Shao Siming, Yan Lingji and Chi Lian complete NARAKA’s five-character The Legend of Qin crossover

The first showcase brought two legendary swordsmen into NARAKA: BLADEPOINT. The second turns its attention toward three of the women who define the wider Qin universe. Tara Gan becomes Shao Siming, Zai takes on Yan Lingji’s fiery appearance and Matari transforms into Chi Lian in Collaboration Showc

The first showcase brought two legendary swordsmen into NARAKA: BLADEPOINT. The second turns its attention toward three of the women who define the wider Qin universe. Tara Gan becomes Shao Siming, Zai takes on Yan Lingji’s fiery appearance and Matari transforms into Chi Lian in Collaboration Showcase II, completing the five-character lineup introduced alongside the Devourer season and the October 8 PT crossover update.

The pairings are unusually deliberate. Tara Gan’s control over fate and battlefield space complements Shao Siming’s mysterious Yin-Yang School identity, Zai’s entire kit already revolves around fire and a chained weapon, and Matari’s assassin fantasy sits naturally beside Chi Lian’s lethal work for Quicksand. Together with Lyam Liu as Ge Nie and Temulch as Wei Zhuang from Showcase I, the collaboration now represents several very different corners of The Legend of Qin and its companion series Nine Songs of the Moving Heavens, while the crossover itself extends far beyond cosmetics through Crescent Moon Valley, Tianming, themed events and new weapon appearances.

Tara Gan takes on the silent elegance of Shao Siming

Tara Gan represents Shao Siming, officially translated in NARAKA’s English update as the Priestess of Birth. The character belongs to the Yin-Yang School and leads its Wood Division, standing alongside figures such as the Priestess of Death among the organisation’s major elders. She is one of the more enigmatic characters associated with The Legend of Qin, traditionally portrayed as quiet, graceful and exceptionally dangerous despite the restrained way she carries herself.

That makes Tara Gan an interesting choice. Introduced earlier this year as NARAKA’s Astrologist, Tara is herself built around forces that cannot necessarily be seen directly. She studies the heavens, predicts outcomes and manipulates fate, with abilities designed to protect allies from situations that should have killed them while also restricting opponents. Her Ultimate can effectively return a target to a previous state, reinforcing the idea that she operates by rewriting an outcome rather than overpowering somebody through conventional force.

Shao Siming approaches supernatural power through a very different mythology, but the presentation is compatible. Her connection to the Wood Division is reflected through plant- and leaf-based techniques, while her almost ritualistic composure fits Tara’s own elegant visual language considerably better than it would a more aggressive NARAKA fighter. The collaboration is therefore matching tone and silhouette rather than attempting a literal conversion of one moveset into the other.

Tara Gan actually receives more than one Shao Siming-inspired look

The English patch notes separate Tara Gan’s collaboration content into multiple pieces. Her directly purchasable Jovian Pack contains the Legendary The Legend of Qin · Jovian outfit and the Purple Vine hairstyle, while the new Moon-Blessed Pass immediately grants another Priestess of Birth outfit together with a matching hairstyle and accessory.

Chinese promotional material makes the connection more explicit, identifying the character as Shao Siming and presenting the various costumes as different levels of reinterpretation. There is a more faithful classic appearance intended to reproduce the animated character, while the premium fashion line takes the underlying design and adapts it more aggressively to NARAKA’s own visual style.

That distinction is useful in a collaboration like this. Players who want Tara Gan to look as close as possible to Shao Siming can pursue the reproduction-oriented appearance, while the Jovian design functions more like a NARAKA interpretation of the same character rather than a direct costume copy.

The update also adds a Flying Petals pose, Goddess-themed background and additional profile cosmetics for Tara, extending the crossover beyond the outfit itself.

Zai and Yan Lingji may be the most natural pairing in the entire collaboration

If Tara Gan and Shao Siming are connected through atmosphere, Zai and Yan Lingji are connected through fire.

Yan Lingji originates from Nine Songs of the Moving Heavens, the prequel/companion series set within the broader Legend of Qin universe. She is a mysterious woman from Baiyue whose childhood was shaped by a devastating fire that destroyed her home. Her unusual affinity for flames eventually became her defining combat trait, and she later fought alongside Tian Ze, the Red-Browed Dragon Serpent, as part of his dangerous group of followers.

NARAKA’s English localisation calls the outfit Fire Succuba, while the Chinese material explicitly identifies the character as Yan Lingji. Zai receives a Legendary outfit, Pyro Shadow hairstyle and dedicated Chinese voice pack through her collaboration bundle.

