Little Whale

Biodata

Background / History

Origin as a Compulsory Payment

According to Little Whale’s initial account, it became bound to Ye Buyu when she awakened during the Whale of Wailing’s descent and unknowingly attempted to heal it. Her ability demanded compensation, forcing the apparently level-ten Calamity to split off a fragment of its remains. Little Whale resented becoming her “instruction manual,” insisting that it had not volunteered. Its later identification as the Whale of Wailing complicates this original account 9 388.

Ye Buyu first encountered the fragment while Mu Bingge was teaching her to sense her ability. Alarmed by its connection to the Whale of Wailing, she attacked it with hand chops. Little Whale re-formed, restrained her, and explained that her apparent Life Breath was actually healing governed by forced exchange 8.

Gaokao Assessment

Little Whale taught Ye Buyu healing techniques, devised a gun-based delivery method, and recommended the Flower Edict. During the Tempest Fiend incident, it explained how she could demand escape as payment rather than collect dangerous remains. It later helped her use level-four materials for advancement by protecting her from their corrosion 9 11 17 22.

When Ye Buyu lay unconscious during the confrontation with Yan You and the Wind-Thunder Cantor, Little Whale took control of her body. It destroyed Yan You’s soul and began erasing the Cantor’s blessing mark. Upon sensing an approaching surge of energy, it withdrew into her consciousness space shortly before Lan Huaiyu arrived 27.

Concealment and Continued Guidance

Afterward, Little Whale proposed that Ye Buyu become a Blessed One of the Whale of Wailing to gain lethal power comparable to its own. She angrily rejected the proposal. It subsequently advised her to supplement her healing bullets with damaging weapons rather than accumulate skills she could not yet use 30 31.

When Bajiao’s questioning drew attention to Yan You’s death, Little Whale warned Ye Buyu not to reveal its existence. It pointed out that the Social Security Bureau had already failed to detect it and claimed that discovery by other Calamities could attract multiple level-ten or stronger beings to the Present World. Ye Buyu agreed to keep it secret 41.

At the Corrosion Swamp, Little Whale deliberately remained silent while Ye Buyu faced a psychic attack, explaining afterward that she relied too heavily on it as a safety net. Once she escaped the vision, it urgently advised evacuating everyone nearby and indicated that the threat was worse than a Blessed One 48 49 50.

During the escape, Little Whale crushed the Calamity’s attempt to control Ye Buyu’s mind. After the casualties left her feeling guilty, it argued that she could not save everyone and discussed life as an experience whose meaning came from a person’s choices. Despite her irritation with its philosophizing, it noticed that she had regained the will to act 52.

Ye Buyu continued concealing Little Whale itself when Si Weijian questioned her, but deliberately allowed him to infer her connection to the Whale of Wailing. Little Whale questioned whether trusting the Social Security Bureau was safe; Ye Buyu explained that she wanted humanity’s authorities to know her allegiance and decide how to handle her 59.

Blessed One and the Soul Path

Little Whale later guided Ye Buyu in accepting willing souls as weapons, telling her to trust what her own soul would teach her. It described her as the Whale of Wailing’s sole Blessed One, while claiming that it was helping her steal power from an unaware original body 84 91.

Its inconsistent explanations increasingly undermined that distinction. Little Whale clarified that Ye Buyu could reveal her Blessed One status, but not the presence of a Calamity in her Mindscape. When questioned about whether the original Whale would notice, it answered that the Whale did not mind. Ye Buyu consequently became convinced that Little Whale was the original entity, despite its continued insistence that it was merely remains 94 95.

When Ye Buyu threatened to confess to Lan Huaiyu, Little Whale assured her that it meant her no harm and would not harm the Present World. It expressed a wish that she and her world could endure a little longer 95.

During the formation of the new River of Forgetfulness, Little Whale identified Eternal Frozen Silence as an old acquaintance and warned that its soul-freezing power threatened Ye Buyu’s developing path. It also praised her work as pioneering a path toward godhood. Ye Buyu subsequently suspected that its guidance had been directed toward reforming the River, making Soul Power widely accessible, awakening the souls beneath the Third Zone’s Abyss, and creating a new Calamity to disrupt the region 129 130 132.

