Contents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background / History
- 4Appearance
- 5Personality
- 6Abilities & Skills
- 6.1Fox Martial Souls
- 6.2Spirit Tower
- 6.3Bewildering Illusion Realm and Fox Combat Skills
- 6.4Martial Soul Fusion
- 6.5Alchemy
- 6.6God of Evil Inheritance
- 7Equipment / Weapons / Items
- 8Relationships
- 9Story Role / Major Arcs
- 9.1Early Star Official Challenges
- 9.2Confession and Rejection
- 9.3King’s Canyon and the Valley of Love Inquiry
- 9.4Later Cultivation
- 10Notable Quotes
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Hu Liena (胡列娜) |
| Alias(es) | Nana 3 15 |
| Gender | Female |
| Affiliation | Spirit Hall; one of its three Golden Generation members 3 4 |
| Occupation/Role | Spirit Hall Saintess; Bibi Dong’s direct disciple and intended successor as Pope 4 113 |
| Martial Souls | Enchanting Fox/Demon Fox, later called Heavenly Fox; god-level Evil Nine-Tailed Demon Fox as her second martial soul 2 13 387 398 |
| Divine Inheritance | God of Evil’s Nine Trials of the Godhead, a God King-level inheritance 414 |
| Latest Reported Realm | Level 91, Titled Douluo 632 |
| Status | Alive; saved and healed after her self-inflicted fatal injury in the Valley of Love Inquiry 411 632 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 1 1 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| First soul ring: 396 → 2,396 years | 3 | Her first D- reward adds 2,000 years to a random soul ring. The affected ring changes from yellow to purple. |
| Level 62, Soul Emperor | 13 | First explicit soul-power measurement. Her six rings are purple, yellow, purple, purple, black, and black. Her spiritual power already rivals a Soul Saint’s. |
| God-level second martial soul | 32 33 387 | Chooses the Martial Soul direction for her B+ Spirit Fruit reward and obtains the Evil Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, subsequently identified as her second martial soul. |
| Level 72, Soul Sage | 387 | Absorbs her previously obtained God-Given Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring into her second martial soul. |
| Level 73, Soul Sage | 390 | Successfully refines and consumes a seventh-rank Soul Power Pill. Gains controllable bronze snake-demon scales. |
| Level 74, Soul Saint | 405 | Advances after taking another seventh-tier Soul Power Pill, then enters the Valley of Love Inquiry trial. |
| Level 82, Soul Douluo | 414 | Awakens the God of Evil’s inheritance, rising eight levels. Each martial soul gains a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, and an evil mark forms on her forehead. |
| Level 86, Soul Douluo | 428 | Qian Renxue’s Blue Crystal Level 4 Soul Power Card raises her soul power by four levels. She also receives the faction-wide increase of three innate soul-power levels. |
| Level 93, Titled Douluo | 438 | Heaven-and-earth destiny empowers her divine inheritance. She reaches level 90, absorbs a God-Given Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, and rises to level 93 while clearing the first three God of Evil trials. |
| Level 87, Soul Douluo | 517 | Later reported at level 87; Feng Xiaotian reflects on losing to her despite possessing three martial souls. |
| Level 88 → 90 → 91, Titled Douluo | 632 | Eighth-tier Soul Power Pills raise her from level 88 to 90. Her inheritance supplies ninth soul rings for both martial souls, after which she stabilizes at level 91; one ring is explicitly described as red and hundred-thousand-year. |
- Recorded-level inconsistency: Chapter 438 places her at level 93, but later passages report level 86, then level 87, before another breakthrough to level 91. No explanation for the lower later levels is provided 438 487 488 517 632.
Background / History
Hu Liena lost both parents at a young age. Bibi Dong brought her and her brother, Xie Yue, into Spirit Hall and raised them with care. Hu Liena consequently came to regard her teacher as her own mother 408.
Three years before the Star Official Challenge appeared, she represented Spirit Hall in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament alongside Xie Yue and Yan. Their team lost to Tang San’s Shrek Academy team, ending Spirit Hall’s longstanding championship monopoly. Hu Liena regarded the defeat as a profound humiliation 3 15.
Determined to defeat Tang San herself, she cultivated intensely and survived dangerous training in Death Canyon. She was later traveling toward the Capital of Slaughter with Yue Guan and Ghost when her Lucky Star Feather led her to Lin Feng’s arena in the Mist Forest 1 108.
Appearance
Hu Liena is described as exceptionally beautiful, with naturally alluring peach-blossom eyes, a slender waist, and a near-perfect profile. Her manner and movements reinforce the charm associated with her fox martial soul 13 19.
- Peach-blossom eyes: Naturally captivating even outside combat 19.
- Qipao: Worn during her later desert encounter with Lin Feng 488.
- Snake-demon traits: Monster-core pills produce bronze scales that she can reveal or conceal at will; she also displays a snake-like tongue and a beastly gleam in her eyes 390 487.
- Evil divine mark: Appears on her forehead when the God of Evil’s inheritance awakens 414.
