Lu Xiu

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Lu Xiu (陆绣)
Alias(es)	Builder Lu Xiu; Architect Lu Xiu; “Goddess’s Blade” 45 64 112
Gender	Female 50 52
Affiliation	Nine Provinces; cooperates with and is protected by the Coordination Bureau 51 116 187 191
Occupation/Role	Player, Builder/Constructor, Architect, dungeon creator 43 51 64 206
Status	Alive; active as a Level 10 Constructor whose placed dungeons and Architect authority can affect reality 204 206 264 281
First Appearance	Chapter 11, during the fight against Mia in the Resident Evil instance 11

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Visual Mindscape sword training	33	Repeatedly fights a Samurai General for four hours, improving cold-weapon combat and winning with Mikiri Counter and Throat Stab.
Sekiro full clear / SS instance verification	40 42 43	Defeats the major Sekiro boss route, including Sword Saint Isshin Ashina; the instance is verified and rated S → SS.
Sekiro first-clear skills	43	Receives the special skills Audience and Perfect Deflect after verifying Sekiro.
Sekiro reward kit	45 46	Later clears grant Dodge Step, Dragon Flash, a Shinobi Prosthetic tool, the Nameless Blade, and Emma’s White Sheath.
“Goddess’s Blade” title	64	Granted after the Goddess intervenes in Sekiro, strips Lu Xiu’s pricing authority, and imposes a death limit on the instance.
Specific Constructor authority	92	Receives “Specific Constructor” authority during the “Iron and Blood” update notice and learns about the crossover PVP arena.
Sifu SSS clear	140	Clears the bare-handed combat instance with flawless combat performance and obtains Extraordinary · Remnant and Neutralize.
Arena Sequence 2	187 191 192	Her low Sequence causes matchmaking issues, but she still initiates a recapture battle and instantly defeats Sequence 20 Blood Dusk.
Nine consecutive recapture victories	194 195	Instantly defeats nine Prison Rock defenders in succession, providing Nine Provinces with an 8% cumulative attribute increase and reaching first place in individual battle merit.
Dark Souls combat refinement	197 205	Trains rolling and agile weapon use against Artorias to remedy her reliance on parries and blocking, then repeatedly clears the dungeon to improve her overall combat power.
Level 10 Constructor	204	Advances to Level 10 Constructor after verifying the SSS-rank Dark Souls dungeon, gaining Placement, Lord of Cinder, and Sunlight Spear.
Placement function activated	206	Learns to anchor constructed dungeons in reality, where they can automatically evolve and produce ecological changes.
Witch-instance authority	263 264	Completes the Witch instance, gains control over its reality-overwrite area, and acquires authority over her territory and its inhabitants.
Root Skill and Mythical Skill rewards	271 288	Obtains the Root Skill Deconstruction, which can craft high-tier equipment from materials, and the Mythical-ranked skill Power Accumulation; she also creates the divine weapon Judgment.
Monster Hunter Mythic clear	281	Achieves a Mythic clear rating, gaining major Strength, Agility, and Constitution increases, the Cataclysm Hunter Medal, and rare Elder Dragon materials.
Jade Capital frontline demonstration	296 298	Uses Monster Hunter weapons, mobility equipment, and her deterrent presence to rout ordinary monsters and kill Variant Monsters along the Jade Capital Defense Line.

Background / History

Lu Xiu’s early combat breakthrough comes inside the Resident Evil instance, where she faces Mia in repeated violent confrontations. She overcomes fear, kills Mia after a brutal axe fight, survives further attacks, loses her left hand inside the instance, and finally defeats Mia with a handgun 11 12.

After creating Resident Evil, Lu Xiu becomes a target of official and private interest. The Coordination Bureau tries to locate her through her numerical ID, while Lu Xiu focuses on gaining protective abilities quickly 29.

Her second major instance is Sekiro, which she trains for personally inside the Visual Mindscape. She practices against a Samurai General, clears numerous bosses, defeats Sword Saint Isshin Ashina, and verifies the instance as an SS-class action/combat dungeon 33 40 42 43.

Spirit Pivot Construction Group later sends Chen Xiujie and armed guards to force Lu Xiu into signing compulsory contracts. Lu Xiu refuses, confirms she feels threatened, then kills Chen Xiujie, his guards, and Wang Baosheng after the confrontation escalates 49 50. The Coordination Bureau arrives afterward, and Lu Xiu agrees to move to Chen Capital for safety and convenience 51.

