Murong Qing

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Family and heroic ideal

Murong Qing’s family settled in Su State after the fall of Li State’s capital. Murong Zhe later explains that he escaped with her and Murong Wu through the help of the Mohist Knight Guard. Wu was actually the son of Zhe’s younger sister and Emperor Shenzong, though he was raised as Qing’s younger brother 194.

Her ambition to become a great knight was inspired by a man who sacrificed his life to save her. She resolved to join the Mohist Knight Guard, protect the weak, and uphold justice. Although she disagreed with her father over this ambition, she did not resent a difficult decision he had made during their earlier danger, recognizing his sacrifices in raising the children 39.

Qing and her father shared a stubborn temperament. She openly challenged his reasoning rather than accept parental authority as sufficient justification. After visiting a Mohist Knight Guard base, she stopped being angry with him; neither apologized, and they resumed their normal relationship 38 42.

Her mother died during her childhood, and her father died while she was still young. A later account describes her leaving home and raising Murong Wu herself. After her father’s death, she continued following Li State’s affairs through newspapers, broadcasts, and other official reports 222 1082.

Painting and Hongdou

Qing practiced ink painting with intense concentration and a solemn, dignified style. Her confidence collapsed when Teacher Xu agreed that Hongdou’s innovative painting deserved the school’s competition entry over hers 93 94.

After seeing Hongdou’s work, she fled in despair. Si Ming pursued her and provoked a martial exchange that ended in a grapple, allowing her to vent her frustration. Although painting had left her feeling defeated, she retained her determination to pursue martial arts 97.

She later reconsidered her envy, brought Hongdou pastries from Guhe Bakery, and apologized. Hongdou asked her to become her friend, and Qing readily agreed, subsequently visiting often and sparring with Si Ming 99.

Training under Ling Huanxi

Ling Huanxi taught Qing the Cambrian Spear Art, Vast Cold Immortal Sword Art, and Glacier Divine Art. Although Qing was talented with the spear, her aptitude for the sword was greater, prompting Ling Huanxi to teach her the sword art that served as the Jade Toad Heavenly Sect’s hallmark 144.

During their summer training, Qing alternated martial practice with internal cultivation, using the latter to replenish the vitality consumed by the former. She reduced her sleep to three hours and pushed herself harder after seeing Si Ming’s training schedule 144.

Her first major defensive battle tested that training. She helped prepare the terrain, used Si Ming’s firearms against advancing beasts, and survived an avalanche trap from a prepared cave. When the remaining beasts proved too resilient for the guns, she discarded them and fought with the Moon God’s Tear 145 146.

Appearance

• Build: Long, slender limbs and a firm, athletic physique developed through years of martial practice 18.
• Hair: Waist-length black hair, usually tied in a ponytail for freedom of movement 18 659.
• Bearing: Dashing and heroic; her forceful personality and presence often attract attention before her beauty does 18 122.
• Notable attire: A predominantly blue sword-cultivator outfit with white night-blooming cereus embroidered along the skirt’s hem 659.
• Disguise: Uses a human-skin mask taken from train thieves to appear as a mature woman of about twenty-five; on one such occasion, she wears a blue Confucian-style robe 545.

Personality

Qing is principled, independent-minded, and unwilling to substitute authority for reason. She refuses to apologize merely to end a disagreement when she believes she is right. The same integrity leads her to take the Mohist Knight Guard assessment rather than obtain admission through her master’s connections 38 197.

She values honorable competition. She prefers to face opponents at their best and considers an easy victory over an impaired opponent unsatisfying. Even Yu Shuying, who dislikes her, acknowledges that her generosity is genuine rather than hypocritical 541.

Her idealism becomes more practical through experience. She recognizes that insisting on joining a battle beyond her strength would burden her master, however righteous the sentiment sounded. She also accepts the use of a superior weapon to end a fight quickly when rescuing a child leaves no time for a prolonged contest 145 235.

Her strong sense of responsibility can become excessive: Si Ming observes that she shoulders matters that are not truly hers to bear. She is especially protective of Murong Wu, though she ultimately supports his wish to grow stronger and become independent 677 708 709.

In romance, shared aspirations matter more to her than exclusivity. She sees Si Ming as both a lover and a Dao companion—someone with whom she can pursue her ideals and improve. Her career and cultivation remain independent priorities rather than extensions of their relationship 987 1105.

Abilities & Skills

Glacier Divine Art

The Jade Toad Heavenly Sect’s superior internal cultivation method visualizes a geological ice age and produces powerful freezing True Qi 144.

