Yu Qiushui

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Yu Qiushui (余秋水)
Alias(es)	Captain Yu; Minister Yu
Gender	Female
Age	27 at the time of her initial profile 233
Affiliation	Black Witch; Xuanming Department
Occupation/Role	Former Captain of Xuanming Department Team 1; later Minister of the Xuanming Department; owner of the Vermilion Building and organizer of its Underground Arena 231 233 696 1080
Status	Alive 2528
First Appearance	Chapter 231

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Advanced Level 4	233	Identified through Luo Yan's Eye of True Suchness; possessed the Divine Treasure Moon in Water, the Tai-Chi Needle Forging Technique, and Flowing Water Never Ceases.
Profound Comprehension Realm	696	Advanced around the New Year, gaining Mystic Qi and sufficient strength to contend directly with Lin Yuanfang. Her realm enhanced the flexibility of Moon in Water, including clone-position exchanges. 699 701

Background

Yu Qiushui grew up in an abusive home. As a child, she sheltered with her newborn younger brother while her alcoholic father beat their mother; the memory remained vivid during her later unconsciousness. 1253

Du Yue became Yu Qiushui's half-teacher, bringing her onto the path of cultivation and teaching her skills and methods. Du Yue once massacred the family of a Shao Si Ming after Yu Qiushui injured the man's son, then took Yu Qiushui away. 1161 1253 Yu Qiushui later learned that Du Yue's apparent madness and slaughter had been a deliberate means of leaving Black Witch. 2309

Before becoming a minister, Yu Qiushui served as Captain of Xuanming Department Team 1. She also owned the Vermilion Building and ran its Underground Arena, where she scouted capable fighters. 231 233

Appearance

Yu Qiushui is a slender woman with soft features, long straight eyebrows, and bright eyes repeatedly compared to autumn water. 231 233

• Smooth black hair, commonly worn in a shoulder-length asymmetrical cut or a high ponytail. 231 523
• Usually wears white suits or a white training uniform; her attendants also wear white suits and carry Tang daos. 231 523
• Her off-duty bearing is polished and relaxed: she smokes ladies' cigarettes and drinks baijiu while observing arena matches. 231 233
• In combat, she wears a fitted combat suit and carries visible signs of battle without losing her composure. 2309

Personality

Yu Qiushui is poised under pressure. When Luo Yan confronted her in the Vermilion Building, her guards drew weapons, but she calmly drank baijiu and identified herself without alarm. 233 She is also highly calculating, willing to misdirect enemies, arrange diversions, test loyalties, and turn apparent weakness into an advantage. 534 684 1243

She habitually teases Luo Yan with flirtatious remarks, yet her conduct toward him is more protective and familial than her provocations imply. After recovering from a near-fatal injury, she admitted that Luo Yan reminded her of the younger brother she had lost. 525 1254 Her attachment to Du Yue is similarly sincere: the search for her missing teacher drives her conflict with the Suo Po Association. 2309 2344

Abilities & Skills

Moon in Water

Yu Qiushui's Divine Treasure creates convincing illusory copies of herself. 233 701

• Produces numerous clones that are difficult to distinguish from her true body. 701
• Allows her to exchange positions with any clone, giving her exceptional mobility and making direct pursuit unreliable. 701
• Enabled her to evade Han Xu's attacks and create more than twenty decoys during the Suo Po Association ambush. 2344
• Its deceptive nature forced Lin Yuanfang to repeatedly clear clones before locating her true body. 701

Tai-Chi Returning Heaven Skill

Her Profound Comprehension Realm cultivation method centers on the principle of “return.” 701

• Refines Essence Energy into Mystic Qi after entering the Profound Comprehension Realm. 699
• Supports the position-switching applications of Moon in Water. 701
• Lets her use Tai-Chi motions to redirect or neutralize incoming attacks. 2344

Flowing Water Never Ceases

Yu Qiushui's secret technique sustains her through prolonged combat. 233 700

• Reclaims dissipating Essence Energy after attacks. 701
• Makes it difficult to exhaust her reserves quickly, though it does not eliminate energy consumption entirely. 701
• Was active during her coordinated battle with Luo Yan against Lin Yuanfang. 700

Combat Techniques

Her documented techniques include:

• Water Wheel
• Rolling Tide
• Dragon Sucks Water
• Bewildering Steps
• Undercurrent Steps
• Transforming Strength — used to deflect Han Xu's ice-cone assault. 233 2344
• Water Moon Flowing Dance — Ultimate Skill. 233

Equipment / Mecha

• Ruoshui — A Divine General-class mecha piloted by Yu Qiushui. It can manifest a rotating Tai-Chi symbol that redirects incoming missiles into each other. 1635
• Tang dao — Her white-suited attendants are armed with Tang daos; Yu Qiushui herself is frequently shown fighting unarmed through Tai-Chi techniques and illusionary movement. 231 533 2344

