Zi Yan

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Power Progression

Background / History

Zi Yan hatched in the Black-Corner Region while her father, Zhukun, was trapped beneath Jia Nan Academy. After accidentally consuming Transformation Grass, she took the form of a human girl. Great Elder Su Qian found her and brought her to the academy, where she grew up 1181 1182.

At the Inner Academy, Xiao Yan befriended Zi Yan and arranged to refine palatable pills for her in exchange for daily sparring. Su Qian later permitted her to travel with Xiao Yan and Xun Er. Her senses helped the group find valuable medicinal herbs 8.

Zi Yan learned that she was an Ancient Void Dragon during the Ten Thousand Beasts Space expedition 85. She later gained recognition within the dragon clan and became its Dragon Emperor, though the rulers of the other Dragon Islands resisted her claim 972 988 1182. When Xiao Yan returned with her to Jia Nan Academy, she finally met Zhukun beneath the academy and learned why he had been absent throughout her childhood 1177 1181 1182.

Appearance

Zi Yan ordinarily appears as a petite girl with purple hair and purple eyes. Her transformation can give her an adult figure and visible dragon traits 28 150 646.

• Adult transformation — Her hair lengthens, purple scales appear on her arms and beside her eyes, and her nails become claws 150.
• True form — She can transform into an enormous Ancient Void Dragon 987 1023.

Personality

Zi Yan is playful, blunt, and eager to fight. She teases Xiao Yan, demands her daily pills with strict punctuality, and dislikes being kept out of a battle 8 15 144. She is also fiercely loyal: when Xiao Yan suggests that she return to Jia Nan Academy rather than risk accompanying him, she insists on staying to protect him 139.

As Dragon Emperor, she shows concern for her clan as well as her friends. She gives Elder Qingmu a Bodhi Seed to aid his recovery and shields Xiao Yan from elders seeking the bodies of dragon clansmen he defeated 991 995.

Abilities & Skills

Physical Strength and Combat

Zi Yan's innate strength makes even ordinary punches formidable. Absorbed essence blood further enhances that strength 8 29.

• Defeats Yang Lingyan, a four-star Dou Huang, with a punch after evading his attacks 29.
• Can pressure Dou Zong opponents in close combat, though Xie Biyan's hardened scorpion form withstands her initial strikes 149.

Spatial Control

Her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline grants her exceptional sensitivity to and control over space 29 651.

• Vanishes and reappears behind opponents to attack 29 149.
• Opens a spatial vortex to let Lei Jingxiao evade attacks he cannot withstand 1128.

Dragon Bloodline and Transformations

Zi Yan's dragon bloodline can exert pressure on other magical beasts and suppress fellow Ancient Void Dragons 129 150 1000.

• An adult, scaled transformation raises her displayed aura from one-star to five-star Dou Zong during her fight with Xie Biyan 150.
• In her true dragon form, she overcomes Xie Biyan's poisonous battlefield and later battles the North Dragon King 150 987 988.
• After absorbing the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, she gains greatly improved recovery and displays phoenix flames alongside her dragon power 1024 1180.

Medicinal Senses and Digestion

Zi Yan can locate high-grade medicinal herbs and consume large quantities of medicinal energy 8 149.

• Xiao Yan refines herbs into pills for her because she dislikes eating raw herbs 8.
• She uses Xiao Yan's pills to expel Xie Biyan's poison, though his later poisonous mist still restricts her senses and movement 149 150.
• After absorbing the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, she no longer needs pills to make up for insufficient energy intake, but continues eating them out of habit 1056.

Dragon Slayer Sword

Zi Yan can summon the Dragon Slayer Sword, a Dou Skill exclusive to the Dragon Emperor. She uses it to kill the West Dragon King 988.

Relationships

• Xiao Yan — Close friend, longtime sparring partner, and the alchemist who supplies her pills. They repeatedly fight alongside and protect one another 8 139 987 1036.
• Su Qian — Jia Nan Academy's Great Elder, who found Zi Yan, raised her at the academy, and welcomed her return 1182 1177.
• Xiao Xun Er — Friend and frequent companion; Xun Er asks Zi Yan to keep an eye on Xiao Yan 15 123.
• Zhukun — Her father. Zi Yan meets him beneath Jia Nan Academy after growing up without knowing why he was absent 1181 1182.
• Elder Qingmu — Loyal East Dragon Island elder whose recovery Zi Yan supports with a Bodhi Seed 979 991.
• Lei Jingxiao — Fellow battle enthusiast who develops feelings for her. Their relationship grows closer over several years 991 1057 1094.
• North Dragon King — Rival claimant whose forces target Zi Yan; her superior bloodline gives her the advantage when they fight 979 988.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Ten Thousand Beasts Space — Reveals her Ancient Void Dragon heritage and reaches Dou Zong, helping turn the conflict against Lu Zhi and the opposing factions 85.
• Battle against Xie Biyan — Transforms to overcome his poison-filled battlefield and kills him 149 150 151.
• War for Dragon Island — Escapes the Dragon-Transforming Demonic Array with Xiao Yan's help, fights the North Dragon King, and asserts her power as Dragon Emperor 982 987 988.
• Spirit Realm battle — Fights Ling Xuanmo and joins Xiao Yan in the strike that kills him; neither can initially explain the strange power and purple-gold sword involved 1032 1037 1056.
• Return to Jia Nan Academy — Accompanies Xiao Yan and Qing Lin beneath the academy, where she discovers her father's identity and the reason she grew up alone 1176 1181 1182.