Seishin Order

A Tianchaodao monk, meditating during his training.

The Seishin Order (literally Spirit Order) is a Jingdaoese spiritual order in the Xianxia Province, belonging to the Tianchaodao. It's headed by a spiritual leader, the seishinso, who - according to the stories - would have obtained the power to interact with lesser nature spirits. The Order is therefore focussed on living in harmony with nature. The First Seishinso was a personal friend of the Mingshi Emperor. While the Emperor decided to leave the continent to meditate on the state of the world, the First Seishinso had the mission to improve his meditation with a few monks in the mountain ranges of Xianxia.

The monks of Seishin believe that their spiritual leader is chosen by the spirits of the Heavenly Lights. When the time has come for a seishinso to die, the goddess Germania sends one of the spirits from Her Mines of Death to reincarnate. The newborn is then taken away from its parents and loses his or her name, receiving only a number (the First, Second,... Seishinso). A harsh training to find the Path follows in its early youth.