Cai Jingwen

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Cai Jingwen (蔡静雯)
Species/Race	Human; later capable of assuming Vermilion Bird form 154 477
Gender	Female 44
Affiliation	Haoyue Si Biotechnology; formerly Veya Group 134 135 415
Occupation/Role	President of Haoyue Si Biotechnology; former Pengcheng branch general manager; destined recipient of the Vermilion Bird inheritance 70 154 415
Cultivation Realm	Late Meridian Opening Realm, last explicitly stated 413
Status	Alive; participates in Blue Star’s defense against the Gold-Eater Clan 477 497

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Jade Pool body cleansing	44	The pool expels bodily impurities. Together with spirit-beast meat, this strengthens her constitution well beyond that of an ordinary person, although she has not yet begun true cultivation 154.
Vermilion Bird inheritance received	154	Ji Xuansu’s remnant transforms into flame and enters her, transmitting memories and fire spiritual energy. Her body cannot withstand the inheritance until Chen Hao stabilizes it with a Flame Spirit Stone and carefully guided energy.
Late Meridian Opening Realm	413	Her cultivation level is explicitly confirmed. The intervening breakthroughs are not documented in the provided account.

Background / History

Northern Frontier journey

Cai Jingwen accompanies her best friend, Li Li, to the Northern Frontier after Li Li’s husband seeks a divorce. Their sightseeing trip nearly ends in disaster when a charging yak threatens Jingwen. Chen Hao stops it with one hand, and she thanks him for saving her life 12 13.

The two women join Chen Hao, Chen Siyao, and Yang Wanqing on a shared route through the region. Jingwen’s gratitude develops into attraction as she witnesses his strength, generosity, and concern for those around him 15 17 21. She also explores the Queen Mother of the West’s ruins with the group and undergoes cleansing in the Jade Pool 44 45.

At the airport, she declines Siyao’s invitation to visit Pengcheng because she must return to work. Before leaving, she asks Chen Hao whether they will meet again; he tells her she is welcome anytime 45.

Transfer to Pengcheng

Jingwen volunteers to take charge of her company’s troubled Pengcheng branch when her colleagues avoid the assignment. Her superior, Yao Wei, considers her a strong candidate for promotion to deputy general manager of the East China Region, making the transfer an unattractive career move. Jingwen’s private reason for accepting it is to live closer to Chen Hao 69.

She and Li Li move into company-provided housing near Treasure Sky City. Despite her eagerness to see Chen Hao, Jingwen prioritizes settling into a branch facing low morale, departing distributors, and aggressive competition. She immediately accepts when Siyao invites her to dinner 70.

Founding Haoyue Si

After almost eight years working under Yao Wei—from intern to branch general manager—Jingwen resigns to start a business. She declines Yao Wei’s offer to return to the East China Region position, explaining that her decision is personal rather than a complaint about the company 134.

She subsequently becomes president of Haoyue Si Biotechnology, with Chen Siyao as a major shareholder. Siyao credits her with keeping the company running while the others are occupied elsewhere 190 415.

Project	Jingwen’s responsibilities and results
Beauty-cream distribution	Negotiates offline distribution through Veya Group in exchange for marketing support 135.
Intellectual property and supply planning	Reports progress on domestic and international patents, online sales channels, and potential violet-coral cultivation sites near Qiongzhou 136.
Coral Sea Time launch	Oversees testing, promotional materials, funding, production, and plans for a livestream introduction using Chen Hao’s formula. The first batch contains 1,000 sets, with diluted and full-strength versions priced at 5,888 and 12,800 yuan respectively 190.
Presales	Arranges the first presale through Siyao’s livestream; the beauty cream sells out immediately 191 192.

Vermilion Bird inheritance

At the Tenth Trial of the Nine-Death Dragon-Ascent Path, Jingwen recognizes Ji Xuansu as an unconscious image rather than a person who can answer them. The image then becomes a crimson flame and enters her body. Although Jingwen is its destined recipient, the remnant cannot judge whether she can survive the transfer 154.

She warns Siyao and Wanqing not to approach while trying to absorb the inheritance. Chen Hao intervenes before its energy destroys her body, stabilizing her over approximately half an hour. She emerges with burgundy hair, a flame mark, and a brief ember-like glow in her eyes 154.

Later, the inheritance appears silent: its images and information do not return. Hearing about Siyao and Wanqing’s progress leaves Jingwen envious and disappointed, and she privately asks Chen Hao whether she has made a mistake or whether the inheritance was intended to activate only once 190. By a later reunion, she has reached late Meridian Opening, and she eventually demonstrates a full Vermilion Bird transformation in battle 413 477.

Consciousness Helmet and Origin World

After trying Chen Hao’s Consciousness Helmet, Jingwen immediately asks whether it can be mass-produced. She takes responsibility for staffing, laboratory space, servers, approval procedures, intellectual-property protection, and nondisclosure agreements. Chen Hao supplies the core technology and chooses the High Martial Arts School as the initial audience 413 414.

Her recruitment effort fills positions for game designers, 3D modelers, and programmers. Their work produces environments that Chen Hao converts into formation-pattern data for the Training Pavilion 415 416.

As demand grows for the resulting Origin World devices, Jingwen manages distribution according to production limits 423.

