Something that still drives me crazy even though i already accepted it, is that cultivation in RotMHS isn't like in wuxia/xianxia. I was enamoured by the talismans and now these people don't even have a flying sword, i was devastated
Since i'm rereading, i'm collecting the names of all the martial arts that are being mentioned and
Sword Bond??
A CULTIVATION TECHNIQUE THAT IMPLIES BONDING TO A SWORD????
I'M CRYING WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN, GIVE ME FLYING SWORDS PLEASEEEE
I loooove the idea of swords having some kind of spirit/conscience, like Suibian from MDZS that sealed itself, only to be wielded by Wei Wuxian. In RotMHS isn't clear to me what things are magical, i mean- there are divine weapons, but those are... just very good weapons, like Cheong Mun's sword or the one that Cheongmyeong gets later in the novel (Dark Fragance) that don't have any power on their own, they're just hard and sharp, maybe they're like... unbreakable? But like the ones of the Sword Tomb, they aren't indestructible, just very good quality:(((
There's an AU not very popular but that i love so much where Cheongmyeong Divine Dragon isn't actually Cheongmyeong but is his sword that, after the war, cultivated a human body xD
I first read that here xDD and i have seen it a couple of times around, not many but aaahhhhh, that's my favorite take for the idea of actual magic swords in RotMHS 😭
Besides that, i get that in RotMHS is canon to use qi to soundproof a room and animals/creatures with certain propierties (the weird ass artifact of the Blood Palace?), also qi in general can take shape sometimes (the whole creating plum blossoms thing, but also the Shaoling techniques that are shaped like hands, i think some cultist do claws once) and it changes colors depending on power and cultivation technique (like how Cheongmyeong recognizes the dude with purple qi). Is mentioned several times too that Wudang does serious taoist shit, but it's never elaborated and something about immortal qi
Wait, the demonic cult was also going around resurrecting bodies, right?? JHGSVDJGAFS PLEASE GIVE ME ACTUAL CURSES, I WANTTTTT
BIGA PLEASE TELL ME GHOSTS ARE REAAAALLLLLL