Zhuge Qing

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Zhuge Qing (诸葛青)
Alias(es)	Qing God; Boss Qing; President Qing; Mr. Zhuge
Species/Race	Human; Outsider
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Zhuge Family of the Marquis Wu Sect; National Bureau of Anomalous Phenomena Management and Coordination
Occupation/Role	Sorcerer, scientist, artifact designer, and Bureau leader
First Appearance	Chapter 22

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Quiet Meditation and Wuhou Qimen initiation	22 23	Formally inherits the Zhuge Family’s Wuhou Qimen at age eight; comprehends its computational principles and arranges its formation after a single explanation.
Four-Plate Qimen proficiency	59	By age ten, can use roughly seven or eight out of ten techniques from the Heaven, Earth, Human, and Spirit Plates.
Wuhou Divine Mechanism training	59	Begins studying Object Refinement and the Wuhou Divine Mechanism after demonstrating exceptional Qimen progress.
Inner Scene and Power of Faith exploration	62 68	Uses accumulated Power of Faith to enter the Inner Scene and establish a hazardous connection to Zhuge Liang’s residual existence.
Samadhi True Fire	70 71	Learns the Seven Star Lamp’s underlying principle through Zhuge Liang’s memories and awakens the life-flame within himself.
Pure-energy body transformation	83	Successfully converts his physical body into an energy form through Samadhi True Fire.
Marquis Wu Deity manifestation	85 86	His worldwide reputation and the public’s faith manifest as a Zhuge Liang deity, which amplifies techniques associated with Marquis Wu’s legend.
Advanced Qimen transport and battlefield control	197 324	Escapes a Behemoth operation with Eight Gates Transport; later transports himself through the Zhuge Village formation over several hundred meters with near-perfect accuracy.
Observation Method breakthrough	339	Uses the Marquis Wu Deity’s calculations to observe and interfere with Wang Ye’s frozen-time dimension, defeating Feng Hou Qimen.
Heaven Communicating Talisman Art	345 347	Obtains the Eight Extraordinary Skill and grasps its direct connection to the Heavenly Dao.
Double Full Hands	360	Masters the discovered cultivation method and begins testing its potential alongside the Bureau’s artificial-soul and armor projects.

Background

Zhuge Qing is the eldest son of Zhuge Gong and heir of the Zhuge Family’s Marquis Wu Sect. At eight years old, he possesses enough composure to practice Quiet Meditation, allowing Zhuge Gong to formally pass down Wuhou Qimen—a family secret normally inaccessible to children of his age 22 23.

He approaches sorcery as a system of calculable laws. Rather than treating Qimen as mysticism, he interprets it through models, variables, and predictive computation; Wuhou Qimen’s ability to analyze an entire battlefield particularly suits this mindset 23 26.

By age ten, Qing has already advanced deeply into Qimen Dunjia and begins studying Wuhou Divine Mechanism and artifact refinement. Frustrated by the inefficiency of conventional refining, he starts investigating how Hundred Refinements of the Divine Mechanism could achieve rapid construction through unprecedented precision and computational support 59 60.

He skips directly into higher education after self-studying the high-school curriculum, eventually topping the national college entrance examination. He studies mathematics and physics to build academic influence, obtain resources, and continue reactor research from his previous life 61 67. His proof of Zhou’s Conjecture turns him into an international academic phenomenon and greatly expands the Power of Faith directed toward him 85.

Qing deliberately cultivates public recognition of himself as both a Zhuge descendant and a scientific genius. Combined with his bloodline and accumulated Power of Faith, that recognition allows him to connect with Zhuge Liang through the Inner Scene, receive his ancestor’s memories, and awaken Samadhi True Fire 67 68 70 71.

Personality

Zhuge Qing is consistently calm, analytical, and difficult to unsettle. He evaluates sorcery, technology, politics, and combat through the same methodical lens, preferring to identify a system’s underlying rules before acting. His composure remains intact even when facing Behemoth forces, Quanxing ambushes, or Wang Ye’s previously unseen Feng Hou Qimen 197 337 346.

He is intensely curious, especially toward unknown techniques and anomalous phenomena. This curiosity drives him to investigate the Inner Scene, Zhuge Liang’s inheritance, Feng Baobao’s cultivation, the Body Cultivation Furnace, and Double Full Hands—even when the subject presents serious risks 62 67 325 357 360.

His ambition is strategic rather than purely personal. Qing seeks national resources and institutional authority because he intends to systematize Outsider research, reduce the divide between Outsiders and ordinary people, and reshape the Outsider world’s order 60 202 340 361.

Abilities & Skills

Wuhou Qimen

Wuhou Qimen is the Zhuge Family’s supreme Qimen art. Rather than calculating a single target as a “Central Palace,” it allows Qing to designate and analyze an entire area, granting broad control over a battlefield at the cost of exponentially greater mental computation 23.

