Su Yao

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Childhood in the Fang Household

Su Yao and her elder sister, Su Wan, were adopted and raised by Fang Hong’s mother, although neither belonged to the Fang lineage. Su Yao was close to Fang Hong’s age, and her cultivation talent was described as no less impressive than her sister’s. Nevertheless, Fang Hong’s mother chose Su Wan as his fiancée 3.

Her adoptive mother treated her coldly because Su Yao’s demeanor resembled that of Fang Jian’s former lover, even calling her a “cold-faced little vixen.” This treatment contributed substantially to Su Yao’s withdrawn childhood temperament and her later reluctance to return to Yunchuan Island 29 30.

Unknown to the household, Su Yao had obtained opportunities surpassing even Su Wan’s: an unnamed remnant Nascent Soul had become her master and taken residence in her sea of consciousness 10.

Shangqing Sect Assessment and Abduction

Su Yao traveled with Fang Hong and the Fang Household’s candidates to the Shangqing Sect entrance assessment. On the second morning, she demonstrated exceptional comprehension by using the Jadechen Thunder-Attracting Art to pierce Lingyun Pavilion’s restriction and enter the pavilion 3 4 5.

After passing, she delivered Su Wan’s congratulatory letter and second-tier sword talisman to Fang Hong. Before the successful candidates could enter Tianyu Island, Fang Qing revealed himself as a Yin-Yang Sect infiltrator and abducted the group 6.

The captives were implanted with the heart-rotting Yin-Yang Blood Curse and forced into a secret-realm trial requiring one hundred Ice-Soul Mystic Crystals for escape. Even Su Yao’s master could not remove the curse in her diminished state 7 10.

Secret-Realm Trial and Partnership

Her master expended spiritual essence to locate the Ice-Soul Treasure Tree, but Su Yao arrived after Fang Hong. She suppressed her initial killing intent upon recognizing him, explained when the fruits would ripen, and warned that consuming all three could grant an evolving innate divine ability 9 10.

After surviving the trial, Su Yao paired with Fang Hong for the Yin-Yang Sect’s final assessment. She revealed her secret Enlightenment Flower to help them comprehend Dragon-Phoenix Guidance, then identified emotional connection as the missing requirement in their initial practice. Their successful cultivation brought mutual affection and breakthroughs for both 12 13 14.

They subsequently entered the inner sect. Su Yao selected the Lihuo Treasure Scroll and Lesser Heavens Cloud-Ban True Method, swearing a great heart-demon oath not to copy or disclose the inheritances 17.

Reunion with Su Wan

During a visit to Five Dragon Island, Su Yao won the second-tier Separation-and-Reunion Five-Cloud Gui through Golden Glow Scarlet Jade prize stones. She then reunited with Su Wan at Yunchuan Studio 28 29.

Su Wan accepted their relationship and asked Su Yao to take over her betrothal to Fang Hong. Su Yao agreed but feared Aunt Fang’s opposition and did not want to return to the household. Su Wan promised to persuade their adoptive mother; she and Fang Hong agreed to dissolve their own betrothal and explain their wishes to the family later 30.

Fish-Dragon Assembly

At the Fish-Dragon Assembly, Su Yao faced a Qi Refining Ninth Layer body cultivator known as the Black-Armored Woman. She evaded the woman’s staff attacks and defeated her with poisonous Pollen Miasma, administering an antidote after Zhang Jun declared the result. The ease of her victory made other disciples wary of challenging her 47 48.

She also lent her flower-bud artifact to Fang Hong before his fight with She Yutang. Afterward, she warned that She Yutang remained someone they should guard against 50.

Appearance

Su Yao is a tall, slender young woman whose beauty is repeatedly described as cool and jade-like 3 47.

• Face: Oval, with fair skin and willow-leaf brows 3.
• Hair: Long, straight, glossy black hair, reaching down her back to her buttocks 44.
• Clothing: Frequently wears a plain, elegant white gown 3 6 44.
• Distinguishing mark: A three-petaled plum blossom appears between her brows during meditation and consultation with her master; her master bears the same mark 10 14 44.

Personality

Initially aloof, taciturn, and rarely smiling, Su Yao keeps others at a distance. Her coldness is partly rooted in her adoptive mother’s treatment rather than an absence of affection. As she grows close to Fang Hong, she becomes playful, teasing, and openly tender in private 3 28 29.

She is intensely cultivation-focused and determined to catch up with Su Wan’s realm. She often prioritizes seclusion over outings, although her relationship with Fang Hong gradually makes her willing to spend time on shared pleasures unrelated to cultivation 21 28 31.

Su Yao also has a possessive streak: she becomes distressed when Fang Hong pays attention to another female candidate, and later answers Chu Yuechai’s overtures with a pointed invitation to exchange moves. In dangerous situations, however, she can remain composed and ruthless, as shown by her initial intent at the treasure tree and her decisive tournament victory 9 13 46 48.

