Contents
- 1Biodata
- 2Background
- 3Leadership and Succession
- 3.1Prominent Members
- 4Resources and Infrastructure
- 4.1Resource Hierarchy
- 4.2Undying Divine Tree
- 4.3Military and Technological Assets
- 4.4Qin City
- 4.5True Dragon Realm
- 5Major Actions
- 5.1Heaven-Robbing Plan
- 5.2Purge of Internal Threats
- 5.3Suppression of the Zhou Clan
- 5.4Lower-Realm Operations
- 5.5Qin Wangchuan's Tenth Birthday Banquet
- 5.6Appointment of the Divine Son
- 5.7Path of Inheritance
- 5.8Alien Infiltration Investigation
- 5.9Submission and Relocation of the True Dragon Clan
- 5.10Destruction of Years Tower
- 5.11Swallowing Cloud Realm Mobilization
- 5.12Protection of Mixed-Blood Descendants
- 6Political Relations
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Qin Clan (秦家) |
| Alias(es) | Longevity Qin Clan; Longevity Imperial Clan Qin Family; Eternal Qin Clan; Eternal Life Qin Clan 1 65 97 464 |
| Affiliation | Ten Directions Immortal Court; one of the Ten Great Imperial Clans 1 |
| Occupation/Role | Imperial lineage governing a vast network of direct descendants, branch families, affiliates, guards, Dao Children, cities, cultivation institutions, and allied forces across the Three Thousand Dao Provinces 6 21 83 217 465 |
| Status | Active 465 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 1 |
Background
The Qin Clan is an ancient Imperial Clan seated in the Ten Directions Immortal Court, the supreme realm above the Upper Thousand Provinces. Its heritage is said to have endured for millions of years; it possesses nearly one hundred Great Emperors and is protected by Qin Taiyi, a Heavenly Emperor. Qin Taiyi is one of only three Heavenly Emperors among the Ten Great Imperial Clans, alongside the Ji and Li Heavenly Emperors. 1 4
Before Qin Wangchuan's birth, the clan carried out the Heaven-Robbing Plan. It gathered 108 Immortal Bones and 1,080 Supreme Bones to nurture a fetus for a century, seeking to produce a Qilin Child with an Immortal Body. The process instead gave birth to Qin Wangchuan's Longevity Immortal Body, a physique with immense lifespan and longevity power but normally slow cultivation. 1
Qin Taiyi declared Wangchuan the generation's Supreme Prodigy at birth. After Wangchuan exposed traitors through his foresight, the ancestor elevated him above every ordinary resource rank, effectively staking the clan's future on him. 1 6
The clan's authority is reinforced by the roots of the Undying Divine Tree, which extend through the heavens and protect the Ten Directions Immortal Court. Its reputation for ruthlessness and protection of its own has caused outside factions to treat even its ordinary disciples and affiliated institutions with extreme caution. 147 289
The Qin Clan has also become a target of long-term Alien Race infiltration. Qin Taiyi identified a headless corpse discovered near Cloudrest City as an artificial imitation of a body with Complete Immortal Bones, constructed from Sacrificial Bone, Immortal Bones, and inferior materials to evade karmic and Heavenly Emperor-level detection. The discovery indicated that hostile forces had prepared to infiltrate or plant an agent within the clan over a long period. 394 395
Leadership and Succession
| Position | Holder / Structure | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Clan Ancestor | Qin Taiyi | A Heavenly Emperor who oversees the clan's highest decisions, suppresses external threats, safeguards Qin Wangchuan's secrets, and personally handles existential threats to the lineage. 6 11 395 |
| Clan Head | Qin Fuhai | Participates in major clan decisions, publicly supports Wangchuan's elevation, and conducts high-level negotiations on the clan's behalf. 1 35 465 |
| Divine Son | Qin Wangchuan | The clan's sole heir and highest-ranked young successor; the other Young Masters were redesignated as Dao Children when he was named Divine Son. His declarations are treated as representing the Qin Clan's will. 83 122 437 |
| Dao Children | Direct-line descendants | Young Masters traditionally possess equal succession rights, access to the best techniques, and Primary 1 resources until the Divine Son is determined. 83 |
| Branch and affiliated families | Distributed across multiple realms | Used for intelligence, resource gathering, enforcement, and extending Qin authority beyond Heaven Above Heaven. 21 22 |