• Uses the Heaven, Earth, Human, and Spirit Plates to establish formations and derive battlefield conditions 23.
• Can deploy Qi Men Eight Trigrams formations to disorient, trap, and suppress opponents 197 329.
• Manipulates elemental techniques, including fire, thunder, and earth-based defenses such as Gen—Kunlun 337 338.
• Reverses and reconstructs the Four Discs of a Qimen formation while aided by the Marquis Wu Deity 330.
• Requires exceptional Quiet Meditation and mental capacity due to the formation’s immense calculation load 23.

Eight Gates Transport

A high-level Qimen movement art that transfers Qing between nodes of a Qi Men formation.

• Escapes Behemoth special forces after trapping them in a formation 197.
• Traverses a chasm in a single step during the Luo Tian Dajiao 326.
• Transfers himself through the Zhuge Village formation across several hundred meters, landing less than half a meter from his intended position 324.

Inner Scene and Observation Method

Qing can enter the Inner Scene, a spiritual plane connected to the Heavenly Dao, for deduction, information retrieval, and spiritual experimentation 25 62.

• Treats the Inner Scene as an immense predictive database capable of deriving outcomes from accumulated information 26.
• Uses Power of Faith as a beacon to reach Zhuge Liang’s residual data or consciousness within the Heavenly Dao 68.
• Observes and interferes with Wang Ye’s frozen-time dimension, allowing him to move where Feng Hou Qimen should have rendered him immobile 339.
• Diagnoses and extracts a parasitic life-form from Ma Xianhong’s brain with the Marquis Wu Deity’s computational assistance 358.
• His connection to Zhuge Liang depends on shared bloodline, widespread public recognition, and concentrated Power of Faith; he cannot readily repeat it with unrelated historical figures 71.

Marquis Wu Deity

A deity-like phantom formed from the Power of Faith directed toward Zhuge Qing and his ancestor Zhuge Liang.

• Appears as a scholar in a headscarf and robe, carrying a feather fan 86.
• Amplifies techniques associated with public perceptions of Zhuge Liang, such as fire arts and battlefield formations 86.
• Takes control of large-scale Qimen formations, including the formation used against the Willow Immortal 330.
• Resists Wang Bing’s attempt to seize it through Spirit Binding and General Dispatching because it is bound to Qing through Power of Faith rather than existing as an ownerless spirit 333.

Samadhi True Fire

A primordial life flame learned through Qing’s synchronization with Zhuge Liang’s memories.

• Absorbs and refines external Primordial Qi to continuously strengthen his essence, energy, and spirit 71.
• Burns intangible targets, including spirit bodies, souls, and Qi 200.
• Purifies Qing by incinerating the Three Corpses technique during Quanxing’s ambush 348.
• Enables physical transformation into pure energy 83.
• Initially activated uncontrollably, drawing in ambient Qi and disrupting the local Qi formation 70.

Heaven Communicating Talisman Art

An Eight Extraordinary Skill that Qing acquires after the Luo Tian Dajiao 345.

• Draws talismans directly with Qi rather than requiring conventional materials 347.
• Bypasses divine intermediaries and connects directly to the Heavenly Dao 347.
• Activates talismans spontaneously and at high output during combat 347 348.
• Uses Five Thunders Striking the Crown and powerful Five Thunder Talismans against Quanxing 347 348.
• Reveals the seven vengeful spirits trapped within Zhao Guizhen’s forbidden technique 355.

Double Full Hands

A cultivation method derived from research into the Body Cultivation Furnace and Lü Liang’s awakened abilities.

• Masters and tests the technique after its cultivation method is discovered 360.
• Is aware of its potential to interfere with life at a fundamental level and its possible misuse 360.
• Integrates its research into plans for artificial souls, advanced armor, and future Outsider development 360 361.

Close-Quarters Combat

Though primarily known as a sorcerer, Qing is also a formidable hand-to-hand fighter.

• Defeats Shawn, Behemoth’s previously undefeated superhero, with a punch and palm strike while empowered by Samadhi True Fire 200.
• Defeats Zhang Meng with an Iron Mountain Lean and incapacitates Liu De with a swift strike during the Luo Tian Dajiao 328.
• Uses physical strikes and rapid movement to pressure Wang Ye before adapting to Feng Hou Qimen’s temporal advantage 337 338.

