Sea Witch

Biodata

Background / History

Xin Luo is a Mermaid Princess described as a once-in-a-century genius of her clan. She grew up pampered and subsequently spent years living comfortably on Sea God Island, where she became its only female Sacred Pillar Guardian Douluo 14 19.

She once exchanged letters with her grandfather, but dangerous sea routes and the loss of messengers to predators eventually ended their correspondence. By the time she revisited her people’s home, they had been out of contact for many years 38.

Bo Saixi recalls that the Evil Orca King had previously fought Sea Witch and Xiao Bai while he was still an ordinary Evil Orca King. The circumstances of that earlier battle are not detailed 16.

Her work purchasing supplies for Ren Tao develops into a commercial venture of her own. She sells perfume, jewelry, and silk on Sea God Island and comes to regard business, rather than cultivation, as her preferred vocation. She also dreams of visiting the mainland and learning how its people conduct trade 73.

After Sea God Island disappears, Xin Luo is revealed to be a captive of the Sea God alongside Bo Saixi and Tang Chen. Ren Tao frees them, and the island’s destruction releases her from her former obligations. She arranges to take Bo Saixi to Purple Pearl Island before eventually realizing her own wish to travel ashore 110 115 116 123.

Appearance

Xin Luo has long, dark-green hair falling in large curls, sky-blue eyes, and a mermaid tail 14 17 21.

• Clothing: Wears a small emerald-green top 38. In the finale, she wears a breezy, midriff-baring outfit 123.
• Eyes: Described as large, clear, and normally gentle 10 17.
• Martial Soul Avatar: Enlarges her body to over ten meters tall; she can sit on the sea and float with its waves 17.
• Land appearance: By the finale, she can walk with long, straight humanlike legs, provided she replenishes her contact with seawater 123.

Personality

Lively and innocent by nature, Xin Luo is especially sensitive to Bo Saixi’s unhappiness. Her concern extends beyond her own faction: despite being on opposing sides, she protects Jenny and Yeonnie from the Human-Faced Sea Anemone 14 24.

She is also quick-witted and skilled at bargaining. Her alternating-question arrangement with Ren Tao lets her gather information while exploiting openings for mind reading. When cornered, she appeals to his principles, their lack of a personal grudge, and the consequences of provoking Bo Saixi 17 18 19.

Xin Luo dislikes bloodthirsty combat but retains considerable pride in her royal lineage and guardian position. She surrenders when Ren Tao overwhelms her attack, yet later declares that she would rather self-destruct than submit to forced devouring 19 20.

Her later experiences lead her to state openly that she neither enjoys being a soul master nor considers herself suited to it. Instead, she displays entrepreneurial ambition, an interest in fashion and luxury goods, and a desire for freedom beyond Sea God Island 73.

She remains grateful to those who have cared for her. Once Bo Saixi loses her home and duties, Xin Luo insists on taking her to Purple Pearl Island, presenting it as an opportunity to repay years of protection 116.

Power Progression

Abilities & Skills

Mind Reading

Xin Luo can peek into another person’s thoughts, making her questions a means of gathering more information than spoken answers alone provide 17 18.

• Cannot normally read someone whose spiritual power exceeds hers 17.
• Exploits Ren Tao’s momentary distraction to glimpse his thoughts 17.
• Uses carefully framed questions to prompt him to think about the information she wants 18.

Fourth Soul Skill

An unnamed flute-based attack releases invisible soul power through the water 22.

• Activates quickly and consumes little soul power 22.
• Severs clusters of the Human-Faced Sea Anemone’s tentacles 22.
• Is substantially weaker than her eighth and ninth soul skills; the anemone catches and redirects some of its water bursts toward her 22.

Seventh Soul Skill: Martial Soul Avatar

Her Martial Soul Avatar produces a giant form and supports the use of Sea-Calming Divine Melody 17 22.

• Increases her height to over ten meters 17.
• Is activated alongside her ninth soul skill when the Human-Faced Sea Anemone presents a mortal threat 22.

Eighth Soul Skill: Sea God’s Power: Binding

Her strongest single-target attack begins with a piercing flute shriek and mental shock, slowing the target’s thoughts before trapping them in a contracting sea vortex 18.