Prominent Members
- Qin Taiyi — Clan Ancestor and Heavenly Emperor; issuer of the Zeroth-Rank resource decree and guardian of the clan's long-term interests. He can reverse time on a devastated battlefield and personally created the True Dragon Realm. 6 11 395 465
- Qin Fuhai — Clan Head; supports Wangchuan's coming-of-age and Divine Son status. He later negotiated Dragon Qi exchanges with the other Imperial Clans. 35 122 465
- Qin Wangchuan — Ninth Young Master, Qilin Child, and later Divine Son. His birth and growth are central to the clan's current strategy. 1 122
- Qin Wenhe — Qin Taiyi's longtime attendant, Wangchuan's teacher, and a senior enforcer who executed the identified traitors and later coordinated the response to threats against Wangchuan's associates. 2 5 463
- Qin Wudao — Eldest Dao Child; a Quasi-Emperor with the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body who severed a Great Emperor's manifested hand with one sword strike. 43
- Qin Xuanji — Second Dao Child; practitioner of Paper Figurine secret arts and a key supporter of Wangchuan's succession. His Natal Dharma, All Things Bear My Mark, allows him to mark reachable targets as temporary incarnations and exchange positions with them. 122 288 394
- Qin Qingni — Third Dao Child; develops Spirit Energy Collapse Cannons, Spirit Vein-grade Star Ships, and other scientific creations for the clan. 35 94
- Qin Qingzheng — Fifth Young Master; a supreme sword cultivator who hunts True Dragons for body-tempering materials. 6 55
- Qin Zhaoer — Eighth Dao Child; a Saint Body cultivator and Wangchuan's sister. 17 133 241
- Qin Hongchen — Former Sixth Dao Child; involved in the Myriad Dao Book Palace and maintains ambitions concerning the alien races. Qin Taiyi stripped him of his Dao Child position after his failure to overcome the Red Dust Tribulation, after which he departed for the Foreign Lands. 285 300 395
Resources and Infrastructure
Resource Hierarchy
The Qin Clan's normal resource system is divided into Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary tiers, each containing five grades. Primary 1 is the standard highest allocation, traditionally shared by the Young Masters. 6
| Rank | Recipient / Significance |
|---|---|
| Primary 1 | Standard highest resource rank for Qin Clan Young Masters. 6 |
| Zeroth Rank / Priority Zero | A rank created exclusively for Qin Wangchuan after he identified clan traitors; he receives resources and offerings ahead of all other members. 6 |
Undying Divine Tree
The clan's ancestral treasure is the Undying Divine Tree.
- A single drop of its Jade Nectar can grant eternal life. 6
- A single Divine Leaf can be refined into an Emperor Artifact. 6
- Its Divine Seeds can turn their surroundings into divine land when planted. 6
- Qin Taiyi permits Qin Wangchuan to pay respects to the tree freely after recognizing his extraordinary potential. 11
- The Divine Son Token granted to Qin Wangchuan by the Wood Ancestor was formed from a branch of the tree and contains a Wood Dragon infused with Undying Power. 224
- The tree's roots spread through the heavens and serve as a protective foundation for the Ten Directions Immortal Court. 147
Military and Technological Assets
- Shadow Guards and Dao Protectors — Elite enforcers capable of overpowering Quasi-Emperors while carrying out Qin Clan orders. 21 24
- Flying Ships — The clan fields advanced vessels such as the Xuanxiao-class Sky Patrol Boat, equipped with World-Breaking Sails and Spirit Patterns. 48
- Spirit Light Cannons — Ship-mounted weapons capable of easily defeating threats such as the Cloud-Swallowing Beast. 48
- Spirit Energy Collapse Cannons — Weapons created by Qin Qingni; she states they can threaten Quasi-Emperors. 35 94
- Sky Patrol Throne — A major warship project funded in part by Qin Wangchuan and designed with assistance from Wen Rou'er. The vessel later entered reconstruction and repair. 94 600
- Celestial Patrol Bureau — A Qin Clan enforcement force dispatched to investigate and punish powers that target Qin Wangchuan or those under his protection. 463
Qin City
A Qin Clan branch operates Qin City in the Tongtian Realm of the Middle Thousand Provinces.
