Meng Yuan

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Meng Yuan (孟渊)
Alias(es)	Meng Feiyuan; Little Gelder; General Banner Meng; Flying Origin True Lord 39 94 150 366
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Ying RuShi's Royal Residence; Demon Suppression Division 31 94
Occupation/Role	Former livestock castrator; Martial Practitioner; Demon Suppression Division Centurion 4 185
Status	Alive; Third Rank Martial Practitioner 397

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Essence Flame strengthening	4	His Essence Flame grows to the size of a washbasin while he recovers his body and strength at Pasture Manor.
Entered the martial ranks	19	Opens three acupoints and gains the stamina and True Qi of a ranked martial artist.
Second Essence Flame Perfection	42	Eats Xiang Ling's Green Fruit after defeating the old fox, completing his Second Essence Flame.
Eighth Rank	50	Opens the Niwan Acupoint through meditation and practice.
Essence Flame Perfection	75 118	His Essence Flame reaches perfection; after killing Yao Jiamu, its perfection is explicitly confirmed.
Seventh Rank	100	Wakes after three days having broken through; his internal organs, bones, and Dantian undergo another transformation.
Fourth Essence Flame Body Tempering	145	Tempers his body again, opens further acupoints including Nirvana Return to Heaven, and withstands Heart Burning with little difficulty.
Second Dantian opened	165	Endures the extraction of flesh, essence, and spirit to form a second Dantian, allowing repeated use of Floating Light Cave Heaven.
Both Dantians expanded	183 185	Mingyue and Dugu Ying help expand both Dantians three times, substantially increasing his Jade Liquid reserves.
Sixth Rank / Middle Rank Realm	268	Connects the Upper, Middle, and Lower Heavens and begins to understand how to fully unleash a Heavenly Mystery Divine Power.
Fifth Rank	329 340	Emerges from seclusion with a further transformed body, a new fire-based Heavenly Mystery Dharma, and the status of a Fifth Rank Martial Practitioner.
Fourth Rank	370	Completes the final stage of the Ascension Three Stages; Star Fire can extract invading poison and his vitality becomes exceptionally difficult to extinguish.
Third Rank	397	Uses the Proving Dao Blade to destroy Qing Guangzi's Buddha Nature, Buddha Heart, Buddha Bone, and seeking hearts, ascending to the Third Rank.

Background / History

Meng Yuan was a refugee and vagrant who survived by working as a livestock castrator. At Pasture Manor, Old Man Jiang taught him the craft; Meng Yuan learned quickly, regained his health, and began strengthening his Essence Flame through the work's by-products 4 34.

He entered the Royal Residence's martial training system through diligence rather than background. Under Nie Yannian's regimen, he trained his stance, strength, endurance, and later saber work, opening acupoints at an exceptional pace 13 19. His advancement allowed him to return to Pasture Manor as a Royal Residence Guard and bring Jiang Shuanyou and Jiang Tang to live in the city 31.

Appearance

Meng Yuan is repeatedly described as notably handsome, with his appearance improving alongside his cultivation. After early Essence Flame growth, his face becomes rosier and his eyes brighter; later body tempering leaves his skin clear and his body marked by faint currents of fire within the muscle fibers 15 330.

• Initially has a pale, weakened refugee's body, but rapidly regains strength through Essence Flame cultivation 4.
• Has clear, bright eyes and a noticeably fairer complexion after opening acupoints 15.
• Carries himself as a saber-wielding martial officer, often traveling on his Little Red Horse 31 75.
• After repeated body tempering, possesses unusually resilient flesh, bones, organs, and Dantians 269 321.
• His transformed body bears a subtle fiery intent that cleanses him and resists outside intrusion 323.

Personality

Meng Yuan combines a plainspoken, outwardly honest manner with careful calculation. He studies unfamiliar terrain, reads people well, uses relationships pragmatically, and prefers to handle problems quietly when possible 7 86. Ying RuShi considers upright people with schemes—like Meng Yuan—especially difficult to deal with 109.

He is intensely loyal to those who aid him, particularly Ying RuShi, Nie Yannian, and the household that took him in. He repays favors materially and directly: he frees Sister Hua from the brothel, offers her brother work, and continues to protect the people he considers family 53 114 226.

His loyalty does not prevent ruthlessness. Meng Yuan kills enemies who threaten his allies or endanger Songhe Prefecture, plans his fights around available resources, and accepts backlash or bodily harm when decisive force is needed 118 165 255. He nevertheless distinguishes this from cruelty toward the weak and rejects coercion as contrary to his own principles 350.

