Lu Qingshan

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Lu Qingshan (陆青山) 2
Alias(es)	Nine Heavens Encyclopedia — nickname earned for his exceptional memory and game knowledge 42
Species/Race	Human 2
Gender	Male
Age	Fifteen during his meeting with Tantai Qingrun 18
Affiliation	Lu Family; Zhishou Tower/Yuanshan Tower; Heavenly Mystery Temple faction; registered First-grade Monster Hunter 32 34 49
Occupation/Role	Former professional Nine Heavens player; Sword Cultivator; Monster Hunter 2 5 34
Cultivation	Qi Refining, with the Qi Guiding Technique at its level cap; has received the Foundation Establishment advancement quest 48
Status	Alive; returned to Mihe Town and the Lu Family’s secular business network 49 50
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Mortal / unranked	2	Awoke with all six base attributes at 1, no profession, no cultivation method, and no spiritual power. Three months in First-grade Corpse Strengthening Fluid granted Thick Skin and Flesh.
Qi Refining / Qi Guiding Technique Lv. 1	5	Spent 10 Experience to learn the Qi Guiding Technique, gained 10 Spiritual Power, and changed his main profession to Sword Cultivator.
Qi Refining / Qi Guiding Technique Lv. 2	8	Invested 100 Experience into the technique; gained a free attribute point and assigned it to Strength.
Qi Refining / Qi Guiding Technique Lv. 8	23	Spent 2,700 Experience to raise the technique from Lv. 2 to Lv. 8, gaining 60 maximum Spiritual Power and three free attribute points, all assigned to Strength.
Qi Refining / Qi Guiding Technique Lv. 10 (maximum)	48	Reached the Qi Refining level cap and gained the special effect Spiritual Power +50; unlocking Foundation Establishment requires learning a Foundation Establishment cultivation method.

Background / History

Lu Qingshan was born into the Lu Family, one of Zhenjiang Prefecture’s Thirty-Six Great Cultivation Families. His father, Lu Bei, was one of the family’s three Golden Core cultivators, while his mother was a mortal woman who died when he was five. With poor spiritual-root aptitude and little attention from his father, Lu Qingshan worked as a manager in the family’s secular clothing business rather than becoming a cultivator. 2 49 50

In his previous life, he was a professional player of Nine Heavens, ranking among the top ten player Sword Cultivators. During the God Slaying War event, he used Heaven and Earth as One Sword to secure the killing blow on the Blood Demon Lord and claim the first Legendary Talent ever awarded to a player. The technique cost him an entire major cultivation realm. 1

Instead of reviving at his designated resurrection point, Lu Qingshan awakened in the body of his younger self within a corpse-refining cave at the end of the Changan Era. He retained his memories of the game’s future plots and received a functional status panel, including the Legendary Talent Innate Sword Seed. 2 3

Appearance

Lu Qingshan is a tall, thin youth, approximately 1.8 meters in height. 4

• Handsome eyebrows and clear eyes. 8
• Straight nose and sharply defined facial contours. 8
• Initially appears younger than his experience and composure suggest, contributing to others’ suspicion that he has undergone Body Seizure. 18 33

Personality

Lu Qingshan is methodical, highly observant, and unwilling to gamble with his single life as though it were still a game. He relies on ambushes, intelligence gathering, terrain, formations, and enemy weaknesses rather than meeting stronger cultivators head-on. 4 7 27 39

He is pragmatic and ruthless toward enemies. After extracting what he needed from Xie Shi, he killed him without hesitation; he likewise executed the imprisoned Blood Corpse True Person for Experience and later exploited Cry Soul True Person’s injuries to kill him. 6 23 30 31

His pragmatism does not prevent him from acting compassionately or honorably. He sympathized with Wu Yi’s suffering without taking advantage of her desperation, helped Cai Heng reunite with his family, and declined additional payment from the Lin Family after protecting their caravan. 27 43 47

“The only one you can rely on in this world is yourself.” 27

Abilities & Skills

Innate Sword Seed

A Legendary Talent acquired as the final reward of the God Slaying War and carried into his transmigrated life. 1 3

• Reduces Experience costs for learning sword skills by 30%. 15
• Allows him to wield sword artifacts without their normal restrictions, including Cry Soul True Person’s lifebound Cry Soul Sword. 31
• Lets him learn sword techniques despite unmet requirements, such as Secret Sword: Wind Cutter, which normally demands Agility above 20 and weak Sword Intent mastery. 47

