Liu Qian

Biodata

Power Progression

Liu Qian’s documented progression concerns lifespan extension and mechanical replacement rather than cultivation realms.

Background / History

Scholar and Black Wind Stronghold Strategist

Liu Qian was originally a scholar from Liuyang Town. His status rose after he became Black Wind Stronghold’s strategist, although he still had to defer to the town’s powerful martial clans 51.

He returned from business to discover that the stronghold’s chief and second chief had been killed. Rather than flee, he gathered the remaining men and sought to join the Xingfeng Sect. As an ordinary mortal, he considered attachment to a strong faction essential to survival. He helped Wang Hu take over the stronghold while awaiting Chen Feng’s decision 17 18.

Entering the Xingfeng Sect

Chen Feng accepted Liu Qian and the remaining bandits, disregarding their past provided they worked for the sect. Liu Qian was initially frightened by how easily he had been accepted, interpreting Chen Feng’s indifference as a sign that he could be discarded just as easily 18.

He soon handled intelligence gathering, accounts, and the aftermath of the conflict with the Jiang Household. After its defeat, he led the confiscation of its property and dealt with representatives of Liuyang Town’s surviving clans. Chen Feng subsequently entrusted him with the acquired businesses and part of the sect’s administration—authority Liu Qian regarded as formal acceptance into Chen Feng’s inner circle 36 50 51 56.

His relationship with Wang Hu changed during a battlefield rescue. Despite lacking martial training, Liu Qian personally brought reinforcements, rocket launchers, and C4 to Wang Hu. The intervention deeply moved Wang Hu, who had previously regarded him as selfish and scheming 83 84.

Northern Territory Administration

As the sect expanded, Liu Qian became one of its principal representatives to martial clans and royal authorities. He defended the sect’s small troop commitment against criticism, refused to reveal its firearms, and confronted Yue Qianshan despite the pressure exerted by the immortal cultivator 73 75 112.

Chen Feng tasked him with recruiting nearby mortals and building a city to restore trade in the Northern Territory. By Chen Feng’s later inspection, Xingfeng City incorporated modern building designs chosen by Liu Qian 125 170.

He also administered the settlement of Ge Yunxuan’s people near the sect. Permission was conditional on obeying sect rules and not oppressing or killing mortals without cause 201.

Overseas Expansion and Succession Planning

Liu Qian helped coordinate the sect’s operations beyond Yingzhou. He organized the forces sent against the Black Sea’s Demon Kings, assigned Ge Yunxuan’s cultivators to the two operational groups, and requested a hydrogen bomb from Yue Yao 309.

At Moon Luminous Island, he recruited Yan Ying as a guide and instructed her to offer the Heavenly Demon Sect’s subordinate factions three days to surrender. He and Wang Hu selected a low-yield nuclear strike to break the enemy’s protective formation while preserving its resources 335.

Meanwhile, he began preparing others to take over his responsibilities. He introduced promising members to Chen Feng, arranged intelligence work for Gong Qinghan, and later nurtured Wang Fengnuo and descendants of the Mo and Ge Households as possible successors 457 785.

Aging and Mechanical Survival

Liu Qian initially refused martial training and had not taken life-extending pills when Chen Feng noticed his aging. He preferred studying modern knowledge and believed that training successors would protect the sect after his death. Chen Feng’s promise to address his lifespan moved him deeply 356.

He later accepted lifespan-extending resources, including a Long-Whiskered Turtle Demon Core from Haili. Nevertheless, his body continued to decline; Chen Feng eventually judged that he had only a little over ten years remaining despite taking numerous pills 659 702 786.

When Liu Qian approached death, he named Ge Yunxuan as his successor. Chen Feng returned with consciousness-transfer technology and offered him survival in a mechanical body. Liu Qian agreed, survived the transfer, and established his identity to Wang Hu through a shared memory 807.

Continued Leadership

Liu Qian remained active after the transfer. He directed the charging of Canglan Star’s space-based weapons during a crisis and organized an investigation after the entire planet was transported through a spatial vortex 809 810.

He later managed affairs on the Ming Province Continent before returning to Canglan Star to oversee headquarters. His responsibilities expanded to arms exports, interstellar diplomacy, and the administration and defense of the sect’s five Star Domains 827 888 916.

The growing number of powerful cultivators eventually strained his authority. Liu Qian reported that some members obeyed only outwardly while factions competed over resources. Chen Feng authorized him to remove anyone harming the sect and to seek Yinyin’s assistance when force was required. Even after Wang Hu and Chen Feng encouraged him to retire, Liu Qian chose to keep working 964 980.

Appearance

• Scholarly clothing: Commonly wears a long robe; during the Northern Border arms negotiations, he wears blue and resembles a scholar 91 702.
• Visible aging: Develops white hair at his temples, followed by a full head of white hair and a wrinkled face in later years 356 785.
• Mechanical form: Initially has recognizable mechanical features and a cold mechanical voice 808 827.
• Later replacement body: Full-body bionic skin makes him indistinguishable from an ordinary human to the naked eye, though visiting cultivators cannot detect normal living fluctuations from him 827 924.

