Qin De

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

The Qin Family’s Grudge

Qin De inherited a six-hundred-year feud with the Xiang imperial family. According to the history he recounted to his sons, Xiang Yu betrayed the Qin Family’s ancestor and seized the realm. The Qin Family subsequently endured under Xiang rule while secretly accumulating strength 6.

His personal vendetta centered on his wife’s death. After she died, he swore to overthrow the Xiang dynasty and cultivated tirelessly toward the Golden Core realm. He later identified Xiang Guang as the man who had sent assassins after Jingxiang, who died in Qin De’s arms 14 49.

Preparing the Flying Eagle Plan

After Qin Feng reported Qin Chen’s extraordinary strength, Qin De summoned Qin Feng, Qin Zheng, and Qin Chen to a secret chamber in Yanjing City. He disclosed the family’s history and announced the Flying Eagle Plan, an uprising intended to reclaim the realm 6.

Qin Chen then presented the Primordial Ancestral Dragon Art, claiming that an immortal had bestowed it in a dream. Qin De accepted the explanation as ancestral and heavenly favor, immediately adopting the superior method. He also supported Qin Chen’s request to learn artifact and pill refining, bringing Feng Yuzi and Mu Qing to teach him 7 8 10.

The Dragon-Tiger Pill formula gave Qin De a means to strengthen his army. He ordered the Heavenly Web’s four divisions to purchase dragon blood grass and tiger bone vine secretly across the Qianlong Continent. Qin Chen’s subsequent production supplied an army-building program that eventually produced fifty thousand peak Houtian soldiers 13 22 23.

Father and Son’s Tribulations

When thirteen-year-old Qin Chen announced his intention to undergo a Golden Core tribulation, Qin De selected Black Wind Grand Canyon and arranged troops, intelligence agents, formation equipment, and spirit stones to protect him. He remained in Yanjing because his own movements risked attracting Xiang surveillance 14 15.

For his own tribulation, Qin De chose the Gale Mountains. He and Qin Chen deliberately leaked the news to lure out the Xiang Family’s experts. Qin Chen intercepted and killed Wu De and Wu Xing, while Qin De survived the lightning and formed his Golden Core. Their trap removed two mid-stage Golden Core retainers from the enemy’s forces 23 24 25.

Qin De later allowed Qin Chen to seek opportunities overseas despite his reluctance to part with him. Qin Chen left him an emergency communication talisman and continued sending cultivation resources home through Xiaobai 27 36 44.

Conquest and Great Qin

Qin De initially intended to delay the uprising until the family’s cultivation had stabilized. After Qin Chen returned and demonstrated Nascent Soul cultivation, he ordered the Flying Eagle Plan launched that night. The Fierce Tiger Army captured more than half of Chu State in less than half a month before surrounding the imperial capital 47.

Xiang Yang attempted to destroy Qin De’s command position, but Qin Chen intercepted the attack and killed him. Qin De then ordered the army into the Imperial City. When surrendered guard commanders delivered Xiang Guang, Qin De personally beheaded him to avenge Jingxiang 47 48 49.

After the conquest, Qin De delegated military and administrative consolidation to Qin Feng and Qin Zheng. Rather than immediately proclaiming himself emperor, he concentrated on cultivation, regarding strength as the lasting foundation of the family’s position 49.

Within the following six months, he renamed Chu State Great Qin and retained the former imperial city as its capital. He appointed Qin Feng Great General Who Guards the North and Qin Zheng crown prince 50.

Personality

Qin De is normally composed and calculating, but his sons’ achievements repeatedly overwhelm that restraint. He openly weeps with pride at Qin Chen’s breakthroughs and privately delights when Feng Yuzi and Mu Qing compete to teach him. He is also willing to trust Qin Chen with major responsibilities, granting him control of the Heavenly Web without demanding an explanation 7 11 19.

His protectiveness is practical as well as affectionate. He organizes extensive security for Qin Chen’s tribulation, accepts his decision to leave the continent, and later comforts Qin Yu while encouraging him to continue cultivating 14 27 49.

