Yan

Biodata

Appearance

• Hair: Fiery red 25.
• Clothing: Fiery red leather battle robes 25.
• Bearing: Aggressive and defiant despite his young age 25.
• Martial Soul manifestation: A giant resembling a volcano appears behind him before attaching itself to his body 27.

Personality

Yan is proud, confrontational, and deeply concerned with saving face. Although he knows Liang Hao is the Pope’s disciple, he openly mocks him and offers to act as his combat instructor. During their duel, he hopes to win using only his First Soul Skill so that Liang Hao cannot blame the defeat on their difference in Soul Rings 25 28.

His pursuit of Hu Liena makes him particularly jealous of Liang Hao. He resents their closeness, interprets Liang Hao’s confidence as humiliation, and refuses to accept his explanation of elemental control until he is decisively beaten. Even afterward, he continues looking for opportunities to disparage him 25 26 28 31.

Yan is more restrained under Bibi Dong’s supervision. Her presence keeps him from openly causing trouble, though she still reprimands him for prioritizing courtship over training 30.

Abilities & Skills

Flame Lord

Yan’s Martial Soul supports fire attacks and close-range combat. The observing Hu Liena describes his three-ring self as exceptionally strong in actual combat, even against opponents of the same rank 26 27.

• Manifestation: A volcanic giant merges with his body when summoned 27.
• Elemental limitation: Liang Hao’s Five Elements Qilin directly counters his fire-based attacks. This advantage is not unconditional: Liang Hao explains that a sufficiently large Soul Power gap could overcome his control 28.

First Soul Skill: Hell Magma Surge

A powerful ranged attack released through Yan’s first yellow Soul Ring 28.

• Projects a searing beam that advances like a massive wave of magma.
• Serves as his primary powerful offensive technique.
• Yan considers it dangerous enough that even Xie Yue would not dare receive it head-on.
• Liang Hao stops and disperses it with Fire Element Control 28.

Second Soul Skill: Granite Rock

A physical enhancement skill that produces rocklike formations on Yan’s body 28.

• Strengthens his physique.
• Used alongside Hell Flames when he attempts to overcome Liang Hao through hand-to-hand combat 28.

Third Soul Skill: Hell Flames

A large-scale fire attack that also strengthens Yan 28.

• Causes masses of flame to surge from the ground.
• Supports his direct physical assault after Hell Magma Surge fails.
• Its flames are subsequently dispersed by Liang Hao 28.

History

Liang Hao’s Arrival

Yan and Xie Yue initially react with wariness and confusion when Bibi Dong accepts Liang Hao as her personal disciple. Neither of them has received that distinction, leaving them uncertain about the newcomer’s qualifications 7.

When Hu Liena later tells them that Liang Hao obtained a thousand-year First Soul Ring, both doubt her claim. Annoyed by Yan’s persistent romantic advances, she asks Liang Hao to demonstrate his strength and make Yan restrain himself 25.

Duel with Liang Hao

At the training grounds, Yan belittles Liang Hao’s appearance, age, and limited participation in their training. Jealous of his closeness to Hu Liena, he offers to serve as an instructor for a spar. Liang Hao accepts, intending to establish his authority over a talented potential subordinate 25 26.

Yan begins with Hell Magma Surge, expecting a quick victory. Liang Hao instead dismantles the attack through elemental control. Rejecting the explanation as psychological warfare, Yan activates Granite Rock and Hell Flames before charging into close combat. Liang Hao meets his punch and sends him crashing to the ground, crediting his superior physique to Whale Rubber tempering 28.

Hu Liena checks on Liang Hao rather than the injured Yan and leaves with him. Yan is devastated by her concern for his opponent, forcing Xie Yue to calm him down 29.

Reaction Outside the Instance

The real-world Yan watches his instance counterpart’s defeat and angrily demands that Xie Yue help punish Liang Hao when he returns. Xie Yue refuses, warning that Liang Hao may already be a Titled Douluo by then. He also tells Yan plainly that Hu Liena does not reciprocate his feelings and urges him to give up his pursuit 29.

Continued Training

Within the instance, Yan continues receiving occasional cultivation guidance from Bibi Dong alongside Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Liang Hao. Bibi Dong criticizes him for holding back while sparring with Hu Liena and reminds him that he is there to train, not chase women 30.

Still resentful, Yan mocks Liang Hao’s claim that his Martial Soul can guide him toward treasure in Sunset Forest. Bibi Dong immediately silences him, leaving him to swallow his grievances 31.

Relationships

• Hu Liena — Fellow Golden Generation member and the target of his unrequited romantic pursuit. She finds his persistent advances bothersome and asks Liang Hao to discourage him 25.
• Xie Yue — Longtime training companion and Hu Liena’s brother. He consoles Yan after the duel but refuses to support revenge against Liang Hao 25 29.
• Liang Hao — Rival whose growing closeness to Hu Liena provokes Yan’s jealousy. Liang Hao regards him as a possible future subordinate, but Yan remains resentful after losing their spar 25 28 31.
• Bibi Dong — Pope of Spirit Hall and an occasional cultivation instructor. Yan is not her personal disciple, and she sharply checks his disruptive behavior 7 30 31.