Mu Xuehuang

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Mu Xuehuang (慕雪凰)
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Great Li Dynasty; Heaven-Reliant Sword imperial guard 3 4
Occupation/Role	Reigning empress; first female emperor in Great Li’s history 3
Family Background	Daughter of an emperor and a concubine; initially raised outside the palace 3
Residence	Palace of Lasting Sorrow, within the Great Li royal palace 2
Status	Alive and reigning; her dynasty’s destruction is a simulated future, not an accomplished event 3 43
First Appearance	Chapter 2

Background / History

Childhood and Succession Struggle

Mu Xuehuang initially knew neither her parents’ identities nor her royal background. After being told that her father was the reigning emperor, she was brought into the palace, where her imperial brothers mocked her lowly upbringing and her younger sister repeatedly framed her. Despite holding the title of princess, she endured imprisonment, punishment, confinement, and abuse even from palace maids 3.

At the brink of despair, she gained access to simulation, allowing her to anticipate dangers and overcome her persecutors. Following the former ruler’s death, she prevailed in a bloody succession struggle and became Great Li’s first female emperor. Her secret Heaven-Reliant Sword guard helped turn the battle in her favor 3 4.

Early Reign

Mu Xuehuang answered doubts about a woman ruling through concrete achievements. She reduced taxes, built dams and a great wall, promoted capable officials, punished corrupt ministers, and developed a loyal circle of supporters. Still inexperienced in some aspects of rulership, she studied the former emperor’s methods while discarding practices she considered unsuitable 3.

The hostile Mara Dynasty remained a major concern. Having advanced to an intermediate dynasty, Mara possessed greater resources and frequently defeated Great Li. Mu Xuehuang nevertheless rejected its envoy’s proposal to marry a Great Li princess to Mara’s heir, refusing to turn her people into sacrifices for diplomatic peace 3.

Appearance

Mu Xuehuang is described as extraordinarily beautiful, with mountain-like brows, an elegant jade-like bearing, and an imposing imperial presence 2.

• Eyes: Described as phoenix eyes 3.
• Hair: Long; shown streaming in the wind during the vision of the palace’s fall 3.
• Red clothing: Wears red when ascending the throne and again in the simulated destruction of the palace 3.
• Simulated ceremonial attire: A nine-dragon robe, phoenix crown, and ceremonial cape during negotiations following victory over Mara 3.

Personality

Mu Xuehuang is ambitious, hardworking, and deeply invested in Great Li’s survival. She regards strengthening the realm as her personal responsibility and resents the prospect that her efforts could end with her being remembered as the ruler who lost the dynasty. Her opposition to political marriage also reflects empathy: as a woman, she understands the despair of being sent alone into an unfamiliar country 3 4 42.

Her confidence can become stubbornness. The prediction of Great Li’s destruction leaves her unable to eat normally or concentrate on court business, and she initially responds by demanding the extermination of rebels and anyone inclined toward rebellion. Her fixation prevents her from hearing counsel directly relevant to the danger she fears 17 40.

She is nevertheless capable of reassessing her judgment. After witnessing famine, popular support for rebels, and the consequences of rejecting an experienced minister, she begins asking why people rebel. By Chapter 43, she prioritizes disaster prevention over indiscriminate suppression and restores Yue Zhenling to a position of trust 41 42 43.

Abilities & Skills

Heavenly Dao Divination / Simulation

Mu Xuehuang’s secret ability lets her glimpse her own future and the fate of Great Li. It is described as innate Heavenly Dao Divination, while her recollections place her discovery of simulation during her suffering in the palace 2 3.

• Foreknowledge: Earlier simulations helped her survive palace intrigue and make decisions that led to the throne 2 3.
• Historical review: A simulation can revisit her past before proceeding into future events 3.
• Incomplete information: Visions may show only fragments or broad outcomes; the first collapse vision does not clearly identify the rebel leader 4 41.
• Variable cooldown: She must wait anywhere from several days to a month between simulations 4.
• Physical exhaustion: Her periods of seclusion leave her depleted, requiring medicinal ingredients and pills prepared by the imperial physician 2.
• Changeable outcomes: She treats the visions as warnings of a projected future that can be altered, rather than unavoidable destiny 4 42.

