Su Qingwan

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Su Qingwan (苏清婉)
Alias(es)	Daoist Mingchen; Fairy Su 233 382 383
Gender	Female
Age	Twenty at her introduction 198
Constitution	Spirit body; its specific type is not identified 399
Affiliation	Pure Moon Convent 198
Occupation/Role	Daoist disciple, swordswoman, and investigator of demonic activities 198 345
Master	Abbess Jingming, the Pure Moon Convent’s master and a Celestial Realm expert 404
Cultivation	Profound Mastery Realm 399 407
Status	Alive; advances in the Chosen One Tournament 416
First Appearance	Chapter 198, “Pure Moon Convent” 198

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Pure Moon Sword Scripture mastered	198	Already mastered at twenty. Wugutai describes her as the convent’s most outstanding disciple to enter worldly affairs in two hundred years. Sword heart clarity is presented as a possible future attainment, not a confirmed achievement.
Innate Realm — confirmed	301 303	Explicitly identified as an Innate expert. Her aerial movement technique lets her rapidly overtake fleeing opponents. The breakthrough itself is not shown.
Seclusion for a Profound Mastery breakthrough	369	Withdraws from public gatherings to address a bottleneck connected to her state of mind and feelings for Zhao Feng. This is an attempt, not yet a confirmed advancement.
Profound Mastery Realm — confirmed	382 399 407	Observers suspect her advancement at the Hidden Sect Grand Assembly; it is later explicitly confirmed. The Demon Sect’s young master notes that she entered the realm less than a year earlier.
Zither heart restored	399 404	Her shattered zither heart is repaired through a secret dual-cultivation art practiced with Zhao Feng. Jingxuan considers the restoration a feat previously thought impossible.

Background / History

Su Qingwan belongs to the Pure Moon Convent, a reclusive righteous sect devoted to protecting ordinary people. Its disciples had remained outside worldly affairs for more than two centuries before its return. At twenty, Qingwan was already feared by Northern Barbarian operatives for her swordsmanship 198.

The convent’s standing also protects her from ordinary political pressure. Emperor Taizu declared himself its Mortal Disciple and bestowed honors and a Golden Token upon it; Qingzhou officials consequently receive Qingwan with marked deference 233. The convent forbids romantic relationships with men, making her growing attachment to Zhao Feng a conflict with her religious obligations 369.

Appearance

• Clothing: Usually wears white or moon-white robes, including a long dress embroidered with drifting-cloud patterns 233 382.
• Hair and complexion: Black hair secured with a jade hairpin, loose strands beside her cheeks, and luminous, jade-white skin 233.
• Bearing: Slender, graceful, and composed, with light steps repeatedly compared to movement through clouds 233 382.
• Conspicuous beauty: Attracts attention even behind a veil, making her natural appearance unsuitable for covert investigation 198.
• Later appearance: Noticeably thinner when she returns at the Hidden Sect Grand Assembly 382.

Personality

Qingwan is compassionate, but her commitment to protecting people does not make her passive. She serves porridge to refugees, helps oppose demonic schemes, and agrees to accompany Zhao Feng’s army when he frames the campaign around civilian suffering. Nevertheless, she distinguishes humanitarian duty from participation in court politics or war 198 302.

She questions the moral cost of Zhao Feng’s ruthless methods rather than simply accepting them. After the River God Festival operation, she reflects on the difficulty of maintaining her sect’s principles while confronting enemies who endanger innocent lives 205.

Her reserve softens around Zhao. She teases him about neglecting his “bodyguard,” enjoys his storytelling, and deliberately uses their familiarity to discourage unwanted advances from Murong Fu 306 307 320. She also sets explicit boundaries: she rebuffs overly familiar forms of address and warns Zhao against further improper behavior after their intimate farewell 320 349.

Her attachment eventually outweighs her efforts to remain emotionally distant. She risks cold poisoning to obtain medicine for Zhao, later admits that she loves him, and insists that any reckoning with her convent must not dishonor its members 395 398.

Abilities & Skills

Swordsmanship

• Pure Moon Sword Scripture: Mastered by twenty; a single strike wounds Helan, the Wolf Tribe’s Grand Commandant, after killing several shaman attendants 198.
• Sword qi: Shatters the interiors of Stone Carved Warriors, although the chamber’s sustaining power repeatedly restores them 334.
• Bright Moon Sword: Suppresses the rhythm of the mid-stage Profound Mastery fighter Qi Lu and wounds him as he retreats 403.
• Precision: Defeats Zhou Muyun after more than forty exchanges by identifying a weakness and stopping her blade at his throat 416.
• High-level combat: Intercepts the Nine Nether Demon Sect young master’s surprise attack and later forces him into a frantic defense 407 410.

