Ling Shuang

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Ling Shuang (凌霜)
Gender	Female
Age	Approximately thirteen to fourteen when introduced 18
Martial Soul	Heavenly Net Immortal Vine — a divine-grade plant-type control Martial Soul 18
Affiliation	Su Chen's group; Sky Abyss Academy 19 28
Occupation / Role	Control-system Soul Master; Medicine Valley caretaker, mapmaker, and battlefield terrain specialist 19 33
Status	Active 50
First Appearance	Chapter 18

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Three-ring Soul Venerable	18	Identified as a three-ring Soul Venerable upon meeting Su Chen's group. Her Heavenly Net Immortal Vine had already turned Emerald Canyon into a large-scale vine trap and embryonic territorial domain. 18
Four-ring Soul Ancestor	23	Absorbed the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring of the Spirit-Eating Ancient Vine near the Titan Giant Ape's territory; awakened Heavenly Net Myriad Forms and Leyline Control. 23

Background

Ling Shuang entered the Star Dou Great Forest at the age of five and survived alone in Emerald Canyon for years. Her home, Medicine Valley, was originally maintained by an elderly herb cultivator whose medicinal field and defensive plants became her inheritance. He died while exhausting his soul power to protect the valley from a Ten-Thousand-Year Rockshatter Python during an earlier Earth Tide. Ling Shuang remained behind to preserve his forty years of work despite the danger. 18 19

Over time, she transformed Emerald Canyon into a fortified killing ground. Her vines spread through the soil, cliffs, and air as an invisible web, while poisonous and carnivorous plants—including Azure Hemp Vine, Bone-Eating Creepers, and Heart-Rot Flowers—protected the paths through her territory. 18

Su Chen encountered Ling Shuang after all ten Nether Shadow Leopards were captured and suspended by her vines. Rather than retaliate, he recognized that someone capable of neutralizing his assassins had the qualifications to cooperate with him. Ling Shuang accepted an alliance for the coming Earth Tide, later agreeing to leave Medicine Valley temporarily after Su Chen promised to help strengthen its defenses and obtain her a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring. 18 19

Appearance

Ling Shuang is a slender, pale girl with a gentle appearance that sharply contrasts with the danger of her methods. At Emerald Canyon, she wore an emerald dress and tied her long hair with a simple grass stem; during the academy tournament, she wore a pale blue-green dress and kept her hair in a loose low ponytail. 18 44

• Delicate face described as clear as a mountain spring. 18
• Pale, nearly translucent skin. 44
• Crimson eyes. 19
• Usually wears a calm, warm smile, even while setting lethal traps. 18 44

Personality

Ling Shuang is composed, self-reliant, and deeply attached to Medicine Valley. Her refusal to abandon the field after her master's death reflects both stubborn loyalty and a willingness to endure danger alone. 19

Her friendliness often has an unsettling edge. She teases intruders, casually warns others about poisonous berries and plants, and treats dangerous plans with an almost cheerful calm. Beneath this playful demeanor is a calculating hunter who prefers prepared terrain, patience, and traps over direct confrontation. 18 19 44

She can also be intensely ambitious. She chose to hunt the Spirit-Eating Ancient Vine despite its proximity to the Titan Giant Ape, refusing to retreat even when told that she might have only minutes to absorb its ring. 22

Abilities & Skills

Heavenly Net Immortal Vine

A divine-grade plant-type control Martial Soul that allows Ling Shuang to cultivate, command, and weaponize vines across a wide area. Within prepared terrain, the canyon itself functions as an extension of her senses and will. 18

• Restrains powerful targets; her vines immobilized all ten Ten-Thousand-Year Nether Shadow Leopards and stripped away their shadow concealment. 18
• Creates large-scale webs and root networks through soil, cliffs, and canyon paths. 18
• Supports an ecosystem of poisonous and carnivorous defensive plants. 18 19
• Can reach roughly thirty zhang underground, allowing her to exploit subterranean spiritual-energy flows. 18
• Her vines instinctively recoiled into her body under the spiritual pressure of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. 24

Heavenly Net Myriad Forms

Ling Shuang's fourth-ring ability, gained from the Spirit-Eating Ancient Vine. It expands her control over vine structures and plant-type targets. 23

