Zhang Qingyuan

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Zhang Qingyuan (张清元)
Alias(es)	Qing Xuan; Li Feiyu
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Yunshui Sect; Moon Liên Islands; Righteous Qi Alliance
Occupation/Role	Cultivator; alchemist; formation creator; master
Status	Active
First Appearance	2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Spirit Essence Realm, Seventh Level	2	Cultivated the Water Essence Art and maintained a Proficiency Panel recording his techniques and martial skills.
Spirit Essence Realm, Eighth Level	70	Broke through after defeat by Fu Hongtian, turning the setback into progress.
Spirit Essence Realm, Ninth Level, mid-stage	180	Improved spiritual sense and power control; the advance greatly increased his overall strength.
True Essence Realm, First Layer	293	Emerged from seclusion after crossing the barrier between Spirit Essence and True Essence.
True Essence Realm, perfected Second Layer	336	Advanced rapidly from late Second Layer to perfection shortly before confronting Nangong Bantian.
True Essence Realm, perfected Fifth Layer	554	Recovered from Inner Sect Grand Competition injuries and refined residual sword momentum.
True Essence Realm, Eighth Layer	743	Escaped Hu Feiyu's Five Wood Elemental Formation and evaded his attack despite Hu's Ninth Layer cultivation.
True Essence Realm, Ninth Layer mid-phase	803	Consumed nine high-grade Spirit Stones; his True Essence nearly doubled.
Essence–Qi–Spirit transformation	835	Under extreme gravity, fused True Essence, vital energy, and Spiritual Sense into a higher form of power.
Cave True Realm	962	Condensed a Law Domain using Dao Charm from a Cave Heaven Secret Realm; gained control and perception over a ten-mile radius.
Half-step Myriad Transformations Realm	1090	Advanced after absorbing energy from the Blood Demon Sect's golden Blood Pool.
Pseudo-Myriad Transformations / Glazed Golden Body	1132	Failed to complete a Dharma-cultivation promotion but reached pseudo-Myriad Transformations power and achieved the body-refining Glazed Golden Body.
Myriad Transformations Realm	1144	Condensed the Heavenly Heart Dao Seal and stabilized both Dharma cultivation and Glazed Golden Body cultivation at their peaks.
Heavenly Human Realm	1460	Advanced to the Heavenly Human Realm and condensed Erlwood Divine Thunder.
Void Heaven Limit	1534	Became known as “Number One Under the Escape One Supremes.”
Escape One Supreme	1575	Demonstrated True King-level combat power by defeating Outer Realm Kings.
Emperor Level	1603	Reached the highest attainable realm in the lower realm.

Background / History

Zhang Qingyuan began as an Outer Sect disciple of the Yunshui Sect. At the Spirit Essence Realm Seventh Level, he cultivated the Water Essence Art, several auxiliary techniques, and martial skills while relying on a mysterious Proficiency Panel to track and improve his attainments 2.

He initially lived cautiously and avoided the path of making enemies for its own sake. Though ranked at the bottom among attendees at Zhao Yuanyang’s gathering of Seventeenth Branch elites, he continued to improve step by step rather than pursuing status 30. His defeat by Fu Hongtian became a decisive turning point: he broke through to the Eighth Level and earned recognition for treating failure as nourishment for a firm Dao heart 70.

After entering the True Essence Realm, Zhang became tied to the Moon Liên Islands and the Huainan Zhang Family. He protected the islands, developed reforms that improved the family’s finances, and became a symbolic protector to their inhabitants despite maintaining emotional distance from the family itself 265 287 660.

His later journeys carried him from Yuzhou to Yunzhou, Qingzhou, the Central Continent, and conflicts against Outer Realm Gods and Demons. His cultivation increasingly combined Water, Five Elements, Yin Yang, Chaos, body refinement, alchemy, formations, and sword arts into a personal path 803 933 1336 1553.

