Jiang Man

Biodata

Power Progression

Cultivation-method layers are distinct from cultivation realms: reaching the seventh layer of the Qi Refining Method did not mean Jiang Man had already reached Qi Refining’s seventh realm layer.

Background / History

Bei Village and the Cloudfront Office

Jiang Man grew up in Bei Village with a mental impairment that left him with few clear childhood memories. Old Yellow Ox remained his strongest recollection from that period. His early life was impoverished, and he later recalled being bullied without remembering the perpetrators 83 109.

After regaining clarity, Jiang Man discovered a Fate Pattern in his mind but initially saw no accompanying talent. The Heavenly Mirror of a Hundred Books then manifested in his sea of consciousness. At the time, he feared that failing to achieve Qi Introduction within three days would cost him his newfound clarity 2.

At the Cloudfront Office’s Sixth Courtyard, his rapid progress repeatedly prompted rumors that the Luo Lineage was secretly funding him as a retainer or prospective son-in-law. He rejected that explanation and later declared that he belonged to the Jiang Household, not the Luo Lineage 20 32 64. Loans, pills, and exchanges helped finance his cultivation; he also repaid substantial debts before leaving for the sect 6 96.

Wuyun Sect and Teaching

Jiang Man left Falling Cloud City for the Wuyun Sect after saying farewell to Old Yellow Ox, his teachers, and the Guard Office. Teacher Fu gave him a book on the Heavenly Heart Seal, while Yu Wanyi supplied a resource token and Foundation Establishment guidance 99.

At the Foundation Establishment Small Courtyard, he explained his understanding of the Advancement Method and cultivated alongside the students. Their improved assessments impressed Teacher Miao. Yan Yiqiu ordered that the results remain secret and withheld Jiang Man from that year’s competition rather than immediately reveal his progress 115.

Evil Gods and the Inspector Appointment

During a Secret Realm encounter, Jiang Man accepted an Evil God’s proposal to act undercover in the Wuyun Sect in exchange for rewards. Although she placed a controllable lock on him, he later manifested its chains and broke them himself after Old Yellow Ox warned that it could obstruct his cultivation 149.

He subsequently received an Inspector appointment under Drunken Floating Life. His jurisdiction covered the Three Lower Sects under the Dao One Immortal Gate, and his credentials permitted limited mobilization of Mountain-Suppressing Office forces without ordinary attendance and reporting requirements 193.

Moonlit Sect and the Sword Mound

Jiang Man entered the Moonlit Sect using a fabricated background: a nineteen-year-old sixth-layer Qi Refining cultivator who had failed the Cloudfront Office selection and ventured out rather than return to his village. Although he failed the spiritual-root test, he passed the mountain-climbing assessment and became an outer disciple while concealing his real cultivation 229 230.

His Sword Mound activities produced the Iron Sword and a Broken Sword identified as a keepsake of Meng Qiewei’s father. He also used the Magpie Bridge to maintain contact with Ting Fengyin, who instructed him to conceal Drunken Floating Life’s identity and pursue missions involving Meng Qiewei and the Bai Family Ancestor 236 261.

Assassination Attempts and the Ji Family

As Jiang Man became known as Meng Qiewei’s husband, threats against him increasingly involved her enemies and the politics surrounding powerful families. Ren Qian warned him that his marital identity, not merely his reputation as the Wuyun Sect’s prodigy, was attracting attention 283 297.

Investigations later traced possible involvement in the attacks to the ancient Xiang Family. In another Secret Realm, Jiang Man survived a lethal confrontation with Zeng Min and Xiang Lingling, used concealed formations to trap Xiang Lingling, and recovered the attackers’ Storage Law Treasures. The Village’s medicine and pills restored him over the following months 410 480 481.

When Ji Meng entered an ancient killing formation targeting the Ji Family bloodline, Jiang Man followed her voluntarily. He eventually exposed his Evil God Method despite the danger to his concealed identity, refusing to remain a spectator while she fought 493 494.

Immortal Ascension and Later Cultivation

Jiang Man became a Human Immortal amid an organized attempt to kill him. Peak Master Bai’s forces countered hostile formations while other defenders held back approaching immortals. True Person Taihua subsequently took him away from the area 499 500.

His achievements made him an official Peak Master Election participant. Later, within the Ancestral Dragon’s domain, Dragon Clan origin power accelerated his cultivation, and Tantai Xue supplied the token needed for his True Immortal advancement 525 543 544.

His growing collection of dangerous powers became a concern in its own right. Old Yellow Ox warned that Zhulong’s Dragon Egg, the Immeasurable Kalpa Stone, and his other entanglements could endanger both Jiang Man and those connected to him. Ting Fengyin later taught him how those powers could complement one another, while stressing the consequences of losing control 523 572.

