Xiao Qing

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Xiao Qing is Xiao Tian Ce's niece. Her parents died when she was young, and she grew up beside him from the age of seven or eight. By the time he began preparing his branch's departure from the Xiao Realm, she had become a peak Two-Star Dou Saint and a respected elder 4 5.

As the branch's only younger-generation Dou Sheng, she attracted Xiao Tian Ce's attention as a possible future leader. He intended to hand clan affairs over to her once their preparations were established, provided she developed the necessary leadership skills. His discussions with her repeatedly served as lessons in planning, secrecy, and responsibility 9 39.

Her intervention during the Hun Clan invasion helped preserve tens of thousands of clansmen. Xiao Tian Ce explicitly credited her with saving lives and retaining numerous Dou Sheng experts, rather than blaming her for disrupting the original rescue plan. The survivors were settled in Heaven Beyond, although their morale had been devastated by the destruction of the Xiao Realm 51 56.

Over the Xiao Clan's thousand years of concealment, Xiao Qing handled most of its affairs while Xiao Tian Ce concentrated on cultivation and strategic preparations. She became the designated Young Clan Leader and possessed universally acknowledged authority to act as clan leader during his absence. Her work was recognized as a major contributor to the clan's resurgence 122 153 154 227.

After extensive preparation and testing, she formally succeeded Xiao Tian Ce as Clan Chief. She later remained responsible for the clan after his departure for the Great Thousand World, helping consolidate its position as the unquestioned overlord of the Dou Qi Continent. By the time she joined him in the Great Thousand World, she still held office but intended to relinquish it after finding a suitable successor 237 289 478.

Personality

Xiao Qing is deeply respectful toward Xiao Tian Ce and initially places complete trust in his judgment, supporting his decision to leave the Xiao Realm even without knowing all his reasons. She is also self-effacing: when praised for completing White Jade Capital, she credits his plans rather than claiming the achievement for herself 9 40.

Her loyalty is expressed through practical care. She guards Xiao Tian Ce's refining chamber for almost half a month, arranges an attendant for his emergence from another seclusion, and repeatedly warns him against risking himself against the Hun Clan 20 29 44 47.

Her compassion ultimately overrides her obedience. Although she accepts the need to delay rescuing the Xiao Clan until its arrogance has been broken, witnessing the massacre makes her question Xiao Tian Ce's decision for the first time. She abandons concealment to fight, then apologizes when he arrives—not because her concern has changed, but because she believes she has disappointed him 39 40 48 49.

She remains conflicted about that intervention long afterward. She is glad that many more people survived, but recognizes that sparing them before their arrogance was fully broken contributed to more than a century of internal strife during the clan's concealment 130.

Xiao Tian Ce describes her as upright and hardworking, while later praising her composure and ability to lead. Nevertheless, he considers her insufficiently hard-hearted and ruthless. Her attachment to loved ones is a particular vulnerability: she values affection and loyalty deeply and struggles to accept that Gu Yue's conduct makes her unsuitable to remain Clan Chief's Wife 61 227 260.

She does not covet authority. Before succeeding Xiao Tian Ce, she offers to support Heavenly Net as Clan Chief if he remains behind. Once her own succession becomes certain, she feels an immense burden and fears that a mistaken decision could ruin the clan. She nevertheless works diligently and accepts that the position requires her to place the clan's interests above her personal wishes 182 236 256 286 478.

Although generally good-tempered, she becomes intensely angry when Gu Dao manipulates Gu Yue and seeks access to the Ancient Emperor's Inheritance. Xiao Tian Ce teaches her to conceal her emotions and avoid allowing humiliation, anger, or hatred to determine her decisions. She subsequently hides her resentment even from Gu Yue while preparing a political response 259 260 266.

