Rao Yaoyao

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Rao Yaoyao (饶妖妖)
Alias(es)	Rao Sword Immortal; Sword Saint Rao; Red Robes Sovereign
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Holy Spirit Hall; Red Robes; Ten-Person Council
Occupation/Role	Red Robes' Dao Enforcement Sovereign; one of the Seven Sword Immortals
Status	Deceased — slain by Xu Xiaoshou after escaping Void Island as remnant intent 1303 1304 1306
First Appearance	Chapter 742

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Sword Immortal	742	Introduced as one of the Seven Sword Immortals and the Red Robes' Dao-ruling sovereign, wielding Divine Sword Xuancang 742
Saint Tribulation	1118	Began her tribulation in Azure Marsh; used the Mortal-Realm All Beings Aspect to withstand Frostsky Weasel's attack and break the Ganges River's seal 1118
Half-Saint	1137	Successfully completed her tribulation and declared her ascension across Void Island 1137
Sword Saint	1219	Arrived on Void Island as a newly canonized Sword Saint 1219

Background

Rao Yaoyao was a member of the Rao Clan, a Saint Emperor family whose name alone prompted others to warn that she must not be killed. She was raised by the Holy Spirit Hall itself and eventually became the Red Robes' Dao Enforcement Sovereign, joining the Ten-Person Council and overseeing Ghost Beast-extermination operations across the Five Domains 541 748 1115.

Before her rise, she undertook a six-month worldly trial using substantial Wurao resources. She endured the trial and absorbed an estimated seventy to eighty percent of its insights, laying the foundation for her Mortal-Realm All Beings Aspect and later Saint Path advancement 1815.

Appearance

Rao Yaoyao is a striking, elegant sword cultivator whose cultivated bearing is repeatedly described as detached from mortal dust.

• Wears a backless long dress and carries a three-foot blue-and-white sword on her back 931.
• Her unsheathed sword is carved with dragons, crouching phoenixes, and auspicious clouds 1114.
• Has flowing hair, pale hands, and refined features; she was ranked twenty-fourth on the Peerless Beauty Ranking 897.
• Her appearance becomes bloodied and ragged after the Void Island battles, including the loss of an arm to Xu Xiaoshou 1255 1281.

Personality

Rao Yaoyao is composed, proud, and accustomed to command. As the Red Robes' sovereign, she restrains impulsive subordinates, considers the larger strategic picture, and prefers to gather intelligence before exposing her forces 742 898. She is an attentive investigator who links disparate clues, notably forming the “three-ring theory” around Void Island, the Lei Clan, Ba Zunan, Xu Xiaoshou, and Mu Xiaogong 847 853.

Her confidence in her status, swordsmanship, and judgment leaves her vulnerable to manipulation. Xu Xiaoshou repeatedly provokes her into rash reactions, while Water Ghost exploits her trust through an impersonation of Yu Lingdi 1251 1281. After Aberrant and Teng Shanhai die under her watch, she acknowledges that she is unsuited to overseeing every moving part of a larger scheme and resolves to focus on her Sword Path: ask directly what must be asked and cut down whom she must cut down 1048.

Abilities & Skills

Ancient Swordsmanship

As a Seven Sword Immortal and later Sword Saint, Rao Yaoyao possesses overwhelming offensive capability against ordinary cultivators and formidable battlefield control.

• Uses the Nine Sword Techniques, including Infinite Enumeration, to layer successive sword strikes 1236.
• Employs Royal Sword: Heaven’s Son Executes, a powerful finishing attack that severely injured Five Declines of Heaven and Man 1225.
• Can wield No-Sword Technique, Mo Sword Technique, and Illusion Sword principles, though Water Ghost's Black Sky Immortal forced her to avoid directly cutting blood constructs formed from her own body 1262.
• Her Saint · Great Heart-Severing Technique was ineffective against Xu Xiaoshou 1251.

Emotion Sword Art

Rao Yaoyao entered the Dao through the Emotion Sword Art, a discipline that cultivates the Dao, heart, and bearing rather than relying solely on combat forms 1282.

• Red Dust Sword / Sword of Desire’s End — briefly incapacitated Huangquan after he attained sainthood 1198.
• Emotionless Sword — an advanced state requiring the severance of emotion; her understanding deepened after surviving Huangquan's Time Nation 1226.
• Mountain-Sea Reliance — the second realm of her Emotionless Sword. It anchors her true heart through the spirits of all things and grants immense defense; it can be broken by sufficiently overwhelming force 1226 1255.
• All Eyes Upon the Mortal Realm — draws opponents into visions of the mortal realm and disrupts their mind 1282.

Mortal-Realm All Beings Aspect

Rao Yaoyao manifests a mortal kingdom populated by images of commoners, officials, merchants, soldiers, and nobles. The faith and bonds of this manifestation reinforce her defense and stabilize her mind 1118 1225.

• Broke free from the Ganges River's freezing seal during her Saint Tribulation 1118.
• Helped her resist Five Declines of Heaven and Man's Three Aversions Eye and reclaim her sense of self 1226.
• Its defensive strength allowed her to contend with attacks at or beyond the Half-Saint level, but it was repeatedly shattered by stronger opponents 1235 1249.

Wind-Attribute Spiritual Cultivation

Rao Yaoyao also cultivates the wind attribute, allowing her to disperse or escape entangling attacks that ancient sword arts cannot safely cut 1262.

