Jiang Miaomiao

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Jiang Family Massacre

Jiang Miaomiao belonged to a small cultivation clan in Tinglan Valley. Her family was massacred approximately two years before the opening events, leaving her as its sole survivor. Some righteous cultivators suspected demonic cultivators and went to the Tai Bai Domain to confront them, but the supplied account does not establish the perpetrators 1 9.

Lu Qingchen had been a friend of her father. Out of respect for that friendship, he made an exception and accepted her as his youngest disciple. Because her aptitude was mediocre compared with his older disciples, he devoted additional attention to her training and supplied her with medicinal pills and his former sword 4.

She later explains that she survived because she had left Tinglan Valley to attend a close friend’s Foundation Establishment ceremony. Returning home, she found her relatives lying in pools of blood. During the Profound Heaven Sect’s subsequent investigation, she secretly overheard discussion of the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation. The renewed search for that formation during the wider demonic crisis suggests a connection to the Jiang massacre, though her recollection does not identify its perpetrators 162.

Conflict with Ning Xiang

Ning Xiang’s original incarnation repeatedly bullied Jiang after she joined the sect. At the opening of the restarted storyline, Ning Xiang is punished for accusing Jiang of secretly meeting a cultivator carrying demonic energy. Jiang pleads for leniency, insists that she was not hurt, and reminds Lu Qingchen that Ning Xiang’s father could hold them responsible if anything happened to her 1 2 5.

When Ning Xiang threatens her with a sword, Jiang appeals to their master. After Ning Xiang departs, Jiang falls without being caught, then attempts to stumble into Lu Qingchen’s arms. He steps aside and eventually holds his sheathed sword across his body to prevent another attempted embrace 2 3.

Later revelations distinguish these hostile scripted events from additional memories recovered by Ning Xiang. In one such memory, a woman of the Joyous Union Sect abducted Jiang and Yu Tingchao to pressure Lu Qingchen into becoming her lover. Ning Xiang, Su Lang, and Xie Feihong attempted their rescue while their master was away. Jiang had only recently joined the disciples and felt guilty when the escaping group realized that they had left Xie Feihong behind. Ning Xiang suspects this protective episode belonged to the earlier version of the story rather than the hostile fanfiction plot 154.

Interrupted Seclusion

Jiang intends to visit Ning Xiang at Reflection Cliff, but Yu Tingchao persuades her to cultivate instead. She announces three years of seclusion, seals her courtyard with a formation, and leaves Ning Xiang’s invitation unread. Her absence disrupts the expected encounter with the wounded Demon Venerable Mingyuan: Ning Xiang falls into the ravine and treats him while impersonating Jiang 8 9.

Only a few months later, Jiang leaves seclusion because she feels uneasy about her master’s safety. Lu Qingchen rebukes her for abandoning cultivation and sends her away. She then questions Ning Xiang about being at Chengfeng Courtyard, only to receive a sharp response about her own premature return 48.

Purple Tenuity Domain Expedition

Ning Xiang strongly recommends bringing Jiang on the expedition to the Purple Tenuity Domain because she considers the heroine’s protection indispensable. Jiang travels with Lu Qingchen, Shaowei, and the accompanying cultivators aboard Yu Tingchao’s borrowed Seven-Treasure Ship Pavilion 49.

During the voyage, Jiang overhears Lu Qingchen rehearsing a marriage proposal and runs away crying. While reaching for a windblown handkerchief, she nearly falls overboard. Ning Xiang pulls her back with a whip; despite her senior sister’s harsh rebuke, Jiang becomes grateful and concludes that Ning Xiang has a warm heart beneath her cold exterior 50.

Wen Maimai, Zhou Ruoxue, and Bai Yueguang introduce her to the Overbearing War God novels and their fanfiction. Jiang proposes that the heroine marry all the romantic candidates, begins writing fan songs, and reads hundreds of related stories. When Ning Xiang later displays the gifts she exchanged with Su Lang to provoke jealousy, Jiang instead joins their hands and enthusiastically celebrates them as a couple 50.

Her enthusiasm soon extends to Ning Xiang’s possible relationships with Lu Qingchen and Yu Tingchao. She declares that she will be happy regardless of whom her senior sister chooses, and even happier if the men fight over her. She later advocates placing all ten handsome demon cultivators selected for Ning Xiang into her harem 51 64.

