Bu Yingshu

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Bu Yingshu entered Yufa Pavilion’s Special Task Force to review and dismantle the Sect-Guarding cultivation method Blood Tide Essence Qi Sacred Observation. She regarded Zhang Yu, then a Second-Rank Sect Affairs Officer, as a potentially useful lower cultivator because of his unusually rapid martial-arts learning. 800 801

While overseeing Zhang Yu’s work, she began personally instructing him in Derivative Cultivation Methods and extracting Immortal Dao Techniques with him. Her talent repeatedly improved during their joint research, leading her to regard Zhang Yu as an exclusive “personal tool” whose value must not be shared with other Immortal Clan members. 803 804

Bu Yingshu eventually extracted all ten Immortal Dao Techniques from Blood Tide Essence Qi Sacred Observation. She determined that the method required the equivalent of an eighteen-layer Dao Foundation and proposed a two-person combination method to meet that requirement. She later demonstrated the technique’s effects by merging with Zhang Yu before Yufa Pavilion officials and announced plans to commercialize it. 812 816 818

After the Special Task Force concluded, she publicly marked Zhang Yu as her own by declaring her intent to recruit him for the Martial Arts Pavilion, arranging future promotions, and requiring him to pin a photograph of the two of them to his public profile. 819

When Zhang Yu was reassigned to the dangerous Old Days Graveyard, Bu Yingshu was embarrassed by her failure to secure his transfer and arranged compensation. She later lent him her Immortal Shuttle, defended his seizure of Ying Aikun’s Immortal Inheritance as acting under her authority, and became involved in the Old Days Graveyard’s reconstruction politics. 823 826 846 849

Her growing research accomplishments increased her substantive authority within the Martial Arts Pavilion, culminating in her promotion to Seventh Rank and appointment as Pavilion Master. During Third-Generation Legislation training, she pursued expiring realm certifications as a means of restoring competition, while Zhang Yu secretly used temporary Chain Law Diagram enhancements to encourage her to cultivate on his behalf. 915 940 949

After advancing to Tribulation Crossing, she continued backing Zhang Yu during disputes over his Law Article pilot program and legal reforms, despite repeated warnings from her family. Her support included destroying Ban Jinchen’s clone and forcing entry into Life-Balancing Grotto-Heaven, although her aunt Bu Aixian later neutralized her through an Immortal Clan-specific Law Article. 981 992 1007

By the martial spar a year later, Bu Yingshu’s fundamental attributes had reached peak Tribulation Crossing standards. Nevertheless, Zhang Yu’s superior strength forced her to confront the reversal of their former relationship, prompting her to ask her father how to regain his obedience. 1073

Personality

Bu Yingshu is openly aristocratic and domineering toward lower cultivators. She treats her own needs as sufficient reason for others to accommodate her, expects obedience, and uses fines, payments, and personal authority to command Zhang Yu’s time and labor. 802 804 818

She is intensely ambitious about proving her talent and achieving immortality. Her early breakthroughs convince her that she possesses peerless aptitude, making her increasingly determined to complete Blood Tide Essence Qi Sacred Observation, improve her Dao Seed, and establish herself within the Martial Arts Pavilion. 803 805 915

Her protectiveness toward Zhang Yu is inseparable from possessiveness. She shields him from investigations, secures privileges for him, and confronts those who harm him, but also attempts to control his career, associations, and contact with Heaven Sword Sect cultivators. 811 819 863 875 881

Despite her confidence, Bu Yingshu is sensitive to humiliation and to the possibility that Zhang Yu may outgrow her influence. His rising authority and cultivation make her increasingly cautious, particularly because she believes he knows the secret of her connection to the Great Saint Successor. 823 915 940

Her aristocratic worldview treats the Myriad Laws Sect’s land, resources, and institutions as an ancestral estate won by the immortals. She regards the opportunity for ordinary people to cultivate as a benefit bestowed by her ancestors, and resents non-Immortal Clan officials using Sect authority for private profit while considering similar privileges natural for herself. 800 877

She is highly responsive to praise and emotional reassurance. Zhang Yu and his advisers repeatedly soothe her anger through flattery, while she interprets their conciliatory messages as proof that he remains devoted to her. Her confidence in her own ability to control others frequently exceeds her actual understanding of their intentions. 915 947 979 1062

