Ji (Nine Sols)

Ji is a feline Solarian with snow white fur and a thin, androgynous build. He wears a yellow garment that exposes some of his sides, as well as his arms, hips, and legs, with a loincloth hanging in front and behind. He also wears a large red and and yellow fez-like hat that descends into a cloak behind his back with golden honeycomb patterns at the bottom. On the front of the hat hang two smaller red tassels, each tipped with gold. The band of his hat appears to be made of a thick jade ring, featuring a large, moving eye on the front. Ji's fingers are tipped with long, jade claws. He possesses a levitating orb that resembles an Armillary sphere, which he uses during divination.

Ji has lighted-creamy white fur, a round head, lop ears, and a small and triangular nose. He usually closes his almond-shaped eyes, which have large, white pupils and no visible iris highlights when opened. His hat has a jade eye embedded in the center of the brim, with jade decorations surrounding it. The jade eye on his hat works as his actual eyes, it can move around and he can see with it.

Ji is a calm and collected enigma. He is stoic, so he is hard to read, he usually keeps his eyes closed and a calm smile on his face. Being insightful, he is a strategist in battle, and an archivist of Solarian history. His greatest wish is to be able to end his prolonged life, due to losing his loved ones while he lives on alone.

Lord Ji is a mysterious immortal being and an ancient resident of Kunlun who seems to have been present throughout all of solarian history. Ji often observed the world as a bystander, following the rise and ultimate demise of countless great individuals over the centuries.

One of the Ten Sols in the Council and keeper of the Grotto of Scriptures. Ji is a mysterious immortal being and an ancient resident of Kunlun who seems to have been present throughout all of solarian history.

He always moves with an ethereal sort of grace, slow and calm in everything he does, but incredibly strong if fought.

Ji used to be a part of the Ancient Kulnlun tribe, born in Kunlun, but affiliated with the Jie Clan.

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Ji is the personal seer of the Jie Clan and one of the most gifted fortune tellers in New Kunlun. Possessing extraordinary foresight, he can perceive countless possible futures, though he understands that destiny is never completely fixed. Rather than attempting to control fate, Ji believes the future is shaped by the choices people make.

Despite his remarkable abilities, Ji is humble, gentle, and approachable. He prefers offering guidance over giving direct orders, encouraging others to reach their own conclusions instead of forcing his opinions upon them. His calm demeanor, quiet humor, and genuine compassion make him someone many people naturally trust.

Ji shares a particularly close relationship with Jiequan, serving as both his trusted advisor and personal seer. Although the two have very different personalities (Ji being thoughtful and patient while Jiequan is bold and impulsive) they respect one another deeply. Ji is one of the few individuals capable of speaking honestly to Jiequan without fear, and Jiequan values his counsel above that of almost anyone else.

Unlike many powerful figures in New Kunlun, Ji has little interest in authority or prestige. His greatest concern is helping others navigate uncertain futures and preventing unnecessary suffering whenever possible. He understands that some tragedies cannot be avoided, but believes kindness, wisdom, and honest guidance can still change countless smaller outcomes.

Ji is thoughtful, observant, and quietly perceptive. He often notices details others overlook and enjoys asking gentle questions that encourage reflection. Though capable of discussing profound matters such as destiny and fate, he never loses his warmth or sense of humor, treating everyone with patience and respect regardless of their status.

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His exact origins are unknown, but he is known to have been alive for many thousands of years, having seen the rise and fall of countless great historical figures. At some point early in his life as a child, he was worshipped for his potent abilities of divination, likely among his other supernatural abilities, such as his agelessness.

Throughout his life, he was part of many different groups, and witnessed many historically significant events. In the Turbulent Era, Ji assisted Jietong, the final emperor of the Jie Kingdom, as the seer of the Jie Kingdom. The day the Fangshi Guild overthrew the oppressive reign of the emperor, Ji was present when Jietong wrote the Parting Missive and during his subsequent suicide. After the Turbulent Era came to an end and Origin Era was proclaimed, Ji became affiliated with Lear and his Fangshi Guild. He served as the deputy captain of the Fangshi Guild Elite Guard, and worked with Lear on science and technology research. In the 10th year of the Origin Era, the day when Lear disbanded the Fangshi Guild, Ji was present during Lear's Inaction Declaration. He was also later beside Lear during his departure from the living realm to the Limitless Realm.

Ji spent a long time secluded in the Grotto of Scriptures to protect Lear's achievements. To preserve the memories he wished to remember, Ji recorded his recollections of events upon black stone steles within the Ancient Stone Pillar. Originally beginning as a casual hobby, this endeavor gradually became a behemoth of information: the sheer quantity of these steles is said to span the entirety of the Solarian civilization, including its rise and fall.

Because of his long lifespan, Ji experienced the repeated loss of all of the people he ever cared about, as they all eventually died. Consequently, he became deeply envious of those who ended their lives spectacularly, and developed a deep yearning for a magnificent curtain call of his own.

Ji became a member of the Tiandao Council, and subsequently a Sol, in order to protect the Grotto of Scriptures.

Ji was present for the two Council meetings where Yi proposed the Eternal Cauldron Project. He remained silent and did not participate in the discussions of either meeting. As part of the project, he was given administration over the Grotto of Scriptures.

At some point, Ji was apparently informed by Eigong that she was responsible for the synthesis and subsequent pandemic of Tianhuo Virus, and chose to continue cooperating with her. While unaffected by the effects of the Tianhuo, Ji allowed Eigong to experiment on him in her search for a cure for Tianhuo. On the eve of New Kunlun's launch, Eigong made a breakthrough in her research with data from Ji's cells; she believed it could be not only be used as a cure for Tianhuo, but also be used to achieve true immortality. From this research, Eigong developed the Tianhuo Serum, which she believed could potentially cure Tianhuo, and started testing its effects on the newly recruited Dusk Guardians members throughout the years.

