Jingxing

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

Jingxing retained memories of a previous life, whose final moments remained painful to recall. Idrila’s voice pulled him out of an all-encompassing sea of bubbles, and in his second life he resolved to seek beauty across the universe 1 25.

His parents, both Corporation employees, were killed by the Antimatter Legion when he was five. The Corporation provided insurance money, and Zhenzhu offered to raise him on Dual-Phase Paradise; he declined because he did not want to leave home 12 54.

Jingxing began drawing at three and later studied at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in the Klimt Constitutional Republic. He was the top student in its oil painting department and received the highest score for his graduation project, Robin Leads the People 3 12 24 36.

Personality

Jingxing is devoted to painting and values the freedom to travel in search of new subjects. He is also meticulous: he spent a month revising Robin Leads the People and chose not to add Imaginary Energy until he understood its possible effects 36 133.

He is willing to endure danger for people he cares about. He accompanied Robin toward war-torn Rovini despite the pain looking at her caused, and later returned to the Luofu to check on Fu Xuan despite a warning that the Xianzhou was dangerous 18 146 155.

Abilities & Skills

Painting

Jingxing’s artistic training informs both his Path abilities and his fighting instincts. He can channel Imaginary Energy through drawing tools to make a depiction appear to move 27 34.

• His graduation painting Robin Leads the People depicts Robin continuing to perform after being shot 36.
• Against Yunli, he read the movement of her sword as though it were a composition, filling empty spaces and avoiding bright ones 39.
• He can use finger ink painting to wield his power without a brush 111.

Beauty and Temperance

As a Pathstrider of Beauty, Jingxing can convert Imaginary Energy into Path energy. He uses Beauty’s Primal Force, Temperance, to restrain or alter its targets 64 76.

• He mended the energy around Robin’s gunshot wound and later accelerated wounded Cloud Knights’ recovery 27 97.
• He suppressed the Beast Molt of Voracity and halted growth in Borisin biological-weapon tanks 66 74.
• He can create barriers, erase enemies and conceal himself by imagining himself painted into his surroundings 73 93 111.
• His power can be difficult to control: an attempt to erase a Borisin camp spread beyond its intended targets. A separate Temperance effect also suppressed friendly Xianzhou soldiers’ self-healing 78 103.
• Heavy exertion has caused exhaustion, nosebleeds and impaired vision 66 93.

Imaginary Energy Vision

A remnant of Yog-Sothoth’s blessing allows Jingxing to perceive Imaginary Energy, but dense concentrations cause him pain. After saving Robin, even faint traces burned his eyes until Herta provided specialized lenses 25 27 33.

• His vision exposed an unnatural energy pattern beneath a convincing disguise 158.
• Removing his lenses allowed him to paint Mount Herta while enduring the resulting pain 47.

Martial Arts and Preservation

Jingxing acquired General Tianji’s martial skills through a Light Cone and used a spear to defeat Yunli. Later, he sparred unarmed against Yanqing, evading his attacks and disarming him 40 41 42 155.

After gaining power associated with the Amber Lord, he used amber-colored energy to pin down a Swarm and combined Preservation, Beauty and gathered hope into a sword of light 121 123 125.

Equipment and Items

• Big White Cloud — The brush he used to mend Robin’s wound 27.
• Cloud-Washing Ink-Tracer — A brush forged by Yunli that formed a bond with Jingxing after absorbing his blood. It helps him manipulate Imaginary Energy 47 111.
• Light-Severing Sea — Specialized lenses supplied by Herta to address his painful vision. Their thirty-billion-Credit price became a debt that he later repaid 33 47 135.
• Tianji’s Light Cone — A gift arranged by Huaiyan containing General Tianji’s martial skills 40.
• Chasing the Moon — A spaceship given to him by his teacher after his graduation project 36 44.

Relationships

• Robin — Singer and romantic partner. Jingxing helped her escape the refugee camp, accompanied her to Rovini and saved her after she was shot. After his return from the past, he confessed that he wanted to be with her despite also loving Fu Xuan 7 9 27 136 137.
• Fu Xuan — Luofu Diviner and Jingxing’s romantic partner. They traveled into the past together and later lived together on the Luofu. Jingxing vowed to stay by her side and seek a solution to the Mara-Struck condition 128 136.
• Yaoguang — General of the Xianzhou Yuque. She foretold Jingxing’s future success, later fought alongside him against a Borisin plot and became lost in time; Jingxing pledged to bring her back 2 81 82.
• Zhenzhu — A longtime benefactor who delivered compensation after his parents’ deaths and offered to raise him. She remained concerned for his safety when they reunited 12 55 72.
• Herta — Provided the lenses for his eyes and initially accepted repayment through the collection of rare curios 33.
• Yunli — Sword hunter, former art client and sparring partner. She forged the Cloud-Washing Ink-Tracer and invited him to attend a future Wardance Ceremony 37 42 44 47.
• Xuzhao — Taught Jingxing how to use Path energy and later warned him to stay away from the Luofu 64 146.

Story Role and Major Arcs

Vesna IV and Rovini

After arriving unexpectedly in a forest near a war zone, Jingxing met Yaoguang and was taken to a refugee camp, where he encountered Robin. He mapped the camp’s defenses so they could escape, then accompanied her toward Rovini to pursue peace 1 2 3 9 18.

Robin was shot during a performance. Jingxing’s wish to save her led to his recognition as a Pathstrider of Beauty, and he repaired her wound with his brush 24 25 27.

Herta’s Station and Zhuming

At the Herta Space Station, Jingxing obtained lenses for his eyes but incurred a thirty-billion-Credit debt. After completing his graduation painting, he visited Zhuming, sparred with Yunli and received Tianji’s martial skills through a Light Cone 33 36 40 42.

Dual-Phase Paradise and the Xianzhou

On Dual-Phase Paradise, Xuzhao taught Jingxing to control Path energy; he subsequently suppressed the Beast Molt of Voracity. He later joined Yaoguang against a Borisin plot involving a branch of Qiong Sang. After Yaoguang disappeared, he and Fu Xuan set out to find her 64 66 81 82 84.

During their journey into the past, Jingxing helped defend Fanghu, using stored energy and Fu Xuan’s restraints to erase the descending Jidu Mirage. He and Fu Xuan later defended settlements during the Swarm Disaster 105 106 111 121.

Return and the Luofu

After returning to the present, Jingxing joined the Corporation’s Traditional Projects Department, received his accumulated salary and repaid his debt. He reunited with Robin and told her about his relationship with Fu Xuan 135 136 137.

Warned of danger on the Luofu, he nevertheless returned to check on Fu Xuan. At Jing Yuan’s request, he sparred with Yanqing to broaden the young swordsman’s understanding of power beyond the Xianzhou 146 153 155.