• Divides battlefields into sealed sections with rapidly growing vine walls. 33 37
• Overpowered and restrained Tang San's Blue Silver Grass during the Sky Abyss–Shrek team battle. 36
• Formed an airtight vine cage around poisoned opponents. 38
• Allows her vine sap to act as a delayed trap: after Zhu Zhuqing repeatedly wounded her, vines sprouted from the sap transferred into Zhu Zhuqing's body and bound her limbs. 44
• Prevents stealth techniques from fully activating when living vines remain attached to the target. 44

Leyline Control

A fourth-ring ability that links Ling Shuang's vines to underground terrain, waterways, and root systems. 23

• Located the core root ball of the Spirit-Eating Ancient Vine forty feet underground. 23
• Mapped the underground lake, riverbeds, water depths, and Black Tortoise patrol route through root-sensing. 25 27
• Used Earthvein Vines to divert three underground rivers and reduce the lake's water flow by seventy percent during the Black Tortoise operation. 27
• Treats the ground within her control range as a hunting ground, making terrain preparation central to her combat style. 22

Botanical Traps and Support

Ling Shuang combines vine control with detailed knowledge of Medicine Valley's herbs, migration routes, and terrain.

• Maintains a military map covering a three-hundred-li radius of water sources, soul-beast territories, migration paths, and Earth Tide routes. 19
• Uses vines as launch platforms, including firing Mo Qianye into the air to kill the Ten-Thousand-Year Netherfire Crow. 20
• Can construct spring platforms and defensive nets during combat. 20 27
• Her root control is powerful but physically costly; diverting the underground rivers left her hands embedded in stone, with torn nails and severe injuries. 27

Equipment / Resources

• Medicine Valley map — A detailed beast-hide map inherited from her master and expanded with her own notes on terrain, water sources, beast territories, and migration patterns. 19
• Medicine Valley — A fortified medicinal field containing rare herbs and Soul-Recovery Fruits; Ling Shuang considers its preservation a personal responsibility. 19
• Poisonous garden — Includes Azure Hemp Vine, Bone-Eating Creepers, and Heart-Rot Flowers cultivated as defenses. 18
• Flower crowns — After the Black Tortoise battle, she wove seven vine-and-flower crowns for the group, secretly reinforcing Su Chen's with an additional layer of tough vine core. 28

Relationships

• Su Chen — Leader and ally. Su Chen recruited Ling Shuang after she captured his Shadow Leopards, recognizing her control of Emerald Canyon as a strategic asset. He later organized the operation that secured her fourth Spirit Ring and helped protect her during the retreat. 18 19 23
• Chu Yao — Fellow plant- and poison-oriented controller. Chu Yao immediately approved of recruiting Ling Shuang, later tended Ling Shuang's injured feet after the Ancient Vine hunt. 18 23
• Ye Linglong — Ling Shuang complimented Ye Linglong's crimson eyes, receiving an unusually open response from her. 18
• Jiang Tieyi — Teammate frequently subjected to Ling Shuang's unsettling jokes, including warnings about poisonous berries. 19
• Zhu Zhuqing — Tournament opponent. Ling Shuang defeated Zhu Zhuqing by allowing her to repeatedly strike and unknowingly implanting vine sap in her body. 44

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Emerald Canyon and Earth Tide preparations — Captures Su Chen's Nether Shadow Leopards, reveals her fortified canyon, and becomes an ally whose control abilities can trap Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. 18
• Medicine Valley alliance — Provides Su Chen with a strategic map and logistical base while gaining a promise of protection and a future Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring. 19
• Spirit-Eating Ancient Vine hunt — Risks the Titan Giant Ape's attention to gain her fourth ring, awakening Heavenly Net Myriad Forms and Leyline Control. 22 23
• Black Tortoise operation — Supplies the root-sensing intelligence and water-diversion effort essential to defeating the Seventy-Thousand-Year Black Tortoise. 25 27
• Sky Abyss Academy tournament — Serves as a primary field-control specialist, dividing Blazing Flame Academy's formation in forty-seven seconds and later defeating Zhu Zhuqing in the individual matches. 33 44

Notable Quotes

“A hunter only needs to—make the prey step into the trap itself.” 44

Trivia

• Ling Shuang refers to Su Chen's Nether Shadow Leopards as his “cats.” 18
• Shadow Leopard Number Three was so frightened by her vines that it hid behind Su Chen after being released. 18
• Her Medicine Valley contains Soul-Recovery Fruits capable of fully restoring the soul power of anyone below three rings. 19