Qin Meng

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Qin Meng (秦猛)
Alias(es)	Ding Li — an identity assumed through physical transformation 40 41
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Luming Fort; registered hunter 21
Occupation/Role	Hunter, martial artist, and trainer of fellow fort residents 3 45
Residence	Luming Fort, Yang Province, Yanhan Dynasty 1
Status	Alive 50
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Mortal Body	1	His status panel manifests after he comprehends the Eight Blade Breaking Techniques.
Eight Blade Breaking Techniques — Mastery	4	Unlocks Physique Enhancement (Medium), greatly improving strength, agility, and endurance.
Environmental Integration — Low Tier	6	Fused from a rock viper python; grants aura concealment, temperature regulation, and basic surface mimicry.
Eight Blade Breaking Techniques — Minor Mastery	8	Unlocks Physique Enhancement (Large); Qin Meng estimates his raw force at roughly 2,000 jin.
Divine Valor — Innate Talent awakened	10	Strengthens his base strength, bone density, and stamina to three times that of comparable martial artists.
Iron Back — Intermediate / Thick Skin and Fleshy — Low Tier	12	Obtained from a demon bear; substantially improves his resistance to blades and blunt force.
Wild Instinct — High Tier	15, 25	Gained from an exotic stag; heightens danger perception and sensory awareness.
Environmental Integration — Mid Tier	16	Gains deep concealment and physical transformation capable of altering his build, features, and voice.
Black Dragon Eighteen Hands — Entry	16	Comprehends a profound-grade unarmed killing art with concealment and grappling benefits.
Eight Blade Breaking Techniques — Great Success	24	Its fusion with the Evil-slaying Saber Technique begins.
Evil-Slaying Blade-Breaking Saber — Profound Grade Low Tier	25	The fused martial skill grants physique enhancement, blade sharpness, and an evil-slaying effect.
Berserker Spear Technique — Novice	27	Learned while sparring with Li Tiezhu.
Black Dragon Eighteen Hands — Minor Accomplishment	28	Unlocks advanced applications including Black Dragon Slaughter and Charged Finishing Blow.
Thick Skin and Fleshy — Intermediate	29	Upgrades after Qin Meng slaughters a bloodline-awakened black-bristled pig.
Self-Healing — Low Tier	34	Obtained from an iron-armored salamander demon; rapidly closes wounds and consumes blood energy for recovery.
Self-Healing — Intermediate	35	Advances after he kills a stronger salamander demon.
Blood Shadow — Low Tier	41	Fused from a blood wolf; improves speed and agility.
Diamond Body — First Layer	46	Achieves Bronze Skin and Iron Bones, reinforcing his skin, skeleton, and overall defense.
Boiling Blood Realm	47	Enters formal cultivation through the Mystic Fiend Bear Demon Art, converting life source into primal qi and blood.
Evil-Slaying Blade-Breaking Saber — Minor Mastery	48	Its physique enhancement, sharpness, and anti-evil effects increase further.
Iron Cavalry Charge — Dengtang	49	Develops horsemanship after purchasing a Wuzhui horse; gains the Horse Treading on Flying Swallow effect.

Background

Qin Meng was born in Luming Fort with exceptional natural strength and courage, but failed to find a path in martial arts. A forced attempt to exceed his limits damaged his foundation, leaving him chronically ill. After his parents died during an alien invasion and his elder brother Qin Lie disappeared beyond the border, he fell into alcoholism, gambling, and despair. 1

Before the story begins, Shen Qiuyue—his child bride, whom the former Qin Meng had mistreated—sells herself for fifty taels of silver to buy medicine after he nearly freezes to death. When he awakens, Qin Meng declares that his former self is “dead” and commits himself to supporting and protecting her. 1

His awakening also reveals a golden-panel ability that records his martial skills, life source, talents, and cultivation. He turns to mountain hunting as his means of repaying Shen Qiuyue’s debt and rebuilding their household. 1 3

Appearance

At eighteen, Qin Meng is tall and sturdily built, with regular features, a defined jawline, and eyes described as burning with spirit. His former sickly, dejected appearance fades as his physique and cultivation improve. 7

• Naturally possesses a powerful physique, later reinforced by multiple body-enhancing techniques and talents. 1 4
• Often carries a bow and saber while hunting or traveling. 5 23
• Can alter his height, facial contours, voice, body temperature, and aura through Environmental Integration. 16 41

Personality

Qin Meng is driven by responsibility after witnessing Shen Qiuyue’s sacrifice. He abandons gambling and drinking, hunts to provide for their home, pays every outstanding debt, and publicly cuts ties with the fort’s ruffians. 1 3 22

