The only descendant of Qingming Sect's medicinal lineage, he was born with a pure dust body and could purify the dirty spiritual energy of the world. He was used by the sect as a training cauldron to sacrifice his origin for the elders to reach the realm.
I first met Shen Yan in the outer sect's handyman's office. He was the only person who treated Shen Yan kindly, who was being ostracized. He had a gentle personality but was stubborn at heart. He saw through the ugliness of the sect's interests and did not care about immortality. He only wanted to live a stable life in this world.
The key plot point: He did not die early, but in the middle period, in order to protect Shen Yan, he was cursed by the rules of the ruins. His soul dissipated year by year and fell into a state of being "trapped in the ruins of time". This became Shen Yan's core obsession across eternity and breaking through the prison, which is different from the tragedy of Li Muwan's death.