Qingyuan

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Qingyuan (青渊)
Alias(es)	First Disciple of the Interception Sect; Senior Disciple Brother; Human Lord; Lord of Martial Dao; Vice Sect Master of the Interception Sect 126 525
Species/Race	Possesses an Innate Demon God Origin; later remade his physical form through the Thirty-Sixth Grade Green Lotus. 19 187
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Interception Sect; Mystic Gate
Occupation/Role	Tongtian’s disciple; reformer and administrator of the Interception Sect; founder of the Kunlun Immortal Market and Heavenly Palace Immortal City; Dao lecturer
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Mid-stage Heavenly Immortal	2	Obtained through synchronization with first disciple Yun Zhongzi, alongside fortune-related gifts and cloud-riding ability. 2
Early Profound/Mystic Immortal	4	His repaired, Top Innate foundation, swordsmanship, and spiritual treasures gave him combat ability beyond his realm. 4
Late Profound/Mystic Immortal	4	Reached after eight thousand years in seclusion cultivating the Nine Revolutions Primordial Art. 4
Peak Mystic Immortal	10	Formation, Pill Dao, and Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique cultivation strengthened his body and pushed his Daoxing to the realm’s peak. 10
Golden Immortal	16	Broke through after refining the Yin Yang Two Forms Lamp and using its Yin-Yang and Five Elements Laws to strengthen his foundation. 16
Mid-stage Golden Immortal	44	His displayed realm during the debate over the Kunlun Immortal Market; his foundations and swordsmanship were judged exceptional even among Taiyi-level cultivators. 44
Perfected Mid-stage Golden Immortal	64	Reached after ten thousand years while converting his cultivation to the Nine Revolutions Profound Primordial Art. 64
Late-stage to Peak Golden Immortal	66	System rewards from his disciples’ breakthroughs propelled him to Golden Immortal Peak; he also comprehended Manifestation of Heaven and Earth. 66
Grand Unity Golden Immortal	71	Condensed the Five Qi in his chest after refining the Five Elements Great Dao Laws; his breakthrough aura rivaled established Middle Taiyi cultivators. 71
Late Grand Unity/Taiyi Golden Immortal	78	Advanced from the Middle Taiyi stage to the Late Taiyi stage, further widening the gap between himself and the Three Sects’ elite disciples. 78
Late-stage Primordial Golden Immortal physical body	187	The Thirty-Sixth Grade Green Lotus body and late sixth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Profound Primordial Art granted extreme resistance to laws, demonic invasion, and spiritual treasures. 187
Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal	264	Body and Primordial Spirit fully merged; he fused nearly a thousand Great Dao Laws, including the Great Dao of Strength, into his body. 264
Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal Perfect Stage	413	Perfected the Nirvana Great Dao and formed a Nirvana Dao Body capable of absorbing fatal injuries and Dao damage. 413
Chaos Dao Body, 93% fusion	525, 568	Received the Chaos Dao Body after his Tianlang Cliff sermon; later rewards raised his fusion with it to 93%, nearing the condensation of the Great Dao Rule of Strength. 525 568

Background

Qingyuan was Tongtian’s long-standing disciple, but for much of his early sect life he was regarded as mediocre because of his seemingly poor foundation and shallow fortune. He remained low-profile, rarely interacted with other disciples, and withdrew to his own dojo after Tongtian’s lectures. Earlier attempts to alter the greater trend repeatedly brought Heavenly Dao warnings and tribulations, leaving him increasingly subdued and withdrawn. 13 19

His circumstances changed after he activated the Disciple-Acceptance System and restored the badly damaged remnant soul of the Innate Demon God Hong Yun. The restoration nearly drained Qingyuan’s own origin, but Hong Yun—reborn as Yun Zhongzi—became his first disciple. In return, Qingyuan received an upper-grade Innate Demon God Origin, a million years of cultivation, the Nine Revolutions Primordial Art, and the ability to synchronize with his disciples’ realms, talents, and divine abilities. 2

