Su Yu

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

In his previous life, Su Yu was an orphan who struggled through university in poverty. He had recently turned twenty-two and passed an examination for a county-office position before that life ended. With few attachments left behind, he quickly accepted his new circumstances 1.

He awakened among corpses in an unfamiliar body, carrying a chipped purple jade jue carved with a ghostly face. After absorbing the original owner’s fragmented memories, he learned that the body also bore the surname Su. He recognized his surroundings as the Ruthless One’s Dao grounds in the Cloudbreak Mountains, where the Devouring Heaven Demon Lid had been unearthed 1 2.

His knowledge of the original timeline became a major advantage: he pursued the Wushi Emperor Jade, anticipated the Green Lotus Emperor Weapon’s appearance, and prepared for the future Road to Immortality and Dark Turmoil. He also arranged protection and resources for Ye Fan’s parents as partial repayment of his perceived karmic debt to the Ruthless Great Emperor 7 13 192 320.

Appearance

• Build and features: Tall and slender, with exceptionally handsome features, sword-like brows, and clear eyes repeatedly described as containing stars or galaxies 33 129 137.
• Hair: Usually long and black, worn loose or tied with a gold or jade ribbon. Its described length ranges from his waist to his ankles 33 37 137 165.
• Cultivation marks: Bears sword, bell, or six-pointed-star sword marks between his brows at different points in his cultivation 129 137 289.
• Aura: Frequently surrounded by five-colored divine light, Chaos Qi, or luminous chains of Dao laws 30 46 268.
• Clothing: Wears outfits including black phoenix robes embroidered with gold, purple-gold True Dragon Dao robes, and silver robes 65 268 287.
• Later ancient-era appearance: Awakens with long silver hair and torn, bloodstained battle robes 731.

Personality

Su Yu is adaptable, calculating, and skilled at building useful connections. His experience as a county committee cadre informs his understanding of hierarchy: after saving the Divine Silkworm Princess, he deliberately presents his lineage as proof that he is worth cultivating a relationship with. He likewise uses the Ji Family’s backing, marriage negotiations, medicines, and inherited knowledge to strengthen his position 23 67 113 278.

His kindness is selective rather than universal. He rescues Jiang Tingting and her grandfather, refuses to take Ye Fan’s Bodhi Seed while Ye Fan is near death, and provides valuable cultivation resources to companions. At the same time, he uses destructive soul searches, mental restrictions, deception, and coercion when they serve his aims 13 47 66 198 211 230.

His romantic attachments combine genuine affection with possessiveness and ambition. He acknowledges having coerced Yan Ruyu, and later recalls choosing to forcibly prevent the Divine Silkworm Princess from leaving. Other relationships begin partly as attempts to obtain cultivation benefits or powerful allies 174 211 278 591.

Protecting his family eventually becomes as important to him as attaining eternity. After confronting the consequences of a cultivator’s defeat, he resolves to protect his loved ones even if the world regards him as a demon. His later reflections favor fidelity to his own heart over conventional judgments of right and wrong, while rejecting a path that would dissolve his individuality into heaven and earth 309 470.

Abilities & Skills

Chaos Body and Chaos Dao

Su Yu’s acquired Chaos Body harmonizes with the myriad Daos and supports immense divine power, blood Qi, and perception 103 119.

• Uses the Indestructible Heavenly Art, Flying Immortal Power, and Myriad Transformations Sacred Art in battle 29.
• Draws cultivation benefits from primordial yin and yin–yang dual cultivation 103 174 196.
• Develops a personal chaos scripture by combining Taiyin and Taiyang, alongside the Seven Forms of the True Tribulation 474.
• Can transform true yang into extreme yin, allowing him to control a body containing extreme-yin laws 381.
• Uses both the Secret Realm Method and Dao Seed Method, eventually combining their strengths 596 638.

World Dao and Inner World

His cultivation incorporates an inner world and a World Tree closely linked to his body 499 540.

• Nurtures a Chaos Star Tree Seed in his Bitter Sea after transforming the Stars Tree through his Chaos Dao Diagram 174.
• Develops a metal-element world within his Lung Divine Treasury, where a Dao Flower blooms upon the silver World Tree 499.
• Combines his own presence with the World Tree and inner world to rival an established Quasi-Emperor before his later breakthroughs 509.
• Transforms his inner world into a vast chaos cosmos during his Immortal King tribulation 724.

Swordsmanship and Tribulation Arts

Su Yu learns the Immortal Tribulation Sword Art from a sword-Qi inheritance, recognizing its connection to the Perfect World era 65 87.

