Ye Yunshang Romance Guide

Prerequisites for the Romance

No.	Time	Event	Details	Advice and Notes
1	Early Aug Year 1 until two Actions remain in Late Jan Year 2		• This event triggers automatically when either of the following is met: 1. Tang Sheng Affinity ≧25. 2. Buy three or more copies of the Jianghu Bulletin.	• The Jianghu Bulletin can only be bought once per month.
2	Within one month of triggering condition 1		• First make sure Reputation ≧10; a little higher is safer. • Click the Main Gate to trigger it automatically. • The event must end with the Ye siblings staying at the Tang Clan (see for the steps).	• This event has a one-month deadline, and it may be missed because of events such as , or , throwing off your timing. • Normally Reputation 10 is not hard. If it is too low, forging with low Mood, peddling with high Mood (Mouth Power 20 or below), or shopping in the Bustling Market are the easier ways to gain Reputation outside the story.
3	Early Feb Year 2		At the Monthly Meeting, do not choose "I want to go study at the Kongtong Sect." Just "Leave."	• If your Secret Manuals are not enough to reach Level 3 later, buy what you need from the Fourth Senior Brother now. • Since Training later requires Level 2, buy now. • If you want to learn the Same-Boat Sword Technique or the Sword Saint's Ultimate in year 4 (Western Wulin route only), buy now.
4	Early Jun Year 2		• First make sure your Beloved is Ye Yunshang. • Choose "Stay at the Ruined Temple."	• This event does not require a Beloved, but Change of Heart points are hard to come by afterward. • It is recommended to have Ye Yunshang Affinity ≧30 by now, since many later dialogues change. • If Ye Yunshang Affinity ≧30, you are forced to stay at the Ruined Temple even if you choose "Guesthouse." • Before leaving the Tang Clan, consider buying the Secret Manual (it grants Level 1, though other Buddhism books come later).
5	Mid Aug Year 2		• In , do not choose "Attack the Tang Clan" or "Run away." • In , do not leave the mountain path (only choosing the Main Gate may leave). • After the Battle (win or lose), your Beloved must be Ye Yunshang to trigger the Qingcheng study.	• During the study, the main story is fixed, so there are no requirements beyond surviving. • But since the main story is tight after returning, it is strongly recommended to reach Ye Yunshang Affinity ≧30 and finish Training Level 3 during the study.
6	Early Dec Year 2		Ye Yunshang Affinity ≧30 and Skill Level ≧3, to trigger "Hear of Nirvana Samadhi."	• To ease the time pressure of the next stage, it is recommended to train to Level 2. • If you have no Buddhism Secret Manuals, consider buying or .
7	Early Jan Year 3		• First make sure your Beloved is Ye Yunshang. • Roll Ye Yunzhou's thoughts to 【≧80】 "Ye Yunshang's Resistance" (without , Ye Yunshang Affinity ≧30 is required). • Choose "Urge Ye Yunzhou to stay" for your advice. • After talking with Tang Fang, you receive .	• must be fully trained before Early May Year 3. • Training Nine Turns Fragment requires Level 2 (see the previous stage's notes). • If you have spare time, it is also recommended to buy and Train .
8	Early May Year 3		• First make sure your Beloved is Ye Yunshang, Ye Yunshang Affinity ≧50, and the Secret Manual is fully trained. • Choose "Flexible Strategy" three times in a row against Ye Yunshang. • If you win the Duel against Duan Zhixiu, then in the Duel against Iron Crown Daoist you must last four Rounds or more and ultimately lose the fight. • When contesting Internal Force with Iron Crown Daoist, do not roll 【<40】 "Death." • You must win every fight against the Foreign True Qi (illusion opponents) to enter the romance sequence. • Completing this event and obtaining the item completes the romance.	• To raise Ye Yunshang Affinity, you can farm the Grilled Fish event by training on the back mountain. • Prerequisite for the Sword Saint inheritance: roll 【<99】 "Slightly inferior" when contesting Internal Force, and have chatted "Ye Yunshang's martial arts" during . • If you have the Skill Level 3, then after winning against the illusion Nangong Yuan it is replaced by the new Skill . • During the romance sequence, you obtain the Skill .