Yuanshi later recognized Qingyuan’s hidden Innate Demon God Origin and speculated that he might be connected to the vanished Green Lotus Seed. Qingyuan’s nature remained difficult to read even to the Three Pure Ones, marking him as an unusual variable within the Primordial Wilderness. 19

Appearance

Qingyuan is depicted as a tall, slender young man with a refined, jade-like face, deep sword-like eyes, sharply defined features, and long black hair. He commonly wears black robes and carries himself with a cold, steady dignity that makes others feel protected in his presence. 11 35

• Black robes and a jade pendant. 17 35
• Long black hair, often described as streaming wildly behind him. 13 35
• Tall, upright bearing and a calm, imposing presence. 11 35
• His body later became the Thirty-Sixth Grade Green Lotus, giving him a physical form of extraordinary resilience. 187

Personality

Qingyuan combines caution with exceptional ambition. Early on, he worried about karmic consequences and retaliation, yet he was willing to gamble his own origin to save Hong Yun when the potential reward justified the risk. His confidence grew sharply once the Disciple-Acceptance System proved capable of turning discipleship into cultivation, talents, and divine abilities. 2

As a master, he is demanding but generous. He disciplines disciples who misuse the Interception Sect’s name, teaches them foundational methods rather than only powerful techniques, and distributes resources according to service and need. He is willing to reform immoral disciples—such as Ma Yuan—provided they abandon harmful practices. 8 19 42

Qingyuan is also a pragmatic reformer. He distrusts unchecked freedom, believing that the Interception Sect’s open-door policy must be balanced by laws, accountability, productive work, and institutional culture. His methods can be severe, but he repeatedly frames them around protecting ordinary cultivators, preserving the sect, and preventing collective karmic ruin. 16 19 161

Despite his fearsome reputation, Qingyuan can be playful, teasing Water-Fire Boy with spirit fruit and assigning the overconfident Great Peng Bird the task of holding up a massive Chaos Spirit Stone. He later presents himself as detached from fame and worldly prosperity, preferring fishing, leisure, and cultivation when not compelled to act. 37 42 267

Abilities & Skills

Disciple-Acceptance System

Qingyuan’s defining advantage is a system that rewards him for accepting, teaching, and gifting disciples.

• Synchronizes his disciples’ cultivation realms, talents, and divine abilities with himself. 2 8
• Grants critical-return rewards when he bestows techniques, pills, treasures, or guidance upon disciples. 3 16
• Allowed him to gain Yun Zhongzi’s Heavenly Dao fortune and Wuzhiqi’s water affinity, Fiery Golden Eyes, immense strength, and Overturning Rivers and Seas ability. 2 8
• Rewards became increasingly powerful as his disciples advanced, including One Heart Two Uses, the Great Profound Responding Demon God Art, and vast amounts of Daoxing. 66

Sword Dao

Qingyuan is an overwhelmingly capable swordsman whose Sword Intent is repeatedly compared to Tongtian’s.

• Mastered the Chaos Purple Firmament Three Thousand Sword Daos, described as a supreme Sword Dao of the myriad worlds. 3
• Wields the Innate Two Principles Qiankun Sword, whose twin blades contain Three Thousand Drowning Waters and Ziwei Heavenly Fire. 3
• His Sword Intent can freeze bodies and Primordial Spirits with fear; he used it to execute rebellious Interception Sect disciples and establish his authority. 11
• Defeated Duobao in Sword Dao, formations, alchemy, Five Elements techniques, body cultivation, and spells. 13 14
• Later reproduced and surpassed Kong Xuan’s Five-Colored Divine Light with Five-Colored Divine Thunder. 146

Physical Cultivation

Qingyuan cultivates body and Primordial Spirit together, prioritizing foundation over rapid but unstable advancement.

