Xia Yi

Biodata

Power Progression

Cultivation realm, effective strength, Saint Soul rating, and Saint Soul mastery are distinct measurements. Xia Yi retains his Kaiyang realm even while his injuries reduce his usable strength 21 40.

Recorded Combat Statistics

Background / History

Nearly nine hundred years before his awakening, Xia Yi transmigrated to the Saint Soul Continent as a newborn in the Xia Family, a clan of ducal and marquis rank. He was the fifth child of his generation. His third brother, Xia Shun, was his only sibling who shared both parents 10.

Shortly before Xia Yi’s birth, the family’s eldest mother attempted to kill seven-year-old Xia Shun by having a woodshed set alight beneath him. Xia Shun escaped using two bamboo hats and awakened Hat-to-Wings, becoming the first human to create a five-star Saint Soul outright. Their father named Xia Yi with the character meaning “wings” to commemorate the event 10.

Xia Yi used memories from his previous life to expand the family’s shops throughout human territory. His promotion of mink coats and cigarettes made them fashionable, drove up mink-pelt prices, and encouraged extensive hunting of mink demons. This commercial campaign brought the Mink Clan close to extinction and allowed him to comprehend Xia Yi’s Minks-Banishing 7 10.

He also gave Chisel the Wall to Steal Light to Xia Shun as a betrothal gift when their eldest mother refused to fund his marriage proposal to a daughter of the Song Family. Xia Shun later became humanity’s youngest King, elevating the Xia Family’s standing 10 16.

During his earlier life, Xia Yi taught at the Holy Academy, founded humanity’s first pleasure house, created the Beauty Register, and won one of the heaven-bestowed Human Race 108 Stars 20 22 32.

He was buried at eighty-seven after suffering injuries that nearly killed him and severely shortened his lifespan. Turtle Lives Long sustained an eight-hundred-year sleep with almost no further loss of lifespan. When he emerged, his mausoleum had become a solitary wilderness grave, and the Xia Family survived through descendants whose inheritance attracted powerful enemies 1 10 39 46.

Appearance

Xia Yi appears as an elderly man with white hair and white eyebrows; after bathing and changing clothes, he describes himself as a clean, handsome old man 2 10.

• Initial clothing: Burial robes, with no shoes 1 5.
• Usual accessory: A bamboo hat used with Hat-to-Wings 3 12.
• Bearing: Can appear remarkably composed, seeming to blend into the surrounding street and sky 12.
• Battle appearance: His hair and beard become blood-red during his fight with Luo Ti 23.
• Possible rejuvenation: After his recovery in Chapter 40, he believes nourishing his body with Saint Soul power could change his apparent age from roughly seventy to fifty; this is presented as a possibility, not a completed transformation 40.

Personality

Xia Yi is playful, shameless, and fond of unsettling other people. He frightens Zhou Xiaoxian by climbing back into his coffin, repeatedly teases Shi Lai through quests and promised rewards, and openly admits that he is petty when refusing flower names to two women who insulted him 1 4 20 28.

As a teacher, he combines blunt criticism with affection. He tells Zhou Xiaoxian exactly how she mishandled earlier conflicts, but emphasizes that she is only fifteen and needs experience rather than condemnation. He encourages her to think independently and treats setbacks as part of growing up 13 31.

His concern for his disciples coexists with ruthless planning. He rejects excuses for harming innocent people, yet uses deception, staged weakness, and political pressure against enemies. Although he engineers Feng Shuhu and Xu Zhou’s deaths, the surrounding soldiers survive, leading Song Qu to suspect deliberate restraint 19 21 43 44 46.

Abilities & Skills

Exploration System

A gift accompanying Xia Yi’s transmigration, the Exploration System studies Saint Souls and allows him to synthesize them or exchange exploration progress for Saint Soul experience 8.

• Repeated exposure to Shi Lai’s Detection Art provides enough progress to synthesize it 5 6 8.
• Encountering an already mastered Saint Soul can automatically yield experience instead 27.
• Its original functions do not include resurrection, save reloading, an affection system, or a quest system 8.

Player Recognition and Interface Manipulation

Xia Yi recognizes player mechanics through observation and knowledge from his previous life. He identifies Shi Lai’s Detection Art, save reloading, and quest-acceptance functions early in their acquaintance 4.

