Ye Kong

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Ye Kong (叶空); also known as Ye Huan Kong
Alias(es)	Kong Ye; King Ye; Demon Slaying King; Palace Lord Ye
Species/Race	Human 31 335
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Great Spiritual Mountain (formerly); Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe; Myriad Beast Palace; Phoenix Tribe; Great Thousand Palace 1 50 341 362
Occupation/Role	Monk; Ambassador of Amity of the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe; founder of the Myriad Beast Palace; Demon Slaying King; Great Thousand Palace Lord; Dean of the Path Seeking Spiritual Academy 50 362 502
Status	Alive; marries Xiao Xiao, Feng Yusheng, Wen Qingxuan, and Yan Ni 502
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Ninth Spirit Meridian (incomplete)	1	Buddha-Energy from the Merit Bowl forms the outline of a ninth Spirit Meridian; Ye Kong gains the Bodhi Self-Sacrifice Technique.
Spiritual Power Sensing Realm (Late Stage); Physical Body Heaven-Reaching Realm (Late Stage)	2	Merit Pure Light strengthens his cultivation and pushes Golden Body 360 to Great Accomplishment.
Minor Quasi-Venerate	60	Passes the Triple Spirit Soul Difficulty, opens a Venerate Source Point, creates a Venerate Sea, and fuses Nine-Colored Feather Divine Light into it.
Third-grade Venerate	72	Identifies himself as a Third-grade Venerate while entering the Blazing Phoenix Green Jade Fruit valley.
Fourth-grade Venerate	104	Faces Fang Kun, a perfected Sixth-grade Venerate, despite the two-rank disparity.
Fifth-Rank Supreme	114	Fuses Feng Yusheng's True Phoenix Sacred Flame into his Venerate Sea after two months of repeated bodily destruction and reconstruction.
Eighth-grade Venerate (Peak)	143	Reaches the peak of the Eighth-grade Venerate realm after Blood Sea cultivation and refining Great Peach essence.
Earth Sovereign	167	Survives the nine-bolt Earth Sovereign Spiritual Tribulation, defeating its final Nine-Colored Giant Dragon manifestation.
High Earth Sovereign (Peak)	260	Enters the Half-step Heavenly Sovereign Battlefield with peak High Earth Sovereign cultivation.
Heavenly Sovereign	307	Completes the Heavenly Sovereign Spiritual Tribulations; an additional black thunderbolt punishes his earlier arrogance.
Mid Spirit-grade Heavenly Sovereign	309	Leaves seclusion with a new divine ability and a clearer assessment of his cross-realm combat power.
Mid Immortal-grade Heavenly Sovereign	400	Stabilizes his cultivation; merging his three bodies can temporarily raise his power to the peak of Late Immortal grade.
Peak Late Immortal-grade Heavenly Sovereign	425	Reaches the peak of Late Immortal grade while his physical body can contend with Mid Saint-grade experts.

Background

Ye Kong is a transmigrator who retains memories of a past life and refers to Blue Star. In his new life, he becomes a monk of the Great Spiritual Mountain and cultivates under the shadow of the Outer Domain Evil Tribe, whose violence shaped his drive to grow stronger and protect others 17 355 356.

He enters the Demon Suppressing Pagoda to train, defeats an Abyssal Demon General, and refines the resulting Merit Pure Light and Buddha-Energy. This encounter grants him the forbidden Bodhi Self-Sacrifice Technique and begins his reliance on the Merit Bowl as both a cultivation aid and a demon-purifying treasure 1.

After leaving the mountain through the Spiritual Path, Ye Kong travels with Jinjiu Master and meets Wen Qingxuan. He gains influence among the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe, becomes its Ambassador of Amity, and builds alliances among the beast clans. His proposal to unite their interests ultimately creates the Myriad Beast Palace 3 36 50.

Feng Yusheng later accepts him as her disciple, while Kong Xuan—his master's wife—provides cultivation resources and guidance. Their support gives Ye Kong access to Nine-Colored Peacock and True Phoenix inheritances, accelerating his rise through the Venerate and Heavenly Sovereign realms 60 111 114.

