Shen Wu'ai
Turns Out, I'm a Reclusive Master!Contents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background
- 4Appearance
- 5Personality
- 6Abilities & Skills
- 6.1Perfect Innate Immortal Body
- 6.2Flying Immortal Techniques
- 6.3Mortal World Immortal
- 6.4Immortal Taboo Domain
- 7Equipment / Weapons / Items
- 8Relationships
- 9Story Role / Major Arcs
- 9.1Nine Heavens Pavilion Goddess
- 9.2Devil Lotus Valley Mission
- 9.3Heavenly Venerate Tribulation
- 9.4Immortal Realm Enforcement Hall
- 9.5Conflict with the Imperial Clan
- 9.6Dark Origin Invasion
- 10Notable Quotes
Biodata
| Feature | Information |
|---|---|
| Name | Shen Wu'ai (神无哀) |
| Alias(es) | Goddess of the Nine Heavens Pavilion; Xiao Ai / Little Ai 467 506 508 |
| Species/Race | God Clan (collateral descendant) 458 |
| Gender | Female |
| Affiliation | Nine Heavens Pavilion; Immortal Realm Enforcement Hall; formerly of the God Clan 458 508 |
| Occupation/Role | Ye Bufan's disciple; Nine Heavens Pavilion Goddess; Immortal Realm Enforcer and enforcement-team captain 458 467 514 |
| Status | Alive 520 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 458 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Innate Immortal Body / Longevity Realm | 459 | Undergoes Nirvana in the Creation Sacred Spring. Her blood becomes Immortal Blood and every bone an Immortal Bone, restoring her foundation beyond the single stolen Immortal Bone. |
| Extreme Dao Everlasting One | 474 | Endures half a year in Xu Yan's Absolute Heaven Yin Water Domain, reaching the extreme of the Longevity Realm and gaining power to contend with Heavenly Venerates. |
| Heavenly Venerate | 490 | Breaks through during Xu Yan's life-or-death-style training battle, triggering an unprecedented Heavenly Venerate Tribulation. |
| Mortal World Immortal | 494 | Awakens the Immortal Ancestor Art during her tribulation and transforms into a Mortal World Immortal. |
| Eternal Venerate | 495 | Successfully crosses the tribulation as the first Eternal Venerate of the Human Emperor Era; awakens the Immortal Taboo Domain. |
| Overlord | 514 | Reaches the Overlord Realm three years after joining the Enforcement Hall. |
| Ninth-tier Overlord | 514 | Attains the pinnacle of the Overlord Realm over a century later. |
| Transcender | 518 | Achieves instantaneous transcendence through the Immortal Taboo Domain rather than entering the Supreme Realm. |
Background
Shen Wu'ai was born into a collateral branch of the God Clan with congenital Immortal Bones. After her direct lineage discovered her talent, they removed her Immortal Bones and transplanted them into a direct-lineage genius. The same faction pursued her family to prevent her eventual revenge, forcing her lineage to sacrifice themselves so she could escape 458 490.
Weak and deprived of her original foundation, she endured the Nine Heavens Pavilion's Illusionary Realm Life and Death Map for ninety-nine days. Ye Bufan recognized both her damaged condition and her potential, saved her, and accepted her as his disciple despite knowing that sheltering her would bring conflict with the God Clan 458.
Ye Bufan later guided her through a Nirvana transformation in the Creation Sacred Spring. Although her original Immortal Bone was gone, the process remade her entire body into a perfect innate Immortal Body, giving her Immortal Blood and Immortal Bones throughout her body 459.
Appearance
Shen Wu'ai is a graceful young girl with a beautiful, youthful face. Following her Nirvana transformation, she commonly appears surrounded by sacred white radiance and Immortal Mist, giving her a transcendent and difficult-to-read presence 459 467 474.
- Her Immortal Mist obscures her true form and blocks Divine Sense. 467
- Her complexion changed from pale and weakened to healthy after the Creation Sacred Spring transformation. 459
- She is described as thirteen shortly after becoming the Pavilion's Goddess, fourteen when she becomes an Extreme Dao Everlasting One, and fifteen upon seeking admission to the Enforcement Hall. 467 474 505
Personality
Shen Wu'ai is cool-headed and outwardly cold, particularly toward those who disrespect her or threaten the Nine Heavens Pavilion. She is confident in her strength, eager to test herself against stronger opponents, and initially insists on taking Heavenly Venerate-level missions despite an elder's concerns 475 476.
