Jiang Cong

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Jiang Cong (姜从)
Species/Race	Half-human, half-vampire 53 135
Gender	Male 7 8
Age	Several centuries old; exact age unspecified 140
Appearance	Permanently maintains the appearance of a young man 140
Height	Approximately 6 ft 3 in 8
Affiliation	Escape-game system; former attendant of Che Quan 95 141
Occupation/Role	Creator of the escape-game instances; ruler following the vampire court’s overthrow; publicly known as a top player 9 140 141
Player Code	001 35 36
Public Ranking	First on the points leaderboard; later tied with Che Quan for first in overall strength 9 50
Partner	Che Quan 153 154
Status	Alive at the finale 154
First Appearance	Introduces himself to Che Quan on the villa’s third floor 6

Power Progression

The early stages are revealed through memories rather than shown in the present-day storyline.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Gifted young half-vampire	138	While serving Che Quan at the Old Castle, displays exceptional combat talent, although he occasionally struggles to control his movements.
Borrowed power from Chaos	138 141	His first bargain exchanges harvested souls for Chaos’s power. When Che Quan is trapped in the Blood Array, Jiang Cong unleashes black mist, destroys the array, and annihilates the guards’ souls.
Independent power surpassing his former dependence	141	After hundreds of years of growth, no longer needs to borrow Chaos’s power. Overwhelms Chaos and forces it to accept a new bargain governed by his own rules.

Background / History

Childhood and Service

Jiang Cong grew up impoverished and rejected by both humans and vampires because of his mixed ancestry. While begging in a snowstorm to pay for his sick mother’s treatment, he accidentally blocked Che Quan’s carriage. Ashamed of appearing destitute before him, Jiang Cong struggled to finish his request. Che Quan gave him a money pouch and a ruby, helping his family survive; Jiang Cong treasured the gifts and remembered the encounter as the beginning of his love 26 27.

After Che Quan’s banishment, Jiang Cong became his sole attendant at the Old Castle. He wore a mask, rarely spoke beyond his duties, and maintained the formal distance between servant and master. He prepared meals, dressed Che Quan, and supplied his blood 78 91 95 136.

The Old Castle Attack

Jiang Cong secretly negotiated with the ancient entity Chaos, then destroyed his mask. A guard denounced him as a traitor for revealing his face, and Jiang Cong killed him before returning to the castle. His bloodstained appearance and the nearby corpses made Che Quan suspicious, despite Jiang Cong’s promise never to harm him 137.

Dess subsequently attacked with vampire soldiers and trapped Che Quan in a blood-draining array intended to sacrifice him for the younger prince. Jiang Cong’s fury released overwhelming black-mist power: he destroyed the array, erased the guards’ souls, and tore Dess apart. Che Quan survived, but severe damage to his soul left him unconscious 138 139.

Revenge and Centuries of Waiting

Jiang Cong placed Che Quan in a crystal coffin and kept a sleepless vigil. He initially drove away the court’s searching nobles rather than kill them near Che Quan. After another conversation with Chaos, he carried Che Quan to the Royal Court, where the scent of Che Quan’s stolen blood in the youngest prince provoked him into killing the prince 139.

He killed the king’s favored consort and subjected the king to a blood-draining circle that consumed both his blood and soul. Jiang Cong also destroyed nobles attempting to claim the throne. Humans and half-vampires began hunting their former vampire oppressors, and Jiang Cong took power 140.

After razing the Royal Court, he built a new palace with a forbidden chamber for Che Quan’s coffin. During centuries of waiting, he read Che Quan’s diary and learned that he admired elegant, composed, refined, and powerful people. Jiang Cong deliberately studied etiquette, instruments, and even smiling to become someone Che Quan might appreciate 140.

Creation of the Escape Games

When Che Quan still did not awaken, Jiang Cong forced Chaos into a second bargain. He would supply souls, but determine the format and rules himself; Chaos would help awaken Che Quan after consuming enough evil souls. Jiang Cong created escape-game instances drawn from dark events in reality, with failed participants’ souls consumed by Chaos 141.

He did not exterminate every vampire. He spared kindly pureblood commoners, made all surviving vampires players, and also brought humans and half-vampires into the games. His decisions nevertheless harmed innocents, something he acknowledges when facing Che Quan’s judgment 141.

At the Lake of Hope, Jiang Cong later reveals another part of Che Quan’s awakening: the final wish lantern he sent across the lake remained alight until it reached the opposite shore. He used the blood inside it—his own—to wake Che Quan 154.