Abilities & Skills

Essence Flame, Body Tempering, and Star Fire

Meng Yuan's defining foundation is the Essence Flame, which continually restores and refines his body. Repeated tempering grants him enormous endurance, rapid recovery, unusually strong Jade Liquid, and resistance to mental or physical interference.

• His Dantians are vastly larger than those of comparable martial artists and produce exceptionally dense Jade Liquid 99 269.
• His body withstands techniques that target muscles, bones, internal organs, and the mind better than most opponents of his rank 131 269.
• He can recover Jade Liquid at an extraordinary rate even after exhausting both Dantians 321.
• Star Fire can remove poison and foreign corruption from others; its transformative nature also makes Meng Yuan difficult to kill so long as a spark of vitality remains 370.
• Body tempering is painful and repeatedly destroys his clothing, but every completed refinement improves his physical and spiritual resilience 310 330.

Saber Combat and Proving Dao Blade

Meng Yuan trains in the Gale Wind Saber Technique and develops into a highly capable saber fighter whose combat style emphasizes timing, pressure, and decisive killing blows.

• Defeats Ren Debiao in a saber duel while initially holding back, then breaks his arm when forced to respond 48.
• Uses saber aura alongside Heavenly Mystery Divine Powers against stronger opponents 196.
• His saber becomes the vehicle for his strongest later techniques, rather than merely a conventional weapon 195.
• Proving Dao Blade absorbs the fire of ten thousand people and destroys Qing Guangzi's Buddha Nature, Buddha Heart, Buddha Bone, and Dao-seeking hearts 397.

Floating Light Cave Heaven

A Demon Suppression Division Heavenly Mystery Divine Power and Meng Yuan's early signature killing move.

• Learns it after entering the Seventh Rank and opening the Hidden Chambers 100 105.
• Its force scales with Meng Yuan's unusually vast Dantians and dense Jade Liquid 105 137.
• Uses successive activations from both Dantians to overwhelm and kill Yang Yuping 165.
• Kills a Sixth Rank Elder White Ape and later employs the technique against multiple powerful opponents 103 260.
• Heavy use can drain his Jade Liquid and tear his Dantians 312 321.

Mist Rain Flying Rainbow and Myriad Stream Light

Meng Yuan uses these movement-oriented Heavenly Mystery Divine Powers for pursuit, evasion, and tactical positioning.

• Mist Rain Flying Rainbow is a two-stage technique linked to Kidney Water, Lung Metal, and the Stone Gate Acupoint 124.
• He uses Mist Rain Flying Rainbow to evade Qie Yisheng and later to escape while injured 196 248.
• Myriad Stream Light is a high-speed movement method obtained from the Vajra Deer 74.
• He uses Myriad Stream Light to escape Qie Yisheng and to carry the wounded Dugu Ying back into Peaceful Prefecture 196 305.

Heart Burning and Divine Might Like Prison

These techniques bolster Meng Yuan's mental stability and control over enemies.

• Heart Burning burns away distracting thoughts, breaks mental restraints, and helps him resist illusion and thought-planting techniques 145 196.
• Divine Might Like Prison locks onto an opponent's vital energy, instills fear, and is most effective against weaker targets 110.
• Divine Might Like Prison can be countered by superior Dharma forms or stronger techniques; Elder Zhu turns its binding energy back on Meng Yuan 255.

Bodhi Extinguishing Dao and Heavenly God Descent

Meng Yuan employs these high-risk methods against opponents beyond his ordinary limits.

• Bodhi Extinguishing Dao is a powerful offensive Heavenly Mystery Divine Power taught by Monk Jue Ming 206.
• He uses it to escape Qie Yisheng, but suffers severe backlash from repeated activation 248.
• Combined with Heavenly God Descent, it badly wounds Lian Nu despite her Fifth Rank Buddhist cultivation and lotus-based Dharma form 255.
• Its repeated use clouds his mental clarity and requires restraint despite its battlefield effectiveness 248 315.

