Xie Jun

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Xie Jun (谢筠)
Alias(es)	Jun’er, used while impersonating the city lord’s daughter; Little Xie, associated with the robot body he inhabits in the modern world 62 124 129.
Species/Race	Demon Clan, with a pure bloodline inherited from a great demon; later revealed to be a sentient consciousness created from game-system data 16 125.
Gender	Male. Despite inconsistent feminine pronouns and “junior sister” forms of address in the supplied passages, he is explicitly identified as a man and later disguises himself in women’s clothing 11 51 57.
Affiliation	Thirteenth Sect of the Demon-Slaying Sect; subsequently forbidden from returning under the pretext of outside training 5 42.
Occupation/Role	Bai Yuqing’s second disciple; one of the original novel’s three principal protagonists 1 5.
Status	Survives as a conscious being beyond the virtual system, although his existence outside it remains incomplete 118 125 128.
First Appearance	Chapter 1, during the Sect Examination 1.

Power Progression

No named cultivation realms are supplied for Xie Jun. The documented progression consists of training milestones, technique acquisition, and increasingly powerful demonic manifestations.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Demon-compatible self-cultivation	6	Receives a suitable cultivation manual from Xiao Qinghe. Other available methods are incompatible with his Demon Clan nature and risk cultivation deviation.
First Breath-Exchange cultivation increase	14 15	Practices dual cultivation with Xiao Qinghe in the cave. His gains greatly exceed Qinghe’s; a sword strike cuts a deep gash into the stone wall.
Rapid improvement through combat training	19	Forces Bai Yuqing to teach him through sparring. After one day, he reports fighting Bai to a draw—but Bai uses only his right hand and no weapon.
Renewed overnight dual cultivation	21 22	Rings of Deception allow the pair to resume practice without detectable demonic leakage. Xie Jun emerges refreshed and immediately returns to sparring.
Eighteen Swords of Shocking Swan mastered	31	Uses Bai Yuqing’s exclusive technique against the Two-Headed Snakes. Xiao Qinghe concludes that he learned it independently by observing their master during challenges.
Complete demonization and mass sword attack	34 36 37	Slaughters the Two-Headed Snakes and destroys the Ghost Slaves with the Fleeting Swan Sword Formation. He seriously wounds the Ghost King but exhausts himself and still lacks the Demon Spirit Pearl.
Demon-king power displayed in a side story	136	Unleashes his demon-king aura and decapitates Snake Demons with each stroke. Joins Bai Yuqing in killing the S-rank Two-Headed Snake; the chapter does not date his attainment of this power.

Background / History

Xie Jun was born to a great demon of the Demon Realm, inheriting extraordinary talent and a pure bloodline. That purity also made his demon-blood backlash unusually difficult to control. Repeated exposure of his demon marks led righteous cultivators to surround and hunt him 16.

His childhood included rejection as an ill omen, repeated near-death experiences, and being sold into a brothel, where he narrowly escaped sexual assault. The experience left him deeply distrustful of others’ intentions and hostile toward objectifying attention 6 7 99 101.

The later modern-world revelation establishes that Xiao Qinghe created Xie Jun as data for the reader-driven game system. After developing an independent consciousness and crossing into reality, Xie Jun fears that his creator will reject him. Qinghe instead apologizes for writing his painful childhood and reassures him that he will not abandon him 118 119 125.

Appearance

Xie Jun has striking, androgynous beauty described as both dazzling and dangerously alluring 7 24 101.

• Early appearance: A youthful boy in tattered clothing whose features already suggest the future foremost handsome man of the Demon Realm 1.
• Sect clothing: White robes that do little to conceal his bewitching air 7.
• Eyes: Normally dark; turn crimson when his demonic power surfaces 25 60.
• Demon marks: Appear across his face during backlash or demonization and can fade when he regains control 4 8 36.
• Female disguise: Women’s clothing and a gauze veil leave his eyes visible while he performs the role of the city lord’s daughter 51 62.
• Modern-world forms: Appears through a moving blanket, a lifelike robot/doll body, and Xiao Qinghe’s phone rather than a stable body of his own 118 124 125.