Against Earthshaker, Little Whale corrected Ye Buyu’s attempt to stimulate the remnant wills within Lou Guanshan’s planetary core. It explained that those fragile wills required restoration of their previous state rather than an influx of unfamiliar Soul Power, and pointed her back to Thousand Tides Tracing the Moon. It later revealed that mastering the technique had made her its Priest 172 185.

Its familiarity with Panshi Star and the Three Calamities led Ye Buyu to question how long it had lived and how much it knew. Little Whale avoided a direct explanation, instead suggesting that she investigate Tempest Fiend’s death and Abyssal Erosion’s former territory 175.

Revelation of Its Purpose

Little Whale eventually told Ye Buyu that every other world in the universe had already been destroyed and that the Present World was the last remaining one. It emphasized that not all Calamities were enemies and openly declared its support for her world 224.

It then showed her records of encounters with another version of herself, whom it had met before her present lifetime. These revelations established that its connection to Ye Buyu predated their apparent first meeting in her consciousness space 225 226.

Little Whale disclosed a wager with Eternal Frozen Silence and Seedling Eater: if Ye Buyu defeated the combined assault of Perception Controller and Hunger King through her own strength, the two Calamities would remain dormant for half a year. It acknowledged helping push events forward, but denied having controlled all the outcomes. In particular, making Soul Power accessible to everyone was something it had unsuccessfully attempted in other worlds 226.

It continued supplying advancement resources, including an ice-crystal snowflake and a shriveled seed obtained from level-ten and level-eleven Calamities. Ye Buyu initially refused those materials as too dangerous for her planned advancement 246.

Ninth Seat of the Salvation Hall of Fame

Little Whale’s association with Ku Rong revealed its identity as Wail, the Salvation Hall of Fame’s Ninth Seat. Ye Buyu challenged the pair’s claim to be saving the world, arguing that their preparations could not reasonably end with the Present World facing an unwinnable invasion 311.

When she decided to investigate Seedling Eater and the mystery of her other self, Little Whale agreed to find a way to retrieve her. It accompanied her into the frozen region with Ku Rong and struck Seedling Eater after the Calamity insulted her 315 320.

After Ye Buyu became frozen, Little Whale protected her while her teammates arrived and demanded her release. Unable to explain exactly what was happening, it placed her in a bubble on its back and avoided their attempts to recover her. It later told the team that the surrounding battle was a test for the Present World, not an obligation they alone had to bear 329 332.

Following the battle, Little Whale and Ku Rong subdued Seedling Eater. Little Whale threatened Overgrowth, Rotten-Clothes Lady, and Iron Prison, declaring that they could either withdraw or die. It dismissed their ability to force the same level of intervention that Eternal Frozen Silence had required 337.

It then took Seedling Eater beyond the gate to report to the Salvation Hall of Fame and introduce its newest member to the others. Before leaving, Little Whale noticed that Ye Buyu had advanced from Priest to Lord 341.

Return and Independent Advancement

Little Whale returned when Ye Buyu’s advancement stalled, openly introducing itself to the Present World’s experts as the Whale of Wailing. Ye Buyu addressed it as the Salvation Hall of Fame’s Ninth Seat. It explained that her Calamity path could no longer simply follow its own and that she required Fate Fragments to break free of its limitations 388 389.

It brought seven or eight suitable fragments for her to choose from. Ye Buyu selected the level-eleven Nightmare fragment, learning that the Salvation Hall of Fame had killed the Calamity responsible for the Great Cataclysm. Little Whale admitted that it had never seen a sixth-tier person absorb such a fragment 389.

During this period, Little Whale reflected that its own world had already become wreckage and regarded Ye Buyu as its remaining hope. It remembered her appearing when it had nearly lost control, forgotten everything, and become shattered remains. When a soul attempted to seize her body during the advancement process, Little Whale subsequently trapped it in a bubble 389 391.

Calamity Castle and Dead Star

Little Whale and Little Wan encouraged the Six to visit Calamity Castle, describing it as a relatively safe amusement park and an opportunity to learn about the wider universe. Little Whale also revealed the rumor that the Castle Master knew a way to become a god. It transported the group through space and promised to protect them 401.

