Ling Shuang

Biodata

Power Progression

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

After joining Su Chen's faction, Ling Shuang continued to develop from a territorial defender into a mobile battlefield controller. Her time in Slaughter City taught her to prepare traps under lethal pressure rather than relying solely on a familiar home terrain, while later campaigns expanded her role into reconnaissance, infiltration, healing, and large-scale military control. 54 58 67 146 167

At the conclusion of the Abyss Seven Generals' shared journey, Su Chen did not retain Ling Shuang as a subordinate. Recognizing her compassion and love for life, he granted her a planet's life core and the authority to create a beautiful, living world of her own. 205

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

Ling Shuang adapts quietly rather than loudly. After Su Chen identified her dependence on prepared terrain as a weakness, she learned to establish traps rapidly in unfamiliar locations, including Slaughter City's arena, military battlefields, and an eighth-level Soul-Guided array. 54 58 133 146

Despite her lethal battlefield methods, she is fundamentally compassionate and life-oriented. She serves as a healer and preservation specialist when needed, reacts strongly to suffering inflicted on living creatures, and ultimately accepts responsibility for nurturing an entire planet. 62 167 205

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
• Maintains a precise short-range perception network covering roughly three hundred meters; within this range, she can notice even minute changes in nearby plants and animals. 67
• In plant-dense terrain, can integrate her senses into existing root systems and extend her detection range to approximately two kilometers. 68
• Forced her vines to reach roughly eighty meters through Slaughter City's hard black rock by feeding them blood essence, though the effort caused substantial strain. 62
• Developed life-law patterns across the Martial Soul after receiving God-Bestowed Power, increasing its resonance with Su Chen's life-attributed Gilded Ancient Tree. 140

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
• Can rapidly pre-seed an arena with hair-thin vines, then suspend, cocoon, or sedate multiple opponents with pollen-bearing blossoms. Her Slaughter City performance earned her the Blood Name “Thorns.” 58
• Creates temporary passages through hostile terrain and defensive structures, including a blind-spot tunnel through an eighth-level Soul-Guided array. 146

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
• Can monitor enemy movement through terrain-linked vines, including the position of entire turtle herds or moving underground swarms. 25 68
• Her root sensing supplied Su Chen with the information needed to reconstruct a complete underground tactical map in ten minutes. 27

Myriad Vines Devour

Ling Shuang's fifth soul skill, used to turn concealed roots into a draining containment formation. 164

• Sends fine vines through gaps in Soul-Engineer Armor to siphon away a target's Soul Power. 164
• Cocooned an entire Fearclaw Soul Engineer Corps assault squad within thirty seconds after their formation entered her prepared area. 164
• Combines effectively with Jiang Tieyi's gravity suppression, creating swamp-like ground that restrains soldiers, mounts, and Soul Tool vehicles. 133

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
• Prepared vines along the full route of a Sun Moon Empire vanguard ambush, restraining the rear formation's soldiers, cavalry, and Soul Tool equipment. 133
• Can maintain an unstable escape passage under extreme pressure long enough to pull her allies from a collapsing underground battlefield. 146
• Assists with medicinal preparation, antidotes, harvesting, and preservation; her plant Martial Soul can handle immortal-herb spiritual power without the backlash faced by ordinary harvesters. 108

Life Attribute and Healing

After receiving life-attributed soul bones, Ling Shuang's restorative potential grew beyond ordinary botanical support. 167

• Refined the Narcissus Jade-Muscle Bone and Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, purging impurities from her Soul Power and causing a tiny white flower to bloom on the Heavenly Net Immortal Vine. 110 113
• Received life-attributed soul bones that greatly improved her healing ability, allowing her to revive severely wounded allies. 167
• Was assigned as a reserve healer during high-level life-and-death battles because of her restorative role. 175
• As a planetary will, possesses authority to cultivate and shape a planet into a flourishing living garden. 205

