Liu Buyan/Story

=History= Liu Buyan's best friend was Mu Cheng Ying. He knew Huang Yue Li as they were both apprentices and fell in love with her. He didn't tell Mu Cheng Ying who his crush was when they came together in Sky Emperor City and thus Mu Cheng Ying independently and unknowingly fell for his best friend's crush. Because Liu Buyan did not think he could compete with Mu Cheng Ying, instead he would act as a womanizer. He would invite women to say with him for a set amount time in which they had to do anything he asked - which sounds super creepy but he only asked hem o dress up, eat dinner with him, and sometimes play music.

Because Liu Buyan was also in love with Huang Yue Li, he prepared a Phoenix hair pin with the Rainbow Spirit Crystals, but Mu Cheng Ying gifted a bracelet with the same crystals first. Liu Buyan thinks he was passed over by Huang Yue Li because he wasn't first to give her a gift; he doesn't realize that it was his personality that she wasn't attracted to. He sees his inability to "go for it" as he reason he wasn't chosen and he holds deep regret for never telling Huang Yue Li that he loves her.

Before Huang Yue Li set off for the Northern Ice Fields, Mu Cheng Ying asked Huang Yue Li to marry him and she agreed. Liu Buyan made Mu Cheng Ying promise to keep her safe before giving his blessing. After Huang Yue Li died, Liu Buyan came to the Blue Profound Sect to voice his anger and sadness to Mu Cheng Ying. Mu Cheng Ying looks a touch insane and Liu Buyan leaves dejected and believing his friend is crazy to keep trying to bring her back. Liu Buyan returns to find Mu Cheng Ying attempting a secret ancient art to bring Huang Yue Li back by splitting his soul.

Liu Buyan then finds Mu Cheng Ying's new body in Li Mo Ying and treats him for his Soul Detachment illness. Since he is so angry at Mu Cheng Ying for not protecting Huang Yue Li, Liu Buyan makes the treatment incredibly painful for the young Li Mo Ying. Liu Buyan was able to find a method to suppress the illness using seven pills in total and four different attributed fifth degree practitioners to help him to link his meridians to increase the medicinal effect. Liu Buyan also warned Li Mo Ying that by Cultivating his illness would get worse.

The fan he carries is a ninth grade upper level Profound Armament that Huang Yue Li refined for him at the request of Mu Cheng Ying.

=Story=

Li Mo Ying's Illness (Ch 433-520)
Liu Buyan is mentioned as the Divine Doctor who developed the pills that treat Li Mo Ying's Soul Detachment illness.

Road to Sky Cloud City (Ch 611-649)
When Huang Yue Li is about to die at the hands of Zuo Fangping, Liu Buyan appears and saves her.

Rescued By The Divine Doctor (Ch 650-689)
Liu Buyan initially doesn't want to treat Huang Yue Li without getting something in return. Since she understands his personality, she pretends to doubt his ability to treat the Seven Character Soul Extinguishment Profound Skill. He cures her without getting anything in return upfront.

As she knows he and Mu Cheng Ying were best friends, she asks aboutMu Cheng Ying. Liu Buyan becomes incredibly upset and leaves. After a couple of days, he summons her and demands that in return for nursing her back to health, she must stay with him for a month. She promises to "do whatever he asks" for the next 7 days as she needs to make he Examination. He has her dress up in a dress that Huang Yue Li used to wear, wear a beautiful hairpin with Rainbow Spirit Crystals, eat dinner with him, and finally play the zither.

Liu Buyan is super taken with Bai Ruo Li as she acts so similar to Huang Yue Li. He asks her to stay with him and she refuses. He leaves dejected and thus isn't around when Huang Yue Li comes to look for him after Li Mo Ying relapsed.

Mysterious Man and Separation (Ch 1011-1080)
After Murong Fei is beaten by Huang Yue Li's Armament's, Liu Buyan appears. He has always wanted Huang Yue Li's (in her 1st life) cooking and sees he treats that Huang Yue Li has made and eats them. She asks for him to treat a friend of her's (Li Mo Ying) and he agrees in exchange for her cooking him a meal. He gives her 7 days to bring Li Mo Ying to him. Liu Buyan leaves; Li Mo Ying sees him leave and assumes that Liu Buyan is her lover.

