Xiao Qing

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Xiao Qing (萧清)
Gender	Male
Age	Nine at the latest documented point 41 43
Attributes	Fire and Wood 1
Affiliation	Xiao Household; Jia Nan Academy / Canaan Academy, including its Inner Academy 4 31
Occupation/Role	Cultivator; alchemist; disciple of Fire Elder
First Appearance	Chapter 1 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Battle Qi — First Stage	1	Reached after one week of cultivation at age four. 1
Battle Qi — Second Stage	2	Advanced ten days after consuming Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva. 2
Dou Qi — Seventh Stage	3	Reached through secluded cultivation at the Xiao Household's rear-mountain waterfall. 3
Dou Qi — Eighth Stage	3	Met Canaan Academy's admission requirement; the result was publicly confirmed at age four. 3 4
Dou Qi — Ninth Stage	9	Reached one month before attempting the Dou Zhe breakthrough. 9
Dou Zhe	9	Broke through by refining Qi Gathering Powder and compressing his Dou Qi with soul force. 9
Six-Star Da Dou Shi	14	Achieved after two years of parallel cultivation and alchemy study. 14
Eight-Star Da Dou Shi	23	Stabilized this recent breakthrough before the Inner Academy Selection Tournament. 23
One-Star Dou Ling	34	Advanced after three months of secluded cultivation in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower. 34
Three-Star Dou Ling	39	Reached this level before retaliating against Inner Academy factions. 39
Three-Star Dou Wang	41	Reached after two further years of cultivation in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower. 41

Background

Xiao Qing awakened the memories of a previous life at birth. Orphaned young and raised in a secluded residence of the Xiao Household, he was attended by two maidservants but remained emotionally distant from the clan. At age four, he began cultivating immediately upon gaining access to the necessary methods. 1 4

His past-life knowledge allowed him to recognize the Dou Qi Continent's major forces and future dangers. While observing Xiao Yan's early acclaim, Xiao Qing judged local talent by the far harsher standards of the Central Plains and chose to conceal his own progress. 1

After his Eighth-Stage Dou Qi was exposed during Canaan Academy recruitment, the Xiao Household provided him with a Storage Ring containing much of its accumulated wealth. Though he lacked close ties to the family, he accepted their goodwill and resolved to protect them if he became strong enough. 5 6

Appearance

Xiao Qing initially appears as an unusually young child for his cultivation level, causing others to underestimate him during Canaan Academy recruitment. By age seven, he has a fair complexion, red lips, white teeth, and thick black hair that falls over his shoulders. 3 14

• Appeared only four or five years old when testing at Eighth-Stage Dou Qi. 3 4
• Has black eyes and long, thick black hair. 3 14
• His youthful appearance often contrasts sharply with his mature bearing and strength. 4 26

Personality

Xiao Qing is disciplined, guarded, and exceptionally pragmatic. He cultivates almost continuously, prefers preparation over recklessness, and hides information that could expose his reincarnated memories, system, or knowledge of future events. 2 16 34

Despite his accomplishments, he is usually calm and polite toward mentors and elders. He credits his teachers, respects the Xiao Household's support, and refuses to endanger Jia Nan Academy by pursuing the Fallen Heart Flame beneath its cultivation tower. 5 15 34

He can also be calculating and severe. He plans to use the Emperor's Seal Technique to misdirect enemies toward the Gu Clan, exploits Zi Yan's interest in pills to secure her cooperation, and permanently damages the cultivation prospects of Inner Academy faction leaders who plotted to cripple him. 15 35 39

His ruthlessness is tempered by genuine protectiveness. He cares for Zi Yan after obtaining her essence blood and becomes Qing Lin's protector after learning of her captivity and her mother's murder. 40 46

Abilities & Skills

Lottery System

Xiao Qing possesses a roulette-wheel system awakened alongside his past-life memories. Its draws are tied to major cultivation-realm breakthroughs, though he initially had to infer this rule himself. 1 2 14

• His first draw produced Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva. 1 2
• Breakthroughs to Dou Shi, Da Dou Shi, Dou Ling, and Dou Wang granted further draws. 14 34 41
• Known rewards include the Taiyi Soul Art, Emperor's Seal Technique, Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame, Azure Sky Transforming Dragon Technique, and the Seed Flame of the Life Spirit Flame. 14 34 41

Bodhi Body Transformation

After directly consuming Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, Xiao Qing underwent tendon cleansing and marrow purging. The treasure expelled impurities, remade his physique, and increased his cultivation speed severalfold. 2

• Its residue developed into a nascent Bodhi Seed in his dantian after refinement by the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower's Heart Flame. 32
• The Bodhi Seed appears to protect him from the tower's fire poison. 32 33
• The transformation greatly improved his innate talent and learning speed. 2 9

