Lü Yanyan

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Lü Yanyan (吕妍妍)
Alias(es)	Senior Sister Lü; Senior Sister Yanyan; Junior Sister Lü within Nine-Bend Peak’s hierarchy 37 169 171
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Dao Sect; formerly Emerald Cloud Peak’s Outer Sect, later Nine-Bend Peak’s Inner Sect 21 155 164
Occupation/Role	Cultivator and Poison Path practitioner; Nine-Bend Peak representative in the Three-Sect Grand Competition 211 217
Mentor	Elder Yun 164 171
Dao Companion	Chen Yu 164 217
Status	Alive; departing for the Three-Sect Grand Competition in the latest supplied appearance 217
First Appearance	Chapter 21, the earliest supplied appearance 21

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Fourth layer of Qi Refining	84 122	Her established cultivation during the Netherdark Sea expedition and the subsequent Outer Sect sparring disputes.
Middle stage of the fifth layer of Qi Refining	136	Chen Yu cites her improved cultivation when reassuring her before Elder Sun’s inspection.
Peak of the sixth layer of Qi Refining	151	Reached several months earlier with spirit essence. She purchases another low-grade piece using cultivation-breakthrough rewards and prepares to enter the seventh layer.
Seventh layer of Qi Refining	154 155 211	Enters the Inner Sect alongside Chen Yu. Chapter 211 explicitly places her in the early stage; concentrating on poison studies has slowed her cultivation.
Middle stage of the seventh layer of Qi Refining	216	Advances while preparing for the Three-Sect Grand Competition, supported by additional spirit essence from Chen Yu.

Background / History

Emerald Cloud Peak and the “Happy and Carefree” Scam

Lü Yanyan spends years navigating the Dao Sect’s Outer Sect, where other disciples attempt to exploit her Contribution Points or pursue her body. She regards her talent as average and carefully preserves her personal boundaries while seeking someone dependable enough to help her survive 41 106.

Her early dealings with Chen Yu involve a supposed “Happy and Carefree” service. He supplies the clue “The Mass Burial Grounds, late at night” in exchange for membership, and she submits it to Elder Song, earning ten Contribution Points. She later admits that the service was fabricated to swindle new disciples; Chen Yu reveals that he recognized the deception from the beginning 21 22 106.

Initially attracted by Chen Yu’s points and future prospects, she offers information about the Outer Sect Genius Ranking and claims she can introduce him to fifth-ranked Han Feng. When direct flirtation fails, she adopts a slower approach based on practical assistance 27 36 37 41.

She arranges Chen Yu’s Heavenly Union Association assessment and lends him an association token to discourage harassment. Her own later assessment attempt fails: she answers fifteen of twenty questions correctly, two short of passing. During the debt crisis, she warns him that desperate borrowers may target his savings and begins bringing meals to his residence 37 41 45 52.

Netherdark Sea Expedition and Confession

Selected for the dangerous Netherdark Sea expedition, Lü researches the destination through her contacts and learns of the Demon Sect and Nether Ruins Sect. As a fourth-layer cultivator, she fears she will not return, but Chen Yu’s reassurance comforts her. She also accepts Ren Shaohua’s offer of protection, turning his attraction toward her into a practical advantage 84 85.

During a crisis over an Azure Flower, she divides it between Wu Wenjie and Ren rather than entrusting the entire herb to either man. Her decision reflects both uncertainty about Ren’s condition and her mistaken belief that Chen Yu is too weak to escape with it 91.

After surviving, she questions whether the sect deliberately selected expendable disciples—those burdened by debt, poor talent, or injuries. Fearing another such mission, she confesses her deception and asks Chen Yu for a sincere intimate relationship. She accepts his disclosure that he has a false spirit embryo, choosing closeness without demanding guarantees about their future 106 107.

Financial Trust and Elder Sun’s Inspections

Under new sparring rules, Lü entrusts Chen Yu with 43 Contribution Points while retaining 220 for repayment and expenses. Their arrangement protects her savings and gives him enough points to repay his loan. During the subsequent challenges against him, her concern is for his safety rather than the money he holds 115 121.

