Wedding-Dress Bride

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Wedding-Dress Bride (嫁衣新娘)
Species/Race	Anomaly; also described as a wraith, rather than a conventional Vengeful Ghost 1 8 13
Gender	Female 1 10
Occupation/Role	Predator that devours souls and consumes vital essence 8
Status	Manifestation destroyed and devoured by Li Feng; ultimate source survives in another dimension 10
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Initial documented manifestation	1 4 5	Devours the original Li Feng’s soul but repeatedly loses track of his successor when Mind Fog conceals his life aura. Contact with her power causes severe cold and wedding-themed illusions.
Stronger re-manifestation	8	Returns after Tian Yue destroys her previous manifestation. Yuan Chengfang identifies increased strength from her ability to leave Luo Hua’s apartment through the door, but cannot determine whether she manifested stronger or gained power by killing him. Still treated as an ordinary-class wraith.
Increased awareness	9	Persists at Li Feng’s door despite losing his aura and recognizes the fog as the power that previously drained her. Floods his apartment with supernatural energy and eventually locates him through the power he cannot fully absorb.

Appearance

• Scarlet wedding robes: Her bright red bridal clothing is the basis of her official codename 1 6.
• Floating movement: Appears with her feet above the ground and drifts through the streets 1 4.
• Bloody tears: Blood runs from pitch-black, hollow eyes; her eyes are later described as blood-red during combat 1 10.
• Sharp nails: Uses long, coldly gleaming nails to attack Li Feng and sever his tempered hair 9 10.
• Veiled source form: Her surviving source sits upright in a room within an extradimensional manor, hands folded and head covered by a bridal veil 10.

History

Killing the Original Li Feng

The Bride encounters the original owner of Li Feng’s body while he is returning home late after celebrating his acceptance into the Investigation Department. His panicked attempt to push her away establishes a causal connection, allowing her to seize and devour his soul. His death opens the way for the transmigrated Li Feng to occupy the body 1.

She immediately threatens the newly arrived Li Feng as well. His terror awakens Mind Fog, which conceals his life aura. Unable to sense her prey, she stops in confusion and eventually floats away 1.

Encounters near Pine Court

Li Feng encounters her again near Pine Court Residential Community. He attempts to ignore her, but an involuntary dodge establishes another karmic connection. Mind Fog once again prevents her from locating him 4.

When he extends the fog around her, she loses perception of nearby living people. Contact exposes him to her cold and illusions, but also reveals that his fog can devour her supernatural power. He deliberately exposes himself to draw her back and test this discovery 4 5.

The resulting wedding illusion nearly overwhelms him. He withdraws, conceals himself, and reports the supernatural signal to the Night Patrol Office. Tian Yue destroys the Bride’s manifestation that night; Li Feng receives ten contribution points and 10,000 yuan for the verified report 5 6.

Return and Apartment Battle

The Bride manifests again within days and kills Luo Hua at Golden Bell Residential Complex. Investigators trace her entry to a slightly open window. Li Feng recognizes her residual aura, while Yuan Chengfang confirms the identification through departmental records 7 8.

After several days without appearing, she comes to Li Feng’s apartment and knocks. He attempts to drain her from behind the closed door, inadvertently allowing her power into his home and effectively inviting her inside 8 9.

Li Feng pierces her skull with tempered hair, but the injury does not kill her. He then uses detached strands to damage her internally and bind her arms while Mind Fog continuously drains her. Her manifestation eventually collapses into supernatural power and a strand of essence, both of which the fog consumes 9 10.

Her ultimate source remains intact in another dimension. The loss of the manifestation delays her recovery rather than permanently destroying her 10.

Personality

Initially, the Bride operates through fixed rules and predatory instincts rather than flexible reasoning. She pursues living auras, stops when Mind Fog hides them, and repeats the same unsuccessful behavior even after previous encounters 4 5.

Her later manifestation displays limited awareness: she remains outside Li Feng’s door despite losing his presence and recognizes him as the thief who stole her power. During their battle, she expresses pain, hatred, and murderous anger, continuing to attack despite severe injuries 9 10.

Abilities & Skills

Causal Manifestation and Life Detection

The Bride’s projection gains the ability to affect reality when interaction establishes a causal or karmic connection 1 4.

• Detects and instinctively pursues the presence of living people 4.
• Prioritizes Li Feng when his aura is exposed because of their existing connection 4.
• Can be injured once that connection brings her into reality 9.
• Initially cannot locate prey whose life aura is concealed by Mind Fog 1 4 5.
• Later pinpoints Li Feng through her own unabsorbed power surrounding him 9.

Soul and Vital-Essence Consumption

• Devours the original Li Feng’s soul after he attempts to push her away 1.
• Departmental records identify soul-devouring and vital-essence consumption as her characteristic powers 8.
• Kills Luo Hua, leaving his corpse pale and contaminated by residual eerie energy 7 8.

Supernatural Cold and Wedding Illusions

• Transmits intense cold and hallucinations through contact with Mind Fog 4 5.
• Creates visions of an ancient residence, festive wedding guests, and a veiled bride in a bridal chamber 5.
• Makes real surroundings appear increasingly unreal, threatening to trap Li Feng in the illusion 5 10.
• Releases a surge powerful enough to flood his apartment, disrupt its lighting, and overwhelm his initial defenses 9.
• Her influence is resisted by Mind Fog absorption, Li Feng’s specially tempered skin, and the pain of biting his tongue 9 10.

Movement and Physical Attacks

• Crosses short distances almost instantaneously, appearing directly before Li Feng or lunging as though teleporting 1 5 9.
• Attacks his chest with sharp nails, intending to tear out his heart and lungs 9.
• Severs tempered hair with her nails, although the clash also cuts through the nails themselves 10.
• Can force back portions of Mind Fog with bursts of supernatural power 10.

Survival and Re-Manifestation

• Has no conventional fatal weak points: penetration and disruption of her brain cause pain but do not kill her 9.
• Can return after her manifestation is slain 8.
• Her manifestation’s essence is only a strand split from her ultimate source; consuming it does not destroy that source 10.

Institutional Restrictions

• Cannot initially enter homes with closed doors and windows 4.
• These protections come from institutional power, generated by shared belief in rules and order, but contain loopholes 8.
• Enters Luo Hua’s apartment through a window gap 7 8.
• Enters Li Feng’s home after he draws her power inside; this is treated as an invitation, not proof that she has overcome institutional protection 9.

Relationships

• Li Feng — Kills his body’s original owner, then repeatedly hunts the transmigrated occupant. His Mind Fog drains her power and ultimately consumes her manifestation 1 4 9 10.
• Tian Yue — Night Patrol Bureau officer who destroys her first reported manifestation near Pine Court 6 17.
• Luo Hua — Victim killed after the Bride enters his apartment through a slightly open window 7 8.
• Yuan Chengfang — Investigator who identifies her residual power, recognizes her increased strength, and traces her disappearance point 8.

Notable Quotes

“Heeheehee, you saw me...” 4

“You damned thief! I'll kill you! Die, die, die!” 10

Trivia

• Wedding-Dress Bride is an official codename, assigned because of her bridal clothing 6.
• Her power’s blood-red coloration is noted as an exception to the usual connection between red supernatural signatures and extensive killing 39.
• Li Feng later mistakes a red-clad Vengeful Ghost for her, but distinguishes it by its much weaker aura. That encounter is not a confirmed return of the Bride 47.