Appearance

Zhang Qingyuan is described as a young man during his early sect years. His appearance is generally understated, contrasting with the oppressive presence and immense aura he projects after reaching higher realms 533 889.

• His hair may become disheveled and his eyes bloodshot after exhaustive efforts 780.
• He can manifest golden body-refining armor or a jade-like physique through his defensive cultivation 517 1132.
• At higher cultivation, his presence can distort space and create a tangible oppressive atmosphere 889 1144.

Personality

Zhang Qingyuan is cautious, pragmatic, and intensely focused on continual improvement. He does not seek conflict merely for fame, but he will enter dangerous secret realms, contest powerful opponents, and take decisive action when advancement or protection requires it 293 517.

He remains composed under praise and does not let flattery alter his demeanor. This restraint, together with his ability to cultivate through solitude and monotony, is repeatedly noted by those around him 181. He dislikes ostentation, repeatedly declines grand celebrations, and views reputation as secondary to cultivation 293 623 1268.

His confidence is tempered by self-reflection. After nearly dying at the Flying Immortal Alliance, he recognized his own arrogance and renewed his sense of caution toward the vast cultivation world 1402 1403.

Abilities & Skills

Proficiency Panel and Great Evolution Technique

Zhang Qingyuan possesses a “golden finger” in the form of a Proficiency Panel that records his cultivation, techniques, and martial skills. It later develops additional functions, including the Decomposition Furnace, and supports the Great Evolution Technique’s deductions 2 301 803.

• Allows systematic improvement of learned techniques and martial skills 2.
• Enables rapid deduction, testing, optimization, and integration of techniques 803.
• Lets him analyze enemy methods and extract insights during combat 1144.
• Supports his habit of mastering skills beyond their conventional limits 356.

Sword Arts and Sword Formation

Zhang Qingyuan is a highly accomplished swordsman who combines sword intent, sword momentum, Sword Pellet techniques, and formations.

• His Sword Pellet gained a trace of Spirit Artifact power and opened his path toward Metal law 803.
• He created a Sword Formation Secret Technique from four high-grade magic swords of earth, fire, water, and wind attributes 803.
• His perfected Qian Yuan Finger and other techniques can be integrated into his broader combat system 787.
• He later developed Chaos Spiritual Powers whose lethality surpassed his prior Five Elements Immortal Technique 1553.

Water, Five Elements, Yin Yang, and Chaos Dao

Zhang Qingyuan’s foundations lie in water-attribute cultivation, but he steadily broadened them into a more comprehensive Dao path.

• Water cultivation — Began with the Water Essence Art and later cultivated the One Yuan Gui Water Scripture 2 301.
• Five Elements Dao — Could combine Five Elements Dao Law with Spiritual Sense and the surrounding world, forming attacks without directly mobilizing his own True Essence 933.
• Yin Yang and Chaos — Planned to merge Yin Yang and traverse Chaos to condense the Chaos Great Dao 1336.
• Chaos techniques — His Chaos Great Dao grants powerful offensive capability against higher-level enemies and Escape One Supremes 1553 1607.

Body Refinement

Zhang Qingyuan’s body refinement became one of his greatest strengths.

• Desolate Sky Body Refining Art — Strengthened his physique, blood qi, tendons, bones, and resilience; he reached at least its Third Layer 605 638.
• Glazed Golden Body — A legendary supreme body-refining realm comparable to Myriad Transformations cultivation 1132.
• Immeasurable Maha Golden Body — A Heavenly Tier defensive secret art used to reinforce the Glazed Golden Body 1151.
• Immaculate Golden Body — Reached after three years of recuperation and cultivation in Qingzhou 1403.
• His Glazed Golden Body has lingering Dao injuries and a known flaw after repeated Myriad Transformations-level attacks 1132 1144.

Movement Techniques

Zhang Qingyuan specializes in mobility, evasion, and spatial traversal.