Chen Yu begins supplying her with spirit essence and a cultivation manual. After Ding Yiliu’s death, he also transfers 199 legitimate points so she can purchase fasting pills and devote more time to cultivation 132 135.

When Elder Sun introduces deadly monthly cultivation inspections, Lü transfers all her remaining 93 points to Chen Yu before answering a summons, preparing for the possibility that she will not return. She survives the inspection but comes back frightened, carrying Sun’s summons for Chen Yu 136.

Before Elder Li’s Contribution Point audit, Chen Yu warns her not to spend the points he previously gave her and reduces her token balance to 53. This precaution protects her from scrutiny during an audit that kills dozens of disciples. He also gives her another piece of spirit essence to support further advancement 149.

Entry into the Inner Sect

Over the next two years, spirit essence helps Lü approach the seventh layer of Qi Refining. She delays her breakthrough because she hopes to advance alongside Chen Yu, and the pair leave the Outer Sect together 151 154 155.

The Inner Sect’s free lodging and meals initially seem like paradise to her. Chen Yu explains that apparently welcoming elders may instead covet recruits’ Spirit Embryo Essence. She quickly regains her composure and questions how he verified the elders’ claims, demonstrating that her trust does not prevent her from thinking critically 158.

Before Elder Yun’s assessment, she urges Chen Yu not to sacrifice a chance at personal discipleship for her sake. He instead secures conditional acceptance for both of them: Elder Yun allows her to join Nine-Bend Peak if Chen Yu improves his poison formula within three months. Her new token bears her name and the peak’s name 160 164.

Chen Yu fulfills the condition with an advanced Fire-Poison Powder formula, securing her place. She builds a home near his waterfall residence and begins studying the Basics of the Poison Path with his guidance 167 171.

Nine-Bend Peak and the Three-Sect Grand Competition

Life on Nine-Bend Peak gives Lü a period of peace after the Outer Sect’s constant danger. She continues sharing meals with Chen Yu and seeking his help with poison studies. When she believes Shen Fei has poisoned him, she rushes in with her sword drawn; afterward, Chen Yu explains that the incident was staged and warns her against confronting danger without a plan 169 200 206 209.

Selected for the Three-Sect Grand Competition, she divides her preparation between cultivation and making poisons. Chen Yu provides spirit essence and emergency poisons effective against Foundation Establishment cultivators. Although she worries about stronger opponents, the other peaks’ fear of Nine-Bend Peak’s poison reputation helps her recognize the value of her training 211 216 217.

Appearance

Lü Yanyan has a pretty, innocent-looking face and a slender yet voluptuous figure. Her appearance is an important part of her early social maneuvering, though she does not casually concede intimacy to those attracted to her 21 41 122.

• Beautiful, expressive eyes: her reactions shift from teasing confidence to visible surprise when Chen Yu resists her advances 36.
• Contrasting mannerisms: she can rapidly alternate between seductive, fresh and innocent, and mature personas 36.
• Inner Sect robes: worn when she departs as a Nine-Bend Peak competition representative 217.

Personality

Lü is pragmatic, ambitious, and socially calculating in her early appearances. She treats beauty and connections as resources, evaluates Chen Yu as an investment, and knows when persistent flirtation would damage rather than improve her prospects 36 41.

Her growing affection is expressed through small, attentive acts: remembering Chen Yu’s preference for chilies, saving meals when he misses dining hours, and avoiding visits long enough to become unwelcome. She later trusts him with money, cultivation decisions, and secrets without insisting that he explain every mystery surrounding him 52 53 61 138 149.

She repeatedly underrates her own talent and worries that accepting valuable resources wastes them. Nevertheless, she recovers quickly from discouragement, studies diligently, and eventually masters the basic poison formulas available to her. Her protectiveness can also become impulsive, as shown by her armed response to Chen Yu’s apparent poisoning 149 158 206 211.