The mechanical fit requires almost no explanation. Zai’s core Skill is Flame Ward, allowing her to transform into an untouchable burning state before repositioning or knocking enemies away. Her Ultimate replaces her normal weapon with the Chain Scythe, a supernatural chained weapon capable of wide sweeps, pulls and enhanced attacks. She was already one of NARAKA’s most visually fire-oriented heroes before the crossover existed.

Giving her Yan Lingji therefore feels less like forcing a licensed character onto an available hero and more like recognising a pairing that was sitting in plain sight.

Fire Ward makes the cosmetic transformation unusually convincing

Licensed skins in hero-based games sometimes create an obvious disconnect between what a character looks like and what they actually do. A famous swordsman may appear in the body of a hero whose gameplay revolves around guns, or a supernatural fighter can become attached to abilities that have nothing to do with the source material.

Zai avoids most of that problem. When she enters Flame Ward, surges through an enemy or begins attacking with the Chain Scythe, the effects already belong to the same kind of supernatural martial fantasy associated with Yan Lingji. The costume changes the identity of the person performing those actions, but the abilities do not immediately break the illusion.

The crossover even extends Yan Lingji’s presence into Fairyland Penglai, where 24 Entertainment has installed a dedicated Fire Succuba performance stage. Players can interact with it to perform the new Enchanting Dance gesture, directly incorporating another aspect of the character into the social space rather than leaving her representation entirely inside the store.

Four bronze mirrors have also been placed around the Seraphic Quartet area, periodically showing clips from the source animation. NARAKA is effectively turning Penglai into a small exhibition space for the collaboration rather than simply decorating the menu.

Matari becomes Chi Lian and brings Quicksand’s most dangerous woman with her

The third Showcase II character is Matari as Chi Lian, one of the most recognisable female fighters associated with Wei Zhuang and the Quicksand organisation.

Chi Lian’s history begins before that name. She was originally Princess Honglian of the Han Kingdom, the younger sister of Han Fei and daughter of King An. After the fall of Han, her life changed completely, and she eventually became Chi Lian, a major operative within Quicksand under Wei Zhuang.

The character is closely associated with poison, snakes, illusion techniques and a deliberately disarming appearance that conceals how dangerous she actually is. She specialises in manipulating opponents before killing them rather than behaving like a conventional frontline warrior, which makes Matari a much more appropriate host than a heavily armoured NARAKA hero would have been.

Matari has always been one of NARAKA’s archetypal assassins. Her gameplay revolves around sudden repositioning and stealth through Silent Flutter and Invisible Assassin, allowing her to disappear, appear behind targets and dictate when an engagement begins. The exact abilities do not reproduce Chi Lian’s poison or illusion techniques, but they express the same fundamental idea: victory comes from controlling what the opponent believes is happening until it is too late.

Chi Lian’s history as Princess Honglian is represented too

24 Entertainment is not limiting Matari to the assassin form players associate most strongly with Chi Lian. Chinese promotional material shows a progression from Chi Lian toward her earlier Honglian identity, including an upgraded Red Lotus appearance and an additional Princess Honglian variation.

That is a particularly meaningful cosmetic choice because Honglian and Chi Lian are not simply different outfits worn by the same person at the same stage of her life. They represent two periods separated by the collapse of her kingdom and her transformation from protected royal daughter into one of Quicksand’s deadliest members.

A crossover skin cannot reproduce that character development mechanically, but allowing Matari to move between appearances at least acknowledges it. Players familiar with the animation can choose whether they want the established Quicksand assassin or the woman she was before that transformation was complete.

The standard English-language store pack contains Matari’s Legendary The Legend of Qin · Crimson Lotus outfit, Trailing Coil hairstyle and a dedicated Chinese voice pack. Additional poses, profile cosmetics and upgrade options expand the set further.

Chained Serpent brings Chi Lian’s signature weapon into NARAKA

Matari’s collaboration also has the strongest direct connection to NARAKA’s normal weapon system. The update introduces the Legendary The Legend of Qin · Chained Serpent skin for the Whipsword, based on Chi Lian’s distinctive flexible blade.

That weapon is central to her silhouette. It can behave like a conventional sword when compact but unfold into a segmented, whip-like weapon whose movements resemble a snake. The connection between its structure, Chi Lian’s serpent imagery and her fighting style is explicit enough that leaving it out of the crossover would have made the cosmetic adaptation feel incomplete.

