Ye Chen

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Ye Chen (耶尘) 1
Alias(es)	Bloodsmith Hunter; Blood Artisan; Abyss Killer; Laiqi 230 294 525 104
Species/Race	Child conceived by the transcendent Serfoshe and the mortal Nixin 1289
Gender	Male 230
Age	17 at his first appearance; 18 by his first recorded Hunter Corps profile 1 230
Affiliation	Auling Hunter Corps; Dawn Squad; Apex Hunters 624 1305
Occupation/Role	Hunter; captain of Dawn Squad; Tenth Apex Hunter 624 1305 1306
Status	Active 1398
First Appearance	Soul Hunter, Chapter 1 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
First Nightmare Realm	4	A Nightmare-tempered body grants explosive gains in stamina, endurance, reactions, and speed; it is initially impervious to blades and bullets. His Blood Spirit Art is discovered around this period, allowing his blood to enhance cutting weapons. 3 4
Second Nightmare Realm	230	Listed on his Hunter Corps profile after completing his first mission as a Novice Hunter. 230
Third Nightmare Realm	236	Reached through combat experience; lets him sustain Spirit Eye indefinitely without eye strain or depletion. 236
Fourth Nightmare Realm — “One Who Approaches Its Shadow”	471	Completion unlocks broader blood forging: he can create weapons, tools, and ropes from blood, and strengthen the Wave Water Blade into a Blood Blade state. 471
Fifth Nightmare Realm — “Toucher of Its Limbs”	622 623	Greatly increases his Auling Power concentration and physical resilience, awakens the Pure Blood Body, and allows practical use of the advanced General Spirit Art Spirit Void. 622 623

Background / History

Ye Chen was born and raised in a world of perpetual snowfall. From the age of five, he endured rigorous combat training under his teacher, Lyle, and hunted Snow Wolves in the mountains to refine his marksmanship, swordsmanship, and Auling Power control. At seventeen, he survived an avalanche and witnessed a disturbing abyssal vision of a black tide, tentacles, and eyes. 1

During his early trials, Ye Chen awakened the Blood Spirit Art and began learning General Spirit Arts under Lyle. He contracted the Gold-Patterned Black Cloak after mastering Space Storage and Relic Contract, then later entered Frost White City disguised as an envoy of the Abyss to investigate and hunt the Abyss-corrupted Lord Xiaowalus. 21 22 24 26

After the Battle of Windmill Village, Nie Suo and Kadeci brought the injured Ye Chen to Hunter's Peak. He recovered at the sanatorium before transferring into Hunter Academy's graduating Class One, where his role in the battle made him an unwilling campus celebrity. 109 111 548

Years later, Ye Chen learned that Lyle's name and appearance had both been false identities with no Hunter Corps record. The truth of Ye Chen's birth was eventually revealed: Serfoshe, the first Hunter in Corps history, was his father, while his mother Nixin died giving birth to him. 574 1289

Appearance

At seventeen, Ye Chen stood approximately 1.8 meters tall with a sturdy, lean build and refined features. He is repeatedly noted for his striking appearance, which often attracts unwanted attention. 1 74

• Thick, jet-black curly hair. 1 74
• Clear blue or azure eyes. 1 147
• Deep-blue eyes, a high straight nose, and notably symmetrical facial features. 74
• Initially wore a thick wolf-fur coat in the snow-covered mountains. 1
• Later became closely associated with a black-and-gold cloak and the title “Bloodsmith Hunter.” 74 230

Personality

Ye Chen is reserved, vigilant, and highly protective of his privacy. At Hunter Academy, he responds to unwanted attention with polite refusals and practiced smiles, preferring to remain unnoticed despite his public reputation. 109 112 117

His childhood training left him exceptionally calm around pain, danger, and death. He is methodical in combat, reflects on his decisions after battle, and continuously seeks ways to improve rather than relying on talent alone. 109 161 574

Initially, Ye Chen avoids intimate relationships because he believes attachments would compromise his goal of eradicating the Abyss. Over time, however, he comes to value the happiness and responsibility found in his relationships with Oko, Dawn Squad, and his wider circle of comrades. 160 1072

Though feared for his power, Ye Chen treats civilians and ordinary people with courtesy. He uses his blood abilities to rescue civilians during emergencies and remains modest when thanked. 480 612

Abilities & Skills

Auling Power

Ye Chen uses Auling Power to enhance his physical capabilities and fuel both General and Innate Spirit Arts.

