Ying Huanhuan

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Ying Huanhuan's previous incarnation was the Ice Master, one of the Eight Ancient Masters and a disciple of the Symbol Ancestor. The Ice Master had reached the Reincarnation Stage, comprehended the Supreme, and been considered the expert most likely to enter the Ancestor Realm. These accomplishments belong to her previous life, not Huanhuan's current cultivation 27.

Huanhuan grew up alongside Ying Xiaoxiao and Fang Yi. As children, the three played house, with Huanhuan usually insisting on being Fang Yi's wife. They later cultivated together and originally shared living quarters; Ying Xuanzi made Fang Yi move out after noticing both daughters' feelings for him 16 17 63.

Fang Yi noticed her unusual nature during childhood and discussed it privately with Ying Xuanzi. The two kept her reincarnator status secret from her. Ying Xuanzi did not learn that her former identity was specifically the Ice Master until her awakening 16 27.

Appearance

• Build: Slender, with a narrow waist; closely resembles her elder sister in appearance and height 27 50.
• Hair: Dark under ordinary circumstances; becomes ice-blue and shines with an icy sheen during her awakening 27 60.
• Eyes: Normally bright and lively; turn ice-blue when her previous-life power erupts 27.
• Awakening manifestation: Floats in the air while waves of ice-blue power radiate from her body and frost covers the surrounding bamboo house 27.

Personality

Huanhuan is cheerful and openly affectionate, inspiring more personal fondness among Dao Sect disciples than her comparatively aloof sister. Despite exceptional talent—described as surpassing the sect's other disciples—she does not particularly enjoy cultivation 14 31 50.

Her attachment to Fang Yi is protective but possessive. After hearing that he fought a Life Profound Realm opponent, she worries about lasting injuries rather than celebrating his victory. She also urges her father to cultivate harder instead of leaving every danger for Fang Yi to handle 29 43.

She fears losing her identity more than missing out on her former life's strength. Her inability to learn the Great Desolation Scripture upsets her chiefly because Fang Yi and Ying Xiaoxiao can discuss something she cannot share. Although jealous of Ling Qingzhu, she intends to defeat her through fair competition rather than harm her underhandedly 27 32 58.

Her loyalty to the Dao Sect can override her personal grievances. Believing Fang Yi is making sacrifices to secure an alliance, she acknowledges her own willfulness and returns to cultivation so she can help him 29 63 64.

Abilities & Skills

Ice Master Inheritance

• Her partial awakening releases intensely cold power and grants access to previous-life cultivation methods and martial arts 27.
• Fang Yi helps her separate those memories from her present identity, enclosing the intrusive memories in a mental cage while leaving the techniques accessible 27.
• The Great Desolation Tablet advises her to recover her former power in the far north rather than pursue the Great Desolation Scripture 31.
• Retrieving the Ice Ancestral Talisman is a plan discussed by Fang Yi, not a completed acquisition in the supplied chapters 27.

Second Origin Art

• Learns the technique from Ying Xiaoxiao after entering the Nirvana Realm 25.
• Absorbs nearly ten times as much battlefield slaughterous power as her sister, overwhelming the medicinal preparations intended to suppress its effects 25 26.
• Receives a drop of Fang Yi's blood to quiet the battle cries afflicting her mind 26.
• Opening her second origin triggers the premature awakening of her reincarnated spirituality 27 28.

Ice-and-Sound Attacks

• Uses an ancient cyan zither to perform Endless Ice Seal, combining sound waves with ice blades 35.
• Under Fang Yi's instruction, develops icy-blue sound ripples intended to freeze an opponent's mind and slow their movements while concealed ice blades attack 35.
• The improved technique remains ineffective against Fang Yi during their training 35.

Befuddling the Mind and Bewitching the Soul Method

• A mind-disrupting method taught by Fang Yi to supplement her sound-wave attacks 35.
• Originates from the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture and is classified as a Lesser Divine Ability even by Great Thousand World standards 35.
• Forms part of Fang Yi's effort to develop her own combination of sound and ice rather than restrict her to the Ice Master's former path 35.

