Si Qianjun

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Twenty years before his later discussions with Lin Shuguang, Si Qianjun had a reputation for causing upheaval in Huai City. After taking charge of the Special Management Bureau, he faced repeated attacks by Demonic Cultivators and Ferocious Beasts. Political Department officials helped the city survive those crises, leaving him with personal obligations that later complicated his dealings with their successors 417.

He also visited Spark Eleven twenty years before Lin Shuguang’s assignment there, carrying out an escort mission on its outskirts. The experience taught him that its beasts were substantially more dangerous and intelligent than those in their own world 628.

By the time he recruits Lin Shuguang, Si is an established Martial Dao senior with considerable influence. His reputation alone persuades Boss Wu to abandon a dispute involving Lin, while the Square-faced Section Chief reports an elder’s prediction that Si could eventually reach the top three of the Grandmaster Rankings 89 169 187.

Appearance

• Middle-aged appearance: Despite joking about his age, he is explicitly described as looking middle-aged 479.
• Usually out of uniform: He does not ordinarily require himself or his personnel to wear Bureau uniforms, but changes into formal uniform for an official frontline visit 466.

Personality

Si Qianjun fiercely protects his subordinates, especially Lin Shuguang. His support begins before Lin becomes influential: he destroys and replaces Lin’s file to conceal unusual opportunities that might attract dangerous attention. He later protects Lin’s family in secret and offers shelter even if Lin’s conflict with the Qin Family becomes public 63 415 478.

His loyalty to the Bureau is uncompromising, but his methods are politically calculated. He confronts Zhu Shaoqiang publicly while recognizing that the Governor has already distanced himself from the Zhu Family. Conversely, old favors, Martial Dao obligations, and factional backing sometimes prevent him from acting directly against troublesome officials 71 417 620.

He recognizes much of his younger self in Lin’s fiery temperament, while acknowledging that years within the system have worn away his own edge. Their private exchanges are frequently teasing: he scolds Lin’s shameless requests for resources, encourages him to balance cultivation with ordinary life, and reacts with exasperation to his increasingly rapid breakthroughs 454 465 478 562.

Abilities & Skills

Martial Combat

• Overwhelming striking power: Defeats Wei Xiangyi with a fist strike without summoning his Destined Soul; Wei cannot resist the attack 83 84.
• Single-strike execution: Abruptly closes the distance to a Black Robe Envoy of the Divine Temple and kills him with one punch 172.
• Force projection: Releases a shock wave that sweeps aside tables and chairs at Zhu Shaoqiang’s birthday celebration 71.
• Profound Connection pressure: Uses his realm’s aura to intimidate Qin Tianwen, forcing the Qin Family’s Clan Elder to intervene 548.
• Limitations: His initial-stage Profound Connection strength is insufficient against the Qin Family patriarch. He also fails to remove Xue Wuya’s sword intent from Liu Bai, suffering backlash severe enough to cough up blood three times 549 602.

Cultivation Knowledge and Guidance

• Bone-tempering theory: Explains that successive resonances create blood-energy mediums following a Fibonacci sequence 68.
• Foundation building: Advises Lin not to enter Viscera Refining prematurely and encourages him to achieve at least one hundred bone-tempering resonances 244.
• Cultivation resources: Secures a Hundred Resonances-level cultivation method for Lin through Qi Lin 286.
• Treatment assessment: Identifies how the imitation Soul Devouring Lock restricts Lin’s Destined Soul and leaves Huai City to seek assistance from senior veterans 215 220.
• Limits of knowledge: Acknowledges uncertainty over whether bone tempering can truly be perfected and directs Lin toward martial school for knowledge and resources beyond his own reach 68.

Bureau Leadership and Intelligence

• Operational command: Orders citywide action against Demonic Cultivators and appoints Lin to command the purge 196 222.
• Counterintelligence: Uses the Beining City resource dispute to expose disloyal personnel and orders Zhou Mojun monitored 436.
• Threat response: Places the Bureau on combat readiness to locate and destroy suspected spatial tunnels linked to corpse transformations 424.
• Intelligence coordination: Orders Fang Yuan to deploy White Dove and monitor Western forces 494.
• Political negotiation: Handles senior Political Department officials with practiced ease and negotiates access to the Hejian Sect’s legacy texts in exchange for assistance 457 466.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Sword: Wields a sword during the walking-corpse assault on Longhu headquarters 576.
• Special Management Bureau formal uniform: Worn for official ceremonial duties rather than everyday work 466.
• Medicinal supplies: Keeps medicine available for subordinates, including Golden Wound Medicine and the three Great Yuan Pills and five Wound Healing Pills he gives Lin before a dangerous departure 83 246.

Relationships

• Lin Shuguang — Subordinate, protégé, and trusted operative. Si personally promotes him, protects his opportunities and family, and eventually recommends him for the Spark Plan. Rumors that Lin is being prepared as his successor remain rumors rather than a confirmed appointment 63 222 415 571.
• The Governor — Superior and strategic collaborator. They coordinate Lin’s development and discuss threats to Great Xia, though the Governor does not promise unconditional Bureau support against the Qin Family 417 493 494.
• Qi Lin — Longstanding acquaintance and ally in Lin’s education. Si introduces Lin to him, coordinates with him over Lin’s schooling, and knows details of his past romance 91 286 454 494.
• Fang Yuan — Intelligence subordinate entrusted with surveillance, counterintelligence, and monitoring Western forces 436 494.
• Liu Bai — Fellow Profound Connection expert recruited into the Bureau. Si oversees his recruitment, fights alongside him during the corpse crisis, and attempts to treat his sword-intent injury 529 577 602.
• Ye Tianhao — Detainee who begs to become his disciple. Si recognizes his talent but repeatedly refuses, stating that he does not take disciples 84.
• Zhu Shaoqiang — Senior whose birthday celebration becomes a confrontation over Lin and the Bureau’s dignity. Si refuses to let the Zhu Family’s ties to the Governor shield them from Great Xia’s laws 70 71.
• Wei Xiangyi — Adversary whom Si defeats for intruding into the Bureau and attempting to take Ye Tianhao away 83 84.
• Zhou Mojun — Bureau official whose conduct Si places under surveillance. Zhou’s powerful backing later limits Si’s ability to discipline him directly 436 620.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Protecting and Educating Lin Shuguang

