Qi Lin

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Childhood and Ancestral Duty

Qi Lin grew up beside the Qi Clan ancestral hall in Mystic City. Supported by the meals and care of Pingyang District’s residents, he regarded the district as his home and repaid his neighbors by helping with heavy chores. Xiao Tao’er and her mother had brought him dinner for nearly three years 1 4.

Initially believing himself the clan’s only remaining member, he continued offering incense to its ten ancestral spirit tablets. His grandfather, Qi Tianji, had feigned death for three years. Qi Lin’s parents remained indistinct figures in his memories, and he did not know that his elder sister, Qi Tianlong, had been raised separately 1 19 20 33.

Qi Tianji later revealed that Qi Lin was born to serve as the ancestors’ spirit guardian. His lack of a clan soul made him less likely to attract the evil gods’ notice, while the genealogy specified that only the spirit guardian could venerate the Clan Flame 19.

Defense of Pingyang District

When Xiao Tianyang’s men demolished the ancestral hall and attacked Lin Xiaoyu and Yang Ting, Qi Lin intervened. Buried beneath the rubble, he invoked the Qitian ancestors’ battles against the gods. The ten spirit tablets ignited, destroyed Xiao Tianyang’s cultivation, and joined into a black wooden sword with which Qi Lin killed him 1.

Inside the sword’s divine prison, Qi Lin received Blood-Shining Hell from the first ancestor. He returned to the confrontation and killed more than a hundred surrounding Xiao Clan martial artists, then learned that Xiaoyu might never speak again 2.

His next confrontation began while seeking an Ice Mystic Pill for the dying Xiao Tao’er. He fought through obstructing city guards and traded his ancestral sword to Ye Qing for medicine, only to discover that the pill was counterfeit. After the sword severed Ye Qing’s hand, Qi Lin defeated him and seized his Azure Soul Sword 5 7 8.

Qi Lin accepted City Lord Su Fengxuan’s offer of adoption, then crippled Ye Qing. When Ye Jianxiong retaliated, Qi Tianji returned and killed him. Qi Lin subsequently killed Ye Qing himself 9 10.

Disease and Su Lianxi’s Submission

After advancing to Frost Descent, Qi Lin suffered an outbreak of Fire Burning Disease, which he believed he had contracted from Xiao Tao’er. Ice Mystic Pills suppressed the attack, but a talking crimson mouth remained on his left little finger 15 16.

Seeking a cure, he extracted Su Lianxi’s God-Inherited Bloodline. It failed against the disease. Instead, he strengthened the bloodline and returned it to her, greatly improving her abilities and making her devoted to him as “Father God.” From her, he learned that the Xiao Clan wanted the Ice Mystic Crystal vein beneath Pingyang District 18.

Divine Strategy Manor

Qi Lin initially refused admission to the Divine Strategy Manor because he wanted to defend his grandfather and neighbors. He eventually agreed after Qi Tianji assigned him a separate front in the clan conflict: cultivating at the manor while eliminating the Xiao Clan’s and Universal Salvation Chamber of Commerce’s young prodigies 13 20.

With Tang Guochang’s recommendation, he entered the Three Stars Pavilion. His first national law class turned violent when Xiao Ling’er learned that he was Qi Tianji’s grandson and revealed herself as Xiao Tianyang’s sister. Qi Lin killed her and Lan Ming, then resisted Qin Zheng’s attempt to imprison him by invoking Great Cang’s self-defense laws. Empress Huangxi intervened and invited him to a demon-slaying lesson 24 25 28 29 30.

During the subsequent Prison Devil attack and its aftermath, Qi Lin killed Xiao Yao’er. Xiao Clan elders restrained him for torture before Master Fu intervened. When the remaining thirty-four Xiao Clan geniuses renewed their attack, Qi Lin sent Tang Biao away and fought alone 41 43 44 45 46.

Despite losing both the Azure Soul Sword and Rosy Flame Sword, he killed the attackers using Blood-Shining Hell, close-combat swordsmanship, and the newly awakened Blood Hell Azure Dragon. Jiang Xinghai later prevented penal officers from taking him into custody, citing an imperial summons. Qi Lin collapsed from exhaustion and blood loss, and Tang Biao carried him away 47 50.

Appearance

• Build: A lean, muscular torso 19.
• Hair and clothing: Black hair; repeatedly depicted fighting in black clothing 12 46 47.
• Eyes: When his Divine Vein manifests, his pupils shine with black-and-gold light, surrounded by blood-red vessels. Blood-Shining Hell can also reveal numerous tiny crimson eyes within his gaze 4 26.
• Left little finger: Bears a talking crimson mouth following a disease outbreak; the mouth can emit fire 16 25.
• Disease markings: Fiery blood-colored patterns spread across his body during outbreaks and reappear during his desperate battle with the Xiao Clan geniuses 15 47.