Simulation Points and Treasure Exchange

Completed simulations award points that can be exchanged for items. More eventful simulations yield greater rewards 4.

• Her thirtieth simulation awards 3,000 simulation points 3 4.
• She has used redeemed supreme treasures to build the Heaven-Reliant Sword guard 4.
• The supplied chapters do not identify those treasures individually or establish a cultivation realm for her.

Imperial and Military Leadership

Mu Xuehuang combines administrative reform with military involvement rather than relying solely on court strategy 3.

• Administration: Tax relief, infrastructure construction, official appointments, and punishment of corruption 3.
• Battlefield experience: She has personally been on the battlefield 42.
• Simulated command: A future vision shows her leading a million-strong army to victory over Mara and expanding Great Li’s territory 3.
• Preventive policy: She allocates treasury funds for flood defenses and water-management works under Yue Zhenling 43.

Heaven-Reliant Sword

The Heaven-Reliant Sword is Mu Xuehuang’s secret imperial guard, loyal exclusively to her and her greatest military trump card 4.

• Its intervention helped secure her victory in the succession struggle 4.
• Despite its formidable reputation, it cannot stop the rebels in the simulated fall of Great Li 4.

Relationships

• Xiao Huan — Personal maid who assists with preparations for Mu Xuehuang’s seclusion. She notices the empress’s unusual anger after the disastrous simulation but does not know its cause 2 4.
• Yue Zhenling — Veteran minister whose advice she initially dismisses. After foreseeing his resignation and disastrous failures of relief, she entrusts him with major flood- and drought-prevention works 17 40 42 43.
• Wang Yong — Minister of Personnel who supports rebel suppression and supplies Ning Que’s wanted portrait. He conceals his involvement in the commoner marriage alliance and later objects to Mu Xuehuang’s public-works priority 39 40 43.
• Zhao Chengfeng and Deng Shigao — Ministers involved with Wang Yong in arranging and concealing the Mara marriage alliance, knowing Mu Xuehuang would oppose the seizure of a commoner woman 17 43.
• Ning Que — Rebel whose grievance originates in that concealed marriage alliance. Mu Xuehuang considers his portrait a possible match for the leader in her visions, but she has not established the leader’s identity or learned the underlying cause by Chapter 43 17 40 43.
• Zhuge Jingcheng — Qingzhou governor who supported her during the succession struggle; backing her contributed to his political rise 21.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Thirtieth Simulation: The Fallen Dynasty

Event	Mu Xuehuang’s Response
A terrifying nightmare interrupts her sleep.	Orders preparations for another divination 2.
The simulation shows victory over Mara, followed by a rebel conquest of Great Li.	Watches her future self refuse evacuation and remain before the burning palace 3.
The simulation ends without explaining the uprising.	Resolves to identify the young rebel leader and eliminate the threat before it develops 4.

Fear, Suppression, and Missed Counsel

• Her anxiety disrupts court attendance and causes concern among officials 16 17.
• She dismisses Yue Zhenling before hearing his memorial about the Mara alliance and Ning Que’s grievance, missing an opportunity to uncover the crisis’s origin 17.
• She orders an empire-wide campaign against bandits, rebels, and even people showing rebellious inclinations 40.
• Wang Yong’s report on Flowing Sand and Ning Que gives her a possible lead shortly before another simulation becomes available 40.

Second Depicted Simulation: Causes of Collapse

• The new vision shows coordinated rebel commanders adopting titles such as Heaven-Warring Great General and Heaven-Charging Great General. Cities admit them without resistance, and civilians welcome their distribution of grain 40 41.
• Floods, drought, famine, and plague expose threats that military suppression alone cannot resolve 41 42 43.
• Yue Zhenling’s predicted resignation forces Mu Xuehuang to confront her future self’s arrogance and dependence on capable counsel 42.
• After the simulation, she orders flood-control dams in the north and water-management facilities in the south, prioritizing southern construction. She places Yue in charge and overrules Wang Yong’s objection 43.

Notable Quotes

“The sons and daughters of Great Li will never enter marriage alliances with barbarians!” 3

“Yes, this is only a projected future. The future can be changed!” 4

“Did you also raise an army in rebellion because of some hardship you couldn't speak of?” 43