Wei Junlan

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Wei Junlan (蔚君蓝)
Alias(es)	Young Master Wei; “Holy Ancestor,” a title bestowed by the Merfolk 89 293
Species/Race	Originally human; becomes a beast-turned person through forced blood ingestion, then acquires a Merfolk form 229 278 295
Gender	Female, disguised as a man and publicly addressed as “Young Master” 108 141
Affiliation	Blood Fiend Alliance, also called the Blood Baleful Alliance; later the Merfolk Clan 18 297
Occupation/Role	Blood Fiend Alliance young master; later Merfolk King 18 547
Spiritual Attributes	Wind and Water 534
Status	Alive; still seeking a future with Xuanzhu at the ending 577
First Appearance	Chapter 18, “Young master,” in the provided passages 18

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Third-Level Spirit Warrior	151	Advances in a windswept valley inside Blade Mountain by cultivating its seemingly endless Spiritual Power. A high-level Wind Monster subsequently pursues her for two days.
Peak Ninth-Level Spirit Warrior	227	Qian Wanyu confirms her rank. The foreign blood in her body drives repeated advancements during Beast Transformation, but also threatens her life.
First documented Merfolk-tail transformation	278	Produces a fish tail and a water column over five meters high while escaping with Minghui. The transformation ends abruptly, leaving her motionless in the water.
Further growth; exact rank unstated	293	Her Spiritual Power has increased markedly. She defeats Master Jin with Wind-Type power and recovers her stolen chain weapon.
Holy Ancestor inheritance; exact rank unstated	295	Contact with Merfolk remains and a blue pearl grants inherited knowledge, immense Spiritual Power, and an enormous blue tail. Her emergence into the sea unleashes a violent storm.

Background / History

Wei Junlan is a transmigrator who knows the world as an unfinished novel. She worries that the author’s abandonment leaves everyone’s eventual fate uncertain, and initially avoids acting rashly for fear of disrupting the plot. Nevertheless, she intervenes to save Wei Junyi, whose survival differs from the original story 91 99 105.

Within the Blood Fiend Alliance, Junyi is the intended successor, but his poor health leaves Junlan responsible for shouldering many duties. Her authority is substantial but limited: even she cannot enter the Alliance’s Forbidden Grounds without unanimous approval from its elders 141.

Her early plans revolve around befriending Qian Wanyu and returning the heroine’s romantic storyline to its original course. She contacts Rose House to establish goodwill and later seeks cooperation with Dongfang Minghui, whom she recognizes as another transmigrator 91 105.

Appearance

• Human appearance: Fair, delicate skin, slender hands, and elegant fingers; she maintains a male disguise 89 108 153.
• Early transformation signs: Facial scales and blue eyes. The scales eventually deepen to match her eyes 225 272.
• Beast Transformation: Blood-red eyes, beastlike hands, and sharp Eaglefolk-like claws; the visible changes disappear after she regains consciousness 229 233 241.
• Merfolk form: A vivid, seawater-blue tail, later enlarged following the Holy Ancestor inheritance. Its unusually pure coloration resembles the vanished Ancestor’s 292 295.

Personality

Junlan combines playful irreverence with political calculation. She teases Minghui, complains about being surrounded by affectionate couples, and continues joking even when gravely ill. When attacked by Qian Family servants, however, she turns the incident into public leverage against Qian Zhuoqian and accepts a negotiated settlement rather than prolonging a damaging feud 153 154 225 281.

She is protective of those she considers her own. Her concern extends from Junyi to Alliance members such as the Grand Elder and Bai Xuan. At Blade Mountain, she also worries that Minghui lacks the heroine’s protective “halo” and urges her to survive 97 152.

Her attachment to the original novel initially makes her an intrusive matchmaker. Learning that Wanyu and Minghui are lovers shocks her because it overturns her expectations for the heroine’s male harem 105 142 229.

Although she describes herself as selfish and resents being pressured into remaining with the Merfolk, she ultimately chooses to help them. Gratitude to the Holy Ancestor and concern for the clan outweigh her desire to leave 297.

Abilities & Skills

Wind-Type Spiritual Power

• Uses wind to accelerate the spread of blood scent and propel condensed blood beads onto an opponent, drawing Bloodsucking Moths toward the target 151.
• Releases fierce Wind-Type power against Master Jin during the island attack 293.
• Her Wind and Water attributes are explicitly identified together when she confronts Xuanzhu’s companions 534.

