Medicine Elder

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Medicine Elder (药老)
Alias(es)	Old Yao
Gender	Male
Occupation/Role	Alchemy Master; Xiao Yan's teacher
Affiliation	Xiao Yan's Portable Space
Status	Active; existing as a soul body and recovering his soul force
First Appearance	Chapter 2

Background / History

Medicine Elder was the original owner of the black ring later obtained by Xiao Yan's mother. While residing within it, he absorbed Xiao Yan's Dou Qi for three years, leaving Xiao Yan seemingly talentless. He openly admitted this when confronted and offered to teach Xiao Yan alchemy as compensation. 2

Upon discovering Xiao Yan's Portable Space, Medicine Elder was astonished that a cultivator at the third stage of Dou Qi could possess a Spatial Realm—something he states normally requires a Battle Saint to create. He chose to live there because its dense natural energy and faint spatial erosion were beneficial to his soul body. 2

After accepting Xiao Yan as his disciple, he became the youth's principal mentor in cultivation, alchemy, combat training, and knowledge of the wider continent. He also hopes that Xiao Yan's evolving Flame Mantra will eventually enable the refinement of a new body for him. 2 4

Medicine Elder's soul force was at the Early Spirit Realm when he first awakened. By resting on the Green Lotus Platform inside the Portable Space, he gradually recovers soul force and expects to return to the Mid-Spirit Realm; at his peak, he was a Peak Dou Venerable. 44

Appearance

Medicine Elder manifests as an illusory elderly man who floats in the air rather than walking. His transparent, ghostlike appearance can frighten those unfamiliar with him. 2 29

• Elderly male figure with a beard that he frequently strokes. 2
• Usually appears as a translucent soul body. 2 29
• Can wrap himself in the Bone Chilling Flame when acting outside the Portable Space. 30

Personality

Medicine Elder is proud of his reputation as the continent's number one alchemist and initially acts demanding toward Xiao Yan, immediately ordering him to build houses in the Portable Space after agreeing to take him as a disciple. 2

Despite his teasing, mischievous humor, and occasional complaints about Xiao Yan's romantic pursuits, he is a committed teacher. He warns Xiao Yan about dangerous cultivation choices, restricts his reliance on the Portable Space, assigns daily magical-beast hunts, and provides techniques and medicinal resources to Xiao Yan's companions. 8 12 34

He is practical and cautious in dangerous situations. When Xiao Yan wishes to kill Nalan Yanran, Medicine Elder recognizes that her Life Soul Lamp could expose the Xiao Household and instead supports imprisoning her in the Portable Space. 3

Abilities & Skills

Soul Perception

Medicine Elder possesses powerful soul perception capable of identifying cultivators, detecting concealed presences, and surveying large areas.

• Located Nalan Yanran, Ge Ye, and Liu Ling across Lai Jian Inn by sweeping the building with his soul perception. 3
• Identified their affiliations through their Cloud Mist Sect emblems, cultivation levels, and auras. 3
• Detected Hai Bodong's suppressed Dou Emperor strength in Desert City. 21
• Detected Gu He's group approaching in the Tagor Desert and assessed the strength of its members. 33
• Detected Xiao Xun'er's hidden protector despite the man's concealment methods. 48

Soul Possession

Medicine Elder can possess or directly control Xiao Yan's body, allowing Xiao Yan to wield power far beyond his own realm.

• Possessed Xiao Yan to fly from the Xiao Household during the operation against Nalan Yanran. 2
• Used Xiao Yan's body and soul power to help capture Nalan Yanran and kill Ge Ye and Liu Ling. 3
• Controlled Xiao Yan's body during the escape from Gu He and Yun Yun's pursuit. 36
• At Xiao Yan's Four-Star Grand Dou Master level, his possession could unleash Four-Star Dou Emperor-level strength. 38
• His usable strength is limited by both Xiao Yan's body and his recovering soul force. 44

Alchemy

Medicine Elder is a renowned alchemist who trains Xiao Yan in pill refinement and supplies medicines for cultivation.

• Calls himself the continent's number one alchemist. 2
• Refined Foundation-Building Spirit Liquid, which Xiao Yan sold to finance alchemy materials and a cauldron. 5
• Taught Xiao Yan flame-temperature control, refinement methods, and formula analysis. 5 47
• Refined Qi-Recovery Pills so Xiao Yan could train Dou techniques and alchemy more intensively. 5
• Refined Foundation-Enhancing Pills, Foundation Establishment Pills, and Amethyst Barrier-Breaking Pills for Xiao Ding and Xiao Li. 30
• Refined the fifth-tier Calamity-Breaking Pill that removed Hai Bodong's Serpent Sealing Curse. 38

Bone Chilling Flame

Medicine Elder possesses the Bone Chilling Flame, a powerful Heavenly Flame that he uses in combat, cultivation guidance, and alchemy.

