Ye Weixiao

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Ye Weixiao was exceptionally gifted and beautiful from childhood. During an excursion to gain experience, she suffered a life-threatening encounter and damaged her origin. The injury irreversibly aged her appearance, leaving her with the mature face she subsequently showed others 296.

Although she grew up in the Haotian Realm, she belonged to the Youtian Realm cultivators living there. Alongside Daoist Wu and their companions, she sought to exploit the approaching convergence of the two realms to establish a passage home. Their plan required Su Mu’s Youtian Realm Qi to guide the connection 296 297 377.

She regarded Su Mu’s traditional Dao cultivation as a potential answer to the Youtian Realm’s declining fortunes. Her own interest in Fairy Yunmeng’s legacy also had a practical purpose: obtaining cultivation methods that might allow her to ascend and confront the Youtian Realm’s coming Great Tribulation 297 373.

Appearance

Ye Weixiao has a mature, graceful appearance that retains traces of her youthful beauty. Her bearing is described as regal and elegant 296 297 304.

• Irreversibly aged face: The result of damage to her origin, rather than simply an indication of her actual age 296.
• Slender hands and expressive eyes: Frequently noted when she handles treasures or studies Su Mu 297.
• Conical hat: Worn to conceal her face during expeditions and market visits 302 370.
• Ink-darkened eyes: Her eyes take on a faint ink-black color when she activates the Eye of Inkstone 371.

Personality

Ye Weixiao is usually composed and decisive. When Su Mu urgently warns her to stop refining True Person Fire Cloud’s control core, she withdraws immediately despite not understanding the danger. Her unusually anxious behavior during the war later surprises Su Mu, who is accustomed to seeing her handle matters calmly 309 459.

She is cautious about exposing her allegiance, concealing her techniques and cultivation when discovery could endanger the Youtian Realm’s remaining cultivators. Treasure can nevertheless tempt her into calculated risks: she initially avoids contesting the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land, then attempts limited refinement of its core to reach the treasures beneath it 306 307 308.

Her concern for Su Mu includes both personal responsibility and recognition of his importance to their realm. She apologizes after the Fire Cloud expedition nearly kills him, repeatedly urges him to preserve his cover, and attempts to rescue him from spatial rifts. Against enemies, she is ruthless enough to search souls and destroy Nascent Souls to prevent escape 313 372 384 425 434 454.

Abilities & Skills

Eye of Inkstone

An ocular Divine Ability that progressively solidifies a target’s Spiritual Power 371 372.

• Immobilizes opponents’ Spiritual Power, preventing them from using Law Techniques or sustaining controlled treasures 371 372.
• Can eventually prevent a Nascent Soul from moving, removing the target’s last opportunity to escape 372.
• Limit: Before the effect is complete, a target’s Nascent Soul can still move. The Wu Household elder attempts to exploit this interval to threaten self-detonation 372.

Spirit Transformation Combat

Ye Weixiao can contend directly with other Spirit Transformation cultivators and decisively overpower Nascent Soul opponents 311 371 372.

• Holds her own against one of True Person Fire Cloud’s controlled Spirit Transformation cultivators 311.
• Intercepts and shatters Fire Cloud’s attack on Su Mu 312.
• Conceals a Law Treasure near the Wu Household elder and uses it to cut his emerging Nascent Soul in two 372.
• Limits: Her Law Treasure cannot harm the giant Netherworld creature’s tongue. Stabilizing even a small section of a spatial rift places an unsustainable drain on her Spiritual Power 311 454.

Divine Sense and Perception

Her Divine Sense supports reconnaissance, treasure collection, and the detection of concealed enemies 304 306 386.

• Collects a large area’s Thunder Crystals into Su Mu’s Storage Bag in a single sweep 304.
• Locates numerous medicine gardens throughout the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land 306.
• Detects pursuers Su Mu has not noticed and later senses hostility from Sheng Fanhong’s group 371 447.
• Limits: She cannot reach the seabed of the deep strait with her Divine Sense, and the immortal island’s restrictions obstruct long-range detection 373 376.

