Wu Yan

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Wu Yan (吴言)
Alias(es)	New Ice Emperor; Chief Wu Yan; Lord Yan; Venerable Wu Yan 22 70 92
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Mittel Clan; formerly Canaan Academy's Outer and Inner Academies 10 11
Occupation/Role	Mittel Clan chief; cultivator; founder and authority of the clan's independent spatial realm 22 123
Status	Alive 172
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
2-Star Dou Practitioner	2	Reborn into the Mittel Clan with ice-and-water dual-element Dou Qi from the same source.
3-Star Dou Practitioner	4	Converted his Dou Qi through the high-grade Profound Tier Mysterious Ice Art within five days.
6-Star Dou Practitioner	5	Reached this level after roughly two and a half months of spear stance training.
7-Star Dou Practitioner	6	Began formal spear training after reaching this stage.
Dou Shi	6 7	Broke through at age twelve; his vast dual-element Dou Qi reserves became particularly evident.
Da Dou Shi	7	Reached the realm at age thirteen while training under Luo Su and using attribute-specific energy liquids.
Dou Ling	7	Broke through at age fifteen; attained spear mastery and Qi Materialization.
2-Star Dou Spirit	10	Entered Canaan Academy at age fifteen.
8-Star Dou Spirit	10	Rose six stars in nine months and became the Outer Academy's strongest student and tournament champion.
9-Star Dou Spirit	15	Completed the realm while cultivating in the Sky-Burning Qi Refining Tower.
3-Star Dou Wang	15	Advanced from Nine-Star Dou Spirit with fourth-tier Magic Core Energy Liquid; gained Dou Qi wings and natural-energy resonance.
9-Star Dou Wang	18 19	Reached the realm after continued cultivation and hunting for Magic Cores.
1-Star Dou Emperor	22	Easily subdued Jia Xing Tian, establishing himself as the Mittel Clan's leading powerhouse.
8-Star Dou Emperor	29	Reached after years of seclusion and began testing spatial power.
Peak Dou Emperor	29	Attained the realm after three further years of secluded cultivation.
1-Star → 2-Star Dou Zong	43	Advanced by refining sixth-tier Magical Beast energy liquid; returned to Jia Nan Academy as a twenty-two-year-old Dou Zong.
7-Star Dou Zong	59	Publicly disclosed this realm while discussing cooperation with Yun Yun.
Peak Dou Zong	73	Reached the peak before Gu Xun'er began planning to catch up to him.
1-Star Dou Zun	81 82	Broke through after receiving Cao Yuan's soul-cultivation guidance; subsequently constructed Spatial Wormholes.
Half-Saint	95	Concealed the full extent of his strength to avoid attracting stronger factions.
Peak 1-Star Battle Saint	111	Broke through during his intervention against Wu Protector and used his power to save Wutan City.
2-Star Battle Saint	124	Controlled a vast independent space and regarded himself as still weak compared with the continent's true peak experts.
Late 8-Star Battle Saint	144	Reached this stage after consuming his remaining high-rank medicinal pills.
Peak Early 9-Star Battle Saint	155	Refined the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit after exterminating the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
Emperor Realm Soul	157	Achieved Emperor Realm Soul Power after two months of cultivation, greatly expanding his reach and presence.

Background / History

Wu Yan was reborn into the world of Battle Through the Heavens with memories of a previous life. After displaying exceptional cultivation talent, he and his family were brought from a remote town into the Mittel Clan's ancestral grounds. His early advantage was the Little Blue Bottle within his soul, which could refine Magic Cores and other resources into energy liquids. 1 2 7

As a two-star Dou Practitioner, he was summoned by Teng Shan, who recognized his ice-and-water dual-element talent and offered him the Mysterious Ice Art. Wu Yan accepted the opportunity but remained wary of praise, believing that only personal strength could secure his fate. 2

He trained under Elder Luo Su, first enduring rigorous spear stance practice with a four-hundred-jin greatspear before learning formal spear techniques. By age fifteen, he had reached Dou Ling and mastered spearwork to the point that Luo Su had nothing further to teach him. 5 7

Wu Yan then entered Canaan Academy, rapidly becoming the Outer Academy's strongest student. He later entered the Inner Academy, obtained the Earth-tier Icebound Secret Manual, and continued to accumulate resources in the Sky-Burning Qi Refining Tower and Warcraft Forest. 10 11 15 16

Appearance

Wu Yan is a tall, handsome young man whose usual expression and bearing are described as aloof, indifferent, and difficult for strangers to approach. 7 25

