Yao Buzhiming
Sect Leader of the Soul-Stealing Gate of the Kongtong Sect. He calls himself "Buzhiming" — "Nameless" — and is known as Sect Leader Yao; few have even seen his true face. He has been in seclusion for years with his prized disciple, said to be pondering a way to counter Venerable Golden Crow's Blazing Sun Hammer, and has left the gate's affairs to Soul-Hooking Elder as acting head.
Story
The Kongtong Struggle
- He leaves seclusion before the Sect Leader Election. When Yu Xiaomei publicly assassinates Venerable Golden Crow in Colorless Square, he grabs her by the back of the collar and lifts her up, the Corpse Heart Gu flares and she collapses, and she is thrown into the Soul-Quelling Prison. The Flying Heaven and Soul-Stealing gates have never gotten along, and Danxiazi cannot fathom why he would intervene.
- During Venerable Golden Crow and Danxiazi's Duel at Banyu Terrace, he stops Xiaomei as she tries to leap from the cliff and take Golden Crow with her, and issues a final order as the Thousand Lantern Tower's Patriarch: Xiaomei loses her mind, and may not wake until she has killed with her own hands everyone she holds dear.
- Fire Dragon Immortal Monarch protests, only to have his own motives exposed in turn; when asked "You're not Yao Zhiming, are you," he does not deny it.
If You Went to Xiangyang (Xiaomei Route)
- He watches from the sidelines as the qi-deviated Xiaomei fights Zhao Huo, and when Zhao Huo subdues her, Zhao Huo kicks him away.
- Painting Immortal appears to stir up trouble, reveals herself as the Second-Generation Thousand-Faced Demon, and exposes him as the first generation, Patriarch Wuxiang. The two fight all the way to the Soul-Stealing Forest.
- After Zhao Huo awakens Xiaomei and takes up the Divine Thunder Sword as Sect Leader, he confronts Painting Immortal in the Soul-Stealing Forest. Hearing that Xiaomei once made a wish in the Apricot Blossom Forest, he can only give up, saying he will report faithfully to the King of Western Xia before leaving.
If You Never Went to Xiangyang (Yu Zhu Route)
- After Xiaomei loses her mind and flees Banyu Terrace, he does not appear again.
- With Chronicles of the Tempest 20 "Flower Plucking Hand" unlocked and Fate ≧ 50, an extra scene plays: in the Soul-Stealing Forest he runs into Painting Immortal, who has just crippled Xiaomei's martial arts. Painting Immortal says she has lurked in Kongtong for years just as he "quietly replaced Yao Zhiming"; he hands Xiaomei over to Painting Immortal and leaves.
After the Kongtong Struggle
- On the route where Zhao Huo becomes Sect Leader, when you meet the Kongtong Sect on the way to the Wulin Assembly, Wei Ju says the Soul-Stealing Sect Leader is nowhere to be found, and Soul-Hooking Elder still holds the acting post.