• Xiao Yan cultivated near its emitted fire energy before learning the Flame Mantra. 4
• Its danger serves as Medicine Elder's warning of the risks involved in absorbing Heavenly Flames. 4
• Medicine Elder can wield it through Xiao Yan's body while possessing him. 38
• Xiao Yan can approach and cultivate near the flame due to his Myriad Flame Emperor Physique, a fact that surprises Medicine Elder. 4

Cultivation and Combat Instruction

Medicine Elder directs Xiao Yan's practical development instead of allowing him to rely solely on rapid breakthroughs.

• Required Xiao Yan to kill five second-tier magical beasts every day to stabilize his battle qi and combat ability. 12
• Forbade Xiao Yan from casually hiding in the Portable Space whenever danger arose. 12
• Provided Little Fairy with the Low Earth Tier Purple Thunder Body Tempering Art. 12
• Accepted Little Fairy as a disciple and taught her medicinal-herb knowledge and lightning-element Dou Techniques. 17

Equipment / Items

• Boneflame Ring — Medicine Elder's former ring and the vessel that houses his soul imprint and stored possessions. 12
• Bone Chilling Flame — His Heavenly Flame. 4
• Profound Heavy Ruler — A heavy meteoric-iron ruler given to Xiao Yan to suppress Dou Qi and temper his body. 5
• Flame Mantra — An evolving cultivation technique given to Xiao Yan; Medicine Elder views it as central to his eventual rebirth. 4
• Purple Thunder Body Tempering Art — Low Earth Tier lightning cultivation method supplied to Little Fairy. 12

Relationships

• Xiao Yan — Disciple and host for Medicine Elder's soul possession. Their relationship begins as a transaction—alchemy instruction in exchange for lodging—but develops into a close teacher-student partnership. 2 8
• Little Fairy / Xiao Yi Xian — Xiao Yan's companion and Medicine Elder's disciple; Medicine Elder teaches her medicinal knowledge and lightning-based Dou Techniques. 12 17
• Nalan Yanran — Prisoner within Xiao Yan's Portable Space; Medicine Elder helps capture her but advises against killing her due to her Life Soul Lamp. 3
• Yun Yun — A powerful cultivator whose injuries Medicine Elder assesses; he proposes possible means of saving her, including seeking stronger experts or Dual Cultivation. 15
• Qing Lin — Xiao Yan's sworn sister; Medicine Elder explains the general nature of her Jade Snake Three-Flower Eyes. 29
• Hai Bodong — Medicine Elder's alchemy allows Xiao Yan to fulfill the Calamity-Breaking Pill agreement that restores the Ice Emperor's strength. 38
• Queen Medusa — Medicine Elder identifies her seven-colored snake scale and later theorizes that her evolved body contains two souls. 30 35

Story Role / Major Arcs

Appearance in the Portable Space

Medicine Elder reveals himself from Xiao Yan's ring shortly after Xiao Yan awakens his golden fingers. He recognizes the Portable Space as an unusual Spatial Realm, agrees to teach Xiao Yan alchemy, and becomes a permanent resident after Xiao Yan builds him a courtyard. 2

Nalan Yanran's Capture

He provides the soul perception and combat force necessary to locate Nalan Yanran's group. He helps Xiao Yan imprison Nalan Yanran while eliminating Ge Ye and Liu Ling, preventing the Cloud Mist Sect from directly tying the incident to the Xiao Household. 3

Early Training in Wutan City

Medicine Elder oversees Xiao Yan's rise from Dou Qi Stage Nine to Dou Practitioner, gives him the Flame Mantra, teaches him alchemy, and provides the Profound Heavy Ruler to conceal his true cultivation at the coming-of-age ceremony. 4 5

Qing Shan Town and the Magic Beast Mountain Range

He accepts Xiao Yan's claim of seeing fragments of the future after Xiao Yan reveals the names of Medicine Elder's four former confidantes. He subsequently supports Xiao Yan's plans involving Little Fairy, the Calamity Poison Body, and the Magic Beast Mountain Range. 8 12

Search for Heavenly Flames

Medicine Elder guides Xiao Yan through the pursuit of the Green Lotus Core Flame, identifies Queen Medusa's involvement through a seven-colored scale, and supports Xiao Yan's eventual absorption of the flame and evolution of the Flame Mantra. 30 37

Soul Recovery and the Alchemy Master Tournament

Medicine Elder recovers his soul force on the Green Lotus Platform and urges Xiao Yan to obtain the Spirit-Merging Pill formula, which could help restore or heal soul bodies. He continues assisting Xiao Yan's tournament performance through private instruction in formula analysis and alchemy. 44 45 47

Trivia

• Medicine Elder's four former confidantes are named Han Shanshan, Hu Jiujiu, Xuan Yi, and Hua Yu. 8
• Xiao Yan tells Medicine Elder that he will be resurrected in the future and reach the Half-Saint realm. 8
• Medicine Elder was surprised by the Chinese-style courtyard Xiao Yan constructed in the Portable Space, having never seen similar architecture on the Battle Qi Continent. 2