Gu Xiaobei

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Gu Xiaobei (古小贝)
Alias(es)	The Emperor; Empress; Tyrant of Joy
Species/Race	Primordial Tree Elf; later records also describe her as a Phantom Mist Vampire and the first True Ancestor 178 179
Gender	Female
Age	18, when identified by Tarot Villa 99
Affiliation	Tarot Villa; leader of the Forest Elves 96 371
Occupation/Role	Chef, mixologist, proprietor of the Joyful Restaurant
First Appearance	Chapter 21

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Blue Star Person → Primordial Tree Elf	178	Created the World-class Breath of the Tree Elf cocktail, initially evolving into a Tree Elf. As the first individual in Karim history to do so, she received a further racial ascension to Primordial Tree Elf and the World Item Ice and Fire Kitchen Knife.
Phantom Mist Vampire / first True Ancestor	179	Created the life-upgrading potion Fog City Magic, reportedly evolving into a Phantom Mist Vampire and becoming the first True Ancestor. Later accounts still refer to her as a Tree Elf 1084.
Level +2	216	Gained two levels during the group’s three-hour battle against several thousand monsters.

Background

Gu Xiaobei came from a family that operated a restaurant. After witnessing Lan Qingyou make potions, she began experimenting with food herself; her unnamed talent enabled her to gather large quantities of herbs for ingredients and trade 21 26.

Her first major product was Silverfish Potato Noodles (E-), an improvised version of Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles made with chest-found potato noodles. The dish restored mana, quickly became popular in District 666, and funded her Shelter upgrades 26 31. Lan Qingyou supported her early business by providing kitchenware and connecting her with Li Huai for durable stone bowls 26 31.

She later opened the Joyful Restaurant on the northern side of the Abandoned Forest. The two-story stilt house stands at the foot of the Abandoned Mountains, with an open lower level and a ventilated, well-lit restaurant above 140. The kitchen serves as both her workplace and the location of her Magic Desk; she spends most of her time cooking, handling orders, and researching food and insects 141.

Lan Qingyou recruited Gu Xiaobei into Tarot Villa for her culinary contribution and the Villa’s access to cultivated vegetables. Her Clay Pot Red Black Eel Rice Bowl (D) attracted immediate interest from the group, and her Covered Rice was traded for Mana Crystals 96. Tarot Villa later identified her as The Emperor and revealed her World Will-recognized title, Tyrant of Joy 65 99.

Personality

Gu Xiaobei is practical, energetic, and strongly motivated by cooking. She treats high-quality ingredients as both a business opportunity and a way to care for her companions, regularly preparing meals tailored to their needs and bringing out rare ingredients when Lan Qingyou places an order 127.

She is direct and independent: she refused to accept Lan Qingyou’s kitchenware without compensation, even when it was offered freely 26. Her work ethic also extends to hygiene and professionalism; while cooking, she declined to pet Steel Wool rather than dirty her hands and delay her work 212.

In combat, she can be bold and impulsive, charging skeletons with a giant wooden spatula and rapidly setting enemy-filled wreckage ablaze 215. Conversely, she is uneasy around invisible or supernatural threats and has a pronounced fear of heights, preferring to run beside Lan Qingyou’s flying broom rather than ride it 226 237 238.

Abilities & Skills

Culinary Crafting

Gu Xiaobei produces food with powerful restorative and attribute-enhancing effects.

• Silverfish Potato Noodles (E-) restore mana 26.
• Her Hot and Sour Rice Noodles grant +10 Constitution; for a Warrior, this is equivalent to roughly 100 additional HP for 30 minutes 127.
• Her dishes can be used as trade goods, including Covered Rice exchanged for Mana Crystals 96.
• Over more than a century, she studied ingredient weaknesses and preparation methods, combining Magic Power with cooking to develop Chef-exclusive spells 1082.

Mixology and Racial Evolution

Gu Xiaobei applies cooking knowledge to cocktails and life-upgrading drinks.

