Taigong Wang and Fu Xi

Fu Xi gives Taigong Wang a lot more independence than his wife and sister, the beautiful and enigmatic Nu Wa does. He maintains a far more serious and technical relationship with the youth, and acts more as a mentor than a father figure, as opposed to Nu Wa, who acts more obviously like a mother than teacher.

Fu Xi knows that Taigong Wang is the way of the future. By descending to the world of mortals, the three inadvertently surrender their immortality until their return to their own realm. Thus, if Fu Xi is killed, he knows that Taigong Wang must inherit his place as commander of the good magical beings, even over his own wife. If he is confronted by Taigong Wang, and killed by him, his final words dictate this: "The future rests with you..." Because of the burden he knows rests on the boy, Fu Xi is reluctant to be soft with him, unlike Nu Wa.

However, he does reveal his fatherly side, and his love, for Taigong Wang once in a while. When Nu Wa chides him, albeit teasingly, for being overdramatic, Fu Xi comes to his defense, saying that despite his use of over-embellished words, they are true. Also, if he is defeated, but not ended, by Taigong Wang, he remarks fondly, "You have grown, my boy."

Taigong Wang and Fu Xi

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