Qin Xiaoxia

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Qin Xiaoxia (秦小侠)
Alias(es)	Dawn’s Sage; Grand Sage; Sword Saint Degoni, an identity used in the Otherworld 200 400 516.
Species/Race	Human; undergoes a magical bodily transformation discussed as Elvenization 200 281.
Gender	Male 31 597.
Affiliation	Dawn Association 36 37.
Occupation/Role	Sage, mentor, Mystic Realm specialist, and organizer of Dawn’s revival and expansion 36 266 400.
Residence / Base	Originally associated with Qing Town, Kehua District, Yue City; later operates from Dawn’s Qing Town Sanctuary 2 467.
Family	Adopted son of the late Old Qin, Dawn’s previous-generation Mentor; states that he has no surviving blood relatives 3 22 600.
Status	Alive in the latest provided appearance 686.
First Appearance	Wandering through Qing Town after the Spring Festival 2.

Power Progression

The documented milestones concern magical growth and technique development; no numbered cultivation realm is assigned to Qin in the provided material.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Newly awakened magic; first Reaction Formula experiment	19	Perceives faint purple magic throughout his body and uses it to accelerate a lighter’s combustion. The precise cause of his awakening remains uncertain.
First confirmed increase through consumption	35	His magic consumes a juvenile Faceless Yin Ghost’s corpse and increases in quantity by approximately ten percent.
First successful Mystic Realm weaving	60 61 296	Activates the inscription associated with the Red Banshee’s fall. High-quality magic, precise control, and exceptional luck allow his first attempt to succeed.
Strengthening after the Flame Demon incident	129 133	His magic, soul, and body grow stronger. Qin believes the World returned power to him; absorption of the demon’s traits remains a possibility rather than a confirmed explanation.
Improved Mystic Realm construction	133 143	Cooperation with the revived Red Banshee produces a much stronger realm, followed by markedly more proficient remote inscriptions.
First successful remote magic-script inscription	402	Shapes a fragile thought projection into a robed figure and writes on Hilbert’s scroll. The inscription exhausts the projection.
Thoughtform operating in Margeson	458	Projects into another world, although its world power severely oppresses his manifestation.
First lifespan-transfer attempt	460	Gives Nixi approximately one additional month of life. Her soul’s rejection nearly collapses his thoughtform.
Body control through the Psychic Spell Formation	461	Controls Nixi’s body, but cannot directly command her dormant innate magic; instead uses her Water Magic Pearl.
Soul absorption stabilizes possession	498 503	Absorbing the former bandit’s soul makes his thoughtform substantially easier to maintain and supports bodily strengthening through “soul feedback.”
Sustained, independently active manifestations	597	After prolonged practice, can easily maintain one or two manifestations elsewhere, each performing fairly complicated work independently.

Background / History

Qin was adopted by Old Qin and grew up without meaningful contact with other relatives. Old Qin gave him an ordinary childhood, including school life that Qin later remembers as one of his happiest periods. Only much later does Qin reflect on the old man’s position as Dawn’s previous-generation Mentor 3 600.

During middle school, Old Qin branded Qin’s palm with the Dawn Seal. The injury concerned his teacher, but Qin defended it as a family tradition; Old Qin bore the same mark. His deskmate Huang Jiutian admired the brand at the time, a memory Qin later uses when introducing him to Dawn 35 37.

Before becoming Dawn’s Sage, Qin lived comparatively modestly. His home’s renovations were more than ten years old, and he did not own property in the residential complex where Huang rented a place 13 32.

Appearance

• Hair: Initially black with conspicuous gray or silver strands; a later appearance describes long, gray-white hair 31 114 194 597.
• Dawn Seal: A sun-like brand on his right palm, with a central circle and irregular surrounding points. It signifies recognition by Dawn’s leader and the accompanying honor and responsibility 27 37 259.
• Usual ceremonial clothing: A black hooded robe that conceals his face during mysterious public appearances 111 194.
• Ordinary clothing: Also wears suits and casual outerwear; after grooming himself for an outing, he considers his appearance reasonably respectable 3 599.
• Otherworld appearance: While inhabiting Felfeni, changes the body’s clothing and presentation enough to make the former bandit unrecognizable to Leit 503.

