Yi

Yi is a vengeful hero exploring the land once home to an ancient alien race. He is a Fangshi and a Tao Alchemist. Yi's quest is to slay the nine members of the Council of Sols, the formidable rulers of a forsaken realm known as New Kunlun and the ones who rule over all the Solarians, as a form of revenge for the way they betrayed and deceived him. Yi is a Fangshi who has a cat-like appearance. He has cream-colored fur, a round head, pointed ears and two fur tufts on each side of his face, along with a small, triangular nose. He has big, almond-shaped eyes with large, black pupils and no visible irises, no mouth or eyebrows and human-like hands, the fingers of which are tipped with claws instead of nails. Yi dons an outfit that consists of a black suits, black shoes wrapped in white bandage, and a long, oversized yellow coat bearing his symbol. Yi has a smaller stature compared to others, and a green ring-shaped device on his body that stabilizes the heart, These are because the accident that almost cost him his life when he was younger is related. New Kunlun, the Solarians' last sanctuary, has remained quiet for centuries. Inside this vast realm, the ancient gods bequeathed mortals with a promised land that is forever protected by a set of sacred rituals. Yet the truth of this world remains unknown to most. Everything changes when Yi, a long forgotten hero from the past, is awoken by a human child. In his youth, Yi had always been a science-driven person, focusing on his dream to benefit the other Solarians with his scientific knowledge, while still being close with his younger sister Heng. However, one day during an experiment with the Mystic Nymph, Yi died when he had to protect Heng from the botched experiment's explosion. He was then revived for the first time due to Heng's connection with the Primordial Roots, which caught Eigong's attention. As both Yi and Heng grew up, their philosophies began to differ especially after their parents passed away - While Heng believed that all Solarians should respect the nature's cycle and accept returning to earth once their lives were over, Yi disagreed and declared that scientific advancements were more important on benefiting the Solarian society. Eventually, the siblings broke off with each other because of Yi's stubbornness on finding a solution for the council, who promised the society that they would be researching to find a cure for the virus of Tianhuo, causing Yi to impulsively left Heng alone after she insisted her desire to stay at Penglai. He then spent most of his time on researches, including the Eternal Cauldron Project - which was to put Solarians into slumber so they could be able to slow down the population's rate of being infected by Tianhuo. During this time, he also met his best friend Kuafu. An injured and weakened Yi was hanging from a cliff, after he tried to expose Eigong but turned out that nobody from the council was going to support him. The mysterious person in bamboo hat threatened him with a sword, angered by his betrayal and decided to finish him off. After falling off a cliff, magical roots wrapped around the bleeding hero's body. Yi was saved by the roots of the tree, sleeping for five hundred years before awakening. Unfortunately, due to his slumber, he was unable to return to Heng in time, as New Kunlun had already been launched into space. After being awakened from slumber 500 years later, Yi initially still retains a strong sense of pride, but now it brings out an additional petty and vengeful streak in him too. These are what, in part, drove him to seek vengeance on the council of Sols for having deceived him. Yi's pride and desire for revenge also drive him to kill the other Sols in cruel ways at times, such as when he tortured a still-living Goumang with her Jiangshi collar technology. However, after spending more time with Shuanshuan and the other humans, he starts to open up and comes to see that there are more valuable things in life than just revenge. Despite his flaws, Yi does have a degree of justice. He hates the rich and the powerful, and is disgusted with many of the Sols, for example Jiequan and Goumang, for abusing their powers. He is also very loyal to his friends, namely Shuanshuan and Kuafu.