He is patient and disciplined in training, repeatedly using hunting, sparring, and life-or-death battles to improve his martial skills. He also thinks strategically: he conceals his strength, uses disguises and ambushes, and avoids exposing his connection to killings when doing so would endanger Luming Fort. 8 29 44

Toward enemies, Qin Meng is ruthless and decisive. He views persistent threats—especially those directed at Shen Qiuyue—as problems to be eliminated rather than endured. 18 30 49 Toward allies and neighbors, he is generous with food, money, training, and protection. 17 19 41 45

Abilities & Skills

Golden Panel

Qin Meng possesses a status-panel ability that records his realm, martial arts, talents, life source, and cultivation methods. It allows him to gain life source by killing prey and enemies, fuse compatible bloodline talents, and rapidly improve techniques through practice. 1 3 10

• Reached 100% life source after killing Song Zhong, enabling the awakening of Divine Valor. 9 10
• Can merge compatible martial skills into stronger forms, as seen with the creation of the Evil-Slaying Blade-Breaking Saber. 24 25
• His capacity for directly fusing new talents eventually reaches a limit, requiring further cultivation breakthroughs to expand it. 41

Divine Valor

His innate talent provides an exceptional martial foundation. 10

• Peerless Valor — Base strength, bone density, and stamina are three times those of martial artists in the same realm. 10
• Iron Marrow, Jade Blood — Produces vigorous blood and qi, enhances recovery, improves poison resistance, and grants a physique comparable to a demonic beast. 10
• His one-arm strength exceeds 4,000 jin immediately after awakening. 10

Environmental Integration

A talent gained from the rock viper python and later upgraded through a demon python. 6 16

• Conceals aura and regulates body temperature. 6
• Mimics environmental surfaces and suppresses his presence while stalking prey or enemies. 6 12
• At Mid Tier, physically changes his height, features, and voice rather than creating an illusion. 16
• Requires blood and qi to maintain major transformations. 16

Defensive Talents

Qin Meng has layered natural and cultivated defenses that allow him to withstand blows from stronger opponents. 12 33

• Iron Back — Reinforces his back, shoulders, arms, skin, flesh, and bones to an iron-like level. 12
• Thick Skin and Fleshy — Develops resilient skin, fascia, and “flesh armor” capable of absorbing impact and resisting ordinary blades. 12 29
• Self-Healing — Rapidly stops bleeding and repairs injuries, with faster healing possible through blood-energy consumption. 34
• Diamond Body — Its first layer grants Bronze Skin and Iron Bones, strengthening his entire body and continuously nourishing his flesh and blood with diamond blood energy. 46

Wild Instinct and Blood Shadow

These talents improve Qin Meng’s awareness and mobility.

• Wild Instinct — Detects disturbances within roughly thirty meters, allowing him to identify hidden observers and approaching danger. 15 29
• Blood Shadow — Enhances speed and agility after fusion with a blood wolf’s bloodline talent. 41

Evil-Slaying Blade-Breaking Saber

A profound-grade saber art created by merging the Eight Blade Breaking Techniques with Wang Gan’s Evil-slaying Saber Technique. 24 25

• Physique Enhancement — Passively strengthens his physical constitution. 25
• Sharpness — Condenses baleful aura into the blade, improves armor-piercing capacity, and increases damage against physical targets. 25
• Evil-Slaying — Suppresses yin, evil, demonic, and soul-based entities; its damage bonus against such targets rises to 70% at Minor Mastery. 25 48
• Its blade qi can cut through multiple pine logs and carve deep gouges into walls. 48

Black Dragon Eighteen Hands

A profound-grade top-tier unarmed combat art derived from Qin Meng’s prior combat knowledge. 16 20

• Killing Intent Concealment — Makes his attacks harder to predict and increases his power while approaching from concealment. 16
• Grappling — Raises his combat ability at night or in confined spaces; also increases damage against alien races and evil-path martial artists. 16 22
• Life-Taking — A charged finishing strike capable of killing a Body Forging realm opponent. 32
• At Minor Accomplishment, gains Black Dragon Slaughter and Charged Finishing Blow. 28

Archery and Spear Techniques

Qin Meng supplements his saber arts with hunting and battlefield weapons.

