Qin Family

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Qin Family (秦家)
Alias(es)	Qin Clan; Number One Emperor Clan 297 402
Organization Type	Upper Realm Emperor Clan; one of the Four Great Emperor Clans 418 538
Species/Race	Human Race 297
Headquarters	White Jade Capital, a separately created small world arranged into Nine Heavens and Twelve Cities 402 406
Family Head	Qin Zhan 426 542
Former Family Head	Qin Yuan, who continues to oversee family affairs after stepping down 426 576
Leading Active Ancestor	Qin Taixu 359 414
Imperial Scions	Qin Wuyou, First Imperial Scion; Qin Batian, Second Imperial Scion 402 550
Major Responsibilities	Producing Human Race military leaders; the Family Head’s duties include guarding the Heavenly Abyss 297 362 515
Status	Active; divided by succession disputes and competing elder factions 433 501 559

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Qin Batian — Great Saint Realm	114	The formerly hidden scion masters the Cangtian Tyrant Body and defeats rival Imperial Scions and Divine Sons at a Qin Family gathering.
Qin Batian — Great Saint, Eighth Heaven	265	Holds first place on the Combat Power Ranking; his projected growth could give him Supreme-level combat strength before entering the Supreme Realm.
Qin Batian — Great Saint, Tenth Heaven	268	His combat power approaches that of an early-stage Supreme.
Qin Wuyou — Supreme Peak	400	His recovered strength far exceeds his relatives’ expectations; he also commands Elder Xuanji, an Emperor-Rank Formation Master.
Qin Yuan — Emperor-to-be	468 469	Observing Qin Wuyou’s artifact refining triggers his breakthrough opportunity. He passes his lightning tribulation in the Heavenly Dao Diagram World, then enters a temporary period of weakness.
Qin Wuyou — Peak Emperor-to-be physical body	530	Completes cultivation of his immortal bones. Physical Emperorhood still requires comprehension of the law of power.
Qin Wuyou — Emperor-to-be Realm	582	Ancestor Tianyu confirms his advancement; Qin Wuyou continues to conceal several other cultivation paths and capabilities.

Organization and Leadership

Principal Members

Member	Position	Significance
Qin Taixu	Ancestor; Emperor-to-be	Sustains the clan while its other ancestors remain sealed. An Emperor-Rank Formation Master who also practices swordsmanship through his soul avatars 375 414.
Qin Yuan	Former Family Head; Qin Wuyou’s grandfather	Former God of War of the Heaven-Shaking Army; a formation specialist who later becomes an Emperor-to-be 426 469 542.
Qin Zhan	Family Head; Qin Wuyou’s father	Former Imperial Scion who earned the God of War title through service in the Heaven-Shaking Army before succeeding Qin Yuan 426.
Qin Wuyou	First Imperial Scion; Young Lord	Appointed Imperial Scion at birth; bearer of the Supreme Bone and the Main Line’s principal young heir 535 542.
Qin Batian	Second Imperial Scion	Qin Wuyou’s younger cousin, raised in the Clan Grounds as a hidden scion; bearer of the Cangtian Tyrant Body 114.
Qin Zhen	First Elder	Qin Yuan’s brother; secretly hires assassins against Qin Wuyou and supports his grandson Qin Feng 427 429.
Second Elder	Elder; leader of Qin Batian’s supporters	Attempts to remove Qin Wuyou as Imperial Scion through public accusations at the Secret Key Gathering 433 541 542.
Qin Yi	Qin Wuyou’s Thirteenth Uncle and Dao Protector	Qin Zhan’s younger brother; investigates the assassination plot and works to restore public recognition of Qin Wuyou 426 427 536.
Qin Zhou	Main Line Grand Elder	Affectionately called “Tenth Grandpa” by Qin Wuyou; personally welcomes him home 406.
Qin Feng	Qin Zhen’s grandson	A succession contender whose unexplained rise from Myriad Phenomena to Saint King Peak follows three years of seclusion 427 428.

