Xiao Yan

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Xiao Yan (萧炎)
Alias(es)	Little Yanzi; Master Yan Xiao 4 64
Species/Race	Human; transmigrator 1 99
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Xiao Clan; Flame Alliance; prospective elder of the Little Pill Tower 78 191
Occupation/Role	Xiao Clan’s third young master and young clan chief; founder and leader of the Flame Alliance; Ninth-Rank Grandmaster Alchemist 8 78 91 191
Family	Xiao Zhan, father; Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, elder brothers; Xiao Lin, grandfather 4 6 129
Master	Yao Chen, commonly called Yao Lao 3 8
Status	Alive; pursuing the Dou Di realm after defeating Hun Tiandi and destroying the Hun Clan 238
First Appearance	Chapter 1, “Dou Qi, Tenth Stage” 1

Power Progression

Xiao Yan’s cultivation continues beyond the normal nine stages of preliminary Dou Qi without initially forming a Dou Zhe’s energy vortex. His stage count, physical strength, and displayed conventional realm are therefore distinct measures 1 30 78 203.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Ninth-stage Dou Qi	4 37	Reached at nine years old, according to his father’s account and his public reputation.
Tenth-stage Dou Qi	1	His attempted Dou Zhe breakthrough strengthens and purifies his preliminary Dou Qi but produces no energy vortex.
Seventeenth-stage Dou Qi	4	Reached after a year of cultivating with the Flame Mantra and Origin Transformation Seal. Stronger meridians make cultivation increasingly manageable.
Eighteenth-stage Dou Qi	6	Advances using Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and a Tiger Bone Body-Tempering Pill. Estimates that his techniques could trouble Seven- or Eight-Star Dou Zhe opponents.
Thirty-eighth-stage Dou Qi; Third-Tier Alchemist	7	Reached after another three years. The Hundred-Forged Golden Sun Body has attained major completion.
Peak Third-Rank Alchemist	14 16	Recognized at fifteen; subsequently refines eighteen perfect-quality third-rank pills without failure and attempts a fourth-rank pill.
Forty-fourth-stage Dou Qi	22	Advances after three days refining an Energy-Gathering Pill developed for his unusual cultivation.
Fifty-sixth-stage Dou Qi	30	Dou Qi potency is comparable to a Five-Star Dou Master, while physical strength rivals a top-tier third-tier magical beast.
Sixty-second → seventieth-stage Dou Qi	48	Refining the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame supplies eight stages. The Flame Mantra evolves to Low Black Tier.
Eightieth-stage Dou Qi	71	Emerges from seclusion in Stone Desert City.
Ninety-second-stage Dou Qi	78	Absorbing the Sea Heart Flame raises the Flame Mantra to Low Earth Tier. His physique rivals an ordinary fifth-tier magical beast despite Dou Qi comparable to a Nine-Star Dou Shi.
Ninety-ninth-stage Dou Qi	78	Reached through sustained Energy-Gathering Pill cultivation at Flame City.
Hundredth-stage Dou Qi	79	Undergoes a qualitative transformation of life. His blood and vitality become furnace-like, with devouring and refining power ten times stronger than before.
Three hundred sixtieth → four hundredth-stage Dou Qi	98	Refining the mature Fallen Heart Flame grants forty stages and strengthens the fused Beast King Lotus Heart Flame.
Four hundred twelfth-stage Dou Qi	98	His increasingly energy-rich blood resembles spiritual liquid, allowing Zi Yan’s treasure-sensing ability to locate him.
One additional stage; total unspecified	112	Absorbs lightning generated by Yao Lao’s refinement of the Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill.
Seventh-Rank Alchemist	123 129	Can refine seventh-rank pills and delivers three days of Pill Dao lectures in the Imperial Capital.
Seven hundred fortieth-stage Dou Qi	143	Refines the Bone Spirit Cold Flame in one day. The Flame Mantra evolves to Quasi-Heaven Tier.
One thousand stages of Dou Qi; Spirit Realm soul	146	Trial rewards bring a milestone described as a Dou Wang breakthrough; his five senses expand and his soul enters the Spirit Realm.
Three thousand four hundred stages of Dou Qi	146	A five-flame Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus clears the stage-six phantoms, earning a fifteenfold reward.
Eighth-Tier pill refinement	150	An eighth-tier pill attempt summons three-colored pill lightning, establishing a new alchemical milestone.
Eight thousand one hundred stages of Dou Qi	173	Combined with the Ancient Saint Body Tempering Art, his combat strength approaches Initial Half-Saint without reaching it.
Nine thousand six hundred stages of Dou Qi	174	Black demon lightning cultivation in the Void Lightning Pool produces a physique comparable to an ordinary One-Star Dou Sheng.
Ninth-Rank Alchemist	175 176	Successfully refines a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill, winning the respect of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s Dou Sheng elders.
Ten thousand stages of Dou Qi	176 177	A ninth-grade Energy-Gathering Pill and half a month of seclusion trigger another transformation. He awakens an innate divine ability and believes ordinary One-Star Dou Shengs could fall to a single punch.
Thirty thousand stages of Dou Qi	200	Demon saint essence blood adds two thousand stages and further strengthens his Xiao Clan essence blood.
Further increase; total unspecified	221	Refining the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame substantially improves his strength.
Seventy-one thousand → eighty-one thousand segments of Dou Qi	232	Spends half a month refining the Nihility Devouring Flame and another half month refining Hun Clan experts.

