An Ning

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Childhood and Abandonment

An Ning is Du Yuwei’s older twin sister. Their parents sent her to an orphanage after a Taoist priest claimed she had committed many sins in a previous life. She grew up without parental care and received only an elementary-school education 129 187 239.

The orphanage’s original director treated its children badly. A later elderly director cared for them kindly, and An Ning adopted his surname. Like other former residents, she returned to visit him during holidays and festivals 247.

Criminal Past

An Ning began stealing as a child and became a frequent detainee. Boss Lei later taught her thieving skills and took her through six months of practical experience before she was caught. A photograph from their time together shows her at approximately seventeen or eighteen 157 624.

She also sold counterfeit medicine, driving competing sellers off her street through violence. The business earned several hundred yuan a day, but she received a six-month sentence after someone nearly died from taking the medicine 187.

Six years before Xu Hui’s case, An Ning was herself lured into a dangerous encounter. She stabbed the man involved and slashed the face of the girl who had deceived her, resulting in juvenile detention 454.

Du Yuwei’s Revenge

An Ning and Du Yuwei shared a deep bond, with Seventh Master describing them as each other’s only family. An Ning secretly stole her sister’s body and insisted on helping her take revenge despite his warnings 129.

Although An Ning did not directly kill anyone during this period, she acted as an accomplice and indirectly caused multiple deaths. After Du Yuwei’s death, Seventh Master sought to guide her toward good deeds rather than further wrongdoing 185 187.

Appearance

• Identical twin: Her face resembles Du Yuwei’s so closely that Chen Mo, Meng Yifan, and Song Xiaotian repeatedly mistake her for her sister 131 187 375.
• Early clothing: Frequently wears black, including a long black dress with red high heels. During one rescue, she wears her hair in a high ponytail 131 187.
• Limited wardrobe: When she joins the shop, her remaining outfits are identical because her landlord discarded her belongings during her detention 187.
• Later clothing: Appears in a white T-shirt and overalls while caring for Chen Mo, and in Daoist robes during her studies at Qingyun Temple 375 616.

Personality

An Ning is resourceful, observant, and quick to act. Seventh Master explicitly praises her agility and reactions, while Chen Mo repeatedly relies on her ability to notice explanations others overlook. Her limited schooling does not prevent her from making sharp deductions 129 279 520 575.

Her temper is fierce, particularly toward people she despises. She rejects Du Yunting’s advances with wine and threats, later chasing his birthday messengers with a broadsword. Her aggression is not merely bluster: Chen Mo and Song Xiaotian intervene because they believe she may genuinely injure someone 330 432.

Beneath this toughness, poverty and abandonment leave her deeply insecure. After joining the shop, she becomes quieter and more reserved, especially around wealthy women such as Pan Xiaorou and Lin Yin. Over time, she grows more outgoing among her friends and begins studying seriously to improve her education 355 383 432.

Her loyalty can override both fear and caution. She risks her life to rescue Chen Mo and refuses to abandon him when he cannot walk. The same concern makes her vulnerable to deception: kidnappers lure her out by falsely claiming he has been injured in a car accident 373 374 403.

Abilities & Skills

Consciousness During Possession

An Ning can retain her awareness while a Yin Soul possesses her body and can regain control herself. Neither she nor Seventh Master initially knows why she has this gift 193 194 202.

• Serves as a medium for Liu Jing and the Ninth Concubine 192 279.
• Regains control long enough to threaten her own body with the Vajra Pestle, frightening Liu Jing away and saving Chen Mo 193.
• Awakens herself after recognizing Sun Jiayu’s supernatural deception, then helps wake the others 211.
• Her resistance does not make her fearless: unfamiliar ghosts still frighten her 192 575.

Deduction and Improvisation

Her “Prophet” nickname reflects a string of accurate insights rather than a confirmed ability to see the future 520.

• Suggests that the Ninth Concubine may have been murdered when a summoning method for natural deaths fails 279.
• Reconstructs how Liu Xiaoxiao helped lure Xu Hui to a hotel, drawing on her own experience 454.
• Correctly identifies supervisor Zhang Xu as the Snake Spirit when the investigators’ usual methods cannot pinpoint him 520.
• Explains Zhang Chengfeng’s control over Tang Village’s dead as an attempt to keep his family together and dominate the deserted village 575.
• Adapts quickly to infiltration roles, including pretending to be a psychiatric patient 592 593.

Theft, Lock-Picking, and Infiltration

Her criminal experience gives her practical skills useful during investigations 279 593 624.

• Opens a locked door with a hairpin in less than a minute 279.
• Steals a guard’s access card to enter a psychiatric hospital’s restricted ward 593.
• Hides inside a freight crate to reach Chen Mo’s place of captivity 373.
• Learned her thieving skills from Boss Lei 624.

Fighting and Endurance

An Ning is agile and willing to use lethal force, but her early fighting ability is not equivalent to formal martial training 129 374.

• Strikes an attacker with a heavy rock to save Chen Mo 282.
• Destroys pursuing ghosts with a broadsword supplied by Chen Mo 309.
• Carries the wounded Chen Mo despite having gone nearly three days without food or water 374.
• Is overpowered by trained fighters during that escape, even while armed 374.

Daoist and Medical Studies

At Qingyun Temple, An Ning studies under Abbot Qianxin and Daoist Master Yuanxiu 616.

• Learns to identify medicinal herbs 616.
• Continues her temple education during her separation from Chen Mo 708.
• No specific medical mastery or named cultivation realm is established in the supplied chapters.

Potential Underworld Appointment

Seventh Master says people with her spiritual gift are likely candidates to become Underworld Deputies after death. This is a possibility, not an appointment she has already received 202 203.