Abilities & Skills

Ten Thousand Swords Floating in the Air

• A Heaven Tier Dou Technique that manifests thousands upon thousands of longswords and launches them at a target 20.
• Each sword carries enough power to trouble an ordinary Dou Sheng 20.
• During a test conducted below her full strength, the swords fail to damage the late-stage Eight-Star Heavenly Demon Puppet. Its subsequent restrained punch sends her several thousand meters backward 20.

Spatial Manipulation

• Creates spatial ripples with her Dou Qi to transport the first Shadow Secret Guard squad out of White Tiger Hall 8.
• Travels through the spatial void with Xiao Tian Ce to reach the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Secret Realm 12.
• Immobilizes beast puppets in midair, including the Gold Lion and two peak Nine-Star Dou Zun Earth-Splitting Demon Tigers 13.
• Her flight is suppressed inside the secret realm by a formation powerful enough to restrain even Eight-Star Dou Sheng experts 12.
• Uses spatial travel alongside teleportation arrays to move rapidly between Heavenly Secret Tower headquarters and Heavenly Strategy Manor in Heaven Beyond 177 207.

Beast Puppet Recovery

• Erases the controlling soul power from captured beast puppets, allowing them to be preserved rather than destroyed 13.
• Collects the Gold Lion, Earth-Splitting Demon Tigers, and several puppets of magical beasts extinct for a thousand years 13.
• Leaves the final peak Four-Star Dou Saint Ancient Void Dragon puppet to Xiao Tian Ce 13.

Intelligence and Counterintelligence

• Establishes the Luo Network's organizational structure within three months and recruits more than a dozen Dou Zong and two One-Star Dou Zun 11.
• Creates elder seats for Half-Saints and above, granting authority to mobilize Heaven Character members below grade five 11.
• Seals information about the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Secret Realm and stations guards at its entrance 11 12.
• Reports the ancient clans' reactions to the Xiao branch's supposed destruction and gathers information on the Hun Clan's reserves, including its hundred-plus Dou Sheng experts 38.
• Is instructed to monitor Hun Clan movements without exposing the hidden Xiao forces or sending scouts unnecessarily close 40.
• Reports the rise of new continental powers and the Soul Hall's search for the Xiao Clan. Her intelligence also informs arrangements to protect the guardians of the Xiao Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade in the Northwest Continent 60.
• Reports on the development of the Dragon Soaring Army, Heavenly Secret Tower, and Luo Network after Xiao Tian Ce's prolonged seclusion 67.
• Plants informants within every other Emperor Clan except the Hun Clan. Their reports support her assessment that the Stone and Spirit Clans will submit to pressure without an immediate invasion 104.
• Receives authority to lead the search for the concealed Hun Clan and proposes monitoring cities throughout the Central Plains 104.
• Gathers evidence of the Spirit and Stone Clans' agreement with the Yan Clan, identifying their betrayal of the Xiao Clan 177.
• Orders continued surveillance of the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan while retrieving detailed reports on the Hun Clan's sudden appearance across the Central Plains 207.
• Maintains surveillance over Gu Yue during preparations for the Heavenly Tomb Trial and draws on Heavenly Secret Tower's monitoring of Xiao Yan when assessing his loyalty to the clan 274 286.

Clan Administration

• Organizes twenty-one Dou Zun into three balanced teams under Xiao Chengyun, Xiao Hua, and Xiao Donglai, forming the Shadow Secret Guard's initial structure 6.
• Receives responsibility for Heaven Beyond's affairs while Xiao Tian Ce studies the Dou Qi-to-spiritual-energy converter 28.
• Oversees construction of White Jade Capital according to Xiao Tian Ce's specifications; he personally installs and activates its improved Eighth-Level Spirit Gathering Array 40.
• Completes the evacuation of surviving Xiao clansmen and enters the teleportation array last 51.
• Prepares the post-disaster Dou Sheng assembly, moderates grieving clansmen during its proceedings, and presents the Xiao Clan Charter at the roundtable meeting 61 62 64.
• Handles most clan affairs throughout the thousand-year concealment and gains authority to act as clan leader when Xiao Tian Ce is absent 122 153 227.
• Arranges the Martial Arts Arena for the Xiao–Gu marriage alliance, agrees to organize alchemical exchanges with the Yao Clan, and receives responsibility for searching for Xiao Chen through undiscovered secret realms 129 130.
• Administers relations with subordinate Emperor Clans, including their paid access to Heaven Beyond's Spirit Gathering Arrays 153.
• Secures clan approval for the Heavenly Tomb Trial and arranges invitations for Emperor Clans and Central Plains powers 266.
• Continues managing the Xiao Clan after arriving in the Great Thousand World and intends to step down once a suitable successor is chosen 478.

