Qin Family

Biodata

History

Rise under Qin Guihong

The Qin Family rose to prominence in Songshan County through Qin Guihong, whose Tyrant Blade allowed the clan to establish itself in the Inner City. During his lifetime, no martial artist of the same realm could surpass him, and the family remained at its peak for roughly thirty years. 4

Qin Guihong gathered collateral branches after the family became powerful, supplied them with resources, and built a foundation that included guest retainers, offerings, martial artists, city businesses, and the Hundred Beasts Garden. 1 11

His death at demonic hands left Qin Jiu as the sole heir and exposed the family to pressure from rival families, gangs, retainers, and collateral branches seeking its assets. 2 5

Qin Jiu's consolidation

Qin Jiu assumed control of the Qin Family while physically frail, then began strengthening its martial resources and investigating internal disloyalty. 1 3

Elder Qin Xiong conspired with the Fisher Gang and Chai Gang to seize the family's foundation and secret spirit-beast formula. Qin Jiu publicly stripped him of his martial arts and imposed the family-law sentence of flaying and tendon extraction, using the punishment to warn the other branches. 11

As demon unrest intensified, Qin Jiu doubled medicinal-pills allotments for Qin Family martial artists and established breakthrough rewards, including a rank-entry weapon for anyone reaching Internal Strengthening. 19

Loss of collateral branches

Qin Jingxin, Qin Jingming, and Qin Jingzheng requested to leave with their households during the Songshan crisis. Qin Jiu permitted their departure, gave each household one thousand taels of silver, and formally severed their ties to the Qin Family. Their exit removed several Three Refinements experts and was followed by the closure of the family's businesses. 22

The separated branch later attempted to return during the Mystic Firmament Sect's recruitment event. Qin Jiu rejected the request, declaring that the Qin Family had long severed all dealings with them. 47

Departure from Songshan County

After the destruction of the Chai Gang and Li Family, Qin Jiu shifted the family’s priority from expansion to survival, intending to leave Songshan once its safety could be secured. 33

Using the Nine-Calamity Mystic Turtle talent, Qin Jiu foresaw an approaching calamity and ordered the family to evacuate Songshan County with its dependents, servants, guards, and supplies. 54

The Mystic Firmament Sect later arranged temporary housing for the Qin Family near its outer sect, treating the location as the safest available residence amid the unrest in Ning'an Prefecture. 62

Organization and Resources

• Family head: Qin Jiu, who took charge following Qin Guihong’s death. 2 11
• Senior steward: Wang Yue, Qin Guihong’s longtime retainer and initially the Qin Mansion’s only Internal Strengthening martial artist. 5 6
• Guard force: The family maintained a dedicated guard corps, including martial artists such as Qin Xudong and Huang Jing. 9 23
• Collateral branches: Branch families supplied martial artists, though several leading branches later departed and were disowned. 11 22
• Hundred Beasts Garden: A major family asset used to breed, slaughter, and process spirit beasts for medicinal cuisine, martial cultivation, and valuable materials. 1 4 33
• Spirit-beast formula: The Qin Family possessed a secret recipe for raising spirit beasts, coveted by rival forces and later offered to the Divine Fist Sect as part of Qin Jiu’s negotiations. 5 11 40
• Martial inheritance: The family preserved the Tyrant Blade, Qin Guihong’s signature mid-grade blade art, and the incomplete but high-grade Dragon-Tiger Health-Nurturing Stake. 4 16
• Former Songshan assets: Besides self-bred spirit beasts, the family held taverns, businesses, silver reserves, and a secret vault. 19 22

Notable Members

• Qin Jiu — Family head and sole heir of Qin Guihong; led the clan through internal betrayal, demon unrest, and relocation. 2 11 54
• Qin Guihong — Deceased former head whose Tyrant Blade established the Qin Family’s standing in Songshan County. 4
• Lady Li / Old Madam Qin — Qin Jiu’s mother; initially sought a marriage alliance with the Han Family to preserve her son’s life and the Qin Mansion. 2 7
• Wang Yue — Old steward, martial mentor, and longtime loyalist of the main branch. 3 4 16
• Qin Xuanzhou — Guard-force commander and Qin Jiu’s trusted cousin; later acted as head in handling family affairs during the demon attacks. 11 34
• Qin Xiong — Qin Family elder who plotted with the Fisher and Chai Gangs against the main branch; punished for treachery. 11
• Qin Jingxin, Qin Jingming, and Qin Jingzheng — Branch elders who departed during the crisis; their ties to the family were formally severed. 22

Relationships

• Han Family — Originally linked by a marriage agreement made by Qin Guihong and Han Zheng. Qin Jiu cancelled the arrangement after Han Qingyue refused and the Han Family’s weakened condition became clear; the families briefly discussed mutual protection afterward. 2 7 37
• Mystic Firmament Sect — The sect recruited Qin Jiu, with Lu Chengfeng accepting him as a personal disciple and arranging protection and housing for the Qin Family. 45 59 62
• Divine Fist Sect — Qin Jiu provided the Qin Family’s spirit-beast recipe and silver in exchange for a route into the sect, but Ruan Chen and Song Wenruo later turned against the Han Family and were killed by Qin Jiu. 40 42
• Demon Suppression Bureau — The Qin Family sent branch martial artists to assist demon suppression. The County Magistrate subsequently exempted the family from future compulsory conscription quotas. 23 24
• Fisher Gang and Chai Gang — Both gangs were involved in Qin Xiong’s planned seizure of Qin Family assets; Qin Jiu later eliminated them amid the wider Songshan conflict. 11 31
• Li Family — A hostile Inner City faction targeted by Qin Jiu after the Chai Gang operation; its patriarch and Li Mu were killed, and its vault was taken. 31 32

Major Events

• Demonic attacks on the great families — Qin Guihong’s death and subsequent attacks on the Han, Qian, and Zhao Families destabilized Songshan County and placed the Qin Family under constant threat. 2 6 14
• Suppression of Qin Xiong’s rebellion — Qin Jiu exposed Qin Xiong’s conspiracy, crippled him through Wang Yue, and enforced Qin Family law. 11
• Branch-family separation — Three collateral branches left with settlement funds, significantly reducing the clan’s martial strength. 22
• Exemption from conscription — The County Magistrate exempted the Qin Family from future Demon Suppression Bureau quotas after its earlier contributions. 24
• Elimination of Songshan rivals — Qin Jiu’s campaign against the Chai Gang and Li Family removed major threats but intensified disorder in the county. 31 33
• Evacuation and resettlement — The family departed Songshan County ahead of a predicted calamity and was resettled under Mystic Firmament Sect protection. 54 62