Xiao Jixue

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Xiao Jixue (萧寂雪)
Alias(es)	True Lord Jilin; Eldest Senior Brother 3 6
Species/Race	Dragon, as identified by Tang Yan’s system 3
Gender	Male 3
Affiliation	Ten Thousand Swords Sect, Southern Region 6
Occupation/Role	Sect chief disciple; Fu Shouci’s eldest direct disciple 3 9
Residence	Purple Dawn Peak 9
Cultivation Realm	Late Nascent Soul 29
Ranking	First on the Heavenly Prodigy Rankings 16 29
Status	Alive in the current storyline; dies saving the continent in the original novel’s ending 37 49
First Appearance	Rescues the unconscious Tang Yan in the Outer Divine Seclusion Mountains 3

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Nascent Soul	3	Reached at age twenty-six and adopted the Daoist title True Lord Jilin. Defeated several late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators while fighting above his own level.
Middle Nascent Soul	29	Retrospectively identified by Fei Zhong as Xiao’s cultivation a few months earlier; the breakthrough itself is not shown.
Late Nascent Soul	29 37	Advanced another minor realm within a few months. Fei Zhong confirms that both his cultivation and mental state are stable. Subsequently crafts a twelfth-tier spirit talisman normally associated with peak Nascent Soul cultivators.

Background / History

Cultivation-World Upbringing

Xiao Jixue left his adoptive parents at a young age to study at the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. His master, Fu Shouci, was occupied with governing the sect and did not ordinarily remember to celebrate his birthday. Xiao’s early life revolved around cultivation, supervising junior disciples, and traveling outside the sect for experience 11 42.

He became the sect’s chief disciple and one of the Immortal Spirit Continent’s foremost young cultivators. His standing exceeds that of ordinary direct disciples, and Purple Dawn Peak has the richest spiritual energy of any disciple’s peak outside the senior cultivators’ residences 9.

Modern-World Counterpart

Tang Yan recognizes Xiao’s face, name, physique, and presence as identical to those of his supposed sworn enemy in the modern world. During their school years, Xiao repeatedly interrupted girls confessing to Tang. Although he studied law and finance, he later entered the entertainment industry and became a leading director. Fans enthusiastically paired the two despite Tang’s openly antagonistic behavior 4.

Their hostility was largely one-sided: Xiao remained patient with Tang’s barbs and sometimes displayed tenderness and indulgence. His mother had died giving birth to him, and his father blamed and mistreated him. Tang brought him purchased longevity noodles for his birthday each year until Xiao went abroad to study. Gossip shortly before Tang’s transmigration claimed that Xiao had spent years pining for an unattainable first love, whose identity Tang never learned 4 11 42.

The cultivation-world Xiao initially shows no obvious recognition of this shared history. Tang therefore believes he does not remember their modern lives; the supplied chapters do not establish how the two versions are connected 4.

Appearance

• Build: Tall and elegant; slightly taller and more muscular than Tang Yan 3.
• Apparent age: About twenty-five or twenty-six at his introduction 3.
• Hair: Smooth silver hair, gathered high beneath a jade crown with loose strands behind him 3.
• Eyes: Silver-black, combining cool silver with deep ink tones 3.
• Distinguishing mark: A small cinnabar-red mole beneath his right eye 3.
• Clothing: Introduced in an ink-black brocade robe and frequently depicted wearing black robes 3 6.

Personality

Xiao is ordinarily detached, fastidious, and exceptionally composed. His disciples are astonished when he carries a bloodied stranger: after an admiring female cultivator once touched his hand, he nearly scrubbed the skin off it. He dislikes crowds and generally prefers sword practice or cultivation to public events 3 11 48.

As an elder brother, he is demanding and protective. His juniors fear the beatings he used to discipline them while growing up. Once he learns of their possible future deaths, he imposes daily supervised cultivation rather than allowing them to spend their time chasing gossip 6 27.

Tang Yan brings out a markedly gentler side. Xiao personally nurses him, anticipates his needs, learns to cook for him, and treasures modest gestures of gratitude. He is slow to recognize his attraction: Tang’s touch and appearance make his heart race, but he initially blames Tang’s distracting thoughts or wonders whether he is ill. His jealousy over Tang’s attention to Wei Lianyi is similarly unacknowledged 22 27 28 35 42.