- The city is vast, heavily restricted in key areas, and governed by Qin Clan rules. 210
- Its marketplace openly trades rare and dangerous cultivation items while maintaining order through clan authority. 211
- Qin stewards register stalls and may grant tax reductions to groups connected to the Divine Son, including Wen Dao Palace. 211
- The city contains a Qin Clan Scripture Library used by direct and collateral disciples. 213
True Dragon Realm
Following the True Dragon Clan's submission, Qin Taiyi forcibly opened a new realm within Qin territory and named it the True Dragon Realm.
- It serves as a homeland for the relocated True Dragons. 465
- The realm enables the Qin Clan to protect, regulate, and politically leverage the True Dragon Clan without permanently dispersing its members. 465
- Dragon Sons and Dragon Girls may be temporarily lent to other Imperial Clans for six-month periods in exchange for resources, favors, and opportunities; any dragon who willingly wishes to remain elsewhere is permitted to do so. 465
Major Actions
Heaven-Robbing Plan
The clan used the forbidden combination of 108 Immortal Bones and 1,080 Supreme Bones to produce Qin Wangchuan. Though other powers learned of the plan within five years, the Qin Clan did not conceal the existence of its Qilin Child. 1 2
Purge of Internal Threats
After Wangchuan identified Qin Xuan and Cao Xiangwen as traitors, Qin Wenhe executed both at the Martial Arts Arena. Qin Taiyi subsequently ordered an investigation of every affiliated family and the execution of all compromised members. 5 6
Suppression of the Zhou Clan
Qin Taiyi determined that the Zhou Clan was behind the spy incident. He destroyed numerous Zhou Clan members and ordered the Qin Clan to strip away the enemy clan's foundation as compensation. 6
Lower-Realm Operations
Qin Clan envoys entered the Xuanming Realm to retrieve the Heavenly Fortune Creation Fruit from Xuantian Cliff. Blood Hand Yama, a Quasi-Emperor, was effortlessly defeated, while the Qinglan Holy Land was forced to surrender Yin Qiyue and witnessed the execution of the corrupt Elder Mo Qianjue. 21
Qin Wangchuan's Tenth Birthday Banquet
The clan used Wangchuan's tenth birthday banquet as a display of imperial power and succession significance. The other nine Great Emperor Clans attended, while outside factions presented offerings including territory, rare treasures, and marriage proposals. 34 35 36
Appointment of the Divine Son
Following Wangchuan's emergence from seclusion, Qin Fuhai declared him the Qin Clan's Divine Son. The expected contest among the Young Masters did not occur; the arena was empty, and the remaining Young Masters were demoted to Dao Children. 122
Path of Inheritance
Through Qin Wangchuan, the clan began circulating and refining cultivation inheritances beyond its immediate bloodline.