Appearance

• Plain clothing: Wore coarse cloth and hemp garments even among finely dressed competitors, leading others to assume he was a poor retainer or dependent 32 64.
• Persistent habit: Continued wearing plain clothes after becoming a Golden Core Ancestor because he was accustomed to them, rather than deliberately cultivating a shabby appearance 187.
• Battle manifestations: The True Martial Art covers his body in golden light; later techniques can manifest revolving stars, suns, or an enormous Five Elements Dharma Body 148 369 499.

Personality

Jiang Man treats cultivation as his overriding priority. He routinely cultivates through the night, considers earning and borrowing Spirit Sources merely ways to support advancement, and even practices during lessons when it does not interfere with his formation analysis 43 193 459. His confidence is equally persistent: he openly calls himself a Peerless Heavenly Prodigy and refuses to alter his course because others admire or disparage him 176 214.

He is resource-conscious without treating every relationship as a transaction. He distinguishes borrowing from Little Fatty as a friend from accepting investment by Little Fatty’s family, recognizing that the latter would create obligations of interest 35. At the same time, he readily charges for information, accepts paid meetings, and looks for opportunities to earn rewards from sect business 37 193 437.

His bravado does not prevent caution. He flees opponents who clearly outmatch him, protects his hidden identities, and acknowledges that superior realms and methods have often compensated for weaknesses in his practical combat skills 189 327. His loyalty to Meng Qiewei can override that caution: he intervenes on her behalf even when her avatar’s survival does not technically require him to risk exposure 493.

Abilities & Skills

Peerless Heaven’s Chosen Destiny

A Fate Pattern associated with Jiang Man’s exceptional path of cultivation. He describes it less as a comfortable blessing than as something constantly pursuing him 139 477.

• Its cultivation demands can be agonizing: one stage required eighty rounds of tempering, causing severe abdominal and head pain 139.
• It allowed him to enter and perceive aspects of the Ji Family Bloodline Killing Array 493.
• A former bearer warned that many predecessors ultimately failed; Jiang Man nevertheless believes he can unravel its mysteries 477 493.
• Old Yellow Ox warned that exceeding its limits could draw the attention of the Great Evil God and other figures on the List 571.

Heavenly Mirror of a Hundred Books

A vast book within his sea of consciousness that appraises and records objects, beings, and powers 2.

• Identification: Recognized Meng Qiewei’s father’s Broken Sword and exposed the identity of the Ji Family Bloodline Killing Array’s spirit 236 495.
• Evaluation: Dismissed the spirit-steed rearing method Jiang Man presented to it as rubbish 6.
• Talent rewards: Recording suitable treasures grants cultivation-method or spell-arts purple qi, further unlocking his talent 245 437.
• Self-appraisal: Can evaluate Jiang Man himself, although its descriptions remain unflattering even at the Heavenly Immortal level 576.

Spell-Arts Learning and Combat

His Spell-Art Innate Qi gives him a deep familiarity with spell circulation and helps shorten the intervals between casts. Early advice from Old Yellow Ox favored brief fights in which Jiang Man repeatedly disrupted opponents with his strongest attacks 45.

True Martial Art

A body-enhancing battle art that increases strength, speed, defense, and spell-art effectiveness 141.

• Connects cultivation gourds, physical-body gourds, and spiritual stars through resonance.
• Reached ninth-layer mastery after ten days of practice.
• Initially activates slowly and can be interrupted before the resonance completes.
• Consumes substantial spiritual qi and places strain on body and spirit.
• Further practice allowed Jiang Man to maintain its circulation during combat 141.

Evil God Method

A cultivation method that supports his concealed activities as Drunken Floating Life and his use of unusual external powers.

• Concealment: Uses it to assume Drunken Floating Life’s appearance before approaching an Evil God 319.
• Power manipulation: The second volume lets him perceive and weave the powers associated with the Broken Temple and Spirit Blossom Immortal Spirit into an outer mantle 268.
• Binding and recall: The fourth volume works with a Jade Token to summon Mu Kong back 330.
• Further instruction: Received the fifth volume from Ting Fengyin after becoming an immortal 502.
• Borrowed power: Can draw upon the dangerous powers he carries, provided he can restrain and control them 572.

Formation Arts

Jiang Man develops formation expertise through Ji Meng’s instruction, Ting Fengyin’s guidance, and observation of enemies 197 356 460.

• Records unfamiliar formations for later investigation 353.
• Learns a formation intended to disrupt an Evil God’s defenses 356.
• Adopts the Bai Family Ancestor’s practice of secretly laying additional formations during battle 480 494.
• Uses formations to restrict movement, create evasive openings, and trap opponents 480 494.