Water-Type Power and Merfolk Form

• Uses a tail strike to raise a water column more than five meters high 278.
• Can return from Merfolk form to human legs, though her early transformation leaves her severely weakened 278 281.
• Gains Merfolk knowledge through contact with the Holy Ancestor’s remains and blue pearl 295.
• Her strengthened Merfolk form releases a storm powerful enough to endanger nearby companions 295.

Beast Transformation

• Produces Eaglefolk-like claws capable of scoring and ruining Lakin’s cleaver 229 233.
• During the confrontation with Lakin, her transformed strength is approximately equal to that of a Fifth-Level Spirit King; this is a combat comparison, not a confirmed permanent cultivation rank 233.
• Blood and intense negative emotions can trigger or worsen episodes 233 241.
• Loses control and cannot remember her actions afterward, making her dangerous to allies as well as enemies 227 233.
• The foreign blood accelerates her cultivation but damages its foundation; Wanyu gives her additional training to stabilize it 227 269.

Keen Sense of Smell

• Tracks the distinctive scent of Purple Cloud Fruit to a Winged Elephant’s lair 18.
• Recognizes an aged wine by smelling the bottle 297.

Mechanisms and Formations

• Designs a dangerous Nine Palaces Grid incorporating triggered mechanisms and a precise numerical route 89.
• Guides the First Elder through the grid by having him follow her exact steps 89.
• Recognizes a Five-Link Lock on an iron chest, but cannot open it at that point 295.

Investigation and Political Strategy

• Examines murdered assassins and challenges the assumption that revenge caused their deaths, then questions the elders about confidential assignments and a possible traitor 89.
• Uses the attack on her at Blade Mountain to expose suspicious conduct within the Qian Family and pressure its leadership 153 154.
• Proposes supporting the comparatively accommodating Cass Tribe to unify the Beastfolk and counter Xian’s apparent attempt to provoke war with humans 225.

Medicinal Knowledge

• Reads medical and potion texts during her time at Alliance headquarters 91 141.
• Learns to distinguish herbs after watching Xuanzhu sort them 237.
• Watches Minghui make medicine in the hope of learning how to help herself 241.
• Provides Dragon-Ascension Hall cultivation scrolls for the reborn Jian Tong Yao 547.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Soul-Locking Chain — Selected from the Qian Family armory as part of the settlement over her injuries. It disappears with the contents of her Spatial Ring during captivity; she later recovers the stolen chain from Master Jin 154 237 293.
• Swords — Uses swords in combat and retrieves Bai Xuan’s abandoned sword from Blade Mountain 151 288 293.
• Spatial Ring / storage space — Carries equipment and recovered objects; its contents are stolen during her imprisonment 151 237.
• Shaman Lajin’s medicine — Temporarily suppresses Beast Transformation. Its dwindling supply adds urgency to the journey toward Merfolk territory 241 269.
• Holy Ancestor’s manuscript and cultivation methods — Reveal the Ancestor’s harmful shortcut and subsequent correction, helping persuade Junlan to remain with the clan 297.
• High-ranking Alliance token — Entrusted to Qian Wanyu when Junlan stays among the Merfolk 297.

Relationships

• Wei Junyi / Jun Yi — Younger brother and intended Alliance successor. Junlan secretly assigns assassins to protect him, monitors his life at the academy, and repeatedly arranges support for him in case she dies 97 99 227 297.
• Dongfang Minghui / Jian Tong Yao — Fellow transmigrator and close friend. Their initial disagreement over restoring the plot develops into mutual support; Minghui researches Junlan’s blood condition, while Junlan later helps Jian understand her identity after rebirth 105 106 229 547.
• Qian Wanyu — Initially the heroine whom Junlan hopes to avoid antagonizing; later an ally who rescues her, restrains her transformations, and presses her to assume responsibility for the Merfolk 108 151 233 297.
• Xuanzhu — Love interest. Junlan takes the second forced blood dose in her place, while Xuanzhu risks her life seeking treatment for her. Despite rejection, Junlan continues pursuing her and hopes to overcome the shortened lifespan associated with her path 229 241 535 577.
• First Elder / Grand Elder — Senior Alliance supporter whose caution frequently clashes with Junlan’s decisions. Junlan respects his counsel but insists on retaining command 89 91.
• Bai Xuan — Alliance assassin and subordinate. Junlan initially views him as a prospective romantic lead for Wanyu and later worries about his survival at Blade Mountain 142 147 152.
• Ba Tian — Merfolk leader who reveres her as the Holy Ancestor and suffers injuries in her place. Junlan leaves him in charge of the island during an expedition 293.
• Little Mute — Merfolk companion connected to the Holy Ancestor’s remains. Helps guide the treasure expedition, but resents Junlan for drinking wine offered at the grave 295 297.
• Lakin / Shaman Lajin / Lai Yihai — Hostile but knowledgeable healer whose medicine can prolong Junlan’s life. His relationship with Xuanzhu makes him both a source of hope and a cause of distress 231 237 241.
• Lien — Teaches him about humans and their language while Wanyu and Minghui are away 253.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Alliance Leadership and the Altered Plot