Personality

Qin’s curiosity repeatedly overcomes his fear. Faced with an inexplicable intruder, he first changes locks and installs cameras, then turns the recordings into an investigation of the visitor’s behavior and limitations. His experiments with magic similarly begin with observation, practical questions, and attempts to explain unfamiliar effects through science 5 6 19.

He is theatrical, calculating, and comfortable with deception. Food, staged reactions, carefully timed revelations, and intimidating magical displays all serve as tools of persuasion. His treatment of the Tree Shepherd explicitly conceals limited reserves behind an apparently overwhelming attack; his prediction that Nixi will die the following night is fabricated to strengthen her interest in his offer 9 36 98 459.

His protectiveness coexists with severity. He shields Doudou during a deadly fall, stops Su Su’s dangerous divination, and heals Yuan after a sensory-link injury. Against enemies, however, he can be ruthless: he experiments on the trapped Puppeteer Demon Spirit and kills Duo’er’an without accepting the demon’s proposed bargain 110 123 276 277 618.

Leadership makes him increasingly forward-looking, but does not erase his humor or awkwardness. He enjoys maintaining the Sage’s mystique, becomes embarrassed by Su Su’s and the Red Banshee’s competing affection, and eventually recognizes that Dawn’s growth requires delegation and fairer access to scarce resources 266 400 598 599.

Abilities & Skills

Purple Magic and the Reaction Formula

• Nature: His magic permeates his organs, bones, and cells, recovers quickly, and can manifest as flame-like purple power 19 129.
• Chemical manipulation: Intensifies combustion by interacting with heat, fuel gas, and oxygen. He tentatively names this application the Reaction Formula 19.
• Environmental applications: Rapidly dries and hardens soil, creates towering flames, forms ice beneath his feet, and manipulates surrounding air and water 96 276 607.
• Risk: His first combustion test makes a lighter explode; his magic is also potent enough to scorch fragile crystal-vein roots despite deliberate suppression 19 90.

Devouring and Destructive Magic

• Consumption: Absorbs a dead Faceless Yin Ghost and gains additional magic from it 35.
• Anti-spirit attacks: Binds and burns the entity possessing Haohao, then physically extracts it from the boy 29 30.
• Later lethality: Restrains two demons through overwhelming force and kills the High Demon Duo’er’an with illusory flames 618.
• Capacity limit: Consumed power cannot accumulate without restriction. If returning magic exceeds what his body can withstand, he must spend the excess immediately or allow it to dissipate 269.
• Life-force cost: Exhausting his reserves during the Dread Marsh incident causes the spell to draw on his life force instead 110.

Mystic Realm Weaving and Spell Formation Arrays

• Precision: Controls individual magic-script characters and the structure of complex arrays with exceptional accuracy 61 296.
• Transport: Uses temporary formulas and established realms to move companions, return home, and transport Gou Junbao’s car 99 143 220.
• Containment: Conceals an improvised roadside formula and uses the resulting realm to trap the Tree Shepherd and disrupt its magic 96.
• Infrastructure: Builds arrays for Dawn Silent Moon Island and develops Dawn’s own Mystic Realm system alongside the Red Banshee 266 296.
• Large-scale sealing: Inscribes a vast Dawn Seal on Jilian’s shoulder, though even her unconscious, unresisting body demands an exhausting amount of power 319.
• Teaching: Trains Su Su in realm construction, while identifying her and Huang Jiutian as promising successors for work that initially depends on Qin and the Red Banshee 266.

