Xiao Shiyu

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Sheltered Royal Upbringing

Xiao Shiyu was raised as Xiao Xudong’s only daughter. Even ordinary outings required at least two Upper Spirit guards and remained within her father’s Divine Sense. She resented this protection, describing herself as a flower kept in a greenhouse and longing for adventures she had never been allowed to experience 1179 1191 1205.

Her mother died years before the main events involving her. Xiao Shiyu later regretted the worry her childhood willfulness had caused her mother and wished she could take her mother’s surname in another life 1270.

Pursuing Lin Fei

When Lin Fei became a target of the Nanling Prince’s Residence, Xiao Shiyu volunteered to capture him, chiefly because the mission offered access to Blood-Colored Bug Ridge. Xiao Xudong initially resisted, then appointed her Feiyun Hou over Lin Fei’s former five commanderies and sixty counties 1179 1191.

After viewing Ao Sanniang’s memories, Xiao Shiyu confidently argued that Lin Fei had staged his death and deliberately left a witness to spread the story. Although her father admired the deduction, the narration undercuts her elaborate reconstruction as something Lin Fei himself would not recognize. She nevertheless obtained permission to pursue him if he survived and proposed sending Human Race captives to investigate 1191.

She entered Bug Ridge with Xiao Nanfeng, disregarded his warnings, and attracted insects with a light spell. An encounter with Alexis exposed the danger her father had feared: she survived by destroying valuable Earth Spirit treasures to wound him and force his retreat 1192 1200 1202.

Adventures in the City of Sin

Xiao Shiyu challenged Lin Fei to a duel without Arcana, only to lose both the initial fight and a rematch. She then admitted that capturing him was a pretext and pressed him to take her adventuring instead 1203 1204.

Their journey confronted her with slavery, predatory criminals, and the limits of her wealth. She bought a human woman for one hundred jin of mid-grade energy crystals, then nearly attacked the seller after learning he had eaten the woman’s child. Lin Fei restrained her from drawing the Arcana Heavenly King’s attention. Seeing the city’s enormous slave population also forced her to consider how many people she could realistically buy and support 1207 1208.

Her confidence did not always translate into expertise. At the central stone-gambling yard, she promised to choose profitable stones using her familiarity with unusual minerals, but struggled to identify anything promising 1215.

God Race Laboratory and Marriage

Pursued by the Arcana Heavenly King, Xiao Shiyu and Lin Fei entered an underground God Race laboratory. Their cooperation became increasingly instinctive: they defended one another, linked rune matrices, and jointly banished powerful enemies. Lin Fei came to respect her composure and contribution rather than treating her as a sheltered liability 1220 1224 1227.

Xiao Shiyu shielded Lin Fei from a lethal explosion and survived through an Earth Spirit Death-Substitution Puppet. Later, she blocked a Sanctuary Martial Soul’s strike despite shattering both arms. Lin Fei in turn protected her and Little Foodie from its self-destruction, suffering severe injuries. Moved by his willingness to risk his life for her, she kissed him during their escape 1229 1232.

After reaching safety, she summoned her father with a jade token. Xiao Xudong approved of Lin Fei after hearing how they had protected one another, openly encouraged their marriage, and promised the Nine Spirits Tree as her dowry. He later drugged their banquet wine in an attempt to hasten the arrival of a grandchild, provoking Xiao Shiyu’s embarrassment and anger 1233 1236 1237.

Four-Race War and Imperial Accession

On returning to the Nanling Prince’s Residence, Xiao Shiyu exposed Xiao Nanfeng’s fabricated injuries and memory loss. She projected a memory of his flight from danger and accused him of maneuvering to obtain the Nine Spirits Tree and become Xiao Xudong’s sole heir 1247.

When the four-race alliance threatened the City of Sin, she refused to abandon Lin Fei. She brought Beiluo Yaoguang, Earth Spirit equipment, and seventeen arcana orbs—the residence’s remaining reserves—to support its defense 1261.

During the battle, Xiao Shiyu suffered catastrophic wounds and lost her left arm. Lin Fei sacrificed his left eye, converting it into vital essence that restored her body. Rather than celebrating her recovery, she angrily questioned what would become of him after such a sacrifice 1265.

