Zhao Xing'er

Biodata

Power Progression

• These developments concern combat power and manifestations, not a confirmed rise in cultivation realm. She later admits that she has awaited a Third Realm breakthrough for months without obvious progress despite recent battles 48.

Background / History

Zhao Xing'er is the eldest daughter of the Zhao Family, a prestigious cultivation clan in the Heavenly Capital region. Her departure became public enough for the family head to post an apology on Cultivation Chat, asking her to return home 7 36.

The dispute began during a graduation trip with her girlfriends. Cultivators from several minor clans released a Snake Demon to frighten the girls and create an excuse to approach them. Xing'er killed the demon bare-handed; when its owners demanded compensation and refused to let the group leave, she injured all three, describing the result as “eight legs” broken between them 36.

Their families complained to her father, who ordered her to apologize. She refused, smashed beds in anger, and escaped after further destructive conflict with her family. Although she regarded her relationship with her father as beyond repair, his public apology showed that he still wanted her home 7 36.

To avoid attracting attention in River City, she deliberately sought employment at Yue Wen's small, shabby agency. A friend arranged identity documents for her, and Yue Wen hired her after an interview that barely went beyond asking her name 8.

Appearance

Zhao Xing'er has a fair, gentle-looking face and a slender build; her delicate appearance repeatedly causes others to underestimate her strength 15 18 46.

• Eyes: Blaze crimson when her Martial Spirit Red Light intensifies 15 18.
• Combat aura: Red radiance can envelop her entire body and form large martial phantoms 21 43 47.
• Casual clothing: Wears a loose, long sweater with a white skirt when departing for the livestream base 38.
• Livestream disguise: Wears an Ultraman mask to conceal her identity from her family 36 43.

Personality

Ordinarily, Xing'er presents herself as quiet, gentle, and agreeable. She is embarrassed by handing out flyers, but enthusiastically wants to slay monsters, protect the community, and accomplish something meaningful. Yue Wen's willingness to help a client for very little money strengthens her belief that he has a chivalrous heart 14 15.

Her sense of justice is intense, particularly toward harassment and worker exploitation. That conviction combines dangerously with her anger-sensitive physique: she can move from polite refusal to destroying a vehicle, or from condemning an abusive employer to repeatedly punching him through a wall 15 17.

She regrets hurting allies and repeatedly apologizes when she loses control. Her determination to keep her job also has a theatrical side: when Yue Wen tries to dismiss her, she tearfully predicts dying homeless, then immediately brightens once he agrees to retain her 23 32.

Xing'er is highly competitive and confident in her fighting ability, but can be gullible outside combat. Second Muntjac escapes by asking her to look behind herself. Her compassion can also reduce her anger-driven power: admiration for Huang Dahu's resolve briefly extinguishes the red light in her eyes 35 43 47.

Abilities & Skills

Mutated Innate Martial Saint Physique

Her immortal physique produces Martial Spirit Red Light that grows stronger with anger 18.

• Power enhancement: Strengthens her punches, weapons, and martial techniques 15 20 21.
• Combat learning: Continually absorbs experience from battle, allowing her to grow stronger during an encounter 21.
• Protection and apparent healing: After the basement battle, her skin remains unmarked despite taking more hits than Yue Wen 23.
• Loss of control: Excessive anger can erase her ability to distinguish friend from foe. She must release the accumulated red light before calming down 18.
• Friendly-fire risk: Punches Yue Wen into a wall and later discovers that she accidentally cut his back during combat 18 23.
• Emotional limitation: Her red light fades when she sympathizes with Huang Dahu; Yue Wen restores her anger by threatening her performance pay 47.

Weapon Mastery

Xing'er can fight with multiple weapon types and execute different martial techniques simultaneously 21 31 43 47.

• Dual-weapon combat: Uses the Green Dragon Crescent Blade in one hand and the Dragon Gallbladder Silver Spear in the other, combining sweeping blade attacks with rapid spear thrusts 21.
• Returning Horse Spear Thrust: Predicts Suit Tiger's movement and attacks backward without looking, then adapts the thrust to sever most of his tail 21.
• Technical understanding: Recognizes that Huang Dahu's lightning technique stimulates his blood vessels, meridians, muscles, and bones at the cost of ruining his body 47.
• Ranged adaptation: Uses an RPG when fleeing enemies move beyond her practical melee reach 21.

Martial Way True Body

Her red light can form a martial phantom behind her, first appearing as an armored general 21 43.

• Warhammer manifestation: Appears during the strike that buries Second Muntjac in a crater 43.
• Staff manifestation: A huge, ferocious phantom with a golden circlet appears during her attack against Huang Dahu 47.
• Raw strength: The muntjac brothers judge her hammer blow more powerful than a strike from the Astral Realm cultivator they previously ambushed; this comparison does not establish that she has reached the Astral Realm 46.

Fire Dance Whirlwind Sword Technique

Using her Twin Yin-Yang Swords, Xing'er becomes a rushing tornado of crimson flame 31 32.

