Jiang Linglong

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Jiang Linglong (姜玲珑)
Alias(es)	Patriarch Jiang; Fairy Jiang; Lunar Emperor (previous life)
Species/Race	Human cultivator; reincarnation of the Lunar Emperor of the Divine Race 1918
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Founder of the Heavenly Ruins Alliance; Heavenly Ruins Sect; later holds a post in the Human Immortal Court 243 334 1918
Occupation/Role	Cultivator, alliance leader, sect founder, alchemist, artifact refiner, and talisman practitioner
Status	Active; continues cultivating toward the sub-Saint realm 2092
First Appearance	Chapter 26

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Purple Mansion Realm	154	Reached the realm at age twenty-eight; later refined four natal artifacts while completing her spiritual roots.
Peak Purple Mansion Realm	154	Remained at the peak for nearly two centuries to complete her spiritual roots.
Pure Yin Great Luo Golden Core	209 211	Restored her spiritual roots, received a breath of Primordial Purple Qi from Chen Nianzhi, condensed her core, and survived a nine-bolt lightning tribulation.
Golden Core, second level	243	Advanced while establishing herself at Azure Sun Mountain.
Golden Core, third level	274	Her mana was stated to rival that of a sixth-level Golden Core cultivator.
Golden Core, middle stage	319	Broke through after refining a Heavenly Earth Spirit Peach and taking an Origin-Restoring Tribulation-Breaking Pill.
Golden Core, late stage	382	Advanced after the Beast Turmoil.
Golden Core, ninth level	441	Her magical power increased by roughly thirty percent; she subsequently completed the Kui-Water Divine Thunder.
Nascent Soul, third level	593	Advanced through seclusion aided by the Heavenly Earth Spirit Peach and the Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Pact.
Nascent Soul, middle stage	651	Her combat power rose sharply; after advancing her bonded spirit treasure, she expected strength comparable to a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.
Nascent Soul, fifth level	713	Reached the fifth level alongside the rapid growth of the Chen Immortal Clan.
Primordial Spirit, third level	896	Her mana became comparable to that of a powerful sixth-level Primordial Spirit cultivator.
Late Ascendant Immortal	1208	Broke through through the great completion of her Lunar Immortal Body.
Half-Step Earth Immortal	1305	Reached this level after mastering laws; her combat power was already far beyond her earlier state.
Nine-Tribulation Immortal	1331	Realized the Great Five-Element Limitless Law, completing her fifth law.
Twelve Open Heavens	1392	Opened twelve layers of heaven, securing the basis to cultivate a Taiyi foundation.
Dual Taiyi Foundations	1650	Refined an Innate Dao-Enlightenment Lotus Seed, cultivated the Greater Five-Elements Laws, and underwent a qualitative transformation in mana.
Three Taiyi Foundation	1682	Broke through after millennia of preparation using a grand formation across the West Qi Divine Abyss Sea; became nearly invincible within the forbidden domain.
Twelve-Tribulation combat strength	1706	Refined a Source of Dao and Innate Flat Peaches, bringing her accumulated foundation to completion.
True-Spirit Primordial Spirit	1879 1880	Refined True-Spirit origin within the Soul-Annihilation Ancient Grounds and completed her transformation after fifty thousand years.
Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal	1918	Crossed the Chaos Heavenly Abyss, defeated the Northern Abyss Otherworld's leading prodigies, and attained the Dao after the calamity cycle.
Great Luo, middle stage	1967	Broke through, significantly increasing her strength.
Primordial Emperor Lord, eighth level	2071	Her principal cultivation reached the eighth level; her Primordial Spirit and body foundations reached the seventh level.

Background

Jiang Linglong reached the Purple Mansion Realm at twenty-eight, then remained at its peak for nearly two centuries to complete her spiritual roots. During this period, she refined four natal artifacts corresponding to her spiritual roots, rather than allowing her cultivation to stagnate entirely 154.

She sought to form a Great Luo Golden Core and explained its requirements to Chen Nianzhi, recognizing that his five spiritual roots gave him the potential to form a Pure Yang Great Luo Golden Core. Although she avoided discussing her own past at first, she asked him to accompany her on the path ahead 114.

After her spiritual roots were restored, Jiang Linglong accepted Chen Nianzhi's Primordial Purple Qi before attempting her breakthrough. She condensed a Pure Yin Great Luo Golden Core, endured an unusually powerful nine-bolt tribulation, and received an extraordinary amount of Lightning-Tribulation Immortal Liquid afterward 209 210 211.

Following the collapse of the Azure Sun Sect, Jiang Linglong occupied Azure Sun Mountain and formed the Heavenly Ruins Alliance from the major immortal clans of three prefectures. She later established the Heavenly Ruins Sect in Yan Kingdom, intending to use it to cultivate mortals into disciples 243 334.