• Its initial mental attack falls short of Tang San’s Vast-realm mental attacks 18.
• Against Ren Tao, the Sea God’s Abhorrence makes the surrounding water resist his control and attack him 18.
• Sea God’s Light from her ring further empowers piranhas and hostile waves, combining physical, energy, and mental assaults 18.
• Ren Tao breaks free and severs her connection to the Sea Ghost Whirlpool 19.

Ninth Soul Skill: Sea-Calming Divine Melody

An indiscriminate area attack performed through her Black Flute 17.

• Requires her Martial Soul Avatar and time to gather power 18.
• Forces Tang San’s concealed group to withdraw rather than risk being caught in its range 17.
• Sends broad ripples through the sea, creating a restricted zone during her confrontation with the Human-Faced Sea Anemone 23.

Mermaid Bloodline

Xin Luo’s bloodline attracts Ren Tao’s evolutionary devouring instinct rather than merely his interest in her martial soul 18 23.

• Mermaid genes can help unlock the second stage of his autonomous evolution and prevent mutations 23.
• Ren Tao obtains what he needs through a connection to her consciousness, using the Human-Faced Sea Anemone as a medium; Xin Luo survives 23 24.
• The merfolk’s mutation-suppressing power is a bloodline property, not a demonstrated combat technique used by Xin Luo 38.
• After his Sea of Inheritance is damaged, Ren Tao considers her forbidden power a potential safeguard against harmful mutations during further evolution 72.

Sea God’s Light

Xin Luo uses Sea God’s Light both offensively and defensively 18 76.

• Her ruby ring initially supplies the light used to strengthen her binding attack and resonate with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud 18 19.
• Although that ring’s stored light is exhausted during her first fight with Ren Tao, she later raises Sea God’s Light to protect his hundred-thousand-year soul beast companions during the tribulation lightning 19 76.

Walking on Land

By the finale, Xin Luo has devised a way to travel on humanlike legs without permanently abandoning the sea 123.

• She must soak in seawater in time to maintain her ability to walk on land 123.
• She carries seawater in a Storage Pouch and brings a large bathtub, believing this arrangement will allow her to continue traveling indefinitely 123.
• Ren Tao supplies a private carriage so she can bathe comfortably and away from public view 123.

Commerce

Xin Luo develops practical experience buying and selling goods through Sea God Island’s supply merchants 38 73.

• Purchases several shiploads of seafood for Ren Tao’s evolutionary needs 72.
• Independently expands her purchases to include perfume, jewelry, and silk, which prove popular on Sea God Island 73.
• Proposes buying a stake in the Sea King Group rather than merely assisting with distribution 73.
• Later proposes a dessert business to Ren Tao; their discussion continues when they leave to travel together 115 123.

Equipment / Items

• Black Flute — Instrument used to perform her offensive soul skills and accompany Ren Tao’s song within the Sea of Inheritance 18 22 23.
• Ruby ring containing Sea God’s Light — Allows her to leave Sea God Island and detect the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud through resonance. Its divine light is exhausted after her attack on Ren Tao 18 19.
• Luminous pearls — Illuminate the coral where she rests while traveling with the Evil Spirit Orcas 20.
• Storage Pouch — Given to Ren Tao with pearls as payment for investigating her people’s disappearance. The pouch itself is worth more than its contents 38.
• Dreamscape Skull — An emerald-green soul bone from the Human-Faced Sea Anemone, entrusted to her by Ren Tao to fund purchases of sea products. She considers it precious and admires its potential as a hair ornament 38.
• Trade goods — Seafood purchased for Ren Tao, along with perfume, jewelry, and silk acquired for her own commercial activities 72 73.
• Mainland travel supplies — By the finale, she uses a Storage Pouch filled with seawater and carries a large bathtub to maintain her ability to walk on land 123.
• Private carriage — Provided by Ren Tao for comfortable travel and private seawater baths; stocked with beautiful clothes and sparkling jewelry 123.

