Qian Xiuyue

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Scripture Repository Years

Qian Xiuyue belonged to the same Lower Court intake as Wang Quan, Wu Yong, and Zhao Hongyi. They studied Daoist Scriptures together and initially planned to master six thousand volumes before cultivating. When Zhao Hongyi left early, Xiuyue questioned abandoning their agreement, but later led their classmates to visit Hongyi’s mountain estate 2.

After nine months, Xiuyue could no longer maintain her study pace: one volume had taken three days, and the next remained unmastered after ten. Encouraged by Hongyi’s account of comprehension-enhancing spiritual medicines, she began cultivating and left the contact group. She subsequently regretted the decision and privately warned Wang Quan to continue studying, avoid the White Bone Great Strength Demon God Method, and resist joining someone else’s group 2 4.

Service Under Zhao Hongyi

At Hongyi’s manor, Xiuyue handled increasingly heavy administrative duties and helped New Method cultivators understand the Lower Court’s spells and Fundamental Method. Her own spell refinement declined from roughly two spells per month to barely one, while resources she had previously used became obligations she had to supply 17.

She survived a dangerous black sinking sand expedition at the Fury River, then distributed rewards and arranged care for the survivors. Afterward, she admitted to Wang Quan that she regretted following Hongyi. Although she tried returning to scripture study, thoughts of founding her own manor and enjoying a luxurious cultivator’s life repeatedly distracted her 17.

Founding the Seven Maidens Mountain Retreat

Xiuyue eventually separated from Hongyi and joined the Star Alliance. Establishing a manor on Seven Maidens Mountain served as the organization’s test for her. She recruited Wang Quan to protect the laborers, offering one hundred thousand cash; he instead accepted a favor, which she promised to repay provided it did not require sacrificing her life 28.

Her group concealed laborers and construction materials inside eggs to evade New Method surveillance and possible interference from Hongyi. During construction, Xiuyue supplied medicine to workers, hosted a reunion banquet, and warned Wang Quan when hostile cultivators approached. After attacks from six directions were repelled, she bought his remaining spoils for 150,000 Green Fly Coins and arranged delivery of thirteen processed sets of lungs 29 30 33 35 36.

Reconciliation and Opening

Rumors of an impending conflict between cultivation methods led Xiuyue and her companions to meet Hongyi and discuss cooperation. The supposed clash proved nonexistent: cultivators had gathered because a new building appeared in the Second-Layer World. Their frank discussion eased tensions without resolving their disagreement over the New Method 39 41.

Later cooperative agreements with Hongyi added functional buildings to the manor. Construction finished fifteen days after Wang Quan’s arrival, rather than the estimated ten. At the opening banquet, Xiuyue welcomed Lower Court cultivators and approved positions for ten members of the Round-Faced Daoist Nun’s lineage, without preferential treatment. That night, the retreat activated its 365-banner All-Heaven Starry Array 28 47 48 49.

Appearance

• Wears white Daoist robes, with her long hair pinned high, and carries a fly whisk 28.
• Has an otherworldly bearing; her face is notably pale when she meets Wang Quan after leaving Hongyi 28.
• Her eyes curve into crescents when she smiles during the retreat’s opening banquet 49.

Personality

Xiuyue values independence and resents being treated as expendable labor. Her break with Hongyi follows mounting demands on her time and resources, unequal treatment, and pressure to support New Method cultivators. She also challenges Wu Yong’s assumption that he has the right to choose Wang Quan’s cultivation path, insisting that their relationship should be friendship rather than hierarchy 17 28 49.

She is sociable, fond of luxurious gatherings, and prone to teasing. Her ambitions include fine wine, cloud-woven robes, handsome attendants, and magical entertainments; these desires interfere with her attempts to resume scripture study. She nevertheless acknowledges her mistakes and, after seeing Wang Quan’s moonlight-gathering technique, resolves to study again once construction ends 17 31 45.

Her loyalty is selective but practical. She trusts her original Scripture Repository classmates more than unfamiliar recruits, continues treating Wang Quan as a friend after he rejects the Star Alliance, and frames assistance as reciprocal. Her opposition to the New Method does not prevent her from negotiating with Hongyi when circumstances demand it 28 36 39 47 49.

Abilities & Skills

Purple Qi Reaches the Heavens Method

Xiuyue practices the Purple Qi Reaches the Heavens Method, supplementing her own gathering ability with external lungs 5 29.

• Initially gathers sixty threads of purple qi per session 5.
• Later controls six flying heads carrying thirty-six sets of lungs, collecting over one wisp in a single session 29.
• Describes prepared lungs as cheaper than buying purple qi directly, with quality determining their efficiency and usable lifespan 29.

Starlight Cultivation

Xiuyue cultivates with starlight and participates in collective gathering through Star Banners 30 31.

• Breathes out a beam of starlight that draws in surrounding light and bursts overhead like fireworks 30.
• Helps operate the Heavenly Cycle Star Array, channeling magical power into its banners to gather starlight 31.
• Reports a current group-assisted rate of one-third of a strand of magical power per night; half a strand or a full strand is presented as an expectation after the manor’s completion 36.

Remote Surveillance

Xiuyue uses spells connected to deployed eyeballs to monitor the mountain 35.

• Watches approaches to the construction site and checks the outcome of attacks from different directions 35.
• Warns Wang Quan of approaching cultivators and offers to summon help before his spell duel 33.

Daoist Scripture Knowledge

Xiuyue’s scripture foundation supports both her own spell practice and her instruction of other cultivators 2 17.

• Masters over four thousand volumes before beginning cultivation 2.
• Breaks down spells and the Lower Court’s Fundamental Method for New Method practitioners who lack scripture knowledge 17.
• Recognizes that continued scripture study improves cultivation efficiency, but repeatedly struggles to sustain it 4 17 28 31.

Yin Spirit Excursion

Xiuyue can send her Yin Spirit into the Second-Layer World 41.

• Enters after improvements to the Lower Court outpost make it safer for weaker Yin Spirits 41.
• Invites Wang Quan to investigate its Scripture Repository, where scriptures can reportedly be mastered more quickly 41.
• Later cautions him that exploration consumes cultivation time and is safer with a stronger Yin Spirit 49.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Fly whisk — carried with her white Daoist robes 28.
• Lung-gathering apparatus — six heads bearing thirty-six sets of lungs, stored in jars and packed into a bag between gathering sessions 29.
• Star Banners — used with her companions for formation-assisted starlight cultivation 31.
• Daoist Scripture volume — purchased at considerable expense from the Lower Court; found coated in dust when she attempts to resume studying 17.

Relationships

• Wang Quan — Former classmate and trusted ally. She warns him against dangerous recruitment, seeks his help protecting her manor’s workers, and repeatedly invites him into the Star Alliance without withdrawing her friendship when he refuses 4 28 36 49.
• Zhao Hongyi — Former friend and manor leader. Xiuyue leaves over exploitative duties and Hongyi’s favoritism toward New Method cultivators; they later establish limited cooperation despite continuing ideological disagreement 17 28 41 47.
• Wu Yong — Former Scripture Repository companion and fellow participant in the Fury River expedition. Xiuyue criticizes his attempt to dictate Wang Quan’s cultivation method and future role 2 17 49.
• Original Scripture Repository classmates — Her preferred circle of recruits and collaborators. Several help build the retreat and agree to resume scripture study after witnessing Wang Quan’s progress 28 29 31.

Notable Quotes

“We should have been friends, not superior and subordinate.” 49

“Even if you don't join, we're still good friends!” 36

“For us cultivators, it's a matter of you helping me and me helping you!” 49