Yao Yuzhi

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Yao Yuzhi (姚玉芝)
Alias(es)	Senior Sister Yao 9
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Azure Cloud Sect; Artifact Peak 6
Occupation/Role	Chief disciple of Artifact Peak; contender for Azure Cloud Sect’s young sect master position 6 10
Status	Trapped in the Ancient Tomb after Li Jun escapes with her Qiankun Bag (last depicted) 50
First Appearance	Chapter 6 (mentioned) 6

Background and History

Artifact Peak Rivalry

Yao Yuzhi is Artifact Peak’s chief disciple and a principal rival of Medicine Peak’s Shen Xiyue. Their cultivation talent and strength are regarded as comparable, making their struggle for the young sect master position a major source of conflict within the Azure Cloud Sect. 6 10

Zhao Wenjie serves as one of Yao Yuzhi’s staunch supporters. Through Zhao’s management of Oak Garden, she secretly accumulated ten mutated oak trees over a decade for a top-grade second-tier magical artifact intended to give her an advantage over Shen Xiyue. 6 10

Oak Garden Scheme

Yao Yuzhi ordered Zhao Wenjie’s faction to monitor and eventually seize Li Jun, intending to interrogate him about Shen Xiyue’s Purple Foundation Pill. 9 10 Li Jun sabotaged the mutated oaks with Flying Ants, causing the materials to become unstable; the subsequent Artifact Peak furnace explosion delayed Yao Yuzhi’s artifact project. 11 13

Her private embezzlement of the mutated oak trees was later suppressed, while Zhao Wenjie was publicly demoted to the mines rather than openly tied to her scheme. 21

Abilities & Skills

Foundation Establishment Cultivation

Yao Yuzhi is a Foundation Establishment cultivator capable of overwhelming Qi Refining-stage opponents with the force of her techniques. 50

• Uses powerful fire-attribute spells while leading Artifact Peak disciples against the Ghost-Faced Crab. 24
• Casts at least one mid-grade spell; its aftershock seriously injures Li Jun despite his evasive measures. 50
• Wields a long halberd in combat. 49 50
• Her strength does not protect her from the Ancient Tomb’s illusions: while perceiving nonexistent black shadows, she repeatedly injures herself fighting them. 50

Ancient Array Knowledge

Yao Yuzhi possesses knowledge of ancient arrays and investigates the mysteries surrounding Cangwu Mountain’s Spirit River Phantom. 41

• Activated an array near a mysterious grave at the Spirit River’s source. 41
• Investigated the muddy swamp and later cultivated within it. 28
• Became one of the mire-tainted beings able to perceive the Spirit River Phantom. 28 47

Factional Strategy

Yao Yuzhi builds influence through loyal subordinates, covert resource extraction, and coercion.

• Used Zhao Wenjie and Liu Yan to operate Oak Garden and carry out clandestine orders. 9 10
• Worked with Artifact Peak chief disciple Ji Shaoyong and Dark Fragrance Hall assassins during the Black Rock Mine crisis. 45
• Used the Cold Bone Ice Spider beast tide to gather nearly eight hundred Qi Refining disciples at No. 10 Mine, offering survival and cultivation resources in exchange for their support. 45

Equipment

• Long halberd — Used to threaten Li Jun and to fight the perceived black shadows inside the Ancient Tomb. 49 50
• Qiankun Bag — Her storage bag, stolen by Li Jun while she was distracted by the tomb’s illusions. 50

Relationships

• Shen Xiyue — Rival chief disciple of Medicine Peak; both compete for the young sect master position. Yao Yuzhi’s weapon project and later schemes are aimed at securing an advantage over Shen Xiyue. 6 10 45
• Zhao Wenjie — Staunch supporter who managed Oak Garden, gathered mutated oak trees, and arranged surveillance and attempted abductions on Yao Yuzhi’s behalf. 6 9 10
• Liu Yan — Subordinate within Zhao Wenjie’s network who monitored Li Jun and relayed orders connected to Yao Yuzhi. 9
• Ji Shaoyong — Artifact Peak chief disciple who acted for Yao Yuzhi during the Black Rock Mine beast tide, using Dark Fragrance Hall assassins to compel disciples to join her faction. 45
• Li Jun — Initially targeted for information about the Purple Foundation Pill and later suspected of being Shen Xiyue’s spy. He ultimately deceives Yao Yuzhi in the Ancient Tomb and steals her Qiankun Bag. 9 21 50
• Dark Fragrance Hall — Assassin organization employed in the Black Rock Mine scheme through Ji Shaoyong. 45

Story Role / Major Arcs

Yunwang Mountain and the Spirit River

After Yao Yuzhi’s group killed the Ghost-Faced Crab, she cultivated in the muddy swamp near Cangwu Mountain. This connection allowed her to perceive the Spirit River Phantom and drew her into researching its relationship with the ancient Fire Kingdom and a possible Innate Spirit Beast. 24 28 50

Black Rock Mine Plot

Yao Yuzhi used the Black Rock Mine operation to assemble disciples from the Four Peaks under the cover of an emergency. Through Ji Shaoyong, she turned the Cold Bone Ice Spider beast tide into a recruitment trap, demanding that captured disciples support her bid for young sect master or face death. 45

Ancient Tomb Confrontation

Following the mine’s collapse, Yao Yuzhi entered Cangwu Mountain’s interior and encountered Li Jun, who disguised himself as Beast Peak outer disciple “Li Youde.” Believing his story about a palace and an altar containing a cocoon, she followed him into the Ancient Tomb in search of an Innate Spirit Beast. 49 50

The tomb’s illusions caused Yao Yuzhi to see and battle an endless swarm of black shadows that Li Jun could not perceive. While she was distracted, Li Jun stole her Qiankun Bag and escaped, leaving her trapped and injured inside. 50

Notable Quotes

“If I could obtain an Innate Spirit Beast, who in the Azure Cloud Sect would still be able to suppress me?” 50