Water, Weather, and Lightning Control

• Rainmaking: Uses a magic crystal to summon dark clouds and torrential rain against the Flame Demon 123.
• Sea control: Produces enormous waves and whirlpools across Daijing Bay, trapping the Puppeteer Demon Spirit without causing deaths or serious shoreline injuries 276 277.
• Lightning: Strikes the trapped demon and surrounding sea as a test of electricity’s effects on such beings 277.
• Industrial use: Diverts sea life, removes boiling water, and summons an immense icy current during a three-day divine-weapon quenching 425.
• Later control: Can change weather within a certain area at will, but generally prefers to let natural conditions run their course 631.

Thoughtforms and Remote Body Control

• Development: Draws on Dawn’s mental-power research, quantum entanglement, Echo Flowers, and Dream Sloth Bugs while developing remote consciousness projection 401.
• Remote activity: Observes people, writes magic script, explores unfamiliar worlds, and eventually maintains independently active manifestations 402 486 597.
• Body inhabitation: Uses the Psychic Spell Formation to borrow Nixi’s body; later inhabits Felfeni and temporarily operates through Gurian 461 503 680.
• Perceptual concealment: His thoughtform can become visibly present while remaining undetectable through the demons’ other senses 618.
• Foreign-world pressure: Margeson strongly oppresses his projection; another newly investigated world exerts a milder version of the same pressure 458 486.
• Support requirement: A projection in Kasluopa can survive independently for only about a day if its satellite array is destroyed, and cannot use most magical methods without a body 415.

Souls, Healing, and Bodily Control

• Soul expertise: Assesses Nixi’s remaining lifespan through the condition of her soul, despite lying about the exact date of her death 459.
• Lifespan transfer: Extends Nixi’s life, but the procedure provokes resistance from both body and soul and is imperfect on his first attempt 460.
• Healing assistance: Combines magic with a Flower of Life petal to heal Yuan; later gives Nixi a petal that repairs soul damage and restores vitality 276 466.
• Resurrection: Gathers Zhou Zhigang’s scattered soul and restores him to life 619.
• Physical control: Performs self-surgery in Felfeni’s injured body, directs its metabolism and recovery, and strengthens its digestion and nutrient absorption 498 505.
• Limits: The Flower of Life cannot reverse the law restricting Nixi’s lifespan, although its healing unexpectedly leaves her with roughly two months remaining 466.

Perception, Influence, and Research

• Supernatural sight: Detects the separate entity attached to Haohao and later follows human and demonic aura traces 29 607.
• Mental connections: Senses approximate direction and distance through source magic or entangled mental fluctuations, but does not automatically obtain precise coordinates 94 503.
• Emotional influence: His magic can affect ordinary people’s emotions as his own mental state changes 36.
• Conviction: Demonstrates that strengthened conviction can intensify magical power, then uses this principle to coach Su Su through a major breakthrough 171.
• Visual memory: Mentally reconstructs scattered locations on a coded Old Era map 250.
• Research fields: Studies awakening, magical resources, summoning, world barriers, corruption, and the relationship between world consciousness and its inhabitants 250 401 467 680.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Endless Abyss — Whip taken from the Flame Demon. Qin’s magic cleans it, shrinks it to a manageable size, and controls it effortlessly. It releases powerful heat and force; Doudou can barely lift it 129 130.
• Magic crystals / Philosopher’s Stones — Valuable power reserves used for major spells, awakening support, and spell formations. Qin cultivates a crystal vein and can shape or harvest its growth through its connection to his magic 101 123 220 266.
• Wish Coins — Support wishes and awakening procedures. An attempt to copy Mumu’s or the Red Banshee’s memories fails because the continuous information exceeds what a coin can handle 250 266.
• Statue of Order / Kormir’s Statue — Provides access to the “Side of Truth,” but Qin’s first use causes severe blood loss and overwhelming strain. It later fuses with the Red Banshee’s shadow as she becomes alive 83 110 131.
• Heart of Nature fragment, called the “Emerald” — Offered by the Tree Shepherd as proof of submission; a portion dramatically accelerates Qin’s crystal deposit 99 101.
• Echo Flowers and seeds — One-use telepathic communication resources cultivated by Mumu, particularly useful for receiving Huang Jiutian’s intelligence 147.
• Blood-Colored Flower of Life petals — Healing resources used to restore vitality and repair soul damage 276 466.
• Water Magic Pearl — Nixi’s artifact, used to supply magic while Qin controls her body but cannot command her innate power 461.

