Ye An

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Ye An (叶安) 2
Alias(es)	“Leader Shi,” an identity used during a Demon Suppressing Guard operation; later called Yun Province’s strongest Qi Condensation martial artist 182 195
Gender	Male 16
Affiliation	Green Bamboo Martial Arts Hall; Four Symbols Sect, Black Tortoise Hall; Demon Suppressing Guard; Liu Lineage as guest elder 2 54 78 87
Occupation/Role	Martial artist; Black Tortoise Hall chief disciple and later hall master; Demon Hunter 99 143 187 195
First Appearance	Chapter 2 2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
First Body Tempering	5	Completes the first layer of Azure Cloud Finger after sustained practice; the breakthrough strengthens his body and lets him crack the hall’s testing stone 5.
Second Body Tempering	11	Completes Azure Cloud Finger’s second layer after taking four Body Tempering Pills; his strength and senses improve 11.
Third Body Tempering	26	Completes the third layer with a controlled strike that drives Internal Energy into its target 26.
Meridian Opening	By 42	Enters the Four Symbols Sect’s Inner Sect after reaching the realm; Liu Ruyan learns of his breakthrough 42.
Late Meridian Opening	54	Completes the Meridian Opening Formula’s second layer and begins its third 54.
Qi Condensation	By 71	Advances from Meridian Opening and cultivates Black Tortoise Hall’s Qi Condensation arts 70 71.
Second layer of Qi Condensation	103	Reaches this level after absorbing three drops of Cangwu Spirit Liquid 103.
Late Qi Condensation	111	Condenses his Qi Sea into a True Essence Pill; Reaching the Pinnacle then advances his internal art and cultivation progress 111.
Gathered Origin / Gathering Essence	By 186	Zhao Xuanji detects Origin Energy despite Ye An’s concealed aura; Ye An demonstrates it to the hall masters 186 187.

Background and History

Ye An grew up in Willow Alley, Anping County, in a family with a grandfather, father, and two older brothers. He entered Green Bamboo Martial Arts Hall with upper-grade C bone aptitude. Master Su Yuanshan accepted him after Ye An promised to make up for limited talent through persistence 2 99.

Training was slow and painful, and tuition and medicine strained his resources. Ye An worked night patrol at the North Granary while practicing Azure Cloud Finger. His early breakthroughs earned the support of fellow student Qian Duoduo, whose Body Tempering Pills helped him continue 2 6 8 11.

When the Qian Family’s mine was threatened, Ye An agreed to fight its more experienced challenger, Zhao Heng, and defeated him. He later represented Green Bamboo Martial Arts Hall in its exchange match, defeated Shi Yong, and began the fourth layer of Azure Cloud Finger under Su Yuanshan’s guidance 14 17 28.

At the Four Symbols Sect, Ye An progressed through the Inner Sect and joined Black Tortoise Hall. He also undertook work for the Demon Suppressing Guard and became a guest elder of the Liu Lineage. His rising cultivation and combat record eventually brought him the positions of Black Tortoise Hall chief disciple and hall master 42 54 78 99 187.

Personality

Ye An is reserved and exceptionally focused on cultivation. He regularly declines social invitations, trains through slow progress, and describes perseverance as what he has learned from the martial path 12 19 158.

He repays help with practical action: he fights for the Qian Family, supports Liu Ruyan when her lineage is threatened, and later uses his status to help Lu Yun. He is cautious with uncertain information, but decisive against threats to people under his protection. In public contests, he distinguishes sincere challengers from hostile ones and controls his strikes accordingly 14 46 71 72 178 183.

Abilities and Skills

Cultivation talents

Ye An’s Sage of Martial Dao removes martial-arts bottlenecks: given sufficient practice, he can complete breakthroughs that other practitioners might fail. He later binds Reaching the Pinnacle, which grants martial-arts progress when its conditions are met 2 102 103 125.

• His initial low bone aptitude slows ordinary training despite this advantage; resources remain important to his progress 2 147 188.
• His bone aptitude rises from upper-grade C initially to Grade A by the time of his Buried Sword Peak training 2 147.