Soul Cultivation

Xiao Qing's soul began at the Early Mortal Realm and reached the Late Mortal Realm after taking a Soul-Nourishing Pill and using the Taiyi Soul Art to pass his bottleneck. 1 23

• Taiyi Soul Art allows him to cultivate soul power by gathering spiritual energy. 16
• His soul force lets him sense hidden energy clusters, examine internal conditions, detect ambushes, and overhear nearby plots. 27 29 39
• He can subtly influence weaker people with soul power, but the method is ineffective against true experts. 49

Alchemy

Xiao Qing's Fire-and-Wood affinity, powerful soul force, and training under Fire Elder make him an outstanding alchemist. 12

• Became a publicly recognized Fourth-Grade Alchemist within two years of beginning alchemy study. 15
• Successfully refined a fifth-grade Wind-Walking Pill, reaching the threshold of fifth-grade alchemy. 17
• Confirmed himself capable of refining fifth-tier medicinal pills before the Thousand and Hundred Elders. 26
• Refined a sixth-grade Dou Ling Pill by age nine. 43
• Uses emerald-green Green Spirit Flame for pill refinement and can form a temporary flame cauldron when an ordinary cauldron cannot withstand a pill's energy. 17 35

Scarlet Flame Manual and Scarlet Fire Seal

Xiao Qing cultivates the Earth-Tier Scarlet Flame Manual and employs the high-grade Xuan-Tier Scarlet Fire Seal, a palm-seal technique given by Fire Elder. 14 23

• The Scarlet Fire Seal can overwhelm opponents above his apparent realm when reinforced by his flames and cultivation. 23 29 39
• Its ordinary form was unable to fully counter He Haoran's Earth-Tier Frost Heavenly Chill Halberd. 30
• Xiao Qing can use successive seals to defeat multiple enemies or strike with escalating force. 29 39

Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame

The Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame is a secret technique created by Xiao Xuan and obtained through the system. 14

• Its First Change: Azure Spirit Transformation temporarily elevated Xiao Qing from Eight-Star Da Dou Shi to Dou Ling-level strength. 30
• The transformation empowered his Scarlet Fire Seals enough to defeat He Haoran and neutralize an Earth-Tier technique. 30
• Its major limitation is severe exhaustion and Dou Qi depletion after use. 30

Demonic Lightning Body

The Demonic Lightning Body is an Earth-Tier Intermediate body-tempering Dou Technique recovered from the Library Pavilion. 27

• It requires heavenly lightning to temper the body and form thirty-six lightning patterns. 27
• Completing the technique would give its user a physique comparable to a peak seventh-rank Magical Beast. 27
• Xiao Qing uses the Heavenly Thunder Guiding Method during remote thunderstorms to draw lightning into his body. 36
• The process is extremely painful and physically destructive; his first strikes burned and blackened his body while leaving lightning patterns on his chest. 36

Azure Sky Transforming Dragon Technique

This ultimate body-tempering art was created by Qing Zhi, the Azure Dragon King of the Profound Sky Continent. It can eventually develop a body comparable to that of a true dragon. 34

• Cultivation requires Heavenly Dragon Aura; Xiao Qing used a drop of Zi Yan's Dragon Emperor Essence Blood as a substitute. 34 40
• Absorbing the blood produced purple-gold dragon patterns and dragon might around his body. 41
• The process created a bloodline connection between Xiao Qing and Zi Yan. 41
• Xiao Qing refused to take more essence blood before Zi Yan recovered, as doing so could damage her foundation. 41

Life Spirit Flame

Xiao Qing possesses the Seed Flame of the Life Spirit Flame, the fifth-ranked Heavenly Flame. 41

• Enhances his Dou Qi and cultivation speed. 41
• Improves his alchemy and ability to nurture medicinal herbs. 41
• Retains life-nurturing and lifespan-extending properties despite being only a Seed Flame. 41
• He used it to refine medicinal liquid that both healed Qing Lin's hidden injuries and accelerated her early cultivation. 46

Emperor's Seal Technique

The Emperor's Seal Technique is the Gu Clan's clan-defending High Earth-Class Dou Technique. Xiao Qing acquired it through the system but cannot safely use it openly. 14 15

• He considers it a future tool for framing the Gu Clan after attacking Soul Hall branches. 15
• Its use risks pursuit by the Gu Clan if they identify an outsider practicing it. 15
• Xiao Qing has not yet cultivated it due to insufficient strength. 14

