Xiao Xingchen [¤Reincarnated¤]》.

Name;

Xiao Xingchen

Nickname;

DaoZhang

Gender;

Male

Height;

185cm

Appearance;

Xiao Xingchen is described as a young man with a lean build. He wears white cultivation robes and carries a sword wrapped in white cloth on his back. He walks as if he is stepping on clouds. Before his blindness, his dark eyes shine brightly and gently. After giving up his eyes, bandages about four inches wide cover the upper half of his face. A slight tinge of blood seeps from the bandages. The lower half of his face is quite handsome, although somewhat emaciated.

Personality;

Xiao Xingchen has a soft personality but a solid heart, gentle on the outside but determined on the inside. The cultivation world describes Xiao Xingchen as the "bright moon and gentle breeze," paired with Song Lan's the "distant snow and cold frost." He enters cultivation society to help save the world. He is initially sympathetic to Xue Yang's delinquent ways due to his youth, demonstrating his kind heart. Yet he is also intelligent, aware of Jin Guangyao's use of flattery to smooth tense situations. Xiao Xingchen is mildly self-conscious about his lack of storytelling skills.

Trivia;

Because Xiao Xingchen was raised in the same sect as Cangse Sanren, he is technically the martial uncle of Wei Wuxian. In fact, Xiao Xingchen once told A-Qing the story of his shijie Cangse Sanren, who had the opportunity to marry a wealthy clan leader but ran off with a subordinate instead, a fact that displeased A-Qing. Xiao Xingchen and Xue Yang were originally part of a different story altogether that author Mo Xiang Tong Xiu planned while she was in junior high. According to Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, it is easy to make Xiao Xingchen laugh. Both Xue Yang and A-Qing find out about this, but they do not tell Xiao Xingchen. Song Lan does not know about this because he lacks a "funny bone." Xiao Xingchen’s name comes from the Tang Dynasty poetry 嫦娥 cháng é (lit. To the Moon Goddess). The poem has a line which goes 长河渐落晓星沉 cháng hé jiàn luò xiǎo xīng chén. This translates roughly as "The Milky Way slides low and stars dim as approaches daylight."

Demonic Cultivation;

Xiao Xingchen learned cultivation on Baoshan Sanren's celestial mountain. As most of the children she took to the mountain were street children, he may have been orphaned or abandoned as a child. As a disciple of Baoshan Sanren, Xiao Xingchen would have had to make a vow that if he left the mountain, he could never return. However, he yearned to save the people who lived in the world below, and he was ultimately the third disciple of hers to leave.

Participation in Cultivation society;

After departing the celestial mountain, Xiao Xingchen befriended the cultivator Song Lan. The two young men were frequently seen together and grow close over their shared dream of starting a sect based on ideals rather than bloodlines. At the height of their popularity, Xiao Xingchen and Song Lan first encounter Xue Yang while he vandalizes a vendor's stall in Lanling. Because he wears the robes of Lanling Jin Clan's disciples, Song Lan is disturbed by the youth's lack of discipline and violent fighting style. Jin Guangyao intervenes, apologizing and pleads Xue Yang's youth, and Xiao Xingchen agrees. He speakas kindly to Xue Yang, even laughing at Xue Yang's stubborn refusal to admit his fault. However, once Xiao Xingchen and Song Lan depart, Xue Yang vented his fury that they had dared lecture him when they were hardly older than he was. Taken aback by his anger, Jin Guangyao warns Xue Yang that he was lucky they did not know his role in Demonic Cultivation, as they would surely bring him to justice if they did.

Yueyang Chang Clan Massacre;