Life-Force Cultivation

• Receives all five levels of the Immortal Heaven Derivation Technique from Mu Lan, demonstrating unusual compatibility with it 46 47.
• Cultivates its Breath Derivation level before receiving Fang Yi's Immortal Heaven and Earth Scripture, a modification better suited to humans 48 49.

Swordsmanship

• Uses the Heavenly Dipper Three-Flower Sword, producing sword Qi dozens of zhang long 34.
• Demonstrates the attack with desolation power supplied by Ying Xiaoxiao; this does not mean Huanhuan has mastered the Great Desolation Scripture herself 31 34.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Ancient cyan zither — Her frequently used instrument and the medium for her ice-and-sound attacks 35.
• Longsword — Worn at her waist and used for the Heavenly Dipper Three-Flower Sword 34.
• Bracelet — A gift from Fang Yi that helps soothe her anger after his return 16.
• Universe Bag — Used to store her zither 35.

Relationships

• Fang Yi — Childhood companion, romantic partner, and cultivation mentor. He helps preserve her identity during her awakening and teaches her techniques beyond her inherited path. Later, he identifies himself to the Burning Heaven Elder as the Ice Master's Dao companion in this life 27 35 79.
• Ying Xuanzi — Father. Accepts her as his daughter regardless of her previous incarnation and prioritizes her happiness; she challenges him to become stronger rather than depend entirely on Fang Yi 27 29.
• Ying Xiaoxiao — Elder sister and fellow romantic rival for Fang Yi. Their affection survives the competition, and Xiaoxiao repeatedly warns Huanhuan that possessiveness could drive him away 50 55 63.
• Jiang Yinyin — Junior sister in their present lives and reincarnation of the Lord of Life and Death. Their Reincarnation Seals react to each other, reflecting their past connection as fellow disciples of the Symbol Ancestor 15 16 27.
• Ling Qingzhu — Romantic and competitive rival. Huanhuan objects to her closeness with Fang Yi and resolves to defeat her in the sect exchange 54 58 66.
• Mu Lan — Instructor in the Immortal Heaven Derivation Technique. His clan's ancestral instructions require protecting the Ice Master's reincarnation and helping her grow 44 46 47.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Awakening and Preservation of Her Identity

The Second Origin Art unexpectedly awakens Huanhuan's Ice Master memories before the Nine Yuan Nirvana threshold Fang Yi had anticipated. Frightened that she is becoming someone else, she follows his guidance to reaffirm her present identity. The event also exposes the ancient conflict surrounding her reincarnation: Fang Yi worries that her awakening could attract the Yimo 27 28.

Developing a Different Cultivation Path

The Great Desolation Tablet rejects Huanhuan as unsuitable for its scripture and recommends recovering her former power. Fang Yi instead also cultivates her independent potential, teaching her to unite music, ice, and mental disruption. He suspects that her second origin has allowed a previously obscured constitution to develop further, though this remains his assessment rather than a confirmed classification 31 32 35.

Taiqing Palace Exchange Preparations

Ling Qingzhu's visit intensifies Huanhuan's jealousy. After Fang Yi presents his cooperation with Qingzhu as part of securing an alliance against the Yuan Sect and the Yimo, Huanhuan turns her frustration toward training. She later agrees to remain for the sect exchange rather than accompany him to dangerous Yimo City, but makes him postpone his departure for five days 63 64 66.

Notable Quotes

“Fang Yi gets tired too, and he's done so much already.” 29

“Stupid Ice Master, if I'd known, I wouldn't have reincarnated. Couldn't you just let me be Ying Huanhuan?” 32

“I won't compete with Sister over other things, but not you.” 50

Trivia

• Ying Xiaoxiao recognizes Huanhuan's lies because she unconsciously repeats them; Fang Yi also knows this habit 63.
• A trace of Ice Master presence collected from her allows Fang Yi to convince the Burning Heaven Elder that the Ice Master has returned 79.