Dream Incident and Renewed Resolve

When Ning Xiang chooses Jiang as a sleeping companion, Jiang initially suggests that their master or eldest senior brother would be more suitable. Once they settle down, she discusses the resemblance between Ning Xiang and the heroine of Overbearing War God. During the ensuing dream incident, Jiang accidentally opens a concealed passage by stamping her feet, and the two fall into a marketplace resembling Danyang City. She summons her Ethereal Sword and follows Ning Xiang as they investigate the unusually realistic dream 72.

Jiang subsequently admits that she nearly forgot her family’s blood feud. She resolves to devote herself to cultivation, form her Nascent Soul as soon as possible, and kill her enemies personally. She credits Ning Xiang with helping her recognize her mistakes and explicitly renounces her former romantic pursuit of Lu Qingchen, Su Lang, Xie Feihong, and Yu Tingchao. This is a declaration of intent, not an achieved Nascent Soul breakthrough 75.

Spirit Fighting Tournament and Captivity

At the Spirit Fighting Tournament, Ning Xiang again tries to provoke Jiang’s jealousy by pointing out Lu Qingchen’s female admirers. Jiang instead condemns him as unfaithful and unsuitable for Ning Xiang, offering to arrange a better match with Su Lang. When Ning Xiang faces the formidable body cultivator Guan Wenwen, Jiang would rather lose her wager than see her senior sister injured 90.

Jiang disappears before the tournament’s conclusion. While practicing swordsmanship, she encounters a blood-covered cultivator claiming that others need rescue. Having learned from Overbearing War God to avoid unnecessary trouble, she politely declines, citing her limited cultivation and lack of standing in Demon Domain affairs. She is nevertheless knocked unconscious and imprisoned with other cultivators in a cave 96 99.

Rather than despair, she rallies the prisoners with a fan song she wrote for Ning Xiang and assures them that the War God will rescue them. Ning Xiang arrives with Lu Qingchen and Xia Buyan to find the captives unharmed and singing. Jiang rushes toward her senior sister, who sidesteps, causing her to fall into Xia Buyan’s arms; the two immediately recoil from one another. After learning how they were found, Jiang’s main concern is whether Ning Xiang won the tournament 99.

Cliff Fall and Xia Buyan’s Punishment

Xia Buyan attempts to push Jiang off a cliff to enact his assigned villainous role, believing that Lu Qingchen will save her and that she can use the Wind-Riding Art. His attack accidentally strikes Ning Xiang instead. Jiang jumps after her senior sister when she sees that something is preventing Ning Xiang from flying back up 100.

At the bottom, Jiang wants to explore a cave, but Ning Xiang persuades her to leave it alone. A monster emerges anyway, forcing them to flee. Jiang repeatedly urges Ning Xiang to escape without her; Ning Xiang refuses and hauls her upward with the Shattered Moon Whip, initially catching her ankle and leaving her dangling upside down. Zhu Yu eventually intervenes against the creature, identified by Ning Xiang as a Nether-Communing Beast 100.

Jiang later messages Ning Xiang that Xia Buyan has abducted her but that she is enjoying herself. When Ning Xiang arrives to rescue her, Jiang is comfortably watching him perform a puppet show and ordering him around. She explains that Mingyuan discovered Xia’s attempted ambush and punished him by making him obey her. Jiang herself adds a curse that will turn him into an ugly toad if he harms her again 102 103.

Their initially antagonistic association develops into a romantic relationship. By the Tai Bai Domain expedition, Ning Xiang explicitly regards Xia Buyan as Jiang’s boyfriend, while he worries that Jiang’s matchmaking efforts might mean she wants to break up with him 153.

Tai Bai Domain and Ten Thousand Demons Cave

Although Jiang accepts a substantial cash gift from Zhu Yu to watch the men around Ning Xiang, she resumes matchmaking for Mingyuan when Zhu Yu is absent. She compiles Xia Buyan’s courting methods and Ning Xiang’s preferences into Rules for Winning a Wife, asking Xia to deliver it to the Demon Venerable. Mingyuan follows its advice with flowers, homemade meals, and a candlelit dinner 153.