Lu Xiu’s combat strength becomes public enough that Wei Yidong challenges her directly. She deflects his Flame God attacks with Sekiro-derived technique, defeats him easily, and later receives the “Goddess’s Blade” title after the Goddess intervenes in her instance pricing 62 64.

Afterward, Lu Xiu develops and tests the mech-combat dungeon Titanfall. She demonstrates unusually advanced Jump Kit mobility in reality, while its rewards become valuable frontline equipment and training resources 67 80 83 88.

During the “Iron and Blood” update period, Lu Xiu receives Specific Constructor authority and becomes a strategic figure for Nine Provinces. The Coordination Bureau debates her protection because of the value of her dungeons and the possibility that Prison Rock might have an equivalent core constructor 92 116.

In the Prison Rock conflict, Lu Xiu enters the battlefield using immersion-style combat, fights Zane and Thunder, and later defeats Lei with the Nameless Blade and heavenly lightning 122 124. Her presence terrifies Prison Rock players and changes how both sides perceive constructors 125.

Lu Xiu later releases Sifu, a bare-handed combat dungeon focused on pure technique. Its verified clear footage shocks players, constructors, and Prison Rock representatives, while its difficulty leaves other builders such as Jin Yi and Sun Yi shaken 138 139 141 143.

In the arena war, Lu Xiu’s low Sequence initially prevents normal matchmaking, but she initiates a recapture battle anyway. Despite the Sequence gap, she instantly defeats Blood Dusk and then wins eight further recapture battles in succession, securing an 8% cumulative regional attribute advantage for Nine Provinces 187 191 192 194. She subsequently stops before a tenth battle after realizing that her victories have already made her the highly visible leader of the battle-merit rankings 195.

Her later work includes the SSS-rank dungeon Dark Souls, whose verification advances her to Level 10 Constructor and grants her major strategic skills 204. During the ensuing group battles, she creates limited bosses and uses the dungeon’s maps, core bonfires, and Lord of Cinder Domain to help Nine Provinces defeat Prison Rock and seize territory 224 243 244 248 252.

After learning that Placement can anchor instances in reality, Lu Xiu begins coordinating dungeon placement with the Coordination Bureau 206. She later completes the Witch instance by reconciling Viola and Ellen, gaining authority over its transformed territory and the dungeon’s monsters and NPCs 263 264.

Lu Xiu subsequently develops the multiplayer dungeon Monster Hunter as a large-scale, ecology-focused instance suited to frontline needs 266 281. Its materials enable her Root Skill Deconstruction to craft powerful armor sets for Nine Provinces, and she personally assists the Jade Capital Defense Line against Variant Monsters 288 290 296 301. She later begins testing another high-intensity zombie-survival dungeon in Construction Space 307 311.

Appearance

Lu Xiu’s appearance is repeatedly treated as deceptive: others describe her as beautiful, porcelain-doll-like, and easy to underestimate until she enters combat 50 52 141 192.

• Red/crimson eyes appear after she obtains the Mortal Blade: Gracious Gift of Tears from Sekiro 44 50.
• Her face leaves a strong impression on other players, with Jiang Qiu remembering it as “extremely deceptive” 141.
• Blood Dusk underestimates her partly because of her appearance and gender before losing instantly 192.
• She often wears casual clothes, including T-shirts and jeans or hoodies, with her hair tied in a high ponytail while fighting 148 192 293 295.
• During the Jade Capital frontline battle, she wears a Jump Kit and a long blue ribbon that visibly unsettles nearby monsters 295 296.
• Lu Xiu finds the powerful Alatreon armor set too revealing to wear publicly, despite its lightness and high-quality effects 287.

Personality

Lu Xiu begins with fear and resistance toward real-feeling violence, but repeated life-or-death instance combat pushes her into a much harder mindset 11 12. By the time she faces external threats, she can remain calm under pressure and respond with lethal efficiency 49 50 51.

She is pragmatic about dungeon creation and monetization, borrowing Survival Points to put Sekiro online and thinking strategically about rewards, pricing, and instance impact 44 64. She also becomes increasingly cautious about public perception after realizing spectators missed her arena fights because they ended too quickly 195.

