Tao Ling Wan

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Tao Ling Wan is a former Inner Sect Disciple of Yin-Yang Heaven. Though originally the centerpiece of her Master's plot to ensnare Yang Kai, Tao Ling Wan later proves true and genuine devotion to the latter in Yin-Yang Heaven's Samsara World. This greatly touches Yang Kai's heart, and later allows him to easily take responsibility for her as part of his marriage to Qu Hua Chang. As such, Tao Ling Wan also marries into Yang Kai's Void Land.

## Appearance

She’s said to be innocent-looking and beautiful.

## Personality

She is extremely shy and quiet. However, under her seemingly docile and naïve personality, she has been shown to actually be quite bold at times. It is revealed that it was actually in part due to her own initiative and attraction that she pursued Yang Kai.

## Background

Tao Ling Wan was, as an Inner Sect Disciple, a straight promote 5th Rank Open Heaven Realm cultivator. She required a Dual Cultivation partner in order to promote to 7th Rank due to the fact that she practices Yin-Yang Heaven's **Emotion Dao**.

## Chen Xiu's Plot

Chen Xiu, Tao Ling Wan's Honored Master, wanted to trap Yang Kai into becoming her partner so that he could solve the embarrassment of Yin-Yang Heaven's attempt to dishonor the marriage agreement between Yang Kai and Qu Hua Chang. At the same time, Chen Xiu intended to marry his own personally raised Core Disciple, Feng Cheng Si, off to Qu Hua Chang.

However, his plan is ultimately foiled when Yang Kai not only successfully retrieves Qu Hua Chang from the 9th Layer of the Samsara Pavilion, but also ends up inadvertently rescuing and befriending a long-lost Yin-Yang Heaven straight promote 7th Rank Open Heaven Realm disciple, Luo Ting He. However, Tao Ling Wan proved her true sentiment and devotion to Yang Kai in the Samsara Pavilion, and Qu Hua Chang reminded him that if he chose not to marry her, her life would be ruined. Without Yang Kai, she would never be able to reach 7th Rank Open Heaven Realm or accept a new partner, and would eventually die from Becoming-Devil too often.

In the end, Yang Kai negotiated the unprecedented feat of maintaining his independence through the marrying of Qu Hua Chang and Tao Ling Wan into his household, at the cost of a massive dowry of 6th Rank and above Yin-Yang Attribute Resources. Tao Ling Wan, as only an Inner Sect Disciple, was going to be a free add on, but Qu Hua Chang convinced Yang Kai to match her dowry. This ended up saving Chen Xiu some face, even though his overall schemes failed in the end.

## History

### Life Partner

Chen Xiu, Tao Ling Wan's Honored Master, tricked Yang Kai into becoming her sole option for Dual Cultivation by having her appear to be in danger of Becoming Devil in front of him. In unnecessarily helping her out of this predicament, Yang Kai left his brandmark on her practice, preventing anyone else from being able to help her progress. When Yang Kai enters Yin-Yang Heaven's Samsara Pavilion, Tao Ling Wan chooses to enter after him of her own accord. Within the Samsara World, Tao Ling Wan, in the form of a maid by the name of Qian Qian, sacrifices her avatar in the world to rescue Yang Kai's from a potentially fatal strike.

Realizing that Tao Ling Wan had secretly been following and looking over him during his time in the Samsara World, Yang Kai is touched by her exhibition of true sentiment and intention towards him. Tao Ling Wan, having fortunately been recognized by Yang Kai before her avatar died, safely leaves the Samsara Pavilion to await for the hopeful return of Yang Kai and Qu Hua Chang.

After Yang Kai retrieves Qu Hua Chang from the Samsara Pavilion, the latter easily convinces him to take responsibility for Tao Ling Wan, whom Yang Kai already held some appreciation for due to her actions in the Samsara World, so that her Martial Dao road wouldn’t be ruined. Yang Kai then agrees to take her on as another wife. Chen Xiu, having been scolded by Yin-Yang Heaven, sees that he made a mistake, but hopes to have Yang Kai married into Yin-Yang Heaven to make up for his blunder.

However, Yang Kai manages to convince the Yin-Yang Heaven Headmaster into allowing Qu Hua Chang and Tao Ling Wan to marry into Void Land. Thus, he kept control of his influences and avoided becoming a full member of Yin-Yang Heaven. Yin-Yang Heaven does receive a large dowry for both Qu Hua Chang and Tao Ling Wan, though this is not a problem for Yang Kai’s vast wealth. This not only helps Tao Ling Wan, but also lets her Honored Master somewhat off the hook for his underhanded transgressions.