Personality

Qi Lin’s protectiveness comes from his dependence on Pingyang District’s ordinary families. He treats their care as a debt to be repaid, risking his life for injured neighbors and refusing opportunities that initially appear to require abandoning them 4 5 13.

He is outspoken against officials and cultivators who use authority to exploit civilians. Rather than accepting accusations passively, he challenges the city guards’ conduct and confronts Qin Zheng with the law and the responsibilities of public office 7 28.

His compassion does not extend to leniency toward determined enemies. He kills decisively, accepts bloodline domination as a useful method, and embraces his grandfather’s assignment to destroy the opposing clans’ next generation 10 18 20 43.

Self-reliance coexists with a strong longing for family. He readily accepts Qi Tianlong as his sister and assumes responsibility for her supposed frailty. His exchanges with her, Qi Tianji, and Pangpang are often teasing or irreverent, even when their advice concerns mortal danger 4 19 20 34.

Abilities & Skills

Blood-Shining Hell

An elementary Divine Vein derived from Symbol God One, the Hundred-Eyed God. It affects the mind as well as sight, immersing opponents in visions of a bloody hell 2.

• Disrupts enemies’ courage, judgment, vision, and willingness to resist 2 47.
• Helps Qi Lin perceive the trajectories of intricate sword attacks more clearly 26.
• Uses blood-colored rain and battlefield imagery to conceal his movements and support ambushes 46 47.
• Is not absolute: enemies can still launch forbidden arts, locate him, and threaten him through coordinated attacks 47.

Blood Hell Azure Dragon

An ability awakened when Qi Lin draws the ancestral sword near the limit of his endurance 47.

• Overwhelms the remaining Xiao Clan geniuses with terror, leaving combat-capable opponents unable to defend themselves effectively 47.
• Allows him to finish the battle after ordinary sword exchanges and prolonged mental suppression have nearly exhausted him 47.

Heaven-Piercing Prison-Suppressing Art

A dual-vein cultivation art taught by the Heaven-Piercing Prison-Suppressing Qilin to keep Qi Lin’s mortal body from being destroyed by his Divine Vein 4.

• Produces intertwined gold-and-black True Essence 4.
• Combines Heaven-Piercing’s holy might with Prison-Suppressing’s more destructive power 4.
• Supports sword Gang Qi capable of pressuring Ye Qing despite a one-stage cultivation disadvantage 8.
• Must keep the Divine Vein contained: allowing it to permeate his entire body would turn him into a new Hundred-Eyed God rather than preserve his human self 18.

Swordsmanship and Spirit Mist

Qi Lin’s unusually strong Spirit Mist gives him exceptional bodily control and comprehension of close-combat techniques. Pangpang attributes this strength to the burning effects of his disease rather than an innate affinity for swords 35.

• Quickly masters the First Qi Upper Grade Lesser Star and Moon Sword Technique, including its Star Point and Moon Shadow movements 34 35 47.
• Combines sword variations with Blood-Shining Hell to overwhelm more powerful opponents in close combat 47.
• Adapts tactically through feints, terrain, rain cover, and the use of enemy bodies as shields 43 47.

Divine Bloodline Manipulation

Through his Origin Divine Bloodline, Qi Lin can extract, strengthen, and return a compatible God-Inherited Bloodline 18.

• Transforms Su Lianxi’s bloodline, improves her talent, and makes her recognize him as Father God 18.
• His control remains rudimentary; the same method may be difficult to apply to stronger inherited bloodlines within the relevant divine lineage 18.
• Neither his own Origin Divine Bloodline nor Su Lianxi’s extracted bloodline cures his Fire Burning Disease 18.

Fire Burning Disease

A dangerous affliction associated with the Five Decays of the Heavenly Dao. Its unusual effects become both a recurring threat and an improvised weapon 15 16 28.

• Causes agonizing burning outbreaks; Ice Mystic Pills provide temporary suppression 16 34.
• Burns and reforges his flesh while strengthening his Spirit Mist 34 35.
• The mouth on his finger releases crimson fire capable of burning Xiao Chiyan and helping Qi Lin escape an encirclement 28 46.
• Its fire supply is finite: he exhausts it during the fight against the Xiao Clan geniuses 46.

