Yun Yao

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Yun Yao (云瑶)
Alias(es)	Little Princess; Saintess; Devil Race Saintess
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Li Fire Palace (former inner disciple and personal disciple of a Golden Core elder); Mysterious Yin Demonic Sect / Mystic Yin Divine Sect (former Saintess); Devil Race
Occupation/Role	Cultivator; Saintess of the Devil Race; former Saintess of the Mysterious Yin Demonic Sect
Status	Alive
First Appearance	Chapter 9

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Qi Refining Level 9	11	Remembered as a heroic, spirited ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator.
Peak Qi Refining	10	Focused on preparing for Foundation Establishment.
Qi Refining Great Perfection	26	Sought funds and defensive tools for her Foundation Establishment attempt.
Foundation Establishment	30	Successfully established her foundation and became a personal disciple of a Li Fire Palace Golden Core elder.
Foundation Establishment Middle Stage	101	Had reached the middle stage by the time of her farewell from Celestial Mystery City.
Foundation Establishment Late Stage	146	Broke through before age seventy after years of bitter cultivation.
Core Formation / Golden Core	231	Formed a True Core with help from the Three-Turn Core Condensation Art and became a Core Formation True Person.
Core Formation Middle Stage	304	Her cultivation was identified as Core Formation Middle Stage while planning against Li Fire Palace.
Core Formation Late Stage / Peak	403	After stabilizing the Mystic Yin Divine Fire, her resource-backed cultivation had reached the perfection of Core Formation Late Stage.
Nascent Soul	429 495	Her Soul Lamp indicated a Nascent Soul breakthrough; she later reunited with Lin Chang'an as a Nascent Soul cultivator and Devil Race Saintess.

Background / History

Yun Yao was formerly known as a “Little Princess,” raised within the confines of a royal manor. Her earliest desire upon learning of cultivation was simply to fly freely; she viewed cultivation as an escape from that cage. 101

She became an inner disciple of the Li Fire Palace and presided over Elder Lu’s funeral when she reunited with Lin Chang'an, Li Erniu, and their former companions. Despite her elevated status and cultivation, she invited them to a reunion and remained connected to their old circle. 9 10

Yun Yao devoted herself to Foundation Establishment, gathering support from her friends for defensive resources. She successfully broke through and became the personal disciple of a Golden Core elder, but later learned that Li Fire Palace had cultivated her as a human cauldron rather than granting her freedom. 26 31 101

She faked her death to escape Li Fire Palace, having plundered its True Treasure Pavilion as part of her escape. After recovering in Celestial Mystery City, she gave Lin Chang'an the Condensing Origin Art and continued seeking a path beyond the control of major sects. 109 172 304

Yun Yao subsequently entered the Mystic Yin Divine Sect, where she became a Saintess Candidate and later secured the position of Saintess. Though the sect offered powerful inheritances and resources, she remained wary of its internal struggle and intended to eventually defect. 207 304 339

While still operating within the Mystic Yin Divine Sect, Yun Yao secretly prepared and executed a raid on Li Fire Island with Lin Chang'an. Her years of intelligence gathering on the Li Fire Palace, including its island formations and personnel, made the operation possible; afterward, she continued using the Demonic Sect’s resources to strengthen herself for the coming Secret Realm. 304 307 320

During the First Secret Realm of the Monster Sea Abyss, Yun Yao stole the Ice Lotus Cold Flame from Old Devil Profound Yin. The ordeal awakened her Void Spirit Body and allowed her to remain in the Secret Realm after its closure, where she intended to cultivate and seek Nascent Soul resources. 402

Her time in the sealed Secret Realm carried her to the Nascent Soul realm and eventually brought her into contact with the Demon Sealing Abyss, an ancient altar, and a descending consciousness of a Demon World Saint Ancestor. She became the Saintess of the Devil Race and resolved to lead its people back toward the Demon World while leaving behind a route of ascension for the world she would depart. 467 495

Yun Yao intends to ascend ahead of Lin Chang'an, establish a secure location in the Upper Realm, and use ancient two-world teleportation arrays to preserve a path for their reunion. Her Taiyin Star Ruins Body enables her to leave spatial marks on a Great Teleportation Token for this purpose. 495

Appearance

Yun Yao is consistently portrayed as beautiful, poised, and difficult to approach. Her usual cold exterior softens noticeably around Lin Chang'an and trusted companions. 101 339

