Shen Shen

* Adult
* Young

**Shen Shen** (沈慎, *Shěn Shèn*) is the leader of the Da Gushan Sect, the fifth and the youngest brother of the Five Lakes Alliance.

## Appearance

Shen Shen wears a varieties of blue robes in all his appearances, ranging from cyan to dark blue with white accents, including in his younger days. In one of his robes, one of them has a golden embroidery on the front, in the same robes during the Heroes Conference, Shen Shen wears a cloak.

Standing tall, Shen Shen has a burly figure and a valiant posture, capable of withstanding injuries and duelling with several opponents.

After Gao Chong's Death, Shen Shen fell into depression and leave his stubble to grow and not style his hair properly, letting it go unkempt. Shen Shen also wears darker coloured robes, almost greyish blue. After rescuing Gao Xiaolian, he cleans up his appearance.

## Personality

As a young master, Shen Shen was free-spirited and mischievous, teasing Wen Ruyu and reciting poetry with the five brothers. When forced to face the harsh reality of the world as the battle of Mount Qingya occurred, he cowered back in fear, and was one of the people fighting against Rong Xuan. He also knowingly allowed Wen Ruyu to suffer, shutting his mouth about the matter for twenty years.

As a result, Shen Shen became serious and straightforward as an adult, letting his temper get the best of him and threatening to kill at the slightest of matters. He holds Brotherhood above all, which makes him become dismissive of others pain or feelings.

Despite the recklessness, Shen Shen is the most honest, and all of his actions come from good intentions, albeit badly executed. He holds deep affection for his brothers and their families, where he cried at the death of Zhang Yusen and his two sons and when Gao Chong decided to commit suicide.

Shen Shen seeks to make things right, admit his past cowardice and repair his wrongs while advising others to not do the same mistakes he did.

## History

### The Five Brothers

> Sister Yue, forgive me...
>
> Shen Shen to Yue Fenger

As the fifth and youngest brother, Shen Shen was one of the brothers in the Five Lakes Alliance alongside Gao Chong, Zhao Jing, Lu Taichong and Zhang Yusen.

Shen Shen is shown to be close to the disciples of the Immortal Physician Valley, showen by him teasing Wen Ruyu, complimenting Gu Miaomiao and getting scolded by Yue Fenger.

Shen Shen was in support of Rong Xuan's theory, which was that all sects must come together and share their learnings, so he partook in stealing scrolls from his own and others sects alongside his brothers. One the Armoury was created, the key to it was created and split into five parts where each brother had a piece.

Therefore, Shen Shen held one piece of the Liuli Armour.

### The Battle of Qingya Mountain

One day, Zhao Jing was seen taking scrolls from Mount Tai, the master at the time, referred to Gao Chong's father for investigation. This had put Zhao Jing in danger of being banished from his sect, or have his martial arts taken. Shen Shen was one of the people to protest Zhao Jing's choice to confess, and called out for Rong Xuan to find a solution.

Rong Xuan came up with the idea of sparring the five brothers together at once in order to solve the matter. A battle ensued and Rong Xuan came out victorious, however, he immediately collapsed afterwards. When Gu Miaomiao announced that Rong Xuan was poisoned through his wound, everyone, including Shen Shen, looked at Gao Chong in shock, as he was the one to injure Rong Xuan.

Afterwards, Rong Xuan went mad, and started a killing rampage. Once Shen Shen heard about the battle happening in Mount Qingya between the sects and Rong Xuan, he went there to fight against Rong Xuan, despite knowing that Rong Xuan was innocent. Shen Shen was gravely injured afterwards, yet knew of the Wen's family vilification and didn't do anything to help them, standing by while watching with guilt.

### Divided Brotherhood

After the Mount Qingya battle, the five brothers became distant, most prominently Zhang Yusen, who held disdain towards his brothers for fighting against Rong Xuan. Despite the distance, Shen Shen held affection for his remaining brothers nonetheless.

Shen Shen was one of the people who did not believe that Gao Chong intentionally poisoned Rong Xuan, and did not suspect any of his other brothers. Shen Shen is shown to be the most loyal to Gao Chong, never believing any sort of slander against him and willing to defend him at all costs.

At the death of Lu Taichong, he had entrusted his remaining two disciples of the Dan Yang Sect to Mount Tai. This meant that the Liuli Armour piece was within the possession of someone outside the Alliance, which prompted Shen Shen to hunt down Mount Tai's leader, Ao Laizi‏‎, and try to take both the disciples and the Armour piece back.

### The Jing Hu Sect Massacre

After almost twenty decades of no communication, Shen Shen comes down from Mount Da Gu upon hearing about the attack on the Jing Hu Sect. He is greeted by the sight of the sect completely destroyed and burnt, while seeing the covered bodies of Zhang Yusen and his sons. Shen She was so affected by his brother's family demise that he almost fainted out of shock, and redirected his anger towards Deng Kuan, who was reporting information to him.

