Su Qian

Biodata

Background / History

Defending the Magical Beast Forest

Su Qian confronts the forest’s magical beast kings to maintain Jia Nan Academy’s dominance and prevent nearby sixth-rank beasts from advancing to the seventh rank. His aura drives away most of the assembled beasts, but the Red-Gold Tiger King and three other kings attack together. He counters with Cloud-Turning Hand and charges the tiger king; the battle’s final outcome is not explicitly shown 6 7.

Afterward, he examines a Black Wind Pig killed with a single blow and discovers traces of spatial force. Suspecting an unknown Dou Zong nearby, he follows the traces to determine whether that expert poses a threat to the academy 7.

Recruiting Jiang Yun and Zi Yan

The trail leads Su Qian to Jiang Yun and Zi Yan. He recognizes Jiang Yun’s unusually strong soul and spatial power, while identifying Zi Yan as a juvenile magical beast with an exceptional bloodline. Although he cannot determine her species, both children’s potential inspires him to bring them to Jia Nan Academy 8.

Su Qian wins Zi Yan’s agreement by promising enough food to satisfy her appetite, then takes the pair through Peace Town to Deputy Headmaster Hu Gan. He insists that Jiang Yun follow the normal Outer Academy admission route, despite the boy’s talent. Zi Yan could enter the Inner Academy directly, but refuses to leave Jiang Yun 9 10.

He later quietly arranges for Zi Yan to obtain an Ice Fire Dragon Beard Fruit from the medicinal treasury. When she begins advancing, he seals the room to contain the disturbance and encourages Jiang Yun to cultivate diligently enough to join him in the Inner Academy 13 14.

Inner Academy Admission and Discipline

Su Qian initially expects the children to enliven the Outer Academy, but Jiang Yun instead spends two years cultivating in relative seclusion. Before their Inner Academy admission, Su Qian approves Hu Gan’s request to exclude Zi Yan from the Fire Energy Capture Tournament: her Dou Wang strength would overwhelm the competitors, and her absence gives the elders a chance to assess Jiang Yun independently 20 23.

He oversees the competition, distributes Fire Crystal Cards, and explains the veterans’ attempts to seize the newcomers’ Fire Energy. Zi Yan receives a card containing 500 days of Fire Energy. After Jiang Yun defeats the Black Fiend Team and White Fiend Squad, Su Qian awards him fifty additional days and an Azure Fire Crystal Card 24 25 26.

His support does not exempt Jiang Yun from discipline. Following the fight with Xue Zhen, Su Qian fines the participants thirty days of Fire Energy and bans them from the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower for half a month. He orders the outstanding fines paid within three days, threatening to double the punishment otherwise 29.

Alchemy and the Spirit Gathering Array

When Jiang Yun returns from the Dou Zun ruins, Su Qian accepts the explanation that an unknown Heavenly Flame has enabled him to practice alchemy. Unable to match the white, life-rich flame to the Heavenly Flame Ranking, he encourages Jiang Yun to name it and hopes to hear its reputation spread across the continent 39.

He brings Jiang Yun to Elder Huo and supports his admission to the Alchemy Department. When Jiang Yun offers to build Spirit Gathering Arrays for the academy, Su Qian refuses to accept such a valuable contribution without compensation. With Elder Huo’s approval, he grants access to fifth- and sixth-grade pill recipes 39 40 41.

Su Qian also supports using the Fallen Heart Flame as the array’s core, consulting the other elders and preparing the academy for the attempt. After the array is completed, he permits Jiang Yun to cultivate at the tower’s bottom as a reward for his service 41.

Zi Yan’s Awakening and the Fallen Heart Flame

A year into Jiang Yun’s seclusion, Su Qian grows concerned by the lack of news. At the same time, Zi Yan’s sixth-rank breakthrough shatters his protective barrier and alarms the Inner Academy. He organizes the response, orders checks for injured students, and authorizes third-tier healing pills for those hurt 43 44.

When Zi Yan insists on seeing Jiang Yun, Su Qian reluctantly allows her to enter the tower. He subsequently discovers that the Invisible Fire Python has vanished and Jiang Yun is refining the Fallen Heart Flame in the Magma World. Recognizing that Jiang Yun has survived the dangerous stage, he prevents Zi Yan from interrupting the refinement and warns her about fire poison before allowing her to remain nearby 44 45.

After Jiang Yun emerges, Su Qian accepts the loss of the original flame as the removal of a long-standing danger, despite his regret over losing the academy’s cultivation resource. Jiang Yun then gives him a weakened, unintelligent remnant capable of sustaining the tower and its array. Su Qian gratefully receives it and learns that fire-attribute elders can nurture it into a flame friendly toward the academy 46 47.

Preparing to Confront Maple City

Su Qian supplies Jiang Yun with intelligence revealing that Han Feng has become a Dou Zong and Seventh-grade Alchemist, gained another Dou Zong ally, and made Maple City the Black-Corner Region’s leading faction. He warns Jiang Yun against underestimating its strength and worries about the damage such a force could inflict on Jia Nan Academy 47 48.

