Ji Feihua

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Ji Feihua (姬飞花)
Alias(es)	“Flowery Wastrel,” the signature used on his paintings 298
Gender	Female, concealed behind a public identity as a male eunuch. Hu Xiaotian discovers the secret in the ice cave; later accounts explicitly describe Ji’s childhood as a girl 1280 1480.
Species/Race	Descendant of the Fated Ones, also called the Visitors from Beyond; Ji distinguishes carrying their bloodline from being a Fated One himself 1479 1480.
Affiliation	Chu family; formerly Great Kang’s palace establishment and leader of his own political faction; later Hu Xiaotian’s close ally 374 1000 1266
Occupation/Role	Superintendent/Director of the Directorate of Internal Affairs; palace power broker who controls the Heavenly Secrets Bureau and Feathered Forest Iron Guards during his ascendancy 298 316 374
Family	Chu Yuanhai’s child and Chu Fufeng’s grandchild; identifies Qiqi as a half-sister 1266 1658 1733
Status	Alive in the latest supplied chapter, preparing with Hu Xiaotian to confront Phantom through the Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda’s underground palace 1761

Power Progression

No numbered cultivation realm is established for Ji Feihua in the supplied material. His documented development consists of early instruction, surpassing his teacher, recovery from severe injuries, and mastery of Heavenly Dao Power.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Foundational martial training	1480	Retrospective account: Ling Jiazi arranges for Quan Dean to teach Ji after rescuing the child from Liu Yuzhang.
Surpasses Quan Dean	1480	A manual left by Ling Jiazi enables Ji to exceed Quan’s martial abilities.
Recovery toward former strength	1267 1273	After prolonged impairment following the palace ambush, Ji again displays exceptional movement skills. Hu judges his martial arts nearly or fully recovered, though this remains Hu’s assessment.
Heavenly Dao Power mastery	1488 1495	Ji turns the environment against Ren Tianqing and reverses their duel. Ren recognizes his mastery, which Ma Qingyun subsequently reports to Xue Daoming.

Background / History

Chu Family Survivor

Ji belongs to the Chu family, whose feud with Great Kang’s rulers predates his birth. His grandfather, Chu Fufeng, founded the Heavenly Secrets Bureau and helped Long Xuan’en gain the throne. According to Ji, Long later conspired with Chu’s disciple Hong Beimo to murder him. Chu Yuanhai subsequently became Minister of Revenue, learned the truth about his father’s death, and sought revenge before his household was destroyed in a corruption case 807.

Ji was six when the Chu family massacre left him its sole surviving child. Liu Yuzhang helped save him, but the rescue concealed exploitation: Liu took two large bowls of Ji’s blood every seven days as medicine for an illness. This continued for five years, during which Ji’s determination to avenge his family sustained him 1479 1480 1691.

The Crown Princess, Ling Jiazi, freed Ji from Liu’s control by taking the child into her service. She provided an education, arranged instruction under Quan Dean, and left a martial manual that enabled Ji’s eventual rise. Before dying in childbirth, she entrusted Ji with the care of her daughter 1480.

Rise to Palace Dominance

Ji joined Long Yelin in the coup that removed Long Xuan’en and confined him at Spirit Firmament Palace. Ji later admitted that he had underestimated Hong Beimo: Hong’s apparent defeat concealed a deliberate effort to preserve the Heavenly Secrets Bureau’s strength and retain agents inside the palace 671 807.

As a palace official, Ji accumulated authority beyond his formal position. Long Yelin wanted him dead, but Quan Dean urged the emperor to first take away Ji’s control of the Heavenly Secrets Bureau and Feathered Forest Iron Guards. Empress Jian likewise resented Ji’s domination of the rear palace and the emperor’s attention 374 445.

Ji’s recruitment of Hu Xiaotian began with demands for intelligence on Liu Yuzhang, Quan Dean, and the Palace Gardens Bureau. He knew Hu had been planted near him by Quan and intended to turn that arrangement against its creator. His patronage included promoting Hu to chief steward of both the Palace Gardens Bureau and Bright Moon Palace, protecting him from Li Yan’s suspicions, and assigning him to assassinate Wen Boyuan 298 316 328 444 453.