Her heritage was eventually revealed through Ji Daoyan: Emperor Jiang, the last modern cultivator known to have ascended as an immortal, was her grandfather. Her father was Jiang Dangmo, while Yan Ziji and Qing Ji descended from Emperor Jiang's two disciples; the three women grew up together as intimate childhood friends 536 590.

Jiang Linglong later recovered memories of her previous incarnation as the Lunar Emperor of the Divine Race. At the end of the Primordial Era, the Lunar Emperor lost the authority of her Great Dao and abandoned her foundations and reserves to reincarnate, though Jiang Linglong did not recover the full circumstances of that decision 1918.

Appearance

Jiang Linglong is repeatedly described as possessing otherworldly, peerless beauty. Her usual bearing combines refined elegance with a sharp, intimidating presence that becomes especially pronounced after battle 111 151.

• Often wears a snow-white gown 151.
• Has bright, autumn-water eyes whose usual sharpness can soften into a teasing or alluring expression around Chen Nianzhi 114 209.
• Her brow may carry lingering killing intent after combat 151.
• When emerging after cultivating the Three Taiyi Foundation, she is described as surrounded by rings of divine halos like an unparalleled immortal maiden 1682.

Personality

Jiang Linglong is forthright and emotionally decisive. She openly states that she loves and hates clearly, does not require a reason to like something, and does not concern herself with others' opinions 114.

She is patient in long-term cultivation and strategic in battle. She spent nearly two centuries completing her spiritual roots, declined to prematurely use an incomplete divine ability that would waste a century of cultivation, and refused to attack Earth Lion Ridge when its defenses made success unlikely 154 266.

Despite her formidable presence, she is generous toward allies and attentive to disciples. She distributed pills to allied clans, shared gains from Demon Ape Mountain, accepted Gu Lanshan as a direct disciple, and arranged for Lin Qianshu to guide the girl's daily cultivation 212 427 431.

Abilities & Skills

Great Five-Elements Cultivation

Jiang Linglong cultivates a five-element path centered on her Pure Yin foundation and the Great Five-Element Limitless Law.

• Formed a Pure Yin Great Luo Golden Core aided by Primordial Purple Qi 209 210.
• Her Pure-Yin Divine Thunder formed a Five-Element Great Cycle after she deduced the Kui-Water Divine Thunder 441.
• Later refined Five-Element Zenith Heaven Thunder Marrow to cultivate the Grand Five-Element Pure-Yin Divine Thunder 1866.
• Cultivates five Great Daos simultaneously, making advancement in Dao mastery exceptionally difficult 2092.

Grand Void Five Calamities Divine Light

A supreme divine ability whose destructive force was one of the main reasons powerful Golden Core enemies feared confronting her.

• Its power reached roughly half that of a Nascent Soul strike when driven by her late-Golden-Core-comparable mana 327.
• Used against Huo Zhenyan during the struggle for the Three-Treasure Glazed Armor 400.
• Requires significant mana expenditure during prolonged battles 327.

Swordsmanship and Sword Unity

Jiang Linglong is an elite sword cultivator whose Heavenly Ruins Immortal-Slaying Sword is central to her offense.

• Met the first six bolts of her Golden Core lightning tribulation with the Heavenly Ruins Immortal-Slaying Sword 210.
• Can merge body and sword to pursue fleeing enemies at high speed 263.
• Advanced the sword using Grand Luo Immortal Gold, greatly increasing her strength 785.

External Incarnation

Jiang Linglong forged an external incarnation from a natal treasure.

• The incarnation can wield magical treasures independently 327.
• Its methods are comparable to those of an ordinary mid-stage Golden Core cultivator 327.
• Later identified as an incarnation refined from Water-Origin Ancestral Marrow Jade 863.

Flood Dragon Transformation

Jiang Linglong can transform into a flood dragon to amplify her mana and battle strength.

• Her transformed strength approached that of a Nascent Soul True Lord 427.
• In this state, she and Chen Nianzhi defeated four powerful demonic cultivators and forced the Blue Flood Dragon Demon King to retreat 427.

Alchemy and Artifact Refinement

Jiang Linglong is a high-level alchemist and artifact refiner.

• Successfully refined five Dharma-Origin Pills in one batch, placing her among the top low-grade fourth-rank alchemists 212.
• Later reached the level of a mid-grade fourth-rank alchemist and refined seven Violet-Qi Cloud-Pattern Pills in one batch 266.
• Refined Golden-Core Formation Pills, storage treasures, and other high-tier resources with Chen Nianzhi 212 334.
• Her Six Directions Eight Desolations Cauldron is described as her crowning achievement in artifact refinement 154.

Formations and Talismans

In her later cultivation, Jiang Linglong takes responsibility for talisman materials and can deploy powerful formations.