• Cloud Smoke Steps — Improved substantially while cultivating in a calm, natural state of mind 52.
• Wind Cloud Formless Body — Reached perfection amid combat against two True Essence opponents 281.
• Mayfly Between Heaven and Earth — A Profound Tier movement secret technique enabling rapid void traversal 943.
• Chaos Dragon Kun Roaming Body Technique — Upgraded to an Immortal Technique; allows thousand-mile movement with virtually no disturbance in the void 1586.

Spiritual Sense, Alchemy, and Formations

Zhang Qingyuan develops his auxiliary disciplines into direct sources of combat strength.

• His advanced alchemy improved his Spiritual Sense and precision in controlling True Essence 180 241.
• He successfully refined high-grade Qi Thickening Pills with his upgraded Spirit Tool-grade alchemy furnace 211.
• His Taiyi Spirit Refining Technique enhanced his perception after reaching its introductory level 200.
• He possesses deep formation knowledge, including the Five Wood Elemental Formation, Grass and Trees Soldier Summoning, and sword formations 743 803.
• He taught Yue Wenhe Water Sword Intent and left a broad inheritance encompassing formations, alchemy, and Sword Dao 1072.

Erlwood Divine Thunder

Zhang Qingyuan condensed Erlwood Divine Thunder after consuming an Immortal Stone 1460.

• Its practice in the Chaos beyond the Nine Heavens caused immense disturbances without harming the lower world 1460.
• Its power was strong enough to suppress and crush the Heavenly Dao’s response 1460.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Profound Origin Bodyguard Armor — High-grade defensive magic tool obtained with the Jiang Family’s support; repeatedly protected Zhang from lethal force, though it was severely damaged against True Essence opponents 96 281.
• Golden Bell Shield Talismans — Defensive talismans acquired from the Storage Bag of a slain Scarred Man 112.
• Alchemy Furnace — Spirit Tool-grade furnace refined from materials including White Porcelain Three Yin Earth; later used for high-grade pill refinement 200 211.
• Qi Breaking Needles — Modified by Lin Yan 211.
• Sword Pellet — Developed toward Spirit Artifact power and used as a core sword-art asset 476 803.
• Qingxuan Immortal Sword — Used to create defensive sword-light barriers against powerful attacks 771.
• Storage Jade Bracelet — A storage magic treasure capable of spatial confinement; can briefly trap a True Essence Seventh Layer cultivator at full power 621.
• Divine Wood Seal — Used to open a stone tablet containing an inheritance 835.
• Profound Heaven Mirror — Mirror artifact possibly ranked as a Saint or Immortal Artifact; used to defeat Wu Fei and potentially connected to the Land of Divine Ruins 1394.
• Nine Revolutions Dao Integration Flower — A reward capable of opening a perfect Void Realm Cave Heaven Dao Foundation; Zhang delayed consuming it until reaching peak Dao Integration 1480.
• Silver Patterned Realm Dragon Kun Beast Skin — Conceals his aura and originated from a mythical Chaos-roaming being 1541.

