Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Fang Xiu (方秀) 16 |
| Alias(es) | He Wu, her group-chat name 15 16 |
| Gender | Female 16 |
| Affiliation | Wing Chun White Crane Fist; Huangting Temple; later, the Shang Tang army 129 135 338 |
| Occupation/Role | Head of the Wing Chun White Crane Fist gym and its Coastal City branch; later a colonel and senior military commander 69 129 285 338 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 5 5 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Manifesting Strength | 13 | Reached it in under a week through Fang Hansong’s personal instruction and sparring 13. |
| Qi and Blood Power; Blood Qi Manifestation | 103 | Manifested a crane based on Wing Chun White Crane Fist 103. |
| Marrow Cleansing Realm | 130 | Practiced Human Immortal Martial Dao alongside her National Martial Arts 130. |
| Qi Refining | 135–146 | Entered Huangting Temple to begin Qi Refining; later joined a reunion where most friends had reached the stage 135 146. |
| Foundation Establishment Realm | 187 | Combined its cultivation with Marrow Cleansing in combat 187. |
| Foundation Establishment Peak | 285 | Reached the peak after campaigns, battles, and using resources earned through military merit 285. |
| Gangsha Realm | 304 | Gathered enough Baleful Qi during the Expedition to Osta Civilization to break through 304. |
| Gangsha Realm Peak | 304 | Became the strongest cultivator among her six reunited group-chat friends 304. |
| Half Step Golden Core | 313 | Reached this stage after two years of seclusion following Blue Star’s upheaval 313. |
| Golden Core True Person | 329 | Broke through with the power of a Spirit Fruit, gaining a solid foundation 329. |
| Nascent Soul Realm | 336 | Advanced with opportunities and support from Gu Chen; later served as a senior commander 336 338. |
Background and History
Fang Xiu owns the Wing Chun White Crane Boxing Gym in Fuzhou. After watching Li Hansha defeat Fang Hansong, she comes to understand how far National Martial Arts can exceed ordinary expectations. Fang Hansong subsequently trains her directly and warns her not to pass on the gym’s Internal Force methods, combat techniques, or killing moves indiscriminately 5 6 13 15.
Under the name He Wu, she meets her martial-arts group-chat friends in person. When they discover a scroll pointing to the Wu Ming Ruins, she is the first to propose seizing it. She joins Gu Chen and Liu Qing’er in the auction-house raid, incapacitates guards, and retrieves the scroll. The group later explores the ruins, where Fang Xiu’s attacks prove ineffective against a Centurion-level Blood Qi Puppet 16 18 19 30.
As the gym grows, Fang Xiu opens a Coastal City branch and appoints Gu Chen its Guardian Fist Master. He wins over the skeptical boxers through sparring. She later joins expeditions to the Evil Ancient Temple and the Daotang Cave Heaven, then fights alongside her friends in Immortal Han Ancient City 69 74 77 103 129 130 187.
Years of interstellar campaigns turn Fang Xiu into a colonel experienced in leading war formations. She later rises to the Nascent Soul Realm and commands forces in the Shang Tang army, including a defense of Chaoge Royal City against Red Demon Star Pirates 285 338 374.
Appearance
At her first group-chat meeting, Fang Xiu is a tall young woman with her hair in a ponytail. Her clothing changes with her role 16 338.
- Wears a white tracksuit at the Jiangnan meetup 16.
- Wears fiery red armor as a Nascent Soul commander 338.
Personality
Fang Xiu is direct and decisive: she proposes taking the Fragmented Ancient Scroll, acts quickly during the raid, and continues pressing an attack on Ostan mechs despite her friends’ warnings. She can also recognize when an opponent is beyond the group’s strength. After the first Evil Ancient Temple expedition, she chooses to withdraw and wait for official support before attempting to rescue Ye Zhen 18 19 285 106 107.
She is observant about Gu Chen’s concealed strength. She questions his unusual Blood Qi Manifestation, privately suspects he knew more than he admits about the Great Sui Underground Palace, and later finds his growing status increasingly difficult to reconcile with the friend she knows 118 170 453.
Abilities and Skills
Wing Chun White Crane Fist
- Uses fast, fierce close-quarters techniques, including White Crane Bright Palm and Wing Chun Phoenix-Eye Fist 19 28 30.
- Before reaching Hidden Strength, could not drive Internal Force into the steel-hard skull of a Centurion-level Blood Qi Puppet, despite landing a full-force strike 30.
Blood Qi Manifestation
- Forms a crane manifestation that makes her movements light enough to glide more than ten meters with a tap of her toe 103.
- Fights in close coordination with Liu Qing’er, Wang Xiaoai, and Li Xingming against the Evil Ancient Temple’s monks 118.
Combined Martial and Daoist Cultivation
- Combines Foundation Establishment cultivation with Marrow Cleansing power, producing combat strength that surprises even Gu Chen 187.
- Uses Qi and Blood Power and Spiritual Light together to knock back Eastern Wu soldiers across the area around her 187.
War Formation Command
- Leads a formation of two thousand soldiers, combining their power into blades of Mysterious Light capable of destroying large Ostan mechs 285.
- Can draw on Chaoge Royal City’s Formation nodes to seal a battlefield and strike with a War Halberd formed from her troops’ combined power 374.
- Formation damage can injure its leader and soldiers; concentrated mech fire nearly breaks her formation on Planet 3 286.
Nascent Soul Techniques
- Wields Pure Yang Primordial Spirit Power and Golden Sun attacks. Her strength damages an Octopus Facehugger, though its tentacles can absorb and dismantle Spiritual Energy from her spells 368.
Equipment and Items
- Immortal Han Token — used to take her group to Nan Commandery 185.
- Spirit-Binding Rope — used to capture the Octopus Facehugger after it ambushes her 368.
- Commander’s token — receives assignments and lets her draw on a Chaoge Royal City Formation node 371 374.
- Void Mustard Seed — a military-merit reward containing an Immortal Artifact Embryo, a Spirit Pill, a Heaven-and-Earth Escape Talisman, and other treasures 361.
Relationships
- Fang Hansong — her Wing Chun White Crane Fist teacher, whose direct guidance brings her to Manifesting Strength 13 44.
- Gu Chen — longtime group-chat friend and the Guardian Fist Master she appoints to her Coastal City branch. His support later helps her cultivation, though she remains uncertain how much of his power and identity he conceals 69 77 338 453.
- Liu Qing’er — close friend and frequent expedition and battlefield companion 18 118 285.
- Zhou Haiyan — close friend who serves alongside her in the Osta campaign and later in Shang 285 331 374.
- Ye Zhen — group-chat friend whose recklessness she repeatedly challenges; she supports waiting for a viable chance to rescue him from the Evil Ancient Temple 32 104 107.
- Zhou Yuyan — student whom Fang Xiu instructs in Wing Chun White Crane Fist before they explore the Daotang Cave Heaven together 129 130.