Jin Pang

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Power Progression

Appearance

Jin Pang is repeatedly described as fat or plump 6 13.

• Family resemblance: His round, plump grandfather Jin Feng resembles him closely enough that their relationship is immediately apparent 21.

Personality

Jin Pang is shrewd beneath his carefree, talkative exterior. He recognizes Qin Chuan’s attempt to recruit him against Xie An and willingly enters an alliance based on their shared interests. Qin Chuan later judges him to be observant, methodical, and capable of knowing when to advance or retreat 6 14.

His loyalty repeatedly outweighs his fear. Although he knows he is poorly suited to a dangerous fight, he follows Qin Chuan rather than abandon a new ally. He subsequently spends precious talismans, pills, and nearly all his blood essence keeping them both alive 8 9 10 12.

He enjoys bargaining, teasing friends, and humiliating enemies. He initially asks Qin Chuan to reimburse his life-saving supplies above market price, but later refuses the spirit stones and accepts a wolf corpse instead. His hostility toward Xie An is much less controlled: Jin Feng fears that this particular grudge makes him impulsive enough to endanger his life 10 14 27 44.

History

Family Tragedy

Jin Pang’s mother belonged to the Yang family and was the sister of the Xiao family’s former matriarch. Her son, Xiao Yi, was Jin Pang’s older cousin and personally guided him through learning alchemy. The two became closer than brothers 15 22.

After Xiao Yi was poisoned in a secret realm, Jin Pang’s parents, maternal aunt, and maternal grandfather entered the Land of the Fallen Phoenix to obtain medicine. Only his maternal grandfather returned alive. Members of the demon race then invaded the Xiao estate and stole the medicine, reportedly after the young Xie An let information about it slip. The protection of Yun Yao and the Xiao family prevented Jin Pang’s family from retaliating against Xie An 15.

Qin Chuan’s questions later made Jin Pang suspect that the Xiao family head might have arranged the disaster, though this remained speculation. Jin Pang also remembered a possible motive: the Yang family possessed a secret pill formula capable of supporting cultivation to Late Tribulation Transcendence. His maternal grandfather had entrusted knowledge of it to him and Xiao Yi before dying, prompting Jin Pang to resolve to warn his cousin to protect it 15 16.

Alliance with Qin Chuan

Qin Chuan approached Jin Pang while seeking an ally with influential backing. Jin Pang initially intended to enter only the alchemy competition, but registered for the martial competition’s secret-realm round so they could sabotage Xie An 6.

Their alliance became a genuine friendship during the expedition. Jin Pang rescued Qin Chuan from a False Nascent Soul wolf demon, and Qin Chuan returned to save him when the beast changed targets. Trapped between two such demons, Jin Pang exhausted his talismans, lost his pill cauldron, and sustained a protective heavenly fire while Qin Chuan struggled to master the Tianquan Sword. After Qin Chuan defeated the wolves, Jin Pang carried him to an abandoned cave and supplied recovery pills 10 11 12 13.

Once they recovered, Jin Pang revealed that he had recognized Qin Chuan’s sword wounds on Gu Xiran and understood that his ally opposed the entire sect master’s faction. They agreed to continue working together, then used Twin Insects to track Xie An. Jin Pang lured him into Qin Chuan’s prepared ambush and sacrificed ninety percent of his blood essence to attack him with Mystic Yellow Heavenly Fire. Their attempt to finish Xie An was interrupted by his Dao protector 14 15 16 17.

Sect Competitions

After learning that Qin Chuan was Shen Qingyuan’s disciple, Jin Pang began addressing him as “Martial Uncle Qin.” At Qin Chuan’s insistence, they agreed to treat one another as equals and use “Brother Qin” and “Brother Jin” instead 17 20.

Preparations for the Land of the Fallen Phoenix

Qin Chuan warned Jin Pang that the Land of the Fallen Phoenix would open within five years and admit cultivators below Nascent Soul. The possibility of finding a way to restore Xiao Yi made Jin Pang eager to prepare, while Qin Chuan urged him to keep the information secret and avoid confronting Xie An prematurely 22.

By the time Qin Chuan brought him a jade slip of further information, Jin Pang had entered seclusion to attempt a breakthrough. Jin Feng accepted the material on his behalf and asked Qin Chuan to help restrain his grandson’s recklessness toward Xie An 44.

Abilities & Skills

Alchemy

Jin Pang is a talented pill cultivator who wins the Pure Void Sect’s alchemy competition 32.

