Qin Yang

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Qin Yang (秦阳)
Alias(es)	Jianghai Sword God; Sword God's First Disciple; Young Gang Leader 198 211 273
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Jiang Hai Library; Zha Tian Gang
Occupation/Role	Library administrator of Area 1; later library Manager; Young Gang Leader 3 227 273
Status	Alive; reaches the God Venerable Realm 385
First Appearance	Chapter 2 2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Half-Step Innate Realm	2 3	The System rewards him with the Undying Body and sixty years of cultivation after classifying a stomped cockroach as a Beast King; he gains true essence.
Innate Realm	8	Absorbs twenty years of cultivation after killing an Emperor-level Star Beast. Unlocks true-essence projection and perception across roughly one hundred meters.
Innate Realm Peak	26	Absorbs fifty additional years of cultivation after comprehending Grandmaster-level Sword Intent and the Heaven Severing Sword Drawing Technique.
Grandmaster Realm, Initial Stage	48	Reaches the realm after subduing Xiao Bai and receiving twenty years of cultivation.
Grandmaster Realm, Middle Stage	60	Advances through a fifty-year cultivation reward from an Emperor-level Star Beast.
Grandmaster Realm Peak	68	Receives one hundred years of cultivation, stated to be sufficient to directly reach Grandmaster Peak after absorption.
Supreme Realm	253	Reveals his Supreme Realm cultivation while joining the battle against Meng Tianxuan.
Celestial Venerable Realm, Initial Stage	311	Completes the True Dragon Dharma Image and enters the Celestial Venerable Realm.
Celestial Venerable Realm, Middle Stage	342	Breaks through after devouring True Dragon essence blood; his Dharma Image draws energy from neighboring cities.
Celestial Venerable Realm, Late Stage	370 371	Reaches the late stage and uses his True Dragon Dharma Image to bless Jianghai's martial artists.
God Venerable Realm	385	Successfully advances after modifying the Blood Spirit Grand Array to increase Earth Star's flow of Star Power.

Background

Qin Yang works as an administrator in Area 1 of the Jiang City Martial Arts Library. Though he possesses only trash-tier aptitude in the eyes of his colleagues, he receives a System after accidentally killing what it identifies as a Beast King. The resulting cultivation grants him true essence and raises him to the Half-Step Innate Realm. Rather than pursue status, he chooses the library's quiet routine and resolves to stay hidden in a dangerous world 2 3.

His first deliberate martial art is the basic Clear Wind Sword Technique, chosen simply because he finds swordsmanship appealing. After later receiving Heaven-Defying Comprehension, he discovers the Enlightenment Space and rapidly masters basic techniques, then creates One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate from more than ten perfected sword arts 3 8 9.

Qin Yang's low-profile life becomes increasingly complicated as he secretly trains Li Zixuan, takes Xiao Bai as his beast servant, and begins mentoring Li Qinghe. Although others identify him publicly as the Jianghai Sword God's First Disciple, he repeatedly uses that identity to conceal the extent of his own power 48 108 123 211.

Appearance

Qin Yang is consistently described as exceptionally handsome and youthful. His ordinary library-worker appearance allows him to pass as an unremarkable civilian, while his combat appearances favor white robes and the Ziwei Divine Sword 3 92 357.

• Female library colleagues privately call him the “Library Hunk.” 3
• He commonly carries Xiao Bai while working or resting at the library 190 234.
• When fighting openly, he rides or wields the Ziwei Divine Sword and projects an immortal-like bearing 357.

Personality

Qin Yang initially prioritizes safety, comfort, food, and a peaceful life over fame or authority. He considers exposure more dangerous than useful, routinely conceals breakthroughs, and treats sleeping or appearing idle as a valid way to avoid attention 3 8 112.

Despite this preference, he is highly protective of people he considers his own. He provides pills, arrays, weapons, and cultivation opportunities to Xia He, Li Zixuan, Li Qinghe, Xiao Bai, and Jianghai's defenders. During crises, he acts decisively against threats while still refusing to use innocent lives as fuel for the Blood Spirit Grand Array 128 142 148 198 364.

