Yi Yun

Biodata

Power Progression

These milestones belong to Yi Yun’s native counterpart, whose body and cultivation he inherits upon transmigrating. He begins the story at Level 99 rather than cultivating up from a lower rank 1.

Appearance

• Build and features: Tall and slender, with fair hands, sword-like eyebrows, starry eyes, and a jade-like face 1.
• Hair: Long, black hair that falls down his back; he sometimes secures it with a white jade hairpin 1 31.
• Clothing: Frequently wears white robes. His Heaven Dou City outfit includes a silver belt and white jade hairpin 3 31.
• Youthful appearance: Although eighteen, he looks fifteen or sixteen, causing Xiao Wu to question his age 7 10.

Personality

Yi Yun is playful, vain, flirtatious, and deliberately provocative. He repeatedly calls himself an “ordinary” person despite his overwhelming strength, and enjoys making others react to the contrast. After discovering that power and wealth leave him without a challenge, he makes disrupting Tang San’s life and pursuing romantic relationships his principal sources of entertainment 1 2 10.

His treatment of Tang San combines manipulation with genuine instruction. He knowingly misrepresents the Lone Bamboo Soul Beast, imposes embarrassing exercises, and enjoys Tang San’s frustration. Nevertheless, he recognizes Tang San’s talent and resilience, explains the reasoning behind his training, and intervenes when Tang San is in danger 5 12 19 22.

Yi Yun values happiness over cultivation for its own sake. His lectures argue that strength should enable a better life, not replace food, rest, friendship, or family. He also distrusts people who approach him only to gain influence or use his abilities 10 11 27.

His concern for others is selective. He casually saves merchants from a Soul Beast and refuses to kill the Titan Giant Ape merely for its ring, yet shows little concern for the dozens of Soul Beasts killed when he destroys a mountain to test his strength 2 8.

Abilities & Skills

Chaos Sacred Dragon

One of Yi Yun’s twin martial souls, classified as a top-tier Power Attack System martial soul 1.

• Reacts when he encounters Xiao Wu in rabbit form, helping him identify her as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast undergoing human transformation 4.
• His mountain-destroying punch releases a golden, dragon-shaped surge of Soul Power, although the attack is not given a formal skill name 2.

Space-Time Magic Mirror

His second martial soul, classified as a top-tier Support/Control System martial soul 1.

• Contains a storage space in which he keeps his AK-47 3.
• No specific time-manipulation or space-manipulation combat technique is demonstrated in the supplied passages.

Physical Strength and Defense

Yi Yun routinely handles attacks with minimal movement and without visibly activating soul rings 12 20 36.

• Punches a two-meter-wide hole through a granite wall and later destroys a mountain approximately one thousand meters high 1 2.
• Sends the Titan Giant Ape flying with one slap; he states that he used thirty percent of his strength to avoid killing it 8.
• Stops Tang San’s Pole Vault Slam with one finger and breaks his Blue Silver Grass bindings with a slight shudder 12 20.
• Splits a massive boulder with a finger tap, then reduces its halves to powder with a breath 13.
• Catches Liu Erlong’s full-force Level 78 Soul Saint attack with one hand without lighting up a soul ring 36.

Soul Power Projection and Pressure

Yi Yun can release both precise attacks and wide-area pressure 7 10.

• Fires golden beams into the sky, producing brilliant spheres of light and large cloud disturbances 7 10.
• Forces Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Soul Saint gatekeepers to kneel through Soul Power pressure alone 32.
• Deflects Tang San’s coordinated hidden-weapon attacks with small hand movements and projected Soul Power 12.
• Prevents Shui Bing’er’s Soul Skills from approaching within three feet, then demonstrates his control by stopping a golden projectile immediately before her 38.

Flight, Evasion, and Perception

• Flies while carrying Xiao Wu between Nuoding City and the Star Dou Great Forest 7 8.
• Conceals his aura while searching the forest and senses the approaching Titan Giant Ape from roughly three hundred meters away 4 8.
• Evades Hu Liena’s rapid attacks with small movements, preventing her from touching his clothes during the documented exchange 24.
• Detects Qian Renxue following his group despite her concealed aura and careful distance 34.

Soul Power Weaponry and Craftsmanship

Yi Yun uses modern-style weapons that exceed Tang San’s early hidden weapons in destructive output 3 9.

• Explains that his firearms discharge Soul Power bullets whose strength depends on the Soul Power supplied 9.
• Identifies the strengths and material weaknesses of Tang San’s repeating crossbow after a brief inspection 9.
• Raises the quality of Ning Rongrong’s Glazed Staff by at least one grade with a finger touch 17.

Teaching and Training

His unconventional instruction emphasizes physical foundations, practical experimentation, and a balanced life 19 27.