Status Panel and Experience Assimilation

Lu Qingshan can view a game-like status panel, spend Experience to learn or improve techniques instantly, and allocate earned free attribute points. 2 5 8

• Learned the Qi Guiding Technique directly from a jade slip and became a cultivator in moments. 5
• Converts large Experience gains from killing stronger foes into cultivation and skill improvements. 23
• Is not bound by the level caps that restricted players in his former game world. 23

Heavenly Eye Technique

A diagnostic technique that reveals character panels, including cultivation methods, attributes, skills, talents, and concealed discrepancies. 3 36

• Identified Song Qing’s Talisman Master sub-profession, allowing Lu Qingshan to prioritize him as the more dangerous target. 3 4
• Exposed the disguised cultivation levels and coordinated behavior of the Ma Family’s infiltrators within the Lin caravan. 36 39
• Has limited effect against vastly stronger cultivators, producing mostly question marks while still occasionally revealing a talent or danger assessment. 16 19

Falling Bright Sword Art

A sword art purchased from the Great Xia Trading Company and raised to Lv. 10 through Experience. 15 23

• Deals damage based on Strength and applies stacking corrosive force that slows targets. 15
• At three stacks, the corrosive force can be detonated to briefly immobilize an opponent. 15 23
• Consumes 2 Spiritual Power per strike and 5 more to detonate corrosive force, making it costly at low cultivation. 15
• At maximum level, its theoretical damage can exceed the typical health of a non-Body Cultivator at Qi Refining. 23

Secret Sword: Wind Cutter

A Secret Sword technique awarded by Cai Heng after Lu Qingshan reunited him with his missing daughter-in-law and grandson. 47

• Grants burst damage sufficient to instantly kill most cultivators at Lu Qingshan’s level. 47
• Can immediately apply all three Falling Bright Sword Art corrosion stacks, enabling its immobilization effect. 47
• Learned at Lv. 1 by spending 600 Experience through Innate Sword Seed. 47

Combat Knowledge and Tactical Planning

His decade of professional Nine Heavens experience gives him extensive knowledge of future events, cultivation systems, formations, hidden quests, and enemy mechanics. 2 17 27 44

• Located Zhishou Tower despite its concealed Yuanshan City branch and used future knowledge to secure its cooperation. 17 21
• Identified and dismantled the Second-grade Silver Frost Formation by striking a known formation point. 27
• Used Cry Soul True Person’s own sword and its Soul Shock ability against its owner, coordinating with Great King West Rat’s Soul Loss Technique for the killing blow. 30 31

Previous-Life Secret Sword: Heaven and Earth as One Sword

A Secret Sword technique Lu Qingshan possessed as a player before transmigrating. 1 47

• Empowers his next damage skill with True Damage, Execution Effect, and the ability to ignore death immunity. 1
• Its cost is the loss of an entire major cultivation realm. 1
• He used it to deliver the final blow to the Blood Demon Lord during the God Slaying War. 1

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Cry Soul Sword — Cry Soul True Person’s lifebound sword; its Soul Shock capability was used to kill its former owner. Lu Qingshan later confirms that he possesses it. 31 48
• Peachwood Sword — High-grade Mortal Artifact obtained from Daoist Bai Piao; can release stored thunder power as a purple-green sword beam. 10 30
• Golden Essence Ring — Mid-grade Mortal defensive artifact that automatically triggers a Golden Light Shield when Lu Qingshan takes damage. 9 30
• Azure Water Bracelet — Spirit Artifact gifted by Cai Xingchao; stores up to 100 Spiritual Power and releases it for rapid recovery. 47
• Water Cloud Eight Gates Shield — Low-grade shield purchased in Zhenjiang City. 48
• Beast Talisman: Spirit Leaf Ape — Second-grade Beast Talisman containing a demonic beast soul. 48
• Third-grade Breath Concealing Talisman, assorted Second-grade Talismans, Second-grade Snow Lotus Pill, and thirteen Thunder Pearls — supplies bought to prepare for combat, defense, and concealment. 48

