Tang Qian'er

Biodata

Power Progression

Appearance

• Build and complexion: A slender, fair-skinned girl with long, straight legs and defined collarbones 2 3 26.
• Hair: Long, ink-black hair, initially worn tied behind her head 2.
• Clothing: Seen in ink-black robes and training clothes, a white fur coat, and a moon-white outfit embroidered with night-blooming cereus flowers 2 3 26 58.
• Draconic form: After the Yinglong bloodline fusion, develops small ink-black horns at her temples and blue-green veins along her wrists and neck. A dragon tail with a tuft of hair is subsequently shown 58 61.
• Forehead rune: Bears an ancient-looking golden rune that helps conceal and control her draconic features 58.

Personality

Tang Qian'er is playful and outspoken with Su Qing, answering his teasing with sharp retorts, mock blows, and waist-pinching. Despite their familiarity, she becomes easily embarrassed by compliments and romantic situations. She understands his habits well enough to recognize that his outward friendliness masks a tendency to regard traveling companions as burdens 2 3 55.

Her desire to grow stronger is closely tied to wanting to keep up with Su Qing. His injuries distress her, and after the Blood Butcher encounter she blames herself for putting him in danger. Her concern also distracts her from observing the fight as a lesson 9 11.

She readily befriends Sun'er and argues for keeping the younger girl with their group. Although jealous of women interested in Su Qing, she later refuses to restrict his activities: when he accepts a mission with Su Ling'er, she resolves to improve herself rather than try to bind him to her 36 74.

Abilities & Skills

Yinglong Bloodline

Su Qing helps Tang Qian'er fuse with the blood essence of Yinglong, a powerful water-aligned dragon from another world 57 58.

• Produces horns, distinctive veins, and a dragon tail 58 61.
• Gives her enough of an advantage to briefly fight Ji Yi, a late Fusion Realm cultivator, on equal footing while she is still at the peak of the Divine Soul Realm 62.
• Does not eliminate the realm gap: Ji Yi's black-mist attacks and his companions' interference ultimately allow him to bind her 62.
• Her draconic features emerge involuntarily when she fights at full strength 58.

Profound Water

Tang Qian'er summons streams of inky Profound Water that build into layered, towering waves 62.

• Uses the waves to surround Ji Yi and restrict his movement 62.
• Maintains a temporary stalemate until he breaks out and changes tactics 62.

Swordsmanship

Su Qing teaches her sword techniques during the Northern Cang Realm trial, using a captured longsword and weakened opponents for practice 34.

• Cuts apart a ribbon of spiritual energy while pursuing Yang Bin 34.
• Deflects a wind blade from an early Divine Soul Realm opponent, though its force drives her backward 34.
• Joins Mu Chen against Yang Gong and hastens his defeat with uncompromising attacks 35.

Hunting and Practical Combat

Her early field experience comes from Su Qing's instruction in the Northern Spirit Plains 8 9.

• Learns through explanations followed by practice against Spirit Beasts 9.
• Improves rapidly despite having no prior experience with this kind of hunting 8.
• Later develops her combat skills through repeated bouts against members of the Yuchen Gang; consecutive fights expose the limits of her stamina 36.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Longsword — Taken by Su Qing from another trial participant and given to her for sword practice; no name is provided 34.
• Golden forehead rune — Created by Su Qing to control her draconic features and prevent others from probing her secrets. It normally draws on ambient spiritual energy, then stored reserves; if both are insufficient, she must supply energy herself 58.
• Spirit Value Token — Records her academy currency and provides access to the Spirit Value Hall's item listings 51 55.
• Mustard Seed Bracelet — Used to store belongings, including an ointment jar 78.
• Jade Spirit Fruit — Consumed to reach the late Spirit Movement Realm 11.
• Spirit-Nurturing Pill — Received following the Northern Spirit Plains training assessment; its consumption is not shown in the supplied passages 12.
• Hehuan Art — Su Qing privately transmits the art's contents to her after obtaining it from the Spirit Art Hall; no specific technique she performs with it is documented 77 78.