Azure Cloud Finger

Su Yuanshan’s foundational finger technique carries Ye An through Body Tempering and provides a path toward Meridian Opening 2 28.

• Its second layer drives force through a target so it bursts from within; the third, Piercing Gold, demands a controlled strike capable of breaking iron 6 12.
• The fourth layer, Mystic Penetration, aims to project Internal Energy through the air. Ye An begins it unable to extend energy beyond his fingertip 28.

Four Symbols martial arts

Ye An cultivates internal and combat arts from all four halls. Their shared origin helps the arts reinforce one another, while maintaining balance among their energies becomes central to his later cultivation 91 103 147 188 189.

• Black Tortoise Mountain-Suppressing Palm supplies heavy strikes and defensive barriers. It reaches the Realm of Perfection alongside his White Tiger Thunderclap Sword 139 174.
• White Tiger Thunderclap Sword combines sharp Sword Intent with Golden Thunder energy. At Buried Sword Peak, Ye An integrates a founder’s legacy with it to comprehend Nine Heavens Thunderclap 125 149.
• He also trains the Azure Dragon Origin-Returning Art and Azure Dragon Sky-Splitting Fist, as well as Vermilion Bird arts 91 103.

Eight-Armed Asura

This profound art forms independently moving arms from True Essence, allowing Ye An to defend and attack at the same time 54 139.

• Two arms can use Black Tortoise palm techniques in alternating defensive and offensive roles 74 139.
• At Late Qi Condensation, Ye An manifests four arms capable of performing techniques from different halls simultaneously 111.
• Sustaining the arms—especially while using several arts together—consumes True Essence rapidly 74 111.

Movement and physical training

• Cloudtrace Phantom lets Ye An exchange places with an afterimage during combat 139.
• He trains Zhao Xuanji’s developing Azure Dragon Body Tempering Art. Early work on Submerging in the Abyss strengthens his physical foundation; Zhao judges an unpowered punch capable of crippling a Late Qi Condensation fighter 206 209.

Equipment and Items

• Night Thunder — the sword Ye An uses with his White Tiger martial arts 86 125 179.
• Iron Sand Gloves — worn during an encounter near the Zhou Family 32.
• Aptitude-enhancing ring — one of two rings found at Greenrock Mountain; Ye An keeps one and gives the other to Liu Ruyan 93.

Relationships

• Ye Shouzhuo — father; proud of Ye An’s first breakthrough and worried by the danger of his fights 5 15.
• Ye Ping and Ye Ning — older brothers; Ye Ning tests Ye An in a sparring match before accepting his decision to face Zhao Heng 5 15.
• Su Yuanshan — first master; teaches him Azure Cloud Finger and gives him an annotated fourth-layer manual 2 28.
• Qian Duoduo — fellow student, friend, and early supporter who supplies Body Tempering Pills despite his father’s objections 8 10 11.
• Zhao Tieshan — senior brother and practical mentor; Ye An later gives him a healing pill after a failed breakthrough 6 21.
• Liu Ruyan — patron and Liu Lineage contact; Ye An becomes her personal retainer and guest elder, repeatedly helping her family. Her feelings for him grow beyond their working relationship 42 77 78.
• Lin Wanyue — Demon Suppressing Guard colleague who investigates the Heaven Overturning Cult and the Song Family shipment with him 57 58 71 72.
• Zhao Xuanji — Four Symbols Sect master; supports Ye An with instruction, cultivation resources, and protection 99 145 183.
• Lu Yun — Inner Sect official who helps Ye An expose medicine-field theft; Ye An later intervenes when Lu Yun is obstructed 42 44 71.
• Stone — childhood friend whom Ye An helps during his father’s illness and encounters again while investigating Falling Stone Village 10 58.
• Chen Qingyao — childhood acquaintance; Ye An later helps her address an official’s coercion of her family 14 162 166.

Notable Quotes

“Leave everything to me.” — Ye An’s reply when Liu Ruyan asks for help at the mine 46.

“Have you come to learn, or to make a name for yourself?” — Ye An questions a challenger’s purpose before their match 178.