Xiling

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Xiling (西凌) 1
Alias(es)	Lord Xiling; Herrscher of the Void 40 53
Species/Race	Human; a transmigrator from another world 1 92
Gender	Male 88
Affiliation	Spirit Pagoda; Eastsea Academy's former Zero Class; Blood God Legion and Blood God Camp; Tang Sect's Agility Hall; Shrek Academy; Spirit Pagoda's probationary Spirit Envoy; Federation Government 39 35 122 156 167 209 205 243
Occupation/Role	Disciple of Leng Yaozhu; former assistant instructor; Blood God Legion officer; Tang Sect Agility Hall Master; Shrek Academy teaching assistant; Federal Speaker 3 20 114 156 167 243
Status	Alive 271
First Appearance	Chapter 1: Martial Soul Awakening

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Innate Full Soul Power	1	Awakened the Void Core and possessed innate full soul power. 1
Three-Ring Soul Elder, Rank 31	8	Broke through following Na'er's departure and enrolled at Eastsea Academy. 8
Rank 37	61	Yun Ming identified his cultivation as level 37 at age ten. 61
Four-Ring Soul Ancestor	88	Recorded as a ten-year-old four-ring Soul Ancestor after the Skysea Alliance Grand Tournament. 88
Peak Rank 43	96	His Soul Power rose to the peak of level 43 after the Void Realm battle. 96
Rank 44	97	Defeating an evil Soul Master with Super Douluo-level combat strength raised his Soul Power by one rank. 97
Soul King, Rank 50	122	Reached level 50 and obtained his fifth soul ring during his Blood God Legion service. 122
Six-Ring Soul Emperor, Rank 62	126	Had reached Soul Power Level 62 and peak quasi-god combat strength by the time he left the legion. 126
Peak Rank 69 Soul Emperor	162	Absorbed 30% of the Golden Ancient Tree's energy, reaching the peak of Rank 69. 162
Soul Emperor; Title Douluo-level combat strength	175	Was identified as a Soul Emperor despite demonstrating strength vastly beyond his cultivation; Zhang Geyang later described his strength as having reached the Titled Douluo level. 175 209
Rank 69; advancement suppressed	240	Confirmed that his cultivation had remained at Rank 69 for more than three years and said that it was suppressed and currently his limit. 240
Ten violet-gold rings displayed; God-Level power	229	Revealed ten violet-gold Soul Rings to the Spirit Pagoda council and suppressed its leaders with his power. This display did not establish a breakthrough beyond his stated Rank 69 Soul Power cultivation. 229 240
Quasi-God-level projection; God-Level energy	252, 256	A projection left to protect Long Yuxue fought with Quasi-God-level strength. Later empowered by the Douluo Plane Spirit, it released energy reaching the God Level. 252 254 256

Background

Xiling was an orphan in Eastsea City after transmigrating into the era of The Legend of the Dragon King. In his previous life, he lost both parents, raised his younger siblings through years of overwork, and died from illness before awakening in Douluo Continent. 1

On Martial Soul Awakening Day, he awakened the Void Core: Sirin's Herrscher Core from another world. Its emergence caused continent-wide spatial disturbances and manifested Benares, the Judgment-class Honkai Beast linked to the Herrscher of the Void. 1 Though the Spirit Pagoda attempted to recruit him immediately, Xiling declined. 1

Leng Yaozhu later discovered his potential and accepted him as her disciple. Xiling disclosed his self-condensed soul rings and innate spatial domain, but chose to remain in Eastsea City rather than accompany her to the Spirit Pagoda, insisting on following his own heart. 3

After finding Na'er alone following an encounter with human traffickers, Xiling became her closest brother and guardian. 5 67 He subsequently entered Eastsea Academy, joined Class Five under Wu Zhangkong, and became a central member of Zero Class alongside Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue. 8 35

Xiling later entered the Blood God Legion to investigate the Far North and confront the Abyss. His exceptional assessment earned him an unprecedented captain's commission, followed by promotions into the Blood God Camp, lieutenant colonel, and ultimately major general. 99 114 122 125 After leaving the legion, he returned to Shrek City and became Tang Sect's Agility Hall Master. 126 156