Personality
Hu Liena is proud, competitive, and exceptionally tenacious. She continues her spiritual challenge until completely exhausted, resents losing her leaderboard positions, and chooses martial-soul improvement to address her weak independent offense rather than remaining dependent on Xie Yue 14 32 38 40.
Her strongest attachments are intensely personal. She defends Bibi Dong because of the kindness she has experienced as her disciple, while Ghost reminds her that her teacher does not necessarily treat others the same way. She is also deeply affectionate toward the elders who helped raise her 89 98.
Her first romantic attachment to Lin Feng exposes a vulnerable and willful side. Rejection leaves her desperate to change herself for him, and she redirects her resentment toward Qian Renxue rather than blaming him. Although she recognizes that this jealousy is wrong, it drives her to pursue increasingly dangerous methods of cultivation 116 408 409.
Her loyalty to Spirit Hall can nevertheless outweigh her rivalry. After winning the Angel Holy Sword, she decides that Qian Renxue should receive it to help confront Tang Hao’s Ten-Headed Fire Phoenix. Against enemy factions, she is ruthless enough to use a curse affecting every Clear Sky Sect member 413 415.
Abilities & Skills
Fox Martial Souls
Her original Enchanting Fox/Demon Fox specializes in charm and control. Later passages call her first martial soul the Heavenly Fox and identify the Evil Nine-Tailed Demon Fox as her second martial soul 2 13 387 398.
- All six of her early soul skills focus on charm, giving her exceptional spiritual strength but relatively weak solo attack power 13.
- Her wide-range charm and crowd control impressed spectators during the academy tournament 26.
- The Evil Nine-Tailed Demon Fox exerts martial-soul-quality suppression even on Titled Douluo and Qian Renxue’s god-level Six-Winged Angel 33.
- Its detection abilities help her locate monsters and a Silver-Rank treasure chest 388 487.
- Combining both martial souls allows her to hunt Bronze-Rank snake demons comparable to Soul Sages 398.
Spirit Tower
Her spiritual-type head soul bone supplies Spirit Tower, an amplification skill 13.
- Manifests a ten-meter tower of condensed spiritual power.
- Doubles her already Soul Saint-comparable spiritual strength.
- Its spreading purple light blurs the consciousness of most nearby spectators below Soul Douluo rank.
- Does not prevent exhaustion: using her full spiritual power in the challenge leaves her unable to remain airborne 13 14.
Bewildering Illusion Realm and Fox Combat Skills
Her sixth soul skill, Bewildering Illusion Realm, combines charm-based restraint with later offensive applications 388 390.
- Uses Heavenly Fox True Body, her seventh soul skill, while hunting snake demons 388.
- Follows illusion-based restraint with Demon Fox Blood Dance 388.
- Her body and five clones grow sharp claws and surround a bewitched snake demon, tearing through its scales 389.
- Defeats the Soul Kings Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun with Bewildering Illusion Realm 390.
Martial Soul Fusion
Hu Liena can perform a martial soul fusion skill with her brother, Xie Yue 2 13.
- Provides a powerful offensive option beyond her original charm-focused abilities.
- Is regarded as one of her ultimate techniques.
- Requires Xie Yue, making it unsuitable as a solution to her independent offensive weakness 26 32.
Alchemy
Hu Liena learns to refine Soul Power Pills from recipes found in the King’s Canyon desert 389 487.
| Pill | Ingredients | Documented Effect | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seventh-rank Soul Power Pill | Two Bronze-Rank monster crystal cores | Raises a Soul Saint’s soul power by one level 389 390 | Her first attempt fails and explodes; later consumption introduces monster traits 389 390. |
| Eighth-rank Soul Power Pill | Four Silver-Rank and two Gold-Rank monster crystal cores | Raises a Soul Douluo’s soul power by one level 487 | She initially fails three consecutive attempts, but later uses the recipe to advance 487 632. |
- The furnace converts her injected soul power into refining flames 389 487.
- Repeated pill consumption increases the evil power hidden within her body 409.
- Lin Feng warns that these monster-core pills leave serious bodily problems, despite their rapid cultivation benefits 488.
God of Evil Inheritance
Her lottery reward awakens a God King-level inheritance and evil divine power 414.
- Immediately raises her soul power and supplies hundred-thousand-year rings to both martial souls 414.
- Enables her to clear the first three divine trials when empowered by heaven-and-earth destiny 438.
- With divine assistance, defeating a Gold-Rank rock scorpion becomes practically effortless 487.
- The provided events establish an inheritance, not completed ascension to godhood 414 438 632.
Equipment / Weapons / Items
- Blood-Colored Dagger — Used in her second Attack challenge; she also uses a dagger to extract monster crystal cores 27 389.
- Spiritual-Type Head Soul Bone — Grants Spirit Tower 13.
- 30,000-Year Three-Legged Red Fox Left Arm Spirit Bone — Received for a D- Attack rating; absorption is not shown in the provided passages 27.
- Ancient Pill Furnace and Silk-Paper Recipe — Found in a buried Bronze-Rank chest; the furnace is engraved with ancient beast images 389.
- Soul Tool — Stores her furnace, recipes, and other possessions 389 413.
