Nangong Wan

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Covering Moon Sect and the Forbidden Land

Nangong Wan reached Core Formation within the Covering Moon Sect and became one of its gifted cultivators and renowned alchemists. She normally cultivated alone and wore a veil; her encounter with Lin Yun was her first experience of such close intimacy with a man 58 59 122.

During the Blood-Colored Forbidden Land expedition, Covering Moon Sect disciples sealed her inside an underground space using the Little Sumeru Forbidden Technique. There, she fought a second-stage Ink Flood Dragon before joining forces with Lin Yun to kill it 21 23.

Their cooperation quickly became an argument over the spoils. Lin Yun took the dragon’s soul essence, leaving her its body. Mistaking its aphrodisiac gland for a valuable core, she reached for it despite his warning and released a pink mist. Lin Yun escaped with her and taught her a mind-clearing formula; both regained control, and no sexual encounter occurred. She agreed to conceal his Formless Sword Escape and demanded secrecy about their predicament 23 24.

Before leaving, Lin Yun falsely introduced himself as Han Li. Nangong Wan later encountered the real Han Li and obtained Lin Yun’s identity and location from Li Huayuan 25 35.

Confession and Escape to the Chaotic Star Sea

After returning to her sect, Nangong Wan found herself unable to forget Lin Yun. Her attachment nearly caused cultivation deviation, although the formula he had taught her continued to support her progress. When she learned that Yellow Maple Valley’s evacuation might place him in danger, she went to rescue him, only to discover that he had already left 51.

After fighting her way out of the Covering Moon Sect, she was pursued by Demonic Path cultivators. She gravely wounded the younger Li brother through a feint, but injuries and depleted magical power left her vulnerable. Lin Yun rescued her and killed the pursuing elder surnamed Li 49 50.

Confronted by Yunlu Old Devil, she confessed her feelings and proposed becoming Dao Companions. Lin Yun subsequently took her to an Ancient Teleportation Formation, through which they escaped to the Chaotic Star Sea with their companions 51 52.

Cultivation in Tianxing City

While traveling toward Tianxing City, Nangong Wan adopted Lin Yun’s Nine-Turn Core Formation Method and learned Southern Bright Lihuo Fire. The combined methods allowed her to retain Core Formation cultivation during her next Reincarnation Stage, though her youthful appearance then took years to return to normal 58 59 60 77.

At the ancient cultivator ruins, she overcame the third-turn bottleneck and later helped defeat the Fengle Merchant Alliance cultivators plotting against them. She killed Madam Bi and burned the middle-aged cultivator Bai to ashes. When Elder Chen investigated, she and Lin Yun concealed their involvement 85 86 92 97.

She eventually chose to form a Nascent Soul after the sixth turn rather than pursue all nine turns. Her original cultivation foundation differed from Lin Yun’s, making his full Golden Core route unattainable for her. After refining the Vermilion Phoenix Sword to deepen her understanding of true essence, she volunteered to face Elder Chen’s challenge as her Human Tribulation. By the time she formed her Nascent Soul, the sixth turn was complete 107 120 121 122.

Following her breakthrough, she declined recruitment offers by explaining that she needed to stabilize her Nascent Soul. Over the next ten years, she avoided prolonged seclusion apart from a two-year effort to refine the Vermilion Bird Ring anew 122.

Void Sky Hall

Nangong Wan entered Void Sky Hall disguised as Li Muwan, accompanying Lin Yun under his Wang Lin identity. She befriended Madam Wen after learning that Six Paths Supreme Sage had made her a demonic furnace cauldron and artifact-refining material 128 131 134.

She and Lin Yun secretly reached the Cold Li Terrace ahead of other groups. There, she killed Profound Bone and retrieved the Void Sky Cauldron with assistance from Han Li’s Blood Jade Spider and Lin Yun’s Innate One Qi Great Grasping 139 144 145.

After leaving the hall, she studied the cauldron on a deserted island but could only change its size; its lid remained sealed. She handed it to Lin Yun for further investigation 148 151.

Later Travels

Their planned return to the Heavenly South was delayed when Lin Yun discovered that the teleportation formation at its far end had been damaged 157.

