Phantom Blade Zero · Character
Jade Dancer
Jade Dancer is one of Mu Xiaokui’s two personal guards and one of her teachers: an orphan the Shadow Sovereign once saved, who fights with the Fiend Saws, a pair of blades worn on her legs. You fight her in Chapter 3 in the Village of Lu.
- FactionThe Order
- Where you meetVillage of Lu, Crimson Forest, Mount Soulrend
- Quests2 in the quest log
- Boss fightFight page
Who is Jade Dancer?
The bestiary describes a woman with a cold face and a Fiend Saw blade under each foot, driven by supple legs, her movement like lightning. She was an orphan, saved by the Shadow Sovereign in a moment of peril. When she was first set to follow the young Xiaokui she called herself a subordinate and would not leave her post; Xiaokui told her to stop, and asked her to be her big sister, so that she would have family. Something tender took root in a woman who had always kept her heart cold.
On the training ground she is iron with the Young Mistress; off it she patiently teaches her to ease the ache in her ankles, and keeps every gift Xiaokui has given her. She may have spent more days at Xiaokui’s side than Mu Tianmiao himself. Since his death, she fears for Xiaokui more than for the Order.
You fight her in the Village of Lu, where she and Iron Fiend stand with Xiaokui against Soul (“Jade Dancer, Iron Fiend, heed me! Iron-Jade strike!”). Later, on top of the Mirrorwood Sha-Chi Tower, she asks Soul for another round. Her Fiend Saws are the weapon Xiaokui drops in her third phase.
Who Jade Dancer is to the others
The girl she guards
Little Xiaokui asked her to be her big sister so she would have family, and still calls her Sister Jade. Xiaokui fights with the leg techniques Jade Dancer taught her.
Saved her life
The Shadow Sovereign saved her when she was an orphan in danger, and set her to guard his daughter.
Fellow guard
Together they guard and train the Young Mistress and fight as one; Xiaokui’s Iron-Jade strike calls on them both.
Every quest with Jade Dancer in it
Story
Heartless Remnants
In the Village of Lu she stands guard for Xiaokui, and you fight her there. If you carry all five Red Ribbons into Xiaokui’s fight at the Lakeside bell, Jade Dancer and Iron Fiend join a third phase.
Tales
Use It Against Them
Later, on top of the Mirrorwood Sha-Chi Tower in the Crimson Forest, she asks Soul for another round, and this time he must beat her and Iron Fiend with their own weapons only: the Fiend Saws as main weapon and the Iron Gauntlets as Phantom Edge. Win and she gives him a small token of respect.
In the game’s own words
The game’s bestiary note on each form you fight. They are folded shut because some of them give away what happens later.
Jade Dancer, Young Mistress’s Guardian
A woman of a cold face. A Fiend Saw long-blade under each foot; she drives the twin blades with supple legs, her movement like lightning, her cuts unmatched. Together with Iron Fiend she trains the Young Mistress Mu Xiaokui and serves as guard; they work as one.
Jade Dancer was an orphan, saved by the Shadow Sovereign in a moment of peril. Later young Mu Xiaokui called her "Sister," saying she would be her family—and something tender took root in this woman who had always kept her heart cold.
The duty of a bodyguard soon became a care and loyalty that came from the bone. On the training ground she is iron with the Young Mistress; off it, she patiently teaches her to press the right points, easing the ache in her ankles. Every gift from the Young Mistress she keeps in silence. The days she has spent at the Young Mistress's side may even outlast those of the Shadow Sovereign himself.
After old Sovereign Mu passed, undercurrents rose in the Order, and the Wulin too was full of sudden turns. No one knows better than Jade Dancer how heavy a load sits on the Young Mistress's shoulders. And more than the Order's fortunes, she fears for the Young Mistress's life.
What happens to Jade Dancer
The end of the story for this character
She stays with Xiaokui. At the Mirrorwood Sha-Chi Tower, where Soul urges Xiaokui to leave and build a new Order, Jade Dancer tells him the Young Mistress bears a heavy burden, but they will never leave her side.
She appears once more on a snowy road in the Mirrorwood, sealed in ice after the phantom realm fades, in the middle of a fight: “By the Young Mistress’s order, I come to your aid!” Then she takes her leave: “Master Soul, until we meet again!”
“But we will never leave her side.”
In-game dialogue
Keep reading
How to beat Jade DancerThe boss fight page- QuestHeartless RemnantsStory
- QuestUse It Against ThemTales
- MapVillage of LuWalkthrough for this region
- MapCrimson ForestWalkthrough for this region
- FactionThe OrderWho they are and who leads them
- GuideMu Xiaokui’s 5 Red RibbonsHow to bring Jade Dancer into the third phase
- WeaponFiend SawsHer leg blades
- AllEvery character in Phantom Blade ZeroEveryone who appears in the story or a quest
Frequently asked questions
Is Jade Dancer Mu Xiaokui’s sister?
Not by blood. Xiaokui asked her to be her big sister as a child, and calls her Sister Jade.
What are the Fiend Saws?
Her weapon: a pair of long blades worn on her legs. Mu Xiaokui drops them in her third phase. Fiend Saws.
Who does Jade Dancer serve after Mu Tianmiao’s death?
The Young Mistress, Mu Xiaokui. She cares more for Xiaokui’s safety than for the Order’s fortunes.
Sources for this page 1
- Phantom Blade Zero Official Phantom Blade Zero launch build: the game’s own dialogue, documents, bestiary, quest log and loading screens, read 3 November 2026. Quotes are the game’s English text, unchanged.