Her combat attitude is results-driven. In Sekiro, she shows little interest in enemies’ motivations or dialogue, focusing on defeating them as efficiently as possible 42. The system later criticizes her Sifu clear because her flawless fighting still fails to reflect martial virtue or forgiveness 140.

Lu Xiu is also curious and analytical. She studies instance systems, experiments with role-assumption functions, breaks down enemy counts and mechanics, and explains construction principles in detail to Li Shengkai and Sun Yi 47 60 146.

Although initially resistant to living with and relying on others, Lu Xiu gradually becomes more accepting of Jian Li and Shen Nian’s presence in her home 136 156. She also displays empathy outside combat, mediating between Viola and Ellen, accepting Ellen as a friend, and promising to protect Jian Li when they return to Jade Capital 263 291.

She retains considerable independence despite her strategic importance. Lu Xiu avoids political entanglement, rejects a meeting with Coordination Bureau higher-ups, and focuses instead on practical needs such as dungeon placement, equipment, and protecting people around her 254.

Abilities & Skills

Dungeon Construction

Lu Xiu is one of Nine Provinces’ most important Constructors, known for high-difficulty, high-reward instances that become strategically valuable to players and frontline soldiers 43 114 116.

• Creates Resident Evil, the instance that first draws the Coordination Bureau and Spirit Pivot’s attention 29 49.
• Creates Sekiro, an SS-class action/combat/multiple-endings instance with elite enemies, rare powerhouses, valuable skills, prosthetic tools, consumables, and attribute rewards 43 60.
• Creates Titanfall, a mobility and mech-combat dungeon whose Jump Kits and technological rewards materially aid frontline soldiers 67 80 88.
• Creates Outlast, a survival-focused dungeon built around helplessness, darkness, batteries, and restricted combat options 113 114 115.
• Creates Sifu, a bare-handed combat dungeon requiring prediction, parries, timing, and technical mastery 138 140 146.
• Creates Dark Souls, an SSS-rank dungeon that advances her to Level 10 Constructor 204.
• Creates the Witch instance, whose placement transforms an abandoned residential district into a forest-like reality-overwrite area 259 263 264.
• Creates Monster Hunter, a multiplayer, ecology-driven dungeon designed around cooperation, materials, equipment, and hunting 266 277 281.
• Develops limited Dark Souls group-battle bosses, including the Nun and Father in the Painted World and Darkeater Midir beneath Firelink Shrine 224.
• Her dungeons are considered torturous but not impossible, with rewards generous enough to make them strategically indispensable 114 143.
• She later tests a further zombie-survival dungeon with AI teammates, restricted supplies, dense hordes, and Safe Room progression 307 311.

Sword and Cold-Weapon Combat

Lu Xiu’s blade skills come primarily from repeated Sekiro training and clears. She has no prior combat experience before learning through the instance, but reaches a level capable of overwhelming high-end players 33 45 64.

• Uses perfect deflection-style swordplay to shut down Wei Yidong’s Flame God attacks 62.
• Defeats multiple armed intruders from Spirit Pivot in a short time, including several Sequence 3 players 50 52.
• Uses the Nameless Blade and Loathing Halberd against Prison Rock players Zane and Thunder 122.
• Summons heavenly lightning through the Nameless Blade’s trait to counter Lei’s thunder attacks 124.
• Instantly defeats Blood Dusk despite being Sequence 2 against his Sequence 20 191 192.
• Trains against Artorias to become less dependent on parries, practicing rolls and adopting the Painting Guardian Curved Sword for faster, closer-range combat 197.
• Defeats an enhanced Artorias without taking damage, relying on rolls, timing, and ordinary swordplay rather than activated skills 243 244.
• Uses Monster Hunter weapons such as the Long Sword and Charge Blade to kill Variant Monsters on the Jade Capital frontline 296.

Bare-Handed Combat

Lu Xiu’s Sifu clear proves she can defeat superpowered enemies without weapons, relying on timing, prediction, parries, and posture control 138 139 140.

• Gains Extraordinary · Remnant and Neutralize from her SSS-rated Sifu clear 140.
• Uses Neutralize to counter Jiang Qiu’s fast, powerful attacks in a real-world spar 148.
• Defeats Jiang Qiu with Transcendent, Thunder after punishing her for abandoning her speed advantage 148.
• Treats prediction as central to clearing group-combat encounters, not just one-on-one duels 146.

