A Thousand Li: The Second Storm characters

Also known as Long Wu Ying, Ying, Verdant Gatherer

Appears from the start

A peak Energy Storage disciple of Verdant Green Waters, Wu Ying travels as an accomplished herb gatherer and swordsman. His affinity for wind sharpens his senses and helps him hide his aura. He also keeps the living environment within his world spirit ring secret from those who might covet it.

Also known as Master Cheng

Appears from the start

Wu Ying's exacting sword master and a senior figure of Verdant Green Waters. Elder Cheng is both a demanding teacher and a protector of his disciples, including his senior disciple Fa Yuan. His instruction has helped shape Wu Ying's martial development.

Also known as Fairy Yang

Appears from the start

Elder Cheng's senior disciple and Wu Ying's elder martial sister, now a Verdant Green Waters elder in her own right. She links the two disciples through their shared master and longstanding sect ties.

Appears from the start

A former monk, fire-staff cultivator, and trusted friend of Wu Ying. Tou He has been searching for a safe way to repair his damaged cultivation, and his friendship places him among the people Wu Ying relies on when danger reaches Verdant Green Waters.

Appears from the start

An apothecarist of Verdant Green Waters and Wu Ying's medical teacher. Liu Tsong has treated both Wu Ying and Tou He, giving him an established role in their care as well as expertise in medicines and cultivation treatments.

Appears from the start

The learned library elder of Verdant Green Waters. Elder Kuo oversees cultivation texts and serves as an informed guide to the sect's martial knowledge, making him a natural adviser when disciples must choose methods suited to their paths.

First appears in chapter 3

Wu Ying's gathering master, who continues to teach him despite their estrangement. She resents his refusal to surrender his world spirit ring and withholds her private master map, leaving their professional bond intact but burdened by mistrust.

First appears in chapter 4

Wu Ying's father survives the assault on Verdant Green Waters after joining the sect's defense, but permanently loses part of a leg in the fighting.

First appears in chapter 4

A senior disciple charged with protecting the sect gardens and maintaining their defensive formations. The disciple confronts Wu Ying's return through those defenses while the damaged sect struggles with the aftermath of the attack.

First appears in chapter 4

A travelling friend of Wu Ying and Tou He who has returned to Verdant Green Waters after helping defend it. He bears a facial scar, remains under medical care, and carries a lingering injury from the battle that devastated the sect.

First appears in chapter 5

A blunt-spoken associate of Wu Ying at Verdant Green Waters. Yin Xue understands the danger surrounding the abducted disciples and warns that any impulsive rescue would encounter prepared Core Formation opponents.

First appears in chapter 10

A cultivator from a pacifist sect who joins the growing rescue force. The specialist offers containment formations and protective talismans in place of direct combat, giving the improvised expedition technical options against enemies beyond its normal strength.

First appears in chapter 11

A masked infiltrator operating around the rescue camp. The operative survives pursuit by Wu Ying and Tou He, using a shadow spirit from the demonic realms as cover and an earth-moving technique to escape after being wounded.

First appears in chapter 14

A rescue-party member selected to reconnoiter the fortified compound alongside Wu Ying and other specialists. The scout's military experience makes the assignment appropriate as the group tries to determine the strength and layout of the enemy position.

First appears in chapter 16

An imprisoned expert in talismans and formations whom Wu Ying frees from jade restraints. The captive immediately helps open additional cells and disable a protected door, turning specialized knowledge toward the wider prison break.

First appears in chapter 13

Fa Yuan's sister, one of the captives held at the fortified manor targeted by the rescue force.

First appears in chapter 17

A Core Formation enemy who arrives at the burning compound wielding retractable metal claws. His corrupt ashen chi and overwhelming aura place the Energy Storage rescuers at a severe disadvantage as they attempt to escape with the freed prisoners.

First appears in chapter 18

A gifted formation practitioner among the freed prisoners. With the compound burning and allies trapped, she begins altering its defensive formation to create an escape route, applying a talent for dismantling and rebuilding complex arrays under pressure.

First appears in chapter 18

A swordswoman leading part of the rescue force against a Core Formation opponent. She commits her fighters to a costly struggle and sacrifices her own spirit-level dao to pin the enemy's meteor hammer long enough for her allies to act.

First appears in chapter 20

A rescued prisoner travelling with the battered escape party. She remains among the slower survivors whom the stronger cultivators refuse to abandon as fresh Core Formation pursuers close on the group.

First appears in chapter 20

A wounded former prisoner protected during the flight from the compound. Missing an arm and unable to match the pace of the strongest cultivators, he is one of the vulnerable survivors whose presence shapes the group's decision to remain together.