After reaching peak Rank 69 through an agreement with the Golden Ancient Tree, Xiling clashed with Long Yeyue when she accused him of stealing Shrek Academy's foundation. He maintained that the Tree had voluntarily granted its energy and confronted her after she attempted to kill him without learning the facts. 162 163

Xiling subsequently became a teaching assistant at Shrek Academy under Wu Zhangkong. 167 During the Star Luo Continental exchange, he represented the Federation at the imperial court and displayed overwhelming strength against hostile mecha forces. 191 193 196

Faced with Honkai's eventual descent, Xiling began pursuing a far-reaching plan to consolidate control of the Federation, have the Douluo Plane devour the Abyssal Plane, and improve humanity's chances of survival. 202 He also intervened in Spirit Pagoda's internal power struggle to secure Leng Yaozhu's succession as Tower Master and force Qiangu Dongfeng from power. 209 218

Xiling persuaded the Spirit Pagoda's leadership to restore the Soul Beast Clan's seats and authority. Displaying ten violet-gold rings, he offered the council a means of advancing powerful Soul Masters in exchange for its support; the resolution passed unanimously. Leng Yaozhu and the soul beasts subsequently worked to establish a channel of cooperation, allowing Ferocious Beasts to appear openly in the human world. 229 230 265

Xiling became the Federation's youngest Speaker and pursued political consolidation without forming a personal faction. He recruited Ling Zichen to lead a secret, directly supervised project researching resistance to Honkai Energy. His preparations against the Abyss also involved the Holy Spirit Cult's Blood River God-Slaying Array and a plan to use the Demon Plane as a sacrifice to bring the Douluo and Abyssal planes into conflict. 232 239 243 265

After helping Yuanen Yehui face her family's history and aiding Xie Xie's Martial Soul evolution, Xiling intervened through a projection he had left in Long Yuxue's necklace when the Blood God Legion came under attack. He later convened the Federation's major factions, disclosed a one-year wager with the Abyssal Sage King, and organized preparations for a decisive war between planes. 243 244 252 254 259 260

Anticipating a new Abyssal Passage in the Far North, Xiling gathered resources from the Icefire Yin Yang Well and Devil Island before taking command at the northern front. He assigned Na'er and Gu Yue to purify defeated abyssal creatures and channel their energy into the Seed of Life. As the Federation's legions assembled, he proposed bringing the wager forward by transplanting the Life Ancient Tree to the Far North to draw out the Abyssal Sage King. 260 266 271

Appearance

Xiling is a white-haired, azure-eyed boy whose appearance became markedly more androgynous after releasing Herrscher power. 1 56

• Short snow-white hair and clear azure-blue eyes in his ordinary state. 1
• The Void Core manifests as an ancient dark-gold gemstone held in his right hand. 1
• Herrscher transformation lengthens his hair to his waist, turns his eyes golden, and manifests Herrscher Armor. 53
• After his transformation, he was temporarily heterochromatic, with one azure eye and one gold eye. 54 56
• His altered features and long hair have repeatedly caused others to mistake him for a girl. 74 75
• His Herrscher-associated appearance was sufficiently different that Leng Yaozhu initially failed to recognize him on sight. 57
• The projection manifested by Long Yuxue's necklace appeared as a tall, white-haired figure with one golden and one blue eye; its features became clearer when the Plane Spirit supplied it with energy. 252 256

Personality

Xiling is composed, direct, and unusually mature for his age. He openly admits his desire for money, rooted in the poverty and responsibility of his previous life, yet does not disguise that greed behind false nobility. 3

His choices are guided by personal conviction rather than status or expectation. Despite being offered Spirit Pagoda resources and direct instruction from Leng Yaozhu, he remained at Eastsea Academy because he wanted to decide his own path. 3 He is confident to the point of arrogance, but his boasts are generally backed by overwhelming power. 11 36

He is protective toward innocents and his companions. He relocated his battle with Leng Yulai away from Eastsea City to avoid collateral harm, protected Zero Class in the Spirit Ascension Platform, and prioritized rescuing soldiers over earning merit during Abyssal Tides. 15 47 122 He can also be playful and provocative, particularly when teasing Xie Xie and Gu Yue. 20 46