• Wore white Heavenly Silkworm Silk clothing with a white jade belt, gold cloud-pattern embroidery, and a white jade crown during her farewell. 101
• Often favors capable, tight-fitting clothing that emphasizes her heroic temperament. 231
• As Saintess, wore a palace gown embroidered with white clouds and carried a cold, solitary presence likened to an ice lotus. 339
• Used black gauze and an ordinary face while concealing her identity after escaping Li Fire Palace. 116 183
• Upon reuniting with Lin Chang'an as a Nascent Soul cultivator, she wore a crown and possessed a nobler, more distant bearing befitting her station as a Devil Race Saintess. 495
• During the conflict surrounding the ascension altar, she appeared in black armor while manifesting a devil sovereign phantom. 692

Personality

Yun Yao is resolute, ambitious, and exceptionally cautious. Even after reaching Foundation Establishment Late Stage, she showed no complacency and remained focused on future dangers and cultivation. 22 147

Her greatest personal value is freedom. Having escaped one “golden cage” only to find herself controlled by Li Fire Palace and later entangled in the Mystic Yin Divine Sect, she repeatedly chooses dangerous, carefully prepared paths over submission. 101 304

Though outwardly cold and aloof, Yun Yao is loyal to the friends who supported her before her rise. She repaid their help with gifts, maintained secret correspondence, visited old acquaintances in the Yue Kingdom, and repeatedly shared rare cultivation resources with Lin Chang'an. 31 101 185 285

Her caution does not prevent bold action. Yun Yao repeatedly gambles on high-risk opportunities—including faking her death, raiding Li Fire Island, stealing the Ice Lotus Cold Flame, and remaining alone in the sealed Secret Realm—when they offer a path to control her own destiny. 109 304 402 495

After becoming Devil Race Saintess, she retained her desire for freedom while accepting responsibility for the Devil Race’s return to the Demon World and for leaving an ascension path behind. 467 495

Abilities & Skills

Mystic Yin Divine Fire

Yun Yao cultivates the Mystic Yin Divine Fire, a powerful but dangerous sect inheritance tied to the Mysterious Yin Demonic Sect.

• Contains a trace of Profound Yin Spirit Fire that can become difficult to control. 320 374
• Lin Chang'an's mana and dual cultivation secret technique can help her purify and stabilize the fire. 320 349
• Yun Yao seeks to fully refine the spirit fire and seize control of the sect’s strongest divine ability rather than remain its fuel. 304
• Within the Secret Realm, she used the Gui Water Demonic Art and Lin Chang'an’s Mystic Heaven Mana to stabilize the Divine Fire and absorb other Yin-attribute spirit fires into a ghostly blue flame surrounding her Golden Core. 402
• The Fire Manipulation Secret Technique Lin Chang'an shared with her further aided her control over the increasingly powerful flame. 396

Gui Water Demonic Art

Yun Yao possesses the Gui Water Demonic Art, manifested as ghostly blue flame within her dantian.

• Its dangers were apparent to Lin Chang'an when he examined her dantian. 304
• She intends to master the art despite its risks as part of her plan to gain enough strength to escape sect control. 132 304
• The art possesses potent healing properties and was used to improve Su Miaoyin’s injuries. 155
• It is the foundation required to nurture and ultimately control the Mystic Yin Divine Fire. 304 402

Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation and Combined Attack Art

Yun Yao and Lin Chang'an practice a legitimate Yin-Yang dual cultivation secret art that permits them to merge mana in mutual trust.

• The art increases their cultivation speed without apparent side effects and enabled Yun Yao to assess the depth of Lin Chang'an’s Evergreen mana. 127 128
• In battle, it can combine their mana into a coordinated attack whose power surpasses ordinary spells; two late-stage Foundation Establishment practitioners can unleash an attack comparable to a False Core cultivator’s strike. 127
• The technique also improves their mana recovery and was instrumental in their battle against the quasi-third-tier Green-Scaled Giant Python. 151
• Lin Chang'an later continued using the art to purify her Mystic Yin Divine Fire and restore her mana after long separations. 349 692

Void Spirit Body

Her Void Spirit Body awakened after she stole the Ice Lotus Cold Flame and suffered serious injuries during her escape.

