Xie Yu

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Xie Yu (谢瑜)
Alias(es)	Little Yu'er; Zhou Yu; Liu Long; Red-Clad Sword Immortal
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Xie Clan; Heavenly Wind Sect (founder); Liu Family in her reincarnated life
Occupation/Role	Swordswoman; founder and later acknowledged ancestor of the Heavenly Wind Sect
Status	Alive; reincarnated as Liu Long after her previous life 305
First Appearance	193

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Sixth Rank	193	Had already entered Sixth Rank when Xie Jianan sought a husband capable of marrying into the Xie Clan.
Fifth Rank	236	Broke through and consolidated her realm while cultivating beside a Third-Rank Flesh Field; still needed experience to condense Source Blood.
Mountain and River authority	313	Performed the Fengchan ritual with Li Yuan, gaining the ability to perceive a denser share of golden Mountain and River Qi than the Four Protectors.
Extraordinary realm	317	Having forged a sword-centered path of her own, she became a newly advanced extraordinary cultivator and a stabilizing figure for the Heavenly Wind Sect faction.

Appearance

Xie Yu is first introduced as a fiery young woman in red, with peach-blossom eyes, a lively smile, and two playful dimples. Her manner of dress is bold, often emphasizing her red garments and snowy legs; she later appears in white while cultivating and in red as a sword-bearing martial wanderer. 194 223 297

• Long dark hair, sometimes still damp after bathing. 194
• Bright red lips and an expressive, youthful face. 194
• Her later sect portrait depicts her as a red-clad beauty holding a sword, with a cold and lofty bearing. 297

Personality

Xie Yu is intensely particular about cleanliness. She bathes several times daily, cannot tolerate the smell of sweat, and once harshly rebuked a maid over a trace of moisture left in a washed bowl. 194

She is impulsive, proud, and openly dismissive of restrictive etiquette. When she first met the disguised Li Yuan, she ignored the conventions governing an unmarried noblewoman because she was immediately drawn to his appearance and apparent strength. Her ideal husband had to be capable, handsome, attentive, and clean. 194

Beneath her spirited exterior, Xie Yu is emotionally direct and deeply loyal. She could accept hardship and follow Ximen Gucheng across the martial world, but could not accept learning that the identity and life she loved had been founded on deception. Her lasting obsession is the sword, which she regards as carrying too much of her emotion to abandon. 247 305

Abilities & Skills

Swordsmanship

Xie Yu cultivates the Xie Clan's sword art and later develops a distinct sword-centered path.

• Her clan sword art is exceptionally fast once mastered. 238
• She trained alongside Li Yuan, observing his weapon principles and applying them to her own sword practice. 238
• In her later life, her sword path became the foundation of the Heavenly Wind Sect's legacy. 297 317
• Her obsession with the sword became the basis through which she sought transcendence. 313

Mountain and River Cultivation

After Fengchan, Xie Yu begins cultivating through Mountain and River Qi under Li Yuan's guidance.

• She can perceive golden Mountain and River Qi after completing Fengchan. 313
• Li Yuan teaches her breathing and body-training methods intended to expand the amount of Mountain and River Qi she can mobilize. 313
• Her cultivation progresses rapidly due to the memories and experience carried across two lives. 313

History

Xie Clan Third Miss

Xie Yu was the third daughter of Xie Jianan, the Xie Clan head and Regional Commander, and the younger sister of Xie Wei. At twenty years old, she had already reached Sixth Rank when her father began seeking a powerful, high-potential husband willing to marry into the Xie Clan. 193 194

Her father intended to use her marriage to secure an additional path of support for the clan, while excluding candidates from the Five Elements Buddhist Way, the Lotus Cult, military command, and other Regional Commander families. Xie Yu, however, cared far more about whether a prospective husband suited her personal standards. 194

Marriage to Ximen Gucheng

Li Yuan approached the Xie Clan under the identity of the white-robed Fifth-Rank swordsman Ximen Gucheng. His carefully constructed persona—handsome, powerful, aloof, battle-obsessed, and obsessed with cleanliness—was tailored to attract Xie Yu. 194

