Su Shuangjiang

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Su Shuangjiang (苏霜绛)
Alias(es)	Fairy Su; Fairy Shuangjiang—courtesy forms of address 8 436
Species/Race	Human cultivator 8 511
Gender	Female 8
Affiliation	Great Shun Merchant Association 434 436
Occupation/Role	Demon Hunter; merchant-association official; supplier of demon-beast essence blood; pill refiner 8 436 510
Cultivation	Core Formation, with a superior-grade true core; no later realm advancement is documented 463
Special Constitution	Luan Song Body 511
Status	Last directly reported collecting fire-attribute beast blood for Lin Changheng. Her whereabouts after Yuanshan’s fall are unconfirmed 595 630
First Appearance	Chapter 8, “The power of Fire Control” 8

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Qi Refining, sixth level	8	Introduced as an experienced Demon Hunter living beside Lin Changheng in Zichuan Market.
Foundation Establishment, middle stage	375	Reached during their 120-year separation. At their reunion, a demonic restriction seals her effective power to approximately mid-Qi Refining.
Foundation Establishment, late stage	378 379	Breakthrough begins while she cultivates after Lin removes her restriction. She credits the restriction’s purification and the strong local spirit vein.
Foundation Establishment, peak	427	Confirmed when Lin finds her in a city besieged by demon cultivators in Yue Kingdom.
Core Formation, superior-grade true core	461 462 463	Prepares with a premium Return-to-Truth Pill and Lin’s guidance. Lin guards her breakthrough and prevents True Person Cloud Crane from probing the formation.

Background / History

Zichuan Market

Su Shuangjiang and her unnamed fiancé were childhood sweethearts and fellow Demon Hunters. They moved to Zichuan Market together, planning to marry after saving enough money. Their livelihood involved hunting along the edge of the Savage Wastes. Four years before her introduction, her fiancé was ambushed and killed during a Minor Wilderness Expedition organized by the Purple Pole Sect. Although they had never married, Su thereafter regarded herself as his widow and wore plain clothing in mourning 8.

She had been Lin Changheng’s neighbor for years when a loud blast from his spell practice prompted her to check on him. Their acquaintance developed into cooperation: she helped source Fire Crow essence blood and offered to sell his pills through her connections, giving him an alternative to public sales or the dangerous black market. She also gave him spirit stones and protective talismans 8 14.

Lin later left Zichuan Market with the Xu Family. He told Su that she could seek him out by the Blackwater River for elixirs or essence-blood business, but she never visited. When he subsequently returned to the deteriorating market, her residence was empty 375.

Betrayal and Captivity

While seeking a breakthrough beyond middle Foundation Establishment, Su joined companions in exploring a Core Formation cultivator’s hidden abode beneath the Falling Star River in Yue Kingdom. A trusted companion, Lü Liangze, betrayed the group. Their discoveries were stolen, and Su was imprisoned under a demonic restriction capable of sealing her power, tracking her, and tormenting her 375 378 379 380.

After 120 years apart, Lin recognized her among women forced to attend wealthy cultivators at an Origin Immortal City secret auction. Concealing their connection behind the appearance of a buyer and attendant, he privately revealed his identity and purchased her release for 800 mid-grade spirit stones. He brought her to his protected cave abode, supplied her needs, and promised to address her restriction after his seclusion 375.

Following his own Core Formation breakthrough, Lin destroyed the restriction with opposing flames and sealed the remaining demonic qi. He gave Su a vein-nourishing pill and instructed her to cultivate quietly for two months before exerting herself 377.

Revenge in Yue Kingdom

Su recovered a spare communication talisman from a former residence, preserving it without activation so that Lü Liangze would not be alerted. She and Lin used the lead to find him at the Zhao household compound. With Lin concealing the confrontation behind a formation, Su killed Lü’s two Foundation Establishment companions and seriously wounded him. Lin suppressed his demonic skull artifact and searched his soul; Su then delivered the killing blow 379 380.

She subsequently gathered intelligence on the remaining enemies’ locations and defenses. Their raids culminated in the destruction of the demon cultivators who had enslaved and abused women aboard a pleasure boat, bringing her relief at finally avenging her grievance. When Lin ordered her to flee east, she obeyed immediately; he intercepted True Person Shattered Calamity’s attack and drew the pursuer away 381 382.

