Little Bad King

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

Origins and the New Year’s Watchers

Ren Ye describes his beginnings as those of an insignificant minor clerk rather than an ancient clan’s heir. The Worry-Free Realm’s illusions draw on memories of his Shanghai home, father, younger sister, schoolwork, and deceased mother 1156 1160.

The New Year’s Watchers became a source of belonging and protection. Five hundred fought on Qingliang Mountain to help him seize the Human Emperor Inheritance’s territory, suffering devastating casualties. Their support continued through the frontier upheaval, the Southern Border alliance, Gutan, and Nine Li 992.

Jiuli Tomb and Tide Dragon City

In Great Emperor Jiuli’s Tomb, Ren Ye endured pressure trials, strengthened his body and Divine Soul, and condensed Emperor Extreme True Intent. His stay lasted more than seven years 801 986 1011.

After returning to Tide Dragon City, he rejected Long Yuqing’s justification for destroying the Yang Family. He defeated Long Yuqing’s manifestations and exposed his fear that Yang Ganglie might reconcile with Ren Ye. Although Yang Ling’er occupied the throne afterward, Ren Ye stood above it in effective authority; the outcome left him troubled rather than triumphant 838 840.

Delusion Village

Ren Ye played Blind Huang, a Death Prison worker and Li Xiaopang’s childhood friend. He met the imprisoned Storyteller, prepared to rescue the Storyteller’s “Little Qing,” and later used the Storyteller’s Nine Heavens Mystic Venerable Talisman to return to the aid of Sun Qingxue and Shan’er 862 870 879 1011.

He subsequently suspected that Li Xiaopang had been Tan Pang as a child. Southern Bright Separation Fire later accepted him as its master, bonding with his divine awareness and nourishing his soul 937 1011.

North Wind Town

Ren Ye impersonated Zhenyi while navigating conflicting Order and Chaos assignments concerning Wang Anquan. He purchased Chaos-tainted tools and evil-cultivator blood essence to conceal his Order aura 939 971.

Pursued through the Garrison Prefecture by monks and hundreds of soldiers, he killed forty-two soldiers before being overwhelmed. During the later confrontation at the Warrior Monk Prefecture, he unleashed a mass-aging reincarnation strike as the Divine Monk’s Successor 971 986.

When Daoist Siling attempted to probe his memories, Mumu awakened within the Reincarnation Lotus Lamp and erased Siling’s Great Dao Intent. Ren Ye survived, but bearing the pressure exhausted him, while Mumu depleted the lamp and returned to sleep 1013 1014.

Myriad Spirits Garden

As an azure ox, Ren Ye studied on Chou Ox Mountain, developed his Yin-Yang scripture, and repeatedly fought Melon in the Dragon Palace Combat Arena. Three consecutive victories left him with thirty-one victory points 1034 1053 1054.

He investigated the Bizarre Disappearance Case and infiltrated the Second Seat’s operations, initially suspecting his new master of being the mastermind. His success on a deliberately treacherous murder assignment earned preliminary trust and access to the Recommendation Bureau 1100 1103 1104 1117.

During Guo An’s jailbreak assignment, his four Chaos teammates increasingly excluded him. Ren Ye secretly disrupted their advantage, negotiated with Melon, and secured Guo An at the Roadside Tavern. Although the historical outcome could not be changed, he helped send Guo An’s wife and children out of the Heavenly Capital 1113 1114 1118 1119.

Afterward, he used forty-two Merit Points to become a Consecrated Elder and chief of the Recommendation Bureau. By his thirty-eighth year in the realm, he had fifty-seven Merit Points and was close to Hall Master promotion 1120 1121.

Dragon Scale Case and Baoyuan

To investigate the Dragon Scale Case and free Cloud Boar, Ren Ye followed Cao Shouyi’s trail through the Seven Friends Restaurant. He obtained Cao’s case memories and parcel, then offered evidence of Chu Meidan’s crimes to Cloud Sea in exchange for assistance 1126 1143.

He later partnered with Liu Suihan on equal terms. Yang Youtian exploited that trust to attempt a permanent killing with True Dragon blood, turning the alliance into a blood feud with the New Year’s Watchers. Ren Ye retaliated with Emperor Extreme True Intent and the Human Emperor Sword 1147 1162 1164 1165.

The Dragon Scale Case’s resolution cleared Cloud Boar and earned Ren Ye thirteen Merit Points. His investigations then led to the supposedly dead Baoyuan; when Baoyuan seized him by the neck, Perfected Ling Xu’s intervention and a spear attack enabled his rescue 1167 1171 1172.

War and Seclusion

Ren Ye continued searching for Baoyuan as Heavenly Radiance Temple’s invasion plunged Divine Court territory into war. For seven or eight years, he worked with his companions on supplies and rear-line provisioning. Despite maintaining his greedy persona, he donated Star Source to the war effort 1175.

