Qin Churan

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Qin Churan (秦初然)
Alias(es)	Officer Qin; Captain Qin 169 356
Species/Race	Human; later an immortal cultivator 492 493
Gender	Female 95
Affiliation	Magic City’s Qin family; Capital City’s Ye family through her mother; Chen Lin’s household 237 301 499
Occupation/Role	Former deputy commander of the Magic City Criminal Investigation Detachment; later a criminal investigation captain in Yicheng; subsequently a full-time cultivator 95 356 491
Family	Only daughter of Qin Changhai and Ye Pianran; maternal granddaughter of Ye Zhentian; older cousin of Qin Chuxia 95 237 418
Partner	Chen Lin 493 495
Children	One child with Chen Lin, born with early Foundation Establishment cultivation 683
Highest Documented Realm	Mid Void Refinement 711
First Appearance	Enters the Qin family villa in a police uniform 95

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Taiyin Breathing Technique — initial training	289	After three days under Chen Lin’s instruction, effortlessly lifts and relocates a stone planter weighing over 100 jin.
Taiyin Breathing Technique — increased strength	338	After half a month of cultivation, possesses approximately 500–600 jin of strength.
Taiyin Breathing Technique — stronger striking power	342	Punches a 300-jin training bag hard enough to snap its steel suspension chain and send it seven or eight meters backward, without injuring her fist.
Taiyin Breathing Technique — basics mastered	355	Chen Lin confirms her foundational training is complete and says continued practice will make her capable of handling thirty to fifty ordinary criminals.
Taiyin Breathing Technique — further improvement	424	Delivers a punch with roughly 700–800 jin of force. Chen Lin assesses her vitality as over ten times an ordinary person’s and her strength as sufficient to defeat four or five Jiaolong Guards.
Qi induction	492	Completes qi induction in one hour with Chen Lin’s guidance. Her martial training has strengthened her blood and qi and widened her meridians; her senses become several times sharper.
First layer of Qi Refining	493	Reaches the first layer after half an hour of practicing the Phoenix Yin-Yang Essence Cultivation Art with Chen Lin. The process expels impurities from her body.
Second layer of Qi Refining	499	Breaks through after ten minutes of absorbing energy from the spiritual vein inside the Mountains and Rivers Painting, with Chen Lin regulating the influx.
Third layer of Qi Refining	499	Breaks through again during the same session. Chen Lin stops the group’s absorption before their meridians exceed their limits.
Fifth layer of Qi Refining	500	On the fifth day of intensive cultivation, advances two stages in succession by drawing on her accumulated martial foundation.
Sixth layer of Qi Refining	500	Reaches the sixth layer by the seventh day; later confirmed firmly established at this level 511.
Foundation Establishment	579	Forms a flawless dao foundation alongside Qin Chuxia, Zhang Ruoxi, and Chen Qianqian.
Early Core Formation	614 617	Joins Chen Lin’s five partners at early Core Formation. Her cultivation is fully stabilized by the wilderness expedition.
Late Core Formation	634	Advances through high-level dual cultivation and repeated combat training at Ten-Thousand-Fathom Peak.
Mid Void Refinement	711	Reaches this realm with Chen Lin’s five partners after prolonged cultivation supported by abundant resources and Cangyuan Hall’s altered time flow.

Background / History

Family and Police Career

Qin Churan is the only daughter of Qin Changhai, Magic City’s deputy municipal party secretary and head of its Qin family, and Ye Pianran, a prominent writer and vice chair of the Huaxia Writers Association. Her maternal family includes a retired national elder statesman and senior military and provincial officials 237 301.

She first appears as deputy commander of the Magic City Criminal Investigation Detachment. She subsequently works in Yicheng, initially appearing in a traffic-police role before serving as a criminal investigation captain. By the time she resigns, Yicheng’s promotion to a directly administered municipality has raised her benefits to Deputy Department-Level Rank 95 169 356 491.

Investigating Chen Lin

Her initial interest in Chen Lin centers on Wang Lei’s bizarre confession. She attempts to question him at the Qin family home, but Qin Chuxia intervenes and Qin Changjiang insists that Chen Lin be treated as the family’s honored guest. Chen Lin leaves without explaining what happened, provoking her anger 96.

In Yicheng, she stops his Bentley for allegedly exceeding the speed limit by three kilometers per hour and issues a written warning carrying no fine or penalty points. His composure convinces her that ordinary probing will not unsettle him 169.

While riding with Chen Lin, she follows a cargo van after he detects the smell of human blood and a corpse. Later, she witnesses two criminals killed by daggers launched from his direction, through a tent, from approximately thirty meters away. The incident overturns her confidence in a purely materialist explanation of the world 173 188.

