Mu Yunshui

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Mu Yunshui (穆云水)
Titles / Forms of Address	Immortal Maiden Mu; Fairy Mu; Senior Martial Sister 81 150 539
Gender	Female
Age	Had cultivated for more than a hundred years by the time her cultivation secret was revealed 88
Affiliation	Immortal Sect in the Earth Cultivation World; later the Immortal Palace in the Great Immortal Cultivation World 150 464
Occupation / Role	Senior Martial Sister of the Immortal Sect; later an Immortal Palace prodigy and inheritor of the Immortal Empress's Heart 150 495 515
Residence	Peach Blossom Spring Mystic Realm in the later story 678 709 726
Partner	Chen Fan 676 709 726
Child	Chen Yi, her son with Chen Fan 676 709
Status	Alive in her latest documented appearance 726

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Original Golden Core Realm	88	Retrospectively revealed to have reached Golden Core before suppressing and sealing her cultivation.
Sealed cultivation and renewed cultivation	88	Restarted cultivation from the beginning through a special reverse-cultivation technique, gradually unsealing her original realm. Her apparent Foundation Establishment cultivation did not represent her original attainment.
Nascent Soul Early Stage	464	Confirmed after entering the Immortal Palace; Chen Fan is surprised by the speed of her advancement.
Immortal Empress's Heart acquired and refined	495 515 536	Obtains the Heart and enters seclusion to refine it. Its fusion greatly strengthens her.
Further advancement under the Thunder Enlightenment God Tree	539	Progresses naturally during several months of enlightenment. The Heart leaves her with virtually no bottlenecks before Soul Division; her exact resulting realm is not stated.
Spirit Refining Stage	607	Explicitly confirmed as having reached this realm; no substage is specified.
Supreme Restriction inheritance	612 719	Chen Fan places all ten Supreme Tokens in her hands. A later passage confirms that she inherited the Supreme Restriction alongside the Immortal Empress's Heart.
Approaching initial Spirit Division Realm	719	Continues advancing in the spiritually rich Peach Blossom Spring Mystic Realm with both inheritances. This is described as an approaching realm, not a completed breakthrough.

Background / History

Immortal Sect and Qin Xian'er

Mu Yunshui grew up with Qin Xian'er and regarded her junior sister as a blood sister. When Qin Xian'er declared that she genuinely wanted the Immortal Sect destroyed, Mu Yunshui was pained and asked what had happened; Qin Xian'er directed her to the Sect Leader 21.

Both women had cultivated for more than a century and originally reached Golden Core. Their youthful appearances and apparent lower cultivation concealed a special technique that sealed their original realms and restarted cultivation 88.

The Ancient Sword Dispute

Mu Yunshui first met Chen Fan in Demon King Valley while carrying out orders to retrieve an imitation ancient sword. Qin Xian'er interfered, Chen Fan took the imitation, and Mu Yunshui began pursuing him 244 343.

At Heavy Sword Peak, she accompanied Elder Han when the elder injured Chen Fan. Mu Yunshui pressured him to return the sword, invoking the danger to those around him, but also stopped Elder Han from attacking again. Her intervention was motivated by Qin Xian'er: she believed Chen Fan was her junior sister's disciple 37 38 343.

Ten Thousand Swords Villa

Mu Yunshui visited Ten Thousand Swords Villa seeking red jade for sword forging. She cautioned her Bai Family escort that the two female cultivators accompanying the disguised Chen Fan were at Foundation Establishment Middle Stage 81.

When Chen Fan broke the villa's formation, she intervened on behalf of Bai Yulong and the others. Chen Fan initially spared them to repay the favor he owed her, but killed Bai Yulong after a renewed threat. Mu Yunshui rescued Bai Yutu and did not publicly identify Chen Fan as the killer 86 87.