Concealment and Escape

Ye Weixiao disguises her cultivation and uses specialized treasures to avoid pursuit 371 381 438.

• Appears to be at Nascent Soul Early Stage before revealing her true realm to the Wu Household pursuers 371.
• Poses as a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator for the forbidden-land expedition 438.
• Deliberately reduces her apparent performance against the Jade Gold Bees to maintain that disguise 442.
• Uses her superior flight speed to transport Su Mu during their expeditions and escapes 304 309 313.

Soul Search and Cultivation Knowledge

She combines direct soul-searching methods with extensive knowledge of cultivators, ancient records, formations, and treasures 346 372 377 449.

• Searches all three Wu Household pursuers to uncover the hairpin’s connection to Fairy Yunmeng 372.
• Identifies formations including the Nine Fires Spirit-Devouring Array and a simplified mountain-guarding array 302 305.
• Recognizes the Five Elements Flags and explains their ability to form normal or reversed Five Elements Formations 449.
• Patiently answers Su Mu’s cultivation questions, though their later Dao discussion leaves her listening to his deeper insights instead 413.
• Limit: She does not practice divination, explaining that revealing heavenly secrets brings harm 376.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Voice transmission jade talisman — Gives Su Mu a talisman to maintain contact; it remains their principal means of exchanging warnings and arranging meetings 297 344 459.
• Imitation Karma Mirror — Made using a fragment of the genuine treasure. She bluffs rival cultivators into retreating with it; she later states that it can kill an Early Nascent Soul cultivator 380 381.
• Floral parasol — Conceals itself and the people beneath it, helping evade some tracking methods 381.
• Hairpin flying sword — A hairpin worn in her hair transforms into the sword she uses to behead Old Monster Pang 384.
• Jade bracelet — Extinguishes the divine light of Sheng Fanhong’s attacking treasure and forces him to defend with a yellow cloth treasure 453.
• Willow branch — Releases green light and expands to sweep Jade Gold Bees out of the air 441.
• Jade bottle containing flame — Supplies the flame used to burn Old Monster Pang’s trapped Nascent Soul 384.
• Fairy Yunmeng’s hairpin — A separate relic from her sale goods, believed capable of opening Fairy Yunmeng’s cave abode. It has lost its spirituality but remains difficult to destroy 372 373.
• Spirit of the Earth — Captures the yellow rabbit-shaped spiritual object and secures it in a jade box sealed with a talisman 380 382 385.
• Heavenly Thunder Bamboo offer — Accepts Su Mu’s offer of mature bamboo, intending to repay him with a suitable treasure later. During the bee attack, Su Mu still holds it and plans to hand it over afterward 435 441.
• Pearl-like treasure — Retrieves an object from the well in the mysterious village; its precise identity is not established in the provided passages 453.

Relationships

• Su Mu — Fellow Youtian Realm ally and frequent expedition partner. Initial mutual caution develops into cooperation, cultivation discussions, and reliance on his Dao Lotuses as a possible means of saving their realm 297 317 413 459.
• Daoist Wu — Associate among the Youtian Realm cultivators organizing a passage between realms 296 297.
• Old Freak Wu — Temporary ally against True Person Fire Cloud; they each hold back a controlled Spirit Transformation cultivator 310 311.
• Old Monster Pang — Rival and enemy during the immortal-island expedition. She kills him after Su Mu seals his powers and traps his Nascent Soul 378 383 384.
• Sheng Fanhong — Guide whose motives she distrusts during the forbidden-land expedition. She attacks him when he tries to seize Su Mu’s gate treasure 439 440 453.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Contact with Su Mu and True Person Fire Cloud’s Cave Abode

