Jiang Xuan

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Jiang Xuan (江玄)
Alias(es)	Xuan'er; Brother Jiang Xuan
Gender	Male
Age	Twelve 71
Affiliation	Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; later travels independently while retaining ties to the sect; allied with several former Spirit Hall members and the Angel Clan faction through Qian Renxue 1 13 68 76
Occupation/Role	Soul Master; pill refiner/alchemist
Status	Active 86
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Innate Full Soul Power	1	Awakened the Eight Trigrams Furnace martial soul with Innate Full Soul Power.
Rank 20	2	Reached level 20 at age nine with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's support; became eligible to unlock his martial soul's special function after gaining a second ring.
Rank 22 / Second Soul Ring	6	Absorbed a thousand-year Blazing Hound soul ring, gaining enhanced fire control and unlocking the system, alchemy inheritance, and the Banana Sun Fan.
Rank 27	10	Spent 1,000 Merit Points to raise his soul power from Rank 22 to Rank 27.
Rank 30 / Third Soul Ring	13	Spent 600 Merit Points to reach Rank 30, then exchanged 2,000 Merit Points for a God-Given Spirit Ring; the ring initially rose to 6,000 years.
Twelve-thousand-year Third Soul Ring / Rank 32	14	The Eight Trigrams Furnace used Six-Ding Divine Flame to temper his body, allowing the third ring to break through 10,000 years and ultimately reach roughly 12,000 years; his soul power rose to Rank 32.
Rank 40	14	Spent 4,000 Merit Points to advance directly to Rank 40.
Rank 45 / Eighty-thousand-year Fourth Soul Ring	72	Absorbed a second God-Given Spirit Ring under Qian Daoliu's supervision. After three years of divine-flame tempering, he forced the fourth ring to 80,000 years before stopping short of the hundred-thousand-year threshold; the breakthrough raised him to Rank 45. 71 72

Background & History

Jiang Xuan transmigrated to the Douluo Continent before birth and was raised in a remote village. After his parents died in an accident, he saved Ning Rongrong from a roughly fifty-year-old boar soul beast by pulling her out of its path and taking refuge with her in a tree. Chen Xin arrived, killed the beast, and brought the orphaned Jiang Xuan to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in gratitude. Jiang Xuan and Rongrong subsequently grew up regarding one another as siblings. 1

At age six, he awakened the Eight Trigrams Furnace. Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin initially regarded it as a non-combat tool martial soul, but their assessment changed when he tested as having Innate Full Soul Power. Jiang Xuan privately discovered that the furnace possessed the Six-Ding Divine Flame and an unrevealed system function tied to his cultivation. 1

Over the next three years, the sect supplied him with cultivation resources equal to Ning Rongrong's. He proved the furnace's combat value through its exceptional durability and its ability to enlarge into a crushing weapon or shield. 2

After his Soul-Gathering Pills caused severe age- and sex-altering side effects among his allies, Jiang Xuan left the sect to seek ingredients for a cure. His journey brought him into contact with Qian Renxue, Yue Guan, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Bo, as well as to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the Eight Trigrams Furnace began absorbing enormous quantities of Heavenly Essence and Earthly Qi. 13 27 39

Bibi Dong's attempt to recruit him into Spirit Hall ended in violence after Jiang Xuan refused her. Although Chen Xin and Dugu Bo protected him from her attacks, Bibi Dong's life-draining curse left him near death. The Eight Trigrams Furnace instinctively sealed him within itself, using stored energy from a Millennium Flat Peach and immortal herbs supplied by his allies to preserve him. 58 63 64

Jiang Xuan remained unconscious for three years while his consciousness stayed aware beside his body. Continuous Six-Ding Divine Flame tempering and the refined medicinal energy dramatically strengthened his constitution, though the system exhausted all of his Merit Points to keep him alive. He finally awakened at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and later returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Qian Renxue. 68 69 75 76

Personality

Jiang Xuan is composed and pragmatic, even when facing uncertainty. Before awakening his martial soul, he maintained that its result would not determine either his future or his bond with Ning Rongrong; afterward, he quickly focused on cultivating until he could unlock its hidden functions. 1