Against perceived threats, he is ruthless. His security orders authorize killing suspicious people rather than risking an infiltrator’s escape, and his vengeance against Xiang Guang takes precedence over offers of wealth or the throne. Once that vengeance is fulfilled, he readily returns to cultivation and delegates much of the work of governing 14 49.

Abilities & Skills

Primordial Ancestral Dragon Art

Qin De replaces his family’s inherited Ancestral Dragon Art with Qin Chen’s superior version, retaining compatibility because both methods share the same foundation 7 8.

• Purifies and compresses his pale-gold Xiantian True Essence, giving it a dark-gold sheen 8.
• Raises his true qi’s quality to three times its previous level upon the initial transition 8.
• Condenses a golden dragon silhouette around his body to confront tribulation lightning 25.
• Supports his successful formation of a Golden Core 25.

Military Command and Logistics

Qin De directs the military preparations and deployment behind the Flying Eagle Plan 6 47.

• Coordinates covert medicinal purchases through intelligence networks and secret trade channels 13 23.
• Oversees the reorganization and training of soldiers strengthened by Dragon-Tiger Pills 22.
• Orders the offensive against Chu State and the seizure of its palace and cities 47 49.
• Establishes Great Qin’s postwar leadership, assigning Qin Feng frontier command and Qin Zheng a governing role 50.

Intelligence and Counterintelligence

Qin De commands the Heavenly Web, a network encompassing tens of thousands of covert agents and assassins 19.

• Deploys agents to eliminate spies and conceal sensitive cultivation activity 14.
• Uses deliberately leaked intelligence to draw hostile cultivators into an ambush 25.
• Transfers supreme operational authority through the Dark Emperor Token 19.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Dark Emperor Token — A black token, described as neither metal nor jade, bearing intricate dark patterns. It represents Qin De’s authority over the Heavenly Web; he gives it to Qin Chen 19.
• Spatial communication talisman — Created by Qin Chen using Xiaobai’s spatial ability. Crushing it alerts Qin Chen and provides a spatial mark through which he can return during a family crisis 27.
• Sword — Used to personally execute Xiang Guang; no name or grade is supplied 49.
• Snow-Treading Black Steed — His mount when the captured Xiang Guang is brought before him 49.
• Cultivation resources — Receives spirit stones, pills, flying swords, magical treasures, herbs, and cultivation manuals from Qin Chen. These supplies support the family’s rapid cultivation growth 36 44 49 50.

Relationships

• Jingxiang — His deceased wife, whose murder drives his personal vendetta against Xiang Guang. The tribulation-preparation passage refers to his wife as Jingyi, while the conquest passages use Jingxiang 14 49.
• Qin Feng — Eldest son and military subordinate. Reports Qin Chen’s strength, helps secure the family’s tribulation preparations, and becomes Great General Who Guards the North 6 15 50.
• Qin Zheng — Second son, entrusted with administration after the conquest and later appointed crown prince 49 50.
• Qin Chen — Third son and the family’s principal source of advanced cultivation methods and resources. Qin De initially regards him as a secret asset for the uprising, then increasingly trusts his judgment and strength 1 19 25 47.
• Qin Yu — Youngest son. Qin Yu initially longs to earn his father’s regard; Qin De later greets him affectionately, comforts him, and encourages his cultivation 1 49.
• Feng Yuzi — A friend whose bond with Qin De was forged through life-and-death experiences. Qin De recruits him as Qin Chen’s artifact-refining teacher 8.
• Xu Yuan — Strategist and chief steward who assists with secret deliberations and carries out Qin De’s security orders 6 14.
• Xiang Guang — Enemy responsible for Jingxiang’s assassination. Qin De ultimately rejects his pleas and executes him personally 49.
• Xiang Yang — The Xiang Family ancestor who attempts to kill Qin De during the siege of the capital; Qin Chen intervenes 47.

Notable Quotes

“Chen'er, you've grown up, and you have your own path to walk. I won't stand in your way.” 27

“Do you think I, Qin De, care about this realm or this throne? All I want is your death!” 49