• Issues and cancels requests that appear as quests on players’ interfaces 4 28 47.
• Uses the Deception Scripture on himself to alter the affinity rating displayed to Shi Lai, eventually producing a misleading “Romantic love” rating 28.
• Recognizes Zhang Duo’er as another player after his system identifies her special Saint Soul, First Model 47.
• By the martial examination, can use Reloading a Save! to rewind Shi Lai’s battles with Feng Mo; the acquisition of this ability is not shown in the supplied passages 34.

Detection Art

A special Saint Soul synthesized through exploration of Shi Lai’s ability 8.

• Displays information such as names, ages, levels, affiliations, Saint Souls, and threat assessments 23 49.
• May leave some information concealed as question marks 23 49.
• Cannot be upgraded 8.

Railroad Speed

A six-star Saint Soul that manifests tracks invisible to others and accelerates movement along them 27 40.

• Greatly shortens the journey to Lieyang City while Xia Yi and Zhou Xiaoxian appear to be walking 11.
• Lets him close on Ma Chen before the latter can react, escaping an encircling control technique 27.
• Accelerates stone projectiles; at sixth-tier Sowing mastery, scattered pebbles become coordinates for an extensive track network 42.
• Has not advanced to seven stars. Xia Yi speculates that building a train might help it evolve 11.

Hat-to-Wings

A five-star Saint Soul originally created by Xia Shun. Xia Yi uses it for flight, rapid movement, and unconventional manipulation 3 10 23.

• Transforms a bamboo hat into black wings; an early flight crosses about one hundred meters in almost a second 3.
• Supports sudden evasions and close-range attacks 4 7.
• Produces white wings on Luo Ti’s saber, dragging his slash off course 23.
• Its five-star rating chiefly reflects its ability to fly rather than exceptional offensive power 21.

Xia Yi’s Minks-Banishing

An exclusive five-star Saint Soul born from Xia Yi’s commercial campaign against mink demons 7.

• Manifests a younger likeness of Xia Yi wearing a white mink coat and smoking a cigarette 7.
• Releases smoke that strengthens Xia Yi while severely weakening demons. Zhou Lizhu loses ninety percent of his strength during their encounter 7.
• Remains insufficient to resolve Zhou Lizhu’s transformation, whose regenerative and death-domain abilities exceed Xia Yi’s initial assessment 8.

Turtle Lives Long

A six-star Saint Soul with longevity and defensive applications 39 40.

• Enables Xia Yi’s eight-hundred-year sleep with almost no loss of lifespan 39.
• Creates protective barriers, including a shield that withstands Luo Ti’s invisible blades 23.
• Does not fully repair the old soul injuries that remain after his awakening 10.

Are Dukes, Marquises, Generals, and Ministers Born to Their Stations?

A six-star Saint Soul jointly awakened by Xia Yi and Chen Guang, accompanied by a continent-wide celestial phenomenon 38.

• Has one stated effect: overthrowing the stronger—its power increases against stronger opponents 39.
• Is described by Xia Yi as especially suited to fighting above one’s rank 39.
• Its condensation helps restore Xia Yi’s effective strength to peak Jade Balance 40.

Other Saint Souls

Teaching and Cultivation Knowledge

• Explains Soul Apertures, Saint Soul ratings, mastery levels, carrying limits, and efficient combinations of equipped souls 21.
• Uses sixth-tier Sowing mastery to facilitate transmission of Saint Souls and enable effects at a distance 16.
• Guides Zhou Xiaoxian’s star condensation through medicinal cuisine and Chisel the Wall to Steal Light 15.
• Diagnoses Chen Guang’s likely injuries from shattering a harmful Saint Soul before Chen Guang confirms the circumstances 29.
• Reconstructs an assassination encounter from bloodstains, weapon marks, and other traces 49.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Bamboo hat — Picked up after leaving his grave and repeatedly transformed through Hat-to-Wings 1 3 5.
• Zhou Xiaoxian’s longsword — Borrowed after she drops it; used against the ox demon and later for sword instruction 1 4 21.
• Saint Soul teaching book — Conveys Chisel the Wall to Steal Light to Song Ziyu and helps draw Song Qu into contact with him 15 16.
• Banknotes — Earns ten thousand taels through the Beauty Register and uses part of the proceeds to establish his household in Lieyang City 20 28.

