Ying Huaixu

Biodata

Power Progression

Spiritual Root and Cultivation

Technique and Alchemy Milestones

Background / History

Before entering the cultivation world, Ying Huaixu spent most of his time in a nutrient pod playing Primordial Immortal Cultivation Record. After his parents died, he stopped socializing and relied on grinding the game to earn money. He created numerous starter and resource accounts and could carry other players through raids even with poor equipment 9 17 20.

His latest account was intended for sale to help repay his loans. He selected Hongmeng difficulty, accepted the permanent-death warning without reading it carefully, and chose a longsword to increase his chances of obtaining a valuable sword-related spiritual root. Only after awakening the Dao Sword Spiritual Root did he discover that the exit button was missing and the world was real 1 2.

The world also contained an apparent history for him that contradicted his understanding of his customized, backstory-free character. Records examined by Lü Qingyi described him as an orphaned descendant of a fallen clan who trained at a martial arts school, escaped pursuit by the Evil Fiend, and fell from a cliff before Ye Ningshuang rescued him 4 11.

Appearance

• Face: Extremely handsome, with delicate skin and beauty compared to a woman’s; he had personally customized his character’s face and body 4 8 9.
• Clothing: Initially wore the familiar commoner starter outfit; later wore Divine Firmament Sword Sect disciple robes 1 34.
• Cultivation manifestation: At Body Tempering’s ninth layer, blue streaks appeared across his skin as ice-attributed power radiated from his flesh and bones 32.

Personality

Ying Huaixu is impatient, efficiency-minded, and strongly motivated by experience rewards. He skips lengthy quest explanations, uses running and climbing shortcuts, and evaluates cultivation arts by their return on investment. His habit of treating marked enemies as experience sources can make his sudden violence unnerving to companions 12 20 29 41.

His confidence in combat coexists with a strong desire to survive. Familiar encounters initially encourage him to think like a player, but blood, intelligent enemies, and genuine realm differences repeatedly force him to reconsider. After nearly dying against the city lord, he commits to keeping a low profile rather than displaying his abilities publicly 15 32 49.

Although he calls himself selfish and hopes to benefit from Ye Ningshuang’s future accomplishments, he also shows consideration for others. He insists that she share meals with him, worries about her reputation, respects He Xiuyuan’s willingness to sacrifice himself, and gives both companions substantial financial support 6 37 42.

Abilities & Skills

Game-System Interface

Ying Huaixu retains numerous game functions after entering the real world 5 7 21.

• Experience-based advancement: Can spend experience directly on cultivation and technique proficiency instead of relying solely on conventional training 20 26 31.
• Instant learning: Manuals and pill formulas can transfer their contents directly into his mind. Learning Doctor Li’s formula did not destroy the physical document 5 7.
• Skill slots: Equipping a learned technique grants smooth, practiced execution. Unequipping Flying Snow Sword preserved his knowledge but made its use clumsy 7.
• No cooldowns: Techniques and consumables can be used repeatedly, subject to available resources 7 32.
• Quest tracking and maps: Can follow objective markers, reveal maps, track companions’ portraits, and locate concealed enemies 8 20 39 46.
• Additional functions: Unlocks the mailbox, True Spirit Eye, Sect Activity, and shop; also possesses equipment enhancement and advancement functions 21 38.
• Restrictions: Sect Activity permits only one activity per day. His Townstone’s teleportation function was unavailable during the journey toward Falling Radiance City 22 27.

Combat Mechanics and Swordsmanship

His high-level player experience remains a major advantage in fights where he can perceive the enemy’s movements 9 32.

