Daoming

Biodata

Background / History

Bai Ting’s Rescue

Daoming attended the supernatural incident at Bai Ting’s home alongside a policewoman. When Qu Nanzhu’s paper figures, Number Ten and Little Eighteen, arrived, Daoist Priest Fuchen and other seniors urgently asked him to record them. He filmed the figures fighting the ghost despite the policewoman’s warning that filming was prohibited; she told him to submit a self-criticism report 22.

At his master’s instruction, Daoming entered the building with a video call running to look for traces of the magical battle. The paper figures handed him the subdued vicious ghost. After Fuchen forwarded Qu Nanzhu’s instructions, Daoming understood the assignment as a valuable training opportunity, with the figures available to help transport the captive 23.

Haunted Villa Investigation

Daoming and Daoqing appeared on Master as official Celestial Master Bureau representatives. Both had been instructed by their masters to learn from Qu Nanzhu, whom they publicly greeted as their senior 43 44.

Daoming led the team containing Qu Nanzhu, Lin Qianyu, Bai Shiyu, and Su Liyun into the abandoned villa. He correctly identified its Twin Dragons Holding a Pearl Wealth-Gathering Formation but could not explain why such favorable feng shui had produced a deadly yin dwelling. Under Qu Nanzhu’s guidance, he examined the original family’s photograph and helped explain how the corrupted formation and accumulated yin energy had affected successive residents 45 46.

He prepared tools for breaking the formation, opened the celebrity guests’ Yin-Yang Eyes, and helped equip them to capture the villa’s harmless ghosts. Afterward, he worked with Qu Nanzhu and Daoqing on the formation that cleared the property’s black qi 46 47 48.

Village Investigation and Public Education

At the next filming location, Daoming distributed protective jade talismans and explained how villagers had mistaken a supernatural disturbance for a mountain god’s punishment. He urged viewers to report unresolved dangers to the police rather than rely on offerings 49.

His group discovered a family worshipping a ghost housed in a stone. Its demands had escalated from poultry blood to human blood. Because bureau members were forbidden to strike ordinary people, Daoming and Daoqing could not forcibly overcome the family’s resistance; Bai Shiyu ultimately retrieved the stone during the argument. Daoming warned viewers about ghosts beguiling people and later assured the village chief that the government would build a road to help residents sell their pears 51.

When Qu Nanzhu exposed a fraudster during a subsequent livestream, Daoming explained the offender’s punishment in the Underworld. Together with Daoqing, he emphasized that sincere repentance and willingness to make amends could reduce punishment, unlike attempts to purchase an escape from responsibility 52.

School Investigation and Earthquake

Daoming joined Daoqing and Qu Nanzhu in investigating cries and calls for help at a secondary school. They followed a faint supernatural aura to a cemetery of unmarked gravestones behind the grounds 53.

After an earthquake devastated the school, Daoming and Daoqing stopped Lu Luqing from entering the ruins while the danger remained uncertain. Daoming later followed Daoqing into the wreckage without hesitation, trusting his colleague’s judgment. They found Qu Nanzhu unconscious in the cemetery and could see the phantom who reassured them that he had collapsed from overexertion 54 55.

Teaching and Academy Duties

As the bureau became more publicly visible, Daoming maintained a Weibo account for official notices, educational material, and updates about his cultivation routine. He also promoted the show’s second season 93.

During that season, he and Daoqing guided nine apprentices through a face-reading exercise. Daoming corrected their interpretations and explained that advanced Qi Observation required prolonged cultivation or exceptional talent. He later helped organize the apprentices for the Blessing Dance and performed alongside them, Daoqing, and Qu Nanzhu 97 99.

At Celestial Master Academy, Daoming welcomed the confirmed student Lin Suwan and her mother through the express lane. He subsequently brought Suwan to the dean’s office when requested 112 113.

Appearance

• Youthful, refined bearing: Presented as a young Celestial Master with a composed, upright public manner 22 43.
• Sect clothing: Previously wore dark blue-green Daoist robes 43.
• Official uniform: Wears the bureau’s white, Zhongshan-style uniform, embroidered with gold dragons and gold-patterned collar and cuffs when acting as an official representative 43.
• Ceremonial robes: Wears ceremonial clothing for the Blessing Dance 99.

