Tao Tao

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Tao Tao (陶桃) 195
Gender	Female 195
Age	156 during the Prodigy Secret Realm selection 183
Affiliation	Late Smoke Spirit Palace; Jin Wan's lineage 216 218
Occupation/Role	Personal disciple, entrance-examination supervisor, and later caretaker of Creek Forge 216 240
Status	Alive; invited by Lin Qing to cultivate at the Cloudrise Immortal Sect in Eastern Profound 303
First Appearance	Chapter 183

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Peak Eighth Tier	183	Reached the apparent ceiling below the Divine Realm and ranked second on the Central Continent Beauties Ranking. 183
Divine Realm / Ninth Tier	218	Having already reached the threshold, she received Manzhu's assistance in stabilizing her Primordial Spirit and completing her breakthrough. 218

Background

Tao Tao entered the Late Smoke Spirit Palace in her twenties and was directly accepted as the personal disciple of a Divine Realm expert, later identified as Jin Wan. Because Jin Wan spent much of her time cultivating, Tao Tao was largely cared for by her senior brother, Yan Feng. When Tao Tao was at the Fifth Tier, Yan Feng was already Eighth Tier, and she followed and admired him closely. 195 218

Yan Feng eventually confessed his feelings, but Tao Tao rejected him after reaching the Eighth Tier herself, believing his Peak Eighth-Tier cultivation and talent no longer matched hers. As her beauty and reputation attracted increasingly dangerous suitors, Yan Feng repeatedly protected her from schemes and improper advances, often being injured in the process. Tao Tao gradually came to value his sincere devotion and began growing close to him again. 195

Appearance

Tao Tao is renowned for her exceptional beauty and held second place on the Central Continent Beauties Ranking. 183 215

• Described as having an “exquisitely pretty” face. 195
• Appeared in pink during the Prodigy Secret Realm selection. 183
• Her life-bound treasure is a pinkish-green ribbon named the Azure Peach Silk Sash. 240

Personality

Tao Tao was initially inexperienced with the dangers beyond her sect and placed considerable weight on cultivation talent, as shown by her earlier rejection of Yan Feng. His death forces her to confront how much she depended on him and how deeply she valued his protection. 195 196

She is generous, lively, and attentive toward people she accepts as companions, but she is not careless. She identifies Lin Qing beneath his Xie Chen disguise through his habits and personality, protects his secret, and helps arrange his departure from the Late Smoke Spirit Palace. 228 240

Tao Tao can also be practical under pressure. In the Kunxu Secret Realm, she chooses Lin Qing's protection over the authority of a fellow disciple who treats her as property, and later refuses to plead for that disciple after his threats are exposed. 198 199

Abilities & Skills

Divine Realm Cultivation

Tao Tao reached the Divine Realm after Manzhu helped her complete Spirit Transformation and stabilize her Primordial Spirit. 218

• Her cultivation was stabilized before she accompanied Xie Chen to the Azure Cloud Myriad Peaks. 221
• She could not directly withstand the forbidden ground's arrow barrage while still at Peak Eighth Tier, requiring Yan Feng's protection. 195
• Her Divine Sense was heavily suppressed by the mist of the Azure Cloud Myriad Peaks, reducing its effective range to only tens of thousands of li. 222

Trap Survival and Investigation

After Yan Feng's death, Tao Tao continued alone through shifting forbidden-ground passages filled with blade formations, arrows, falling rocks, and other traps. 196

• Located the weapon-based mechanism controlling the Soul Silence stone statues. 197
• Identified that the statues' weapons fit concealed slots in the chamber walls, enabling access to the underground stone forest. 197
• Remained useful to Lin Qing during their forced cooperation despite the vast gap in their strength. 196 197

Artifact Forging

Under Lin Qing's guidance, Tao Tao personally refined her life-bound magical treasure rather than receiving a completed artifact. 240

• Learned to control spiritual flames and process the Cloudflake Spirit Cocoon and Azure Vein Honey Amber into silk threads. 240
• Required half a month because her Divine Sense control and forging experience were still limited. 240

