight Gem Celestial Jade. The Sovereign Attire Box is no longer in the pool but can still be exchanged for 3 Starlight Gem Celestial Jade.
• Your accumulated Pity System progress will not be reset when the pool changes.
• Collect the full set to unlock the special emote Pact of Frost; wear Lord of the Snow Realm - Outfit to unlock Shapeshifting into a Snow Leopard.
• Snow Leopard Encounter: trigger it on public maps or tap the West Field link button in the Starlight Pavilion interface to receive the encounter quest chain; complete it to receive Starlight Gem Spirit Bond.

2. New Fashion

3. New Mount

• Mashaji (30D) - Spirit Bestowal not yet supported.

4. Fashion & Mount Rerun

Fashion:

Mounts:

30-day mounts can be upgraded to Permanent via Spirit Bestowal.

5. New Accessories & Poses

Benefits exclusively for characters that have not logged in for 60 days or more:

1. Market

• Added 2 functions under [Purchase] → [Player Store] → Follow: Trending Follow and Trending Notice.

2. Western Merchant

• The Revelation Store adds 500-year Ginseng Fruit to the Life Type rewards.
• Removed Spirit Molding Elixir and Petal from the Rare Item settings list.

3. Hundred Forms Performance

• Added the Song Request feature.
• Added rankings: Main Instrument, All-star Orchestra and Newcomer Orchestra, along with Challenge, Trial Listening and Play Music functions for other players' performances.
• New Performance categories: Music Review, Piano, String Orchestra.

4. Book of Taoist Magic

• Added a pity mechanism: a Unique Skill is guaranteed within 60 books; the first 14 Unique Skills each day will not be duplicates.
• Added the Immortal Art Pouch (unlocked when opening a Book of Taoist Magic): stores all class Skill Books and Unique Skills; place them in the Alchemy Furnace to exchange for a Book of Taoist Magic.
• The Immortal Art Pouch interface shows the number of books remaining until the Unique Skill pity.

5. Cross-Server Martial Tournament

• Added the Hero Feature and Final Moment, applied on certain servers.

6. House

• Added the Shrimp and Crab Troop Teleport and Teleport - Illusory Sea Dreams (Garden) decorations as teleport points; at Zhang Wen, you can set any teleport point as the House entrance. Optimized teleport array effects (accuracy, exposure).
• Added Performance Mode (2.5D view), toggled in Settings → Graphics.
• House, Design workshop and House templates now support alternate standing poses; the House interaction button can now be hidden.
• Floating Dream New Residence: the heart and triangular prism building block series now support voxels - Generating Voxel.
• Unlocking a Garden now shows a benefits explanation interface; view benefits at Hangzhou - Ji Cheng.
• Jade Peacock, Golden Monkey and Big-Footed Chicken have been removed from the House; unused juveniles in your bag can still be used and grant an extra 10 Banknotes.
• New owner permission: allow tenants to unlock House ambiences (including Reflection - Wang Shu's Thoughts).
• Musical instrument furniture in the House now plays a short melody when interacting to perform.
• The Hitchhike mount (sidecar) can now be placed in the House.
• House templates: added a copyright protection option when uploading, and support for sharing templates to Dream Island.
• Leveling House tiles can now be undone; the furniture dismantling interface supports batch selection.

7. Face Customization, Dyeing & Item Cabinet

• Face Customization: supports applying/sharing the full face, makeup and styling separately; existing data is automatically converted to "Full Face" or "Makeup Only".
• The face customization and dyeing interfaces add a Horn message block button (blocks Horn messages and friend online/offline notifications).
• Dyeing: added outfit preview (multiple backgrounds, some emotes); "My Designs" at the Outfit Dyeing Station now saves up to 300 entries and supports batch deletion; when dyeing both head and body, both are kept after exiting; added toggles for glow/back/wing effects (off by default).
• Item Cabinet: "My Matching" can save accessories and multiple presets; the fitting room adds a running animation preview button when viewing mounts; adjusted the default camera distance when previewing fashion.
• Relaxed the requirement to unlock fashion Shapeshifting: only the corresponding top is required, not the full set.

8. Scenes & Characters

• Xiaoyao Monastery: updated scene, added sunny/rainy weather transitions.
• Pu's Village: updated character graphics for Fan Xiaoshan, Pu Songling, Ferryman, A Xian and the Rascal monster; the Night Charm monster has been renamed to my little Ye.
• Art: added 2 face accessories from the "Sword Intent" set for the adult female body type.

