Xiao Yi Xian

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Childhood and life as a healer

Xiao Yi Xian’s childhood memories include a village engulfed in poison mist, villagers slowly dying from poisoning, and herself comforting her mother. Before meeting Gu Fang, she had repeatedly moved after others discovered her poisonous constitution and treated her with disgust. She concealed her condition while building a reputation as a trusted healer 60 61.

Although she dreamed of becoming an alchemist, she believed her constitution prevented that future and would instead force her to become a feared Poison Master 65.

Meeting Gu Fang

During a herb-gathering expedition, Xiao Yi Xian prepared to use her blood to extract a vicious poison from an injured mercenary. Gu Fang stopped her and treated the man himself. Expecting her secret to provoke rejection, she was instead moved to tears when Gu Fang acknowledged her Calamity Poison Body without fear or disgust 60 61 62.

She asked him about her constitution, but his initial answers were evasive. He subsequently took her to a cliffside treasure cave and gave her the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, which explained her condition. When Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group attempted to rob them, Gu Fang protected her and destroyed the attackers 63 64 65 66.

The secluded valley

After reading the scripture, Xiao Yi Xian struggled to accept what she had learned. She invited Gu Fang to cultivate in her secluded valley and brought him supplies during his stay. Before his departure for the Tagor Desert, she altered his robes to accommodate his wings, gathered medicinal ingredients, and listened as he explained that condensing a poison pill could eventually control her constitution 67 69.

That evening, she told him her life story. Gu Fang postponed his departure, and the two fell asleep leaning against each other beneath the stars 69.

Threat of exposure

When they reunited, Xiao Yi Xian had reached Dou Shi but remained distressed by her constitution. She warned that she might leave for the Cloud Empire, where Poison Masters were accepted, because her increasingly frequent poison absorption could expose her identity in Qingshan Town 116 117.

An unexpected outbreak demonstrated the danger: after taking poison, she fell unconscious and began releasing toxins. Gu Fang used his Poison Puppet to absorb the escaping gas, then transferred its control to her. This provided a way to conceal her condition without immediately leaving her home 117 118 119.

Appearance

Xiao Yi Xian has a fresh, ethereal appearance and usually wears a simple pale-white dress 61 116.

• Hair and eyes: Black hair and black eyes 117.
• Hands: Slender, jade-like fingers 64 65.
• During poison absorption: Her lips darken to brownish-black, and her face develops a strange seven-colored hue 117.

Personality

Xiao Yi Xian is compassionate enough to risk revealing her secret to save an injured mercenary’s arm. Her enthusiasm for medicinal herbs persists despite her fear of the poison-related sensations they sometimes awaken 60 64 65.

Repeated rejection has made her guarded and intensely sensitive to how others perceive her. Gu Fang’s ordinary, nonjudgmental treatment matters more to her than being revered as a healer. Even after learning that her constitution might be controlled, she fears that its reputation would still make people reject her 61 62 116.

With someone she trusts, she becomes attentive and affectionate. She worries about possible side effects from Gu Fang’s transformed wings, prepares practical gifts for his journey, and eventually teases him about offering herself in repayment for his help 69 119.

Abilities & Skills

Calamity Poison Body

• Poison-based cultivation: Gains strength by consuming poison rather than requiring ordinary cultivation; stronger poisons produce faster growth 57.
• Poison immunity: Naturally immune to all kinds of poison 57.
• Poisonous blood: Blood from a cut causes a medicinal herb to wither within a few breaths 60.
• Poison extraction: Can consciously use her blood to draw poison from a wound and neutralize it 60.
• Poison affinity: Experiences poisonous substances as familiar and comforting; her own blood tastes exceptionally sweet to her 60.

Outbreaks and limitations

• Compulsive consumption: An outbreak forces her to take poison; resisting can torment her mind until she becomes delirious and consumes it involuntarily 117.
• Unpredictable timing: Outbreaks can occur without warning 117.
• Unconscious leakage: While asleep during poison absorption, she releases toxins that form a small poison domain capable of poisoning anyone who enters 117.
• Fatal accumulation: Without control, accumulated toxins can eventually exceed the body’s capacity, causing it to explode and spread a poison domain 57.
• Unfinished remedy: The Poison Pill Condensation Method offers a solution, but she is not yet strong enough to withstand Heavenly Flames moving through her body 69 119.

Medicine and herb gathering

• Identifies poisoning symptoms and evaluates whether ordinary antidotes can save a patient’s life or injured limb 60.
• Organizes herb-gathering work and instructs accompanying mercenaries to avoid damaging medicinal plants 60.
• Recognizes White Orchid Fruit and gathers medicinal ingredients for Gu Fang 65 69.

Sewing

• Modifies Gu Fang’s robes with an overlapping back layer so he can deploy his Blazing Origin Fire Wings without tearing the fabric 69.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Seven-Colored Poison Scripture — Given to her by Gu Fang; contains detailed information about the Calamity Poison Body 65 66 67.
• Poison Puppet — Transferred to her control by Gu Fang. Its poison pill allows it to absorb escaping toxins and conceal her condition. It possesses Dou Wang-level strength, with further evolution described as possible rather than achieved 117 119.
• Soul-Confusing Powder — Carries it as a means of self-defense during the nighttime treasure hunt 64.
• Storage Ring — Used to carry robes and other belongings 69.
• Jade bottles of poison — Holds the black powder she consumes to manage outbreaks 117.
• Scent-concealing powder — Gives bottles of it to Gu Fang as parting gifts 69.

Relationships

• Gu Fang — Trusted friend, protector, and source of hope for controlling her constitution. Their bond develops affectionate and romantic undertones through shared confidences, embraces, and flirtation, without an explicit relationship declaration 62 69 116 119.
• Mu Li — Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s young leader, whose interest in her turns into jealousy toward Gu Fang. He betrays the escort arrangement by attempting to rob them in the treasure cave 60 63 66.
• Blue Eagle — Flying mount she rides when visiting Gu Fang in the valley 68 69.
• Her mother — Appears in Xiao Yi Xian’s memories of a poison-stricken village; Xiao Yi Xian recalls comforting her 60.

Notable Quotes

“You know who I am. Aren’t you afraid of me?” 62

“If I had a choice, I would rather be an ordinary person than possess such a terrifying constitution.” 116

Trivia

• Gu Fang remembers an original-story future in which Xiao Yi Xian becomes the Cloud Empire’s Heavenly Poison Girl, a Dou Zong associated with mass poisoning. This is a future he wants to prevent, not a title or realm she has attained in the documented events 117.
• She initially considers the Ancient Clan an unfamiliar, obscure clan after Gu Fang downplays its importance 62.