Reconciliation (Ch 1159-1301)
After Huang Yue Li and Li Mo Ying reconnect, she goes into a nearby city and runs into Liu Buyan who has been searching for her. He was also told hat she was missing after he waited those 7 days in Sky Cloud City for Huang Yue Li to bring Li Mo Ying - thus he was also frantically searching for her. This time she reveals that she has a fiancee and Liu Buyan believes he can prove that a sickly fiancee isn't good enough for her. He plans to confront this fiancee and only treat him if he leaves Bai Ruo Li. However, he then learns that her fiancee is Li Mo Ying and thus tries to convince her he is a womanizer. Huang Yue Li defends Li Mo Ying and Liu Buyan leaves with his head in turmoil.

Liu Buyan comes to the Celestial Light Sect and find Li Mo Ying after Li Mo Ying leaves his house because the Shadow Guards are trying to convince him to meet with Liu Buyan. Liu Buyan uses his aura to try and oppress Li Mo Ying; that doesn't work so instead he gives him an ultimatum: Leave Bai Ruo Li and he will cure his Soul Detachment Illness or die of it. Li Mo Ying refuses to leave "Li'er." Liu Buyan believes that Li Mo Ying' is forsaking Huang Yue Li who he promised to love forever. Because he recalled his many years of "backing off" that resulted in losing Huang Yue Li and this seeming infidelity of Li Mo Ying, Liu Buyan attacks Li Mo Ying. Li Mo Ying is able to withstand he strike and Liu Buyan starts to probe his memory as Mu Cheng Ying. He ridicules Li Mo Ying for forgetting, claiming that he "wants Bai Ruo" and he "will not give her up" bu also doesn't want him to die and tosses him medicine. Liu Buyan leaves while demanding Li Mo Ying leave Bai Ruo Li.

Probe (Ch 1829-1899)
After Li Mo Ying uses a pill to raise his cultivation levels so that he can "prove" Mu Cheng Ying is alive, his illness worsens and the entire Blue Profound Sect starts to look for Liu Buyan. She goes out to martial the Armorer Guild Headquarters to help hem search, but Liu Buyan arrives while she is gone. Liu Buyan instantly realizes that Li Mo Ying's memories as Mu Cheng Ying have recovered. Liu Buyan came knowing Li Mo Ying was likely in a life or death situation. Liu Buyan demands that Li Mo Ying leave Bai Ruo Li as he doesn't know they are one and the same and uses that fact to try and guilt Li Mo Ying. Because of his provocations, Li Mo Ying decides to not tell him the truth and declares he will have "them both" if Huang Yue Li has reincarnated.

Liu Buyan is enraged and starts ot bring out his aura; Li Mo Ying follows and surprises Liu Buyan with how powerful he is. Liu Buyan tries a different tact and ells Li Mo Ying that he won't last more than a year without his help and declares he will no help Li Mo Ying if Li Mo Ying does no leave Bai Ruo Li. It again comes to blows between the two as Li Mo Ying not only refuses but is enraged that Liu Buyan has designs on "his woman" after he dies. Just as they are about to strike each other harshly, Huang Yue Li arrives and sands between them causing them both to retract their power. Liu Buyan asks Huang Yue Li: "You choose him, right?" and she doesn't reply. He leaves and she decides to chase afer him to save Li Mo Ying.

Liu Buyan is first elated thinking she is following him but then aggrieved when she begs for him to help Li Mo Ying. He tries to convince her once more that Li Mo Ying isn't good enough for her as he will "changed at once on seeing someone different." Huang Yue Li is confused by this, but just as she realizes he doesn't know that she is Huang Yue Li and is about to tell him but he seals her meridians. He takes some liberties with the disabled Huang Yue Li, knocks her out, and runs just as the search party sees him escaping.

Alchemist Guild Headquarters (Ch 1895-2016)
Huang Yue Li wakes up to Liu Buyan who tells her she is his fiancee and that due to a head injury she doesn't remember anything. He brought her to the Alchemist Guild Headquarters to treat her. He gives her a medication that makes her memory fuzzy and does not unsealed her meridians. Even though she doesn't remember anything, she still avoids intimacy with him by either moving away or hitting him when he gets to close.