Her ambition is rooted in loyalty and grief rather than pride alone. She seeks strength to protect Ye Bufan, the Nine Heavens Pavilion, and those she cares for, while also intending to avenge the relatives who died to save her and confront the person who received her stolen Immortal Bone 490.
Despite her severity in battle, she is compassionate toward the vulnerable. She intervenes when she sees a woman being assaulted, comforts her afterward, and advises her not to travel alone in remote places 478.
Abilities & Skills
Perfect Innate Immortal Body
Shen Wu'ai's Nirvana transformation grants her a complete innate Immortal Body, rather than merely restoring the Immortal Bone taken from her.
- Her blood is entirely Immortal Blood and every bone is an Immortal Bone. 459
- Her special physique gives her innate techniques associated with the Heavenly Immortal Body. 479
- She had only cultivated a portion of those innate techniques at the time of her battle with the Heavenly Devil; further abilities require greater strength. 479
Flying Immortal Techniques
Her body grants her powerful offensive techniques fueled by Immortal Qi and Immortal Light.
- Flying Immortal Palm releases killing intent and Flying Immortal Light through her palm. 478 479
- Immortal Demise Sword can be summoned through hand seals to block and counter powerful weapon attacks. 479
- Myriad Transformation Immortal Light allows her sword light to cross the Void and strike an opponent directly. 479
- Immortal Illusion Movement Technique grants rapid movement across long distances. 481
Mortal World Immortal
Shen Wu'ai awakened the Immortal Ancestor Art during her Heavenly Venerate Tribulation and can transform into a Mortal World Immortal.
- The transformation substantially increases her power and manifests nine Mortal World Immortal Rings for defense. 494 515
- She can combine Immortal Light and Tribulation Light into arrows; at the time of her tribulation, each arrow was potent enough to kill an Overlord. 493 494
- Her Tribulation of the Immortal: Mortal World Arrow can threaten a first-tier Overlord. 506
- Sustaining the Mortal World Immortal state and firing tens of thousands of arrows exhausts her. 494
Immortal Taboo Domain
During the final stage of her Heavenly Venerate Tribulation, Shen Wu'ai awakened an unknown, mysterious domain later identified as the Immortal Taboo Domain.
- Attacks entering the domain are annihilated before they can harm her. 495
- She uses the domain to defeat the tribulation's Supreme Immortal manifestation. 495
- Entering the domain changes her demeanor; she is initially unaware of this change after leaving it. 495
- She later sublimates within the domain and becomes a Transcender. 518
Equipment / Weapons / Items
- Immortal Demise Sword — A sword Shen Wu'ai condenses from her own Cultivation and Immortal Power. It has no fixed rank and grows stronger with her. 507
- Heavenly Dao Sword — A sword carrying Heavenly Dao aura that she retrieves during the Dark Origin invasion and uses to help suppress two Dark Transcenders. 520
Relationships
- Ye Bufan — Her master and the Ancestor of the Nine Heavens Pavilion. He saves her, restores her foundation through Nirvana, and protects her against the God Clan; Shen Wu'ai deeply respects him and wants to grow strong enough to protect him in return. 458 459 486 490
- Xu Yan — A mysterious mentor whom Shen Wu'ai initially does not recognize. He guides her to become an Extreme Dao Everlasting One, oversees her Heavenly Venerate Tribulation, reveals his name after it, and accompanies her to the Immortal Realm. 472 475 495 499 500
- Pavilion Master of the Nine Heavens Pavilion — A protective senior who worries about her safety and unsuccessfully tries to persuade her not to leave for the Immortal Realm. 497 500
- Heavenly Saint King — One of the Enforcement Hall's Three Kings. He assesses Shen Wu'ai, recognizes her exceptional potential, brings her to the Enforcement Hall headquarters, and shields her from Di Jialuo. 506 507 508
- Ye Qing — Captain of the Southern Cloud Immortal Continent's enforcers. He spars with Shen Wu'ai during her assessment and treats her with concern and respect. 506 507
- Bai Rimeng, Lu You, Sima Bisheng, Xia Chumo, Ouyang Huang, and Nangong Die — Fellow Immortal Realm Enforcers who become members of Shen Wu'ai's ten-person enforcement team. 508 514
- God Clan — Her birth clan and principal enemy. A direct-lineage faction stole her Immortal Bone and hunted her family, while later agents manipulate other factions into targeting her. 458 477
- Emperor Slaughter — Imperial Clan prodigy whom Shen Wu'ai kills after he attacks White Emperor Immortal City. 514 515
- Emperor Venerate — A powerful Imperial Clan rival whom Shen Wu'ai severely injures with Mortal World Immortal Power. 515 517
Story Role / Major Arcs
Nine Heavens Pavilion Goddess
After becoming Ye Bufan's disciple, Shen Wu'ai is named the Nine Heavens Pavilion's Goddess and cultivates in seclusion on Nine Heavens Island. Even the elder Huo Rong cannot probe her through his Divine Sense, and her warning makes him feel the threat of death 467.
