Yali

Biodata

Background / History

Yali earned recognition for treating impoverished people without payment. During a major plague, she worked without rest, ended the epidemic, and saved hundreds of thousands of lives. The effort exhausted her body so severely that she became unable to conceive. Zhou Yang confirms that reports of this achievement remain available on the Federation’s network 20 22.

She encountered Na'er by chance and sensed an inexplicable connection with her. Yali subsequently adopted her and became her teacher, providing her with exceptional care and cultivation resources. Before Zhou Yang’s arrival, adopting Na'er had been one of the few events to ease Yali’s longstanding sorrow 17 23 27.

Yali visited Eastsea City annually to pay respects to someone who had passed away. Her courtyard there held particular emotional importance: she meticulously preserved its contents and rarely brought even Na'er inside. Na'er usually remained at the Battle God Hall instead 17 23.

Personality

Yali is widely regarded as the continent’s gentlest and kindest Douluo. Her consideration extends to practical details: preparing comfortable clothing, washing Zhou Yang’s belongings, checking his injuries, and protecting his rest. Her affection does not prevent her from correcting misconduct; she makes Na'er apologize when the girl causes trouble 20 21 22 23 29.

Before meeting Zhou Yang, her outward gentleness concealed reserve, loneliness, and persistent grief. His presence brings back genuine happiness that both Na'er and Leng Yaozhu immediately notice. With trusted friends, she also displays a playful, girlish manner rarely visible in public 20 23 27.

Abilities & Skills

Healing

• Provides free treatment to poor people and refugees, rather than restricting her care to influential Soul Masters 20 22.
• Can sustain large-scale relief work, but doing so has lasting physical consequences; her plague relief efforts permanently damaged her ability to bear children 22.

Cultivation Guidance

• Oversees Na'er’s development and previously arranged a Spirit Ascension Platform trial to test her training and survival abilities 17 27.
• Recommends strengthening Zhou Yang’s existing Spirit Soul through Spirit Ascension rather than immediately acquiring another one 24.
• Uses her relationship with Leng Yaozhu to secure three Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform tickets 27.

Emotional Control

• Quickly suppresses her shock upon first hearing Zhou Yang’s name and seeing him, concealing the intensity of her reaction behind a friendly greeting 20.

Equipment / Items

• Silver-white Ridewatch — A keepsake given to Yali by the person she recognizes as Zhou Yang. Its portrait matches the Ridewatch on his transformation belt. When it touches the sleeping Zhou Yang, it emits light and is absorbed into his body; its specific power is not identified in the supplied chapters 38.
• Pink-and-green cartridge — Identified in the narration as a Gashat. When activated, it surrounds Yali with colored particles, converts her into a streak of light, and carries her into the Spirit Ascension Platform through a nearby pod 34.
• Eastsea courtyard home — A secluded, carefully maintained house with simple furnishings, high-quality bedding, and a garden containing Chinese roses and jasmine. Yali treats its contents as precious reminders of her past 21 22 23.

Relationships

• Na'er — Adoptive daughter and disciple. Yali recognizes her exceptional talent while indulging her appetite and mischievous nature, but still insists on apologies and proper behavior 17 20.
• Zhou Yang — Guest and someone Yali recognizes from her past. Although he does not remember their shared history, she accepts the opportunity to remain beside him and begin again despite their mismatched timelines. She explicitly states that he is not her disciple 34 38.
• Leng Yaozhu — Longstanding close friend whom she addresses with sisterly familiarity. Their relationship permits teasing, frank requests, and occasional jealousy without breaking their mutual trust 27 37.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Welcoming Zhou Yang

• During her annual Eastsea visit, Yali meets Zhou Yang through Na'er. His name and appearance briefly disrupt her composure 17 20.
• After learning that he has reached rank thirty and intends to attend Eastsea Academy, she offers help obtaining a suitable Spirit Soul and invites him to stay until school begins 21.
• His appearance in clothes she selects reinforces his resemblance to someone important to her. His cooking and their effortless cooperation in the kitchen further recall familiar scenes from her past 23 24.
• She tells Na'er that she seems to have found an answer to her longstanding longing 23.

Spirit Ascension Platform

• Yali arranges the visit through Leng Yaozhu, then catches her friend secretly preparing to observe Zhou Yang and Na'er 27 29.
• The two enter the platform and watch Zhou Yang transform. His armor and Woz’s proclamation lead Yali to connect his identity with his power as the king of time 34.
• When Leng Yaozhu recognizes his uncovered face, Yali restrains her from approaching and explains that he does not remember them. She encourages her friend to build new memories with him 34.
• Yali prevents Leng Yaozhu from immediately ending the trial when the Golden-haired Lion Mastiff appears, expressing confidence that Zhou Yang can handle it 36.
• Afterward, she endorses Leng Yaozhu as a suitable mentor, helping Zhou Yang decide to accept her offer of discipleship 37.

Confirmation of His Identity

• Following the platform visit, Yali becomes certain that Zhou Yang is the person she remembers, despite the considerable discrepancy between their timelines 38.
• She brings her silver-white Ridewatch to his bedside. Its unexpected absorption into his body provides further confirmation, while Zhou Yang remains asleep and unaware of the encounter 38.

Notable Quotes

“If you like it, you can stay here forever... You could even stay for a lifetime.” 22

“I believe in him.” 36

“As I thought, you really are him.” 38