• Alters Lin’s records to keep his unusual advancement from attracting unwanted scrutiny 63.
• Recommends Demon Capital’s martial school and takes Lin to Zhu Shaoqiang’s seventieth-birthday celebration to broaden his horizons 68 70.
• Shields Lin when Zhu threatens to cripple him, openly declaring that the Special Management Bureau will not tolerate humiliation 71.
• Delivers Lin’s approved admission to Modu Martial School and offers to arrange transfer orders so he can take assignments in the Demon Capital 84.
• Personally requests a training slot for Lin and threatens to intervene when officials withhold it 92 125.
• Later obtains the cultivation method needed to raise Lin’s bone-tempering ceiling to one hundred resonances 286.

Ye Family Case and Demonic Cultivator Purge

• Resists pressure from Huai City and provincial officials by producing the Ye Family Patriarch’s confession 83.
• Defeats Wei Xiangyi and refuses to surrender Ye Tianhao, citing the Ye Family’s proven collusion with Demonic Cultivators 83 84.
• Kills a Divine Temple envoy during the Blood Desolate Land crisis 172.
• Personally leads the party that finds Lin and the other survivors after their seven-day disappearance into an alternate world 180.
• Launches a systematic purge following attacks on Lin and supports continued retaliation when other Bureau officials hesitate 196 202.

Bureau Politics and Hidden Threats

• Accepts eight hundred sets of War Armor delivered as an apology by the Third Research Institute and orders them unloaded 243.
• Assigns Lin to covertly investigate the factions gathering at Wanxing Mountain, record their cultivation levels, and check for Divine Temple connections 404.
• Reveals that higher-ups intend to weaken the Special Management Bureau by transferring authority to the Political Department. He and the Governor hope to nominate Lin as the Bureau’s representative in the resulting struggle 417.
• Backs the seizure of Beining City’s cultivation allotments and prepares to use the dispute to identify traitors 436.
• Represents Great Xia during the Hejian Sect inquiry into the Ancient Corpse Tribe and negotiates Lin’s access to the sect’s ancient texts 456 457.

Qin Family Conflict and His Breakthrough

• Repeatedly warns Lin that exposure could bring retaliation from the Qin Family, while assuring him that he can still seek Si’s protection 417 478.
• Arranges a three-month secondment to the Demon Suppression Division, whose senior experts could protect Lin if the Qin Family patriarch moves against him 494.
• Reaches Profound Connection and agrees to recruit Liu Bai, giving Huai City’s Bureau three experts of that realm, including Lin 529.
• Stands beside Lin against the Qin Family delegation and pressures Qin Tianwen with his aura 547 548.
• Complies with an authenticated order authorizing the detained Qin Family members’ release, recognizing that the higher-ups want both sides to retreat 548.
• Offers to request powerful escorts for Lin’s confrontation with Gang Yan, then learns that Lin has taken over the Steel Alliance without needing them 562 571.

Walking-Corpse Crisis and Emerging Sects

• Is bloodied and nearly overwhelmed while defending Longhu headquarters against giant corpses and their horde 576.
• Helps lead people to safety after Lin arrives, then watches with the Bureau as Lin enters the Luoshan spatial tunnel alone 577.
• Attempts unsuccessfully to dispel Xue Wuya’s sword intent from Liu Bai and discusses the danger posed by newly emerging factions 602.
• Recognizes that renewed factional divisions within the Bureau protect Director Zhou, leaving Lin better positioned to confront Zhou’s backers 620.

Spark Plan

• Recommends Lin for the Spark Plan after the Steel Alliance affair, explicitly vouching for his loyalty to Great Xia 571.
• Explains that the plan exists to preserve a future for Great Xia amid ancient revivals and an escalating struggle between humanity and other races. Lin’s task is to find a way out, and Si provides a means of contacting the plan’s architect, the God of Fire 627.
• Personally escorts Lin toward the Secret Base before the Spark Eleven expedition. He supplies intelligence from his own earlier visit and advises Lin to consult veteran operative Chang Hushan rather than act rashly 628.

Notable Quotes

“The Special Management Bureau will not be insulted!” 71

“What the hell are you staring at? I may have spent years sitting in an office, but I can still wield a blade.” 478

“Find a way out.” 627

Trivia

• Lin repeatedly helps himself to Si’s treasured tea, sometimes while Si is too distracted to notice 445 494 529.
• After Lin’s reckless drive to the Hejian Sect, Si swears never to ride in his car again 454 455.
• He boasts that his youthful admirers once stretched from Huai City to the provincial capital; the claim appears in a joking exchange rather than an independently confirmed account 454.
• He initially mishears the name associated with Lin’s Blood Spirit Clone as “Xue” 479.