Liya

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Liya (丽雅)
Species/Race	Sea Princess lineage; mermaid soul beast
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Sea Princess clan of the Ice Sea; Huo Yuhao's soul spirit in the Divine Realm
Occupation/Role	Sea Princess; soul spirit; participant in the soul-spirit ritual
Status	Alive; returned to the Ice Sea after parting with Huo Yuhao 55
First Appearance	1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Hundred-thousand-year Sea Princess	46	A powerful soul beast with spiritual abilities and confidence in surviving higher heavenly tribulations.
Mermaid's Blessing restoration	46	A speck of Mermaid's Blessing returns from Huo Yuhao and merges into her brow, causing her body and scales to glow and transform.
Spiritual-source recovery and Emotion Seed awakening	51 52	Snow lotus and Sea Dragon Marrow stabilize her damaged soul and replenish her vitality; the Emotion Seed restores memories she left within it.
Devours the Sky Azure Bull Python's soul spirit	52	Huo Yuhao gives her the soul spirit as nourishment for further growth; no resulting cultivation rank is stated.

Background / History

In the Divine Realm, Liya was one of Huo Yuhao's soul spirits. While cooking with Huo Yuhao and Snow Woman, she coordinated ingredients with them through their spiritual connection. She and Snow Woman were among the companions Huo Yuhao regarded as family and benefactors. 1

Liya inherited Huo Yuhao's emotion of evil. She shared his anger at the Divine Realm's treatment of soul beasts and pledged that, from the moment she became his soul spirit, she would live only for him. She supported his decision to rebel against the Divine Realm. 1

During the Time God's energy riot, Liya was the second soul spirit to sacrifice herself. She burned her divine soul until it scattered, leaving Huo Yuhao with the purest Mermaid's Blessing and helping him survive the catastrophe. 3

Twenty thousand years earlier, Huo Yuhao encounters a younger Liya among the Sea Princesses of the Ice Sea. She quickly guesses that his proposal for soul beasts to survive in another form concerns spirit souls. 45

When Liya tries to read Huo Yuhao's thoughts, she instead hears a sorrowful Mermaid's Song carrying the memories of her future love and sacrifice. The Mermaid's Blessing within Huo Yuhao responds to her, restoring part of her connection to him. Liya openly chooses not to wait for him any longer. 46

Liya later suffers severe spiritual and life-source loss after Huo Yuhao absorbs the Azure Bull Python's hundred-thousand-year soul ring. Snow Empress, Eve, and Lijing work to save her, while the Emotion Seed within her eventually awakens the memories she deliberately preserved. 50 51 52

After recovering, Liya supports Huo Yuhao's cultivation, helps demonstrate the soul-spirit ritual, and accepts soul spirits from him to strengthen herself. Before returning to the Ice Sea, she agrees to seek special metals for his future soul-tool and pill-refining plans. 52 53 55

Appearance

Liya is a youthful Sea Princess with sea-blue eyes, an innocent and lively expression, and a golden fishtail that sways beneath her in the water. When Huo Yuhao first sees her in this era, she appears to be around fourteen or fifteen in human age. 45

• Golden fishtail and mermaid form. 45
• Sea-blue, watery eyes. 1 46
• Her body and scales emit a faint glow after receiving Mermaid's Blessing. 46
• Her tears can condense into round golden pearls. 46 47

Personality

Liya is deeply loyal and emotionally devoted to Huo Yuhao. Even as his soul spirit, she recognizes his gentleness beneath his resentment and remains willing to follow whatever path he chooses. 1

She is curious and perceptive, immediately identifying the likely basis of Huo Yuhao's spirit-soul proposal. Her attempts to use mind reading also reveal a willingness to pursue answers directly. 45 46

After recovering her memories, Liya becomes forthright about her love and refuses to repeat the regret of waiting silently. She is also mischievous, teasing Huo Yuhao over the implications of serving grilled fish to her and Snow Empress simultaneously. 46 52 55