NARAKA already has the correct weapon category for the idea. The Whipsword similarly alternates between sword-like control and flexible extended attacks, so 24 Entertainment does not have to fake the weapon through an unrelated model or confine it to a non-interactive animation.

It remains a normal weapon skin rather than a Matari-exclusive gameplay mechanic, meaning any hero capable of using the Whipsword can equip it. But when combined with the Crimson Lotus appearance, it allows players to build a considerably more complete recreation of Chi Lian than an outfit alone could provide.

Showcase II also reveals how broad this collaboration really is

The first reveal could easily have been interpreted as a straightforward tribute to the rivalry between Ge Nie and Wei Zhuang. Lyam Liu and Temulch recreated two master swordsmen from the Ghost Valley tradition, while their opposing philosophies provided an obvious narrative centre.

Showcase II changes the scale. Shao Siming comes from the Yin-Yang School. Yan Lingji brings in Nine Songs of the Moving Heavens and the Baiyue conflict. Chi Lian connects the crossover back to Wei Zhuang and Quicksand while also carrying the history of the fallen Han royal family.

The five-character lineup therefore covers considerably more of the franchise than a single famous duel. NARAKA is drawing from different organisations, different historical periods and even different series within the same animated universe.

That explains why the marketing repeatedly talks about Jianghu rather than focusing narrowly on one storyline. The crossover is interested in recreating a broader martial world populated by characters whose beliefs determine how they fight.

The line about blades following what lies within is central to the second trailer

“The blade follows what lies within” is more than a generic wuxia slogan attached to the showcase. The three women being highlighted are defined by substantially different motivations despite all possessing extraordinary combat ability.

Shao Siming’s almost complete silence makes her intentions difficult to read, and her connection to the Yin-Yang School places duty and mystical order at the centre of her role. Yan Lingji carries the destruction of her home and the conflict surrounding Baiyue with her, turning fire into both weapon and reflection of her history. Chi Lian’s transformation from Honglian into a Quicksand assassin is inseparable from the collapse of Han and the people she chooses to follow afterward.

That gives the second showcase a different mood from the first. Ge Nie and Wei Zhuang represented two competing paths emerging from the same martial tradition. These three characters represent the idea that technique is shaped by identity, history and allegiance.

NARAKA has always worked particularly well with that kind of source material because its heroes are not anonymous combatants picking up interchangeable abilities. They already enter battle with distinct martial traditions and personal philosophies, making the visual crossover easier to integrate into the existing fiction of the game.

Crescent Moon Valley puts Tianming at the centre of the playable crossover

The outfits are only one part of the event now available in NARAKA. The October update introduces Crescent Moon Valley Battle, a special scenario that can appear inside normal Survival modes — except Immortal War — and in Rift Traversal.

A Moonfall Gate appears after a match has been underway for some time. Up to two teams can use it before the gateway closes, transporting them into Crescent Moon Valley and temporarily shifting the structure of the match toward a dedicated crossover encounter.

The objective is to protect Tianming while fighting Qin soldiers and ultimately rout the attacking force. Performance matters because faster completion results in richer rewards, creating an incentive to approach the activity efficiently rather than simply survive it.

There is also an unusual safety mechanic. Taking what would otherwise be lethal damage restores the player to full health, but every activation temporarily reduces Attack. A squad can therefore recover from a mistake without immediately losing the crossover encounter, but repeated failures steadily undermine its ability to clear the remaining enemies quickly.

It is a clever compromise between normal NARAKA danger and a licensed event intended to be experienced by a broad portion of the player base.

Whimsical Melody Chests spread the crossover into normal matches

Players do not need to enter Crescent Moon Valley for the collaboration to affect their regular sessions. Whimsical Melody Chests can appear throughout Survival and Rift Traversal, requiring players to attack and interact with the mechanism before collecting the reward inside.

Rift Traversal also has a dedicated crossover collection track. Searching containers contributes toward a guarantee meter for The Legend of Qin collectibles, with higher-risk Perilous Path runs contributing more efficiently after the October update.

Meanwhile, the All Under Heaven event distributes Fragments of the Legend through stashes, Rift Traversal, Showdown and Casual play. Players can earn up to 400 fragments each week, submit them to increase Alliance progression and gradually unlock sealed chapters associated with the collaboration.

The result is a crossover that appears across several existing systems instead of demanding that everybody play one temporary mode repeatedly. A Battle Royale player, Rift Traversal regular or Showdown-focused player can all advance at least part of the event through the activities they already prefer.

