Ling Qingzhu

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Ling Qingzhu (绫清竹)
Alias(es)	Fairy Qingzhu; Young Palace Mistress; Palace Master
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace; Heavenly Mansion
Occupation/Role	Palace Master of the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace; later one of the Heavenly Mansion's three matriarchs and Mistress of the Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace 706 888
Status	Alive 888
First Appearance	8

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Peak Nirvana Realm	296	Assessed by Spirit Aunt as only one step from the Life and Death Profound Realm.
Wheel Turning Realm	645	Successfully received the dying Palace Master's inheritance, an ordeal with a stated failure rate above ninety percent; the inheritance elevated her to the Wheel Turning Realm.
Supreme Power path (unranked)	691 703	Dispersed all Yuan Power and ceased cultivating Yuan or Spiritual Power, instead comprehending and absorbing Supreme Power. Her control later lets her split the Abyssal Demon Emperor's Demonic Finger with a sword strike.

Appearance

Ling Qingzhu is a tall, slender woman with snow-white skin, emerald-like brows, and crystal-clear eyes. She is commonly veiled and arrives on or travels atop green lotuses, reinforcing her distant, immortal-like presence. 16 296

• Usually wears plain light-colored, cyan, or snow-white robes. 16 296 384
• Often covers her face with a thin veil; when it is removed, her beauty is described as dazzling. 16 647
• Has bare feet when standing upon her green lotus platform. 16 296
• Carries a green sword during the defense of her sect. 646

Personality

Ling Qingzhu is composed, restrained, and habitually distant. Even amid the Great Yan Empire's lavish reception, she remains courteous without being drawn in by the attention of its nobles and geniuses. 16 Her Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace cultivation emphasizes calming the mind and focusing the spirit; this discipline both protects her against mental illusions and contributes to her detached temperament. 391

She is resolute in protecting those under her care. After inheriting the Palace Master's power, she orders her disciples to retreat while remaining behind to delay the Primal Gate alone, accepting grave injury rather than abandon the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace. 645 646

Her guarded demeanor gradually softens around Lin Langtian. She acknowledges his growth, fights beside him when he is endangered, and later shows open concern and jealousy regarding his other close relationships. 391 398 684

Abilities & Skills

Supreme Induction Art

The supreme inheritance art of the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace is restricted to each Palace Master and their heir. It initially possesses no direct offensive power, but its cultivation principles become the basis for Qingzhu's later path. 18 691

• Calms the mind and focuses the spirit. 391
• Provides considerable resistance to mind-generated illusions and formations. 391
• Cannot directly repel enemies in its original form. 18
• Can be taught to another person only to the extent that they can sense and cultivate it themselves. 681

Green Lotus Arts

Qingzhu channels her power through green lotus manifestations and sword techniques. 16 86 646

• Uses a Green Lotus barrier capable of withstanding Lin Langtian's Fire Dragon Shadow. 86
• Rides green lotuses for aerial travel. 16 296
• Green Lotus Ten Thousand Swords Art creates a sky-filling barrage of Primal Energy swords against massed enemies. 646

Palace Master’s Inheritance

Qingzhu inherited the former Palace Master's lifelong Primal Energy, successfully surviving an inheritance process that normally fails more than ninety percent of the time. 645

• Elevated her cultivation to the Wheel Turning Realm. 645
• Enabled her to defeat a Wheel Turning Realm Primal Gate Elder in a single strike. 645
• Allowed her to kill three Wheel Turning Realm opponents at once, though doing so left her wounded. 646

Supreme Power

After dispersing her existing Yuan Power, Qingzhu pursues Supreme Power exclusively through inner calm and comprehension. 691

• Does not rely on Yuan Power or Spiritual Power on this path. 691
• Can wield a power recognized as ancient and difficult even for other elite cultivators to match. 703
• Briefly confronts the Abyssal Demon Emperor and prepares to merge with heaven and earth at the risk of self-destruction. 703

