Jiang Fu'an

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Jiang Fu'an (江福安)
Alias(es)	Fellow Daoist Jiang; Jiang Family Head; Patriarch Jiang 52 111 112
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Jiang Family; Spirit Talisman Pavilion 112
Occupation/Role	Jiang Family head, cultivator, talisman maker, and manager of the family’s cultivation enterprises 96 112
Spiritual Root	Five-Element Spiritual Root 4
Special Physiques	Devouring Physique; Talisman Saint Physique; Five-Element Body 4 69 79
Status	Alive, as of Chapter 125 125
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Qi Refining First Layer	43	Reached after two years of cultivation, thirty Qi-Nourishing Pills, and fifty Azure Spirit Fruits; the breakthrough added seven years to his lifespan. 43
Qi Refining Second Layer	69	Advanced while circulating the Eternal Spring Technique; his panel records both the Devouring and Talisman Saint Physiques. 69
Qi Refining Third Layer	73	Reached during three years spent cultivating at the Spirit Spring and making talismans with the Wang Family; excessive pill use had accumulated 6% pill toxins. 73
Qi Refining Fourth Layer / Mid-Stage	95, 100	Entered the Qi Refining Mid-Stage after consuming a Spirit-Gathering Pill; later recorded as Qi Refining Level 4. 95 100
Qi Refining Fifth Layer	123	Advanced at age forty-four with the aid of countless Qi-Nourishing Pills. 123

Background

Jiang Fu'an began as a hunter and farmer in Xu Family Village. His first wife, Wang Lanhua, died after a difficult delivery of their son Jiang Xiangchun; he continued to blame himself for her death. He later married Su Wanqing and raised Stone, Jiang Xianghe, and Jiang Xiangyue with her. 1 3

His life changed when the Ancestral Home in his consciousness awakened. Its initial benefits gave him a longer lifespan, a Five-Element Spiritual Root, and the Devouring Physique, while its buildings created opportunities for his descendants and family line. 4

After Jiang Xianghe entered the Melodious Sound Sect, Jiang Fu'an used the court’s rewards and tax exemptions to expand his household, acquire farmland, establish a guard team, and build a larger residence. 8 9

Personality

Jiang Fu'an is a cautious patriarch who treats family survival as more valuable than wealth, territory, or cultivation opportunities. He refused to personally join Ma Ping’s campaign against the Rong Family, later warned his children that a spiritual vein was not worth risking their lives for, and fled when he witnessed a conflict involving Foundation Establishment cultivators. 19 95 108

He plans far ahead and prefers controlling crucial resources himself. He recruited displaced Miao Family craftsmen to secure talisman paper and cinnabar ink, cultivated the family’s talisman business, and built defenses around Clear Dew Mountain rather than relying wholly on outside protection. 21 79 112

His pragmatism can be self-serving: when treating Zhao Lintang, he posed as a pharmacist, demanded payment and secrecy, and used the situation to obtain cultivation techniques. However, he also continued treating her after her poison entered her heart meridians. 119 121

Appearance

Jiang Fu'an’s cultivation and lifespan rewards preserve a notably youthful appearance. At age thirty-seven, he still looked twenty-seven or twenty-eight; he deliberately grew a beard to conceal this discrepancy. 73

• Maintains a youthful face despite his age and growing family. 73 121
• Deliberately wears a beard to disguise his unusual longevity. 73
• Possesses a body tempered to the toughness of a first-rank low-grade demonic beast after perfecting the first level of the Dragon-Tiger Body Tempering Art. 73

Abilities & Skills

Devouring Physique

A purple special physique that strengthens Jiang Fu'an through consumption and greatly improves his absorption of spiritual food and medicinal pills. 2 32

• Beast meat increased his strength, speed, and explosive power beyond ordinary adults. 2
• Qi-Nourishing Pills provide him far more spiritual power than they should for a cultivator with a Five-Element Spiritual Root. 32
• Makes body cultivation particularly effective through spirit beast meat and medicinal resources. 37 73
• Does not eliminate the danger of pill toxins; prolonged pill use accumulated life-threatening poison in his body. 73

