Jiang Qingyue

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Jiang Qingyue (姜清越)
Alias(es)	Death Witch — title known from Qi Wu’s previous timeline; Miss Witch — Qi Wu’s teasing address 3 18 20
Species/Race	Human superhuman 3
Gender	Female 3 18
Affiliation	749 Bureau, Nanjiang branch; Salvation Team 18 24
Occupation/Role	Trainee operative; formerly assigned perception-based support work, later develops frontline combat abilities 19 22
Primary Ability	Demon God Curse Mark 3 18
Status	Alive; preparing for the Selection Tournament with the Salvation Team 50
First Appearance	During the battle against the Gluttony Lord 3

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Uncontrolled Demon God Curse Mark	3	Near-fatal injuries trigger spreading demonic energy. Qi Wu heals her and suppresses the rampaging mark before she loses control.
Basic curse-energy control	19	Learns to resist an Essence Devourer’s energy drain and concentrate curse energy into a blood-red spike. Defeats the simulation, but exhausts herself through inefficient output.
First demon capture; earth ability acquired	23	Imprisons the incapacitated Yellow Weasel in her curse mark, gaining its earth-escape ability and demonstrating rudimentary earth shaping.
Improved spiritual energy and precision	25	Assimilates Stellar Radiance, slightly increasing her spiritual energy and refining control of her earth ability. Begins sensing the imprisoned Yellow Weasel’s soul.
War Soul summoning and coordinated attacks	26	Summons Yellow Weasel for an underground restraint attack, then surrounds Qi Wu with eight strengthened sand golems.
Hellhound capture; Hellfire acquired	44	Seals the eighth-rank Hellhound, a divine servant, and gains Hellfire. Immediately combines it with earth shaping to create an explosive clay bird.
Emotion-amplified Clay Bomb	45	Launches a markedly stronger explosion after shouting “Art is an explosion!” with intense, all-or-nothing resolve. She and Qi Wu identify emotional intensity as the source of the increased output.

Background / History

Before joining Salvation, Jiang Qingyue served primarily as a perception-based support operative. Her curse mark could track Demons, but its deeper potential remained undeveloped. Her encounter with the Gluttony Lord was a forced combat situation rather than a planned frontline assignment 19 22.

In Qi Wu’s previous timeline, she killed the Gluttony Lord and became known as the Death Witch, eventually standing among the strongest superhumans. He remembers that future version of her as ruthless and decisive—very different from the hesitant trainee he meets after returning to the past 3 18.

In the altered timeline, the Gluttony Lord severely injures her, provoking an uncontrolled activation of her curse mark. Qi Wu intervenes, kills the Demon, and uses Reverse Cursed Technique to heal her injuries and settle the mark. She tries to stop him from leaving, but he disappears before identifying himself 3.

After learning that Qi Wu is recruiting teammates, she contacts him and arranges a milk-tea meeting. She admits that she wants to join because of his strength and apparent understanding of her ability. He offers to teach her control in exchange for joining Salvation, and she accepts 17 18.

Appearance

• Hair: Long and black; tied into a high ponytail when she prepares for her first official subjugation mission 3 19.
• Build and features: Slender figure, delicate facial features, and fair skin 3 18.
• Combat clothing: Fitted black combat uniform and over-the-knee boots 19.
• Casual outfit: At her recruitment meeting, wears a baseball cap, black turtleneck, beige blazer, plaid pleated miniskirt, black thigh-high stockings, and round-toed leather shoes 18.
• Distinguishing mark: Demon God Curse Mark on her wrist, described as glowing red or dark red when activated 3 18 23.

Personality

Jiang Qingyue is initially socially anxious, especially around Qi Wu. She repeatedly drafts and deletes messages, worries about seeming weak or annoying, and becomes flustered during their first milk-tea meeting. Before her first official frontline mission, anxiety keeps her awake all night and brings her to his room four hours early 18 19.

Her nervousness does not prevent her from acting bravely. She tries to rise despite severe injuries during the Gluttony Lord battle and warns Qi Wu of an incoming attack. In training, she perseveres through repeated failures and adapts her tactics when direct attacks prove ineffective 3 19 26.

She gradually becomes relaxed and playful around Qi Wu, laughing at his failed potion-and-milk-tea experiment. His approval matters deeply to her: she wants to meet his expectations and become strong enough to stand confidently beside him. After discouraging defeats, his specific praise restores her determination 23 24 27.

Abilities & Skills

Demon God Curse Mark

The mark functions as a prison that uses the demon god’s power to confine and suppress Demons. Capturing a Demon allows Jiang Qingyue to gain some of its abilities 23.

• Demon sealing: Produces a dark-red vortex or magic circle with runic chains that bind and draw targets inside 23 44.
• Ability acquisition: Grants earth abilities from Yellow Weasel and Hellfire from the Hellhound 23 44.
• War Soul summoning: Allows her to summon an imprisoned Demon and direct it through a spiritual connection 26 36.
• Control risks: Initially reacts involuntarily and threatens to run out of control; Qi Wu’s healing suppresses its first documented rampage 3 18.
• Energy cost: Sealing the eighth-rank Hellhound leaves her fatigued and the mark’s glow diminished 44.
• Future potential: According to Qi Wu’s previous-life knowledge, full mastery could allow her to merge with the demon god inside the mark, who governs the law of death. This is not shown as an attained power in the supplied chapters 23.

