Nalan Ye

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Nalan Ye (納蘭 Ye)
Alias(es)	Nalan Young Master; Left Supervisor; Alliance Chief; Ye Lao Na; Yun Che; Jian Chen; Ling Xiao 378 410 620 746 895
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Nalan Family; Supervisory Left Division; Great Love Alliance 54 378 747
Occupation/Role	Nalan Family Heir Apparent; Left Supervisor of the Nalan Empire; Great Love Alliance leader 103 113 378 747
Status	Alive; advanced to the Dou Sheng realm 973
First Appearance	Chapter 2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Seventh Stage Dou Qi	10	Cultivated in Wu Si City after recovering from injuries; regarded his strength as far too low.
Eighth and Ninth Stage Dou Qi	17	Broke through consecutively after using Foundation Establishment Liquid during a month of focused cultivation.
One-Star Dou Zhe / Fighter	17, 18	Completed his breakthrough at age sixteen and underwent an attribute test.
Dou Shi / Dou Master	91	The Nalan elders describe him as only a Dou Master while crediting him with directing the operation against the Medusa Queen.
Three-Star Dou Shi	179	Despite this cultivation, he commanded the obedience of Nine-Star Dou Huang Ling Ying.
Da Dou Shi	222	Spoke for his party during its reception at Canaan Academy despite the elders' surprise at his comparatively low cultivation.
Three-Star Great Dou Shi	302	An unexplained surge in his soul strength carried him through the Great Dou Shi realm.
Five-Star Dou Ling	302	The same surge continued into the Dou Ling realm, reaching Five Star in moments.
Nine-Star Dou Huang Peak	326	Nalan Ye states that he rose from the Sixth Stage of Dou Qi to this level over four years.
Dou Zong	364, 378	Initiated a Heavenly Tribulation package for his breakthrough while confronting Qi Yu; later identified himself publicly as a Dou Zong.
Nine-Star Dou Zong	927	Reached this level after spending a year in the Blood Pool and absorbing Ancient Void Dragon bloodline power.
Dou Sheng	973	His advancement drew major figures from across the Nalan Empire to Yun Lan Mountain.

Background

Nalan Ye was already engaged to Xiao Meier when Nalan Yanran's engagement to Xiao Yan was annulled. When Meier came demanding that their own engagement be dissolved, he refused. Soon afterward, he intervened when Galeo threatened Xiao Yan and Xun Er, declaring the Nalan Family's support for the Xiao Family. 2

After leaving Wutan City, Nalan Ye chose Green Mountain Town as his destination, seeking a path separate from Xiao Yan's shadow. His early travels eventually brought him into contact with Nalan Jie, the Nalan Family's powerful but hostile old clan leader. Nalan Jie subjected him to overwhelming Dou Wang pressure over the annulment, and Nalan Ye learned that the elder had been afflicted with Branding Iron Poison. 3 10

Returning to Gama City with Nalan Jie, Nalan Ye recognized that he had been neglecting his own life and relationships by treating himself as Xiao Yan. He resolved to pay greater attention to Xiao Meier, Nalan Sun, and his place within the Nalan Family. 11

He later offered the Seven Coloured Poison Scripture to Nalan Dong and Yun Lan Sect Elder Zeng Li as possible aid for Nalan Jie's poison. Nalan Yanran subsequently gave him cultivation guidance and a Tin Fish-scale half-armor. 14

Personality

Nalan Ye is politically alert and intensely pragmatic. He judges Nalan Jie's illness partly through its consequences for the Nalan Family's stability and his own position, and later turns the Medusa Queen operation into a major enhancement of his standing. 10 91

He combines confidence with calculated ruthlessness. At the Temir Auction House, he publicly exposed a thief, offered payment for the man's capture, and paid for the thief's hand to be severed. He later used Dream Heaven Song poison and its antidote to keep Mu Lan Valley envoy Gong Wei under his control. 15 325

His schemes are balanced by strong personal loyalty. He protects the Xiao Family from insults within the Nalan Residence, encourages Xiao Yan after Yao Lao's capture, and assumes responsibility for Yun Shan's posthumous child if the child proves talented. 113 398 399