While berating Deng Kuan for not rescuing the Jing Hu Sect, Tao Hongpo‏‎ and Lu Liuweng‏‎ arrive to the scene and belittle Shen Shen, commenting on how Zhang Yusen and Shen Shen have not met for decades and yet act as if they were close sworn brothers. The situation is de-escalated by the Beggar Sect's Elder, Huang He‏‎, and both investigate together to conclude that the attack was the doing of the Ghost Valley.

Upon this discovery, Shen Shen gives Deng Kuan the Alliance's Leadership Token, and tells him to inform his master about the situation and gather all disciples to search for Zhang Chengling, whose corpse was not found among the Jing Hu Sect.

### Pursuit of the Dan Yang Disciples

Shen Shen gives chase again to the Mount Tai Sect once he finds them again, while losing them, they happen to stumble upon Tao Hongpo and Lu Liuweng, who seek to take the Liuli Armour as well. The commotion is interrupted by Shen Shen's arrival, and by Ao Laizi's tense attitude towards Shen Shen, Tao Hongpo deduces that Shen Shen was chasing Mount Tai, and comments that if people were to know, the reputation of the Alliance would be tarnished. This causes Shen Shen and the Begger Sect's pair to engage in a duel, while Ao Laizi attempts to silently retreats.

The fight ends with the pair's escape and Shen Shen receiving an injury. He attempts to beckon the Dan Yang Sect's disciples to his side, and when they tell him of Lu Taichong's wishes to stay with the Mount Tai, Shen Shen becomes aggravated and calls their master delirious, and threatens to Ao Laizi with another fight.

The rising tensions stop with Zhao Jing's arrival and other sects, and in order to save face, both of Shen Shen and Ao Laizi pretend to be at peace. Shen Shen begrudgingly pretends to accept Ao Laizi's refusal to Zhao Jing's invitation back to Sanbai Manor.

> You have to stay—Stay here and learn how to handle such occasions!
>
> Shen Shen to Zhang Chengling

Inside the Jingrui Temple of the Sanbai Manor, Shen Shen is present during the shows and celebrations. By night, Shen Shen pretends to be drunk, lamenting over Zhang Chengling's inability to drink like his father, Zhao Jing then orders Song Huairen to escort Shen Shen back to his quarters. Once Song Huairen leaves him be, Shen Shen gets up to peruse the matter of the Dan Yang disciples once again.

Shen Shen managed to stay on their trial until the Liquor Store of Hu, the place was covered in the Ghost Valley's yellow joss paper and fog, which made Shen Shen lose track.

After the death of the Mount Tai Sect, alongside the remaining disciples of the Dan Yang Sect, Shen Shen returns to the Sanbai Manor, only to be told that Zhao Jing's piece of the Liuli Armour got stolen. Shen Shen berates Zhao Jing's incompetence for letting murders and theft happen right in his sect. Because of the havoc that the Liuli Armour is causing, Zhao Jing suggests destroying the remaining pieces they have, which Shen Shen vehemently refuses, claiming that if they do so, then their brothers "[would have] all have died in vain".

The conversation is cut short when Shen Shen hears someone outside, and is unable to detect who it is due to their covering tactics.

### The Jing Hu Sect Piece

The next day after the Sanbai Manor celebrations, Shen Shen and Zhao Jing attempt to find out about the whereabouts of Zhang Yusen's Liuli Armour piece. Shen Shen senses that Zhang Chengling is deliberately hiding information from them due to mistrust, and becomes furious because of that and leaves out of anger.

Because of the hunt for the Liuli Armour, Gao Chong instructed Shen Shen to keep his own piece on him at all times.

Later, Shen Shen discusses the matter of Zhang Chengling's dishonesty and details the demise of the Zhang family: Zhang Yusen crushing his own skull, Zhang Chengfeng and Zhang Chengluan were lynched, unknown to him that Zhang Chengling is standing outside the room, overhearing Shen Shen calling him a "useless heir".

Shen Shen is present when Gao Chong interrogates Zhang Chengling for the Liuli Armour piece. The attempt fails, and Gao Chong storms off at Zhao Jing mentioning Zhang Yusen. Shen Shen then chastises Zhao Jing for doing so, and chastises him even further for thinking that Gao Chong would hit a child.

### Western Regions Party Incident

> Tenfold? This is extremely shameful!
>
> If I can't demolish the Ghost Valley, how can I live on in this world?
>
> Gao Chong to Shen Shen

Shen Shen is present when the decapitated heads of the aftermath of Matrimonial-Funerary Ghost's wedding, he swears to make the Ghost Valley pay, only for Gao Chong to respond that he intends to demolish the entirety of the Ghost Valley after this move.