Succession Struggle and Fall

Ji cultivated Empress Jian by exposing Wen Boyuan’s support for Third Prince Long Tingzhen and warning that the prince’s succession could endanger her son. He claimed to possess the genuine Imperial Jade Seal while the emperor held a fake. Although he publicly endorsed First Prince Long Tingsheng’s kindness, his private calculation favored whichever prince would be the more manageable puppet 445 447 560.

Ji later broke the prohibition against eunuchs attending court, entering an assembly in purple-red palace robes without any official daring to challenge him. By the time Long Yelin appeared as his prisoner, Ji was interrogating the emperor about Quan Dean’s spies and controlling even his access to food 559 671.

Murong Zhan’s betrayal enabled a coordinated ambush involving Hong Beimo and Li Yuncong. Hong’s mechanical armor, Murong’s attacks, and Li’s concealed strikes left Ji badly wounded. He survived, but lost his position; Hong subsequently devastated much of his covert network through searches and purges 751 807 1000.

Seclusion and Alliance with Hu Xiaotian

Ji took refuge at Heavenly Dragon Temple, where his injuries prevented reckless circulation of internal power. He exchanged knowledge of the Avici Art for Unenlightened’s assistance. When Hu found him, Ji urged Hu to leave Great Kang rather than become a bargaining chip for Long Xuan’en and Hong Beimo 807 808 809.

The collapse of the Rebirth Well again left Ji’s fate uncertain. He later reappeared and gave Hu a ledger containing court secrets, leverage over officials, and surviving members of his former network. Still incompletely recovered, he refused Hu’s offer of protection in Eastern Liang and departed at Xiasha Port 819 1000.

Their subsequent cooperation extended beyond palace politics. They pursued the Blue Skull’s secrets, intervened in the Fragrant Kingdom’s conflicts, and attacked the Sword Palace while seeking Qin Yutong. Ji destroyed its strongest formation, defeated Ren Tianqing, and threatened to annihilate the sect when Ten-Thousand-Blade Mountain collapsed with Hu inside 1266 1303 1484 1488 1490.

Fated Ones and Phantom

The Blue Skull responded to Ji with visions and information inaccessible to Hu. This strengthened Ji’s belief that his ancestry connected him to the Visitors from Beyond, although he maintained that he inherited their bloodline rather than being one of them 1280 1281 1480.

Ji initially tried to kill Qiqi to disrupt Hong Beimo’s plans. While entering her mind, however, he saw Chu Yuanhai’s image and sensed an inexplicable familiarity that stopped him. Hu connected this to Ling Jiazi’s seven-year pregnancy and proposed that Ji and Qiqi shared a father; Ji later identified her as his half-sister 1658 1664 1733.

An Otherworldly Elder challenged Ji’s understanding of his father’s death and suggested that Ling Jiazi was Phantom, a formless entity capable of inhabiting a host. The elder gave Ji a blue crystal and charged him with destroying Phantom. Ji then took responsibility for finding the Skulls while urging Hu to marry Qiqi and overthrow the Xu family, believing Hu could help protect Qiqi from Phantom’s return 1731 1733.

By the latest supplied chapter, nearly all the Skulls required for the underground palace had been recovered. Ji and Hu agreed that Liu Yuzhang was their first priority, but proceeded toward the Pagoda despite Ji’s warning that the promised weapon might be bait in a larger trap 1761.

Appearance

Ji’s delicate, frequently feminine appearance contrasts with his violent fighting style and commanding political presence 298 374.

• Hair: Black, described as lying like clouds across his shoulders 374.
• Complexion: Snow-white skin and a smooth, jade-like face with a faint blush 374.
• Eyes and brows: Phoenix eyes, elegant brows, and a gaze described as clear as water 363 371 374.
• Court clothing: Purple-red palace robes when he first enters a court assembly 559.
• Disguises: Appears as an unrecognizable beggar when arranging a secret meeting with Hu 1479.

Personality

Ji is calculating, proud, and intensely conscious of dependence. He explains to Hu that gaining strength changed his own view of Quan Dean, and warns that an apparently obedient subordinate may develop different ambitions once powerful enough. His favors often accompany tests, threats, or demands for service 370 444.