Events Changed After the Romance

No.	Time	Event	Changes	Notes
1	Late Jul Year 3		Triggers if Ye Yunzhou Affinity ≧40.
2	Mid Aug Year 3		• Going to the Main Gate lets you invite Ye Yunzhou to the Wulin Assembly. • If you want Ye Yunshang to come along, choose "Put in a good word for her."	It is recommended to bring her along, but choosing "Ask your brother." shows other story content.
3	Early Sep Year 3 to Early Oct Year 3		• If Ye Yunzhou comes along: 1. Travel events: story changes, Ye Yunzhou can join Battles. 2. Jinxiang Palace: story changes. • If Ye Yunshang comes along: 1. Travel events: story changes. 2. Jinxiang Palace: story changes. 3. Jinxiang Palace: Huayin Pavilion gains the event of Ye Yunshang learning the qin; after three times it triggers Ye Yunshang Learns the Qin, which lets you get Yunshang's qin accompaniment when choosing "Escort the Third Senior Brother" on the Western Wulin route (so triggering it is recommended).	Currently Ye Yunzhou coming along is tied to Ye Yunshang's romance, so his story changes are listed too.
4	Mid Oct Year 3		• If Ye Yunzhou comes along: 1. Story changes. 2. You can have him , but Zhao Huo must not have challenged Shangguan Sun. • If Ye Yunshang comes along: 1. Story changes. 2. If the Tang Clan becomes Public Enemy of the Wulin after the vote and you choose "Let Ye Yunshang accompany you," you unlock . 3. When resting at the Inn, "Bathe" then "Go downstairs to have some drinks" triggers the Nan Xi story, which has Ye Family related content, and Nan Xi joins during the or the , so triggering it is recommended.	• Currently Ye Yunzhou coming along is tied to Ye Yunshang's romance, so his story changes are listed too. • If , he leaves the Tang Clan afterward and the Nan Xi story cannot be triggered, so it is recommended to have him represent the clan.
5	Early Dec Year 3, 1 Action point left		• Adds "Visit Ye Yunzhou"; if at the Wulin Assembly , you receive the .	If the Same-Boat Sword Manual is fully trained, you cannot learn the Sword Saint's Ultimate afterward, but generally the Same-Boat Sword Manual is stronger.
6	Early Dec Year 3, 1 Action point left	(Retirement route)	• Story changes in the Women's Quarters, Men's Quarters and Alchemy Room. • The ending plays the Ye Yunshang version.
7	After Mid Dec Year 3	After	• Many story changes during the war preparation period.
8	• Early Jan Year 4 (refusing to found the Western Wulin Alliance and fighting to the end) • or Early Feb Year 4 (decision to found the Western Wulin Alliance)		Ye Yunshang takes part in the event; story changes.
9	• Mid Jan Year 4 (refusing to found the Western Wulin Alliance and fighting to the end) • or Mid Feb Year 4 (decision to found the Western Wulin Alliance)		• Going to the Women's Quarters triggers the card game event with Ye Yunshang. • If you are romancing someone else too, it is replaced by the event, triggered by clicking any location.	If this event is not triggered, the event triggers automatically when two Actions remain.
10	• Mid Jan Year 4, two Actions left (refusing to found the Western Wulin Alliance and fighting to the end) • or Mid Feb Year 4, two Actions left (failing to found the Western Wulin Alliance and fighting to the end)		• Ye Yunzhou joins the battle; many story and combat changes, and in the final battle Rui Sheng has no Diancang Twin Venerables assisting him. • Ye Yunshang joins the battle; many story and combat changes. • Winning the final battle leads to .	• If you are romancing several people, the romance priority for the Clan Extermination route ending (v1.0.3201.1): Tang Moling＞Ye Yunshang＞Shangguan Ying＞Yu Xiaomei＞Yu Zhu＞Wei Ju＞Xiahou Lan＞Long Xiang
11	Two Actions remaining in Mid Feb Year 4		• Ye Yunshang takes part, and the story changes. • If you previously triggered Ye Yunshang learning the qin from Lady Wen at Jinxiang Palace: Ye Yunshang joins the battle, and several fights change. • After the second Duel of "Guard the Third Senior Brother" ends, a Duel with Patriarch Wuxiang triggers. • After the battle, during "Yunshang is looking for you", if Ye Yunshang's Affinity is ≧50 and the Sword Saint inheritance conditions in Condition 8 are met, the Sword Saint inheritance event unlocks.	Ye Yunzhou also joins the battle, but this does not actually require forming a bond with Ye Yunshang.
12	Late Feb Year 4		• If this event is unlocked, it can trigger by going Down the Mountain from the Main Gate. • Roll 【≧50】"Ye Yunzhou didn't appear" to enter the process of learning the Sword Saint's Ultimate. • You must have the Skill and not yet know to learn the Sword Saint's Ultimate according to the roll result.	The Sword Saint's Ultimate isn't actually that strong.
13	Early Mar Year 4	Meishan Final Battle	• Ye Yunshang accompanies you in the story. • If Rui Sheng dies after the final battle, and Patriarch Wuxiang was killed in the , the story changes here. • The ending scene has you together with Ye Yunshang. • Winning achieves .

Notes

• If you only want Ye Yunshang to survive rather than to form a bond with her, you only need to complete Condition 1 and Condition 2, never study at Qingcheng (see Condition 5), and achieve "Ye Yunshang's Resistance" and "Urge Ye Yunzhou to stay" in Condition 7. But she will only appear again in the final victory of the Western Wulin route and in the Tang Clan Torch ending.
• Since this route requires training a lot of martial arts and many side events consume money, it is recommended to attempt it on a second playthrough or later, when resources are more plentiful.
• Tang Fang does not return (v1.0.5000.13): If you complete Condition 1 in Late Jan Year 2 and only complete Condition 2 in Late Feb, the interval setting between events causes the "Tang Fang's Return" event to fail to trigger. But Tang Fang will not be absent from this route's important story because of it, since most of her related story does not check "Tang Fang Returns".