Long Xiaoyao

Biodata

Power Progression

History

Previous Life and Reincarnation

During the Peerless era, Long Xiaoyao escaped Mingdu with Ye Xishui after Xu Tianran’s explosive trap. Both survived the initial attack but were already dying. Outside the city, Ye Xishui revealed that she had always loved him, had borne his child, and that Yan Shaozhe was their descendant. Long Xiaoyao accepted her confession without blaming her, while mourning that Mu En had never learned the truth 2.

Before they could transfer their remaining power to Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong, Li Chen appeared within their Seas of Consciousness as the Giant Tree of Sadness. Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui swore upon their Soul Power and memories to meet again in another life. The tree absorbed their power, and their bodies dissolved into light 2.

Military Career and Reunion

In his reincarnated life, Long Xiaoyao came from a major northwestern province and cultivated through the army. He became a Titled Douluo at twenty-four, rejected Shrek’s recruitment, and eventually joined the War God Temple as its youngest War God. His initial ambition was to surpass Yun Ming’s later cultivation achievements 4 7 9.

Li Chen arranged his reunion with Ye Xishui’s reincarnation, Federal Research Institute deputy director Ye Zhaolu. Although Long Xiaoyao initially dismissed matchmaking as a distraction, her photograph moved him to tears with an inexplicable feeling of reunion. Their first meeting was awkward but marked by mutual familiarity 3 4 5.

Shrek Duel and Institutional Conflict

Long Xiaoyao’s public challenge to Zhuo Shi was intended to build his reputation as a new War God. Before the match, he rejected Cai Yue’er’s possessive demands and defended Ye Zhaolu and Li Chen when she ordered them out of Shrek. Ye Zhaolu intervened when Cai Yue’er attempted to slap him 5 7.

During the duel, Long Xiaoyao absorbed the energy of Zhuo Shi’s attacks and turned it against him. Long Yeyue then intervened with an attack that Ye Zhaolu blocked, suffering an injury. Yu Guanzhi prevented further escalation, and the event ended without an announced winner 10 11 12.

Chen Xinjie and Guan Yue subsequently ordered Long Xiaoyao stripped of his War God position and demanded that he apologize to Shrek. The decision provoked objections within the temple and intervention from Federation Speaker Li Yuntian; the attempted punishment was later stopped. Long Xiaoyao also agreed to oppose additional Federation funding for Shrek 13 16 27.

West Mountain Tunnel Ambush

As his relationship with Ye Zhaolu deepened, Li Chen disclosed their reincarnated identities and offered to restore their memories. Long Xiaoyao refused, fearing both his infamous former identity and the possibility that recovering those memories would change who he was 19 21 22.

Dark Bell Na Nali and Dark Phoenix Leng Yulai then ambushed him and Li Chen at West Mountain Tunnel. Long Xiaoyao threw Li Chen to safety and remained behind. The attackers killed the trapped civilians, badly injured him, and revealed Cai Yue’er’s involvement in their plan to take him to the Holy Spirit Cult 22 23.

Feigning surrender, Long Xiaoyao retrieved the Dream Memory Hammer and struck himself with it. His restored memories transformed his combat performance, allowing him to pressure both attackers despite their higher cultivation. They fled when reinforcements arrived, and he collapsed from exhaustion 23 24.

Rescue of Ye Zhaolu

Upon waking, Long Xiaoyao discovered that Cai Yue’er had arrested Ye Zhaolu and accused her of orchestrating the attack. He stormed the Federation Court, promising Ye Zhaolu’s parents that he would bring their daughter back. He disabled the defending troops’ mechas without killing their operators 26 28.

When Chen Xinjie blocked his advance, Long Xiaoyao burned his dragon origin to reach level 99. He broke through the blockade, severely wounded Long Yeyue, and reached Ye Zhaolu’s cell. With Cai Yue’er holding her hostage, he pierced both women with a Dark Dragon Claw, deliberately avoiding Ye Zhaolu’s vital points while destroying Cai Yue’er’s Soul Core 28 30.

He escaped with Ye Zhaolu and hid in an underground market. Li Chen subsequently presented evidence of her genuine Martial Soul reconstruction surgery and exposed Cai Yue’er’s misconduct. Public protests demanded that the wanted notice against the couple be rescinded 30 32.

Aftermath

Long Xiaoyao survived but remained stuck at rank 97 because of the damage to his origin. Ye Zhaolu hoped Li Chen’s claimed Divine Test might offer a remedy, although Li Chen could not provide one. The couple also discussed the successful Martial Soul Reshaping Surgery and the dangers of allowing powerful families unrestricted access to it 36.

Before leaving Li Chen’s home, Long Xiaoyao asked whether he had been responsible for their reincarnation ten thousand years earlier. After receiving confirmation, he bowed in gratitude. Li Chen interpreted his manner as a brief emergence of the former Darkness Dragon Emperor’s consciousness while his memories were still settling 37.

Appearance

• Previous life: An elderly, white-haired man; during the escape from Mingdu, his torn upper clothing exposes dense black dragon scales 2.
• Reincarnated life: A youthful man with a muscular physique, shown training bare-chested and wearing sportswear for his meeting with Ye Zhaolu 4 5.
• Dragon transformation: Assumes the form of a black dragon and can manifest protective scales or dragon claws on parts of his human body 10 24 28.
• After memory restoration: An aged face briefly appears beneath his youthful features, visually accompanying the reunion of his past and present selves 23.

Personality

Long Xiaoyao is outspoken, competitive, and protective of his independence. He refuses Shrek’s recruitment and rejects Cai Yue’er’s assumption that unsolicited assistance entitles her to control his private life. His early focus is cultivation: he initially considers romance a distraction from catching up with Yun Ming 4 7 9.