Five-Element Cultivation and Spellcasting

Jiang Fu'an cultivates the Eternal Spring Technique while using the Five-Element Body to convert his spiritual power between elemental attributes. 33 78 79

• Can disguise other elemental spiritual power as wood-element spiritual power, helping conceal his true methods and lifespan. 78
• Casts basic five-element spells such as Fireball, Quicksand, and Vine techniques with exceptional ease. 83
• Successfully practiced the Fireball Technique at Qi Refining First Layer. 52
• His Five-Element Spiritual Root remains poor aptitude, forcing him to rely heavily on pills, spiritual food, and the Ancestral Home’s spiritual vein. 32 50

Talisman Arts

Jiang Fu'an studies, produces, and teaches talismans, eventually making the craft a pillar of the Jiang Family’s economy. 43 96 112

• Learned talisman drawing through repeated failure, beginning with the Lightness Talisman. 43
• Uses the Talisman Saint Physique and Five-Element Body to draw talismans beyond the usual limits of his realm. 69 79
• Drew a Fire Serpent Talisman whose detonation nearly equaled a Qi Refining Mid-Stage cultivator’s full-force strike. 89
• Carries numerous first-tier talismans for combat and ambush prevention. 116
• Refused to give the Wang Family his exclusive talisman methods outright, preserving the Jiang Family’s advantage. 124

Dragon-Tiger Body Tempering Art

A six-level body cultivation technique obtained from a storage pouch. It can be practiced from Qi Refining through Foundation Establishment Late Stage. 72

• Its first level was perfected by Chapter 73, making Jiang Fu'an’s body comparable to a first-rank low-grade demonic beast. 73
• By Chapter 83, he had perfected the second level, giving him a body comparable to a first-rank mid-grade demonic beast. 83
• Includes the Mountain-Breaking Fist, Mountain-Shaking Leg, and the Blood-Burning Curse. 72
• Jiang Fu'an regards the Blood-Burning Curse as a last-resort life-or-death trump card. 116

Ancestral Home

The upgradable Ancestral Home in Jiang Fu'an’s consciousness is the foundation of the Jiang Family’s rise. 4 95

Building	Effect
Bedroom	Greatly increases the chance that descendants conceived within it will possess Spiritual Roots, fates, or special physiques. 4
Hall of Sacrifice	Has a yearly chance to produce a Fu Yuan opportunity, ranging from white to red quality. 4 21
Foundation	Functions as a first-rank lower-grade Spiritual Vein or raises an existing Spiritual Vein by one grade. 50
Kitchen	Possesses healing properties and enables Jiang Fu'an’s medicinal cuisine to treat injuries, poison, and pill toxins. 95 119 121

Medicinal Cuisine

Jiang Fu'an conceals the Kitchen’s healing effects by claiming to be a pharmacist. 119

• Prepared medicinal soup that countered Zhao Lintang’s Pure-Heart Cold Corpse Poison. 119 121
• Continued treatment even after the poison entered Zhao Lintang’s heart meridians. 121
• Used medicinal cuisine to reduce his accumulated pill toxins. 100

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Storage Pouch — received from Jiang Xianghe and later used to carry cultivation resources, talismans, and spoils. 28 117
• Formation tools — six metal rods and a compass recovered from a Foundation Establishment cultivator’s cave abode; considered for use as a mountain-protecting formation. 56
• Mid-grade small yellow shield — retained for his own defense after defeating robber cultivators. 90
• Top-grade fire-attribute flying sword — purchased at the Cosmos Pavilion auction. 124
• Talisman supplies and brush — supported by Miao Family craftsmen producing talisman paper and cinnabar ink for the Jiang Family. 21
• Dragon-Tiger Body Tempering Art — body cultivation manual recovered from a storage pouch. 72

