Tian Yan

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Tian Yan (田言)
Alias(es)	Jingni; Web Assassin; Web's Heaven-Level Killer 16 17
Gender	Female
Age	19 17
Origin	The Legend of Qin 16
Affiliation	Web; formerly infiltrated the Farmer School under a refined noblewoman disguise; Jiang Lin's summoned companion 16 17
Occupation/Role	Assassin; holder of Jiang Lin's three-act assistance agreement 17 25
Martial Souls	Autumn-Water Clear Eyes; Heaven-Swallowing Salamander 17
Status	Active; travelling with Jiang Lin's group in the Star Dou Forest 35
First Appearance	Chapter 16

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 59 Soul King — initial sealed state	17	Possesses Twin Martial Souls and a Triple Seal; the first stage is designated to unlock at 50 favorability. Her initial favorability is 40, “Stranger.”
Enhanced sealed state — formal level unstated	24	Tian Yan states that an enhancement from the mysterious “lord” qualitatively transformed her power, giving her confidence to face 1,500 City Guards alone.
Enhanced sealed state demonstrated	25 27	Annihilates one hundred guards with Web Life-Taking Sword, commands the Heaven-Swallowing Salamander against the larger force, and kills Xiao Shan through his underground defenses.

Background

Tian Yan witnessed Tian Meng threaten and betray her mother during childbirth. The experience left her deeply insecure and convinced that greater strength was the only reliable protection against betrayal and helplessness 17.

She became Jingni, Web's Heaven-Level Killer, and operated under the outward identity of a graceful Farmer School woman. Her gentle appearance conceals a reputation as an assassin feared for killing numerous powerful and high-born targets 16 23.

Jiang Lin drew Tian Yan's Bronze Three-Star Summoning Card and summoned her through a Bronze Gate. Although she agreed to remain by his side temporarily out of regard for the mysterious woman who selected him, she immediately established that she would not accept his commands or surrender her freedom 16 17.

Appearance

Tian Yan presents herself as an elegant, gentle-looking young woman rather than the dangerous assassin she is known to be 16.

• Fair skin, soft brows and eyes, and striking beauty 16
• Long black hair arranged in a bun 16
• Dark blue cloak, snow-white fur scarf, and moon-white cross-collared robe 16
• Refined, noblewoman-like Farmer School disguise 16
• Her eyes turn pure gold when Autumn-Water Clear Eyes is active 25

Personality

Tian Yan is independent, observant, and difficult to intimidate. She refuses to serve Jiang Lin without compensation, negotiates aggressively even when he holds information about her seal, and treats strength as a necessity rather than a luxury 17.

Her guarded nature contrasts with the warmth she shows Little Dragon Girl. After recognizing Long'er's purity, Tian Yan becomes notably gentler with her, while remaining suspicious of Xiao Wu's hidden identity 19 21.

When provoked, Tian Yan is coldly ruthless. She executes Xiao Chenyuan after he harasses her, exterminates the City Lord's attacking guards, and dismisses political status as meaningless before overwhelming strength 23 25 27.

Abilities & Skills

Twin Martial Souls

Tian Yan possesses two Cross-World Reward Martial Souls, a rare advantage that gives her both exceptional perception and overwhelming destructive power 17.

• Autumn-Water Clear Eyes — perception-focused Martial Soul.
• Heaven-Swallowing Salamander — enormous combat-oriented Martial Soul phantom.
• Her summoned Martial Souls do not react to Soul Rings, preventing conventional Soul Ring advancement 31.

Autumn-Water Clear Eyes

Autumn-Water Clear Eyes enables Tian Yan to perceive what ordinary Soul Masters cannot.

• Identifies Xiao Yan's true body among one hundred illusionary copies of Myriad Phantom Images 20.
• Makes the movements of one hundred charging guards appear slowed, allowing precise use of her threads 25.
• Detects Xiao Shan's fortified underground secret chamber roughly 150 meters beneath the City Lord's Manor 27.
• Its enhanced state is credited with allowing her to find Xiao Shan despite his refined-iron concealment 27.

Web Life-Taking Sword

Using the Jingni Sword, Tian Yan releases pink mist that becomes razor-like translucent threads.

