Su Qing

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Su Qing (苏青)
Alias(es)	True Person Su; True Monarch Su; Origin Opening Su; Supreme Sage of the Far West; Puppet Master of All Heavens 392 536 507 697
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom; Sea Watch; Su Corporation; Su's Puppet Shop 371 392 730
Occupation/Role	Puppet Master, dual-path cultivator, rune refiner, merchant, fleet commander, and political power
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 6

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Tier 1 Puppet Master	7	Already recognized as a Tier 1 Puppet Master when he returns to Ge Family Village to craft Ge Ling's prosthetic leg.
Tier 1 High-Grade Body Cultivation; Late Qi Refining	143	Consumes a Blood Lotus Fruit and Profound Iron Essence pellets, improving his qi, blood, bone structure, and sea of consciousness.
Tier 2 Puppet Master	185	His advancement and possession of the Black Armored Giant Tiger Puppet establish him as a Tier 2 professional.
Tier 2 High-Grade Puppet Master; Tier 2 Mid-Grade Body Cultivator	224	His recorded status lists a Tier 2 High-Grade Puppet Master realm, Tier 2 Mid-Grade body cultivation, and spiritual sense comparable to Late Foundation Establishment.
Tier 2 Body Cultivator	193	A Dao Pattern forcibly ignites his furnace fire; consuming the Black Mountain Tiger's Tier 2 Demonic Core allows him to complete the Immovable Heavenly King Technique and manifest Heavenly King Armor.
Tier 3 physique	307	Qiongqi demon skin and essence blood flood his body with power, allowing him to attain a Tier 3 physique before condensing his own furnace lid.
Late Foundation Establishment	350	Receives Ziwei Qi from Ling Ying and advances in Dharma cultivation.
Golden Core; Tier 3 Body Cultivation	358	After decades of accumulation, he reaches Golden Core in Dharma cultivation and Tier 3 in body cultivation.
Tier 4 Puppet Master	370 371	Forges the Tier 4 Dragon Island Bi Xi and confirms that his Puppet Master realm has reached Tier 4.
Late Golden Core	371	Twenty years of cultivation and resource accumulation bring his Dharma cultivation to late Golden Core.
Super Grade Heavenly Nascent Soul	422	Uses the Star-Sun Spiritual Vein, Ziwei Qi, Ziwei Star Core, and Fire Crow's Great Sun Golden Crow essence to form a Great Sun–Ziwei Nascent Soul.
Fifth-Tier physical body	624	Battles demons with imperial battle arts, Divine Abilities, and multiple true artifacts despite possessing only a fifth-tier body.
Tier 6 Body Cultivator	659	Advances with the manifestation of Ancestral Dragon Tendon Bone and Ancestral Witch Bone; his Fearless Dao Fruit is imprinted throughout the heavens.

Background and History

Cloud Mountain Sect and Ge Family Village

Su Qing was formerly a disciple of Cloud Mountain Sect. He was expelled after his qi and blood were depleted, leaving him with poor spiritual roots, weak innate bones, and little conventional potential in either Dharma or body cultivation 7 30 97.

Before establishing himself as a Puppet Master, he spent two to three years around Ge Family Village. His old connection to the Ge family endured after his rise: when Ge Ling lost a leg to a demonic beast, Su Qing accepted Ge Changyuan's request for help despite the dangerous journey and lost work time 6 7.

He used his advanced understanding of Biomimetic Runes, developed through the Wood Spirit Servant and Spider Doctor, to promise Ge Ling a prosthetic limb that could preserve both mobility and cultivation 7.

Rise as a Puppet Refiner

Su Qing built his early livelihood by refining practical puppets and prosthetics, including Spirit Lotus Legs, Azure Steel Legs, Lizard Warriors, Iron Horses, and Wood Oxen. He secured orders through Hundred Treasures Pavilion while carefully investing profits into materials, defensive puppets, and body-cultivation resources 28 30.

His quiet reputation changed after Feng Tianyang's robber-cultivator group attacked him. Su Qing overwhelmed them with layered formations of combat puppets, including Dual-Blade Lizards, Armored War Bears, Lizard Warriors, and a Mantis Swordsman. He did not reveal himself until Feng was confirmed dead, then looted the battlefield while local cultivators and the Enforcement Team abruptly changed their attitudes toward him 73.

