Xiao Yi Xian

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Persecution in Qingshan Town

Xiao Yi Xian is a physician associated with the Myriad Medicine Pavilion whose reputation among independent mercenaries initially discourages the Wolf Head Mercenary Group from attacking her. After Xiao Yan kills Mu Li, however, Mu She accuses her and her companions of responsibility. He spreads a rumor that she possesses an expert's relics and a Xuan-tier cultivation method, hoping greed will undermine her protection 24.

Held at the mercenary headquarters, she rejects Mu She's demand that she bear him another son. Believing escape impossible, she consumes poison to kill herself, unknowingly awakening her Woeful Poison Body. Xiao Chen destroys the group and finds her in its front hall 25 26.

After reading the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, she fears that her constitution will turn her into a source of calamity. Xiao Chen reassures her that he has several ways to control it and offers to take her as his disciple. She accepts and leads him and Xiao Yan to a secluded medicinal valley she had discovered 26 27.

Training on Poison Cloud Mountain

In the valley, Xiao Chen presents the Poison Pill Method, the Netherworld Poison Flame, and three specialized cultivation techniques as possible solutions. Xiao Yi Xian later accompanies him to Poison Cloud Mountain, a region chosen for its unusually concentrated poisons. Her friendly explanation that they are gathering medicinal herbs helps them join Duan Chenfei's expedition 27 31.

During the journey, Xiao Chen protects her from Ghost-Faced Insects. She later speaks sympathetically on behalf of Miaohan, an amnesiac female soul, before beginning her own cultivation at the summit poison pool 34 40.

Choosing the Myriad Calamities Poison Canon, she masters her constitution and absorbs poison from the summit pool, Purple Wood Forest, and poisonous swamp. This training raises her to Three-Star Dou Emperor, with the final swamp retreat lasting forty-five days 40 41.

Saving Kong Ruonan and Leaving Her Teacher

After leaving the mountain, Xiao Yi Xian travels toward Mo City on foot with Xiao Chen. Ten days into their journey, they shelter in a cave where Kong Ruonan is confronted by three hostile Dou Emperors. Although she initially follows her teacher's example and watches, Kong Ruonan's willingness to die protecting them moves her to intervene 42 43 44.

She blocks the axe-wielding attacker's killing blow and asks to save Kong Ruonan. With Xiao Chen's encouragement to act on her own judgment, she fights the attacker and kills him with a poisoned sword wound. Xiao Chen subsequently places the rescued Kong Ruonan under her command 44 45.

Xiao Chen eventually assigns her to rule the Chu Yun Empire as a trial of her abilities. Despite confessing that she does not want to leave him, she accepts the separation and departs with Kong Ruonan the next morning. Xiao Chen promises to take her with him again in the future 46.

Appearance

• Clothing and hair: Usually wears a pale or white dress with a green sash around her exceptionally slender waist. During the journey toward Mo City, her dark hair is pinned up 24 42 43.
• Features: Fair skin, a serene smile, and a fresh, ethereal bearing 24.
• Cultivation changes: Her face and body visibly mature during her first days in the poison pool; Xiao Chen compares two days of growth to two years 41.
• Eyes: Become pale purple after mastering her constitution and are later described as gray-purple 41.
• Apparent age: Kong Ruonan judges her to look barely twenty when she saves him; her actual age is not established 44.

Personality

Xiao Yi Xian is compassionate without being unable to fight. She speaks up for the frightened Miaohan and cannot bear to watch Kong Ruonan die after he tries to protect her and Xiao Chen. Against an enemy who threatens her, however, she uses her poison decisively 40 43 44.

Her early response to the Woeful Poison Body is fear of harming others and becoming someone everyone avoids. Xiao Chen's promise of control restores her hope, and she willingly undertakes difficult training, including descending into a filthy poisonous swamp despite being fastidious about cleanliness 26 41.

