Yi Jue

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Yi Jue (颐玦)
Alias(es)	Yi Jue the True Immortal; Fairy Yi Jue; Elder Yi Jue; Great Venerable 1905 3289
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Spirit Plant Dao; formerly the Grand Void Gate 1905
Occupation/Role	Spirit Plant Dao elder; later directs the Dao's restructuring after its victory over the Wood Spirit Dao 1905 3288 3289
First Appearance	Chapter 1905 1905

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Nascent Soul Fourth Layer	1905 (retrospective)	Transferred from the Grand Void Gate to the Spirit Plant Dao after reaching this stage, following her interest in spirit plants. 1905
Nascent Soul Ninth Layer	1905 (retrospective)	Advanced from the Fourth to Ninth Layer in roughly two hundred years, establishing her reputation as a peerless genius. 1905
Soul Emergence Realm	3161–3189	Successfully emerged from seclusion as a Soul Emergence Venerable before age six hundred; her aura remained unstable shortly afterward. 3161 3189

Background

Yi Jue began as a genius disciple of the Grand Void Gate. After reaching the Nascent Soul Fourth Layer, she chose to transfer to the Spirit Plant Dao because spirit plants better suited her personal pursuit of the Dao. The Grand Void Gate accepted the decision, both respecting her path and retaining a trusted representative within the Eighteen Daos. 1905

Her advancement was exceptional even among high-level cultivators: she rose from Nascent Soul Fourth Layer to Ninth Layer in approximately two centuries. By the time Dou De entered the Qi Refining Realm, Yi Jue had already left the Grand Void Gate and become a legendary figure to its younger generation. 1905

Although she insists that she has left the Grand Void Gate behind, she still reacts strongly when its reputation or disciples are slighted. During the Yiyao conflict, she criticized Dou De's handling of Grand Void affairs, defended him from mockery, and helped expose the political motives behind the attempt on Feng Jun's life. 1905

Appearance

Yi Jue is a breathtakingly beautiful woman who commonly wears palace robes. Her cold expression, restrained bearing, and memorable appearance make her immediately recognizable even among high-level cultivators. 1905 2246 3383

• Often appears in elegant palace robes. 2246
• Maintains an aloof, expressionless demeanor when displeased. 1905
• Can alter her appearance and suppress her cultivation for covert operations. 2632 2737
• Her presence and bearing are distinctive enough that imitators need more than her face to convincingly impersonate her. 3383

Personality

Yi Jue is reclusive, blunt, and deeply unwilling to waste time on social obligations. She dislikes banquets, formal lectures, excessive explanations, and Dao paths that would require constant interaction with others. Her coldness is not simple hostility; she is direct with people she considers beneath notice and expects others to understand her reasoning without ceremony. 2088 2745 3189

She possesses a strong personal code. Yi Jue insists on fair division of labor, refuses to claim credit for Feng Jun's discoveries, and opposes coercive exchanges even when she has the power to seize what she wants. 2209 3331

Her pride can become willfulness. She openly grants favors to old friends, refuses to extend those favors to people who demand equal treatment, and relies on her strength to bear the consequences of her decisions. 3253

Despite her poor social skills, Yi Jue is dependable once she accepts someone as an ally. She protects Feng Jun's identity, keeps watch over him in dangerous situations, and supports him with full effort rather than half measures. 2191 2203 2362

Abilities & Skills

Cultivation and Combat

Yi Jue is an elite Soul Emergence cultivator whose combat ability was already overwhelming at Nascent Soul Peak. She combines immense spiritual power with fast reactions, long-range movement, concealment, and decisive battlefield judgment. 2197 2209 3288

• Captured True Immortal Dou Pi instantly with Azure Vine Prison after he threatened to Soul Search her. 2197
• Supplemented Azure Vine Prison with more than a thousand concealed Divine Sense Spikes. 2197
• Carried Feng Jun five thousand li through the Void in less than half an hour and intercepted the rapidly moving Chaos Origin Crystal. 2209
• Used Entanglement, a Spirit Plant Dao pseudo-divine ability, to kill Yuan Zhe in their life-and-death duel. 3288
• Can use Flash Step, concealment, aura blending, and spatial movement to evade detection or reposition. 2203 2514

Essence of Jianmu

Yi Jue possesses the Essence of Jianmu, which grants her extraordinary resistance to techniques and restraints through Jianmu's trait of Myriad Arts Immunity. 3280

• Resisted Yuan Zhe's space-sealing, binding, and spell-based attacks. 3280
• Forced Yuan Zhe to reassess his strategy after realizing conventional techniques were unlikely to affect her. 3280
• Used the protection alongside external Guardian Power lent by Feng Jun during the conflict with the Wood Spirit Dao. 3289

Divination and Deduction

Yi Jue is a highly accomplished diviner whose deductions are respected even by other major experts. Her concise observations regularly identify flaws in complex cultivation and formation problems. 2088 3189

• Created the divine ability Sweet Rain of Thought through her own deductions. 2088
• Used the aura of a missing Fire Seed to deduce its likely direction. 2198
• Identified the possibility of a Kindred-Path Aura influencing successive Embracing Core breakthroughs. 2116
• Became recognized as one of the Ice Plains' major Deduction experts after reaching Soul Emergence. 3189

