Yan Ji

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Yan Ji (艳姬)
Alias(es)	Demon Bat Yan Ji; Yan Fu Demon Lord
Species/Race	Demon Bat; member of the Mo Race
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Bat Clan; later a prominent ally within the Dragon Domain
Occupation/Role	Demon Lord; commander of Bat Clan forces
Status	Alive
First Appearance	3249

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Demon Lord / Immortal Lord-equivalent	3788 5182	An established Demon Lord of the Yao Realm whose peak strength is compared to an Immortal Lord; she had been severely injured before her alliance with Lu Xiaotian.
Recovered Demon Lord strength	3802 4037	Her power rises substantially after events in the Seven Emotions Canyon and the Inheritance Alchemy Furnace; she can overwhelm a newly advanced Golden Immortal.
Law Origin	5602	Having cultivated a Law Origin, she challenges Yu Hua Xian Jun and is able to contest her Law-based domain with lightning, saber intent, and demon-bat manifestations.
Dao Seed threshold	5782	Gan Hua Lao Jun senses that Yan Ji is nearing the cultivation of a Dao Seed and bears a phantom of the Sky Crossing Demon Bottle.
Near Emperor-level combat power	5869	Her Great Dao aura and World-Suppressing Artifact phantom lead opponents to judge that she has one foot in the Emperor-level realm.

Background

Yan Ji's father once competed with the Asura Emperor's father for the position of clan leader in the Demon Realm. After losing, he was pursued for years, later meeting Yan Ji's mother and leaving behind Yan Ji as his bloodline. To avoid exposure in the Demon Realm, Yan Ji eventually found a way into the Yao Realm; she later declined to pursue revenge over her father's failed bid for power. 5900

She rose to become a Demon Lord and one of the Yao Realm's leading figures. Her long-standing connection to the Esoteric Buddhist Sect's Nine Revolutions Dragon Seal Dharma King appears to explain both her unusual familiarity with Esoteric Buddhist relics and the recognition she receives from some of their restrictions, though the precise history remains unclear. 3788 5058

Appearance

Yan Ji is a striking woman whose human form carries unmistakable demonic majesty. She has been seen as a bat-winged woman and later appears in palace dress, purple robes, and a phoenix coronet, with demonic qi flickering in her eyes. 3249 4037

• Slender, sharply raised willow-leaf eyebrows. 5058
• Peerless beauty paired with an imposing, domineering bearing. 4037
• Can manifest as, or command, enormous demon bats and vast bat swarms. 3799
• Her aura incorporates lightning, saber intent, demonic qi, and later true-dragon power. 5602 6017

Personality

Yan Ji is calculating, demanding, and accustomed to treating weaker allies as pieces in a larger plan. She initially uses Lu Xiaotian through the Seed Bat and sharply criticizes subordinates who provide information too slowly or fail to show initiative. 3280 3540

Despite this ruthlessness, she values ability, courage, and those who act sincerely. Lu Xiaotian's persistence gradually earns her respect, while Luo Qing's gentle nature gives Yan Ji an unusual sense of peace after years of bloodshed and cultivation struggles. 5058 5777

She is fiercely independent and unwilling to plead for cooperation, even when doing so would be strategically safer. Her willingness to gamble her own Primordial Spirit against the Bi Corpse Demon Lord—partly to gain the power needed to protect Lu Xiaotian—shows both her desperation and resolve. 5362 5543

Abilities & Skills

Demon Bat Saber Arts

Yan Ji is an elite saber wielder whose Demon Bat Saber combines blade intent with demon-bat manifestations and lightning-based Law Profundity.

• Bat Shadow Court Division Slash — disrupts multiple nodes of the Qing Kui Secret Rune, reducing its attack power substantially. 5182
• Sword Concealment Wind Elegance, Bat Moon Flower Bloom — produces jade-bat shadows and Bat Moon Yao Flowers throughout the battlefield. 5182
• Her saber can create a cage-like field of blade light that traps both an enemy and their escaping divine ability. 5360
• After absorbing Kong Rong Old Monster's Sword Intent, she integrates it into her own path more completely than the other beneficiaries. 5360

Lightning Law and Law Origin

Yan Ji's mature combat path blends lightning with saber intent and demon-bat transformations.