She subsequently ascended the palace steps beside Lin Fei in imperial robes and was acclaimed empress when he became emperor of the Arcane Race 1281.

Merger and Final Sacrifice

Xiao Shiyu suppressed her resistance and merged with Little Foodie. Her body developed biological armor and wings, while Little Foodie assumed control so completely that Xiao Shiyu could not reclaim it and risked having her consciousness destroyed 1287.

The resulting entity became entangled with Unit Zero’s Collective Sublimation and the God Race’s unfinished Artificial Heavenly Dao Project. Attempts to contain her involved a void cage, overlapping psionic fields, and Insect Race mucus barriers. During Ye Daoran’s betrayal, the Insect Race’s Eight Heavenly Spirits seized her before Chris could do so 1289 1290 1291.

In the later battle, Xiao Shiyu protected a mass of fusing insects intended to support Lin Fei’s breakthrough. She and Gu Longhu then defended him against the Zeroing Matrix’s data swords, even as her own body began turning into symbols 1301 1302.

Her primordial spirit began fracturing after she knocked a bone hand off course. Lin Fei attempted to sustain her with gathered spiritual energy, but Chris’s self-destruction devastated him. Xiao Shiyu and Little Foodie appeared through his Arcane Core before it shattered, enveloped him in light, and disappeared. Lin Fei ultimately accepted her death 1305.

Appearance

Xiao Shiyu combines delicate, classically beautiful features with a conspicuously martial bearing 1179 1199.

• Features: Fair skin, curved dark brows, peach-blossom-shaped eyes, and a graceful figure. Her eyes narrow into crescents when she smiles 1179 1203.
• Usual style: A high ponytail, loose moon-white or white silk training clothes, and a heavy spear across her back 1179 1199.
• Formal dress: After becoming close to Lin Fei, she experiments with dresses, makeup, heels, and pearl-flower hair ornaments. Her vigorous martial stride initially clashes with the elegant clothing 1235 1236.
• Imperial attire: Phoenix robes and an elaborate jeweled updo at her accession as empress 1281.
• Transformed body: Biological armor and wings after merging with Little Foodie; later depicted with three pairs of twisted purple-black wings of light 1287 1290.

Personality

Xiao Shiyu is headstrong, competitive, and eager for excitement. Her sheltered upbringing leaves her dangerously confident about threats she has never faced, but she is also persistent enough to challenge restrictions and negotiate her way into adventures. She acknowledges her privileged upbringing rather than denying Lin Fei’s description of her as pampered 1191 1200 1205.

Her extravagant spending and boasting frequently provide comedy, yet she is not indifferent to practical responsibilities. She claims a share of expedition resources partly because they will benefit her soldiers, and witnessing widespread slavery makes her recognize that impulsive purchases cannot solve the city’s suffering 1206 1208 1215.

Under genuine pressure, she proves courageous and dependable. She remains composed during the laboratory escape, returns to battle after being overwhelmed, and repeatedly protects Lin Fei at serious personal cost. Her affection is similarly direct: she seeks his attention, openly expresses desire, and refuses to leave him when his enemies attack 1227 1229 1232 1261.

Abilities & Skills

Arcana

Xiao Shiyu is an Earth Spirit arcanist capable of offensive, defensive, and cooperative spellcasting 1192 1227.

• Light and lightning: Illuminates the forest with a Guangming Spell and destroys insect swarms with a broad lightning attack 1200.
• Holy light: Channels holy light through her spear and coordinates it with Lin Fei’s attacks 1204 1239.
• Void Banishment: Links her rune matrix with Lin Fei’s to banish two Sanctuary Martial Souls; they later use it against a Storm Battleship 1227 1243.
• Spear of Ultron Arbitration: Jointly constructs and casts this holy-light attack with Lin Fei while both are severely weakened 1229.
• Forbidden arts: Summons void creatures while resisting the Zeroing Matrix’s assault 1302.

Defensive Arts

• Arcana Shields: Uses layered barriers against particle weapons and other attacks, though concentrated heavy fire can break them 1219 1224 1243.
• Prism Shield: Refracts attacks and counters eye techniques. It redirects a lethal shot away from her Arcane Core, but cannot fully withstand the Many-Eyed Heavenly King or the Void Radiance Fleet’s concentrated beams 1239 1243.

