Jiang Yang

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Jiang Yang (姜阳)
Alias(es)	Sword Immortal Autumn’s Arrival; True Person Jiang 477 511
Species/Race	Human; reincarnated from another world 3 174
Gender	Male 1
Affiliation	Rain Xiang Mountain; Fushu Peak; Celestial River Tradition 93 230
Occupation/Role	Sword cultivator; direct disciple of True Person Xuan Guang; mentor to Cong Huaijin 93 286
Cultivation Realm	Violet Palace 488 527
Dao Lineage	Broadwood; previously cultivated Yi Wood 102 169
Immortal Foundation / Divine Power	Conjoined Branch, also called the Entwined Lotus Fate Divine Power 144 175 487
Origin	Recorded as an orphan from Weiyang Prefecture, Zheng Kingdom; his early childhood remains partly inaccessible 14 174
Residence	Clearwave Retreat; also associated with Zhouhui Valley 494 499 511
Status	Alive; active as a Violet Palace cultivator 527
First Appearance	1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Qi Refining	1	Reaches the realm after two and a half years of effort with the Dew Essence Consumption Method. Develops spirit sense and qualifies for formal-disciple promotion.
Mid Qi Refining	23	Breaks through using an Essence-Nourishing Pill, his cave’s spiritual energy, and nightly cultivation. Magical power increases by approximately 40–50%.
Fifth level of Qi Refining	67	Advances from the fourth level during his duel with Qin Dingyi. The breakthrough comes from Suitable Dao Companion feedback when Shang Qingzheng reaches the ninth level.
Late Qi Refining	80	Advances with a Chunxuan Breakthrough Pill. His magical-power reserve more than doubles, and his spirit sense expands.
Threadlike Sword Qi control	80	After half a year under Bai Tang, reaches the limit of Sword Qi and controls it as fine threads. His Dark Void Sword-Seed also develops into Spirit Oak.
Yi Wood method conversion	107 108	Rebuilds his cultivation with the Forest Language Flourishing Blossoms Scripture over twelve days. Final magical-power quantity rises by more than 50%, while its quality more than doubles.
Improved spiritual aptitude	166	His spirit aperture and root bone improve, with cultivation efficiency increasing by 35%. His body strengthens and his meridians become more receptive to spirit vigor.
Broadwood conversion; Qi Refining Peak	168 169	Changes to the Immortal Gateway Dao Chapter and cultivates for nearly half a year. His power initially shrinks to less than half its former volume, but each drop is estimated to be worth ten times as much.
Early Foundation Establishment	174 175 176	Establishes Conjoined Branch at twenty-two. Magical power becomes liquid true essence; spirit-sense range increases more than tenfold and its quality doubles. Awakens Peach Bow and Thorn Arrows.
Progress toward middle Foundation Establishment	190	Shang Qingzheng’s Foundation Establishment breakthrough supplies cultivation feedback, bringing him roughly 70% of the way toward the middle stage without immediately advancing him. His aptitude is now described as Earth Grade.
Sword Essence	225	Xuan Guang confirms that Jiang Yang has formed sword essence. Jiang later identifies his sword essence as “Autumn Response” from his master’s canon.
Middle Foundation Establishment	266	Advances smoothly after more than half a year of refinement, aided by spirit foods and Yun Zhen’s spirit honey. Expelled impurities unexpectedly form a low-grade Broadwood Spirit Treasure.
Sword Intent	358 366	His sword strike wounds the Violet Palace cultivator Wen Hu. Xuan Guang subsequently confirms, with surprise, that Jiang Yang has acquired sword intent.
Late Foundation Establishment	376 415	Feedback from Shang Qingzheng’s middle-stage breakthrough prompts another advance. He is later explicitly described as late-stage and only one step from the peak.
Cultivation perfected for Violet Palace breakthrough	478 479	Returns from the frontier campaign with the necessary cultivation level and confirms his readiness to advance. Accepts one Grand Pill but declines a Weakwood Spirit Treasure.
Violet Palace; Conjoined Branch divine power	487 488	Completes the breakthrough after six years of seclusion. His body-rooted Broadwood fate divine power manifests, granting karmic manipulation; he conceals the breakthrough and continues consolidating.
Further divine-power strengthening	527	Detects additional growth apparently connected to Shang Qingzheng’s emotional and cultivation changes. The precise feedback mechanism remains uncertain.