Background / History

Xiao Yan is a transmigrator who has taken the place of the original Xiao Yan. Ten years after arriving in the Dou Qi Continent, he attempts to become a ten-year-old Dou Zhe. His knowledge of the original story gives him advance warning of threats such as Hun Tiandi, but his failure to form a Dou Qi vortex immediately sends his cultivation down a different path 1.

His family had migrated to the Jia Ma Empire before declining through successive losses. A clan Dou Emperor died from lingering injuries, and his grandfather Xiao Lin later suffered fatal war injuries despite being a Dou Wang. The weakened clan eventually retreated from the Imperial Capital to Wutan City. Xiao Lin’s wartime friendship with Nalan Jie led to Xiao Yan’s childhood betrothal to Nalan Yanran 129.

Xiao Zhan supports his son even when others believe his cultivation has stalled, sacrificing personal resources and diverting clan resources toward him. Xiao Yan keeps his unusual progress largely private until reassuring his father by revealing his seventeenth-stage aura 4.

Appearance

• Build: At fifteen, he is not especially tall, but years of body tempering have given him broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and long, lean limbs 8.
• Features: Refined yet martial, with upward-sweeping, sword-like eyebrows and a piercing gaze 8.
• Clothing: Wears loose black robes at home and fitted black clothing while traveling 8 18.
• Equipment silhouette: Carries the enormous, ancient-looking Heavy Xuan Ruler on his back 18 22.
• Cultivation manifestations: Crimson blood-qi vapor rises from his body; a Fire Lotus mark appears between his brows during the thousand-stage breakthrough 78 146.

Personality

Yao Lao initially judges Xiao Yan to be steady, measured, and neither arrogant nor impatient. His awareness of future dangers drives relentless cultivation, including training that repeatedly leaves him wounded. He chooses the dangerous Flame Mantra over a safer Earth Tier method because he wants strength beyond what the safer option promises 1 3 8.

He is loyal to his teacher and family, supplying the Xiao Clan with pills and treating Yao Lao’s enemies as his own. His generosity does not prevent ruthlessness: he threatens Queen Medusa’s tribe to secure her cooperation and extracts valuable Heavenly Flames as payment for rescuing their owners 16 41 62 80 211.

In personal relationships, he is teasing and affectionate but frequently prioritizes cultivation over companionship. He also respects determination in weaker people, encouraging Nalan Yanran after their reconciliation rather than dismissing her repeated challenges 23 37 69 81 177.

Abilities & Skills

Unconventional Dou Qi Cultivation

The Origin Transformation Seal allows Xiao Yan to practice cultivation methods while retaining preliminary Dou Qi 2 3.

