Xue Xing

Biodata

Background / History

Xue Xing operated as a powerful figure within Heaven Dou City and regarded Crown Prince Xue Qinghe's unusually flawless conduct with suspicion. He enlisted Dugu Bo to monitor the Crown Prince's Residence and placed spies around it, but Su Chen coerced Dugu Bo into withdrawing the surveillance and feeding Xue Xing false assurances. 25 29

His influence over Heaven Dou Royal Academy was damaged after Su Chen defeated its elite students and exposed Yu Tianheng's cultivation flaws. Emperor Xue Ye rebuked Xue Xing for the academy's humiliation and stripped him of authority over its affairs. 35

Personality

Xue Xing was calculating, politically experienced, and willing to use assassins, poisoned medicine, and public unrest to preserve his position. He attempted to turn commoners' desire for rapid cultivation into a weapon against the Crown Prince's Residence through the sale of Strengthening Pills. 41 49

Despite his arrogance, he became visibly terrified after Su Chen annihilated his death warriors and killed Withered Bone. Under pressure from a mysterious rescuer, he recovered his composure and adopted a court narrative designed to deny responsibility for the attack. 41 42

Story Role / Major Arcs

Attack on the Crown Prince's Residence

• Xue Xing secretly brought rebels and death warriors into Heaven Dou City to assassinate Su Chen and Xue Qinghe. 37
• His force comprised 3,000 death warriors, three Soul Saints, and ten Soul Emperors; it exploited a gap in the city defense army's patrols. 39
• After the assault failed, he arrived with City Defense Army troops while pretending to rescue the Crown Prince. He then summoned the eighty-ninth-level Evil Soul Douluo Withered Bone and ordered him to kill everyone in the residence. 41
• Su Chen killed Withered Bone, while an unknown force extracted Xue Xing through a spatial rift before Xue Qinghe could punish him. 41

Court Defense

• A mysterious figure instructed Xue Xing to claim that he had mobilized troops to rescue Xue Qinghe from bandits, arguing that Emperor Xue Ye would preserve the Prince's Residence to balance the Crown Prince's growing power. 42
• At court, Xue Xing denied commanding the death warriors and Evil Soul Master. Xue Ye accepted the bandit explanation, docking Xue Xing's salary for half a year and ordering three days of confinement instead of treating the matter as treason. 43

Strengthening Pill Scheme and Death

• Mo Feng compelled Xue Xing to distribute Strengthening Pills through Royal Pharmacies under the royal family's name. The pills were intended to poison buyers, provoke unrest, and frame Su Chen if he intervened. 49
• The Crown Prince's Residence distributed an antidote, sealed Royal Pharmacies, and seized account books bearing the Prince's Residence's private seal. 52 53
• Xue Qinghe publicly impeached Xue Xing for selling poisonous pills and causing civilian deaths. Emperor Xue Ye ordered his arrest after the evidence was presented. 54
• During the court crisis, Mo Feng emerged from Xue Xing's abdomen and exposed the Holy Church's plot. Xue Xing was subsequently reported dead, with his abdomen cut open. 54 55

Relationships

• Xue Ye — Elder brother and Emperor of Heaven Dou. Xue Ye initially preserved Xue Xing as a political counterweight to the Crown Prince, but later ordered his arrest over the poison-pill scandal. 35 43 54
• Xue Qinghe — Nephew and principal political rival. Xue Xing repeatedly sought to undermine, assassinate, or frame the Crown Prince. 37 41 43
• Su Chen — Primary adversary. Su Chen dismantled Xue Xing's spy network, destroyed his assassination force, and helped expose his pharmacy scheme. 25 41 53
• Dugu Bo — Former associate tasked with spying on the Crown Prince's Residence; Dugu Bo abandoned Xue Xing after becoming indebted to Su Chen. 25 29
• Mo Feng — Holy Church operative who coerced Xue Xing into distributing Strengthening Pills, treating him as a disposable chess piece. 49 53
• Mysterious figure — Unidentified rescuer who pulled Xue Xing from the Crown Prince's Residence and directed his subsequent political defense. 42

Notable Quotes

“History is written by the victors! The dead don't need to follow rules!” 41

“As long as the dead cannot testify, as long as this prince insists that I went there to rescue the Crown Prince.” 42