• Often wears blue-and-white clothing, reinforcing his cold and detached impression. 72
• Has an exceptionally powerful physique; by the Battle Saint stage, his body surpassed that of a ninth-rank Magical Beast. 154
• His presence becomes instinctively intimidating to weaker beings, including Zi Yan. 108
• Manifests icy-blue Dou Qi wings after becoming a Dou Wang. 15

Personality

Wu Yan is methodical, cautious, and intensely self-interested in matters of cultivation. He considers strength the only reliable means of controlling one's fate and prioritizes maximizing his foundation, resources, and lifespan over fame, sentiment, or unnecessary risks. 2 6 54

Immortality is his overriding ambition. Having experienced one lifetime already, he views worldly attachments as secondary to attaining eternal youth and continued existence. This focus initially leaves him disinterested in romance and reluctant to involve himself in other people's troubles. 6 105

Despite his detachment, Wu Yan is capable of long-term planning and political generosity when it benefits the Mittel Clan. He delegates routine affairs, shares spoils with allies, builds infrastructure, and protects people he considers part of his sphere of responsibility. 52 62 111 123

Abilities & Skills

Ice-and-Water Dual-Element Dou Qi

Wu Yan possesses ice- and water-attributed Dou Qi from the same source. Cultivating one attribute improves the other, granting him roughly twice the Dou Qi reserves of an ordinary cultivator at the same level. 2 6

• His ice Dou Qi possesses an unusually corrosive cold quality, allowing it to invade and freeze opponents more effectively than ordinary ice techniques. 10
• Can create frost mist capable of freezing powerful opponents, including Jia Xing Tian, Yun Yun, Ling Ying, and Earth Fiend Old Ghost. 22 25 26 60
• Developed “Pseudo-Freezing” to preserve fire without allowing his cold air to extinguish it. 10
• His later Dou Qi developed rudimentary intelligence, functioning similarly to a subordinate avatar and significantly increasing his combat effectiveness. 114

Little Blue Bottle

The Little Blue Bottle resides within Wu Yan's soul and is the foundation of his extraordinary resource conversion and physical growth. 2

• Refines Magic Cores of different attributes into specialized energy liquids. 7
• Attribute-specific liquids can improve traits such as physical strength, internal vitality, speed, perception, healing, elemental affinity, and resistance. 7
• Refines medicinal pills before Wu Yan consumes them, allowing him to assess and use their effects more safely. 29
• Higher-tier Magical Beast energy liquids grant innate abilities and improve his control of Spatial Power. 63 64
• Stores and refines extraordinary materials, including the Yellow Springs Blood Crystal. 130

Physical Foundation and Spear Mastery

Wu Yan continuously reinforces his body and foundation rather than pursuing rapid breakthroughs alone. His accumulated physical strength often lets him defeat opponents without techniques or weapons. 15 74

• Mastered spear techniques under Luo Su and achieved Qi Materialization by age fifteen. 7
• Defeated every Outer Academy student using only physical strength and speed. 10
• Claimed that he had never needed to use a Dou Technique in battle as of his meeting with Gu Xun'er. 74
• His physical body eventually surpassed a ninth-rank Magical Beast. 154

Spatial Power and Sealing

After becoming a Dou Zong, Wu Yan gained and steadily refined control over Spatial Power. 43 64

• Constructs Spatial Wormholes linking Mittel City to major locations. 82
• Created an independent space near Mittel City, forming land, mountains, rivers, clan territory, a Serpent-Human Tribe preserve, and medicinal-herb fields. 123
• Learned the Serpent-Human Tribe's sealing secret art. 52
• Used the technique Fate Defeat to seal and forcibly invade the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's hidden space. 155

Soul Power

Wu Yan cultivates his soul alongside his Dou Qi and eventually reaches Emperor Realm Soul Power. 81 157

• Received guidance on soul cultivation from Cao Yuan and mastered a related technique. 81
• His Emperor Realm Soul radiated an aura that caused living beings across his spatial realm to instinctively submit. 157
• Uses soul power to survey territory and locate suitable opponents or resources over wide areas. 123 163

Cultivation Techniques & Treasures

• Little Blue Bottle — Soul-bound treasure that refines Magic Cores, pills, and other energies into usable resources. 2 7 29
• Mysterious Ice Art — High-grade Profound Tier ice-element cultivation technique offered by Teng Shan. 2
• Icebound Secret Manual — Earth-tier mid-grade cultivation technique acquired from Canaan Academy's Scripture Pavilion. 11
• Gu Clan investment — A high-grade Earth-class ice cultivation method and Dou Technique, a Sect-Breaking Pill, and an Imperial Extreme Pill. 27
• Emperor's Seal Technique — High-grade Earth Tier Dou Technique given by Gu Xun'er. 74
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame fragmentary maps — Collected three map fragments before giving them to Gu Xun'er. 43 108
• Yellow Springs Blood Crystal — A self-repairing crystal that emits frigid yin energy; placed in the Little Blue Bottle for refinement. 130
• Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit — Ancient treasure refined to advance his Battle Saint cultivation. 154 155