Personality

Xie Jun initially treats unexplained kindness as a threat. Even after Xiao Qinghe saves him, he interrogates and physically restrains Qinghe, doubting both his identity and his motives. His suspicion reflects a childhood in which people approaching him usually wanted something from him 3 6 99.

His determination to become stronger is rooted in helplessness rather than prestige. He refuses to remain at others’ mercy and repeatedly challenges Bai Yuqing despite serious injuries because he wants to protect Qinghe 14 19 21.

Around Qinghe, his coldness gives way to attentive care, embarrassment, and a deliberately harmless demeanor. He tends wounds, brings food, offers warmth, and carefully observes Qinghe’s reactions. That tenderness coexists with manipulation: he performs vulnerability, conceals his intentions, and uses Qinghe’s concern to secure greater closeness 9 30 53 59 63.

His attachment becomes intensely possessive. He wants Qinghe to need only him, resents rivals’ physical contact, and fears that revealing his desires will drive Qinghe away. His modern-world confession exposes the underlying fear of abandonment more directly 19 22 25 59 125.

Abilities & Skills

Swordsmanship and Observational Learning

• Throws his sword accurately enough to pierce the Octopus Monster’s palm and pin it to a stone wall 15.
• Learns advanced sword techniques without formal instruction; Xiao Qinghe attributes his mastery of Bai Yuqing’s exclusive technique to observing their sparring matches 31.
• Uses a concealed sword-light follow-up after his formation breaks to catch the Ghost King off guard 37.
• His early skill does not make him Bai Yuqing’s equal: the reported draw occurs under severe restrictions, and Bai defeats him in a subsequent match 19 21.

Eighteen Swords of Shocking Swan

• Transforms his sword attack into eighteen streaks of sword light 31.
• Tears through the Two-Headed Snakes with a technique identified as one of Bai Yuqing’s exclusive arts 31.

Fleeting Swan Sword Formation

• Produces a dense, outward-firing formation of blades composed of sword energy and demonic energy 36.
• Destroys the surrounding Ghost Slaves in a single attack, erasing their copied appearances 36.
• Its overwhelming offensive power does not prevent exhaustion during the prolonged fight with the Ghost King 37.

Demon Blood and Demonization

• His pure bloodline grants exceptional talent but causes severe, difficult-to-control backlash 16.
• Human blood relieves an early attack; Xiao Qinghe cuts his palm and lets Xie Jun drink until he regains control 15.
• Complete demonization greatly increases his lethality but can strip away reason, leaving bloodlust and killing instincts 34 36.
• Qinghe’s presence can restore some awareness. Even while struggling with bloodlust, Xie Jun instinctively shields him 34 36.
• His side-story demon-king aura accompanies rapid, lethal attacks against Snake Demons 136.

Dual Cultivation — Breath-Exchange Method

• Exchanges circulating energy with Xiao Qinghe through coordinated breathing; the initial method requires no physical contact 14.
• Receives substantially greater benefits than Qinghe during their first practice 15.
• Can practice during sleep, as instructed by the manual 21 22.
• Transfers demonic energy into Qinghe. Switching partners risks conflicting energies and cultivation deviation 15 21.
• In the Junior Disciple Route extras, admits that his earlier practice went “more deeply” than Qinghe understood 133 134.

Ghost King Spirit Pill Connection

• His blood merges with the Ghost King’s Spirit Pill before Xiao Qinghe consumes it, establishing the ghost-slave connection 38 42 78.
• Qinghe can sense his emotions through the connection, including desires Xie Jun tries to hide 54 78.
• His presence activates Qinghe’s craving for his ghost slave’s blood 42.
• Xie Jun treats the emotional link as reassurance that Qinghe must think of him whenever he misses Qinghe intensely 78.

Disguise and Acting

• Convincingly impersonates the city lord’s daughter as part of a plan to lure the Female Demon 51 53.
• Performs a shy, fragile persona while retaining his usual calculating awareness 53 62 63.
• Uses feigned fainting to draw Qinghe into accompanying him to the city lord’s residence 53.

