Ren Qing

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Ren Qing (任青)
Alias(es)	Wang Shanlu (disguise) 318
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Jailer Hall; Dao of Non-action Monastery (infiltrator and later patron) 68 259 263
Occupation/Role	Jailer; Ghost Market Lord; cultivator and artifact refiner 112 223
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 10

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Martial Human Realm	10	Identified as a cultivator who had grasped sorcery and begun bodily aberration without shedding mortality.
Half-Corpse Realm — Double-Pupil User	13	Advanced the Eye-less Method by spending one year and six months of lifespan; hidden injuries healing increased his remaining lifespan by over four years.
Vice-Stomach User	33	Mastered the Taotie Method after intensive cultivation.
Ghost Envoy Realm — Spinal Bone User	78	Advanced the Armored Physique Art and integrated the Dragon Snake Spine as a Lifebound Artifact, at the cost of one year of lifespan.
Mirror Surface User	92	Advanced the Mirror Immortal Art; discovered a potential path to expel Eerie Objects from his body.
Ghost Envoy Realm — Prison Guard	111	Completed the first Eerie Transformation of the Prison Within the Stomach; gained the ability to imprison and control Eerie Objects.
Ghost Envoy Realm — Wolf-Foot User, complete Aberration	112	Pushed the Divine Feet Scripture’s aberration into a half-man, half-wolf form; became a full Jailer.
Ghost Envoy Realm — Ghost Substitute	150	Completed the first Eerie Transformation on the Ghost Substitute branch while sheltering near the Rat Mother Forbidden Zone.
Yin Messenger Realm — Supreme Dark Nightmare Lord	194	Entered seclusion after naturally accumulating roughly two hundred years of lifespan.
New Moon Layer	260	Advanced after extending his lifespan with Peach Wine during closed-door cultivation.
Yin Messenger Realm — Eerie Belly Concealing Door	267	Advanced the Disaster Aversion Method; gained awareness of the dangers of the “No Anomaly” state.
Yin Messenger Realm — Rebirth Art	374	Chose the Life Preservation and Corpse Storage anomalous changes; could heal or fight through life force.
Releasing Yin God Realm	374	Sacrificed a split soul to extend his lifespan and advance.
Yin Messenger Realm Grand Completion — Dharma Form Manifestation	378	Completed all eight branches of Eerie Transformation Fusion and gained the divine ability Dharma Form Manifestation.
Yin Messenger Realm — Turtle Longevity	461	Advanced through the Calamity-Avoider route, allowing him to perceive concealed ominous signs and hope.
Immortal Position — Fengdu Corpse Emperor	489	Advanced Corpse Fengdu through White Register, Scribe of Fate, Spirit Official, and Ghost Official stages; achieved immortality and control over yin energy and ghosts.
Immortal Position — Zhenyuan Dizhu	513	Promoted Heaven and Earth Growth to the Primordial Chaos realm after comprehending its Ascension Method.
Heavenly Eerie Realm — Zhi Li Technique	564	Spent 20,000 years of lifespan to advance; manifested the Immortal Body, Nurgle Plague Dream.
Earth Immortal	615	Ascended under the suppression of the Eight Directions Immortal Locking Array, causing Eerie Objects in the Immortal-position Forbidden Zone to gain rudimentary intelligence.

Background / History

Ren Qing began as a low-profile Martial Human Realm cultivator in the Fire Refining Hall. He studied the Chronicles of the Thatched Cottage, learning that cultivation progresses through Martial Human, Half-Corpse, Ghost Envoy, Yin Messenger, Yang God, and Heavenly Eerie realms. He also learned that different Arts create different aberration paths and that high-realm cultivators can leave behind Eerie Objects and Forbidden Zones upon death 10.

He advanced the Eye-less Method to Double-Pupil User in secret, concealing the change from his colleagues while resolving to eliminate the Hundred-Eyed threat. Rather than rush toward the costly Twin Nightmare Ghosts advancement, he chose to investigate the mutation paths of his Arts first 13.

His early cultivation combined the Eye-less Method, Divine Feet Scripture, Human Skin Book, and Taotie Method. Song Zongwu cautioned him that rapid advancement without a stable foundation could lead to Dao annihilation, despite Ren Qing’s unusual aptitude 33.

Ren Qing became a reserve Jailer and later a full member of the Jailer Hall. He developed the Prison Within the Stomach, accumulated lifespan through cultivation and resource gathering, and used the Ghost Market to acquire materials, trade techniques, and refine artifacts 68 77 111 112.

He repeatedly investigated the Dao of Non-action Dojo and Monastery. After discovering their fabricated Arts, Heavenly Dao Egg practices, and the Gate of Non-action, he acted to contain the threat and later infiltrated the monastery under Lai Gou’s identity. He ultimately sought to preserve the monastery’s traditions while integrating it with the Jailer Hall and supplying its members through the Immortal Market 115 117 259 263.

