Spell tags

Spell tags are yellow talismans with Chinese characters and magic symbols inscribed on it with cinnabar that can create different effects based on their inscriptions.

Description
Spell tags can be used by Untitled Sages and Sage Hunters. After creating a spell tag and then spiritually bonding with it, the user will be able to use it, or multiply it to greater amounts and store them in their Sage Mind so they can summon them for later use. After summoning them, the spell tags appear around the user, who can then telekinetically control them for various purposes.

While people who are not of Untitled Sage descent cannot spiritually bond with spell tags, they could activate them if they know the proper incantations. However, the tag's effects will only apply to the Untitled Sage who bonded with it, even if activated by someone else. Untitled Sage sects are known to sell spell tags that can be used by people who are not Untitled Sages, and some spell tags are specifically modified to allow others to use them.

It is possible to inscribe two different functions on one spell tag by writing their inscriptions on both sides of the talisman. This allows the spell tag to produce one of its two effects, or both effects at once.

The functions of spell tags can be modified and enhanced to create greater effects when used.

Known Spell Tags

 * Command tag (勅令符), which has no specific function but can be used for small explosion attacks or defensive purposes.
 * Zombie tag (尸符), which can be used to summon different kinds of zombies, mostly used by Gu Xiaohua. If the zombies created by this spell tag were to die, they would be revived after twenty to twenty-four hours, though they will die permanently if their heads are destroyed.
 * Explosion tag (火符), which can be used for large explosion attacks.
 * Water tag (御水符), which can be used to generate large amounts of water.
 * Stun tag (定身符), which can be used to immobilise the person the tag is attached to. Huang Xiaoyan used millions of these tags to perform the Million Tags Giant Binding Formation on Gu Xiaohua.
 * Binding tag (锁字符), which can be used to bind people with yellow tentacle-like substances when they stand on them, or for small explosion attacks.
 * Amnesia tag (忘忆符), which can be used to make people forget certain memories when placed on their foreheads. Used by Untitled Sages to handle aftermaths of supernatural incidents by erasing memories of it from ordinary peoples' minds.
 * Substitution tag (替身符), which can be used to leave a substitution in the user's place that lasts a short amount of time and teleport the user to the position of the tag. Storing more than one Substitution tag in the Sage Mind will malfunction the spell tags and will cause the teleportation to either fail, or randomly teleport the user somewhere. Huang Xiaoyan created an enhanced Substitution tag that lasted way longer than the normal ones and used it to defeat Gu Xiaohua and Luo Xiaobao.
 * Silencing tag (静音符), which can be used to silence someone by placing it on their mouths.
 * Telekinesis tag (搬山符), which can be used to telekinetically control the thing the tag is attached to.
 * Erase tag (消字符), which can be used to negate the effects of any tag. Exactly 49 Erase tags is required to negate one tag. This was invented during the Untitled Sage Civil War.
 * Heavenly Explosion tag (天爆符), which can be used to create enormous explosions. They are notably stronger than regular Explosion tags, and forcibly halting them after they have been deployed will cause internal damage to the user.
 * Destruction tag (灭字符), which can be used to blast a gigantic pillar of light down from the sky and onto the enemy, or for gigantic explosive attacks.
 * Clothing tag (变装符). A spell tag developed by Huang Yuanqing that allows the user to change into whatever clothing they desire. Can be used a maximum of five times, and being used more than five times will cause the spell tag, as well as the clothes to explode.
 * Storage tag (储物符), which can be used to store objects within the spell tag and release them when activated.