Appearance

Ye Kong is a young, handsome human cultivator with sharply defined features, a tall and powerful build, and deep, steady eyes. As his strength and command experience grow, his earlier youthful air gives way to a composed and authoritative presence 31 101 162 282.

• Often appears in blue, green, or monk-like robes.
• Has a sturdy, well-trained physique shaped by body tempering and repeated high-intensity sparring 60 162.
• His aura can appear calm and approachable off the battlefield, but turns coldly focused and domineering in combat 304 373.
• Can assume a True Phoenix form after refining Phoenix blood essence and Sacred Flame 116 120.

Personality

Ye Kong presents himself as a righteous Buddhist cultivator and takes the protection of the Great Thousand World seriously. He is particularly hostile toward the Outer Domain Evil Tribe, blood cultivators, and those who exploit the weak. His reputation as the Demon Slaying King rests on both his victories and his willingness to intervene for beast clans and other threatened groups 36 50 304 319.

He is also pragmatic, calculating, and commercially minded. Ye Kong treats resources as necessary tools for cultivation, frequently negotiates exchanges, and uses schemes or public theater when they serve a larger goal. Despite this, he refuses rewards he believes he has not earned and is wary of gifts that conceal political obligations 12 101 127.

His ambition extends beyond personal strength. Ye Kong wants to reform the Great Thousand World's harsh cultivation order, build alliances, and make the world safer once he possesses enough power to enforce change 355 362.

In romantic matters, he is initially inexperienced and evasive, preferring resources and cultivation to emotional complications. His reluctance does not prevent him from forming deep attachments to Xiao Xiao, Feng Yusheng, Wen Qingxuan, and Yan Ni 74 78 502.

Abilities & Skills

Merit Bowl and Merit Pure Light

The Merit Bowl absorbs demonic remains and converts their power into Merit Pure Light and Buddha-Energy. Ye Kong uses it to purify evil qi, improve his cultivation, and accelerate comprehension of techniques 1 21 294.

• Grants rapid enlightenment and cultivation support.
• Purifies demonic aura and absorbs demonic corpses.
• Helped Ye Kong clear six trials of an ancient Buddhist sword pagoda in a short time 21 294.
• Can enhance and refine other inheritances through Merit Pure Light.

Buddhist Divine Arts

Ye Kong cultivates several Buddhist techniques, including the Bodhi Self-Sacrifice Technique, Bodhi No Tree Art, Heavenly Eye, Myriad Buddhas Illuminate the Universe, and Bodhi Colorless Heaven 1 21 293 324.

• Bodhi Self-Sacrifice Technique burns blood essence, spiritual power, Spirit Soul, and life force for a short-lived surge in combat power; its backlash is severe 1.
• Heavenly Eye perceives flaws in reality and illusion, and can briefly trace time at a heavy spiritual-power cost 21 38.
• Bodhi Colorless Heaven strips the surrounding environment of spiritual energy, weakening enemy defenses and suppressing demon emperors 324 379.
• Myriad Buddhas Illuminate the Universe is one of his high-level offensive Buddhist divine abilities, though it is insufficient against Xiao Yan's Flame God technique 293.

Bodhi Tree

His Bodhi Tree is a life-bound companion treasure produced through the Bodhi No Tree Art. It grows alongside his cultivation and can amplify his spiritual power, devour sword intent, and refine inherited energies 294.

• Shares life and death with Ye Kong.
• Can be burned as part of the Bodhi Self-Sacrifice Technique 2.
• Refines Heavenly Sovereign Sword Intent into Ye Kong's own power 294.
• Its origin is linked to the Buddha Emperor's lineage 306.

Immortal Golden Body and Dharma Bodies

Ye Kong specializes in body tempering and progressively develops stronger Dharma Bodies, from Golden Body 360 to the Great Sun Undying Body, Immortal Golden Body, and eventually the Eternal Undying Body 2 60 167 423.