Nangong Wan later supplied Lin Yun with a wisp of Separation Fire essence, depleting her vitality. While recovering, she gained the insight that removed her remaining Nascent Soul advancement bottlenecks. She then visited Madam Wen at White Jade Mountain and traveled with her to the Outer Sea 161 162.

She reunited with Lin Yun and Xin Ruoyin on Strange Abyss Island as a beast tide threatened Blackstone City. With the city’s teleportation array destroyed, they attended a meeting to discuss survival and escape. Later, she helped process the Azure Flood Dragon’s remains after leaving the Inverse Star Alliance headquarters 166 172.

Appearance

Nangong Wan’s usual appearance combines a slender, well-proportioned figure with dignified elegance 24 35.

• Facial features: Willow-leaf brows 25.
• Clothing: Often wears a white veil; appears in white court or palace gowns 49 58 73 91.
• Reincarnation Stage appearance: Looks approximately fifteen or sixteen. After her first core turn, she must physically grow back to her usual appearance over several years without losing her cultivation 60 77.
• Li Muwan disguise: A gentle-looking woman in a blue-and-white gauze dress, created through Transformation Technique 128.

Personality

Nangong Wan is proud of her seniority and quick to challenge disrespect. Her early dealings with Lin Yun feature threats, cold replies, and irritation at his false identity; as their relationship develops, these become teasing exchanges and affectionate exasperation 23 24 51 54 58.

Her commitment to cultivation is firm. Although frustrated by resource costs and prolonged bottlenecks, she refuses Lin Yun’s suggestion that she abandon the Nine-Turn Method to avoid tribulations. She insists on completing the path she has chosen 74 77 79.

She is protective toward those close to her and compassionate toward victims of exploitation. She tries to rescue Lin Yun, offers him her scarce cultivation pills, worries about Xin Ruoyin’s dangerous seclusion, and befriends Madam Wen out of sympathy for her situation 51 61 109 134.

Abilities & Skills

Nine-Turn Core Formation Method

Nangong Wan cultivates Lin Yun’s method to develop essence, energy, and spirit together 58 59.

• The first turn increases her lifespan and spiritual sense while preventing cultivation regression during the Reincarnation Stage 60.
• The third turn requires insight as well as accumulated cultivation; years of pills and seclusion alone fail to secure it 77 85.
• The sixth turn involves precise control of true essence through the soul and the unification of soul and energy 120.
• Her original foundation limits her to a six-turn route before Nascent Soul formation rather than Lin Yun’s complete nine-turn Golden Core path 107.
• Her cultivation experience becomes the basis for Lin Yun’s revised first-through-sixth-turn teachings given to Han Li 123.

Southern Bright Lihuo Fire

Taught directly by Lin Yun, this primordial-qi flame is identified as the Essence of Separation Fire 59.

• Its nine Heavenly Mansion True Talismans help her complete the first core turn 60.
• Its demon-refining properties make Heart Demons comparatively easy for her to overcome 122.
• She continues cultivating it through her Nascent Soul after formation 107 122.
• Later insight into its renewing nature removes the bottleneck before Late Nascent Soul 162.

Soul Cultivation and Spiritual Sense

Nangong Wan practices the Purple Mansion Manual, also called the Purple Palace Secret Manual in the supplied summaries 24 49 59.

• Initially receives only a formula for clearing the mind, stilling thoughts, and nourishing the soul—not the complete manual 24.
• Strengthens her soul enough to resist the Li brothers’ ghostly shrieks 49.
• Improves her spiritual sense and makes cultivation easier despite her emotional preoccupation with Lin Yun 59.
• After Nascent Soul formation, extends her spiritual sense three hundred li to detect changes near Han Li’s cave abode 123.
• Studies toward a Yang Spirit under Lin Yun’s guidance; its actual attainment is not documented 151.

Combat and Swordsmanship

She combines sword qi, fire treasures, talismans, and tactical deception 49.

• Feigns vulnerability to soul attacks, then gravely wounds the younger Li brother with a flaming Vermilion Bird 49.
• Defeats Late Core Formation Madam Bi while herself at Mid Core Formation 91 92.
• At perfected fifth turn, estimates that she can defeat an ordinary Early Nascent Soul cultivator but cannot kill one 120.
• Uses the Vermilion Phoenix Sword to burn Profound Bone to ashes 144.

Alchemy and Artifact Refinement

She is a renowned master alchemist within the Covering Moon Sect 58.

