Ziwei

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History

Early Extreme Realm Missions

Ziwei’s first Extreme Realm mission was completed with the Azure Emperor’s help. Her second paired her with the newly appointed Zhenwu, Lin Tian, to kill one thousand Thunder Bulls in Ink Abyss Forest within six hours. Failure carried a death penalty, and Ziwei panicked upon learning that her partner was only in the Body Opening Realm 16 27.

Despite initially possessing higher cultivation, Ziwei became Lin Tian’s supporting fighter. Her fire attacks killed seventy or eighty Thunder Bulls while Lin Tian killed roughly three hundred during their first prolonged engagement. After they retreated to a cave, she supplied him with healing medicines, spiritual-power recovery pills, and a white robe 18 19.

The pair followed the herd toward Sword Capital and completed their thousand-kill mission. Both initially stayed afterward to seek Kui Bull blood essence, but Ziwei returned to the Extreme Realm when a second, stronger Kui Bull appeared 19 20 21 22.

Back in the Extreme Realm, Ziwei exaggerated her contribution until the Azure Emperor demanded the truth. When Lin Tian did not appear above the lake, she repeatedly tried to contact him and remained behind to wait, feeling guilty about leaving him during the crisis 23 24.

Recruitment into Su Nan’s Party

With another mission approaching and the Azure Emperor unavailable, Ziwei repeatedly asked Lin Tian to accompany her. They settled on payment of two Cloud Spirit Pills, and she used a team-up jade talisman to bring him along. Her assignment was to impersonate a Wenren Clan member, join Su Nan’s expedition into the Fire Nether Forbidden Land, and survive a two-day mission 27 33.

The Extreme Realm altered both participants’ appearances. Ziwei appeared as a woman and complained that the organization had changed her sex; she later explained that it had only changed her appearance, leaving her actual sex unchanged. She adopted the name Wenren Zi 34 37 49.

Su Nan initially rejected the pair because of their apparent cultivation. After Lin Tian’s test fight with Uncle Jian, he recruited them for the Su Clan succession contest. Ziwei subsequently raised a flame formation when Qi Liancheng threatened Lin Tian at a banquet 34 35 38.

During the voyage to the forbidden land, Ziwei requested Lin Tian’s help against an attacker. By the time he reached her room, she was wounded, the furnishings were ashes, and a charred corpse lay nearby. She later accepted a Soul Palace Pill from Su Nan 40 41.

Fire Nether Forbidden Land

Spatial turbulence separated Ziwei from Lin Tian and Su Nan upon entry. Pursued by Su Zheshan and the fake Zhenwu, she lost her protective formation to Sword Intent. She then revealed her Extreme Realm mask, used their momentary hesitation to trap them between four walls of fire, and escaped on a flaming formation disc 44 45.

Ziwei later spotted Qi Liancheng’s group surrounding Yu Xiu and Li Xin and sent Lin Tian their location. Unable to remain hidden, she attacked Qi Liancheng with a fire formation, drawing the enemy group’s pursuit. Lin Tian arrived as Zhenwu and took over the battle 46 47.

Afterward, Ziwei offered to guard Lin Tian while he cultivated in a cave and confirmed that she was a woman. She inscribed defensive runes at the entrance, then ate and slept behind a fire wall. Before departing, Lin Tian declared their original payment settled but promised one further rescue if he could reach her 49 50.

Appearance

• Usual Extreme Realm attire: Purple clothing and a flame-patterned mask 33.
• Wenren Zi appearance: A woman whose looks Lin Tian considers unexceptional; this appearance is an Extreme Realm disguise, not a description of her undisguised face 34 49.
• Height: Close enough to Lin Tian’s height that her spare male robe fits him 19.

Personality

Ziwei is intensely concerned with survival and readily seeks protection from stronger companions. She calls Lin Tian “Boss” or “Big Shot,” repeatedly requests his help, and proposes hiding somewhere safe until her survival mission ends. Her resolve to become braver after missing out on Kui Bull blood essence quickly gives way to caution 27 35 38.

She is talkative, flattering, and prone to bluster. Lin Tian considers her a chatterbox because of her frequent mask messages. She boasts about carrying their Thunder Bull mission until the Azure Emperor forces her to admit what happened, and she hastily retracts jokes when Lin Tian reacts threateningly 23 27 33.