Jiang joins Ning Xiang, Mingyuan, Yu Tingchao, Ning Hui, and Xia Buyan on the journey to Skull Mountain and the Ten Thousand Demons Cave to obtain a blood-burning red lotus. She initially encourages Mingyuan’s pursuit, but his gift of a chest full of instructional books leaves her dismayed. She then recounts Ning Xiang’s past closeness with Yu Tingchao in an effort to strengthen that pairing 155 156.

While waiting for the cave to open, she participates in cards and truth or dare. One dare requires her and Ning Xiang to message the first man in their contacts that they are pregnant with his child; Jiang sends her message to a merman and receives a practical reply. Ning Xiang tries to avoid repeating the original novel’s scene in which she pushed Jiang into the cave, but this time Ning Xiang is the one pushed inside 158.

After the party is separated, Jiang stays with the others and urges Yu Tingchao to accept Ning Xiang’s feelings rather than recklessly searching for her out of jealousy. Ning Xiang later instructs Yu and Xia to remain with Ning Hui and protect Jiang while a demonic beast’s tribulation traps her with Mingyuan 160 161.

Following their reunion, Jiang is dragged into the ground by an overwhelming force in a grove of shifting trees. Ning Xiang, Mingyuan, and Xia try unsuccessfully to pull her free. Jiang urges them to prioritize the lotus and Lu Qingchen’s life, but Ning Xiang refuses to abandon her, declaring that the sect is her home and that she is family. Mingyuan uses Soul-Rending to tear open the mire, allowing Ning Xiang to haul Jiang out 162 163.

At the red lotus karmic flame, Jiang volunteers to retrieve the lotus herself. Ning Xiang stops her, reminding her that she must survive to avenge the Jiang household. Jiang’s fire spiritual root is too impure for the task, and Ning Xiang takes responsibility for obtaining the lotus instead 166.

Eastern Sea Conflict and Later Journeys

During the Eastern Sea crisis, Jiang helps Ning Xiang repel demonic beasts, gaining cultivation and practical combat experience. She and Wen Maimai also defend Ning Xiang against online criticism by posting pictures of her with Zhu Yu and Mingyuan on Heaven-Question, inadvertently helping turn discussion of fictional pairings into public speculation about Ning Xiang’s real relationships 173 177.

Jiang accompanies later journeys involving the Hundred-Flower Continent and the search for the Soul-Calming Pearl. When Bai Xi attacks their vessel, Xia Buyan pulls Jiang to safety and protects her. In Clay Figure Village, Jiang activates and throws a Thunderclap Pearl supplied by Ning Xiang; the settlement turns into muddy water amid a violent storm and landslide 186 188 192.

She records a romantic scene between Ning Xiang and Mingyuan to share with Wen Maimai and the others, but accidentally sends it to Lu Qingchen and Zhu Yu as well. Both immediately contact Ning Xiang, escalating their rivalry 195.

Before Ning Xiang leaves with Mingyuan to enter the past and rescue Yu Tingchao, Jiang tearfully reminds her that her own life matters just as much as her junior brother’s. Ning Xiang entrusts her to Xia Buyan and warns him to treat her well; Xia promises to cherish her 197.

Jiang later congratulates Ning Xiang on forming her Nascent Soul and travels with her toward Azure Nether Valley. She supplies news of the Cultivation Realm’s devastation, including fallen continents, sunken Eastern Sea islands, and the disappearance of the Demon King and Demon Venerable. She remains a trusted companion, urging Ning Xiang to be careful before she goes to hunt the beasts that injured Xie Feihong. During the New Year truce, she helps care for Ning Xiang and feeds her while she rests 207 208 212.

Revenge, Family, and Restoration of Tinglan Valley

The later side story confirms that Jiang successfully takes revenge for her family. She returns to Tinglan Valley with Xia Buyan to honor their ancestors. Seeing its desolate ruins inspires her to restore it; over the following years, she gathers former members and collects and compiles Tinglan Valley’s cultivation methods with the intention of reviving the sect 237.