Appearance

Ren Qing’s appearance changes substantially with his Arts, aberrations, disguises, and alternate bodies.

• In the Immortality Forbidden Zone, he operated under the identity Wang Shanlu 318.
• His worm-body cultivation caused explosive physical growth, eventually giving him a body over two meters tall, heavily defined musculature, and shark-like metallic teeth 317.
• By later events, he is described as a three-meter-tall strongman 372.
• His Eye-less Method manifests as double pupils on his forehead 319.
• The Human Skin Book can alter his skin tone and transfer physical injuries that do not involve his bones 158.
• His Immortal Body, Nurgle Plague Dream, can cause living beings and environments to mutate 564.

Personality

Ren Qing is calculating, patient, and intensely pragmatic. He evaluates Arts by their risks, resource demands, and compatibility with his existing cultivation instead of pursuing power indiscriminately. He rejected several dangerous manuals—including Heavenly Dao Worm, Gu, and Corpse Dog methods—before selecting Shadowless Ghost for its strategic utility 132.

His caution coexists with decisive ruthlessness. He spends lifespan when necessary, infiltrates hostile factions, captures dangerous cultivators, and uses deception to conceal his objectives. At the same time, he protects people connected to him, including Lin Cheng, Song Zongwu, Wang Ling, and the wider Jailer Hall 63 320 482.

He is also inventive. Ren Qing creates fabricated Arts, adapts cultivation systems to new environments, develops artifact-refining methods, and plans infrastructure for the Ghost Market, Eternal Prison, and Jailer Hall 128 223 371 480.

Abilities & Skills

Information Flow

Ren Qing uses the Information Flow to inspect cultivation data, identify ailments and Arts, and spend lifespan to accelerate mastery or promotion.

• Identified Xu Sanliang’s age, lifespan, disease type, and Body Martial Arts 317.
• Used lifespan to advance Arts and avoid their ordinary mastery costs 317 322.
• Relied on it to strip or manage Immortal Bodies during later Ascension-related events 586.

Eye-less Method

The Eye-less Method is one of Ren Qing’s primary Arts and developed along the Double-Pupil User path.

• Enables the use of double pupils, including on his forehead 13 319.
• Supports bodily and soul-related cultivation, including body-soul separation in Netherfeather Land 94.
• Was fully mastered by Ren Qing during his cultivation in the Stomach within the Stomach 128.

Taotie Method and Prison Within the Stomach

Ren Qing’s Taotie cultivation gives him exceptional internal storage, consumption, imprisonment, and resource-processing abilities.

• Reached Vice-Stomach User after mastering the Taotie Method 33.
• The Prison Guard Art confines and controls Eerie Objects inside the Prison Within the Stomach 111.
• Efficiently gathers remnant souls and stores entities such as the Ghost Wolf Eerie Object and Husky 128 144.
• Formed the basis for a world within his stomach and later divine abilities 378 513.

Armored Physique Art and Dragon Snake Spine

Ren Qing’s Armored Physique Art is centered on the Dragon Snake Spine Lifebound Artifact.

• The Dragon Snake Spine can emerge from his spine, ribs, or Strange Mouth 78.
• It changed from silver-white to bone-white and developed barbed bone blades after integration 78.
• At Ghost Envoy Realm, the Spinal Bone User branch became Bone Attachment as Artifact 158.
• He used the artifact’s sharp bone blade to cut through Wu Mo’s flesh and expose the concealed culprit within 114.

Dream Arts

Ren Qing’s dream-related Arts are central to surveillance, infiltration, escape, and influence.

• His Nightmare Art can probe or manipulate the dreams of cultivators below his realm 263.
• Dream Entry allowed him to defeat competing Forbidden Guards 144.
• The Dream Butterfly Method was bestowed on him by Great Dream True Person as an auxiliary spell 223.
• Human World Walker allows him to temporarily vanish 482.
• Storyteller permits possession of others in the Martial Human Realm 308.

Body Martial Arts and Netherworld Heavenly Worm Method

While operating as Wang Shanlu, Ren Qing cultivated Body Martial Arts alongside the Netherworld Heavenly Worm Method.

• Mastered the Qingfeng Breathing Technique rapidly, though its practical benefit was limited to improved lung capacity 319.
• Cultivated the Iron Grinding Sword Technique by melting and swallowing iron, strengthening his bones 322.
• Obtained Golden Bell Body Tempering, which complements his Gigantification, Muscle Growth, and Hard Bone disease seeds 326.
• Reached Qi Refining Grand Completion in the Netherworld Heavenly Worm Method and prepared for Foundation Establishment 322.

Artifact Refining

Ren Qing is an accomplished artifact refiner who develops tools for his own cultivation and for the Jailer Hall.

