Ye Changsheng

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

Ye Changsheng found the infant Ye Chuqi abandoned beside a road and brought her to Lush Mountain. Their master accepted her as a disciple and placed her in his care. He raised her, taught her swordsmanship, and insisted on years of painful body-tempering training. When she reached peak Qi Refining, he took her to a Secret Realm to gain experience; a Space-Time Rift swallowed her during an encounter with a Demonic Cultivator. He followed, but the rift separated them 469 470.

Badly injured, Changsheng awoke on an island in the Misty Sea, where the stranded Coroa Barton had tended him. Changsheng left to search for Chuqi, then reunited with Coroa years later in the Lost Forest. Coroa became his traveling companion and suggested that becoming widely known might help Chuqi find him 470 471.

Changsheng later discovered the City of Time and learned that Chuqi was not in that world. He trained five boys whose descendants became the Ye, Bai, Tang, Lu, and Yan families. He also raised thirteen islands from the Misty Sea, established formations around them, and gave Coroa the plans and resources to build a safe settlement there 472 473. The Ye Family inherited his surname but is not related to him by blood 297.

His search for Chuqi brought him into conflict with the Dark God, who coveted his power. Rather than confront the god directly, Changsheng struck the continent with his sword, dividing it and creating a barrier between its halves 455 475. Repeated attempts to cross the barrier later cost him his tails and memories in his original white-fox form. He met Chuqi again as Little White and instinctively protected her, but after passing through a weak point in the barrier, he awoke on Lush Mountain unable to remember what he had lost 476.

Appearance

Changsheng has long silver hair that drew stares even on Lush Mountain. Fellow disciples remarked on his resemblance to the similarly silver-haired Ye Chuqi 469.

• Original form — a white fox shown with eight visible tails after failed attempts to cross the barrier 476.
• Later form — an adolescent when he awakens on Lush Mountain 476.

Personality

Changsheng speaks little, and Coroa finds him nearly impossible to tease: his clear, cool gaze gives away nothing. Beneath that reserve, he cares for Chuqi through daily attention, demanding instruction, and a search he continues despite severe injuries 319 321 470 474. He supports Coroa’s puppet research but firmly warns him against methods involving cruelty or sacrifice 321.

Abilities & Skills

Swordsmanship and formations

• Forged Thousand Leaves, his bonded sword, and named it after a phrase Chuqi once said to him 244 247.
• Used a sword strike to divide the continent and establish a barrier between its halves 475.
• Raised thirteen islands and set formations based on the stars and Qimen Bagua; he supplied Coroa with instructions for their upkeep 473.

Time and space

• Gained the Time Inheritance at the City of Time and mastered the Powers of Rules governing time and space 472 474.
• Could cross space-time rifts, but could not open the barrier to another world. His attempts to reach Chuqi caused severe injuries and, later, losses of tails and memory 474 476.

Teaching and craftsmanship

• Trained Chuqi and the five boys who established major family lineages. He also guided Coroa’s development in magic, martial arts, and research 470 472.
• Created a Mustard Seed Space intended for Chuqi; its nascent Space Spirit Heart became connected to San San 457.
• Learned Coroa’s language within days of meeting him and recognized writing at a Lost Forest ruin as Ancient Divine Language 471.

Equipment and Items

• Thousand Leaves — his former bonded sword, later found by Chuqi in the Ye Family’s Sword Tomb 244.
• Mustard Seed Space — a gift he crafted for Chuqi; it vanished into a Space-Time Rift during his advancement and eventually reached her 457.

Relationships

• Ye Chuqi — his junior martial sister, whom he raised and trained. Finding her remains the purpose of his journey after their separation 469 470 474.
• Coroa Barton — his closest friend in the new world and partner in establishing the Thirteen Misty Islands’ refuge 471 473.
• Ye, Bai, Tang, Lu, and Yan family founders — boys he took in, taught, and eventually sent out to pursue their own paths 455 472.
• Light God — encountered Changsheng through a mortal incarnation. Changsheng did not accept him as a disciple, though the boy stayed nearby and chose the surname Jun 455 456.
• Dark God — coveted Changsheng’s power; Changsheng divided the continent rather than face him directly 455 475.

Notable Quotes

“You can choose to stay.” — Changsheng offers Coroa a place on his raft after deciding to leave their island 471.

“Junior sister.” — Changsheng corrects Coroa’s description of Ye Chuqi as his sister 474.