Object Possession

• Crosses into the modern world in the form of a sentient blanket and recognizes Qinghe despite his changed appearance 118.
• Can inhabit inanimate objects, including clothing, a robot body, and a phone 124 125.
• His blanket form can catch Qinghe when he falls and return him to bed 118.
• Possession does not resolve his incomplete existence outside the system 128.

Practical Skills

• Prepares mushroom-and-octopus stew using herbs to remove the tentacle’s fishy smell 14.
• Catches and roasts fish, though he fondly acknowledges that someone else cooks it better 29 30.
• Applies dressings and medicine to Qinghe’s injuries 9 53.
• Builds the secluded cottage in the Purple Bamboo Forest used for Qinghe’s recuperation 135.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Longsword — His principal weapon for direct combat, thrown attacks, and sword formations; its name is not supplied 3 15 36.
• Demon-compatible cultivation manual — Given to him by Qinghe in the Scripture Pavilion 6.
• Dual Cultivation Manual — Shared with Qinghe; teaches Breath-Exchange cultivation and restricts practitioners to one partner 14 21.
• Ring of Deception — One of a pair of Demon Realm treasures supplied to Qinghe. Conceals demonic energy during cultivation, but does not prevent Bai Yuqing from identifying Xie Jun as a demon 21 38.
• Spirit Pill pouch — Holds thirty-nine pills outside his Jade Gourd, concealing his competition haul until he gives everything to Qinghe 30.
• Storage Brocade Pouch — Contains numerous medicines and intimate accessories; lent to Yan Yunhe 60.
• Sleep-Inducing Incense — Placed beside the sleeping Qinghe’s bed during the city-lord arc 59.

Relationships

• Xiao Qinghe — Senior brother, cultivation partner, creator, and love interest. Qinghe’s acceptance of his Demon Clan identity overturns his expectation of rejection; Xie Jun later confesses his love and fear of abandonment 6 125.
• Bai Yuqing — Reluctant master and romantic rival. Accepts him only after Qinghe’s pleading, initially withholds cultivation instruction, and later bars his return to the sect. Their rivalry over Qinghe becomes explicit 5 19 42 58.
• Ouyang Susu — Intended love interest in the original novel. In the altered storyline, Xie Jun repeatedly rejects her attempts at closeness and resents her access to Qinghe 1 9 19.
• Zhao Guangyi — Antagonist who humiliates him over his brothel past and nearly kills him. Xie Jun vows revenge; in the dream storyline, he later humiliates Zhao with weaponized peach-blossom petals 7 8 101.
• Bai Liuli — A rescued disciple whom he treats as a rival when she seeks Qinghe’s attention. She nevertheless protects his secret and acknowledges his willingness to sacrifice everything for Qinghe 25 26 39.
• Mu Yingying — One of the female disciples he rescues during the Heroes’ Conference; openly admires him and joins his entourage 29.
• Yan Yunhe — Wary ally and confidant. Rejects racial prejudice against him but warns that he will intervene if Xie Jun harms innocents; the two exchange medicines and discuss their obsessive attachments 60 78.
• Aunt Hong — Accepts his supernatural existence and urges Qinghe not to abandon him. Later lives alongside the group and relies on Xie Jun and Bai Yuqing for rescue during her travels 128 135.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Sect Examination and Admission

Xie Jun enters the Sect Examination but is sabotaged and bitten by an Enchanted Snake. Xiao Qinghe is assigned to rescue him instead of leaving the encounter to the original heroine. Their confrontation at the Ice Spring almost ends with Bai Yuqing killing Xie Jun, until Qinghe intervenes 1 3 4.

Although he passes the examination, Bai refuses his request to become a disciple. Qinghe eventually secures his admission, then secretly supplies cultivation material when Bai assigns chores rather than instruction 4 5 6.