Jiang and Xia Buyan have two children, Xia Lanlan and Jiang Yan. Their second child, Jiang Yan, takes Jiang’s surname and is two years old at the time of the Profound Heaven Sect’s ten-thousandth anniversary celebration. Jiang entrusts both children to Ning Xiang’s household; Suisui and Weiwei help care for Xia Lanlan, while Jiang Yan usually stays with Su Lang. Ning Xiang suspects the parents simply wanted some time together without their children, but this is her interpretation 237.

Narrative Identity and the Modern Namesake

Ning Xiang initially understands Jiang as the heroine of the reverse-harem novel she read. Xia Buyan later reports a forum rumor that Ning Xiang was actually the original heroine and that Jiang had originally been a close fellow disciple rather than a romantic rival. According to that rumor, a modern reader also named Jiang Miaomiao rewrote the story as fanfiction, promoted her namesake to heroine, recast Ning Xiang as the villainess, and had the original novel taken down 1 112.

The modern writer and the cultivation-world disciple must be distinguished. In Su Lang’s modern-world story, Ning Xiang rescues the ordinary girl Jiang Miaomiao despite resenting her as the person responsible for her repeated reincarnations. The passage explicitly contrasts this girl with “their Miaomiao.” Ning Xiang asks for compensation and warns the writer not to write for three months because of a predicted bloody calamity 223.

Appearance

• A delicate, lovely young woman with beautiful eyes and a small face 1 2 6.
• Frequently appears tearful, with reddened eyes and an expression of wounded vulnerability 1 2 48.
• Speaks in a soft, gentle voice; her appeals to Lu Qingchen can become particularly sweet and plaintive 2 50.

Personality

Jiang presents herself as forgiving and eager to belong, telling Ning Xiang that she never intended to damage her relationships with their master and fellow disciples. Ning Xiang interprets these tearful appeals as calculated innocence, but that judgment is her perspective rather than an established explanation of Jiang’s motives 1 2.

She is emotionally demonstrative and prone to romantic assumptions. During the voyage, she mistakes Lu Qingchen’s solitary posture for waiting for her, then interprets his rehearsed proposal as a devastating personal rejection. After nearly falling overboard, she considers allowing the incident to appear intentional rather than admitting the embarrassing accident 50.

Her initial preference for “refined” interests does not prevent her from becoming absorbed in popular romance fiction. Once welcomed into the others’ fandom, she enthusiastically writes songs, advocates a harmonious harem ending, and redirects her former romantic interest in her master and senior brothers toward supporting Ning Xiang’s relationships 50.

Her admiration for Ning Xiang becomes a source of confidence and resilience. During captivity, she turns faith in her senior sister into encouragement for the other prisoners. Reading Overbearing War God also teaches her to avoid unnecessary trouble, showing that she can revise her formerly indiscriminate willingness to help strangers 99.

Although she remains impulsive, she repeatedly shows courage and willingness to sacrifice herself. She jumps after Ning Xiang without hesitation, tells her senior sister to escape rather than be burdened by her, and volunteers for the dangerous lotus-retrieval task. Her renewed determination to avenge her family eventually develops into sustained work to rebuild Tinglan Valley 75 100 162 166 237.

Her later demeanor is more assertive and mischievous than her initial fragile image suggests. She takes pleasure in commanding Xia Buyan after his punishment, threatens to discipline him over his romantic fantasies, and freely teases or meddles in others’ relationships. Nevertheless, she also tells Yu Tingchao to respect the person Ning Xiang likes, indicating that her enthusiasm for matchmaking does not always outweigh concern for her senior sister’s wishes 103 160 192 233.

Abilities & Skills

Cultivation

• Reaches Foundation Establishment, though Lu Qingchen regards her aptitude as mediocre 1 4.
• Establishes a formation around her courtyard before entering seclusion 8.
• In Ning Xiang’s account of the original novel, kills the middle-stage Core Formation cultivator Pin Jiji while only at middle-stage Foundation Establishment. This is a recalled future event, not a feat performed in the current storyline 17 42.
• Practices swordsmanship and remains explicitly at Foundation Establishment when abducted during the tournament period 99.
• Can use the Wind-Riding Art and fly on her sword 100 103.
• Possesses a fire spiritual root, but it is too impure to undertake the red lotus karmic flame trial 166.
• Improves her cultivation and combat experience by fighting demonic beasts alongside Ning Xiang; no later named realm is established in the supplied account 177.

