Yang Kai is a trial disciple of the Lingxiao Pavilion, made to sweep the sect for lack of talent. Facing expulsion, he finds a wordless black book that changes his life.
Personality
Stubborn, proud and unable to give up, Yang Kai answers humiliation with hard work. He can be cheeky with his enemies, but he is loyal to those who helped him.
Powers & abilities
The black book gives him access to forgotten techniques, such as a body that grows stronger through pain and combat. He then progresses through many power realms.
History
Starting from the bottom of the sect, he gradually earns his peers' respect, faces rival disciples and leaves the Lingxiao Pavilion to discover a much larger world.
Relationships
Su Yan, a disciple of the Pavilion, shares a cultivation technique with him and becomes one of the most important people in his life. He also has many rivals within the sect.
Key moments
- Finding the wordless black book.
- His first victories over the disciples who looked down on him.
- Leaving the Lingxiao Pavilion for a larger world.
In the adaptations
In the donghua, the black book takes the form of a stone pillow. The manhua and the novel go much further into his story.
Did you know?
- His name, Kai, means "to open", like the doors he keeps breaking through.
- He is the hero of one of the longest novels in Chinese web literature.
Our take
A typical xuanhuan hero, but endearing in his stubbornness: it is satisfying to watch him get back up every time.
— Spidermas, for Donghua Fan