He is sharp-tongued toward people he considers arrogant or hypocritical, particularly Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and opponents who underestimate him. In battle, he favors exploiting openings and imposing decisive advantages rather than accepting an opponent's preferred terms. 3 4 18

He is also calculating and resource-conscious. He uses Merit Points to accelerate cultivation, leverages knowledge of Dugu Bo's ailment during negotiations, and originally intended to preserve Xiao Wu after extracting essence blood so that she could be healed and used again as a renewable resource. 10 32 34

Jiang Xuan is willing to conceal information and manipulate appearances when it benefits him. He hid the imminent natural expiration of the Soul-Gathering Pill's side effects so that refining Origin-Restoring Pills would earn him Merit Points, and he fabricated a Divine Trial explanation to conceal the system's God-Given Spirit Rings from his allies. 70 71

Despite his ruthlessness toward enemies and soul beasts, he is fiercely protective of people he considers his own. He confronted Flender and Dai Mubai after Dai Mubai endangered Ning Rongrong, but accepted a one-strike settlement after Rongrong expressed concern for his safety. 80 81

Abilities & Skills

Eight Trigrams Furnace

Jiang Xuan's primary martial soul is an unusually durable furnace containing the Six-Ding Divine Flame. It has shown independent intelligence through its artifact spirit and can temper Jiang Xuan's body. 1 14

• Its first soul skill enlarges the furnace, allowing it to crush opponents or serve as a shield. 2 4
• Its second soul ring grants enhanced control over fire, including greater access to the Six-Ding Divine Flame. 6
• The furnace can pull Jiang Xuan inside to temper him with Six-Ding Divine Flame. 14
• Its artifact spirit seeks concentrated Heavenly Essence and Earthly Qi, which it identifies in hundred-thousand-year soul beasts and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. 27 34
• Jiang Xuan sealed the mouth of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with the enlarged furnace so that it could absorb the spring's Heavenly Essence and Earthly Qi. 39
• The furnace's absorbed energy and mysterious droplets contributed to the regrowth of immortal herbs around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. 70
• It can hold living beings within its internal Eight Trigrams Formation; Jiang Xuan previously used it to imprison and preserve the severely injured Xiao Wu. 32
• It autonomously protected Jiang Xuan after Bibi Dong's life-draining curse, sealing him inside and refining stored life energy and immortal herbs to sustain him. 63 64 68
• Its immense durability blocked the remaining Bloodthirsty Spider Stingers from Bibi Dong's attack, saving both Jiang Xuan and Qian Renxue. 60

Innate Eight Trigrams Formation

His ten-thousand-year third soul skill lets him command the formation within the Eight Trigrams Furnace over a hundred-meter radius. 17

• Controls elemental attacks based on wind, fire, water, thunder, and earth. 17
• Demonstrated elements include Six-Ding Divine Flame, Innate Gui Water, Innate Divine Thunder, and defensive earth walls. 17
• Allows Jiang Xuan to teleport freely within the formation unless a stronger power seals the space. 18
• Expends substantial soul power; maintaining it during his fight with Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun consumed roughly one-quarter of his reserves. 19
• By Rank 45, Jiang Xuan could charge the formation's Innate Divine Thunder into a strike powerful enough to pierce Dai Mubai's layered defenses and leave him severely injured. 80 81

Banana Sun Fan

Jiang Xuan's sealed second martial soul was activated when he unlocked the system's beginner gift pack. It is described as complementary to the Eight Trigrams Furnace and capable of assisting the use of Six-Ding Divine Flame. 6

• He can enlarge the fan with soul power. 32
• He summoned it at the poisonous miasma guarding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well valley. 32
• Although it is a powerful companion treasure, it could neither block nor disperse Bibi Dong's life-draining black mist. 62

Alchemy

Jiang Xuan inherited part of Taishang Laojun's Alchemy Dao. Initially unable to source the original ingredients, he studied the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's herb codex and reduced recipes to workable local substitutes. 6 7