• Pursues Purple Cloud Fruit in the Purple Demon Mountains, where Minghui diverts her attention with Magic Beasts 18 93.
• Investigates the deaths of Alliance assassins and visits the Cloud Capital branch despite the First Elder’s objections 89.
• Identifies Minghui as another transmigrator and proposes restoring the unfinished novel’s storyline 99 105.
• Suggests posing as Minghui’s lover to discourage Li Yunan. The scheme exposes her female identity to Minghui and provokes Wanyu’s jealous attack 108.
• Helps Minghui investigate Bai Xuan and accompanies her toward the Qian Family, still attempting to manage the heroine’s expected romantic relationships 142.

Blade Mountain and the Qian Family Dispute

• Joins the training expedition with more than twenty Alliance members; five are lost during the initial treasure trap 147 152.
• Advances in the mountain’s Wind-filled valley, then encounters Aunt Qin and Aunt Fang attempting to seize Toothless and Little White Ball 151.
• Is attacked and badly wounded. Her blood-based counterattack attracts a dangerous moth swarm, forcing Wanyu to rescue her 151.
• Publicly demands accountability from the Qian Family, directing suspicion toward Zhuoqian 153.
• Accepts a weapon and two Alliance training places in the Qian Back Mountain, ending the dispute 154.

Forced Transformation and the Search for Treatment

• While pursuing Xian, is captured by a human-trafficking operation linked to the Dueling Arena and forced to ingest two different blood preparations 225 229.
• Suffers increasingly violent transformations. Minghui discovers that the Merfolk blood is incompatible with her own and may eventually kill her 225 227.
• Reveals that the second dose was taken in Xuanzhu’s place 229.
• Seeks Lakin’s help; Xuanzhu remains with him to learn medicine and later chooses Junlan’s treatment over her own urgent care 233 241.
• Receives temporary suppressive medicine, but her blood becomes predominantly blue, indicating the growing influence of the Merfolk blood 241 269.

Holy Ancestor Inheritance and Merfolk Leadership

• Acquires a Merfolk tail and later joins a breakout from a Water Prison holding captured Merfolk 278 292 293.
• Defends the rescued Merfolk against mercenaries and discovers that they revere her as the Holy Ancestor 293.
• Gains the vanished Ancestor’s knowledge and power through a blue pearl and skeletal remains 295.
• Reads the Ancestor’s manuscript and chooses to stay, repay her debt, and help unite the divided Merfolk 297.
• Later serves as Merfolk King and departs to recruit the Elves and Beastfolk into an alliance against the Death Spirit Masters 547 548.

Xuanzhu and the Ending

• Pursues Xuanzhu despite her avoidance and rejection; Minghui encourages her not to abandon the relationship out of fear of regret 532 534 535.
• Reunites with the reborn Jian Tong Yao and confirms their shared transmigrator background 547.
• Accompanies Xuanzhu to investigate the disturbance at Death Valley and helps rescue Jian 577.
• At the ending, wants to help Xuanzhu overcome her shortened lifespan. No cure or final resolution of their relationship is established; Jian encourages further confession, while Wanyu stresses that any solution depends on the two of them 577.

Notable Quotes

“Have you ever considered why the author abandoned the original story? If the plot can't continue, what's the point of us transmigrating here?” 105

“You have to stay alive.” 152

“If—and I mean if—I die among the Merfolk, I hope you'll help Jun Yi when he takes over the Blood Fiend Alliance, until he can stand on his own.” 297

“I just feel I can't give up like this. Dongfang Minghui, if I give up now, I might regret it for the rest of my life.” 534