He is playful and sharp-tongued with friends and disciples, frequently teasing Xia He and Li Qinghe. He also dislikes owing favors, regarding repayment as a matter of principle 11 40 162.

Abilities & Skills

System and Enlightenment Space

• Receives amplified rewards when the System recognizes him as having killed, subdued, intimidated, or otherwise affected powerful future figures and Star Beasts 2 8 48 264.
• Possesses Heaven-Defying Comprehension, manifested as an internal Enlightenment Space that produces rapid insight into martial arts, cultivation methods, arrays, and other disciplines 8 9.
• Can memorize manuals after a single reading and use the Enlightenment Space to derive or improve techniques 9 54.

Swordsmanship

• Clear Wind Sword Technique — His first sword art; progresses from entry level to major mastery in less than half an hour, then to perfection within three days 8 9.
• One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate — An Innate sword technique Qin Yang creates by refining and merging more than ten perfected basic sword techniques. Its first public use splits a mountain peak 9 10.
• Grandmaster-level upgrade — Improves One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate with Innate sword manuals until it reaches Grandmaster level 54 55.
• Heaven Severing Sword Drawing Technique — Emperor-level sword art gained alongside Grandmaster-level Sword Intent; it concentrates power into a single decisive draw 26 203.
• Sword God Domain — A domain in which Qin Yang transforms his body into sword qi, making direct detection difficult and surrounding opponents with endless sword qi 230.
• Sword intent — Can treat rainwater, fallen leaves, wooden sticks, and other objects as swords; his sword intent overwhelms Qi Qingshan's Supreme-level pressure 55 252.

Cultivation Methods and Law Power

• Star Sutra — A cultivation method Qin Yang creates by merging two basic Star Power methods. It later becomes Grandmaster-level and absorbs Star Power several times faster than ordinary Grandmaster methods 12 40.
• Wood and Thunder Laws — Uses Wood Law to generate life force and Thunder Law to produce powerful atmospheric phenomena; he heals and tempers wounded soldiers with both during the beast tide 96 109 198.
• True Dragon Contemplation Method — Enables the formation of a True Dragon Dharma Image and provides the route to the Celestial Venerable Realm 264 311.
• True Dragon Dharma Image — Grants Dragon Might, strengthened fate, and large-scale blessings that allow nearby Star Warriors to advance 267 311 371.

Mental and Soul Arts

• Purple Sun Contemplation Method — Forms a Purple-Gold Morning Sun within his mind to strengthen Mental Power and improve his use of the Enlightenment Space 48 49.
• Soul Severing Sword — A mental-power attack Qin Yang derives by shaping Mental Power into a sword that cleaves souls and annihilates Divine Sense 57.
• Soul Devouring Technique — Absorbs soul power, devours souls, and reads the memories of consumed targets without harmful backlash 60 377.

Array Dao

• Gains mastery of array dao within minutes after comprehending the Array Dao True Explanation 79.
• Establishes a Qi Gathering Minor Array at home to collect spiritual energy, improve luck, and regulate the environment 79.
• Reaches the threshold of seventh-tier arrays through the Array Core Law Fragment and can form the Big Dipper Seven Stars Array 117.
• Designs the Ten Directions Demon Sealing Grand Array, an improved version of the Eight Directions Demon Sealing Grand Array, to imprison and torment the Beast God 350 353.
• Studies and modifies the Blood Spirit Grand Array to increase the Star Power flowing from the Upper Realm into Earth Star 346 374.

Clones

• Blood God Doppelganger — Produces a duplicate identical in appearance and clothing; it can execute One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate, though at reduced strength 34.
• Celestial Venerable Clone — Creates a clone at the Celestial Venerable Early Stage from his essence blood and leaves one to guard the Blood Spirit Grand Array 344 346.