• Weaves the threads into a net around one hundred City Guards and kills them in a single attack 25.
• Can pierce and drain targets through defenses, including Xiao Shan's Blackflame Shield 27.
• Reclaiming the threads from corpses restores her weakened aura and slightly strengthens it 25.

Life-Severing Finger

Tian Yan channels this technique through her thread-based assault.

• Extinguishes Xiao Shan's flames after his Hellfire Tornado destroys the first wave of threads 27.
• Penetrates his defensive shield and drains his life force inside the underground chamber 27.

Heaven-Swallowing Salamander

Tian Yan can manifest an immense, half-real phantom of the Heaven-Swallowing Giant Salamander and command it directly 25 26.

• Its appearance darkens the sky and terrifies enemy soldiers before it attacks 25.
• Crushes nearly seven hundred City Guards in a single assault, causing the surviving troops to flee 26.
• Pursues and kills Commander Ye Xiao after he attempts to escape with his Black Eagle Martial Soul 26.
• Summoning it heavily drains Tian Yan's soul power, leaving her pale and temporarily weakened 26.

Black Water Rebirth Art

A recovery technique that gathers ambient soul power to restore Tian Yan after exertion.

• Restores her soul power after the Heaven-Swallowing Salamander battle 26.
• Functions more effectively in this world than it did in her original one 26.

Sealed Cultivation

Tian Yan's growth is restricted by a Triple Seal imposed upon her arrival.

• The first seal is stated to unlock when her favorability toward Jiang Lin reaches 50 17.
• Her favorability falls from 40 to 37 after she misunderstands why Jiang Lin brought her to the academy guardhouse 18.
• Jiang Lin claims to know another way to increase her strength and potentially remove the seal, but withholds the method until she completes their agreement 17 30.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Jingni Sword — one of the King of Yue's Eight Swords; used to channel Web Life-Taking Sword and Tian Yan's pink thread techniques 25.
• Crystal chair — an improvised weapon Tian Yan uses to execute Xiao Chenyuan after killing his guards 23.

Relationships

• Jiang Lin — summoner and conditional ally. Tian Yan agrees to perform three acts for him in exchange for the method to increase her strength; she later declares the City Guard operation her first move 17 25.
• Little Dragon Girl — close companion. Tian Yan quickly softens toward Long'er after recognizing her kindness and purity; the two share lodging and support one another in battle 19 20 26.
• Xiao Wu — travelling companion. Tian Yan is initially suspicious of Xiao Wu, but Xiao Wu later helps support Tian Yan during her recovery 21 26.
• Tian Meng — source of Tian Yan's lasting trauma after threatening and betraying her mother during childbirth 17.
• Xiao Chenyuan — hostile City Lord's heir who attempts to coerce Tian Yan and Little Dragon Girl into drinking with him; Tian Yan kills him after instantly defeating his guards 23.
• Xiao Shan — Notting City's lord and father of Xiao Chenyuan; Tian Yan kills him in his underground secret chamber 27.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Summoning and agreement — Jiang Lin draws Tian Yan from the Bronze Card Pool. She refuses to become his subordinate, but accepts a deal to act three times in return for information on breaking her seal 16 17.
• Early integration with Jiang Lin's group — Tian Yan's favorability drops after the guardhouse misunderstanding, but she later meets Little Dragon Girl and becomes part of the group's temporary living arrangement 18 19.
• Notting Academy confrontation — Tian Yan exposes Xiao Yan's true body during his illusion technique, allowing Little Dragon Girl to cripple him with a Frost Dragon attack 20.
• Notting City retaliation — After Xiao Chenyuan harasses her, Tian Yan kills him and his guards. She then faces the City Lord's 1,500-man response, destroys the City Guard force, kills Commander Ye Xiao, and assassins Xiao Shan underground 23 25 26 27.
• Star Dou Forest journey — Tian Yan travels with the group to obtain Soul Rings, where they discover that summoned characters cannot absorb Soul Rings. She later detects Meng Shu's concealed presence and admits he is too strong for her to escape from 30 31 35.

Notable Quotes

“Kid, don't get any ideas about using me as a free bodyguard. If you want me to act, you'd better offer something that interests me.” 17

“Little Salamander, kill them all!” 26

“Do you know how many people far nobler than you have died by my hand? Enough to fill an entire prison!” 23