Around Ye Zhaolu, his confidence gives way to stammering, nervousness, and conspicuous attempts to impress her. Learning that she is stronger than him temporarily damages his self-esteem, but Li Chen’s reassurance restores his enthusiasm. Unlike his previous life’s love, which was entangled with guilt and perceived indebtedness, his reincarnated affection begins as direct, sincere attraction 4 5 8.

His military upbringing gives him a strong commitment to defending the Federation and fighting Evil Soul Masters. He allows for sparing cooperative, non-murderous offenders with mitigating circumstances, yet initially tells Ye Zhaolu that he would kill her if she were an Evil Soul Master. His later refusal to abandon her contrasts sharply with that earlier declaration 20 28.

He protects Li Chen at considerable personal risk and distinguishes ordinary personnel doing their duty from his enemies. Against those who harm Ye Zhaolu, however, he becomes ruthless, sacrificing his future cultivation and killing both Cai Yue’er and a Shrek Titled Douluo during the rescue 22 28. His restored memories also make his bearing more restrained and alter aspects of his personality while the two lifetimes integrate 26 37.

Abilities & Skills

Dark Holy Dragon Martial Soul

A dragon-type Martial Soul combining powerful physical combat with darkness-based abilities 10 23.

• Dragon transformation: Enables aerial combat in a black dragon body 10.
• Dragon scales: Provide substantial protection; after his memory awakening, they withstand a full-force strike from Leng Yulai, although her intense flames begin vaporizing them 24.
• Dark Dragon Claw: Used for close combat and ranged slashing attacks. He demonstrates enough precision to strike through Ye Zhaolu without hitting her vital points while fatally attacking Cai Yue’er behind her 24 28 30.
• Eighth Soul Skill — Dragon Emperor Shatters Evil: Activated through a red Soul Ring during his duel with Zhuo Shi 11.

Darkness Domain

An area-control ability that conceals Long Xiaoyao while weakening his opponents 23.

• Blocks perception and spiritual power within its darkness 23.
• Secretly absorbs opponents’ power for his own use; absorbed energy can be released as an offensive beam 10 23.
• Gains a silencing effect after his memories return, swallowing Na Nali’s sound waves before they spread 24.
• Can forcibly absorb Leng Yulai’s dark phoenix flames 24.
• Does not prevent Leng Yulai from locating and striking him with the Divine Shuttle of Space and Time 23.

Past-Life Combat Experience

Restoring his memories gives Long Xiaoyao access to the experience and understanding of his former Limit Douluo self 23 24.

• Improves the speed, precision, and application of his existing power without an immediate increase in Soul Power quantity 24.
• Deepens his control over the Dark Holy Dragon’s origin and strengthens his defenses 23 24.
• Allows him to temporarily suppress rank-97 Leng Yulai and rank-98 Na Nali while still rank 95 24.
• Requires adjustment: his personality and sense of self remain unsettled shortly after awakening 37.

Origin Burning

An emergency method of exceeding his normal cultivation by burning the Dark Holy Dragon’s origin 28.

• Combined with power drawn from surrounding Soul Masters, raises his strength from level 97 to level 99 28.
• Enables him to breach Chen Xinjie’s sea wall and escape pursuit at speeds ordinary soul detectors cannot track 28 30.
• Severely damages his foundation, leaving him stalled at rank 97 afterward 36.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Black Dragon Heaven: His Three-Word Battle Armor, deployed during the West Mountain Tunnel ambush. Its protection, combined with dragon scales, cannot prevent Leng Yulai from breaking his right hand 23.
• Storage Soul Tool: Stores his Battle Armor before deployment 23.
• Dream Memory Hammer: Li Chen’s wooden hammer, temporarily used by Long Xiaoyao to awaken his past-life memories. It survives the tunnel battle and is recovered by Li Chen afterward 23 24.

Relationships

• Ye Xishui / Ye Zhaolu — His lover across two lives. Ye Xishui reveals their child and shared descendant before reincarnation; as Ye Zhaolu, she remembers him from their first meeting and later becomes the person for whom he sacrifices his cultivation prospects 2 24 28.
• Li Chen — Reincarnation benefactor, matchmaker, and trusted younger friend. Long Xiaoyao promises him protection, saves him during the tunnel ambush, and later thanks him directly for granting another life with Ye Xishui 4 9 22 37.
• Yu Guanzhi — Senior ally who arranges his public challenge, defends him against Shrek’s interference, and opposes the punishment imposed by the War God Temple leadership 5 12 13.
• Cai Yue’er — Rejected pursuer turned enemy. She colludes with the Holy Spirit Cult against him and tortures Ye Zhaolu; Long Xiaoyao kills her during the prison rescue 7 23 27 28.
• Chen Xinjie — War God Temple superior who orders his removal and later blocks his attempt to rescue Ye Zhaolu 13 28.
• Long Yeyue — Shrek senior who resents his refusal to join the academy, interferes in his duel, and supports action against Ye Zhaolu. Long Xiaoyao severely wounds her at the Federation Court 9 11 27 28.
• Mu En — A close figure from his previous life whom he calls his brother. Long Xiaoyao grieves that Mu En died without knowing the truth about Ye Xishui’s feelings 2.
• Yan Shaozhe — His descendant through the child Ye Xishui bore in their previous life 2.

Notable Quotes

“I don't blame you. At least we can die together.” 2

“I had no choice in my past life. Now I just want to be a good man!” 22

“The Limit is still far away, but the enemy is right here! I said, get out of my way!” 28