Yue Shen

"Ge Nie... will be slain by the boy... This is his fate, sealed from the day he left Qin Kingdom."

- Yue Shen to Emperor Qin Shi Huang "There are many factions inside all those theorists around the Six Kingdoms. However, the darkness stirs underneath this whirlpool. They had different faith. Some even hated each other. The only thing that united them was their wish to overthrow the might of Qin Dynasty. They are all like beasts in cages. If they have no food, they will tear each other apart."

- Yue Shen's most famous quote from The Legend of Qin animated series Yue Shen, literally known as the Goddess of Moon, is one of the major antagonist and anti-villain of The Legend of Qin novels. She serves as one of the main antagonists of its mainland Chinese animated adaptation. In its live-action TV adaptation, she serves as one of the supporting characters of the story.

iN dIFFERENT vERSIONS
Yue Shen's characteristics differs in different versions, but in all of her versions, she belongs to the side of Yin-Yang Theorists. In the original novels, she is the apprentice of the Nine Palace, and is skilled in using poison. She is a classmate as well as rival to Duan Murong. Yue Shen's real name was Wu Duan and was a good friend to Gao Jianli, who died in a failed assassination attempt against Emperor Qin Shihuang.

In the animated series, Yue Shen has a much bigger and more villainous role than the original novels. She acts as the Right Guardian of Yin-Yang Theorists and an advisor of Emperor Qin Shihuang with abilities to perform prophecy. She is also a castor of Jing Tianming's curse, prophecizing him to be the slayer of his master Ge Nie, who had betrayed Qin Dynasty. During the chaos inside the Mohist's City of Traps, Yue Shen seized the chance and kidnapped Gao Yue, revealed her parentage and had her as her apprentice. Therefore, Yue Shen had the influence of three major heroes in the story.

In the live actions TV series, Yue Shen serves as a member of Qin's Allies, and her true name was changed into Su Ying. However, she is less villainous than her animated counterpart.

Trivia

 * Yue Shen is the only major member of Yin-Yang Theorists who appeared in Season 1 as her debut, while others appeared in either the movie or Season 3.