• Pole vaulting and Radio Calisthenics: Improve Tang San’s fitness, vaulting performance, and hidden-weapon release speed 19.
• Standing Stake: Teaches Ning Rongrong stance training; her first documented session lasts two hours 18.
• Plant cultivation: Supervises Tang San and Ning Rongrong in preparing soil and growing spirit plants after discussing Blue Silver Grass’s weaknesses 20.
• Weapon development: Encourages Tang San to look beyond traditional hidden-weapon designs and lends him a Gatling Gun to study 9.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Soul Power AK-47 — Fires rapid streams of Soul Power bullets; stored inside the Space-Time Magic Mirror 3.
• Soul Power Gatling Gun — Destroys training dummies and damages the training ground; later lent to Tang San 4 9.
• Soul Power RPG — Produces a swimming-pool-sized crater in a hill behind Nuoding Academy 4.
• Bombs — Fist-sized black explosives. One destroys the academy’s tournament target range; Yi Yun gives another to Tang San 26.
• Golden Jade Carrots — Offered to Xiao Wu during their first meeting, helping him gain her trust 4.

Background / History

Previous Life and Transmigration

Before transmigrating, Yi Yun was an overworked employee living in rented accommodation. Anime and webnovels were his main recreation; he remembers eating instant noodles while watching the Douluo Continent animation shortly before awakening in his new body 1 2.

He inherits the identity of an exceptionally gifted young master from a wealthy, powerful reclusive clan. Discovering that Tang San has only recently entered Nuoding Academy, Yi Yun uses his knowledge of the original story to plan interference with Tang San’s rise. He intends to keep Tang San alive for his amusement rather than kill him 1.

Nuoding Academy

Yi Yun approaches Tang San by demonstrating the superiority of his Soul Power firearms and offering instruction. He then persuades Tang San to accept a Lone Bamboo Soul Beast as a supposedly exceptional martial soul, producing a Pole Vault and beginning a prolonged regimen of vaulting practice 3 5 6.

During the same period, he befriends Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Great Forest, reassures her despite knowing her Soul Beast identity, and takes her on a lakeside outing. Their relationship develops into mutual affection, and Xiao Wu eventually confesses to him; he accepts and promises to continue treating her well 4 7 21.

His public revelation as a Level 99 Peerless Douluo attracts continent-wide attention. Zhu Zhuqing seeks his protection from the Star Luo Imperial Family, Ning Rongrong becomes his disciple, and Hu Liena visits on Spirit Hall business. Yi Yun refuses Hu Liena’s invitation to join Spirit Hall 10 13 17 18 23.

Tang San repeatedly contests Yi Yun’s methods and strength, but gradually acknowledges the benefits of his training. Yi Yun also protects him from Dai Mubai and saves him after an accidental fall from the academy roof. By their departure from Nuoding, Tang San says he no longer hates Yi Yun because he has shown him that life can be enjoyable 14 19 20 22 30.

Heaven Dou City

After nearly two months in Nuoding City, Yi Yun leaves with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Tang San. The group later accepts honorary student status at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, gaining lodging and access to its facilities 30 35.

His confrontation with Prince Xue Beng draws Qian Renxue’s attention. He subsequently restrains Liu Erlong’s destructive outburst, offers to help her overcome her cultivation bottleneck, and accepts Shui Bing’er’s request to remain beside him after she challenges his strength 33 34 36 37 38.

Tang San later challenges him again after awakening the Clear Sky Hammer; the supplied passage does not establish the result. Hu Liena also returns under Bibi Dong’s orders to observe Yi Yun, visiting him before completing her other assignment 40 41.

Relationships

• Tang San — Target of Yi Yun’s pranks, student-like companion, and self-declared rival. Their antagonism develops into trust, though Yi Yun continues to enjoy humiliating and provoking him 5 19 22 30.
• Xiao Wu — Romantic partner and prospective pupil. Yi Yun knows her true identity, promises her protection, and affectionately calls her his “little bunny” 4 11 12 21.
• Zhu Zhuqing — Companion under his protection who develops feelings for him. Yi Yun confronts Dai Mubai on her behalf and later agrees to teach her 13 14 28 37.
• Ning Rongrong — Disciple who calls him “Handsome Master.” Her conspicuous affection and demands for his attention provoke Xiao Wu’s jealousy 18.
• Hu Liena — Spirit Hall envoy whom he teases and declines to recruit under. She repeatedly thinks about him and conceals her growing personal interest behind her mission 23 41.
• Liu Erlong — Initially attacks him during an emotional outburst, then apologizes and seeks his help advancing beyond Level 78. He urges her to redirect her life away from Yu Xiaogang 36 37.
• Shui Bing’er — Challenger turned affectionate companion. She chooses to remain with him despite his warning that his enemies could endanger her 38.
• Qian Renxue — Covert observer whose surveillance he detects. His knowledge of the original story allows him to associate her with the identity of Xue Qinghe 34.
• Dai Mubai — Opponent whom Yi Yun throws out of Nuoding City after demanding an apology and the dissolution of his engagement to Zhu Zhuqing 14.
• Xue Beng — Prince publicly humiliated when Yi Yun forces him to kneel and call him “Daddy” 33.
• Elderly steward — Clan servant who explains Yi Yun’s status and suggests seeking amusement, prompting his journey to meet Tang San 1 2.

Notable Quotes

“So don't cultivate for cultivation's sake. Cultivate for happiness.” 10

“You're free to like whoever you want. Tang San is free to like you, and you're free to turn him down.” 15

“Can't do that. Messing with you is my idea of fun.” 22