Equipment / Items

• Green sword — Used while defending the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace against the Primal Gate. 646
• Veil — A customary face covering that preserves her aloof public image. 16 647
• Bamboo-house spiritual treasure — A portable shelter she deploys amid a battlefield. 680

Relationships

• Lin Langtian — Husband; their connection begins when she accepts his promise at the Great Yan Empire welcoming banquet. They become allies after the ancient tomb incident, reunite in the Eastern Xuan Region, and eventually marry. 18 87 296 888
• Huangpu Jing — Companion from the Huangpu Family who accompanies Qingzhu during her first visit to the Great Yan Empire. 16 17
• Su Rou — Disciple and subordinate. Qingzhu orders Su Rou to lead the palace disciples westward during the Primal Gate invasion. 645 646
• Former Palace Master — Predecessor who passed her lifelong Primal Energy and inheritance to Qingzhu before dying. 645
• Lu Feng — Primal Gate Great Elder who gravely injures Qingzhu during the assault on the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace. 646
• Ying Xiaoxiao — Fellow exceptional sect genius and another woman interested in Lin Langtian; their shared interest creates restrained tension. 643 649

Story Role / Major Arcs

Great Yan Empire Visit

Qingzhu arrives in the Great Yan Empire as a disciple of a Super Sect with ties to the Imperial Family. Her appearance immediately attracts the empire's leading young geniuses, though she reacts with unusual shock after sensing a terrifying black-flame power within Lin Langtian. 8 16 17

At the welcoming banquet, she accepts Lin Langtian's intangible gift: a promise to fulfill a future request. 18

Ancient Tomb Mansion

Qingzhu clashes with Lin Langtian over the Nirvana Heart, using her Green Lotus barrier to withstand his attack. 86 After consuming the Nirvana Heart, excessive Pure Yin Energy threatens to consume her; she invokes his earlier promise to request Yang Qi. 87

The tomb's remnant Primal Spirit forces their Pure Yin and Pure Yang energies into resonance, turning their hostility into a lasting bond. 88 When they part, Qingzhu challenges Lin Langtian to become strong enough to pursue her properly. 92

Hundred Dynasties War and Eastern Xuan Region Reunions

Years later, Qingzhu learns that Lin Langtian has become the Hundred Dynasties War champion and helped defeat the Western Xuan Region's scheme. His name revives memories she had tried to bury, while she resolves that any future relationship depends on whether he can surpass her strength. 296

She later meets him again during the Sect Competition and recognizes that his victory over Yuan Cang has placed him beyond the status gap that once separated them. 382 383

Luoshen Ancient Treasure and Taiqing Immortal Pond

Trapped in an illusion formation within the Luoshen Ancient Treasure, Qingzhu teams up with Lin Langtian to locate its core. She openly admires the growth he has achieved since their first meeting and later shields him from Xuan Tian's group because she owes him a favor. 391 392

At the Taiqing Immortal Pond, she trusts Lin Langtian to guide and protect her. After being drained by a skeleton at the pond's depths, she is rescued by him and chosen as the master of a Spirit Seal. 398 401

Fall of the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace

Having become Palace Master through inheritance, Qingzhu returns to the besieged Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace and leads its defense. She orders the disciples to retreat toward the Heavenly Mansion while she remains to hold back the Primal Gate. 645

Though she kills several Wheel Turning Realm opponents, Lu Feng overwhelms and severely wounds her. Lin Langtian returns in time to rescue her and offer protection to the palace. 646

Supreme Power and the Final War

Qingzhu abandons conventional cultivation to pursue Supreme Power, believing its purity better suits her path. 691 During the confrontation with the Abyssal Demon Emperor, she protects Lin Langtian's side and nearly sacrifices herself before his emergence from seclusion saves her. 703

By the later Heavenly Mansion era, she is recognized as one of its three matriarchs and Lin Langtian's wife. 888

Notable Quotes

“I cultivate neither Yuan Power nor Spiritual Power. I only need to calm my heart and comprehend the Supreme, absorbing that power into my body.” 691

“I truly admire you for reaching this point in just five years.” 391