• Cold-assisted cultivation: Absorbs surrounding cold Qi to replenish vitality and strengthen internal cultivation 144.
• Mental composure: Calms agitation and anger, helping her resist intimidation and analyze an opponent’s movements 145 154 203.
• Freezing attacks: Slows opponents through wounds, stiffens weapons, and immobilizes targets by freezing their feet or meridians 203 244 545 689.
• Defensive shaping: Condenses cold Qi into ice shields and freezes corrosive liquid before it reaches her 154 1083.
• Environmental limitation: In the spirit domain, converting spiritual power into usable energy is inefficient and risks conflict with her True Qi. The conditions reduce her to less than half her normal strength 675 677.

Vast Cold Immortal Sword Art

A signature art of the Jade Toad Heavenly Sect, distinguished by nimble footwork, graceful movement, and elusive sword attacks rather than brute strength 144 203.

• Movement techniques: Remain useful even without a sword, allowing her to evade close-range attacks and circle behind enemies 154.
• Thousand Directions Afterimages: Produces a multitude of sword shadows; later sends out massed icy Sword Qi that kills or freezes beasts across her path 234 709.
• Nine Luminaries Sacred Radiance: Severs Old Du’s arms; in another battle, manifests nine full moons of condensed cold Qi 203 717.
• Dark Jade Reflects the Rose: Sets the Moon God’s Tear spinning in midair like an opening ice flower against incoming axes 545.
• Stars Sway, Moon Stands Alone, Shadows of a Thousand Mountains: Overwhelms Youtong’s defenses with sword clones 942.
• Advanced adaptability: Eventually modifies a defensive technique into an attack rather than remaining confined to its prescribed variations 1083.

Cambrian Spear Art

Ling Huanxi’s strongest specialty, taught to Qing alongside the Vast Cold Immortal Sword Art 144.

• Forceful offense: Combines surging footwork, sweeping spear movements, and concentrated cold Qi 143.
• Snow Swallow Returns to the Sky: A sweeping follow-up used after freeing her spear from Yu Shuying’s whip 243.
• Controlled commitment: Holds strength in reserve so that a missed thrust can transition immediately into another attack 243.
• Ice reinforcement: Forms a sharp ice spike around an unsharpened spearhead, allowing it to pierce armor 534.

Confucian School Martial Arts

Qing uses techniques from the Confucian School Six Arts Art before her training under Ling Huanxi 76 97.

• Shoot the Heavenly Wolf: A spear offensive resembling the simultaneous release of countless arrows 76.
• Command the Fierce Wind: A spiraling punch that links power from the stance, waist, abdomen, spine, and joints 97.
• Thousand Accusing Fingers: Attacks acupoints with numerous fine streams of force; can spread cold through an opponent’s body and immobilize them 116.

Black Tortoise Martial Form

An additional cultivation system that strengthens her Cultivation Body 717.

• Raises her strength and speed enough to improve her position against Si Jingyu without changing her sword techniques 717.
• Provides benefits that require prolonged assimilation; Qing chooses secluded cultivation to absorb them fully 731.
• Brings her anticipated Spirit Transformation attempt forward from a plan originally set four years later 731.

Spirit Transformation

Qing describes Spirit Transformation as a sublimation of life rather than primarily an increase in combat strength 1031.

• Precise Qi control: Uses the same sword forms as Xia Guanxue with less wasted force, gaining the advantage without stirring the surrounding air 1031.
• Greater Primal Qi use: Draws on more of heaven and earth’s Primal Qi to produce large-scale attacks, including an immense ice dragon with formation support 939.
• Broader applications: Explains that the realm benefits cultivation, memory, and teaching as well as combat 1031.
• Remaining weakness: Forming a sword entirely from Qi is less natural to her than imbuing a physical blade with it, making the loss of her weapon a meaningful disadvantage 1091.

Medicine and Battlefield Support

Qing can treat injuries directly with her own Qi 675.

• Uses freezing Qi to stop bleeding 650 675.
• Clears meridian blockages and expels foreign Qi from an injured patient 675.
• Freezes her own wounds and contains hostile Sword Qi to preserve mobility, aided by a formation during her fight with Youtong 942.

Instant Sword Technique and Combined Attacks

Qing employs advanced sword techniques while fighting Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor alongside Si Ming 1269.

