Biodata

Feature Details
Name Ye Qiu (叶秋)
Alias(es) Ye Xiu, used for Soul Master registration; Xiao Qiu, Xiao Qiu’er, and Ye Xiaoqiu, forms of address used by others 2 6 7.
Gender Male 1 46.
Affiliation Nuoding Academy alumnus; member of the Qiu Yun Team with Su Yun’er 7 50.
Occupation/Role Soul Master; registered arena fighter 6 48.
Residence Peach Blossom Village, near Nuoding City 6 7.
Martial Souls Blue Silver Grass and Sharingan, the latter a Body Martial Soul 6 25.
Cultivation Level 34 Soul Elder, last explicitly confirmed in the supplied chapters 25 50.
System Hokage Selection System 4 6.
Partner Su Yun’er, his fiancée 6 7.
Status Alive 55.
First Appearance 1.

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level Chapter Notes
Martial Soul awakening — innate level 1 6 Awakened Blue Silver Grass and the Hokage Selection System six years before graduating from Nuoding Academy.
Rank 11 Soul Master; Mangekyō Sharingan 5 Obtained a yellow Hundred-Year Soul Ring for his Sharingan. His Three-Tomoe Sharingan evolved into the Mangekyō Sharingan, unlocking access to the Kamui Dimension.
Level 19 13 Rose from level 11 after absorbing the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid. His Sharingan’s ring is also shown as purple by this chapter.
Level 20 13 Consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, strengthening his physique and reaching the next cultivation threshold. Selected Chidori as a system reward, beginning the condensation of its Soul Bone.
Blue Silver Grass — first Soul Ring 15 Absorbed a purple Sunflower Soul Ring and gained Endless Life. No resulting numerical level is specified.
Level 30; Hashirama Sage Body 17 Absorbed a Ghost Vine Soul Ring over five thousand years old, obtaining his second purple Blue Silver Grass ring. Selected the Hashirama Sage Body and completed its initial ten-percent assimilation.
Level 34 Soul Elder 19 Absorbed the Wasteland Giant Eagle’s purple Soul Ring, completing his third Blue Silver Grass ring and gaining Blue Silver Wings. Reached this level less than a month after graduation.
Ice-and-fire body tempering; equipment evolution 20 22 54 Underwent tempering at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. His Sharingan ring is subsequently shown at Ten Thousand Year quality; his Chidori Soul Bone is later stated to have reached that quality when he emerged from the well.

Background

Ye Qiu arrived on Douluo Continent after an incident involving a medicinal pill in his previous life. He retained knowledge of the setting, including Tang San’s background, the Immortal Herbs, and the Blue Silver Emperor’s hiding place 1 11 47.

An orphan in Peach Blossom Village, he initially survived on the villagers’ charity. After his Martial Soul awakening, Su Yun’er proposed marriage and offered to fund his schooling. She was six years older than him and had recently lost her father; the two became each other’s family 6 7.

Su Yun’er’s inherited wealth covered his living and educational expenses, allowing him to devote his time at Nuoding Academy to cultivation rather than student labor. He lived in Dorm Seven for six years, where he endured mockery from Tang San, Xiao Wu, and others 2 4 5.

Appearance

  • Build: Upright and nearly 1.8 meters tall by his arrival in Suotuo City 46.
  • Hair and face: Short, tousled black hair and a handsome face that retains youthful features 12 46.
  • Eyes: Normally dark; turn blood-red with black tomoe when the Sharingan is active. His Mangekyō pattern resembles a death god’s scythe 15 20.
  • Clothing: Favors plain, fitted black fighting clothes. His later outfit was sewn by Su Yun’er and has no decorative patterns 5 46.

Personality

Ye Qiu is diligent even when powerful shortcuts become available. At Nuoding Academy, he cultivated whenever classes allowed and practiced controlling Blue Silver Grass alongside raising his Soul Power. After reaching level 34, he continued daily cultivation but preferred steady consolidation over rushing further breakthroughs 2 4 15 50.

He combines confidence with caution. He refused Yu Xiaogang’s discipleship, challenged Tang San despite their initial power gap, and wagered against Dugu Bo. However, he postponed consuming the ice-and-fire herbs until his body could withstand them and concealed his identity when registering his Sharingan 3 5 6 13 21.

His gratitude and protectiveness are especially evident toward Su Yun’er and his home village. He credits her support for his achievements, uses his Soul Master status to shield her from ostracism, and gives money to Old Tom in repayment for the villagers’ help during his childhood 7 8.

Toward enemies, he is calculating and openly vengeful. His plans against Tang San include taking valuable resources before Tang San can obtain them. Although killing initially unsettles him, he deliberately seeks combat experience rather than waiting for a lethal emergency 11 46 47 50.

Abilities & Skills

Blue Silver Grass Control

Ye Qiu develops Blue Silver Grass around its vitality rather than treating it as a vessel for arbitrary traits. Six years of practice give him precise control over its movement and shape 4 15.