Divine Sword Fortune

By borrowing the fortune power of Divine Sword Xuancang, Rao Yaoyao can summon the Fortune Golden Dragon.

• Used Emotionless Sword empowered by Xuancang's fortune to cleanse demonic influence caused by the Saint Emperor Dragon Scale 904.
• The Fortune Golden Dragon can shield and purify her body, though it was eventually overwhelmed by Xu Xiaoshou's Saint Emperor-powered attacks 1284 1285.
• Borrowing Xuancang's fortune can consume or displace its accumulated fortune power 904.

Equipment

• Divine Sword Xuancang — one of the Five Great Chaotic Divine Artifacts and the treasure suppressing the Holy Spirit Hall's fortune 742.
• Star-Moon Songstress — used its Liberation by Violence to send Rao Yaoyao's remnant intent out of Void Island 1303.
• Life-Guarding Badge — Rao Clan protective treasure that activates against lethal danger and can shield its bearer from attacks below the low-stage Holy Emperor realm; it saved her from Xu Xiaoshou's Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy self-destruction 1262.
• Holy Emperor Blood — an emergency Rao Clan trump card that restored her injuries and regrew her severed arms before being exhausted 1285.
• Xiao Divine Spear — carried by Rao Yaoyao after Teng Shanhai's death but confiscated by Jiang Buyi 1048.

Relationships

• Xu Xiaoshou — Primary adversary. Their encounters began with verbal sparring and escalated into repeated battles, manipulation, and mutual hostility; he ultimately pursued and killed her 754 1251 1303 1306.
• Mei Suren — Rao Yaoyao regarded him as a teacher and treated him with deep respect until she learned he had aided Xu Xiaoshou and deceived her 780 1219 1220.
• Dao Qiongchang — Holy Spirit Hall Hall Master and the only Ten-Person Council member able to order her after her ascension. He later acted as her tactical adviser during the Void Island crisis 1137 1281.
• Night Owl — Head of the Darkness Division and a terse intelligence collaborator; together they investigated Mu Xiaogong's constitution and the wider Void Island conspiracy 847 853.
• Teng Shanhai — Chief of the Combat Division and subordinate in her Yunlun Mountain Range operation. Rao Yaoyao attempted unsuccessfully to save him from Jiang Buyi 854 1048.
• Yan Wuse — Fellow Holy Spirit Hall combatant who tried to protect Rao Yaoyao from Water Ghost and sacrificed himself when negotiation failed 1265.
• Water Ghost — Manipulated Rao Yaoyao while disguised as Yu Lingdi, gained her trust, planted control within her body, and sought her Half-Saint Godhood 1281 1293.
• Fish Elder — Answered her desperate call for aid in the Yunlun Mountain Range, but could not prevent Xu Xiaoshou from completing the pursuit 1303.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Central City Trade Fair

Rao Yaoyao arrived at the Central City trade fair with Divine Sword Xuancang, assessed suspicious activity from a distance, and ordered the Holy Spirit Hall forces not to expose themselves prematurely 742. She intervened when Xu Xiaoshou attempted to kill Teng Shanhai, only for Xu Xiaoshou and Yousi Sword to lure Xuancang into a humiliating “height competition” 754 756.

Yunlun Mountain Range Investigation

As commander of the Yunlun Mountain Range operation, Rao Yaoyao investigated Xu Xiaoshou, Ye Xiaotian, Ba Zunan, the Void Island Rift, and Mu Xiaogong's possible Supreme Life Demon Body 847 923. Her deductions were often sound, but Xu Xiaoshou's disguises and staged identities repeatedly obscured the truth 931 950 1046.

Failure and Resolve

Following Teng Shanhai's death, Jiang Buyi humiliated Rao Yaoyao by forcing her to leave behind her shoes and the Xiao Divine Spear. Alone in the Forest of Miracles, she confronted the failure of her command and resolved to abandon grand scheming for a more direct Sword Path 1048.

Void Island Ascension

Rao Yaoyao entered the First Hall of Sin with a markedly colder and more decisive disposition, then underwent Saint Tribulation in Azure Marsh 1114 1118. She completed her ascent as a Half-Saint and was subsequently recognized as a Sword Saint 1137 1219.

Time Nation and Emotionless Sword

Huangquan trapped Rao Yaoyao in the temporal illusion Time Nation, forcing her to confront countless cycles and refine her Emotionless Sword 1198. During her battle with Five Declines of Heaven and Man, she broke through to Mountain-Sea Reliance, using the spirits of Void Island to escape mental control 1225 1226.

Fall on Void Island

Rao Yaoyao was repeatedly wounded by Xu Xiaoshou, Water Ghost, and the surrounding Saint-level conflict. She lost an arm, survived the Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy's self-destruction through the Life-Guarding Badge, and was later deceived and controlled by Water Ghost 1255 1262 1281. Even after recovering her Half-Saint Godhood, Xu Xiaoshou overwhelmed her with temporary Saint Emperor power and forced her into flight 1285 1286.

Death

Rao Yaoyao escaped Void Island through the Star-Moon Songstress's Liberation by Violence, leaving only remnant intent. Xu Xiaoshou pursued her to the Yunlun Mountain Range, completed the second realm of the Heart Sword Technique, and killed her despite Fish Elder's intervention 1303. Her holy death cry confirmed the death of the Rao Clan's Sword Saint and shook the Wurao Emperor Realm 1304.

Notable Quotes

“Let it go, Rao Yaoyao. Let everything go!” 1048