Liu Buyan brings Huang Yue Li around the Alchemist Guild Headquarters introducing her as his fiancee. When walking, they run into Feng Xiaoyan who is interested in Liu Buyan and can't understand why he is with "trash." Liu Buyan is disappointed Huang Yue Li isn't jealous. A couple of days later, Liu Buyan talks to a subordinate about Li Mo Ying when he thinks Huang Yue Li is out walking. The subordinate tells him that Li Mo Ying is likely on his death bed. He finds Huang Yue Li at the window and sees that just hearing Li Mo Ying's name makes her dizzy. She asks about him and Liu Buyan lies saying he is just a patient they both know.

That night, Liu Buyan witnesses Huang Yue Li have a nightmare where she screams out: "Li Mo Ying, you can't die!" He almost wants to wake her up and tell her Li Mo Ying is dead; instead he watches her all night and leaves in the morning to go to the Blue Profound Sect. There he again tries to give Li Mo Ying an ultimatum: Leave Bai Ruo Li or die. Li Mo Ying refuses and Liu Buyan leaves saying he has 7 days to change his mind or he will be untreatable.

Huang Yue Li’s Return (Ch 2017-2142)
Cang Poyu comes to beg Liu Buyan ot treat Li Mo Ying. Liu Buyan asks if Li Mo Ying agrees to his conditions and Cang Poyu jus says yes - not knowing the condition is that he leave Huang Yue Li. Li Mo Ying wakes up after Liu Buyan arrives causing the Guardian's plan to to have him treated unknowingly to fail. Jus as he Guardians realize that Liu Buyan doesn't know that Huang Yue Li and Bai Ruo Li are he same person and try to tell him, Huang Yue Li arrives with Dai Boqi. She turns to Liu Buyan and declares hat if Li Mo Ying she will no let him off.

Liu Buyan cannot deal with the hatred in Huang Yue Li's eyes. He realized that even though he had such a meticulous plan, he didn’t gain anything at all. All he had obtained was hatred from the woman whom he liked, and the begrudging gaze which came from his brother whom he had once risked life and death with. He begs her to let him atone for his crime by saving Li Mo Ying. She refuses and brings in his master Dai Boqi. Dai Boqi asks for his help and Huang Yue Li reluctantly agrees to this compromise.

After He and Dai Boqi stabilize Li Mo Ying, Liu Buyan starts to talk about next treatment steps and Huang Yue Li expresses her distrust a his involvement. After he explains the needed ingredients to both her and Li Mo Ying, he says: "today’s incident is something that I’ve brought upon myself. Don’t worry, I will think of ways to cure you of your illness and after your Soul Detachment Illness recovers totally, I will never appear again.” He leaves.

The next morning, he meets Huang Yue Li; she reveals to him that she is Huang Yue Li of the past by revealing a conversation hey had when they were only 13 or 14 years old. He realizes that he likely realized this instinctively and was just ignoring his misgivings as it was an easy excuse for him to fight with Li Mo Ying. He leaves after laughing bitterly at his own blindness. He doesn't return and instead looks for the Bipolar Black Orchid.

Finding Bipolar Black Orchid (Ch 2143-2209)
Liu Buyan returns afer the Auction wih mixed news; he could no get the Bipolar Black Orchid himself, but the herb will be the reward for the Pill Master Rising Star Competition that the Alchemist Guild will be holding in 10 days. When Huang Yue Li drills with Dai Boqi, Liu Buyan is sunned hat she can enter the "ethereal state of enlightenment" where she can commune with the medicinal plants to extract the highest amount of medicinal value. He is very happy to be able to call her "Sister."

Liu Buyan attends the Pill Master Rising Star Competition where he has to tell the crowd that Huang Yue Li isn' his fiancee and that he lied about it to treat her in the Alchemist Guild Headquarters.

Later Story
After coming to the Divine Realm he reunited with Huang Yue Li and Li Mo Ying. During one of their adventures he came across Xuan Qingling who was being chased by spirit beasts.

When Li Mo Ying and Huang Yue Li separated from him (his strength was too low) he eventually came back across Xuan Qingling and was set up by members of her clan. They ran away together and eventually came to share feelings for each other but he wouldn't confirm them because his low status in the Divine Realm.

After becoming Zhang Shenyi's disciple (one of three Divine Doctors) and using the status of Li Mo Ying and Huang Yue Li's status he became engaged to Xuan Qingling.