Xiling is highly pragmatic when confronting threats beyond conventional solutions. He is willing to use force against entrenched authority, such as Cai Yue'er and the Spirit Pagoda leadership, and has considered destabilizing Douluo Star by killing Tang Hao to draw out the Abyssal Sage King. 175 202 218 Nevertheless, he weighs the consequences of such choices and is conflicted over accelerating Honkai's descent even when doing so may be necessary to save Sirin. 125 196

As Federal Speaker, he combines intimidation with offers of mutual benefit to secure cooperation. His preparations range from strictly controlled scientific research to a willingness to sacrifice the Demon Plane for a larger strategic objective. He also shows consideration for individuals close to him, taking Yuanen Yehui to her hometown at a pace that gave her time to prepare emotionally. 229 239 243

Abilities & Skills

Void Core

The Void Core is Xiling's god-grade spatial Martial Soul and the Herrscher Core of Sirin, granting authority over space. 1 19

• Can independently condense violet-gold natal soul rings rather than obtaining conventional rings or soul spirits. 2 3
• Its rings exert pressure beyond ordinary ten-thousand-year rings. 11
• Produces the Subspace Spear, a weapon granted by the Void Core rather than the Martial Soul itself. 19
• Grants exceptionally high spatial affinity; Gu Yue's control of the space element increased by 50% when the Void Core was revealed. 19
• After reaching Soul King, the functions of his soul-ring skills became enhancement-type abilities, while his direct offensive methods increasingly depended on his own development of the Void Core rather than activating soul skills. 123
• Sirin's consciousness resides within the Void Core, making Xiling's eventual complete mastery of it potentially fatal to her existence. 92 183

Innate Spatial Domain

Xiling possesses a one-hundred-meter innate domain in which he is the master of space. 2

• Suppresses and disables enemy spatial abilities within its range, regardless of the opponent's Soul Power level. 2
• Increases his perception and control of space by 100%. 2
• Rendered Leng Yulai unable to use the Spacetime Divine Shuttle. 16
• His projected Spatial Domain covered and suppressed Ha Luosa's Netherworld Rebirth Domain, relieving its pressure on the Blood God Legion. 252

Spatial Manipulation

Xiling employs spatial techniques for movement, defense, battlefield control, and large-scale destruction.

• Spatial Folding — Folds surrounding real space to redirect attacks and create effective intangibility. It can be overcome by time-based power or sufficient absolute force, and large attacks can exhaust his Soul Power. 2 12
• Spatial Positioning / displacement — Marks or shifts positions for rapid teleportation. He can open long-distance spatial passages, including routes between cities. 2 129
• Spatial Imprisonment — Freezes or seals an opponent's surrounding space, restricting movement and Soul Power circulation. 11 95
• Spatial Severing — Generates dense spatial blades from spatial barriers to cut targets apart. 11
• Spatial Strangulation — Annihilates targets through spatial force; Xiling used it to erase an entire beast tide in the Spirit Ascension Platform. 11 45
• Shifting Places, Changing Scenery — A rule-based technique that forcibly moves everyone in a battlefield to another location. Its consumption depends on the number of targets rather than their strength. 15
• Spatial Isolation — Can isolate targets and erase memories, which Xiling used to remove Ling Zichen's knowledge of Honkai Energy. 108
• Chaotic Space — Distorts spatial orientation, overturning the normal directions of a battlefield and disrupting coordinated attacks. 136
• Dimensional Slash / Spatial Obliteration — High-output attacks used against abyssal forces; their use can consume most of his Soul Power. 120 146
• Spatial concealment — Can conceal his presence so completely that even powerful Soul Masters may remain unaware he is nearby. 156
• His spatial authority permits extreme-range attacks; he destroyed an escaping red-grade mecha with a Subspace Spear launched from dozens of miles away. 193
• He can bring others into outer space through spatial power, as demonstrated when he took Xu Xiaoyan to view the real starry sky. 144
• He separated and compressed the entire Icefire Yin Yang Well, including its springs and more than a hundred immortal herbs, into a fist-sized cube. 260

Void Realm

The Void Realm is Xiling's large-scale spatial manifestation technique.