Relationships

• Headmaster Liu — Early senior who recognized Zhang’s resilience and potential; Zhang later left cultivation insights for him 70 917.
• Zhou Wu — Sect elder who, alongside Headmaster Liu, came to value Zhang’s firm Dao heart 70.
• Fu Hongtian — Formerly insurmountable opponent whose defeat and later rematch marked major breakthroughs in Zhang’s state of mind 70 489.
• Zhao Yuanyang — Fellow disciple and friend; Zhang later entrusted him with cultivation insights for himself, Shen Hongzhou, and Headmaster Liu 30 917.
• Shen Hongzhou — Former rival turned friend who admires Zhang’s composure and progress 181 209.
• Lin Yan / Emperor Yan — Alchemy collaborator and later crucial ally; rescued Zhang from Mingluo Supreme and Master Huichan 211 1559.
• Zhang Changyang — Elder of the Huainan Zhang Family who manages Zhang’s affairs and deeply values his rise 293 660.
• Yan Kuangtu — Rival who resents repeated defeats yet saved Zhang Huaiyu; Zhang thanked him despite their antagonism 776 889.
• Murong Old Ancestor — Mentor-like senior whose expectations Zhang far surpassed 1134.
• Kong Sheng Dao Venerable — Qingtian Sect leader impressed by Zhang’s dual cultivation of Dharma and body 1151.
• Yang Wanying — Cave True cultivator whom Zhang protected with four Cave True-level corpse-refining puppets and their control bracelet 1257.
• Yue Wenhe — Nominal disciple who received Zhang’s guidance in Water Sword Intent and was recognized as de facto Senior Disciple Brother 1072 1460.
• Lin Hao — Protégé who advanced to the Cave True Realm under Zhang’s influence and guidance 1403 1450.
• Carefree Old Daoist — Mentor within the Flying Immortal Alliance who guided Zhang away from a dangerous path 1450.
• One Page Scholar — Righteous Qi Alliance associate and manager; supports Zhang’s preparations and worries for his safety 1585 1603.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Yunshui Sect and Outer Sect

Zhang rose from an obscure Outer Sect disciple through disciplined cultivation. His growth from Spirit Essence Seventh to Eighth Level after losing to Fu Hongtian established his defining trait: turning setbacks into cultivation progress 2 70.

Moon Liên Islands and True Essence Ascension

After gaining influence over the Moon Liên Islands, Zhang fought pirates, protected local cultivators and mortals, and helped restore the Huainan Zhang Family’s fortunes. He crossed into the True Essence Realm while remaining largely unknown outside his immediate circle 265 287 293.

Inner Sect Grand Competition

Zhang returned to the Yunshui Sect’s Inner Sect, defeated Wind Daoist Liu Pengfei, overcame Fu Hongtian, and defeated Yuwen Shaohuan to secure a top-three result. His injuries forced him to withdraw from further competition, but his fame spread across Yuzhou 446 489 552.

South Sea and True Inheritance

He cultivated in seclusion, returned to the sect after years away, killed Yang Yuntian, and demonstrated power that made him a major figure among core disciples and throughout Yuzhou 743 776.

Cave True and Myriad Transformations Rise

Zhang advanced through the Cave True Realm and later the Myriad Transformations Realm. During a failed promotion, he achieved the Glazed Golden Body and withstood three Myriad Transformations Dao Venerables before eventually counter-killing them after completing his advancement 962 1132 1144.

Yunzhou, Qingzhou, and the Heavenly Human Path

After becoming a dominant figure in Yunzhou, Zhang traveled to Qingzhou under the name Li Feiyu. He studied unfamiliar systems such as military formations, imperial destiny/luck, and Literary Qi while seeking the Yin Yang Immortal Scripture’s origin 1349. His clash with the Great Zhou’s forces forced him to confront his own arrogance and deepen his understanding of the Heavenly Human level 1387 1402.

Central Continent and Outer Realm War

Zhang arrived in the Central Continent, gained powerful allies and resources, then entered the struggle against Outer Realm Gods and Demons. He became an Escape One Supreme, killed Outer Realm Kings, helped establish the Righteous Qi Alliance’s eastern base, and ultimately reached Emperor Level 1467 1575 1587 1603.

Trivia

• Zhang Qingyuan’s Daoist title, Qing Xuan, combines the sect’s Xuan generation, the homophonic meaning of “Qing” from his name, and his aspiration toward the blue sky 1268.
• He refused a grand ceremony for receiving his Daoist title because he dislikes ostentation 1268.
• He once considered reaching the True Essence Realm and flying on a sword through the world sufficient to fulfill his ambitions 514.
• Despite repeatedly believing himself obscure, he became widely recognized among Yunshui Sect core disciples and later across multiple continents 743 1539.