Ye Lingling

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Ye Lingling (叶玲玲)
Alias(es)	Lingling; Little Lingling
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Ye Family; Skywater Academy; Time-Space Kingdom royal household 26 181
Occupation/Role	Healing and support-type Soul Master; wielder of the Flower Goddess’s Twelve-Heart Begonia Martial Soul 43 45
Status	Alive; active 183
First Appearance	Earliest appearance in the supplied context: Chapter 18 18

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Rank 30, Two-Ring Soul Elder	51	Her body had been strengthened by the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid pill, allowing her to seek an unusually old third Soul Ring.
Level 33, Three-Ring Soul Elder	55	Absorbed a 3,100-year Azure Sky Vine Soul Ring without serious complications. Residual medicinal power continued improving her cultivation speed.
Five-Ring Soul King	165	Selected, alongside Dugu Yan, to receive one of the first two complete sets of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.
Six-Ring Soul Emperor	167 177	Broke through after absorbing her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones; later abstained from academy matches because her strength and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings overwhelmingly surpassed the student competitors.
Rank 70, Soul Sage	183	Reached the Soul Sage realm and was brought to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to obtain her needed Soul Ring.

Background

Ye Lingling descends from the Ye Family’s Begonia lineage. Her ancestor, a flower-loving mortal performer, married the Flower Goddess, a First-Class God of the Goddess of Life’s faction. Their child inherited the complete Twelve-Heart Begonia Flower Martial Soul, which granted Innate Full Soul Power and lacked the restrictions later suffered by the Ye Family. 32

After the Flower Goddess died during the God Realm’s civil war and her Godhood shattered, the lineage gradually deteriorated into the Nine-Heart Begonia. Its hereditary flaw allowed only two wielders to exist at once; a third could awaken only after an existing user died. 33

Before her martial soul evolved, Lingling was associated with Heaven Dou Royal Academy. She willingly transferred to Skywater Academy with Dugu Yan, preferring its less hostile environment and the chance to study alongside Yun Duo. 26

At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Yun Duo selected the Lovesick Heartbreak Red for her. The Immortal Herb was tied to the Flower Goddess’s shattered Godhood and was intended to restore Lingling’s martial soul while breaking the Ye Family’s fatal restriction. 30 31 33 Lingling ultimately evolved her Nine-Heart Begonia into the Flower Goddess’s Twelve-Heart Begonia. 43

Appearance

Lingling has long, waist-length blue hair and a cool, delicate appearance. As she matured, her bearing became more aloof and refined, contrasting with Dugu Yan’s more lively presence. 86 165

• Usually wears a simple white dress. 86 165
• Has been seen wearing black stockings and pale-blue begonia-patterned satin flats. 165
• Wore a black down jacket and earmuffs during Skywater City’s cold weather due to her comparatively delicate physique. 86
• Her evolved martial soul manifests as a dazzling golden flower with a twelve-petaled lotus heart. 43

Personality

Lingling is gentle, considerate, and initially reserved. She worried for Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan when their family’s poison was revealed, then quietly accompanied Dugu Yan during the painful disclosure. 30 She is deeply moved by the loyalty of those close to her, particularly Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo’s willingness to use priceless Immortal Herbs to help her. 32

Despite her quiet demeanor, Lingling is practical and decisive. She refused a Ten Thousand Year leg Soul Bone because its speed-oriented ability did not suit a healer and because possessing it at her level would invite danger. She instead chose to risk absorbing a 3,100-year third Soul Ring. 51 52

As she grows stronger, Lingling becomes more confident and emotionally open. Her relationship with Yun Duo helps her move beyond her former timidity, revealing a mischievous, sharp-tongued side beneath her cool exterior. 165 177

Abilities & Skills

Flower Goddess’s Twelve-Heart Begonia

Lingling’s original Nine-Heart Begonia evolved into the restored Twelve-Heart Begonia, a divine-origin support martial soul connected to the Flower Goddess. The evolution removed the Nine-Heart Begonia lineage’s life-for-life restriction. 43 45

• Greatly strengthens her original healing abilities. 45
• Possesses broad all-attribute amplification, including boosts to strength, speed, Soul Power, defense, and attack power. 45
• Improves her cultivation speed, overcoming the usual slow advancement associated with support-type Soul Masters. 45 55
• Its potential was considered sufficient to threaten the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s standing as the continent’s foremost support sect. 45