  • Binds targets, forms whips and cages, and supports movement through forests 15 19 54.
  • After receiving the Sage Body, its branches become thick, resilient, and tree-like, with green-tinged veins 17.
  • Can braid multiple plants into a single trunk strong enough to divert part of a waterfall 51.
  • Can leave rooted plants behind after a draining attack ends, as demonstrated against the Wasteland Giant Eagle 19.

Endless Life

His first Blue Silver Grass Soul Skill converts natural energy, including light, into Soul Power and vitality 15.

  • Nourishes Ye Qiu, his plants, and his teammates 15.
  • Increases the grass’s growth and attack speed and allows severed vines to regrow rapidly 15 50.
  • Heals injuries, including Su Yun’er’s wound after picking the Lovesick Heartbreak Red 28.
  • Works more efficiently with Blue Silver Wings, helping sustain large plant structures without continuous Soul Power expenditure 51.

Blue Silver Spores

His second Blue Silver Grass Soul Skill comes from the Ghost Vine ring 19.

  • Spreads parasitic spores through contact with his grass or by flinging them toward a target 19.
  • Takes root in flesh, grows binding vegetation, and consumes the victim’s Soul Power 19.
  • Returns part of the absorbed Soul Power to Ye Qiu 19.
  • Begins consuming life force once the target’s Soul Power is exhausted, making prolonged infestation lethal 19.

Blue Silver Wings

His third Blue Silver Grass Soul Skill weaves plant fibers into wings, also called Blue Silver Twin Wings 19 51.

  • Provides flight at more than twice his ground speed 19.
  • Strengthens the grass’s fibers and toughness 19 51.
  • Uses sharp feather-like blades and extending wooden spikes for attacks; the wings can also serve defensively 19.
  • Can separate into tendrils for manipulating objects, such as the mechanism opening Ah Yin’s cave 51.

Sharingan and Dual Kamui

The Sharingan is Ye Qiu’s second Martial Soul and an early concealed trump card. Its Mangekyō form provides complementary long- and short-range spatial abilities 5 6.

  • Spatial attacks: Distorts space to split objects or sever an opponent’s body parts, including the Wasteland Giant Eagle’s wing 8 19.
  • Touch-based transport: His right eye can transport a target after physical contact 6.
  • Intangibility: Shifts parts of his body into the Kamui Dimension so attacks pass through him. While maintaining the Mangekyō state, this defense can activate subconsciously in danger 6.
  • Early limit: At rank 11, full-body intangibility lasts sixty-six seconds. His testing suggests an increase of six seconds per cultivation level, with longer use demanding more Soul Power 6.
  • Perception and control: Sees Soul Power flow and can immobilize Zhu Zhuyun through eye contact, but cannot see through walls 51 54.
  • Drawback: Early use causes eye soreness and carries a risk of blindness. The initial Sage Body assimilation removes his observed eye discomfort 6 17.

Kamui Dimension

His eyes connect to a vast private dimension containing stone platforms, which he uses for travel, storage, training, and safe cultivation 5 9 19.

  • Transports other people, including Su Yun’er and Dugu Yan 9 34.
  • Allows him to absorb herbs and Soul Rings away from outside interference 12 15 19.
  • Enables rapid travel between recorded locations; he takes Dugu Yan from Sunset Forest to the outskirts of Heaven Dou City in less than a minute 34.
  • Requires spatial coordinates for reliable destinations, prompting him to scout major cities and important locations 6 45.
  • Can accommodate living creatures and plants, including his traveling horses and the potted Blue Silver Emperor 12 52.

Hashirama Sage Body

Chosen at level 30, the Sage Body initially transforms ten percent of Ye Qiu’s cells 17.

  • Grants greatly enhanced strength, stamina, vision, and self-healing 17.
  • Mutates Blue Silver Grass into a much tougher, more vigorous form 17.
  • Removes his immediate Mangekyō discomfort and gives him confidence to attempt ice-and-fire tempering 17.
  • Supports rapid replenishment during sustained plant manipulation 51.
  • Full mastery has not been demonstrated; limb regeneration is described as an expected future capability, not a completed feat 52.

Chidori

Ye Qiu selects Chidori over the Mystical Palm Technique and Rasengan at level 20. It is granted through a system-condensed Soul Bone 13.

  • Produces concentrated lightning at his right hand, accompanied by the sound of chirping birds 54.
  • Its Soul Bone reaches Ten Thousand Year quality following his emergence from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well 54.
  • Demonstrates lethal piercing power by driving his lightning-covered arm through a bound Soul King’s torso 55.

Poison Resistance and Medicinal Knowledge

  • Drinks Dugu Bo’s poisoned tea without harm and inhales Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphor Purple Poison before breathing it back at her 23 33.
  • Recognizes several Immortal Herbs and understands their major benefits and consumption hazards, while admitting that many plants in Dugu Bo’s garden remain unfamiliar 12 13 25.
  • Identifies the Dugu family’s venom backlash, offers treatment, and later delivers an antidote 23 34.