• Can summon countless Subspace Spears to eliminate large groups of enemies. 119
• Was used to destroy eighteen Abyssal layers alongside Spatial Imprisonment and Spatial Obliteration. 146
• Its high output can leave Xiling nearly depleted and vulnerable until he recovers. 119

Herrscher Power and Honkai Energy

By activating ten violet-gold soul rings, Xiling can enter Herrscher form and display power beyond the Douluo Plane's conventional godhood. 53

• Manifestation grants golden eyes, waist-length hair, Herrscher Armor, and immense spatial authority. 53
• In Herrscher form, he effortlessly overpowered Tang San while Tang San was acting through Tang Wulin's body. 53
• Honkai Energy can power attacks even where Martial Souls and Soul Power are sealed. 112
• Releasing Honkai Energy while he still possesses Soul Power risks forcing a Herrscher transformation. 112
• Maintaining Herrscher form risks eroding his humanity; Xiling later inferred that this process would gradually transform him into Sirin. 2 92
• Xiling's body once temporarily lost all observable vital signs while his consciousness entered a black space, though Gu Yue determined that he was not dead. 194
• He displayed ten violet-gold rings and overwhelming spiritual and life-force pressure before the Spirit Pagoda council while offering to help its high-ranking Soul Masters advance toward higher realms. 229

Physical and Spiritual Power

Xiling's base physical and spiritual capabilities greatly exceed his cultivation peers.

• Registered spiritual power of 4,999, just below the Spirit Abyss Realm. 38
• Destroyed strength-testing machines with single punches on multiple occasions. 38 76
• Withstood Long Yeyue's Two Extremes Explosion using only his physical body and pure Soul Power. 163
• Destroyed a black-grade mecha with a single palm strike and defeated more than one hundred Green Skeleton mechas alone. 193
• Can use spiritual power to incapacitate ordinary opponents without direct physical combat. 160

Projection and Plane Power

Xiling prepared a life-saving projection within Long Yuxue's Pufferfish Necklace before leaving the Blood God Legion. It activated when she was attacked. 252 254

• Though only a projection, it destroyed a Super Douluo-level Death Knight with a tap and opened a spatial rift that swallowed Netherworld creatures and two more Death Knights. 252
• It fought with Quasi-God-level strength and was unaffected when Ha Luosa's Netherworld Elegy passed through it. 252 254
• The Douluo Plane Spirit later supplied energy to the projection, solidifying its form and allowing it to release God-Level energy against the Abyssal Sage King's pressure. 256

Benares and Bella

Benares is Xiling's guardian Honkai Beast, an ice-, fire-, and lightning-wielding Judgment-class dragon that obeys only him. 1 2

• Benares can contend with high-level Soul Masters and severely injured rank 97 Super Douluo Leng Yulai. 15
• After merging with a simulated Void Core, Benares gained the space element and assumed the humanoid identity of Bella. 63
• Bella's authority over space ranks below only Xiling's, and she acts as his protector. 63
• Bella addresses Xiling as her “Queen,” reflecting her absolute loyalty to him. 63

Equipment / Items

• Phoenix Necklace — Given by Leng Yaozhu; contains three of her full-power attacks for Xiling's protection. 4
• Spacetime Divine Shuttle — Spatial divine artifact taken from Leng Yulai and later studied by Xiling. 16 17
• Golden lens — A lens capable of capturing and displaying fragments of space's memories; Xiling gave it to Wu Zhangkong to help him see Long Bing again. 76
• Blood God Ring — Records his Blood God Legion merit, including his 487,200-merit Abyssal Tide result. 122
• Seed of Life — A life-origin treasure entrusted to Gu Yue as part of Xiling's preparations against Honkai. Na'er and Gu Yue later used purified abyssal energy to nourish it. 202 266
• Starfall Iron — Metal infused with part of Xiling's power that can grant basic spatial capabilities to Battle Armor. 215
• Pufferfish Necklace — Xiling's farewell gift to Long Yuxue concealed a life-saving projection of himself. It activated during an attack on her and was destroyed in the process. 126 252 254
• Icefire Yin Yang Well cube — A spatially compressed container holding the entire valley, its two springs, and more than a hundred immortal herbs, gathered for Gu Yue and others. 260
• Devil Island energy seals — Two spatial seals into which Xiling extracted the island's life and destruction powers. Their removal caused Devil Island to begin collapsing. 260