Demon Detection and Tracking

The curse mark has an innate ability to track Demons, explaining her earlier assignment to perception-based support work 22.

• Memorizes Yellow Weasel’s presence and follows its trail from the factory into nearby hills 22 23.
• Detects the creature’s weakening power during pursuit 23.
• Heats up in response to the approaching gigantic three-headed Demon Wolf, allowing her to warn Qi Wu 40.

Curse-Energy Shaping

Jiang Qingyue can convert the mark’s power into directed energy rather than relying solely on its sensory functions 19.

• Forms a red barrier that resists an Essence Devourer’s suction 19.
• Condenses a blood-red spike to strike the simulated creature’s weak point 19.
• Initially struggles to regulate expenditure, using more energy than necessary and tiring rapidly 19.

Earth Manipulation

Acquired by sealing Yellow Weasel, her earth ability develops from accidental sculpting into battlefield control 23 26 43.

• Shaping: Creates small clay figures and later explosive clay constructs 23 44.
• Golems: Forms three sand golems during her first desert spar, then escalates to eight stronger golems 26.
• Terrain control: Collapses the ground beneath the Hellhound to trap it in a pit 43.
• Restraint: Uses stone spears to further pin the trapped beast 43.
• Training needs: Qi Wu urges her to refine detail and material quantity, then develop area attacks and movement prediction against faster opponents 23 50.

Hellfire and Clay Bomb

After capturing the Hellhound, Jiang Qingyue combines its Hellfire with her earth ability to create Clay Bombs 44 45.

• Shapes a clay bird that flies several dozen meters before exploding and leaving a deep crater 44.
• Demonstrates that intense emotion can substantially increase explosive output 45.
• Her explosives are not yet reliable against an overwhelmingly faster opponent: Qi Wu neutralizes several clay constructs before she can detonate them during tournament preparation 50.

Equipment / Items

• Tactical sword — Wields it against the Gluttony Lord; its edge is already rolled by the time Qi Wu observes her 3.
• Stellar Radiance — B-rank potion purchased for 100 contribution points. After consuming and assimilating it, she gains slightly more spiritual energy and finer control over her powers 24 25.

Relationships

• Qi Wu — Rescuer, captain, and mentor. He stabilizes her curse mark, recruits her into Salvation, and teaches her its combat applications. She addresses him as “Mr. Wu” and grows increasingly admiring and comfortable around him; they are not established as a couple 3 18 20 23 24.
• Yellow Weasel — First documented imprisoned Demon and source of her earth ability. Serves as a summoned War Soul, including an underground ambush during training and a prepared backup during the island battle 23 26 36.
• Gale / Blade of Gale — Fellow Salvation teammate and training partner. They coordinate against the Hellhound and later spar together against Qi Wu. Jiang Qingyue is surprised to discover that Gale is a woman 32 43 44 50.
• Xuan Chenzi — Independent spirit-medium practitioner encountered during the Yellow Weasel mission. His warnings help her avoid the creature’s Sealing Blessing, and he witnesses her first demon capture 20 21 23.
• Iron Buddha — Battlefield ally whose strike interrupts the Hellhound’s breath attack while Jiang Qingyue restrains it with terrain manipulation 43.

Story Role / Major Arcs

First Salvation Mission

• Completes last-minute simulation training before her first official frontline assignment 19.
• Travels to the abandoned factory in Qi Wu’s arms because neither teammate has a driver’s license 19 20.
• Avoids answering Yellow Weasel’s dangerous blessing question, then helps pursue and track it 21 22 23.
• Captures it after Qi Wu incapacitates it with Unlimited Void, unlocking her first acquired Demon ability 23.

Demon Wolf Emergency and Full Moon Heart

• Finds the high-reward A+ Demon Wolf mission and accepts Qi Wu’s warning that it may be more dangerous than its rating suggests 31.
• Accompanies Qi Wu and Gale to the Full Moon Heart altar, where she is assigned to disrupt and suppress the Goddess of Night and Hunting’s projection 35.
• Summons Yellow Weasel as their prepared backup, then withdraws at Qi Wu’s order before he destroys the projection and the treacherous Blood Knife Team 36 38.
• Helps repel Demon Wolves during the team’s retreat and warns of the larger threat approaching the defensive line 39 40.

Hellhound Battle and New Techniques

• Coordinates earth restraints with Gale and Iron Buddha’s attacks, helping trap and wound the Hellhound 43.
• Seals the eighth-rank divine servant, acquires Hellfire, and develops Clay Bomb through immediate experimentation 44.
• Discovers emotion-amplified output through Qi Wu’s embarrassing slogan exercise 45.

Selection Tournament Preparation

• Enters intensive team training after Qi Wu identifies her combat experience and adaptability as weaknesses 50.
• Practices disruption and explosions alongside Gale’s direct attacks, but cannot touch Qi Wu even without his Limitless defense 50.
• Receives instruction to compensate for speed disadvantages through prediction, area attacks, and battlefield control; is assigned to continue training while Qi Wu takes a solo mission 50.

Notable Quotes

“I'll do my best!” — After accepting her first mission with Salvation 18.

“Yes! It won't get away!” — After confirming Yellow Weasel’s trail through her curse mark 22.

“Art is an explosion—!!!” — While launching an emotion-amplified Clay Bomb 45.