Xiao Yuan

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Xiao Yuan (萧源) 181 283
Alias(es)	Kyoto's Strongest Prodigy; Future Martial God; Longhua Twin King 282 422
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Xiao Family direct lineage 181
Occupation/Role	Martial artist; peerless prodigy of Longhua's younger generation 282 354
Status	Entered the mysterious fissure associated with the Universe Gate to address its abnormalities and break free of the original Six Paths; his subsequent whereabouts and survival remain unconfirmed. A previously active clone defended Blue Star, while a separate soul projection and residual Six Paths power later assisted Su Ye through the Six Paths Orb. 521 704 706 802 932
First Appearance	Chapter 181 (first mention); Chapter 283 (physical arrival) 181 283

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Bone Tempering Realm	283	Arrived at Shenyun as Kyoto's foremost Bone Tempering prodigy.
Flawless Ninth Extreme Bone	285	Condensed a flawless ninth Extreme Bone and an even Dao Heart amid his battle with Su Ye.
Blood Nourishing Realm	304	Created a personal Tenth Extreme Bone Method: six virtual bones fused through his Six Paths Body, followed by a breakthrough.
Great Blood Nourishing Realm	305	Reflected the Six Paths Samsara imagery after advancing.
True Force level	326	Defeated an Initial Essence Fusion martial artist within thirty moves.
High-stage Essence Fusion	427	Held Initial True Bone Zhang Tianlie for one hundred moves without falling behind.
Essence Fusion Perfection	547	Retrospectively identified as his cultivation when he held back the Heavenly Bamboo Exploding Tiger during the Spirit Bamboo Secret Realm battle.
True Bone Realm	494	Secretly broke through while remaining unconscious after the Spirit Bamboo Secret Realm battle.
Mid-level God-Opening Realm	547	Reappeared in the Great Demon Sea and confronted a fourth-level Divine Realm enemy alongside Su Ye.
Dual Divine Pull and Star Marrow	548	Demonstrated these attainments while still in the God-Opening Realm; restrained Great Teng Evil Person for half a breath to enable Su Ye's decisive strike.
Clone manifestation; realm unspecified	704	Dispersed the combined attack of twelve peak Initial Shatter Star Heavenly Chosen and sealed their cultivation down to the Star Dust Realm.
Residual Six Paths power and soul projection	932	Left power and a projection in the Six Paths Orb before severing his connection; the projection manifested six vortices and Six Paths phantoms to delay the shadow behind Lin Qingyue.

Background

Xiao Yuan was born into the Xiao Family's direct line as the son of two Martial Gods. He was regarded as the greatest genius in the family's history, with talent said to surpass even its Martial God ancestor. 181 184

He is the only cultivator of his era known to have successfully cultivated the Six Paths Samsara Breathing Meditation Method, later described as having reached perfection. His innate endowments include Twin Martial God Bloodlines, a Spiritual Seed, the Six Paths Body, and a Divine Ability Hidden Seal. 181 282

Before meeting Su Ye, Xiao Yuan was already Kyoto's publicly acknowledged strongest young prodigy. He initially regarded Su Ye's rapid development as merely “interesting,” but recognized him as a peer after learning of his accomplishments. 181 184

The Xiao Family's Six Paths tradition had a historical rivalry with the Qi Family's Nine Extremes tradition. More than three hundred years earlier, Xiao Yuan's Martial God ancestor defeated the Qi Family's Martial God by one move. Xiao Yuan initially believed that even a fully mastered Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Meditation Technique would not make Su Ye his equal. 184

His reputation attracted extraordinary recruitment offers from the Five Great Academies. Nine Heavens Academy publicly expressed its intention to nurture him into a Martial Dao Pioneer, expecting him to open a path for humanity rather than merely become a Martial God. 282

His connection to Six Paths eventually became a threat to his independent identity. He later deliberately entered the unknown region beyond the Universe Gate as part of an effort to break free of the original Six Paths, leaving behind power and a soul projection before severing the connection. 932

Appearance

Xiao Yuan is a strikingly handsome youth with an evil-charming, composed bearing. His presence is repeatedly described as calm and overwhelming, even when he does not release an aura. 283 354