• Body-Tempering Pills: Offers to refine the wolf demons’ cores into pills for himself and Qin Chuan, later delivering Qin Chuan’s share 14 20.
• Qi and blood pills: Can readily refine pills that replenish vitality 13.
• Ingredient appraisal: Identifies traces of Silver Moon White Wolf blood in the slain demons and recognizes their value for Bone-Tempering Pills 14.
• Practical advice: Recommends taking the Body-Tempering Pill at night, when stronger stellar power improves its effect 20.

Mystic Yellow Heavenly Fire

A powerful alchemical flame obtained for him by Jin Feng. It improves pill quality and the success rate of pill formation, while also serving as his strongest combat resource 12.

• Drives back two False Nascent Soul wolf demons and scorches their claws 12.
• Can envelop both Jin Pang and another person in a protective blaze 12.
• Is manageable for alchemy at his cultivation level, but difficult to maintain against enemies; prolonged protection nearly exhausts his blood essence 12.
• Can be concentrated into an offensive fireball, as in the ambush against Xie An 16.

Combat and Escape Techniques

Jin Pang considers his combat strength relatively weak because he specializes in pill cultivation, but he can defeat weaker demonic beasts and provide support in stronger battles 10 11 14.

• Fireball Technique: Burns down multiple wolf demons and provides supporting attacks against a False Nascent Soul opponent 10.
• Flight: Uses aerial movement to escape wolves that cannot fly 10.
• Blood-Burning Secret Art: Increases his escape speed 11.
• Limit: At only sixty percent of his strength after the wolf encounter, he cannot match Xie An despite both being at Early Golden Core 16.

Tracking and Social Maneuvering

• Twin Insects: Marks Xie An with powder secreted by a female insect, then follows the male insect attracted to its scent 15.
• Political connections: Uses Jin Feng and the great elder’s influence to arrange a competition matchup 22.
• Networking: Encourages Qin Chuan to cultivate relationships with influential disciples and their families 26.
• Public pressure: Exploits sect seniority and accusations of disloyalty to embarrass Yun Yao’s disciples 21 26.

Equipment & Items

• Original pill cauldron — Specially refined by Jin Feng and durable enough to serve as an emergency shelter; shattered by the two False Nascent Soul wolves 11.
• Supreme-grade alchemy furnace — First-place prize from the alchemy competition; contained a hostile remnant soul subsequently destroyed by Jin Feng 31 32 33.
• Immobilization talismans — Life-saving supplies from his grandfather. One restrains the pursuing wolf for roughly fifteen breaths, less than Jin Pang initially expects; his last two are expended during the subsequent stand 10 11.
• Medicinal supplies — Carries Heavenly Origin Rejuvenation Pills, vitality-restoring pills, and soul-related pills; gives all his available soul medicines to Qin Chuan during the Tianquan crisis 10 11 13.
• Locator plate — Allows him and Qin Chuan to locate one another inside the secret realm 8.
• Teleportation token — Intended for leaving the secret realm, but fails during the wolf pursuit 10.
• Earth escape talisman — Used to flee to Pill Peak after the attack on Jiang Lin 39.

Relationships

• Qin Chuan — Ally turned trusted friend after they repeatedly save one another. Qin Chuan promises Jin Feng that he will advise and protect Jin Pang against schemes exploiting his impulsiveness 10 14 20 44.
• Jin Feng — Grandfather and principal protector. Supplies his heavenly fire, cauldron, and talismans; saves him from possession and worries about his feud with Xie An 10 11 12 33 44.
• Xiao Yi — Older maternal cousin and early alchemy teacher. Jin Pang is deeply committed to finding a way to restore his health 15 22.
• Xie An / Xiao An — Mortal enemy. Jin Pang blames his disclosure for the theft of medicine obtained at the cost of his family’s lives, and repeatedly attempts to kill him 14 15 16 27.
• Yun Yao — Hostile sect master whose protection of Xie An obstructs Jin Pang’s revenge. Jin Feng intervenes when Yun Yao directs pressure or violence toward his grandson 15 21 27.
• Wang Sang — Fellow troublemaker with whom he mocks and humiliates members of Yun Yao’s faction 27 34 36.
• Gu Hao — Acquaintance involved in the wealthy disciples’ circle. Jin Pang identifies him as the leader of the group that forced the betting organizers to pay out 33 34.

Trivia

• Qin Chuan does not remember Jin Pang appearing in the original novel. He infers that someone with Jin Pang’s family connections, talent, and hostility toward the protagonists may have been killed before its major events; this is Qin Chuan’s theory, not a confirmed account 22.