- Qin Ming was entrusted with spreading the Divine Son's will and inheritance path. 216
- Tongtian Sinan was placed in charge of the Third Chuanliu Pavilion, where he could optimize cultivation methods associated with Qin Wangchuan and attach the names of future refiners to their improvements. 216
- Qin Wangchuan ordered that every realm eventually establish at least one Chuanliu Pavilion, allowing Qin disciples and external cultivators to participate in a growing inheritance network. 217
- New techniques developed or refined through Wangchuan's insights, including the Soldier Puppet Technique, were added to Chuanliu Pavilion for study and improvement. 131 133
- Wangchuan later began planning the Ten Emperors Method, a project to create Emperor-level methods based on the defining Dao inheritances of the Ten Great Imperial Clans. Its first known result is the Heaven-Opening Sword Intent. 594
Alien Infiltration Investigation
After the Cloudrest City incident, Qin Taiyi identified the remains of a purported Immortal-Bone body as an Alien Race-made imitation. The clan concluded that hostile forces had used false Immortal Bones and concealed Heavenly Secrets to prepare a deep infiltration scheme targeting the Qin Clan. 394 395
Submission and Relocation of the True Dragon Clan
Qin Wangchuan used his status as Divine Son, the continued survival of Qin Taiyi, and his protection of Dragon Scale, the Ancestral Dragon's successor, to compel the True Dragon Clan to accept Qin authority. The dragons formally framed their decision as obedience to their future Ancestral Dragon, preserving a measure of dignity while entering the Qin Clan's sphere of influence. 437 438
Qin Taiyi subsequently created the True Dragon Realm for the relocated clan. The Qin Clan then exchanged temporary access to Dragon Sons and Dragon Girls with the other Imperial Clans for immense stores of treasures, favors, and opportunities. 465
Destruction of Years Tower
After Hou Yanzhi of Years Tower targeted Dragon Scale and Ye Jianwei, Qin Wenhe initiated an investigation and dispatched the Celestial Patrol Bureau. The ensuing Immortal War ended with the fall of Hengsha Great Emperor and the complete erasure of Years Tower. 463 464 465
Swallowing Cloud Realm Mobilization
When Qin Wangchuan's simulations revealed that the Alien Race's World-Covering Blood Formation could annihilate all life in the Swallowing Cloud Realm, he ordered Wen Dao Palace to mobilize nearly its entire force within three days. Qin Clan-aligned forces subsequently began destroying concealed formation nodes, while Qin Wangchuan personally eliminated the Blood Luo Race cultivator Luohou. 631 638
Protection of Mixed-Blood Descendants
Qin Wangchuan assigned Luo Lingxi to form an organization that would locate, protect, and regulate mixed-blood descendants of the Alien Race throughout the Three Thousand Provinces. Though framed as a future shield, weapon, and intelligence network, the organization was founded in part to shelter people abandoned and persecuted by society. 395
Political Relations
- Heavenly Sword Li Clan — Fellow Heavenly Emperor Clan. The Li Clan offered ancestor essence blood and access to its Sword Tomb for Qin Wangchuan; Li Qingluan also maintains a close connection with him. 36 48 51
- Heavenly Mystery Yun Clan — Qin Wangchuan's maternal clan. It attended his birthday banquet with a gift forged from the North Pole Ziwei Star. 35
- Ji Clan — Fellow Heavenly Emperor Clan. The Ji Clan provided the Void Divine Feathers under conditions negotiated with Qin Taiyi. 4 94
- War Immortal Chu Clan — Fellow Imperial Clan whose Heaven-Opening War Halberd and underlying intent became connected to Qin Wangchuan's development of the Heaven-Opening Sword Intent. 467 594
- Central Province Dynasty — Granted Qin Wangchuan eighty-six western prefectures and sent Eldest Princess Jiang Xuanli to the Qin Clan banquet. 36
- Zhou Clan — Hostile clan implicated in a spy operation against the Qin Clan; severely punished by Qin Taiyi. 6
- Tongtian Family — A powerful Middle Thousand Provinces family that yields to the Qin Clan's authority; Qin Wangchuan's Divine Son token can compel obedience and protect his chosen subordinates. 224
- Wen Dao Palace — Organization linked to Qin Wangchuan and recognized by Qin City officials as connected to the Divine Son. It later grew to dominate the Jiuqu Realm and mobilized its disciples under Wangchuan's command. 211 631
- True Dragon Clan — Formerly independent Ancient Dragon Minor Realm power that accepted Qin Wangchuan's authority and was relocated into the Qin Clan's True Dragon Realm. 437 438 465
- Years Tower — Immortal Power destroyed after its young master, Hou Yanzhi, targeted individuals associated with Qin Wangchuan. 463 465
- Foreign Lands and Alien Races — Long-term hostile forces that have attempted to infiltrate the Qin Clan and destabilize the Three Thousand Provinces through artificial Immortal-Bone bodies, realm-wide formations, and other schemes. 394 395 631