Spearmanship and Martial Dao

Her spear techniques combine nimble movement with powerful thrusts, sweeps, flicks, and chops 1203.

• Physical spear strikes can shatter the surrounding space 1203.
• Uses Sweep Away a Thousand Armies to repel attackers while gravely wounded 1265.
• Cultivates humanity’s Martial Dao alongside Arcana, improving her physical resilience 1219.
• Limitation: She did not independently complete Martial Dao’s void-refining and Dao Integration process. Her Arcana breakthrough forcibly carried her martial cultivation across the Earth Spirit threshold 1266.

Technological Weapons

• Operates a Particle Annihilation Cannon, destroying hundreds of monsters with one shot 1231.
• Bluffs the Arcana Heavenly King by presenting that weapon as a more formidable Sanctuary Photon Cannon 1230.
• Its energy supply is finite and runs out during the escape from the Godforsaken Land 1232.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Spear: Her principal weapon, described with a red tassel; she also possesses two spare silver spears 1199 1261.
• White pegasus: Her flying mount for travel and mounted combat 1199 1203.
• Spatial ring: Stores clothing, crystals, weapons, medicines, and salvaged God Race technology 1207 1225 1229.
• Earth Spirit magical treasures: Carries enough valuable artifacts to destroy four in succession against Alexis, forcing his retreat 1202.
• Earth Spirit Death-Substitution Puppet: The Southern Domain’s only example. Receives her surviving spirit particles and reconstructs her body after an otherwise fatal explosion; consumed during that escape 1229 1260.
• Creation Cardinal Pills: Healing medicine used on herself, Lin Fei, Xiao Nanfeng, and their mounts 1203 1230.
• Shadow and holy-light orbs: Powerful expendable weapons used against laboratory enemies and Heavenly Kings 1230 1238.
• Adaptive armor: Protective equipment worn in the laboratory; no longer available after her puppet-assisted rebirth 1227 1229.
• Beast-hide bone umbrella and Sanctuary Shield Generator: Supplied by Xiao Xudong after her return; the umbrella had been repaired 1236.
• Summoning jade token: Crushed to alert her father after escaping the Godforsaken Land 1233.

Relationships

• Lin Fei — Initially her capture target, then adventuring partner, husband, and fellow sovereign. Their bond develops through mutual protection in life-threatening battles 1204 1229 1232 1281.
• Xiao Xudong — Her protective and indulgent father. His restrictions fuel her desire for adventure; her later warnings encourage him to invest in life-saving defenses 1191 1205 1260.
• Her mother — Deceased, surnamed Cai. Xiao Shiyu misses her and regrets her childhood behavior toward her 1270.
• Xiao Nanfeng — Her sworn brother and initial escort into Bug Ridge. She later exposes his deception and inheritance ambitions 1192 1200 1247.
• Little Foodie — Calls her “Mama,” initially to Xiao Shiyu’s flustered objections. Their later merger places Xiao Shiyu’s body under Little Foodie’s control 1225 1287.
• Beiluo Yaoguang — A child she cares for, carries, and entertains with stories, including her childhood dream of becoming a Kunpeng 1261 1270.
• Lan Xiang — Her maid, who helps with makeup, hairstyling, and learning to walk in formal dress and heels 1235 1236.

Notable Quotes

“I'm not a child anymore. You keep raising me like a flower in a greenhouse and won't even let me seek adventure and excitement.” 1191

“Don't underestimate this lady!”
“I've never been dead weight!” 1232

“You saved me, but what about you?” 1265

Trivia

• As a child, she chose Cai Beiyu as the name she wanted in her next life: Cai for her mother and Beiyu in connection with the Kunpeng. This makes Lin Fei suspect that she is Cai Beiyu’s previous incarnation, but the supplied account does not confirm it 1270 1280.
• Despite her wealth and rank, she normally went without makeup and knew almost nothing about cosmetics before deciding to dress up for Lin Fei 1235.
• Her actual expedition arrangement gives her 30 percent of the resources and Lin Fei 70 percent, prompting her to jokingly accuse him of exploiting her labor 1206 1215.