Relationships

• Wang Lanhua — first wife; died after giving birth to Stone, and her spirit tablet remains in the family’s Hall of Sacrifice. 3 4
• Su Wanqing — second wife and mother of Jiang Xiangqian; Jiang Fu'an supports her during childbirth and considers her wellbeing in family decisions. 3 19 20
• Miao Ruolan — household partner who assists in managing the family; Jiang Fu'an conceals the Miao Family survivors’ role in Clear Dew Mountain’s development to protect them. 53 111
• Jiang Xianghe (Seedling) — daughter and Melodious Sound Sect disciple; taught Jiang Fu'an the Eternal Spring Technique and supplies him with cultivation resources. 28 32 33
• Jiang Xiangchun (Stone) — son and close combat partner; Jiang Fu'an provides him with weapons, cultivation methods, longevity medicine, and repeated safety warnings. 39 90 117
• Jiang Xiangyue (Yue'er) — second daughter; her Beast Spirit Physique lets her command animals, and Jiang Fu'an relies on her to train and direct Clear Dew Mountain’s Mountain-Pushing Boars. 2 79
• Jiang Xiangqian — son with the Talisman Saint Physique; his talent for talisman drawing eventually surpasses adult guest retainers. 19 77
• Jiang He Xuan (Xuan'er) — granddaughter with the Five-Element Body; Jiang Fu'an copied her physique and personally guides her cultivation without pills. 78 79 123
• Wang Zhaoyun — daughter-in-law and Spirit Talisman Pavilion proprietress; Jiang Fu'an invites her to return whenever she is unhappy with the Wang Family and later gives her a Spirit-Gathering Pill. 107 125
• Sun Xiuyuan — county magistrate and longtime ally; helped Jiang Fu'an navigate land purchases, weapons access, and local affairs. 8 9 45
• Ma Ping — cultivator and former ally; their relationship became more equal after Jiang Fu'an entered Qi Refining. 18 52
• Zhao Lintang — injured late-stage Qi Refining cultivator whom Jiang Fu'an saved from cold corpse poison; she paid him with spirit stones and cultivation techniques. 118 121
• Ning Zhiyuan — lower-grade first-rank alchemist allowed to remain on Clear Dew Mountain under scrutiny after pursuing Yue'er and offering to establish an herb garden. 112 113 122

Story Role / Major Arcs

Rise of the Jiang Family

Jiang Fu'an turns the court rewards for Jiang Xianghe’s sect admission into farmland, weapons permits, a guard team, and a larger household. He also uses Fu Yuan to discover a Foundation Establishment cultivator’s cave abode, gaining manuals, formation tools, talisman materials, and an egg. 9 10 12

Establishing a Talisman Supply

A white Fu Yuan leads him to displaced Miao Family craftsmen. He offers them shelter and work because their ability to make talisman paper and cinnabar ink can free his future talisman production from dependence on outside suppliers. 21

Clear Dew Mountain and the Spiritual Vein

After learning that Clear Dew Mountain may develop a spirit vein, Jiang Fu'an purchases and prepares to defend it. He conceals the origin of this knowledge by claiming an ancestor revealed it in a dream, while secretly stockpiling formation tools, body cultivation resources, spirit beasts, and defensive forces. 56 78 79

Spirit Talisman Pavilion

Jiang Fu'an makes talisman production the Jiang Family’s primary industry. After reopening the Spirit Talisman Pavilion, the business earns 6,472 spirit stones in revenue over three months, leaving roughly 4,000 spirit stones after expenses. 96 112

Zhao Lintang’s Treatment

A purple Fu Yuan reveals Zhao Lintang’s location and condition near Clear Dew Mountain. Jiang Fu'an saves her from Pure-Heart Cold Corpse Poison with medicinal cuisine, secures spirit stones and secrecy, and acquires the Purple Luo Extreme Flame Art for 4,500 low-grade spirit stones in credited treatment fees. 118 119 121

Cosmos Pavilion Auction

Jiang Fu'an attends the Cosmos Pavilion auction with Stone, purchases a top-grade fire-attribute flying sword and high-grade Spirit-Gathering Pills, and uses a bid on an apothecary inheritance to pressure Zhao Yun into wasting resources. 124 125

Notable Quotes

“Since I, Jiang, promised to save you, I will not give up halfway so easily.” 121

“If you are unhappy in the Wang Family, you may return to the Jiang Family at any time. The Jiang Family’s doors will always be open to you.” 107