Trafficking Investigation and Injury

When four core suspects in the dismemberment case refuse to cooperate, Qin Churan privately asks Chen Lin for help. She fears the associated trafficking network will claim more victims during the delay. At the Criminal Police Brigade, she follows his instruction to turn off the interrogation cameras despite An Xin’s objections 198 199.

An explosion leaves her critically injured, facially disfigured, and without her left eye. Her parents entrust her to Chen Lin after he promises a complete recovery within two months. Awakening in his home, she discovers the damage in a mirror and breaks down 236 238 240 242.

The explosives investigation stalls when two suspected military suppliers reportedly die by suicide. Chen Lin suspects they were silenced and offers to investigate privately with her because the police lack authority to investigate the military district fully. He secretly uses Bright Moon to restore her eye and heal most of her facial wounds, attributing the recovery to an ancestral remedy 270 271.

Martial Training and Return to Duty

After repeatedly witnessing Chen Lin’s superiority, Qin Churan begs him to teach her martial arts. She explains that she wants to confront evil without again feeling helpless. Chen Lin accepts after she swears never to disclose his secrets, even to her parents 280 287 288.

She learns the Taiyin Breathing Technique and develops superhuman strength. Nevertheless, she returns to police work rather than remain comfortably dependent on him, declaring that her place is in interrogation rooms and on the front lines. Her colleagues’ astonishment at her complete recovery prompts them to recommend Chen Family Village to relatives seeking treatment 289 355 356.

Cultivation and Life with Chen Lin

Ye Pianran recognizes her daughter’s feelings for Chen Lin and encourages her to pursue him despite his existing relationships. Qin Churan initially resists the prospect of becoming another partner, but later embraces Chen Lin and thanks him openly 420 423 426.

After returning from a two-week investigation, she discovers that Qin Chuxia and the other women have begun cultivating immortality. When Chen Lin says her police duties and worldly entanglements prevent her mind from settling, she chooses to resign. She hands her responsibilities to Anxin and moves toward a life of cultivation in Chen Family Village 489 490 491.

Chen Lin guides her through qi induction and the first layer of Qi Refining, and their relationship becomes romantic. She subsequently cultivates with his household, joins combat expeditions, and gives birth to their child, who possesses early Foundation Establishment cultivation from birth 492 493 495 617 683.

Appearance

• Build: Tall, long-legged, and athletic, with defined abdominal muscles developed through years of exercise 95 493.
• Hair: Usually neat and short; by her later visit to the brigade, it covers her earlobes. She also wears it in a practical ponytail after an extended assignment 169 418 489.
• Features: Strongly resembles Qin Chuxia, but has a colder, more imposing bearing and a piercing gaze 95.
• Clothing: Commonly wears police uniforms, sportswear, and black, white, or gray business clothing. Her fitted black silk dress becomes a deliberate choice when visiting Chen Lin 169 418 491.
• Recovery: Her restored face bears no visible scars, and her left eye regains its brightness and sharp gaze 306 356 418.

Personality

Qin Churan is proud, direct, and intensely competitive. Her professional confidence initially makes her treat Chen Lin as someone to investigate rather than trust. Unexplained evidence consistently triggers her detective instincts, from the extraordinary produce in Chen Family Village to Friday’s seemingly impossible technology 96 161 299.

Her determination is rooted in a commitment to stopping criminals. She asks for help when stalled interrogations threaten further victims and seeks strength because she refuses to face evil with only despair and helplessness. Even when offering Chen Lin concessions for his assistance, she explicitly preserves her ethical bottom line as a police officer 198 199 287.

Her feelings for Chen Lin expose a more vulnerable side: she blushes easily, struggles to express gratitude, and becomes jealous of Qin Chuxia’s closeness to him. That rivalry also drives her cultivation, sometimes making her impatient enough that Chen Lin must warn her against damaging an unstable foundation 425 426 489 497.

Abilities & Skills

Criminal Investigation and Police Training

• Investigates homicides, interrogates suspects, and leads a major case spanning multiple provinces 420 489.
• Possesses exceptional concentration developed through professional training, which helps her quickly sense spiritual energy during qi induction 492.
• Was known throughout her bureau as a sharpshooter and fighting champion 496.
• Uses police-academy grappling techniques, including an attempted armbar against Chen Lin; technique alone cannot overcome his overwhelming strength 494.

Taiyin Breathing Technique

A martial technique taught by Chen Lin that strengthens her physique, blood, qi, and meridians 289 492.

