Yun Xi

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Yun Xi (云熙)
Alias(es)	Little Xi, used by Yun Chong; Xixi, used by Lan Yue 13 36
Gender	Female
Age	Approximately ten years old when Yun Chong meets her; her frailty makes her look eight or nine 7
Affiliation	Southern Spirit Sect; accepted as the Grand Elder’s disciple; permitted to study both alchemy and artifact refining 29 36
Occupation/Role	Cultivator and alchemy student; female lead of Road to Immortality, the novel Lan Yue remembers 7 8 43
Parents	Yun Chong and the North Ridge Sacred Son are her biological fathers; a mortal princess consort gave birth to her 3 46
Residence	Temporarily placed at Spirit Moon Peak under Lan Yue’s care 36
Status	Alive; studying alchemy and cultivating to protect Lan Yue 46 50

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Qi Induction	7	Has drawn spiritual energy into her body and can hear Lan Yue’s broadcast thoughts. She is still described as newly initiated during the subsequent sword search 9 13.
Bonded spirit sword acquired	13	Finds a dusty longsword buried in the pavilion wall and recognizes it as her bonded weapon. It is later identified as Yuxi 41.
Sword Flight learned	19	Learns simply by watching Li Bai teach Lan Yue, then flies to Spirit Valley Hall to fetch food.
Dual-discipline study approved	29	Yun Chong authorizes her to study both alchemy and artifact refining, ending the rival halls’ fight over her.
Grand Elder’s apprenticeship	36	Receives a Storage Ring containing cultivation methods and manuals selected by her new master, who remains away in the ruins.
First pill-refining attempt	46	Quickly masters introductory herb identification and pill formulas, prompting her instructor to let her attempt refining. No completed pill or attained alchemist rank is documented.

Background / History

Yun Xi’s origins trace to the North Ridge Sacred Son stealing Yun Chong’s blood essence. He nurtured it for nearly a century, but the developing child was stolen before he could bring her into the world. After passing through several hands, she was swallowed by a mortal princess consort, who subsequently gave birth to her 3 46.

The princess consort died soon afterward. Yun Xi grew up in the Prince’s Mansion, where she was abused and treated as a servant. Her mistreatment included having a sixth finger forcibly cut off 3.

After entering the Southern Spirit Sect, she continued to face bullying. Lan Yue’s broadcast thoughts exposed both her parentage and her immediate danger, allowing Yun Chong and the elders to find her much earlier than in the original story 4 5 7 8.

Appearance

Yun Xi is slight and visibly undernourished when reunited with Yun Chong. Her small, thin face makes her dark, bright eyes especially prominent; he notices both her frailty and her refusal to yield 7.

• Childhood injuries: Bears scars from her mistreatment 7.
• Missing sixth finger: The extra finger was forcibly removed during her childhood 3.
• Clothing: Wears a pale green dress during the confrontation with Elder Whitebrow 9.

Personality

Yun Xi is resilient and accustomed to relying on herself. Her early habit of hanging back reflects that isolation, but she remains capable of warmth and gratitude. Once she understands that Lan Yue’s thoughts helped save her, she risks confronting an elder to repay the favor 6 9.

Her courage does not depend on confidence that she can win. Despite having only recently achieved qi induction, she charges Elder Whitebrow and later offers to shield her companions from the apparently threatening woman in the blood pool 9 13.

She is quiet but has clear ambitions: she planned to study alchemy before discovering her relationship to Yun Chong. As her friendship with Lan Yue grows, she becomes more playful and willing to share secrets, including keeping silent about their consumption of the Second Elder’s prized fish 23 36.

Her protectiveness increasingly shapes her choices. After hearing about dangers faced by Li Bai, she gives up sleep to meditate, determined to become strong enough to keep Lan Yue safe 50.

Abilities & Skills

Hearing Lan Yue’s Thoughts

Yun Xi can hear Lan Yue’s involuntarily broadcast inner voice after beginning cultivation 7.

• Uses the warnings to reject unsuitable swords and escape the ghost posing as the Cangwu Wooden Sword’s spirit 11 12.
• Understands that Lan Yue’s hidden knowledge helped guide her rescue 9.
• Conceals her awareness from Lan Yue, who does not know others can hear her 11 35.
• This is reception of Lan Yue’s broadcast, not a demonstrated ability to read arbitrary minds.

Sword Flight and Weapon Use

Yun Xi shows unusually fast learning in Sword Flight 19.

• Learns from observing Li Bai’s instruction rather than receiving a separate lesson 19.
• Later travels independently on her own sword when Silver Snow comes to collect her 34.
• Uses a green vine whip when confronting Elder Whitebrow and defending her companions at the blood pool 9 13.
• Her willingness to fight exceeds her early strength: Elder Whitebrow knocks her down easily 9.

Alchemy

Lan Yue remembers Yun Xi becoming a rare Ninth-Level Alchemist in the original story. In the current timeline, this remains future potential, not an attained rank 27 46.

• Memorizes spirit herbs rapidly and develops her own insights into basic pill formulas 46.
• Can infer further principles from a single example, impressing her instructor 46.
• Begins extracting ingredients’ essences carefully during her first refining attempt 46.
• Her projected ninth-level achievement is exceptional: the Southern Region’s best current alchemist is only sixth level 46.

