Ximen Ruxin

**Ximen Ruxin** is a real estate agent, Gravekeeper, and the younger twin sister of Ximen Guanren.

## Background

Ximen Ruxin was born the younger twin sister of Ximen Guanren in a main Gravekeeper family. Being the firstborn of the current generation of Gravekeepers, he was deemed the family heir and provided with all the privileges with that title. Despite this, he was on good terms with his twin sister.

One day, while the family was treating relatives, the Ximen siblings explored the mountain behind the home for an entire day while playing. When they returned home, the two were thirsty, and after seeing two cups in the room with black liquids in them they immediately drank it, assuming it was cola. The beverages turned out to be American Coffee, causing the two to immediately spit it out due to the bitterness. The drink will go on to become Ximen Ruxin's favorite coffee.

Due to being born as twins, the Ximen siblings were extracted blood from them every day for four years since they were six years old in order to achieve **Double Bonding** (两段绑定), which would allow a bonded creature modified with their blood to also spiritually bond with another creature to further insure a Gravekeeper's survivability. Ruxin was compliant throughout the process, believing that her blood was used to modify her pet dog Dummy, which would extend its lifespan by at least sixty years. However, when she was ten years old, Ruxin found out that her blood was used on Ximen Chicken instead of Dummy, causing her to she violently attacked Guanren. After Dummy died a year later, whenever Ruxin got upset from remembering the pet's death, she would attack Guanren. Feeling guilty, Guanren transferred his authority and power in the family business and in the family senate to Ximen Ruxin. This failed to appease Ruxin, who continued to attack him. One day, having had enough, Guanren struck back, which only further amplified the conflict between the twins to the point where they would try to kill each other whenever they met.

## Personality

Ximen Ruxin is a fujoshi. This is shown when she had a nosebleed after seeing men wrestling and fighting with each other. She seems to be a himejoshi as well, as shown when she asked Pearl if she wanted to stay in her room for the night and said that she's ok with "yuri".

She is also into BDSM and likes being the dominant one. This is shown in her interactions with Che Yongtai in her room at the Lovers Party.

## Appearance

Ximen Ruxin is mostly seen wearing a red shirt and a dress. During the Lovers Party arc, she wore a white robe and a black robe.

## Abilities and Powers

Being a main branch Gravekeeper and having trained since she was young, Ximen Ruxin is physically stronger than an average human, capable of effortlessly defeating He Lili, a human with enough strength to throw larger boulders and rip off arms.

### Gravekeeper exclusive techniques

* **Arm Enlargement/Finger Elongation**: Gravekeepers are able to enlarge their arms and hands and elongate their fingers and fingernails, which become sharp and can easily slice through flesh.
* **Spirit Bond** (灵魂连接): Gravekeepers are able to spiritually bond with a single trusted non-human creature, sharing a part of their soul with said creature. This allows the creature to replicate their healthy bodies in the Underworld when they die in the human world and get teleported due to World Hopping. Therefore, as long as the bonded creature is alive and healthy, a Gravekeeper is impossible to kill. However, if the bonded creature is hurt or killed in the human world, the teleported Gravekeeper will have the same wound or remain dead when they arrive at the Underworld.
	+ **Double Bonding** (两段绑定): By modifying a non-human creature using four years worth of the Gravekeeper and their twin's blood, that creature also gains the Spirit Bond ability. The creature can then spiritually bond with another non-human creature, establishing additional insurance for the Gravekeeper's life. The modified creature also has their lifespan extended by at least sixty years.
* **Heart Binding Curse** (束心咒): By harmlessly plunging their hand into a target's chest, a Gravekeeper can extract the target's soul for three days, represented by a flame-like essence as small as the palm of a hand. During these three days, the Gravekeeper can kill the target whenever they wish. Alternatively, they can crush the flame essence and free the target from their binding prematurely.

*Guardians of Night* Manhua — Chapter 558 (p. 15).