Xie Yu was captivated at first sight and disregarded the usual restrictions on contact between an unmarried woman and a potential husband. She became his wife, but soon found herself frustrated by his fixation on cultivation and repeated seclusions. She nevertheless tried to understand his theory of “Honing the Soul with Skill” and waited for him despite their unconsummated marriage. 194 196

Separation and Fifth-Rank Breakthrough

After the destruction of the Xie Clan became imminent, Li Yuan took Xie Yu away rather than return her to Xie Residence. The two traveled the martial world under assumed identities, but Xie Yu increasingly suffered from his secrecy and absences. 224 229

She eventually told him they should separate, recognizing that he required freedom and solitary cultivation while she could not understand the powers he pursued. 224 While living in Silver Stream Village, she broke through to Fifth Rank and consolidated the realm. 236

Li Zhen and the Broken Marriage

Xie Yu later gave birth to a daughter, Li Zhen. By then, the accumulating inconsistencies surrounding Ximen Gucheng, Li Yuan, the Son of Heaven, and Xie Wei had led her to uncover the truth: the man she loved had concealed his identity from the beginning. 247 249

Unable to accept that deception, she severed their marriage in all but parental responsibility. She allowed Li Yuan to see their daughter, but declared that “Little Yu'er” and “Ximen Gucheng” were both dead. 249

Heavenly Wind Sect Founder and Rebirth

At some point after leaving Li Yuan, Xie Yu became the founder commemorated by the Heavenly Wind Sect as the Red-Clad Sword Immortal. Her tomb was hidden deep within Tianheng Mountain, which is why Li Yuan could not find her despite searching for her across the region. 297

After her death, Xie Yu passed through the Incineration Furnace intact and was reborn into the Liu Family as Liu Long. Retaining memories of her previous life, she sought answers from Tang Nian and later returned to Tianheng Mountain, where she found graves marked for both herself and “Li Clan Ancestor Gu Cheng.” Believing Li Yuan had truly died, she finally released much of the resentment she had carried. 305

Reunion and Transcendence

Xie Yu eventually reunited with Li Yuan at HengWu Tavern after years of longing. Their reunion allowed the grievances of her previous life to begin fading. 311 312

Li Yuan later disclosed the Life Star Technique and entrusted its secret to her alone. He guided her through Fengchan and the cultivation of Mountain and River Qi, enabling her to pursue transcendence through her lifelong sword obsession. 313

When Heavenly Wind Sect elders later recognized her, they knelt and acknowledged her as their ancestor. Her newly attained extraordinary power made her a central pillar for the sect’s faction and for the surrendering forces of the Divine Kingdom. 317

Relationships

• Li Yuan / Ximen Gucheng — Her husband under Li Yuan's fabricated identity. She loved Ximen Gucheng sincerely, bore his daughter, and later broke with Li Yuan after learning the truth; the two reunited after her rebirth. 194 247 312
• Xie Wei — Her elder sister and closest family confidante. Xie Yu deeply trusts her, though Xie Wei’s concealment of Li Yuan’s secrets contributed to the eventual rupture between the sisters. 194 247
• Xie Jianan — Her father, head of the Xie Clan and Regional Commander, who arranged her marriage as a political safeguard for the clan. 194
• Xie Feng — Her elder brother and the Xie Clan’s military support. 195 197
• Li Zhen — Her daughter with Li Yuan. Xie Yu insists that the child retain a real surname and not be defined by the false Ximen identity. 247 249
• Han Qiongniang — Her mother in her reincarnated life as Liu Long. 311
• Tang Nian — An old connection through Li Yuan whom Xie Yu seeks out after reincarnation for answers about the past. 305

Notable Quotes

“Little Yu'er is already dead, just as Ximen Gucheng is dead.” 249

“Mountain and river should know me; through utter obsession comes true knowledge.” 305