Ancient Well Corpse
Ancient Well Corpse is a waterlogged woman preserved for millions of years beneath the Immortal Ancient Daoist Rite Temple. After Fan Dong'er escapes its well, a supernatural bond makes the corpse follow her across the Ninth Mountain and Sea.
Biography
Released from the well
Fan Dong'er encounters the corpse while trapped beneath the temple. When the site collapses and she emerges, the same woman floats behind her. Flying away does not help: the corpse mirrors her movement as though their souls are connected. Meng Hao caused the chain of events that attached it and later jokingly calls it “Inky,” but the source never establishes the corpse's original name or living history. (Chapters 819–820)
The bond immediately becomes more than an embarrassing visual burden. By day the corpse silently shadows Fan Dong'er; at night its hair flies, its eyes shine, and it sobs directly into her soul, disrupting meditation. Attempts to suppress or remove it fail, including efforts beyond Fan Dong'er's own power. Her master interprets it as possible good fortune, while Fan Dong'er experiences it as torment. (Chapters 822, 855 and 861)
From humiliation to uneasy acceptance
The corpse follows Fan Dong'er through public trials and gatherings, exposing the proud Chosen to ridicule and unwanted fascination. After poor results split her Dao heart, Fan Dong'er decides to stop hiding the follower and treat it as a personal tribulation. The corpse remains autonomous enough that this acceptance changes Fan Dong'er's response, not the underlying bond. (Chapters 874, 877 and 924)
It accompanies her through Immortal Ascension and later confrontations. When Fan Dong'er releases its murderous aura against Meng Hao, he orders “Inky” to stand down; it immediately bows its head and retreats, proving that his role in creating the bond gives him unusual command even though it follows her. (Chapters 956, 988–989)
Ninth Sea and Windswept Realm
At the Ninth Golden Door, the corpse still floats behind Fan Dong'er. Neither her master nor years of cultivation have removed it, and she is willing to wager heavily for Meng Hao to take it back. In the Windswept Realm she temporarily keeps it hidden, but injury breaks that concealment. The corpse erupts with death aura and black hair against Han Qinglei's clone; the attack forces caution but cannot overcome the clone's bone-tomb pressure. (Chapters 1048 and 1097)
Appearance and personality
The corpse wears white, has long black hair draped over a waterlogged body, and carries the decay of millions of years in a well. It rarely speaks, but at night it weeps with soul-penetrating sobs. Its obedience to Meng Hao and defensive response near Fan Dong'er suggest will and selective recognition, though the text does not explain its motives.
Abilities and cultivation
Binding and pursuit
The corpse follows Fan Dong'er through flight, long-distance movement, cultivation sites, and teleportation. Suppression can hide it temporarily but does not dissolve the bond. The exact law behind that attachment is unresolved, so it should not be reduced to an ordinary ownership contract or summoned servant technique.
Death aura and black hair
When exposed in battle, it releases a boundless will of death. Its long hair extends as countless black strands that flood the surrounding space and can force a cautious opponent to retreat. Stronger domain pressure can still suppress both corpse and follower.
Soul disturbance and command limits
Its nighttime sobbing penetrates Fan Dong'er's soul and interrupts meditative trance. Fan Dong'er cannot command it reliably, whereas Meng Hao's direct order makes it withdraw. This asymmetry is demonstrated but unexplained; it does not prove that Meng Hao controls every aspect of the corpse.
Ancient durability
The body persists across years, battles, and travel without ordinary decay or visible injury. The source does not assign it a formal cultivation realm, and its inability to break the bone tomb shows that durability and death aura are not unlimited.
Relationships
- Fan Dong'er: Unwillingly bound person it follows and sometimes appears to defend.
- Meng Hao: Cause of the attachment and the only person shown able to stop its attack with a command.
- Fan Dong'er's master: Regards the corpse as potential good fortune but cannot or does not remove it.
Items
No item is assigned to the corpse. The ancient well is its place of preservation, not a possession.