• Identified as the Taiyin Star Ruins Body, a type of Void Spirit Body. 402 495
• Its nature is important to the study and establishment of spatial nodes for ancient teleportation arrays. 508
• The awakening gave her an exceptional opportunity to cultivate within the sealed Secret Realm. 402
• The body is highly sensitive to spatial coordinates, allowing Yun Yao to leave a mark on a Great Teleportation Token and assist with the locking of ancient two-world teleportation arrays. 495

Devil Race Techniques

As the Devil Race Saintess, Yun Yao can wield Demonic Qi and invoke powers connected to the ancient Demon Sealing Abyss.

• She can summon a true demon’s true body to activate the ascension altar. 692
• She manifested and condensed a towering devil sovereign phantom, using the surrounding Demonic Qi to increase her own aura and power. 692
• She plans to guide the Devil Race’s ascent back to the Demon World while preserving an ascension route for those left behind. 467

Formation Knowledge and Secret-Realm Intelligence

Yun Yao possesses knowledge and intelligence derived from her sect background and long-term preparation.

• Provided Lin Chang'an with insights into Nascent Soul cultivators, sect schemes, and the Nether Soul Sect Secret Realm. 327
• Gathered years of intelligence on Li Fire Palace, including its cultivators’ techniques, magic treasures, habits, and formation layout. 304
• Used a Dharma Disk to test for abnormalities while exploring dangerous ruins. 176
• Made rubbings of ancient texts and sect records whenever possible, often sharing the resulting knowledge with Lin Chang'an. 327

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Quasi-Fourth-Order Escape Jade Talisman — grants temporary escape speed second only to a Nascent Soul cultivator. 304
• Ice Lotus Cold Flame — stolen from Old Devil Profound Yin in the Secret Realm; its acquisition helped awaken Yun Yao’s Void Spirit Body and stabilize her Mystic Yin Divine Fire. 402
• Four Symbols Dragon Scale Armor — a damaged Ancient Treasure Yun Yao entrusted to Lin Chang'an for repair; once restored with modern materials, it provides powerful protection against wind, fire, water, and dust. 340 348
• Thunder Flood Dragon reverse-scale inner armor — defensive inner armor Lin Chang'an refined for Yun Yao using Thunder Flood Dragon materials. 349
• Ice Flood Dragon — Yun Yao’s spirit pet, raised with resources from Li Fire Palace’s True Treasure Pavilion and friendly with Lin Chang'an’s Green-Horned Ox. 304 340
• Second-Rank Explosion Talisman inheritance — includes a method for inscribing an Explosion Talisman directly onto a cultivator’s body. 116
• Condensing Origin Art — secret technique gifted to Lin Chang'an after her escape from Li Fire Palace. 109
• Three-Turn Core Condensation Secret Technique — shared with Lin Chang'an before her own Core Formation. 207
• Ancient cultivation methods — shared the complete Refining, Body Refining, and Spirit Refining methods with Lin Chang'an. 207
• Third-Rank Talisman inheritance — given to Lin Chang'an before the migration to the Monster Sea Abyss. 185

Relationships

• Lin Chang'an — Longtime friend, trusted ally, cultivation companion, and beloved partner. They support one another with resources, intelligence, healing, and cultivation insights; their affection, once unspoken, becomes openly acknowledged through their reunions and shared plans for ascension. 72 191 231 285 340 495 692
• Li Erniu — Former companion from their early cultivation years; Yun Yao remained included in the group’s reunions and exchanges. 9 10 31
• Shen Lie — Old friend from Clearwater Bay; Yun Yao once intended to introduce him to Lu Qingqing. 10 101
• Lu Qingqing — Old friend and recipient of Yun Yao’s farewell gifts through Lin Chang'an. 10 101
• Wei Yiyi — Former companion included among the friends Yun Yao remembered and provided for before departing. 101 285
• He Yan — Former subordinate and confidant whose loyalty Yun Yao tested through the delivery of her letters, gifts, and cultivation materials. He was later refined into a corpse puppet by Old Devil Profound Yin. 191 207 343
• Su Miaoyin / Fairy Nishang — A complicated acquaintance, occasional ally, and rival connected to Yun Yao through Lin Chang'an. They have exchanged intelligence, negotiated over Secret Realm matters, and retained a degree of mutual understanding despite their competing interests. 132 373 467 495
• Ice Flood Dragon — Yun Yao’s spirit pet and the longtime companion of the Green-Horned Ox. 304 340
• Li Fire Palace — Former sect and captor; Yun Yao fled after discovering that its disciples were raised as cultivation cauldrons, then later plotted against and raided its Li Fire Island stronghold. 101 109 304 307
• Mysterious Yin Demonic Sect — Her former sect and the source of her Saintess status, resources, and continuing confinement. Its cultivation of Saintesses as fuel for the Mystic Yin Divine Fire drove Yun Yao to seize the inheritance for herself and ultimately escape its control. 207 304 339 402
• Old Devil Profound Yin — Former sect ancestor and enemy who sought to use Yun Yao as fuel for the Mystic Yin Divine Fire; she defied him by stealing the Ice Lotus Cold Flame and remaining in the Secret Realm. 304 402
• Devil Race — The people Yun Yao became Saintess of after entering the Demon Sealing Abyss. She intends to lead them toward ascension to the Demon World. 467 495