Bitter Sea Cliff Secret Realm

At the secret realm entrance, Mu Yunshui waited for Qin Xian'er and exchanged hostile words with Chen Fan. Spectators described her as capable of fighting Xiao Munan, although she had never joined the Heavenly Soldier Ranking 150.

After the expedition, she seized Chen Jingjing to restrain Chen Fan, knocking Shen Wushuang aside with cloudlike radiance. Although she had not anticipated Zeng Rong's harsher threats, she remained silent because she wanted to learn the source of Chen Fan's sudden growth. Chen Fan later pursued her with killing intent 192 193.

Western Expedition and the Bronze Coffin

Three years after Chen Fan's presumed death, Mu Yunshui traveled west with Immortal Sect cultivators to rescue distressed disciples. She sensed something familiar about the disguised Chen Fan but did not confirm his identity until their later confinement underground 229 235 244.

During the Bronze Hall expedition, she stayed behind while Elder Li pursued a possible Spirit Treasure, relying on a Substitute Puppet for protection. She also attempted to obtain an item she believed concerned the Immortal Sect's survival, but Old Yellow Tooth blocked her 236 241.

Destructive black beams severely injured her and destroyed her clothing, Storage Ring, and Substitute Puppet. She sealed herself inside the Bronze Coffin; Chen Fan opened it and withdrew without exploiting her vulnerability. She then offered information about the Wuya Sword, accepted a Shu Mountain robe from him, and healed while they remained trapped 244 245 246.

After escaping, they fought together against Heavenly Sand Ancient City's cultivators. A larger siege left Mu Yunshui badly injured and despairing, but Chen Fan saved her and protected her within his sword formation. These rescues changed her attitude toward him; she subsequently warned him about the Immortal Sect's hidden strength and the Golden Core experts hunting him 253 254 255 258 260 288.

Protecting Qin Xian'er and Seeking Reconciliation

During the confrontation with Lin Yunhai, Mu Yunshui shielded Qin Xian'er and was injured by Sword Qi. Chen Fan treated her with Pure Wood Essence, allowing her to recover 338 339.

She returned to the Immortal Sect and concealed the truth about the Ten Thousand Swords Sect's destruction. She challenged Elder Han's attempt to blame her for sparing Chen Fan, praised his aptitude, and urged the elders not to provoke him. Her stated aim was to prevent a war and protect Qin Xian'er and the others 343 344.

Mu Yunshui later approached Chen Fan in the Heavenly Court to convey the Grand Elder's invitation to retrieve the ancient sword. She hoped the visit would avert battle 349.

Immortal Palace and the Ancient Immortal Road

After entering the Immortal Palace, Mu Yunshui reached Nascent Soul Early Stage. At their public reunion, she denied knowing Chen Fan and stopped a fellow disciple from attacking him. Meeting him privately afterward, she warned him against entering the Palace and revealed that Qin Xian'er had been sent back to the Qin Clan and was likely confined 464 466.

At the Heavenly Prodigy Battlefield, she sacrificed her own qualification by pushing Chen Fan back to the platform's center during his forced breakthrough. The Palace did not punish her severely, and she subsequently entered seclusion to refine the Immortal Empress's Heart 500 515.

On the Ancient Immortal Road, Mu Yunshui revealed that a Qin Clan member had engraved a killing formation into Qin Xian'er's body. She later fought beside Chen Fan on Thunder Mountain, gained an enlightenment cushion with his protection, and stood ready to defend him against the War Clan siblings. Before leaving, she warned him about Jian Tianmo and Holy Son Cai Teng 522 536 537 539 541.

Supreme Tokens and Her Bond with Chen Fan

Inside the ancient tomb, Mu Yunshui offered Chen Fan her Supreme Token and agreed to help obtain the jade disc needed to save Qin Xian'er. Facing Soul Division experts, she repeatedly urged him to preserve his own life, but refused to abandon him when he chose to stay 604 605 607 610.