• Produces visions of living beings undergoing tribulation, with each strike carrying calamity against his enemies 87.
• Adapts other techniques into sword forms, including the Flying Immortal Sword Art and Myriad Transformations Sword Art 132 137.
• Reaches great accomplishment in the Immortal Tribulation Sword Art after a hundred years of sword cultivation and extensive battle 562.
• Combines the three great sword arts into a supreme technique used against an immortal 761 768.
• Forges an Extreme Dao sword embodying his Chaos Two Aspects Sword Dao by devouring and unifying immortal-weapon tribulation patterns 604.

The Nine Secrets

Su Yu eventually gathers all Nine Secrets while still in the Saint Realm 431 609.

• Battle Saint Method: Learned from Jiang Taixu; used to reproduce forms such as the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar 16 29.
• Movement Character Secret: Supports rapid travel, including movement through space 91 507.
• Shu: Allows three Dao bodies to return to him for an instantaneous fourfold battle-power increase 132.
• Limit: The fourfold Shu application cannot combine with Nine Secrets: All; his attempts encounter an apparent tenfold amplification ceiling 132.
• Bing: Combines with the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor’s artifact-refining art to unite three Dao Artifacts into a Chaos Pearl 415.
• Formation Character Secret: Obtained with the Kunlun formation spirit’s guidance, completing his collection 431.

Time and Space Manipulation

Su Yu develops time principles associated with the Beginningless Bell imprint and extends his understanding from time into space 129 198.

• Opens spatial gates and repeatedly crosses tens of thousands of li in a single step 260.
• Uses a spacetime Divine Domain to immobilize the Corpse Emperor and weaken the Supremes’ sublimated states 637.
• Devours the Immortal Bell’s tribulation imprint and absorbs its complete laws of time 604.
• Employs time formations and a Time Divine Domain, although an Immortal King’s attack shatters the latter 781.

Avatars and Alternate Bodies

Su Yu operates through multiple bodies rather than relying exclusively on his original self 266 596.

• Immortal Phoenix avatar: Accelerates his comprehension of phoenix techniques 542.
• Time clone — Shi Ming: Embodies his idealized aspirations and the self he wishes he could have become 676.
• Saint Spirit avatar: Created by placing a soul fragment into the damaged Qinling Dragon Child’s immortal fetus and restoring it at great expense 664.
• Three-avatar merger: Unites their blood and bones with his own to advance from Quasi-Emperor Fourth Heaven to Fifth Heaven 596.
• Distinct past self: Encounters another self from the past who is explicitly neither a clone, secondary body, nor split spirit 557.

Phoenix Techniques and Recovery

His Immortal Phoenix foundation enables rapid mastery of the True Phoenix Precious Technique taught by Nine Phoenix and the Snow Phoenix Supreme 542.

• Learns its Indestructible Method, phoenix-wing escape, and sword-feather killing transformations 542.
• Uses blood-colored Huang wings to attain supreme speed during his immortal-weapon tribulation 604.
• Recovers from severe wounds through phoenix rebirth, restoring himself to his peak during battle 626.

Source Arts, Formations, and Spiritual Techniques

Su Yu applies Source Arts to prospecting, terrain manipulation, and combat 121 172 178.

• Combines Earth Observation, Qi Observation, and Source Heavenly Patterns to locate a Stone King 121.
• Gathers dragon Qi from earth veins through nine Source Heaven Divine Veins and ancient “emperor” characters 178.
• Reproduces a tomb’s killing-array fragment strongly enough to suppress an Immortal Platform Second Heaven Great Power, despite inferior materials 172.
• Uses the Spirit Communion Secret Art to read thoughts 346.
• Employs soul searching and Thought Restrictions to obtain information or control others 13 66 198.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Devouring Heaven Demon Jar — His principal imperial weapon, used for combat, storage, suppression, and imprisonment. He can merge with or transform into it, and seals the Corpse Emperor’s body and true spirit inside it 132 355 435 637.
• Ghost-Face Jade Jue — A chipped purple jade carried from his awakening. Once awakened, it grows stronger against stronger opponents and holds back a Foreign Realm Immortal King’s weapon 1 554.
• Immortal Tribulation Sword / Calamity Killing Sword — His cultivated sword, strengthened with Lan Qi’s Qilin blood, Azure Emperor blood, and tribulation refinement 103 386 415.
• Chaos Immortal Palace — His chosen Dao-proving palace, initially forged from six kinds of Immortal Gold. He follows a palace-and-sword weapon path 53 136.
• Azure Dao Diagram and Chaos Pearl — Combines the diagram, palace, and killing sword into a single Chaos Pearl, expressing the principle that ten thousand artifacts are one 415.
• Heaven-reaching Nether Treasure — An immortal artifact with a true spirit that recognizes him as master. Its protection prevents ordinary Supremes from harming him; Heavenly Emperor-level intervention remains a threat 522 609.
• Lihuo Divine Furnace — Requires Saint-level power to activate. The Divine Silkworm Princess supplies divine-power essence sufficient for three uses of extreme Dao power 61.
• Thousand Illusions Star River Battle Garment — A Saint Dao garment he can activate through the Chaos Body’s vast divine power while still in Severing the Dao 221.
• Immortal Ascension Cauldron — Retrieved from the Immortal Pool at the Immortal Ascension Ground 418.
• Immortal medicines and cultivation resources — Maintains a divine medicine garden, prepares Heaven-Mending Divine Liquid, and obtains the White Tiger Divine Medicine 66 174 418.