After witnessing the losses at Panshi and Luodao, he withdrew to Chou Ox Mountain for eleven years to seek a Dao capable of unifying his abilities. On returning, he learned that Stone Demon had died eight years earlier and found Ox Little Mouse aged eighty-three, having finally achieved Transformation at eighty-one. The mouse’s Ordinary Beast Daoist Scripture gave him a new glimpse of inspiration 1175.

Appearance

• Human Emperor manifestation: His awakened bloodline makes his skin translucent and jade-like, with pale golden light flowing across his body 838.
• Blind Huang identity: Has empty eye sockets; during a brutal body-tempering encounter, he wears black cloth over his face 857.
• Azure ox body: Has a single horn, a bovine face, and eventually a transformed humanoid form 1083 1101.
• Southern Bright Separation Fire mark: Appears on his brow after the flame accepts him as its master 937.
• Reincarnation backlash: An exceptionally powerful strike leaves wrinkles around his eyes and white hairs at his temples 986.

Personality

Ren Ye is irreverent, acquisitive, and shamelessly opportunistic. He pursues double mission rewards, devises membership schemes, manipulates reimbursements, and turns bureaucratic access into profit. His greed also makes him protective of techniques that opponents might copy without paying 939 1052 1097 1121.

Beneath that performance, he is a meticulous planner. He checks preparations before rescue attempts, scouts dangerous locations personally, and prepares responses to likely betrayals. Even when scamming someone he considers foolish, he insists on studying the target seriously and accounting for every detail 870 1100 1107 1127.

His flippancy masks strong loyalty. He regards the New Year’s Watchers as family and values the friends gained through secret realms more than treasures. He can cooperate temporarily with enemies, but betrayal by trusted companions wounds him far more deeply than ordinary hostility 992 1145 1164.

He usually steadies himself through humor and stubborn self-confidence. Nevertheless, he is intensely vengeful, sensitive to personal mockery, and willing to overturn an entire operation rather than accept being cornered by a hostile majority 802 1075 1113 1120.

Abilities & Skills

Human Emperor Inheritance and Physique

His Human Emperor bloodline, Emperor’s true blood, and awakened fate body underpin his close-combat strength 838 1046.

• Can physically contest Fifth-Grade Divine Methods without relying on spells 838.
• Possesses the Human Emperor Sword and Seal, whose power incorporates territorial weight and the weight of celestial bodies, mountains, and rivers 1046 1175.
• Benefits from Mr. Xu’s body-refining guidance, which helped close the gap between his physique and spellcasting 790.

Emperor Extreme True Intent

An intent comprehended in Great Emperor Jiuli’s Tomb that allows him to release twenty times his offensive power in an instant 1165.

• Can be channeled through the Human Emperor Sword 1165.
• Was achieved through Intent Condensation while he was still in the Third-Rank Realm 986 1008.

Reincarnation Techniques

Ren Ye uses the Reincarnation Finger taught by Mumu and draws on the Reincarnation Lotus Lamp’s stored power 790 1013.

• Reincarnation Aura can age, weaken, and kill numerous enemies with one palm strike 986.
• He is not the lamp’s true inheritor; without appropriate rites and replenishment, it generates only faint strands of power on its own 986.
• Heavy use depletes the lamp and can visibly age him 986.
• Mumu’s destruction of Siling’s Great Dao Intent was Mumu’s intervention, not an independent feat by Ren Ye 1013 1014.
• By his later seclusion, he decides not to pursue reincarnation as his own Dao 1175.

Yin-Yang Inner Cores

His azure ox body develops Twin Stars Shining Together, combining the Heavenly Yang and Nether Yin Inner Cores 1101.

• Heavenly Yang Inner Core: Refined from pure spiritual qi and nurtured with human destiny 1101.
• Nether Yin Inner Core: Founded on heaven-and-earth turbid qi, bodily impurities, and the Underworld’s source of reincarnation 1101.
• Modifies the Pure Yang Ghost-Seizing Technique to bind, dissolve, and consume ghosts as nourishment 1101.
• Channels combined primordial qi through his Dragon Spine Meridian and horn to release a destructive divine rainbow 1101.
• Uses destiny for concealment and, in one jailbreak, to pierce a tiny opening through an illusion barrier 1101 1113.

Combat and Body-Tempering Techniques

• Returning Dragon Technique: Enables extremely rapid closing movement; its execution improves substantially after his azure ox body achieves Transformation 1049 1101.
• Spirit-Surge Method: Helps him evade and endure Melon’s attacks while concealing his actual strength 1046.
• Bronze Head and Iron Bones: Provides strong defenses, vigorous vitality, and considerable healing capacity during punishing physical training 857.
• Holy Eyes and Heaven-Dominating Sword Technique: Among the techniques he specifically seeks to prevent Melon from copying 1046 1052.

Three Thousand Secret Treasures

A divine method that randomly grants an unpredictable spell ability once every twelve hours 877.

• Results are not reliably powerful; earlier rolls frequently produced mediocre abilities 877.
• The Heavenly Grace Enlightenment Talisman improves his chance of receiving a rare divine method 877.
• Obtains Old Swallows Return to the Nest, which later lets him sense Sun Qingxue and Shan’er’s worsening injuries 877 879.