Relationships

• Leng Yaozhu — Teacher and maternal figure. She accepted Xiling as her disciple, protected his freedom to remain in Eastsea City, supported his military placement, and is the candidate whose succession to Spirit Pagoda Tower Master Xiling seeks to secure. She also helped the Soul Beast Clan establish itself openly in the human world. 3 4 99 209 218 265
• Na'er — Adopted younger sister and one of Xiling's closest attachments. He rescued her as a child, and she publicly identifies him as her closest brother. He later entrusted her and Gu Yue with collecting purified abyssal energy for the Seed of Life. 5 67 158 266
• Gu Yue — Classmate, confidante, and romantic partner. Xiling recognized her identity as the Silver Dragon King; their relationship became increasingly intimate, culminating in Gu Yue kissing him at the Lake of Life. He later entrusted her with the Seed of Life. They reunited affectionately before he gave her intelligence on the coming war, and she joined Na'er in his plan to nourish the Seed. 23 140 202 259 266
• Benares / Bella — Guardian beast and later humanoid protector. Benares obeys Xiling alone, while Bella protects him with unwavering devotion. Xiling assigned Bella to fight beside him at the front of the planned war against the Abyss. 2 63 271
• Wu Zhangkong — Teacher, sparring partner, and trusted friend. Wu Zhangkong recognized Xiling's unprecedented talent and later accepted his gift connected to Long Bing's memories. Despite his ties to Shrek Academy and Tang Sect, Wu Zhangkong affirmed his loyalty to Xiling. 12 76 191
• Tang Wulin — Close friend and former classmate. Xiling supported Tang Wulin's forging path, helped with his Golden Dragon King problem, and enabled his relationship with Ouyang Zixin. Xiling later confirmed to Wu Zhangkong that Tang Wulin is Tang San's son. 13 76 191
• Xie Xie — Close friend, former classmate, and frequent target of Xiling's teasing. Xiling trained him extensively and promised to help evolve his Martial Soul if he placed among the top three in the individual tournament. He later put Xie Xie through intensive training that completed the evolution of his Martial Souls into the Space-Time Dragon. 10 20 203 244
• Long Yuxue — Blood God Legion colleague, instructor, and close companion. She repeatedly protected Xiling in the Abyss, while he left her a pufferfish necklace when departing the legion. The necklace later saved her life by releasing his prepared projection. 114 119 126 252 254
• Xu Xiaoyan — Friend and student. Xiling helped her identify her path, taught her Self-Created Soul Skills, guided her cultivation, and took her into outer space to assist her Martial Soul's development. 142 144 148 152
• Na Nali — Subordinate loyal to Xiling. She follows his orders and later oversees children under his protection. 99 127
• Sirin — The consciousness within the Void Core and the original Herrscher of the Void. Her connection to Xiling's transformation and the possibility that complete mastery of the Void Core would erase her are central to Xiling's current concerns. 92 183 196
• Zhen Hua — Divine Blacksmith and cooperative ally. Xiling worked with him to lure evil Soul Masters and later consulted him regarding the forging of four-word Battle Armor. 91 129
• Ling Zichen — A brilliant but intrusive researcher who deduced the existence of Honkai Energy. Xiling erased her related memories through Spatial Isolation. She later left the Tang Sect to work directly under him on a secret, well-resourced project to develop Honkai Energy resistance. 106 108 239
• Yuanen Yehui — Friend whose connection to the Demon Plane became part of Xiling's preparations. He offered to help her advance without Evil Soul Master methods, accompanied her to the Yuanen Family estate, and gave her time to face her painful past. 240 241 243
• Cai Yue'er — Shrek Academy elder and antagonist. Xiling intervened when she attempted to punish Wu Zhangkong, froze her, and exiled her to the Far North to face Honkai Beasts. She was later reported to have attacked Shrek students in a state of madness and been killed by Yun Ming. 175 265
• Tang Hao — Potential adversary tied to the Douluo Plane's authority. Xiling's awakening temporarily suppressed him, and Xiling initially chose not to kill him to avoid destabilizing Douluo Star; he later considered killing Tang Hao to lure the Abyssal Sage King. 1 125 202
• Plane Spirit — Subservient entity that fears Xiling's power and cooperates with him regarding sealed Honkai Energy and plane authority. It later supplied Plane Power to his projection during the confrontation with the Abyss. 125 126 256
• Zhang Geyang — Spirit Pagoda vice tower master whom Xiling pressured into supporting Leng Yaozhu's bid for Tower Master. Zhang Geyang was subsequently the first council leader to accept Xiling's proposal to restore the Soul Beast Clan's authority. 209 218 229
• Abyssal Sage King — Leader of the opposing Abyssal Plane. Xiling escaped an earlier encounter with him, later made a one-year wager over humanity's fate, and planned to draw him into a decisive battle in the Far North. 146 259 271

