Qian Dagui

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Qian Dagui (钱大贵)
Alias(es)	Young Master Qian; Dagui; “Fatty”
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Jiangnan Qian Family; Fang Mo’s faction; Heavenly Prison’s Western Hall
Occupation/Role	Wealthy financier, quartermaster, intelligence gatherer, and logistics manager
Status	Active 278
First Appearance	58

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Qian Family Life-Buying Technique	133	Converts his cultivated “fortune flesh,” personal wealth, and the contents of his Universe Bag into golden energy to counter the Blood River Great Formation and save his companions. 133
Golden Jade Glazed Body	134	Obtained after using the Qian Family’s ultimate life-saving divine ability, Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell, Money-Scattering Boy Body; his sacrificed fortune flesh is replaced by a strengthened golden body. 134
Replenished Golden Jade Glazed Body	137	Absorbs pure material energy from golden liquid in the Right Corridor, restoring depleted origin energy and strengthening his physique. 137

Background

Qian Dagui is a direct descendant of the exceptionally wealthy Jiangnan Qian Family. The family worships the Five Paths of Wealth Gods; its direct descendants traditionally invite the Gold Ingot Light King Buddha and the Treasure Gathering God-Connecting True Lord into their Open Viscera Temples rather than ordinary deities. Their bodies serve as treasuries, accumulating “fortune flesh” from heavenly treasures over time. 134

Before meeting Fang Mo, Dagui was accustomed to companions interested chiefly in his money and his father, Qian Bangguo. Fang Mo’s willingness to accept him without ridiculing his weight or valuing him solely for his wealth becomes a defining reason for Dagui’s loyalty. 132

Appearance

Qian Dagui is initially a rotund, extravagantly dressed young master whose clothing and possessions openly advertise his wealth. After expending his fortune flesh during the Blood River Great Formation, he becomes slender and gaunt before later recovering a stronger, more defined physique through the Golden Jade Glazed Body. 134 137

• Round face and small, beady eyes; often described as visibly fat before his transformation. 91 201
• Favors brocade clothing, fur coats, gold-thread coin-patterned boots, jade ornaments, and other costly attire. 120 134
• Carries a golden abacus as both a symbol of his wealth and a combat tool. 179 201
• Following his transformation, a faint golden halo can flow beneath his skin. 137

Personality

Dagui is acquisitive, comfort-loving, and habitually calculates value in money, materials, and profit. He is easily alarmed by danger and often complains about losses, yet his greed does not prevent him from taking substantial risks for Fang Mo and their companions. 79 132 201

His apparent cowardice masks practical intelligence. He quickly gathers intelligence on the Heavenly Prison’s wardens, identifies bribery opportunities, manages resources efficiently, and recognizes political risks that others disregard. 237 244 276

When forced into a crisis, Dagui can become unexpectedly resolute. He spends his fortune flesh and wealth to save others, defies Imperial Guard pressure, remains behind during the Heaven Devouring Hou’s approach despite fear, and stands against Ancestor Kongji to buy his allies time. 133 160 179 278

Abilities & Skills

Qian Family Wealth Arts

Dagui’s inherited cultivation treats wealth, treasures, and accumulated fortune flesh as usable power.

• Converts gold, banknotes, jewels, and fortune flesh into golden energy. 133
• Uses the principle of “transaction” to resist hostile forces; his golden light clashes directly with the Blood River Great Formation’s sacrificial power. 133
• Can scatter wealth to avert disaster or sacrifice his own flesh to preserve life. 134
• His Golden Jade Glazed Body grants enhanced physical force; a clenched fist produces an explosive burst of air. 134

Golden Abacus

Dagui employs a golden abacus to channel his wealth-based techniques.

• Creates an illusory Golden Mountain to block Ancestor Kongji’s path. 179
• Continues manipulating its beads while enduring overwhelming pressure from a Dharma Aspect Realm pursuer. 179
• Keeps it close even during political and logistical work. 201 236

Resource Management

Dagui turns money into immediate operational advantages for Fang Mo’s faction.

• Purchases the Gathering Immortals Tower and assigns its cook and manager exclusively to provide meals. 79
• Arranges overnight reconstruction of the Seventh Squad encampment through hired craftsmen. 91
• Manages ledgers, valuables, supplies, and warehouse resources. 91 237 271
• Distributes Fang Mo’s Blood Fiend Pills among Heavenly Prison personnel. 271
• Serves as the faction’s reliable financial manager following the Western Hall’s reorganization. 276

Intelligence Gathering

Behind his mercantile image, Dagui is an effective investigator of people and incentives.