Elder Factions

Faction	Leadership / Support	Position
Main Line loyalists	Qin Zhan	Largest elder faction; supports the incumbent Family Head 433.
First Elder’s faction	Qin Zhen	Also rooted in the Main Line; advances Qin Zhen’s interests and Qin Feng’s prospects 427 433 440.
Qin Batian’s faction	Second Elder	Smallest elder faction at the time of Qin Wuyou’s return, but backed by the Ancestral Grounds and extensive support among younger clansmen 433.
Neutral faction	No individual claimant	Loyal to the Qin Family rather than a particular successor 433.

• The family’s broader structure includes the Main Line, three major publicly known branch lines, and two additional branches within the Clan Grounds, all with Supreme-level leadership 297.
• Its factions present a united front externally while competing for authority internally 297.
• Family rules require an elder to honor a clansman’s request for guidance. Qin Wuyou uses this obligation to secure a confrontation with Qin Zhen 429.

Imperial Scion System

• The Imperial Scion represents the lineage’s honor; impersonating one is treated as a grave offense by the family’s gatekeepers 402.
• Qin Wuyou retains the First Imperial Scion title despite refusing to return from the Lower Realm. Qin Batian is appointed Second Imperial Scion, rather than replacing him outright 407.
• The appointment follows a joint petition by the Eight Great Elders 389.
• This generation has two Imperial Scion Identity Tokens, each bearing exclusive markings 404.
• Having two Imperial Scions simultaneously is unusual among Emperor Clans and becomes a subject of public speculation 535 550.

Headquarters: White Jade Capital

• Location: A separate small world, not a settlement on the Upper Realm continent 402.
• Layout: Nine vertically divided domains and Twelve Cities 406.
• Development: Built up over countless generations, with spiritual energy far exceeding ordinary locations 406.

Level / Location	Residents or Function
First Heaven	Outer Disciples 406
Second Heaven	Outer Sect steward disciples 406
Third Heaven	Inner Sect Disciples 406
Fourth Heaven and above	Accessible to elders and higher-ranking figures 406
Seventh Floor	Residence of Qin Wuyou’s family and his childhood courtyard 406
Ninth Heaven — hidden burial ground	Hundreds of thousands of ancestral gravestones; conceals the clan’s sleeping ancestors 408
Heavenly Dragon City	Vast palace complex whose central hall contains an altar surrounded by 365 golden dragon pillars 409

• Saint-rank cultivation is required to become an Inner Sect Disciple. Inner disciples receive better benefits and greater access to core family figures than outer disciples 404.
• Qin Zhou uses a teleportation array to escort Qin Wuyou into White Jade Capital 406.

Strength and Resources

Standing in the Upper Realm

• The Qin Family is described as the Human Race’s strongest Emperor Clan, with strength comparable to the other three Emperor Clans combined 297.
• Its reputation rests partly on successive generations of Human Race Military Gods and its unusually large number of Supreme experts 297.
• Even the Five Elements Sect’s Saint King fears offending it once he identifies Qin Wuyou 148.
• Its protection of relatives is notorious: when dozens of Longevity Families plotted against Qin Zhan, Qin Yuan personally eliminated them in a single night 542.

Sealed Ancestors

Rank	Number	Details
Supreme Peak	12	Sealed beneath the ancestral burial ground 409.
Emperor-to-be	4	Part of the family’s concealed reserve strength 409.
Unexplained ranks	2	Their cultivation is not disclosed when the eighteen ancestors are introduced 409.
Total	18	Their sealed state preserves the clan’s strength, fortune, and earth veins 408 409.

• Qin Taixu is identified as the family’s sole current active Emperor-to-be before Qin Yuan’s advancement; the sealed ancestors are revealed separately as hidden strength 359 409 469.
• Several Supreme Peak elders possess Emperor-to-be potential but lack suitable Dao-Proving Treasures. Appropriate treasures would give these elders at least a fifty-percent chance of success 359.

Formation Tradition

• Qin Taixu’s main cultivation path is formations; swordsmanship is secondary 375.
• At his strongest, he once trapped twelve Emperors-to-be in a formation 414.
• Qin Yuan passes his formation experience and numerous formations to Qin Wuyou, enabling the latter to reach Saint-Rank Formation Master 391.
• Qin Taixu supplies Qin Yuan with Emperor-Rank formation materials and promises further support from the treasury or his own efforts 414.