• She can spread lightning through an enemy's domain instead of contesting it directly, allowing her to break techniques through internal disruption. 5602
• Heaven and Earth as a Pool transforms a battlefield into a lightning-infused demon domain where her saber momentum resonates with the surrounding laws. 5602 5529
• Her lightning can take the forms of demon bats, vines, and other manifestations to counter opposing Law Profundities. 5602
• Her Law Origin remains less mature than Yu Hua Xian Jun's, making prolonged battles of attrition dangerous. 5602

Bat Shadow Enters Dream

Yan Ji can project her Primordial Spirit into an opponent's body through a mirror-like medium.

• The technique targets an enemy's Soul origin from within their own body. 5543
• She used it against the Bi Corpse Demon Lord in an attempt to absorb his strength and break through her cultivation limit. 5543
• It is an extreme gamble: if her Primordial Spirit loses while inside the target, her essence becomes easy for the opponent to absorb. 5543
• Her blood-colored dragon manifestation can devour lightning-devouring Wulu Nether Moths and reverse a disadvantageous battle. 5973

Dragon Body and Dragon Bat Path

Yan Ji has cultivated a Dragon Body and possesses powerful Dragon Yuan in addition to her demon-bat inheritance. 3254

• She later absorbs true-dragon aura and merges a dragon-bat manifestation into her Soul Domain Dharma Realm. 6017
• The dragon-bat dreamscape gains unusual resilience through its fusion with the power of the Creation Jade Disc. 6017
• This fusion greatly expands her potential, even when it is insufficient for an immediate victory over a superior opponent. 6017

Seed Bats and Intelligence Control

Yan Ji uses Seed Bats to communicate with and exert pressure upon subordinates.

• A Seed Bat placed within Lu Xiaotian allows her to project a phantom and receive intelligence from him. 3254 3279
• She sends Lu Xiaotian to investigate Immortal Army activity involving Wolf Rider corpses and the Seven-Leaf Greedy Flower Gu. 3268 3279
• Yan Ji eventually recognizes that Lu Xiaotian has tampered with the Seed Bats, but tolerates this while he remains useful to her plans. 3652

Equipment

• Demon Bat Saber — Yan Ji's principal weapon; central to her lightning-infused saber arts and Law-domain combat. 5602 5360
• Seed Bats — implanted agents used for contact, surveillance, and control. 3254 3279
• Bat Dragon Blood Ling — a medium through which Yan Ji and Lu Xiaotian combine their distinct powers in battle. 5277
• Purple-Green Wooden Fish — a Buddhist artifact Yan Ji gives to Lu Xiaotian; it reacts to his Buddhist divine abilities and contains the experiences of eighteen monks who subdued demons. 3394

Relationships

• Lu Xiaotian — Initially a coerced agent marked by a Seed Bat, Lu Xiaotian becomes Yan Ji's most effective operative and eventually a trusted ally. She saves Luo Qing and Lu Wushuang, fights beside him repeatedly, and later accepts being called his Dao companion. 3540 5058 6017
• Nine Revolutions Dragon Seal Dharma King — Yan Ji has a complex, deeply personal connection to the reincarnated Esoteric Buddhist Sect Dharma King; her actions in the Immortal Realm are strongly tied to his whereabouts. 3788 5058
• Ji Ting — Her most capable Bat Clan subordinate and a fellow high-level combatant. Yan Ji protects him even at great personal danger, and he remains central to her military power. 5187 5728
• Luo Qing — Yan Ji saves Luo Qing and later becomes especially fond of her peaceful temperament and child. 5058 5214 5777
• Lu Wushuang — Yan Ji saves Lu Wushuang alongside Luo Qing and is treated by her with growing familiarity. 5058 5900
• Ying Langtian — A temporary partner in the pursuit of Lu Xiaotian; Yan Ji offers assistance against Heavenly Immortals in exchange for his Wolf Riders conducting a dragnet search. 3249
• Emperor Xiao Mo Peng — A hostile rival whose attack injures Yan Ji and drives her plan to lure him into the Ten Thousand Thorns Cave. 3770
• Yu Hua Xian Jun — A respected rival. Yan Ji openly admires Yu Hua's standing while challenging her to test her newly cultivated Law Origin. 5602