Lightning-Attribute Techniques

• Selects two Heaven-Tier High-Level lightning-attribute Dou Techniques from the collection offered by Xiao Tian Ce, judging them the most suitable for herself 152.
• The names and individual effects of these techniques are not specified in the account of her selection 152.

Black Nine Nether Wind Flame

• Possesses the Black Nine Nether Wind Flame, which she manifests as a black tiger while attacking the Bloodthirsty Soul-Devouring Formation outside the Pill Region 220.
• Her repeated attacks drain the formation's energy faster than the Hun Clan can replenish it by sacrificing victims 220.
• Coordinates with Yao Chen and makes use of his Bone Spirit Cold Flame, alternating heat and cold to intensify the assault on the barrier 220.

Puppet Support and Combined Combat Strength

• Retains Old Phoenix, the Heavenly Demon Puppet originally refined from Huang Jiuji's body and later given to her by Xiao Tian Ce 20 91 142.
• Collects materials and subjects Old Phoenix to a two-hundred-year lightning baptism in the Void Lightning Pool, raising it to Early-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng. It is subsequently described as a Mid-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng puppet 91 142.
• At Late-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng, her own strength combined with the puppet prevents even a Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint from gaining an advantage against her 220 227 234.
• After reaching Half-Emperor, she is confident of facing Gu Yuan or Zhu Kun individually, with the puppet providing additional protection. She does not claim the same certainty against both at once 279.

Dou Qi Tide

• Creates a powerful Dou Qi tide over the Martial Arts Arena during the Pill Gathering, increasing the surrounding energy density to help Old Man Shennong continue rather than withdraw with regrets 283.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Spatial Storage Ring — Used to store recovered magical beast puppets from the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Secret Realm 13.
• Secret Realm Information Scroll — Presented to Xiao Tian Ce after she secures information about the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix ruins 11.
• Eighth-Tier Spiritual Array Core — A jade pendant supplied by Xiao Tian Ce for concealment and evacuation. It can rescue up to five hundred clansmen, with its final remaining power intended to teleport Xiao Qing away. She destroys it after rescuing 499 people so she can remain and fight 44 48.
• Replacement Evacuation Array Core — Entrusted to her after Xiao Tian Ce intervenes. Unlike the first array, this one has no limit on evacuee numbers. Its array dissipates after she enters last at the end of the evacuation 49 51.
• Old Phoenix — A Heavenly Demon Puppet entrusted to her by Xiao Tian Ce. She strengthens it through collected materials and prolonged lightning baptism; its cultivation reaches Early-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng and is later described as Mid-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng 91 142.
• Heaven-Tier High-Level Technique Scrolls — Two lightning-attribute Dou Techniques selected from Xiao Tian Ce's collection 152.
• Xiao Clan Chief's Token — The symbol of the clan leader's authority, formally handed to her by Xiao Tian Ce during her succession ceremony 237.
• Emperor's Origin — A portion left to her by Xiao Tian Ce as a future cultivation resource. After joining him in the Great Thousand World, she offers the boxed portion back, but he instructs her to keep it for use after converting her Dou Qi into spiritual power 236 477 478.