Background / History

Previous Life and Survival in Weiyang

In his previous life, Jiang Yang attended a prestigious high school, performed well academically, and lived comfortably with affectionate parents, a cat, and a dog. His first accessible memory of the cultivation world was awakening as a ragged child in winter, unable to speak the local language and without memories of his earlier life there 3.

He survived by pretending to be mute, observing the town before choosing whom to approach for help. A prosperous household’s woman gave him seven large coins, while a younger woman secretly supplied a pastry. Jiang Yang subsequently exchanged half a flatbread for language lessons from another young beggar and taught his companion more effective ways to beg 3.

His Foundation Establishment breakthrough later overturned his understanding of that arrival: he recovered memories showing that he had been reincarnated as an infant, rather than transferred directly into an adolescent body. Twelve years remained blank, leading him to suspect that his childhood memories had been erased or sealed 174.

Entry into Rain Xiang Mountain

Rain Xiang Mountain selected Jiang Yang for its lower academy at twelve. Instructors taught him literacy, acupuncture points, and cultivation fundamentals before his meridians matured enough to practice a method. His lower-middle-grade spiritual root prompted an examiner to dismiss Violet Palace as an unrealistic ambition 1.

An instructor favored his diligence and granted him the Dew Essence Consumption Method. Jiang Yang chose it for efficient spiritual-essence reuse rather than combat strength. After entering Qi Refining, he cautiously investigated the withered branch hidden in his sea of consciousness and learned that it was a damaged Dao Fruit connected to fate, fortune, longevity, marriage bonds, and causality 1.

His early sect service included duties on Dawn Rain Peak and at the Rain Listening Pavilion. He completed a three-month assignment with an upper rating, then declined further work to prioritize cultivation and examination preparation 8 23 30.

Sword Training and Direct Discipleship

Jiang Yang purchased complementary offensive, defensive, and movement arts before seeking a sword through Zhou Yanwei’s introduction to Fang Xu. The sword he bought housed Bai Tang, who became his demanding instructor and constant companion 35 45 47 56.

His first journey outside the sect took him to the Great Dark Cold Marsh. There he killed attacking bandits for the first time, survived Qin Dingyi’s trap through an unexpected cultivation-feedback breakthrough, and escaped a Greenback Alligator with Bai Tang’s assistance 58 67 69.

During the Ancestral Court examination, his rapid tower climb and fight against a Foundation Establishment spirit puppet attracted the True Persons’ attention. Xuan Guang intervened when Xuan Di was about to accept him and instead claimed Jiang Yang as his own disciple 85 89 93.

The Blessed Land and Broadwood Inheritance

Initially choosing Yi Wood under Xuan Guang’s guidance, Jiang Yang adopted the Forest Language Flourishing Blossoms Scripture. His new standing supplied the rare spiritual energy, pills, and instruction that had previously been difficult to obtain 102 106 107.

Xuan Guang then sent him into an ancient blessed land, publicly because Qi Refining cultivators suited its fragile structure. Privately, the expedition required Destiny Bearers, and Xuan Guang regarded Jiang Yang as particularly suitable. He supplied a protective peach talisman that also concealed Jiang Yang’s unusual life-force from observers of destiny 109.

Jiang Yang returned with the Broadwood Immortal Gateway Dao Chapter, cultivation records, artifacts, and spirit peaches. He subsequently changed lineages, gathered the spiritual energies required for Conjoined Branch himself, and established his foundation 161 169 172 174.

Dragonkind and Azure Corner Heaven

At the Dragon Lord’s birthday celebration, Jiang Yang discovered that his prominent treatment came from the Celestial River Tradition’s ancient standing rather than his personal cultivation. His victories over other young cultivators nevertheless established his own strength, particularly Broadwood’s suppression of Wu Earth and summoned forces 230 242 243.

Yuan Jun later explained Broadwood’s ancient connection to Jianmu and offered Dragonkind’s support. She warned that his public use of the rare foundation had already exposed his lineage to knowledgeable observers 256.

At Cuiwei’s contested mine, Jiang Yang repeatedly escorted ore shipments and fought raiders. He eventually learned that the surrounding violence had been engineered to disturb spirit vigor and draw Azure Corner Heaven into the world; at least sixty Foundation Establishment cultivators had died at his hands during the fighting 296 308 315.

