Meng Shiwan

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Meng Shiwan (孟诗绾)
Alias(es)	Wanwan; Empress Ruiyu (assumed identity) 401
Species/Race	Half-human, half-bird hybrid; the consciousness inhabiting her body is a transmigrator from the 21st century 5 415
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Meng family; Buddhist Academy; Demon Lord's court; Danzhu's faction as a spy 42 294 327
Occupation/Role	Inventor; cultivator; political schemer; spy 42 327 331
Status	Killed by Meng Anli 450

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Grand Unity True Immortal	71 104	Meng Zhao implanted the Crown Prince's inner core into her; the core was later identified as belonging to a Grand Unity True Immortal.

Background

The original Meng Shiwan was Empress Chu's daughter, raised in the mortal Cold Palace. She was initially considered simple-minded but compassionate, protecting small animals and showing kindness to Meng Ying. After drowning and ceasing to breathe, she revived speaking of “filming” and “ancient costumes,” alarming her mother and sister. 40 41

Meng Anli later learns that the original Meng Shiwan had died years earlier. The present Meng Shiwan is a 21st-century transmigrator who read a novel centered on Meng Shiwan, then awoke in her body and sought out Meng Mingde ahead of the original story's events. 178 415

In the modern-world extra, the original consciousness identifies herself as Shi Wan. She explains that Meng Shiwan's apparent foolishness had been a plot constraint, and ultimately expels the transmigrator from Shi Wan's modern body. 462

Appearance

Meng Shiwan is widely celebrated for her beauty and is known as the Demon Realm's “First Beauty,” though her appearance and presentation are central to her vanity and insecurity. 256 262

• At the Peach Banquet, she wears deliberately plain clothing, with casually pinned hair, pale complexion, and restless eyes meant to invite pity. 102
• Her eyes and some of her features resemble Xiao Ying, a resemblance she exploits to influence the Crown Prince. 379
• Her hair is naturally yellowed and dry from her childhood in the Cold Palace; she is intensely jealous of people with healthier raven-black hair. 295
• She favors lavish entrances, ornate robes, red carpets, and excessive hair ornaments when she has status in the Demon Realm. 294 296

Personality

Meng Shiwan is proud, entitled, and convinced that she deserves admiration, wealth, influence, and romantic devotion. She treats her knowledge from another world as proof of her inherent superiority, even dismissing local people as uncultured when presenting her inventions. 103 328

She is also opportunistic and calculating. She performs innocence, vulnerability, and kindness to gain sympathy, but readily frames others, steals from allies, and uses beauty or status to control those around her. 41 233 379 409

Her confidence rests heavily on her belief that she is an untouchable protagonist favored by fate. Repeated humiliation, rejection, and setbacks make her increasingly resentful of Meng Anli, whom she sees as a supporting character stealing her destined spotlight. 328 349 415

Abilities & Skills

Cultivation and Protagonist Protection

Meng Shiwan possesses the Crown Prince's former inner core and reaches the Grand Unity True Immortal realm. 104

• Her cultivation relies on an inner core taken from the Crown Prince rather than one she cultivated herself. 71 104
• She claims to be impossible to kill because she is the story's protagonist. 328
• The Heavenly Dao confirms that it protects her as the chosen female lead; inexplicable accidents repeatedly disrupted attempts on her life. 450 458
• This protection is not absolute: Meng Anli ultimately kills her to draw out the Heavenly Dao. 450

Inventions and Transmigrator Knowledge

Meng Shiwan introduces modern recipes and concepts into the cultivation world, gaining early fame among Buddhist Academy disciples. 42

• Develops formulas for shampoo, shower gel, Jade Visage Cream, sanitary napkins, and explosives. 42 103
• Uses Mo Ziqian's commercial connections to turn these products into profit. 42
• Her inventions fail to impress the immortals at the Peach Banquet, where her “exclusive” recipes are considered commonplace. 103
• She misunderstands Buddhist cultivation, proposing alchemy and ascension in place of meditation during a Heart Sutra lesson. 43

Strategy and Political Manipulation

Meng Shiwan uses borrowed knowledge, staged omens, and social manipulation to pursue power.

