Ye Lang

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Ye Lang (叶浪)
Alias(es)	Thirteenth Young Master; Ford Fox; Apollo; Muddleheaded Divine Physician 85 441 312
Species/Race	Human Race 441
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Ye Family; Ye City; Tiger Tribe allies 135 598
Occupation/Role	Alchemist; physician; martial artist; self-proclaimed Prodigal Son 85 312 246
Status	Emperor of the Human Race; nominal unifier of the Continent 778

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Internal Energy cultivation begins	31	Chooses Ancient Martial Arts and Internal Energy over simultaneous Battle Qi and Magic cultivation due to his lack of Talent Attributes.
Internal Energy usable under Magic Restriction	108	His power remains functional when Battle Qi and Magic are suppressed, allowing him to overwhelm restricted soldiers.
Advanced Internal Energy cultivation	773	His cultivation and Bigu Technique let him fast for extended periods without relying on magic elements.

Background

Ye Lang is the Ye Family’s Thirteenth Young Master. Long dismissed as an attribute-less “good-for-nothing,” he deliberately keeps a low profile and prefers the identity of a carefree prodigal to political ambition or public recognition 31 85 92.

After regaining his memories, he studies the Martial Arts Treasury’s knowledge and begins cultivating Internal Energy. He combines its teachings with concepts from another world, producing unconventional alchemy, medicine, formations, martial arts, and technology that others struggle to understand 31 176.

His attachment to Taiya, the Tiger Girl, is a defining early motivation. After she leaves, he remains devoted to finding her, even arranging long journeys around the possibility of reaching the Tiger Tribe 37 94 141.

Ye Lang refuses to recognize the Empress Dowager as his maternal grandmother until Long Anqi confirms the relationship, respecting his mother’s long estrangement from the Vermilion Bird Imperial Family 219 220 597.

Personality

Ye Lang is blunt, absent-minded, and frequently oblivious to social implications. He answers questions literally, forgets people he has met, and often causes embarrassment without intending malice 91 301 762.

Despite presenting himself as a spendthrift, he has firm principles. He rejects power struggles, refuses benefits he feels he has not earned, and prioritizes the safety of people he cares about over his own comfort 92 220 778.

His stated life ambition is to become a powerful Prodigal Son with wealth, influence, and people to squander for 181. In practice, much of his spending supports others: he feeds hungry people, builds the Miracle District, and spends his fortune on projects that improve lives 297 298.

Abilities & Skills

Alchemy

Ye Lang is an exceptional Alchemist whose creations blend conventional alchemy with unfamiliar principles, modern concepts, and Mystic Gate Escapology 176 118.

• Creates combat weapons, defensive tools, medicine, puppets, and large-scale formations.
• Instantly reshapes metal weapons during combat into different forms, including blades, spears, clubs, and swords 586.
• His Alchemy Academy appointment attracts Royal Alchemists willing to serve under him 141.
• His equipment-heavy fighting style can consume substantial resources and gold 251.

Alchemy Combat Techniques

Ye Lang uses alchemy as a complete combat system rather than as simple support equipment.

• Alchemy Cannon — A handheld ranged weapon powerful enough to crack arena barriers and injure Li Danteng; its larger Quad-Element Barrage forces the First Sword Saint to intervene 83 85.
• Alchemy bombs and restraint net — Uses bombs to disarm and humiliate opponents, then captures them with a net fixed to the ground through mechanisms 84 85.
• Battlefield weapons — Uses a barrage of alchemical weapons and ammunition to exhaust stronger opponents 251.
• Limitations — The cannon has firing intervals, struggles to track fast targets, and is weak at close range 83.

Alchemy Arrays and Formations

Ye Lang can deploy formations quickly and adapt them while they are active.

• Water Moon Mirror — Produces scalable defensive mirrors that reflect incoming attacks; he can maintain one in each hand simultaneously 112.
• Eight Trigrams Formation — Traps a pursuing army in a shifting, nonlethal formation of earth walls and mounds 118 119.
• Environmental manipulation — Mixes Alchemy with Mystic Gate Escapology to alter terrain and construct formations directly from the environment 118.
• Barrier construction — Creates defensive barriers while Li Yue fights on the battlefield 573.