Wanghai, the West Sea, and Sea Watch

After advancing to Tier 2, Su Qing became a major supplier of combat puppets and armor-puppets. His Black Armored Giant Tiger, Sky Roc Ship, Overlord Tiger Armor, and later the Dragon Island Bi Xi allowed him to act as both a manufacturer and a battlefield power 161 185 370.

He developed Wanghai's Puppet Factory and Ship Fleet over decades, amassing an extensive Puppet Fleet, the Golden Mane Lion Group, treasure ships, Spirit Explosion Puppets, and special-forces puppets 371 392. His destruction of Shipwreck Bay and defeat of pirate leader Ning Chengke elevated Sea Watch into a major West Sea force 392 405.

Political Expansion

Su Qing used commercial influence, military power, and personal favors to shape Wanghai, the Far West, and Penglai. He developed the Far West into a prosperous industrial region supplied by puppets, treasure ships, merchants, and skilled workers 507 508.

In Penglai, he negotiated the rebuilding of the Liu, Liang, Wang, and Ying Families, intending to form a political bloc around Liu Yun'er and restrain Liu Gandang's authority 585 586. He later asserted authority over the All Heavens Sects stationed in Penglai by rejecting their previous arrangements and imposing new terms 587.

His destruction of the Evil Sword Realm earned him enough prestige to become the overwhelmingly favored contender for the Heavenly Emperor and Human Emperor thrones 723.

Appearance

Su Qing is described as a young man. His body cultivation, Dao Patterns, and accumulated qi and blood transform him from the withered former Cloud Mountain disciple into a striking and radiant cultivator 7 224 261.

• Originally left Cloud Mountain Sect with depleted qi and blood and a withered appearance 97.
• Possesses a greatly enhanced physique after the Blood Lotus Fruit, Nine Li Dao Pattern, Qiongqi power, and later body-cultivation breakthroughs 143 214 307.
• His martial aura and force qi can intimidate cultivators even when he is not intentionally fighting 168 319.

Personality

Su Qing is cautious, pragmatic, and intensely profit-conscious. He hires protection before dangerous travel, refuses unsecured credit, inspects gifts for hidden traps, and measures even battlefield decisions against their cost in Spirit Stones and expendable puppets 6 96 348 392.

He is also exceptionally opportunistic. He turns reputation into advertising, political gratitude into alliances, and rare inheritances into leverage for his own cultivation path and commercial network 332 398 586.

Despite his self-interest, Su Qing repeatedly protects people he considers his own. He aids Ge Ling, shields Qing He from surveillance artifacts, sends the Void Four Lions to protect Liu Yun'er, and supports old allies such as Yao Fei and the Nine Li Tribe 7 348 437 439.

His confidence often manifests as shamelessness and provocation, but he can restrain himself when open conflict would damage useful relationships. He spared Ye Suo after their duel to avoid alienating Sword Come Hall, despite decisively defeating him 348.

Abilities & Skills

Puppet Refinement and Command

Su Qing's primary discipline is Puppet Mastery. He progresses from refining prosthetics and low-tier labor puppets to producing fleets, battle armor, autonomous combat puppets, and Tier 4 mobile fortresses.

• Controls far more puppets simultaneously than ordinary Puppet Masters, supported by unusually powerful spiritual sense and Spirit Splitting methods 73.
• Refines prosthetics capable of restoring cultivation pathways, including Ge Ling's leg 7.
• Mass-produces combat puppets, Spirit Explosion Puppets, exorcism weapons, and specialized naval forces 392 428.
• Commands the Dragon Island Bi Xi, Taotie Ship, captured Pirate King ships, and the Wanghai Puppet Fleet 392 406.
• Uses puppets for battlefield support, surveillance, commercial production, infiltration, and information gathering 348 406.

Rune Mastery and Essence Transformation

Su Qing has mastered multiple rune inheritances, particularly Biomimetic, Intelligence, Riding Skill, Combat, and battle-gear runes 172.

