Chai Xiangfei (チャイ・シャンフェイ, Chai Shanfei; Chinese: 柴香菲, Pinyin: Chái Xiāngfēi) is the estranged mother of Xianglian and Xianghua and was sent to the prestigious Ling-Sheng Su Temple to learn the art of swordplay. She diligently trained and became supremely skilled with the jian. She fell in love with a man named Xiuqiang and mothered two daughters with him. When their relationship was discovered, the monks took her daughter and she was forced to leave the temple.