Abilities & Skills

Lightning–Wood Attribute

Nalan Ye possesses a mutated Lightning Attribute with a trace of Wood Attribute. The mixed affinity was considered unsuitable for alchemy, but it made him eligible to seek the Nalan Family's Earth Low-Rank lightning cultivation method, the Geng Xin Vast Thunder Skill. 18

• Geng Xin Vast Thunder Skill — Earth Low-Rank Nalan Family cultivation method; requires approval from at least half of the clan elders before cultivation. 18
• Limitation — His Wood-Lightning mix was judged incompatible with becoming an alchemist. 18

Lightning Movement and Duplication

Nalan Ye practices Three Thousand Lightning Movement, reaching its Thunder Instant realm during a spar with Cai Lin. 381

• Lightning Fire Thunder Chariot, Light Thunder Gentle Rain, and Fleeting Thunderclap — lightning-based combat and movement techniques used to defeat Cai Lin. 381
• Lightning Phantom Body — splits him into two bodies, allowing one to manage herb harvesting while the other continues onward; maintaining clones and puppets simultaneously causes mental exhaustion. 791

Human Dao Techniques

Nalan Ye employs the Human Great Dao Dou Skill Red Dust Rolling and uses Human Dao Insight to suppress an opponent's Dou Skills while strengthening his own. 381

• Righteous Qi — can draw upon the energy of nearby Dou Zhe to strike large-scale targets, including the Flower Sect's guardian array. 946

Offensive Techniques

• God Slaying Thorn — used alongside Heavenly Flame Venerable's fireballs to kill Mu Lan Valley's Great Elder. 321
• Dou Sheng Right Arm and Thunder Startles the World — used against Yu Bing during the battle at Fallen God Stream. 469
• Three Thousand Weak Waters and Human World Kindling Flame — used to overcome attacks from a Medicine Clan Venerable. 929
• Illusions and burst-type secret techniques — allowed him to temporarily contend with an opponent whose cultivation had been forcibly raised to Seven-Star Dou Zong. 680

Puppets and Auxiliary Strength

Nalan Ye commands ten puppets capable of combining into a fighter with Venerable-level combat strength. Their full capability was concealed until they were forced into action. 801

Bloodline and Soul Changes

After absorbing Ancient Void Dragon Clan bloodline power in the Blood Pool, Nalan Ye developed dragon-like characteristics alongside his Nine-Star Dou Zong cultivation. 927

• His physical body was lost before his reunion with the Little Fairy Doctor; Heavenly Flame Venerable guided the subsequent refinement of a replacement body. 269 361
• Absorbing spiritual liquid from the Scarlet Stone caused a severe cultivation deviation, turning his eyes scarlet and making him attack Qing Lin and Black Water Profound Yin. 446

Equipment

• Nine-Section Copper Mace — weapon used to defeat Wang Chen through superior attack speed. 562
• Nine Earths Thunder Lance — gifted by a Lightning Clan member after Nalan Ye's clash with the Medicine Clan. 929
• Tin Fish-scale half-armor — defensive armor made from a fourth-tier magical beast's scales; gifted by Nalan Yanran. 14
• Rings of Holding — used to carry the resources emptied from Mu Lan Valley's treasury. 325