Full-Attribute Amplification Healing

Lingling can use Full-Attribute Amplification Healing to restore allies while enhancing their overall abilities. 53

• Amplified Dugu Yan’s combat performance against the 3,100-year Azure Sky Vine. 53
• Restored Dugu Yan’s Soul Power during the prolonged battle, preventing exhaustion from becoming a defeat. 56
• Enabled Lingling and Dugu Yan to defeat a Soul Beast far above their apparent cultivation level through coordinated support and direct combat. 53 54
• Lingling believed she could rapidly heal Dugu Yan’s injuries so long as Dugu Yan was not killed immediately. 59

Enhanced Soul Ring Absorption

The Lovesick Heartbreak Red and associated medicinal treatment strengthened Lingling’s constitution beyond ordinary third-ring limits. 51

• Successfully absorbed the 3,100-year Azure Sky Vine Soul Ring, despite the usual third-ring limit being approximately 1,700 years. 51 55
• The absorption was slow but stable, with no serious backlash. 54
• Her martial soul’s plant affinity and exceptional origin made the Azure Sky Vine a viable choice even over a safer Begonia Spirit Flower. 52

Equipment / Items

• Lovesick Heartbreak Red — Immortal Herb that evolved her Nine-Heart Begonia into the Twelve-Heart Begonia and left residual medicinal power in her body. 30 43 55
• Storage Soul Tool ring — Used to carry a dagger during the Azure Sky Vine hunt. 54
• Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone set — Absorbed as part of the first two complete sets allocated to Lingling and Dugu Yan. 165 167

Relationships

• Yun Duo — Initially regarded as “half a fiancée”; their relationship deepened over time, and Lingling officially married him alongside Dugu Yan when he came of age. 18 181
• Dugu Yan — Lifelong close friend and sworn-sister-like companion. They support one another in cultivation and battle, with Lingling’s healing complementing Yan’s Emerald Sacred Dragon perfectly. 32 53 54
• Dugu Bo — Dugu Yan’s grandfather and a protective elder figure whom Lingling calls Grandpa Dugu. He guarded her Soul Ring absorption and helped secure her advancement. 51 54
• Ye Renxin — Her grandfather and the Ye Family’s leader. Yun Duo arranged for his relocation to Skywater City to protect both him and Lingling from factions threatened by their evolved Begonia martial souls. 26 45
• Flower Goddess — Divine ancestress of the Ye Family’s Begonia lineage; her death and shattered Godhood led to the degeneration of the Twelve-Heart Begonia. 32 33
• Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er — Close companions who voluntarily deferred their own Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone sets so Lingling and Dugu Yan could advance first. 165

Story Role / Major Arcs

Martial Soul Restoration

Yun Duo identifies the Lovesick Heartbreak Red as the means to change Lingling’s inherited fate. With Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo’s support, Lingling accepts the treatment and restores her martial soul to the Flower Goddess’s Twelve-Heart Begonia. 30 33 43

Azure Sky Vine Hunt

Lingling chooses the dangerous 3,100-year Azure Sky Vine rather than a safer 2,600-year Begonia Spirit Flower, judging that her martial soul’s origin could no longer benefit from the latter. She supports Dugu Yan throughout a two-and-a-half-hour battle, finishes the weakened vine herself, and absorbs its Soul Ring to reach Level 33. 52 55

Rise as a Support Powerhouse

After her evolution, Lingling’s support abilities become powerful enough to draw concern from Dugu Bo and Yun Duo that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect may attempt to eliminate her. Yun Duo responds by bringing Ye Renxin and potentially the wider Ye Family into his territory for protection and medicinal work. 45

Soul Emperor Advancement

Lingling receives one of the first complete Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone sets after Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er give priority to her and Dugu Yan. She subsequently becomes a Six-Ring Soul Emperor, placing her among the continent’s exceptional young talents. 165 167 177

Marriage and Soul Sage Breakthrough

Lingling marries Yun Duo alongside Dugu Yan during his eighteenth-birthday wedding ceremony. Later, she breaks through to Rank 70 and is taken to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to seek a seventh Soul Ring. 181 183

Trivia

• Lingling and Dugu Yan admired Bibi Dong before learning more about the God Realm; they later also became fascinated by the Goddess of Life and the Kindness Goddess. 33
• Her Twelve-Heart Begonia is described as so powerful that it eclipses the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda as a support martial soul. 45 54
• She originally rejected a Ten Thousand Year leg Soul Bone, but later accepted a full Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone set once her status and strength had risen. 51 165 167