Xu Ye

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Xu Ye (徐业)
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Extreme Devil Palace 297
Occupation/Role	Demonic cultivator; seeker of body-tempering treasures 297
First Appearance	Chapter 297

Appearance

Xu Ye is marked by crimson eyes compared to agates soaked in clear water. His aura is strange and difficult to read: he resembles a cultivator, yet carries no detectable spiritual energy. 297

• His body has been tempered for more than seventy years and is saturated with vital essence. 298
• He can open his own flesh without bleeding, using his wrist and chest to store or absorb objects. 299
• He commonly wears no shoes when searching through muddy fields. 298

Background

Xu Ye cultivates through the Extreme Devil Palace's path of tempering bone and blood rather than refining spiritual energy. Practitioners of this path use their own bodies as furnaces to refine vital essence and strengthen their flesh. 297

He left his sect under orders to locate Bloodbell Ear, a rare dark-red treasure that grows in Red Jade Rice fields and is used to temper the body. After waiting at one village for seven or eight days, he had found only two or three specimens. 297

Before meeting Shen Hui again, Xu Ye was deceived by Thousand-Faced Madam Pei Wan of Bliss Palace. Her essence-harvesting art removed two of his five viscera and six bowels, leaving him weakened and making his body particularly valuable to her. 351

Personality

Xu Ye is boisterous, uninhibited, and frequently inconsiderate of conventional propriety. He casually offers his own limbs as trade goods, loudly disrupts inns, and provokes strangers simply because he finds conflict entertaining. 298 353 354

His view of death is pragmatic to the point of callousness; he describes battlefield corpses as nourishment that may turn blood-soaked land into a treasure ground. 299 He is nevertheless capable of gratitude and loyalty. After Shen Hui saves him from Pei Wan, Xu Ye insists that he will stand in front of Shen Hui if her master seeks revenge. 351

Abilities & Skills

Vital-Essence Body Cultivation

Xu Ye does not cultivate spiritual energy. As an Extreme Devil Palace cultivator, he tempers his flesh, blood, and vital essence instead. 297

• Claims that every part of his body is a treasure because it is filled with blood energy. 298
• Demonstrates extraordinary physical strength, alarming an escort party with a casual display. 355
• Traverses mountains in immense leaps; each landing strikes the ground like a boulder, and each jump carries him dozens of zhang. 366
• His straightforward, physical fighting style is poorly suited to a plant spirit whose roots spread through an entire city. 362

Flesh Storage and Absorption

Xu Ye can use his body as storage and assimilate treasures directly into his flesh. 299

• Reaches into his wrist and retrieves a scroll without drawing blood. 299
• Absorbs Shen Hui's blood pearl through his chest, restoring color and vitality to his face and eyes. 299
• Absorbs Pei Wan's corpse after her death. 351
• Attempts to consume a green vine, but expels it with black sludge after finding it inedible. 360

Knowledge of Demonic Cultivation

Xu Ye is familiar with the practices and limitations of demonic cultivators.

• Explains that powerful demonic cultivators may drive their blood qi, regrow limbs, form blood into spears, or devour demons and ghosts. 362
• Knows of Bloodbell Ear, Penglai Island, Bliss Palace, and regional events such as the Peach God of Zhaoyang Commandery City. 297 351 352 353
• Possesses the Baleful Suppression Spirit-Infusion Art, which uses Killing Intent to awaken spirituality in materials; he trades it to Shen Hui. 299

Equipment / Items

• Bloodbell Ear — A rare body-tempering treasure Xu Ye seeks for the Extreme Devil Palace; he gathers specimens from Red Jade Rice fields and pays villagers for them. 297 298
• Blood pearl — Shen Hui's treasure, exchanged for the Baleful Suppression Spirit-Infusion Art and absorbed by Xu Ye to recover vital essence. 299
• Baleful Suppression Spirit-Infusion Art — A spirit-awakening manual Xu Ye obtained in his early years and traded to Shen Hui. 299
• Mingling insect — A creature Xu Ye intends to use to deliver the Swallowing Sea Sword Qi inheritance to Shen Hui after returning to the Extreme Devil Palace. 352
• Raw gold — Xu Ye produces a large lump of raw gold from his palm to show that ordinary payment does not interest him. 355

Relationships

• Shen Hui — Fellow cultivator and traveling companion. They first meet while seeking treasures in Red Jade Rice fields, trade the blood pearl for a cultivation art, and later travel together. Shen Hui saves Xu Ye from Pei Wan, earning his gratitude and loyalty. 297 299 350 351
• Lu Huan — Shen Hui's young companion. Xu Ye teases and plays with her, promises to take her rabbit-catching again, and shares an easy camaraderie with her. 355 366
• Mo Yunsong — Temporary companion whose compassion conflicts with Xu Ye's detached view of war dead and blood-soaked farmland. 299
• Thousand-Faced Madam Pei Wan — An essence-harvesting cultivator who targeted Xu Ye for his unusual body and vital essence. Shen Hui kills her after rescuing Xu Ye. 350 351
• Extreme Devil Palace elders — Xu Ye's sect elders summon him home urgently, ending his journey with Shen Hui and Lu Huan. 366

Story Role / Major Arcs

Red Jade Rice Fields

Xu Ye meets Shen Hui while searching for Bloodbell Ear in a village's Red Jade Rice fields. He purchases the treasures he finds rather than taking them, then unsuccessfully tries to buy Shen Hui's blood pearl with parts of his own body. 297 298

He ultimately trades the Baleful Suppression Spirit-Infusion Art for the pearl, absorbs it to restore his vitality, and travels with Shen Hui's party for part of their route. 299

Rescue from Bliss Palace

Xu Ye reappears while fleeing Pei Wan, who seeks to force him into dual cultivation and drain his vital essence. Shen Hui intervenes, defeats her, and kills her despite the threat posed by her Core Formation master. 350 351

In repayment, Xu Ye offers Shen Hui the Swallowing Sea Sword Qi inheritance once he returns to the Extreme Devil Palace. 352

Cold Spring County

Xu Ye accompanies Shen Hui and Lu Huan toward Cold Spring County, agrees to help a young woman search for her missing father, and joins the confrontation with the vines surrounding Mystic Response Hall. 355 360 361

His brute-force approach proves ineffective against the city-spanning plant spirit, while Shen Hui repeatedly protects him with sword light. 362

Departure

After Shen Hui destroys the Mystic Response True Lord and resolves the Cold Spring County crisis, Xu Ye receives an urgent summons from his family elders. He parts from Shen Hui and Lu Huan on amicable terms, promising they will meet again. 365 366

Notable Quotes

“This body of mine has been tempered for more than seventy years. Every inch of flesh and blood is a treasure.” 298

“If a little provocation was enough to break them, then they deserved to die.” 360

“I, Xu Ye, may not be a gentleman, but I cannot repay kindness with enmity.” 351