Relationships

• Old Qin — Adoptive father and previous-generation Dawn Mentor. Branded Qin with the Dawn Seal while also preserving his ordinary childhood 37 600.
• Doudou / Ma Gulu — Mischievous Sprite who begins as Qin’s household intruder and captive, then becomes his close helper and teasing companion. Qin presents him to Huang as a little cousin connected to Old Qin and later shields him during the Flame Demon battle 9 12 22 83 123.
• Huang Jiutian — Childhood friend and former deskmate whom Qin recruits into Dawn. Huang subsequently supplies intelligence through Echo Flowers while working with the Special Security Team 36 37 147.
• Gou Junbao — Longtime friend. Qin initially conceals his supernatural activities from him, later attends his wedding and supports his proposal for a school suited to Dawn’s children 100 101 503 600.
• Su Su — Disciple who calls him Mentor. Qin safeguards her divination, coaches her confidence, and trains her in Mystic Realm work. Her admiration develops into openly expressed attraction 110 171 266 599.
• Red Banshee — Former realm shadow who gains a living body and independent soul. Becomes Qin’s principal partner in Mystic Realm research and construction, as well as a romantic rival to Su Su 131 132 296 599.
• Mumu / Tree Shepherd — Initially an enemy whom Qin nearly kills. After surrendering part of its Heart of Nature, it becomes a trusted subordinate involved in crystal cultivation, magical plants, and sanctuary protection 98 99 129 147.
• World Mother / World Consciousness — A world-scale presence with which Qin has an unusually intimate connection. He receives support from world power but also worries about her appetite for consuming other worlds 319 400 565.
• Tao Xingzhi — Special Security Team leader whom Qin respects as capable and efficient. Their cooperation includes joint missions and gifts of a magic crystal and Echo Flower seeds 210 220.
• Sun Tian — Descendant of a family bound to Dawn by an ancestral oath. Qin encourages him to rediscover that obligation rather than immediately enforcing it 111 113 114.
• Baru — Dawn ally rebuilding the Silent Knight Order. Qin promises land and logistical support for its headquarters and arsenal 176 250.
• Monkey King Wukong — Student whose martial development Qin encourages; Qin also supports the forging and quenching of his enormous divine weapon 346 425 475.
• Nan Feng and the craftsmen — Specialists commissioned and rewarded by Qin, later contributing to Dawn’s forging operations and assessment of new workers 83 308 320.
• Pipi — Akeniksen organizer whose merchant-group plans Qin supports through Otherworld intervention; also a contact when Qin investigates a newly discovered world 458 465 486.
• Nixi — Fairy persuaded to lend Qin her body in exchange for additional life. He later compensates her with healing and leaves her with more remaining time than she expected 459 460 466.
• Leit — Holy Knight who respects Qin’s Sword Saint Degoni identity and helps establish his credibility before Church leaders 516 550.
• Youyi — Mysterious child closely connected to Dawn. Qin follows her journey, admires her largely self-taught Mystic Realm talent, and accepts redirected world-power blessings from her 646 673 680.
• Zhou Zhigang and Duobaili — Human–succubus couple whom Qin ultimately protects. He restores Zhou to life and promises them freedom from pursuit 618 619.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Household Intruder and Dawn’s Revival

Qin’s entry into the supernatural begins with missing household items and an unexplained gold coin beneath his pillow. Surveillance reveals a barefoot child eating his food and hiding his possessions. Qin studies the intruder, captures it with a sedative, and uses food and intimidation to establish communication 5 6 9 11.

After discovering his own magic, Qin begins rebuilding Dawn rather than acting alone. He confirms the Revival Plan and recruits Huang Jiutian with a deliberately staged explanation of the supernatural. At this early stage, Dawn has only three members, despite the much grander impression Qin presents to outsiders 19 36 37 41.

