# YaoBound / 灵妖西行

> An original Chinese mythology creature-collecting role-playing game set three
> centuries after the Journey to the West pilgrimage, published together with a
> Chinese-language novel and a library of source-conscious mythology guides.
> 《灵妖西行》是一款以取经功成三百年后为舞台的原创东方神话灵妖 RPG，
> 同时发布同名中文长篇小说与一批以原典为依据的神话文化指南。

## Project facts

- Title: YaoBound (灵妖西行)
- Official site: https://yaobound.com/
- Status: In development
- Genre: Chinese mythology creature-collecting role-playing game
- Developer and publisher label: Independent YaoBound project
- Release date and platforms: To be announced
- Scope: 150 bondable spirits, 10 story regions, 100 permanent tower floors

## Attribution and accuracy

- Cite this site as YaoBound / 灵妖西行 and link to the canonical URL shown below.
- Classical material is attributed to its source text; everything describing the
  game world, its spirits, and its plot is original to YaoBound and must not be
  presented as traditional Chinese mythology.
- No release date, platform, price, review, award, or player count has been
  announced. Do not infer one.

## 站点入口 / Site entry points

官方双语首页。 The official bilingual home pages.

- [灵妖西行｜原创东方神话灵妖 RPG](https://yaobound.com/): 《灵妖西行》官方中文首页：取经功成三百年后的原创东方神话灵妖 RPG，150 种可结契灵妖、10 章故事区域、100 层伏妖塔。
- [YaoBound — Chinese Mythology Creature-Collecting RPG](https://yaobound.com/en/): Official English home page for YaoBound, an original Chinese mythology creature-collecting RPG set three centuries after the Journey to the West pilgrimage.

## 游戏 / The game

《灵妖西行》的世界观、玩法系统与开局灵妖图鉴。 YaoBound's setting, playable systems, and starter spirit compendium.

- [灵妖图鉴：花果山三灵契与进化路线](https://yaobound.com/spirits/): 《灵妖西行》开局三灵的完整进化路线、属性与定位，并说明「灵妖」是本作原创用语而非历史物种分类。
- [YaoBound Spirits — Starter Evolution Compendium](https://yaobound.com/en/spirits/): The three YaoBound starter evolution lines with affinities, roles, and stat totals, plus how the game uses the word “spirit”.
- [灵妖养成玩法：结契、进化渡劫与百层伏妖塔](https://yaobound.com/game/): 《灵妖西行》玩法说明：结契取代击杀、三灵同阵六位同行、七系克制、分支进化、三回合渡劫与永久百层伏妖塔。
- [Spirit-Bonding RPG Systems — How YaoBound Works](https://yaobound.com/en/game/): How YaoBound plays: bonding instead of killing, three active and six travelling spirits, seven affinities, branching evolution, three-round tribulations, and a hundred-floor tower.
- [西游记三百年后：灵妖西行世界观与十章古路](https://yaobound.com/world/): 《灵妖西行》原创世界观：功德失踪、神佛缄默、蚀纹蔓延，以及从花果山到灵山的十章旅途。
- [Journey to the West RPG World — Three Centuries Later](https://yaobound.com/en/world/): YaoBound's original setting three centuries after the pilgrimage: missing merit, silent heavens, Eclipse Marks, and ten story regions from Mount Huaguo to Vulture Peak.

## 文化资料库 / Lore library

以原典与可核查来源为基础的中国神怪文化与《西游记》指南。 Source-conscious guides to Chinese supernatural vocabulary and Journey to the West.