• Practices the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique and Nine Revolutions Profound Primordial Art. 4 64
• Possesses numerous body-strengthening abilities, including Diamond Indestructible, Bronze Skin and Iron Bones, Strength of Dragon and Elephant, and Subdue Dragon Subdue Tiger. 29 83
• His body was rebuilt through the Thirty-Sixth Grade Green Lotus and the fusion of the Twelve-grade Samsara Purple Lotus and Twelve-grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus. 187
• Became durable enough that the Qiankun Twin Swords were damaged after only leaving a faint mark on him. 187
• Caught Nuwa’s fully empowered Red Embroidered Ball barehanded without visible injury. 591

Formation, Pill, and Artifact Dao

Qingyuan is proficient in several major cultivation arts beyond combat.

• Mastered Formation Dao, including formations based on stars, the Five Elements, time, terrain, and himself as the core. 14
• Uses his body’s 365 acupoints to correspond with the heavenly stars, creating an internal miniature world that draws down stellar divine light to temper him. 10
• Demonstrated Pill Dao mastery by refining a purple-gold Divine Firmament Golden Core that astonished Xuandu. 14
• Refined and used spiritual treasures, immortal currency, appliances, communications systems, entertainment devices, and city infrastructure for the Immortal Market. 47 49 164

Great Dao and Divine Abilities

Qingyuan possesses a broad and expanding collection of Dao Laws and divine powers.

• Five Elements Laws — Used to complete his Golden Immortal foundation and later condense the Five Qi needed for the Grand Unity breakthrough. 16 71
• Manifestation of Heaven and Earth — Enlarges his body into a massive god- or demon-like form with immense strength and resilience. 66
• One Heart Two Uses — Enables simultaneous cultivation, pill refinement, artifact forging, and Dao comprehension without mental overload. 66
• Great Profound Responding Demon God Art — Can create ten external Demon God incarnations equal to Qingyuan’s aptitude and foundation; their formation can temporarily elevate him by an entire major realm. 66
• Martial Path — A cultivation system Qingyuan developed for physically powerful races, including the Witch Clan and Witch-Human race. 126 164
• River of Time traversal — After reaching Taiyi, he gained the ability to enter the River of Time, observe past and present events, explore branches of time and space, and create Minor Worlds. 71 264
• Nirvana Dao Body — A substitute body that can absorb fatal injuries and Dao damage, then conceal itself within Chaos. 413

Administration and Statecraft

Qingyuan’s influence is built as much on organization as personal strength.

• Founded the Interception Sect’s Inspection Department, dividing it into Police, Punishment, Investigation, and Regulations sections. 21
• Established the Kunlun Immortal Market as a regulated commercial city for trade, residence, cultivation, transportation, auctions, employment, and education. 37 44
• Created Immortal Crystals as a universal currency and used the Falling Treasure Gold Coin to imprint the Money Great Dao aura upon them. 37 49
• Reformed Golden Ao Island through standardized clothing, salaries, rankings, a disciple registry, a Points System, collective punishment, and the Jie Sect Discipline and Justice Department. 161
• Solved the Underworld Bureau’s record-keeping, soul-transit, and factional-control problems with an information network, local gods, formal offices, benefits, and political balancing. 736

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Innate Two Principles Qiankun Sword — Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure twin swords containing Three Thousand Drowning Waters and Ziwei Heavenly Fire. 3
• Nine-Nine Chaos Divine Thunder Spiritual Treasure Gourd — A Supreme Treasure Qingyuan could not initially activate because his mana was insufficient. 4
• Yin Yang Two Forms Lamp — High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure granted by Tongtian; Qingyuan used it to study Yin-Yang and Five Elements Laws before later entrusting it to Yun Zhongzi. 15 16 21
• Falling Treasure Gold Coin — Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure used to produce marked Immortal Crystals, though its forty-six restrictions made refinement slow. 49
• God Slaying Spear — System-modified Chaos-level ferocious treasure capable of piercing Heavenly Dao Saints, absorbing benefits from slain targets, and transforming into defensive armor. 413
• Eight Souls Worship Death Banner — A curse weapon capable of threatening Saints, but burdened with immense karmic danger. 241 413
• Yugu Drum — Given by Tongtian; can break through isolated space and alert Tongtian if Qingyuan is endangered. 752

