Ye Qingcheng

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Ye Qingcheng (叶倾城)
Alias(es)	Holy Maiden / Saintess of the Sky Sword Sect; Saintess Ye 3 14 27
Gender	Female 5 14
Affiliation	Sky Sword Sect; Tianyuan Holy Land; Chen Mu’s residence at Qingyun Prefecture 3 23
Occupation/Role	Sky Sword Sect’s only Holy Maiden; Chen Mu’s personal bodyguard and attendant, appointed by Chen Tianlin 5 14
Cultivation Realm	Martial Master; exact layer unspecified 5 6 19
Spiritual Root	Heaven-Rank Supreme Fire Spiritual Root 6
Status	Alive; remains in Chen Mu’s service 50
First Appearance	Chapter 2, accompanying Chen Tianlin 2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Martial Master	5	Li Xuanyuan directly identifies her realm. This is her established cultivation level, not a newly depicted breakthrough.
Unnamed cultivation technique: minor mastery → major mastery	33	Drinking Enlightenment Tea triggers an epiphany that advances her technique proficiency.
Further epiphany	33	A second cup grants another epiphany after Chen Mu’s tea is upgraded to Top-Grade Enlightenment Tea. The resulting technique or proficiency level is not specified.

Background / History

Appointment as Chen Mu’s Guard

Ye Qingcheng is the Sky Sword Sect’s sole Holy Maiden and a recognized cultivation prodigy. Chen Tianlin appoints her as his son Chen Mu’s personal guard, bringing her into the Tianyuan Holy Land despite Chen Mu’s apparently poor spiritual aptitude 3 5 14.

Her duties quickly extend beyond security. She checks Chen Mu for injuries, provides medicine, arranges meals, receives deliveries, and attends to his daily comfort. Li Xuanyuan considers her Martial Master cultivation insufficient for guarding his godson, so he supplies talismans and makes her promise to protect Chen Mu with her life 3 5 7 8.

Chen Mu offers her 1,000 Supreme Spirit Stones per month, compared with the ten she receives monthly as the Sky Sword Sect’s Holy Maiden. Overwhelmed by his generosity, she declares her willingness to serve him until death 8.

Dissolution of Her Engagement

Ye Qingcheng’s family elders arrange a marriage contract with Liu Xiangnan, a Holy Son of the Sky Sword Sect. She regards him only as a senior fellow disciple and accepts the arrangement as a family obligation; even marriage would not have changed her ambition to become one of the strongest cultivators 13.

Liu’s family orders him to dissolve the engagement after learning that she has been assigned to Chen Mu. He returns the contract to Chen Mu, who accepts it on her behalf. Ye subsequently confronts Liu because she fears he may cause trouble for Chen Mu, the Ye Family, or the Sky Sword Sect 12 13.

Liu suggests that her assignment may have been intended to make her the future Holy Lord’s wife rather than merely his guard. She publicly rejects the speculation but privately wonders whether she is worthy of such a position. Chen Juexin overhears her and enthusiastically endorses her as a prospective sister-in-law; Chen Mu clarifies that Ye is his bodyguard, not his fiancée 13 14.

Secret Realm Expedition

During a secret-realm expedition, Ye steps forward after a ten-thousand-year-old Man-Faced Sand Serpent destroys the disciples’ defensive formation. Using the saint-rank Heavenly Abyss Sword bestowed by Chen Mu, she splits the beast in half with one strike. She collects its valuable demonic core intending to repay his kindness 19.

Seven more serpents emerge. Her sword formation wounds one but exhausts her spiritual energy, forcing her to take replenishing pills before killing it. A silver-armored Shadow Puppet then emerges from her shadow, destroys the remaining six, and protects her from further attacks 20.

Back at Qingyun Prefecture, Ye initially suspects that the puppet has used the rescue to gain access to Chen Mu. She rushes to intervene despite knowing she cannot defeat it, only to see it kneel before him. Chen Mu explains that he secretly assigned it to protect her during the expedition, deepening her gratitude and loyalty 22.

Training and Continued Service

Determined to remain useful beside Chen Mu, Ye begins challenging Tianyuan’s Trial Tower. Her first attempt ends below the fiftieth floor, which she considers embarrassing. Chen Mu reassures her that the result is respectable for a first attempt, renewing her determination 23 26 27.

She also handles practical matters for him, auctioning his calligraphy for 100,000 Supreme Spirit Stones. When she presents the proceeds, he tells her to keep them 29.

Later, she reports both a twenty-floor improvement in the Trial Tower and the approaching Five Poisons Holy Land invasion. After Chen Mu becomes a Great Emperor, she adopts him as her personal ideal and promises to cultivate diligently when he encourages her to become the next Great Emperor 47 49 50.

Appearance

Ye Qingcheng is repeatedly described as a peerless beauty whose looks could “topple cities and kingdoms” 7 10 14.

• Face: Delicate brows and thin lips; her expression can turn cold and severe when she perceives a threat 3 9 46.
• Eyes: Described as beautiful; her irises change color when she activates her penetrating sight 4 7.
• Skin: Pale, fine, smooth, and soft, as demonstrated by Chen Mu’s exact transformation into her likeness 46.
• Voice and movement: A voice compared to silver bells and light, graceful steps 3 6.

Personality

Ye Qingcheng is conscientious and intensely protective. Even when she finds Chen Mu unharmed, she insists on giving him a healing pill for safety. She is equally willing to confront opponents far beyond her strength if she believes his life is threatened 3 22.

Her loyalty is grounded in gratitude and reciprocity. She believes a small kindness should be repaid generously, prompting her to gather resources for Chen Mu after his sword saves her life. She also risks herself for Tianyuan’s disciples, viewing them as part of his “family holdings” 19 20.

