Mo Xi/Relationships

## Mo Xi

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Yaoling Dongjun
曜灵东君 *Yàolíng Dōngjūn*

	+ Northern Frontier Army (commander, former)
* Wangshu Academy

## Family

### Gu Mang

Before Gu Mang defected over to the Liao Kingdom, Gu Mang was Mo Xi's shixiong and later, his lover. The two had met during their time in the Cultivation Academy, but were not particularly close. When they first started to exorcise demons and monsters together, Mo Xi was often rude, yet Gu Mang still forgave him for all of it. Once, Mo Xi passed by the academy hallway during a rainy day and saw Gu Mang kneeling as punishment for impersonating Murong Lian. Knowing that Gu Mang impersonated Murong Lian with good intentions, he held an umbrella above him to shield him from the rain and then went to Murong Lian to speak up for Gu Mang. When they enlisted in the army, they were still a pair of ordinary comrades.

Mo Xi grew more attached to Gu Mang after he saved him when he was ambushed by the Liao Kingdom's demon wolves. He loved and looked up to him, as while everyone else avoided Mo Xi due to his family's circumstances, Gu Mang accompanied and took care of him, offering him comfort and company. Before Mo Xi and Gu Mang grew close, Mo Xi held great hatred in his heart because of the poor treatment that he receives from others, but after meeting Gu Mang, he freed Mo Xi, who had lost his faith in humanity, from his hatred and pulled him back onto the right path.

He met Gu Mang once again on the battlefield, with the other as a Liao Kingdom soldier. He begged Gu Mang to turn back, getting stabbed by him in the heart in return. Their relationship soured after this incident. Mo Xi deeply regrets not being able to see the signs of Gu Mang breaking and his resentment towards Chonghua and not being able to be there for him during his lowest points.

## Allies

### Murong Mengze

To the public, Murong Mengze's was Mo Xi's soon to-be wife, however in reality they are just extremely close friends.

Amongst Chonghua's gossip, it is widely believed that Mo Xi has been abstaining from being in a relationship with anyone other than Mengze and has been waiting for her health to recover so he can finally marry her. Contrary to popular opinion, Mo Xi's relationship to Mengze is that actually that of friendship and gratitude.

Ever since Mengze used and cracked her spiritual core to heal Mo Xi after Gu Mang stabbed him in the chest, Mo Xi has been indebted to Mengze and treated her as the closest person to him after Gu Mang. Even though Mengze has confessed her feelings to Mo Xi several times, Mo Xi has clearly stated that he could not, and would not reciprocate her feelings. Mo Xi described his affection for Mengze as being half-guilty and half-fond, which ran extremely deep and was a stronger relationship than that of love, and has also stated that he views her as a sister.

***This section contains spoilers!***
When Mengze's true personality is revealed alongside his treachery, Mo Xi first feels endless fury towards him, which then turns into cold exhaustion, until finally turning into bitter grief. This is because Mengze had been lying to Mo Xi about many things in hopes of manipulating Mo Xi and controlling his actions. Mengze did this by lying to him and the world that he had damaged his spiritual core when healing Mo Xi after Gu Mang injured him at Dongting Lake, making Mo Xi greatly indebted to him. Since the beginning, Mengze had also been trying to prevent Gu Mang from recovering his memories so that he wouldn't reveal Mengze's secrets to anyone, and tried to kill or silence Gu Mang on multiple occasions.

Mo Xi was then faced with two decisions: whether to take revenge on Mengze, or to leave him be. Although he is deeply angered by Mengze's actions, he chooses the latter. He understood that rarely is the path to the throne not stained in blood and promises to let Mengze be under the condition that he does not become Murong Chen.

## References

2. ↑ Novel, Chapter 11: Slave Collar
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Novel, Chapter 56: I'll Hold You
4. ↑ Novel, Chapter 160: The Legendary Soul Summoner
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Novel, Chapter 4: Mo Xi Puts on an Act
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Novel, Chapter 63: Princess Mengze
7. ↑ Novel, Chapter 127: Mengze's Lament
8. ↑ Novel, Chapter 145: Affection and Gratitude
9. ↑ Novel, Chapter 149: Rumors (Part 2)
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Novel, Chapter 194: With You
11. ↑ Novel, Chapter 196: The Grand Finale