• Uses Biomimetic Runes to create lifelike artificial limbs, humanoid puppets, and transformed battle forms 7 172.
• Employs Essence Transformation to draw Daoist Arts and create blueprints based on other cultivators 129 220.
• Can transform one Profound Grade Daoist Art roughly every three months, allowing indirect advancement through the Art and Spirit Dual Cultivation Method 168.
• Created and refined self-based puppet methods through Refining Self into Puppet, though repeated use severely drains Blood and Qi Essence 193.
• Uses the Myriad Manifestations Talisman Technique to turn rune knowledge into combat applications and accelerate cultivation 234 297.

Body Cultivation

Su Qing cultivates the Profound Grade Immovable Heavenly King Technique, combining external medicinal-bath refinement with internal furnace cultivation.

• Condenses an Adamantine Furnace and manifests Heavenly King Armor for durable defense 30 193.
• His furnace fire consumes immense Blood and Qi; when reserves are insufficient, it can burn lifespan instead 193 195.
• The Nine Li Dao Pattern improves his bone structure, increases Blood and Qi digestion, and enhances combat-technique comprehension and effectiveness 214.
• Later manifests Ancestral Dragon Tendon Bone and Ancestral Witch Bone upon reaching Tier 6 659.

Spiritual Sense and Soul Techniques

Su Qing's spiritual sense is one of his greatest advantages as a Puppet Master.

• Learned the first two layers of the Needle Control Incantation, strengthening spiritual sense and enabling spirit splitting 48.
• Uses the Art and Spirit Dual Cultivation Method to increase spiritual-sense intensity after mastering Profound Grade Daoist Arts 168 220.
• His soul is powerful enough to repel Qin Cao's Tier 2 zither-based soul influence 331.
• Retained spiritual sense surpassing Tier 6 Void Refinement even when a reincarnation world's restrictions reduced his body and mana to mortal levels 627.

Sword, Spear, and Fist Combat

Although initially dismissive of his own martial talent, Su Qing develops into a formidable direct combatant.

• Cultivates the Overlord Dragon's Roar Spear and uses it alongside the Overlord Tiger Armor 175 195.
• Acquires the Profound Grade peak Sword Control Art through Essence Transformation 220.
• Possesses a Flawless Sword Heart and was born with a Heavenly Sword Seed, giving him extraordinary potential in the Sword Momentum School 346 347.
• Uses the Proto Heaven-grade Nine-Tailed Nine Swords, synchronized through Tiger Egg, to defeat Ye Suo 347 348 550.
• Defeats Fist Emperor Wang Ba Tian with a single punch during the Heroic Gathering 536.
• Wields imperial battle arts including the Son of Heaven Dragon Fist and Heavenly Emperor Palm 624.

Dao Patterns and Divine Abilities

Su Qing accumulates Dao Patterns as both cultivation resources and combat tools.

• Nine Li Dao Pattern — strengthens bones, Blood and Qi digestion, battle comprehension, and ritual healing 214 227.
• Qiongqi Dao Pattern — grants access to battle-armor techniques, demonic power, and Qiongqi-based combat arts 307.
• Five Elders Dao Patterns — Yazi, Bian, Jiao Tu, Chi Wen, Pixiu, and Suanni enhance his body, spiritual foundation, defensive domains, dragon might, cannons, tracking, transformation, and treasure generation 406.
• Dark Moon Dao Pattern — gained through resonance with Zhao Qian and his Great Sun power 585.
• Lotus Birth Seal — freezes a moment in time, allowing Tiger Egg to disable enemies and seize their weapons before they can react 392.

Equipment, Puppets, and Assets

• Tiger Egg / Black Armored Giant Tiger — Su Qing's core battle puppet; transforms into the Overlord Giant Tiger or Overlord Tiger Armor, amplifies his martial ability, and can fight autonomously 161.
• Bear Two — defensive and support puppet capable of creating the Diamond Ring, which protects everyone inside from beings below the Fifth Tier 430.
• Dragon Island Bi Xi — Tier 4 mobile fortress and luxury treasure ship capable of housing large numbers of puppets and weapons 370.
• Taotie Ship — pirate king ship captured after Ning Chengke's death; later incorporated into Su Qing's naval power 392.
• Sky Roc Ship — aerial vessel fitted with Cluster Hummingbird Puppets for reconnaissance and bombardment 96.
• Void Four Lions — Tier 4 protective puppets dispatched to guard Liu Yun'er 437.
• Nine-Tailed Nine Swords — Proto Heaven-grade sword technique and armament employed through Tiger Egg 347 348.
• Merit Wooden Fish and High Buddhist Cultivators — Buddhist purification tools used to cleanse Corrupt Marks and generate Dao Pattern insight 193.
• Heavenly King Armor — body-cultivation armor manifested through his furnace fire and the completed Immovable Heavenly King Technique 193.