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Martial Soul Awakening Arc — Awakens the Void Core, attracts the attention of the Spirit Pagoda, and becomes Leng Yaozhu's disciple. 1 3
• Eastsea Academy Arc — Joins Class Five and Zero Class, defeats opponents far above his nominal rank, and acts as Wu Zhangkong's assistant instructor. 8 12 20 35
• Spirit Ascension Platform Arc — Leads and protects Zero Class through the platform, annihilates a beast tide, and erases a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear with Spatial Imprisonment. 40 45 47
• Herrscher Revelation Arc — Activates ten soul rings and Herrscher form to overpower Tang San, exposing power that terrifies Di Tian and the soul beasts. 53
• Blood God Legion Arc — Enlists to investigate the Far North and Abyss, earns extraordinary merit, destroys abyssal forces, and becomes the Federation's youngest major general. 99 113 119 125
• Return to Shrek Arc — Reunites with Na'er and his former classmates, takes up the Tang Sect Agility Hall, and confronts Long Yeyue after reaching peak Rank 69. 156 158 162 163
• Shrek Teaching Arc — Becomes a teaching assistant under Wu Zhangkong, guides the new students, and publicly confronts Cai Yue'er after she threatens Wu Zhangkong. 167 175
• Star Luo Exchange Arc — Travels with the Federation delegation to Star Luo Continent, reveals Tang Wulin's parentage to Wu Zhangkong, destroys hostile mechas, and attends the imperial court banquet. 191 193 196
• Honkai Strategy Arc — Begins planning for the Douluo Plane to consume the Abyssal Plane in preparation for Honkai's descent, while involving himself in Spirit Pagoda's Tower Master succession struggle. 202 209 218
• Spirit Pagoda and Federation Consolidation Arc — Secures unanimous approval to restore the Soul Beast Clan's Spirit Pagoda authority, becomes Federal Speaker, and establishes Ling Zichen's secret Honkai Energy resistance project. 229 239 243
• Demon Plane and Yuanen Family Arc — Plans to use the Demon Plane in his strategy against the Abyss, helps Yuanen Yehui return home, and trains Xie Xie through his Space-Time Dragon Martial Soul evolution. 239 240 243 244
• War Between Planes Arc — His protective projection saves Long Yuxue during an Abyssal attack; afterward, Xiling organizes the Federation's factions, anticipates a northern invasion, gathers resources, and assumes command in the Far North. He proposes transplanting the Life Ancient Tree there to bring forward his confrontation with the Abyssal Sage King. 252 254 259 260 266 271

Trivia

• Xiling ranked seventh on the Young Genius (Must-Kill) Ranking and wanted Leng Yaozhu to manipulate his placement. 99
• He was publicly called a Titled Douluo and Tang Sect Agility Hall Master in one account, while a later account explicitly placed his Soul Power at peak Rank 69. He subsequently confirmed that Rank 69 remained his suppressed cultivation limit. 156 162 240
• His post-Herrscher appearance led to repeated cases of mistaken gender, including Xie Xie asking why he had “turned back into a man.” 74 130
• Despite his power, Xiling enjoys cooking; he prepared a farewell dinner for Long Yuxue before leaving the Blood God Legion. 126
• Bella addresses him as “Queen,” despite Xiling being male. 63