• One eye is black and the other red, with the Six Paths seemingly revolving within them. 283
• His sharply spiked “pineapple” hairstyle is one of his most recognizable features. 283 522
• He commonly carries a black-and-red trident. 283
• His faint smile and relaxed manner contrast with the pressure he exerts on peers and senior martial artists alike. 354 370
• When he struggled with Six Paths for control, one side of his face displayed an evil-charming expression while the other visibly struggled in anger. 536
• His later soul projection retained his characteristic wicked charm and confidence. 932

Personality

Xiao Yuan is exceptionally confident and difficult to impress. He initially dismisses most prodigies as unworthy of attention, and his calm demeanor remains unchanged even when facing multiple elite opponents. 184 354 355

Despite this pride, he values the pursuit of the Dao over superficial victory. He recognizes Su Ye as the only peer in Longhua worthy of his full acknowledgment, deliberately yielding half a position during their Dao Discussion rather than competing solely to win. 371

His rivalry with Su Ye is defined by fairness rather than hostility. Xiao Yuan brews Yuan Ye for Su Ye, gives him rare resources to aid his recovery and transformation, and seeks to ensure that Su Ye can meet him at his strongest. 327 337 362

Although the Six Paths influence has destabilized his condition, his clone continued to act in defense of Blue Star, suppressing the invading Inner World Heavenly Chosen alongside Lin Wudi. 704 706

His determination to preserve his own identity eventually led him to undertake the dangerous passage through the Universe Gate. When the shadow behind Lin Qingyue addressed him as Six Paths and questioned his right to exist, he rejected its authority and explicitly distinguished himself from Six Paths. His projection subsequently chose to hold the shadow back so that Su Ye could continue seeking answers. 802 932

Abilities & Skills

Six Paths Body and Six Paths Samsara

Xiao Yuan's Six Paths Body grants him extraordinary command over Spiritual Power and forms the foundation of his unique martial path. 284 304

• His Spiritual Power surpassed the God-Opening level even while he was still in Bone Tempering, allowing him to pressure other heavenly prides off the arena. 284
• His fighting style reverses the usual emphasis of Longhua martial cultivation: his physical cultivation serves as the foundation for mobilizing his exceptional Spiritual Power, rather than Spiritual Power merely supplementing his qi and blood. 284
• He can manifest the Heavenly Path, Human Path, Animal Path, Hell Path, Asura Path, and Hungry Ghost Path through Six Paths imagery. 304 376
• Asura Path dramatically augments his speed and Spiritual Power in battle. 284
• Six Paths Rotation restrained Great Teng Evil Person, a fourth-level Divine Realm opponent, long enough for Su Ye to land a decisive strike. 548
• His Six Paths imagery can replicate external phenomena and form an evolving world, overwhelming the Eight Great Prodigies during the Drinking and Dao Discussion. 366 370
• His approach observes and copies external forms, then combines them to manifest the phenomena he needs, contrasting with Su Ye's extraction of insights to transform his True Self. 362
• His clone effortlessly dispersed the combined strike of twelve peak Initial Shatter Star Realm Inner World Heavenly Chosen and sealed them down to the Star Dust Realm. 704
• His residual power manifested six doorway-like vortices with Six Paths phantoms. The accompanying soul projection stated that this power was particularly suited to dealing with the shadow behind Lin Qingyue and used it to hold the shadow back temporarily. 932

Tenth Extreme Bone Method

After witnessing Su Ye's path, Xiao Yuan forged his own method for the Tenth Extreme Bone. 304

• He condensed six “Six Roots Virtual Bones” through the Six Paths Body. 304
• He fused the six virtual bones into a single Tenth Extreme Bone before entering the Blood Nourishing Realm. 304
• The method is uniquely tailored to him and his Six Paths foundation. 304

Six-Origin Emergence

Xiao Yuan opened a distinct path in the Essence Fusion Realm known as Six-Origin Emergence. 422

• He condensed six fundamentally different forms of origin power. 422
• These six origins can combine into numerous varieties of Yuan Power rather than relying on a single type. 422
• The path enabled combat strength far beyond his realm, including holding his own against Initial True Bone Zhang Tianlie while at High-stage Essence Fusion. 427

Supreme Divine Eye

Xiao Yuan used the Supreme Divine Eye to unleash the Light Cone Sword against Su Ye. The eye's power was identified by Su Ling as his own endowment, consistent with Xiao Yuan borrowing the abilities of other prodigies during the battle. 285