Immersion and Role Assumption

Lu Xiu unlocks a function that lets her assume roles from instances, potentially gaining their combat techniques 47.

• Attempts to assume Sword Saint Isshin Ashina but fails because of low compatibility 47.
• Later activates immersion and role-plays as Sword Saint Isshin during the Prison Rock battlefield fight 122.
• Can be invited by players to assume a boss role in a rematch, such as Kane in the Titanfall instance 112.
• Uses her “Audience” ability to bring Chen Xiujie back into the living room before killing him again 50.
• Uses Audience, Atypical Courage, Extraordinary · Remnant, Effect and Cause Severance, and Dragon Flash in combination to instantly defeat Blood Dusk 192.

Strategic and Mechanical Analysis

Lu Xiu understands both combat design and dungeon structure at a technical level.

• Breaks down Sekiro enemy categories into thirty-six elite monsters and fifteen rare powerhouses, noting which encounters can be skipped or route-locked 60.
• Explains bare-handed combat construction through martial arts styles, logical fight sequences, and individually configured enemy movements 146.
• Demonstrates parry design through the four stages of an attack, timing, and point of contact 146.
• Uses forum reactions and player failures to evaluate whether to reveal rewards, adjust motivation, or avoid public exposure 129 145 195.
• Identifies her overdependence on weapon-based deflection after the Prison Rock conflict and deliberately trains new evasive options in Dark Souls 128 197.
• Chooses Monster Hunter as a multiplayer-dungeon framework because its ecology, friendly NPCs, cooperative premise, and material progression can support frontline needs without the uncontrolled hostility of darker instances 266.
• Recognizes that instance rating and difficulty are directly linked to reward quality, making her reluctant to reduce difficulty merely in response to player complaints 311.

Domain and High-Rank Skills

Lu Xiu gains major strategic skills from her later SSS-rank Dark Souls verification 204.

• Lord of Cinder — creates a domain that enhances allies and revives them upon death 204.
• Sunlight Spear — a powerful ranged attack that ignores most defenses 204.
• Placement — a Constructor function gained when she advances to Level 10 204.
• Within the Lord of Cinder Domain, allies receive First Flame enhancement, defense-ignoring effects, super armor, and on-the-spot revival 248.
• Uses the Lord of Cinder Domain during the group battle against Midir, helping Nine Provinces secure victory in the first-echelon battle 248 252.
• The domain has a ten-day cooldown after use, limiting its availability despite its exceptional strength 252.

Authority and Crafting

After gaining Placement, Lu Xiu’s abilities expand beyond conventional dungeon construction into direct control over placed-instance territory and material production 206 264 288.

• Gains authority over the Witch instance’s reality-overwrite area, allowing her to control its environment, monsters, and NPCs 264.
• Uses her Root Skill Deconstruction to craft equipment from Monster Hunter materials, including Odogaron and Nergigante armor sets 288 290.
• Uses a Root Skill to forge the divine weapon Judgment 271.
• Obtains the Mythical-ranked skill Power Accumulation as a separate major reward 271.
• Her authority-based weapon creation can form and manipulate weapons at range, but higher-tier weapons and greater distance impose extreme mental strain 266 281.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Handgun — used to finally defeat Mia in the Resident Evil instance 12.
• Kusabimaru — katana used during Visual Mindscape training against the Samurai General 33.
• Mortal Blade: Gracious Gift of Tears — Sekiro reward responsible for Lu Xiu’s red eyes 44.
• Shinobi Prosthetic tool — obtained from a later Sekiro clear 45.
• Nameless Blade — reward from the third Sekiro clear; associated with “Undying Obsession” and later used to summon heavenly lightning 46 124.
• Emma’s White Sheath — obtained alongside the Nameless Blade 46.
• Jump Kit — Titanfall mobility equipment that Lu Xiu can use for controlled aerial movement, wall traversal, and high-speed repositioning 80 83.
• Cat Step — white sneakers that grant immunity to movement-based negative statuses and substantially improve mobility and turning 101.
• Loathing Halberd — requested from the Coordination Bureau’s SSS-rank equipment list and later used in the Prison Rock battlefield 92 122.
• Sniper rifle — requested from the Coordination Bureau’s SSS-rank equipment list 92.
• Copper Coin · True — Sifu reward item whose true power interests Lu Xiu 140 145.
• Painting Guardian Curved Sword — lighter Dark Souls weapon used while Lu Xiu trains rolling, agility, and close-quarters movement 197.
• Long Sword and Charge Blade — Monster Hunter weapons used by Lu Xiu against Variant Monsters in reality 296.
• Blue ribbon accessory — an accessory worn behind Lu Xiu’s head that causes ordinary monsters to retreat in fear 295 296.
• Judgment — divine weapon forged after Lu Xiu obtains a Root Skill 271.
• Alatreon Mail and Alatreon Skirt Armor — Mythic-clear Monster Hunter equipment that Lu Xiu considers exceptionally strong but excessively revealing 281 287.
• Odogaron Set and Nergigante Set — high-tier sets crafted by Lu Xiu with Deconstruction from Monster Hunter materials 288 290.
• Lordvessel Bonfire — a bonfire item Lu Xiu brings to Jade Capital for placement near the Monster Hunter offline-instance entrance 291 293.