1. Interface & Controls

• The desktop emulator adds an ESC shortcut to close the topmost interface (except certain special interfaces).
• World Channel and Current Channel now support quote replies; multiple channels support copying messages; item messages (Treasure Map, Skill Book...) are merged to reduce spam.
• Horn now keeps your previously entered text.
• Login screen: characters using the designated weapon who meet the requirements will automatically play an entrance animation.
• Photo mode: added emote effect blocking; expanded camera movement range on large maps; the camera no longer blocks under-attack notifications; free camera mode can pass through decorations.
• Dream Island supports sharing individual posts;
• Starlight Pavilion adds 5 achievements that trigger by chance when drawing; low-end devices skip the draw animation by default.
• Added a confirmation dialog when recycling Great Vitality, Heaven and Earth Aurora, bound Rarity Type equipment and Immortal Talismans.
• Summon: during a Summon cycle, bringing back 1-3 returning players grants Friendship Pts rewards.
• Red Packet: added a weekly cap on the total amount sent; Guild Red Packets no longer grant Revelation Points.
• The bedridden notification no longer repeats on login; optimized the usage guide for the Treasure Chest Key.
• Fixed the Growth and Adventure tabs in the Nurturing and Growth Handbook; when appraisal yields a higher-quality Aura for your child, it is automatically set as the companion Aura.

2. Combat, Equipment & EXP

• The accumulated non-PK time cap is adjusted to 2160 hours; added a notification when defeated on maps that do not count PK Points but still apply penalties.
• Skill/talent combinations cannot be changed while dead.
• Elemental / elemental penetration Patterns (excluding Illusion RES) can be converted to another type using Silver or a Circulation Talisman.
• The equipment line "on death, reduces the enemy's max HP" now only takes effect on enemies with current HP above 50%.
• Added pity to gold-mark forging of the Qingming Inquiry Sword; optimized the prompt window when continuing to refine after obtaining a rare attribute line.
• Origin Restoration Cauldron (Weapon) can be exchanged for a Jade Vase at NPC Hui Tong in Ancient Trade Route.
• Fixed Spirit Beast skills such as Same Boat having no effect on defending bots in Sect Challenge.
• Experience Pill Book: using a Humanity EXP Book, Wisdom EXP Book or Saint EXP Book near the max level reduces EXP gained by up to 50%; when EXP exceeds the amount needed to reach the server's max level, excess EXP is converted into dedicated EXP; "Experience Pill Book - Special" can be crafted with Silver (higher usage level cap, dedicated EXP only). EXP Books sold on the Market are released with a delay, and stock is not updated in real time.

3. Events & Dungeons

• Drop adjustments: One Palm Landscape Map slightly reduces Soul-Feeding Pills and Embroidered Ball and increases Starfall Stones; Immortal Weapon Arsenal increases unbound Star Spirit Fruit; Baby Spirit Beast slightly reduces Green Willow Dew refunded on Release; Dragon Rush: the Silver reward upon quest completion is now randomized; reduced the Monster Binder drop rate from Embrace snow and frost monsters.
• Pirate Elimination: Sea Princess Obsession now appears 10 seconds later than other monsters, with increased HP and damage-taken amplification; Ronin Hanjiro gains a high-frequency, low-damage splash skill; the difficulty of Lou Qiao Ting / Sea Princess / Ronin Hanjiro scales with the level cap, guild ranking and equipment score; added the option "View Pirate Elimination rules" at Colonel Qi in the guild.
• Gaochang Maze: added refresh notifications for chests and monsters; if you fail to reach floor 2, the entry fee is refunded in Banknotes.

4. Graphics & Art

• Improved the Black Demon King Boss/NPC model; refreshed some indoor scenes in the Liao Zhai [Ying Ning] branch; the Grocery Store in Jinling now hides automatically when blocking the view.
• Optimized finger clipping when the adult male body type holds an umbrella; fixed the shoulder shrug issue in the adult female body type's wedding bow emote; adjusted the head-to-body ratio of female Shaman; fixed head jitter when the female Sword Immortal switches the tail tab in the Item Cabinet.
• The Brushing Star Dance emote now supports looping; emotes bundled with Heirloom fashion now show a purple quality frame when unlocked.
• Optimized the lighting effect of the Wushan Stone enhancement set on low-end devices; optimized enhancement effect size for male Apothecary, male Virtuoso, male Blademaster, male Shaman and female Butterfly Mage; optimized Divine Beast effect performance.
• Optimized the death pose of male Elementalist and male Shapeshifter; optimized the display of guild formations and the Charm class-counter buff.

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