• The technique releases extremely fast and sharp Sword Qi. 285
• He also borrowed the endowments of four geniuses during the Shenyun battle, combining them with Martial God Skills and secret weapons. 285
• His borrowed techniques included Falling to the Nine Netherworlds, Severing Mountains and Rivers, and Nine Crows Heavenly Fierce Sword. Their power exceeded the original users' displays because of Xiao Yuan's stronger foundation and Six Paths endowment. 285

Six Paths Anomaly

Xiao Yuan's Six Paths inheritance is tied to an unstable and dangerous condition. 494 525

• After the Spirit Bamboo Secret Realm battle, he remained unconscious even after breaking through to True Bone. 494
• His True Bone breakthrough occurred without the expected Heavenly Tribulations, further puzzling Longhua's officials. 494
• He vanished from the guarded Xiao Family without Jingkong Supreme detecting how he left. 521
• During the Great Demon Sea incident, Su Ye concluded that the personality controlling Xiao Yuan was Six Paths, not Xiao Yuan himself, due to its knowledge of the Nine Extremes God-Connecting Sword. 525
• Xiao Yuan visibly struggled with the evil-charming Six Paths personality for control of his body in the Great Demon Sea. 536
• During that struggle, he accused Six Paths of causing Su Ye to be discovered, forcibly regained control, and headed back toward the island. 536
• A later reappearance in the Inner World was explicitly identified as a clone. 704
• He deliberately took the dangerous step through the Universe Gate to break free of the original Six Paths. The region beyond the gate was unknown, and those who entered it were said never to have returned. 932
• The shadow behind Lin Qingyue described Six Paths as a “variable” that should not have existed and referred to an outsider having saved him through a technique. Xiao Yuan rejected the identification, stating that he was Xiao Yuan rather than Six Paths. 932

Alchemy and Wine Brewing

Xiao Yuan secretly learned alchemy in ten days and refined a Fourth-grade pill, which he transformed into wine to conceal his conceptual imagery and help Su Ye prepare for a qualitative transformation. 337

• His Yuan Ye incorporates his insights into imagery at successive stages of cultivation. 362
• He supplements the wine with rare family resources to aid Su Ye's recovery, despite Jingkong Supreme's objections. 337 362

Clones and Soul Projections

Xiao Yuan has appeared through manifestations distinct from his original body. 704 932

• His Blue Star defender was explicitly a clone, yet possessed sufficient power to suppress the Twelve Heavenly Chosen. 704
• After telling Su Ye's Dao Rhyme Void Shadow that another spacetime awaited his return, the clone became illusory and vanished within a few breaths. 706
• The Six Paths Orb contains residual Six Paths power and a soul projection left behind before he severed his connection. The projection's knowledge ends at the moment of that severance and does not establish what happened to his original body afterward. 932
• The projection sensed the power associated with the shadow behind Lin Qingyue and manifested to confront it. 932

Equipment / Items

• Black-and-red trident — Xiao Yuan's signature weapon. 283
• Black-purple Space Ring — Used to store rare resources, including materials for Yuan Ye. 362
• Yuan Ye — Wine brewed for Su Ye containing Xiao Yuan's insights into imagery at every stage. 326 362
• Tip of the Eight Fiends Divine Blood Leaf — A rare Xiao Family treasure Xiao Yuan added to Yuan Ye to treat Su Ye's injuries. 362
• Spirit Bamboo Secret Realm mission ring — Provided by Western America to track his position and calculate contribution points while he and Su Ye represented Longhua's first team. 447
• Six Paths Orb — A smooth, jet-black orb containing residual Six Paths power and Xiao Yuan's soul projection. Luo Wu gave it to Su Ye; the projection later instructed Su Ye to take it with him while it delayed the shadow behind Lin Qingyue. 932