Equipment and Resources

• Storage Rings — Received a ring from Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Household elders containing gold, medicinal herbs, cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and fourth-grade Qi Gathering Powder. 5 6
• Qi Gathering Powder — Used to stabilize his breakthrough from Ninth-Stage Dou Qi to Dou Zhe. 9
• Jade Cylinder — Contains the refinement knowledge of a former seventh-tier Jia Nan Academy alchemist, covering first- through seventh-tier pills but excluding formulas. 16
• Green Fire Crystal Card — Awarded for winning the Fire Energy Hunting Competition and defeating the Black Fiend Team; grants access to deeper levels of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower. 31
• Demonic Lightning Body scroll — His Library Pavilion reward. 27
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map fragments — Took both fragments from Hai Bo Dong in Mo City. 44 45
• Earthfire Lotus Seeds — Shared part of his desert gains with Zi Yan. 49

Relationships

• Xiao Zhan — Xiao Household patriarch who supported Xiao Qing's departure with the clan's resources and later requested his return through a letter. 5 6 42
• Xiao Yan — Fellow Xiao clansman. Xiao Qing initially viewed him as talented but arrogant and unimportant; Xiao Yan later resented being compared to him. 1 5
• Ge Long — Recruiter and Outer Academy instructor. Ge Long recognized Xiao Qing's potential, guided him into the academy, and remained proud of his achievements. 4 9 25
• Hu Gan — Vice Principal and early academy patron who ensured Xiao Qing received resources without excessive interference. 8 25
• Fire Elder / Elder Huo — Xiao Qing's alchemy master. Their bond is marked by mutual gratitude, with Fire Elder recognizing that Xiao Qing may surpass him. 12 15 43
• Su Qian — First Elder of Jia Nan Academy. He supported Xiao Qing's development, granted him leave to travel, and entrusted Zi Yan to his care. 8 34 42
• Zi Yan — Companion, treasure-hunting partner, and source of Dragon Emperor Essence Blood. Xiao Qing refines pills and cares for her, while she protects him, provides Fire Energy, and helps locate treasures. 35 40 41
• Qing Lin — Rescued captive whom Xiao Qing treats as a younger sister. He avenged her mother, provided healing cultivation resources, and placed her under Zi Yan's protection. 45 46
• Hai Bo Dong — Former Ice Emperor whom Xiao Qing defeated over the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map. Xiao Qing later offered to remove his seal in exchange for his service. 44 45 50
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li — Xiao clansmen whose resentment turned into gratitude after Xiao Qing gave them Blood-Replenishing Pills. 18

Story Role / Major Arcs

Xiao Household and Canaan Academy Admission

Xiao Qing secretly cultivated after awakening his lottery system, transformed his body with Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, and reached Eighth-Stage Dou Qi at age four. His public admission test made him the Xiao Household's foremost prodigy and secured his place at Canaan Academy. 1 2 4

Outer Academy and Alchemy Training

At the academy, Xiao Qing joined Xuan Rank Class Two under Ge Long, broke through to Dou Zhe, and was accepted as Fire Elder's disciple. Over two years, he advanced rapidly in both Dou Qi and alchemy, becoming a Fourth-Grade Alchemist and later a fifth-tier pill refiner. 9 12 15 17

Inner Academy Selection and Library Pavilion

Xiao Qing dominated the Inner Academy Selection Tournament, winning first place without being challenged. He then entered the Library Pavilion, where he used his soul power to claim Demonic Lightning Body rather than settle for a lesser cultivation method. 25 27

Fire Energy Hunting Competition

Entering the Inner Academy, Xiao Qing traveled alone, defeated the entire Black Fiend Team, and took their Fire Energy. He used the First Change of the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame to defeat their Dou Ling-level captain, He Haoran. 29 30

Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower

Xiao Qing exploited the tower's Heart Flame without suffering fire poison, discovered his forming Bodhi Seed, and gained special access to the fourth and later sixth floors. His prolonged cultivation there carried him from Da Dou Shi to Dou Wang. 32 33 41

Zi Yan and Body Tempering

After meeting Zi Yan through a Fire Spirit Pill, Xiao Qing formed a mutually beneficial partnership with her. He acquired Earth Core Body-Tempering Milk and a drop of her Dragon Emperor Essence Blood, beginning the Azure Sky Transforming Dragon Technique and establishing a bloodline connection between them. 35 40 41

Departure and the Tagor Desert

After receiving Xiao Zhan's letter, Xiao Qing left Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan to return home and seek wider opportunities. In the Tagor Desert, he defeated Hai Bo Dong, acquired Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map fragments, rescued Qing Lin, and began attempting to recruit the sealed Ice Emperor as a subordinate. 42 45 46 49 50

Notable Quotes

“The road is long and the burden is heavy!” 1

“Work for me, and I will remove your seal.” 50