• Studies and compares newly purchased pill formulas with those she already knows 58.
• Acknowledges that Lin Yun’s alchemy surpasses hers and entrusts the ruins’ harvested herbs to him 82.
• Refines the Vermilion Phoenix Sword as a means of understanding her own true essence 120.
• Repeatedly refines and tests the Vermilion Bird Ring as her cultivation develops 99 122.

Transformation Technique

Learned from Lin Yun, this technique allows her to assume Li Muwan’s appearance 128.

• Uses the disguise to enter Void Sky Hall and presents herself as Wang Lin’s wife 128 138.
• Reuses the identity after leaving the hall 148.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Vermilion Bird Ring — Fire treasure capable of manifesting a large flaming Vermilion Bird; also shields her from the Cold Li Terrace’s chill 49 145.
• Vermilion Phoenix Sword — Personally refined using crimson flame gold supplied by Lin Yun; releases crimson-gold sword light and spiritual flames 120 144.
• Treasure-Dropping Coin — Gift from Lin Yun. Immobilizes Madam Bi’s bonded water-blue ruler and captures it after her death 60 91 92.
• Spirit Boat — Carries Nangong Wan, Lin Yun, Xin Ruoyin, and Xiao Mei toward Kuixing City and Tianxing City 55 58.
• White jade pendant — Defensive item that shatters while barely blocking the Li brothers’ combined attack; she still suffers injuries 49.
• Iron Essence — Given by Lin Yun for artifact refinement; sufficient to improve her flying sword’s quality by at least one grade 60.
• Water-blue ruler — Collected after defeating Madam Bi 92.
• Thunder Roc Spell Pellet — Received from Lin Yun, alongside another intended for Xin Ruoyin 107.
• Supreme Goodness Pearl and Taiyi Five-Smoke Gauze — Provided by Lin Yun for protection before her battle with Elder Chen 120.
• Red jade fishing rod — Extends from a roughly four-foot rod and is used to pull the Void Sky Cauldron from its altar 144 145.
• Void Sky Cauldron — Retrieved at the Cold Li Terrace; later handed to Lin Yun because she cannot open it 145 151.
• Taiyi Divine Thunder Talisman — Made from a Golden Thunder Bamboo leaf and given for her White Jade Mountain visit; especially effective against demonic arts 162.
• Protective Fire Lotus — Additional protection supplied before her excursion 162.
• White Jade Mountain token — Three-inch white jade tablet given by Madam Wen as part of her invitation 162.

Relationships

• Lin Yun — Dao Companion, cultivation mentor, and frequent expedition partner. Their antagonistic first meeting develops into mutual affection; she proposes the partnership, and he teaches her the methods that lead to her Nascent Soul breakthrough 23 51 58 59 122.
• Han Li — Lin Yun’s junior brother. Initially becomes involved because Lin Yun used his name; she later accepts “Sister-in-Law” as his form of address and rescues him from Profound Bone 25 35 110 144.
• Xin Ruoyin — Fellow traveler and cultivation companion. Nangong Wan worries about her Supreme Yin Chain Form ritual and later reunites with her during the Blackstone City crisis 109 110 166.
• Ling Yuling — Friendly associate who congratulates her on Nascent Soul formation and worries when she faces Elder Chen alone 121 122.
• Madam Wen / Fellow Daoist Bai — Friend first met in Void Sky Hall. Nangong Wan sympathizes with her exploitation by Six Paths Supreme Sage, accepts an invitation to White Jade Mountain for swordsmanship guidance, and later travels with her 131 134 162.
• Elder Chen — Fengle Merchant Alliance adversary. Investigates her and Lin Yun’s involvement in the ruins’ deaths and later issues the challenge she accepts as her Human Tribulation 97 120 121.
• Yunlu Old Devil — Nascent Soul pursuer whose arrival interrupts her confession and forces an escape from the Heavenly South 51 52.

Notable Quotes

“I thought... I thought we might as well become Dao companions.” 51

“I'm not someone who gives up halfway and shrinks from moving forward! Since I've begun cultivating the Nine-Turn Return-to-Elixir Method and the southern bright lihuo fire, I'll naturally see it through to the end.” 79

“Leave him to me.” — On accepting Elder Chen’s challenge 120