Relationships

• Xiao Meier — fiancée. Nalan Ye refused her attempt to annul their engagement and later reaffirmed his commitment to marry her. 2 973
• Xiao Yan — sworn-brother-like ally and longtime friend. Nalan Ye protected him in Wutan City, supported the Xiao Family, assisted in rescuing Yao Lao, and is regarded by Xiao Yan as close as Xiao Ding and Xiao Li. 2 694
• Nalan Tie — biological grandfather and a consistent defender of Nalan Ye within the Nalan Family. 19 54
• Nalan Jie — old clan leader and a crucial pillar of the Nalan Family. Their relationship began under threat and suspicion but developed around mutual family interests. 10 91
• Nalan Sun'er — younger sister who admires Nalan Ye and later reaches the Dou Wang realm. 11 961
• Nalan Yanran — cousin and close family ally. He sought to aid her grandfather, arranged her marriage to Xiao Yan, and later reunited with her and her son. 14 326 962
• Yun Yun — Yun Lan Sect Master. Nalan Ye's feelings for her were initially unreciprocated, though he continued corresponding with and sending her cultivation resources. 96 580
• Little Fairy Doctor — trusted ally who offered to gather materials for Nalan Ye's body refinement and repeatedly defended him. 269 680
• Qing Lin — protected associate and Nalan Family Guest Elder. She remained concerned for him even after his cultivation deviation caused him to attack her. 113 446
• Heavenly Flame Venerable — mentor and combat partner who guided Nalan Ye's body refinement and supported him against powerful enemies. 321 361
• Ling Ying — ostensibly presented as Nalan Ye's teacher, though he obeyed Nalan Ye's orders; later accused him of connections to the Hall of Souls. 179 224
• Mu Qingluan — supporter who believed Nalan Ye's denial of collusion with the Hall of Souls. 694
• Zi Yan — close friend and ally; Nalan Ye helped search for her father, Zhu Kun. 804 979

Story Role / Major Arcs

Wutan City and the Nalan Family

Nalan Ye prevents Galeo from attacking Xiao Yan and Xun Er, publicly aligns the Nalan Family with the Xiao Family, and departs Wutan City to begin an independent journey. 2 3

His return to the Nalan Family places him in conflict with Nalan Jie over the annulled engagement and exposes the threat of Branding Iron Poison. He contributes the Seven Coloured Poison Scripture toward the search for a cure. 10 14

Rise to Heir Apparent

The Nalan elders debate appointing Nalan Ye Young Clan Leader while covertly monitoring him for connections to an unknown outside force. His success in directing the Azure Lotus Core Flame operation and receiving credit for the Medusa Queen's defeat greatly raises his standing. 54 91

He is formally established as the Nalan Family's Heir Apparent during the triumphal return ceremony north of Gama City. 103 113

Left Supervisor and the Nalan Empire

As Left Supervisor, Nalan Ye confronts threats to the Nalan Empire, including Xia Valley's Qi Yu. He chooses to undergo his Dou Zong tribulation far above Nalan City to limit collateral damage. 364 378

Although he was believed dead for two years after the Canaan Academy incident, the Supervisory Left Division endured under Zoe's temporary management. Nalan Ye later began refining a new physical body under Heavenly Flame Venerable's guidance. 266 361

Central Plains and the Great Love Alliance

In the Central Plains, Nalan Ye aids the effort to rescue Yao Lao from the Hall of Souls. Xiao Yan credits him with locating Yao Lao, finding allies in Starfall Pavilion and Burning Flame Valley, and infiltrating the Hall of Souls' territory. 694

He campaigns for alliance leadership by proposing a Supervisory Bureau to restrain the leader's authority, then secures Tang Zhen's support and becomes alliance leader. 746 747

Ancient Clan and Heavenly Tomb

Nalan Ye brings Xiao Yan toward the Ancient Clan despite the danger involved and earns recognition for his potential from Dou Sheng expert Gu Xun. 885 895

Within the Heavenly Tomb, he spends a year in the Blood Pool, absorbs Ancient Void Dragon bloodline power, reaches Nine-Star Dou Zong, and receives Xiao Xuan's trust to restore the Xiao Clan. 927

Return as a Dou Sheng

Nalan Ye returns to the Nalan Empire as a figure of overwhelming influence. His eventual advancement to Dou Sheng prompts a major gathering at Yun Lan Mountain, where he assures Xiao Meier that their marriage will take place in the future. 961 973

Notable Quotes

“I am Nalan Ye, Left Supervisor of the Nalan Empire.” 378

“I don't know. I just saw all of you cultivating, so I followed along.” 341

“My name is Nalan Ye, and I am Zi Yan's very, very, very, very best friend!” 979

Trivia

• Nalan Ye was sixteen when he advanced to One-Star Fighter. 18
• He repeatedly corrects people who mispronounce his surname as “Na” rather than “Nalan.” 391
• He was still only twenty-four when he remarked that he had “gotten more handsome again.” 816