Wen Rongxue

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Wen Rongxue (温融雪)
Gender	Female
Age	Nineteen when she meets Mo Chen at Cloudrain Market 80
Occupation/Role	Rogue cultivator; seller of illusion-disguised cultivation techniques 79 83 178
Cultivation	Early-stage Foundation Establishment, with an earthly dao foundation 170 172
Status	Alive at her last documented appearance; leaves with Bai Weishuang to gather herbs 178
First Appearance	Chapter 79, “Acquiring an Illusion Technique” 79

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Foundation Establishment — earthly dao foundation	170	Gathers two fires and uses the true essence released by a Silkglow Fin-Tailed Fish shattering its demon core. The breakthrough follows an unsuccessful attempt beside Cotton-Scent Pool 169 170.
Early-stage Foundation Establishment — partial stabilization	172	Confirms that her new realm is only partly stabilized. Demonstrates seal-free invisibility casting and continues treating Mo Chen as a peer despite their cultivation difference.

Background / History

Street Origins and Cloudrain Market

Wen Rongxue comes from humble street origins and supports herself through deception rather than established sect backing. At Cloudrain Market, she uses illusions to sell techniques that appear to contain second-tier spells, earning thousands of spirit stones 83 159 168.

Mo Chen sees through the trick and approaches her privately to buy her illusion technique. She establishes soundproof barriers and initially denies using illusions. When he threatens to expose her business, she briefly considers killing him, but his perceptiveness and confidence make her hesitate. They complete the transaction, with Mo Chen introducing himself under Bai Weishuang’s name 79 80.

Battle Against Liu Song

When Liu Song attacks Cloudrain Market, Wen Rongxue helps Mo Chen turn the battle against him. She privately proposes an illusion-based ambush, binds Liu Song with silk, and produces an apparent second-tier Earth Dragon spell. Mo Chen intercepts a blood-powered dagger aimed at her, losing a sword in the process 82.

After Liu Song’s death, she refuses a share of his possessions and follows Mo Chen away from the market. She admits that remaining would risk exposing her fraudulent spell sales to the surviving cultivators. Their farewell is friendly but teasing: she insists that he call her “big sister” and acknowledges that his ability to see through her illusion impressed her 83.

Reunion in the Half-Limit Secret Realm

Wen Rongxue enters the Half-Limit Secret Realm as a rogue cultivator seeking its abundant spiritual energy. She later encounters Mo Chen while fleeing cultivators who want her refreshing spirit stones. He rescues her, and Candle Shadow kills the pursuers despite a dangerous failure in Mo Chen’s control mark. Mo Chen shares spirit liquid with her afterward, and she agrees to keep watch while he repairs the mark 158 159 178.

She guides him toward Apricot Blossom Shoal, where they intend to collect only one stone apiece. Their plan collapses when Zhen Yulu exposes their hiding place during a battle between Foundation Establishment cultivators. Forced into a prolonged pursuit, Wen Rongxue helps power and steer the Windlike Token, gathers stones as other cultivators scatter, and catches Mo Chen after his sudden attack on Wu Zhengxin 160 162 164 165.

Wu Zhengxin’s greeting also reveals that her companion is Mo Chen, not Bai Weishuang as he originally claimed 165.

Foundation Establishment and Revenge

At Cotton-Scent Pool, Wen Rongxue and Mo Chen survive the emergence of an enormous Silkglow Fin-Tailed Fish and use the energy released by its shattered core to attempt Foundation Establishment. She perseveres after failure and achieves an earthly dao foundation 168 169 170.

Her new power briefly makes their relationship tense: she holds a sword to Mo Chen’s throat while joking that his life now rests in her hands. She then laughs, sheathes the weapon, and promises to repay his kindness. She rejects cultivation-based seniority between them 171 172.

The pair subsequently bargain over an attack on Wu Zhengxin. Wen Rongxue provides concealment and transport, receives his century-old calmheart lotus, seals the wounds after Mo Chen severs his limbs, and kills the attendants whose possessions she claims 172.