• Attack trajectory displays: Uses visible attack indicators to dodge, parry, and disarm opponents 9.
• Dodge invincibility frames: Confirms that the game’s temporary invulnerability during dodges still functions 15.
• Dodge counters: Can close the distance almost instantaneously with a guaranteed-hit strike that leaves an opening for follow-up attacks 15.
• Pattern recognition: Exploits known boss windups, interrupts charged attacks, and avoids overcommitting during damage windows 32.
• Spell parrying: After entering Meridian Opening, cuts through the city lord’s blood-red light attack while sending sword energy back at him 48.
• Training others: Exposes He Xiuyuan’s predictable attack patterns through sparring, repeatedly dodging and countering his moves 50.

Limits: Skill alone cannot overcome every realm difference. At Body Tempering’s fifth layer, he could not clearly follow the Phantom Night Wolf’s movements; at the ninth layer, he could not defeat the city lord before breaking through. Real enemies can retreat, improvise, and repeatedly use abilities rather than follow fixed game behavior 15 32 49.

Dao Sword Spiritual Root

The hidden root possesses a mutated ice attribute but registers as merely low-grade during the sect’s spiritual-root test 2 10.

• According to an official game post Ying Huaixu had read, its sword attacks heal the user and add true damage calculated from percentages of both the opponent’s health and the user’s health. These are described properties, not a separately verified status readout of his hidden root 2.
• While holding the Ice Spirit Sword, he senses its construction and instinctively understands how to release its full power; he suspects this is the root’s influence 21.
• Lü Qingyi observes Human-Sword Unity in his fighting despite the low-grade test result 16.

Ice Techniques

Alchemy

His refinement speed and batch sizes astonish Huang Tianqi 24 49.

• Produces seven Supreme-grade Spirit-Breaking Pills in one refinement session 24.
• Refines two hundred Bone-Strengthening Pills at once, later exchanging them for spirit stones 24 25.
• Receives access to the outer sect Pill Room and ingredients needed for his formulas through his alchemist token 24.
• Learns formulas for Sweet Dew Pills, Second-Tier Spirit-Returning Pills, and Qi-Gathering Pills; automates Sweet Dew Pill and Qi-Gathering Pill production 49.

Resource Management and Recovery

• Automatic medicine use: Equipped healing pills activate automatically during breakthroughs and combat. He can adjust their activation threshold 7 21 48.
• Recovery limitations: Advancement causes genuine pain and physical depletion. During the city lord fight, pills keep him alive, but sustained attacks still exhaust his stamina 7 21 48.
• Instance farming: Clears the Nether Capital Merchant Guild’s Spirit Stone, Medicinal Herb, and Equipment Materials instances for currency and supplies 38.
• Shared mission experience: Receives experience from Ye Ningshuang’s kills and from other sect disciples fighting during the world mission, making his plan to gain experience from the sidelines viable 40 45.
• Sin-value perception: States that he can see condemned inmates’ sin values and warns He Xiuyuan not to kill indiscriminately 41.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Ice Spirit Sword — Supreme-grade ice spirit weapon. Obtained from the Yin Soul Secret Realm; Lü Qingyi removed its restrictions and black energy and enhanced it into an ice-blue longsword 16 21.
• Phantom Night Wolf Pattern jade pendant — Adaptive defensive artifact awarded for completing the wolf-pack side quest 32.
• Outer disciple token — Granted by Lü Qingyi; includes a guidance function he uses after registering at the sect 10 18.
• Second-grade alchemist token — Grants access to the Pill Room and formula ingredients 24.
• Storage Bag — His equipped basic bag adds twenty inventory slots 21.
• Blood-Coagulating Pills and Qi-Recovery Pills — Regularly purchased from the system shop and equipped in medicine slots 39.
• Bone-Strengthening Pills — Used in his advancement preparations; their requirements appear in the higher Body Tempering upgrade interface 26 31.
• Nether Capital Merchant Guild VIP token — Provides a twenty-percent discount 38.
• Refined ores and tempering stones — Bought in bulk for the equipment enhancement and advancement systems, at prices lower than he remembered from the game 38.