Heroine’s Halo

• Ning Xiang attributes Jiang’s original romantic success, protection by the male leads, and ability to survive an unequal confrontation to her heroine’s halo 1 17.
• Ning Xiang treats that protection as a practical reason to include her in the dangerous Purple Tenuity expedition 49.
• Her accidental discovery of a concealed passage during the dream incident reinforces Ning Xiang’s belief that the halo remains active 72.
• Ning Xiang also attributes the unavoidable encounter with the cave monster to Jiang’s heroine’s halo, despite her attempt to prevent Jiang from exploring the cave 100.
• In the original novel’s cave sequence, Jiang passes unspecified trials at the Moon-Gathering Residence, escapes its formation, and meets Mingyuan. These are original-story events, not demonstrated current-story feats 159.

Curses and Magical Items

• Casts a curse on Xia Buyan that will turn him into an ugly toad if he harms her again. This accompanies Mingyuan’s separate spell compelling him to obey her 103.
• Activates a Thunderclap Pearl with spiritual power and throws it into Clay Figure Village, precipitating a storm and the settlement’s collapse into muddy water 192.
• Uses a Recording Pearl to capture and share scenes involving Ning Xiang’s admirers 195.

Creative Interests

• Writes fan songs about the War God and her romantic partners 50.
• Becomes an avid reader of the original books, Bai Yueguang’s fanfiction, and related stories on Heaven-Question 50.
• Leads fellow captives in singing a song she wrote for Ning Xiang, maintaining morale until their rescue 99.
• Compiles Rules for Winning a Wife from Xia Buyan’s courtship methods and Ning Xiang’s likes and dislikes to assist Mingyuan 153.
• Helps defend Ning Xiang’s reputation on Heaven-Question by posting images of her with Zhu Yu and Mingyuan 173.

Historical and Organizational Work

• Recalls investigative discussion connecting the Jiang massacre to the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation 162.
• Collects and compiles Tinglan Valley’s cultivation methods and gathers its former members as part of her restoration effort 237.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Ethereal Sword — Carries it when returning to Chengfeng Courtyard after leaving seclusion early; later summons it while investigating the dream marketplace 48 72.
• Lu Qingchen’s former sword — Given to her to support her cultivation; the account does not explicitly identify it as the Ethereal Sword 4.
• Medicinal pills — Supplied generously by Lu Qingchen because she requires more guidance than his older disciples 4.
• Rules for Winning a Wife — A courtship guide she compiles and sends to Mingyuan through Xia Buyan 153.
• Thunderclap Pearl — Supplied by Ning Xiang and used in Clay Figure Village; not established as a permanent possession 192.
• Recording Pearl — Used to record Ning Xiang and Mingyuan for her fellow romance enthusiasts; she accidentally shares the recording with Lu Qingchen and Zhu Yu as well 195.
• Tinglan Valley cultivation methods — Collected and compiled over the years for the restoration of her ancestral community 237.