Equipment & Items

  • Crystal Love: A crystal-necklace Storage Soul Tool inherited by Su Yun’er and given to him. It holds more than twenty cubic meters; he names it and uses it to keep possessions separate from the Kamui Dimension 9.
  • Chidori Soul Bone: System reward carrying Chidori; later reaches Ten Thousand Year quality 13 54.
  • Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone: Taken from Ah Yin’s cave and stored in Crystal Love. He declines to absorb it because its flight and regeneration abilities overlap with his existing powers. He also withholds it from Su Yun’er because possessing it would invite lethal attention 51 52.
  • Plate Crystal: Acquired from Flender’s shop primarily to prevent Tang San from obtaining the Dragon Whisker Needles inside 47.
  • Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse: Intended to let Su Yun’er carry him secretly while she settles in Spirit City 44.
  • Iron Soul Badge: His initial rank credential at the Soto Great Soul Arena 48.

Relationships

  • Su Yun’er — Fiancée, childhood benefactor, and closest confidante. She funds his schooling, gives him Crystal Love, and later joins him in the Qiu Yun Team. He helps her become a Soul Master using the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and arranges her application to cultivate in Spirit City 6 9 28 29 44 45 50.
  • Tang San — Former dormmate and enemy. After Tang San binds and poisons him, Ye Qiu stakes his life on defeating him within six months, with the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges as Tang San’s stake 2 3.
  • Xiao Wu — Antagonistic former dormmate who mocks him and asks Tang San to punish him. Ye Qiu later explicitly includes her in his plans for revenge 2 11.
  • Yu Xiaogang — Rejected prospective teacher. Ye Qiu disputes his cultivation approach and suspects that accepting disciples serves his theoretical experiments 4 5.
  • Dugu Bo — Powerful friend and treatment recipient. Their relationship begins with a wager and develops into an agreement involving treatment, promised favors, and access to medicinal herbs 21 22 23 25.
  • Dugu Yan — Friend and auction companion. She accepts his strength after losing their first confrontation. Dugu Bo encourages a closer relationship, although she describes herself as curious rather than romantically interested at that stage 33 34 42.
  • Old Tom — Village chief whom Ye Qiu treats with gratitude and respect, giving him silver as an initial repayment for the village’s support 7.
  • Liu Erlong — Offers him a place at Blue Tyrant Academy; he thanks her without committing to attend 16.
  • Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong — Auction acquaintances. Ye Qiu argues with Rongrong, then attracts Fengzhi’s interest through his talent and the pills he sells 37 38 40.
  • Ah Yin — The Blue Silver Emperor whom he deliberately removes from Tang Hao’s hiding place as part of his campaign to deny Tang San resources 11 47 52.
  • Zhu Zhuyun — Captive taken after he defeats her escort in the Star Dou Great Forest 54 55.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Graduation and the Six-Month Wager

Ye Qiu’s departure from Nuoding Academy begins with Tang San using poisonous Blue Silver Grass against him. He answers with a life-staking challenge, rejects Yu Xiaogang’s renewed recruitment, and obtains his first Sharingan Soul Ring shortly afterward. Registering under Ye Xiu, he returns home as a recognized Soul Master 2 3 5 6 7.

Sunset Forest and Rapid Advancement

He targets the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before searching for Ah Yin, prioritizing the strength needed to act safely. Immortal Herbs, three Blue Silver Grass rings, and system rewards raise him from level 11 to level 34 in under a month. His encounter with Dugu Bo ends in friendship rather than capture, securing access to the garden 11 13 17 19 22 25.

Su Yun’er’s Cultivation and the Heaven Dou Auction

Ye Qiu helps Su Yun’er awaken Soul Power through the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and hunts her first Soul Ring. He subsequently auctions pills produced by her abilities: three Soul Ascension Pills sell for 168,000 Gold Soul Coins, and a Healing Pill adds 32,000, yielding 200,000 without a handling fee 28 29 30 40.

He then supports her application to Spirit City while planning to accompany her secretly rather than directly join Spirit Hall himself. Meanwhile, he surveys major locations to establish a spatial travel network 44 45.

Suotuo City and the Arena

Arriving before Shrek Academy’s new intake, Ye Qiu acquires the Plate Crystal from Flender and begins life-and-death arena combat. He later forms the Qiu Yun Team with Su Yun’er. Against two Battle Soul Elders, he kills one within thirty seconds and leaves the other restrained for her to execute 46 47 48 50.

Ah Yin’s Removal and Zhu Zhuyun’s Capture

Ye Qiu locates Tang Hao’s waterfall cave, diverts the water with Blue Silver Grass, and retrieves the Blue Silver Emperor’s right leg bone. He pots Ah Yin and takes her into the Kamui Dimension before heading toward the Star Dou Great Forest 50 51 52.

There, he overwhelms Zhu Zhuyun’s pursuit party through spatial abilities, regenerating plants, draining spores, and Chidori. He captures Zhu Zhuyun and ultimately kills all twelve members of her escort, including the remaining Soul Kings 54 55.

Appearances

1,435
Total mentions
56
Chapters appeared
25.63
Avg. per chapter