• Her involvement in earlier deaths would still expose her to punishment.
• Seventh Master advises her to accumulate Yin Virtue—good deeds performed without seeking recognition—to offset her wrongdoing 203.

Unexplained Traffic-Stop Incident

• During an escape, An Ning whispers “Wen Jing,” after which the traffic officers attempting to detain her and Chen Mo freeze. The mechanism is not explained in the supplied account 132.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Vajra Pestle — Initially stolen from Seventh Master’s home. She uses it to drive Liu Jing out of her body; Seventh Master later formally sells it to her for a token hundred yuan to teach her not to steal 193 194 198.
• Broadsword — Given to her by Chen Mo and used against both ghosts and human attackers. It measures approximately ninety centimeters overall 309 372 374.
• Folding knife — Chen Mo gives her one when he becomes suspicious of Assistant He 278.
• Motorcycles — A personal interest. She sells her earlier motorcycle to pay for Du Yuwei’s ashes to be interred; Chen Mo, Meng Yifan, and Song Xiaotian later buy her a Harley worth two hundred thousand yuan as a New Year’s gift 375 408.
• Diamond ring — Chen Mo buys it before they go to register their marriage 735.

Relationships

• Chen Mo — Investigative partner and eventual marriage partner. His initial concern is partly tied to her resemblance to Du Yuwei, but he comes to recognize and love her as a distinct person. Their past lives were Gongsun Jing and the Ghost King 409 563 565 735.
• Du Yuwei — Younger twin sister. An Ning helps pursue her revenge, later sells her motorcycle to cover the interment of her ashes, and visits her memorial with Chen Mo 129 375 408.
• Du Yuwei’s child — Nephew and, after Du Yuwei’s death, her only remaining family. Seventh Master believes An Ning brought him to his home; the group subsequently sends him on to reincarnate 185 187.
• Zhao Laoqi / Seventh Master — Protector and moral guide. He recognizes her talent, warns her against further wrongdoing, and arranges her studies at Qingyun Temple 129 198 202 611.
• Meng Yifan — Employer and friend. Hires her despite her criminal history, arranges help with clothing, and contributes to her Harley 187 188 408.
• Song Xiaotian — Friend and colleague. Encourages her relationship with Chen Mo and stages a false resignation story to make Chen Mo confront his feelings 408 564 565.
• Boss Lei — Former teacher in theft. Remains concerned about her welfare and urges Chen Mo to treat her responsibly 624 625.
• Daoist Master Qianxin — Abbot of Qingyun Temple and her formal master 616.
• Daoist Master Yuanxiu — Her medical teacher at Qingyun Temple 616.
• Du Yunting — Unwanted pursuer. She repeatedly rejects his attention, including his elaborate birthday gifts 330 432.
• Elderly orphanage director — Kindly caregiver whose surname she adopts 247.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Joining the Shop

After another period of detention, An Ning returns seeking work. Meng Yifan hires her with a base salary, allowances, bonuses, and sales commissions. She admits her criminal history candidly and apologizes for the trouble she previously caused the group 187 188.

The Liu Jing investigation reveals her unusual control during possession, but also exposes her limits: she and Chen Mo become trapped in the apartment’s deteriorating illusion and nearly die of thirst before Seventh Master rescues them 192 193 194 196.

Ding Ruoning and the Luo Residence

During the Ding Ruoning case, An Ning deliberately runs before being tested with a talisman, drawing Seventh Master and Zhang Bo away and creating an opening for Ding Ruoning to act. The group later concludes that both men had understood the situation and quietly withdrawn their protection 218 219.

In the Luo Residence investigations, she serves as a medium, saves Chen Mo from attackers and ghosts, and helps him search for Meng Yifan while evading hostile spirits and Du Yunting’s men 279 282 309 310.

Rescue and Captivity

Guided by a mysterious young man in a dream, An Ning infiltrates the site of Chen Mo’s imprisonment inside a freight crate. She waits for two days in a locked room, frees him, and refuses to leave him behind when he collapses. Du Yunting’s men ultimately rescue them from their pursuers 372 373 374 375.

She later becomes a target herself. Qingyuan’s men abduct her using a false report of Chen Mo’s car accident; Jiang Yuan’s organization subsequently uses her captivity to force Chen Mo’s cooperation 396 403 495 496.

Reincarnation and Romance

At Hanging Peak Ancient Temple, An Ning and Chen Mo discover that they are the reincarnations of the Ghost King and Gongsun Jing. Chen Mo initially resists pursuing their mutual feelings because he fears his flawed fate pattern will kill her 563 564 565.

Song Xiaotian’s false claim that she has resigned provokes Chen Mo into recognizing that he cannot accept losing her. Their relationship develops into an acknowledged romance, with Chen Mo insisting that their present lives—not merely their past-life identities—must determine their future 565 586 611.

Separation, Training, and Marriage

The couple accepts a planned year apart to become stronger. An Ning studies at Qingyun Temple while Chen Mo trains elsewhere; they briefly reunite after eight months before separating again 611 616 708 709.

After Chen Mo returns to Lanjiang City, An Ning asks when they will marry. He buys her a diamond ring, reassures her after his unexplained early-morning absence, and takes her to register their marriage. Their wedding ceremony is later postponed, which she accepts without resentment 734 735 744.

Notable Quotes

“If you've never felt the warmth of the sun, perhaps winter doesn't feel quite so cold.” 409

“No. If they take you away again, I might never find you...” 373

“We only exist in this life.” 741

Trivia

• An Ning once ran a fried-rice stall, but it closed after two days because customers disliked her cooking 487.
• During her reunion with Chen Mo, she collects cash and phones from fallen enemies, then later gives him the money out of concern that he might need it 707 709.
• She places her own photograph on Du Yuwei’s columbarium niche because she has no suitably small photograph of her sister 408.