Abilities & Skills

Heavenly Yi Noble

Her fate contains the Heavenly Yi Noble, revealed by Fang Hong’s Fate Mirror as a dazzling purple-gold star 3.

• Signifies aid from benefactors and the transformation of adversity into good fortune 3.
• Is the sole influence visible in her fate, unlike Fang Hong’s mixture of auspicious and inauspicious influences 3.
• Prompts Fang Hong to test her luck with prize stones, through which she eventually wins a second-tier Dharma Treasure 28 29.

Cultivation Arts

• Jadechen Thunder-Attracting Art: Learned quickly enough to clear the Shangqing Sect’s entrance restriction on the assessment’s second morning 5.
• Dragon-Phoenix Guidance: Practices with Fang Hong. The art joins feeling, magical power, body, and spirit; its stated benefits include cultivation advancement, magical-power restoration, and healing longstanding ailments 14.
• Lihuo Treasure Scroll: Her chosen principal inheritance, a Nascent Soul-level, lower-grade heaven-rank art. She selected it because she was unwilling to cultivate further demonic arts 17.
• Lesser Heavens Cloud-Ban True Method: Selected as her additional secret manual; its specific applications are not demonstrated in the supplied passages 17.

Pollen Miasma and Floral Evasion

Su Yao uses a reusable pink flower-bud artifact to release poisonous mist 48 50.

• Spreads red-and-pink Pollen Miasma across an area ten zhang wide 48.
• Leaves the Black-Armored Woman covered in scarlet blotches, writhing in pain and unable to speak 48.
• Can be recalled into its original bud form; a single drop of antidote reverses the demonstrated poisoning 48.
• Accompanies her evasive movement with an afterimage and drifting flower petals 48.

Spirit Cuisine and Essence Refinement

Su Yao knows the Spirit Cuisine Technique and prepares the rare Azure-Snow Spirit Fish for herself and Fang Hong 44.

• Removes its poisonous crystalline pearl during preparation 44.
• Consults her master about the fish’s medicinal properties and relays that knowledge to Fang Hong 44.
• Uses a secret technique to refine the spiritual essence of spirit meals without Fang Hong’s conspicuous muscular enlargement 45.
• States that this technique leaves a permanent floral fragrance on the body 45.

Knowledge and Spiritual Perception

• Explains the Yin-Yang Blood Curse, Ice-Soul Spirit Fruits, and sect treasures used to detect Extraterrestrial Wraiths 7 10 15.
• Receives private guidance from her master within her sea of consciousness 10 44.
• Notices a small increase in Fang Hong’s cultivation after his return from sea, demonstrating keen spiritual perception 44.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Enlightenment Flower / Dao Enlightenment Flower — A secret potted plant that temporarily improves comprehension. Su Yao shares it with Fang Hong to study Dragon-Phoenix Guidance and their sect inheritances. Five blossoms have withered through use by the Fish-Dragon Assembly; she reveals that a Red-Blooded Golden Flood Dragon’s “Pearl Scale Beneath the Jaw” can hasten its maturation 14 20 47.
• Separation-and-Reunion Five-Cloud Gui — A second-tier Dharma Treasure won through Golden Glow Scarlet Jade. Releases blue-green, red, yellow, white, and black clouds for protection, flight, and trapping enemies. Su Yao can sustain it for about thirty breaths; Fang Hong disperses its cloud manifestations during a practice exchange 29 44.
• Pink flower-bud artifact — The reusable vessel for her Pollen Miasma, which she also lends to Fang Hong 48 50.
• Thirty Nurturing Origin Pills — Given by Su Wan to support Su Yao and Fang Hong’s cultivation, with the stated aim of helping them reach Foundation Establishment 30.

Relationships

• Fang Hong — Childhood acquaintance and registered dual-cultivation partner. Their forced recruitment develops into mutual affection, shared cultivation, and an agreement that Su Yao will take over Su Wan’s betrothal to him 3 14 30.
• Su Wan — Elder sister and protective supporter. Gives her cultivation pills, warns her about demonic sects, and promises to address Aunt Fang’s opposition to the changed betrothal 30.
• Unnamed Flower God Palace master — A remnant Nascent Soul residing in Su Yao’s sea of consciousness. Offers cultivation advice, locates treasures, and supplies knowledge, but cannot remove the Yin-Yang Blood Curse in her current condition 10 44.
• Fang Hong’s mother / Aunt Fang — Adoptive mother whose hostility helped shape Su Yao’s guarded demeanor. Su Yao remains reluctant to return to her household despite Su Wan’s reassurances 3 29 30.
• Chu Yuechai — Fellow inner disciple. Their polite exchanges carry tension, particularly when Chu Yuechai speaks suggestively to Fang Hong 46 48.
• She Yutang — A potential continuing threat whom Su Yao urges Fang Hong to remain wary of after lending him her flower-bud artifact for their bout 50.