Yu Ji

Yu Ji is a descendant of the Taoist Yu Ji of AxA universe who lived during the Sui and Tang Dynasty. He is also the leader of his own Taoist sect named the Shadow Sages sect.

## Appearance

Yu Ji is an old man of Chinese descent with long white hair tied in a pony tail wearing black Taoist robes decorated with the Yin symbol despite being over a hundred years, he remains in top physical condition due to usage of Yin Danyao and mastery of Senjutsu.

## Power & Abilities

Master Magician: Acknowledged by Zhang Guolao to be a rare genius in Taoist mysticism, Yu Ji has immense mastery of Taoist magic stemming from his natural superior talent and life long practise. He was noted to have a particular obsession with Taoist black magic.

* Elemental Magic: Yu Ji is capable of using different elemental magic stemming from the Five Phases with immense power and complete control, such as fire, water, earth, metal, lightning and wind.
* Plant Magic
* Teleportation Magic
* Corruption Magic: Yu Ji was able to used a powerful spell that allow him to corrupt and control the divine dragon Yinglong, turning him into an Evil Dragon. Likewise, he also extensively used corruption magic spells which combine dark ki with ki from leylines to infuse one of his followers who possess the Four Fiend Sacred Gear Taotie, transform and mutate him to fused with the Fiend of Gluttony itself to become an immensely powerful monster. Alternatively, Yu Ji can use Sacred Beast Yin Daoyao as a catalyst to magically transform chosen victims into corrupted Sacred Beast hybrids.
* Flight: Yu Ji can use magic to levitate and fly.

Senjutsu Master: Specializing in Taoist Neigong and Qigong, Yu Ji is a powerful genius master of Senjutsu, Jellal noted his mastery of ki surpassed even Tao Xiang, Komachi and Honami. Yu Ji is particularly skilled in controlling dark ki which is fueled by negative emotions such as malice and ill will. This allow him to control the overwhelmingly powerful negative ki granted by the Yin Daoyao for decades without losing his sanity.

* Touki:

Master Swordsman: In addition to his mastery of Taoist magic and Senjutsu, Yu Ji is also a master swordsman wielding a cursed Jian, the Universal Sword of Jiang Ziya, in conjunction with Touki and Taoist spells, he could fight on pair with Jellal.

Immense Strength: Enhanced by the Yin Danyao and his mastery of Senjutsu, Yu Ji possess immense physical strength beyond a human despite his old age, he can easily tear flesh and break bones with his bare hand.

## Equipment

**Universal Sword of Jiang Ziya** (姜子牙の乾坤剣, *Kyou Shiga no Kenkonken*): Yu Ji's favourite sword. A powerful mystic Jian forged from a meteorite by Jiang Ziya, and cursed by the bloodshed of the Warring States period. It was sealed away by his ancestor the original Yu Ji during the Late Eastern Han Dynasty until Yu Ji unsealed the sword for his usage. The cursed sword possess immense power and an ominous aura of dark ki, powerful enough to clashed with the Excalibur. Yu Ji can also channeled Taoist magic into the sword to enhanced its offensive power.

Yin Daoyao: A variation of the legendary Taoist elixir.

Five Great Mountains of China's Leyline: Through special Taoist spells and rituals place on all the power spots of the Five Great Mountains of China by his subordinates, Yu Ji could harnessed the leylines of Mount Tai, Mount Hua, Mount Heng, Mount Song and Mount Heng gaining access to almost endless spiritual power which he tainted with Taoist black magic, which is then used to enhanced himself while fused with the corrupted Yinglong, this made him almost unstoppable as even Jellal while using his Balance Breaker, had to resort to using Yin Danyao of the Yinglong to gained enough boost to defeat Yu Ji.

## Trivia

Yu Ji's favourite food are ginseng and goji berries.