Daoist Arts and Formations

• Constructs the Martial Examination’s pressure-endurance formation using eight banners and a Silver Formation Disk; three Innate experts supply the true essence that powers it 235.
• Places three Daoist talismans around Zhao to form a protective formation before he refines the Barbarian God’s finger bone 337.
• Recognizes the late emperor’s tomb patterns as likely belonging to an ancient shamanic formation, then brings Jingxuan to identify the exact system 399.

Disguise and Covert Investigation

• Changes her features into those of an ordinary woman through a secret disguise art 198.
• Sees through Zhao Feng’s disguise before their cooperation 198.
• Travels disguised as Zhao’s attendant during the investigation at Quicksand Market 324.
• Notices the significance of Shen Ci’s jade token and questions Fourth Madam’s proposed assassination mission rather than accepting it blindly 325.

Tracking and Strategic Analysis

• Connects the Northern Barbarian shaman’s presence in Qingzhou to the Demonic Sect’s search for the Dragon Eye 205.
• Recognizes the Prince of Jin’s recruitment attempt as a scheme that could sow imperial suspicion toward Zhao 303.
• Uses the Nether Concubine’s purple blood to trace her into the city’s underground drains; the effort leaves Qingwan exhausted 346.
• Suggests that the Empress Dowager’s pursuit of divine-lantern fragments may be a diversion concealing another objective 399.

Movement and Battlefield Control

• Uses a white-halo movement technique to fly after Ying Yang and Liang Qian with exceptional speed 301.
• Breaks into pursuing cavalry alone, kills their remaining commander, and rejoins Zhao before they escape into the Kentra Mountains 331.
• Draws on the power of heaven and earth to prevent Hu Da from escaping 339.

Spirit-Body Recognition and Historical Knowledge

• Identifies signs of a spirit-body constitution in Qiao’er through a detailed examination; Jingxuan subsequently confirms her judgment 399.
• Interprets ancient barbarian totems depicting hunting, sacrifice, warfare, and the Barbarian God 333.
• Consults convent archives on rival sword styles, the Central Domain, the Outer-World Battlefield, and the World Barrier 414 416.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Bright Moon Sword — Her named sword in battles against Qi Lu and the Nine Nether Demon Sect’s young master 403 410.
• Silver Formation Disk and eight banners — Used to establish the Martial Examination’s pressure test 235.
• Daoist talismans — Used to form a protective magic formation during Zhao’s refinement of the Barbarian God’s finger bone 337.
• Soul-calming jade talisman — A gift to Zhao that suppresses dangerous soul remnants during his Blood Soul Secret Art practice 275.
• Mustard Seed Pouch — Carried at her farewell to Zhao 349.
• Ice Mountain Golden Lotus — Obtained for Zhao’s recovery after a dangerous expedition to the North Pole Icefield 395.

Relationships

• Zhao Feng — Investigative partner and eventual romantic partner. Their bond grows through joint operations, travel, and mutual protection, but repeatedly clashes with her vows and sect rules. She later acknowledges her love and meets his parents 198 331 398 399.
• Abbess Jingming — Master and convent leader. Reproaches Qingwan for violating sect rules, then moves toward reluctant acceptance after learning that her zither heart has been restored 404.
• Abbess Jingxuan — Martial aunt and senior ally. Fights beside her, examines her cultivation difficulties, and helps investigate the palace formation 387 399 404.
• Gu Yanran / Minghui — Junior sister. Protects Qingwan’s privacy regarding her breakthrough bottleneck and angrily confronts Zhao after he rejects Qingwan’s costly medical assistance 369 395.
• Qiao’er — Recognizes her spirit-body potential, helping open the way for her admission to the Pure Moon Convent 399.
• Yang Shi and Zhao Youlin — Zhao’s parents. Receive her warmly; Yang Shi regards her as a prospective daughter-in-law and asks Zhao about marriage 399.
• Lin Ziwei — Accompanies Zhao to investigate Lin’s disappearance, explaining that friendship requires reciprocating his help 323.
• Murong Fu — Unwanted admirer. Qingwan requests a more formal address and chooses to sit beside Zhao instead of him 320.
• Prince of Jin — Rejected admirer whose expensive gifts failed to gain her favor. Her acknowledged friendship with Zhao provokes his jealousy 302.
• Ying Yang — Enemy whom she condemns for harming women. She pursues him and seeks revenge; he likewise vows revenge against her and Zhao 301 302.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Border Intervention and River God Festival