- Angel Holy Sword — Divine Artifact won in her first King Points lottery draw. Can recognize a master through blood, grant access to Angel God power, and potentially initiate the Angel God’s Nine Trials. Hu Liena plans to give it to Qian Renxue 413.
- Faction Level 3 Soul Power Curse/Doom Potion — Her final lottery reward; reduces every member of a targeted faction by three soul-power levels. She uses it against the Clear Sky Sect 414 415.
- Homemade Pastries — Repeatedly brought to Lin Feng as an expression of affection; he later confirms that he ate and enjoyed them 35 114 488.
Relationships
- Bibi Dong — Teacher, adoptive maternal figure, and patron. Bibi Dong intends her to succeed as Pope, initially encourages her closeness to Lin Feng, and later worries about the effect of unrequited love on her cultivation 18 70 113 408.
- Xie Yue — Brother and martial soul fusion partner. They were taken into Spirit Hall together after losing their parents 13 26 408.
- Ghost / Gui Mei — Grandfather-like guardian who helped raise and train her. She checks on him during his conflict with Bibi Dong and helps persuade him to rejoin Spirit Hall 89 325 327.
- Yue Guan — Another grandfather-like guardian and frequent escort. She calls him “Grandpa Chrysanthemum” 1 43 89.
- Lin Feng / Senior / Star Official — Unrequited romantic interest and challenge administrator. He rejects her confession but later saves her after the Valley of Love Inquiry and warns her about dangerous cultivation pills 116 411 488.
- Qian Renxue — Rival for recognition and Lin Feng’s affection. Hu Liena resents the attention and resources given to her, yet later chooses to support her with the Angel Holy Sword for Spirit Hall’s survival 334 387 409 413.
- Tang San — Longstanding enemy following Spirit Hall’s tournament defeat. She recognizes him despite his changed appearance and eventually uses her faction curse against his sect 108 415.
- Yan — Fellow Golden Generation member and former tournament teammate who watches her challenges with pride 13 15.
- Feng Xiaotian — Competitive benchmark. His early reward spurs her to push harder; he later laments his defeat by her 14 517.
Story Role / Major Arcs
Early Star Official Challenges
Hu Liena’s repeated selection makes her one of the challenge’s most visible early participants 3 24.
| Event | Result | Reward / Consequence |
|---|---|---|
| First Attack challenge | 5,300 damage; D- 2 | First soul ring gains 2,000 years; her name appears first on the Attack Gold Stele 3. |
| Spirit challenge | 39,810 spiritual-power strength; C- 14 | Receives a giftable God-Given Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and tops the Spirit ranking 14 15. |
| Second Attack challenge | 5,423 damage; D- 27 | Receives a 30,000-year left arm spirit bone 27. |
| Attack leaderboard award | Second place; B+ 32 | Chooses the Martial Soul Spirit Fruit 32. |
| Spirit leaderboard award | Third place; C+ 48 | A Ten-Year Longevity Pill is announced, but she misses it while unconscious 48. |
| Exposure adventure | Her confessed secret is judged true; B- 115 | Receives 30,000 years of freely allocatable, giftable soul-ring age 115. |
| Valley of Love Inquiry | A+ 411 | Receives three King Points lottery draws 411. |
- Initially approaches Lin Feng with fear, then becomes admiring and grateful after witnessing her first ring’s transformation 3.
- Receives Lucky Star Feathers on three consecutive days and enters Shrek Academy despite its ban on Spirit Hall members 24.
- Loses her Spirit leaderboard lead first to Dragon Duke and then to Liu Erlong 38 40.
- Tries to influence the withholding of Tang Hao’s reward, but Lin Feng does not grant her that authority 43 114.
Confession and Rejection
- Chooses the Exposure adventure specifically to declare her feelings for Lin Feng before the crowd 102 114 115.
- After rejection, pleads with him and attempts to rush into his arms. She is knocked unconscious and removed from the arena 116 118 138.
- Awakens ashamed after seeing her scattered pastries and shattered food box, then asks to leave Heaven Dou City with Bibi Dong 118 409.
King’s Canyon and the Valley of Love Inquiry
- Secretly strengthens her second martial soul, hunts monsters, and refines pills to surpass Qian Renxue 387 389 409.
- Continues the Valley of Love Inquiry after Lin Feng explains its severe consequences for deceit 406.
- Stabs herself to prove her willingness to die for Senior. Lin Feng subsequently saves and heals her, and she passes the trial 410 411.
- Wins the Angel Holy Sword, the God of Evil inheritance, and a faction-wide curse potion through her three lottery draws 413 414.
- Uses the potion against the Clear Sky Sect, weakening its members and sharply reducing its ability to contend with Spirit Hall 415.
Later Cultivation
- Declines Canyon Summit registration because she considers her reported level-86 strength insufficient, preferring to gather King Points and crystal cores in King’s Canyon 488.
- Continues pursuing pill-based advancement despite Lin Feng’s warning about its side effects 488 632.
- Eventually reaches the later-reported level 91 and obtains ninth soul rings for both martial souls 632.
Notable Quotes
“Senior, why are you always so cold?” 15
“I can change anything!” 116
“That I... Hu Liena! Am Spirit Hall’s strongest genius!” 388