Within the ancient realm, he acquired treasures and searched Langhuan Pavilion for a method that could help Xuan Guang complete his divine powers. His discovery of the Heart-Aiding Formula became a valuable contribution to his master’s stalled path 328 343 369 372.

Bai Tang’s Origins and Mortal Ties

Qing He’s appearance revealed a connection between Bai Tang and Qing Tang, the deceased Golden Core True Lord who had presided over Azure Corner Heaven. Jiang Yang had long suspected that Bai Tang’s knowledge and powers exceeded those of an ordinary sword spirit, but his attachment had made him reluctant to investigate 346 347.

He arranged a netherworld journey with True Person Xuanyan’s help. Bai Tang subsequently reincarnated, although Jiang Yang did not know where she had been reborn 379 388 500.

On a later return through Weiyang, Jiang Yang quietly aided the household that had helped him as a beggar. Instead of leaving dangerous amounts of money, he strengthened the home and its residents with spiritual light. He also searched unsuccessfully for his former begging companion 408 409.

Frontier Campaign and Violet Palace Recognition

Jiang Yang’s battlefield use of Autumn’s Arrival spread his reputation among sects and immortal clans, earning him the title Sword Immortal Autumn’s Arrival. Lin Xi Yu warned that his sword intent could attract powerful enemies and restricted him to the spirit array’s protection when off duty 435 436 477.

A dangerous grotto-heaven excursion with Tai Pei’er exposed the limits of his Foundation Establishment strength. He resorted to a lifespan-consuming art, and Pei’er remained unconscious afterward. Before returning home, he left medicine and advice with Tai Fuwei to support her recovery 470 472 477 479.

Following his Violet Palace breakthrough, Jiang Yang created the avatar Zhiyang, received congratulatory delegations, and was publicly introduced at the Violet Palace Dharma Assembly. His advancement also drew the attention of Underworld Constables, whose register would not retain his written name 494 498 499 511.

Appearance

• Early appearance: Fair, handsome, and somewhat slender, with fine, straight eyebrows 1.
• Dao Fruit transformation: Lush Peach and Plum markedly improves his appearance and bearing. He becomes accustomed to his own face without recognizing its effect on others 43 77.
• Eyes: Initially described as clear and black as jade; later seen with interwoven gold-and-white coloration after cultivating his mystic pupils 23 366.
• Typical clothing: White robes over blue, a high topknot or crown, and a sword at his side. At the Dharma Assembly, he wears a Dark Crown and Broad Sash without unnecessary adornment 239 511.
• Hair: Becomes silver after lifespan expenditure, then returns to lustrous black when he consumes a Spirit Peach during his Violet Palace breakthrough 487.
• Violet Palace bearing: His features change little, but acquire an imposing dignity. His newly manifested divine power produces rainbow light extending nine feet behind his head and over his shoulders 487 488.

Personality

Jiang Yang is diligent, observant, and pragmatic. As a beggar, he treats survival as a problem requiring information, language skills, and careful judgment. As a cultivator, he prioritizes efficient methods, a small set of mastered techniques, and useful purchases over indiscriminate spending 1 3 34 35.

His courtesy rarely means unquestioning trust. He initially suspects Fang Xu’s invitation, avoids swallowing unidentified pills, and remains wary of apparently generous offers from powerful outsiders. Experience teaches him to distinguish personal kindness from a faction’s self-interest 16 120 324 365.

Although initially hesitant in combat, he learns to commit to attacks and accept risk under Bai Tang. Repeated defeats against Chu Qingjian do not discourage him, and he sometimes continues fighting despite warnings that he is outmatched. Long periods gathering spiritual energy later make him calmer, more patient, and inwardly settled 56 89 172 183 188.

He is deeply loyal to people who have supported him. He offers his treasures to Xuan Guang, searches for a solution to his master’s stalled Dao path, and refuses a shortcut that might compromise it. His care also extends to ordinary benefactors and younger disciples, whose safety he takes seriously 167 296 343 366 409.

Jiang Yang has little appetite for administrative power. He is cautious about establishing a Broadwood succession because people without the necessary destiny could cultivate unsuccessfully for life. Fame also makes him conscious of the distance that formal respect creates between himself and old friends 478 505.

Abilities & Skills

Peach Branch and Dao Fruit

A damaged peach-blossom Dao Fruit resides within Jiang Yang, initially appearing as a withered branch in his sea of consciousness 1 2.

