Leng Yaozhu

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Leng Yaozhu (冷遥茱)
Alias(es)	Heavenly Phoenix; Her Excellency Heavenly Phoenix 1 3
Gender	Female 1 3
Affiliation	Spirit Pagoda; Leng family 3
Occupation/Role	Deputy Pagoda Master; Soul Master; mentor; ninth-rank mecha designer; eighth-rank Mecha Manufacturer 3 12
Cultivation	Rank-99 Limit Douluo with nine soul rings 3 7
Martial Soul	Heavenly Phoenix, possessing ultimate fire 3 4
Battle Armor Rank	Four-Word Battle Armor Master 12
Status	Alive; supervising her students’ Spirit Ascension Platform battles 50
First Appearance	Chapter 1, “Evil Soul Master Massacres a Village” 1

History

Rescuing Li Zha

Leng Yaozhu arrives at Li Zha’s massacred village aboard a winged Soul Tool as an Evil Soul Master attempts to recruit him into the Holy Spirit Cult. She annihilates the attacker with a downward hand gesture, destroying the Ghost Banner and releasing the souls trapped within it. She subsequently brings Li Zha to the Spirit Pagoda and accepts him as her disciple 1 2.

Unable to save his parents, she feels guilty and becomes especially protective of him. Before his Martial Soul awakening, she orders Bai Haoze and Bai Zhicen to provide rare, energy-rich food to support his unusually demanding physique 2 6.

Awakening and Early Cultivation

Leng personally conducts Li Zha’s awakening in a private room secured through her position. His Lotus Dharma Body possesses a standing beyond that of a demigod, while his Fire-Tipped Spear suppresses even her ultimate-fire Heavenly Phoenix. Testing his Samadhi True Fire confirms that it can consume both soul power and ultimate fire 3 4.

After searching the Spirit Pagoda’s records for a suitably balanced soul spirit, she finds a four-thousand-year Blazing Flame Dragon. Its submission to Li Zha surprises her, and she begins considering the Body Sect’s expertise as a possible route to a second awakening of his body Martial Soul 6 7.

His first Spirit Ascension Platform expedition impresses her with his perception, tactics, and spearwork, but also exposes his delight in dangerous combat. She tends to him afterward and reconsiders how to guide a child whose outlook has been shaped by his village’s destruction 8 9 10.

Forging and Companionship

Leng initially hopes Li Zha will inherit her mecha-design expertise. Although she agrees to have his forging aptitude assessed, she privately hopes a lack of talent will redirect him toward design. His exceptional first attempt changes her mind: she accepts his preference, arranges instruction under Master Niu, and establishes a demanding training schedule 12 13 14 15.

She and Master Niu conceal his achievement as a first-rank blacksmith at six years old. She also arranges special combat instruction with Phantom Brain Douluo Han Tianyin. The apparent Holy Spirit Cult assault used to test Li Zha is ultimately revealed to be a spiritual illusion, not a real attack 15 16.

Concerned about his isolation, Leng brings Na’er into his life as a fellow student. She had found the six-year-old girl after Na’er stole buns and followed her back to the Spirit Pagoda. Leng introduces the children and assigns Han Tianyin to teach both of them 16 17.

Graduation and Eastsea City

After three years, Leng gives Li Zha and Na’er graduation assessments covering their secondary professions and combat ability. She approves Li Zha’s Thousand Refined metals and Na’er’s hand armor, then tests them against powerful Soul Beasts. Li Zha’s victory leads to his breakthrough as a three-ring Soul Elder at nine 20 22 23 24.

She rewards both students with a two-week holiday and accompanies them by Soul Guidance Train to Eastsea City. Their increasingly ruthless attitudes trouble her: she condemns Na’er’s prolonged torment of a Soul Beast and questions whether her combat-centered teaching has contributed to Li Zha’s uncompromising worldview 25 28.

During the confrontation with Guang Biao, Leng watches from above rather than intervening immediately, intending to teach the children restraint. She prepares to rescue them when the danger escalates, but their newly awakened Martial Soul Fusion Skill changes the battle. She then cares for the exhausted Na’er, leaves Guang Biao’s fate to Li Zha, and reprimands the City Defense Army 32 33 34.

Gu Yue’s Assessment

Leng agrees to assess Gu Yue for admission to the Spirit Pagoda during the Spirit Ascension Platform’s uprising period. Gu Yue’s elemental control interests her, but the unfamiliar secluded family represented by Zi Ji also raises questions. She asks Li Zha to evaluate Gu Yue and report anything suspicious, explicitly allowing him to object to her admission 42 43 44.

She also instructs Li Zha to take first place in the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform’s Soul Beast kill rankings. Later, she replaces the usual guardian beasts with a three-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and a three-thousand-year pureblood Earth Dragon. Li Zha’s Three Heads and Six Arms transformation astonishes her, leaving her to wonder whether it is a self-created Soul Skill 44 50.

Appearance

• Features: Long dark hair, phoenix-shaped eyes, pink lips, and a coldly beautiful face described as initially unapproachable 3.
• Initial attire: A black uniform worn during Li Zha’s rescue 1.
• Casual attire: Long dresses or fitted white clothing; she sometimes ties her hair into a ponytail 3 12 43.
• Change after the rescue: She burns her black uniform and resolves not to wear one again, fearing it could revive Li Zha’s traumatic memories 12.