Essence-Blood Commissions and Relocation

Su resumed collecting demon-beast essence blood for Lin while still recovering. Her knowledge of Yue Kingdom’s waterways and hunting conditions made her a reliable agent. She negotiated a long-term supply arrangement with the Green Crocodile Gang for Moonlight Crab Demon blood and gathered nearly five hundred drops of Wave-Turning Thorn Puffer blood 383 390.

Initially, she declined Lin’s offer to leave Yue Kingdom before war broke out. She wanted to pursue her own cultivation opportunities and fulfill her commission rather than rely entirely on his protection. Later, amid the worsening siege, she accepted his renewed offer of safe passage. With True Person Pine Waves providing a diversion, Lin escorted her into Yuanshan Kingdom and asked True Person Dong to arrange suitable employment at Great Shun 390 428 434.

At Great Shun, she quickly rose to an important position. Dong praised her intelligence, learning speed, and business results, saying that she outperformed employees with decades of experience 436.

Core Formation and Continued Service

Su gathered supplementary ingredients for the Return-to-Truth Pill and received Lin’s private Core Formation insights. She later prepared her breakthrough in Extreme Mountain Immortal City, where he supplied a premium pill and stood guard. After forming a superior-grade true core, she remained composed until his congratulatory gift prompted an emotional embrace. He advised her to stabilize the core for at least three months before fighting or exhausting her magical power 436 461 462 463.

She planned to commission a natal treasure-artifact embryo from a third-tier Fireforging Hall refiner, using Great Shun’s internal channels for a discount. By their later reunion, a natal treasure artifact was present in her dantian 463 511.

Su continued supplying rare materials and intelligence. She prepared a compilation of regional war reports before Lin returned, helped secure Soulweaving Demon Butterfly and Dark Underworld Demon Wolf essence blood, and remained involved in Great Shun’s affairs during its campaign against Nine Seas 509 510.

After revealing her Luan Song Body to Lin, she accepted a mission to seek Nether Void Fire Beast essence blood at Fire Sacred Mountain. He provided funds and protective treasures and emphasized escape techniques. Her continuing efforts to obtain fire-attribute blood are mentioned much later 511 595.

When Lin returned to the Eight Kingdoms Region after nearly a century away, he learned that Yuanshan had fallen. He reasoned that Su, as a Core Formation cultivator, might have escaped if she had not resisted to the end; this was an assessment, not confirmation of her fate 630.

Appearance

Su has a graceful figure and natural beauty without makeup, with a delicate oval face, cherry lips, and peach-blossom cheeks 8 436.

• Plain white clothing: Her habitual mourning attire remains characteristic long after her fiancé’s death 8 379.
• Waist-length hair: Described alongside her snow-white skirt before her Core Formation attempt 461.
• Cool, sorrowful bearing: Frequently compared to a white lotus; recovery and reunions with Lin bring visible warmth and renewed vitality 379 427 461.

Personality

Su combines neighborly kindness with practical judgment. She checks on Lin after hearing a dangerous-sounding blast and offers useful business assistance without demanding that he expose himself to risk. Years of hunting have also made her composed and sharp when discussing serious matters, even when she becomes shy during personal exchanges 8 14 379.

Her caution becomes increasingly deliberate. She avoids activating a tracking lead prematurely, preserves valuable memories in a jade slip, and postpones exploring the source of her Core Formation Spirit Object until she is stronger. She explicitly credits Lin’s example with teaching her to act within her means 380 428.

Gratitude does not erase her independence. She initially chooses Yue Kingdom’s dangers over a secure position elsewhere, hoping to advance through her own efforts. Toward Lin, however, she becomes openly affectionate and determined to repay his help. Her willingness to flee instantly on his instruction demonstrates the trust developed through their shared ordeals 382 390 461 511.

Abilities & Skills

Demon Hunting and Combat

• Experienced in hunting the Savage Wastes frontier and undertaking exploration assignments 8 379.
• Kills two Foundation Establishment companions of Lü Liangze and wounds Lü himself; Lin intervenes when Lü deploys a dangerous demonic artifact 380.
• Retains battle-hardened reflexes: an unexpected shoulder-pat from a disguised Lin provokes an immediate defensive response 461.