Appearance

• Build: Tall, slender, and long-legged; the tallest member of the first instance’s group 8 21.
• Hair: Moonlight-silver, silky, and waist-length; sometimes tied up 8 27 53.
• Eyes: Pale irises in deep, narrow eyes, which darken during hypnosis or intense emotion 101 137.
• Bearing: Refined, languid, and composed even in casual clothing 8 9.
• Former mask: Worn during his service at the Old Castle and later deliberately destroyed 78 137.
• Hospital attire: A fitted white coat, thin-framed glasses, and a stethoscope 80.

Personality

Jiang Cong’s elegant composure is partly cultivated rather than innate. His polished smile and manners developed through years of practice based on Che Quan’s preferences. Outside that presentation, he can be cold, ruthless, and indifferent to suffering, particularly when punishing those who have harmed Che Quan 95 140.

His devotion combines attentive care with possessiveness and manipulation. He cooks, supplies blood, offers comfortable sleeping arrangements, and protects Che Quan from institutional punishment. He also monitors him through surveillance equipment, engineers circumstances that force closeness, and resents others looking at him 43 44 86 96 101 141.

Despite immense wealth and authority, Jiang Cong considers himself undeserving of comfort. He builds an extravagant courtyard for Che Quan while living in a cramped, dilapidated room himself. Even a gentle push from Che Quan fills him with happiness because it contrasts with their earlier encounters, when Che Quan stabbed him through the heart 125.

His confidence gives way to anxiety when Che Quan might reject him. After admitting responsibility for the harmful instance settings, he asks for forgiveness rather than denying them. As their relationship becomes mutual, he increasingly asks permission, accommodates their different expectations of intimacy, and worries about Che Quan’s comfort in public 141 142 151 153 154.

Abilities & Skills

Black-Mist Power and Soul Destruction

Jiang Cong’s original supernatural bargain grants access to Chaos’s ancient, dangerous power; centuries later, his own strength allows him to dominate Chaos 141.

• Destroys the Blood Array and reduces vampire soldiers to dust, annihilating their souls 138.
• Crushes elite pureblood nobles beneath immense pressure and causes their blood vessels to swell toward rupture 139.
• Creates a blood-draining magic circle that consumes the vampire king’s blood and soul 140.
• Erases the black-water monster without visibly attacking or even looking at it 101.
• Initially displays occasional difficulty controlling his movements 138.
• Prolonged exposure to Chaos taints him and aggravates cruel impulses, though this does not excuse his actions 141.

Instance Creation and Authority

As the games’ designer, Jiang Cong can enter instances and approach Che Quan at any time, in different forms 141.

• Has no livestream channel from his own perspective, unlike ordinary players 9.
• Assumes roles including the principal’s superior’s son and a doctor assigned to treat Che Quan 22 80.
• Exercises authority that frightens Dean Kang Cheng into abandoning his threats 86.
• Takes responsibility for the skin-hunger buff and sickly character setting; later removes those manipulations as he regains his reason 141.

Hypnosis and Memory Access

Jiang Cong uses powerful eye-based hypnosis to draw Che Quan into realistic memories 101.

• Induces sleep even after Che Quan attempts to look away 101.
• Initially withholds further memories until Che Quan clears another stage 103.
• Allows Che Quan to read his past through blood-drinking when he promises full disclosure 136 137.

Half-Vampire Traits

• Night vision: Sees clearly in complete darkness 22 27 32.
• Regeneration: Rapidly heals wounds after Che Quan bites his lip 49.
• Durability: Survives being stabbed through the heart with Che Quan’s silver dagger 53.
• Blood-drinking: Participates in mutual feeding with Che Quan 78 115.
• Courtship scent: Releases a distinctive half-vampire mating scent powerful enough to affect the pureblood Che Quan 125 135 151.
• Appearance control: Fixes his appearance permanently as a young man 140.

Combat and Supernatural Control

• Evades Che Quan’s lethal attacks with ease, redirecting his force to pull him back into his arms 22 26.
• Limits his strength during their confrontation to avoid injuring him 22.
• Causes Cheng Kong’s eyes to sting whenever he looks toward Che Quan 101.
• Instantly evaporates water from himself and Che Quan 136.
• Remains unaffected by the villa’s oppressive atmosphere; sinister cold air steers clear of him 6 9.