• Tested his refining abilities in the Ghost Market and earned fifty Blood Crystal stones 111.
• Sought the Dao of Non-action Monastery’s Fire Refining Palace and refining methods 132.
• Perfected the Eerie Fetus Artifact Forging Method and moon-pattern engraving for Abhidi Hell 371.
• Continued creating spells and refining an attached turtle shell while directing factional cooperation 460.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Dragon Snake Spine — Lifebound Artifact integrated into his skeleton; used as a bladed, extensible weapon 78.
• Great Miao Saber — Saber used during his early martial training and to open his neck for Dragon Snake Spine integration 18 78.
• Human Skin Book — Art/item associated with skin alteration and injury transfer 10 158.
• Bone Key — Used to enter the Jailer Hall 68.
• Dream Seed artifact — Protects against hysteria aura and permits access to anomalous layers 326 269.
• Jade pendant magical artifact — Stores Nether Essence for Netherworld Heavenly Worm Method cultivation 320 322.

Relationships

• Song Zongwu — Mentor and protector who guides Ren Qing on the risks and branches of cultivation; Ren Qing later attempts to save him from the Nameless Ascetic Monk 33 67 482.
• Huang Ziwang — Fellow Jailer and frequent companion in Ghost Market and Forbidden Zone matters; admires Ren Qing’s rapid advancement while worrying for his safety 78 150 372.
• Great Dream True Person — Ghost Market authority who traded the Dragon Snake Spine for Ren Qing’s Eye-less Method and later bestowed the Dream Butterfly Method 77 223.
• Lin Cheng — Friend whose danger motivated Ren Qing to defeat Sun Yishan quickly 63.
• Xiao Wu — Fire Refining Hall associate who worries about Ren Qing’s health; remains friendly despite feeling distanced by Ren Qing’s status 33 190.
• Clerk Zhao — Yamen official who offered Ren Qing a better position and later handled Fire Refining Hall expansion matters 68 79.
• Wang Qi — Ren Qing’s adoptive father during his time as Wang Shanlu; asked him to protect Wang Ling after his death 320.
• Wang Ling — Wang Qi’s daughter and Ren Qing’s adoptive sister; she cared for him during his recovery and growth 317 320.
• Xu Sanliang — Body Martial Arts cultivator who recognized Ren Qing’s aptitude and brought him to Qingfeng Hall 317 318.
• Xu Fu — Qingfeng Hall’s head master and Ren Qing’s martial arts instructor 318 322.
• Li Tiangang — Jailer Hall leader and strategic collaborator in responding to threats beyond Sanxiang City 223 461.
• Wuliangzi — Dao of Non-action Monastery cultivator whom Ren Qing supports as sect master while attempting to preserve the monastery 259 263.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Fire Refining Hall cultivation

Ren Qing studies the heretical cultivation system, secretly advances the Eye-less Method, and assembles multiple Arts while avoiding attention from the Jailer Hall 10 13 33.

Jailer Hall recruitment and Ghost Market

He becomes a reserve Jailer, acquires the Dragon Snake Spine, advances through Ghost Envoy stages, and gains authority within the Jailer Hall and Ghost Market 68 78 111 112 223.

Dao of Non-action investigation

Ren Qing explores the Dao of Non-action Dojo, identifies fabricated Arts and Heavenly Dao Egg-related schemes, fights the Gate of Non-action, and uncovers the monastery’s fallen history 106 115 117 128.

Immortality Forbidden Zone / Wang Shanlu identity

Through a split soul and the Wang Shanlu identity, Ren Qing cultivates the Netherworld Heavenly Worm Method and Body Martial Arts in Weian Town, rapidly transforming his body while investigating the Six Maladies Method and Longevity Immortal 315 317 322 326.

Forbidden Realm and Rebirth Art

Ren Qing refines the Eight Directions Demonic Realm into a Forbidden Realm, masters the Rebirth Art, and builds strategic resources around the Eternal Prison and Longevity Tree 371 372 374.

Immortal ascension and Heavenly Court plans

He advances through Immortal Positions, develops the Heavenly Palace and Jailer City systems, studies Buddhist Fruit Status, and prepares the Jailer Hall for increasingly unstable Heavenly Dao conditions 489 513 519 615.

Trivia

• Ren Qing’s cultivation repeatedly consumes lifespan, but he also treats lifespan as a resource to be earned, stored, and reinvested into power 13 111 223.
• He considers creating fabricated Arts to suppress soul aberration and improve immunity against disease-type cultivation risks 128 322.
• His Dragon Snake Spine demonstrates that Lifebound Artifacts are not limited to conventional weapons 78.
• He calls himself the Lord of the Ghost Market while planning to use trade and artifact forging to make it self-sustaining 223.