Xue Yan

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Xue Yan (薛燕)
Alias(es)	Yanzi; Swallow; “King of Assassination” 48 221 228
Species/Race	Human; Reincarnator 87
Gender	Female
ID	5609 48
Affiliation	Li Wei's companions; Hunyuan Sect disciple 58 552
Occupation/Role	Assassin, throwing-weapon specialist, and team captain 48 221 225
Family	Xue Tianqing / Elder Xue — grandfather 87
Status	Alive; last documented at S8 combat power 613
First Appearance	Chapter 48

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
D2-Rank	89	Had grown substantially stronger since her previous mission, but was unable to resist Zheng Yutong's bloodline-fueled intimidation after the Black Mist incident. 89
B3-Rank	221	Became the feared “King of Assassination,” credited with assassinating three B-Rank city lords and numerous C-Rank fighters. 221
S6 → S8	613	Li Wei gave her a stellar-meteorite ring containing the Powers of Destruction and Immortality, raising her combat power by two levels. 613

Appearance

Xue Yan is a striking, cold-looking woman whose initially sharp, professional haircut and heroic bearing reflect her disciplined demeanor. A year after Li Wei's disappearance, she had grown taller while retaining a baby-faced appearance; her overall temperament had become notably more feminine. 48 221

• Often dresses in fitted black clothing or a black bodysuit suited to mobility and combat. 221 552
• Wears her hair in a ponytail during later missions. 552
• Frequently keeps a dagger or throwing knife in hand. 48 552
• Her expressions are typically restrained, though fear, concern, and affection become apparent around people she trusts. 87 552

Personality

Xue Yan is reserved, stubborn, and exceptionally courageous. When Elder Xue vanished in the Black Mist, she refused to accept his presumed death and resolved to search for him herself despite the fate of the hundreds of soldiers already lost within it. 87 She is reluctant to ask for help, choosing Li Wei only when the situation exceeded what she could manage alone. 88

As a leader, she remains calm under pressure and quickly assesses tactical options. During Aubrey's betrayal and the ambush in the Dragonbone Plains, she prioritized treating casualties, identifying the trap, and arranging an escape rather than panicking. 225 226 She values loyalty deeply; Aubrey's betrayal hurts particularly because she had considered him a confidant. 226

Abilities & Skills

Throwing Weapon Mastery

Xue Yan's primary specialty is precision throwing weapons. She can strike distant targets with pinpoint accuracy and later develops her knife work into a feared assassination style. 48 221

• Demonstrated precise knife throwing by hitting a doorknob from several meters away. 48
• Uses Rain of Flying Daggers, an assassination technique feared by many adventurers. 221
• Can launch more than a dozen knives in rapid succession to intercept incoming arrows. 225
• Her qi-enhanced throwing knives are a trump card, though they are less effective in a frontal fight against opponents with overwhelming defenses or elemental armor. 236

Stealth & Assassination

Xue Yan specializes in covert combat rather than direct confrontations. Her reputation was built through the assassination of powerful targets, including three B-Rank city lords. 221

• Can use Stealth while attacking and maneuvering. 225
• Personally trained her team in stealth, assassination, and concealed-weapon techniques. 224
• Excels at eliminating targets and commanding ambush-oriented operations, but is disadvantaged against A-Rank opponents in open battle. 236

Falling Swallow Step

As a Hunyuan Sect disciple, Xue Yan focused her training on Falling Swallow Step rather than conventional martial arts. 552

• Greatly improves speed, balance, and maneuverability.
• Lets her move with the nimbleness and lightness of a swallow. 552
• Allowed her to evade the Black Bear Spirit's charge by sliding beneath it. 551
• Helps her traverse difficult terrain during expeditions. 552

Hundred-Handed Rakshasa

Xue Yan possesses a scroll containing the Hundred-Handed Rakshasa, depicted as an enraged bodhisattva with a hundred arms. 226

• Activated it when her team's Earth Wall Bastion was about to collapse. 226
• Its summons killed many of the attackers surrounding her team. 226

Tactical Command

Xue Yan capably leads specialized teams in dangerous illusion-realm operations. 221 225

• Ordered Luo Pei to raise an Earth Wall Bastion during an arrow ambush. 225
• Identified Aubrey as the likely source of the enemy's intelligence and focused on escape before retaliation. 225
• Planned to use Luo Pei's Earthworm Passage to evacuate surviving team members. 225 226