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
• Immortal Vine Nurturing Pearl — A rare cultivation treasure obtained through the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; it could accelerate a transformation of the Heavenly Net Immortal Vine. 93
• Narcissus Jade-Muscle Bone and Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid — Immortal herbs assigned to Ling Shuang at the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well, which purified her foundation and promoted the Martial Soul's flowering evolution. 110 113
• Life-attributed soul bones — Spoils from the Holy Spirit Cult campaign that raised her healing ability to the point of reviving severely wounded allies. 167
• Planetary life core — The authority entrusted to her by Su Chen after the Abyss Seven Generals' disbandment, allowing her to serve as the will of her own world. 205

Relationships

• Su Chen — Leader, ally, and later family. 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. In the end, he entrusted her with an entire planet rather than retaining her as a subordinate, affirming that the generals were family who deserved lives of their own. 18 19 23 205
• 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, and later assigned her to harvest and preserve the immortal herbs at the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well. 18 23 108
• Ye Linglong — Ling Shuang complimented Ye Linglong's crimson eyes, receiving an unusually open response from her. They later fought together as Abyssal Generals, with Ye Linglong's perception and Ling Shuang's terrain control serving complementary roles. 18 153
• Jiang Tieyi — Teammate frequently subjected to Ling Shuang's unsettling jokes, including warnings about poisonous berries. They later combined her Immortal Vines with his Gravity Anchors to trap the Sun Moon Empire vanguard, though his reckless training also destroyed some of her medicinal herbs. 19 98 133
• Zhu Zhuqing — Tournament opponent. Ling Shuang defeated Zhu Zhuqing by allowing her to repeatedly strike and unknowingly implanting vine sap in her body. 44
• Qian Renxue — Fellow Abyss Court combatant. Ling Shuang quietly observed Chu Yao's mockery of Qian Renxue during the northern expedition and later fought beside her in Abyss Court campaigns. 116 163 164
• Tang San — Temporary collaborator at the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well. Tang San's medical knowledge aided the group's herb-refinement process, while Ling Shuang refined her assigned herbs with little outside assistance. 111 113
• Her master — The elderly herb cultivator who raised her in Medicine Valley and left her its medicinal field, defensive plants, and strategic map. His legacy shaped Ling Shuang's devotion to preservation and botanical cultivation. 18 19

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
• Slaughter City — Learns to construct lethal traps under real combat conditions rather than relying on familiar terrain. She defeats three arena opponents through pre-laid vines and sedative pollen, earning the Blood Name “Thorns.” 54 58
• Second Star Dou Great Forest expedition — Establishes the group's short-range scouting network, expands her sensory reach through the forest's natural root systems, and hunts the Ten-Thousand-Year Jadeblood Vine Demon to reach the Soul King realm. 67 68 70
• Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well — Harvests and refines the Narcissus Jade-Muscle Bone and Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, removing impurities from her cultivation and raising her Soul Power to approximately level sixty-five. 108 110 113
• Sun Moon Empire campaigns — Uses Immortal Vines and gravity-assisted terrain to immobilize a ten-thousand-man vanguard, later infiltrates an eighth-level Soul-Guided array and helps extract the team from Ye Xishui's pursuit. 133 146
• Holy Spirit Cult assault — Prepares a ten-minute subterranean vine formation beneath the battlefield, then uses Myriad Vines Devour to drain and cocoon an entire Fearclaw Soul Engineer Corps assault squad. 164
• Abyss Seven Generals' parting — Receives a planet's life core from Su Chen after the generals disband, becoming the planet's will and vowing to cultivate it into a beautiful garden. 205

Notable Quotes

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

“I told you to watch your step.” 164

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
• Her Slaughter City Blood Name was “Thorns.” 58
• The tiny white flower that bloomed on her Martial Soul after refining immortal herbs was one of the few occasions on which she visibly showed quiet satisfaction with her own advancement. 113