• Nearly prevents Northern Barbarian operatives from crossing the border, wounding Helan. The shaman escapes by using poison and threatening an entire town’s inhabitants 198.
• Approaches Zhao in Big Stone County with intelligence about suspected fugitives at Clear Profound Temple 198.
• Helps uproot the Demonic Sect’s hall and warns that its alliance with Northern Barbarian shamans may concern the Dragon Eye 205 233.

Martial Examination and Moon Lake Gathering

• Arrives with Qingzhou’s senior officials and publicly greets Zhao, drawing attention to their connection 233.
• Establishes the examination’s pressure-endurance test 235.
• Hosts promising martial artists at Moon Lake Retreat to discuss the realm’s crises and cooperation against the Demonic Sect 246 247 251.
• Privately warns Zhao that his political arguments have attracted powerful opponents and advises him to rely on the Martial Suppression Bureau 251.

War Relief and the Northern Expedition

• Pursues Ying Yang and Liang Qian during the campaign against Puppet Liang, then assists famine refugees 301 302.
• Agrees to remain with Zhao’s army after he appeals to her concern for civilians and admits that powerful enemies threaten him 302.
• Investigates a possible divine-lantern location, fights two Innate demonic experts, and wounds the Blood Lotus Dharma King 311.
• Accompanies Zhao to investigate Lin Ziwei’s missing caravan, leading them through Quicksand Market and the Wolf Tribe conflict 323 324 325 329.

Barbarian God Legacy and First Separation

• Escapes cavalry pursuit with Zhao and spends a month searching the Kentra Mountains for the Barbarian God’s legacy 331.
• Interprets ancient records and protects Zhao during dangerous refinement work 333 337.
• Kills Hu Da’s two junior disciples, holds Hu Da in place, and delivers the finishing blow after Zhao wounds him 339.
• Announces her return to secluded cultivation. Zhao embraces and kisses her; she protests, slaps him, and departs in tears 339.

Upper Capital Conspiracy

• Returns to help investigate the Nine Nether Demon Sect’s threat to the Shangyuan court assembly 343 345.
• Tracks the Nether Concubine after her doppelgänger explodes, enabling Zhao to intercept the true body before it reaches the palace 346.
• Again leaves for her sect, insisting that her relationship with Zhao has no future and warning him to respect her boundaries 348 349.

Seclusion, Injury, and Reconciliation

• Enters seclusion to attempt a Profound Mastery breakthrough, deliberately avoiding a gathering Zhao is expected to attend 369.
• Reappears under her Daoist name, Mingchen, and maintains formal distance, but still warns Zhao that others intend to join forces against him 382 383.
• After Zhao is gravely injured, travels alone to the North Pole Icefield and spends three days seeking an Ice Mountain Golden Lotus, contracting cold poison 395.
• Later acknowledges her love, meets Zhao’s family, and confirms that she possesses a spirit body 398 399.
• Her shattered zither heart is revealed to have been restored through their dual cultivation 399 404.

Palace Rebellion and Central Domain Tournament

• Suppresses and wounds Qi Lu during the palace battle, then kills High Shaman Moro Ke with Jingxuan’s assistance 403 404.
• Stands by her relationship with Zhao before Jingming, whose anger softens after learning of her restored zither heart 404.
• Fights the Nine Nether Demon Sect’s young master despite having entered Profound Mastery less than a year earlier 407 410.
• Travels with Zhao to the Central Domain and renews an alliance with Nangong Wanwan to seek clues concerning Martial Saint Ji or the Sacred Weapon 414 415.
• Shares fifth place with Zhao in the Chosen One Tournament’s first-stage rankings and defeats Zhou Muyun to advance 416.

Notable Quotes

“My sect concerns itself with the people, not court politics. We do not take part in wars.” 302

“I can't ask for your help and then refuse to help you. That wouldn't be much of a friend.” 323

“If we ever meet again, you must observe proper decorum, or I...”

“Or I'll never see you again.” 349