Si Mingwei

Biodata

Power Progression

Appearance

• Build and features: Youthful, slender, and delicate, with fair, porcelain-like skin, bright eyes, and a narrow waist 357 497 516.
• Clothing: Introduced in a yellow dress; later wears a pale green dress with a jade belt and, on another occasion, a starlit robe 357 516 632.
• Concealed appearance: Often wears a cloak and Silver Mask while conducting official or military business 377 492.
• Distinguishing trait: Her youthful, approachable appearance contrasts sharply with her imposing presence as a Source Emperor and city lord 357.

Personality

Si Mingwei combines a playful manner with political vigilance. During her first meeting with Gu Chenfeng, she shifts from friendly teasing to an intimidating interrogation to test his intentions. She values intelligence and practical usefulness alongside cultivation talent, choosing to support him partly because she believes he can disrupt the Purple Cloud Sect’s dominance 357 359.

She is protective without promising unconditional rescue. She shields the Four Symbols Sect from direct Purple Cloud Sect intervention but expects it to defeat lesser enemies through its own efforts. When war approaches, she offers Gu Chenfeng a safe route into Star Luo Hall and warns him honestly that her protection will have limits 358 366.

Si Mingwei dislikes owing favors and openly acknowledges when Gu Chenfeng’s contributions exceed her own. Her growing affection for him conflicts with her pride, his existing marriage, and her wish to preserve her dignity as his senior sister. Although she initially maintains her distance, perceived romantic rivals provoke jealousy and increasingly impulsive remarks 497 517 601 604 606.

Abilities & Skills

Wood Origin Power and Laws

Si Mingwei cultivates exceptionally pure Wood Origin Power and can combine it with law power to create large-scale offensive and defensive constructs 495.

• Grows a towering ancient tree from her staff and sends vines across the battlefield to bind multiple enemies 495.
• Forms wooden dragons or giant pythons capable of strangling opponents, killing sect fighters, and piercing warships 495 503.
• Weaves vines into a shield large enough to intercept Ye Beixuan’s fireball outside Purple Cloud City’s defensive formation 503.
• Uses a gentle stream of Wood Origin Power to catch Gu Chenfeng and dissipate the force throwing him backward 506.

Heavenly Net of Vines

A named binding technique activated through her wooden staff, hand seals, and an incantation 495.

• Deployed during her joint pursuit of Tie Kuang with Gu Chenfeng 495.
• Her vine attacks cannot prevent Tie Kuang’s Primordial Spirit from escaping after the destruction of his physical body 496.

Greenwood Origin-Locking Formation

A formation bestowed by Mu Chen and suited to her cultivation method. It draws on earth-vein power to strengthen her Wood Origin Power 505.

• Produces rapidly regenerating vines that constrict the enemy’s movement 505.
• Temporarily immobilizes Ye Beixuan, creating an opening for Gu Chenfeng’s killing attacks 505.
• Requires advance preparation and enormous expenditure; its binding force begins weakening during the battle 505 506.

Swordsmanship and Movement Techniques

Si Mingwei can transform her Green Jade Scepter into a three-foot azure blade and condense Wood Origin Power into sword qi 505.

• Fights beside Gu Chenfeng in close combat against Ye Beixuan 505.
• At Three-Star Source Emperor Realm, withstands the combined assault of one-star and two-star opponents using Star Luo Hall’s high-grade methods 563.
• Uses movement techniques and secret arts to prolong a battle against three Supreme Elders, though their combined attacks place her at a disadvantage 563.
• Cannot reliably defend against the transformed Ye Beixuan’s concealed movements; her Divine Sense perception is inferior to Gu Chenfeng’s 507.

Intelligence and Command

Si Mingwei maintains intelligence channels and commands both Star Luo Hall retainers and local forces 357 492.

• Reconstructs Gu Chenfeng’s activities after his arrival in Central Province and infers that his unusual medicine purchases may relate to an ancient pill formula 357.
• Cultivates promising local factions as a counterweight to the Purple Cloud Sect 412.
• Cross-checks Gu Chenfeng’s intelligence before committing Purple Cloud City’s elite forces to his ambush plan 492.
• Coordinates military deployments while preserving the appearance that Purple Cloud City remains defended against the Purple Cloud Sect’s assault 492.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Green Jade Scepter / azure wooden staff — Her principal weapon; transforms into a towering tree or a three-foot azure blade and channels her wood-based techniques 495 503 505.
• Greenwood Origin-Locking Formation — A reserve treasure from Mu Chen, prepared in advance for the battle with Ye Beixuan 505.
• Command Token — Receives Divine Sense messages, including Gu Chenfeng’s intelligence from his infiltration mission. Communication fails when he travels beyond its transmission range 478.
• Silver Mask and cloak — Worn during battlefield preparations and covert deployment 377 492.
• Medicinal Pool — Used to recover from injuries sustained in an earlier clash with Ye Beixuan 478.