Relationships

• Bo Saixi — Her elder and a close confidante. Xin Luo worries about Bo Saixi’s lonely future; Bo Saixi later threatens Ren Tao if anything happens to her 14 17 37. Xin Luo also acts as an intermediary when Bo Saixi requests a private meeting with Ren Tao and selects perfume for her 69. After their rescue from the Sea God, she takes Bo Saixi’s hand and invites her to Purple Pearl Island to repay her longstanding care 116.
• Ren Tao — Initially an adversary who wants her bloodline. Their dealings develop into reluctant cooperation, mutual assistance, and an agreement to investigate her missing clan 19 23 38. She later becomes his commercial collaborator and openly cheers him on during his contest with Tang San 70 73. The sea soul beasts regard her as the Sea King’s “lady confidante,” and her disappearance motivates him to risk receiving the world seed’s legacy 110. During his confrontation with the Sea God, Ren Tao recognizes that she holds an important place in his heart and regards them as kindred spirits who share an interest in money and a dislike of killing 114. The Sea God alleges that she wants to spend her life with him, but she denies having saved pearls as a dowry. Their attachment is strongly suggested without a formal declaration of courtship or marriage; the story ends with them traveling together and discussing business 114 115 123.
• Jenny and Yeonnie — Evil Spirit Orcas she protects against the Human-Faced Sea Anemone. They thank her and recognize her as a friend of their group 22 24.
• Sea Soul Beast Alliance — Becomes a trusted friend and contact on Sea God Island. She protects its hundred-thousand-year soul beasts from tribulation lightning, and the alliance mobilizes a large-scale search when she disappears with the island 71 75 76 110.
• Grandfather — A family member she tries to visit after years without contact. Her search instead reveals that her people’s settlement has become a dead sea 38.
• Sea God — Initially the deity served by the island she guards, but ultimately her captor. He uses her, Bo Saixi, and Tang Chen as hostages against Ren Tao. After being freed, her hatred of him prevents her from sympathizing with his fate 115.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Ren Tao’s Duel on Sea God Island

• Ren Tao singles her out to choose a battlefield for his duel with Tang San, provoking her suspicion that he is trying to divide the guardians 10.
• His conspicuous interest in her is explained as an involuntary response to her value to his evolution, not proof that he has fallen in love 10.

Interrupted Ambush and Forced Journey

• Her Sea-Calming Divine Melody disrupts the Shrek Seven Devils’ ambush, giving Ren Tao’s kin an opportunity to withdraw 17.
• During their exchange of questions, Ren Tao warns that Bo Saixi must sacrifice herself for Tang San’s inheritance and that Tang San will later cause mass battlefield deaths. Xin Luo is visibly shaken 18.
• After losing their subsequent fight, she reveals that her arrival drove off the ambushers. Ren Tao spares her but pressures her into guiding him toward Tang San’s hunting party 19 20.

Human-Faced Sea Anemone

• Spider Crab illusions separate the travelers, leaving Xin Luo trapped in an inner-mind illusion while Jenny and Yeonnie shelter behind her 21.
• She regains control, counterattacks, and holds off the anemone after it isolates the three of them through its spatial techniques 22 24.
• Ren Tao reaches her consciousness, where an illusion depicts dead and weeping mermaids. His arrival replaces the desolate scene with his Sea of Inheritance, and she accompanies his singing on her flute 23.
• The experience leaves her unsettled by both her people’s apparent suffering and the realization that Ren Tao’s devouring did not mean killing her 24.

Disappearance of the Mermaid Clan

• After leaving the orcas, Xin Luo visits her grandfather’s home and finds her people gone. The dead sea resembles the scene shown in the anemone’s illusion 38.
• Following her return to Sea God Island, she remains silent and listless for several days, alarming Bo Saixi 36 37.
• She asks Ren Tao to discover where her people went, explaining that the island’s other authorities cannot leave and that she trusts no one else with the task 38.
• In return, Ren Tao asks her to purchase roughly a quarter of the materials needed for his second evolution stage through merchants supplying Sea God Island 38.
• She later reaffirms her determination to continue searching for the Merfolk 73.
• When Ren Tao enters the Sea God’s hidden realm, he discovers the remains of the Merfolk’s home there, linking its desolation to the forbidden power involved in the Sea God’s trap 114.

