Yulian

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Yulian (雨莲)
Species/Race	Spirit Serpent; spirit-body creature
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Wang Ping; Spirit Serpent Clan; Taiyan Sect
Occupation/Role	Wang Ping's bonded spirit beast, confidante, and spell-formation specialist; briefly invested as Taiyan Sect Prefect 982
Status	Active 1142
First Appearance	Chapter 7

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Second Realm	186	Advanced while sleeping atop the Huai Tree; blue ripple-like patterns emerged across her grayish-white scales. Her Second Realm status is confirmed shortly afterward. She gained Summon the Ocean, a spell that aids allies while drowning or cutting off hostile targets' life force. 186 206
Third Realm	413	Evolved into a spirit body at Lai Mountain Lake. Her true body grew to nearly twenty zhang, and her soul condensed into a Primordial Spirit with Wang Ping's assistance. Her bloodline cultivation remained incomplete. 413
Fourth Realm	755	Completed a prolonged final evolution after her inner core merged with her Spirit Vein. Her body exceeded one hundred zhang, and she gained Heaven Breaking, an extreme low-temperature spell. 755
Fourth Realm perfection	1080	Emerged from secluded cultivation with a fully developed Water Spirit Vein, an evolved inner core, and the ability to construct spell formations directly in the Inspiration World. 1079 1080

Background / History

Yulian hatched from a Spirit Snake Egg given to Wang Ping by Daoist Yucheng. After Wang Ping fed her and allowed her to absorb his spiritual energy, she formed a bond with him through their Spirit Seas. From the outset, she could discern a person's morality. 7

During Wang Ping's early conflicts, Yulian proved capable of direct combat. She could generate fine water droplets that corroded incoming metal swords and forced a Gold cultivator to retreat from her range. 102

While fleeing pursuers near Gray Water Pool, Yulian encountered Lanyang, a giant spirit snake who recognized her. He led her and Wang Ping to Moon Pool, where she reunited with her mother, Zizhu. The reunion established her connection to the Spirit Serpent Clan and revealed that her later advancement depended on bloodline power as well as Spirit Vein cultivation. 206 207 413

Yulian later learned that her inner core—the key to her bloodline inheritance—was held by the clan ancestor in secluded cultivation. She also reunited with her younger sister, Yuanyuan. 702 1034

Appearance

Yulian is a spirit serpent able to alter her size, often shrinking small enough to rest on Wang Ping's shoulder. Her true form grew dramatically with each major evolution, from nearly twenty zhang at the Third Realm to more than one hundred zhang during her Fourth Realm evolution, and later roughly two hundred zhang. 413 755 1080

• Grayish-white scales marked by blue ripple-like patterns after her Second Realm advancement. 186
• Golden vertical pupils. 1080
• Snow-white scales that later developed a mother-of-pearl, rainbow-like sheen. 1080
• Water Spirit runes and natural Water Spirit Formations appear across her scales while casting spells. 413 1080
• Can assume a slender humanoid figure when emerging from water. 1080

Personality

Yulian is cheerful, curious, and openly proud of both her own strength and her parents' reputation. She repeatedly seeks to challenge Zizhu after advancing, treating the prospect of finally defeating her mother as a personal milestone. 398 701 755

She is playful and mischievous, whether using Summon the Ocean to imitate a hot spring, chasing Yuanyuan, or enthusiastically volunteering for assignments from Wang Ping. 342 981 1034 She also enjoys food, especially unfamiliar delicacies, and takes delight in being addressed by her Dharma name by believers. 826 1125 1142

Despite her boastful side, Yulian is perceptive and emotionally mature. She reassures Wang Ping that good, evil, and desire are normal parts of human nature, and warns that suppressing humanity entirely would turn him into an aloof “rational immortal.” 782 She supports Wang Ping's disciples, checks on their well-being, and respects Shen Xiaozhu's decision not to pursue further advancement. 209 1080

Abilities & Skills

Spirit Sea Bond and Moral Discernment

Yulian is spiritually linked to Wang Ping, allowing the two to communicate directly through their Spirit Seas and share emotions, memories, and spell knowledge.

• Discerns people's morality. 7
• Receives and seals memories transmitted by Wang Ping when he needs to suppress his human emotions. 261
• Transfers spell-casting hand seals from her memories directly to Wang Ping. 414
• Can stabilize Wang Ping's Spirit Sea consciousness through her presence and connection. 1003

Water Spirit Formations

Yulian's body naturally forms Water Spirit Formations through her scales, and she can construct formations independently.

• Uses natural formations across her scales to absorb and convert spiritual energy during evolution. 413
• Carved water-element concealment formations and a Spirit Gathering Array beneath Moon Mountain for Wang Ping's transfer-talisman project. 464
• Refines unassimilated spirituality with Water Spirit Qi by using her inner core as a formation's Array Eye. 968
• At Fourth Realm perfection, can construct spell formations directly within the Inspiration World. 1080

Summon the Ocean

Yulian's large-scale water spell can empower allies while devastating enemies.