• Immortal Divine Mark allows him to counter the divine-beast manifestations of the Earth Sovereign tribulation 167.
• Indestructible Vajra Body provides formidable physical defense and withstands high-level enemy attacks 332 373.
• His Immortal Golden Body can fight against stronger Dharma Bodies and absorb Immortal Origin from defeated opponents 379 380.
• He enters the Eternal Pagoda to inherit the Eternal Undying Body, which later recognizes him as its master 423 425.

Nine Yang Divine Ability

The Nine Yang Divine Ability gives Ye Kong extraordinary regenerative power. By opening successive suns, he can generate the Nine Yang Medicine Master Gourd and restore catastrophic injuries in battle 155.

• Heals severe wounds and regrows lost limbs.
• Supports sustained combat against opponents far above his cultivation.
• Reaches a tenth-sun state during his battle with the Dark Heavenly Demon Emperor 155.

Spatial Movement and Sword Arts

Ye Kong's Supernatural Footwork develops into a Great Divine Art, later supplemented by refined Heaven-Treading techniques, wind-element movement, and spatial manipulation 2 105 356.

• Defeats Fang Kun with a single refined Heaven-Treading step 105.
• Uses spatial movement for ambushes, evasions, and cross-realm combat.
• Integrates wind and space into movement phantoms that even early Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereigns struggle to match in speed 356.
• Wields the Burying Buddha Tablet Saint Sword and refines Heavenly Sovereign Sword Intent through his Bodhi Tree 167 294.

True Phoenix and Dragon-Phoenix Power

Through Phoenix blood essence, the True Phoenix Sacred Flame, and the Dragon-Phoenix True Scripture, Ye Kong gains powerful divine-beast traits 114 116 414.

• Can transform into a True Phoenix and employ Phoenix Tribe ultimate techniques 116 120.
• His True Phoenix Sacred Flame strengthens his Venerate Sea but subjects him to extreme refinement pain 114.
• The Dragon-Phoenix True Scripture creates dragon-and-phoenix bracers that push his physical strength into the Saint-grade threshold 414.

One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones

Ye Kong creates black-robed and white-robed clones with cultivation equal to his own. The three bodies can merge to drastically raise his combat power 329 400.

• Each clone possesses Ye Kong's appearance, aura, and independent awareness.
• Merging the three bodies raises him from Mid Immortal grade to power approaching Saint grade 400.
• Ye Kong trains his clones to develop independent combat initiative and use his many divine abilities 404.

Mind Reading

Ye Kong acquires Mind Reading after killing a Demon Emperor. He later uses it to uncover the schemes of Huang Jin, Nether River Old Ancestor, and Kong Ming 116 354.

• Allows covert intelligence gathering.
• Requires proximity or an opportunity to observe targets.
• Reveals enemies' motives without alerting them 354.

Battle Array Command

Ye Kong organizes the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe's elites into the Divine Ape Army. His military knowledge and unconventional drills improve their cohesion and enable them to form a hundred-thousand-pattern Spirit of War Intent 101.

• Commands an army of ten thousand apes 106.
• Uses formations to challenge beast-tribe prodigies collectively 106 107.
• Relies on discipline and morale as much as raw troop strength 101.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Merit Bowl / Merit Alms Bowl — absorbs demonic remains, grants Merit Pure Light, and assists cultivation and purification 1 21.
• Burying Buddha Tablet Saint Sword — sword used against powerful tribulation manifestations and for refining sword intent 167 294.
• Demon Subduing Vajra Pestle — Buddhist weapon whose mysteries Ye Kong comprehends within the Merit Bowl 1.
• Travel Token of the Endless Fire Domain — given by Xiao Yan, allowing Ye Kong to represent the Endless Fire Domain's stance 78.
• Divine Ape Army — Ye Kong's ten-thousand-strong battle-array force within the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe 101 106.