• Took the hides of Earth Immortal ancestors to produce eighth-rank talisman paper and planned to specialize in talisman drawing 1421.
• Used the Linglong Immortal Pagoda to establish a void-sealing formation capable of trapping even a seventh-level Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal for a time 1933.
• Took control of and reinforced the Lesser Circuit Supreme Unity Golden Bamboo Sword Formation in the Soul-Annihilation Ancient Grounds 1880.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Heavenly Ruins Immortal-Slaying Sword — Her gold-attributed natal sword; used to cross her Golden Core tribulation and later advanced with Grand Luo Immortal Gold 154 210 785.
• Six Directions Eight Desolations Cauldron — Fire-attributed natal artifact and exceptional artifact-refining cauldron; blocked the seventh bolt of her Golden Core tribulation 154 211.
• Ji-Earth Kun Origin Plate — Earth-attributed natal artifact used as a defensive barrier against the eighth tribulation bolt 154 211.
• Earth-Marsh Five-Smoke Gauze — Defensive treasure used before meeting the final bolt of her Golden Core tribulation 210 211.
• Dragon-Transforming Saber — Treasure saber used alongside the Five-Smoke Gauze to survive the final tribulation bolt 210 211.
• External Incarnation — A natal incarnation later identified as having been refined from Water-Origin Ancestral Marrow Jade 327 863.
• World-Purifying White Lotus Platform — One of five treasures extracted from her body during the reforging of her foundation 1911.
• Mysterious Yang Limitless Pearl — Helped her defeat five opponents in succession for a place to comprehend the Heavenly Stele 1215.
• Xuan Tian Mirror — Defensive supreme treasure incorporated into the Heavenly Cycle Supreme Unity Golden Bamboo Sword Formation 1880.
• Linglong Immortal Pagoda — True-Spirit treasure refined through the Heavenly Emperor Artifact Fusion Chapter from five innate spirit treasures 1933.

Relationships

• Chen Nianzhi — Her husband and principal cultivation partner. He guarded her breakthroughs, shared Primordial Purple Qi with her, and repeatedly assisted her in refining treasures and reforging her foundation 209 593 1682 1911.
• Emperor Jiang — Her grandfather; creator of the Immortal Ascension Meridian-Forge Method and the most recent modern cultivator known to have ascended as an immortal 536.
• Jiang Dangmo — Her father and one of Emperor Jiang's three direct heirs 590.
• Yan Ziji — Childhood friend and descendant of Purple Firmament Dao Lord, Emperor Jiang's disciple 590.
• Qing Ji — Childhood friend and descendant of Azure Ruins Dao Lord, Emperor Jiang's disciple 590.
• Lin Qianshu — Her first direct disciple and longtime subordinate; Jiang Linglong entrusted her with Gu Lanshan's daily guidance 316 431.
• Gu Lanshan — Her second direct disciple, accepted for her rare Three-Yin Body; Jiang Linglong taught her the Heaven-Mending Secret Art 431.
• Liu Rumeng — Her disciple, who attends to affairs at Heavenly Ruins Mountain 151.
• Ji Daoyan — Ally who revealed Emperor Jiang's identity and praised Jiang Linglong's potential 536.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Heavenly Python Lake campaign — Fought Purple Mansion demon beasts, killed the Purple-Spotted Wolf King at the cost of origin blood essence, and later pursued the Water-Origin Orbs needed for her Golden Core breakthrough 150 205.
• Golden Core tribulation — Formed a Pure Yin Great Luo Golden Core and survived an extraordinary nine-bolt tribulation before hosting a celebration at Heavenly Ruins Mountain 209 210 211.
• Rise of the Heavenly Ruins Alliance — Occupied Azure Sun Mountain after the Azure Sun Sect's fall, unified major clans under the Heavenly Ruins Alliance, and led attacks such as the assault on Jiaoyang Mountain 243 262.
• Demon Ape Mountain conflict — Fought Huo Zhenyan and demonic cultivators, transformed into a flood dragon, suppressed the Demon Spring, and obtained a Star Fragment 400 427.
• Founding the Heavenly Ruins Sect — Helped establish a sect in Yan Kingdom to cultivate mortal disciples and delegated its routine management to subordinates 334.
• Desolate Demon Ridge assault — Joined Chen Nianzhi and several Nascent Soul True Lords in cleansing Desolate Demon Ridge after its demonic leaders departed to support Blood-Transforming Old Devil 651.
• Abyss of Guixu war — Entered the Nine-Tribulation realm, then joined the battle against the Demon Race and Heavenly Prison Race 1331.
• Chaos Heavenly Abyss — With seven True-Spirit foundations, crossed into the Northern Abyss Otherworld and slaughtered three thousand peerless ancient immortals without injury 1918.
• Human Immortal Court — Attained Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal and accepted an official post in the Immortal Court 1918.

Notable Quotes

“By nature, I, Jiang Linglong, have always loved and hated clearly. Why would I need a reason to like something? Why should I care what others think?” 114

“Watch me cross the tribulation.” 210