Story Role / Major Arcs

Vermilion Building and Zhang Ze's Death

Zhang Ze hired Luo Yan to assassinate Yu Qiushui for ten million yuan, viewing her death as a way to remove an obstacle to his ministerial ambitions. 231 Yu Qiushui instead cooperated with Luo Yan's counterplot, lending him her Chicken Heart Jade Pendant to secure Zhang Ze's trust. After Zhang Ze was killed, she fulfilled her promise to support Luo Yan's appointment as Team 7 captain and gave him medicine for the cold poison he had suffered. 236

Xuanming Department Leadership

Yu Qiushui acted as one of Team 7's inspectors alongside Liu Xiao. Although Liu Xiao intended to prevent Red Ghost's rise, Yu Qiushui remained deliberately noncommittal, leaving him uncertain whether she would side with Luo Yan against him. 304 306

After advancing to the Profound Comprehension Realm, Yu Qiushui sought the vacant ministerial position in the Xuanming Department and later faced the burdens of leading the branch. 696 1080 She used strategic planning against Yellow Springs, proposing a combination of negotiation, bombardment, morale erosion, and infiltration through an underground network. 684

Battle with Lin Yuanfang

Yu Qiushui discovered that Lin Yuanfang was secretly Yin Rong after he trapped and injured her. Her substitution technique allowed her to survive the ambush. 697 She then fought Lin Yuanfang alongside Luo Yan, acting as the primary attacker while Luo Yan analyzed and harassed their opponent. 699

Her clone-swapping mobility and Flowing Water Never Ceases steadily eroded Lin Yuanfang's defenses, though she was eventually injured and depleted in the prolonged fight. 701 705 The outcome established her as a major figure within Black Witch and contributed to her ministerial standing. 1080 1161

Near-Fatal Injury and Recovery

Yu Qiushui was severely injured while investigating the force behind Xiang Hua's actions at SITAI Mine, leaving her unconscious and in danger of death. 1238 1239 Even while incapacitated, she arranged a deception: her captains were instructed to act grief-stricken so enemies would believe she was dying, buying time for recovery. 1243

Luo Yan secured medical aid, helped execute the hospital ruse, and laid a trap for her attacker. 1243 1254 Once awake, Yu Qiushui asked Luo Yan to watch over the Xuanming Department and avenge her. 1254

Search for Du Yue and the Suo Po Association

The Suo Po Association used Yu Qiushui's name and voice to lure Luo Yan into Flower City, exploiting her connection to Du Yue. 2304 2305 After Luo Yan rescued her, Yu Qiushui revealed that Du Yue had staged her departure from Black Witch and that she had found secret codes left by her teacher. 2309

Yu Qiushui and Luo Yan agreed to investigate the Suo Po Association and locate Du Yue. 2309 2310 The association later ambushed Yu Qiushui, attempting to capture her alive after forging or acquiring knowledge of Du Yue's secret code. Yu Qiushui delayed Han Xu, Liu Dong, and Zhang Yuanzheng through her illusions until reinforcements approached. 2344 2345

Relationships

• Luo Yan / Red Ghost — Initially the target of a recruitment-and-assessment scheme surrounding Zhang Ze's death; Yu Qiushui sponsored his rise as Team 7 captain, later worked beside him against Lin Yuanfang, and considers him akin to a younger brother. 236 696 1254
• Du Yue — Half-teacher and benefactor who taught Yu Qiushui cultivation. Yu Qiushui remains determined to uncover what happened to her after Du Yue's staged departure from Black Witch. 1161 2309
• Red Luan, Green Bird, White Egret, and Black Butterfly — Disciples and confidantes whom Yu Qiushui took in after they lost their families in the cataclysm. They are deeply devoted to her and assisted in protecting her during her recovery. 1254
• Lin Yuanfang / Yin Rong — Enemy who trapped and badly injured Yu Qiushui; she and Luo Yan later fought him together. 697 699
• Li Chenyu — Fellow Black Witch minister with a teasing, competitive dynamic; Yu Qiushui reacts with irritation and jealousy to Li Chenyu's flirtation toward Luo Yan. 1353 1363 1731
• Han Xu — King Chu Jiang who led an effort to capture Yu Qiushui alive for the Suo Po Association; he underestimated the scale and versatility of her illusion techniques. 2344

Notable Quotes

“Red Ghost was my recommendation. If he has issues, I will also be responsible. However, he saved my life, so no matter the final outcome, I will not let him die here.”
— Yu Qiushui 1357

“At the very least, I won't let him die before me!”
— Yu Qiushui 1357