Relationships

• Su Ye — Rival, acknowledged peer, and later teammate. Xiao Yuan considers Su Ye the only person among Longhua's peers worthy of his recognition; they cooperate repeatedly in the Spirit Bamboo Secret Realm and Great Demon Sea. His clone later indicated that Su Ye remained alive and would return to another spacetime in a year. His soul projection subsequently directed Su Ye to seek the Nine Extremes Saint Venerable for answers about the Universe Gate and the shadow behind Lin Qingyue, then remained behind to delay that shadow. 337 371 428 548 706 932
• Xiao Family Twin Martial Gods — His parents and the source of his Twin Martial God Bloodlines. They devoted extensive instruction and family resources to his upbringing and expressed concern over his unexplained disappearance. 181 282 285 521
• Xiao Yuliang — Younger cousin and fellow Xiao Family prodigy; Xiao Yuliang used a Domain Void Stone to summon Xiao Yuan to Shenyun. 282 283
• Jingkong Supreme — Xiao Family elder and Xiao Yuliang's father, making him Xiao Yuan's uncle. He objects to Xiao Yuan expending family treasures on Su Ye, but cannot easily restrain him. 291 337 362
• Lin Wudi — Rival with a prior history; Lin Wudi later arrived to support Xiao Yuan's clone against the Twelve Heavenly Chosen, and the two jointly suppressed them for a year. An earlier single exchange at the Xiao Family gates prompted Lin Wudi to leave silently and enter secluded cultivation. 336 337 704 706
• Nine Suns Blazing Eagle — A Mid-stage Supreme Demon Beast subdued by Xiao Yuan and briefly used as a mount in the Great Demon Sea. 522
• Chen Mengyao — Tianxuan Sect Saintess assigned to recruit Xiao Yuan after the sect learned that he had defeated an Eight Fiends Inheritance bearer at the same realm in an Earth Realm Cave Heaven. 604
• Guo Qingyun — Kyoto's second-ranked prodigy, who views Xiao Yuan with affection and complicated competitive feelings. She seeks to prove that she can keep pace with him after spending years pursuing his position. 354
• Luo Wu — Collaborator in the events surrounding the mysterious fissure and Universe Gate. Xiao Yuan entrusted him with a task concerning Su Ye before entering the fissure; Luo Wu later delivered the orb containing Xiao Yuan's residual power and soul projection to Su Ye. 802 932
• Six Paths — The inheritance-linked presence that contested control of his body. Xiao Yuan later sought to break free of the original Six Paths and explicitly asserted his separate identity. 525 536 932
• Lin Qingyue and the shadow behind her — Lin Qingyue resented his apparent indifference after following him in the Great Demon Sea. His soul projection later confronted the shadow associated with her, rejected its judgment of his existence, and held it back to assist Su Ye. 523 932

Story Role / Major Arcs

Shenyun Battle

• Xiao Yuan was summoned to Shenyun by Xiao Yuliang through the Domain Void Stone after Su Ye defeated the other prodigies. 282 283
• He defeated Shanghai prodigy Zhang Wudao with two words, demonstrating the gulf between himself and ordinary heavenly prides. 283
• He and Su Ye fought for more than one hundred moves, each condensing a flawless ninth Extreme Bone and even Dao Heart during the battle. 284 285
• After Su Ye forged the Tenth Extreme Bone, his God-Connecting Sword forced Xiao Yuan back three steps and disrupted his previously unshaken composure. 286
• Jingkong Supreme intervened to halt the duel under instructions from Xiao Yuan's parents. 291
• Xiao Yuan later stated that he could condense a Tenth Extreme Bone within two weeks and intended to carve out a new path. 291

Drinking and Dao Discussion

• Xiao Yuan challenged Su Ye to another confrontation after pioneering his Six Roots Virtual Bone Method. 304 305
• He brewed Yuan Ye specifically for Su Ye and refused to open the remaining Dao Discussion wine until Su Ye arrived. 326 327 355
• Before the gathering, he exchanged one move with Lin Wudi at the Xiao Family gates; Lin Wudi then withdrew into secluded cultivation. 336 337
• He secretly learned alchemy and converted a Fourth-grade pill into wine to support Su Ye's approaching transformation. 337
• He faced the Eight Great Prodigies alone, then defeated them through Six Paths Samsara's replication of the external world. 361 366
• During his Dao Discussion with Su Ye, both reached the peak of the Myriad Laws Inscription Dao Stone; Xiao Yuan voluntarily lowered his Six Paths imagery by half a position. 370 371

Longhua Twin Kings and the Spirit Bamboo Secret Realm

• Xiao Yuan rose to eleventh on the Dragon Phoenix Ascending God Ranking after making a single move against a High Rank True Bone mentor. 395
• He traveled to Houston, defeated its strongest second-year student, and fought its second-ranked third-year student to a standstill. 422
• He subsequently ranked fourth on the Dragon Phoenix Ascending God Ranking, behind third-ranked Su Ye; their achievements earned them the shared title Longhua Twin Kings. 422
• He invited Su Ye to form a two-person team for the Spirit Bamboo Secret Realm, believing only Su Ye was qualified to stand beside him. 428 443
• The pair entered as Longhua's first team and received mission rings for tracking and contribution-point calculation. 447
• In the secret realm, he and Su Ye blocked an Initial Spirit Splitting great demon's Divine Ability; Xiao Yuan later held back the Heavenly Bamboo Exploding Tiger while Su Ye broke through. 454 547
• After the tribulation dispersed, the Heavenly Bamboo Exploding Tiger attacked Xiao Yuan again, but Su Ye killed it with a single sword strike. 459
• The strain left him unconscious, though he secretly advanced into the True Bone Realm. 494

