Su Qian

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Power Progression

Background / History

Leadership and Zi Yan’s Upbringing

With Jia Nan Academy’s Dean absent for years, Su Qian governed the Inner Academy while Hu Gan managed the Outer Academy. His authority over the Inner Academy’s elders was absolute, although administrative responsibilities competed with his own cultivation 22.

Su Qian brought Zi Yan to the Inner Academy and raised her after she became stranded in the Black-Corner Region. He could not identify her true species. Limited academy resources and priority given to the elders left him unable to meet her enormous nutritional needs; she roamed freely and repeatedly received scoldings for raiding the academy treasury 20 24 25.

He also built a fearsome reputation by destroying factions that killed Jia Nan Academy students. During the Black Alliance confrontation, the corpses of one Dou Emperor and two Dou Wangs were still displayed in a nearby town as evidence of that retaliation 38.

Welcoming Shen Luo

Su Qian attended Shen Luo’s reception alongside Hu Gan and the Qianbai Elders. After the Qianbai Elders accepted Shen Luo into the academy, Su Qian enthusiastically guided him through the Inner Academy and explained the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower. He hoped to establish a connection with the eighth-tier alchemist, having received few of the cultivation pills left behind by the Dean 18.

He arranged a quiet private courtyard for Shen Luo. When Shen Luo requested access to the Earth Core Magma World, Su Qian initially stressed the implications of opening the seal. After accepting a seventh-grade cultivation pill, he approved the expedition as an investigation into the increasingly restless Fallen Heart Flame 21.

Su Qian ordered the elders to open the tower’s seal despite their concern that the flame might escape. He introduced Shen Luo as a Dou Zong and high-ranking alchemist, accepted three Dou Ling Pills for distribution among the seal-maintaining elders, and instructed them to guard the entrance. He then entered seclusion to pursue his own breakthrough 22.

Black Alliance Crisis

When Han Feng’s coalition declared war, Su Qian chaired the council meeting investigating the raids that had provoked it. Shen Luo admitted responsibility and distributed cultivation pills to the elders. Su Qian subsequently appointed him Second Elder, granting him authority to deploy academy resources without prior approval and placing the response to Han Feng under his command 32.

Although uneasy about the approaching alliance, Su Qian secured the Qianbai Elders’ promise to intervene if necessary. Hu Gan’s breakthrough to Dou Zong further strengthened his confidence; he intended to attack the Black Alliance headquarters if Han Feng failed to appear 37 38.

Following Shen Luo’s warning, Su Qian ordered the activation of the Inner Academy’s protective formation while keeping the Qianbai Elders in reserve. He confronted Han Feng and dispersed much of the coalition’s oppressive aura with a Dou Qi-infused shout 38.

During the battle, Su Qian fought Mo Tianxing. Their exchange initially appeared evenly matched, but Su Qian’s early-stage Four-Star cultivation ultimately left him struggling against Mo Tianxing’s peak Four-Star strength. After Mo Tianxing broke away to ambush Shen Luo, Su Qian ordered the academy elders to shield their wounded Second Elder 39 40.

Appearance

• Elderly, with an aged face and a beard that he frequently strokes 22 32 38.
• Often adopts a hands-behind-the-back posture when addressing the academy elders 22.

Personality

Su Qian is pragmatic about cultivation resources. He actively cultivates Shen Luo’s friendship and accepts a seventh-grade pill before authorizing access beneath the tower. His private thoughts reveal frustration that decades of academy work have brought him little personal cultivation benefit 18 21.

He takes pride in the academy’s growing strength and boasts to the elders that Shen Luo joined out of respect for him. Nevertheless, he accepts Shen Luo’s tactical advice and delegates substantial authority to him during the Black Alliance crisis 22 32 38.

His protection of academy members can be ruthless: he has destroyed factions for killing students. When Shen Luo is severely wounded, his anger prompts an immediate order to rescue him 38 40.

Abilities & Skills

Dou Zong Combat

Su Qian fights at early-stage Four-Star Dou Zong after his breakthrough 31 40.

• Aura suppression: Disperses a substantial portion of the Black Alliance’s combined pressure with an empowered shout 38.
• Aerial combat: Battles Mo Tianxing above the Inner Academy 39.
• Limit: Requires his full strength merely to restrain peak Four-Star Dou Zong Mo Tianxing and cannot prevent him from breaking away 40.

Academy Command and Defensive Coordination

Su Qian directs the Inner Academy’s elders and controls access to its sealed facilities 22.

• Orders the opening and guarding of the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower’s seal 22.
• Commands the elders to activate the academy’s grand protective formation 38.
• Coordinates reinforcements from the Qianbai Elders and emergency protection for Shen Luo 37 40.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Storage Ring — Used to store Shen Luo’s seventh-grade pill 21.
• Seventh-grade cultivation pill — Gift from Shen Luo that enables his Four-Star Dou Zong breakthrough 21 31 32.
• Three Dou Ling Pills — Entrusted to him for distribution among the elders maintaining the tower’s seal 22.

Relationships

• Shen Luo — Fellow elder, cultivation benefactor, and appointed Second Elder. Su Qian entrusts him with the academy’s response to Han Feng and later orders his rescue 18 31 32 40.
• Zi Yan — Raised her and brought her into the Inner Academy, but could neither identify her species nor adequately supply her energy needs 20 24 25.
• Hu Gan — Administrative counterpart responsible for the Outer Academy and fellow defender against the Black Alliance 22 38 39.
• Qianbai Elders — Senior academy experts whose intervention he secures as a safeguard against the invasion 37.
• Han Feng — Enemy coalition leader whom he openly challenges for declaring war on Jia Nan Academy 38.
• Mo Tianxing — Battlefield opponent whose superior cultivation within the Four-Star Dou Zong rank places Su Qian under severe pressure 39 40.