Personality

Leng’s reserved public manner contrasts with her open affection for Li Zha. At his awakening, she gives Bai Haoze and Bai Zhicen only a brief acknowledgment before warmly greeting her student. She celebrates his successes physically, embraces him after his first contract, and immediately cares for him when he returns exhausted from combat 3 7 9.

Her teaching emphasizes discipline rather than talent alone. She wants Li Zha to develop independent self-reflection, careful working habits, and practical fighting ability. Although she initially tries to steer him toward her own craft, she ultimately believes he must cultivate and live in the way he chooses 13 14 15.

Her protectiveness coexists with harsh lessons. She permits the dangerous fight with Guang Biao to continue before preparing to intervene, yet repeatedly worries about Li Zha’s recklessness and cruelty. Her ambitions for him also carry a private emotional motive: she hopes to raise someone who can surpass Yun Ming, the man she loves but cannot have 12 28 32.

Abilities & Skills

Heavenly Phoenix Martial Soul

• Possesses ultimate fire, which serves as Leng’s reference point when judging Li Zha’s exceptional flames 3 4.
• Manifests a phoenix phantom during her confrontation with the village’s Evil Soul Master 1.
• Is suppressed by the Fire-Tipped Spear’s flames; its ultimate fire can be consumed by Samadhi True Fire 3 4.

Rank-99 Soul Power

• Instantly annihilates the village attacker and destroys her Ghost Banner 1.
• Creates soul-power barriers to block disruptive noise or isolate private conversations 21 44.
• Transfers soul power into an exhausted Li Zha after his first Spirit Ascension Platform expedition 9.
• Extinguishes a small wisp of Samadhi True Fire through overwhelming quantity, despite its ability to burn her energy 4.

Mecha Design and Manufacturing

• Holds ninth-rank mecha-designer and eighth-rank Mecha Manufacturer qualifications 12.
• Produces her own Battle Armor blueprints and uses beginner designs to introduce Li Zha to the profession 12 13.
• Evaluates Na’er’s mecha hand armor, accepting the finished component while identifying room for improvement 22.

Martial Soul Analysis

• Identifies Li Zha’s Lotus Dharma Body as a whole-body Martial Soul, then revises her understanding after he explains its superego nature 3 4.
• Deduces the Lotus Body’s concealed danger perception and mobile soul-power replenishment 8 9.
• Recognizes the accumulating-power mechanism behind Hundred Slashes Across the Prairie 8.
• Records a theory that opposing Martial Souls may fuse under extreme circumstances, prompted by Li Zha and Na’er’s fusion skill 34.
• Does not fully understand Li Zha’s dragon suppression or later transformation 7 50.

Teaching Methods

Training component	Requirement
Weekday mornings	Meditation and breathing exercises 15
Weekday afternoons	Forging instruction under Master Niu 15
Weekends	Spirit Ascension Platform combat practice and special training from a spiritually skilled Titled Douluo 15
Learning reports	Record lessons, uncertainties, mistakes, improvement methods, and ways to evaluate progress after training 15

• Uses actual combat performance, rather than soul-power figures alone, as the main measure of fighting strength 15.
• Provides Li Zha with practically unrestricted Spirit Ascension Platform access through her institutional position 12.
• Advises him to conceal unusual techniques and credit them to her to discourage unwanted attention 24.

Equipment / Items

• Four-Word Battle Armor — Her documented Battle Armor rank; no individual armor name is supplied 12.
• Personal blueprints — Mecha-design teaching material and valuable Battle Armor plans created by Leng herself 12 13.
• Spiritual-power testing crystal ball — Used to measure Li Zha’s spiritual power after awakening 4.
• Soul-powered records interface — Used to search the Spirit Pagoda’s soul-spirit inventory for Li Zha’s first contract 6.

Relationships

• Li Zha — Rescued child and personal disciple. She supplies resources, directs his education, protects his unusual talents, and struggles to moderate his violent instincts 1 2 15 24 28.
• Na’er — Student brought to the Spirit Pagoda and introduced as Li Zha’s junior disciple sister. Leng trains her rigorously and values her companionship and combat partnership with him 16 17 22 34.
• Bai Haoze and Bai Zhicen — Disciples entrusted with Li Zha’s food, daily care, and early cultivation practice 2 15.
• Master Niu / Uncle Niu — Forging instructor selected for Li Zha. He and Leng cooperate in nurturing the boy and concealing his record-breaking achievement 13 14 15.
• Han Tianyin — Spirit Pagoda colleague enlisted to provide special instruction. He later asks Li Zha to conceal a proposed Body Sect visit from Leng 16 17 41.
• Yun Ming — The Sky-Cleaving Douluo and Sea God Pavilion Master whom she loves but cannot have; she hopes Li Zha will eventually surpass him 12 18 24.
• Ya Li — Her romantic rival 41.
• Gu Yue — Prospective student whose elemental talent attracts her interest. Leng appoints Li Zha to investigate her suitability and unfamiliar family background 43 44.
• Zi Ji — Titled Douluo presenting herself as Gu Yue’s relative and requesting that Leng accept Gu Yue as a disciple 44.
• Holy Spirit Cult — Enemy organization. Li Zha’s traumatic past reinforces Leng’s hatred of the cult and commitment to its destruction 1 25.

Notable Quotes

“Oh! Excellent! My disciple has what it takes to become a god!” 3

“In life, nothing is more frightening than carelessness.” 15

“If anyone asks, put it all on me, so people with ulterior motives won't set their sights on you.” 24