• Filters volatile elements out of absorbed Dou Qi; the filtered power instead scours his flesh, making early cultivation intensely painful 3.
• Circulates unusually pure, gentle Dou Qi that continuously nourishes his body and strengthens his meridians 3 48.
• Makes ordinary realm-advancing pills unsuitable for his progression, prompting Yao Lao to develop Energy-Gathering Pills specifically for stage-level Dou Qi 21.
• Cannot initially be measured accurately by the Xiao Clan’s Magic Stone Tablet, encouraging rumors that he remains at the ninth stage 4 7.
• Remains his fundamental source of strength; he considers Heavenly Flames supplementary rather than indispensable 191.

Flame Mantra

An evolving cultivation method taught by Yao Lao, initially ranked Low Yellow Tier 3.

• Evolves by devouring Heavenly Flames, with a theoretical ceiling of High Heaven Tier 3.
• Reaches Low Black Tier after the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, Low Earth Tier after the Sea Heart Flame, and Quasi-Heaven Tier after the Bone Spirit Cold Flame 48 78 143.
• Supports his control and fusion of multiple Heavenly Flames into the Beast King Lotus Heart Flame 98 143.

Body Tempering and Blood Qi

Xiao Yan’s physical development greatly outpaces the conventional realm suggested by his Dou Qi 30 78.

• Hundred-Forged Golden Sun Body: High Profound Tier body-hardening technique. Reaches minor mastery in less than a year and major completion by his thirty-eighth stage 6 7.
• Ancient Saint Body Tempering Art: Uses violent energy from heavenly treasures to temper the body. Its painful training enables him to endure black demon lightning and approach Half-Saint combat power before his later breakthroughs 173 174 175.
• True Blood Divine Refinement Art: A body-tempering secret technique obtained from a Dou Di inheritance; Xiao Yan considers it more useful to him than High Heaven Tier methods or combat skills 143.
• Energy-rich blood: Develops from faint medicinal value into blood resembling spiritual liquid. His body becomes a treasure detectable by Zi Yan 30 98.
• Devouring and refinement: His furnace-like vitality can refine powerful resources, including demon saint essence blood, Heavenly Flames, and defeated enemies’ remains 79 200 232 238.
• Dual cultivation: His unusually nourishing constitution contributes substantially to Nalan Yanran’s rapid advancement 200.

Heavenly Flame Manipulation

Xiao Yan uses Heavenly Flames for combat, cultivation, bloodline development, soul treatment, and resurrection procedures 49 112 119.

• Bloodline tempering: Uses the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame to help the Amethyst Winged Lion King and Little Lion King awaken the Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor bloodline 49.
• Soul tempering: Uses the same flame to strengthen Xiao Yi Xian’s soul; its soul-strengthening function is later explicitly identified 49 98.
• Cultivation support: The Fallen Heart Flame stimulates heart fire, accelerates cultivation, and condenses energies within his body 98.
• Soul purification: Burns Protector Wu’s concealed mark out of Yun Shan’s soul with the Beast King Lotus Heart Flame 119.
• Body reconstruction: Separates his fused flame into four Heavenly Flames to temper the body used for Heavenly Fire Venerable’s resurrection 112.
• Five-Wheel Flame Separation Method: Heavenly Fire Venerable’s High Earth Tier technique, theoretically capable of Heaven Tier power with five Heavenly Flames. Xiao Yan later deploys five flames together in combat 97 107.

Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus

An explosive technique created by forcibly fusing distinct Heavenly Flames, drawing on Xiao Yan’s knowledge of the original story 85 86.

• Begins with a successful two-flame fusion and progresses to four-colored Fire Lotuses 86.
• Later combines five Heavenly Flames to annihilate the stage-six trial phantoms 146.
• Allows him to threaten opponents far above the conventional level of his Dou Qi; the four-colored version is described as lethal below Dou Zun and dangerous even to Dou Zun experts 94.
• Its creation is sufficiently hazardous that Yao Lao questions whether Xiao Yan has considered the consequences 85.

Other Combat Techniques

• Eight Extremes Collapse: High Profound Tier close-combat technique taught by Yao Lao. At the eighteenth stage, Xiao Yan still needs further practice to reach minor mastery 6.
• Flame Splitting Wave Ruler: Low Earth Tier ruler technique that gathers worldly energy to amplify its attack 21 22.
• Heavenly Flame Ancient Finger: High Heaven Tier technique transmitted directly into his mind by Xiao Xuan. Uses bloodline and Heavenly Flame power, but each use subjects the wielder to the agony of being burned by Heavenly Flame 131.
• Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations: Flame-powered art that temporarily increases strength. He masters the received first-transformation method in three days and detects resonance with his Xiao Clan bloodline 127 128.
• Ancient Emperor Seal: Destroys the Great Heavenly Venerate’s escaping soul shadows and enables Xiao Yan to capture his remnant soul 194.

