99 Sets

The 99 Sets, also known as Cash Sets, are premium Martial Arts Sets added to the Cash Shop shortly after the game's launch, each costing 99 Gold. Releases occurred monthly or bi‑monthly, with each set available for a limited time. These sets provided unique skills with flashy visual effects, strong status effects, and above-average damage.

These sets are no longer available in the Cash Shop. For a time, legacy 99 Sets could be acquired through the Louyun Order and Jade Fragment exchange systems, but both of these options have since been removed from the game. Currently, only SVIP players can purchase 99 Sets directly from a special shop exclusive to them. These SVIP players control the supply and typically set their own prices on the secondary market, often demanding significant amounts of real-world currency. The only exception is the Dragon Subduing Slap, which remains obtainable through the Louyun Order.

History

Early reports noted that players didn't take the 99 Sets seriously because the damage wasn't that much higher than normal skills. Later sets introduced powerful area‑of‑effect attacks, crowd‑control abilities, and crowd-control immunity states that far exceeded the capabilities of standard school skills. It was observed that around 30% of PvP play consisted of the latest 99 Set.

As these sets stacked up, their designs grew more extreme. Later 99 Sets offered everything a rich player would want: range-pull, massive AoE attacks, and Red Armor. By contrast, the traditional school martial arts were left rarely used. In some cases, the 99 Sets formed a rock–paper–scissors dynamic: without a specific set, a player was vulnerable until a later release introduced the only set capable of countering that gap. Tencent/17173 interview with the game director even admitted, "When the 99 Set 'Yuanyang Twin Blades' was released, it ended the zero-spend playstyle," acknowledging that players who didn't shell out were left with no viable path in PvP.

Balance adjustments were minimal. Aside from occasional bugfixes, the 99 Sets remained overwhelmingly powerful. In practice, almost no one used traditional school martial arts in high-end PvP. Player backlash was palpable across Chinese forums, social media, and community sites, forming a notorious part of the game’s legacy: "The ubiquitous 99 RMB martial arts – which have no prestige in wuxia novels – utterly crush the eight sects. The promised 'True Wuxia' ideal has become nonsense." Reception among English‑speaking players mirrored that of the Chinese community. Some praised the sets for adding variety to PvP. Others criticized them as pay‑to‑win, arguing that traditional school skills became obsolete.

List of 99 Sets

In total, 27 different 99 Sets have been released.

Skill Set	Weapon	Damage	Key Characteristics
Seven Thefts to Ensnare the Soul	Dagger	External
Yanyang Blade	Single Blade	External
Dragon Subduing Slap	Barehanded	External
Victorious	Staff	External
Head Butt	Barehanded	External	One Overt Move grants Yellow Armor. Parry Stance that grants Damage Absorption.
Tempest Staff	Quarterstaff	External
Phantom Twin Daggers	Twin Daggers	Soft
Mozi's Sword	Single Sword	External
Yuanyang Twin Blades	Twin Blades	External
Nine Palaces Sword	Twin Swords	Yin	Rage Move grants Red Armor. One Overt Move buffs the Critical Hit Rate of teammates by 20%. One Overt Move inflicts Reversed Controls. One Overt Move inflicts 3-second stun.
Hu Family Sword	Single Blade	External
Shenfeng Skill	Dagger	External
The Eight Diagrams Stick	Staff	External
Heaven Net Dance	Twin Daggers	External
Whirlwind Kick	Barehanded	External
Sura Blade	Twin Blades	External
Flying Cloud Sword	Single Sword	External
Cross Soul Chasing Stick	Quarterstaff	Hard
Heart Buddha Palm	Barehanded	Hard	Two ranged single-target Overt Moves. Ranged Feint Move that inflicts a debuff on the enemy, increasing their damage taken by 10%. Chi Move that boosts Jump Across the Cloud for allies within an area. Chi Move that removes the 7-second set switching cooldown for allies within an area, and reduces the Rage cost of their moves by 50%.
Seven Star Sword	Twin Swords	External
Eight Lotus-breaking Moves	Twin Daggers	External
King of the Damned	Dagger	Yin
Martial Saint Staff Skill	Staff	External
Curled Branch Sword	Single Sword	Soft
Secrets of Frigidity	Single Blade	External
Yin and Yang Back Edge of Chaos	Twin Blades	External
Windblowing Staff	Staff	External