Building the Sanctuary and Magical Resources

Qin’s statue project brings Nan Feng and other craftsmen into his circle. His first Mystic Realm weaving establishes the Red Banshee’s shadow, while the Statue of Order’s dangerous Side of Truth reveals how to cultivate a magic-crystal vein. He rejects human souls as a resource for the mine 56 61 83.

The confrontation with the Tree Shepherd becomes another turning point. Qin and Doudou ambush the creature, extract a costly surrender, and bring it home. Its remains, magic, and offered Emerald then enable explosive growth of the crystal deposit 96 98 99 101.

Flame Demon Battle and the Red Banshee’s Awakening

Against the Holy City Flame Demon, Qin relies on military support, illusion, the Red Banshee’s shadow, and a precious magic crystal. A strike knocks him and Doudou from a rooftop; Qin protects Doudou, suffers grave injuries, and forces himself back into the fight 123.

The aftermath leaves Qin stronger and gives him the Endless Abyss. Meanwhile, Kormir’s Statue awakens and fuses with the realm shadow, producing a living Red Banshee. Her expertise helps Qin replace his earlier realm with a substantially stronger construction 129 130 131 132 133.

Expanding Dawn and Cooperating with Governments

Qin builds Dawn through selective recruitment, logistics networks, overseas branches, magical equipment, and specialist organizations. He seeks experienced covert operatives, supports Baru’s Knights Order, and encourages a separate martial system through the Mo siblings 160 176 177 226.

Cooperation with Tao Xingzhi’s team develops into joint international missions and operations against supernatural threats. Qin also establishes Silent Moon Island, confronts the Puppeteer Demon Spirit at Daijing Bay, and organizes Jilian’s enormous body and associated resources after sealing her 211 220 235 266 277 319 320.

Otherworld Projection and Borrowed Bodies

Unable to enter certain worlds physically through the Demon Mirror, Qin develops thought projection as an alternative. His first remote inscription guides Hilbert; later expeditions take him into Margeson and another unfamiliar world 401 402 458 486.

In Margeson, he borrows Nixi’s body to assist Pipi’s political efforts. In the newly investigated world, he discovers religious persecution, observes imperial resistance to the Church, and acquires the injured body of the bandit Felfeni. Soul absorption makes this second body a more stable vessel for his consciousness 460 465 486 489 496 498.

Sword Saint Degoni and the Otherworld Crisis

Using the Sword Saint identity, Qin teaches three disciples and persuades Church leaders to investigate an approaching disaster. He lets soldiers and Holy Knights gain practical experience fighting stranded fiends, then offers broader training rather than allowing their victory to produce false confidence 516 550.

His long-term plan draws opposing Otherworld factions toward Earth’s forces. However, the World Mother’s expanding grip creates consequences he cannot fully predict. Qin continues working for years and only relaxes once world-scale arrays are established and he confirms that she will not swallow the Otherworld outright 528 565 597.

Community, Mercy, and Continuing Investigation

After the prolonged crisis, Qin turns some attention toward Dawn’s community: visiting Gou Junbao’s family, supporting ordinary schooling for extraordinary children, and navigating his increasingly obvious romantic relationships 598 599 600 625.

His intervention in Zhou Zhigang and Duobaili’s tragedy clarifies Dawn’s purpose. Rather than treating every demon as an enemy, he resurrects Zhou and gives the couple a chance at peaceful life. Later investigations follow Youyi’s connection to Dawn and use guided world power to expose a concentrated corruption entity hidden in a marsh 619 646 680.

Notable Quotes

“The bottleneck restricting your power isn't your stalled progress in Magic Script and Magic Language. It's your conviction!” 171

“If you define the pursuit of magic power as the pursuit of strength, you will gain nothing! —To the seeker who has lost his way.” 402

“World power is usually very strong, but it is usually very stupid, too. It has power but no idea how to use it.” 680