Xu Yan secretly trains her in the Absolute Heaven Yin Water Domain, allowing her to become an Extreme Dao Everlasting One. Shen Wu'ai conceals his existence from Ye Bufan, regarding the enigmatic mentor as her personal secret 472 474 475.
Devil Lotus Valley Mission
Seeking to test her new power, Shen Wu'ai accepts a Heavenly Venerate-level mission to destroy the Devil Lotus and prevent the rebirth of the ancient Heavenly Devil 475 476. The Black God Cult ambushes her on the way, but she overwhelms its Everlasting One leader and eight Human Dao Realm experts, learning that the God Clan arranged the attack 477.
At Devil Lotus Valley, she battles the reborn Heavenly Devil using her innate immortal techniques. The prayers of beings in the Barren Sky Domain manifest as Prayer Power and strengthen her during the fight 479.
Heavenly Venerate Tribulation
After reaching the true extreme of the Longevity Realm, Shen Wu'ai accepts Xu Yan's method of breaking through through combat. His trial forces her to confront her reasons for pursuing strength, leading her to break into the Heavenly Venerate Realm 489 490.
She endures the strongest Heavenly Venerate Tribulation in history, including manifestations of Ye Bufan and Xu Yan. By awakening the Mortal World Immortal transformation and the Immortal Taboo Domain, she completes the tribulation as the first Eternal Venerate of the Human Emperor Era 493 494 495.
Immortal Realm Enforcement Hall
After helping defend the Nine Heavens Pavilion against the Sky-Opening God Devils, Shen Wu'ai chooses to enter the Immortal Realm to continue cultivating. Her arrival is immediately complicated by a murder investigation in Tian Zhe Immortal City, but she proves capable of defeating Supreme Tian Zhe's Immortal Power giant hand as a Heavenly Venerate 497 500 501.
Disturbed by the injustice surrounding Tian Zhe Immortal City's destruction, she chooses to pursue both law enforcement and cultivation. The Heavenly Saint King accepts her into the Immortal Realm Enforcement Hall after she withstands a test against the second-stage Overlord Ye Qing 505 506 507.
Conflict with the Imperial Clan
Over a century after joining the Enforcement Hall, Shen Wu'ai leads a renowned enforcement team as a ninth-tier Overlord. She confronts Emperor Slaughter after learning of the Imperial Clan's connection to the Bloodthirsty Devil Race and kills him when he threatens White Emperor Immortal City 514 515.
Emperor Venerate then challenges her. Shen Wu'ai meets him without fear, blocks his attacks with her nine Mortal World Immortal Rings, and later severely injures him with Mortal World Immortal Power 515 517.
Dark Origin Invasion
When Dark Origin Power invades infinite spacetime, Shen Wu'ai becomes a Transcender through the Immortal Taboo Domain. She warns the Immortal Realm's great figures to end their infighting and prepare for the greater crisis 518.
During the ensuing war, she destroys a Dark Transcender's attack on the Immortal Realm, battles two Dark Transcenders simultaneously with billions of Immortal Rings, and retrieves the Heavenly Dao Sword to suppress them. 519 520
Notable Quotes
“I want to become stronger, to protect Master, to protect the Nine Heavens Pavilion, to protect the people I want to protect!” 490
“I also want revenge!” 490