Internal Energy and Martial Arts

Ye Lang cultivates Internal Energy rather than Battle Qi or Magic, making his martial ability unusually effective when magic elements are restricted 31 108.

• Uses Internal Energy to alter his voice while disguised 70.
• Retains combat effectiveness inside Magic Restriction Arrays, where most Battle Qi and Magic users are suppressed 108.
• Knows and can use all eighteen conventional weapon categories 586 668.
• His melee ability is often underestimated because he usually relies on alchemy and avoids showing off 31 685.

Swordsmanship

Ye Lang’s swordsmanship emphasizes speed, comprehension, misdirection, and reading flaws in an opponent’s technique 652.

• Learns and develops Dugu Nine Swords, a style suited to fighting with limited Internal Energy 612.
• Defeats a Ninth-Level Martial Practitioner with one move 619.
• Subdues Princess Longji in a single exchange using an illusion to conceal his sword’s speed 666.
• Disarms multiple attackers so quickly that observers initially fail to notice he has moved 685.
• His swordsmanship can guide others’ comprehension; Li Yue enters Insight after observing his changing weapon techniques 586.

Medicine

Known publicly as the Muddleheaded Divine Physician, Ye Lang applies alchemy and medical knowledge to difficult illnesses and injuries 312.

• Identifies Karin’s Agelessness Disease and explains why she appears far younger than her actual age 650.
• Treats severe injuries sustained by Li Yue during repeated life-or-death battles 568.
• Uses medical devices and light-based treatment methods for scars and skin conditions 92 322.
• Creates Bigu Pills and practices a Bigu Technique that supports prolonged fasting 70 773.

Disguise and Puppetry

Ye Lang uses disguise techniques, altered voices, makeup, alchemical alterations, and puppets to conceal his identity.

• His early disguise is recognized by people close to him despite altered appearance and voice 70.
• Successfully masquerades as the Fox Tribe youth Ford Fox, using long hair, false ears, and a tail to evade Xiangkong’s pursuit 441 442.
• Operates Xiao Rui, a powerful puppet capable of unarmed combat with nonstandard martial techniques 231.
• Uses a puppet girl identity to enter the Cold-Blooded Group’s territory without recognition 187.
• Builds puppet bodies around combat-oriented structures tailored to his own fighting style 214.

Music and Arts

Ye Lang possesses notable artistic skill in addition to his combat and alchemy abilities.

• Writes masterful calligraphy by incorporating martial understanding into his brushwork 77.
• Plays the pipa and performs songs capable of changing an audience’s mood 711 716.
• His zither music is feared enough for him to be called the “Music Demon” after the destruction of the Greedy Wolf Legion 598.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Alchemy Cannon — Handheld cannon capable of firing powerful elemental barrages 83 85.
• Water Moon Mirror — Reflective defensive Alchemy Array 112.
• Alchemy bombs — Explosive projectiles used for combat and breaking encirclements 84 110.
• Alchemy restraint net — Mechanically anchors targets to the ground 84 85.
• Heavenly Mechanism Armor — Li Family heirloom armor sought by Ye Lang; he later acquires it during his journey with Li Yue 545 598.
• Dragon Scale Armor — Armor Ye Lang offers in exchange for the Heavenly Mechanism Armor 545.
• Pipa and zither — Instruments used for public performances and combat-capable music 711 598.
• Xiao Rui — Combat puppet and bodyguard under Ye Lang’s control 231 298.