The Moon-Blessed Pass ties the five characters together

The new Moon-Blessed Pass functions as another layer of the collaboration and remains available through December 30. Purchasing it immediately grants Tara Gan’s Priestess of Birth cosmetic set and a collection of vouchers worth a combined 2,000 Gold in potential discounts across eligible purchases.

There is also a Bond Rebate built around collecting the Ge Nie, Wei Zhuang and Crimson Lotus outfits. Completing that set returns a total of 600 Gold, creating an explicit link between the two showcases rather than treating every character pack as an isolated purchase.

That structure makes Matari particularly important to the complete collaboration set. Ge Nie and Wei Zhuang naturally belong together because of their Ghost Valley rivalry, while Chi Lian’s loyalty to Wei Zhuang provides a direct bridge from Showcase I into the second wave.

Tara Gan and Zai expand the crossover outward into other factions and stories, but the rebate system still keeps one of The Legend of Qin’s central relationship networks intact.

Player feedback has already changed one of the crossover weapons

The collaboration has also produced an unusually rapid response from 24 Entertainment around Wei Zhuang’s Shark Teeth sword. The initial version was created as a Greatsword skin, apparently because its enormous serrated single-edged design aligned naturally with NARAKA’s heavier weapon silhouette.

Chinese players quickly argued that a Longsword version would better reproduce how the weapon actually appears and moves in the animation. The developers subsequently announced that anyone purchasing the Greatsword Shark Teeth skin will also receive a corresponding Longsword version once development on that adaptation is complete.

That is a small but telling detail. Licensed cosmetics depend heavily on recognition, and weapon proportions can matter just as much as clothing when the item is iconic enough. NARAKA has considerable freedom when translating animated designs into its own weapon categories, but the audience clearly expects that translation to preserve how a character is remembered.

Chi Lian’s Chained Serpent avoids the same problem because the Whipsword already matches its fundamental design almost perfectly.

The Devourer update gives all five characters a much larger battlefield

The crossover arrived alongside the Devourer season, so returning players are entering a considerably broader update than the collaboration trailers alone suggest. The October patch adjusts 11 heroes, modifies weapon systems, expands water combat and resets Baize Farm with new crops and weather mechanics.

Tara Gan herself receives a small gameplay improvement, with the duration of the Glyph associated with Fate Rewritten increased from 18 to 20 seconds. Matari’s Invisible Assassin also receives a substantial buff, extending its invisibility duration from 12 to 15 seconds while giving the entire team a 10% Attack bonus for 20 seconds.

Zai benefits indirectly from the continued expansion of underwater combat. Her Chain Scythe’s enhanced charged attack now interacts specifically with burned underwater enemies through Vaporize, providing another example of NARAKA’s increasingly elaborate elemental interactions on the Wanchu map.

None of those balance changes are part of the licensed costumes themselves, but they mean the heroes receiving the Showcase II cosmetics are also mechanically relevant to the season launching around them.

The complete five-character lineup now makes sense

Taken together, both showcases reveal a lineup constructed through stronger connections than simple visual resemblance. Lyam Liu becomes Ge Nie, pairing a disciplined swordsman with one of NARAKA’s most controlled martial fighters. Temulch becomes Wei Zhuang, bringing the rival Ghost Valley disciple into the same battlefield. Tara Gan becomes Shao Siming, connecting two characters associated with mysterious supernatural control. Zai becomes Yan Lingji, an almost inevitable pairing built around fire. Matari becomes Chi Lian, matching assassin to assassin while NARAKA’s Whipsword recreates her signature weapon.

That careful matching matters because The Legend of Qin and NARAKA already occupy adjacent creative territory. Both draw heavily from Chinese martial fantasy, impossible movement, named techniques, factional rivalries and the idea that martial skill says something about the person wielding it. The crossover therefore does not need to force its guests into an incompatible world.

They already look as though they belong there.

The second showcase’s promise that “a new tale awaits in Jianghu” is consequently more convincing than most crossover marketing. NARAKA is not merely dressing three existing heroes as famous animated characters; it has selected characters whose philosophies, visual language and combat identities can survive the transition.

NARAKA: BLADEPOINT × The Legend of Qin is live now following the October 8 PT Devourer update. Tara Gan, Zai and Matari join Lyam Liu and Temulch as the crossover’s five featured heroes, while Crescent Moon Valley, Tianming, themed collectibles, weapon skins and additional event content remain active through the collaboration period.