Prince Ying

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

An exceptionally talented cultivator from childhood, Prince Ying followed a True Person of Mount Sumeru to train there while still young. He later returned to the Imperial Palace with his wife and daughter. Although something was rumored to have happened before their return, its details were unknown 44.

After Tongtong disappeared, Prince Ying and his wife searched extensively without finding her. Their failure left them overwhelmed by grief. At court, Prince Ying was known for staying out of worldly affairs, making his intervention on Su Mo’s behalf unexpected 44.

Appearance

• Build and age: A powerfully built, towering middle-aged man 44 45.
• Hair and clothing: Loose, disheveled hair and untidy, rumpled clothes 44.
• Face: Unkempt stubble and eyes filled with anguish; his bearing initially appears listless and deathly 44.
• Borrowed-power manifestation: National fortune power surrounds him with a golden halo and places a golden rune on his forehead 48.

Personality

Prince Ying’s grief eclipses both his royal standing and his reputation as a cultivation genius. When he realizes Su Mo has encountered Tongtong, he pleads to learn what happened to her. Inside Su Mo’s memories, he tries to speak to his daughter and shield her from the cold, despite being unable to affect the remembered events 45.

Once he learns the truth, his sorrow becomes fury. He rejects compensation for Tongtong’s death and refuses to spare her killers even under threats from the Holy Sect. His condemnation extends beyond his own loss: he denounces their disregard for human lives and their prevention of Su Mo and Tongtong’s journey home 46 47.

His protectiveness later extends to Su Mo. Because Tongtong called Su Mo her big brother, Prince Ying publicly claims him as his son and accepts the consequences of opposing the Holy Sect rather than lose another child 50.

Abilities & Skills

Spear Combat

Prince Ying combines Nascent Soul Great Perfection cultivation with the Holy King Spear to overwhelm Liu Cheng 47.

• Soul-Severing Thrust: Releases a dazzling golden spear ray accompanied by a thunderous report; it penetrates Liu Cheng’s defensive saber gale and wounds his shoulder 47.
• Cleaving strike: Follows his thrust with a descending spear attack that hurls Liu Cheng into the palace wall 47.
• Limit: His unassisted cultivation cannot penetrate the Spirit Transformation elder’s protective white paper 47 48.

Aura Recognition

Prince Ying recognizes Tongtong’s presence on Su Mo, prompting him to intervene during Liu Cheng’s attempt to kill the young scholar 44.

• Su Mo identifies Liu Feng’s incompletely assimilated blood-pill aura as evidence that Prince Ying can detect 46.

Borrowed National Fortune Power

The emperor can lend Prince Ying the power of Great Hua’s national fortune 48.

• Enables him to break through the elder’s paper protection after the Deity-Sealing Edict suppresses the elder’s cultivation 48.
• Exceeds what his body can endure because he is not the emperor, leaving blood trickling from his mouth 48.
• Does not establish that he has reached Spirit Transformation; the suppressed elder still remains beyond his ordinary strength 48.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Holy King Spear — Mount Sumeru’s supreme treasure. Prince Ying summons it from a streak of golden light between his brows. Its manifestation alone releases a spiritual wave that forces the assembled court to retreat 46 47.

Relationships

• Tongtong / Princess Tong — His beloved daughter, abducted and used in the Liu Household’s blood-pill scheme. He witnesses her final moments through Su Mo’s memories and later sees her spirit return home 45 46 49.
• Princess consort — His only wife and Tongtong’s mother. A Spirit Transformation cultivator, she supports his recognition of Su Mo as their son and joins him in protecting the scholar 44 50.
• Emperor of Great Hua — His cousin and ally against the Holy Sect’s intervention. The emperor lends him national fortune power and invokes the Deity-Sealing Edict 44 47 48.
• Su Mo — Initially protected because he carries Tongtong’s presence. After witnessing how Su Mo comforted her, Prince Ying comes to regard him as family 44 45 50.
• Liu Cheng and Liu Feng — Responsible for the blood-pill scheme that killed Tongtong. Prince Ying kills Liu Cheng and demands that Liu Feng also remain to face punishment 46 48.
• Ning Baixue — The Holy Sect’s Holy Maiden. Prince Ying challenges her decision to protect the Liu father and son despite knowing their crimes, then opposes her attempt to take Su Mo 47 50.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Discovering Tongtong’s Fate

During the Palace Examination, Prince Ying blocks Liu Cheng’s lethal attack on Su Mo after sensing his daughter’s presence. Su Mo then uses the Memory-River Spirit Jade to share his encounter with Tongtong’s departed soul. Prince Ying watches her cling to Su Mo, attempt to return home, and finally fade while Su Mo holds and sings to her 44 45.

Revenge and the Holy Sect’s Intervention

Returning from the memory, Prince Ying confronts Liu Cheng and Liu Feng. Liu Cheng admits the blood-pill crimes but calls Tongtong’s death an accident, offers compensation, and invokes Liu Feng’s prospective membership in the Holy Sect. Prince Ying rejects the offer and attacks 46 47.

Ning Baixue and a Spirit Transformation elder intervene to protect the pair. With the emperor’s national fortune power and the elder suppressed by the Deity-Sealing Edict, Prince Ying kills Liu Cheng. He then insists that Liu Feng cannot leave; Su Mo ultimately kills Liu Feng through the backlash of the blood-pill victims’ resentment 47 48.

Farewell and Protecting Su Mo

After Liu Cheng’s corpse burns in karma fire, the victims’ spirits appear above the palace. Tongtong reunites with Prince Ying and her mother, smiling as she says she has come home 49.

When the Holy Sect demands Su Mo as Liu Feng’s replacement for its undertaking, Prince Ying bars the way with his spear and declares Su Mo his son. His wife stands beside him. Su Mo offers to accompany the sect to spare them its wrath, just before blue- and red-robed figures arrive 50.

Notable Quotes

“...A father who has lost his daughter...” 45

“Then... compensate me with the heads of your entire Liu Household!” 46

“We would not dare. We merely do not wish to lose another child!” 50