• Chain Arrow — Improves precision, eyesight, and arm stability through the Steady Eyes and Stable Arms effect. 3 23
• He uses heavy hunting bows to wound and kill demonic wolves before closing into melee. 37
• Berserker Spear Technique — Learned while sparring with Li Tiezhu and developed through repeated live practice. 27 28
• Iron Cavalry Charge — A horsemanship skill acquired while training with his Wuzhui horse. 49

Equipment

• Zhanma dao — A heavy black two-handed blade left by Qin Meng’s missing elder brother Qin Lie; it is his primary saber. 20
• Ring-pommel saber — A standard military weapon left by his father; initially his only weapon and later kept as a backup. 1 10
• Nine-ring ghost-head blade — Taken from Song Zhong after their battle. 10
• Heavy hunting bow — Purchases a two-and-a-half-shi bow from Wang Gan; later uses a three-stone bow against the wolf pack. 23 37
• Hunter plaque — Official proof of his registered status as a hunter in Luming Fort. 21
• Wuzhui horse — A military-quality horse purchased from the militia barracks for three hundred taels of silver. 49
• Duobao Pavilion bronze VIP token — Provides a five-percent discount and priority ordering privileges. 41

Relationships

• Shen Qiuyue — His child bride and wife. She saves his life by selling herself for medicine; Qin Meng thereafter devotes himself to repaying her debt, supporting her, and teaching her martial arts. 1 20 22
• Li Tiezhu — Childhood friend, sparring partner, and trusted companion. Li returns Qin Lie’s zhanma dao and later trains under Qin Meng. 19 20 45
• Wang Gan — Retired border soldier, hunter, and mentor who sells Qin Meng a powerful bow and teaches him the Evil-slaying Saber Technique. 23 24
• Wang Tieniu — Wang Gan’s grandson and a younger hunting companion. Qin Meng supports him with clothing, food, training resources, and protection. 17 37 41
• Qin Xiaoshan — Fellow Luming Fort hunter whom Qin Meng rescues from a wolf pack and later agrees to train. 37 45
• Qin Tianbao — Captain of Luming Fort’s militia. He supports Qin Meng during debt disputes and warns him about Qin Wang’s influence. 21 49
• Qin Lai — A hostile creditor who exploits Shen Qiuyue’s debt, sends Song Zhong’s group to kill Qin Meng, and repeatedly schemes against him. 2 8 49
• Qin Wang — Qin Lai’s older brother and a county yamen official who works to block Qin Meng’s militia enlistment and arranges further attacks. 25 26 48
• Zhao Tianhu — Leader of the Dawang Mountain bandits. He assists Qin Meng’s group during the masked ambush, though both remain cautious of one another. 12 44
• Yang Xiong — Duobao Pavilion deacon who trades cultivation resources and the Diamond Body technique to Qin Meng under the Ding Li identity. 40 41

Story Role / Major Arcs

Redemption and Hunting

After awakening from near death, Qin Meng commits himself to repaying Shen Qiuyue’s debt and abandons his former life of alcoholism and gambling. He begins hunting in Luming Mountain, sells game and medicinal roots, and quickly makes their household self-sufficient. 1 3 4

Countering Qin Lai and Song Zhong

When Qin Lai’s lackeys follow him into the mountains, Qin Meng lures them into an ambush and kills Song Zhong after a brutal fight. The life source gained from this battle awakens Divine Valor, transforming his martial potential. 8 9 10

Clearing Debts and Rebuilding His Reputation

Qin Meng publicly confronts Qin Lai, sells venison to his neighbors, clears the debts owed to both Lin Hai and Qin Lai, and declares that he will no longer associate with Luming Fort’s ruffians. 18 19 22

Martial Training and Technique Fusion

Under Wang Gan’s guidance, Qin Meng learns the Evil-slaying Saber Technique and fuses it with his existing blade art. He also trains with Li Tiezhu, develops the Berserker Spear Technique, and begins preparing allies within the fort. 24 25 27 45

Linshan Town Retaliation

Using his transformed Ding Li identity, Qin Meng infiltrates Lin Hai’s residence, kills Lin Hai, and defeats Zhao Tie, a Body Forging realm martial artist. He escapes with a major cache of silver, pills, herbs, and cultivation resources. 31 32 33

Demon Hunts and the Leiming Martial Hall Conflict

Qin Meng hunts iron-armored salamander demons, gains Self-Healing, rescues Li Tiezhu, Wang Tieniu, and Qin Xiaoshan from a demonic wolf pack, and survives an ambush tied to Leiming Martial Hall. 34 35 37 44

Formal Cultivation and Militia Rejection

After trading demon-beast materials at Duobao Pavilion, Qin Meng acquires Diamond Body and begins cultivating the Mystic Fiend Bear Demon Art. He enters the Boiling Blood Realm, but Qin Wang’s connections secure a fabricated evaluation that blocks his militia enlistment. 40 46 47 49

Notable Quotes

“The Qin Meng from before is dead. The one standing before you now is the iron-blooded instructor, Qin Meng.” 1

“I, Qin Meng, will definitely walk the martial path and make those who looked down on me look up to me.” 4

“If anyone dares to provoke me or bring me harm again, do not blame me, Qin Meng, for being ruthless and disregarding the bonds of our fort.” 22

“Some scum cannot be changed; they can only be killed.” 49