Underworld

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Underworld (黄泉)
Alias(es)	Mei; Guardian of the River of Oblivion; “Great Chef” (mistaken identity)
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Starry Sky’s household; one of his three wives
Occupation/Role	One of Starry Sky’s three Martial Souls; swordswoman; occasional cook
First Appearance	Chapter 2, during Starry Sky’s Martial Soul awakening 2

Background / History

Underworld manifests alongside Raiden Mei and the Raiden Shogun during Starry Sky’s Martial Soul awakening. She identifies herself as the “Guardian of the River of Oblivion” and describes herself as Starry Sky’s past, an unchanging law, and an eternal guardian 2.

After arriving in the Douluo Continent, she is initially disoriented and frequently forgetful. She says that “Underworld” is a borrowed name, but accepts it because Starry Sky remembers who she is and what she has done. She also recalls having once been remembered by someone else, valuing such memories over “a thousand words” 3.

Her tendency to wander off repeatedly causes concern for Starry Sky. When she becomes lost in Notting City, he commissions and illuminates a giant peach to lure her out; she returns almost immediately to embrace it 15. The same method is later used again when she goes missing near the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace 53.

Imperial guards mistake Underworld for the Raiden Shogun due to their identical appearance and escort her to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace as the celebrated “Great Chef.” Starry Sky has her play along, instructing her while she prepares a meal for the palace 32 33. The incident leads others to associate Underworld’s food with severe digestive side effects and possible cultivation benefits, although Starry Sky later concludes that the special effects belonged to the Raiden Shogun rather than Underworld 37 50 59.

At the Power Clan, Underworld demonstrates her strength to secure Starry Sky’s order for one hundred giant peach frames. Her casual strike cleaves an entire street and leaves behind a ten-meter-high spatial fissure, terrifying Titan into accepting the commission 55.

While in Spirit City, Underworld flees to avoid eating the Raiden Shogun’s cooking. Qian Renxue finds her by offering her a peach and personally leads her back to Starry Sky 74 75.

Appearance

Underworld closely resembles Raiden Mei and the Raiden Shogun, making her difficult to distinguish from them when clothing is ignored or exchanged 32 68.

• Usually wears purple clothing 15.
• Carries a katana 12 55.
• Her hair changes from purple to white when she draws her sword and attacks 12 55.
• Often has a blank or dazed expression 3 4 74.
• Frequently carries peaches in her sleeves and can produce many of them at once 51.

Personality

Underworld is quiet, absent-minded, and easily distracted by food—especially peaches and sweet fruit. Her poor sense of direction makes her prone to wandering away from the group, sometimes without realizing where she is going 5 15 51.

Despite her childlike fixation on peaches, she is reflective when speaking about memory and identity. She considers the past essential to personhood, even when some memories are difficult to retain 3.

She is protective of Starry Sky. When the Thunderclap Hell-Prison Vine attacks him, she immediately kills it with a single sword strike and calls it “another blood debt” 12. Her otherwise calm demeanor can become intimidating when she fights, as Titan feels as if a blade is already at his neck before she even attacks 55.

Abilities & Skills

Swordsmanship

Underworld wields a katana with overwhelming cutting power.

• Kills a Thunderclap Hell-Prison Vine—an intelligent plant-type Soul Beast exceeding five thousand years of cultivation—with one upward slash 12.
• Cleaves both the attacking vine and the storm clouds surrounding it, restoring clear skies 12.
• Can split open space itself; her strike through a street creates a black, ten-meter-high fissure 55.
• Her attacks are distinct from the Raiden Shogun’s lightning-based combat style; observers identify Underworld as the one who “draws her blade and hacks away” 68.

Cooking

Underworld is not initially confident in her cooking, but prepares food while impersonating the “Great Chef” at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace under Starry Sky’s direction 32 33.

• Her palace meal is associated with painful diarrhea and bodily purification among those who eat it 37 50.
• Qian Renxue seeks additional meals from her, believing her food may benefit the Spirit Hall worshippers 51 57.
• Starry Sky later determines that the extraordinary cultivation effects attributed to Underworld’s food were actually caused by the Raiden Shogun’s cooking 59.

Equipment / Items

• Katana — Used for her high-speed, space-cleaving sword attacks 12 55.
• Peaches — Her favorite food and the most reliable way to draw her out when she gets lost 3 15 51.
• Ten-Thousand-Year Peach Tree — Obtained through Qian Renxue in exchange for a future meal; Underworld is visibly eager to eat its fruit 57 59.

Relationships

• Starry Sky — Husband; he protects and searches for her whenever she wanders off, often using giant peaches to lure her home 15 53 75.
• Raiden Mei — Companion and fellow wife of Starry Sky; Mei cooks for Underworld and treats her with care 3 4.
• Raiden Shogun — Look-alike companion; their identical appearances repeatedly cause mistaken identity, while Underworld fears the Shogun’s cooking 32 68 75.
• Qian Renxue — Helps locate and return Underworld by using peaches, and later negotiates with Starry Sky for Underworld to cook 56 57 74 75.
• Titan — Power Clan leader intimidated into producing giant peach frames after witnessing Underworld’s spatial slash 55.

Notable Quotes

“The past shapes who we are. Some things are hard to remember, some things are hard to forget.” 3

“Flow... the bygone gleam of blades.” 12

“I don’t want to eat the Shogun’s cooking.” 75

Trivia

• Underworld’s love of peaches is strong enough that a single peach can immediately redirect her attention 15 74.
• Starry Sky has used illuminated giant peaches as bait to find her on more than one occasion 15 53.
• Her resemblance to the Raiden Shogun leads Heaven Dou guards, Spirit Hall elders, and Spirit City residents to mistake her for the “Great Chef God” 32 68 75.