Xia Ningxue

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

Su Qian’er adopted Xia Ningxue as a child after finding her amid corpses and bloodshed. Xia later became her personal disciple and the Holy Maiden of Ask Immortal Pavilion 11 13 679.

During an attack by the Reincarnation Hall, Xia killed an elder but was badly wounded by Black Tiger Dao Lord. She took his soul attack to protect the fleeing party, and Lu Changsheng saved her with a Nine Nether Soul-Gathering Pill 12. When he later asked her to become his disciple, she refused because she already had a master and had sworn not to betray her sect 13.

At the Six Paths Assembly, Xia defeated Master Mingrang before facing Lu. She attempted to force her way into the Sixth Layer of the Supreme Forgetting Emotions Art, risking a fatal backlash; Lu sealed her acupoints to stop her and won the match 42 46.

After Xia’s soul scattered, Lu revived her with a Ninth-Grade Soul-Gathering Immortal Pill. She refined its remaining power and advanced to the Ninth Layer of the Dao Palace Realm 104 105. Ask Immortal Pavilion also invested heavily in her: several Grand Supreme Elders sacrificed their cultivation through Transmission Empowerment, and she inherited Qingxia Immortal Maiden’s legacy 128 187 197.

During the defense of Shushan, Xia fought multiple Devil Sect experts and joined Lu in using Holy Spirit Swordsmanship against the Demon Lord. Su Qian’er subsequently appointed her the eighteenth Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion 235 237 238 257. At the Central Continent Conference, Xia advanced to face Elder Xuanyin, who defeated her after Lu intervened to protect her 284 293.

After ascending, Xia became the Saintess of Guanghan Holy Land. She was required to remain there until she became an Immortal Emperor, but insisted on sending Lu a letter affirming her feelings 335 387. Upon her breakthrough, Guanghan Ancestor attempted to possess her; a divine maiden’s remnant soul destroyed the ancestor’s Divine Sense, leaving the ancestor’s cultivation sealed inside Xia 430.

Xia later retrieved the Immortal-Trapping Sword from the Endless Ice Domain and was chosen to succeed Li Heng as Moon Palace Master 610 611. After taking office, she accepted Zi Ling as her personal disciple and led Moon Palace forces to rescue Lu from Demon Realm enemies 627 680 744.

Appearance

Xia has a slender, graceful figure, long black hair, and a cold, ethereal bearing. She is often depicted in white robes or a white dress, carrying a sword 44 286 539.

• Hair: Dark, worn long and sometimes loose over her shoulders 48 286.
• Complexion: Described as pale, with icy skin 44 48.
• Expression: Her cold oval face can give way to a blush when she is embarrassed 432.

Personality

Xia is outwardly aloof and reserved, particularly toward strangers, but becomes shy and affectionate around Lu Changsheng 20 286 432. Her devotion to cultivation initially left her with little experience of the wider world; nevertheless, she enjoyed Lu’s teasing conversation and felt reluctant when he left 49.

She is loyal to her sect and willing to take responsibility for difficult decisions. She refused to leave Ask Immortal Pavilion for Lu, but allowed him to take a rescued girl to Shushan, judging that its stronger foundations would better protect her 13 14. Her determination can also be reckless, as when she risked the Supreme Forgetting Emotions Art’s backlash rather than concede a match 46.

Abilities and Skills

Spirit Wa Saint Body

Xia’s special physique contributes to her exceptional cultivation speed. The Apprentice-Teaching Simulator also identified her Innate Spirit Vein, Water Spirit Root, and the destinies Turning Misfortune into Fortune and Virtuous Wife and Good Mother 11 71.

• She recovered quickly after her Six Paths Assembly match, although her injuries had not fully healed when Lu visited 48 49.
• Guanghan Ancestor prized the Spirit Wa Saint Body as a vessel and attempted to possess her 430.

Supreme Forgetting Emotions Art

Ask Immortal Pavilion’s sect-defending cultivation method produces an intensely cold presence and is associated with suppressing emotions 49 80.

• Xia used its cold Qi to freeze space and restrict Elder Xuanyin’s movement, though he escaped its restraint 293.
• During seven hundred years of seclusion, she perfected the art and raised it from Upper-Grade Heaven Stage to Immortal Stage 288.
• Forcing an incompletely understood layer can cause severe backlash; Lu stopped her attempt to use its Sixth Layer at the Six Paths Assembly 46.

Swordsmanship

Xia specializes in sword arts and freezing Sword Qi. Her techniques include One Sword, Frost Chill, Frost Sword Domain, and Flying Flowers Chasing the Moon 12 42.

• Qingxia Sword Art: An Immortal Stage sword art inherited from Qingxia Immortal Maiden 197.
• Nameless Swordsmanship: A Saint-tier art discovered in Qingxia Ancient Cave. Xia exchanged instruction in it with Lu for sword manuals and Immortal Swords 275 284 291.
• Ice Sword Qi: Used through the Ink Snow Sword to kill the Blood Sea Hall protector 510.

Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Art and Holy Spirit Swordsmanship

Xia and Lu mastered the first layer of the Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Art after three days together and later reached its Eighth Layer 170 491.

• The art returns some cultivation and comprehension to one partner when the other cultivates 172 491.
• Holy Spirit Swordsmanship requires two users whose hearts and minds are in tune and whose cultivation levels are close 434.
• The pair mastered its first eighteen forms and later spent a thousand years mastering its nineteenth move, achieving Human-Sword Unity 203 491.

Divine Maiden Power

A divine maiden’s remnant soul resided within Xia’s consciousness and saved her from Guanghan Ancestor’s possession attempt 430.

• When this power emerged against Wuchang Devil Lord, Xia’s realm temporarily rose to the Sixth-Grade God King Realm 511.
• It is separate from Guanghan Ancestor’s cultivation sealed in her dantian 511.

Equipment and Items

• Emotion-Cutting Sword — A flying sword passed to Xia by the Ask Immortal Pavilion Master 83.
• Slaying Immortal Sword — Ask Immortal Pavilion’s sect-guarding sword and one of the true Four Swords of Zhu Xian. Xia struggled with its immense consumption against the Demon Lord 238 611.
• Ink Snow Sword — Guanghan Ancestor’s Dao-Proving Law Treasure, bestowed on Xia before her Immortal Emperor tribulation. She could not initially draw out its full power 423 446 490.
• Immortal-Trapping Sword — Another of the Four Swords of Zhu Xian, recovered and refined in the Endless Ice Domain. Using it alongside the Slaying Immortal Sword consumed tremendous True Qi; Xia could not yet control it well and risked backlash 611 617.
• Eternal Cold Stones — Lu gave her thirty-six, which she began refining for their Extreme Yin Cold Qi 768.

Relationships

• Lu Changsheng — Her dao companion and husband. They first fought alongside each other, later cultivated together, and repeatedly rescued one another 12 170 432 744.
• Su Qian’er — Her adoptive mother and master at Ask Immortal Pavilion. Su regarded Xia as her own daughter and named her successor 235 257 679.
• Li Heng — Moon Palace Master and Xia’s master in the Immortal Realm; she helped select Xia as her successor 432 611.
• Zi Ling — Xia’s personal disciple, who possesses the Nine Heavens Profound Maiden Physique 680.
• Xiao Menger and Zeng Yeqiu — Her senior sisters at Ask Immortal Pavilion, who teased her about Lu Changsheng 170.
• Guanghan Ancestor — Transferred her cultivation into Xia as part of a failed attempt to possess her body 430.
• Jiang Yue — A Moon Palace disciple who resented Xia’s rise and her own lost prospects of becoming Palace Master 430 611.