What can you do as a free member?

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and unlock all our premium features and tools to enhance your gaming experience.

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and save articles to your watchlist and get notified when they're updated with new information.

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and save your favorite games for quick access later, synced across all your devices.

Member benefits illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you'll receive instant notifications when someone replies to your posts.

Comment rating feature illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you can make use of convenient features in the comments section, such as rating and sorting comments.

Premium archive feature illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you can access Premium articles that are exclusively available to members.

Site Interface

Guest
Free Member
Article Watchlist
Game Bookmarks
Cross-device Sync
Light/Dark Theme Toggle
User Profiles
Direct Feedback
Comment Rating

Game Tools

Guest
Free Member
Interactive Map Access
Interactive Map Pins
Interactive Map Comments
Interactive Map Pins Cross-Device
Check List
Event Choice Checker
Deck Builder Cross-Device
Message Board Notification
Message Board Cross-Device
Build Planner
Stat Calculator
Diagnostic Tool
Weapon/Armor Wishlist

Want more information?Learn more

Where Winds Meet

Nine Mortal Ways Sect

Add to Watchlist (1)

Nine Mortal Ways.png

Join the Nine Mortal Ways Sect and deceive other players in Where Winds Meet. Find out how to join the Nine Mortal Ways sect, what the sect's benefits are, and which values to uphold in this guide.

Where Winds Meet
Attention!
We are currently rushing out guides as quickly as possible. More details will be added here soon!
Sign up or Log in and select Add to Watchlist under the page's title to be notified of any updates!

Nine Mortal Ways Clue

Follow the Well of Heaven Clue

Nine Mortal Ways Clues.png

The Nine Mortal Ways clue doesn't appear until you reach Harvestfall Village, the location indicated by the Well of Heaven Sect clue. This indicates that the two sect quests overlap, and the quest events that are about to unfold are connected.

Luckily, the Well of Heaven clue is available as soon as you reach or go above level 10, which is the minimum level requirement to unlock sects.

How to Join Nine Mortal Ways


Well of Heaven Questline

Step Objective
1
Progress through the main campaign until you reach level ten. Level ten is the minimum level required to join Sects, so make sure to progress the game first.
▶︎ How to Level Up
2
Head to Harvestfall Village in the western part of the Qinghe Region. Go to the restaurant and look for a waiter named San Qian.
3
San Qian will ask for compensation for the information he has. Pay him the 200 coins he's asking for and he'll direct you to your next objective.
4 Speak with the Well of Heaven Elder. He will ask you to pay 900 coins. Give him the coins and he will ask you to retrieve a large pile of jewelry from his old friend. This is a mandatory step that you must fulfil, as the Well of Heaven Elder is actually a member of the Nine Mortal Ways Sect in disguise.
5
Go up the mountain and talk to Zhang Yihao. He will then ask you to bring him three items of ill-gotten wealth. However, you only need the large pile of jewels he's carrying, so you don't need to gather all three pieces of ill-gotten wealth. You can take these from him using either the Mystical Skill Celestial Seize or the Seize mechanic.
Use Celestial Seize
Seize the Pile of Jewelry From Zhang Yihao
6
Go back to the Well of Heaven Elder and talk to him. He'll congratulate you for officially joining the Nine Mortal Ways. Select the I'll Go With the Flow dialog to be welcomed into the Nine Mortal Ways Sect and receive the Mortal Rope Dart Martial Art.
Note: Selecting the Not happy. I quit! dialogue option will lead you to the real Well of Heaven Sect. Choose this option only if you want to join the real Well of Heaven Sect!
┗ Declining the Fake Elder's Offer

Use Celestial Seize

Celestial Seize.
One of the easiest ways to obtain the pile of jewelry is to use the Celestial Seize Mystic skill. This allows you to get the pile of jewelry from a good distance away with a high chance of success. Make sure to approach Zhan Yihao undetected and use the skill outside of his line of sight.

Celestial Seize Mystic Skill Effect

Seize the Pile of Jewelry From Zhang Yihao

Seize.png

You can attempt to obtain the big pile of Jewelry from Zhang Yao by entering Wind Sense mode and seizing it from him. Note that you will need a high level to successfully seize it, so this normally wouldn't be a viable option early in the game if you're trying to join the Nine Mortal Ways as soon as possible.

Please note that you can only attempt to take it from him twice a day. If you fail both times, you will have to wait until the next day to try again.

Declining the Fake Elder's Offer

Declining the Well of Heaven Elder
If you decline the Well of Heaven Elder's offer, he and Long Fei will attack you. Defeating them will cause them to leave the area and essentially lock you out of joining the Nine Mortal Ways through this questline.

We recommend accepting the Elder's offer to join the sect, since you can leave and rejoin without completing any quests.

If you have already declined the Fake Elder's invitation, you can still join the Nine Mortal Ways through the Midnight Blades questline.

Midnight Blades Questline

Step Objective
2
Head to Halo Peak and talk to the Seriously Injured Swordsman in order to start the sect initation quest. He can be found lying on a cliff northwest of the Halo Peak boundary stone.
3
Follow the bloodstained path until you reach Icchantika, then speak with him. Select the My heart is that of an Asura dialogue option, and he will give you a rogue token. Give him the token immediately to start an alternate questline and join the Nine Mortal Ways.
4
If you give the incorrect token to Icchantika, you will immediately receive a Mysterious Invitation letter from the Chief Elder of the Midnight Bladez.
5
Head to the quest objective located in the southwest of the Qinghe region. Present the Midnight Blade Message to the sect leader to immediately become a member of the Nine Mortal Ways. You will also immediately receive the Mortal Rope Dart Martial Art upon joining.