Her ambition also makes her suspicious of her own family. She entertains the possibility that Bu Yuangui and the Wanfa Immortal Emperor are suppressing her potential, and initially interprets her father’s increased support as a test before recognizing the unsettling influence of a new Dao Orthodoxy on his behavior. 979 986 1017

When Zhang Yu surpasses her in martial strength, she attributes his growth to money and benefits from the Immortal Emperors rather than readily accepting his superiority. Although she maintains a defiant appearance, she privately recognizes that her talent development and prospects of immortality remain tied to him. 1073

Abilities & Skills

Cultivation-Method Analysis

Bu Yingshu specializes in analyzing, dismantling, and reconstructing cultivation methods, particularly methods involving Immortal Dao Techniques.

• Extracted all ten Immortal Dao Techniques from Blood Tide Essence Qi Sacred Observation. 812
• Determined that the method requires the equivalent of an eighteen-layer Dao Foundation to begin cultivation. 816
• Developed a two-person combination approach to simulate the method’s requirements. 816 818
• Uses her improved talent to rapidly comprehend martial arts and contribute increasingly valuable work within the Martial Arts Pavilion. 915
• Successfully began learning Pull Kunlun Overturn Heaven Divine Ability and Kunlun in Palm, which she planned to extract with Zhang Yu to further awaken her talent. 877
• Conducted research and instruction with Zhang Yu on the Kunpeng Heaven-Swallowing Art. Zhang Yu concealed his existing mastery while encouraging her to guide him. 891

[Wanfa Immortal Clan] Dao Seed

Her Dao Seed develops through repeated cultivation-method research with Zhang Yu.

• Awakens at Level 1 during Basic Cultivation Method research, then advances through work on progressively higher-grade methods. 802 803 805 807
• Reaches Level 5 during the Blood Tide Essence Qi Sacred Observation project; its later effects include improved talent, comprehension, and research performance. 812 915
• Raises her efficiency in martial-arts study and research. 915
• Makes Zhang Yu strategically valuable to her, since their joint work repeatedly stimulates her advancement. 804 918
• Can be duplicated and developed by Zhang Yu through his Dao Seed Compendium and their joint extraction of Immortal Dao Techniques, a mechanism she does not understand. 802 803 804

Great Saint Successor Manifestation

Zhang Yu injects the [Great Saint Successor] Chain Law Diagram into Bu Yingshu’s Law Aperture.

• Gives her a powerful surge in cultivation and perception. 918
• Allows her thoughts to extend across Kunxu Layer 11, unintentionally producing a Spirit Realm-wide broadcast. 919
• Rapidly drains her Magical Power during the broadcast; she feels that her thoughts could extend to higher Kunxu layers if she continued. 919
• Leads her to believe that her control over power connected to the Desolate Ox Demon Saint is improving, though the phenomenon causes her distress and attracts Orthodox Gods’ attention. 919
• Is temporary: Zhang Yu withdraws the diagram immediately afterward, removing her access to its power. She interprets its disappearance as her own potential becoming dormant again. 919

Her belief that she is a Great Saint Successor predates this later manifestation. During the original research project, she misidentified a Spirit Realm broadcast as her own will. Zhang Yu’s account establishes that he produced that earlier broadcast to conceal the Great Saint Will’s transmission. 815 919

Temporary [Grand Void Dao Body] Enhancement

Zhang Yu secretly places [Grand Void Dao Body] in Bu Yingshu’s Law Aperture while asking her to review Refining Void Basic Cultivation Methods.

• Integrates her recollections and understanding of cultivation methods into an unusually clear state of comprehension. 949
• Enhances cultivation efficiency, Primordial Spirit recovery, and Immortalization Degree improvement through the diagram’s effects. 949
• Disappears when Zhang Yu withdraws the diagram, causing her to panic over the apparent loss of her talent. 949
• Encourages her to practice Basic Cultivation Methods continuously because she believes that doing so awakens her Immortal Dao Potential. 949
• Her diligent cultivation subsequently helps push Zhang Yu’s diagram to 15/14, activating its Infinite Chain Law Diagram effect and increasing its effectiveness by another 40%. 958

Legislation

Bu Yingshu’s legislative work centers on restoring competition through realm-certificate reform.

