Ji Mu

Biodata

Power Progression

Background

Ji Mu is a young miss of the Ji Family, a wealthy Western Frontier Lineage that trades Spirit Stones for academy points. Unlike Huo Hai, she was raised with practical knowledge of cultivation, danger, and killing. She considers the strong-prey-on-the-weak reality of the cultivation world ordinary, having been trained to hunt beasts and bandits from a young age. 26 27

The Ji Family is a first-tier Western Frontier Lineage with considerable financial resources, though it cannot compare with the greatest Lineages of the Southern Cloud Kingdom. Its academy members do not normally lack points. 29 79

She enters the Southern Mountain trial for Imperial City Academy. Although her Lineage can provide her with points, she remains in the trial after her party is ambushed by He Wang and his private force. 24 27

After becoming Huo Hai's companion, Ji Mu leaves the Western Frontier, lives with Huo Hai and Huo Yun'er at Imperial City Academy, and later follows Huo Hai to the Ink Lotus Domain and Drifting Flower Pavilion. Her prolonged loyalty, despite having no formal position in his life for much of that time, becomes a major source of private insecurity. 70 802

Appearance

Ji Mu is repeatedly described as a beautiful young woman and a noble young miss. 24 25

• Her appearance is striking enough that He Wang seeks to forcibly marry her for both personal desire and political advantage. 24
• After bathing during the trial, her refreshed appearance visibly embarrasses Huo Hai. 33
• Huo Hai later notices her beauty more consciously, while Ji Mu becomes flustered by his physical maturation and increasingly direct admiration. 74 134 356
• Her exceptional speed and whip techniques make her movements resemble a dance in battle. 830

Personality

Ji Mu is courageous, proud, and unwilling to submit to intimidation. When surrounded by He Wang’s men, she threatens him, attempts to negotiate for her freedom, and ultimately prepares to take her own life rather than be dishonored. 24 25

She is also observant and practical. Ji Mu identifies human tracks, understands the danger of organized ambushes, recognizes spirit beasts, and gives Huo Hai useful tactical information despite his distrust of her. 28 30

Her initially playful persistence develops into genuine care for Huo Hai. She repeatedly remains with him despite escalating danger, calms him during bouts of Killing Syndrome, and prioritizes his mental stability over trial rewards. 26 32 36

Ji Mu is exceptionally loyal and discreet. Despite understanding enough about Huo Hai's Gu Insects to connect him to the He Family's insect-related disaster, she deliberately keeps his secret rather than reporting it to the Ji Family for political gain. 54 61 64

Though outwardly forceful and teasing, she is emotionally vulnerable where Huo Hai is concerned. She becomes jealous of Fang Biya and other women around him, fears being left without a recognized place in his life, and eventually chooses to confess these fears directly to Huo Hai. 134 175 802

Abilities & Skills

Spirit Blood Realm Cultivation

Ji Mu is near the peak of the Spirit Blood Realm; she is one step away from entering the Spirit Bone Realm during the Southern Mountain trial. 26

• Possesses movement techniques sufficient to keep pace with Huo Hai when his speed rises sharply. 31
• Carries herself as an experienced combatant, though she is unable to defeat the large force assembled by He Wang alone. 25 26

Later Cultivation and Spatial Attribute

Ji Mu advances to the Spirit Practitioner Realm with a Heavenly Grade Source Spirit Stone and the White-Pattern Crystal Serpent's head crystal. Her Source Spirit Treasure grants extraordinary speed, enough to trouble Huo Hai and potentially let her contend with stronger opponents if she continues advancing. 211

Her speed originates from an unusual Spatial Attribute rather than ordinary movement alone. Although it does not grant full control over spatial power, it allows her to accelerate at an exceptional rate, resist spatial compression, and generate distortions in the surrounding space during major breakthroughs. 830 831 1558

• Cultivates the Mysterious Shadow Art, which supports her rapid advancement and complements her speed-based combat style. 172 436
• Reaches the Spirit Adept Mid-tier alongside Fang Biya during their intensive academy cultivation. 253
• Advances to the Spirit King Realm after enduring seven bolts of Tribulation Lightning. 830 831
• Begins studying Spirit Formations to better use the speed-oriented secret art Star Shift, Dipper Swap. 1171

Whip Combat

Ji Mu is a skilled Battle Spirit Master whose long whip moves with the flexibility and lethality of a spirit snake.

• Her combat ability and practical fighting experience initially surpass Huo Hai's in direct battle. 66
• Uses the Blood-Shaking Thorn and refined whip techniques in combat training, approaching minor mastery alongside Fang Biya. 365
• Uses momentum generated through extreme rotational speed to strengthen her whip strikes during her Heavenly Tribulation. 830
• Can unleash more than twenty rapid lashes whose overlapping force combines into a single devastating final strike capable of shattering a Lightning Ball. 831
• Her strongest known whip technique has formidable power but requires extensive preparation and nearly exhausts her spiritual power, making it unsuitable for ordinary combat. 831

Tracking and Wilderness Knowledge

Ji Mu has practical fieldcraft and knowledge of spirit beasts.