Other Heavenly Mystery Divine Powers

• Blossoming Spring Thunder — an internal attack that targets the heart, muscles, bones, and organs rather than relying on brute force 131.
• Nirvana Return to Heaven — a life-risking technique that forces out Meng Yuan's potential but leaves lasting consequences 195.
• Indestructible Golden Body — a defensive technique whose strength depends on the user's own body and Jade Liquid; Meng Yuan acquires its map but must meet its Upper Thirty-Three Heavens requirements 137 184.
• Dark Light Shadow Chasing — a technique gifted by Mingyue that produces saber light and sword shadows with each strike; it requires twenty-seven Upper Thirty-Three Heavens acupoints 183 184.
• Heavenly Fire Spreading Across the Plains — a fire-based method given by Ying RuShi that requires twenty-one Upper Thirty-Three Heavens acupoints and inflicts physical and mental pain 191.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Saber — Meng Yuan's principal weapon, used for ordinary combat, saber aura, and his later Proving Dao Blade 75 397.
• Long bow — carried during his early demon-hunting expeditions 75.
• Little Red Horse — his favored mount; he reunites with it after a long separation 31 379.
• Heavenly Secrets Map, Myriad Stream Light — obtained from the Vajra Deer 74.
• Heavenly Secrets Map, Mist Rain Flying Rainbow — given by Dugu Kang 124.
• Indestructible Golden Body map — received from Monk Xuan Zhen 137.
• Dark Light Shadow Chasing map — gifted by Mingyue 183.

Relationships

• Ying RuShi — Patron, political ally, and the person to whom Meng Yuan repeatedly swears loyalty. Their relationship eventually ceases to be merely master and subordinate as his strength rises 65 226 340.
• Jiang Tang — Household companion and family member whom Meng Yuan teaches, protects, and brings from Pasture Manor to the Royal Residence 5 31 185.
• Nie Yannian — Martial mentor and protector. Nie trains Meng Yuan, helps secure his position, and supports his intended marriage to Nie Qingqing 44 100 219.
• Nie Qingqing — Nie Yannian's daughter and Meng Yuan's intended spouse; they share mutual affection and repeatedly reunite at Drunken Moon Pavilion 44 140 219.
• Xiang Ling — A spirit friend whom Meng Yuan treats like a younger sister. She accompanies him on dangerous journeys and remains fiercely concerned for his safety 65 258.
• Mingyue — Ally, cultivation benefactor, and frequent traveling companion. She helps expand his Dantians and later journeys with him beyond Qing territory 183 343.
• Dugu Ying — Ally who helps expand his Dantians, guards him during body tempering, and fights alongside him in Peaceful Prefecture 183 305 310.
• Dugu Kang / Liao Kong — Friend, poetry-club associate, and source of the Mist Rain Flying Rainbow map. He intervenes to prevent Meng Yuan's conflict with Demon Suppression Division reinforcements 124 133 229.
• Xun Mei — Early supporter in the Royal Residence who protects Meng Yuan from Manor Head Li and later continues to entrust him with tasks 7 124.
• Tie Niu — Brotherly friend and fellow trainee who accompanies Meng Yuan through Royal Residence and Demon Suppression Division service 13 90 380.
• Lin Yan — Senior brother and political companion who advises Meng Yuan on the Martial Path and travels with him on major assignments 221 389.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Pasture Manor and Royal Residence training — Learns gelding from Old Man Jiang, develops his Essence Flame, enters Nie Yannian's training program, and becomes a Royal Residence Guard 4 13 31.
• Songhe Prefecture Garrison — Joins the Demon Suppression Division, rises from Little Banner to Centurion, learns Floating Light Cave Heaven, and becomes a significant local martial officer 94 100 185.
• Prince Xin's Four Great Generals — Battles Yang Yuping, Qie Yisheng, and their allies; opens his second Dantian and survives repeated fights against stronger enemies 165 196 248.
• Songhe Prefecture catastrophe — Returns after Qing Guangzi's rise, witnesses the destruction of the city, and breaks through to Sixth Rank amid its aftermath 267 268.
• Lanruo Temple and Xiangji Country — Defeats Monk Jin Hai, reaches Fifth Rank, travels beyond Qing territory with Mingyue, and dismantles Xiangji Country's brutal hair-based caste system 320 340 346 370.
• Proving the Dao — Confronts Qing Guangzi as a Fourth Rank Martial Practitioner, uses the Proving Dao Blade, and ascends to the Third Rank after destroying the Light Saint King's Buddhist foundations 397.

Notable Quotes

“I don't ask for much. It is to cultivate oneself, regulate one's family, govern the state, and bring peace to the world.” 188

“Without killing, hatred will never cease. But I won't kill him, I will use virtue to influence him.” 135

“I am willing to relieve Third Miss's worries!” 226