• Knocks Bu Zhongyao unconscious after her opponent attacks her face and neck during a supposedly friendly match 32.
• Scorches the guardian who intervenes to shield Bu Zhongyao 32.
• Requires careful restraint: Xing'er apologizes afterward for failing to hold back 32.

Crimson Stains the Firmament, Heavenward Staff Strike

An explosive staff technique unleashed while her body and martial phantom blaze with red light 47.

• Activated against Huang Dahu after Yue Wen deliberately provokes her anger over pay and contract terms 47.
• Leads into Huang Dahu's defeat and death, which Xing'er finishes with her copper staff 48.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Jade storage bracelet — Worn on her right wrist; stores her extensive arsenal and allows her to switch weapons rapidly 46.
• Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Blade — Over two meters long, forged from immortal-grade materials; projects broad crescents of radiance when empowered by her red light 20 21.
• Green Dragon Crescent Blade — Immortal-grade weapon with a green dragon around its shaft and a red crescent edge; used for forceful sweeping attacks 21.
• Dragon Gallbladder Silver Spear — Immortal-grade spear over three meters long; used for rapid thrusts, feints, and the Returning Horse Spear Thrust 21.
• RPG-107 — Fires into the Tiger Demons' escape passage, collapsing its entrance; remains part of her arsenal during the livestream 21 46.
• Black-steel spiked club — Launches a sedan blocking the agency entrance into the sky 29.
• Twin Yin-Yang Swords — Used against Bu Zhongyao and for the Fire Dance Whirlwind Sword Technique 31 32.
• Drum-Beating Urn-Gold Warhammer — Also described as a Golden Melon Warhammer; creates craters and can be thrown to shake a mountainside 43 46.
• Eyebrow-Level Copper Staff — Used to fight Huang Dahu and perform Heavenward Staff Strike 47 48.
• Mountain-cleaving axe — Used to chop down trees on a hillside after she becomes frustrated with the treasure hunt 50.
• Ultraman mask — Conceals her face during the livestream 43.

Relationships

• Yue Wen — Employer and combat partner. She admires his looks and apparent kindness, defends him from insults, and begs to remain his assistant despite her friendly-fire incidents 8 15 23 32.
• Her father / Zhao Family head — Estranged parent. His demand that she apologize precipitates her departure; he later publicly apologizes and asks her to return 7 36.
• Guimi — Close friend and confidante. Advises her to change her name and cover her face so she can join the livestream without being recognized 35.
• Guo Yang — First client she brings to the office. She supports his compensation claim and helps investigate his son's disappearance 15 17 22.
• Bu Zhongyao — Selection-match opponent from the Que Saber Sect. Her attacks on vital points provoke Xing'er's overwhelming counterattack 31 32.
• He Caihua — Carefree Media representative who oversees selection and approves Xing'er's masked participation 30 32 38.
• Black Tiger — Surviving enemy from the Tiger Head Gang. Recognizes her despite her mask and returns with allies seeking revenge 46.
• Huang Dahu — Revenge-seeking Tiger Demon. Xing'er briefly respects his resolve before killing him in battle 47 48.

Story Role / Major Arcs

First Commission and the Tiger Head Gang

• Brings Guo Yang to the agency after being assigned flyer distribution; he suspects his former employer is responsible for his missing son 15.
• Attacks the employer over unpaid injury compensation, loses control, and strikes Yue Wen when he intervenes 17 18.
• Accompanies Yue Wen into the Tiger Head Gang's basement and battles its Tiger Demons, revealing her divine weapons and rocket launcher 19 20 21.
• Learns that the gang was hired to intimidate Guo Yang, not kidnap his son. The boy had secretly gone to play games and returns home safely 22.
• Keeps her job under three rules: do not hit Yue Wen, do not hit customers, and use no weapons if she must hit someone 23.

Livestream Selection and Hidden Identity

• Enters Carefree Media's selection alongside Yue Wen despite being dismissed by sect disciples as an independent cultivator 30 31.
• Defeats Bu Zhongyao and secures a place in the project 32.
• Admits that she ran away from home and arranges to appear masked; Yue Wen recognizes her as the missing Zhao Family daughter 35 36 38.

Wasteland Challenge and Revenge Attack

• Overpowers Second Muntjac with one warhammer blow, then pursues him after he tricks her into looking away 43.
• Reunites with Yue Wen and confronts the muntjac brothers, Black Tiger, and Huang Dahu 45 46.
• Kills Huang Dahu after unleashing her anger-amplified staff technique. Yue Wen kills both muntjac brothers, while Black Tiger escapes 47 48.
• Agrees to conceal the attackers' infiltration from the company so the livestream can continue, then helps search their remains for valuables 48 49.
• Ends the documented treasure hunt furious that every chest she found was fake; production staff also complain about the destruction caused by her search methods and battles 50.

Notable Quotes

“My anger turns into Martial Spirit Red Light. The angrier I get, the stronger the light becomes.” 18

“He's my boss. He's a good person. Don't talk about him like that.” 32

“Guimi, you know me. How could I possibly lose a fight?” 35

“You lost. Accept it.” 48