Relationships

• Xiao Tian Ce — Her third uncle and childhood guardian. He entrusts her with intelligence work and clan administration while preparing her as a potential successor. Their first explicit disagreement arises over the delayed rescue during the Hun Clan invasion. He later praises her rescue efforts, continues testing and educating her, and formally transfers the position of Clan Chief to her. She appoints him First Grand Supreme Elder, with commands carrying the same authority as her own, and explicitly says that she has long regarded him as her father 4 9 28 39 48 56 237 286.
• Huang Jiuji — Her master. She initially asks that his cultivation be given to Xiao Tian Ce, but accepts it under her uncle's order and formally becomes Huang Jiuji's disciple. She later consults him about using his soul for puppet refinement. The puppet made from his body, Old Phoenix, eventually becomes her personal combat support 18 19 91.
• Xiao Chun — Addressed by her as “Second Grandfather.” He worries about her prolonged absence and praises her growing administrative ability. He helps settle the rescued clansmen and organizes the ceremony at which she succeeds Xiao Tian Ce 23 40 56 236 237.
• Xiao Tian Ming — Addressed as “Uncle Tian Ming.” She is asked to summon him home after his years in the continent's northwest. He later defends the timing of her succession by pointing to her long record of handling clan affairs and her formidable strength 40 227.
• Xiao Xuan — Her clan leader. She recognizes his exceptional talent but wishes he would abandon his dangerous Dou Di attempt and give Xiao Tian Ce more time to strengthen the clan. Gu Yue later informs her that his soul survives in the Gu Clan's Heavenly Tomb. While he operates as Xuanhuang, she does not initially know his true identity but respects his words because Xiao Tian Ce has demonstrated trust in him 17 43 130 250.
• Xiao Long — A clansman who volunteers for chamber guard duty after she arranges for someone to attend Xiao Tian Ce upon his emergence from seclusion 29.
• Hun Clan — Enemy faction. Its slaughter of her relatives drives her to reveal her strength, abandon her evacuation safeguard, and vow revenge against the Soul Realm. She later advocates retaliation, directs searches for its hidden forces, and personally attacks its Bloodthirsty Soul-Devouring Formation 47 48 90 104 214 220.
• Heavenly Net / Tian Luo — Xiao Tian Ce's soul-derived avatar and one of her principal mentors. He explains the political purpose of the Xiao Clan's return and guides her in preparation for leadership. She considers him effectively another third uncle and offers to support him as Clan Chief if he stays behind. He later advises her during the conflict with Gu Dao and recommends Ya Fei as a suitable replacement for Gu Yue 92 182 260 266.
• Gu Yue — Her wife, chosen through the Xiao–Gu marriage alliance. They grow close at the reception, but Gu Yue later tries to win over Xiao Clan Dou Zun, prompting Xiao Qing to order her to stop building a faction. Their relationship deteriorates further when Gu Yue supports Gu Dao's efforts to obtain the Ancient Emperor's Inheritance for the Gu Clan. Although Xiao Qing still loves her, she ultimately accepts that Gu Yue is unsuitable to remain Clan Chief's Wife and moves toward replacing her 130 131 154 250 259 260 275 286.
• Ya Fei — A trusted Heavenly Secret Tower administrator and political collaborator. Xiao Qing leaves headquarters in her care while retrieving intelligence and participates in the schemes she proposes against rival clans. After Heavenly Net recommends her as a prospective Clan Chief's Wife, Xiao Qing brings her to meet Xiao Tian Ce and openly favors her over Gu Yue 182 207 266 274 275.
• Gu Dao — An antagonist in her domestic and political affairs. His manipulation of Gu Yue and efforts to secure the Ancient Emperor's Inheritance make him the person she most hates. She seeks permission to kill him and subsequently plans retaliation against the Gu Clan. Gu Yuan later promises to execute Gu Dao and send his corpse to her for inspection 259 260 266 285.
• Gu Yuan — The Gu Clan leader and a political negotiating partner. He arranges the original marriage alliance with Xiao Tian Ce, then later negotiates directly with Xiao Qing over the Heavenly Tomb Trial, accepting replacement of the Clan Chief's Wife and promising action against Gu Dao. She refuses his proposal for another marriage alliance involving Xiao Xun'er, judging that the Xiao Clan no longer needs one 122 130 285.
• Ling Hua — Spirit Clan leader with whom she negotiates a proposed vassal relationship. She agrees to support his consolidation of the Spirit Clan if he succeeds in persuading the Yao Clan to submit as well 110.
• Yao Chen — Cooperates with her during the attack on the Bloodthirsty Soul-Devouring Formation. Despite being Xiao Yan's teacher, he treats her with junior respect and assists her with his Bone Spirit Cold Flame 220.
• Xiao Yan — A younger clansman whose conduct she evaluates through Heavenly Secret Tower's surveillance. She concludes that he repeatedly chooses against the clan when its interests conflict with his own and supports Xiao Tian Ce's judgment that he is unsuitable for the Ancient Emperor's Inheritance 286.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Establishing the Hidden Branch