• Detects broken branches and recognizes them as traces left by a large group of people rather than spirit beasts. 30
• Identifies the Fang Howler and explains that the vulnerable area between its brain and upper jaw is its principal weakness. 28
• Recognizes the danger posed by the Ironclad Hound pack and its Spirit Practitioner Realm Hound King. 36 37

Psychological and Cultivation Support

Ji Mu understands the risks of Killing Syndrome during the Spirit Blood Realm.

• Calms Huo Hai by calling his name and taking his hand when he enters a berserk state after slaughtering mercenaries. 32
• Teaches him to stimulate and circulate his blood vitality to assess whether he is losing himself to killing intent. 33
• Physically restrains Huo Hai during another loss of control, allowing him to regain clarity before the Star Gu complete their attack. 35
• Continues monitoring Huo Hai's mental condition after he adopts methods intended to avoid seeing the deaths caused by his insects. 36
• Warns Huo Hai against forcing dangerous breakthroughs or damaging his body through short-term cultivation methods. 74

Equipment

• Top-grade Yellow Grade shortsword — Her personal weapon; she declines Fang Howler fangs because she already possesses it. 29
• Dagger — Held to her own throat while resisting He Wang’s attempted assault. 25
• Long whip — Her principal weapon in direct combat and during her Heavenly Tribulation. 66 830
• Nine-section whip — Commissioned by Huo Hai from Old Li as a weapon suited to Ji Mu's fighting style. 262
• Ironclad Hound King hide armor — One of the sets made from the Hound King's hide; Ji Mu wears a set while arranging the processing and distribution of the remaining armor. 63

Relationships

• Huo Hai — Saved her from He Wang’s attempted assault during the Southern Mountain trial. Ji Mu insists on accompanying him afterward, becomes aware of his Star Gu, helps him control his Killing Syndrome, and eventually earns his acceptance as a friend. 25 26 32 35 39 She protects his secrets despite pressure from her own Lineage, lives with him and Yun'er at Imperial City Academy, and remains beside him through repeated dangers and separations. 54 61 70 253 After confessing that she fears being forgotten or left without a place in his life, Huo Hai promises to make her his wife and treat her equally with Fang Biya; they consummate their relationship that night. 802 804
• Fang Biya — Initially a romantic rival and source of Ji Mu's jealousy, but later a close sisterly companion. Fang Biya helps Ji Mu prepare for cultivation breakthroughs, supports her confession to Huo Hai, and deliberately arranges the private meeting that leads to Ji Mu becoming Huo Hai's wife. 175 802
• Huo Yun'er — Ji Mu becomes Yun'er's “big sister” after the two quickly grow close. They live together at Imperial City Academy, cultivate alongside one another, and share a protective family-like bond. 63 70 99
• He Wang — Enemy who ambushes Ji Mu, seeks to forcibly marry her, and uses her Ji Family background as a tool for his own political advancement. Ji Mu later publicly exposes his illegal private soldiers. 24 25 42
• Ji Family — Her Lineage and source of financial influence. Ji Mu proposes purchasing the Ironclad Hound King’s bones from Huo Hai with academy points and promises to protect his armor materials from family interference. 27 39 The family ultimately retains one of the six armor sets produced, a fact Ji Mu voluntarily reveals to Huo Hai rather than conceal. 63
• Ji Yunfei — Her opportunistic younger brother. Ji Mu openly dislikes his habit of treating relationships as tools for personal advantage. 68
• Ji Family Grandfather — An elder who later meets Huo Hai and takes evident pride in Ji Mu's close relationship with him. 618

Story Role / Major Arcs

Southern Mountain Trial

Ji Mu is the sole survivor of a group ambushed by He Wang’s forces. Cornered and nearly exhausted, she is saved when Huo Hai reveals himself and uses the Star Gu to kill He Wang’s attackers. 24 25

After the battle, she refuses to leave Huo Hai despite his repeated attempts to send her away with enough cards to pass the trial. Her decision is motivated by danger, gratitude, curiosity, and a growing sense of safety around him. 26

Discovering Huo Hai’s Secret

While traveling with Huo Hai, Ji Mu notices that he locates hidden caches of academy cards with unnatural precision. She initially suspects that he possesses a contracted spirit beast, but later learns that his supposed concealed weapons are actually the Star Gu. 27 28

Although horrified by the insects’ ability to consume corpses, she remains beside Huo Hai and concludes that his actions during her rescue show he is not malicious. 28

She subsequently keeps the secret of Huo Hai's insect control even after deducing his responsibility for the He Family's insect-related misfortune. Her silence prevents the Ji Family from using the knowledge for its own advantage. 54 61 64