• Heavenly River Starburst: Launches Sword Qi against the ancestor’s Extreme Essence 1269.
• An Instant Like a Year: Allows her to escape his Gu insects; he recognizes it as an Instant Sword Technique 1269.
• Soaring Phoenix and Flying Dragon Pierce the Firmament: A coordinated attack with Si Ming that penetrates the ancestor’s defenses 1269.
• Yin-Yang New Moon Sky Twin Dragon Battle: Their combined response to the Three Corpses Seal; splitting the attack damages the ancestor from both sides but leaves both allies gravely injured by backlash 1269.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Moon God’s Tear — Her personal divine sword, containing thousand-year-old profound ice. Its sharpness and freezing power can decide clashes against stronger cultivators; she sometimes leaves it behind to avoid accidentally harming innocents 146 203 235.
• Long spear — Used for both Confucian School techniques and the Cambrian Spear Art 76 143 243.
• Black Tortoise Heavy Armor / Profound Armor — Gives her confidence that she can briefly contend with a Spirit Transformation opponent even while weakened by the spirit domain, provided her True Qi and the armor’s energy last 677.
• White Eagle and Spirit Sparrow — Firearms borrowed from Si Ming during the beast attack. The White Eagle proves difficult to aim, while the Spirit Sparrow lacks stopping power against stronger beasts unless it hits a vital point 145 146.
• Borrowed spirit gun — Used to snipe from a tree eight hundred meters from an altar without violating rules forbidding Si Ming’s direct assistance 211.
• Human-skin mask — Taken from train thieves and later used as a disguise 545.
• Six Heavens Forbidden Sword — Wielded during the battle with Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor, in conjunction with the Six Heavens Sword Formation and Si Ming’s Mohist School Sacred Sword 1269.

Relationships

• Si Ming — Classmate, rescuer, sparring partner, and eventually lover and Dao companion. He supports her through her artistic crisis; she later forgives his involvement with Hongdou while insisting that he accept responsibility for hurting her 37 97 987 1016.
• Murong Zhe — Father. Their arguments reflect both ideological differences and a shared stubbornness. Despite their clashes, she respects his sacrifices and later says her Spirit Transformation achievement has fulfilled his expectations 38 39 981.
• Murong Wu — Raised as her younger brother; biologically her paternal cousin. She protects him fiercely, encourages his training, and refuses to abandon him even when they are competitors 194 708 709 1234.
• Ling Huanxi — Master and mentor. Teaches her the Jade Toad Heavenly Sect’s arts, assists her early mastery of Glacier Divine Art, and protects her from a Spirit Transformation-level beast 144 146.
• Hongdou — Initially an overwhelming artistic rival, later a close friend. Qing helps her with clothing and personal care, and eventually forgives her involvement with Si Ming 99 164 1016.
• Yu Shuying — Martial rival and ideological foil. Yu defeats her in a platform match and dislikes the honorable success Qing represents, but acknowledges that she would cooperate with her against the Remote Heaven Society 244 541 953.
• Si Jingyu — Romantic rival and formidable opponent. Their confrontation includes a duel combining martial techniques with other cultivation systems 717 722.
• Si Huaruo — Quickly becomes a close friend. Qing’s calm observation helps keep Huaruo from falling into Si Jingyu’s traps 721 722.
• He Qichang — Repeated battlefield companion. Their shared experiences matter enough that she does not turn against him after his demon transformation is revealed 235 239 688.
• Liu Qingqing — Classmate and ally. Accompanies her to Li State and helps her investigate the Divine Pillar and survive Witch Gu Sect assassins 1105 1234.
• Yan Jinghong — Senior to whom she owes gratitude. She intervenes against Xia Guanxue to protect him while acknowledging that Xia’s desire for revenge is understandable 650.
• Xia Guanxue — Opponent whom she defeats and spares; later spars with her to understand Spirit Transformation 650 1031.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Saintess Candidacy and Public Recognition

• A Saintess Candidate introduction identifies her as the candidate with the strongest public support 193.
• The same introduction credits her with capturing thirteen supercriminals, participating in major international cases, and leading the destruction of a domestic Crimson Eye Society branch 193.
• Later reporting presents her as diligent, helpful, upright, and selfless. Her established consistency gives her a reputation for honesty even among people who dislike her 981 1082.

Notable Quotes

“Heaven and earth may be vast, but reason is greater than both!” 38

“One day, I'll join the Mohist Knight Guard, help the weak, uphold justice, and carry out justice on heaven's behalf, just like the man who sacrificed his life to save me.” 39

“Shut up. Before you're my competitor, you're my younger brother.” 709

“I'm not certain, but I'm willing to try to believe in her.” 716