• Helps organize the Shadow Secret Guard and accompanies its first squad out of the Xiao Realm to the newly created refuge, Heaven Beyond 6 8 9.
• Identifies the ten years before Xiao Xuan's planned breakthrough as the branch's best opportunity to develop in secret 9.
• Receives assignments to recruit talented clansmen, gather resources, locate ruins and Heavenly Flames, monitor the Central Plains and Soul Hall, identify cultivators worth supporting, and establish an intelligence organization 9.
• Builds the Luo Network and is instructed to establish Heavenly Secret Tower as its public-facing intelligence-selling counterpart, keeping the Xiao Clan's involvement hidden—especially from the Hall of Souls 11 21.

Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Secret Realm

• Secures the discovery and accompanies Xiao Tian Ce into the ruins. Opening a bronze gate triggers an energy-feather trap, from which he pulls her to safety 11 12.
• Recovers the lesser beast puppets and accompanies him through the medicinal garden and Treasure Pavilion 13 15.
• Becomes Huang Jiuji's disciple and receives the cultivation originally offered to Xiao Tian Ce 18.
• Escapes the collapsing secret realm and returns to Heaven Beyond, where she delivers an eighth-tier soul-restoring pill to her master and later helps test the Heavenly Demon Puppet made from his body 19 20.

Preparing for the Hun Clan Attack

• Reports the Hun Clan's strength and argues that the hidden branch cannot simply let its clanspeople die 38 39.
• Accepts Xiao Tian Ce's plan to rescue survivors only after defeat has shattered their confidence, without revealing the hidden branch's involvement 39 40.
• Completes White Jade Capital and later accompanies Xiao Tian Ce to the Xiao Realm after reaching Early Eight-Star Dou Saint 40 43.

Rescue and Open Intervention

• Follows the invading Hun forces into the Xiao Realm under the array's concealment and begins teleporting talented clansmen away. After roughly three hundred rescues, the enemy notices the disappearances 47.
• Reaches 499 rescued clansmen, one short of the array's limit, but destroys its core rather than accept her automatic evacuation 48.
• Reveals her Eight-Star Dou Sheng strength and seizes a Hun Clan Dou Sheng by the neck. Hun Yuanpo organizes more than twenty mid- and high-level Dou Sheng to hold her back 48 49.
• After Xiao Tian Ce intervenes, receives control of a new evacuation array and orders to take all surviving clansmen to Heaven Beyond 49.
• Oversees the final evacuation and is the last to enter the teleportation array 51.
• Apologizes for exposing herself and altering the plan, but Xiao Tian Ce instead credits her with saving tens of thousands of clansmen and preserving many Dou Sheng experts 56.

