Ye Yingling

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Ye Yingling (叶颖泠)
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Ye Clan; Anti-Magic Ninja Mercenary Group
Occupation/Role	Spirit Master; former healing-type support; Jiang Ce's disciple and symbiote host
First Appearance	Chapter 11

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 20 Spirit Master	11	Sought a second spirit ring with the Black Wolf Mercenary Group, but the group was annihilated by a 20,000-year Golden Armored Red Flame Dragon.
Symbiote host	13	Jiang Ce's Fission-created symbiote parasitized her, granting several-fold increases to speed, defense, mental power, and recovery, as well as access to combat skills. Her second-ring hunt was postponed to strengthen her foundation.
Level 20 bottleneck	17	Accumulated medicinal power pressed against her bottleneck, awaiting a second soul ring to release it.
Four-ring Soul Ancestor, Level 45	20	Reached four rings after over half a month of hunting in Sunset Forest. Her configuration was one yellow ring and three ten-thousand-year black rings; the Nine-Heart Begonia's curse was fully lifted.

Background

Ye Yingling is the Ye Clan's young successor of the Nine-Heart Begonia, a hereditary healing martial soul limited to a single skill and only two holders per generation. Before meeting Jiang Ce and Liu Erlong, she was a timid level-20 support spirit master preparing to obtain her second ring. 11 13

Her mercenary escort was destroyed by a Golden Armored Red Flame Dragon, leaving her unable to flee or fight. Liu Erlong rescued her, then Jiang Ce parasitized her with a fission body of his Venom symbiote. 11 13

Jiang Ce's training, body tempering, and the resources from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well transformed Ye Yingling into a combat-capable Soul Ancestor. Her evolved martial soul, Nine-Heart Begonia: Sacred Chant, removed the Ye Clan's generational restriction and allowed her to gain additional spirit skills rather than healing alone. 15 16 20

Appearance

Ye Yingling is described as a gentle, dignified young lady with a slender, graceful build and long hair. Following her symbiote bonding and combat training, she develops a more mature, battle-hardened bearing. 14 16 20

• Usually wears Jiang Ce's pitch-black symbiote bodysuit, which can transform into ordinary clothing or combat forms. 13 40
• Her former refined and timid demeanor is gradually replaced by confidence and a fierce aura gained through repeated hunts. 20
• When manifesting her martial soul, a white Nine-Heart Begonia phantom blooms above her hands, with a central halo and chant-like runes. 20

Personality

Initially frightened, sheltered, and accustomed to being viewed only as a healer, Ye Yingling lacks confidence in her ability to survive on the battlefield. Liu Erlong's rescue and Jiang Ce's powers awaken her desire not to remain a helpless support spirit master. 11 13 15

She becomes grateful and deeply loyal to Jiang Ce, addressing him as “Teacher,” while looking up to Liu Erlong as her senior sister. Despite her growing combat ability, she retains a gentle disposition and concern for others, such as supporting Tang Yuehua after the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group ambush. 13 20 23

Her later personality combines enthusiasm for battle with practical instincts: she embraces a mobile-artillery role in hunts, cheers for Liu Erlong during confrontations, and understands the danger of revealing the Ye Clan's restored martial soul. 20 27 45 46

Abilities & Skills

Nine-Heart Begonia: Sacred Chant

Ye Yingling's evolved martial soul. The original Nine-Heart Begonia was restricted to area-of-effect group healing and a single skill regardless of ring count; Sacred Chant removes that limitation. 11 20

• Can gain a new spirit skill with each advancement rather than only improving healing output. 20
• Retains powerful healing and support potential. 11 13
• May eventually provide extensive buff effects, though this remains a proposed development path rather than a confirmed ability. 13

Venom Symbiote Host

A fission body of Jiang Ce's symbiote lives within Ye Yingling, connecting her to his shared skill pool and amplifying her physical abilities. 13