Relationships

• Ge Changyuan — Old friend from Ge Family Village; Su Qing honors their past friendship by personally aiding Ge Ling and later gifts him a Heavy Armor Lizard Warrior 6 40.
• Ge Ling — Ge Changyuan's daughter and recipient of Su Qing's prosthetic leg; later works within his shop circle and remains under his protection 7 348.
• Qing He — Longtime business partner, employee, and disciple. Su Qing redeems her contract from Hundred Treasures Pavilion, entrusts her with Su's Small Shop, and later supports her claim to the Great Deity of the Three Altars Sea Assembly's inheritance 242 669.
• Liu Yun'er — The Demoness; a close and intimate ally whom Su Qing protects with Tier 3 and Tier 4 puppets. Their relationship combines affection, strategic cooperation, and mutual resource exchange 314 437.
• Tiger Egg — Core combat puppet and frequent critic of Su Qing's martial ability; their synchronized cultivation and combat techniques make them exceptionally dangerous together 161 348 550.
• Bear Two — Loyal puppet and financial aide whose defensive abilities are specifically designed around protecting Su Qing 395 430.
• Gao Erqiang — Su Qing's self-proclaimed elder brother and the Execution Heavenly God. Their relationship is affectionate but highly transactional, built on mutual protection, favors, and constant complaints 422 473.
• Yao Fei — Curse Spirit Master whose Corrupt Marks Su Qing treats through Buddhist purification; her treatments provide him with Dao Pattern insight and resources 193 227.
• Ling Ying — Political ally and temporary partner in the struggle for Langya Immortal Island; she transfers Ziwei Qi to Su Qing in exchange for his assistance 350.
• Zhao Qian — Zhao Family cultivator whose Dark Moon Dao Pattern resonates with Su Qing's Great Sun power; their relationship becomes a major source of leverage in Penglai politics 585 586.

Major Arcs

Ge Ling's Prosthetic

Su Qing returns to Ge Family Village, protects the journey with hired guard Tang Wanqing, and undertakes the difficult task of crafting a prosthetic limb that will not end Ge Ling's cultivation future 6 7.

Robber Cultivator's Calamity

Feng Tianyang's attempted robbery exposes Su Qing's hidden combat capacity. By annihilating Feng's group through overwhelming puppet deployment, Su Qing gains local fear, respect, and political breathing room 73.

Rise of the Tier 2 Puppet Master

Su Qing advances into Tier 2 professional status, develops powerful armor and tiger puppets, and establishes himself as a valuable but dangerous figure in Hundred Treasures Pavilion and Wanghai's cultivation circles 161 185.

Wanghai Fleet and Shipwreck Bay

After forging Dragon Island Bi Xi and expanding his naval arsenal, Su Qing leads Sea Watch against Shipwreck Bay. He kills Ning Chengke, captures pirate assets, and transforms the Wanghai Ship Fleet into a West Sea power 370 392 405.

Langya Immortal Island and Nascent Soul Breakthrough

Su Qing joins the struggle over Langya's ruins, navigates the conflict among Penglai, Thousand Islands, pirates, and demonic forces, then uses accumulated resources to form a unique Super Grade Heavenly Nascent Soul 398 422.

Far West and Kaiyuan Development

Su Qing channels wealth, puppets, trade, and settlers into the Far West, turning it from a harsh frontier into a prosperous region with the foundations of an Immortal Kingdom 507 508.

Contest for the Heavenly and Human Emperor Thrones

After destroying the Evil Sword Realm and proving his ability to protect the Myriad Worlds, Su Qing becomes the leading candidate for both the Heavenly Emperor and Human Emperor thrones 723.