Relationships

• Great King West Rat — Spirit-rat companion and scout. Its awakening Illusion Rat bloodline, Stealth ability, and Soul Loss Technique make it a valuable partner; Lu Qingshan shares Blood Spirit Beads with it and brings it to Zhenjiang City. 25 26 27 30 35
• Tantai Qingrun — Golden Core Sword Cultivator and Yuanshan Tower Lord. They cooperate against the Underworld, though she suspects Lu Qingshan is a Body Seizure cultivator concealing his true identity. 18 21 32 33
• Jiang Rong — Vice Tower Lord of Yuanshan Tower. He acts on Lu Qingshan’s intelligence, assists his access to the Blood Corpse True Person, and supports continued cooperation. 19 21 22
• Qi Yuan — Nascent Soul Inspector of Zhenjiang Prefecture. Lu Qingshan returns his Heavenly Mystery Mirror Fragment; Qi Yuan owes him one favor in return. 32
• Lin Yao — Lin Family cultivator with the Illusory Body Divine Vein. Lu Qingshan recognizes her potential and offers to guide her toward the Nascent Soul realm or beyond in exchange for future service. 41 42
• Lin He — Leader of the Lin Family caravan. Lu Qingshan warns him of the Ma Family infiltrators and helps protect the convoy, then refuses extra payment. 39 41 43
• Cai Heng — Pacification Department official whose family Lu Qingshan reunites; rewards him with Secret Sword: Wind Cutter. 44 47
• Lu Zhi — Elderly collateral Lu Family cultivator who managed the clothing shop where Lu Qingshan grew up and treated him as family. 49
• Lu Xun — Lu Zhi’s mortal grandson and Lu Qingshan’s childhood younger-brother figure. 49
• Blood Corpse True Person — Underworld-affiliated demon cultivator who refined corpse puppets and imprisoned Lu Qingshan in the Corpse Refining Cave. Lu Qingshan exposed and personally executed him. 2 21 23
• Cry Soul True Person — Foundation Establishment Sword Cultivator and Underworld affiliate. Lu Qingshan killed him using the Cry Soul Sword after exploiting his injuries and a brief opening created by Great King West Rat. 27 30 31

Story Role / Major Arcs

Corpse Refining Cave Escape

After awakening in a corpse pool, Lu Qingshan ambushes Song Qing, coerces Xie Shi into surrendering the Qi Guiding Technique, then kills him with a Sharp Blade Talisman. He defeats Si Xuesong through prepared talisman attacks, escapes the Corpse Refining Cave, and begins navigating the Changan Era with his knowledge of the future. 4 6 7 8

Yuanshan City and the Underworld Plot

Lu Qingshan identifies Blood Corpse True Person as an Underworld agent, approaches Zhishou Tower, and trades intelligence about the Blood Pool and the plot against Qi Yuan for cooperation. He activates Zhishou Tower as his first faction, kills Blood Corpse True Person for 4,200 Experience, and later destroys Cry Soul True Person’s Blood Pool. 16 21 22 23 27

Slaying Cry Soul True Person

Following the Underworld’s failed ambush on Qi Yuan, Lu Qingshan finds the severely injured Cry Soul True Person. He uses the Golden Essence Ring to survive the initial flying-sword attack, orders Great King West Rat to cast Soul Loss Technique, then kills the Foundation Establishment Sword Cultivator with the Cry Soul Sword. 30 31

Lu Qingshan recovers the Heavenly Mystery Mirror Fragment from Cry Soul True Person’s storage ring and returns it to Qi Yuan, gaining the Inspector’s favor and improved standing with Yuanshan Tower, Zhishou Tower, and Heavenly Mystery Temple. 32

Lin Family Caravan Escort

Seeking safe passage to Zhenjiang City, Lu Qingshan registers as a Monster Hunter and joins the Lin Family’s Azure Stone caravan. He discovers that several hired hunters are Ma Family infiltrators, warns Lin He, and personally beheads Ma Yuan with the max-level Falling Bright Sword Art. 34 35 39 41

Zhenjiang City Preparation

In Zhenjiang City, Lu Qingshan completes Cai Heng’s hidden family-reunion task to obtain Secret Sword: Wind Cutter and the Azure Water Bracelet. He then converts his wealth into combat supplies, maximizes the Qi Guiding Technique, and unlocks the Foundation Establishment advancement quest. 44 47 48

Return to Mihe Town

Lu Qingshan returns to Mihe Town after four months away, reunites with Lu Zhi and Lu Xun, and reports his supposed rescue from corpse-refining evil cultivators to the Lu Family’s Disciplinary Hall while registering as a cultivator. 49 50

Trivia

• Lu Qingshan’s past-life game knowledge is so extensive that he was nicknamed the Nine Heavens Encyclopedia. 42
• Tantai Qingrun and Jiang Rong believe his impossible growth rate and Underworld knowledge indicate that he is a Nascent Soul cultivator who has undergone Body Seizure; Lu Qingshan denies this. 32 33
• His first sword artifact after transmigration was the Peachwood Sword acquired from Daoist Bai Piao. 10 12