Jiang Yun offers Emperor’s Extreme Pills and Sect Breaking Pills to enlist academy experts, along with a Fifth-Level Spirit Gathering Array diagram to secure Su Qian’s support. Su Qian gathers ingredients and lends him a seventh-tier medicine cauldron for the refinement 48.

Once the pills are completed, Su Qian turns to preparations for the conflict. He confirms that the academy can temporarily store Heavenly Flames and begins considering Jiang Yun’s proposal to exploit Han Feng’s obsession with them 49.

Appearance

Su Qian is an elderly man dressed in gray robes, with a long, graying beard 8 9 39.

• Long beard: Frequently stroked while speaking; he accidentally pulls out a tuft upon learning that Jiang Yun can refine pills 9 39.
• Aged face: His wrinkles and barely concealed smiles often reveal affection despite his complaints about the children 44 47.

Personality

Su Qian treats Jia Nan Academy as his home and the institution to which he has devoted his life. Its safety comes before accommodation of dangerous outsiders: he is willing to fight the forest’s beast kings to prevent seventh-rank threats from emerging nearby. He also preserves academy rules when admitting and disciplining Jiang Yun 7 9 29.

He enjoys teaching and discovering talent, but does not pry deeply into Jiang Yun’s mysterious origins. He trusts what he observes and eventually concludes that the boy chiefly needs a stable environment in which to grow. His generosity has limits grounded in fairness: he feels uncomfortable asking a student for a precious array and insists that the academy compensate Jiang Yun’s contribution 8 25 40.

His sternness frequently masks paternal affection. He complains about Zi Yan’s appetite and disruptions while quietly supporting her growth and cleaning up afterward. As she and Jiang Yun become strong enough to leave the academy, he feels both pride and reluctance to part with them 13 24 44 47.

Abilities & Skills

Dou Zong Cultivation

• Releases an oppressive aura capable of frightening sixth-rank magical beasts 7.
• Fights four sixth-rank beast kings simultaneously, countering their combined attacks 7.
• Projects powerful Dou Qi from his sleeves and palms 7.
• Possesses a genuine Earth-Rank Dou Technique, though its name is not specified 25.

Cloud-Turning Hand

• Uses this palm technique against the four beast kings; the collision produces energy ripples that force both sides backward 7.
• The technique’s tier is not identified in the provided account 7.

Spatial Force and Space Seals

• Walks through the air and follows residual spatial traces 7 40.
• Uses a Space Seal to contain the disturbance from Zi Yan’s breakthrough; Jiang Yun reproduces its motions after observing it once 14.
• His later barrier cannot withstand Zi Yan’s sixth-rank bloodline awakening 43.
• His understanding and sensitivity to space are inferior to those of sixth-rank Zi Yan, an Ancient Void Dragon 49.

Investigation and Talent Assessment

• Infers the minimum strength of the Black Wind Pig’s killer from its wound and the absence of Dou Technique traces 7.
• Recognizes Jiang Yun’s exceptional perception, soul strength, spatial power, and fire affinity 8 10.
• Distinguishes Jiang Yun’s enhanced Xuan-tier technique from a genuine Earth-Rank technique despite its manipulation of surrounding energy 25.
• Is not an alchemist himself 8.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Seventh-tier medicine cauldron — Lent to Jiang Yun for refining a Sect Breaking Pill 48.
• Juvenile Fallen Heart Flame — Received from Jiang Yun for the academy; retains the ability to summon heart flames despite losing its former energy and intelligence 46.
• Fifth-Level Spirit Gathering Array diagram — Given by Jiang Yun to secure his support against Maple City 48.

Relationships

• Jiang Yun — Recruited student and deeply cherished protégé. Jiang Yun regards Su Qian as someone who saved his life and counts him among the few people he holds dear 26. Su Qian supports his development without demanding disclosure of his origins 40.
• Zi Yan — Recruited student whom he treats with paternal indulgence. Her food consumption and forest excursions create ongoing work for him, but his complaints conceal affection and pride 24 44 47.
• Hu Gan — Academy colleague who handles the children’s Outer Academy enrollment and collaborates with Su Qian on limiting Zi Yan’s tournament participation 9 10 23.
• Elder Huo — Longtime colleague and friend whom Su Qian introduces to Jiang Yun to support the boy’s alchemy training 39 40.
• Elder Qing and Wu Tianlang — Fellow academy experts; Su Qian restrains their quarrel over the first Sect Breaking Pill and leaves its allocation to Jiang Yun 49.

Notable Quotes

“Having that kind of insight is remarkable in itself!” 13

“Ha ha, wonderful! Jiang Yun is a child of our Jia Nan Academy. The more outstanding he becomes, the happier I am!” 41

“Jiang Yun, you've given the academy a tremendous gift!” 46