Practical and Scholarly Skills

• Cooking: Prepares six dishes and soup, accurately recognizing Che Quan’s preferences 43.
• Ancient Language: Communicates and negotiates with Chaos in the language used by ancient monsters 137 141.
• Etiquette and music: Studies manners and instruments during his centuries-long vigil 140.
• Investigation: Directs the amusement-park group toward an overlooked notebook and warns Che Quan about the impostor replacing Ning Dantong 74 149.

Equipment / Items

• Healing hair ribbon — Ties it around Che Quan’s cut finger, immediately healing the wound 6.
• Highest-grade Blocking Item — Prevents livestream viewers from hearing private exchanges 26.
• Boss’s Diary — Purchases Che Quan’s lifesaving item for 40 million points, overriding the blacklist’s transaction restriction 35.
• Timing Hourglasses — Gives cyan bottles to the amusement-park players and a purple limited edition to Che Quan. The purple version follows any instance’s timing rules, protects its user, lasts one hour per use, and has unlimited uses with a three-second cooldown 59 60.
• Special handkerchief — Uses it to clean Che Quan’s bloodied hand after the water-monster encounter 64 65.
• Invisibility Cloak — Gives Che Quan an item that conceals its wearer from every monster boss, works in any instance, and has unlimited uses without wear 74.
• Crystal Coffin — Preserves Che Quan during his centuries-long slumber, first beneath the Old Castle and later inside Jiang Cong’s forbidden palace chamber 139 140.
• Restorative potion — Quickly remedies Che Quan’s soreness and weakness after their intimate encounter; Jiang Cong admits deliberately delaying it 152.

Relationships

• Che Quan — Childhood benefactor, former master, blood-sharing partner, and eventual lover. Jiang Cong regards him as an older brother in vampire terms, but they are not blood relatives. His gratitude becomes centuries-long devotion and obsession 26 27 153 154.
• Chaos — Initially lends Jiang Cong power in exchange for souls. Later becomes the coerced partner in his escape-game scheme, after Jiang Cong grows strong enough to dictate their terms 141.
• His mother — Her illness drives him to beg for treatment money as a child; Che Quan’s gifts help the family survive 26 27.
• Dess — Enemy who attempts to sacrifice Che Quan. Jiang Cong destroys her Blood Array and kills her 138 139.
• The vampire king and youngest prince — Targets of revenge for stealing Che Quan’s blood and planning his death 139 140.
• Quan Qin — President of the Jiang Cong–Che Quan shipping fan club and an enthusiastic observer of their relationship 90 95.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arc	Jiang Cong’s involvement
Haunting / Skin Hunger Syndrome	Appears mysteriously on the villa’s third floor and repeatedly relieves Che Quan’s symptoms through contact. Wins their evaluation wager with a perfect score after burning down the school, the action judged closest to fulfilling Qiao Qiao’s wish 6 14 23 33.
Instance City and the courtyard	Buys the Boss’s Diary for 40 million points, then repeatedly asks Che Quan to remain at the courtyard he owns. Che Quan initially blocks him, but later returns after being offered unrestricted access to his blood 35 36 53.
Murder Apartment	Cooks for Che Quan, reveals extensive surveillance, declares his possessive affection, and allows Che Quan to drink his blood. His rapid healing exposes that he is not an ordinary human 43 44 49.
Eerie Shadow Amusement Park	Supplies valuable protective items, offers an investigative clue, and quietly tends Che Quan’s bloodied hand 59 64 74.
Death Hospital	Acts as Che Quan’s doctor, shields him from punishment, retaliates against patient abusers, and annihilates the black-water monster. Afterward, uses hypnosis to reopen Che Quan’s memories 80 86 95 101.
Single-Choice Question and restored memories	Visits Che Quan for feeding while his unexplained access to instances raises suspicion. Later permits memory-reading that exposes the court’s betrayal, his revenge, and his creation of the games 115 125 136 137 141.
Reconciliation and Werewolf	Receives Che Quan’s tentative acceptance of a romantic relationship. Their new wager makes the winner comfort the loser; Jiang Cong’s warning about Ning Dantong’s impostor becomes an expression of mutual trust 142 149.
Official date and finale	Their relationship becomes openly reciprocal. At the Lake of Hope, he reveals that his blood-filled wish lantern helped awaken Che Quan, who responds with a public kiss 150 151 153 154.

Notable Quotes

“Your Highness, please leave those matters to me. Don’t dirty your hands.” 95

“If I die, I’ll find another way to protect you.” 102

“I can feed you souls regularly, but I set the format and the rules.” 141