Business Ambitions and the Mainland Dream

• Bo Saixi asks Xin Luo to invite Ren Tao to Sea God Island for a private discussion about Tang San’s Fourth Trial 69.
• Xin Luo openly encourages Ren Tao during his subsequent contest with Tang San 70.
• Her seafood purchases provide Ren Tao with a potential source of energy and genetic material after the damage to his Sea of Inheritance 72.
• When he approaches her about distributing goods on Sea God Island, she proposes buying a stake in the Sea King Group and reveals that she has already developed a market for perfume, jewelry, and silk 73.
• She confesses that she prefers business to being a soul master and wants to explore commerce on the mainland 73.
• Ren Tao initially objects to her going ashore and tells her the story of a mermaid princess who sacrifices her voice to pursue a prince. Moved by her distress, he supplies a happy ending and encourages her dream rather than extinguishing it 73.

Tribulation Lightning

• Ren Tao regards Xin Luo as an inside contact who can help his companions withdraw safely if trouble arises during Tang San’s extraction of the Sea God Trident 75.
• Upon sensing danger, he orders the others to find her while he faces the incoming tribulation 75.
• Xin Luo meets the hundred-thousand-year sea soul beasts and protects them with Sea God’s Light as they watch the lightning engulf Ren Tao 76.

Sea God Island’s Disappearance and Rescue

• Sea God Island vanishes, leaving Xin Luo’s whereabouts unknown. The Sea Soul Beast Alliance mobilizes an extensive search for her and the island’s inhabitants 110.
• Ren Tao concludes that he needs the world seed’s legacy to have a chance of saving her and accepts the danger of the world’s judgment 110.
• After locating the island, he discovers a barren realm surrounded by a blood-red barrier. The Sea God reveals that he has sacrificed the island’s followers and prepared a forbidden-power trap 114.
• The Sea God uses Xin Luo’s importance to Ren Tao to provoke him. Ren Tao demands that both she and Bo Saixi be handed over 114.
• Xin Luo, Bo Saixi, and Tang Chen appear imprisoned inside a blood-red barrier. Xin Luo mouths a warning to Ren Tao while the Sea God threatens to kill the captives unless he surrenders 115.
• Ren Tao’s Time Chain reverses the Sea God’s killing blow, frees the captives, and accelerates the Sea God’s decay until he becomes a reef 115.
• Xin Luo rejoins Ren Tao, denies the Sea God’s claim that she was saving a dowry, and proposes discussing a dessert business. Bo Saixi interrupts to reveal that the island’s blood ritual created another Tang San 115.
• With Sea God Island gone, Bo Saixi tells Xin Luo she is free to go wherever she wishes. Xin Luo instead invites her to Purple Pearl Island, where she has already made arrangements, and postpones her business conversation with Ren Tao 116.

Mainland Journey and Finale

• Xin Luo makes her first trip ashore alone, walking on humanlike legs but hesitating because she has forgotten shoes and is nervous about proceeding inland 123.
• She complains that Ren Tao has not returned, then pours seawater over her feet from her Storage Pouch 123.
• Ren Tao appears and learns that she has brought seawater and a bathtub so she can maintain her land mobility through regular soaking 123.
• He provides a large, private carriage stocked with clothes and jewelry, allowing her to bathe comfortably during the journey 123.
• They leave together to explore the mainland, resuming their conversation about the dessert business as the story ends 123.

Notable Quotes

“Fighting isn't really my forte.” 17

“If you're asking for my opinion, I refuse. But if you intend to force me, I would rather self-destruct!” 20

“I want to buy a stake in the Sea King Group!” 73

“After everything that's happened recently, I've realized that I'm not suited to being a soul master, nor do I enjoy it. Doing business is what really interests me!” 73

“You've looked after me for so many years. Please give me a chance to repay you!” 116

“As long as I soak in seawater in time, I can keep walking on land forever.” 123

Trivia

• In an author’s note, the author acknowledges readers’ suggestions to make Sea Witch the female lead but states that a romance storyline has not been decided. She is explicitly described as a positive character who helps the male lead 38.
• Ren Tao’s retelling of the mermaid princess story initially serves as an attempt to discourage her from going ashore, but instead becomes an occasion for him to support her hopes 73.
• Her scream during the Time Chain’s reversal reaches a whistle register, prompting Ren Tao to wonder whether she also has the potential to become a singer 115.
• The novel’s final scene centers on her departure with Ren Tao. Their closing conversation links her dessert-business proposal to a place he calls “Häagen-Dazs” 123.

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