He insists on separating gratitude from grudges. This principle underlies both his willingness to overlook useful defectors’ past conduct and his explanation that he never intended to wipe out Hu’s family. Nevertheless, his methods can be merciless: at the Sword Palace, he treats obstructing disciples’ lives as expendable 671 1480 1483.

Revenge remains central to his self-understanding. Despite his attempts to control rulers, Ji tells Hu that dominion over the world has never been his goal and that revenge alone keeps him alive. Later discoveries leave him uncertain about the identity of his true enemies 560 1000.

His attachment to Hu exposes a much less guarded side. He delights in the sweet potatoes Hu finds during their flight from the palace, accepts Hu’s care when weakened, and weeps when he believes Hu has died in the sealed ice cave. He is also genuinely pleased by Hu’s increasing strength rather than jealous of it 370 1000 1280 1499.

Abilities & Skills

Avici Art

Ji explicitly identifies the Avici Art as his practiced martial art 809.

• The art derives from the Formless Divine Skill, adapted by a palace eunuch who found the original unsuitable for eunuchs 809.
• Ji trades its instruction for Unenlightened’s assistance at Heavenly Dragon Temple 807 808.
• Severe injuries temporarily restrict his ability to circulate true power safely 809.

Sun-Melting Limitless Art

A healing technique used against Wen Ya’s Ice-Soul Asura Palm injury 369.

• Warms and restores her body from within, reviving her heartbeat and accelerating blood flow while external ice remains intact 369.
• Treatment expends Ji’s strength. He also deliberately interrupts it to test Wen Ya’s endurance and exploit the enemy’s expectation that he will be weakened 370 371.

Heavenly Dao Power and Void Power

Ji’s later abilities extend beyond conventional weapon techniques 1488 1681 1731.

• Manipulates falling snow, water, and ice as weapons or concealment 1486 1488.
• Traps Bu Buma within an invisible space and crushes her despite her attempts to break free 1681.
• The Otherworldly Elder identifies Ji as possessing Void Power, linking it to his potential role against Phantom 1731.
• Huo Xiaoru remains a serious peer: after fighting her, Ji states that her martial arts are no less formidable than his 1761.

Swordsmanship and Unarmed Combat

Ji combines projected energy, physical strength, concealed attacks, and environmental improvisation.

• Stops an assassin’s saber with his bare palm and repels a storm of metal feathers with protective force 315.
• Hurls a horse into another, destroys a bridge, and breaks an attacker’s charge with spiraling force 371.
• Projects Formless Sword Energy and redirects volleys of Feather Swords 1483.
• Defeats Xie Changliu by catching his blade between two fingers, then takes the Sunken Water Sword 1483.
• Breaks the Sword Palace’s 540-member Heavenly Sword Net Formation 1483 1484.
• Forms an invisible blade and turns broken sword fragments into flying attacks 1486.

Lightness, Stealth, and Disguise

Ji’s movement skills repeatedly surpass Hu’s expectations.

• Eludes Hu during a rooftop pursuit and demonstrates highly refined climbing and lightness techniques 1266 1273.
• Approaches Hu unnoticed during reconnaissance at the Black Hu Post Station 1671.
• Uses a beggar disguise to pass a message and arrange a private meeting 1479.
• Uses Winged Armor to carry Hu through the air 1720.

Skull Communication and Mental Intrusion

Ji can access information associated with his ancestry.

• Wearing the Blue Skull produces a vision of a vast blue space, a spectral face, and unfamiliar characters whose meaning he can understand 1280 1281.
• His readings are incomplete; he does not claim full access to the Skull’s contents 1480.
• Enters Qiqi’s mind through a blue-lit technique, encountering Chu Yuanhai’s image and a familiar presence 1656 1658.
• Explains that particular Skulls communicate with particular people; Hu proposes blood descent as the mechanism 1658.

