Shi Xiaotian

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Shi Xiaotian (时小天)
Original Name	Shi Xiaoai
Alias(es)	“Young Master” of Wind Descent Valley; male persona used while disguised
Gender	Female
Age	14 at introduction 62 63
Affiliation	Wind Descent Valley; Odd Weapons Academy
Occupation/Role	Disciple of Si Tingxuan; Support and Assault System Soul Master 63 138
Martial Soul	Golden Clock
Innate Soul Power	Level Eight 62 63
Status	Active 341
First Appearance	Chapter 62

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 32 Soul Venerable	62–63	Possessed three Soul Rings—two yellow and one purple—and the time-related Golden Clock Martial Soul. Her third skill, Time Disorder, could accelerate or slow time within an area. 62 63
Four-Ring Soul Ancestor	235, 329	Listed among Si Tingxuan’s disciples as a four-ring Soul Ancestor. 235 329
Seven Soul Rings	340–341	Revealed two yellow, two purple, and three black Soul Rings after consuming an Immortal Item. The chapter calls her a Soul Emperor, while her opponents identify her group as Soul Saints. 340 341

Background

Shi Xiaotian was born Shi Xiaoai and raised in Wind Descent Valley as Shi Xiu’s daughter. For reasons not disclosed, she was dressed and presented as a boy under the name Shi Xiaotian. She trusted her father despite his eccentric conduct, believing that he had never made a wrong decision. 62

After Shi Xiu defeated Si Tingxuan and abruptly left his daughter in Si’s care, Shi Xiaotian introduced herself as a fourteen-year-old Level 32 Soul Venerable with Innate Level Eight Soul Power. Si Tingxuan accepted her as a disciple after learning of her Golden Clock Martial Soul and time-based Soul Skills. 62 63

Si Tingxuan regarded her as potentially his most outstanding disciple due to the threat posed by time-related abilities. He nevertheless criticized her lack of initiative and insufficient use of her sword in battle, ordering daily sprint training to improve the base speed that her Soul Skills could amplify. 63 67

Appearance

Shi Xiaotian initially appears as a young male swordsman, a disguise convincing enough that Si Tingxuan and several others mistake her for a boy. Her appearance resembles Shi Xiu’s, though closer observation reveals her identity. 62 64

• Dresses in male attire and carries an ordinary longsword. 62
• Has delicate skin and slightly pink lips. 62
• Has no Adam’s apple. 62
• Is described as having a heroic bearing after her disguise is recognized. 62
• Manifests the Golden Clock Martial Soul in her hand. 138 340

Personality

Shi Xiaotian is proud of her talent and combat ability, initially carrying herself with a clear sense of superiority. She is also deeply exasperated by Shi Xiu’s habit of making unilateral, bizarre decisions—particularly his decision to leave her with someone he had just fought. 62 64

She is protective of her companions and willing to act against stronger or better-connected opponents. She drew her sword on Xue Kun when he threatened her fellow disciples and intervened without hesitation when Dan Fei’s carriage endangered a child. 69 83

Despite her confidence, she accepts Si Tingxuan’s criticism and training. Her first experience killing people is traumatic: after killing thirteen attackers, she vomits and is visibly shaken alongside her fellow disciples. 67 341

Abilities & Skills

Golden Clock Martial Soul

Shi Xiaotian’s Golden Clock is a time-related Martial Soul. Its Soul Skills allow her to alter the flow of time around herself or within a chosen area. 62 63

• Grants access to time acceleration and time disruption techniques. 63 139
• Enables combat effects that opponents struggle to perceive or react to. 139
• Is considered exceptionally powerful by Si Tingxuan because of its connection to time. 62 63

Time Acceleration

Her second Soul Skill accelerates time on Shi Xiaotian’s body, allowing her to experience two seconds while others experience one. 139

• Used to seize the first-strike advantage against Tang San. 138 139
• Combined with Mystic Ripple Microstep to move faster than Tang San’s body could react, even when he could visually follow her. 139
• Lets her place her sword at an opponent’s neck before their attacks can take effect. 138 139