Relationships

Family and Dao Companions

• Yan Ruyu — Wife and an especially cherished companion. Their union ties him to the Green Lotus Clan; he acknowledges coercing her initially but later promises to protect her clan and take her to his ancestral home 38 39 150 211 320 321.
• An Miaoyi — Dao companion whom he promises will become his empress. Their cultivation advances his realm; he later helps her become a Great Saint, and she becomes pregnant with his child 137 570.
• Divine Silkworm Princess — Early benefactor, later wife and mother of his daughter. She provides lifesaving divine-power essence, but his later account reveals that he forcibly prevented her departure 61 591.
• Yang Yi — The former Jade Lake Holy Maiden whom he retrieves from Source and revives. He initially restrains her with an Emperor Qi Thought Restriction and appoints her to manage his medicine garden; their relationship later includes spiritual dual cultivation 16 66 196.
• Zixia — Cultivation partner whose Innate Dao Embryo helps him understand his yin–yang cultivation path. He arranges for Suxin to protect her and Yang Yi to teach her the Western Emperor Scripture 103.
• Yao Xi — Romantic companion who accompanies him and An Miaoyi after they leave the Holy City 110 135.
• Yu Zi — Myriad Dragon Nest princess and dual-cultivation partner. He promises to help her reach Severing the Dao and cultivates with her in the Immortal Pool 174.
• Xia Jiuyou — Gai Jiuyou’s disciple and a later intimate companion. His pursuit of her initially forms part of his effort to secure Gai Jiuyou’s support 278 279 570.
• Undying Heavenly Empress — Later partner and mother of one of his daughters. He binds and whips her after accusing her of mistreating their daughter 593 724.
• Yao Yue — A cultivation partner closely connected to his silver World Tree. Her Quasi-Emperor advancement also improves his Yin–Yang Dao Fruit 502.

Allies, Disciples, and Subordinates

• Jiang Taixu — Ally whose recovery Su Yu assists. Jiang Taixu repays him with the Battle Saint Method and accompanies him through Purple Mountain 16.
• Gai Jiuyou — Senior protector and strategic ally. Su Yu offers medicines and treasures to restore him, while Gai Jiuyou advises him to cultivate steadily and protects his development 278 570.
• Jiang Tingting and Old Uncle Jiang — Rescued from abuse and brought into his household. Su Yu explicitly declares Tingting family and takes her away to cultivate 47.
• Lin Jia — Personal disciple accepted after presenting an immortal pill and the incomplete Carefree Heavenly Art. He gives her access to major inheritances and a replica demon jar containing medicine for her hidden ailment 266.
• Qi Ming — Disciple who is a transformed divine herb; his existence helps demonstrate Su Yu’s ability to assist the Immortal Cauldron’s spirit in taking human form 355.
• Eighth Ancestor of the Ji Family — Subordinate and political intermediary. His branch becomes part of Su Yu’s forces, and he facilitates Su Yu’s dealings with the Ji Family 48 67 200.
• Wang Teng — Rival brought under a mental restriction who later submits to him 198 289.
• Ye Fan — Early friend with a complicated later relationship involving assistance, karmic debts, family connections, and manipulation. Su Yu also breaks the curses affecting the Sacred Body and Source Heavenly Master lineages 7 200 211 254 820.
• Qingshui — New spirit born within the Willow Deity’s discarded body. He enlightens her, teaches her to take human form, and accepts her decision not to inherit the Willow Deity’s identity 832.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Notable Quotes

“Only the Great Dao is real. The black is me, and the white is me too. The utmost is pure by nature, but I was never pure and innocent. Why should I care about right or wrong? It is enough to be true to my own heart!” 470

“This Dao conviction of transforming my body into heaven and earth is not what I seek. What I seek is transcendence!” 470