Artifact Repair and Refining Potential

Her artifact-repair talent attracts the Spirit Artifact Hall’s attention alongside her alchemical promise 27 28.

• The hall master credits her with repairing an Immortal Artifact despite having no artifact-refining training 28.
• Lan Yue’s recollection likewise identifies artifact repair as one of her outstanding talents 27.
• Receives permission to pursue artifact refining alongside alchemy; the supplied chapters do not show her forging an artifact 29.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Yuxi — Her bonded ancient sword, initially found dusty and rusty inside a pavilion wall. It can grow stronger with her cultivation. Yun Chong later takes it to be specially decorated 13 41.
• Green vine whip — A high-grade spiritual artifact given by Yun Chong; her principal defensive weapon during the early rescue and sword-search incidents 9 13.
• Storage Bag — Elder Whitebrow’s compensation disguised as a reward for passing a “test”; contains Spirit Stones and Spirit Herbs 9.
• Red Moon Token — Gift from the Scarlet Moon Sect Master granting discounts at that sect’s artifact shops 22.
• Ten-thousand-year cold jade pendant — Received after the Ghost Creature’s defeat. The material can heal injuries and conceal aura and cultivation; the elders order her to wear it amid the Demon Abyss Rift danger 31 35.
• Silver Storage Ring — Sent by the Grand Elder with cultivation methods and manuals for her apprenticeship 36.
• Protective spiritual artifacts — One reacts when Gu Zhuo leaks demon power, causing him to suppress his aura 50.

Relationships

• Lan Yue — Rescuer and close friend. Yun Xi trusts her unspoken guidance and becomes determined to protect her. At Lan Yue’s request, she adopts the address “Junior Sister Lan Yue” despite initially having lower cultivation 9 11 35 36 50.
• Yun Chong — Biological father and Southern Spirit Sect Master. He provides weapons, resources, protection, and a carefully chosen master. Yun Xi still calls him “Sect Master” publicly because their sudden reunion remains difficult to adjust to 7 9 19 36 41.
• North Ridge Sacred Son — Her other biological father, responsible for nurturing her before her theft. The sect elders fear he may come to claim her if her identity and talent become known 3 46.
• Grand Elder — Accepts her as his disciple and sends study materials while away in the ruins. Lan Yue recognizes this as the same apprenticeship Yun Xi had in the original story, now occurring years earlier 36.
• Li Bai — Senior disciple who teaches her basic sword skills and supplies the instruction from which she learns Sword Flight. They also attempt to rescue Lan Yue together 9 19.
• Fang Ding — Alchemy elder eager to teach and retain her; also worries about protecting her from outside recruitment 28 29 46.
• Yuan Su — Spirit Artifact Hall Master who competes to recruit her for her repair talent, then agrees to cooperate with the alchemy elders 28 29.
• Gu Zhuo — Injured original male lead whom she carries as a supposed spirit pet. Unlike her original-story counterpart, she prioritizes Lan Yue over him; he nevertheless comes to believe she saved his life and conceals his demonic nature to remain near her 42 46 50.
• Yuan Shuo — Companion at Spirit Moon Peak; joins her and Lan Yue in tending herbs and helping with the group’s digging projects 37 39 41 42.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Rescue and Recognition

• Luo Sen tries to sacrifice newly admitted female disciples to a demonic beast to gain favor with Yun Li. The sect master and elders arrive before the trapped victims are killed 6.
• The Sixth Elder initially mistakes Luan Ning for his niece. Yun Chong subsequently approaches the actual Yun Xi, whose question about being taken as a niece punctures their emotional reunion 7.
• Her early recognition as Yun Chong’s daughter departs sharply from the original story, where he would learn her identity years later, after she suffered grave injury 5 8.

Finding Her Bonded Sword

• Accompanies Li Bai to protect Lan Yue from Elder Whitebrow, then joins the search for spirit swords 9.
• Rejects misleading choices after hearing Lan Yue’s warnings, including the Cangwu Wooden Sword occupied by a soul-devouring ghost 11 12.
• Accidentally kicks her true bonded sword out of a wall and chooses it without hesitation 13.

Rival Halls and Apprenticeship

• Her combined alchemy and repair potential sparks a sect-wide brawl between rival teaching branches 27 28.
• Yun Chong resolves the dispute by allowing both disciplines, then secures the Grand Elder as her cultivation master 29 36.
• Begins practical alchemy instruction and her first refining attempt 43 46.

Departing from the Original Romance

• Receives the unconscious Gu Zhuo, but responds far less devotedly than Lan Yue remembers the original heroine doing 41 42.
• After hearing that he contributed to Lan Yue’s original death, briefly considers killing him rather than risking her friend’s safety 42.
• Continues carrying him as a “spirit pet,” while her own cultivation motivation centers on protecting Lan Yue 46 50.

Notable Quotes

“Don't get cocky! You-you're surrounded!” 9

“I-it's all right. I'll protect you!” 13

“This spirit sword is perfect.” 13

“No, I can't even spend time sleeping anymore. I have to use it all to meditate and cultivate!” 50