Relationships

• Shi Zhen — Ye Kong's master from the Great Spiritual Mountain; Ye Kong resents the mountain's restrictions but acknowledges that Shi Zhen's earlier protection kept him alive 2 113 433.
• Kong Xuan — his master's wife and a key mentor. She provides the Nine-Colored Feather Divine Light used to transform Ye Kong's Venerate Sea 60.
• Feng Yusheng — Phoenix King, Ye Kong's master, cultivation partner, and later wife. She gives him True Phoenix blood essence and Sacred Flame, and repeatedly shields him from political threats 111 114 502.
• Xiao Xiao — daughter of Xiao Yan, Ye Kong's longtime companion and later wife. They fight together against the Sky Swallowing Demon Emperor and complete their five-year pact 325 335 502.
• Wen Qingxuan — Ye Kong's first disciple and later wife. Their relationship begins with Ye Kong training her in the Spiritual Path and continues through repeated guidance and resource support 12 388 502.
• Yan Ni — Ye Kong's disciple and later wife; she supports his plans and brings him Dragon-Phoenix inheritances 282 432 502.
• Lu Shengjun — Ye Kong's senior brother, the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe's young clan leader, and a frequent ally in major ventures 14 299.
• Jinjiu Master — Ye Kong's six-headed lion companion and mount. Their relationship is affectionate but often chaotic, with Ye Kong repeatedly cleaning up Jinjiu Master's schemes 3 351.
• Huang Zhong — an ancient desolate beast who trains Ye Kong through prolonged, punishing sparring and helps him adapt to his strengthened body 60 62.
• Kong Ling — subordinate and political ally within the Nine-Colored Peacock Tribe. Ye Kong supports her eventual path toward clan leadership 51 355.
• Mu Chen — ally and beneficiary of Ye Kong's guidance. Ye Kong offers information, resources, and conditional aid in Mu Chen's efforts to save Qing Yan Jing 123 127 385.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Demon Suppressing Pagoda and Spiritual Path

Ye Kong begins by cultivating in the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, then enters the Spiritual Path with Jinjiu Master. There, he meets Wen Qingxuan, takes her as a disciple, and begins building relationships beyond the Great Spiritual Mountain 1 3 12.

Beast Tribe Alliances

As the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe's Ambassador of Amity, Ye Kong earns the respect of spirit beasts by punishing Feng Xingkui, defeating hostile prodigies, and advocating a united front against demonic threats. He establishes the Myriad Beast Palace to mediate internal conflicts and coordinate demon slaying 36 50.

Rise of the Demon Slaying King

Ye Kong's cultivation accelerates through ape-tribe training, Phoenix inheritance, and repeated battles against the Outer Domain Evil Tribe. He defeats Demon Emperors despite lower cultivation, survives major tribulations, and becomes known across the Great Thousand World as the Demon Slaying King 114 155 260.

Great Thousand Palace Lord

After initially declining the position due to concerns about his cultivation and reputation, Ye Kong accepts the role of Great Thousand Palace Lord. The appointment gives him the authority to unite major powers against the Outer Domain Evil Tribe and pursue his broader reforms 360 362.

Immortal Heir and Eternal Undying Body

Ye Kong claims the identity of the Immortal Heir, receives the Gravedigger Clan's allegiance, and enters the Eternal Pagoda to inherit the Eternal Undying Body. These events elevate him into a central leader in the campaign against internal Vile Evils and external demons 412 423 439.

Path Seeking Spiritual Academy

After the Great Thousand World's recovery, Ye Kong becomes Dean of the Path Seeking Spiritual Academy. The academy is founded to cultivate a new generation of prodigies, with Feng Yusheng serving as its Guardian Divine Beast and Xu Lingyun joining as a sword dao teacher 502.

Notable Quotes

“Since I'm a transmigrator, I must be a transmigrator with great ambitions!” 355

“I, Ye Huan Kong, in the name of the Immortal Heir, request the Gravedigger Clan to emerge.” 412

Trivia

• Ye Kong is a transmigrator and deliberately seeks a path distinct from Mu Chen's original trajectory 355.
• He is unusually focused on acquiring resources, techniques, and profitable exchanges, but refuses gifts he considers unearned 74 101.
• His reputation and appearance make him a frequent subject of magazines and reports throughout the Great Thousand World 160.
• Ye Kong's final wedding includes Xiao Xiao, Feng Yusheng, Wen Qingxuan, and Yan Ni, with Lin Jing preserving the occasion in a group photograph 502.