Relationships

• Mia — Lu Xiu’s in-game character’s wife in Resident Evil; becomes a recurring transformed enemy whom Lu Xiu repeatedly subdues and kills 11 12.
• Yan Fushou — Coordination Bureau official who helps locate, protect, and relocate Lu Xiu; he recognizes her dungeons as strategically valuable 29 51 114 116. He later cooperates with her on Placement testing, equipment needs, and Monster Hunter material production 254 288.
• Jian Li — silver-haired girl connected to the Coordination Bureau; has tense early interactions with Lu Xiu, later becomes involved in her protection and discusses instance experiences with her 51 53 89 115 195. Lu Xiu becomes increasingly comfortable relying on her, rests against her after fighting Artorias, and promises to protect her in Jade Capital 244 291.
• Shen Nian — stays at Lu Xiu’s home under the Coordination Bureau’s arrangement; Lu Xiu enjoys her maid outfit and asks her to call her “Master” 156. Shen Nian openly admires and shows affection for Lu Xiu, while helping her gather information and equipment 254 271.
• Han Xiao — frontline captain who tests Lu Xiu’s dungeons, admires her combat prowess, and recognizes the usefulness of her instance rewards for soldiers 29 52 114 115.
• Li Shengkai — Director of the Dungeon Resource Management Division; visits Lu Xiu to discuss construction methods and gains a clearer sense of the gap between her and other constructors 52 145 146.
• Sun Yi — Coordination Bureau subordinate interested in bare-handed combat instance design; becomes shocked by the rigor of Lu Xiu’s construction process 143 145 146.
• Chen Xiujie — Spirit Pivot Guard Corps member who tries to force Lu Xiu into signing compulsory contracts; Lu Xiu kills him after confirming the threat 49 50.
• Wang Baosheng — Lu Xiu’s childhood acquaintance, brought to her apartment during Chen Xiujie’s coercion attempt; Lu Xiu kills him during the incident 49 50.
• Wei Yidong — challenges Lu Xiu after struggling with Sekiro; she defeats him easily, and the fight motivates him to train harder 62 64.
• Zhao Qingdai — Red Owl Guild president who challenges Lu Xiu in Titanfall to pressure her politically; Lu Xiu defeats her effortlessly 112 113.
• Jiang Qiu — Longsword Guild leader confident in fists and feet; later spars with Lu Xiu, loses, and apologizes for underestimating Sifu 141 148 156.
• Queenie — Prison Rock representative shocked by Lu Xiu’s Sifu footage; reveals information about apostles and higher-ranked worlds 138 139.
• The Goddess — intervenes directly in Lu Xiu’s Sekiro pricing, imposes restrictions, and grants her the title “Goddess’s Blade” 64.
• Viola — Witch-instance character whom Lu Xiu tries to protect after recognizing that Viola’s soul is not in her body; Viola becomes increasingly attached to Lu Xiu 263.
• Ellen — Witch-instance figure whose past Lu Xiu pities; Lu Xiu accepts her as a friend after preventing her conflict with Viola, while Ellen becomes determined to cross into Lu Xiu’s world 263.
• Zhou Zhenyue — Jade Capital Defense Line leader who works with Lu Xiu on Lordvessel Bonfire placement and frontline strategy 293.
• Chu Huai — Jade Capital top player and Patroller who witnesses Lu Xiu defeat Variant Monsters and assists her during the Monster Hunter operation 293 296.
• Leader of the Coordination Bureau — the unnamed senior leader who personally visits Lu Xiu at Astera, thanks her on behalf of Nine Provinces and its frontline soldiers, and signals respect for her independence 301 302.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Resident Evil survival arc — Lu Xiu’s first major combat ordeal, centered on fear, pain, Mia’s repeated attacks, and her awakening fighting spirit 11 12.
• Early Constructor discovery arc — the Coordination Bureau searches for Lu Xiu while recognizing the potential value of her dungeon rewards 29.
• Sekiro mastery arc — Lu Xiu trains, clears, verifies, and releases an SS-class combat instance that reshapes her personal combat ability and public importance 33 40 42 43 45 46.
• Spirit Pivot confrontation arc — Chen Xiujie attempts forced recruitment, leading to Lu Xiu’s first major real-world massacre and her relocation under Coordination Bureau protection 49 50 51.
• Goddess intervention arc — Lu Xiu’s strength and instance pricing draw divine correction, resulting in the “Goddess’s Blade” title and new restrictions 62 64.
• Titanfall development arc — Lu Xiu builds and validates a high-mobility mech-combat instance, demonstrating that its equipment can be used in real frontline conditions 67 80 88.
• Iron and Blood preparation arc — Lu Xiu receives update information, requests high-rank equipment, and becomes a protected strategic asset before cross-world conflict 92 115 116.
• Prison Rock event arc — Lu Xiu fights directly against Prison Rock players, defeating major opponents and deepening Nine Provinces’ confidence in her 122 124 125 129.
• Sifu release arc — Lu Xiu’s bare-handed combat dungeon shocks players and constructors while establishing her as a technical designer beyond weapon-based combat 138 139 140 143 146 148.
• Arena recapture arc — despite being only Sequence 2, Lu Xiu wins nine consecutive recapture battles against Prison Rock defenders, dramatically shifting regional attributes and morale 187 191 192 194 195.
• Dark Souls advancement arc — Lu Xiu verifies an SSS-rank dungeon and reaches Level 10 Constructor, unlocking major support and attack skills 204.
• Dark Souls collective-battle arc — Lu Xiu leads Nine Provinces players through Dark Souls group battles, lights core bonfires, defeats Artorias and Midir, and uses Lord of Cinder to secure territorial victories 224 243 244 248 252.
• Placement and Witch authority arc — Lu Xiu learns to place dungeons in reality, resolves the Witch instance, and gains authority over its transformed territory and inhabitants 206 263 264.
• Monster Hunter and Jade Capital arc — Lu Xiu creates Monster Hunter, crafts material-based equipment, supports Jade Capital’s defense, and becomes publicly recognized as a national strategic asset 281 288 296 301.
• Zombie-survival construction arc — Lu Xiu begins testing a new high-intensity zombie-survival dungeon with AI teammates and limited-resource breakout mechanics 307 311.