Rebuilding the Clan in Concealment

• Reports on continental developments, the Soul Hall's search for the Xiao Clan, and the discovery of the clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade in the Northwest Continent 60.
• Receives instruction to find like-minded clansmen who can become the backbone of the clan's revival and prepares a Dou Sheng assembly 61.
• Helps conduct the assembly and presents the Xiao Clan Charter during the roundtable proceedings 62 64.
• Reports the strength of the Dragon Soaring Army, Heavenly Secret Tower, and Luo Network after Xiao Tian Ce emerges from nearly three centuries of seclusion 67.
• Handles most clan affairs during the long concealment and strengthens Old Phoenix through a prolonged lightning baptism 91 122 227.
• Later reflects that her earlier rescue, while preserving lives, left the clan with more than a century of additional work to eliminate its entrenched arrogance and internal strife 130.

Return to the Central Plains and Vassal Diplomacy

• Advocates retaliation when the Hun Clan strikes, arguing that the revived Xiao Clan no longer needs to fear a full-scale war 90.
• Reports the other Emperor Clans' refusal to join the campaign. Heavenly Net explains that demonstrating the Xiao Clan's superiority over the Hun Clan is itself part of Xiao Tian Ce's strategy 92.
• Confronts Shi Zhong Tian and Ling Hua alongside Heavenly Net during Xiao Tian Ce's battle with the Hun Clan leadership 96.
• Predicts that the Stone and Spirit Clans will submit without an immediate invasion and is entrusted with leading the search for the hidden Hun Clan 104.
• Negotiates with Ling Hua, promising support for his control of the Spirit Clan if he succeeds in persuading the Yao Clan to become a Xiao Clan vassal 110.
• Reports subsequent developments within the subordinate clans and administers their relations with Heaven Beyond 129 153.

Marriage Alliance and Internal Unity

• Accepts Xiao Tian Ce's arrangement for a marriage alliance with the Gu Clan, understanding its political importance and trusting his judgment 122.
• Prepares the Martial Arts Arena for the alliance gathering and meets the visiting Gu Clan women. She and Gu Yue grow close during the reception 129 130 131.
• Marries Gu Yue, but later discovers that she has recruited dozens of Xiao Clan Dou Zun into a personal following 154.
• After Xiao Tian Ce warns that internal division could destroy even a powerful clan, returns to Heaven Beyond and orders Gu Yue to stop faction-building and remain within her role as Young Clan Leader's Wife 153 154.
• Reassures Gu Yue that her succession is already supported by the clan and does not require a private faction 154.

Rival Alliances and the Hun Clan Campaign

• Warns, together with Heavenly Net, that an all-out extermination war against the Hun Clan could unite the other Emperor Clans against the Xiao Clan 164.
• Reports evidence that the Spirit and Stone Clans have aligned with the Yan Clan and recommends eliminating the two betraying clans before fighting the Hun Clan 177 178.
• Participates in the political schemes developed with Heavenly Net and Ya Fei, including proposals to provoke clashes among rival clans and use Gu Xun'er as a safeguard 181 182.
• Receives orders to restrain the Xiao Clan and monitor the Gu and Yan Clans while Xiao Tian Ce prepares additional powerful allies 194.
• Retrieves information on the Hun Clan's sudden, widespread reappearance and reports it to the council, which suspects a larger plot 207.
• Divides Xiao Clan forces among the Heavenly Underworld Sect, Burning Flame Valley, and Pill Region, dispatching supporting experts for attacks on scattered Hun Clan forces 214.
• Personally assaults the Bloodthirsty Soul-Devouring Formation near the Pill Region with the Black Nine Nether Wind Flame, then recruits Yao Chen's help in an effort to save surviving Pill Tower members 220.

Succession as Xiao Clan Chief

• Receives Xiao Tian Ce's assessment that her leadership ability is satisfactory, though her heart is still insufficiently ruthless 227.
• Feels intense pressure as the succession approaches, fearing that she will disappoint Xiao Tian Ce and the clansmen despite her long administrative experience 236.
• Is reassured that she was chosen for her ability rather than merely her relationship to Xiao Tian Ce. He promises continued support and a future portion of Emperor's Origin 236.
• Appears at a ceremony displaying more than three hundred Xiao Clan Dou Sheng experts, where Xiao Chun announces her succession 236.
• Receives the Clan Chief's Token from Xiao Tian Ce and formally assumes leadership. Her first appointment makes him First Grand Supreme Elder, retaining authority equivalent to the Clan Chief's 237.
• Manages the clan during Xiao Tian Ce's absence and receives his praise after his advancement to Dou Di 255 256.