• Participates in the formation-disk search that locates the Youtian Realm’s direction, then gives Su Mu a communication talisman while the group prepares a usable passage 297.
• Invites Su Mu to explore True Person Fire Cloud’s reputedly wealthy cave abode. His control over the ten thousand fires proves useful in navigating its defenses 301 304.
• Initially gathers medicines rather than competing with three sect elders for the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land. The treasures beneath the control core eventually persuade her to attempt partial refinement 306 307 308.
• Withdraws at Su Mu’s warning, narrowly avoiding the control that overtakes two other Spirit Transformation cultivators. She then fights beside Old Freak Wu and protects Su Mu from Fire Cloud 309 310 311 312.
• Escapes with Su Mu and apologizes for nearly getting him killed 313.

Passage to the Youtian Realm and Intelligence Work

• Helps prepare Su Mu’s return and explains that the one-ended teleportation cannot guarantee his arrival point 317.
• Warns him to escape promptly after retrieving the realm’s Fortune and not to bring other Youtian Realm cultivators into the Haotian Realm, where they would be detected 318.
• After his return, updates him on Fire Cloud’s activities and threats to his concealed identity 343 344.
• Investigates Ancestor Litian and explains why their small group cannot directly oppose the demonic experts seeking him 346.

West Sea Immortal Island

• Organizes an expedition to a sunken immortal island. Before departure, she subdues the Wu Household pursuers and learns that a hairpin among her goods belonged to Fairy Yunmeng 369 371 372.
• Searches for Jade Dew with Su Mu, becoming especially determined after learning that he wants to revive a parasol tree seed 373.
• Uses the imitation Karma Mirror to drive off competitors and secure the Spirit of the Earth, then conceals their movements with her floral parasol 380 381.
• Executes Old Monster Pang after Su Mu suppresses him. A Jade Slip from his belongings directs them toward the island’s control center 384.
• Discovers that attacking the woodland formation around the control center would destroy the island, forcing them to seek another approach 385.

Mysterious Yin Cult Theft and Relocation

• Arrives with allies after the Mysterious Yin Cult’s treasury has been robbed, bringing the recovered Fallen Star Sword to Su Mu. She and Su Mu hide near a prepared array while a flying boat continues as a decoy 411.
• Discusses cultivation and the Dao with Su Mu; the exchange develops into a month of listening to his explanations 413 414.
• Evacuates her secret cave abode after Old Freak Tong’s divination traces Su Mu’s real face to the location. Most belongings are saved, but the spirit fields and fruits are left behind 418 434.

Forbidden-Land Expedition

• Joins Su Mu under concealed cultivation and remains wary when Sheng Fanhong changes their agreed route 438 439.
• Fights the Jade Gold Bees while deliberately maintaining the appearance of a weaker cultivator 441 442.
• Privately shares her knowledge of True Person Cen Tian’s treasures, including the Heaven-Stabilizing Gate and Sinking Star Sand 448.
• Searches the mysterious village with Su Mu after they realize its apparently ordinary objects may be concealed treasures 451.
• Reveals her true cultivation to counter Sheng Fanhong’s attack. His subsequent strike shatters space and traps Su Mu within spreading rifts 453.
• Attempts to reach Su Mu with her treasures, but the rifts overwhelm the effort. She agrees to establish an external Teleportation Array as a possible escape route 454.

Convergence and Final War

• Reaches Su Mu after ten years of his secluded cultivation and reports that the realms converged a year earlier, leaving the Youtian Realm close to defeat 459.
• Sees his three Dao Lotuses with only two petals still unopened and promises that their side will hold out while he pursues Three Flowers Gather at the Crown 459.
• Returns to report his progress; the gathered Youtian Realm cultivators look to her for information about his condition before the final battle 459 460.

Notable Quotes

“Don't worry. I'm a Spirit Transformation Cultivator, after all. Could I really fail to deal with something like that? Even if I can't deal with it, I'll have no problem taking you with me when I escape.” 439

“Don't worry. We'll hold out until the moment you reach Three Flowers Gather at the Crown!” 459