Equipment

• Throwing knives and daggers — her primary weapons; used for precision attacks, interception, and assassination. 48 225 551
• Hundred-Handed Rakshasa scroll — summons a powerful many-armed entity in desperate combat. 226
• Stellar-meteorite ring — forged by Li Wei with the Powers of Destruction and Immortality; increased her combat power from S6 to S8. 613

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Reincarnator Activities

Xue Yan introduces herself to Li Wei's group as a throwing-weapon specialist with Throwing Weapon Mastery. Though quiet, she is prepared to act when Li Wei provokes Zheng Yutong and Chen Dali, reinforcing her place among the team's dependable companions. 48 58

Search for Elder Xue and the Black Mist

After her grandfather, Elder Xue, disappears in the Black Mist, Xue Yan refuses to accept that he is dead and demands to be taken to the site. Her grandfather had encouraged her knife training from childhood, even finding a top national throwing-knife expert to teach her. 87

She contacts Li Wei for assistance, accompanies him into Black Mist Village despite his objections, and is the only one to emerge after their encounter with the Shadow Angels separates them. Traumatised but physically unharmed, she recovers enough composure to organize an emergency meeting and report what she and Li Wei encountered. 88 89 90

“Where is that place? Take me there!” 87

Rise as the King of Assassination

Over the following year, Xue Yan rises to B3-Rank and earns the title “King of Assassination.” She leads a seven-person team tasked with recovering a stolen Level 5 magic crystal, whose theft threatens the stability and reputation of Zheng Yutong's town. 221

Her mission becomes an ambush when Aubrey, one of her own subordinates, betrays the group. Xue Yan directs the defense and prepares a retreat, but is eventually cornered until Li Wei intervenes. She recognizes him from his tactics and from his use of the private name “Swallow,” confirming that he survived the Black Mist. 225 226 228

Qingzhou Expedition

Xue Yan joins Li Wei, Zheng Yutong, and Nina after the group defeats the Black Bear Spirit. She severely wounds the monster by embedding daggers in its eye and mouth, then uses Falling Swallow Step to evade its counterattack. 551

When Li Wei secretly investigates an ancient temple, Xue Yan follows him into the mountains despite her fear. She initially agrees to wait outside but enters when he fails to return, choosing to risk herself rather than abandon him. 552

Later Power-Up

During the conflict with Pluto King and his allies, Li Wei gives Xue Yan a ring that raises her combat power from S6 to S8. She is visibly embarrassed by the gift but accepts it. 613

Relationships

• Li Wei — Fellow Reincarnator and trusted companion. Xue Yan sought him out when Elder Xue disappeared, entered the Black Mist alongside him, and later recognized him after his rebirth. 88 228
• Xue Tianqing / Elder Xue — Grandfather. He supported her interest in throwing knives when the rest of the family opposed it and disappeared after entering the Black Mist. 87
• Zheng Yutong — Teammate and close ally. They investigated the Black Mist crisis together and later worked to protect Zheng Yutong's town from the consequences of the stolen magic crystal. 90 221
• Luo Pei — Subordinate and trusted companion. Luo Pei's loyalty to Xue Yan is described as a sisterly bond during the Dragonbone Plains ambush. 225 226
• Aubrey — Former subordinate and confidant who betrayed Xue Yan's team to Lord Wang's faction. 225 226
• Nina — Fellow companion who, alongside Zheng Yutong and Xue Yan, is remembered as one of the women closest to Li Wei. 228 524

Creation Heavenly Book Counterpart

Within the Creation Heavenly Book's mortal-life scenario, Li Wei encounters another woman named Xue Yan, explicitly distinct from the Reincarnator he knew. This counterpart saves him after a street fight, becomes intrigued by his unusual composure and killing intent, and investigates his background. 607 610

Chen Dong kidnaps her in an attempt to force a union between their powerful families. Li Wei temporarily regains his memories and powers, rescues her, and eliminates Chen Dong and his associates. 609 610

After Li Wei's memories are sealed again, the two gradually fall in love, marry despite the Xue family's opposition, and have a son. They remain together into old age. 610 On her deathbed, she asks whether Li Wei was the person who killed her kidnappers decades earlier; he cannot answer because he no longer remembers. Her death becomes the catalyst for Li Wei's enlightenment into Creation. 611