• Proposes One Certification, Temporary Certification, under which certain realm certificates would expire after ten or twenty years and require renewed competition. 949
• Demonstrates the ability to construct Second-Generation Law Articles during legislative training. 952
• Continues promoting her certification laws during the selection’s second phase. 966
• Joins Di Xuan in rallying trainees and wealthy Material People to promote Law Article Validity Period and support Tai Yuebai’s Two-Day Weekend Law Article during the final competition. 969

Immortal Clan Authority

Bu Yingshu’s status grants her exceptional institutional influence and coercive power.

• Seals Lu Hengzhang’s Dharma Skeletons and Law Treasures in a single move, then repeatedly fines him. 803 804
• Compels the approval of Zhang Yu’s applications for an entire year. 803
• Publicly protects Zhang Yu from memory searches and claims she can compensate him if Sect rules punish him. 811 812
• Uses her standing to intervene in disputes involving Yufa Pavilion, the Old Days Graveyard, and the Management Committee. 819 863
• Arranges Zhang Yu’s participation in the third-round testing of a Strategic Grade technique, giving him an opportunity to learn it without paying for the testing quota. 877
• Can deploy Orthodox Gods and attempt to mobilize financial pressure through her subordinates, although these measures fail against Bai Zhenzhen’s Heaven Sword Sect corporate backing and diplomatic protections. 1032

Tribulation Crossing Combat

• Destroys Ban Jinchen’s clone after emerging from her Immortal Shuttle to protect Zhang Yu. 981
• Breaks through the sealed gate of Life-Balancing Grotto-Heaven and strikes Lian Zizi aside during Zhang Yu’s inspection. 992
• Possesses peak Tribulation Crossing Dao Heart, Physical Strength, and Magical Power by her later spar with Zhang Yu. Despite escalating her output from early to peak Tribulation Crossing standards, she cannot shake him. 1073

Equipment / Items

• Qing Ming Rift Space Immortal Shuttle — A conspicuous Immortal Clan vehicle she lends to Zhang Yu; she later pilots it into the Youxin Department building, killing Ying Aikun. Zhang Yu also uses it to destroy Ying Aikun’s avatar and break the Heavenly Devil Sect blockade in the Illusionary Realm. She leaves it in his care again after protecting him from Ban Jinchen. 823 826 832 839 903 981
• Homicide License — Faintly activates when she believes Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen have deceived her, then recedes after Zhang Yu calms her suspicion. 858 881
• Tribulation Transcendence qualification certificate — Obtained upon her promotion to Seventh Rank, before her subsequent breakthrough from Refining Void to Tribulation Crossing. 940 981
• Tribulation-related securities — Bonds associated with her appear among the rising securities Zhang Yu observes in the Tribulation Bond Market. Public speculation emphasizes her mysterious background, rapid advancement, and supposedly immense accumulated foundation. 1034 1035