Formations and Tally Sticks

Yi Jue possesses exceptional formation talent despite declining to formally join the Formation Dao. Her divination sticks are refined from formation-pillar materials she won in an earlier wager. 3281 3282

• Mastered formation-pillar techniques within twenty years after accepting a challenge from a Formation Dao True Immortal. 3282
• Used her tally sticks to deploy the Twelve Heavenly Capitals Formation, whose chains immobilized Yuan Zhe's Heaven-Slaying Axe. 3281
• Worked with Feng Jun to develop formation designs based on the growth patterns of spirit plants. 2759

Spirit Plant Arts

As a Spirit Plant Dao elder, Yi Jue can manipulate plant-based auras and techniques with exceptional precision. 2197 2203

• Merges her aura with trees and surrounding plant life to conceal herself. 2203
• Uses fog and illusion techniques to hide mortals and cultivation activity. 2747
• Examines spirit plants, devises treatment plans, and performs advanced deductions concerning plant-related ailments. 2434

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Whisk — used to carry Feng Jun through the Void and assist with rapid movement. 2209
• Divination sticks / tally sticks — formation-pillar materials refined into a powerful formation tool. 3281 3282
• Green-leaf talisman — employed while defending against Yuan Zhe's attacks. 3280
• Spirit-Beast Bag — used to carry Shouxin, an Earth cultivator with spatial attributes, for Void exploration. 2254
• Profound Yellow Qi — a rare treasure Yi Jue intended to use to reinforce her Soul Emergence foundation. 2315

Relationships

• Feng Jun — trusted teammate and close Dao companion. Yi Jue protects his secrets, supports his investigations, and values their partnership over strict personal accounting. 1918 2209 2706 3052
• Spirit Plant Dao — her adopted Dao lineage and the institution she later leads through its conflict and merger with the Wood Spirit Dao. 1905 3288 3289
• Grand Void Gate — her former sect. She formally rejects its seniority ties but remains protective of its reputation and maintains access to some of its techniques. 1905 2188
• Cang Jing — close friend and fellow True Immortal. Cang Jing is deeply concerned for Yi Jue during her duel with Yuan Zhe and knows much of her personal history. 2216 3281 3282
• Shouzhong — Spirit Plant Dao ally who supported Feng Jun during the Yiyao incident and helped shield him from political repercussions. 1905 1918
• Wei Sancai — old acquaintance favored by Yi Jue during the Asura Space Bubble dispute. 3253
• Yuan Zhe — Wood Spirit Dao Venerable and adversary in the decisive life-and-death contest; Yi Jue killed him with Entanglement. 3280 3288
• Shou Liu — younger Spirit Plant Dao cultivator who admires Yi Jue and lends her identity for covert travel to the Amber Realm. 2741

Story Role / Major Arcs

Yiyao and the Grand Void Gate Conflict

Yi Jue reveals her identity while investigating the assassination attempt against Feng Jun. Her presence forces the Grand Void Gate and Duanmu Family to confront the political significance of attacking a deduction expert employed by the Spirit Plant Dao. 1905 1907

Partnership with Feng Jun

Yi Jue becomes Feng Jun's principal high-level ally in Heavenly Zither. Their cooperation spans deduction, Void exploration, investigations, spirit-plant work, inter-realm travel, and confrontations with hostile sects and families. 1918 2191 2209 2706

Soul Emergence Seclusion

Yi Jue enters seclusion to attempt the Soul Emergence Realm. Feng Jun visits her secluded cultivation site without disturbing her, leaving a stele offering Soul-Nourishing Liquid; the gesture improves her progress and success chance. 3052

Return as a Soul Emergence Venerable

After emerging from seclusion, Yi Jue quickly establishes herself as a leading Deduction expert on the Ice Plains. Her short remarks expose critical flaws in the ongoing cultivation-system discussions, earning recognition alongside Feng Jun, Qiu Jie, and Qian Zhong. 3188 3189

Spirit Plant Dao–Wood Spirit Dao War

Yi Jue becomes the Spirit Plant Dao's central figure in its conflict with the Wood Spirit Dao. She defeats and kills Yuan Zhe, wins the formal contest, then oversees the Wood Spirit Dao's restructuring through mandatory reporting, punishments for traitors, and tightly controlled opportunities for atonement. 3280 3288 3289

Notable Quotes

“You were responsible for bringing me here, and I was responsible for retrieving the item. That was the division of labor we agreed upon.” 2209

“That was my favor. Why should I extend it to you?” 3253

“If you are unwilling, we will leave.” 3331

Trivia

• Yi Jue avoided the Alchemy Dao because she disliked its strong smells. 3282
• She also declined to pursue the Zither Dao despite liking it, primarily because she disliked its social obligations. 3282
• Her formation talent first became public after she accepted a wager to stop a persistent Formation Dao admirer from pursuing her. 3282
• She has few disciples because of her high standards and reclusive personality. 2311
• Her residence sector, Kanshui Garden, contains a visibly damaged area used for testing her techniques. 2638