Notable Quotes

“But feelings are just that unreasonable.” 89

“Enemies at the level of Samurai General, Seven Spears, Lone Shadows, and Chained Ogre are elite monsters. Counting repeated encounters, there are thirty-six in total.” 60

“But many elite monsters can be skipped and won’t affect clearing the game.” 60

“I said, before I made Sekiro, I had no idea how to fight at all.” 64

Trivia

• Jin Yi develops a “psychological shadow” toward Lu Xiu’s name because her instances repeatedly damage his confidence as a construction master 141.
• Players and officials repeatedly describe Lu Xiu’s dungeons as torturous or “not made for humans,” but the rewards are too valuable to ignore 114 143.
• Lu Xiu briefly considers using “dirty tricks” or “author’s passages” to bypass difficult parts of Sekiro before fully clearing it 33.
• Sifu’s promotional clear footage makes the dungeon look deceptively easy because Lu Xiu fights too smoothly 141.
• After her arena victories end too fast for spectators to see, Lu Xiu stops initiating recapture battles to avoid strengthening her public image as a battle maniac 195.
• After Monster Hunter is placed offline, its NPCs constantly revere Lu Xiu and compare players unfavorably to her, leading players to describe Astera as resembling a personality cult 287.
• Lu Xiu calls the weapon she designs through her authority-based creation ability her “son” 266.