Escape and Separation

Wen Rongxue continues protecting Mo Chen and the unconscious Zhen Yulu as they flee toward the realm’s outskirts. She initially fights Jia Jinfeng, then supports allowing him to treat Zhen Yulu once he establishes that she is his fiancée. A later ambush forces another retreat when an opponent activates the Thousand-Aspect Ring Talisman Treasure 173 175 177.

After escaping, she returns Mo Chen’s Golden Light Umbrella and openly acknowledges her life-debt to him. Their remaining mutual suspicion eases 177.

She nearly kills an approaching Bai Weishuang before Mo Chen identifies him as a friend. She diverts the completed spell into a hilltop, apologizes, and joins the two men in traveling south. When their herb-gathering routes diverge, she accompanies Bai southeast to collect orchid vine fruits 178.

Appearance

• Veiled bamboo hat: Wears one at Cloudrain Market, removing it while angrily explaining why she fled 83.
• Long hair: Billows during her Foundation Establishment breakthrough before settling as the surrounding spiritual pressure stabilizes 170.
• Lovely face and expressive eyes: Her gaze becomes noticeably dreamy when she looks at Bai Weishuang 178.
• Breakthrough transformation: Her skin temporarily becomes translucent, exposing her blood vessels. Five-colored radiance makes her meridians resemble tightly woven hemp ropes before her body returns to normal 171.

Personality

Wen Rongxue is shrewd, opportunistic, and protective of her own interests. She carefully weighs the consequences of exposure at Cloudrain Market, abandons Liu Song’s spoils rather than risk discovery, and negotiates her share before helping Mo Chen take revenge. After advancing, she conceals her cultivation to tempt would-be robbers into attacking a seemingly weaker target 79 83 172 175.

Her boldness is matched by practical battlefield judgment. She recognizes when to fight, flee, gather resources, or support another person’s escape. Even during a pursuit, she spots opportunities to collect refreshing spirit stones; when helping Zhen Yulu becomes dangerous, she recommends a cautious handover to Jia Jinfeng rather than an unnecessary battle 165 175.

She is outspoken, irreverent, and comfortable trading insults with Mo Chen. Her street upbringing shows in her frequent curses, while her insistence on being called “big sister” becomes a recurring part of their banter 80 83 168.

Despite her dishonesty in business, she takes personal debts seriously. She helps keep Zhen Yulu alive even after being exploited by her, promises to repay Mo Chen’s aid, and returns his valuable umbrella without trying to keep it. Her determination in cultivation is equally strong: she immediately resumes attempting Foundation Establishment after failure 163 169 172 173 177.

Abilities & Skills

Nameless Illusion

Wen Rongxue uses the Nameless Illusion to disguise spells and misrepresent their power 79 82 83.

• Makes techniques sold at Cloudrain Market appear to contain second-tier spells when they do not 83.
• Coordinates an illusion-based ambush against Liu Song after his cultivation falls back to Qi Refining perfection 82.
• Creates an enormous water pillar during the Apricot Blossom Shoal pursuit 164.
• Limit: While she is still at Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment pursuers see through and break that water-pillar illusion almost immediately 164.

Hairpin and Bracelet Gold

Her hairpin and bracelet gold Five-Note Resonance effect attacks the mind and spirit through treasured radiance and metallic sound 176.

• Produces small golden swords that strike one another rather than directly attacking the enemy.
• The resulting ringing causes both the yellow-robed cultivator and a concealed black-robed cultivator to clutch their heads in pain 176.

Silk Restraint and Weapon Control

She uses a length of spirit silk to bind enemies and intercept weapons 82 175 176.

• Binds Liu Song’s arms during the Cloudrain Market battle 82.
• Entangles incoming short blades with the silk’s yielding strength 176.
• Wrests a flying sword from Jia Jinfeng’s control and briefly uses it to cut apart his black vines 175.

Concealment and Divine Sense

Her concealment combines hiding her appearance with suppressing her detectable aura 172.

• After Foundation Establishment, casts invisibility on Mo Chen without making hand seals 172.
• Scans more than two hundred zhang around the group with divine sense 173.
• Suppresses her aura to appear at the eighth layer of Qi Refining; this is a disguise, not a cultivation regression 175.
• Establishes concealment and soundproofing around a resting place 177.
• Limit: Some hidden attackers remain undetectable even to her Foundation Establishment senses 175 176.