### The Threat of Ink

Later, Tao Ling Wan travels with Yang Kai, Qu Hua Chang, and Luo Ting He towards Star Boundary until Yang Kai suddenly gets a restless feeling. After discovering two names have disappeared off his Loyalty List, Yang Kai heads to Black Territory with Tao Ling Wan and the others to investigate their possible deaths. After Yang Kai finds that Xin Peng and Luan Bai Feng are still alive, Tao Ling Wan cleverly points out the oddity that Xin Peng does not seem to be aware that his name disappeared off the Loyalty List, meaning that he couldn't have intentionally tried to get rid of its shackles. This leads to the group discovering that the residents of Black Prison have been turned into Ink Disciples.

When Yang Kai has the official Wedding Ceremony/Alliance formation with 6 of his wives, Tao Ling Wan is part of his alliance with Yin-Yang Heaven alongside Qu Hua Chang. She is the first wife that Yang Kai has sex with in the ceremony's aftermath. She, along with all the other wives, sent a letter to Yang Kai while the latter was on Ink Battlefield.

### Spatial Territory

Tao Ling Wan and the other wives, all having reached 7th Rank Open Heaven Realm or its equivalent, would be ordered by the 36 Cave Heavens and 72 Paradises to help, along with all the other 2nd Class Influences, in keeping the Ink Clan from breaking through the Spatial Territory into the 3,000 Worlds. Placed under the protection of Yin-Yang Heaven's Smiles Old Ancestor, Yang Kai's wives would prove to be capable of collectively contending with a Territory Lord. Eventually, Su Yan gets an induction with Yang Kai through her Yin-Yang Joyous Unification Art, and the wives are ecstatic to learn he is still alive. Yu Ru Meng, as a de-facto leader among the wives, orders them all to immediately head towards him. However, before they could meet with him again, Yang Kai returned to Ink Battlefield in order to seal the gate between No-Return Pass and the Spatial Territory.

### Mysterious Nether Army

Riding on their own unique and extremely protective battleship, which is actually a 7th Rank equivalent clone of Bi Xi, Tao Ling Wan and the other wives would finally see Yang Kai again when the latter miraculously rescues the Mysterious Nether Army from imminent defeat by the Ink Clan. At first shying away from warmly greeting Yang Kai due to Yu Ru Meng's anger over his 1,000 year abandonment, the wives eventually warm up to the former when he convincingly exaggerates the extent of his injuries. Eventually, Yang Kai is named Army Commander of the Mysterious Nether Army, placing all of his wives, except for the Star Boundary stationed Xia Ning Chang, under his direct command along with millions of Human Race/Divine Spirit Allied Forces. During his relatively limited free time, Yang Kai stays with his wives in his own temporary Palace, with no one daring to say anything about it.

In his first action as Army Commander, Yang Kai leads a relatively small force to Yearning Territory in order to rescue some Human Race wanderers and independent strike teams that are hiding out within a Universe Cave Heaven. His 8 wives accompany him on this endeavor, and they actually manage to help Yang Kai kill a powerful innate Territory Lord. After the mission is successfully completed, Yang Kai's wives eventually make their return to Mysterious Nether Territory. Over the course of the ensuing war, the 7th Rank Tao Ling Wan continues to fight alongside the other wives as the others eventually all reach the 8th Rank Open Heaven Realm or its equivalent.

### Withdrawing Ink Army

Later, after Yang Kai forces the Ink Clan into a temporary treaty during the 3,000 Worlds War, Tao Ling Wan and his other wives, except for Xia Ning Chang, are selected as participants in the elite-saturated Withdrawing Ink Army, whose extremely dangerous mission is to guard the Heavenly Beginning Great Restriction in which Ink's true body is sealed. Over the next couple thousand years, they help to whittle down the Ink forces building up within the restriction with the aid of a powerful Artifact known as the Withdrawing Ink Platform.

However, around the time the 3,000 Worlds are recaptured by the now 9th Rank Open Heaven Realm Yang Kai and other Human Race forces, Ink’s true body starts to stir from its slumber within the restriction. Wu Kuang, as the current master of the now rapidly expanding restriction, is then forced to take the entire Withdrawing Ink Army into a safe and separate space for preservation. Here, Tao Ling Wan and the other wives manage to safely await Yang Kai’s return to the restriction with news of the recapturing of the 3,000 Worlds and No-Return Pass.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 4808
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 5453
3. ↑ Chapter 4811
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 5518
5. ↑ Chapter 5661
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 4812
7. ↑ Chapter 4848
8. ↑ Chapter 4856
9. ↑ Chapter 4814
10. ↑ Chapter 4832
11. ↑ Chapter 4834
12. ↑ Chapter 4851
13. ↑ Chapter 4859
14. ↑ Chapter 5527
15. ↑ Chapter 5544
16. ↑ Chapter 5619
17. ↑ Chapter 5926