Abilities & Skills

Poison Path

Lü begins Elder Yun’s recruitment process with almost no poison knowledge beyond the detoxifying properties of Skyblue Flowers learned during the Netherdark Sea expedition. At Nine-Bend Peak, she develops a working command of the Basics of the Poison Path 159 167 211.

• Masters all basic poison formulas recorded in the text 211.
• Makes almost every basic poison in preparation for the Three-Sect Grand Competition 217.
• Consults Chen Yu when she encounters difficulties and is reminded not to neglect cultivation 169 171.
• Carries stronger emergency poisons supplied by Chen Yu; these are not established as her own creations 217.

Spirit-Essence-Assisted Cultivation

Spirit essence and a specialized manual become central to her advancement despite her self-described mediocre aptitude 132 149 151.

• Reports that months of testing show rapid cultivation improvement without observed side effects 149.
• Uses spirit essence supplied by Chen Yu and purchases additional essence with breakthrough rewards 151 211 216.
• Remains at early seventh-layer cultivation for more than half a year after entering the Inner Sect because she prioritizes poison studies 211.

Social Connections and Information Gathering

Her years in the Outer Sect leave her on friendly terms with numerous disciples. These contacts support both information gathering and practical arrangements 41.

• Warns Chen Yu about dangerous ruins missions, debt collection, and ranking opponents 27 28 52 53.
• Arranges his Heavenly Union Association assessment 37 41.
• Researches the Netherdark Sea before departure 84.
• Acknowledges that she cannot obtain reliable details of private fights between ranking experts 53.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Dao Sect identity token — records her identity and Contribution Points; updated to identify her as a Nine-Bend Peak disciple 21 136 164.
• Sword — drawn when she rushes to defend Chen Yu after his apparent poisoning 206.
• Basics of the Poison Path — her principal documented poison-training text 167 211.
• Spirit essence and cultivation manual — resources supplied by Chen Yu to improve her cultivation 132 149 216.
• Emergency poison bottles — Chen Yu’s preparations, capable of affecting Foundation Establishment cultivators 217.
• Heavenly Union Association token — lends one to Chen Yu for protection; its possession does not establish that she passed the association’s admission assessment 45 52.

Relationships

• Chen Yu — Dao companion, cultivation benefactor, and Poison Path adviser. Their relationship develops from attempted exploitation into affection and mutual trust; he makes securing her place at Nine-Bend Peak a condition of his own acceptance 41 107 164 171.
• Elder Yun — mentor at Nine-Bend Peak. Initially makes her continued acceptance conditional on Chen Yu’s improved poison formula, then approves her stay 164 171.
• Wu Wenjie — expedition companion whom she credits, alongside Chen Yu, with helping her survive the Netherdark Sea 106.
• Ren Shaohua — expedition companion attracted to her; she accepts his promised protection but remains cautious when deciding how to distribute an Azure Flower 84 91.
• Elder Sun — feared Outer Sect authority whose inspections make her prepare for death. She welcomes news of his disappearance 136 146.
• Shen Fei — fellow Nine-Bend Peak disciple and competition delegation leader. She confronts his group during Chen Yu’s staged poisoning 206 217.
• Cao Jun and Li Wei — fellow members of Nine-Bend Peak’s five-person competition delegation 217.

Notable Quotes

“The path of immortal cultivation goes against heaven. It has always required us to keep fighting heaven, earth, and other people. There are no benefits handed out for nothing in this world.” 158

“Junior Brother, if you get a chance to become Elder Yun's personal disciple during the assessment, don't worry about me.” 160

Trivia

• Lü and Chen Yu continue using “Senior Sister” and “Junior Brother” in private even after their positions at Nine-Bend Peak change 171.
• She ranks twelfth on Nine-Bend Peak when chosen for the Three-Sect Grand Competition; its delegation consists of the top three and bottom two disciples 217.
• The feeling of being watched that prompts her to fence both residences is probably caused by Chen Yu’s initially clumsy divine-sense observation, not an identified intruder 202.