Xu Zhenzhen

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Xu Zhenzhen (许真真)
Alias(es)	“Little princess of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect” 7 10
Gender	Female; her body also houses the male soul of the Demon Saint 23
Affiliation	Raised and taught by the Ten Thousand Swords Sect; secretly connected to Demon Clan remnants 24 25
Occupation/Role	Villainous second female lead; impostor daughter of Peak Master Xu You 2 7
Status	Alive, cultivation sealed, and confined in Pill Peak’s Shadow Prison; retained as bait for Demon Clan spies 20 26 36
First Appearance	Mentioned as Tang Yan’s intended rescuer 2; first appears in person 3

Background / History

Xu Zhenzhen is the biological daughter of Jiang Liu’er, a demonic cultivator who once rescued Xu You and secretly loved him. Jiang Liu’er switched her daughter with Xu You’s newborn biological daughter, Wei Lianyi. She also used a secret art to transfer Wei Lianyi’s bloodline aura onto Xu Zhenzhen, concealing the substitution 7 20.

Jiang Liu’er murdered Xu You’s cultivation partner when she gave birth and later kept Wei Lianyi as a Medicine Puppet, torturing her for more than ten years. Meanwhile, Xu Zhenzhen grew up as Xu You’s cherished daughter and Grand Elder Xu Yi’s doted-on granddaughter. Believing her to be his late wife’s child, Xu You spoiled her and protected her from harm 7 13 20.

Xu Zhenzhen knew that Wei Lianyi was Xu You’s real daughter before he discovered the truth. Fearing the loss of his affection and her privileged position, she pursued Wei Lianyi with the intention of killing her 10.

Appearance

• Beautiful young woman: Described as beautiful when confronting Wei Lianyi in the forest 10.
• Pink clothing: Leads her followers while dressed in pink; Tang Yan later looks for her pink enchanted robes at the sect competition 3 20.
• Tearful expression: Quickly adopts a pitiful appearance when confronted by Xu You, using tears to support her excuses and pleas 10 24.

Personality

Xu Zhenzhen is spoiled, possessive of her status, and intensely hostile toward Wei Lianyi. She considers Wei’s existence an offense because it threatens her place in Xu You’s family. Even after Xu You interrupts her attack, she blames Wei Lianyi for his anger rather than reconsidering her own actions 7 10.

She uses deception and emotional appeals to evade responsibility. In the forest, she presents her attempted murder as an impulsive response to a demonic beast attack. In prison, she apologizes, promises not to trouble Wei Lianyi, and appeals to Xu You and the Pill Peak disciples for sympathy. Her resentment remains beneath the performance, but her former supporters no longer believe her 10 24.

Her imprisonment exposes her desperation and contentious partnership with the Demon Saint. She seeks help from an elderly protector and cooperates in a possession attempt, while she and the Demon Saint trade blame for their confinement 21 24.

Abilities & Skills

Cultivation and Whip Combat

Xu Zhenzhen’s exact cultivation realm is not specified in the supplied chapters.

• Far exceeds the injured Wei Lianyi in cultivation during their forest confrontation 10.
• Uses a bloodied, densely barbed whip to attack her 10.
• Is severely injured when Xu You shatters the whip and strikes her 10.
• Has her cultivation sealed before being imprisoned 20.

Shared Body with the Demon Saint

Xu Zhenzhen’s body contains two distinct souls: her own female soul and the Demon Saint’s male soul 23.

• Jiang Liu’er originally carried male–female twins. After something happened to the male fetus, the Demon Saint’s soul entered the female fetus and coexisted with Xu Zhenzhen’s soul 23.
• Either soul can control the same body at different times 23.
• Xu Zhenzhen remains conscious within her Sea of Consciousness while the Demon Saint acts through their body 24.
• The Demon Saint retreats inward when the sect leaders interrupt the prison incident, allowing Xu Zhenzhen to resume control 24.

Possession Attempt

The Demon Saint performs the Possession Technique; Xu Zhenzhen assists and urges him to complete it. The technique is not demonstrated as her independent ability 24.