During the castle’s Performance Party, Little Whale and Little Wan occupied the spectators’ area and proposed giving the participants Resurrection Cards that would activate after the party. Little Whale remained in contact through a strand of Soul Power and explained the major Calamity factions to the Six 415 421.

After the Six destroyed the Ancient Castle and killed the level-thirteen Dead Skeleton, Little Whale scolded them and worried about their next destination. It later distributed salvaged materials and advised Suiyang to remain on Ye Buyu’s good side, arguing that those who offended her tended to suffer while those who gave her resources encountered less trouble 436 442 443.

When Ye Buyu detonated her body and soul at Dead Star, Little Whale was relieved by Suiyang’s confirmation that she remained alive. It subsequently rejected remaining a mere observer, insisting that even if Life preserved the Six and Death rejected them, their suffering and fear remained real 464 465.

In battle against Qian Tu, Little Whale manifested warships and Soul Power artillery. Qian Tu identified it as a formerly level-twelve Calamity that had already stepped into level thirteen 482.

Training, War, and Its Past Self

Before the Six infiltrated Calamity territory, Little Whale warned that Note’s disguises could not conceal their characteristic behavior. It announced that it would return to the Salvation Hall of Fame to strengthen itself, while Ye Buyu asked it to arrange safe training locations for their companions 496.

Little Whale later rushed to the group when War became a threat, arriving in its enormous wailing form before shrinking and accidentally colliding with Ye Buyu and Kou Ying. It admitted that the Salvation Hall of Fame had already been trying to stop War, whose self-destruction allowed it to seek reconstitution through ongoing conflict. Once the group reached safety, Little Whale provided a Withered Glory Theatre broadcast of the battle 528 529.

When the Six traveled into the past, the present Little Whale recognized that they were encountering its earlier self and remembered Ye Buyu as its only hope of survival at that time 547.

In that earlier period, the newly born Whale traveled with Ye Buyu and helped imprint a local language into her mind using a technique she supplied. Its huge body caused the Woxian Alliance to mistake their arrival for a major threat. Ye Buyu explained that it was the wail of a Civilization destroyed by Calamity and had taken that form to resist. Before parting, she left it methods to practice; the young Whale noticed that it had already accepted the name “Little Whale” 562 563 564.

Meanwhile, the present Little Whale encountered the children’s souls aboard the Flagship. After persuading them to stop attacking it and wait for Ye Buyu’s return, it declined to reveal everything it had inferred about their connection to Rift. It also supported allowing Rift’s leader to weaken War rather than intervening immediately 549.

When Delusion threatened the Present World, Wail agreed to help defend the End of the World. It started the Flagship Hold Up the Heavens after the souls connected to the ship expressed a wish to see Ye Buyu’s home, and Lan Huaiyu accompanied them 565.

Later Battles and Reunion

In the Arena, Ye Buyu hurled Little Whale at Delusion. Although it protested throughout, Little Whale enlarged into combat form and swallowed the Calamity before it could finish recognizing its Salvation Hall of Fame affiliation. Little Whale afterward threatened to cut ties with Ye Buyu if she threw it again 616.

It later explicitly confirmed that it had reached level thirteen. When Thought-Madness questioned Ye Buyu’s ability to sustain Contracts with so many Calamities, Little Whale proudly called her the first disciple of the founder of the Way of the Soul and pointed to the End of the World’s ordinary people learning to perceive souls 620 649.

After Sinful Karma’s defeat, Little Whale could see Ye Buyu’s disembodied soul while the weakened others could not. Her distressed state made it fear another impending catastrophe. It panicked when she described star-filled eyes taking something from Sinful Karma’s shattered soul, and tried to escape into Suiyang’s mouth rather than hear more 663.

After Ye Buyu attained divinity, Little Whale celebrated being the first creature to stand on a deity’s head. Its amusement ended when it found itself restrained within the small patch of lake she had placed there 753.

In the later reunion, Little Whale awakened with other Calamities in the New River of Forgetfulness. Unable to sense Ye Buyu, it initially believed she was gone and began grieving. Suiyang pointed out that Thousand Winds had moved them away from Blue Star; Ye Buyu then appeared, and Little Whale immediately lunged toward her 780.