Alchemy, Artifact Refinement, and Other Arts

• Learns alchemy from the Profound Heaven Pill Scripture and refines Spirit Focusing Pills, Primal Chaos Pills, Qi Accumulation Pills, and later Supreme Pills 68 91 128 373.
• Uses Beast Fire and a bronze cauldron to begin pill refinement 82 91.
• Creates the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle from Xiao Bai's fur and gifts it to Xia He 148.
• Refines his phone into an artifact 149.
• Possesses the Sun Shooting Arrow Art and continues strengthening his connection to the Emperor-grade Sun Shooting Bow 224 227.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Ziwei Divine Sword — A three-foot-six-inch divine sword associated with Qin Yang's comprehension of the Heaven Severing Sword Drawing Technique 25 26.
• Sun Shooting Bow — Emperor-grade divine weapon used alongside the Sun Shooting Arrow Art 227.
• Star Rings — Obtained from Huyan Jian and the Prairie Sword Saint; contain valuable cultivation resources 78 79.
• Three-legged bronze cauldron with Beast Markings — Purchased for two hundred yuan and used as a pill furnace 82.
• Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle — Weapon he refines from Xiao Bai's tail fur, later given to Xia He 148.
• Heart-Stabilizing Incense — Used to reinforce his Mental Power before attempting the Celestial Venerable breakthrough 308.

Relationships

• Xia He — Closest friend and former Area 2 library administrator. Qin Yang gives him pills, arrays, and the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle; Xia He remains loyal after learning of Qin Yang's hidden status 3 142 148 190.
• Xiao Bai — Beast Emperor subdued by Qin Yang and made his servant. She cooks, maintains illusions, assists around the home, and later takes human form 48 51 346.
• Li Zixuan — Recognizes Qin Yang as her Senior Brother after losing a sword-intent comparison. He guides her swordsmanship and helps stabilize her Ice Law Power 108 267.
• Li Qinghe — Array genius and Qin Yang's disciple. She addresses him as Master, receives arrays and pills from him, and aids his formation research 128 230 374.
• Liu Wushuang — Initially suspicious of Qin Yang's identity, later seeks to join Zha Tian Gang and becomes an ally in efforts against the Beast God 211 267 350.
• Old Li — Senior Jianghai cultivator who respects Qin Yang's Sword Dao and later acknowledges Jianghai's debt to him 26 345.
• Beast God — Major enemy whom Qin Yang traps and seals. Qin Yang later uses the imprisoned Beast God's knowledge and blood-related resources while preventing its escape 362 364 377.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Hidden library cultivator — Gains the System, trains in secret, enters the Innate Realm, and creates One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate while remaining a library employee 2 9 11.
• Secret Sword Dao mentor — Builds ties with Li Zixuan and Li Qinghe while hiding behind the public identity of the Jianghai Sword God's First Disciple 23 108 123.
• Jianghai defender — Intervenes during the beast tide, kills an Emperor-level Star Beast, heals soldiers, and fights a Supreme Realm Beast God Sect expert away from the city 198 199.
• Supreme Alliance conflict — Endures Qi Qingshan's pressure, reveals his Supreme Realm cultivation, and defeats Qi Qingshan with his sword arts 252 254.
• Celestial Venerable campaign — Enters the Celestial Venerable Realm, confronts NanGong Li, and battles the Beast God using the True Dragon Dharma Image and Sword God Domain 311 321 334.
• Beast God sealing — Designs and completes the Ten Directions Demon Sealing Grand Array, then seals the Beast God to protect Jianghai and the Human Race 353 364.
• God Venerable pursuit — Modifies the Blood Spirit Grand Array to accelerate Earth Star's Star Power circulation, reaches the God Venerable Realm, and rejects Tianchen Siming's offer to surrender and ascend 374 385.

Notable Quotes

“Want to take me as your teacher? Then kowtow to me first.” — Qin Yang to Xia He 11

“Keep it low-key, keep it low-key.” 253

Trivia

• Qin Yang hides much of his training by pretending to nap at work, causing Xia He to assume he is simply lying flat 9.
• He originally chooses swordsmanship because he thinks it is “cool” and dreams of roaming with a sword 3.
• He considers Xiao Bai's regenerating fur a renewable refining resource 151.