Inherited Arts and Skills

Nine-Turn Divine Dragon Art

An emperor-grade heritage art restricted to the Qin Family’s direct lineage 13 148 206.

• Converts excess origin qi into Origin Qi True Dragons that circulate through the meridians 13.
• Each dragon stores an additional dantian’s worth of origin qi, making Qin cultivators renowned for reserves exceeding those of peers in the same realm 13.
• A legendary ancestor perfected the Eighth Heaven and condensed seventy-two dragons, reportedly fighting for ten days and nights without exhausting his origin qi 13.
• Qin Wuyou perfects the Ninth Heaven and condenses eighty-one dragons, surpassing that ancestral achievement 13.
• Its distinctive manifestation allows outsiders to recognize Qin Wuyou’s lineage 148 206.

Saint Dragon Art

The emperor-grade source of two techniques reserved for direct descendants 52.

• Saint Dragon Soul-Refining Art — Used to condense a primordial spirit; Qin Wuyou produces an ultimate Saint Dragon primordial spirit with it 52.
• Saint Dragon Heaven-Battling Fist — An inherited combat technique derived from the same art 52.
• Saint Dragon Sword — Qin Wuyou’s former Primordial Spirit Divine Weapon, designed from the Saint Dragon Art rather than identified as a general clan-issued weapon 52.

Heaven-Slaying Sword Art

An Emperor-Rank sword art transmitted by Qin Taixu to Qin Wuyou during battle with the Hundred Ghosts Sect 375.

• Demonstrated techniques include Life-and-Death Annihilation Slash and One Sword Drops the Star River 375.
• Qin Taixu combines his true body and sword-wielding avatars through a Three Talents Formation, producing attacks approaching Great Emperor-level power 375.

Bloodline Tracking

• Qin Taixu uses a Qin bloodline-tracking secret art to locate relatives when ordinary divine sense fails 359.
• The technique leads him to Snowfield Valley despite formations concealing the refuge 359.

Guards, Equipment, and Treasuries

• Hidden Dragon Guard / Hidden Guard — Intelligence and protective force summoned through the Hidden Dragon Token. Its commander, Feng Yin, has served the Qin Family since childhood 309.
• Hidden Dragon Token — Enables Qin Wuyou to summon the guard; Feng Yin reaches him within an hour in Heaven-Shaking City 309.
• Purple Jade Slip — Holds the Hidden Guard’s records of important family events during Qin Wuyou’s three-year absence 309 310.
• Imperial Scion Identity Tokens — Distinctively marked proof of the two scions’ identities 404.
• World passage and spacetime Flying Boat — Family-controlled means of traveling between the Upper and Lower Realms 128.
• Clan treasury — Contains extensive natural and forging materials that an Imperial Scion is entitled to use. Some materials needed for the Gate of Creation are absent even from these reserves 57.
• Nine-story Golden Pagoda — An Emperor-to-be Armament bestowed on Qin Wuyou by Qin Taixu. Its internal Emperor-Rank formation provides defense against Emperor-to-be attacks 414.
• Heaven-Defying Spirit-Seizing Art — Later given by Qin Wuyou to Hidden Guards alongside individually selected Heavenly Dao Divine Abilities; it is not identified as an original Qin heritage art 519.

History

Qin Wuyou’s Absence and Qin Batian’s Rise

Qin Wuyou leaves for the Lower Realm at fifteen and remains away for three years. His attachment to Lin Qingxue leads him to reject his father’s demands to return and willingly sever ties with the lineage 14 310 539.

The family brings Qin Batian out of the Clan Grounds, where he had been raised as a hidden asset. The Eight Great Elders petition for his promotion, and the clan shifts resources toward him while preserving Qin Wuyou’s First Imperial Scion title. Hidden Guard records also mention an undisclosed major undertaking behind this decision 114 310 389 407.

Batian’s victories win support both inside and outside the family. Many younger clansmen recognize only him as Imperial Scion, while rumors portray Qin Wuyou as dead or incapacitated by cultivation deviation 404 433 504.

