Murim

Murim is the entire order of the martial-arts world, ruled by sects, clans, reputation, and strength. Its stage is the Central Plains, and the world itself, in the hero's words, is "woven entirely of debts and grudges." It is split in two: the righteous faction led by the Nine Great Righteous Sects, and the unorthodox path of countless evil sects. It is into this world, which the hero at first desperately avoided, that he is ultimately dragged headlong.

The righteous side is made up of the Nine Great Righteous Sects, among them the Emei Sect, Shaolin Monastery, and the Wudang Sect, along with the mighty Sichuan Tang Clan. Against them stand the unorthodox and evil sects of the wicked path, whom righteous fighters may punish without mercy. Rumor and reputation weigh as much as a blade here: word is spread by the Beggars' Sect and the Hao Gate, while the shadow of a coming war with the Demonic Cult looms over the whole world.