Her fear does not prevent generosity or concern for allies. She gives Lin Tian valuable medicines and clothing, waits anxiously for his return, and attacks Qi Liancheng despite the danger. She also values comfort: even inside the forbidden land, she carries pastries, roast chicken, a bed, bedding, and a decorative screen 19 24 47 50.

Abilities & Skills

Flame Formations

Ziwei is a formation master who uses hand seals, formation discs, and inscribed runes to produce fire-based attacks and barriers 18 42 50.

• Fireball attacks: Launches multiple fireballs at once; one volley burns two Thunder Bulls to death 18.
• Area pressure: Raises a flame formation above the Drunken Immortal Restaurant, making the building scorching hot and interrupting Qi Liancheng’s confrontation with Lin Tian 38.
• Fire-wall trap: Creates four enclosing walls of fire to delay Su Zheshan and the fake Zhenwu 45.
• Defensive preparation: Inscribes runes at a cave entrance before Lin Tian cultivates inside 50.
• Limitations: Her attacks take too long to execute during the Thunder Bull battle. The fake Zhenwu’s Sword Intent can cut through her formations 18 45.

Formation-Assisted Flight

Ziwei uses flame formations for airborne movement and escape 18 45 47.

• Flies while surrounded by flames or red light 18.
• Rides a flaming formation disc and escapes as a streak of fire 45.
• Steers her disc toward Lin Tian when overwhelmed by pursuers 47.

Extreme Realm Knowledge

Ziwei helps Lin Tian understand the organization’s tools and mission procedures 20 27.

• Explains voluntary return after mission completion and automatic recall when the time limit expires 20.
• Teaches him to conceal his mask in the void and summon it when needed 27.
• Creates a group conversation linking herself, Lin Tian, and the Azure Emperor 27.

Cultivation Limits

• Reported realm: The fake Zhenwu identifies her actual cultivation as the Fourth Level of the Profound Core Realm. Su Nan had publicly introduced both her and Lin Tian as peak Mystic Core prodigies 37 45.
• Physical vulnerability: Lin Tian regards her as fragile in combat despite her offensive power 27.
• Body-refining restriction: Ziwei says her cultivation art limits her ability to refine her body 27.
• Recovery needs: She relies heavily on sleep to restore stamina and explains that formation masters lack the physiques needed for unrestricted training below the Soul Palace Realm 42.

Equipment & Items

• Flame mask: Her Extreme Realm identifier and communication tool. Extreme Realm masks also obscure others’ perception of their wearers 20 33 45.
• Coiled-dragon spatial ring: Stores medicines, clothing, supplies, and furnishings 19 50.
• Healing supplies: Gives Lin Tian a Body-Healing Pill, Jade Spirit Pill, and Sparrow Injury Medicinal Liquid for internal injuries, spiritual-power recovery, and external wounds 19.
• Team-up jade talisman: Consumed to invite Lin Tian onto her Fire Nether mission 33.
• Cloud Spirit Pills: Pays Lin Tian two pills for accompanying her; she says they cost three hundred mid-grade spirit stones originally intended for six months’ worth of spirit ink 33 35.
• Soul Palace Pill: Receives and stores one of Su Nan’s pills before entering the forbidden land 41.
• Travel comforts: Carries an oil lamp, pastries, lotus-leaf-wrapped roast chicken, a soft wooden bed, a phoenix-embroidered quilt, and a blue-bird screen 50.

Relationships

• Lin Tian / Zhenwu — Mission partner and principal protector. Ziwei provides supplies and payment while relying on his fighting strength; he eventually limits his further assistance to one additional rescue, if reachable 19 27 50.
• Azure Emperor — Earlier mission partner who helped her survive her first assignment. He encourages her to strengthen her physique and offer proper compensation when seeking Lin Tian’s help 23 27.
• Su Nan — Temporary employer and expedition leader. Ziwei joins his succession-contest party and accepts his Soul Palace Pill 35 41.
• Qi Liancheng — Enemy whom she confronts with flame formations at the banquet and inside the forbidden land 38 47.
• Su Zheshan and the fake Zhenwu — Pursuers whom she temporarily traps to escape. Revealing her mask enables the impostor to deduce that Wenren Zhen is the real Zhenwu 45.

Notable Quotes

“Next time, I have to be brave. I have to find my courage!” 35

“Cultivation is cultivation. Life is life.” 50