Relationships

• Ye Ningshuang — Rescuer, host, fellow disciple, and principal companion. She grows attached to him, while he initially describes them as friends and avoids pursuing romance because he fears her original storyline. He later prioritizes strengthening her so she can safely carry future missions 3 6 17 27 49.
• Lü Qingyi — Senior sect member who recruits him, rewards his adventure quest, and enhances his sword. His knowledge and combat ability intrigue her, although divination repeatedly labels his future “utterly ordinary.” She orders disciples to keep his unusual behavior secret and covers for his unexplained use of token guidance 10 11 16 18.
• He Xiuyuan — Senior brother and trusted mission companion. Ying Huaixu considers changing his originally fatal ending, helps keep him alive, and later demands serious cultivation and combat training. He supplies him with more than three hundred Qi-Gathering Pills and sets a goal of reaching Meridian Opening’s ninth level within two years 27 37 48 50.
• Huang Tianqi — Alchemy supporter and fellow disciple who recognizes his talent, awards his alchemist status, provides formulas, and tries unsuccessfully to persuade the Pill Peak Master to recruit him 24 49.
• Doctor Li — Early source of alchemical knowledge. Ying Huaixu learns the Bone-Strengthening Pill formula from him, supplies other pills for research, and warns him to keep his refinement work secret 5.
• Xu Yaoyang — Cultivator associated with Ye Ningshuang’s original game storyline. Ying Huaixu suspects their encounter contains previously unseen history, but accepts Xu Yaoyang’s compensation and conciliatory spirit herb 34 37.
• Qiu Shiyi — Sect reinforcement who destroys the city lord’s transformed second phase. Ying Huaixu conceals his own contribution, leaving He Xiuyuan credited with the victory 48.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Peaceful Town

• Slaughters the bandits threatening Ye Ningshuang while still believing he is playing a game; subsequently awakens his rare spiritual root and discovers that he cannot log out 1 2.
• Tests surviving quest and skill systems, then kills a wanted criminal using attack displays and Flying Snow Sword 5 7 9.
• Receives an outer disciple token and farms local quests before departure, accumulating 12,700 experience 10 12 17.

Yin Soul Secret Realm and Sect Entry

• Uses remembered formation arrangements to enter the Yin Soul Secret Realm. The boss’s faster attacks and eventual retreat reveal that familiar encounters can behave differently in reality 13 14 15.
• Completes Lü Qingyi’s adventure quest, receives rewards, and gains her assistance with his new spirit weapon 16.
• Registers at the Divine Firmament Sword Sect, advances his cultivation, and secures second-grade alchemist status shortly after joining 18 21 24.

Falling Radiance City World Mission

• Joins Ye Ningshuang’s investigation of disappearing villagers, despite its unexpectedly early appearance. An emergency breakthrough lets him defeat the Phantom Night Wolf en route 26 31 32.
• Uses prior game knowledge to uncover the Thousand Mechanisms Sect’s plan to sacrifice Falling Radiance City. His proposed “infiltration” becomes a purge of enemy outposts 40 41.
• Alters the intelligence report to influence the sect’s response. The mission changes into defending the city and killing the Annihilation Envoy’s descending avatar, and unusually strong reinforcements arrive 42.
• Is drawn into the city lord’s underground hall with his companions. When their expected story roles fail to resolve the fight, he advances to Meridian Opening and defeats the first phase before Qiu Shiyi destroys the transformed enemy 46 47 48.

Return and Low-Profile Development

• Abandons his disrupted progression schedule after the near-fatal battle. He chooses to develop Ye Ningshuang, automate pill production, and prepare resources rather than attract attention 49.
• Delays obtaining his next cultivation method to avoid exposing his extraordinary advancement speed, plans weekly merchant-guild farming, and begins forcing He Xiuyuan to train seriously 50.

Notable Quotes

“I just dodged, slashed, and killed him!” 10

“There's nothing wrong with it. As long as everyone's dead, no one will know we snuck in!” 40

“Don't go killing innocent people. I can see their sin values. You can't!” 41