Relationships

• Xia Shun — Third elder brother and full sibling; creator of Hat-to-Wings and humanity’s youngest King in their era 10.
• Zhou Xiaoxian — Descendant and disciple. Xia Yi guides her cultivation while protecting her from people seeking the Xia Family inheritance 9 10 11 46.
• Zhou Feng — Husband of Xia descendant Xia Lan and father of Zhou Xiaoxian. Initially terrified of Xia Yi, he comes to treat him as an elder after learning his identity 9 10.
• Xia Lan — Deceased descendant whose hidden spirit tablet helps reveal the family connection. Her death is tied to the inheritance struggle 9 46.
• Shi Lai — Player, student, and frequent errand-runner who calls him “Grandpa.” Xia Yi studies his mechanics, teaches him, and uses his reloads in dangerous situations 4 21 28 43.
• Chen Guang — Explicitly named as Xia Yi’s second disciple. Their joint Saint Soul awakening restores Chen Guang’s health and gives him the means to confront Feng Mo 38 40.
• Song Qu — Xiyuan Marquis and political ally; respects Xia Yi’s cultivation insight and undertakes to report the circumstances of Feng Shuhu’s death 18 44.
• Ma Chen — Initially an ambusher working with Feng Shuhu. Xia Yi defeats and influences him, drawing him into opposing Feng Shuhu and supporting the account of his rebellion 27 44 46.
• Feng Shuhu — Enemy seeking Zhou Xiaoxian’s inheritance and responsible for ruining Chen Guang. Xia Yi engineers the circumstances of his death 38 43 46.
• Luo Ti — Holy Academy vice dean secretly pursuing the Xia Family legacy. Xia Yi kills him in a timeline subsequently erased by Shi Lai’s reload 23 24.
• Han Chuanzhong — Chancellor whose faction covets the inheritance. Xia Yi plans to dismantle his power gradually 46.
• Zhao Yu — Second Prince of Great Zheng; asks Xia Yi for protection rather than help claiming the throne. Xia Yi agrees only to consider the offer 50.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Awakening and the Demonization Incidents

• Emerges from his coffin, encounters Zhou Xiaoxian, and discovers that eight hundred years have passed 1.
• Kills a rampaging ox, then encounters a fully demonized yellow ox while noticing repeated reversals caused by Shi Lai’s deaths 2 3 4.
• Fights Zhou Lizhu, initially mistaking his condition for possession by a demon god’s remnant soul. Zhou Lizhu’s survival of fatal injuries forces him to reconsider 7 8.
• Reveals himself as the Xia Family ancestor to Zhou Feng and takes Zhou Xiaoxian as his disciple 9 10.

Establishing Himself in Lieyang City

• Travels with Zhou Xiaoxian, teaches her Chisel the Wall to Steal Light, and gains Song Qu’s goodwill 11 15 18.
• Tests people around Zhou Xiaoxian to identify those pursuing the family inheritance 16 19.
• Learns Luo Ti’s intentions during a deadly confrontation, then retains that knowledge after Shi Lai reloads the timeline 23 24.
• Sees through the tea-garden ambush, defeats Ma Chen, and establishes a household using information gathered through Shi Lai’s errands 27 28.

Holy Academy Competition

• Encourages Shi Lai to compete for a place among the Four Little Talented Scholars and supports Zhou Xiaoxian through her conflict with Sun Xin 31 32 35.
• Rewinds Shi Lai’s match against Feng Mo until Shi Lai can counter his techniques and win 34.
• Steps into the Divine Bestowal Ceremony and claims the final Four Little Talented Scholars position after officials attempt to award it to Feng Mo 36 37.

Chen Guang’s Revenge and Feng Shuhu’s Fall

• Helps Chen Guang overcome his fear and jointly awakens a six-star Saint Soul with him 38.
• Publicly brings charges against Feng Shuhu for harming Chen Guang thirty-five years earlier 40.
• Defeats Feng Shuhu despite support from his drumming Personal Guard, then kills him and Xu Zhou while sparing the soldiers 42 43 44.
• Explains that Chen Guang’s grievance supplied a pretext to eliminate an inheritance-seeking enemy without revealing his true knowledge to the Chancellor’s faction 46.

Players and the Royal Succession

• Identifies Zhang Duo’er as another player and tests her quest interface at the Pitying Lord Pavilion 47.
• Helps disrupt an assassination attempt against Zhao Yu, attracting the prince’s request for protection 49 50.
• Maintains the public identity Yi Xia, discreetly stopping Shi Lai from correcting Zhao Yu’s use of the name 50.

Notable Quotes

“Whatever reasons someone might have, once they hurt an innocent person, they are no longer innocent themselves!” 21

“Every setback teaches you something. When you’re my age and look back, I hope you can say to those setbacks you suffered, ‘Thanks!’” 31

“Things may not all go as I envision. We can’t underestimate any enemy.” 46