Background / History

Appointment to Purple Cloud City

Star Luo Hall assigned Si Mingwei to oversee Purple Cloud City, stabilize the Demon Race border, and restore the Human Race Alliance’s authority over Purple Cloud Prefecture. She arrived with only a few trusted aides and faced a Purple Cloud Sect that had dominated the prefecture for more than a thousand years 357 412.

Although she secured Purple Cloud City, the sect repeatedly sabotaged her efforts elsewhere. Her attempts to nurture independent local talents and factions also failed when the Purple Cloud Sect covertly eliminated them. She consequently began gathering evidence of its Demon Race collusion while searching for more durable allies 358 412.

Alliance with Gu Chenfeng

Si Mingwei formally revealed her identity to Gu Chenfeng after observing his role in the Four Symbols Sect’s rapid recovery. She recruited him against the Purple Cloud Sect, which had proposed handing him, Mo Nancang, and the sect’s core members to the Demon Race. In exchange for his allegiance, she promised protection from direct Purple Cloud Sect action and gave him a scarlet Spirit Plant bearing two fiery fruits 357 358.

When regional war began, she confirmed that the Four Symbols Sect answered to her rather than the Purple Cloud Sect. Gu Chenfeng declined her offer to recommend him as a Star Luo Hall deacon and leave the war zone, so she promised a relatively safe initial assignment while he strengthened himself 366.

After he disappeared in the Secret Realm’s Inner Hall, Si Mingwei ordered continued searches and personally visited the Borderlands Battlefield. She briefly considered whether he might be Shadowless Asura because both vanished around the same time, but dismissed the possibility 412 478.

Golden Ape Tribe Conspiracy

The struggle in Purple Cloud Prefecture reflected a conflict between two Star Luo Hall factions. Their agreement not to send additional experts left Si Mingwei exposed to Ye Beixuan, whose backers permitted cooperation with the Golden Ape Tribe. The plan was to kill her, destroy Purple Cloud City’s forces, and eliminate her evidence of collusion 477.

Already injured by Ye Beixuan, Si Mingwei received Gu Chenfeng’s warning that the Golden Ape Tribe would intervene. She reported the intelligence to her master and investigated the Purple Cloud Sect’s preparations. As Gu Chenfeng’s increasingly detailed reports proved accurate, she committed her elite forces to intercepting the demon reinforcements rather than remaining inside the city 478 489 492.

The ambush devastated the Golden Ape Tribe’s forces. Si Mingwei and the disguised Gu Chenfeng jointly defeated Tie Kuang’s physical body, although his Primordial Spirit escaped. Gu Chenfeng’s subsequent revelation of his identity and Source Emperor strength changed their relationship from patron and subordinate to fellow cultivators of equal standing 495 496 497.

Defeat of Ye Beixuan

Unable to rely on Star Luo Hall reinforcements, Si Mingwei accepted Gu Chenfeng’s plan to isolate the Purple Cloud Sect and force a decisive confrontation. They prepared the Greenwood Origin-Locking Formation in a mountainous area, where she would restrain Ye Beixuan while Gu Chenfeng delivered the fatal attack 498 505.

Ye Beixuan survived their initial attacks and revealed a Baleful Demon Body with Four-Star Source Emperor strength. He severely wounded and poisoned Si Mingwei, who urged Gu Chenfeng to flee before losing consciousness. Gu Chenfeng instead killed Ye Beixuan and used his blood to neutralize the poison in her body 506 507 510 511.

Afterward, Si Mingwei helped the Four Symbols Sect take over the fallen sect’s territory, resources, personnel, and experts. Her support enabled it to attain strength comparable to a first-rate faction. The battle also gave her the insight needed to reach Three-Star Source Emperor Realm 516.

Return to Star Luo Hall

Concerned that the Purple Cloud Sect’s surviving patron could retaliate, Si Mingwei urged Gu Chenfeng to join Star Luo Hall under her master’s protection. She introduced him to Mu Chen, accompanied him to the Guest Elder assessment, and warned him that examiner Liao Xing had backed Ye Beixuan 517 520 521.