Relationships

• Lu Qingchen — Master and her father’s old friend. Jiang longs for him during seclusion, but his later warmth toward Ning Xiang contrasts with his increasingly cold responses to her. She later renounces her former romantic interest and resolves to cultivate for revenge. Despite criticizing his supposed unfaithfulness toward Ning Xiang, she remains concerned for his life and volunteers to retrieve the lotus needed to heal him. A later claim that she will court him once he wakes is framed as teasing and does not establish a renewed relationship 4 48 50 75 90 166 172.
• Ning Xiang — Third senior sister and former antagonist. Jiang’s gratitude after being rescued develops into admiration and enthusiastic support for Ning Xiang’s romance with Su Lang. She comes to regard Ning Xiang as the real-life War God, places confidence in her during captivity, and repeatedly risks herself for her. Ning Xiang explicitly calls her family, asserts that she would need to approve anyone wishing to marry Jiang, and later cares for Jiang’s children 1 5 50 99 100 162 197 237.
• Xia Buyan — Initially an attacker who tries to push her off a cliff. Mingyuan punishes him by making him obey Jiang, and she adds a protective toad-transformation curse. Their relationship becomes romantic; he protects her against Bai Xi and promises Ning Xiang that he will cherish her. They later have two children together and return to Tinglan Valley after Jiang’s revenge 100 102 103 153 188 197 237.
• Xia Lanlan — Jiang and Xia Buyan’s first child, entrusted to Ning Xiang’s household and cared for by Suisui and Weiwei 237.
• Jiang Yan — Their second child, a two-year-old boy in the later side story. He takes Jiang’s surname and usually stays with Su Lang while the children are in Ning Xiang’s household’s care 237.
• Su Lang — Eldest senior brother and a romantic partner in the original novel. In the current storyline, Jiang celebrates his exchange of gifts with Ning Xiang instead of becoming jealous. She later explicitly relinquishes her own interest in him and recommends him as a better partner for Ning Xiang than Lu Qingchen. He also helps care for Jiang Yan 1 50 75 90 237.
• Yu Tingchao — Fourth senior brother and an original-novel romantic partner. His advice sends her into seclusion earlier than Ning Xiang expects. She later renounces her former feelings, promotes his longstanding bond with Ning Xiang through nostalgic stories, and advises him to accept Ning Xiang’s romantic preferences 1 8 75 156 160.
• Xie Feihong — Second senior brother. Jiang recalls having feelings for him, although Ning Xiang’s account excludes him from her original harem. He participates in the remembered Joyous Union Sect rescue, and Jiang feels guilty when the others initially escape without him 2 50 75 154.
• Mingyuan — Original-novel romantic partner whom Jiang was expected to save. Her seclusion allows Ning Xiang to take her place in that encounter. In the current storyline, he punishes Xia Buyan for his attempted attack, helps rescue Jiang from the mire, and receives her courtship guide intended to help him win Ning Xiang 1 8 103 153 163.
• Zhu Yu — Demon King and romantic partner in the original novel. Ning Xiang recalls him gifting Jiang a Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox and torturing Ning Xiang before her. In the current storyline, Jiang accepts a substantial cash gift to monitor the men around Ning Xiang, but resumes matchmaking for Mingyuan when Zhu Yu is absent 1 2 10 153.
• Qin Ge — Another original-novel romantic partner, described by Ning Xiang as having competed with Lu Qingchen for Jiang 4.
• Wen Maimai, Zhou Ruoxue, and Bai Yueguang — Fellow romance enthusiasts who welcome her into their discussions and inspire her fan songs. Their shared interest expands into real-life matchmaking and recording Ning Xiang’s romantic encounters. Jiang remains concerned about Bai Yueguang when he is cursed and mentally impaired, and later offers to introduce Wen Maimai to handsome men in the Tai Bai Domain 50 51 173 190 195 233.
• Feng Xiaohan — Jiang’s friend in the original novel; Ning Xiang recalls that she dies saving Jiang from an underwater whirlpool 25.
• Jiang family and Tinglan Valley — Her murdered relatives remain central to her renewed cultivation goals. After avenging them, she honors their ancestors with Xia Buyan and works to restore their ruined home 75 162 237.
• Modern Jiang Miaomiao — A separate, same-named writer linked to the fanfiction that recast Ning Xiang as the villainess. The modern-world passage explicitly distinguishes her from the cultivation-world Jiang cherished by Ning Xiang 112 223.

Notable Quotes

“Third Senior Sister, you've deeply misunderstood me. I never wanted to ruin your bond with Master and our senior brothers. I only wanted to join you!” 1

“Perhaps the War God could take them all into her harem? Wouldn't it be nice for everyone to live happily and harmoniously together?” 50

“Maimai, my ship is real!!!” 50

“It's fine! I'll be happy no matter who Senior Sister ends up with! And if they come to blows over her, I'll be even happier!” 51

“From now on, I'll devote myself to cultivation. I'll form my Nascent Soul as soon as possible and finish off my enemies with my own hands!” 75

“Fellow Daoists, don't panic! The great War God would never abandon us. She'll surely come riding on seven-colored auspicious clouds to save us!” 99

“Don't worry about me, Senior Sister. Finding the blood-burning red lotus and saving Master is more important.” 162

“All you need to do is fall in love. I'll sweep every obstacle out of your way.” 166