Essence-Blood Procurement and Commerce

• Sources demon-beast blood through hunting knowledge, contacts, and negotiated supply contracts 14 390.
• Completes the Wave-Turning Thorn Puffer and Moonlight Crab Demon commissions despite wartime disruption 428.
• Provides Soulweaving Demon Butterfly and Dark Underworld Demon Wolf essence blood and later seeks fire-attribute Nether Void blood 461 510 511 595.
• Holds an important Great Shun position on the strength of her efficiency and business results 436.

Intelligence Gathering and Soul Search

• Compiles enemy locations and assessments of their defenses before the revenge raids 381.
• Searches the soul of a cultivator who tried to rob her and records the memories identifying a Core Formation Spirit Object’s source 428.
• Prepares reasonably reliable war intelligence covering Yue Kingdom and the Song Region in anticipation of Lin’s needs 509.

Pill Refining

• Agrees to refine pills for Dong Lide if he brings her the necessary ingredients 510.
• Her pill-refining rank and specific repertoire are not stated 510.

Luan Song Body

A special female constitution containing abundant, exceptionally pure yin energy, represented within her dantian by a pale-golden luan-bird phantom 511.

• Remains hidden before Core Formation and gradually awakens afterward 511.
• Begins manifesting outwardly at middle Core Formation, though it can still be concealed; at late Core Formation, concealment becomes impossible 511.
• Makes its bearer vulnerable to exploitation as a cultivation cauldron because the energy can benefit another cultivator 511.
• Lin speculates that it may have subtly contributed to Su’s superior-grade true core; this is not confirmed 511.

Luan-Feng Harmony Secret Art

• Collects and tempers the Luan Song Body’s primordial yin energy 511.
• According to Su’s research, dual cultivation can disperse the gathered energy and benefit both participants 511.
• Su has practiced it for a long time and says perfection is close. She proposes completing the process with Lin, but its completion is not documented 511.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Green Jade Hairpin: Treasure artifact gifted by Lin after her Core Formation breakthrough. Its willow-leaf shaft and white-lotus-bud head release sharp, sword-like power when infused with magical energy 463.
• Natal treasure artifact: Present in her dantian by their later reunion; its name and properties are unspecified 511.
• Two superior spirit artifacts: Lent by Lin for protection during their separate investigations in Yue Kingdom 379.
• High-grade defensive shield and protective talismans: Given by Lin when she initially chooses to remain in Yue Kingdom 390.
• Spare communication talisman: Hidden in an old residence and used to trace Lü Liangze 379 380.
• Core Formation Spirit Object: Acquired from a defeated would-be robber; its accompanying memory record gives Lin a lead to the source 428.
• Premium Return-to-Truth Pill: Supplied by Lin to assist her Core Formation attempt 461.

Relationships

• Lin Changheng — Former neighbor, business partner, rescuer, cultivation mentor, and romantic attachment. He restores her freedom and cultivation; she supports his resource gathering and openly expresses her love. At the time of her Core Formation breakthrough, she is the only person identified as knowing both his original identity and his Fang Yuan persona 14 375 377 463 511.
• Unnamed fiancé — Childhood sweetheart and fellow Demon Hunter, killed before their planned marriage. Su considers herself his widow afterward 8.
• Lü Liangze — Former trusted hunting and exploration companion whose betrayal leads to her captivity. She personally kills him during her revenge 379 380.
• True Person Dong — Great Shun leader who recognizes her commercial talent and works alongside her in the association 436 509 510.
• Dong Lide — Great Shun’s next-generation leader; Su agrees to assist his cultivation by refining pills 510.
• Green Crocodile Gang — Contracted supplier of Moonlight Crab Demon essence blood. Su intervenes on its representative’s behalf when Lin intimidates him 390.

Notable Quotes

“It's no trouble. Neighbors should help one another.” 8

“Don't worry, Brother Lin. I'll make sure to stay alive and not let that anchor disappear.” 436

“Although the place is extraordinary and might hold opportunities, those usually come with considerable risks.” 428