Great Demon Sea and Inner World Reappearance

• After disappearing from the Xiao Family, Xiao Yuan resurfaced in the Great Demon Sea, subdued the Nine Suns Blazing Eagle, and searched for Su Ye. 521 522
• His unusually sinister bearing and effortless control of the Supreme Demon Beast alarmed Su Li, while Lin Qingyue secretly followed him and resented being ignored. 523
• Su Ye identified the controlling presence as Six Paths after it displayed knowledge of the Nine Extremes God-Connecting Sword. 525
• Xiao Yuan struggled to regain control of his body and returned toward the island to help Su Ye. 536
• He fought beside Su Ye against Great Teng Evil Person, enabling Su Ye to kill the fourth-level Divine Realm opponent in a coordinated attack. 547 548
• Great Teng Evil Person's dying act summoned a fifth-level Divine Realm Sea Python; the appearance of the Nine Heavens Palace and Nirvana Rebirth blocked its initial attack. 548
• His willingness to risk his life for Su Ye was noted alongside the rescue efforts of Lin Wudi and Su Ling, despite their very different personalities. 550
• The Tianxuan Sect subsequently identified Xiao Yuan as an unprecedented Earth Realm Cave Heaven prodigy and dispatched Saintess Chen Mengyao to recruit him. 604
• In the Inner World, he had previously defeated three Hundred Meridians Inheritors in succession before disappearing again. 704
• A clone of Xiao Yuan later returned and effortlessly dispersed the combined attack of the Twelve Heavenly Chosen, sealing their cultivation down to the Star Dust Realm. 704
• When Chen Feng threatened to mobilize the Sacred Star Formation through an Outer Sacred Token, Lin Wudi arrived as the Outer Sacred Palace's Young Palace Master and revoked the token. 704
• Xiao Yuan and Lin Wudi crippled the Twelve Heavenly Chosen for a year; Xiao Yuan's clone also revealed that Su Ye was alive and would return to another spacetime after one year. 706
• The clone addressed Su Ye's Dao Rhyme Void Shadow before fading away. Its reference to “another spacetime” led Su Ye to consider a possible connection with Luo Wu's instruction to return to Blue Star and with his original world, Earth. 706

Universe Gate and Six Paths Orb

• Xiao Yuan entered a mysterious fissure after entrusting Luo Wu with a task concerning Su Ye. 802
• The fissure's significance was later linked to abnormalities in the Universe Gate, which required a special existence to fill it. Xiao Yuan deliberately took this dangerous step while attempting to break free of the original Six Paths. 932
• Before severing his connection, he left residual Six Paths power and a soul projection in the Six Paths Orb, which Luo Wu subsequently gave to Su Ye. The projection clarified that its knowledge extended only to the final moment before that severance. 932
• The orb projected Xiao Yuan when it sensed the power connected to the shadow behind Lin Qingyue. The shadow condemned Six Paths as a variable that should not exist, but Xiao Yuan denied that it had authority over his existence and insisted on his separate identity. 932
• His projection told Su Ye to find the Nine Extremes Saint Venerable for possible answers about the shadow and what lay beyond the gate. It stated that there were matters it could not disclose. 932
• Xiao Yuan manifested six vortices and Six Paths phantoms to delay the shadow, instructing Su Ye to take the orb and proceed. Su Ye accepted without further questioning, demonstrating their continued tacit understanding. 932

Notable Quotes

“Together. Attack.” 361

“This wine is called Yuan Ye. Within it are my insights into imagery from every stage!” 362

“Among Long Hua's peers, only you, Su Ye!” 371

“Did anyone ever say he was dead?” 706

“A year from now, when you return. Another spacetime is waiting for you...” 706

“Does my existence require your approval?” 932

“You've got the wrong person. I'm Xiao Yuan, not the Six Paths.” 932

“I'll hold it back for you for a while. Just take my Six Paths Orb with you.” 932

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