• Records and attempts to teach the Thirty-Six Stratagems, claiming them as her own because she alone remembers them. 328
• Helps Danzhu build support for rebellion by staging a turtle-borne prophecy declaring that the Demon Venerable will die and Danzhu will ascend. 331
• Uses dance to gain Danzhu's favor while acting as a spy in his court. 327
• Exploits her resemblance to Xiao Ying to manipulate Shaoguang into favoring her. 379

Competition Tactics

During an academy competition, Meng Shiwan steals classmates' scores and removes them from the game to improve her ranking. 233

• She also steals Meng Xiuchen's score after mistaking him for someone else through an illusion. 233
• Meng Anli defeats her, takes her tracking bracelet, and transfers all of Meng Shiwan's points away. 234

Equipment / Items

• Crown Prince's inner core — Implanted into her by Meng Zhao, granting her Grand Unity True Immortal cultivation. 71 104
• Secret-recipe manuscripts — Written formulas for beauty products, hygiene goods, and explosives. 71 103
• Tracking bracelet — Used to store competition points before Meng Anli seized it. 234
• Whip — Used against Meng Anli during the competition before Meng Anli took control of it. 234

Relationships

• Meng Anli — Adoptive sister and principal rival. Meng Shiwan repeatedly frames, humiliates, and attempts to destroy her, while Meng Anli exposes her transmigrator identity and ultimately kills her. 5 262 415 450
• Empress Chu — Birth mother of Meng Shiwan's body. Empress Chu recognizes that the revived girl is no longer her original daughter and gives Meng Anli clothing as a final farewell for her. 39 41
• Meng Mingde — Father of Meng Shiwan's body. He initially indulges her and intends to use her at the Peach Banquet, though his patience wanes when her illness and failures become burdensome. 40 100
• Meng Xiuchen — Older brother and early protector. She later steals his competition points, forcing him to confront her cruelty. 5 233
• Meng Liangmiao — Older brother whom she manipulates by claiming that Meng Anli is a transmigrator who stole the real Anli's body. 111 423
• Shaoguang / the Crown Prince — His inner core is implanted in her, and she later manipulates him through her resemblance to Xiao Ying. In the extra material, she is identified as the Heavenly Realm's Crown Princess. 104 379 459
• Danzhu — Demon Venerable's son whose rebellion she assists through staged propaganda; she becomes jealous when he favors Meng Anli over her. 327 331
• Heavenly Dao — Her supernatural protector, maintaining her fortune because she is the chosen female lead. 450
• Mo Ziqian — She insists that he loves her and seeks his release from hell, while he has made repeated failed attempts to assassinate her. 458 459
• Shi Wan — The original Meng Shiwan's consciousness, displaced into the modern body that the transmigrator originally inhabited. 462

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arrival in the Meng Family

Meng Shiwan gains the Meng family's protection by presenting herself as frail, innocent, and resilient. When Meng Anli exposes her origins and questions the theft of an inner core, Meng Shiwan turns the crowd's sympathy against her sister. 5

Buddhist Academy and the Peach Banquet

At the Buddhist Academy, Meng Shiwan earns admiration for her inventions and publicly introduces Meng Anli as her “maid sister.” 42 43 She attends the Peach Banquet intending to impress the Heavenly Emperor with modern recipes, but is ridiculed when the immortals dismiss them. 102 103

The banquet also exposes that her Grand Unity True Immortal inner core belongs to the Crown Prince, who attempts to reclaim it. 104

Academy Competition

Driven by jealousy over Meng Anli's superior score, Meng Shiwan robs fellow competitors of their points and removes them from the contest. Meng Anli confronts her and strips away all of her accumulated points. 233 234

Demon Realm Recognition

Meng Shiwan becomes the Demon Lord's acknowledged daughter and attempts to establish herself through spectacle, beauty, and control over palace servants. Her insecurity is revealed when she demands that maids cut their hair so that her own appearance will stand out. 294 295

She tortures a disguised Meng Anli, attempting to take her eyes and ruin her face so that she can become the Demon Realm's greatest beauty. 262

Danzhu's Rebellion

Acting as Danzhu's spy and adviser, Meng Shiwan uses dance, strategy, and a fabricated prophecy to increase his support. Her plans lose influence when Danzhu dismisses her advice and prioritizes Meng Anli. 327 331 349

Empress Ruiyu and the Final Confrontation

Under the identity of Empress Ruiyu, Meng Shiwan continues to manipulate Shaoguang and plot against Meng Anli. 401 409 Meng Anli discovers her memories, reveals that she is a 21st-century transmigrator who stole the original heroine's role, and turns public resentment into a weakness against her protagonist fortune. 415 416

Meng Anli finally kills Meng Shiwan as bait to force the Heavenly Dao into the open, exposing its direct protection of her. 450

Notable Quotes

“Since only I remember them here now, they are mine.” 328

“I’m unkillable.” 328

“I, the sole protagonist, will receive the love of everyone in the Seven Realms.” 328