• Created Breath of the Tree Elf (World-class), which evolved her race and triggered her Primordial Tree Elf ascension 178.
• The recipe uses Dragon King Blood, Life Sap, and Knowledge Sap 179.
• Produced the life-upgrading potion Fog City Magic, associated with her reported evolution into a Phantom Mist Vampire 179.
• Her early Blueberry Ranch Cocktail (A) could evolve a drinker into the Blood Dragon Race, though its rank dropped from the World-class materials used 178.

Rapid Growth

As a Primordial Tree Elf, Gu Xiaobei awakened Rapid Growth.

• Raises her Agility by 100 points for 30 seconds 179.
• Accelerates the growth of nearby plants 179.
• Helped Lan Qingyou mature planted War Tree Demon branches for a renewable sap supply 217.

Fire Control

Gu Xiaobei can manipulate flames as part of her Chef abilities.

• Ignites large wooden structures and wreckage using a torch and fuel 215.
• Can draw existing flames back into her torch to extinguish an area 218.
• Her fire control lasts one minute and has a ten-minute cooldown 218.

Foraging and Combat Support

Her talent supports gathering, while her combat style combines physical attacks, plants, and efficient monster clearing.

• Gathered herbs in large quantities for food and potion ingredients 21.
• Uses vine seeds to restrain enemies 215.
• Employs a large wooden cooking spatula as a melee weapon 215.
• Uses a monster-pulling strategy to clear Dungeons efficiently 217.
• Physical attacks are ineffective against Ghosts; she was instructed to focus on skeletons instead 215.
• Forest Elf Spirit bonuses are comparatively low, leaving her especially vulnerable to mental attacks 463.

Equipment / Creations

• Ice and Fire Kitchen Knife — World Item awarded for becoming the first Primordial Tree Elf 178.
• Wooden spatula — roughly two meters long; used as an improvised melee weapon 215.
• Torch — used to ignite and reclaim flames during combat 215 218.
• Breath of the Tree Elf — World-class evolution cocktail 178.
• Fog City Magic — life-upgrading potion associated with her True Ancestor evolution 179.

Relationships

• Lan Qingyou / The Tower — close friend, business partner, and early supporter. Lan supplied kitchen equipment, introduced her to Li Huai, recruited her into Tarot Villa, and built a Teleportation Array so Gu Xiaobei would not need to fly 26 96 238.
• Li Huai — supplier and trade partner. Gu Xiaobei commissioned stone bowls from him and offered mana-restoring food in exchange 26.
• Vivian / The High Priestess — friend and frequent playful rival. The two wrestled upon Vivian’s arrival, while Vivian later supported Gu Xiaobei during the mental attack in Beast Emperor Hill 279 463.
• Steel Wool — Lan Qingyou’s Aurora Snowy Owl familiar; Gu Xiaobei won its affection through shredded beef and other food 140.
• Jiang Lan and Riesling — fellow Tree Elves who joined Gu Xiaobei in helping ripen the Fantasy Tree 1108.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• District 666 food trade — established herself as a survival-food seller through mana-restoring noodles and durable food containers 26 31.
• Tarot Villa recruitment — joined the group as its chef and food supplier, gaining access to vegetables and broader trade opportunities 96 99.
• Joyful Restaurant — founded and operated a renowned restaurant in the northern Abandoned Forest 132 140.
• Dungeon expeditions — served as a frontline-support combatant, fire controller, plant-growth specialist, and logistics provider 215 217 218.
• Racial evolution experiments — pioneered the Primordial Tree Elf race through World-class mixology and later pursued further evolution 178 179.
• Long-term culinary development — spent the following century refining magical cooking, ingredient analysis, creature-map entries, and Chef-exclusive spells 1082.

Notable Quotes

“As a Chef, controlling fire is a basic skill.” 218

“I haven't spent these past hundred years merely growing older.” 1082

Trivia

• Gu Xiaobei is afraid of heights and sought a Teleportation Array specifically to avoid aerial travel 238.
• She can be fearless against physical monsters but becomes visibly nervous around ghosts and other intangible threats 226.
• She and Lan Qingyou both jokingly describe themselves as “uncultured” while admiring the High Tower Shelter’s illuminated garden 237.
• Her cooking is so valued that Tarot Villa members immediately associate her return with the prospect of a proper meal 469.