• Enhances his strength, agility, perception, speed, and reactions. 1
• Can reinforce weapons and perform high-speed movement, sensory enhancement, and aerial movement techniques. 572 623
• His fifth-realm Auling Power concentration is comparable to the full output he previously needed to strain himself to achieve. 622
• Energy Enhancement Potions can temporarily increase its activity and potency, dramatically improving his speed and blood-forging efficiency. 301

Blood Spirit Art

Ye Chen's Innate Spirit Art uses blood as its medium. It began as a weapon-enhancement ability and developed into highly versatile blood manipulation. 3 117

• Enhances the sharpness and cutting power of blades and other cold weapons. 3 54
• Forms Coagulated Blood Longblades for close combat; after years of refinement, a forged blade can persist for up to a day. 301 532
• Creates Blood Bullets directly from his blood, allowing firearms to generate ammunition without conventional reloading. 301 532
• Produces blood-forged weapons including scimitars, greatswords, javelins, warhammers, whips, chainsaws, revolvers, and tools. 471 570
• Can shape blood into practical constructs, including ropes, slides, waves, and rescue equipment. 471 612
• Blood use consumes vitality and mental strength when pushed beyond his reserves. 185

Pure Blood Body and Bloodflow Manipulation Art

The Pure Blood Body is Ye Chen's fifth-realm transformation of his blood-forging ability, greatly improving the purity, precision, and flexibility of his blood constructs. 622 623

• Shapes blood into complex weapons, defenses, tools, and fluid-like constructs. 622
• Allows large-scale civilian rescue, including creating a blood slide to evacuate a burning building and a blood wave to extinguish flames. 612
• Can create defensive blood membranes capable of deflecting Oko's light-speed sword strike. 1384
• His spilled blood can remain combat-capable, forming constructs such as a blood serpent after leaving his body. 1387

Nightmare-Derived Body

Each Nightmare Realm strengthens Ye Chen's body, culminating in overwhelming resilience and regeneration.

• His First Nightmare Realm body is initially resistant to blades and bullets. 4
• At the fifth realm, his flesh, blood, and bones become extraordinarily durable while retaining flexibility and responsiveness. 622
• He possesses an Undying Body that cannot be physically killed or destroyed; attacks on his mind and soul remain his principal vulnerability. 1315
• His Blood Moon transformation can become difficult to control, requiring sedatives to suppress it. 670

General Spirit Arts

Ye Chen has mastered a broad set of General Spirit Arts through training and repeated combat application. 668

• Self-Healing — accelerates recovery through Auling Power. 668
• Space Storage — stores equipment and relics in a personal storage space. 22 668
• Relic Contract — allows him to contract and use Labyrinth Relics. 22 668
• Spirit Eye — enhances visual perception; after reaching the Third Nightmare Realm, he can sustain it indefinitely. 236
• Spirit Ear — enhances hearing. 668
• Spirit Feet — improves movement and mobility. 668
• Spirit Void — creates Auling Power platforms in midair for aerial movement. Ye Chen has mastered Air Fixation and Ascending Steps, while Shatterblast remains more difficult. 623

Boundless Blood Sea

Ye Chen develops the Boundless Blood Sea as a personal substitute for a conventional Spirit Realm. 1317 1323

• Creates an enclosed blood domain that can contain his destructive power. 1317
• Massively improves the casting speed and force of his blood manipulation while he remains inside it. 1323
• Can enhance his output by hundreds of times at its peak. 1323
• Provides a vast blood-energy reserve that he can draw upon throughout the domain. 1323

Combat Fundamentals

Lyle's training gave Ye Chen exceptional fundamentals in firearms, swordsmanship, physical combat, movement, endurance, and tactical judgment. 1 160 570

• Skilled with revolvers, rifles, blades, and improvised weapons. 1 32 128
• Can rapidly learn unfamiliar firearms; he disassembles and reassembles an Orland Rifle in 37 seconds after first encountering one. 128
• Uses feints, terrain, timing, and opponent psychology rather than relying solely on power. 32 1086
• Conducted real-combat rehabilitation under self-imposed restraints reaching 30× Shackles, equivalent to roughly one hundred tons of added burden. 1086 1087
• Kuize identifies a further combat discipline, “inducement,” as a potential path for Ye Chen's continued growth. 574

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Gold-Patterned Black Cloak — first-tier defensive Labyrinth Relic contracted after Ye Chen learned Space Storage and Relic Contract; absorbs major impacts at the cost of damage to its fabric. 22 100
• Strange Thread Gloves — second-tier relic that produces controllable blood threads ranging from vine-thick bindings to steel-wire edges; later lost. 185 433
• Wave Water Blade — curved Labyrinth Relic weapon strengthened into a Blood Blade state after Ye Chen's Fourth Nightmare Realm. 471
• Energy-Bearing Heavy Sheath — fourth-tier relic capable of catastrophic destructive output; Ye Chen eventually masters it before later discarding it. 518 532 693
• Master-Swallowing Painted Python — relic that succeeds the Energy-Bearing Heavy Sheath as Ye Chen's melee relic. 693
• Downpour Revolver and Browning machine gun — primary firearms enhanced through Blood Bullet Patterns. 532 693
• Linked-Burst Shotgun — close-range, high-rate shrapnel weapon. 693
• Thunder Serpent Rocket Launcher — long-range, wide-area bombardment weapon. 693
• Round Sun Series — reserve melee set including daggers, katanas, straight swords, halberds, chain whips, war hammers, greatshields, and battle axes. 693
• Heartguard Mind-Nourishing Potion — stimulant used to recover rapidly from sleep deprivation. 321