Movement and Utility Spells

• Wood Escape: Passes through a water barrier after other escape methods fail 163.
• Earth Escape: Shelters underground during the fish demon’s core-shattering event 169.
• Wind-Riding Technique: Carries Mo Chen while approaching Wu Zhengxin under concealment 172.
• Wind-Calming Technique: Reduces the fish demon’s gale by roughly thirty percent within two zhang of the group while she is still at Qi Refining 168.
• Object-Manipulation Technique: Retrieves refreshing spirit stones from shallow streams during pursuit 165.
• Healing Technique: Learns it on the spot to close Wu Zhengxin’s severed limb wounds 172.
• Emergency treatment: Feeds spiritual power into the unconscious Zhen Yulu to stabilize her 163.

Foundation Establishment Combat

Her breakthrough gives her the power to confront opponents who had previously overwhelmed her 172 175.

• Raises a spiritual-power barrier around the Windlike Token to intercept an ambush 175.
• Unleashes an earth-based killing spell through a cloud of mist; when diverted, it destroys a hilltop 178.
• Draws greater defensive power from the Golden Light Umbrella than Mo Chen can 176.
• Limit: Her attacks cannot penetrate the copper-ring defenses of the Thousand-Aspect Ring Talisman Treasure, forcing retreat 177.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Spirit silk: Described as pale mauve or pale pink at Cloudrain Market and white in later combat; used for restraint and interception 82 83 176.
• Veiled bamboo hat: Worn during her market dealings and departure 83.
• Flying swords: Uses a low-grade sword to retaliate against Zhen Yulu and a longsword during her threatening joke with Mo Chen 163 171.
• Round Orb: Releases the mist used in her encounter with Bai Weishuang 178.
• Emergency talismans: Purchases three or four hundred before entering the secret realm 175.
• Golden Light Umbrella — borrowed: A supreme-grade defensive Spirit Artifact belonging to Mo Chen; she strengthens its barrier in battle and later returns it 176 177.
• Century-old calmheart lotus: Receives it as part of her bargain for assisting against Wu Zhengxin 172.
• Refreshing spirit stones: Both the cause of her initial pursuit and resources she gathers while escaping across Apricot Blossom Shoal 159 165.
• Orchid vine fruits — gathering objective: Seeks twelve to make Meridian-Clearing Throat-Soothing Powder 178.

Relationships

• Mo Chen — Business adversary turned trusted survival companion. Their bond develops through reciprocal rescues, shared battles, and her explicit acknowledgment of a life-debt. She continues treating him as an equal after surpassing his cultivation 79 82 159 172 177.
• Bai Weishuang — Initially known to her only through the name Mo Chen borrowed. After a near-fatal misunderstanding, she appears attracted to him and accompanies him on a herb-gathering trip; he does not notice her interest 79 165 178.
• Zhen Yulu — Reluctant ally. Wen resents her exploitation and disputes her claims to loot, but stabilizes her injuries and helps carry her to safety 162 163 165 173.
• Jia Jinfeng — Initially an attacker, later a temporary ally after identifying himself as Zhen Yulu’s fiancé. Wen fights alongside him against subsequent ambushers 175 176 177.
• Candle Shadow — Mo Chen’s powerful spirit beast. Its independent actions initially frighten her, but it repeatedly protects the group during their escape 159 163.
• Liu Song — Enemy at Cloudrain Market; she helps restrain and deceive him during the battle that ends in his death 82 83.
• Wu Zhengxin — Target of her joint operation with Mo Chen. She assists his capture in exchange for the lotus and his attendants’ belongings 172.

Notable Quotes

“I'm only nineteen. Do I look that old? Call me big sister.” 80

“I owe my success today to you as well. Rest assured, for a kindness of a single drop, I will repay you with a gushing spring!” 172

“We can continue addressing each other as peers. There's no need to observe seniority based on cultivation or indulge in all that tedious ceremony.” 172