• Sweeps hostile targets into a giant wave carrying dense Wood Spirit Qi, cutting off their life force. 186
• Can assimilate ordinary people caught in the spell into water spirits if she chooses. 186
• Can flood more than half of True Sun Mountain at Third Realm. 413
• Can replace the summoned water with acidic water, though this consumes more spiritual power and reduces the spell's range. 413

Water Lines

After reaching the Third Realm, Yulian taught Wang Ping a spell that manifests large-scale Water Spirit Formation patterns.

• Creates hundreds of formation patterns over a vast area of sky. 414
• Converts surrounding spiritual energy into Water Spirit Qi. 414
• Its Water Lines can pierce through a mountain peak when cast by Wang Ping using Yulian's Qi Sea and Primordial Spirit. 414

Heaven Breaking

Heaven Breaking is Yulian's extreme low-temperature spell, acquired during her Fourth Realm evolution.

• Freezes energy particles solid within its affected region. 755
• Produces rapidly rotating frost capable of breaking down matter and slowly eroding powerful defenses. 755
• Freezes the void and spirit-body creatures in surrounding space when cast at large scale. 755 784
• Yulian proposed that an artifact capable of rapidly absorbing spiritual energy could let the spell reach extreme high temperatures as well. 755

Inspiration World Techniques

At Fourth Realm perfection, Yulian's spells can directly affect spiritual and mental spaces rather than only physical targets.

• Creates acid rain and corrosive regions in the Inspiration World. 1080
• Can manifest a boundless ocean within the Inspiration World, benefiting Wang Ping's Primordial Spirit with Water Spirit Qi. 1080
• Produces Ice Spikes formed from pure spiritual coldness that can freeze consciousness. 1080
• Forms a Water Spirit Barrier resonating with the Wood Spirit within Wang Ping. 1080
• Her Primordial Spirit can endure the power of the Sky-Veiling Talisman, but attempting to channel the Heaven Stealing Talisman through her would severely injure her. 1080

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Water Stabilizing Pearl — A restorative dharma artifact purchased from the Dao Palace to replenish Yulian's Qi Sea during battle. 469
• Flowing Feather Ball — A dharma artifact Yulian uses while familiarizing herself with Fourth Realm combat and casting extreme cold techniques. 784

Relationships

• Wang Ping — Bonded companion and closest collaborator. They communicate through their Spirit Seas; Wang Ping supports her cultivation, while Yulian advises him, assists his spellwork, and keeps him company. 7 413 782 968
• Lanyang — Father. He recognized Yulian during the escape to Gray Water Pool and brought her to meet Zizhu. 206
• Zizhu — Mother. Yulian frequently measures her own progress against Zizhu and repeatedly seeks to challenge her. 207 701 755
• Yuanyuan — Younger sister. Their relationship is playful and quarrelsome, with Yulian often dismissing Yuanyuan's fixation on having fun. 702 1034 1125
• Shen Xiaozhu — Wang Ping's disciple whom Yulian encourages and guides. Shen Xiaozhu addresses Yulian as Martial Uncle. 209 1080
• Hu Qianqian — Friendly sparring partner and companion in leisure activities, including visits to the Demon Race Ecological Zone. 342 1125
• Liu Shuang — Fellow member of Wang Ping's circle. Yulian brings her Sacred Heart Grass and shows concern for her cultivation. 1034
• Sanhua cat — Play companion and frequent associate at Nine Profound Mountain. 1034 1125

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Companion

Yulian joins Wang Ping immediately after hatching and becomes his means of judging the morality of those around him. Her Spirit Sea connection with Wang Ping develops into a central source of mutual support in cultivation and battle. 7 261

Spirit Serpent Lineage

Her reunion with Lanyang and Zizhu at Gray Water Pool reveals her Spirit Serpent heritage. This lineage becomes essential to her later evolutions, particularly the development of her inner core and inherited memories. 206 413 702 1046

Evolution and Outer-Space Training

Yulian progresses from the Second Realm to the Third and Fourth Realms under Wang Ping's care. After her Fourth Realm evolution, she tests Heaven Breaking in outer space and becomes a major combat asset against Fourth Realm opponents. 413 755 784

Sect and Ecological-Zone Influence

Yulian acts with increasing authority among Thousand Wood Temple and Taiyan Sect members. She recruits cultivators for Jupiter's water ecosystem, delivers Wang Ping's decree appointing Zi Luan as Prefect, and helps guide disciples and believers. 954 981 1125

Storytelling and Belief

Yulian develops an interest in writing storybooks, first drawing material from Star God histories and later creating stories intended to shape mythology and explain the Mystic Sect's True Lords to believers. 761 1030 1128

Notable Quotes

“Haha, I can definitely beat Mother this time!” 755

“We need not feel ashamed of our evil thoughts and desires. They are normal parts of human nature.” 782

Trivia

• Yulian often avoids Wang Ping's attempts to pat her head, despite regularly choosing to rest on his shoulder. 398 755
• She sleeps during major evolutions to accelerate the process, sometimes leaving only a small independent consciousness awake to communicate with Wang Ping. 754 952
• She has lived for more than a thousand years but objects when Wang Ping treats her as a child. 973