• Institutional supply: A batch of thirty devices goes to the Special Operations Department 423.
• Expansion estimate: She tells the High Martial Arts School that increased production will take approximately six months 423.
• Request management: She declines twenty-three other requests, including government letters from fourteen countries, citing insufficient capacity 423.
• Teaching-aid inquiries: Chen Hao directs Qin Xiaoyu to discuss school procurement with Jingwen 424.

Defense of Blue Star

During the Gold-Eater invasion, Jingwen joins Chen Siyao’s forces alongside Three Blue Birds. She assumes Vermilion Bird form and breathes divine fire downward, killing more than a hundred Gold-Eaters while Three Blue Birds attacks from the flank 477.

She remains in contact with Siyao during the later crisis, when the survival of Blue Star again depends on Chen Hao opening a route to another world 497.

Appearance

Jingwen usually presents herself in neat professional clothing, with understated makeup and carefully arranged long hair 69 190 412.

• Complexion: Fair, with a rosy glow after the Jade Pool cleansing 71.
• Inheritance changes: Burgundy hair, a distinct flame mark, and a transient ember-like glow in her eyes 154.
• Business attire: White or gray suits; at the Coral Sea Time briefing, she wears a tailored white skirt suit, a low bun, and carries a black leather briefcase 190.
• Later casual-professional look: A gray blazer over a white T-shirt and jeans, with longer hair tied in a low ponytail 412.

Personality

Jingwen is compassionate and attentive to others. She travels with Li Li to help her through marital distress and later reassures Siyao while Chen Hao remains underground for more than two hours. Jingwei’s devotion and loss move her to tears 13 117 127 128.

Her affection for Chen Hao is persistent but deliberately unpossessive. She accepts that he may never date anyone and says that simply being closer to him is enough. Nevertheless, her attachment materially affects her life: she volunteers for the Pengcheng posting, keeps his chat pinned on WeChat, uses his profile as her phone wallpaper, and watches his livestreams without daring to comment 25 69 71.

Professionally, she is steady, decisive, and quick to act. Yao Wei values her business skills, and Chen Hao remarks that she has always been fast at getting work underway. Although she is initially nervous when alone with him, discussing business restores her composure; later, she is among the few people able to interact with him in an ordinary, natural manner 69 136 413 415.

Abilities & Skills

Vermilion Bird Inheritance

• Receives inherited memories and powerful fire spiritual energy from Ji Xuansu’s remnant 154.
• Can transform into a Vermilion Bird and breathe divine fire capable of incinerating large numbers of Gold-Eaters 477.
• Initially cannot withstand the inheritance despite her enhanced constitution; Chen Hao’s intervention is necessary for her survival 154.
• Experiences a period in which the inherited images and information no longer appear 190.

Business Management

• Has nearly eight years of experience progressing from intern to branch general manager 134.
• Handles distribution partnerships, patent work, product launches, recruitment, facilities, infrastructure, and production-capacity decisions 135 136 190 414 423.
• Translates Chen Hao’s inventions into practical organizational plans while leaving specialized formation technology to him 413 416.

Psychology and Observation

• Studied psychology and habitually observes people 16.
• Recognizes Chen Hao’s detachment from ordinary social concerns and the security he offers others 16 17.
• Admits that he is the first person she has been unable to read 16.

Literature and Historical Research

• Has been well versed in poetry and literature since childhood and has extensively studied ancient writing 108.
• Reads and translates the regular-script inscriptions on the Dragon-Suppressing Temple’s formation disks 108.
• Takes a strong interest in historical discoveries, including Chen Hao’s account of the chronology of the Yan Emperor and Jingwei 126.
• Connects the Dragon Palace’s recordings to the legends of the dragon’s nine sons, proposing that they acquired dragon bloodlines through trials rather than being born to a dragon 146.

Relationships

• Chen Hao — Rescuer, business collaborator, and the object of her affection. He saves her from the yak and the dangerous inheritance transfer, later entrusting her with the commercial organization of his Consciousness Helmet project. No reciprocal romantic relationship is confirmed 12 13 71 154 413 414.
• Li Li — Best friend, colleague, and confidante. Jingwen supports her during her marital crisis; Li Li comforts Jingwen about Chen Hao and repeatedly creates opportunities for them to speak privately 13 25 70 71 136.
• Chen Siyao — Close friend and business partner. Siyao welcomes her into the household, relies on her management, and notices when she needs privacy to discuss the inheritance with Chen Hao 137 190 415.
• Yang Wanqing — Friend and fellow traveler. They share the Northern Frontier journey, Jade Pool bathing, later expeditions, and shopping outings 15 44 145 412.
• Yao Wei — Former superior who values her abilities and hopes to promote her. After Jingwen resigns, Yao Wei supports a distribution and marketing partnership with her new business 69 134 135.
• Ji Xuansu — Source of the Vermilion Bird inheritance. Her unconscious remnant identifies Jingwen as the destined recipient but cannot account for the danger of transferring its power 154.

Notable Quotes

“I studied psychology, so I'm used to observing people. But you're the first person I haven't been able to read at all.” 16

“I just want to be a little closer to him. That's enough.” 71

“Give me a week. I'll post the job openings first and look for a lab site at the same time. I'll contact the server supplier tomorrow.” 414