Su Family

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Su Family (苏家)
Alias(es)	Jiang City Su Family 30
Species/Race	Human cultivation family
Affiliation	Based in Cloud Sword Sect Territory; allied with the Yu Family 110 121
Occupation/Role	Cultivation clan; alchemist family operating Alchemy Pavilions 87 93
Base	Originally Azure Mountain in Jiang City; later relocated to Five Flames Mountain, renamed Pill Mountain 94 95
Status	Active
Patriarch	Su Hongyuan 577
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Small Jiang City cultivation family	1	Its cultivators were central to the clan’s prosperity; Su Yu, formerly a collateral orphan, was moved into the main residence after demonstrating a spirit root. 1
Foundation Establishment family	29	Fifth Elder Su Bin achieved Foundation Establishment, exterminated the Lin Family, and seized Spirit Moon Lake. 29
Established Jiang City power	30	Controlled a first-grade Spirit Vein blessed land, Medicine Garden, Spirit Moon Lake, and Alchemy Pavilion. 30
Multi–Foundation Establishment clan	95	The family had six Foundation Establishment cultivators, including Su Yu and Su Zhi. 95
Core Formation clan	123	Su Yu became the family’s first Core Formation True Person, though he ordered the breakthrough kept private. 123
Foremost cultivation family of Great Moon Prefecture	283	The clan numbered in the millions and contained more than five thousand cultivators. 283
Top-tier power of the True Martial Cultivation World	577	Patriarch Su Hongyuan had reached the early Mahayana Stage; the family’s accumulated foundation could support the bearing of a top-tier power. 577

History

Jiang City and the Lin Family feud

The Su Family began as a cultivation family in Jiang City. Its younger generation included Su Zhi, its most talented descendant, Su Qingyi, and collateral descendant Su Yu. Su Zhi’s admission to the Cloud Sword Sect was treated as a major hope for the family. 1

The family’s rivalry with the Lin Family centered on Azure Mountain’s first-grade Spirit Vein. The Lin Family secretly worked with geomancer Guo Chudong to drive the Earth Rock Rat guardian beasts berserk and inflict severe losses on the Su Family’s Medicine Garden. 18

Su Bin’s Foundation Establishment breakthrough decisively ended the balance between the two clans. He pursued the fleeing Lin Family, annihilated all but Lin Danlang—who had married into the Bai Family—and claimed Spirit Moon Lake for the Su Family. 29

Rise through alchemy

After the Lin Family’s fall, the Su Family held four major assets: the Azure Mountain Spirit Vein, Medicine Garden, Spirit Moon Lake, and Alchemy Pavilion. 30

Su Yu later proposed that the family develop as an alchemist clan rather than depend only on contested resource lands. His strategy emphasized broad trade ties, avoiding unnecessary disputes, and building an inheritance capable of lasting for generations. 87

The family’s standing rose sharply after White Flame Alchemist’s fall left few second-rank alchemists in Cloud Sword Sect Territory. Cultivators and cultivation families increasingly turned to the Su Family for pill-refinement cooperation. 93 95

Pill Mountain era

When the family faced threats from Blood Saber Daoist Luo Bang, White Flame Alchemist, and the demon-path Su Qingyi, it activated its Mountain Protection Formation. The Yu Family intervened against the Jiang and Huang Families, while the Cloud Sword Sect Grand Elder offered Five Flames Mountain to the Su Family. 94

The clan relocated to Five Flames Mountain within half a year and renamed its new grounds Pill Mountain. 94 95

The family later joined the Yu Family in taking several Huang Family resource sites, including a first-grade Spirit Vein, a spirit spring, and spirit fields. 110 Following the Huang Family’s defeat, it gained access to an Ethereal Fruit tree, Ice Heart Lotus-producing cave dwelling, and other Foundation Establishment Pill materials. 115

Conflicts and expansion

The Cloud Sword Sect, Huang Family, and Jiang Family jointly besieged Pill Mountain, but withdrew after confronting Su Yu’s stores of Rank 2 talismans and puppet beasts. The incident established the Su Family as a force not to be lightly provoked. 112

The family’s Alchemy Pavilions were later attacked outside Cloud Sword Sect Territory, causing clan casualties. In response, the Su Family closed its external branches and recalled its members to Pill Mountain until the threat subsided. 117

After Su Yu’s victories over Xu Changqing and Huang Shengyi, the Su Family’s reputation allowed it to reopen Alchemy Pavilions throughout other factions’ market districts. 121