Intelligence, Languages, and Art

• Builds a covert network whose surviving agents and political leverage become valuable resources for Hu 1000.
• Uses apparent weakness and controlled escapes to draw out enemies, including the Azure Cloud Lake counter-ambush 371 373.
• Understands and translates Bu Buma’s conversation with Princess Xima 1671.
• Paints in a bold, sweeping style; Hu considers his hawk painting exquisitely executed 298.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Lightsaber — One of a paired “mother and child” set. Ji explains that an inactive sword can be energized by its counterpart and thereafter recharge in light. Its crystal also helps him determine that Hu survives the mountain collapse and locate him afterward 1479 1490 1497.
• Lone Moon Slash — Taken from Ren Tianqing after their duel; later used to threaten Xima during negotiations for Xu Fengyi’s remains 1488 1681.
• Sunken Water Sword — Seized from Xie Changliu and used against the Sword Palace and Ren Tianqing before Ji breaks it into weaponized fragments 1483 1486.
• Blue Skull / Blue Transparent Skull — An ancestral information source recovered during the Clear Mystery Monastery expedition; reacts specifically to Ji 1280 1281 1658.
• Blue crystal — Given by the Otherworldly Elder as a means to destroy Phantom, according to the elder’s claims 1731.
• Winged Armor — Used for flight; Ji later departs wearing armor Hu identifies as his own 1720 1733.
• Intelligence ledger — Records court secrets, compromising information, and covert personnel; entrusted to Hu after Ji’s fall 1000.

Relationships

• Hu Xiaotian — Begins as a planted spy and useful subordinate, becomes a trusted ally and emotionally intimate companion. Ji offers the address “Big Brother Ji”; Hu later discovers his sex and openly expresses love. Ji kisses Hu when he believes him dead, but often deflects direct romantic declarations 298 453 807 1280 1720.
• Chu Yuanhai — Father. Ji remembers witnessing his apparent execution, although the Otherworldly Elder later challenges whether that event reveals the full truth of his death 1658 1731.
• Chu Fufeng — Grandfather and founder of the Heavenly Secrets Bureau. His murder is a foundation of Ji’s inherited feud 807 1266.
• Qiqi / Princess Yongyang — Paternal half-sister, according to Ji’s later revelation. Initially a political opponent and assassination target; Ji subsequently seeks to protect her from Phantom 1658 1733.
• Ling Jiazi — Childhood rescuer, patron, and source of advanced martial instruction. Her possible identity as Phantom complicates Ji’s gratitude and his understanding of his father’s fate 1480 1664 1731.
• Quan Dean — Former martial teacher and patron, later political rival. Ji acknowledges that Quan helped establish his early position but no longer regards him as invincible 370 1480.
• Liu Yuzhang — Rescuer turned childhood abuser who harvested Ji’s blood. Liu’s staged death deceives Ji; they later cooperate over the Skulls while Ji and Hu privately prioritize eliminating him 1479 1480 1691 1761.
• Hong Beimo — Enemy tied to Chu Fufeng’s murder, Ji’s overthrow, and the destruction of his network 751 807 1000.
• Long Yelin — Former coup partner and nominal sovereign; their alliance deteriorates into mutual hostility, with Ji eventually holding him prisoner 374 671.
• Murong Zhan and Li Yuncong — Participants in the coordinated ambush that gravely wounds Ji and ends his palace dominance 751 807.
• Lin Wan — Intimate but distrustful connection. Ji controls her movements and rejects her emotional appeals; she is also entangled with Hong Beimo’s palace agents 348 499 807.
• Wu Renxing — Trusted driver and operative who supports Ji’s counter-ambush and later serves the boat meal at West Phoenix Bridge 373 1671.
• Old Madam Xu — Initially regarded as someone to whom the Chu family owed gratitude; Ji later identifies her plotting as a cause of its destruction 1480.
• Ren Tianqing — Formidable opponent whose concealed knowledge initially disadvantages Ji. Their Sword Palace duel ends with Ji badly injuring him and taking the Lone Moon Slash 1486 1488.

Notable Quotes

“Do your work well for me, and I'll back you.” 298

“Revenge is the only thing that keeps me alive. When I came closest to success, I fell short at the final hurdle. Now I don't even know who my true enemy is.” 1000

“At least I have you. I'm not alone!” 1279

“Nothing in this world is absolute. There has never been a shortage of the weak overcoming the strong.” 1486