• Associated with fate, fortune, longevity, marriage bonds, and cause and effect; most of its powers are initially inaccessible 1.
• Produces new blossoms and talents as he advances through major realms 174 488.
• Appears to make encounters unusually favorable, although Jiang Yang does not initially recognize its influence 43.
• Connects his Qi Sea, Giant Gate, and Rising Sun palaces, easing the ascent of his immortal foundation 415.
• Its origin remains unresolved. Jiang Yang privately considers a connection to Jianmu, but does not establish one 256.

Lush Peach and Plum

His innate talent improves his appearance and is associated with his developing spiritual aptitude 23 43 77.

• His spirit aperture, root bone, physique, and cultivation efficiency improve over time 166 190.
• He suspects further development of the talent has brought his aptitude close to that of recognized geniuses; this remains his assessment rather than a confirmed measurement 308.
• Its Suitable Dao Companion aspect transmits cultivation feedback from Shang Qingzheng 67 190.

Suitable Dao Companion

• Shang Qingzheng’s breakthroughs supply Jiang Yang with magical power or true essence, sometimes enough to trigger his own advancement 67 190 376.
• Feedback must still be refined into his own Broadwood power; its unusually high quality reduces the final quantity yielded 190.
• Later feedback apparently strengthens his divine powers through changes in Qingzheng’s emotional and cultivation state 527.
• He does not understand why Bai Tang has not produced comparable feedback 527.

Peach Bow and Thorn Arrows

Awakened upon Foundation Establishment, this talent wards off calamity, dispels misfortune, breaks baleful forces, and slays demons 174.

• Suppress Old Qi: Brings misfortune upon opponents, except those exceptionally favored by destiny 175.
• Punish the Unjust: Marks one enemy at a time, restraining and injuring them while hindering recovery. Against Chu Qingjian, it subtly reduces her ability to harm and heal 175 183.
• Fated Presence: Makes an openly delivered, imposing attack impossible to evade. It cannot be triggered through stealth or another person’s actions, and can only be used once within a short interval 175.
• An ordained strike can become difficult even for Jiang Yang to recall; his attack on Yan Heng continued despite a True Person’s intervention 248.

Broadwood and Conjoined Branch

Jiang Yang cultivates Broadwood through the Mysterious Pivot All-Heaven Broadwood True Essence Immortal Gateway Dao Chapter, an immortal method developing both inner nature and life 161 169 487.

• Exceptional power quality: Broadwood power is extremely dense and potent, but correspondingly difficult to replenish 169 248.
• Suppression: Strongly restrains earth-aligned paths, particularly Wu Earth, and can support certain fire paths. Shrine thunder and destructive metal are dangers to it 175 176 242.
• Branches of a Common Root: Conjoined Branch’s wood qi makes Lu Jingchuan’s summoned generals sprout flowering branches and drains their summoner’s true essence through them 243.
• Cultivation suppression: His Kindred Vines Technique leaves a mysterious yellow sprout over an enemy’s qi sea, preventing the captive from using cultivation 301.
• Fate divine power: At Violet Palace, Conjoined Branch manifests as intangible divine status rather than a weapon or armor. It permits karmic manipulation, including concealment of his breakthrough signs 487 488.
• Unconventional ascent: His rising sun remains within his body, avoiding the Great Void’s endless-illusion ordeal. In exchange, he cannot casually discard his body, and expects wounds to be harder to heal 487.
• Further cultivation: Perfecting Conjoined Branch should allow him to sense and form the other four Broadwood divine powers; these are future possibilities, not completed attainments 415.

Swordsmanship

Jiang Yang develops from an inexperienced practitioner into a sword cultivator possessing sword essence and sword intent 56 225 366.

• Cave-Origin One-Qi Sword Art: A third-grade art centered on a decisive strike. His One Qi Faces the Sun eventually becomes a thin, swift, concealed slash 35 85.
• Sword Qi control: Can release and retract Sword Qi at will, later refining it into controlled threads 58 80.
• Sword flight: Offers tremendous speed but consumes substantially more power than ordinary wind-riding 81.
• Sword Ray: Uses it in Foundation Establishment combat; Bai Tang previously warns that producing it too early would exhaust his reserves 80 182.
• Four Seasons Cloud’s End Sword Canon: Xuan Guang’s lifelong sword inheritance, including Autumn Response sword essence, Leaning on Clear Autumn, and Autumn’s Arrival 167 242 248 415.
• Daybreak Separation Sword Intent: Deepens his understanding and suggests the possibility of mastering two sword intents. He later works toward a second intent through Autumn’s Arrival 388 415.
• Scarlet Palace Heart Mansion Meridian-Pulsing Canon: Coordinates the middle dantian’s spirit direction with the lower dantian’s energy circulation to increase sword speed and force. Insufficient true essence, spirit sense, or meridian resilience can cause serious injury 188.