• Targets the dazed Divine Incarnation cultivator inside her cell 24.
• Produces smoky black threads from her Sea of Consciousness that only the two resident souls can see 24.
• Causes a faint scarlet glow to appear in the target’s eyes 24.
• Is interrupted before success when Fu Shouci and Xu You enter the cell 24.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Barbed whip — Her weapon during the pursuit of Wei Lianyi; destroyed by Xu You 10.
• Blood-linked jade pendant — Given by Xu You as an emergency means of locating and rescuing her. After discovering the substitution, he uses the same pendant to track his biological daughter 9.
• Pink enchanted robes — Her recognizable clothing at sect gatherings 20.

Relationships

• Jiang Liu’er — Biological mother; arranged the infant substitution and bloodline-aura transfer that secured Xu Zhenzhen’s privileged upbringing. Xu You later uses Xu Zhenzhen to capture her 7 20.
• Xu You — Raised her as his daughter and doted on her for decades. After learning the truth, he seals her cultivation, imprisons her, and rejects her attempts to regain his sympathy 13 20 24.
• Xu Yi — Treated her as his beloved granddaughter. After the deception is exposed, he punishes Xu You for losing his real daughter and cherishing an impostor 7 37.
• Wei Lianyi — The biological daughter whose identity and place she occupied; Xu Zhenzhen attempts to kill her to prevent the truth from reaching Xu You 10.
• Demon Saint — Co-resident soul and accomplice. They cooperate in the prison escape attempt despite openly insulting and blaming each other 23 24.
• Nangong Lin — Romantic interest of both Xu Zhenzhen and the Demon Saint. The system confirms that her own feelings are genuine, not merely the other soul’s influence 23.
• Gu Qingling — Former lover; their relationship ended a year before the prison revelations. He is distressed by the possibility that the Demon Saint controlled her body during their relationship 21 23.
• Qiu Ziyuan — An admirer whom, in the original plot, she orders to commit numerous murders; the Demon Saint also takes an interest in him 21 25.
• Unnamed Divine Incarnation cultivator — Elderly protector whom she becomes involved with while seeking escape from prison; subsequently targeted by the Demon Saint’s Possession Technique 10 21 24.
• Tang Yan — Her intended rescue beneficiary in the original plot. Xiao Jixue’s intervention prevents him from becoming dependent on her in the altered timeline 2 3 25.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Altered Timeline

Event	Chapter	Significance
Misses Tang Yan’s rescue	3	Arrives after Xiao Jixue has taken him away and senses that she has lost a tremendous opportunity.
Pursues Wei Lianyi	3 10	Hunts her for a month through the Divine Seclusion Mountains before cornering her near a cliff.
Loses her concealed identity	7 10 13	Tang Yan’s overheard thoughts expose the substitution; Xu You rescues Wei Lianyi and brings her home.
Is imprisoned	20	Xu You seals her cultivation and confines her in the Shadow Prison.
Becomes the focus of a Demon Clan investigation	21 23	Elder Sun’s intervention to rescue her exposes a possessed infiltrator; Tang Yan reveals her shared body with the Demon Saint.
Fails to escape through possession	24	Sect leaders interrupt the attempt and refuse her subsequent pleas for release.
Is retained as bait	26 36	The leaders strengthen the prison’s formations and set traps to draw out further Demon Clan spies.

Original Plot and Forewarned Crimes

These events belong to Tang Yan’s recollections of the original novel, not to confirmed events in the altered timeline.

• Tang Yan’s exploitation: She originally rescues him and brings him to the sect, where he endures three years of humiliation. His eventual fate includes mutilation, extraction of his Nascent Soul, exploitation of his blood essence, and annihilation of his soul for her benefit 14 25.
• Continued persecution of Wei Lianyi: Her pursuit originally drives Wei to jump from Thoughtless Cliff. Xu You does not completely turn against Xu Zhenzhen until five years later 13 20.
• Attacks around Nangong Lin: After returning to the Demon Clan, the Demon Saint sends assassins against both men and women surrounding Nangong Lin, nearly killing even his contracted male demonic beast 23.
• Betrayal of the sect: Tang Yan’s foreknowledge identifies future mass murder, draining the sect’s Spirit Vein, and an attack that nearly kills Xu You 24.
• Support from infiltrators: Ding Liyun, Chai Rong, and Lin Feng later assist her atrocities and urge her to extract the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s spiritual vein 36.

Notable Quotes

“Never offended me? Hmph! The fact that you're alive, that you exist at all, is an eyesore. That alone is an offense!” 10

“Run the Possession Technique faster.” 24