Relationships

• Taiya / Tiger Girl — Childhood companion and the person Ye Lang most persistently seeks; she worries deeply for him and awaits his return to the Tiger Tribe 37 94 598.
• Ye Lanyu — Older sister and one of Ye Lang’s fiercest protectors; he later guides her cultivation to Heaven Grade 76 743.
• Zhao Yazhu / Seventh Princess — Ye Lang’s fiancée; she remains protective of him and trusts his guidance in cultivation 298 743.
• Zhen Xiaoyan — Close companion whose cooking Ye Lang values highly; she repeatedly remains by his side despite danger 105 773.
• Long Anqi — His mother; Ye Lang’s loyalty to her dictates his refusal to acknowledge maternal relatives without her confirmation 220.
• Ye Chengtian — His father, who worries about Ye Lang’s safety even when Ye Lang insists on facing danger alone 81.
• Princess Longji — Maternal cousin who treats him like a younger brother; their relationship includes frequent teasing and sparring 220 665.
• Empress Dowager — His maternal grandmother; initially rejected by Ye Lang, she later becomes openly affectionate toward him 219 712.
• Li Yue — Former pursuer target, traveling companion, and wielder of the Heavenly Mechanism Armor; Ye Lang protects and trains her through battlefield hardships 446 568 574.
• Leng Xuewu / Cold-Blooded Fifth — Assassin, ally, and protector who recognizes Ye Lang even through disguises and assists his plans 457 662.
• Athena — Fox Tribe ally who helps Ye Lang maintain his disguise and supports his operations in Xiangkong 441 540.
• Karin / Little Princess — Aila’s princess, who quickly becomes attached to Ye Lang and later trains in swordsmanship under him 650 665.
• Zhao Yarou — Former Eighth Princess and Empress of Xiangkong; an enemy with an unusually complicated bond to Ye Lang that later changes during their seclusion 105 773.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Prodigal and Alchemy Duel

Ye Lang begins as an underestimated, attribute-less young master who rejects conventional ambition. His duel against Li Danteng publicly reveals his combat alchemy and overturns his reputation as a waste 81 85.

Xiangkong Coup and Escape

Ye Lang exposes Zhao Yarou’s ruthless psychology, escapes the Xiangkong coup, and uses Internal Energy, explosives, Water Moon Mirror defenses, and a massive Eight Trigrams Formation to protect his allies and delay pursuit 105 108 112 118.

Ye City and Humanitarian Spending

After the Ye Family’s separation from Xiangkong, Ye Lang becomes central to Ye City’s new beginning. Though he calls himself a prodigal, he spends heavily on relief efforts and infrastructure such as Holy City’s Miracle District 135 297 298.

Ford Fox and the Heavenly Mechanism Armor

Disguised as Ford Fox, Ye Lang enters Xiangkong territory to pursue Li Yue and obtain the Heavenly Mechanism Armor. Zhao Yarou recognizes him immediately, eventually exposing his identity at the Li Family banquet 441 535 536.

Greedy Wolf Legion Campaign

Ye Lang and Li Yue confront the Greedy Wolf Legion. He heals and trains Li Yue while using alchemy, martial arts, formations, and music to survive escalating battles; their actions ultimately contribute to the legion’s destruction 568 586 598.

Swordsmanship and Cultivation Guidance

Ye Lang’s hidden swordsmanship becomes widely recognized after he defeats accomplished martial practitioners and spars with Princess Longji. He also develops intensive cultivation methods that help Ye Lanyu and the Seventh Princess reach Heaven Grade in half a year 619 666 743.

Seclusion and Final Unification

Ye Lang and Zhao Yarou spend years in seclusion, during which he continues cultivating Internal Energy and she learns to care for him in daily life 773. In the final conflict, Ye Lang agrees to surrender himself to save Ye City’s civilians, before ultimately being enthroned as the Human Race’s only Emperor and the Continent’s nominal unifier 778.

Trivia

• Ye Lang names his personal courtyard Xiaolangdi Courtyard, despite admitting that the name has no particular meaning 87.
• He claims to know all recorded history, though he describes this knowledge as merely “dabbling” 246.
• He considers his strongest “weapon” to be Ye Lanyu, because she is willing and able to protect him from bullies 76.
• He once wins a small kingdom through gambling; it later becomes part of the Ye Family’s Ye City territory 219.
• His disguises are often technically excellent but fail against people emotionally close to him 70 441.