Lin Ning

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Childhood

Lin Ning is Lin Yuan’s older sister and Lin Hai’s granddaughter. She grew up alongside Lin Yuan and Xiao Cheng, and the three were inseparable. When her parents died, she was old enough to understand that they would never return. Xiao Cheng comforted her and promised that, as long as he lived, he would never let her come to harm 13 15 47.

Raised under Xiao Cheng’s protection, Lin Ning gradually took his care for granted. She relied on him to solve problems, sometimes blamed him for her mistakes, and spent much of her time eating, playing, and socializing rather than cultivating 47.

Lin Yuan’s Return and Search for Gu Yi

Lin Ning and Xiao Cheng spent four years searching for the missing Lin Yuan. Upon his return, she rushed home and embraced him. When he asked for a portrait of Demon Venerable Gu Yi, she supplied a copy of the Beauty Rankings, although its masked portrait could not show him Gu Yi’s face 13.

She accompanied Lin Yuan to the Illusory Demon Sect and then the Blood Demon Sect. When he attacked He Yan, she invoked their grandfather’s position as Qingling Sword Sect leader and demanded that He Yan not hurt her brother. Afterward, she and Xiao Cheng joined Lin Yuan’s secret search for Gu Yi because they feared for his safety 14 15 16.

Three years later, Lin Ning waited anxiously outside the Wind and Snow Illusion Realm during Lin Yuan’s third attempt to reach Nascent Soul. After his failure, she wrapped him in a cloak and offered to speak to their grandfather if he did not want to attend the proposed matchmaking gathering 21.

Orthodox-Demonic Friendship Conference

Lin Ning attended the Orthodox-Demonic Friendship Conference with Lin Yuan and Xiao Cheng. While showing them her updated Beauty Rankings, she inadvertently gave Lin Yuan a new lead: the portrait of Tianmu Sect disciple Ye Yiyi resembled Gu Yi. She initially dismissed his suspicion because she believed Ye Yiyi was a woman 22.

At the inn, Lin Ning welcomed Yezi and Mu Yang and tried to encourage a match between Yezi and her brother. She later suggested pairing Lin Yuan with Ye Yiyi instead, even joking that she would pursue Ye Yiyi herself. When Lin Yuan maintained that Ye Yiyi might be Gu Yi, she encouraged him to pursue someone he liked without treating that person as Gu Yi’s substitute 24 25 26.

Secret-Realm Ambush

In the secret realm, Lin Ning drove Zhao Chen and the surrounding disciples away from Ye Yiyi’s campsite. Later, she wanted the feathers of a Five-Colored Demon Cloud Eagle for magical artifacts. After her group killed the beast, black-clad attackers surrounded them; they fought through three waves before encountering Chu Jing 35 37.

Xiao Cheng was stabbed while shielding Lin Ning from attacks on both sides. At Lin Yuan’s command, she escaped with the unconscious Xiao Cheng on her back. Injured and intercepted by more enemies, she declared that she would protect him even if she died. Gu Yi, Xie Wenyun, and Jiang Lingzhou intervened, and her account of Lin Yuan’s condition prompted Gu Yi to go to his rescue 37 38.

After Xiao Cheng’s condition stabilized, Lin Ning joined Xie Wenyun in searching for the missing Gu Yi and Jiang Lingzhou. She witnessed Xie Wenyun and Jiang Lingzhou fall from a vine-covered cliff, remaining outside the dangerous area after Xie Wenyun warned her not to approach. She returned to camp to report the accident, allowing the others to organize a rescue, and stayed behind to care for Xiao Cheng 39 40 41.

Caring for Xiao Cheng

Lin Ning watched over Xiao Cheng for days with almost no sleep. When he awoke, she admitted that her insistence on obtaining the eagle’s feathers had delayed their reunion with Yezi and that her neglected cultivation had left her unable to help at a crucial moment. Xiao Cheng rejected her self-blame but encouraged her to take cultivation more seriously 47.

She also privately told him that Gu Yi had saved Lin Yuan and dual cultivated with him for seven days. Angry about her brother’s years of suffering, she questioned why Gu Yi continued to avoid him. Xiao Cheng suggested that Gu Yi might be protecting Lin Yuan and the Qingling Sword Sect from the consequences of associating with the former Demon Venerable 47.

Personality

Lin Ning is playful, outspoken, and fond of gossip, illustrated books, attractive cultivators, and food. She teases both her brother and Xiao Cheng, speculates freely about possible Dao Companions, and values finding someone she loves over concerns about descendants. She has no interest in inheriting leadership of the sect 13 22 24 25.

Despite being a cultivator, she refuses to practice bigu and insists on eating, even though unsuitable food gives her stomachaches. She also dislikes hard sleeping surfaces, does not meditate at night, and relies heavily on Xiao Cheng’s attention to her daily needs 22 30.

Her protectiveness can outweigh caution: she tries to intervene when Xie Wenyun attacks Lin Yuan and refuses to abandon the unconscious Xiao Cheng. His near-fatal injury forces her to confront the cost of depending on others, leading her to acknowledge her faults and promise to cultivate properly 25 38 47.

Abilities & Skills

Cultivation

• Reaches Golden Core despite her earlier tendency to neglect training 13 21.
• Helps Lin Yuan and Xiao Cheng fight successive groups of black-clad attackers, but is injured and requires protection during the ambush 37 38.

Sword Flight

• Uses Sword Flight to travel with Lin Yuan and Xiao Cheng 14.
• Cannot keep pace with Lin Yuan’s urgent flight to the Illusory Demon Sect; Xiao Cheng has to carry her 14.

Equipment / Items

• Qiankun Bag — Holds her collection of illustrated books and miscellaneous reading material 13.
• Beauty Rankings — Provides the masked portrait of Gu Yi that Lin Yuan uses during his search 13 16.
• Real-time-updating Cultivation Realm Beauty Rankings — An upgraded edition containing portraits and rankings of cultivators from both orthodox and demonic factions. Its portrait of Ye Yiyi gives Lin Yuan another lead 22.

Relationships

• Lin Yuan — Younger brother and childhood companion. She searches for him during his disappearance, supports his later journeys, and fiercely defends him, though she initially doubts his identification of Ye Yiyi as Gu Yi 13 16 22 25.
• Xiao Cheng — Eldest senior brother, childhood protector, and the person she depends on most. His injury becomes the turning point in her attitude toward responsibility and cultivation 22 37 47.
• Lin Hai — Grandfather and Qingling Sword Sect leader. She conveys his matchmaking request to Lin Yuan but offers to intercede if her brother refuses 15 21.
• Gu Yi / Ye Yiyi — Her brother’s beloved, whom she initially encounters under the Ye Yiyi identity. She protects “Miss Ye” from harassment and receives help during the ambush, but later criticizes Gu Yi for repeatedly leaving Lin Yuan behind 35 38 47.
• Yezi — Lin Yuan’s friend and benefactor. Lin Ning places her hopes in Yezi’s ability to save Xiao Cheng, whose condition Yezi subsequently stabilizes 24 38 39.
• Xie Wenyun and Jiang Lingzhou — Allies during the secret-realm crisis. She joins their search for Gu Yi and reports their fall from the cliff 38 40 41.

Notable Quotes

“Eldest Senior Brother, we cultivators live long lives. Finding someone we love is hard enough. Why worry about offspring?” 22

“Even if I die here today, I’ll protect Eldest Senior Brother.” 38

“I’ll never slack off again. I’ll listen to you. I’ll cultivate properly...” 38