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Jiequan and Ji are quite close, as Ji often goes to Jiequan's room to give him the latest news, more than once seeing him completely naked and not minding it much. Ji met Jiequan's ancestors and knows more about him than most. People believe Jiequan is simply a sadistic brute, but Ji knows what's behind that smug grin. When he was young, Jiequan got relentelssly bullied for not being strong enough, which is why he obsessed over transmutations and mutated his body to become stronger, not being afraid of playing dirty as long as it means winning. Jiequan masks his early weakness with cruely and sass, however with Ji he allows his mask to slightly slip. Jiequan is a big red muscular solarian with a dark gray mane, black eyes with red pupils, long whtie eyebrows and... optional green armor. He has mutated his body to become stronger.

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Solarians are a feline species (that includes Yi, Kuafu and the Sols), they behave similarly to humans. They are known for being technologically advanced. While most practice the beliefs of Taoism, by the era of the game many of them have been converted to science. Solarians have a matriarchal society, which explains why Eigong is leading the council. Many Solarians are also infamous for their ruthlessness. The council, for example, secretly harvests Humans' brains under the guise of choosing candidates to live with the gods.

The Nine (formerly Ten) Sols are the rulers of New Kunlun and oppressors of the apemen. Each Sol is in charge of their own district and tenets. The Nine Sols are:

• Kuafu (chubby electronics guy, friendly and sentimental, bears the Sol Seal of Loyalty.)
• Goumang (bratty farm girl, Eigong's former pupil, bares the Sol Seal of Equality.)
• Yanlao (old man, comitted to old traditions, bares the Sol Seal of Legacy.)
• Jiequan (muscular man, cruel and sadistic, bares the Sol Seal of Dicipline.)
• Lady Ethereal (chubby lady, reasonable and kind, carries a lot of guilt, bares the Sol Seal of Benevolence)
• Fuxi and Nuwa [The Fengs] (twin actors who throw crazy banquets. Fuxi was the responsible one but got infected with Tianhuo and is basically a zombie, leaving their district in ruins, Fuxi bares the Sol Seal of Integrity. Nuwa is bratty and depends too much on her brother, bares the Sol Seal of Selflessness.)
• Ji (immortal femboy dude, hundreds of years old, unnervingly calm, can see the future and is the Jie Clan's seer, bares the Sol Seal of Insight.)
• Eigong (old lady, the leader of all Solarians (and cause of the Tianhuo disease), strict and stern, bares the Sol Seal of Knowledge.)
• (FORMERLY) Yi (rebel who turned on the council for their horrible actions, seeking vengance. Used to be Eigong's favorite, Goumang envies him. Bore the Sol Seal of Innovation.)

Other remarkable characters:

• Shuanshuan (Apeman (human) boy who was saved by Yi from getting sacrificed to the Sols.)
• Shennong (another Apeman (human) that escaped the Peach Blossom Village.
• Chiyou (a weapon passionate about poetry.)
• Ruyi/Abacus, Yi's loyal artificial intelligence, who controls the Pavilion and works as a security system.
• Shanhai 9000 (defective), a robot artificial intelligence that was supposed to be a servant, but is deffective and acts very strange. Shanhai is sometimes commanding and cold despite being a servant.
• Kanghui, a blind Solarian noble who accidentally offended the Feng Clan, so he became Jiequan's prisoner. Jiequan enjoys torturing Kanghui, and experimenting on his body, gagging him and binding him while Jiequan relentlessly mutates his body. Kanghui was going to marry a noble's daugther, but got imprisoned, he tried sending a letter asking for help, but Jiequan didn't allow it to leave the prisons. Kanghui's body can regenerate, and both Jiequan and Eigong have taken advantage of that, he's still alive and in a constant state of suffering, his special genes utilized to create other beings and guards.
• Dusk Guardians, a group of Solarians that remained awake while everyone else was in cryogenic sleep, however, Eigong used them for her own personal experiments, one by one they disappeared and New Kunlun went down with them, as the Dusk Guardians were supposed to keep New Kunlun clean and working. A relevant Dusk Guardian was Chien, a partially blind female solarian they recruted, but knew too much and Eigong "silenced" her. Chien has not been seen since.

Due to Eigong's obsessive research with immortality, which involved experimenting on the ageless Ji, she accidentally mutated the genes within Solarians, causing a virus outbreak dubbed as the Tianhuo. Yi then proposed the Eternal Cauldron Project to put most Solarians to sleep to slow down the outbreak, while the council tried researching for a cure. However, the project ended up inducing deaths because of participants refusing to wake up from their dreams and committing suicide afterwards. Worse, Eigong couldn't even find a cure, as the disease itself is genetic and thus is incurable. To solve this problem, many Solarians boarded New Kunlun, and human brains from humans of Pale Blue Planet were harvested to maintain the Soulscape system for the project.

(Solarians had to leave their planet Penglai as it had become practically inhabitable, and all Solarians that got a place were put into cryogenic sleep in New Kunlun, a floating island/ship that works as a living space for the Sols of the Council and the other Solarians.)

Apemen (humans) live in little villages where Solarians are treated as gods, the villagers are sacrificed and used for resources. Apemen remain ignorant as when they are sacrificed, they believe they are being sent to live with the gods. Their bodies are used for spare parts, food, fertilizers and whatever Solarians need.

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