Liya cares strongly for both Huo Yuhao and her family. Her return to the Ice Sea is painful because she wants to remain with him, but she also longs to spend time with her mother and sister. 53 55

Abilities & Skills

Mind Reading

Liya possesses an innate mind-reading ability not inherited by her mother, Eve. 45

• Can read the thoughts of targets weaker than herself. 45
• Cannot forcefully hear the thoughts of a target who consciously resists, as Huo Yuhao demonstrates. 46
• Her spiritual connection with Huo Yuhao instead triggers the return of the Mermaid's Song and her preserved memories. 46 52

Mermaid's Song and Mermaid's Blessing

Liya's Mermaid's Song carries the emotional history of her bond with Huo Yuhao, from companionship to her decision to sacrifice herself for his survival. 46

• Her future self burns her divine soul to grant Huo Yuhao the purest Mermaid's Blessing. 3
• A remaining speck of that Blessing returns to Liya in the past and transforms her scales. 46
• The Mermaid's Blessing and her restored memories reinforce her emotional connection with Huo Yuhao. 46 52

Golden Tears

Sea Princess golden tears are condensed origins of spiritual power rather than ordinary tears. 46 47

• Liya gives Huo Yuhao seven golden pearls, allowing him to replenish his depleted sea of spirit. 47
• Intense emotional distress can make her continuously lose golden pearls, damaging her spiritual source and vitality. 50 51
• White tears, by contrast, damage a Sea Princess's lifespan. 46

Soul-Spirit Knowledge

Having been Huo Yuhao's soul spirit, Liya understands the process of creating soul spirits. 53

• Assists in testing the soul-spirit ritual on an ice silkworm. 53
• Explains that a weak white soul spirit will dissipate without sufficient spiritual power to sustain it. 53
• Consumes the Sky Azure Bull Python's soul spirit as a source of growth. 52

Emotion Seed

An evil emotion seed appears within Liya during her recovery. Er Bai identifies it as a sign that she has been chosen by the Emotion God to become a divine weapon. 51

• The seed's malice affects Lijing when she connects to Liya's spiritual sea. 51
• Liya stored her future memories inside the seed, allowing them to awaken after her recovery. 52

Items

• Conch necklace — Given to Huo Yuhao before Liya returns to the Ice Sea; he can blow it by the sea to call for her. 55
• Golden tear pearls — Condensed spiritual-power origins given to Huo Yuhao to stabilize his sea of spirit. 47

Relationships

• Huo Yuhao — Her beloved and former host as a soul spirit. She sacrifices herself to protect him in the future, later recovers those memories, and chooses to pursue their relationship openly. 3 46 52
• Eve — Her mother and the Sea Princess. Eve expends spiritual origin and Sea Dragon Marrow to save Liya, and gradually accepts Huo Yuhao as a future son-in-law. 45 48 51 53
• Lijing — Her elder sister. Lijing worries for Liya, but is briefly influenced by the evil emotion seed and attacks her before Eve intervenes. 47 51
• Snow Empress — Huo Yuhao's ally in the Far North, who helps stabilize Liya with snow lotus and protects her during her recovery. 48 51
• Er Bai and Little White — Companions connected to Huo Yuhao who assist during Liya's crisis and share enthusiasm for Huo Yuhao's grilled fish. 48 50 54

Notable Quotes

“From the moment I became your soul spirit, I have lived only for you, no matter what you intend to do.” 1

“Yuhao, this time, I won't wait anymore.” 46

“Don't be afraid. Snow Woman and I will stay with you. Once we bring Qiu'er back too, we'll be together forever.” 52

Trivia

• Liya inherited the emotion of evil from Huo Yuhao. 1
• She was the second weakest among Huo Yuhao's soul spirits when she sacrificed herself during the Time God's energy riot. 3
• Liya is the only one among Huo Yuhao's soul spirits stated to still have a living family. 55
• She considers Huo Yuhao's tattoos “cool” and “pretty.” 54