Although recognized as a prodigy, she remains ambitious rather than satisfied with her title. Chen Mu’s rapid growth unsettles her confidence, but it also motivates her to train harder so she can remain at his side. His encouragement helps her recover from disappointment in the Trial Tower 22 23 27 50.

She is outwardly disciplined but easily embarrassed by romantic speculation. She privately considers marrying Chen Mu, questions her beauty after he declines her offer to warm his feet, and eventually displays openly lovestruck admiration for him. No marriage or formal romantic relationship between them is established in the supplied chapters 6 10 13 14 50.

Abilities & Skills

Cultivation Talent

Ye possesses a Heaven-Rank Supreme Fire Spiritual Root, the top-tier talent underlying her reputation as a sect prodigy 6.

• Her Martial Master constitution places her far beyond ordinary people and makes ordinary illness a negligible concern 6.
• She reaches her established realm through years of cultivation and substantial pill consumption, contrasting with Chen Mu’s advancement over a few days 22.
• Her fire root is confirmed, but the supplied passages do not show a named fire-based combat technique of hers 6.

Swordsmanship and Sword Formation

Ye combines agile footwork, sword qi, and the Sky Sword Sect’s supreme technique 13 20 23.

• Hundred-sword formation: Transforms one sword into a hundred blades, directs them in separate groups, and merges them back into one weapon 13 20.
• Sword qi: Releases cutting pressure strong enough to intimidate Liu Xiangnan without directly striking him 13.
• Sword flight: Stands in midair atop a flying sword 13.
• Combat strength: Is stronger than Liu Xiangnan and holds a clear advantage over the ninth-floor Trial Tower phantom 13 23.
• Energy limit: Using the supreme technique with the saint-rank Heavenly Abyss Sword heavily drains her. Against seven ancient serpents, the phantom blades shatter while only the physical sword seriously wounds a target 20.

Spiritual-Energy Manipulation

She uses spiritual energy for precise, noncombat tasks as well as fighting 4 7.

• Channels energy during massages to relax Chen Mu’s meridians and improve their flow 4.
• Wraps large treasure chests in spiritual energy, levitates them, and sets them down soundlessly 7.
• Sends energy into spatial rings to inspect their contents 7.

Penetrating Sight and Treasure Recognition

An unnamed sight ability allows Ye to look through closed containers; activating it slightly changes the color of her irises 7.

• Identifies treasures inside Chen Juexin’s unopened chests, including Shocking Rainbow, the Blood Moon Demon Saber, fire-dragon-scale armor, and a Heart-Guard Mirror 7.
• Recognizes rare literary supplies such as the Heavenly Source Brush and Ice-Skin Paper 9.
• The ability’s name, range, and broader limits are not given 7.

Attendant and Administrative Skills

Ye manages much of Chen Mu’s daily routine at Qingyun Prefecture 7 8 28 29.

• Screens visitors, receives deliveries, and protects his rest 7.
• Arranges meals from Zhang Shengcai and volunteers to buy pastries 8 11.
• Helps him dress, washes his face and feet, brews tea, and prepares ink for calligraphy 9 10 28 32.
• Auctions his calligraphy and reports the proceeds 29.
• Initially cannot cook, though she offers to learn for him 8.

Trial Tower Record

Attempt	Chapter	Documented Result
First challenge	23 26	Quickly reaches the ninth floor; ultimately eliminated before reaching the fiftieth. Uses her own Purple Tenuity Sword rather than the Heavenly Abyss Sword.
Later challenge	47	Reports climbing twenty floors higher than the previous day. Her exact final floor is not stated.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Heavenly Abyss Sword — Saint-rank weapon gifted by Chen Mu; enables her to kill a ten-thousand-year-old Man-Faced Sand Serpent in one strike 19 20.
• Purple Tenuity Sword — Her preexisting upper Earth-Rank sword, used during her first Tianyuan Trial Tower challenge 23.
• Spatial Ring — Stores her weapons, medicines, talismans, and other belongings 3 6 19 20.
• Fourth- to sixth-rank divine talismans — Supplied by Li Xuanyuan for attack, defense, and speed enhancement; he offers replacements when they are used up 5.
• Medicinal pills — Carries a fourth-grade healing pill and energy-replenishing pills in white jade bottles 3 20.
• Top-Grade Enlightenment Tea — Shared by Chen Mu; grants her repeated epiphanies without the ordinary tea’s six-month restriction 33.

Relationships

• Chen Mu — Employer, benefactor, and object of growing affection. His gifts and secret protection deepen her loyalty; his achievements become her cultivation ideal 8 19 22 50.
• Chen Tianlin — Appoints her as Chen Mu’s personal guard. His intentions beyond that assignment are speculated about but not confirmed 5 13 14.
• Liu Xiangnan — Senior fellow disciple and former arranged fiancé. She has no romantic attachment to him; their engagement ends when he returns the contract 12 13.
• Li Xuanyuan — Chen Mu’s godfather and her talisman supplier. Requires her to protect Chen Mu and encourages a possible match between them 5 6.
• Chen Juexin — Chen Mu’s elder sister. Approves of Ye as a prospective sister-in-law and repeatedly embarrasses her through matchmaking 14.
• Shadow Puppet — Protector secretly assigned by Chen Mu. Ye initially mistakes it for an enemy before learning why it accompanied her 20 22.

Notable Quotes

“Rest assured, Senior Xuanyuan. I am willing to stake my life on protecting the young master!” 5

“The future Holy Lord’s wife... Is someone like me truly worthy?” 13

“Rest assured, Young Master. I definitely won’t disappoint you!” 50