Soul Power and Perception

• Possesses exceptional soul talent comparable to his body-tempering talent 6.
• Enters the Spirit Realm at one thousand stages of Dou Qi 146.
• Uses Cicada Senses Autumn Wind Before It Stirs to evade attacks during the trial’s Dou Zun phantom battles 146.
• Controls all 888 Fire Bodhi Pill ingredients simultaneously; observers believe his soul power alone could suppress an ordinary Dou Zun 161.
• Eventually detects approaching enemies whom Yao Lao cannot sense, demonstrating that his spiritual power has surpassed his master’s 193.

Alchemy

Xiao Yan has fire-attributed Dou Qi with a trace of wood, supporting his alchemical training under Yao Lao 7.

• Refines perfect-quality pills and produces multiple pills per batch when working with lower-rank medicines 16 23.
• Develops into a Ninth-Rank Grandmaster capable of refining Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills 176 191.
• Uses Yao Lao’s Spirit Ascension Technique and a blood sacrifice to elevate a completed seventh-grade Fire Bodhi Pill to eighth tier 161.
• Teaches Pill Dao lectures to established alchemists and later accepts Dan Chen as his disciple 129 191.
• Converts alchemical prestige into political influence, recruitment opportunities, and access to powerful allies 99 176.

Innate Divine Ability and Healing

• Awakens the Divine Fire Heaven-Burning Seal, associated with inherited memories, after reaching ten thousand stages of Dou Qi 176 177.
• Demonstrates extraordinary healing ability when testing his newly awakened powers 177.
• The innate divine ability becomes more powerful as the flames he possesses grow stronger 211.
• Uses blood qi and origin divine fire to cleanse the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s lingering negative emotions 216.

Borrowed Power

• Can borrow Yao Lao’s power for battles beyond his own strength 62 75.
• His defeat of Queen Medusa, Yun Yun, Gu He, and their companions in the desert is explicitly attributed to this borrowed power 62.
• Uses Spatial Lock and plants Bone Spirit Cold Flame wisps in the defeated group during that confrontation 62.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Heavy Xuan Ruler — Enormous weapon carried on his back and used to perform Flame Splitting Wave Ruler 18 22.
• Black Demon Cauldron — Alchemical cauldron used for the Fire Bodhi Pill’s refinement 161.
• Bone Flame Ring — Ring associated with Yao Lao’s residence and Xiao Yan’s stored equipment 8 161.
• Storage rings — Carry clothing, ingredients, pills, and other supplies 8 131 161.
• Green Lotus Platform — Used as a cultivation seat during major periods of seclusion 78 98 176.
• Spirit Container — Creates an internal storage space for the absorbed Myriad Beast Spirit Flame 48.
• Energy-Gathering Pills — Tailored cultivation resources central to his advancement; a ninth-grade version enables his ten-thousand-stage breakthrough 21 22 176.
• Crimson-Gold Divine Furnace — Used to refine Hun Tiandi’s corpse and soul origin 238.
• Bodhi rewards — Receives hundreds of Bodhi Seeds, a heart-shaped substance, and the opportunity for Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation after cleansing the Bodhi Ancient Tree 216.
• Yao Clan pill formulas — Receives copies of five Ninth Grade Golden Pill formulas and an Emperor Grade Pill formula after saving the clan 232.
• Borrowed Emperor Jades — Secures the agreement of Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, Lei Ying, and Yao Dan to lend their jades for his pursuit of Dou Di 238.