Huo Hai’s Killing Syndrome

Ji Mu becomes Huo Hai’s primary restraint when repeated killings push him into a bloodthirsty state. She approaches him despite his murderous aura, brings him back to awareness, and convinces him to hide and recover rather than continue fighting. 32

She remains with him in a concealed cave for two days, helps him test his recovery, and continues warning him not to kill excessively before his mental state stabilizes. 33

Deep Southern Mountain

Ji Mu accompanies Huo Hai into the most dangerous area of Southern Mountain, warning him about Spirit Bone and Spirit Practitioner Realm beasts while assisting with observation and tactical knowledge. 34 36

She witnesses Little Gold poison the Ironclad Hound King and helps Huo Hai inspect the aftermath. Huo Hai offers her one suit of armor from the Hound King’s hide; she promises to safeguard the remaining armor and arranges to purchase some of the bones through the Ji Family using academy points. 37 39

The hide produces six armor sets. Ji Mu keeps one set, delivers Huo Hai's four sets, and honestly informs him that the Ji Family retained the additional set. She later transfers him more than two thousand academy points from the sale of the Hound King's bones. 63 74

Admission to Imperial City Academy

Ji Mu exits Southern Mountain with Huo Hai and enters Imperial City Academy by submitting one hundred point cards and binding an academy identification card with blood. 41

When He Wang publicly mocks them, Ji Mu counters by revealing his ambush and his private soldiers, damaging his standing within the He Family. 42

Early Academy Life

Ji Mu chooses to live with Yun'er in the same courtyard as Huo Hai, partly to protect Yun'er's reputation and partly because she does not wish to leave either of them alone. 70

She continues serving as a source of cultivation knowledge and practical judgment for Huo Hai and Yun'er. In particular, she identifies the Frostflame Crystal's value and persuades Yun'er to consider the Spell Spirit Master path, which better suits the treasure and Yun'er's temperament. 99

Ji Mu also develops her own cultivation quickly, eventually breaking through to the Spirit Practitioner Realm with a Heavenly Grade Source Spirit Stone and the White-Pattern Crystal Serpent's head crystal. 211

Growing Attachment to Huo Hai

Ji Mu's affection for Huo Hai becomes increasingly apparent as Fang Biya joins their household. She is jealous of Fang Biya's closeness to him, interrupts Fang Biya and Huo Hai's private time after their relationship is confirmed, and repeatedly uses teasing or cultivation as a pretext to keep them apart. 134 175

Despite these feelings, she cooperates closely with Fang Biya and Yun'er, helping form a supportive household rather than treating them as enemies. Ji Mu openly defends Huo Hai when hostile Lineages spread rumors that he colluded with Demon Spirit Masters. 253 254

Demon Calamity Preparations

Ji Mu trains under Huo Hai before the academy army departs, significantly refining the Blood-Shaking Thorn and her own whip techniques. 365

During the conflict against Demon Spirit Masters, she fights alongside Fang Biya and Yun'er, using precise whip strikes to kill demonfolk and protect the group. 368

After Huo Hai's return from the ruins, she receives major cultivation resources and techniques, including the Earth Grade Lower-tier Dawnlight Art, Light-Gathering Technique, Lightning Attraction Art, and Profound Grade Upper-tier Spirit-Infused Swordsmanship. 436

Drifting Flower Pavilion and Marriage

Ji Mu follows Huo Hai to the Ink Lotus Domain and resides with Fang Biya and Yun'er at the Drifting Flower Pavilion. Although she continues cultivating diligently and remains loyal to Huo Hai, she becomes distressed that Fang Biya has the recognized status of wife while Yun'er has the unquestioned bond of family. 802

With Fang Biya's support, Ji Mu confronts Huo Hai about her fear of being left behind. Huo Hai recognizes the sacrifices she has made, promises to make her his wife and treat her equally with Fang Biya, and accepts her as his partner. 802

The following morning, Ji Mu is embarrassed by their new intimacy but reassured by Huo Hai's tenderness and willingness to protect their relationship. 804

Heavenly Tribulation

Ji Mu undergoes her Heavenly Tribulation after Fang Biya. Her Spatial Attribute creates distortions around her as she condenses her Origin Essence, revealing that her extraordinary speed is rooted in spatial power. 830

Rather than relying on a defensive Spirit Art, she destroys the early tribulation bolts with her whip. She defeats the fifth Lightning Ball through a rapid, momentum-stacking sequence of more than twenty lashes, then uses the Lightning-Calling Formation to survive the final bolts. 830 831

Ji Mu ultimately attracts and survives seven bolts of Tribulation Lightning, entering the Spirit King Realm while demonstrating combat power comparable to Fang Biya's. 831

Notable Quotes

“Huo Hai, this isn't the real you. Wake up. If this continues, you'll be doomed beyond redemption.” 32

“Hmph, I'm following you. If you refuse, I'll go to your home and tell your father that you bullied me.” 26

“Only I had no reason at all. I didn't know what result would come from waiting like this. I... I don't want to go on like this anymore.” 802

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