• Refines pills directly with the Eight Trigrams Furnace and Six-Ding Divine Flame. 12 28
• Failed his first ten attempts, then unlocked a system function providing perfect pill-refining guidance. 8
• Successfully refined Soul-Gathering Pills, including three pills from one batch while demonstrating before Yue Guan. 28 29
• Uses his knowledge of medicinal herbs and ailments to negotiate with Dugu Bo. 34
• Refined a White Bone Flesh-Regenerating Pill on his first attempt, using it to restore Xiao Wu's lost arm and revive her from grievous injuries. 40
• Refined five Origin-Restoring Pills on his third attempt using medicinal herbs and Xiao Wu's stored essence blood. These pills instantly remove the Soul-Gathering Pill's bodily side effects in soul masters, though they are unsuitable and potentially harmful for soul beasts. 70

Merit-Based Sainthood System

After obtaining his second soul ring, Jiang Xuan unlocked a system that rewards him with Merit Points for freely gifting refined pills. 6

• Merit Points can raise his soul power or increase the age of his soul rings and soul bones. 6 10
• The system supplied a God-Given Spirit Ring in exchange for Merit Points. 13
• He uses this system to make rapid, otherwise unattainable cultivation breakthroughs. 10 13 14
• The system automatically spent 10,000 Merit Points per year to preserve Jiang Xuan's body during his three-year coma, leaving his balance depleted upon awakening. 68
• Giving Origin-Restoring Pills to Chen Xin, Qian Renxue, Dugu Bo, and Qian Daoliu rewarded him with 35,000 Merit Points in total. 70
• Repeated gifts to the same recipient yield reduced Merit Point rewards. Jiang Xuan confirmed this through later Soul-Gathering Pill gifts to Qian Renxue and Chen Xin. 74
• He spent 30,000 Merit Points to obtain the divine ability Heavenly Law, Earthly Form and a Millennium Flat Peach. While he has comprehended the ability, he estimates that his current soul power is insufficient to activate it safely. 53

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Martial Soul Hall Elder Token — Given by Yue Guan; permits its holder to exercise an elder's authority within Martial Soul Hall jurisdiction. 30
• Soul-Gathering Pills — Jiang Xuan's soul-power-enhancing pills. Their known side effects can reduce a recipient's apparent age and alter physical sex; the effects normally fade after roughly three years. 8 70
• Origin-Restoring Pills — An antidote refined by Jiang Xuan to immediately remove Soul-Gathering Pill side effects from soul masters. 70
• White Bone Flesh-Regenerating Pill — A regenerative pill capable of restoring destroyed limbs and awakening a critically injured recipient. 40
• Millennium Flat Peach — A divine fruit Jiang Xuan consumed to strengthen his constitution. Its stored life energy later helped him resist Bibi Dong's curse while he was sealed within the furnace. 54 64 68
• Soul-power chrysanthemum — A Singular Velvet Sky-Piercing Chrysanthemum formed by Yue Guan's soul power; controlled the prison that formerly confined Xiao Wu. 30