Relationships

• Zhang Yu — Research partner, subordinate, and the catalyst for her talent growth. She initially treats him as a personal tool, then publicly marks him as her person, protects him from outside pressure, and seeks to bind him to her through promotion, investment, and marriage offers. After he resists her attempt to seize him, she agrees not to interfere with his work or make trouble for those around him. He later secretly turns her into a cultivation assistant through [Grand Void Dao Body]. By their later martial spar, he can suppress her and briefly rub her head, reversing their former dynamic; she subsequently seeks advice on regaining his obedience. 804 819 915 919 949 951 1073
• Bu Yuangui — Her father, an Ascension Realm, Tenth-Rank Sect Affairs Officer. He advises her to stop treating Zhang Yu as an ordinary subordinate once Zhang Yu gains major influence. She frequently disregards his warnings and suspects him of suppressing her. His later intensive financial support and personal instruction alarm her when she recognizes the influence of a new Dao Orthodoxy. After Zhang Yu surpasses her, he advises her to learn from the flattery she has received and use it to please Zhang Yu. 849 915 1017 1073
• Bu Zhenting — Her Immortal Clan cousin and longtime rival. He formerly considered her talent inadequate and was shocked when she successfully verified Blood Tide Essence Qi Sacred Observation. She resents the greater resources he previously received and reacts furiously to the possibility of him taking Zhang Yu away. 822 823
• Bai Zhenzhen — A Heaven Sword Sect cultivator whom Bu Yingshu distrusts and instinctively dislikes. Her possessiveness toward Zhang Yu repeatedly brings her into conflict with Bai. Bai later persuades her that Zhang Yu’s Law Article Validity Period can help her pursue immortality, redirecting her anger into support for him. Their hostility persists: during a subsequent diplomatic visit, Bai’s corporate backing and immunity prevent Bu Yingshu from controlling their encounter. 857 858 881 979 1032
• Yang Kaitai — Yufa Pavilion’s Deputy Pavilion Master, who opposes continuing the Blood Tide Essence Qi Sacred Observation review and pressures Zhang Yu to report on Bu Yingshu’s progress. 804 805
• Zheng Meng — A lower cultivator initially involved in Bu Yingshu’s experiments and cultivation-method review; Bu Yingshu discards her in favor of working directly with Zhang Yu. 800 803 804
• Xie Lanyin — A Management Committee rival whom Bu Yingshu confronts after Xie attacks Zhang Yu. 863 885
• Bu Aixian — Her aunt, whose authority within the Wanfa Immortal Clan frustrates Bu Yingshu. During the legal-reform confrontation, Bu Yingshu opposes her attempt to take Zhang Yu away, but Bu Aixian disables and sends her home through Immortal Clan Detention. Bu Aixian later contributes a Lower-Grade Blade Arts Book to Zhang Yu’s collection effort. 1007 1062
• Di Xuan — A fellow legislative trainee and certification-policy collaborator. Bu Yingshu resents his attempts to occupy the leading position in their cooperation, though they later coordinate political support during the selection. 952 969
• Lu Jingsong — A Heng’an Securities representative whom she brings to Zhang Yu to explain tribulation financing, betting agreements, and securities. 1034

Story Role / Major Arcs

Blood Tide Essence Qi Sacred Observation

Bu Yingshu drives the Special Task Force’s attempt to validate Blood Tide Essence Qi Sacred Observation. Her collaboration with Zhang Yu lets her extract its Immortal Dao Techniques, overcome the project’s technical barriers, and present a two-person simulation of the method to Yufa Pavilion. 800 812 816 818

She envisions expanding the technique into a commercial ecosystem: simplified and general-purpose versions, fundraising and public listings, Law Treasure and Dharma Skeleton applications, and recurring membership income from transformation and regeneration services. 818

The project also creates her mistaken belief that she is a Great Saint Successor. Fearing exposure to Kunxu’s authorities, she becomes even more determined to keep Zhang Yu close and prevent him from revealing what he knows. 815

Claiming Zhang Yu

After completing the review, Bu Yingshu openly claims Zhang Yu as her favored talent. She promises him a transfer to the Martial Arts Pavilion and advancement to Fourth Rank, then turns their public association into a deterrent against other Sect factions. 819

Her ability to dictate their relationship gradually weakens. During the later Great Saint Successor incident, Zhang Yu resists her grasp through his Azure Lotus Sword Embryo and Grotto-Heaven Power, leading her to recognize that force can no longer reliably control him. She promises not to interfere with his work or trouble his associates. 919

Old Days Graveyard Intervention

Bu Yingshu remains a decisive source of backing after Zhang Yu’s reassignment to the Old Days Graveyard. Her Immortal Shuttle and public defense help him seize Ying Aikun’s inheritance and survive conflicts with the Heavenly Devil Sect and local management factions. 826 832 846

When challenged over the inheritance, she declares that Zhang Yu acted under her orders to reclaim the illegal gains of the criminal immortal Ying Xintian. Her father later explains how the acquisition can help their family participate in the graveyard’s revival, despite its existing investments in High-Intelligence Artifact Spirits. 846 849

Soul Cultivation Industry

Bu Yingshu works with Zhang Yu as the Myriad Laws Sect moves into the Soul Cultivation Industry. Her apparent recklessness causes opponents to attribute extensive strategic planning to her, treating her as the hidden architect behind Zhang Yu’s expansion. 892 914

During their Kunpeng Heaven-Swallowing Art research, she agrees to help bring Wanfa Immortal Clan business to his Soul Cultivation Platform when his company begins its counterattack. 891