Once Mu Chen accepted Gu Chenfeng, Si Mingwei readily adopted the role of his senior sister. She also helped explain the conditions for using Star Luo Hall’s Super Teleportation Array when he needed to return to Yan Province 518 521 527.

Cloudzhi Immortal Tree and Fan Yue’s Betrayal

Mu Chen sent Si Mingwei and Gu Chenfeng to assist Fan Yue in recovering the stolen Cloudzhi Immortal Tree. She participated in Gu Chenfeng’s staged conflict over a Cloudzhi Immortal Fruit, disguising herself as a black-clad swordsman to draw Starshine City’s major factions into the operation 555 559 561.

During the pursuit of the real thief, a six-star Source Emperor targeted her as a hostage. Gu Chenfeng and Fan Yue stopped his blades after they cut her shoulders, and Jiang Yin recovered the tree 567.

Fan Yue later ambushed Si Mingwei while she cultivated in the Sky-Congealing Pool and had the Blood Curse Art placed on her. She learned that he had conspired with Eagle Vengeance Peak to massacre Starshine City and kill Jiang Yin and Gu Chenfeng. Mu Chen intervened, and Fan Yue ultimately detonated himself. Although Mu Chen’s pills removed her curse, she remained visibly distressed by the betrayal 585.

Later Conflicts

Mu Chen assigned Si Mingwei to manage Shaking Light Island and attend the Heavenly Origin Dao Inquiry Gathering with Jiang Yin and Gu Chenfeng. At Wanning Courtyard, she defended Dust-Cleansing Peak’s injured personnel against Eagle Vengeance Peak, but stronger elders blocked her intervention 585 600.

She subsequently escaped Heavenly Origin Mountain with Gu Chenfeng and Jiang Yin when the gathering was exposed as a Devouring Spirit Beast trap 608.

When Gu Chenfeng was due to assume control of Kaiyang Island, Si Mingwei and Jiang Yin tried to stop Li Qingluo, Shen Tai, and Dong Ting from stripping it of supplies and personnel. Gu Chenfeng arrived in time to block Li Qingluo’s attack and later shared part of the resulting compensation with them 632 634.

During Star Luo Hall’s later retreat, Si Mingwei was among those trapped by Soul Devouring Beasts while Panyue fought the traitor Yin Jiu. As Panyue ordered the others to abandon him, a vast Blood Tide and a crimson-gold fist struck the encircling enemies 699.

Relationships

• Gu Chenfeng — Initially her recruit and protected junior; later her battlefield partner, lifesaver, and junior martial brother. She develops romantic feelings for him, but their becoming Dao companions is not established; she recalls refusing Mu Chen’s proposal to pair them 358 497 510 521 634.
• Mu Chen — Her master and one of Star Luo Hall’s Four Supreme Elders. Provides treasures, rewards, and treatment, and later assigns her to Shaking Light Island. His attempts at matchmaking embarrass her 505 517 520 585.
• Fan Yue — Eldest senior brother and her principal early cultivation instructor, whom she regarded as both brother and father. His betrayal and use of the Blood Curse Art against her leave her struggling to accept what happened 558 585.
• Jiang Yin — Second senior brother and frequent ally. Fights alongside her in sect disputes and encourages her not to miss her romantic opportunity with Gu Chenfeng 567 600 601 632.
• Mo Nancang — Four Symbols Sect master and an allied commander under her authority in Purple Cloud Prefecture 366 492.
• Daoist Dulong — A subordinate who addresses her as master and questions her decision to invest in Gu Chenfeng 359.
• Ye Beixuan — Principal enemy in Purple Cloud Prefecture. Repeatedly injures her and schemes to eliminate her with the Golden Ape Tribe’s assistance 477 478 507.
• Liao Xing — Hostile Star Luo Hall elder and Ye Beixuan’s backer; openly mocks her destruction of the Purple Cloud Sect 521 522.
• Ling Qianxue — Her apparent interest in Gu Chenfeng arouses Si Mingwei’s jealousy. Si Mingwei interrupts their private meeting and reproaches Gu Chenfeng for behaving improperly as a married man 603 604.

Notable Quotes

“Nice flattery. But before you serve this city lord, make sure you keep that little life of yours on the Borderlands battlefield.” 377

“Don't forget, your blood already runs through my veins!” 517

“I... I only have cultivation on my mind. I have no time to think about such things.” 601