Ting Haisheng
The Sword Venerable of the Sect. In his youth he was called the "Sea-Listening Swordsman", and together with his Senior Brother Cloud-Watching Wanderer he is known as one of the Diancang Twin Venerables.
The two wield the Black and White Twin Swords and are famed throughout the land for their Combined Strike Technique, the "Yin and Yang Twin Swords". Either alone is no match for a true master, but with Twin Swords Combined they are no small matter. In their day even tasted defeat at their hands, and even Emei's Sect Leader Xiang Wuyou dared not cross blades with them.
Notes
- Ting Haisheng's original surname is Hai.
- The Black and White Twin Swords are said to have been forged by the Tang Clan.
- once said that the Diancang Twin Venerables have not reached the very peak, yet when the two join forces their strength surges. Even if and the Great Hero Long Yuan made peace and joined hands, they would likely still not be their match.
- The foremost expert of the Diancang Sect has never been its Sect Leader, for the Sect Leader is bogged down in worldly affairs and finds it hard to seek the Way. Ting Haisheng is stronger even than Cloud-Watching Wanderer, and Ye Yunzhou could never best him during his time at Diancang.
- A perverse trend of "killing one's kin to attain enlightenment" once spread through the Diancang Sect. The Diancang Twin Venerables went to great lengths to correct and stop it, leading their prized disciples the White Rainbow Swordsman, the Morning Sun Swordsman and to cut off the wrists of every kin-killer, expel them from the sect and hand them over to the authorities. Only then did this heresy finally vanish.
- In those days the siblings and came to Diancang sick and ailing to take up their studies. The Diancang Twin Venerables pressed their palms to them and used Diancang's "Two Principles Sword Qi" to forcibly subdue the chaotic True Qi within their bodies.
- He appears at the Wulin Assembly as the representative of the Diancang Sect, but has no interest in contending for Wulin Alliance Leader. If Ye Yunzhou comes out to take up the challenge, the two use the occasion to dispel the rumors of King Wumu's Treasure. Ting Haisheng means to unleash the "Sword Saint's Third Legacy Move", but is defeated by Ye Yunzhou's "Breakthrough of Cloud Pass · Thunder Shakes the Nine Heavens", and says outright that the student has surpassed the master.
- If Ye Yunzhou joins the Tang Clan, the Western Wulin will come out to hold the Twin Venerables in check, with the following outcomes:
- With the sword of the living, one man alone holds off the Twin Venerables' Two Principles Sword Technique.
- If Duan Zhixiu is present, the two hold off the Twin Venerables together, are mocked by them for coordinating atrociously, and are expelled from the sect.
- If he falls to demonic ways, he is cut down by the Twin Venerables' swords.