Technology & Projects

• Xing Tian Armor — Qing’s artifact-and-engineering armor system. It connects the wearer’s meridians to an internal Qi circulation network and uses preset Qimen formations to turn intent into combat techniques, allowing ordinary people to employ Outsider-style abilities 202.
• War God Project — A top-secret Na Dou Tong initiative built from Qing’s Xing Tian blueprints. The first prototype is completed after six months, and later production is expanded through artificial souls and advanced refining 203 360.
• Suiren Fusion Reactor — A fusion reactor designed by Qing that uses Bagua runes for plasma containment. Its first ignition runs for one minute and surpasses existing records before computational limitations force a shutdown 323.
• Body Cultivation Furnace Research — Qing oversees analysis of the recovered furnace and uses its core as a reference for decoding Double Full Hands 357 358.
• Armor Mass Production Plan — Qing directs Ma Xianhong to apply Hundred Refinements of the Divine Mechanism, Ru Hua dolls, and artificial souls toward manufacturing armor components at scale 358 360.

Relationships

• Zhuge Gong — Father and first teacher. Zhuge Gong passes down Wuhou Qimen, supports Qing’s accelerated education, and takes pride in his son’s extraordinary development 22 23 60 71.
• Zhuge Liang / Zhuge Kongming — Legendary ancestor whose residual existence Qing reaches through the Inner Scene. Qing inherits insights into Samadhi True Fire and manifests the Marquis Wu Deity through faith connected to Zhuge Liang’s legacy 68 70 86.
• Zhuge Bai — Younger brother. Qing travels with him to Mount Longhu and consoles him after his loss to Zhang Lingyu 325 331.
• Zhao Fangxu — Na Dou Tong leader and political collaborator. Zhao recruits Qing for Outsider research and supports the development of Xing Tian and the Bureau’s wider projects 201 202 203.
• Er Zhuang — Yang Spirit user who assists Qing during the Behemoth incident and later becomes part of the Bureau’s strategic plans 198 361.
• Wang Ye — Rival Qimen practitioner and eventual recruit. Qing defeats him after deciphering Feng Hou Qimen, then offers him protection and a position in the new organization 336 339 340.
• Feng Baobao — Luo Tian Dajiao opponent whose unusual cultivation method interests Qing. He defeats her by absorbing her unrefined Primordial Qi into his formation 325 341 342.
• Zhang Chulan — Initially wary of Qing’s authority and ambitions, but ultimately supports Qing’s plan to establish order in the Outsider world 346.
• Ma Xianhong — Artifact-refining specialist rescued by Qing from a parasitic life-form. He joins the Bureau and agrees to help mass-produce Qing’s armor designs 358.
• Lu Jin — Senior Outsider who is impressed by Qing’s Heaven Communicating Talisman Art and supports him during the Quanxing ambush 347 348.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Cultivation and Academic Rise

Qing inherits Wuhou Qimen, rapidly masters its principles, and begins studying Wuhou Divine Mechanism. He skips conventional schooling, enters higher education early, and uses mathematics and physics to build the influence necessary for future research 22 23 59 61 67.

His proof of Zhou’s Conjecture turns him into a global academic celebrity. He intentionally leverages that reputation to gather Power of Faith and reinforce the public perception that he is Zhuge Liang’s exceptional descendant 85.

Zhuge Liang Experiment

Using the Inner Scene, Power of Faith, bloodline, and public recognition, Qing contacts Zhuge Liang’s residual existence. The experiment nearly injures him, but grants him access to ancestral memories and leads to his awakening of Samadhi True Fire 68 70 71.

Behemoth Incident and Xing Tian Development

After escaping Behemoth’s pursuit and defeating Shawn, Qing returns to China and begins working with Zhao Fangxu. He reveals Xing Tian, a system intended to let ordinary people use Qi-based combat arts through armor, prompting Na Dou Tong and the military to establish the War God Project 197 200 201 202 203.

Luo Tian Dajiao

Qing enters the Luo Tian Dajiao to observe and acquire the Eight Extraordinary Skills while advancing his broader plan for the Outsider world. He defeats Deng Youfu and the Willow Immortal, Wang Bing, Wang Ye, and Feng Baobao, demonstrating dominance in both Qimen sorcery and direct combat 329 331 333 339 342.

After obtaining the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art, he uses the event to expose Quanxing’s major figures and recruit useful talent, including Wang Ye 345 346 350.

Bureau Reorganization

Qing helps replace Na Dou Tong’s former structure with the National Bureau of Anomalous Phenomena Management and Coordination. He offers the full inheritance of Wuhou Qimen as an exchangeable contribution-based resource, using both technological development and institutional reform to unite the Outsider world 351 352.

Biyou Village and Mass Production

At Biyou Village, Qing exposes Zhao Guizhen, orders a full inspection of the settlement, recovers the Body Cultivation Furnace, and frees Ma Xianhong from the parasite affecting his mind 355 357 358.

With Ma Xianhong, Lü Liang’s research team, artificial souls, and Hundred Refinements of the Divine Mechanism, Qing begins the mass-production phase of War God Armor and prepares the Bureau’s long-term Outsiderization plans 358 360 361.