Profound Eyes of Lunar Phases Manifestation

A mystic-eye art requiring rare Hui Yin and Shuo Yang Spirit Treasures, refined into Spirit Seeds with Xuan Guang’s assistance 274 275.

• Sees into the Great Void, observes spiritual-energy flows, and glimpses distant locations 286.
• Reveals formation structures and weak points, allowing precise sword strikes against barriers 328.
• Detects concealed treasures that ordinary spirit-sense searches miss 328.
• Can be detected and blocked by sufficiently powerful cultivators; Xuan Guang immediately counters Jiang Yang’s attempt to spy on him 286.

Defensive, Movement, and Spirit-Plant Arts

• Clear-Wave Mystic Shield: Water-based defense strengthened with clear-wave origin water; protects him from a potentially fatal Foundation Establishment puppet attack 35 89.
• Wind-Folding Returning Shadow: Uses sudden directional changes and phantom doubles for pursuit and escape 35.
• Spirit-plant assessment: Yi Wood cultivation enables him to identify lingering life in damaged seeds without probing them clumsily with magical power 116.
• Spirit-nurturing methods: Studies an incantation capable of nurturing damaged spirit plants or reviving dead spirit seeds within the dantian 45.
• Lifespan-Cutting Method: Can affect a Violet Palace opponent from Foundation Establishment, but at a severe exchange rate: one hundred years of Jiang Yang’s lifespan cancels only ten years of the opponent’s 273 470.

Plum Takes Peach’s Place and Zhiyang

Using this innate talent and the God-Forming Prosperity Cloud, Jiang Yang spends seven years creating the avatar Zhiyang 494.

• The avatar shares his memories and perspectives but has a livelier, less restrained temperament 494.
• Possesses Violet Palace cultivation, his own divine status, some of Jiang Yang’s divine powers, and a borrowed strand of sword intent 494 527.
• Can substitute for the original body in a mortal calamity 494.
• Can abandon his spirit body and return to Jiang Yang’s Rising Sun; recovery costs resources, but injuries to the avatar do not injure the original 527.
• Can impersonate Jiang Yang in ordinary affairs without noticeable flaws, though serious combat may expose differences 516.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Bai Du: Rust-speckled sword associated with Bai Tang’s residence and instruction; Jiang Yang purchases his first sword from Fang Xu for 150 spirit stones 45 47 249.
• Spirit Oak: Spirit Sword grown from his Dark Void Sword-Seed. Linked to his will, unusually hard and sharp, and strengthened with his cultivation. He can wear it as a hairpin or nourish it in his qi sea 80 249.
• Metal-Grinding Stone: Tai Pei’er’s gift, used to hone Spirit Oak’s vital qi and blade aura 216 249.
• Spring-Blossom Peach Talisman: Xuan Guang’s protective charm, warding off calamity, baleful intent, and evil while supporting life. It also disguises Jiang Yang’s unusual destiny 109.
• Ten Thousand Ravines, Pine Winds Painting: Rare Spirit Artifact recovered from the blessed land. Initially beyond his ability to refine; he later activates a Painting Scroll during Wen Hu’s attack 161 358.
• Wu Earth Keeper’s Small Seal: Spirit Artifact acquired after the fallen Wu Earth True Person’s death. Requires divine powers to wield and carries karmic entanglement; later entrusted to Zhiyang 375 527.
• Void-traversing talismans: Permit thirteen breaths of travel through the Great Void. Jiang Yang uses an Unhindered Wind-Walking Talisman while fleeing Guang’e 343 364.
• Ancient jade ruler and Xun Wood fan: Unguarded mystic artifacts claimed in an ancient hall; the fan produces small, persistent whirlwinds 328.
• Storage Bag: Carries expedition gains, manuals, pills, artifacts, and an occasionally excessive assortment of souvenirs 161.
• Heavenly Directorate Token: Records military merit, including the Xianyu cultivators he killed, for later exchange into resources 435.
• God-Forming Prosperity Cloud: Rare fortune-qi treasure redeemed with military merit and later used to create Zhiyang 477 494.
• Coiled Pan Auspicious Cloud: Fortune-related treasure already in his possession when he obtains the complementary Prosperity Cloud 477.
• Jade Sparrow Token: Given by True Person Qing Si in exchange for one request; Jiang Yang sends Zhiyang to use it to obtain a Grand Pill for Shang Qingzheng 527.

