Han Qian

Biodata

Background / History

Discovering Yue Shen

Han Qian visits Demon-Resisting Town hoping to persuade his nephew, Han Shu, to return to the Holy City. Han Shu refuses, preferring to remain at the Demon-Resisting Sub-Temple. Learning that a Sacred Awakening ceremony is about to take place, Han Qian accompanies him to the trial hall to look for promising recruits 3.

There, Han Qian notices Yue Shen’s scrutiny and examines his wrist, recognizing him as a twelve-year-old knight-in-training. Han Shu initially resists transferring the boy because the sub-temple needs strong contestants for the next Demon Hunt Squad Selection Tournament. Han Qian secures his agreement by promising that Yue Shen will still represent the Demon-Resisting Sub-Temple 3 4.

Han Qian personally conducts Yue Shen’s Sacred Awakening. When the boy’s innate internal spiritual power reaches eighty-nine, he identifies the resulting Divine Shelter Constitution and requests his file. Rather than taking Yue Shen as his own disciple, he offers to bring him to the Holy City, where the temple can provide a better cultivation environment and a more suitable teacher 4 5.

Arranging Yue Shen’s Training

During their two-day journey, Han Qian discovers that Yue Shen already understands meditation and temple affairs. He instead tests the boy through sparring, finding his basic skills sound but his practical combat experience lacking. Upon arrival, he takes Yue Shen directly to the Knight Division to await his teacher, Long Xingyu 5 6 7.

After Long Xingyu leaves, Han Qian struggles to find a replacement instructor who meets the requested Retribution Knight specialization. He approaches Yang Haohan, but the latter refuses; Han Qian subsequently realizes that instruction from the closely watched federation chairman would expose Yue Shen to the other temples. He also rejects sending the boy to Imperial Dragon Pass 11.

Han Qian ultimately posts a confidential instructor mission requiring an eighth-order or stronger Retribution Knight. He recruits Wei Ping, whose duties include supervising cultivation, correcting mistakes, answering questions, and developing Yue Shen’s combat skills. This exceeds Long Xingyu’s intended requirement of approximately sixth-order strength 11.

When Yue Shen’s internal spiritual power approaches nineteen hundred, Han Qian sends him to Knight Sacred Mountain with Wei Ping. He recommends a Starshine Unicorn, preferably one carrying the Starshine Unicorn King’s bloodline. Yue Shen returns with Sol instead, whose aura Han Qian immediately recognizes as that of a Starry Sky Divine Beast 12 23.

Demon Hunt Squad Selection Tournament

Before the tournament, Han Qian explains that fifth-tier contestants must kill a fifth-tier demon to qualify. He sends Yue Shen to Haoyue City according to Long Xingyu’s arrangements. Han Shu has agreed to a separate assessment because accompanying Yue Shen on such a hunt would endanger the weaker Demon-Resisting contestants 24.

Han Qian opens the Knight Temple preliminaries, announcing the elimination format, restrictions against deliberately maiming opponents, and two-round byes for the five fifth-tier entrants. That year’s 140 contestants constitute a record for the temple 47.

During Long Haochen’s first match, Han Qian notices his Inheritance Ring and identifies him as Long Xingyu’s son after checking his records. Recognizing another exceptional young talent, he orders Long Haochen’s information classified like Yue Shen’s and directs that his recorded age be changed from fourteen to eighteen 48.

Appearance

• Hair and beard: White, marking his elderly appearance 3.
• Clothing: Wears a rather plain knight’s uniform during his visit to Han Shu 3.
• Hands: Large, with thick, powerful fingers 3.
• Voice: Slightly hoarse in close conversation, but deep and resonant when addressing the tournament grounds 3 47.

Personality

Han Qian is hardworking and deeply invested in cultivating the Knight Temple’s next generation. His expectations can be excessive: he becomes upset upon learning that Yue Shen has gone shopping, despite receiving reports that the boy still meditates for more than ten hours daily. His search for an instructor likewise demands substantially greater strength than Long Xingyu considered necessary 11 46.

He combines bluntness with practical compromise. He reprimands Han Shu for withholding a talented child from the temple, yet resolves their dispute by preserving the sub-temple’s tournament representation. With Yue Shen, he adopts an unusually gentle manner that surprises his nephew 4 5.

He is protective of promising recruits and cautious about outside attention. He restricts Yue Shen’s visits to places frequented by other temples and later extends similar information security to Long Haochen 37 48.

Abilities & Skills

Mental Perception and Rapid Movement

• Detects Yue Shen’s unusual attention through mental power far exceeding the boy’s own 3.
• Moves out of Yue Shen’s sight and appears behind him before the boy can follow his movement 3.

Spiritual Power Control

• Draws out the Awakening Stone’s power and melts it into sacred golden liquid to complete Yue Shen’s Sacred Awakening 4.
• Shatters Han Shu’s Light Shelter dome with a wave of his hand 4.
• Secures Yue Shen to his flying mount’s back with spiritual power during travel 13.

Knight Instruction and Talent Assessment

• Recognizes Yue Shen’s unusually young knight-in-training status through a wrist examination 3.
• Identifies the Divine Shelter Constitution after observing the awakening result 4.
• Assesses basic combat proficiency through sparring and distinguishes technical skill from actual battle experience 6.

Magical Beast Knowledge

• Explains the species, habits, and habitats of magical beasts on Knight Sacred Mountain 12.
• Consults his own Starshine Unicorn about Yue Shen’s suitability for its clan 12.
• Recognizes Sol’s Starry Sky Divine Beast aura immediately 23.

Equipment / Mount

• Starshine Unicorn — His tall, light-aligned mount and longtime partner. Carries Han Qian and Yue Shen to the Holy City 6 12.
• Awakening Stone — Received from Han Shu for Yue Shen’s ceremony and consumed during the awakening process 4.
• Wooden swords — Carved for testing Yue Shen’s combat skills during their journey 5.

Relationships

• Han Shu — Nephew and master of the Demon-Resisting Sub-Temple. Han Qian wants him transferred to the Holy City but accepts his refusal; they negotiate over Yue Shen’s training and tournament representation 3 4.
• Yue Shen — Talented recruit whose training Han Qian oversees. Yue Shen comes to address him as “Grandpa Han,” although he is not Han Qian’s disciple 12 14.
• Long Xingyu — Entrusts Han Qian with finding Yue Shen’s replacement instructor and thanks him for discovering such an excellent successor 11.
• Wei Ping — Eighth-order Retribution Knight hired to instruct Yue Shen under strict confidentiality, including secrecy from his own squadmates 11.
• Yang Haohan — Rejects Han Qian’s request to teach Yue Shen. Han Qian initially reacts angrily before recognizing the secrecy concerns involved 11.
• Long Haochen — Another promising Knight Temple recruit whose personal information Han Qian orders concealed after watching his first preliminary match 48.
• Unnamed grandson — Has reached the fifth-tier Earth Knight realm by the tournament. Han Qian calls him a “disappointing brat” while comparing his conduct with Yue Shen’s 48.

Notable Quotes

“You know perfectly well that I won't let such a promising child slip away. But I give you my word as Holy Knight Commander that he will represent the Demon-Resisting Sub-Temple in the Demon Hunt Squad Selection Tournament.” 4

“Because only when you earn a weapon or piece of equipment through your own efforts can you truly learn to treasure it.” 5