Relationships

• Ning Rongrong — Childhood companion and sworn sibling-like figure whose relationship with Jiang Xuan has developed clear romantic tension. Jiang Xuan saved her before entering the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and she consistently trusts and supports him; he in turn fiercely defended her from Dai Mubai. Her jealousy toward Qian Renxue becomes explicit after Qian Renxue publicly calls Jiang Xuan “darling.” 1 6 80 83 86
• Chen Xin — Guardian and elder Jiang Xuan calls “Grandpa Sword.” Chen Xin raised him within the sect, supported his second-ring gamble, secretly followed him for protection, and remained beside him throughout his three-year coma. After being restored to his original form by an Origin-Restoring Pill, Chen Xin later used additional Soul-Gathering Pills to advance from Rank 96 to Rank 98, but was transformed into a young girl and chose to remain hidden. 1 6 13 69 70 74
• Ning Fengzhi — Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Jiang Xuan's benefactor. He granted Jiang Xuan access to the sect treasury for alchemy materials and welcomed him home after his three-year disappearance, eventually accepting that Bibi Dong had endangered him. 7 76
• Gu Rong — Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elder who initially doubted the furnace martial soul but later became involved with Jiang Xuan's Soul-Gathering Pills. He greeted Jiang Xuan's return with rough affection and fury at the revelation of Spirit Hall's actions. 1 10 75 76
• Tang San — Rival. Jiang Xuan accepted Tang San's challenge in Star Dou Forest and defeated him by dropping the enlarged Eight Trigrams Furnace on him. Years later, Tang San recognized Jiang Xuan at Suotuo City and desperately sought information on Xiao Wu; Jiang Xuan only gave him a guarded warning not to involve himself in matters beyond his strength. 4 5 81
• Yu Xiaogang — Antagonistic acquaintance. Jiang Xuan rejected Yu Xiaogang's warning against a thousand-year second ring and openly insults his self-proclaimed authority. 3
• Qian Renxue — Formerly an uneasy traveling partner, Qian Renxue has become Jiang Xuan's closest ally and an openly possessive romantic interest. She protected him from Dugu Bo, shielded him from Bibi Dong's attack, waited beside him throughout his three-year coma, and later accompanied him to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Her public claims over Jiang Xuan provoke direct conflict with Ning Rongrong. 22 24 35 60 69 75 83 86
• Qian Daoliu — Qian Renxue's grandfather and an Angel Clan leader. He supervised Jiang Xuan's fourth-ring absorption, accepted Jiang Xuan's false Divine Trial explanation, and now sees him as a potential future god and valuable Angel Clan ally. 69 71 72
• Yue Guan — Pill-refining admirer and transactional ally. After witnessing Jiang Xuan refine Soul-Gathering Pills, Yue Guan gave him Xiao Wu, an Elder Token, and a prison to restrain her. Yue Guan later abandoned loyalty to Bibi Dong, remained at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and helped await Jiang Xuan's recovery. 28 29 30 64 68
• Xiao Wu — Former captive hundred-thousand-year soul beast. Jiang Xuan extracted ten drops of her essence blood and repeatedly tortured and healed her to establish control, but she escaped during the chaos caused by Bibi Dong's attack. Jiang Xuan still retains the essence blood he collected. 30 32 41 59 70
• Dugu Bo — Initially confrontational owner of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well valley. Jiang Xuan gained leverage by identifying Dugu Bo's hidden ailment and offering treatment; despite their conflicts, Dugu Bo later protected Jiang Xuan from Bibi Dong and remained near him during his coma. Dugu Bo was restored to his original body with an Origin-Restoring Pill. 34 58 64 70
• Dugu Yan — Dugu Bo's granddaughter. She initially questioned Jiang Xuan's treatment of Xiao Wu and left in frustration after he rebuked her, but later obeyed Dugu Bo's instructions and maintained a cautious relationship with Jiang Xuan. 41 64
• Bibi Dong — Primary enemy. Bibi Dong attempted to recruit Jiang Xuan into Spirit Hall, then tried to abduct and kill him when he refused. Her life-draining curse nearly killed him and caused his three-year coma, leaving Jiang Xuan determined to eventually retaliate. 57 58 60 64
• Ghost — Yue Guan's close companion and a former Spirit Hall member. Yue Guan persuaded Ghost to leave Spirit Hall and remain at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after Jiang Xuan's near-death ordeal. 68 71
• Zhu Zhuqing — A new friend of Jiang Xuan and Ning Rongrong. After Jiang Xuan incapacitated Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong invited Zhu Zhuqing to join them; Jiang Xuan later insisted she remain with their group rather than leave alone. 81 86
• Dai Mubai — Hostile acquaintance. Jiang Xuan previously humiliated him with the Innate Eight Trigrams Formation, and later severely injured him with a restrained full-power Innate Divine Thunder strike after Dai Mubai attempted to harm Ning Rongrong. 17 81
• Flender — Antagonistic academy head who previously tried to force Jiang Xuan into Shrek Academy. Jiang Xuan later confronted him over Dai Mubai's attack on Ning Rongrong and rejected his attempt to resolve the matter with a superficial apology. 19 80