Abilities & Skills

Swordsmanship and Combat

• Uses the Trace Snow Sword, his lifebound weapon, and is described as having no equal within his cultivation realm 3.
• Defeated multiple late-stage Nascent Soul True Lords while below their level 3.
• At late Nascent Soul, simultaneously fights two early-stage deity-transformation opponents without falling behind during the raid on Han Zhongjin’s hidden town 49.
• Uses hand seals to burn Tang Yan’s two pursuers to ashes 3.
• Transports Tang on his flying sword and adjusts their speed so he can enjoy the scenery 6.

Alchemy and Medical Treatment

• Personally refines a supreme-quality sixth-grade healing pill used to save Tang Yan 3.
• Diagnoses Tang’s extracted spiritual root, destroyed Golden Core, and shattered dantian through a pulse examination 3.
• Channels spiritual energy into Tang’s abdominal wound, then prepares daily medicinal brews and pills tailored to his recovery 3 5.
• Supplies his own refined pills to Li Mo and Feng Sheng before their mission to the Feng Family 41.
• Recognizes that stabilizing Tang’s injuries does not restore his ability to cultivate and seeks a suitable cultivation method through his friends 13 42.

Talisman Crafting and Other Cultivation Arts

• Proficient in all four cultivation arts; Tang identifies alchemy and talismans as his strongest specialties 31.
• Wins Talisman Peak’s minor competition by crafting a twelfth-tier spirit talisman, despite being only at late Nascent Soul 37.
• Provides personally drawn spiritual talismans for Li Mo and Feng Sheng’s protection 41.
• Plans to use the Clearlight Stone to craft Tang a defensive hairpin 37.

Spiritual Perception and Sect Administration

• Detects the concealed Fei Zhong following him after a slight disturbance in spiritual energy, impressing the senior cultivator 29.
• Manages Fu Shouci’s Sect Leader Peak effectively enough that, according to Tang’s recollections, Demon Clan spies have found no opening there 36.
• Oversees his junior disciples’ cultivation and urges those with cultivation-world families to warn them about demonic infiltration 27.

Reception of Tang Yan’s Thoughts

• Hears Tang’s inner voice after the system secretly applies its thought-broadcasting ability to Tang 4.
• Uses these revelations to learn about hidden traitors and threats while concealing his knowledge from Tang 36.
• Deliberately discusses infiltration in Tang’s presence to prompt useful recollections 36.
• This is not presented as Xiao’s innate mind-reading technique: cultivators at Golden Core or above can hear Tang under the system’s effect 14.
• Mission-related conversations between Tang and the system reach listeners only as unintelligible buzzing 31.

Practical Skills

• Uses the Dust-Cleansing Art to clean Tang after treating him 3.
• Learns to cook because Tang dislikes Fasting Pills, eventually preparing all three daily meals for him 28.
• Brews Peach Blossom Wine; the batch he shares with Tang was made when he was fifteen 42.
• Plays chess with Huo Zeyu and Si Yu 11 13.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Trace Snow Sword — Silvery-white lifebound sword used for combat and flight 3 6 49.
• Sumeru Ring — Stores pills, enchanted robes, food, and wine 3 42.
• Enchanted robes — Automatically adjust to their wearer; Xiao dresses Tang in his own robes after rescuing him 3.
• Jade Qilin Brush — Used to draw talisman seal patterns during the Talisman Peak competition 31.
• Dragon-carved jade hairpin — Handmade birthday gift from Tang, decorated with a Silver-Ink Crystal; Xiao treasures it 27.
• Clearlight Stone — First-place competition prize and a principal material for defensive Spirit Treasures; intended for Tang’s return-gift hairpin 37.
• Enlightenment Tea — Brews it for Li Mo, Feng Sheng, and Cui Yishu at Purple Dawn Peak 27.
• Peach Blossom Wine — Shares his previously closely guarded brew with Tang and offers him additional flasks 42.

Relationships

• Tang Yan — Rescued guest, then youngest martial brother. Xiao houses him beside his own room, works to restore his cultivation, and develops increasingly strong affection for him. Tang initially interprets their closeness as friendship and a means of preventing Xiao’s villainous future 3 9 14 22 42.
• Fu Shouci — Master and sect leader. Xiao secures Fu’s agreement to accept Tang as a disciple and relays intelligence concerning demonic infiltration 14 36.
• Li Mo — Second junior brother. Xiao supervises his training, trusts his steadiness, and equips him for the Feng Family mission 27 41.
• Feng Sheng — Third junior sister. She recognizes Xiao’s jealousy and tenderness toward Tang as romantic; Xiao helps her respond to the threat against her family 27 35 38 41.
• Cui Yishu — Fourth junior sister and a princess from the Mortal World; included in Xiao’s compulsory daily cultivation sessions 15 27.
• Huo Zeyu — Friend and chess partner. Xiao introduces him to Tang and seeks assistance from his family network in finding a cultivation method 11 13 42.
• Si Yu and Lin Yichen — Friends who agree to seek help for Tang through their families. Xiao warns them against probing Tang’s mysterious protective treasure 12 13.
• Wei Lianyi — Fellow sect disciple. Xiao denies romantic interest in her but becomes jealous when Tang watches her admiringly 35.
• Fei Zhong — Senior martial uncle and Tang’s concealed protector; impressed by Xiao’s rapid, stable advancement and perceptiveness 29.
• Han Zhongjin — Artifact Peak elder whom Xiao instinctively distrusts. Han regards Xiao as a desirable target but considers his vigilance and status major obstacles 44.