Her determination made Chen Fan recognize that she harbored feelings for him. When powerful captives urged her to betray him, she instead demanded their tokens. Chen Fan ultimately placed all ten Supreme Tokens in her hands 610 612.

Forced Marriage and Pregnancy

The Immortal Palace arranged Mu Yunshui's marriage to Zhao Wuji of Shu Mountain to produce an Innate Supreme Body. Her cultivation was sealed, but she secretly recovered her power and eventually escaped confinement to join Chen Fan and Qin Xian'er 650 655.

Mu Yunshui later revealed that she was pregnant with Chen Fan's child, an Innate Supreme Dao Embryo. She had sealed the child within her Dantian for two years to protect it from the Immortal Palace. Qin Xian'er expressed her wish for all three of them to be together 676.

The group returned to Peach Blossom Spring Mystic Realm, where Mu Yunshui became Chen Yi's mother. The Immortal Palace Master later demanded that Chen Fan surrender both her and the child, threatening the realm when he refused 678 709 710.

Motherhood and Chen Yi's Departure

Mu Yunshui worried deeply about Chen Yi's safety. When the danger posed by his conflicting cultivation arts made further training necessary, she tearfully accepted his departure with the Fat Daoist and asked him to promise that he would survive 724.

Chen Fan postponed his own plans and spent a year living quietly with Mu Yunshui and Qin Xian'er. That companionship helped her recover her spirits after their son's departure 726.

Appearance

Mu Yunshui is repeatedly described as an otherworldly beauty, with a delicate face, jade-white skin, and an icy expression that evokes an immortal maiden 150 229 464.

• Clothing: Usually wears immaculate white robes or flowing white gauze 37 150 229.
• Hair and brows: Black hair and delicate, moth-like eyebrows 150 251.
• Unveiled face: Appears without a veil in both Demon King Valley and the Heavenly Court, unlike Qin Xian'er 150.
• Temporary attire: Wears Chen Fan's male Shu Mountain robe after losing her belongings underground; it lends her a more martial appearance 245.
• Preserved youth: Her appearance remains unchanged at their later reunion; the passage suggests she had taken the Youth-Preserving Pill Qin Xian'er gave her 466.

Personality

Mu Yunshui initially presents herself as aloof, disciplined, and devoted to the Immortal Sect's interests. That loyalty can become coercive: she pressures Chen Fan over the sword and later takes Chen Jingjing hostage to restrain him. Her desire for the opportunity behind his cultivation growth also leads her to tolerate threats she had not originally intended 37 192.

Her underlying kindness repeatedly conflicts with her institutional loyalties. She continues helping Qin Xian'er after her defection, feels unable to attack Chen Fan after he saves her twice, and cannot bear to see Shen Wushuang die needlessly. Later, she risks her standing and safety to help Chen Fan and tries to prevent conflict between him and her sect 276 325 343 500.

As a mother, she is openly affectionate and fearful for Chen Yi. Despite that fear, she accepts his necessary departure for training and encourages him to survive by recalling his father's perseverance 724.

Abilities & Skills

Reverse Cultivation

Her unnamed special technique allows her to seal an attained realm and restart cultivation 88.

• Gradually releases the sealed realm rather than exposing her original Golden Core strength at once.
• Can compensate for certain flaws in the Great Dao.
• Requires substantial time; Bald Bird describes it as impractical in the dangerous Great Immortal Cultivation World 88.

Immortal Empress's Heart

Mu Yunshui acquires and refines the Immortal Empress's Heart, greatly accelerating her growth 495 515 536.

• Leaves her with virtually no cultivation bottlenecks before Soul Division.
• Allows advancement through natural enlightenment.
• Offers the potential to become an Immortal Empress, though the Heavenly Dao's restrictions remain an obstacle 539.

Swordsmanship and Radiance Techniques

Mu Yunshui fights with a sword and manifests cloudlike or multicolored radiance 192 254 536.