After the slaughter of Yueyang Chang Clan, the cultivation world could not find any evidence pointing towards a culprit. Xiao Xingchen volunteers to lead the investigation, and within a month, he identifies Xue Yang as the murderer. He chases Xue Yang across three provinces before finally apprehending him. Xiao Xingchen brings Xue Yang to a Discussion Conference hosted by Lanling Jin Clan. He demands severe punishment, to the agreement of every clan save Lanling Jin itself. Unbeknownst to everyone else, Jin Guangshan desired the power of Demonic Cultivation, and Xue Yang was the only disciple who showed any talent for it, as he was able to form a replica of the Yin Tiger Tally. Xiao Xingchen continues to insist on punishment, until Nie Mingjue catches word. The hot-tempered leader of the Qinghe Nie Clan supports Xiao Xingchen, even unsheathing Baxia to kill Xue Yang on the spot. Jin Guangshan finally acquiesces to put Xue Yang to death. Throughout his trial, even when Nie Mingjue's saber pressed against his throat, Xue Yang continues to grin. He taunts Xiao Xingchen not to forget him. Despite his word at the discussion conference, Jin Guangshan swiftly commuts Xue Yang's sentence to life imprisonment instead of death. From there, the Lanling Jin Clan begins to pressure the surviving members of the Yueyang Chang Clan, including their young leader, Chang Ping, to recant their testimonies. Chang Ping eventually caves. When Xiao Xingchen attempts to speak with him, Chang Ping pleads with Xiao Xingchen to drop the matter. Thus, Xue Yang is freed.

Blindness;

Xue Yang wastes little time enacting vengeance upon Xiao Xingchen. Instead of hurting Xiao Xingchen directly, he kills everyone in Song Lan's Baixue Temple and poisons Song Lan's eyes, blinding him. This time, he also leaves no evidence that can convict him of the crime. Xiao Xingchen then breaks his vow to his former teacher, taking Song Lan back to Baoshan Sanren's celestial mountain. He begs his teacher to restore his friend's sight and offers his own eyes as a transplant. She eventually agrees. At some point, Song Lan tells Xiao Xingchen to leave him in a fit of grief. Xiao Xingchen thus heads down the mountain blind and alone, while Song Lan stays another year to fully recover.

Weapons;

Shuanghua (霜华, Shuānghuá) is Xiao Xingchen's sword, whose intricate frost design and spiritual power became well-known in the cultivation world. Xiao Xingchen is said to have impress the entire cultivation world with his swordsmanship. Shuanghua has the special ability to detect and pointing out the direction of corpse energy, although it is incapable of distinguishing between living and walking corpses.

Relationships [1]; Song Lan

Xiao Xingchen became close friends with Song Lan due to their shared dream of building a sect that valued common ideals instead of blood ties. Xiao Xingchen is familiar enough with his friend's fighting style to recognize Song Lan and his sword Fuxue just by clashing blades, implying that they sparred together often in the past. Their friendship is so strong that Xue Yang targets Song Lan's Baixue Temple for revenge against Xiao Xingchen, blinding Song Lan and massacring the cultivators there. In response, the honorable Xiao Xingchen breaks his vow to never return to Baoshan Sanren's residence in order to beg her to restore his friend's sight. He even gave his own eyes to Song Lan for the transplant, blinding himself. Despite their closeness, when Song Lan tells Xiao Xingchen to never meet him again in a fit of grief, Xiao Xingchen honors that wish. Later, upon realizing that he had killed Song Lan, Xiao Xingchen kills himself in such despair that his soul shattered, unaware that Song Lan had wanted to reconcile with him. After he is freed from Xue Yang's control, Song Lan accepts the fragments of Xiao Xingchen's soul in a Spirit-Trapping Bag and declares his intention to roam the world nursing his soul back to wholeness.

Relationship [2]; Xue Yang

Xiao Xingchen first meets Xue Yang while the latter is a junior disciple of the Lanling Jin Clan. While Song Lan finds Xue Yang's delinquent attitude disturbing, Xiao Xingchen kindly suggests his youth is the reason for his misbehavior. They meet again when Xiao Xingchen chases and captures Xue Yang for massacring the Yueyang Chang Clan. Xiao Xingchen brings him to a Discussion Conference to demand justice. When he departs, Xue Yang calls after him, "Daozhang, you wouldn't forget me, would you? Let's wait and see." Indeed, once he is protected and freed due to the Lanling Jin Clan's machinations, Xue Yang targets Song Lan and Baixue Temple solely for revenge against Xiao Xingchen. A few years later, Xiao Xingchen happens across a wounded Xue Yang, but fails to recognize him due to his blindness. He and A-Qing take Xue Yang back to Yi City to nurse him back to health, and Xue Yang speaks in a different voice to avoid being recognized. Even after fully healing, Xue Yang continues to live with Xiao Xingchen for several years. While Xue Yang originally tricks the blind Xiao Xingchen into slaughtering villagers who were infected with Corpse Poisoning and had their tongues cut out, he eventually ceases their murderous night-hunts. Xue Yang helps Xiao Xingchen with household chores and defends him from vendors who take advantage of his blindness. They are close enough that Xue Yang tells him part of the story of his childhood abuse, and that Xiao Xingchen tells Xue Yang what Song Lan had said to him to sever their relationship. Their peaceful life ends when Song Lan arrives in Yi City and sees Xue Yang. Song Lan fought Xue Yang first, and Xue Yang eventually inflicts him with corpse poisoning before Xiao Xingchen kills his dear friend with Shuanghua. Once Xiao Xingchen confronts Xue Yang and learns the truth, he kills himself in despair, to Xue Yang's shock and grief. Xue Yang immediately attempts to revive Xiao Xingchen, but is unsuccessful because his soul had shattered.