Relationships

• Sect Master Tongtian — Master, protector, and later political equal. Tongtian formally made Qingyuan First Disciple, then appointed him Vice Sect Master after his Tianlang Cliff sermon. Qingyuan remains deeply loyal to him despite later surpassing him in power. 15 525 752 1229
• Yun Zhongzi — First disciple; the reborn Hong Yun. Qingyuan restored his remnant soul, accepted him as a disciple, and entrusted him with major administrative duties. 2 21 161
• Wuzhiqi — Disciple and Huai Flood Water God. Qingyuan gave him the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, Water Staff Dao, and Wind Thunder Pillar while repeatedly restraining his destructive impulses. 8 21
• Daoist Duobao — Junior disciple, former rival, and later trusted administrator. After defeating Duobao, Qingyuan offered to teach him rather than humiliate him; Duobao later managed the Immortal Market and rebuilt the Inspection Department. 14 37 158
• Kong Xuan — Former adversary turned disciple. Qingyuan gave him the Origin of the Five Elements Great Dao and later accepted him into the sect after their conflict was resolved. 122 158
• Great Peng Bird — Disciple whose pride and lack of discipline Qingyuan continually corrects. Their relationship mixes firm mentorship with teasing punishment. 42
• Xuanming — The Mysterious Tortoise, enlightened and accepted as Qingyuan’s disciple after Qingyuan healed it and granted it intelligence. 241
• Patriarch Minghe — Sworn “worthy brother.” Minghe publicly supports Qingyuan and gifts him the Blood Scripture. 162
• Zhen Yuanzi — Ally connected to Yun Zhongzi’s former identity as Hong Yun; entrusted Qingyuan with a branch of the Ginseng Fruit Tree. 63 64
• Haotian — Later accepted Qingyuan as his master after Qingyuan healed his Dao injuries; their alliance is rooted in shared enemies and mutual benefit. 568
• Empress Pingxin — Political ally whose Underworld Bureau Qingyuan assists through administrative reforms and warnings of future calamity. 736 739

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Rise as First Disciple — After activating the Disciple-Acceptance System, Qingyuan rebuilds his foundation, accepts Yun Zhongzi and Wuzhiqi, reveals his hidden Sword Dao, defeats Duobao, and is formally named Tongtian’s First Disciple. 2 8 14 15
• Interception Sect reformer — He purges violent disciples, establishes the Inspection Department, pushes for sect law, and attempts to stop the Interception Sect from accumulating disastrous karma. 16 19 21
• Kunlun Immortal Market founder — Qingyuan relinquishes direct control of the Inspection Department to create a market intended to turn idle disciples toward trade, production, employment, and regulated civic life. 37 44
• Three Sects organizer — He coordinates the Human, Chan, and Interception Sects in constructing the market, introducing appliances, consumer goods, public transit, communications networks, and Immortal Crystals. 47 49 63
• Human Race benefactor and Human Lord — Qingyuan protects early human tribes, teaches cultivation, contributes to humanity’s development, and later withdraws so humanity must determine its own future. 87 146
• Golden Ao Island reformer — Returning to the East Sea, he suppresses corrupt sect factions, accepts Kong Xuan, rebuilds discipline, and establishes Heavenly Palace Immortal City. 158 161 162
• Primordial power and political force — His Martial Path, Immortal Cities, disciples, Dao sermons, and alliances give him influence across the Human Race, Dragon Clan, Witch Clan, Underworld Bureau, Heavenly Court, and major sects. 164 525 736
• Challenge to the established order — Qingyuan defeats Saint incarnations, confronts Hongjun, negotiates over the Heavenly Dao, and becomes a central force at the Heaven-Pacifying Assembly. 742 752 1229 1236