Divine Abilities

Combat Limitations

• Practical experience: Old Yellow Ox identified his actual combat skills as a weakness early on. Jiang Man later admitted that he often won through superior cultivation or methods rather than equal-footing technique 39 327.
• Power control: Rapid advancement sometimes outpaces his precision; after becoming an immortal, he needed time to consolidate and adapt to his strength 503 533.
• Borrowed-power risk: Combining his powerful burdens requires careful restraint. Ting Fengyin explicitly warned that a failure of control could kill him 572.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Wooden Sword — Took it when leaving Falling Cloud City, promising to meet Old Yellow Ox again after reaching Foundation Establishment 99.
• Spirit Swords — Used for sword flight and combat. One was destroyed down to its hilt by the force of his attack on Xiang Lingling 240 434 480.
• Iron Sword and Broken Sword — Retrieved from the Moonlit Sect’s Sword Mound. The Broken Sword belonged to Meng Qiewei’s father and had been snapped by Ting Fengyin 236.
• Inspector Identity Token — Records his identifying aura, restricts access to him, and carries Drunken Floating Life’s appointment and authority 193.
• Silver Token — Granted access to a cultivation Secret Realm associated with the Mountain-Suppressing Office and Dinghai Hall 261.
• Storage Law Treasures — Carry his resources and equipment; recovering enemies’ stores is an important way he offsets battle expenses 480 481.
• Immortal Dao Coordinates — Genuine coordinates that Spirit Blossom Immortal Spirit could recognize and help suppress. Possessing them led her to conclude, incorrectly as an identification, that Jiang Man was a Great Evil God 292.
• Zhulong’s Dragon Egg — Returned with Zhulong sealed inside it; Old Yellow Ox identified it as one of his potentially overwhelming burdens 523.
• Immeasurable Kalpa Stone and Seven Extremes Plague — Dangerous powers that Ting Fengyin explained could restrain other forces Jiang Man draws upon 572.

Relationships

• Meng Qiewei / Ji Meng — Wife and dao companion. She teaches him formation arts under Ji Meng’s identity; he recognizes her despite the disguise and later risks exposing Drunken Floating Life to protect her 197 460 493.
• Old Yellow Ox / Old Huang — Longtime companion, adviser, and protector. Supplies cultivation knowledge, interprets supernatural threats, and repeatedly cautions Jiang Man about his dangerous entanglements 39 71 149 523.
• Ting Fengyin — Powerful mentor and mission-giver met through the Magpie Bridge. Provides methods, access tokens, combat guidance, and support, while assigning Jiang Man missions against Meng Qiewei and the Bai Family Ancestor 236 261 356 502 572.
• Little Fatty — Sixth Courtyard friend and financial supporter. Jiang Man values their friendship separately from the Gao family’s investment interests; Little Fatty later offers him a seventy-thousand-Spirit-Source loan 35 98 410.
• Fang Yong — Early cultivation peer and later associate. Receives Jiang Man’s cultivation explanations, assesses his rewards, and publicly introduces his immortal achievements 6 115 523 525.
• Chang Qiwen — Former courtyard companion, creditor, and later resource courier. Jiang Man initially regards him as a known, manageable pawn, but later entrusts him with warnings and financial dealings 39 98 389 410.
• Song Qing — Initially his Six Harmonies Palm sparring partner; later a grateful friend whose employment and cultivation benefit from Jiang Man’s help 20 98 193.
• Luo Xuan — Courtyard acquaintance whom others mistakenly credit with financing Jiang Man’s advancement. They remain in contact through his circle of old friends 20 30 294.
• Yan Yiqiu / Teacher Yan — Teacher who protects the secrecy of his early results and later receives sensitive information from him 115 193.
• Ji Hao / Teacher Ji — Instructor and patron. Helps him access treasures that unlock his talent, supplies immortal cultivation methods, and teaches him combat principles 245 260 502 562.
• Ren Qian — Sect contact for mission reports, rewards, and warnings about political threats. Frequently receives reports of Jiang Man’s unexpected achievements 297 353 457 481.
• Peak Master Bai — Sect superior who investigates attacks against him, appoints him to Spirit Spring Mountain, and helps defend his immortal ascension 410 487 499 500.
• Bai Family Ancestor — Dangerous adversary linked to the feud with Meng Qiewei and the Ji Family. Their later interactions also include travel, discussion, and reluctant cooperation; Jiang Man learns from his concealed formation tactics 283 480 487 521.
• Xiang Family Ancestor — Enemy associated with the family implicated in attempts on Jiang Man’s life. Jiang Man later tells Ting Fengyin that he killed the ancestor himself 410 539 542 544.
• Mu Kong — Bound subordinate whom Jiang Man can recall through a Jade Token. Entrusted with the future Lord of Ten Thousand Demons and instructed to let Yingyue cultivate discreetly 330 405 523.
• Heavenly Dog — Companion who addresses him as master; Jiang Man uses it when testing Returning Heaven and Reversing the Sun 460 571.
• Tantai Xue — Ally who lends him a one-use True Immortal advancement token, expecting him to replace it 543.

Notable Quotes

“Because I work hard, I'm talented, and I don't let myself sit idle watching other people cultivate.”
— Explaining his rapid advancement 307

“You can divine Heavenly Secrets and the treachery of human hearts, but you can't divine their sincerity.”
— To the Bai Family Ancestor 521