• Repels Shen Wushuang with radiance released from her sleeve 192.
• Disables a Foundation Establishment cultivator by piercing all four limbs while keeping him alive for interrogation 254.
• Unleashes five-colored sword radiance while fighting beside Chen Fan on Thunder Mountain 536.
• Condenses True Essence light to block flying debris 169.

Aerial Movement and Divine Sense

She moves through the air with precise, graceful footwork and can ride cloud glow 193 241.

• Evades Thunder Mountain's Divine Soul-damaging lightning by moving with its currents 536.
• Attempts to communicate with Elder Li through Divine Sense, but cannot reach him after he travels too far away 236.

Formation Knowledge

Mu Yunshui recognizes the principles behind Chen Fan's gathering and use of spiritual energy 172 173.

• Explains why the spiritual energy concentrated in his Eight Trigrams Sword Formation can rival lightning in destructive power 172.
• Recognizes unusual applications of that formation 173.
• Cannot decipher the mysteries of the talisman formation he prepares during the sea siege 256.

Supreme Restriction Inheritance

Mu Yunshui is later confirmed to have inherited the Supreme Restriction 719.

• Receives all ten Supreme Tokens from Chen Fan 612.
• Advances with both this inheritance and the Immortal Empress's Heart 719.
• The supplied passages do not describe a specific combat application.

Dantian Sealing

Mu Yunshui seals her unborn child within her Dantian for two years to conceal and protect it from the Immortal Palace 676.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Sword — Used in combat and to capture an enemy alive for questioning; no weapon name is given 254 536.
• Long silk strip — Wraps around Chen Jingjing's arms when Mu Yunshui takes her hostage 192.
• Substitute Puppet — A life-preserving safeguard carried during the western expedition; destroyed by the underground black beams 236 244.
• Storage Ring — Destroyed by the same beams, along with the spare clothing inside 244.
• Shu Mountain robe — Provided by Chen Fan after the destruction of her clothing 245.
• Supreme Token and dark-red Jade Slip — Obtained in the ancient tomb; the slip lets her track the positions and movement of other Supreme Tokens 604 605.

Relationships

• Chen Fan — Begins as an opponent in the ancient sword dispute, becomes an ally after he repeatedly saves her, and later becomes her partner and Chen Yi's father 37 244 255 610 676 709.
• Qin Xian'er — Junior martial sister whom she grew up with and regards as family. Mu Yunshui repeatedly protects her, including shielding her from Lin Yunhai; Qin Xian'er later welcomes a shared relationship with Chen Fan 21 276 338 342 676.
• Chen Yi — Her son with Chen Fan, born with an Innate Supreme Dao Embryo. She tells him stories of his father's battles and reluctantly allows him to leave for necessary training 676 709 724.
• Old Yellow Tooth / Bai Jing — A senior she treats respectfully. He recounts that she once rescued him in the Heavenly Court and later helps her and Chen Fan, although he also obstructs her during the Bronze Hall treasure dispute 229 241 364 609.
• Elder Han — Immortal Sect elder whose attack on Chen Fan she stops. Elder Han later blames her intervention for the sect's troubles, prompting Mu Yunshui to challenge her account 37 343.
• Immortal Sect Grand Elder — Consults her about Chen Fan and entrusts her with conveying the proposed sword exchange; she conceals information to protect Qin Xian'er and prevent war 343 344 349.
• Zhao Wuji — Intended partner in an unwanted marriage arranged by Shu Mountain and the Immortal Palace. Mu Yunshui resists the arrangement and escapes confinement 650 655.
• Immortal Palace Master — Seeks to reclaim her and her child, eventually threatening Peach Blossom Spring Mystic Realm when Chen Fan refuses to surrender them 706 710.

Notable Quotes

“This person once showed me kindness. I am merely repaying that kindness.” 539

“Chen Fan, this time, I will not leave either.” 610

“No, Yi'er, you must go. Promise Mother that you will survive. Do you remember the stories Mother told you about your father's deeds back then?” 724