Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Yao Chen (药尘) 78 |
| Alias(es) | Old Yao; Medicine Venerable 78 128 |
| Species/Race | Human; member of the Yao Clan 206 |
| Gender | Male 78 |
| Affiliation | Formerly the Yao Clan; Starfall Pavilion 206 298 |
| Occupation/Role | Alchemist; former master of Han Feng; alchemy teacher to Ling Li 72 215 |
| Status | Alive in Han Feng's body after surviving for decades as a Soul Body 78 209 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 78 78 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Peak Nine-Star Dou Zun; mid-stage Heaven Realm soul at his peak | 72 298 | His former strength before Han Feng and the Soul Hall destroyed his body. |
| Peak Dou Huang | 216 | Recovered after taking possession of Han Feng's body; could exercise limited control over Spatial Power. |
| Peak Mortal Realm soul | 220 | Recovered by drawing on fierce souls, but held back further recovery because Han Feng's body was too frail to contain a Spirit Realm soul. |
| Dou Zong; Spirit Realm soul | 298 | Reached Dou Zong after months of recovery and refining Beast Fire into Prosperity Fire. His soul had also returned to the Spirit Realm. |
Background and History
Yao Chen obtained the flame-devouring cultivation method Fentian Jue from ancient ruins and had his prized disciple Han Feng test it. He found the Sea Heart Flame for Han Feng and acquired a child flame of the Three Thousand Burning Flame for a further trial. Their relationship was already strained: Yao Chen's experiments had cost many lives, and Han Feng had become a favored test subject. Han Feng later colluded with the Soul Hall to ambush him, leaving Yao Chen without his body 72.
Yao Chen's weakened soul survived for decades in a black ring. He sustained himself by absorbing Xiao Yan's Dou Qi for three years. When he discovered that Xiao Yan's body might serve as a vessel, he tried to destroy Xiao Yan's soul and possess him, but another Soul Body blocked the attack. Yao Chen then offered to teach Xiao Yan, who reluctantly accepted him as a master 78.
Ling Li took the ring from Xiao Yan and compelled Yao Chen to refine pills in exchange for help restoring him 127 128. When Ling Li later confronted Han Feng, Yao Chen took possession of his former disciple's body with Ling Li's assistance. He kept Han Feng's soul captive, intending to prolong his revenge 206 209.
After reaching Central Continent, Yao Chen concealed his identity and entered the Four Pavilions Gathering to regain access to Starfall Pavilion. Following the pavilion's change in leadership, he helped develop it alongside Dan Lang and directed its elders during the crisis caused by Ling Li's breakthrough 298 307 308.
Appearance
As a Soul Body, Yao Chen appears as an illusory elder in white robes, with white hair and beard and the bearing of an immortal sage 128.
- Possessed body — Han Feng's blue hair turned snowy white after Yao Chen took possession of him 209.
- Disguise — At the Four Pavilions Gathering, he appeared as a white-haired young man in green robes 298.
Personality
Yao Chen is outwardly composed and courteous, but can be calculating. He concealed his attempt to possess Xiao Yan, accepted Ling Li's pill-refining bargain while privately assessing Ling Li as another possible vessel, and later suppressed his strength to pursue Starfall Pavilion without being recognized 78 128 298. His hatred of Han Feng and the Soul Hall can break that composure; he described an elaborate plan to torture Han Feng's captive soul 209 218.
Abilities & Skills
Alchemy
Yao Chen is an accomplished alchemist and a former Pill Gathering champion. Accounts of his grade differ: Ling Li calls him a ninth-grade alchemist, while a later passage places his personal achievement at the peak of the eighth grade 128 206.
- Refined a Reviving Purple Spirit Pill while still a weakened Soul Body, dividing his flame into more than ten clusters to process ingredients simultaneously 160.
- Guided Ling Li from rudimentary alchemy to refining Sixth-grade Pills in five days; Little Doctor Fairy also advanced while listening to his instruction 215.
- Offered to make a seventh-tier Restoration Yuan Pill to treat Hai Bodong's lingering injuries, once he had the time 216.
Bone Spirit Cold Flame
Yao Chen wields the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, an eleventh-ranked Mysterious Flame 206 299.
- Shapes the pale-white flame into a cauldron for pill refinement 160.
- Used it to restrain Han Feng's soul and overwhelm Feng Qing'er's Life Devouring Flame 209 298 299.
- Its flames produce a bone-piercing chill while exerting intense heat 299.
Soul Power and Possession
- Could reside in an inanimate ring as a Soul Body and manifest outside it 78 160.
- Temporarily controlled Xiao Yan's body to destroy a dangerous wall fragment 119.
- Fused with Han Feng's body without apparent rejection; the body's frailty initially limited how far his soul could recover 209 220.
Equipment, Weapons and Items
- Black ring — sheltered his Soul Body for decades; passed from Xiao Yan to Ling Li 78 127.
- Bone Spirit Cold Flame — his Mysterious Flame and principal tool for alchemy and combat 160 299.
- Fentian Jue — an ancient method he recovered and tested through Han Feng 72 128.
- Myriad Beasts Cauldron — a cauldron formerly held by Han Feng that proved compatible with Yao Chen after his possession 224.
Relationships
- Han Feng — prized disciple turned betrayer. Yao Chen took his body and imprisoned his soul 72 206 209.
- Xiao Yan — briefly his disciple; Yao Chen drained his Dou Qi and attempted to possess him before the ring was taken away 78 127.
- Ling Li — secured Yao Chen's pill-refining services, helped him acquire a body, and later learned alchemy from him 128 206 215.
- Little Doctor Fairy — benefited from his alchemy instruction; he later proposed methods that might allow her to practise alchemy despite her Calamity Poison Body 215 339.
- Wind Venerable Gu Ling — once a close friend whom Yao Chen saved with a Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill; Yao Chen resented his role in taking control of Starfall Pavilion after the Soul Hall ambush 300 305.
- Hua Yu — a woman from his past who initially rejected his attempts to help her; he later treated her with an eighth-tier healing pill 349.