Cultivation Limitations

• Incomplete Life Soul: His Life Soul is missing a corner and produces no Soul Power 35.
• Restricted disciplines: Pangpang states that this prevents him from practicing alchemy, artifact refinement, essence formations, and conventional forbidden arts 34 35.
• Concealment requirements: Qi Tianji withholds marked Qitian Clan techniques and equipment to avoid attracting the Eye of God 20.
• Physical endurance: Superior technique and mental suppression do not remove his limits in True Essence, stamina, or blood loss 47 50.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Black wooden ancestral sword / Divine Prison — Formed from ten ancestral spirit tablets and able to transform into the Heaven-Piercing Prison-Suppressing Qilin. Houses the ancestral divine prison and Clan Flame. Excessive use can damage the tablets; consuming Evil Beasts replenishes and strengthens it 1 4 15 20 47.
• Azure Soul Sword — A First Qi Middle Grade weapon seized from Ye Qing. Forged from Azure Soul Stone, it possesses soul-piercing Azure Soul Gang Qi. Breaks against Xiao Xuanxing’s Shimmering Star Armor 8 15 46.
• Rosy Flame Sword — Xiao Ling’er’s First Qi Upper Grade sword, recovered from her void ring. Replaces the broken Azure Soul Sword before also breaking during the prolonged battle 34 46 47.
• Void ring — Stores pills, weapons, currency, and belongings recovered from defeated opponents 34 46.
• Divine Strategy Token — Identifies him as a Three Stars Pavilion student and records his credits 24.
• Lesser Star and Moon Sword Technique manual — Obtained from Jiang Xinghai for an advance of 250 credits 33 34.
• Ice Mystic Pills — Essential supplies for temporarily suppressing his Fire Burning Disease; the mouth on his finger consumes them during an outbreak 16 34.

Relationships

• Qi Tianji — Grandfather and guardian. Entrusts him with the Clan Flame and directs his campaign at the Divine Strategy Manor; Qi Lin frequently questions his deceptive reassurances 19 20 47.
• Qi Tianlong / Qi Long — Elder sister with the same parents, raised separately. Qi Lin accepts her as family and cares for her, believing her claims of weakness and illness 19 24 33.
• Heaven-Piercing Prison-Suppressing Qilin / Pangpang — Companion within the ancestral sword and teacher of his cultivation art. Explains his powers, limitations, and the danger of losing his humanity 4 18 34 35.
• Xiao Tao’er and her mother — Neighbors who cared for him for nearly three years. Their kindness drives his desperate effort to obtain medicine for Tao’er 4 5 7.
• Lin Xiaoyu and Yang Ting — Neighbors he defends during the Xiao Clan’s attack on the ancestral hall 1 2.
• Su Lianxi — Formerly an admired benefactor for whom he ran errands. After discovering her true character, he alters her divine bloodline and makes her his devoted subordinate 12 18.
• Su Fengxuan — City lord whose adoption offer Qi Lin accepts during the Ye Qing confrontation; Qi Tianji subsequently attacks Su Fengxuan 9 10.
• Tang Wenwan and Tang Guochang — Supporters who help him reach the Divine Strategy Manor. Wenwan supplies an Evil Beast corpse; Guochang personally recommends his admission 13 22 24.
• Tang Biao — Fellow student who testifies in his defense and refuses to abandon him. Qi Lin sends him to safety before the final battle; Tang Biao later carries him away 28 46 50.
• Master Fu — National law teacher whose lessons underpin Qi Lin’s self-defense argument. Later rescues him from the Xiao Clan elders 25 28 44.
• Jiang Xinghai — Three Stars Pavilion master who enrolls him, supplies his sword manual, and prevents penal officers from taking him after the massacre 24 33 50.
• Empress Huangxi — Intervenes on his behalf and invites him to attend the demon-slaying lesson beside her. Qi Lin respects her burden as Great Cang’s young sovereign 29 30 38 39.
• Xiao Clan — Principal enemy. Its attempt to seize Pingyang District develops into a clan war fought by Qi Tianji in Mystic City and Qi Lin among the manor’s younger generation 1 18 20 47.

Notable Quotes

“A true world-suppressing imperial clan lies not in vast wealth or great numbers, but in an undying clan spirit, in burning its blood for all living beings and opening the heavens for humanity!!” 1

“The world is in great turmoil, and the common people are suffering. I, Qi Lin, am willing to be a sword of the Qitian Clan, to slaughter every wretch under heaven, the Prison Devils, and the gods...” 47

Trivia

• His name sounds like “Qilin,” prompting a joke when he meets the Heaven-Piercing Prison-Suppressing Qilin; he clarifies that his surname is the Qi of Qitian 4.
• “Father God” is Su Lianxi’s devotional title for him after her transformation, not a claim that he is her biological father 18.
• Before collapsing after the battle, he has already taken the belongings of the thirty-five dead Xiao Clan disciples 50.