Qingfeng Temple
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- Original Name:
- 清风观 (qīng fēng guān)
- Gender:
- Neutral
- Kind:
- Organization
- Scope:
- Novel-specific
- Status:
- Active
- Source:
- AI
- Occurrences:
- 263
- Chapters:
- 60
- Context Up To:
- Ch. 282
- Wiki Model:
- GPT-6.1 Terra
- Updated:
Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Qingfeng Temple (清风观) |
| Alias(es) | Qingfeng Taoist Temple; World-Quelling Pure Sect, an imperial title 187 201 |
| Type | Daoist temple and cultivation sect |
| Location | Qingfeng Mountain, Eastern Wasteland, in the Ling Dynasty 201 241 |
| Leader | Daoist Xuanwei, temple master; Chen Du later took charge of the temple 199 241 |
| Notable members | Chen Du as Li Xuan, Zhao Yuanshan, Zhao Qishan 187 206 231 |
| Age | Over 100,000 years 187 190 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 187 |
Background
Qingfeng Temple was a small, secluded Daoist temple with only a few dozen Taoists when Chen Du arrived. Its members traditionally stayed out of court struggles, cultivated in quiet, and defended the people living at the foot of the mountain during periods of war 187 199 225.
Years earlier, the real Ling Dynasty crown prince, Li Xuan, had been brought to the temple as an infant while a substitute occupied his place in the palace. Xuanwei raised him without knowing who had arranged the substitution. Chen Du later awoke in Li Xuan’s body and inherited his memories 187 230.
Grounds and Resources
The temple was plain and compact, with blue-tiled roofs and bamboo fences. Its bell rang daily, and the steep, mist-covered back mountain was rarely visited 190 193 241.
| Site | Description |
|---|---|
| Pill room | A half-underground stone chamber deep in the rear courtyard. Its walls were blackened by pill fire, which was said to have burned since the temple’s founding 190. |
| Patriarch Hall | Enshrined a wall of memorial tablets for successive temple masters, retaining their Dao intent and insights 190. |
| Scripture Pavilion | A seven-story repository. The first six floors were open to disciples; the seventh was normally reserved for the temple master 190. |
| Bamboo courtyard | Chen Du’s secluded residence and a place where he taught younger disciples 223 241. |
| Mountain gate and formations | The temple had protective formations around its grounds. Its defenders used a mountain-protecting formation against the Red Flame King, and Chen Du later reinforced the temple’s defenses 193 199 221. |
Discoveries
Chen Du used his talents to draw Dao Resonance from sites around the temple and obtain three Eleventh Tier formulas and diagrams 190.
| Discovery | Site | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Nine-Turn Calamity-Crossing Pill Formula | Pill room | A pill granting 10,000 years of cultivation with mild medicinal properties 190. |
| Hundred-Tribulation Essence-Tempering Pill Formula | Patriarch Hall | A fierce pill granting 10,000 years of cultivation; its effects were stronger for those who had endured greater tribulations 190. |
| Tiangang Battle Armor Forging Diagram | Seventh floor of the Scripture Pavilion | Instructions for armor capable of withstanding a full-power strike from a late Eleventh Realm cultivator 190. |
Members
- Daoist Xuanwei — Temple master and Li Xuan’s teacher and guardian. An early Twelfth Realm cultivator, he spent years preparing to protect his disciple from hidden enemies 204 205 230.
- Chen Du / Li Xuan — The displaced crown prince whose body Chen Du inhabited. He cultivated in seclusion, taught younger disciples, and repeatedly defended the temple 187 206 241.
- Zhao Yuanshan — Chen Du’s senior brother, who helped lead the defense against the Red Flame King. He later returned from the Capital missing his right arm, then left to settle unfinished business 199 206.
- Zhao Qishan — A disciple ambushed in the Capital and afflicted with a soul curse. Chen Du killed the curse’s caster and freed him 231.
History
Xuandi Temple’s visit
Qingfeng and Xuandi temples stood less than a hundred li apart and had been rivals since their founding patriarchs fell out. During a visit for sparring and exchange, an assassin disguised as a Xuandi disciple challenged Li Xuan and attacked him with middle-stage Eleventh Realm strength. Chen Du killed him with a single sword strike 193 194.
The Red Flame King’s siege
Seeking the temple’s supposed riches and Daoist texts, the Red Flame King surrounded Qingfeng Mountain with his army. Xuanwei refused to surrender, and he and Zhao Yuanshan led the disciples in defending the mountain gate. After the king broke through the rear formation, Chen Du killed him with one sword strike, sending the rebels fleeing 199 201.
The emperor rewarded Qingfeng Temple with the title “World-Quelling Pure Sect,” a plaque, spirit pills, precious materials, fields, and fiefs. Its fame spread throughout the Ling Dynasty, attracting cultivators and worshippers 201.
Tianyan Sect and hidden threats
Four Tianyan Sect cultivators attempted to enter the temple under the false pretext of searching for a stolen treasure. Chen Du exposed their ambush and defeated them at the gate, but spared them with a warning. The sect master, Zhao Heng, later came for revenge; Chen Du subdued and killed him, then told Xuanwei that Zhao Heng had acted on Heaven Slayer’s orders 210 217 220 221.
An imperial summons subsequently placed Xuanwei in a trap: Chen Du’s warning predicted that going to the palace would mean Xuanwei’s death, while refusing would bring destruction upon the temple 224.
Conflict with Xuanwu Divine Hall
After Zhao Qishan returned gravely injured, Chen Du traced the soul curse on him to a Xuanwu Divine Hall agent in the Capital and killed the agent from afar. Chen Du later went to the imperial palace, where he killed Heaven Slayer and nine Divine Hall experts 231 235 237.
Over the next three years, challengers from across the Ling Dynasty came to Qingfeng Temple, but Chen Du defeated them all. Its reputation also spread into neighboring dynasties 241.
The God Venerable then led nearly 100,000 troops and more than a dozen sect masters to Qingfeng Mountain, threatening to raze the temple. Chen Du killed him with one sword strike, scattering the army 242 244.
More than seventy Xuanwu Divine Hall elders subsequently descended on the Ling Dynasty. At Qingfeng Mountain, Chen Du confronted them and the Hall Master, annihilating the assembled Thirteenth-Tier experts with a sword strike 247 249.
Relationships
- Xuandi Temple — A nearby rival whose founding patriarch bore a grudge against Qingfeng Temple’s founder. An assassin infiltrated its delegation during a sparring visit 194 195.
- King of Nanli — Visited annually to offer incense and observe the temple. After Chen Du defeated the God Venerable, the king sent a letter declaring, “I concede” 192 244.
- Ling Dynasty imperial court — Honored the temple after the Red Flame King’s defeat, though later court schemes threatened Xuanwei and his disciples 201 206 224.
- Tianyan Sect — Sent cultivators to ambush Chen Du at the gate; its master later attacked the temple and was killed 210 217 220.
- Xuanwu Divine Hall — Targeted Qingfeng Temple and its disciples through agents and later launched open assaults at Qingfeng Mountain 231 241 247 249.