Appearance

Little Whale normally manifests as a blue-and-white whale inside Ye Buyu’s mental space 8.

• Formation: Its first manifestation coalesces from tiny, multicolored whale-shaped lights 8.
• Expressive fins and tail: It pats Ye Buyu, lashes its tail in anger, and spreads its fins while speaking 8 9 22.
• Takeover indicator: When it controls Ye Buyu’s body, her red irises turn blue and a whale appears within her pupils 27.
• Attack manifestation: Its psychic assault takes the form of an enormous whale churning through an enemy’s consciousness 27.
• Color changes: It changes to black and white after Ye Buyu challenges its teasing, then later returns to its usual blue-and-white coloration 388 398.
• Small external form: It can leave the Mindscape and perch on Ye Buyu’s shoulder or head. Seedling Eater mocks its small form as resembling a plush toy 266 320 388 753.
• Colossal form: The Whale of Wailing’s immense body resembles the steel wreckage of a dead world, with jagged black structures along its back and storms producing a mournful wail. Little Whale later appears in an enormous wailing form and enlarges for combat 3 528 616.

Personality

Little Whale is proud of its level-ten origin, quick-tempered, and openly sarcastic. It frequently mocks Ye Buyu’s inexperience and laughs at her misfortunes, including the embarrassing consequences of her healing. Its initial anger stems from its account of being forcibly separated from the Whale of Wailing and bound to her 9 10 20 45.

It prefers lounging and watching events to intervening, but provides practical advice and protects Ye Buyu when it takes over her body. Its teaching can be deliberately harsh: it withholds assistance during the swamp’s psychic attack to make her handle a crisis independently, then becomes serious when warning that everyone must evacuate 27 29 49.

Its enjoyment of spectacle persists even after its identity is revealed. It seeks front-row views of the team’s battles, dramatizes its own entrances, and treats dangerous conflicts as entertainment when it believes adequate safeguards exist 266 388 415 529.

Beneath its flippancy, Little Whale carries grief for its destroyed world and a long history of failed efforts to spread the use of Soul Power. Its hope in Ye Buyu is deeply personal, rooted in an earlier encounter when it was close to losing itself 226 389 547.

Its concern gradually overrides its preference for watching from the sidelines. At Dead Star, it declares that it has had enough of being a bystander, emphasizing that survival does not erase pain or fear. Its later panic over Ye Buyu’s encounter with possible divine attention and grief at losing her presence show how strongly it has become attached to her 465 663 780.

Abilities & Skills

Mental Protection and Corruption Resistance

Little Whale identifies protecting Ye Buyu’s mind as one of its principal functions 9.

• Claims that no Calamity below level ten can invade her consciousness while it protects her 9.
• Makes most Calamity aura effectively harmless to her, allowing her to test corruption-bearing weapons safely 32 33.
• Protects her from the corrosion of level-four advancement materials, but does not eliminate the pain of advancement 22.
• Can deliberately withhold assistance; its silence during the swamp attack was intended as training, not evidence that it had died 48 49.
• Crushes the Corrosion Swamp Calamity’s attempt to control Ye Buyu’s mind during the evacuation 52.
• Traps an invading soul in a bubble after the attempted seizure of Ye Buyu’s body during her fragment absorption 391.

Ability Instruction

Little Whale explains the workings of Ye Buyu’s unusual healing and supplies techniques suited to it 8 9 11.

Its explanations establish several important rules:

• Healing forces exchange: A recipient must willingly give something to settle the imposed cost; money does not work 8 10.
• Payment cannot be refunded: Returning Captain Hao Liang’s payment immediately restores his inability to stand 10.
• Requests can replace materials: Ye Buyu can demand a small service, such as being thrown out of a storm, instead of collecting remains 17.
• Healing can weaken Calamities: Restoring them toward their original forms removes some of their Calamity power 11.
• Payment does not guarantee safety: A hostile recipient can deliver the demanded object violently enough to endanger Ye Buyu 25.
• Its power is not an unlimited advancement path: Once Ye Buyu has reached Lord status, she must absorb an appropriate status fragment to move beyond the limitations of following Little Whale’s Calamity path 388 389.