Personality

Daoming’s dignified official manner contrasts with his nervousness around Qu Nanzhu. Although praised for his talent since entering the Dao, he fears being judged inadequate by the senior master. He eagerly positions himself to learn, accepts correction, and openly admits when he cannot answer a question 43 45.

He is enthusiastic and occasionally playful: he gives Daoqing a triumphant look after Qu Nanzhu joins his team and later laughs freely at the celebrities’ chaotic ghost-catching attempts. Teaching can test his composure, however; an apprentice’s mistaken face-reading interpretation leaves him visibly angry 45 48 97.

His conduct also reflects professional restraint. He obeys the bureau’s prohibition against striking civilians and prioritizes safety when he prevents Lu Luqing from rushing into the earthquake ruins 51 54.

Abilities & Skills

Supernatural Sight and Yin-Yang Eye Opening

Daoming can perceive supernatural phenomena and enable ordinary people to see them 45 47 55.

• Sees the sinister energy surrounding the haunted villa and the phantom in the school cemetery 45 55.
• Opens the guests’ Yin-Yang Eyes by brushing willow leaves over their eyelids 47.
• Untrained recipients see blurry ghostly silhouettes rather than fully clear apparitions 47.

Feng Shui and Formation Work

Daoming understands feng shui configurations and assists with large-scale cleansing formations 45 46 48.

• Identifies the villa’s Twin Dragons Holding a Pearl Wealth-Gathering Formation 45.
• Explains how uncleansed deaths allow yin energy to accumulate and affect later occupants 46.
• Positions eight bronze mirrors under Qu Nanzhu’s direction and draws an eight-trigrams diagram using cinnabar mixed with cooked glutinous rice 48.
• Initially fails to identify the cause of the villa’s corrupted feng shui without Qu Nanzhu’s guidance 45 46.

Face-Reading and Instruction

Daoming reads personality and fortune-related traits from faces and photographs 46 97.

• Identifies the original villa owner’s kindness and accumulated virtue, as well as the elderly woman’s calculating disposition 46.
• Recognizes that the wife’s fate has been affected 46.
• Teaches basic facial interpretation and distinguishes it from advanced Qi Observation; he does not claim Qu Nanzhu’s ability to see an entire lifetime at a glance 97.

Ghost Handling and Ritual Knowledge

Daoming helps organize ghost capture, explains spirit behavior, and participates in communal rites 47 52 99.

• Instructs guests in using braided mulberry silk to capture ghosts without harming them and willow switches against uncooperative spirits 47.
• Distinguishes harmless lingering ghosts from dangerous entities and explains their need for yin-rich shelter 47.
• Explains Underworld punishment and the importance of sincere repentance 52.
• Participates in the Blessing Dance across Y City 99.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Protective jade talismans — Bureau-issued protection against ghost energy; Daoming distributes them during the village investigation 49.
• Willow leaves — Used to open the guests’ Yin-Yang Eyes 47.
• Braided mulberry silk and willow switches — Supplied with Daoqing for the guests’ ghost-catching task 47.
• Eight bronze mirrors — Carries and positions them for the villa-cleansing formation 48.
• Cinnabar mixed with cooked glutinous rice — Uses the mixture to draw the formation’s eight-trigrams diagram 48.

Relationships

• Qu Nanzhu — Respected senior and informal teacher. Daoming regards his assistance with the vicious ghost as generous practical training and later learns from him during investigations 23 43 45 46.
• Daoqing — Fellow bureau Celestial Master and regular investigative and teaching partner. Daoming trusts his judgment enough to follow him into the earthquake ruins without knowing why 45 54 97.
• Unnamed master — Directs Daoming’s field observations and instructs him to learn from Qu Nanzhu 23 43.
• Daoist Priest Fuchen — Senior who requests recordings of Qu Nanzhu’s paper figures and relays Qu Nanzhu’s instructions about the captured ghost 22 23.
• Lin Suwan — Junior academy disciple who addresses him as “Senior Brother Daoming.” He welcomes her to the academy and escorts her for the dean 112 113.