Liu Mingyan

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## Debut

**Donghua**
Episode 5
**Web novel**
*TBA*
**Novel**
*TBA*

Liu Mingyan is a side character in *Proud Immortal Demon's Way* and in *Scum Villain's Self-Saving System*. She is the head disciple of Qi Qingqi on Xian Shu Peak. She is also the author of Regret of Chunshan. In the original storyline, she was a head wife of Luo Binghe's harem.

## Appearance

Liu Mingyan is described as being a peerless beauty. Her full appearance is unknown, as she usually wears a veil (面纱, miansha) over the bottom half of her face. She wears lavish purple and white robes that represent her as the head disciple in Xian Shu Peak.[?]

## Personality

Liu Mingyan is said to be very just and upright, with great character and intelligence. She has great tolerance, style and can understand overall situation quite well. She's also secretly a huge fan of Shen Qingqiu and Luo Binghe's relationship.[?]

Her age is never specified. Luo Binghe does refer to her as his *shimei*, because she is from a lower-ranked peak in terms of seniority.[?] However, based on her general maturity, she may be older than him.

## Background

In the original story of Proud Immortal Demon Way, Liu Mingyan was one of Luo Binghe's head wives in his 600+ strong harem, allegedly being one of the last Big Three to marry him.[?] In the *Scum Villain's Self-Saving System*, she instead went on to become the head disciple of Xianshu peak. On the side, she published smut under the pen-name Liusu Mianhua, where she shipped Luo Binghe and Shen Qingqiu. One notable example of this being the Regret of Chunshan.

## Abilities & Equipment

Liu Mingyan is in possession of the Shuise sword.

She is an extremely competent and skilled cultivator, ranking 3rd among thousands of disciples in the Immortal Alliance Conference.

## Etymology

Liu Mingyan's name consists of the characters for *willow* (柳 (Liǔ)) and *drizzle mist* (溟煙 (Míngyān)). Her sword is called Shuise (水色 (Shuǐ Sè)) which consists of the characters for *water* and *color*, which together can be translated into *watercolor* or *aqua*. She also uses the pen-name *Liusu Mianhua* (柳宿眠花 (Liǔ Sù Mián Huā)), which literally means *Sleeping Flower among Willow*, as in the Willow Constellation (柳宿 (Liǔ Sù)), and plays on her surname. This pen-name is also an anagram for *mianhua su liu* (眠花宿柳 (Mián Huā Sù Liǔ)), which is a chengyu that means to go whoring.

## Trivia

* Liu Mingyan is the author of "The Regret of Chunshan."[?]
* In the original novel Liu Mingyan would often compete with Sha Hualing for Luo Binghe's affections.[?]
* According to Shen Qingqiu, Airplane Shooting Towards The Sky only described Liu Mingyan in full detail in PIDW (though those details aren't revealed in SVSSS)[?]
* Liu Mingyan's veil is something of an ongoing joke especially in the fandom. No matter how much Shen Qingqiu hopes for a glance at her face, she never once lifts her veil. She manages to do things such as drink tea and eat seeds without ever raising the veil and also within seconds even though Shen was watching her closely for a glimpse of her famously beautiful face.[?]
* It is hinted that Liu Mingyan writes slash fiction in her free time.[?]
* In the original canon of Proud Immortal Demon Way (the In universe novel) she is one of Luo Binghe's many wives. She is also one of the main protagonists and competes with Sha Hualing for Luo Binghe's affections.[?]
* When Shen Qingqiu showed interest in Liu Mingyan, Luo Binghe became jealous and pretended to chat her up just to get her out of Shen Qingqiu's sight.[?]
* According to Shen Qingqiu, Liu Mingyan was the most intelligent woman in the entire harem. He also states that it's difficult to find such an intelligent wife with a good character.[?]
* According to Shang Qinghua, Liu Mingyan's character is: "As pure as jade and chaste as ice". That is something the other wives didn't have.[?]
* The Liu siblings may have a 20-ish age difference between them, though this is unconfirmed.[?]

## External links

* TV Tropes.
* My Anime List
* Character page on BiliBili Comics.
* Fan casting suggestions on MyCast-

## References

1. ↑ MXTX Weibo Reply of Character Heights
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chapter 95: *Extra: Airplane's Fortuitous Encounter 6*
3. ↑ 2021, Nov. What are the disciples' ages? Do we know? by u/bobbyspeeds on r/SVSSS
4. ↑ Chapter 28: *Recognizing a Relative*
5. ↑ From the 'Resentment of Chunshan' translation on Novel Full
6. ↑ 2021, April. The Liu siblings apparently have a 20-ish year age... on Tumblr

## Appearances

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### Donghua

**Liu Mingyan** has made 4 appearances.

* Episode 10
* Episode 5
* Episode 8
* Episode 9

### Webnovel

**Liu Mingyan** has made 11 appearances.

* Chapter 11 (Webnovel)
* Chapter 12 (Webnovel)
* Chapter 21 (Webnovel)
* Chapter 22 (Webnovel)
* Chapter 23 (Webnovel)
* Chapter 28 (Webnovel)
* Chapter 31 (Webnovel)
* Chapter 46 (Webnovel)
* Chapter 49 (Webnovel)
* Chapter 54 (Webnovel)
* Chapter 9 (Webnovel)