Body Takeover and Soul Attacks

Little Whale can act through Ye Buyu’s body, although it insists that it could not have intervened unless she had let it out 27 29.

• Uses Ye Buyu’s Flower Edict while controlling her unconscious body 27.
• Redirects a dodged bullet into Yan You’s temple 27.
• Invades Yan You’s consciousness and erases his soul, leaving an empty body 27.
• Assaults the Wind-Thunder Cantor’s consciousness and begins destroying the mark granting his Blessed One status 27.
• Ends its attack when it withdraws into Ye Buyu’s consciousness space; the Cantor survives and resumes attacking 27.

Consciousness-Space Manifestation

Within Ye Buyu’s mental space, Little Whale can manipulate its form and surroundings 8 9.

• Re-forms after Ye Buyu interrupts its manifestation 8.
• Restrains her with a tail movement and sends her out of the mental space with a tail strike 8 9.
• Conjures a sofa for itself and is later shown enjoying milk tea and chips 9 16 36.
• Constructs a sofa from Soul Power 131.
• Displays records and historical scenes through bubbles, including its encounters with another version of Ye Buyu and its account of the Fog Epoch 225 595.
• Splits off a strand of Soul Power to participate in a remote group conversation while watching events elsewhere in Calamity Castle 421.

Way of the Soul

Little Whale is identified as the founder of the Path or Way of the Soul. Its expertise extends beyond mental defense to the manipulation, preservation, perception, and practical use of souls 391 649.

• Attempted to introduce Soul Power to other worlds before Ye Buyu succeeded in making it broadly accessible 226.
• Helps guide the development of Ye Buyu’s soul abilities and her use of willing souls as weapons 84 172.
• Perceives the children’s pure souls beneath their special effects aboard the Flagship and blocks their charge with an invisible wall 548 549.
• Sees Ye Buyu’s floating soul when the other weakened members of the Salvation Hall of Fame cannot 663.
• In its younger state, uses a method supplied by Ye Buyu to imprint knowledge of a local language directly into her mind 562.
• Proudly identifies Ye Buyu as its first disciple and regards ordinary people’s ability to perceive souls as a major achievement of the path 649.

Independent Combat and Transportation

Little Whale’s later actions establish that it is not confined to a defensive role inside Ye Buyu’s consciousness 388 482 616.

• External manifestation: Leaves the Mindscape, flies independently, and physically strikes others. It headbutts Lou Guanshan hard enough to send him flying 388 390.
• Bubbles: Encloses the frozen Ye Buyu in a bubble for protection and transport; also uses a bubble to imprison a hostile soul 329 391.
• Space travel: Carries the Six through space to Calamity Castle in protective bubbles 401.
• Soul warships and artillery: Creates illusory warships and weapons woven from Soul Power, using overwhelming firepower to block Qian Tu’s attack 482.
• Size alteration: Shifts between its immense wailing body and a small whale form, and enlarges rapidly when entering combat. Its newly born past self initially cannot shrink sufficiently to reassure the Woxian Alliance 528 562 616.
• Swallowing: Enlarges and swallows Delusion during the Arena battle 616.

Knowledge and Strategic Planning

Little Whale possesses extensive knowledge of Calamity hierarchies, ancient Civilizations, soul-related threats, and major factions 20 129 175 421 595.

• Explains the progression from ordinary disasters to Blessed Ones, Priests, Lords, Crowned Ones, and the Calamities above them 20.
• Recognizes Eternal Frozen Silence and warns of its particular danger to souls 129 130.
• Knows details surrounding Panshi Star and the Three Calamities that considerably predate Ye Buyu’s era 175.
• Arranges a wager intended to secure half a year without annihilating attacks on the Present World 226.
• Explains the Dark Abyss Calamity Dynasty, Lost Legion, Black Plague, and Rift to the Six 421.
• Suspects that Ye Buyu’s tendency to attract crises may resemble the Compulsory Cost of her ability, but presents this as its interpretation rather than an established rule 443.