Relationships

• Shang Qingzheng — Dao companion and cultivation-feedback partner. They maintain affectionate correspondence, and Jiang Yang assists her preparations for Violet Palace 67 169 485 526 527.
• Bai Tang — Sword instructor, adviser, and deeply valued companion. His fear that she might exhaust herself motivates further sword cultivation; after her reincarnation, he remains uncertain where she has gone 56 163 346 500.
• True Person Xuan Guang — Master and protector. Supplies methods and resources, conceals Jiang Yang’s unusual foundation, and encourages him to develop an independent sword path 93 167 186 479.
• Bi Xingjian — Fourth senior brother. Arranges cultivation supplies, worries about Jiang Yang’s unconventional lineage, and shares warmly in his success 106 107 173 178.
• Chu Qingjian — Second senior sister and regular sparring companion. Their punishing practice builds mutual affection and camaraderie; Jiang Yang later obtains thunder treasures for her 186 188 409.
• Hou Zhiyu / Zhi Yu — Eldest senior brother, stationed at the contested Towering Mine Vein. Provides senior support during Jiang Yang’s border assignment 286 287 293.
• Cong Huaijin — Young disciple temporarily entrusted to him. Jiang Yang supplies resources, supervises demanding training, and arranges safe care during his absences 286 287 381 388.
• Tai Pei’er — Close friend and expedition companion who recognizes his future fame from her previous-life memories. Jiang Yang protects her secrets and assists her recovery after their grotto-heaven ordeal 85 215 472 477.
• Tai Fuwei — Pei’er’s ancestor. Grateful for Jiang Yang’s life-extending peach, later gifts him an immortal peak and hints at a marriage with Pei’er 216 511.
• Yun Zhen — Luan Phoenix descendant with an unusual attraction and affinity toward him. Her letter stirs genuine longing, while his advancement motivates her to seek divine powers before meeting him again 230 256 498.
• Yuan Jun — Dragonkind contact, teacher on Broadwood’s history, and potential political ally. Xuan Guang later uses Jiang Yang’s connection with her to arrange a thunder exchange 256 375.
• Zhou Yanwei — Warmhearted senior acquaintance who introduces Fang Xu and helps Jiang Yang navigate sect work and sword purchases 30 41 42.
• Fang Xu — Former acquaintance and source of his first sword and ancient texts. Jiang Yang later learns that Fang’s apparent opportunities concealed severe spiritual damage and exploitation as a secret-realm key 16 45 258 325.
• True Person Xuan Di — Sect master who initially considers accepting him, later escorts him to the Dragon Lord’s celebration and publicly recognizes his Violet Palace status 92 225 511.
• True Person Xuanyan / Xuan Yan — Sect spirit cat and Zhong Kui cultivator. Shelters Cong Huaijin and assists Jiang Yang’s netherworld journey 287 368 379 388.
• Butterfly-Bearing — Spirit cat who credits Jiang Yang with helping awaken his intelligence and insists on calling him “benefactor” 178.
• Chi Yu / Little Sixteen — Spirit cat with a fond, teasing rapport with Jiang Yang; receives elixirs and spirit stones from him 268 286 287.
• Qing He — Companion formed from Qing Tang’s golden nature. Provides ancient knowledge and powerful but restricted intervention 347 358 375.
• Zhiyang — Avatar and counterpart. Jiang Yang trusts him with independent missions while warning him against reckless use of karmically burdened artifacts 494 516 527.
• Qin Dingyi — Hostile Threefold Way cultivator who traps and fights him, then sacrifices her severed arm to escape and vows retaliation 67.

Notable Quotes

“The lineage’s transcendence is no achievement of mine. I merely enjoy the shade of trees planted by those who came before me.” 215

“Everyone has their own aspirations. You cannot force them. Senior Brother cultivates the Yi Wood Tradition. Gaining insight into Spirit Plants may well be a form of cultivation itself.” 381