Story Role / Major Arcs

Star Dou Forest Conflict

Jiang Xuan sought a thousand-year fire-type second soul ring despite Yu Xiaogang's objections. He defeated Tang San in a wagered duel, then successfully absorbed the Blazing Hound's thousand-year ring under Chen Xin's protection. 3 4 6

Alchemy and Sect Crisis

After unlocking Taishang Laojun's partial alchemy inheritance, Jiang Xuan began refining Soul-Gathering Pills with materials from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect treasury. The pills' side effects transformed Ning Rongrong and Chen Xin, prompting Jiang Xuan to use Merit Points for rapid growth and leave the sect to seek a cure. 7 8 10 13

Shrek Academy Encounter

Jiang Xuan punished Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun after they harassed Chen Xin, using the Innate Eight Trigrams Formation to overwhelm them. He then resisted Flender's attempt to take him to Shrek Academy until a mysterious young man intervened and had Flender captured. 16 17 19 20

Alliance with Qian Renxue

Qian Renxue consumed a Soul-Gathering Pill while disguised as Xue Qinghe, exposing her identity and reducing her to a childlike form. Jiang Xuan refused her invitation to join Martial Soul Hall, but agreed to seek ingredients for a cure; the two escaped her guards by posing as siblings and journeyed toward Sunset Forest. 22 23 24

Sunset Forest and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well

Jiang Xuan intervened in Yue Guan's capture of Xiao Wu because the Eight Trigrams Furnace required the Heavenly Essence and Earthly Qi of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. He proved his alchemy ability, received Xiao Wu through a trade, extracted her essence blood, and proceeded toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for both medicinal resources and the furnace's nourishment. 27 29 32 34

Bibi Dong's Assault and Three-Year Coma

When Bibi Dong failed to recruit Jiang Xuan to Spirit Hall, she attempted to seize and then kill him. Dugu Bo and Chen Xin defended him, while Qian Renxue risked her life to shield him; nevertheless, Bibi Dong's curse drained Jiang Xuan's life force and left him near death. The Eight Trigrams Furnace preserved him for three years through divine-flame tempering, stored Flat Peach energy, and immortal herbs sacrificed by his allies. 58 60 63 64 68

Awakening and Restoration

Jiang Xuan emerged from the Eight Trigrams Furnace after three years with a greatly strengthened body but no remaining Merit Points. He refined Origin-Restoring Pills to cure Chen Xin, Qian Renxue, Dugu Bo, and Qian Daoliu, recovering substantial Merit Point rewards in the process. He subsequently acquired an 80,000-year fourth soul ring and reached Rank 45. 68 70 72

Return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect

Jiang Xuan returned home with Qian Renxue and faced Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong's anger over his disappearance. Qian Renxue explained that Bibi Dong's attack had nearly killed him, turning the elders' concern into hostility toward Spirit Hall. Jiang Xuan then traveled to Suotuo City after learning Ning Rongrong was there. 75 76 77

Suotuo City Conflict

After Dai Mubai attempted to harm Ning Rongrong, Jiang Xuan challenged him to withstand a single attack rather than pursuing a life-or-death duel. Jiang Xuan's charged Innate Divine Thunder broke through Dai Mubai's defenses and left him severely injured. Ning Rongrong afterward invited Zhu Zhuqing to join them, while Tang San began seeking Jiang Xuan for information about Xiao Wu. 80 81

Rivalry Between Ning Rongrong and Qian Renxue

Qian Renxue publicly referred to Jiang Xuan as her “darling,” provoking Ning Rongrong's jealousy and exposing the romantic tension surrounding Jiang Xuan. The two women escalate their confrontation into challenges over the sincerity of Qian Renxue's feelings, while Jiang Xuan attempts to prevent the dispute from becoming more chaotic. 83 85 86

Notable Quotes

“To gain it is my fortune; to lose it is my fate. No matter what martial soul awakens later, it won't affect my future growth, nor will it affect our relationship.” 1

“But unfortunately, I'm not a good person.” 18