Huang Ying

Biodata

Background

Huang Ying comes from a wealthy Huang household in Martial Soul Holy City. Her family supports the Golden Crocodile Family, and she is related to its young master, Jin Yu. She and her younger cousin Huang Su are the two outstanding talents of their Huang generation; their success is important to maintaining the family’s businesses and position in the city 13 34 35.

Her tournament career is closely tied to her prospects after graduation. When Xu Zi is ordered into the academy’s first team, she fears that losing opportunities to compete will undermine her chances of entering the Holy City’s establishment and waste her family’s investment in her 35 36.

Appearance

Huang Ying is blonde, with a dignified gait and a valiant, spirited bearing 6.

• Hair: Worn in a high ponytail reaching her waist during her meeting with Xu Zi at the academy’s back gate 34.
• Eyes: Golden 35.
• Voice: Clear, soothing, and repeatedly compared to birdsong, including an oriole’s or magpie’s calls 6 35.

Personality

Huang Ying initially treats Xu Zi with the easy confidence of a senior guiding a junior, promising to restrain her attacks during their spar. After experiencing his strength firsthand, she becomes more respectful and does not join her teammates in resisting his admission to the first team 6 8 18.

She is protective and willing to mediate disputes. She steps between Jin Yu and Xu Zi to prevent a confrontation, apologizes for the incident, and urgently warns Xu Zi against challenging her stronger cousin 13 14.

In private, she is playful and affectionate, teasing Xu Zi over her invitation to a meal and feeding him a meatball. Her warmth is constrained by family obligations: despite wanting to spend more time with him, she declines a public outing because her family would oppose their closeness 34 35.

Abilities & Skills

Golden Bird Martial Soul

The Golden Bird gives Huang Ying an unusually rare sound-based fighting style that combines control, attack, and support 6 7.

• Sound-wave Soul Skills can affect physical targets and the spiritual level 7.
• Her hearing is particularly sensitive, allowing her to notice Xu Zi approaching while she is speaking with Jin Yu 13.
• Her combination of abilities makes her the first team’s hidden trump card despite her substitute position 17.

Sound-Wave Attacks

Huang Ying attacks through notes produced in her throat, using her Soul Skills to make them piercing and to exploit their lingering echoes 7.

• Blocking the primary note does not eliminate the echoes available to her third skill 7.
• Covering the ears is insufficient to stop the resulting sound-wave assault 7.
• Xu Zi’s Will of Destruction breaks through the attack; its lingering force then strikes her mind 7 8.

Sound-Wave Enhancement

Huang Ying can use special sound waves to enhance her teammates, making her one of the Spirit Hall Team’s two support Soul Masters 6.

• The enhancement is described as similar in function to Oscar’s fourth Soul Skill 6.
• No specific name or ring assignment is given for this ability 6.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Testing Xu Zi

Bibi Dong summons Huang Ying from the academy and challenges Xu Zi to withstand three exchanges against her. Huang Ying introduces herself as a level 44 Soul Ancestor and attempts to defeat him with a combination of her first and third Soul Skills 6 7.

Xu Zi destroys her sound-wave assault with Will of Destruction. Although he leaves the platform unharmed, its residual force strikes Huang Ying’s mind, causing her to collapse with blood flowing from her eyes, ears, and nose. Bibi Dong intervenes and identifies the injury as excessive sensory stimulation rather than serious damage 7 8.

A healing Soul Saint subsequently examines and treats her at Bibi Dong’s instruction. By her next meeting with Xu Zi, Huang Ying reports no remaining discomfort 8 13.

Mediating the Golden Crocodile Dispute

Huang Ying accompanies Jin Yu when he seeks out Xu Zi over the Golden Crocodile and the Soul Core Method. When Jin Yu threatens to use force, she places herself between them and points out that Xu Zi’s Sun Martial Soul and overseas origins may indicate a powerful family background. Her warning makes Jin Yu reconsider an immediate clash 13.

She then tries unsuccessfully to dissuade Xu Zi from challenging Jin Yu, citing her cousin’s level 49 cultivation and his victory over a five-ring Soul King. After Xu Zi defeats Jin Yu, she rushes to her injured cousin 14 19.

First-Team Position

Unlike her protesting teammates, Huang Ying accepts that Xu Zi has the strength to join the first team. Nevertheless, she pleads with him because his inclusion threatens her chances of appearing in the tournament. He ultimately chooses to captain the second team instead 18 19 35.

Huang Ying believes her appeal persuaded him. Xu Zi explicitly says that the second team’s members are easier to control, but she remains convinced that he acted for her sake 35 36.

Meal with Xu Zi

After the second team defeats Skywater, Huang Ying invites Xu Zi to eat. She thanks him both for joining the second team and for retaining Huang Su despite his Golden Crocodile Family connections 34 35.

Their meal becomes affectionate, and Xu Zi encourages her to pursue singing alongside cultivation. Zhang Ping interrupts with a reminder about first-team preparations, and Huang Ying later declines a walk through the Holy City because of her family’s opposition 35 36.

Ling Yuan arrives and leaves with Xu Zi to prepare for the next match. Unaware of their private relationship, Huang Ying feels that something she regarded as hers is slipping away 36 37.

Relationships

• Xu Zi — Junior schoolmate, sparring opponent, and romantic interest. Their relationship develops from her defeat into friendly teasing and affectionate gestures, but family loyalties limit their public association 7 34 35.
• Bibi Dong — Pope who regards Huang Ying as a prized student. She personally stabilizes Huang Ying after the spar and arranges further treatment 7 8 13.
• Jin Yu — Older cousin and Golden Crocodile Family young master, whom she usually addresses as “Young Master.” She attempts to prevent his conflict with Xu Zi 13 14 18.
• Huang Su — Younger cousin, the son of her eldest uncle, and a member of Xu Zi’s second team. She regards their combined success as essential to the Huang Family’s future 35.
• Zhang Ping — First-team teammate who seeks her out to remind her about the team’s meeting before its next match 35.
• Ling Yuan — Spirit Hall elder whose relationship with Xu Zi is unknown to Huang Ying. Ling Yuan treats her coldly when interrupting the meal 35 36.