• Amplifies existing attributes proportionally on top of other buffs. 20
• Greatly enhances speed, defense, mental power, recovery, physical explosiveness, and soul-power circulation. 13 15
• Can manifest weapons, tentacles, wings, and combat techniques acquired from devoured spirit beasts. 13
• Feeds Ye Yingling two percent of the spirit power gained whenever Jiang Ce devours a ten-thousand-year spirit beast. 13
• Allows her to shift among assault, control, agility, healing, and support roles rather than remaining in the rear line. 13
• Gives her access to camouflage and concealment abilities inherited from Jiang Ce's devoured spirit beasts. 22

Combat Training

Jiang Ce's “Anti-Magic Ninja” training forces Ye Yingling to develop practical combat instincts while hunting in Sunset Forest. 16

• Progresses from a novice who passively endures danger to a fighter able to maintain her stance and physically repel soul beasts. 16
• Uses a staff while posing as a conventional back-line healer, then counters attackers at close range. 27
• Later serves as mobile artillery, bombarding soul beasts with varied elemental attacks. 27

Martial Soul Fusion

Because Jiang Ce's symbiote hosts are connected, Ye Yingling can potentially perform martial soul fusion techniques with Jiang Ce and other hosts despite differing martial souls. 18

• Same-origin symbiote hosts can form fusion skills with one another. 18
• A larger multi-person fusion is stated to be possible, but has not been demonstrated by Ye Yingling. 18

Equipment / Items

• Black Latex Suit — Ye Yingling's symbiote form; provides her enhancements and can reshape into weapons, tentacles, or clothing. 13 40
• Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue — Used to strengthen her physique and raise her soul-ring absorption limit. 15
• Staff — Manifested for ranged support and close-quarters counterattacks during training. 27

Relationships

• Jiang Ce — Teacher and symbiote host. He saved her path as a spirit master by granting combat abilities, strengthening her body, and removing her martial soul's curse. 13 15 20
• Liu Erlong — Senior sister and rescuer. Ye Yingling admires Liu Erlong's strength, follows her guidance, and supports her campaign against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect. 11 14 45 46
• Ye Father and Ye Mother — Her parents. They are overwhelmed by her return and grateful that her curse was lifted; Ye Yingling warns them to keep her new ring configuration secret. 20
• Tang Yuehua — Junior sister in Jiang Ce's group. Ye Yingling recognizes Tang Yuehua's former helplessness in herself and offers her support after traumatic combat encounters. 21 23
• Imperial Auspicious Beast — Companion within the group. Ye Yingling interacts warmly with her, including feeding her during a shared meal. 40

Story Role / Major Arcs

Rescue and Symbiote Bonding

Ye Yingling is introduced as the sole survivor targeted by the Golden Armored Red Flame Dragon after the Black Wolf Mercenary Group's defeat. Liu Erlong saves her, and Jiang Ce subsequently makes her his second symbiote host. 11 13

Combat Foundation and Martial Soul Restoration

She undergoes body tempering with whale glue and harsh hunting-based training in Sunset Forest. Her goal is not merely increased strength: she seeks to free future Ye Clan generations from the Nine-Heart Begonia's curse. 15 16

Return to the Ye Clan

After reaching level 45 and becoming a four-ring Soul Ancestor, Ye Yingling returns home to reveal Sacred Chant and her unprecedented ring configuration. Her parents agree to conceal the truth to protect the clan from outside factions. 20

Anti-Magic Ninja Mercenary Group

Ye Yingling joins Liu Erlong and Jiang Ce in the newly registered Anti-Magic Ninja Mercenary Group. She later operates as part of the group's combat team and develops into a mobile artillery specialist. 22 27

Support for Liu Erlong

Ye Yingling openly supports Liu Erlong's decision to challenge the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect over its discrimination against mixed-blood descendants and cheers her on during the sect invasion. 45 46 49

Trivia

• Ye Yingling's second soul ring is a ten-thousand-year black ring, an arrangement her father considers impossible for a Spirit Master at her level. 20
• Her symbiote was created when Jiang Ce split his original 24,000-year age into two 12,000-year entities, one remaining with Liu Erlong and one parasitizing Ye Yingling. 13
• She once calculated that four million gold soul coins could buy a mansion, fund daily meals at Zuixian Restaurant, and hire a female spirit master to massage her legs. 21