Great Elder

Biodata

Holders

Authority and Hierarchy

• The title is not a cultivation realm. Its documented holders range from Dou Huang to Dou Sheng, depending on the organization 127 144 175 189.
• Su Qian exercises administrative discretion. He can exempt Chen Cang from the Fire Energy Hunting Competition and conditionally excuse him from the Strong Ranking Tournament while preserving his top-ten rewards 61 70.
• Qiu Ling remains subordinate to the Pill Tower’s Three Giants. Despite being Great Elder, he cannot participate in all of their affairs and leaves Chen Cang to meet them privately 177.
• Eastern Dragon Island’s standards have declined from the clan’s former peak. Qing Shan recalls that, before the Old Dragon Emperor disappeared, any of the Three Great Elders’ positions required high-level Dou Sheng strength 192.

Collective Elder Titles

Story Role

Su Qian — Inner Academy

• Arranges Chen Cang’s direct entry into the Inner Academy instead of participation in the Fire Energy Hunting Competition 61.
• Guards Chen Cang during his Spirit Realm breakthrough, warns him to conceal his soul power, and offers to grant one request 72.
• Oversees origin heart flame body tempering and investigates the Fallen Heart Flame’s suspicious inactivity 74.
• Initially refuses Chen Cang access beneath the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower because the flame is essential to the academy. He agrees after Chen Cang presents heavenly cold qi and a plan to preserve the tower’s function 83.
• Secures the other elders’ cooperation in opening the Black Well’s seal by explaining Chen Cang’s protective measure against heavenly flames 84.
• Permits Zi Yan to leave with Chen Cang and asks him to seek clues about her unknown magical beast species 87.
• Watches Chen Cang emerge from seclusion as a Dou Zong; Chen Cang subsequently thanks him for ensuring a peaceful breakthrough 125 126.

Fang Yan — Demon Flame Valley

• Attacks Chen Cang’s party and is struck down by Queen Medusa. He then adopts a polite manner to buy time for Earth Demon Old Ghost’s arrival 127.
• Attempts to help the valley master alongside the other two senior elders, but Queen Medusa blocks them 127.
• Is defeated with the other members of the Three Great Elders as Demon Flame Valley falls 128.

Snake-People Tribe’s Great Elder

• Meets Chen Cang when the elders see Queen Medusa’s party off, acknowledging the value of befriending a high-ranking alchemist 144.
• Gives him four pill recipes, including the sixth-grade Mind-Illuminating Pill, which steadies the mind before alchemy or a breakthrough attempt 144.
• Receives two aged Sect Breaking Pills as Chen Cang’s return gift, providing a possible opportunity for two elders whose cultivation has stagnated 144.

Qiu Ling — Pill Tower

• Personally assesses Chen Cang as an Eighth-Rank Alchemy Grandmaster, issues his badge, and explains the associated Pill Tower benefits 174.
• Defends the Pill Tower against the Soul Hall. Fighting Venerable Youlin and Old Man Mu Gu leaves him wounded; he summons the Second Elder before Chen Cang and Xiao Yi Xian intervene 175.
• Helps reassure Sacred Pill City after the attack, then personally escorts Chen Cang to meet the Three Giants 177.
• Guides Chen Cang’s party through the unstable Star Domain and joins their assault on the Three Thousand Burning Flame. The flame attempts to exploit his Divine Radiance Profound Flame Seal to break a crucial point of its seal 182.
• Gives Xiao Yi Xian a signaling jade slip before leaving to report the situation to the Three Giants 183.
• Retains Xuan Kongzi’s absolute trust during suspicions of an internal information leak, owing to his years of service and contributions 187.

Qing Shan — Eastern Dragon Island

• Leads the Ancient Ruins expedition, though he cannot remain away from Dragon Island for long without risking interference from hostile parties 189.
• Seals Heavenly Demon Phoenix remains to hide their aura, transports the party through a spatial gateway, and conceals their movements in the Beast Region 190.
• Investigates the Nine Netherworld Python Clan. His intervention allows Yao Ming to break free, and the resulting conflict provides an opportunity to open the ruins 191.
• Forces entry through the ruins’ spatial defenses and redirects dangerous counterattacks and spatial storms into the void 191.
• Captures ten technique-bearing light spheres for the party, helps catch a Pill Beast, and explains how to activate the safeguard preserved in the Creation Saint’s remains 192.
• Declares his commitment to helping Zi Yan restore the Ancient Dragon Clan’s former glory 192.