When meeting the men who rescued Zhang Chengling, Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu, Shen Shen questions about their disappearance after the Sanbai Manor celebrations, and almost accuses them of lying, the accusations are cut short when both Zhao Jing and Gao Chong remind Shen Shen that they were the people to save Zhang Chengling twice.

As Wen Kexing left after the analysis of Fang Buzhi's body, Shen Shen looks at him with more attention, possibly noticing the familiarities between him and Wen Ruyu.

### The Fake Liuli Armour

Shen Shen arrives with his disciples alongside Gao Chong and the to where the Four Sages of Anji and the Beggar Sect are fighting. he engages in a verbal fight with Tao Hongpo, however, Feng Xiaofeng‏‎ managed to slip away, and Shen Shen is tasked with chasing him down, but was unsuccessful in doing so.

In the Chongwu Palace, Gao Chong, Shen Shen and Zhao Jing discuss current affairs, where Shen Shen details his pursuit and loss of Ao Laizi. At that, Gao Chong scolds him for chasing down Ao Laizi and causing him to die far away from him, in which Shen Shen responds that he doesn't want to cause disorder, but only seeks to avenge the Mount Tai.

During a time period of peace, Shen Shen witnesses the exchange between Gao Xiaolian and Gao Chong, he asks Gao Chong to hear her out.

### Infiltration of the Scorpions

When Zhang Chengling go kidnapped overnight, everyone at the Yue Yang Sect at the time of the kidnapping was being investigated. When it came to a young lady who seemed suspicious, Cao Weining entered and gave Gu Xiang her alibi: that she was with him the whole night when Zhang Chengling got kidnapped, at hearing this, Shen Shen stood up in shock, but did not have the time to respond as Zhang Chengling was announced to be back.

Once Zhang Chengling has returned, he decided to give the Alliance the Zhang Liuli Armour piece, in which he opened up his gut wound in front of Gao Chong and Shen Shen, who stared at each other in shock.

After aqauiring the Zhang Liuli Armour piece, Shen Shen was at ease, but Gao Chong was not. Gao Chong then requests Shen Shen to hand over his own piece of the Liuli Armour, as he wishes to not endanger Shen Shen. Belieivng him, Shen Shen gives him the piece with no hestiation.

### Counterattack against the Ghost Valley

He and the other sects carried out an operation to attack the Unfaithful Manor and bring out the Matrimonial-Funerary Ghost out of her hiding.

### Heroes Conference

During the Conference, any accusations towards Gao Chong were denied by Shen Shen vehemently, going as far as to threaten Long Xiao at the spot. When the fight broke out, and everyone was killing each other, Shen Shen was fighting beside the Yue Yang Sect, defending Gao Chong. When all was in vain and Gao Chong decided to commit suicide to prove his innocence, Shen Shen tried to stop him from doing so, but he got knocked out and possibly carried away by a disciple of the Yue Yang Sect.

### Departing the Alliance

With Gao Chong's death and Gao Xiaolian missing, Shen Shen set out a journey to fulfil Gao Chong's last request to save his daughter. He had the intention of bringing her to his sect, before going into isolation, as the Five Lakes Alliance became a place of sorrow for him.

## Novel Difference

In the novel, Shen Shen's role is much more minor. He makes a brief appearance when the Alliance summons all sects concerning The Liuli Armour, Shen Shen shows Gao Chong the fragment he has of the armour, because of this, he is killed later off-screen.

He is described as a maiden who rarely goes outside, afraid of getting a tan, according to Mo Huaikong, his sect washed their hands off jianghu matters long time ago.

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**Official Posters**

**Official Q-Version**

## Trivia

* Shen Shen's name is a homophone for "*Auntie*" (婶婶, *Shěn Shen*).
	+ His actor, Guo Jiahao found it befitting because of Shen Shen's temper, as well as endearing.
* Through the Black and White posters of the show's final Episodes, it seemed like Shen Shen was supposed to have a role in the finale. It was probably scrapped due to lack of budget.
* In the Commemorative Artbook, Shen Shen's pages have the following verses:
## References

1. ↑ Web-Series, Episode 16
2. ↑ Word of Honor: Official Commemorative Artbook
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Web-Series, Episode 22
4. ↑ Web-Series, Episode 19
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Web-Series, Episode 03
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Web-Series, Episode 05
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Web-Series, Episode 10
8. ↑ Web-Series, Episode 06
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Web-Series, Episode 12
10. ↑ Web-Series, Episode 07
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Web-Series, Episode 08
12. ↑ Web-Series, Episode 09
13. ↑ Novel, Chapter 36
14. ↑ Novel, Chapter 32