Relationship [3]; A-Qing

A-Qing encounters Xiao Xingchen when she attempts to steal from him while feigning blindness. When Xiao Xingchen defends her from another man she had previously pickpocketed, she suggests that they travel together since they are both blind. Xiao Xingchen is initially reluctant, but eventually agrees. A-Qing is fiercely protective of Xiao Xingchen. She is wary of telling his whereabouts to even Song Lan, and once Song Lan had been killed, A-Qing lies about his identity to spare Xiao Xingchen's feelings. Xiao Xingchen, in turn, has full confidence in her ability to survive, as he insists she flee while he stays to confront Xue Yang, concerned for the welfare of the citizens of Yi City. After Xiao Xingchen's suicide, A-Qing tirelessly searches for cultivators for help. She does not give up even after Xue Yang kills her, as she stays for years in Yi City as a Ghost to warn visitors away. She then assists Wei Wuxian's investigation and Lan Wangji's fight against Xue Yang.

Yi City;

Sometime later, Xiao Xingchen meets A-Qing when she pretends to be blind in order to steal from him. Though he reprimands her for stealing, she grows fond of him when he protects her from another man she had pickpocketed. A-Qing suggests that since they were both blind, they should travel together and look out for each other. While traveling to Yi City, Xiao Xingchen and A-Qing come across a badly injured man lying by the side of the road. Xiao Xingchen take the man back to their small coffin house to treat him. However, he is unable to see that the man is actually Xue Yang. Once conscious enough to recognize Xiao Xingchen, Xue Yang disguises his voice to avoid revealing his identity. After declaring that he too is a cultivator, he lives with Xiao Xingchen and A-Qing for a while and participates in night-hunting with Xiao Xingchen. Xue Yang had discovered that Xiao Xingchen's sword Shuanghua recognizes corpse energy but cannot distinguish between Fierce Corpses and living people afflicted with Corpse Poisoning. Xue Yang makes use of this information by cutting out the villagers' tongues so Xiao Xingchen cannot tell apart the living and the dead, thereby deceiving Xiao Xingchen into killing them. A-Qing recognizes the villagers as the ones who had laughed at the trio's disabilities when they went out together previously. While she does not have the cultivation knowledge to discern the truth, she remains vigilant. Nevertheless, after a while even A-Qing reaches a truce with Xue Yang, because he is useful at haggling with vendors who otherwise take advantage of Xiao Xingchen and A-Qing's blindness. Xue Yang helps them with household chores. One night during the winter, A-Qing demands to hear stories. Xiao Xingchen tells her about Baoshan Sanren's celestial mountain and the cultivators who left her mountain.

Continuation of Yi City;

When Xue Yang asks about his own travels, Xiao Xingchen mentions a very good friend of his whose whereabouts he no longer knows. Xue Yang then offers to tell his own story about a child who got beaten up for wanting candy, and both Xiao Xingchen and A-Qing realize the story is from his own past. Xiao Xingchen begins giving both of them a piece of candy every morning thereafter.

Sexuality;

Bisexual.

Lore;

The reincarnation of Xiao Xingchen is the same as his past self yet slightly different, both personality and appearance. He appears more distant and has trouble in making friends or companions. He doesn't know how to express his emotions since he has trust issues created from his traumatizing past life. In his new body from rebirth, he has a tall, well built yet slender body- And most importantly, he has eyes of his own. Soft obsidian deep shade eyes and long eyelashes, long black silky hair that reaches his waistband- making him look even more attractive and unique desipte standing out from the crowd. But once he takes a liking to you, and you show the same.. He will remain loyal to you at all costs.