• Compiles information on the wardens of multiple Heavenly Prison blocks. 237
• Identifies “Ghost Hand” Zhang’s gambling habit as a potential avenue for negotiation through money. 237
• Warns Fang Mo about the unusual Pure Land Village on the Western Desert Frontier. 157

Equipment

• Golden Abacus — channels his wealth-based techniques and supports defensive formations. 179 201
• Protective treasure robe — deflects poisoned arrows during an assassination attempt. 82
• Calming talismans — carried during Fang Mo’s inner-fire crisis. 58
• Thunder Fire Bead — carried when Fang Mo appears possessed by hostile authority. 58
• Universe Bag — once held banknotes, gold bricks, and jewels; Dagui shatters it to fuel his life-buying technique. 133
• Simple saber — a cheaply purchased, unsharpened weapon carried when joining Fang Mo during a dangerous confrontation. 120
• Gem dagger — normally used to peel fruit; used to break open a carriage door during an escape. 178
• Eight-Horse Golden Chariot — used while fleeing across the Five Hundred Li Wasteland. 180
• Dust Repelling Carriage — a carriage he claims was bestowed by the late Emperor, with tribute paint and agarwood wheels. 160

Relationships

• Fang Mo — Employer, comrade, and the person Dagui considers a genuine friend. He finances Fang Mo’s operations, follows him into life-threatening situations, and later helps plan the Heavenly Prison takeover. 79 132 237
• Iron Bull — Dagui’s bodyguard and protector; Iron Bull saves him from assassins by killing the hidden archers attacking him. 82
• Jie Se — Ally and traveling companion. Jie Se joins Dagui and Fang Mo for meals, later risks himself to delay Kongji so Dagui can escape. 79 180
• Old Yan — Adviser and associate who recognizes Dagui’s Qian Family technique and later works with him under Fang Mo’s Western Hall. 134 276
• Li Mingyue — Ally who witnesses his transformation after the Blood River Great Formation and travels with him during the Western Desert events. 134 178
• Qian Bangguo — Dagui’s father; Dagui’s former acquaintances pursued his family influence and wealth rather than Dagui himself. 132

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Association with Fang Mo

Dagui is already close enough to Fang Mo to panic over his inner-fire crisis and attempt to protect him with talismans and a Thunder Fire Bead. 58 He later purchases an entire tavern’s operations to supply Fang Mo’s demanding cultivation diet. 79

After the Black Wind Ridge campaign, he finances the Seventh Squad’s rapid reconstruction, converting its ruined encampment into a lavish, functional base filled with supplies and spoils. 91

Choosing Fang Mo’s Side

Dagui arrives voluntarily during one of Fang Mo’s deadly confrontations, despite not being summoned. Though visibly nauseated by the carnage, he suppresses his fear and commits himself to Fang Mo’s side. 120

During the Blood River Great Formation crisis, Fang Mo orders him to flee and seek Wang Youan. Dagui instead chooses to remain, sacrificing his fortune flesh, treasures, and Universe Bag to break through the formation’s power and rescue the group. 132 133

Golden Jade Glazed Body

Dagui survives the life-buying technique transformed from a fat young master into a slender man with the Golden Jade Glazed Body. He is distraught over the loss of his cultivated fortune flesh, but the new body provides considerable physical power. 134

In the Right Corridor, he discovers that golden liquid can replenish the material-origin energy he depleted. His body begins recovering while gaining a faint golden sheen beneath the skin. 137

Western Desert Pursuit

While traveling through the Western Desert, Dagui refuses to kneel before Imperial Guard Deputy Commander Zhang Biao, invoking the status of his carriage instead. 160 During an escape, he tears open the carriage door and throws himself onto the Gobi Desert to preserve the chariot’s momentum. 178

He subsequently blocks Ancestor Kongji with a Golden Mountain illusion, enduring severe pressure and bleeding from all seven orifices while refusing to retreat. 179

Heavenly Prison Administration

Dagui initially despairs when Fang Mo’s group is demoted to Block C, Room Shen prison, chiefly because of the money he had invested in their White Tiger Hall position. 201 He later becomes central to Fang Mo’s consolidation of power, gathering detailed intelligence on rival wardens and identifying their financial vulnerabilities. 237

As Fang Mo establishes the Western Hall, Dagui remains responsible for finances and resource management. 276 When the Heaven Devouring Hou approaches the Heavenly Prison, he stays at his post with life-saving talismans rather than fleeing. 278

Trivia

• Dagui considers the golden-liquid corridor a “self-service restaurant” made specifically for him because it restores his depleted origin energy. 137
• He complains intensely about losing wealth, even when that wealth was spent saving his companions. 134 201
• Despite regularly being called “Fatty,” his Qian Family life-buying technique temporarily removes the fortune flesh that gave him his former build. 134