Story Role / Major Arcs

Return to Clearwater Bay

Yun Yao appears at Elder Lu’s funeral as a mature Li Fire Palace inner disciple. She reunites with her former peers, leads the proceedings, and invites them to the Gathering Immortal Pavilion. 9

Foundation Establishment

She prepares for Foundation Establishment with financial and defensive support from her friends, then succeeds and gains status as a Golden Core elder’s personal disciple. 26 30 31

Escape from Li Fire Palace

Yun Yao discovers that her status within Li Fire Palace is a form of imprisonment. She leaves gifts for her old friends, fakes her death, escapes the sect, and eventually reveals its practice of treating disciples as human cauldrons. 101 109

Celestial Mystery City and the Black Market

After returning in secret, Yun Yao warns Lin Chang'an about the coming war, works with him on the Explosion Talisman, and later aids him and Old Hu in the Black Market. Her rapid rise to Foundation Establishment Late Stage changes the group’s balance of power. 116 146 147

Mystic Yin Divine Sect Saintess

Yun Yao joins the Mystic Yin Divine Sect, becomes a Saintess Candidate, and uses the sect’s resources while quietly preparing an eventual escape. She shares high-level cultivation techniques with Lin Chang'an and seeks his aid as an outside ally. 207 304 339

Core Formation and the Monster Sea Abyss

After forming a True Core, Yun Yao keeps her promise to help Lin Chang'an pursue Core Formation. She later provides warnings, intelligence, and resources as both navigate the factional conflicts of the Monster Sea Abyss. 231 304 320

Raid on Li Fire Island

Having secretly amassed detailed intelligence on the Li Fire Palace for years, Yun Yao recruits Lin Chang'an to raid its weakened Li Fire Island stronghold. The operation targets the sect’s accumulated resources and serves as both retaliation against her former captors and preparation for greater dangers ahead. 304 307

Secret Realm and Nascent Soul Opportunity

Yun Yao steals the Ice Lotus Cold Flame, awakens her Void Spirit Body, and remains inside the sealed Secret Realm to pursue Nascent Soul resources. Her Soul Lamp later confirms her successful advance to Nascent Soul. 402 429 495

Devil Race Saintess and Ascension Plan

After her Secret Realm opportunity leads her to the Demon Sealing Abyss, Yun Yao becomes the Devil Race Saintess. She plans to guide the Devil Race back to the Demon World, establish an ascension route, and leave spatial coordinates that will permit Lin Chang'an to follow her in the future. 467 495

Devil Palace Mountain Range Reunion

Yun Yao reunites with Lin Chang'an after centuries apart in the Devil Palace Mountain Range. She summons a true demon body to activate the ascension altar, receives Lin Chang'an’s aid in restoring her mana, and saves him after he is struck by the Dragon-Transforming Seal amid the struggle between Spirit Transformation cultivators. 692

Notable Quotes

“To be as free as a bird.” 101

“In the end, after coming full circle, I realized I had only flown from one golden cage into a larger one...” 101

“If I am fortunate enough to reach the Core Formation stage, I will definitely return to help you reach it as well!” 191

“With Big Brother Lin's help, why shouldn't I be able to completely refine this spirit fire?” 304

Trivia

• Yun Yao’s desire for freedom predates her cultivation career and began while she was confined in a royal manor. 101
• She was already a Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator before the age of seventy. 146
• She maintains contact with Lin Chang'an through coded jade slips, letters, disguised meetings, and prearranged trading signals. 207 395
• The Green-Horned Ox is fond of her because she frequently fed it high-grade spirit fruits and spirit herbs. 109
• Yun Yao keeps spirit fruits in reserve for both the Green-Horned Ox and the Phoenix Cry Bird. 340
• Her Taiyin Star Ruins Body is a top-tier spirit body even by Upper Realm standards, though its potential only emerged after her Secret Realm opportunity. 495