Infiltration and Investigation

• Uses disguises, false identities, aura concealment, reconnaissance, and negotiated exchanges to navigate faction conflicts 939 971 1107 1118.
• Exploits institutional incentives to gain access and trust, particularly within the Recommendation Bureau 1103 1104.
• Reconstructs links among historical cases through memories, physical evidence, and conflicting accounts 1128 1141 1170 1175.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Human Emperor Sword — Supreme Treasure carrying the power of an entire commandery; combines with his intent, spiritual qi, and Southern Bright Separation Fire 1046 1165.
• Human Emperor Seal — Suppressive treasure that destroys Middle Ghost’s four nurtured treasures within ten breaths 790.
• Reincarnation Lotus Lamp — Houses Mumu and supplies stored Reincarnation Aura; major expenditures can leave it extinguished 986 1013.
• Nine Peaks swords — Damaged Peerless Treasures whose usable strengths include immense weight and sharpness; Melon exposes their limited spiritual essence 1046.
• Southern Bright Separation Fire — Sentient flame that chooses him as master, nourishes his Divine Soul, and strengthens his sword attacks 937 1046.
• Divine Dao Star Sand — Material derived from a Divine Prohibition being’s bone fragments; forms scale-like protection and helps break the pill cabinet’s freezing power 1133.
• Infiltrator Token — Allows access to his true body during the spirit-beast scenario, subject to restrictions; unusable during the Worry-Free Realm assignment 1038 1162.
• Nine Heavens Mystic Venerable Talisman — Storyteller’s gift; warns him of intruders and later channels lightning into his dantian to raise his combat strength 877 879.
• Combat Token — Transports duelists into the Dragon Palace arena’s illusion realm even when activated outside the palace 1052.
• Evil-cultivator blood essence — Three purchased drops intended to mask his Order aura and reinforce his physical defenses 971.
• Invincible Strength Pill — Stolen experimental pill made from ten sacred spirits’ blood; its unbalanced, improvised refinement makes him unwilling to trust it 1133.
• Soul-Suppressing Water — Stolen substance that can make a drinker fear the person whose soul aura it absorbs; duration varies, and overdoses can cause insanity or death 1133.

Relationships

• New Year’s Watchers — His sect and surrogate family. His growth is important enough to their future that he is compared to a sect’s holy son 992 1164.
• Daoist Chu / Fatty Chu — One of his most trusted friends, despite incessant insults, scams, reports, and disputes over money 1102 1106 1145 1146.
• Mumu — Teacher of Reincarnation Finger and powerful protector within the Lotus Lamp. Ren Ye calls Mumu his strategist, dearest friend, and “half a Master” 1013.
• Cloud Boar, the Second Seat — His secret-realm master and political protector. Their relationship begins in suspicion and calculated flattery; Ren Ye later works to clear his name 1100 1103 1167.
• Lin Ye — Senior brother, administrative ally, and accomplice in corruption. Ren Ye repeatedly charges expenses to him, while his successes also earn Lin Ye credit 1121 1154.
• Melon — Dangerous rival and occasional negotiating partner. Their duels involve concealed techniques and escalating stakes, but both honor their jailbreak transaction 1052 1053 1118.
• Liu Suihan — Respected Order ally with whom he agrees to split joint opportunities equally. Ren Ye cooperates because he trusts Liu, not Yang Youtian 1147 1162.
• Yang Youtian — Initially reconciles with him, then attempts to kill him permanently for a supreme opportunity 1121 1162.
• Ox Little Mouse — Longtime companion whom he initially pressures for resources, later supports with pills and scriptures, and eventually recognizes as needing its own path 1054 1121 1175.
• Five Tigers of the Sect — Little Marquis, Tuoba Chan/Big Foolish Elephant, Black Dog, Three-Headed Azure Bird, and Lei Hu. They are his trusted fighting companions, though he finds their investigative judgment exasperating 1124.
• Black Dog — A particularly close companion and frequent assistant in schemes; Ren Ye acknowledges that their mutual exploitation coexists with genuine friendship 1127 1144.
• Wang Tudou — Mortal enemy responsible for killing New Year’s Watchers. Ren Ye nevertheless accepts a temporary alliance against Heavenly Radiance Temple 992.
• Storyteller — Prisoner he bargains with in Delusion Village and source of the Nine Heavens Mystic Venerable Talisman 862 870 877.
• Mr. Xu — Mentor whose body-refining guidance substantially improves his physique 790.

Notable Quotes

“Long Yuqing, we follow different paths and cannot work together. Today, you may unleash your Fifth Grade Divine Methods to your heart’s content, while I fight you with my physical body alone!” 838

“Four of you against one of me? Then none of us is fucking playing anymore!!!” 1113

“Everyone perceives effort and contributions differently. If we examine them in detail, there’ll inevitably be nothing but conflict. So let’s not discuss those things. We just need to think alike, work together, and explore the secret realm in harmony.” 1147