Gu Yue's Removal and the Heavenly Tomb Trial

• Becomes enraged by Gu Dao's manipulation of Gu Yue and attempts to secure access to the Ancient Emperor's Inheritance. Xiao Tian Ce refuses to let anger dictate her actions and teaches her to preserve the Gu Clan's hopes as a means of controlling it 259.
• Is told that Gu Yue can no longer remain Clan Chief's Wife because she prioritizes Gu Clan interests. Xiao Tian Ce leaves the final handling of Gu Yue to her and gives her ten years to settle the matter 259 260.
• Conceals her resentment and proposes a Heavenly Tomb Trial as an ostensibly friendly gathering for Emperor Clan and Central Plains talents 260.
• Secures the clan's approval and arranges invitations. Heavenly Net encourages a decisive response to the Gu Clan and recommends Ya Fei as a prospective Clan Chief's Wife 266.
• Monitors Gu Yue while growing closer to Ya Fei and takes Ya Fei to meet Xiao Tian Ce 274.
• Refuses Gu Yue's attempt to speak privately with Ya Fei, suppresses her angry challenge with her aura, and leaves with Ya Fei, making the intended replacement evident 275.
• After reaching Half-Emperor, rejects Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun's request without fearing retaliation, relying on her own strength, her puppet, and Heaven Beyond's gathered experts 279.
• Negotiates with Gu Yuan, who accepts replacement of the Clan Chief's Wife and promises to execute Gu Dao. She rejects his proposal for a new marriage alliance involving Xiao Xun'er 285.
• Has her arrangements with Gu Yuan approved by Xiao Tian Ce. She affirms that her responsibility to the Xiao Clan must come before her love for Gu Yue 286.

Remaining Behind and Arrival in the Great Thousand World

• Remains at Half-Emperor as Xiao Tian Ce prepares to leave the Dou Qi Continent. He instructs her to plan for the possibility that every other continental faction becomes hostile after the clan's strongest experts depart 289.
• Arrives with her group at the Spatial Passage after Xiao Tian Ce and the departing travelers have already left 290.
• Continues overseeing the Xiao Clan during the intervening years, when it becomes the unquestioned overlord of the Dou Qi Continent 478.
• Eventually joins Xiao Tian Ce in White Jade Capital in the Great Thousand World. She offers to return the Emperor's Origin he left her, but he tells her to retain it while converting her Dou Qi into spiritual power 477 478.
• Learns that a completed spatial teleportation array will reduce travel between Capital City and the Dou Qi Continent to roughly a dozen breaths. She agrees to continue managing the clan until she finds a suitable successor 478.

Notable Quotes

“Third Uncle, I think we cannot simply stand by and let them die, no matter what. They are still members of the Xiao Clan. I would feel terribly guilty if we did nothing.” 39

“Third Uncle, forgive Qing'er. I can't stand by and do nothing anymore!” 48

“But only when it was truly settled that I would take up the burden of leading the Xiao Clan did I realize that you had always been standing in front of me, shouldering all the pressure.” 236

“I hereby appoint our former clan chief, Xiao Tian Ce, as the Xiao Clan's First Grand Supreme Elder. His commands shall carry the same authority as those of the clan chief.” 237

“Ever since both my parents passed away, I've long regarded you as my own father.” 286

“As the current chief of the Xiao Clan, I should always put the clan's interests first. Although Yue'er is the woman I love, her conduct truly does not befit the honor of being the Xiao Clan Chief's Wife.” 286

“I'll continue handling the clan's affairs for now. Once I've chosen a suitable candidate, I'll relinquish the position of Clan Chief.” 478

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