Third-Generation Legislation

Bu Yingshu enters the Third-Generation Legislation process with a proposal for One Certification, Temporary Certification, intended to preserve competition and pressure cultivators to keep advancing. She seeks Zhang Yu’s support and offers marriage and Immortal Clan elevation as incentives. 949 951

Before presenting her own goal, she explains potential consequences of rival programs to Zhang Yu, warning that human rights for High-Intelligence Artifact Spirits could enable humanity’s replacement and that distributing money to Lower Cultivators could intensify conflict and war. 944

Zhang Yu’s apparent withdrawal of support in favor of Tai Yuebai enrages her, although his advisers later persuade her to give him another chance. She continues advancing her certification laws, and later coordinates with Di Xuan to rally support for Law Article Validity Period and Tai Yuebai’s Two-Day Weekend. 956 959 966 969

After Zhang Yu’s Law Article freezes her own, she initially regards his conduct as betrayal. Bai Zhenzhen persuades her that removing restrictive Law Articles could instead serve her ambition to ascend and become immortal. Although Bu Yingshu does not fully believe Bai’s account, she concludes that Zhang Yu still represents an opportunity worth pursuing. 979

Tribulation Crossing and Legal Reform

Bu Yingshu reveals her Tribulation Crossing breakthrough when Zhang Yu confronts Ban Jinchen over Shi Yunxiang’s injuries. Emerging from the Immortal Shuttle, she destroys Ban Jinchen’s clone, then mistakes Zhang Yu’s plan to freeze restrictive Law Articles for an effort intended to help her ascend. 981

She subsequently forces entry into Life-Balancing Grotto-Heaven to support his inspection. When concerns arise over his Yang Artifact, she offers to hide it and pay his fine, but he refuses and tells her to concentrate on her own path to immortality. 992 1002

During the escalating conflict over working-hour restrictions, she stands against Bu Aixian’s attempt to remove Zhang Yu. Her aunt activates Immortal Clan Detention, silencing the energies within Bu Yingshu and sending her home. The incident demonstrates the limits of her personal cultivation when confronted by specialized clan authority. 1007

Dual Cultivation and Diplomatic Frustration

Despite her repeated assumptions about Zhang Yu’s desire to cultivate with her, Bu Yingshu still lacks genuine Dual Cultivation experience. After comparing herself with his record, she begins studying Dual Cultivation Technology and saving enough money to bear her own fines. She considers using Le Mulan and Bai Zhenzhen as references rather than exposing her inexperience directly to Zhang Yu. 1017

Her later clash with Bai Zhenzhen ends in frustration when Heaven Sword Sect enterprises and Orthodox Gods support Bai’s diplomatic visit. Bu Yuangui orders Bu Yingshu to stand down to avoid an incident, while Bai invokes diplomatic immunity. Bu Yingshu’s inability to assert her usual authority further intensifies her desire to become immortal. 1032 1033

She subsequently introduces Zhang Yu to the financial arrangements surrounding Lightning Tribulations, bringing Lu Jingsong to explain loans, betting agreements, and Tribulation Securities. 1034

Book Collection and Reversal of Authority

After Zhang Yu’s audience with the Wanfa Immortal Emperor, Fu Ji reassures Bu Yingshu through flattering messages and helps persuade Immortal Clan representatives to support Zhang Yu’s book-collection plan. Bu Yingshu shows the representatives a video of his meeting with the Immortal Emperor, and Bu Aixian contributes a Lower-Grade Blade Arts Book. 1062

A year later, Bu Yingshu’s martial exchange with Zhang Yu exposes how decisively he has surpassed her. Even at peak Tribulation Crossing output, she cannot move him, and he briefly holds and rubs her head while accepting the associated fines. She leaves while claiming that he narrowly avoided her ultimate move, then privately asks Bu Yuangui how to make him obedient again. Her father advises her to flatter Zhang Yu, warning that her refusal to adapt will only leave her farther behind. 1073

Notable Quotes

“Stay properly by my side from now on. So long as I protect you, I can ensure your peace for ten thousand generations.” 810

“You are my person.” 819

“Little Yu, did you think that once you broke through to Refining Void, you'd be in the same realm as me?” 940

“Little Yu, good thing you stopped quickly. A moment later, once I unleashed my ultimate move, you would've been finished!” 1073

“Dad! What should I do? Is there any way to make Zhang Yu as obedient as before?” 1073

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