Relationships

• Teng Shan — Mittel Clan head and early patron who offered Wu Yan the Mysterious Ice Art; later publicly recognized him as the clan's chief. 2 22
• Luo Su — Spear mentor who trained Wu Yan from stance work to spear mastery. 4 5 7
• Wu Yue — Younger sister. Wu Yan supports her cultivation, arranged Yun Yun as her teacher, and is notably patient with her mistakes. 1 30 81
• Ya Fei — Longtime companion who handles many of his daily affairs and provides Magic Cores; Wu Yan gives her resources and a flying Dou Technique, and later nourishes her pregnancy with life energy. 7 43 144
• Gu Xun'er — Early investor and later political marriage ally. Their relationship develops through mutual trust, affection, and shared ambitions. 27 73 108 124 164
• Yun Yun — Initially challenged Wu Yan and was overwhelmingly defeated. She later becomes one of his partners and an ally of the Mittel Clan. 25 59 123
• Medusa Queen — Initially forced into submission after sealing the Mittel Clan; later becomes an allied partner whose tribe receives a protected territory in Wu Yan's spatial realm. 52 123 144
• Hai Bodong — Former Ice Emperor whose strength Wu Yan restores; Hai Bodong subsequently helps manage Mittel Clan affairs. 52
• Cao Ping — Former Inner Academy rival who becomes a useful link between Wu Yan and the Cao Clan. 14 18 85
• Cao Yuan — Cao Clan elder who provides soul-cultivation guidance and discusses resources, pills, and Cao Clan affairs with Wu Yan. 81 134 164
• Xiao Yan — An occasional beneficiary of Wu Yan's intervention. Wu Yan diagnosed his cultivation regression and later saved the Xiao Clan from Wu Protector, but refuses to assume unlimited responsibility for him. 47 111 105
• Qing Lin — Initially regarded by Wu Yan as a younger sister; she later confesses her feelings and becomes his partner. 157
• Nalan Yanran — Yun Yun's disciple who develops feelings for Wu Yan; he accepts her feelings despite the resulting complication with Yun Yun. 147
• Xiao Yi Xian — Received Wu Yan's protection against poisonous mist and later becomes one of his partners. 70 145

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Mittel Clan prodigy — Joins the Mittel Clan's ancestral grounds, receives Teng Shan's backing, trains under Luo Su, and uses the Little Blue Bottle to build an overwhelming foundation. 1 2 7
• Canaan Academy rise — Dominates the Outer Academy, enters the Inner Academy, gains Earth-tier techniques, and advances through the Dou Spirit and Dou Wang realms. 10 11 15
• New Ice Emperor — Defeats Jia Xing Tian, Yun Yun, and Ling Ying with overwhelming frost techniques, making the Mittel Clan a dominant power in the Jia Ma Empire. 22 25 26
• Mittel Clan expansion — Restores Hai Bodong, subdues Medusa Queen, takes Demon Flame Valley and the Golden Goose Sect, and founds Peace City. 52 60 62 64
• Dou Zun infrastructure — Constructs Spatial Wormholes, strengthens allied experts, and protects Mittel Clan interests against the Heavenly Serpent Mansion. 67 82
• Battle Saint intervention — Breaks through to Battle Saint and kills Wu Protector to save Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan. 111
• Spatial-realm founder — Establishes an independent realm as the Mittel Clan's future hub and moves the Ice Tower containing the Falling Heart Flame into it. 123 124
• Resource campaigns — Raids ancient ruins, annihilates the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and refines the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit to reach the Nine-Star Battle Saint level. 154 155
• Ancient-clan figure — Visits the Gu Clan, defeats the Heavenly Tomb Soul using the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's inheritance, and becomes an influential ally to both the Gu and Cao Clans. 160 164

Notable Quotes

“The victory was already decided, so why rush for quick success?” 2

“This is what I seek!” 54

Trivia

• Wu Yan created a water park in Mittel City, including a long ice slide, for Wu Yue's amusement; it was later opened to the public. 30
• He measures adaptation to increased physical strength by whether he can eat, drink, and interact with others without accidentally breaking objects or hurting them. 86
• Wu Yan considers accumulating overwhelming attributes before confronting weaker enemies a safer philosophy than risking life-and-death breakthroughs in battle. 95