Relationships

• Su Qing — Childhood sweetheart, combat instructor, and eventual romantic partner. He initially regards her as a younger sister, later kisses her, and shares an academy residence with her. She identifies herself as his fiancée, although no formal engagement ceremony is documented 3 31 55 61 62.
• Mu Chen — Childhood friend and fellow trial participant. Rescues her from Yang Gong's attempt to take her hostage; she also joins Su Qing in teasing him about childhood incidents 31 35 41.
• Tang Shan — Her father; present at the Mu Estate while Su Qing recovers inside the fire lotus 26.
• Mother — Sends homemade flaky pastries for Su Qing and Mu Chen through her 2.
• Sun'er — Quickly becomes her friend. Tang Qian'er supports taking her along and helping reunite her with her sister 36 38.
• Ye Qingling — Traveling companion during the entrance trial and an initially perceived romantic rival. Tang Qian'er fears that Su Qing's rescue of Ye Qingling might lead to attraction 40.
• Luo Li — Fellow academy entrant and Mu Chen's partner; shares friendly conversation with Tang Qian'er at their residence 50 61.
• Chen Fan and Huo Yun — Unwanted suitors whose attempts to challenge Su Qing fail. Tang Qian'er avoids their approach by hiding behind Su Qing 28.
• Su Ling'er — Recognized by Tang Qian'er as having feelings for Su Qing. Despite this, Tang Qian'er supports his mission with her 74.
• Ji Yi — Attacks and captures her while seeking retaliation for his younger brother's injuries 62.

Background / History

Northern Spiritual Academy

Tang Qian'er grows up alongside Su Qing and Mu Chen. At the Northern Spiritual Academy, she frequently visits Su Qing and exchanges familiar banter with him. Wanting the training reward to help her cultivation, she persuades him to become her partner for the Northern Spirit Plains expedition 2 3 31.

During the expedition, she learns Spirit Beast hunting, fetches Mu Chen for the Jade Spirit Tree operation, and helps collect beast soul essences after the battle. Troubled by the widening gap between herself and Su Qing, she asks him for further instruction 8 9.

Blood Butcher attacks her during a training outing, prompting Su Qing to intervene. After the fight, she tends to Su Qing and worries that her request to team up caused his injuries. The expedition ends with her reaching the late Spirit Movement Realm and receiving a Spirit-Nurturing Pill 10 11 12.

Academy Selection and Unspoken Feelings

After Su Qing's battle with Liu Jingshan, Tang Qian'er anxiously waits for him to recover inside the fire lotus. When he returns, she embraces him in relief and angrily tells him not to make her worry again 26.

Waterfall cultivation and private combat lessons prepare her for the competition for Five Great Academies places. In her group, she loses her first match against Hong Ling but wins their rematch, securing a place 30.

Her relationship with Su Qing becomes strained when she overhears him describe her as a little sister. She silently embraces him and cries. Before departure, she tries to speak with him privately, but the announcement that the teleportation arrays are ready interrupts her 31 32.

Northern Cang Realm Entrance Trial

Tang Qian'er enters the trial with Su Qing and Mu Chen, gaining mark energy from their victories. While practicing swordsmanship against Yang Bin, she encounters the Yang Gang and faces harassment and an attempted hostage-taking. Mu Chen intervenes, she helps defeat Yang Gong, and she personally shatters his mark to eliminate him 34 35.

After further training against the Yuchen Gang, she befriends Sun'er and helps persuade Su Qing to escort the girl to her sister. The group subsequently travels with Ye Qingling and the Ye Gang. Refined ganoderma essence enables Tang Qian'er to enter the Divine Soul Realm 36 38 40 42.

During a quiet moment together, she promises to support Su Qing's choices and wait for him to come home. They later reunite at the Northern Cang Hall, where she joyfully runs into his arms 43 49.

Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy

After admission, Tang Qian'er proposes living with Su Qing. They choose a Grade A two-story residence beside a bamboo grove, with her claiming the upstairs room and assigning him the downstairs room 54 55.

Su Qing then assists her Yinglong bloodline fusion and continued cultivation. Their intimacy develops into an explicit romantic relationship when he kisses her 58 61.

While Su Qing is away, Ji Yi confronts her at the pavilion. She declares herself Su Qing's fiancée and fights back, but his group captures her. Su Qing senses his forehead mark activate; afterward, she is shown sheltered in his arms, still tearful and in her dragon form 62 63.

She subsequently takes second place on the Divine Soul Ranking and advances to the Fusion Realm. She and Su Qing decline to join the Luo Shen Society. At the Freshman Assembly, she is one of six contenders who reach the final approach to the summit, where Su Qing forces them back and tells them to determine who deserves the remaining rewards 69 71.

Later Activities

Tang Qian'er supports Su Qing's criminal-hunting mission with Su Ling'er and later celebrates his rise to fifth on the Heaven Ranking. She also accompanies him to Drowning Sound Valley, where they investigate the submerged Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasury. Su Qing believes its water-attribute materials and contents could benefit both of them 74 87 91.

Notable Quotes

“Go and do whatever you want to do. I'll support you. Wherever you may be in the future, I'll always be waiting for you to come home.” 43

“I'm his fiancée.” 62

Trivia

• Reads unofficial biographies and tales about notable figures of the Great Thousand World. Their tendency to favor newcomers over childhood sweethearts fuels her anxiety about Ye Qingling 40.
• As children, she, Su Qing, and Mu Chen competed to see who could blow the largest snot bubble 31.