Xue Ruigao

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

When Xue Ruigao was six, a severe drought struck Yue Kingdom. Her parents fled with her to Yecheng, where both died of illness. Wen Xiancheng’s parents buried them and took her into their household, telling her that she would eventually marry their son. She grew up alongside Wen Xiancheng for the next eleven years, receiving affectionate treatment from his parents 1.

Her third-grade cultivation aptitude earned her a place at the Yue Kingdom Royal Academy, in contrast to Wen Xiancheng’s lowest-ranked, ninth-grade talent. After his parents died three years before the story began, others urged her to end their engagement. She refused, sent him ninety percent of her monthly academy benefits, and returned home on the last day of every month—spending half a day riding a flying mount simply to have dinner with him 1.

As an outstanding academy student, she receives one high-grade spirit stone per month, equivalent to ten thousand low-grade spirit stones. This allowance initially supports both of them 2 24.

Appearance

• Build: Tall, exceptionally beautiful, and striking, with a figure noticeable even beneath an ordinary shirt 1.
• Hair: Usually secured in a high ponytail with a plain elastic; she also has bangs 3 5.
• Clothing: Returns to Yecheng wearing a simple shirt, jeans, and sneakers, contrasting with Gao Shiqi’s elaborate outfit 3.

Personality

Xue Ruigao is loyal and deeply grateful to the family that raised her. She refuses to treat Wen Xiancheng’s poor talent or reputation as grounds for abandoning him. Nevertheless, his years of withdrawal strain her: when he finally expresses a desire to change, she tearfully admits that she had not known how much longer she could endure the situation 1 5.

She values his well-being over prestige or earnings. She encourages him to face society and find work, but does not insist that he become a cultivator. Later, she objects to his exhaustion and to his habit of shouldering every problem alone. Her interest in Illusion Arts comes primarily from wanting to help him, rather than enthusiasm for the discipline itself 5 13 23 25 46.

Her forgiving nature initially makes her receptive to Gao Shiqi’s excuses. That tolerance ends when Gao Shiqi dismisses Little Gray Mouse as replaceable after apparently poisoning it. Xue Ruigao can become fiercely confrontational when someone harms those she cares about, as both Gao Shiqi and Wen Jie discover 5 8 23 24.

Although openly affectionate, she becomes shy when Wen Xiancheng reciprocates. She also takes the initiative, kissing his cheek and interlacing their fingers when he hesitates to hold her hand 9 15 24.

Abilities & Skills

Spearmanship

• Her principal cultivation specialty is spearmanship 46.
• She is described as one of the most outstanding spear practitioners among the Royal Academy’s recent cohorts 46.
• The supplied chapters do not identify a named spear technique or personal spear.

Unarmed Combat

• Disperses all eight fist afterimages of Wen Jie’s attack with a single strike of her free palm, protecting Wen Xiancheng 23.
• Immediately warns Wen Jie against attacking again, regardless of his claimed intention to help her 23 24.

Illusion Arts

• Recognizes Wen Xiancheng’s floating characters as a lowest-level illusion technique from performances she has seen at the academy 14.
• Offers to learn text-processing illusions so she can help with his business during summer vacation 25.
• Receives basic instruction from Wen Xiancheng and works alongside the studio team on educational illusion projects 36 37.
• Watches Cui Qianqian’s lessons on creating realistic human figures, but remains more interested in supporting Wen Xiancheng than specializing in illusions 46.

Relationships

• Wen Xiancheng — Childhood companion and fiancé. She calls him Orange and regards their bond as that of husband and wife, although they remain explicitly engaged. She welcomes his growing confidence and affection 3 5 24 35.
• Wen Xiancheng’s parents — Guardians who took her in, raised her affectionately, and arranged her future marriage to their son. Her gratitude persists after their deaths 1.
• Gao Shiqi — Former best friend of two years at the Royal Academy. Their friendship ends after the apparent poisoning of Little Gray Mouse and repeated evidence of underwear theft 5 8 9.
• Little Gray Mouse — Wen Xiancheng’s beloved pet, whom she handles gently, feeds, and has even slept holding. She recognizes its importance as his companion; the provided scenes show her treating it as a pet rather than knowing it is his avatar 5 7 8.
• Cui Qianqian — Fellow studio member. Xue Ruigao initially watches her warily after learning she will live and work near Wen Xiancheng, but subsequently collaborates with her on educational projects 36 37.
• Xue Ning — Fellow studio member. When Xue Ning jokes about Wen Xiancheng offering himself as repayment, Xue Ruigao firmly points out that he is her fiancé 36.
• Xu Junfeng — Persistent unwanted suitor whose public declarations she repeatedly rejects. He recruits Gao Shiqi to interfere with her engagement 6.
• Wen Jie — Another pursuer. She stops his attack on Wen Xiancheng and rejects his claim that he was merely defending her 23 24.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Breaking with Gao Shiqi and Moving to Li City

• Returns to Yecheng with Gao Shiqi and notices that Wen Xiancheng has become unusually composed around strangers 3.
• Agrees enthusiastically to his proposal to move with her to Li City, the imperial capital. She also declines a seaside holiday so she can help him settle there 5 6.
• Turns against Gao Shiqi after Little Gray Mouse stages its death from poisoned cookies. The avatar then plants another pair of her underwear in Gao Shiqi’s backpack, creating the final apparent theft that confirms her distrust 8.
• Tells Gao Shiqi to keep her distance and helps Wen Xiancheng find an inexpensive, dilapidated rental near the Royal Academy 9.

Sharing the Financial Burden

• Becomes concerned as Wen Xiancheng’s work leaves him increasingly exhausted, and secretly takes a part-time job at the weapon shop “Not the Best, Only Better” to help him save money 22 23.
• Quits after he shows her that he has earned over eighty thousand low-grade spirit stones in a month. She celebrates his success while still insisting that she wants to lighten his burden 24.
• Her growing intimacy with him provokes anguish from the original Wen Xiancheng’s lingering consciousness. After Zhang Lu’s treatment resolves that conflict, the transmigrated Wen Xiancheng remains determined not to give her up 15 24 28.

Cui Qianqian Studio

• Joins the newly formed studio, handling textbook work with Wen Xiancheng while Cui Qianqian and Xue Ning take responsibility for a biology-classroom project 36.
• Shares one-third of the studio’s profits with Wen Xiancheng; another third is reserved for emergencies, and the remaining third goes to their two collaborators 36.
• Helps the four-person team complete the biology lesson setting and accompanies them on a visit to Cui Shang’s villa 37 38.
• Attends Wen Xiancheng’s later pitch for short immersive illusion realms, reacting with embarrassment alongside the other two women to his proposed sexual scenarios 45.

Notable Quotes

“I know what kind of person he is better than anyone.” 5

“To you, it was just a mouse. To Orange, it was his friend!” 8

“I'm your future wife, understand? If I don't share your hardships, who do you want sharing them?” 24