History

Pursuit in the Illusory Mist Marsh

Yan Ji first appears while pursuing Lu Xiaotian alongside Ying Langtian. She identifies him as an unusually interesting target because he detects the pursuit early and erases his aura, then proposes deploying Wolf Riders to search the Illusory Mist Marsh. 3249

After catching up to Lu Xiaotian, Yan Ji does not kill him. Instead, she places a Seed Bat within him and turns him into an intelligence asset operating around the Immortal Army. She learns that he has cultivated a Dragon Body, while Lu Xiaotian seeks a way to have her remove the Seed Bat without provoking a direct conflict. 3252 3254

Jiuyang City and Luoyang Prison

Yan Ji directs Lu Xiaotian to investigate the Immortal Army's use of Wolf Rider corpses and the Seven-Leaf Greedy Flower Gu. His rapid acquisition of intelligence distinguishes him from her other subordinates, and she comes to regard him as the sharpest piece at her disposal. 3279 3540

She also seeks to rescue a subordinate held in Luoyang Prison and attempts to involve Lu Xiaotian in infiltrating Jiuyang City. In exchange for the Tear of Mulberry Spirit, she tells him of the Nine Star Mulberry Spirit Heaven Mending Pill, a rare pill that may heal both of their injuries. 3394 3539

Esoteric Buddhist Sect Relics

Yan Ji allies with Lu Xiaotian against Emperor Xiao Mo Peng and guides him toward the Ten Thousand Thorns Cave, Seven Emotions Canyon, and the Esoteric Buddhist Inheritance Alchemy Furnace. She repeatedly withholds information, while Lu Xiaotian remains wary of her motives and her connection to the Buddhist Sect. 3770 3775 3799

Her entry into the Inheritance Alchemy Furnace conflict reveals that she has recovered much of her strength and possesses a special resonance with a treasure inside the furnace. She confronts Ancient Buddha Ran Yun directly and directs Lu Xiaotian to enter the furnace in search of the Demon Bat Black Sun. 3802 3805

Alliance with the Dragon Domain

Yan Ji later intervenes when a Golden Immortal from the Heavenly Punishment Palace corners Lu Xiaotian, effortlessly neutralizing the opponent's Golden Giant Sword and tower with a black-bat manifestation. 4037 4038

After reuniting with Lu Xiaotian, she reveals that she saved Luo Qing and Lu Wushuang. In return, she asks to enter Lu Xiaotian's space with her subordinates for a future mission, then inspects and praises his Dragon Race army. 5058

She becomes a uniquely independent figure in the Dragon Domain: no one commands her, yet she is consistently relied upon when an Immortal Lord-level enemy appears. 5778

Breakthrough and Later Wars

To overcome the limitations of her bloodline and strengthen herself enough to protect Lu Xiaotian, Yan Ji risks her life with Bat Shadow Enters Dream against the Bi Corpse Demon Lord. Her subsequent progress carries her to the Law Origin realm, where she can fight Yu Hua Xian Jun to a stalemate despite the latter's superior foundation. 5543 5602

Yan Ji later severely injures major enemies including the Vile Corrupt Heavenly Dragon and Qiu Meng Demon Ancestor, kills the Di Hu Demon Emperor, and develops combat power recognized as among the strongest beneath Emperor-level beings. 5798 5815

Notable Quotes

“If you don't go mad, you can't become a Buddha. While I never intended to become a Buddha, few in this world can reach the supreme pinnacle without madness.” 5543

“I can't protect him for much longer, so I have to take a desperate gamble.” 5543