Later generations

Su Rui'an succeeded as Family Head and arranged a marriage alliance with Yu Wenji of the Yu Family. 121 122 Su Weixian later became Family Head, pursuing aggressive expansion through new Alchemy Pavilions, recruitment of talented in-laws, and incentives for producing descendants with spiritual roots. 229

As the clan’s population grew, internal branch conflicts emerged. Su Yu removed the troublesome collateral branches from Pill Mountain and appointed Su Qingshan as Family Head, instructing him to govern with both tolerance and iron discipline. 283

Over the following millennia, the family continued to develop under later patriarch Su Hongyuan. Several Su Family ancestors, including Su Zhi, eventually ascended to the Immortal Realm. 577

Organization & Assets

Major holdings

• Azure Mountain blessed land — The family’s original Jiang City foundation, built around a first-grade Spirit Vein. 29 30
• Medicine Garden — An early core resource site targeted during the Earth Rock Rat incident. 17 18
• Spirit Moon Lake — Seized from the Lin Family; produced Moonlight Fish and had previously sustained the Lin Family’s large enterprise. 29
• Alchemy Pavilion / Pill Tower — The foundation of the Su Family’s alchemy-centered development and external trade. 30 87 95
• Pill Mountain — The family’s renamed Five Flames Mountain headquarters. 94 95
• Mountain Protection Formation — A second-grade upper-grade formation defending Azure Mountain before the move to Pill Mountain. 94
• Ethereal Fruit tree and Ice Heart Lotus cave dwelling — Acquired through the Huang Family’s former foundation, easing the family’s future access to Foundation Establishment Pill materials. 115

Development policies

• Alchemy-first strategy — The family sought to become a broadly connected alchemist clan and minimize participation in resource conflicts. 87
• “More children, more blessings” policy — Su Peng rewarded the birth of children with spiritual roots and elevated parents based on their descendants’ achievements. 88
• Expansion through marriage and recruitment — Su Weixian offered substantial rewards for Earth-grade spiritual-root descendants and sought talented cultivators willing to marry into the clan. 229
• Centralized family discipline — Following internal disputes, collateral branches that resisted clan authority were expelled from Pill Mountain; serious offenders could lose both their cultivation and the Su surname. 283

Key Members

• Su Yu — Former collateral descendant, later Fifth Elder and then Third Ancestor. He shaped the family’s alchemy-focused direction and became its first Core Formation True Person. 43 83 87 123
• Su Zhi — Eldest daughter of the Su Family and Cloud Sword Sect disciple. She later controlled the Cloud Sword Sect and eventually ascended to the Immortal Realm. 1 216 577
• Su Bin — Former Fifth Elder whose Foundation Establishment breakthrough transformed the family’s position in Jiang City. 29
• Su Peng — Former Family Head who implemented the family’s childbearing and spiritual-root reward policy; he later died after a forced Foundation Establishment breakthrough. 88 136
• Su Yun — Former Grand Elder and Su Yu’s alchemy master. He supported Su Yu’s development and helped manage the family’s rise. 21 43
• Su Rui'an — Former Family Head who expanded the family’s ties through marriage alliance with the Yu Family. 121 122
• Su Weixian — Earth-grade spiritual-root prodigy who became Family Head and expanded the family’s alchemy branches and recruitment policies. 216 229
• Su Qingshan — Appointed Family Head by Su Yu during a major internal reorganization; later died at over six hundred years old. 283 475
• Su Hongyuan — Later Family Patriarch, at the early Mahayana Stage by Su Yu’s return after thousands of years. 577

Relationships

• Lin Family — Long-standing enemy over Azure Mountain’s first-grade Spirit Vein. The Su Family ultimately destroyed the Lin Family and absorbed Spirit Moon Lake. 18 29
• Yu Family — Independent ally and marriage partner. The Yu Family protected the Su Family during the Azure Mountain crisis, joined it in taking Huang Family resource sites, and maintained mutual support without a vassal relationship. 94 110 121
• Chen Family — Allied through the marriage of Su Qingyi and Chen Sisi. Su Jingbang later intervened to protect the Chen Family from the Wen and Tian Families. 31 36 123
• Cloud Sword Sect — The Su Family originated within its territory and maintained ties through Su Zhi. The sect’s internal factions at times restricted and threatened the family, but Su Zhi later took control of the sect. 106 112 216
• Huang Family — Resource rival that participated in the siege of Pill Mountain. Its former holdings later supplied the Su Family with valuable cultivation resources. 112 115
• Jiang Family — Hostile major clan that pressured the Su Family over Su Zhi’s marriage and later joined the siege of Pill Mountain. 49 112
• Bai Family — Supported the Lin Family and later became another resource rival; the Su and Chen Families divided Bai Family holdings after its fall. 25 87