Disappearances and the Hundred Ghosts Sect

Qin Zhan disappears while investigating a Starry Sky Gate on the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield. Successive search parties also vanish. Qin Wuyou’s mother follows despite the family’s objections, and Qin Yi is among the missing Main Line members 211 310.

Their absence weakens the Main Line and increases the influence of Qin Batian’s branch. Qin Wuyou initially considers returning openly too dangerous and instead prioritizes finding his relatives 211 239 309.

The Hundred Ghosts Sect seeks Qin Family members for their imperial blood, intending to free its imprisoned Ancestor. Qin Wuyou and Elder Xuanji suspect a connection to an earlier Qin ancestor, but this is not confirmed in the account 346.

Qin Zhan and his son participate in rescuing the imprisoned family members and defeating the Left Guardian’s Earth Soul Avatar. Qin Taixu tracks his relatives into the concealed refuge and confronts the sect’s Emperor-to-be leadership 359 361 375.

Homecoming and the First Elder’s Plot

At Qin Zhan’s urging, Qin Wuyou returns to establish his authority. Gatekeepers initially accuse him of impersonation, but Qin Xuan recognizes his authentic token. Qin Zhou then escorts him to his childhood home 402 404 406.

Qin Yi’s investigation clears Qin Batian and his supporters of responsibility for the battlefield assassination attempt. Suspicion instead falls on Qin Zhen, though actionable proof remains lacking at first. Qin Zhen’s private conversation with Qin Feng confirms that he hired the assassins 427 428 429.

Qin Wuyou invokes the family’s guidance rules to confront Qin Zhen publicly. The dispute draws the clan’s factions, escalates to a challenge on the Life-and-Death Platform, and prompts Qin Zhen to accuse Qin Wuyou of framing him 429 432 433 435 442.

Secret Key Gathering and Succession Conflict

The family remains divided after Qin Wuyou’s return. Qin Yi finds no evidence that Qin Batian is orchestrating the latest demands to replace him, although Batian actively builds outside alliances for a future bid to become Family Head 501 515.

At the Secret Key Gathering, Qin Wuyou steps forward as the family’s Supreme contestant. The Second Elder exploits Lin Qingxue’s accusations to undermine him and promote Qin Batian, turning an internal succession dispute into a public scandal 538 541 542 550.

Qin Taixu and Qin Yuan pledge their support, but Qin Wuyou insists on handling the matter himself. He publicly calls the Second Elder to account, then clashes with Qin Batian over their competing claims to Imperial Scion status 557 559 562.

Later, Qin Batian addresses Qin Wuyou as “Master” and receives the Heaven-Defying Spirit-Seizing Art and cultivation resources from him. Qin Wuyou leaves him cultivating in his small world 581 582.

External Relationships

• Heaven-Shaking Army — Qin Yuan and Qin Zhan both earned military distinction as Gods of War; Qin Zhan’s service preceded his appointment as Family Head 426 542.
• Xuantian Holy Land — Connected through Qin Wuyou, its Grand Martial Ancestor. His family identity reverses the Holy Land’s precarious confrontation with the Primordial Divine Mountain 206 207.
• Primordial Divine Mountain — Rival Upper Realm power. Its representatives fear Qin Wuyou’s family backing, while Qin Taixu warns that such powers may conceal experts comparable to the Qin Family’s own reserves 207 409 542.
• Hundred Ghosts Sect — Enemy responsible for imprisoning Qin relatives and seeking their imperial blood 346 359.
• Supreme Academy — Allows Qin Batian to study the Heaven-Comprehending Stele under an agreement requiring him to leave diagrams of his divine-ability insights 268.
• Rain God Valley — Qin Wuyou’s maternal family; his maternal grandfather is its valley master 538.
• Other Emperor Clans and ancient sects — Partners in organizing the Ten Thousand Races Treasury key competition, but competitors in prestige and representation 418 538.
• Earth Fiend Gate — Assassin organization hired by Qin Zhen to target Qin Wuyou 429.

Notable Quotes

“No matter what you do in the future, never forget that the Qin Family stands behind you!”
— Qin Zhan to Qin Wuyou 402

“If even the treasury doesn't have what you need, tell me, and I'll find a way to get it for you!”
— Qin Taixu supporting Qin Yuan’s formation cultivation 414