Equipment

• Azure Peach Silk Sash — Pinkish-green life-bound ribbon forged by Tao Tao under Lin Qing's instruction; it can coil around her body or wrist and has flexible combat potential. 240
• Voice Transmission Token — Tao Tao provided Xie Chen with her token after bringing him into Jin Wan's lineage. 217

Relationships

• Yan Feng — Former senior brother and caretaker. He protected Tao Tao for more than a century, repeatedly saved her from dangerous suitors, and sacrificed himself during the Kunxu Secret Realm disaster. 195 218
• Lin Qing / Xie Chen — Initially her unwilling “junior brother” under the Xie Chen identity. Their relationship develops from forced cooperation in the Kunxu Secret Realm into close friendship and mutual trust; Tao Tao eventually recognizes his true identity and protects it. 196 216 240
• Jin Wan — Tao Tao's master and the Divine Realm expert whose lineage Tao Tao belongs to. 216 218
• Manzhu — Tao Tao's grandmaster-aunt and Jin Wan's master. Manzhu helps Tao Tao achieve her Divine Realm breakthrough. 218
• Yuwen — A fellow Late Smoke Spirit Palace senior brother who attempted to force Tao Tao away from Lin Qing and made lecherous threats against her. Tao Tao refused to aid him when Lin Qing defeated him. 198 199
• Ren Wudi — Escorted Tao Tao away from Lin Qing after the conflict with the superpower disciples in the Kunxu Secret Realm. 199

Story Role / Major Arcs

Kunxu Secret Realm

While fleeing the collapsing arrow passage with Yan Feng, Tao Tao relies on him to deflect arrows she cannot evade. Yan Feng loses an arm and suffers mortal wounds protecting her; after insisting that she survive, he kills himself rather than become a burden. Tao Tao cleans his body, stores it away, and vows to live on. 195 196

Separated from the other survivors, Tao Tao is captured by Lin Qing and forced to serve as a pathfinder through unexplored passages. She attempts to manipulate him through seduction, but he rejects her efforts and saves her from a falling boulder because he still needs her alive. 196

Tao Tao later assists Lin Qing in uncovering the statue chamber mechanism. When confronted by four Ninth-Tier Peak disciples, including a fellow disciple from her sect, she chooses to remain beside Lin Qing rather than return to them. 197 198

Late Smoke Spirit Palace and Xie Chen

Still grieving Yan Feng, Tao Tao is assigned to supervise entrance examinations and select a new junior brother for Jin Wan's lineage. She chooses the disguised Lin Qing, known as Xie Chen, because his displayed talent and Eighth-Tier cultivation make him a suitable personal disciple. 216

At Manzhu's banquet, Tao Tao instinctively defends Lin Qing when Yan Feng's death is discussed. Shortly afterward, Manzhu recognizes that Tao Tao is ready to advance and personally helps her break through into the Divine Realm. 218

Tao Tao becomes Xie Chen's senior sister, helps him establish Creek Forge, bargains for forging materials, brings him sect intelligence, and purchases two Ninth-Tier weapon blueprints for him. 219 228 238

Discovery of Lin Qing's Identity

Tao Tao deduces that Xie Chen is Lin Qing because his personality and habitual behavior remain recognizable despite changes to his face, aura, cultivation, and life fluctuations. She chooses not to expose him and instead helps preserve Xie Chen's identity within the sect. 240

Lin Qing guides Tao Tao through forging her Azure Peach Silk Sash, providing rare materials worth billions while allowing the treasure to remain personally attuned to her. When he leaves to seek Twelfth-Tier formation materials and investigate Juechenzi's whereabouts, Tao Tao agrees to manage Creek Forge and explain his absence as a period of experience. 239 240

Later Support and Farewell

Tao Tao warns Lin Qing about Central Continent's planned war against Eastern Profound, demonstrating that their friendship remains intact after his identity is known. 270

During the conflict with Central Continent, Tao Tao pleads with Manzhu to spare Lin Qing's life. Lin Qing immediately understands her unspoken request and grants her favor in return. 280

Before leaving Heavenmist World, Lin Qing personally says farewell to Tao Tao and tells her to cultivate at the Cloudrise Immortal Sect in Eastern Profound if she wishes to meet him again. 303

Notable Quotes

“Don't worry, Senior Brother. I will definitely survive.” 196