As an alternative, you can join the Nine Mortal Ways sect by initiating the Midnight Blades quest line. The same level requirement applies: you must reach level 10 to join any sect.

How to Join the Midnight Blades

How To Leave Nine Mortal Ways

Steps on How To Leave the Nine Mortal Ways Sect

1
While you are in the game with an active character, access the menu and choose Sect.
2
On the sect menu screen, navigate to the bottom right portion and click or press the Betray Master button.
3
You will be asked to confirm your decision to leave the sect. Press the Confirm button to proceed.
4
After confirming your decision to leave the Nine Mortal Ways sect, you will receive an objective to locate Ni Laoshan, the current sect elder. He will ask for 50,000 coins in exchange for leaving the sect.

The Nine Mortal Ways differ from other sects in that they do not require their members to undergo a Severance Trial.

Instead, sect members will be required to pay the mandatory 50,000 coin fee to Ni Laoshan. This step is mandatory; you cannot leave the sect unless you pay Ni Laoshan.
How to Leave Sect

Elder Ni Laoshan Location

Elder Ni Location.png

Elder Ni Laoshan is located on the western side of Harvestfall Village. He can be found standing outside near one of the houses.

Nine Mortal Ways Member Benefits

Sect Exclusive TItles

Rank Title
Clan Master Bogus Master
Faction Master Bogus Leader
Core Prentice Bogus Hero
Noble Inner Disciple
Elder Outer Prentice

The Ranks provided above are arranged in descending order, with the Clan Master being the highest rank.

All members receive a title when they join a sect. Additional titles become accessible when members reach a higher sect rank. Titles are exclusive to sects and are lost when a member leaves.

Access to Sect Shop

Rank Item Details Price
Outer Prentice Ninefold Freedom 450 Reputation
Pose:Beg 10,000 Coins
Rice Bowl 999 Coins
Fun Red Envelop 9 coins
Rattan Paper Free
Morphing Powder 8000 Coins
Tipsy Powder 8000
Inner Disciple Ninefold Freedom
(Hairstle)
2500 Reputation
Ninefold Freedom
(Appearance Pack)
6000 Reputation
Core Prentice Reputation Giftbox Free

Nine Mortal Ways members have access to their own sect shop. Items in the shop can be purchased using coins or reputation.

Exclusive Cosmetic Items

Ninefold Freedom.png
Members who have risen to the rank of Inner Disciple can purchase exclusive hairstyles and armor. You can keep your outfits even if you leave the sect, so if you're only interested in acquiring the cosmetics and have no plans to stay with that sect, you can leave freely.

List of All Cosmetics (Appearance)

Access to the Mortal Rope Dart

All members are immediately given access to the Mortal Rope Dart upon joining the sect. This damaging melee DPS weapon has good persistent effects and pairs well with many melee weapons, most notably the Infernal Twinblades.

Mortal Rope Dart

Voting Rights

Rank Voting Rights
Clan Master 2 Votes
Facton Master 2 Votes
Core Prentice 1 Vote
Inner Disciple 1 Vote
Outer Prentice Cannot Vote

Members with the Inner Disciple rank or higher can participate in weekly Sect elections. The winner gets to hold the title of Clan Master for one week, until the next election begins.

Clan Master Eligibility

Faction Masters have the sole right to register for the next Sect elections. They will need to pay a 10,000 coin application fee to cover campaign preparation costs.

Only Faction Masters can run in the next election, and current Clan Masters are prohibited from participating.

Sect Values

Gather 100 Fun Points Weekly

Jianghu Fun.png
Members of the Nine Mortal Ways sect must participate in activities that generate Fun Points and accumulate 100 of them weekly.

The three main activities that generate Jovial Moments are posting fake messages, using fake red envelopes, and playing the Madio Cards minigame.

Posting Fake Messages

Fake Message.png
Instead of regular messages, Nine Mortal Ways members can create fake invitations and send them to their friends or other people in the channel.

To send a fake message, go to the sect status menu and click on the Jovial Moments icon. Then, click on Fake Message.

Sending Fake Red Envelopes

Fake Red Envelopes.png
You can send fake red envelopes that display the illusion of having plenty of coins inside to anyone applicable. You can purchase Fake Red Envelopes in the sect shop at any time for coins.

Play Madiao With Other Wanderers

Madio Cards.png

You can earn Jovial Moments by playing the Madiao mini-game. Since the game involves making the right calls and bluffing your way to victory, it aligns perfectly with the Nine Mortal Ways sect's values.
All Madiao Locations and How to Play

Where Winds Meet Related Guides

WWM Sects Partial
List of All Sects

Sect Guides

Nine Mortal WaysNine Mortal Ways Well of HeavenWell of Heaven
Midnight BladesMidnight Blades Silver NeedleSilver Needle
Hollow ValeHollow Vale Inkbound OrderInkbound Order

Comment

11 Anonymous Anonymous 4 days

Gaining Commerce Coins. Look up the Storax market (it's like the turnip market on acnh). You'll gain a lot of merits from making a prodit

10 Stealthy Cat Stealthy Cat 4 days

Still haven't figured out how to get Art of Resistance after joining NMW

Author

    Please participate in our site
    improvement survey
    12/2025
    Would you assist in
    improving Game8's site?
    ×
    This survey will take about 1 minute.
    Your answers will help us to improve our website.
    We are listening to our users' valuable opinions and discussing how to act on them.
    The information collected through this survey will be used for the purpose of improving our services. In addition, the information will only be disclosed a part of a statistic in a format that will not allow identification of personal information.
    Begin Survey

    All rights reserved

    Guide Index