Time Disorder

Her third Soul Skill alters the speed of time within a designated area, either accelerating or slowing targets under her control. 63

• Disrupts opponents’ timing, movement, and coordination. 63
• Slowed six attackers while accelerating five others, causing them to collide with one another. 340
• Created openings for her follow-up sword strikes against multiple opponents. 340

Mystic Ripple Microstep

Shi Xiaotian learned Mystic Ripple Microstep from Si Tingxuan. Its evasive and pursuit-oriented movement complements her time-acceleration ability. 137 139

• Used alongside Time Acceleration to overwhelm Tang San. 139
• Produces afterimages and rapid positional changes in combat. 139
• Was considered by Shi Xiaotian to make challenging an opponent one Soul Ring higher possible. 139

Swordsmanship

Shi Xiaotian fights with a sword and can project Sword Qi, though Si Tingxuan initially faulted her for failing to properly integrate swordplay with her Soul Skills. 67

• Cut a carriage wheel to save a child from Dan Fei’s speeding carriage. 83
• Defeated Tang San by placing her sword at his neck twice in succession. 138 139
• Used Sword Qi to kill or incapacitate a group of attackers after disrupting them with Time Disorder. 340

Equipment

• Longsword — carried while disguised as a boy and used in her duels, rescues, and later multi-opponent combat. 62 83 138 340

Relationships

• Shi Xiu — Her father. He entrusted her to Si Tingxuan, claiming that her talent exceeded his own; Shi Xiaotian trusts his judgment despite finding his actions absurd. 62
• Si Tingxuan — Her master. He accepted her for her exceptional talent, gave her strict speed training, and intervened when she was threatened by Xue Kun’s group. 63 67 70
• Hua Qingluo, Long Wu, Yun Piaopiao, and Liu Shuangshuang — Fellow disciples and early teammates. Shi Xiaotian fought alongside them and defended them when Xue Kun harassed the group. 63 69
• Tang San — Rival from Notting Academy. Shi Xiaotian defeated him through Time Acceleration and Mystic Ripple Microstep, then granted him a second attempt and defeated him again. 138 139
• Granny Wang — Intervened to block an attack aimed at Shi Xiaotian after she held Xue Kun at swordpoint. 69
• Dan Fei — Antagonist confronted by Shi Xiaotian after his carriage nearly ran over a little girl. 83

Story Role / Major Arcs

Recruitment and Early Training

Shi Xiaotian becomes Si Tingxuan’s disciple after Shi Xiu leaves her in his care. Her Golden Clock Martial Soul immediately establishes her as one of Si Tingxuan’s most gifted students, but her early team battle exposes shortcomings in speed, initiative, and sword integration. 62 63 67

White Cloud City Incident

While traveling with her fellow disciples, Shi Xiaotian saves a child from Dan Fei’s carriage by cutting off its wheel. She then openly dismisses the Dan Family’s influence, relying on her own position in Wind Descent Valley and Si Tingxuan’s protection. 83 84

Notting Academy Duel

Shi Xiaotian faces Tang San after Hua Qingluo’s match with Xiao Wu. She uses Time Acceleration and Mystic Ripple Microstep to outpace him, placing her sword at his neck before he can react. After offering him another chance, she wins the rematch in the same manner. 138 139

Later Display of Power

Years later, Shi Xiaotian reveals seven Soul Rings and uses Time Disorder to dismantle a group of thirteen attacking Soul Masters. Her follow-up Sword Qi kills the attackers, leaving her horrified by the reality of taking human lives for the first time. 340 341

Notable Quotes

“One sword... If I can't beat you within one sword, consider me the loser!” 138

“You lost!” 139

Trivia

• Shi Xiaotian’s original name, Shi Xiaoai, was discovered when Si Tingxuan scanned her information after Shi Xiu left her behind. 62
• Her father’s reference to her as his “little girl” was what first alerted Si Tingxuan that her male identity was a disguise. 62
• The title of Chapter 62 calls her the “Strongest Disciple,” and Si Tingxuan later judges that she may become the most outstanding and powerful among his disciples because of her time-related Soul Skills. 62 63