• Disarms a knife-wielding veteran mercenary with a barehanded strike 334.
• Develops enough punching power to break a heavy training bag’s suspension chain 342.
• Reaches minor mastery before entering immortal cultivation 492.
• Her first-layer Qi Refining strength is subsequently described as 1,500 kilograms, but remains insufficient to move Chen Lin 494.

Phoenix Yin-Yang Essence Cultivation Art

Chen Lin uses this art to guide her entry into Qi Refining and support her later advancement 493 511 634.

• Its initial stage uses a higher-level cultivator’s spiritual power to widen her meridians and build her spiritual reserves 493.
• Combines with the Mountains and Rivers Painting’s spiritual vein to accelerate her progress 499 511.
• Her absorption capacity remains limited by her meridians; Chen Lin stops a session to prevent damage to her foundation 499.
• Its advanced methods help support her progression to late Core Formation alongside repeated combat training 634.

Spells and Cultivator Combat

• Enhanced senses: After qi induction, hears a leaf land beyond the courtyard at a distance of ten meters 492.
• Water Arrow: Her first attempt produces only a toothpick-thin projectile that travels less than three meters before collapsing 496.
• Sword qi: Attacks a False Flood Dragon’s eyes with Qin Chuxia and later helps accumulate wounds that slow the beast 596.
• Wind-Type Movement Technique: Turns into a blue blur to tackle Chen Qianqian clear of corrosive venom 617.
• Coordinated sword attack: Combines her flying sword with Qin Chuxia’s to create Double Helix Sword Qi, penetrating a gap in the Two-Headed Demon Vine Ape’s scales 618.
• Battlefield intervention: Knocks Zhang Ruoxi clear of the False Flood Dragon’s bite 596.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Blue-green flying sword — Used alongside Qin Chuxia’s red sword in their Double Helix Sword Qi attack 618.
• Azure Battle Puppet — Binds one after reaching Foundation Establishment, during Chen Lin’s distribution of the completed puppets 579.
• High-Grade Storage Bag — Receives one containing pills and protective talismans before the wilderness expedition 617.
• Youth-Locking Pills — Receives three from Chen Lin after helping prepare the medicine 425 426.
• Police motorcycle — Used during her traffic-police work; she leaves it with a colleague before accompanying Chen Lin in his Bentley 169 173.
• Black Wrangler SUV — Drives it to Chen Lin’s courtyard after her two-week investigation 489.

Relationships

• Chen Lin — Initially the subject of her suspicions; later her investigative ally, healer, martial instructor, cultivation guide, and partner. They have one child together 96 199 271 288 493 683.
• Qin Chuxia — Younger cousin and persistent romantic and cultivation rival. Despite their arguments, they coordinate effectively in combat 95 424 499 618.
• Qin Changhai — Father and head of Magic City’s Qin family. Entrusts her treatment to Chen Lin despite his doubts 237 240 301.
• Ye Pianran — Mother. Recognizes her feelings for Chen Lin, encourages her to take the initiative, and arranges time for them to be alone 420 421 423.
• Ye Zhentian — Maternal grandfather. Uses her connection to approach Chen Lin; she dislikes being made an intermediary for his political maneuvering 418.
• Qin Changjiang — Third uncle. Stops her questioning of Chen Lin at the family villa 96.
• Song Qiuya — Shares the same maternal grandfather and later belongs to the same household. Qin Churan respects her authority as the senior wife 418 499.
• Xia Xuejun — Police superior and elder whom she addresses as uncle through family ties. Approves her resignation after learning she intends to join Chen Lin 491.
• Bright Moon — Secretly heals her injured eye and facial wounds under Chen Lin’s direction 271.
• Clear Wind — Its predatory gaze terrifies her and reinforces her realization that Chen Lin’s companions are not ordinary animals 280 281.
• Chen Qianqian — Fellow cultivator whom she saves from the Two-Headed Demon Vine Ape’s venom 617.

Notable Quotes

“As long as you can make them talk, I'll agree to any condition, provided it doesn't cross my bottom line as a police officer.” 199

“Chen Lin, I don't want to go through another brush with death. The next time I face that same kind of evil, I don't want to be left with nothing but despair and helplessness.” 287

“My battlefield is in the interrogation room and on the front lines making arrests, not here as someone who sits around living off you.” 355

Trivia

• Her age is inconsistent in the supplied passages: she is described as twenty-seven in one scene, but twenty-six during her resignation and first cultivation session 420 491 492.
• Chen Lin promises her parents a complete recovery within two months, but she tells her colleagues she spent one month recovering in Chen Family Village 240 356.
• Although she begins immortal cultivation later than the other partners, she completes qi induction in one hour; Chen Lin says the others needed three 492.