Deng Jilin

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Deng Jilin (邓寂凛)
Gender	Male
Martial Soul	Sky Cold Sword
Affiliation	Heaven Dou Royal Academy; Imperial Fighting Team
Occupation/Role	Soul Saint; Special Teacher; team leader and Su Ge's trusted aide
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 35

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 72 Soul Saint	35	Reached Soul Saint after obtaining his seventh Soul Ring; credits Su Ge's Whale Glue information and ideas for self-created soul skills with helping him defeat the required Soul Beast.
Level 73 Battle Soul Saint	52	Escorts Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to Heaven Dou City while Su Ge hunts his fifth Soul Ring.
Sky Cold Domain, embryonic stage	73	Begins comprehending a growable ice-based domain while cultivating at Heaven Dou Royal Academy's ice lake.
Level 78 Soul Saint	115	Reveals his current cultivation while comparing Yu Tianheng's strength with Su Ge's.

Appearance

Deng Jilin is a handsome man in his thirties with long ice-blue hair, a cold temperament, and faintly arrogant brows. In battle, he commonly wears white and carries his Sky Cold Sword, surrounded by drifting chill that gives him an ethereal presence 35 118.

• Long ice-blue hair 35
• Cold, rigid demeanor 35 36
• White clothing and a sword-bearing combat stance 118
• Ice-cold Soul Power aura 38 61

Personality

Deng Jilin is taciturn, straightforward, and governed by firm personal principles. He dislikes empty conversation, often responding with only a few words, but his silence does not reflect indifference; he is dependable in both administrative tasks and dangerous confrontations 35 36 69.

He regards Su Ge's prior aid as a debt that must be repaid. Even after Su Ge repeatedly tells him not to dwell on it, Deng remains determined to assist him because Su Ge's help saved his life and enabled his advancement 35.

Though cold toward opponents, Deng shows compassion for people forced into conflict. When two Soul Saints admit they were coerced into attacking him, he directs his anger toward the mastermind rather than treating them as simple enemies 118.

“I, Deng Jilin, have always had clear principles. I helped you because you helped me.” 35

Abilities & Skills

Sky Cold Sword

Deng Jilin's martial soul is an ice-attributed sword noted for its sharpness and exceptionally pure cold power 73 78.

• Produces ice-attributed Soul Power capable of suppressing opponents 61.
• Its ice power is described as purer than Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix during the inter-academy friendly match 115.
• May evolve toward Ultimate Ice as its ice element strengthens 78.
• His martial soul's potential was enhanced by the Frostleaf Swordheart Grass 74.

Self-Created Ice Techniques

Deng can employ swift, unconventional ice techniques without visibly revealing Soul Rings 38.

• Instantly encases Flender in an ice coffin, leaving him unable to react 38.
• Places a chilling blade at Flender's shoulder immediately after immobilizing him 38.
• Condenses icy chains that bind Qin Ming and seal his Soul Power 63.

Sky Cold Domain

Deng began comprehending an ice-based domain while meditating at an academy ice lake 73.

• Its initial manifestation fills the area with freezing wind, snow, ice, and sword-like chill 73.
• Unlike an innate or Soul Ring-granted domain, it can continuously strengthen through deeper insight 73.
• Frostleaf Swordheart Grass may aid his domain comprehension and grant Sword Heart Clarity 74.

Soul Core Research

Deng studies Su Ge's Soul Core hypothesis with Dugu Bo, using Dugu Bo's Pill Pearl as a possible model for compressing Soul Power from liquid into solid form 89.

• Seeks to develop a more advanced cultivation method rather than relying solely on ordinary Soul Power accumulation 89.
• His talent as a Soul Saint in his thirties makes him a suitable candidate for the research 89.

Equipment / Items

• Storage Soul Guidance Device — Used to transport seven high-quality pieces of Whale Glue and later store instructions for collecting the Morningstar Reflection Flower 35 101.
• Frostleaf Swordheart Grass — Immortal Herb gifted by Su Ge; strengthens and condenses his Soul Power while improving the Sky Cold Sword's potential 74.

Relationships

• Su Ge — Benefactor, close friend, and trusted leader. Deng considers Su Ge responsible for saving his life and aiding his seventh-ring hunt; he later serves as an enforcer, messenger, administrator, and protector within Su Ge's growing faction 35 67 101.
• Imperial Fighting Team — Their Special Teacher and acting leader during Su Ge's absences. He negotiates matches, selects battle lineups, and takes responsibility for their protection 80 115 118.
• Ning Rongrong — Acquainted through Su Ge. Deng remains largely indifferent to her conversations but helps escort her to Heaven Dou City and works alongside her in protecting the Imperial Fighting Team 36 52 118.
• Dugu Bo — Consults him regarding the Soul Core hypothesis; Dugu Bo also protects the Imperial Fighting Team's hotel while Deng draws attackers away 89 118.
• Yang Wudi — Personally contacts and escorts the Breaking Clan head to meet Su Ge, then later relays Yang's refusal to cooperate with Tai Tan 69 101.
• Flender — Delivers Su Ge's warning to him and demonstrates enough speed and ice-based control to immobilize the Soul Saint before Flender can respond 38.
• Qin Ming — Subdues him during Su Ge's takeover of the Imperial Dou Team, suppressing his Soul Power and holding the Sky Cold Sword at his neck 61 63.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Aid to Su Ge

Deng first meets Su Ge in Suotuo City after procuring seven pieces of high-quality Whale Glue. He reveals that Su Ge's information and self-created-skill ideas were instrumental in his successful seventh-ring hunt, which raised him to level 72 35.

He agrees to remain by Su Ge's side and soon acts on Su Ge's behalf, confronting Flender with a warning and demonstrating his ability to incapacitate another Soul Saint 36 38.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy

Deng escorts Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to Heaven Dou City while Su Ge pursues his fifth Soul Ring. At the academy, he serves as a Grade Special Teacher and supports Su Ge's assumption of control over the Imperial Dou Team 52 61.

He suppresses Qin Ming, assists Su Ge in confronting the team, contacts Yang Wudi of the Breaking Clan, and arranges Xiao Chenyu's family transfer on Su Ge's instructions 61 69.

Cultivation and Faction Administration

While cultivating at the academy's ice lake, Deng begins forming the embryonic Sky Cold Domain. Su Ge rewards his loyalty with Frostleaf Swordheart Grass, an Immortal Herb tailored to his martial soul and domain path 73 74.

Deng later manages reports on the medicinal-cuisine program, communicates with the Breaking and Ye Clans, and accepts responsibility for retrieving the Morningstar Reflection Flower for Ye Tianxin 101.

Imperial Fighting Team Tour

As the Imperial Fighting Team's leader, Deng negotiates with Silves City's major powers and the Great Soul Arena to secure strong Soul Ancestor opponents and rewards for the team's tour 116.

When two Soul Saints target the team near their Silves City hotel, he orders the students inside, draws the attackers beyond the city, and chooses to face both alone. Learning that the Lin Family Head and Dean Zhang were coerced, he vows to hunt down the person who forced them into the attack 118.

Trivia

• Deng's favorite terse response is “Fine,” which frustrates Su Ge during their conversations 36.
• He later adopts Su Ge's “vertical line” metaphor to humorously explain the vast difference between Yu Tianheng and Su Ge 115.
• Despite his own exceptional talent, Deng concludes that even his perfected domain would likely not let him withstand a single punch from Su Ge 101.