Qian Heaven

Biodata

Background

As a student council president, Xiao Xuanqing saved Yun Wangshu from jumping off a school rooftop. She had been ostracized after surviving a deadly experiment. He greeted her as his “own kind” 102.

Xun Wind recruited him into the Eight Trigrams before he could inherit the position of Chen Dragon in the Twelve Hours. Qian Heaven became the leader of the Eight Trigrams, an authority-created organization that operated without direct control from other organizations 10 60.

A Twelve Hours fortune-teller later said that Qian Heaven lacked power as part of the Five Disadvantages and Three Deficiencies. Despite his leadership position, he pursued greater fame, influence and power 60 102.

Appearance

Qian Heaven is described as a refined man with a cultured, gentle face and the bearing of someone accustomed to command 31 91.

• He wears robes on at least one occasion 73.
• He wore a floral apron while preparing food for the Eight Trigrams’ New Year celebration 91.

Personality

Qian Heaven presents himself as composed and considerate, but he can be exasperated by his teammates’ antics. He reimbursed He Piaojian’s expenses, reprimanded him and Kan Water for destroying a hospital, and cooked for the group at New Year 10 58 91.

Beneath that manner, he sought to stand at the pinnacle of power. After his plans failed, he admitted that he could not let go of that desire and asked Yun Wangshu to kill him 102 106.

Abilities & Skills

Theft

Qian Heaven possesses an ability described as theft rather than deprivation. He can reach through space to retrieve objects 56.

• Retrieved a potted flower used to create an unstable passage to Guixu 56.
• Stole hundreds of longswords for He Piaojian to use against the insect swarm 95.
• Took Azure Dragon’s pen from a table, then put it down when challenged 100.

Leadership

Qian Heaven coordinates Eight Trigrams operations and represents the organization in high-level discussions 57 100.

• Divided the team between sealing off a hospital and briefing their superiors 57.
• Assigned Kan Water and Feiyin to care for Xun Wind while leading the others to Azure Cloud City 93.
• Presented an assessment of the Insect Disaster to national leaders 100.

Relationships

• Kun Earth / Yun Wangshu — Qian Heaven saved her when they were students. She loved him and promised to stay by his side, but questioned their bond after learning of his allegiance to the Four Fiends Cult 101 102 104.
• Fan Daoyi / Tai Chi — Qian Heaven welcomed him into the Eight Trigrams and proposed his codename. He later defended Fan’s membership at a meeting of national leaders 32 100.
• He Piaojian — A subordinate whose requests for money and troublesome behavior frequently tested Qian Heaven’s patience. Qian Heaven also celebrated his breakthrough to the fifth rank of the Governance Realm 10 39 91.
• Xun Wind — Recruited Qian Heaven into the Eight Trigrams. Qian Heaven trusted his Intuition when accepting Fan Daoyi and asked him to investigate the possibility of mass-created Guixu passages 32 56 60.
• Azure Dragon — Knew Qian Heaven had belonged to the Four Fiends Cult from the beginning, despite allowing him to join the Eight Trigrams 102.
• Chen Dragon — Had selected Qian Heaven as a candidate for the Twelve Hours before Xun Wind recruited him. Qian Heaven later apologized to him without explaining why 60 100.

Story Role

Recruitment and the Insect Disaster

Qian Heaven questioned Fan Daoyi’s slow realm progression but accepted Xun Wind’s assessment of his talent and welcomed him into the Eight Trigrams. He later offered Fan and He Piaojian a mission involving the Wang Family 32 33.

While investigating the emerging Insect Disaster, Qian Heaven retrieved a flower for an experiment that produced an unstable Guixu passage. At his request, Xun Wind used Intuition and foresaw insect swarms overrunning Azure Cloud City. Qian Heaven subsequently directed the hospital investigation and planned a quiet search for the Four Fiends Cult 56 57 58.

When the disaster reached Azure Cloud City, Qian Heaven accompanied the defenders and supplied He Piaojian with hundreds of stolen swords. He warned that Kan Water’s healing clone was close to failing as the swarm continued to evolve 93 95 96.

Four Fiends Cult reveal

After the battle, Qian Heaven privately questioned whether he was suited to lead the Eight Trigrams. Azure Dragon then revealed that Qian Heaven had been a Four Fiends Cult member from the beginning and had chosen the cult 101 102.

Qian Heaven returned to the cult with an item said to allow a person to be revived without paying a price. During a subsequent confrontation, Kun Earth challenged his pursuit of power; he admitted that his plan had failed and asked her to kill him 104 106.

After the dead returned to life, Qian Heaven stood apart from the reunited members of the Eight Trigrams, reluctant to approach them 110.

Notable Quotes

“Hello, my own kind.” 102

“Kun Earth, am I suited to this position?” 101

“I believe I did right by you all. I only stole one thing at the end.” 106