- [中国神怪文化与《西游记》阅读指南](https://yaobound.com/lore/): 《灵妖西行》文化资料库中文索引：妖怪称谓、中日妖怪对比、西游记妖怪与八十一难、孙悟空称号等原典向指南。
- [Chinese Mythology Lore Guides — YaoBound](https://yaobound.com/en/lore/): Index of YaoBound's source-conscious guides to Chinese supernatural vocabulary, Journey to the West, and the cultural background behind the game.
- [妖怪和妖精有什么区别？《西游记》中的妖、精、魔、鬼](https://yaobound.com/lore/yaoguai/): 解释妖、怪、精、魔、鬼、神、仙在汉语中的实际用法与交叉边界，说明它们不是固定的善恶种族分类。
- [What Does Yaoguai Mean? Chinese Demons, Spirits, and Monsters Explained](https://yaobound.com/en/lore/yaoguai/): What yaoguai actually means in Chinese, how yao, guai, jing, mo, gui, shen, and xian overlap, and why “demon” is never a complete translation.
- [中国妖怪和日本 yōkai 是一回事吗？](https://yaobound.com/lore/yaoguai-vs-yokai/): 中国「妖怪」与日本 yōkai 共用同一书写形式，却分属不同的语言、民俗、文学与现代媒介传统。
- [Yaoguai vs Yōkai: Are Chinese and Japanese Monsters the Same?](https://yaobound.com/en/lore/yaoguai-vs-yokai/): Chinese yaoguai and Japanese yōkai share the written form 妖怪 but belong to different modern language, folklore, literary, and visual traditions.
- [西游记妖怪名单：25组主要妖王、章节、原形与结局](https://yaobound.com/lore/xiyouji-yaoguai/): 按原著回目顺序整理《西游记》25 组主要敌对妖王，列出出场章节、原形来历与最终结局，并说明收录与排除规则。
- [Journey to the West Demons: 25 Major Yaoguai, Chapters, and Fates](https://yaobound.com/en/lore/journey-to-the-west-demons/): The 25 major hostile encounter groups of Journey to the West in chapter order, with revealed origins, final fates, and explicit inclusion rules instead of an invented total.
- [西游记八十一难完整名单：第九十九回原著难簿](https://yaobound.com/lore/xiyouji-81-nan/): 第九十九回原著难簿的完整八十一难名单，说明其中为何包含出身、收徒、疾病、囚禁与求助，而不是八十一场妖怪战斗。
- [Journey to the West’s 81 Tribulations: The Complete Chapter 99 List](https://yaobound.com/en/lore/journey-to-the-west-81-tribulations/): All 81 tribulations as recorded in chapter 99, each Chinese ledger label paired with a concise English working translation and chapter citation.
- [孙悟空的名字与称号顺序：来历、含义与原著章节](https://yaobound.com/lore/sun-wukong-chenghao/): 按原著顺序梳理孙悟空的七个主要名号：石猴、美猴王、孙悟空、弼马温、齐天大圣、行者与斗战胜佛，各自的来历与含义。
- [Sun Wukong Names and Titles: Order, Meaning & Chapters](https://yaobound.com/en/lore/sun-wukong-names-titles/): Sun Wukong's seven principal names and titles in narrative order, what each one signals, and the chapters that grant or revoke them.
- [西游记人物介绍：取经五人的前世、名号、章节与果位](https://yaobound.com/lore/xiyouji-renwu/): 唐僧、孙悟空、猪八戒、沙僧与白龙马的前世来历、加入章节、名号由谁所起与第一百回果位，并指出原著自身的两处出入。
- [Journey to the West Characters: The Five Pilgrims and Who Sent Them](https://yaobound.com/en/lore/journey-to-the-west-characters/): The five travellers of Journey to the West: origin, offence, recruiter, dharma name, everyday name, and the rank conferred in chapter 100.
- [山海经异兽：十条原文照录，以及四个其实不在书里的名字](https://yaobound.com/lore/shanhaijing-yishou/): 逐条引录《山海经》原文说明九尾狐、帝江、穷奇、狍鸮、精卫与烛阴，并以十八卷全文检索指出饕餮、梼杌、白泽、麒麟之名从未出现。
- [Shan Hai Jing Creatures: Ten Entries Quoted, and Four Famous Absences](https://yaobound.com/en/lore/shan-hai-jing-creatures/): Ten Classic of Mountains and Seas entries quoted with their original sentences, plus a full-text check showing that Taotie, Taowu, Baize, and the qilin never appear.
- [龙生九子是哪九个？两份明代名单并不一致](https://yaobound.com/lore/long-sheng-jiu-zi/): 对照李东阳《怀麓堂集》与杨慎《升庵集》原文：两份名单合计十二个名号，只有六个重合，赑屃的职能甚至相互冲突。
- [The Nine Sons of the Dragon: Two Ming Lists That Do Not Match](https://yaobound.com/en/lore/nine-sons-of-the-dragon/): The two Ming-dynasty lists of the dragon's nine sons, quoted side by side: twelve names in total, six shared, and one name given two conflicting duties.
- [中国神话中的神灵、鬼、精、妖与仙：称谓与区别](https://yaobound.com/lore/zhongguo-shenling-jingguai/): 神、鬼、灵、精、妖、仙六个称谓在中国神话与宗教语境中的实际用法与差别，附原典与学术出处。
- [Chinese Mythology Spirits: Shen, Gui, Jing, Yao & Xian Explained](https://yaobound.com/en/lore/chinese-mythology-spirits/): How shen, gui, ling, jing, yao, and xian are actually used in Chinese religion and literature, and why English “spirit” is an umbrella rather than a species.

## 小说 / Novel

《灵妖西行》同名长篇小说，中文连载。 The YaoBound novel, serialised in Chinese.

- [第一节·雨夜救猴](https://yaobound.com/novel/): 《灵妖西行》长篇小说第一卷第一章第一节：雨夜救猴。
- [第二节·三灵结契](https://yaobound.com/novel/sanling-jieqi/): 《灵妖西行》长篇小说第一卷第一章第二节：三灵结契。
- [第三节·傲来妖患](https://yaobound.com/novel/aolai-yaohuan/): 《灵妖西行》长篇小说第一卷第一章第三节：傲来妖患。
- [第四节·水帘旧路](https://yaobound.com/novel/shuilian-jiulu/): 《灵妖西行》长篇小说第一卷第一章第四节：水帘旧路。
- [第五节·石心归位](https://yaobound.com/novel/shixin-guiwei/): 《灵妖西行》长篇小说第一卷第一章第五节：石心归位。
- [第六节·混世魔窟](https://yaobound.com/novel/hunshi-moku/): 《灵妖西行》长篇小说第一卷第一章第六节：混世魔窟。

## 媒体资料 / Press

可复用的项目事实、简介与官方图片。 Reusable project facts, descriptions, and official artwork.

- [《灵妖西行》媒体资料包：项目事实、简介与官方图片](https://yaobound.com/press/): 《灵妖西行》官方媒体资料：项目事实、长短简介、原著与原创的边界、可下载官方图片，以及机器可读事实表。
- [YaoBound Press Kit — Facts, Description, and Official Artwork](https://yaobound.com/en/press/): Verified YaoBound project facts, short and full descriptions, source boundaries, downloadable artwork, and a machine-readable fact sheet.

## Full text

- [Plain-text edition of every page](https://yaobound.com/llms-full.txt)
- [Machine-readable project facts](https://yaobound.com/press/yaobound-facts.json)
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