Heavenly Flames

Flame	Acquisition / Use
Myriad Beast Spirit Flame	Refined in Little Mountain Valley; strengthens his body and evolves the Flame Mantra. Also used for bloodline and soul tempering 48 49 98.
Green Lotus Core Flame	Devoured in the Tagor Desert, as recounted to Xiao Xun’er 91.
Sea Heart Flame	Absorbed after the conflict with Han Feng; advances the Flame Mantra to Low Earth Tier 78 91.
Fallen Heart Flame	Mature flame refined beneath Jia Nan Academy; supplies forty stages of Dou Qi 98.
Bone Spirit Cold Flame	Yao Lao’s eleventh-ranked flame; Xiao Yan later refines it into his own fused flame 3 143.
Red Lotus Karmic Fire	Eighth-ranked flame obtained from Huo Zhi as payment for rescue; said to burn away inner demons 211.
Nine Nether Wind Flame	Tenth-ranked flame obtained from Yao Xingji as payment for rescue; its sound can disturb minds and emotions 211.
Purifying Lotus Demon Flame	Suppressed with Zi Yan’s assistance and subsequently refined 221.
Nihility Devouring Flame	Defeated with the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s assistance and refined for cultivation 232.
Turtle Spirit Earth Flame	Surrendered by Yao Tian on Yao Dan’s orders and absorbed immediately 232.
Nine Serenities Golden Ancestor Flame	Given to Xiao Yan by Yan Jin 238.
Volcanic Stone Flame	Given to Xiao Yan by Yan Jin 238.
Eight Desolations Destruction Flame; Water Cloud Flame	Offered by Yan Jin; their absorption is not documented in the supplied passage 238.

• Beast King Lotus Heart Flame — Name retained for his fused flame through successive additions. It remains pale purple, gains transparency after the Fallen Heart Flame, and develops a faint white center after the Bone Spirit Cold Flame 98 143.
• Juvenile Myriad Beast Spirit Flame — An additional reward obtained alongside the Dou Di inheritance in the spatial secret realm 143.

Relationships

• Xiao Zhan — Supportive father who protects his cultivation resources and believes in his talent despite apparent stagnation 4.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li — Elder brothers. Xiao Yan provides cultivation methods before their departure and later builds the Flame Alliance alongside them 6 54 78 150.
• Yao Chen / Yao Lao — Master, alchemy instructor, and early protector. Xiao Yan kills Han Feng in his master’s cause and promises to reconstruct a body for him using a Dou Sheng corpse 21 75 91 112.
• Xiao Xun’er — Childhood companion and romantic partner. She seeks better body-tempering resources for him; he promises to ask the Gu Clan for her hand openly and honorably 8 71 91 177.
• Xiao Yi Xian — Friend who becomes his romantic partner. He supports her choice to cultivate through poison, tempers her soul, and helps her overcome the danger of the Woeful Poison Body 31 49 65 150 177.
• Nalan Yanran — Former fiancée, recurring challenger, and later romantic partner. They reconcile after the broken engagement, and his support and dual cultivation contribute to her advancement 10 69 86 177 200.
• Zi Yan — Initially a treasure-for-pills partner and honorary Flame Alliance Guest Elder; later his beloved and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s Dragon Emperor 99 203 211.
• Queen Medusa — Initially coerced into cooperation, then treated as a partner. He helps evolve her bloodline, and their relationship eventually becomes intimate 62 66 111 150 221.
• Qing Lin — Young companion whom he reassures about her green scales and guides during the awakening of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils 54 81.
• Yun Yun — Former opponent recruited into his circle; helps administer the Flame Alliance and supports Nalan Yanran’s growth 62 78 112.
• Gu He — Defeated opponent who becomes an allied alchemist and helps supply the resources required by Xiao Yan’s cultivation 62 79 112.
• Amethyst Winged Lion King — Ally who guards the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and receives Xiao Yan’s help awakening an ancestral bloodline 34 49.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable / Yao Tianhuo — Provides the Five-Wheel Flame Separation Method; Xiao Yan later undertakes his resurrection 97 112.
• Xiao Xuan — Xiao Clan ancestor who transmits the Heavenly Flame Ancient Finger and entrusts the clan’s future to him 131 211.
• Dan Chen — Alchemy disciple. Xiao Yan visits her family personally and takes responsibility for her continued training 191.
• Han Feng, the Hall of Souls, and the Hun Clan — Major enemies. His hostility begins with loyalty to Yao Lao and knowledge of future threats, culminating in Hun Tiandi’s defeat and the Hun Clan’s destruction 75 80 194 238.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Wutan City and the Broken Engagement