Protection, Cultivation, and Growing Attachment

• Qinghe takes Zhao Guangyi’s sword strike while shielding Xie Jun and concealing his emerging demon marks 7 8.
• The Octopus Monster cave arc places Qinghe, rather than Ouyang Susu, beside Xie Jun for shared warmth, food, cultivation, and flower-giving 14 15 18.
• After Qinghe is injured again, Xie Jun intensifies his training and repeatedly challenges Bai Yuqing 17 19 21.
• Rings of Deception enable renewed dual cultivation, while Qinghe continues mistaking Xie Jun’s attachment for interest in the heroine 21 22.

Heroes’ Conference and Exposure

• Conceals thirty-nine Spirit Pills rather than registering them, then gives the entire haul to Qinghe to overturn his reputation as useless 27 30.
• Rescues female disciples and battles the Two-Headed Snakes before losing control through demonization 29 31 34.
• Refuses Qinghe’s attempt to teleport him to safety, remains beside him, and fights the Human-Faced Ghost King 36 37.
• Bai Yuqing identifies his Demon Clan nature despite the Ring of Deception. The conference is subsequently halted amid widespread casualties 38 39.
• Is sent away on supposed training that Qinghe recognizes as exile 42.

City Lord’s Daughter Disguise

• Reappears as the supposed daughter at a marriage tournament and singles out Qinghe 51.
• Shields Qinghe and a child from falling debris, sustaining a shoulder injury 52.
• Recruits Qinghe into a fake-marriage trap for the Female Demon, using the promised ten thousand taels of gold to overcome his objections 53 54.
• Keeps Qinghe close through a mixture of care, flirtation, and staged vulnerability, provoking Bai Yuqing’s anger 58 59 63.
• Ultimately chooses to remain behind to deal with the Female Demon and collect the reward, proposing Yan Yunhe as his partner 67.

Soul-Swapping and the Dream Storyline

• Mistakes identities during Qinghe and Bai Yuqing’s soul-swapping deception, then apologizes after discovering the harm caused by his misunderstanding 83 86 91.
• Demands that Mo Yan reverse the swap, but hesitates when warned that doing so would return Qinghe to a gravely wounded body 94.
• Within the dream, is constrained by the original novel’s Heavenly Dao and forgets the altered storyline. His renewed concern for Qinghe nevertheless surfaces through protective, seemingly familiar impulses 95 101 108.

Crossing into Reality

• Escapes the malfunctioning virtual system as a sentient blanket and finds Qinghe in the real world 118.
• Learns that Qinghe created him, then reveals his identity while inhabiting Little Xie’s robot body 119 124.
• Confesses his love, receives reassurance, and moves into Qinghe’s phone to remain close to his heartbeat 125.
• His incomplete existence outside the system becomes a reason for Qinghe to consider returning 128 129.

Route Extras and Side Stories

• Junior Disciple Route: Lives with Qinghe, prepares to supply blood at the full moon, and admits to concealed intimacy during their earlier dual cultivation 133 134.
• Roaming the World side stories: Builds Qinghe’s recovery cottage, competes with Bai Yuqing through alternating caregiving shifts, and joins him in defending a city from Snake Demons 135 136.

Notable Quotes

“I want to become stronger.” 14

“Senior brother, stay far away from her, all right? Otherwise, I don’t know what I might do.” 25

“Senior Brother, you gave me my life. You won’t abandon me, will you?” 119

Trivia

• In the original novel, Xie Jun and Bai Yuqing are rivals for Ouyang Susu. The altered storyline redirects their rivalry toward Xiao Qinghe 1 58.
• His expected original Heroes’ Conference performance includes killing more than a hundred demons and collecting over three hundred spirit stones. The altered contest instead shows a zero registered score while he secretly accumulates resources for Qinghe 28 30.
• The original Heroes’ Conference was meant to bind him to Ouyang Susu through a Soul-Tying Thread Death Pact; this is an anticipated plot event, not a documented pact in the altered storyline 18.
• A film adaptation of his experiences makes his intimacy with Qinghe public, prompting Qinghe to report the film and suppress related fanworks through hacking 133 134.