She is deeply attached to her teacher and initially worries about acting without his approval. His encouragement helps her act independently during Kong Ruonan's rescue. Her admiration later carries romantic uncertainty: she blushes when recalling his bearing, feels relieved when he rejects another woman's offer of service, and questions her feelings after their separation 38 44 45 46.

Abilities & Skills

Medical Skills

• Recognized as an excellent physician in Qingshan Town; her reputation provides protection through the goodwill of independent mercenaries 24.
• Gives Kong Ruonan healing pills after his rescue, along with the spoils Xiao Chen assigns to him 45.

Woeful Poison Body

A rare constitution that converts consumed poison into specialized poison Dou Qi 26.

• Rapid cultivation: More potent poisons provide greater benefits, allowing advancement without years of ordinary Dou Qi cultivation 26.
• Poison absorption: Draws toxins from poisonous water, airborne miasma, and poisonous fruit. In the Purple Wood Forest, this produces a large vortex of poison-gas energy 40 41.
• Poison release and retrieval: Releases gas to conceal the summit pool, then draws it back into her mouth 41.
• Identifying mark: The Seven-Colored Poison Scripture describes a thin seven-colored line on the lower abdomen that lengthens as toxic power accumulates 26.
• Original dangers: Without control, accumulated poison can overwhelm the bearer. Powerful poisons also exert an intense attraction after awakening, making abstinence difficult 26.
• Control achieved: Xiao Chen confirms that she has completely mastered the constitution during her training on Poison Cloud Mountain 41.

Myriad Calamities Poison Canon

• Selected from three cultivation methods Xiao Chen provides to resolve her constitution's dangers 27 40.
• Used to absorb concentrated toxins and convert them into poison Dou Qi, including during her forty-five-day swamp retreat 41.

Poisonous Swordsmanship

• Personally taught by Xiao Chen and wielded through a purple longsword 44.
• Blocks a Dou Emperor's descending axes, then slips a sword strike between them to cut his chest 44.
• Her poison kills the Five-Star Dou Emperor despite her own Three-Star cultivation, reducing him to black blood 41 44.

Dou Qi Transformation Wings

• Manifests gray-purple wings upon reaching Five-Star Dou Wang 41.
• Uses them to launch into the clouds and travel with Xiao Chen to the poisonous swamp 41.

Other Proposed Control Methods

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Purple longsword — Used to defend Kong Ruonan and deliver her lethal poisoned sword strike 44.
• Seven-Colored Poison Scripture — Given by Xiao Chen; records poison concoction and explains the identifying mark and dangers of the Woeful Poison Body 23 26.
• Heart of the Sea Armor — Obtained by Xiao Chen from Yun Yun for Xiao Yi Xian. Made from a strange metal produced inside a sixth-tier Three-Tailed Blue Whale; its defensive strength depends on its wearer's power 30.
• Azure Origin Spirit Ring — Xiao Chen's parting gift, intended for protection and storage 46.

Relationships

• Xiao Chen — Master, rescuer, and the focus of her growing emotional attachment. Provides her cultivation method, teaches her swordsmanship, and entrusts her with the Chu Yun Empire mission 26 27 44 46.
• Xiao Yan — Traveling companion during her rescue and early training. Expresses concern about her constitution's dangers and congratulates Xiao Chen on accepting her 26 27.
• Kong Ruonan — Rescued by her after risking his life for her and Xiao Chen. Becomes her subordinate and accompanies her toward the Chu Yun Empire 43 44 45 46.
• Little Gold — Transports her to the hidden valley and watches over her cultivation. Becomes worried enough during her swamp retreat to propose checking on her 26 41.
• Miaohan — An amnesiac soul whom Xiao Yi Xian regards as pitiful rather than malicious and speaks up for 40.
• Mu She — Captor who falsely implicates her in Mu Li's death and attempts to coerce her into bearing his child. His threats drive her suicide attempt 24 25 26.

Notable Quotes

“I'll practice that 'Myriad Calamities Poison Canon.' Its name rather suits my woeful poison body.” 40

“Teacher, I want to save him—” 44

“Xian'er doesn't want to part with Teacher.” 46