• Develops his unconventional cultivation under Yao Lao while outsiders debate whether he is a fallen genius 1 3 7.
• Defeats Nalan Yanran when she comes to break their engagement, repudiating her instead. She establishes a Three-Year Agreement to regain her dignity 10 11.
• Supplies pills that enable the Xiao Clan’s counterattack against its commercial rivals; the clan becomes Wutan City’s sole overlord after the Jia Lie Family’s destruction 16 41.
• Later meets Nalan Yanran for the promised rematch, deliberately holding back so that the contest does not kill her 133.

Little Mountain Valley and the Tagor Desert

• Befriends Xiao Yi Xian, demonstrates his alchemy, and promises to resolve the dangers of her Woeful Poison Body 23 31 34.
• Refines the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and uses it to assist his companions’ soul and bloodline development 48 49.
• Reunites with his brothers near Stone Desert City, encounters Qing Lin, and searches for the desert’s Heavenly Flame 52 54.
• Uses Yao Lao’s power to defeat Queen Medusa and the group accompanying Gu He, bringing former enemies into his growing network 62 64.

Founding and Expanding the Flame Alliance

• Kills Han Feng, takes control of Maple City, and establishes the Flame Alliance in the renamed Flame City 75 78 91.
• Creates the Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus and recruits Zi Yan through a treasure-for-pills agreement 86 99.
• Helps transform Queen Medusa into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and begins Heavenly Fire Venerable’s resurrection 111 112.
• Leads the alliance to unify the Black-Corner Region, then announces the Northwest Continent as its next target 150.

Xiao Clan Inheritance and the Gate of Life and Death

• Removes the hidden threat from Yun Shan’s soul and gains access to the Misty Cloud Sect’s inheritance site 119.
• Receives the Heavenly Flame Ancient Finger from Xiao Xuan and obtains the True Blood Divine Refinement Art from a separate Dou Di inheritance 131 143.
• Exploits the inheritance trial’s energy rewards to reach 3,400 stages of Dou Qi and the Spirit Realm soul level 146.

Central Plains and the Pill Gathering

• Travels to the Central Plains with his companions and treats Tang Huo’er by refining an upgraded Fire Bodhi Pill 151 161.
• Trains in the Void Lightning Pool, becomes a Ninth-Rank Alchemist, and reaches ten thousand stages of Dou Qi 174 175 176.
• Wins the Pill Gathering and accepts Dan Chen as his disciple 191.
• Defeats the Hall of Souls’ Great Heavenly Venerate and captures his remnant soul to uncover hidden Hall of Souls locations 194.

Ancient Clans and the Pursuit of Dou Di

• Visits the Gu Clan with Zi Yan and confronts resistance to his relationship with Xiao Xun’er 203 206 207.
• Obtains the Red Lotus Karmic Fire and Nine Nether Wind Flame while rescuing their owners from an energy storm 211.
• Cleanses the Bodhi Ancient Tree and experiences a hundred lifetimes, emerging with a renewed understanding of his cultivation path 216.
• Saves the Yao Clan, defeats the Nihility Devouring Flame, and reaches 81,000 segments of Dou Qi 232.
• Defeats Hun Tiandi with Zi Yan, destroys the Hun Clan, claims ninety percent of its treasures, and borrows the ancient clans’ Emperor Jades for his next step toward Dou Di 238.

Notable Quotes

“An Earth Tier Cultivation Method may be good, but I need to become even stronger.” 3

“Eldest Brother, Second Brother, go without worry. I’ll watch over the Xiao Clan.” 6

“If they’re your enemies, then they’re my enemies too. Who cares how powerful they are?” 80

Trivia

• His public display of wings at sixteen prompts speculation that he is already a Dou Wang; Gu Ni instead suggests that the wings come from a special Dou Technique 37.
• Zi Yan initially tracks him down because his energy-rich body registers to her senses like a heavenly treasure 98 99.
• He introduces Chinese chess as a pastime, but Xiao Yi Xian becomes skilled enough to defeat him repeatedly 86.
• He dislikes having his hair ruffled, a preference Xiao Ding remembers before greeting him 6.