[0.6.58] Improvements

Changes

• Updated Mo Haolang to offer Formation Tending quests to lower-realm players and ensured high-level versions remain available after realm 5.

• Removed the "Merchant Apprentice" background.

• Added a new visual background to the Celestial Jade Pavilion.

• Expanded the variety of items Pi Lip requests, now dynamically selected based on cultivation realm.

• Added a quick-access button to the player component for instant entry into the Soul Pillar.

• Added a locking mechanism to individual mastery slots to preserve specific stats during rerolls.

• Updated the 'go to' recipe materials button to use a breakcrumb system so its simple to return to the parent recipe.

• Added new crumbling animations for items, Spirit Stones, Sect Favour, and Qi when lost during events.

• Enhanced the request board UI with improved icons, color-coded text, and clearer item layouts.

• Sorted buttons for local map usage at world locations alphabetically.

• Updated Progenitor Echoes to grant progress toward high-tier content when defeated below the Pillar Creation realm.

• Improved the appearance of headers for mystical region dialogs.

• Updated the Manage Conditional Cycles interface to clarify that individual stances take priority over cycles.

• Added target-specific status effects like Toxic or Bloodletting as options in the auto-use items menu.

• Changed the equipment selection menu to sort items by rarity before alphabetical order.

• Updated persistent buffs from residence rooms and formations to display their realm tier in their name.

• Reduced the frequency of repeated crafting requests from Pi Lip. He should now only repeat a recipe every 1-2 years.

• Added more clarity to the Ancestral Vow altar, and increased the buff strength.

• Add a variety of new pills and concoctions throughout the world.

• Added a new set of items which are bombs. These can be bought by meeting a new character in dangerous parts of the world.

• Item Effectiveness scaling is now displayed in tooltips.

• Aei Ma now fights beside you in her random events.

• If an upgrade/reforge recipe is pinned, doing the upgrade/reforge will auto-pin the next one in the chain (if it exists).

• Removed realm limit on helping companions break through.

• Removed hidden multiplier on house formation meditation qi.

• Made a bunch of buttons and things fancier.

Balance Changes

• Increased the critical chance bonus and added critical multiplier for Reality Splitter.

• Adjusted Blossom Master's Regalia stats to include barrierMitigation and overheal while standardizing defense scaling.

• Changed Cultivator Resistance to function as a flat percentage reduction to incoming damage.

• Changed the Living Metal Shell mastery to increase the maximum barrier effectiveness cap instead of the base value.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Star Raiders appearing at multiple Fallen Stars at the same time.

• Fixed a scrolling issue in the Mystical Regions reward list.

• Fixed an issue where screen readers could not access combat tooltip information.

• Corrected Barrier damage reduction values displayed in the combat log and stats dialog.

• Fixed an issue where event options requiring buffs failed to recognize long-term monthly buffs.

• Fixed disappearing "Add all Maps" buttons in certain localized languages.

• Fixed unresponsive 'Buy All' shortcuts in the shop interface.

• Fixed a potential crash when interacting with travel buttons in the location selection menu.

• Resolved issues where Cloud stances, Dancing Kukri effects, and Combat Meditation triggers were non-functional.

• Fixed rendering issues when multiple instances of the same buff were active in combat.

• Corrected the description of the Living Metal Shell mastery to use "barrier effectiveness" for consistency.

• Fixed an issue where Compressed Armour Talisman stack limits increased incorrectly during refinement.

• Fixed an issue where dialog windows became disproportionately tall on high-resolution displays.

• Fixed the Cleanse house action to no longer remove or list persistent buffs.

• Fixed an issue where the "Clear save of mods" button was missing when mod data lingered in a save file after uninstallation.

• Fixed unlocking of Spectral Designs.

• Fixed Jiaohua not giving get keys to characters under the CF realm.

• Fixed controlled forging mastery.

ModAPI

• Implemented support for specialized token-based markets that disable standard selling and use the token instead of spirit stones for buying.

• Introduced a Corruption mechanic for gear where using corrupted equipment accumulates points toward persistent debuffs.

  • Added pulsing purple icons to distinguish corrupted items.

  • Added a corruption summary to the combat victory screen.