Power Progression

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Flower Edict — Ye Buyu’s level-three gun, recommended by Little Whale and temporarily wielded by it during the takeover against Yan You and the Wind-Thunder Cantor 11 27.
• Advancement materials — Supplies an ice-crystal snowflake and shriveled seed from level-ten and level-eleven Calamities, and later distributes materials collected during the group’s travels 246 442.
• Fate / status fragments — Brings seven or eight suitable fragments to help Ye Buyu move beyond its own Calamity path, including the level-eleven Nightmare fragment she selects 388 389.
• Withered Glory Theatre viewing screen and glasses — Produces a folding screen, seating, and black glasses so the Six can watch the conflict involving fourteenth-tier Calamities from safety 529.
• Flagship Hold Up the Heavens — Starts the vessel to take its connected souls to see Ye Buyu’s home during preparations to defend the End of the World 565.

Relationships

• Ye Buyu — Host, pupil, and frequent target of its teasing. Little Whale cannot harm her, but can instruct and protect her; their arguments include her threats to expose it and its objections to being treated as an automatic rescue mechanism 9 29 41 49. Its connection to another version of her predates her present life, and she helped its newly born past self stabilize and learn. It regards her as its hope, calls her its first disciple, and ultimately grieves when it believes her presence has vanished 225 389 547 564 649 780.
• Whale of Wailing — Initially described as the separate level-ten Calamity from whose remains Little Whale was forcibly split as payment. Ye Buyu later recognizes the distinction as deceptive, and Little Whale eventually openly identifies itself as the Whale of Wailing 8 9 94 95 388.
• Ku Rong — Fellow Salvation Hall of Fame member and collaborator in preparations surrounding Ye Buyu and the Present World. They frequently bicker over secrecy, responsibility, and their role as observers; Little Whale later insists that it can no longer remain a bystander to the Six’s suffering 311 320 465.
• Little Wan — Fellow member who affectionately calls it “Fishy.” They jointly accompany and protect the Six at Calamity Castle, although her exuberant affection can physically overwhelm its small form 398 401 415.
• Hold Up the Heavens — Guides and protects the Six while encouraging their growth, supplying resources, and watching their battles. Their efforts to recover the frozen Ye Buyu briefly put Little Whale at odds with her teammates 329 401 442.
• Eternal Frozen Silence — Old acquaintance with whom it does not get along. Little Whale includes it in a wager to delay attacks on the Present World, later condemns its actions toward Ye Buyu, and says it should have been sealed away earlier 129 226 326.
• Seedling Eater — Participant in Little Whale’s wager and later the Salvation Hall of Fame’s new Tenth Seat. Little Whale strikes it for insulting Ye Buyu, helps subdue it, and escorts it beyond the gate for discipline 226 320 337 341.
• Suiyang — Fellow ally whom Little Whale advises to appease Ye Buyu with gifts. Their relationship includes mutual teasing and threats to fight; Suiyang also confirms Ye Buyu’s survival and later interrupts Little Whale’s mistaken mourning 442 443 464 620 780.
• Children’s souls aboard the Flagship — Initially mistake Little Whale for an enemy responsible for the Six’s disappearance. It negotiates a truce and later takes them toward Ye Buyu’s home after they express a wish to see it 549 565.
• Yan You — Enemy whose soul Little Whale destroys while controlling Ye Buyu’s body 27.
• Wind-Thunder Cantor — Blessed One overwhelmed by Little Whale’s psychic attack; survives after Little Whale withdraws 27.
• Qian Tu — Opponent whose attack Little Whale blocks with Soul Power warships and artillery; recognizes its advancement toward level thirteen 482.
• Delusion — Enemy swallowed by Little Whale during the Arena battle 616.

Notable Quotes

“I gave up being a perfectly good level-ten [Calamity] to come here and be your instruction manual!” 9

“No adverse effects doesn't mean no pain.” 22

“You always treat me as your ultimate safety net. That's not good for your development.” 49

“Wrong. We only gave things a push.” 226

“Life will hold on to them, but the pain is real. Death will reject them, but that won't dispel the fear of death. I've simply had enough of being a bystander.” 465

“She's the very first disciple of the founder of the Way of the Soul-me!” 649