Female Lead: Ning Muxuan

Main-Story Character Profile (Age 24)

Born into a prestigious family—the eldest daughter of the Murong Family (she takes her mother’s surname)

Bloodline of the Azure Silver Snake; black hair and green eyes

(Under normal circumstances, the bloodline’s only outward sign is emerald-green snake eyes.)

Tall and beautiful, with a cool personality—the classic ice-queen type of mature beauty

Raised in a tradition-bound family, she’s been skilled in the four arts—music, chess, calligraphy, and painting—since childhood. Her clothes also retain elements of traditional style.

At the same time, some outdated, feudal ideas linger in her thinking.

With her pure bloodline and natural talent, she’s among the very best in many fields—a heaven-blessed prodigy.

Supplementary Side-Story Background

Ning Muxuan (Age 16)

Her father’s sudden remarriage brought Ning Muxuan into contact with Qin Heng, the male lead, who was only 11 at the time.

But their first meeting didn’t go well.

Her mother’s death had always been a wound in Ning Muxuan’s heart. To her, her father’s remarriage was no different from a blatant betrayal of the mother she loved most. So when she met Qin Heng and his mother, she couldn’t understand her father’s decision—and felt deep hostility and resentment toward them both.

Even after her father tried time and again to “explain himself” and persuade her, Ning Muxuan still refused to live at the Qin home. Instead, she returned to her own family home.

To ease the tension in the family, her father used “family” as his reason and, despite Ning Muxuan’s objections, sent Qin Heng to live at the family home too, entrusting her with the care of the young Qin Heng (her younger brother).

But this did nothing to ease Ning Muxuan’s hostility toward the Qin Family. Instead, it only made her resent and despise Qin Heng even more.

Feeling that outsiders had trampled on the family she’d shared with her mother, she gradually grew more extreme in both thought and deed.

Her treatment of Qin Heng escalated from verbal mockery and picking on him to real acts of abuse—and as time went on, it only got “worse and worse”..........

In the end, under the sway of these extreme feelings,

she tried to kill Qin Heng to destroy the marriage that disgusted her.

.........But she failed.

During a later “incident,” Ning Muxuan began trying to accept the boy (her younger brother).

*(The incident is mentioned in the main story or covered separately in a side story.)

As they spent more time together, their bond continued to deepen.

Ning Muxuan gradually came to accept the boy, and for the first time in her life, she felt “affection” for someone.

As they grew older, that affection gradually turned into dependence and love........

From then on, deep down, she doted on this “younger brother” of hers.

But having lost her mother at a young age, Ning Muxuan was already emotionally incomplete—and on top of that, she had a naturally cold personality

and bloodline. She could never bring herself to express her feelings properly in front of the boy.

But the deepest reason was this:

She felt deeply guilty and afraid over what she’d done to hurt the boy. Deep down, she loathed herself, believing she’d long since lost the right to call herself his older sister.

And she never dared hope for an even deeper bond.............

With the boy by her side, she slowly emerged from those painful memories and that dark period. She also came to understand how much she owed him.

So, at 18, she took the initiative and asked Qin Heng’s mother to leave his care entirely to her. She wanted to make up for what she’d done to Qin Heng by looking after him in every possible way—and hoped that this might bring the two of them closer again........

At 20, without Qin Heng’s knowledge, she asked Qin Heng’s mother and her own father for an engagement to Qin Heng. Her father rejected the idea on the spot, but Qin Heng’s mother gave a measured answer: as long as Qin Heng himself agreed, she had no objection to the families becoming even closer through marriage.

*(Qin Heng’s mother and the Murong patriarch had some idea of what Ning Muxuan had done to the boy five years earlier, but they didn’t know she’d once tried to kill Qin Heng.)

In the main story’s timeline, Ning Muxuan is 23.

Ever since she moved back into the Qin home six years ago, Qin Heng has always seen Ning Muxuan as a reliable, strict, and mature older sister.

While they live together, Ning Muxuan is more than the older sister who takes care of Qin Heng’s daily needs. She’s also his tutor and his “mother” in everyday life, taking on almost every responsibility for looking after the boy.

Her cool, stern exterior can’t hide her love for the boy. It’s clear from the attentive care she gives him every day, and that gradually put the Murong patriarch and Qin Heng’s mother at ease.............

While Qin Heng was in high school, Ning Muxuan fell seriously ill. During that time, their roles were reversed and she became the one being cared for. It also brought them closer again.

After that, Qin Heng was no longer just her emotional support. Ning Muxuan gradually began relying on the boy in her everyday life, too.

Ning Muxuan’s possessiveness and desire to control Qin Heng are unusually intense.

Even so, she still cares about and respects her younger brother’s opinions and choices—except when it comes to....... certain relationships..........

The setting of the cultivation world Qin Heng plays in

It takes place in the cultivation world of ten thousand years ago, where the realms are divided as follows:

Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Void Refinement, Body Integration, Tribulation Transcendence, Great Ascension, and True Immortal.

Character Profiles

Chao Lingxuan

The leader of the Yao Clan and the current sovereign of the Wanming Dynasty. In the Xuanyuan Phoenix Clan, he’s the later-born phoenix of the once-in-ten-thousand-years “Twin Nirvana.” His cultivation is in the True Immortal Realm.

A ruler still very young by bone age, and an exceptionally handsome man. He’s tall, with a stern face, and wears a black phoenix robe. His imperial bearing is naturally intimidating; he’s decisive and ruthless, with the authority and skill to command the bigger picture.

Cool-tempered

Likes: Everything Chao Yao likes

Dislikes: Everything Chao Yao dislikes

Chao Yao (now using the assumed name Xiao Junling)

The former sovereign of the Wanming Dynasty. In the Xuanyuan Phoenix Clan, she’s the earlier-born phoenix of the once-in-ten-thousand-years “Twin Nirvana.” Her cultivation is in the True Immortal Realm.

Born into the imperial family, her temperament is completely different from that of her younger brother, Chao Lingxuan.

Black hair and red eyes, with breathtaking features. She’s tall and voluptuous, a peerless beauty. She rarely smiles and usually wears a frosty expression. She and her husband, Bai Yi (the in-game name Qin Heng chose for himself), have been living in seclusion at Qingyun Peak for two years.

*Chao Lingxuan doesn’t know about this.