Relationships

• Oko — Fellow Hunter Academy student, Dawn Squad member, sparring partner, and Ye Chen's partner. Their relationship begins with Oko's intense curiosity, develops through shared missions, and becomes exclusive; Ye Chen remains more reserved than Oko about their intimacy. 114 150 503 532 692
• Weimeng — Ye Chen's Hunter Academy roommate and closest friend. They later affirm that they will look after one another, and Ye Chen supports Weimeng through his family troubles and leadership doubts. 110 160 490 644
• Xiya — Dawn Squad healer and teammate. She first recognizes that Ye Chen may share her Labyrinth origins, heals severe injuries he suffers against the clowns, and later helps empower the squad through her Spirit Realm. 117 431 1392
• Firona — Dawn Squad teammate. Their relationship begins with competitive friction but develops into mutual trust through repeated missions and training. 247 503 1393
• Erigat — Dawn Squad teammate and former academy rival. Ye Chen respects his close-combat strength, while Erigat recognizes Ye Chen's veteran instincts and ability. 122 247 1393
• Lyle — Ye Chen's mentor from childhood, who taught him nearly every skill he possesses. Lyle later condemns Ye Chen's willingness to disregard his own life in pursuit of his goals. 21 160 1072
• Kuize — Commander of the Auling Hunter Corps, mentor, and Ye Chen's godfather. Kuize guides Ye Chen's combat growth, accepts his hidden origins, and appoints him the Tenth Apex Hunter. 574 1272 1319 1305
• Yelun — A paternal guardian who calls Ye Chen his son and acts to save him from the Calamity Seed in his soul. 1267 1272
• Serfoshe and Nixin — Ye Chen's biological parents. Serfoshe was the first Hunter in Hunter Corps history; Nixin died giving birth to Ye Chen. 1289
• Kadeci — Senior Hunter who helped rescue Ye Chen after Windmill Village. Ye Chen calls her “Sister Kadeci,” and she treats him with protective, sibling-like affection. 106 450 662
• Hengli — Third Apex Hunter and recurring rival. Hengli's hostility stems largely from jealousy over Kuize's attention toward Ye Chen. 290 291 1306
• Amanluo and Li Weidun — Senior Hunters and former life-and-death comrades. Both recognize Ye Chen's growth and retain a close bond with him after his rise. 431 658 1297

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Eternal Winter Hidden Domain — Ye Chen's wolf hunts, avalanche survival, and early Nightmare trials establish his Auling Power, Blood Spirit Art, and harsh upbringing. 1 3 4
• Frost White City — He infiltrates Xiaowalus's domain under the guise of an Abyss envoy, using the lord's Abyss obsession against him. 24 26
• Windmill Village and Hunter Academy — Following the publicized Battle of Windmill Village, Ye Chen transfers into Hunter Academy and struggles to avoid the fame attached to his name. 109 111 112
• Early Hunter Career — Ye Chen completes his first mission, becomes known as the Bloodsmith Hunter, and gains notoriety for killing a veteran hunter traitor during his first commission. 230 247
• Dawn Squad Formation — Repeated missions unite Ye Chen with Oko, Weimeng, Xiya, Firona, and Erigat. Their shared battles transform former classmates into a cohesive squad under Ye Chen's leadership. 298 624
• Clown Conflict — Ye Chen risks his life to rescue Amanluo, Xiya, and Li Weidun from the clowns. Xiya's healing restores his right eye and hand after the battle. 356 431
• Nightmare Growth — He completes the Fourth Nightmare Realm, later reaches the Fifth, gains the Pure Blood Body, and masters functional Spirit Void flight. 471 622 623
• Disappearance and Return — Ye Chen's apparent death leaves Dawn Squad devastated, but he later reunites with his comrades and is recognized as a future Apex Hunter. 1014 1030 1297
• Origins Revealed — Ye Chen learns the truth of Serfoshe, Nixin, and the extraordinary circumstances behind his birth. 1289
• Apex Hunter Appointment — After withstanding the combined aura of the Apex Hunters, Ye Chen is named the Tenth Apex Hunter. 1304 1305
• Dawn Squad's Future — Ye Chen tests his team against his full strength and encourages them to close the gap between their abilities, while Oko openly imagines a future with him beyond hunting. 1393 1398

Notable Quotes

“I intend to be the one who remains barefoot.” 160

“No one will be absent.” 1166

Trivia

• Lyle taught Ye Chen every skill he possesses except horsemanship. 160
• Ye Chen’s Innate Spirit Art medium is blood. 117
• He prefers carrying weapons himself whenever possible. 161
• Despite his reputation, Ye Chen dislikes public attention and repeatedly attempts to maintain a low profile. 109 112