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11 Guannandao is the land in which Sword Sage: Awakening takes place. It is a fantastical ancient world shaped by the catastrophe of the leaked celestial books, and it is the home of both the Yuangong Sect and the protagonist, Pei Sanniang. It is also the region plagued by the Yaoguai that she is sworn to vanquish.
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33 Sword Sage: Awakening has not released yet. It is listed as "Coming soon" with no confirmed date, so every detail below reflects pre-launch material and is subject to change before launch.
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55 Guannandao is the name used on the game's Steam store description, where it is written 关南道 in Chinese. Some pre-launch materials, including the game's own English landing page, romanize the region as Jiannandao instead. Both refer to the same place; the spelling simply varies across sources, as can happen with proper nouns in a pre-launch title that originates in Chinese.
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77 A World Scarred by Catastrophe
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99 A thousand years ago, the leaking of the celestial books unleashed eternal calamities and monstrous infestations across this land. Guannandao has lived under relentless natural disasters ever since. Rather than a peaceful backdrop, it is a world that has been tested and reshaped by disaster, summarized by the game's line "Disasters forge wonders and temper souls."
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1111 Mechanical Wonders
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1414 The defining trait of Guannandao's people is their response to the calamities. According to the game, they united to forge "mechanical wonders," turning disaster into triumph. This is the source of the setting's distinctive blend of the mythic and the mechanical: an ancient world of folklore that also contains invented machinery built to survive a hostile age. The interplay of myth and machine is explored in Chinese myth and sci-fi setting.
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1616 Regional Character
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1818 Although Guannandao is invented, hands-on coverage of the 2026 demo builds describes it as drawing heavily on southwestern China, the region the studio itself is based in. Reported touches include Sichuan dialect in the spoken dialogue, Daoist temple architecture in the Sichuan and Chongqing style, and mountain routes built from narrow rope bridges and steep cliff paths in the manner of the historic Shu roads. A red panda, an animal native to that part of China, appears as a recurring character at the game's rest points. These details come from pre-release builds rather than from the studio's published descriptions, so they are recorded here as observed in the demos rather than as final.
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2020 The Land of the Journey
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2222 Guannandao is also the stage for the game's "road-movie odyssey." As described in story, Pei Sanniang travels across the land as a rookie Yaoguai Vanquisher, confronting undocumented horrors, unraveling folkloric mysteries, and venturing into colossal wonders. The setting is therefore framed as something to be traveled and explored rather than a single fixed location.
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2424 What Is Confirmed
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2727 AspectDetailSetting typeA fantastical ancient world rooted in Chinese myth and folklore, blended with sci-fi.ConditionScarred by a thousand years of calamities born from the leaked celestial books.Its peopleResilient inhabitants who forged "mechanical wonders" to survive.ThreatsPlagued by Yaoguai warped by the books.DefendersThe Yuangong Sect and its Yaoguai Vanquishers.NamingRendered "Guannandao" on Steam; also romanized "Jiannandao" in some materials.
2828 What Is Not Yet Known
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3030 Pre-launch material does not detail specific cities, regions, or named locations within Guannandao, nor a map of the world. The wiki will add such places only once they are confirmed.