System-Tracked Attachment to Tang Yan

The system distinguishes spendable affection points from the importance score used to assess Tang’s mission. Exchanging affection points resets the displayed affection counter; the importance score remains a separate measure 28 31.

Milestone	Recorded Value	Trigger / Significance
Handclasp at the competition	Affection: 50	Tang grabs Xiao’s hand; Xiao squeezes it back 22.
Handmade birthday gift	Affection: 100	Tang presents the dragon-carved hairpin, adding 50 points 27.
Points shop unlocked	Affection counter: 0	Tang exchanges the accumulated points to open the shop 28.
Mission assessment	Importance score: 300	Still below the unspecified completion threshold 31.
Reassurance over Wei Lianyi	Favorability: 128	Both deny romantic interest in her, relieving each other 35.
Promise to restore cultivation	Affection: 158	Xiao reassures Tang that he will find a suitable method 42.
Private exchange at Artifact Peak	Affection: 163	Xiao delights in seeing Tang’s playful behavior at close range 47.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Rescue and Shelter

• Saves Tang before Xu Zhenzhen can take him into her control, killing his pursuers and personally treating his life-threatening injuries 3.
• Becomes the target of Tang’s system mission: win him over and prevent his descent into villainy 3.
• Brings Tang to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, houses him on Purple Dawn Peak, and arranges his acceptance as Fu Shouci’s fifth direct disciple 6 9 14 15.
• Seeks ways to restore Tang’s cultivation while supporting his daily recovery 13 42.

Demonic Infiltration Investigation

• Guards Tang during the investigation of Elder Sun and accompanies him through the Shadow Prison revelations 23.
• Tightens his juniors’ training after hearing predictions of their disastrous futures 27.
• Helps draw out Tang’s knowledge of Ding Liyun, Chai Rong, and Lin Feng; the sect subsequently arrests the suspected agents and their disciples 36 37.
• Responds to the warning about the Immortal Silence Tower and supplies protective pills and talismans for the mission to prevent Feng Chen’s marriage to Lü Rongrong 38 41.

Han Zhongjin’s Exposure and Rescue Raid

• Shields Tang from Han and warns him to avoid the elder before the full extent of Han’s crimes is revealed 44.
• Quietly confirms that Fu Shouci and Bai Wuxia already suspect Han in an Artifact Peak disciple’s disappearance 47.
• Takes the shaken Tang home after the revelations, recognizing that he also needs a flying artifact operable with spirit stones 48.
• Participates in the assault on Han’s concealed town, fights above his realm, and finds the missing disciple Qiu Ling alive among the captives 49.

Original Novel’s Fate

• Tang recalls that Xiao was written to become the main villain, despite possessing extraordinary talent and doing little actual harm 6 37.
• In that original ending, Xiao never opposes the protagonists. He briefly regains his senses and self-destructs to kill the Little Demon Venerable, leaving the Demon Clan leaderless and saving the continent 37.
• The cause of his original descent remains unexplained. Hearing Tang’s thoughts, Xiao guesses that his future may place him against the cultivation world or alongside the Demon Clan, but lacks the full account 37.
• The system states that Tang can avert this fate by successfully winning him over; the sacrifice has not occurred in the current storyline 13 37.

Notable Quotes

“No need. I’ll handle it myself.”
— Refusing assistance with Tang Yan’s treatment 3.

“This is my friend, Tang Yan. He will be staying on Purple Dawn Peak for an extended period. Treat him as you would me.”
— Addressing Purple Dawn Peak’s servant disciples 9.

“Troubled times lie ahead. You must work hard to improve your cultivation, too. Don’t spend all day chasing gossip and watching the fun.”
— Warning his junior disciples 27.

“Come on. Let’s go home.”
— Taking Tang away from Artifact Peak after Han Zhongjin’s crimes are exposed 48.