Personality

Liu Qian is calculating, observant, and skilled at adapting to changes in power. When Black Wind Stronghold fell, he promptly denounced its former chief and praised Chen Feng. He researched Wang Hu’s importance before meeting him and attempted to establish goodwill through flattery 17.

His initial concern with survival developed into lasting loyalty. He came to regard the Xingfeng Sect as his life’s work and Chen Feng as the person he respected most. Although visitors offered him money, he placed those gifts in the sect treasury rather than keeping them; he valued authority and the sect’s continued growth more than additional personal wealth 89 356.

He places rules above personal relationships. He opposed unauthorized use of heavy weapons even when he supported revenge, and refused to intercede for his old acquaintance Wang Tian after learning that he had slaughtered mortals. His methods can nevertheless be ruthless: during the confiscation of the Jiang Household, he ordered that anyone found inside be killed 51 153 293.

Liu Qian is usually serious and composed, but remains sensitive to Chen Feng’s trust and approval. He is willing to acknowledge mistakes, including his failure to understand how differently powerful cultivators might behave from mortal political actors 356 418.

Abilities & Skills

Administration and Finance

Liu Qian manages the businesses, personnel, and production decisions that allow Chen Feng to spend extended periods in seclusion 56 290.

• Keeps accounts and supervises acquired commercial assets 36 56.
• Coordinates decisions sent from the sect’s branches to headquarters 290.
• Adjusts industrial output to market conditions; when ordinary weapon demand declines, he shifts thirty percent of the relevant factories to ammunition production 601.
• Develops administrative talent and prepares potential successors 457 785.

Diplomacy and Negotiation

Despite remaining a mortal before his transfer, Liu Qian negotiates directly with royal families and high-ranking cultivators 111 181 440.

• Maintains the sect’s standing when dealing with stronger individuals, refusing demands to reveal its weapons 75.
• Rejects participation in Moon-Gazing City’s war while negotiating a separate arms sale 440.
• Demands Nascent Soul formation treasures in exchange for magic ships, using the claimed lifespan cost to Chen Feng as bargaining leverage 440.
• Refuses to surrender the manufacturing methods for the Antimatter Warship and Star-Annihilating Cannon in exchange for Blood Sha Heavenly Venerable’s protection 958.

Strategic Coordination

Liu Qian directs deployments and evaluates threats rather than relying on personal combat strength.

• Organizes intelligence networks and obtains information about hostile factions and cultivation realms 36 324 462.
• Recognizes that Nascent Soul cultivators’ danger perception and teleportation could allow them to evade nuclear missiles 324.
• Coordinates expeditionary groups, defensive formations, and alerts for space-based weapons 309 601 702.
• Preserves control over nuclear weapons: later export policy allows Aerospace Carrier sales while retaining nuclear strikes as a service performed by the sect itself 827.

Mechanical Body

His transferred consciousness allows him to continue serving after the failure of his biological body 807.

• His later body carries several miniature kinetic weapons 827.
• Implanted communications let him receive messages and contact others without a separate phone 827.
• The technology is not unrestricted immortality: Chen Feng notes an energy limitation, while the sect retains highest-level access to robot chips and Taiyi can remotely control converted members who betray it 807 827.
• Mechanical survival does not resolve his lack of martial deterrence; he still requires powerful supporters to enforce orders against high-level cultivators 964.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Satellite phones and tablet computers — Used for intelligence reports, branch communications, and administrative work 290 498 785.
• AK rifle — Carries one while rescuing Wang Hu, but admits through his actions that he does not know how to use it; it is effectively for show 84.
• Emergency crystal — Entrusted to him by Chen Feng as a means of confronting a powerful enemy during a crisis 721.
• Long-Whiskered Turtle Demon Core — A lifespan-extending gift from Haili, which he accepts 659.
• Crystal Core — Holds his remnant soul during the transfer into his mechanical body 807.

Relationships

• Chen Feng — Sect master, benefactor, and eventually friend. Chen Feng entrusts him with administration, repeatedly promises to solve his lifespan problem, and personally carries out the transfer that saves him 56 356 786 807.
• Wang Hu — Initially distrusts Liu Qian’s slippery manner, but develops deep affection for him after Liu Qian’s rescue. Their friendship includes frequent bickering; by later years, Wang Hu is the only person besides Chen Feng around whom Liu Qian can truly relax 17 84 356 980.
• Mo Chen — Close administrative colleague. Their ties influence Liu Qian’s decision to leave the assessment of Mo Yang’s and Zhang Xuan’s competing military contributions to Chen Feng 290 317.
• Ge Yunxuan — Subordinate commander and Liu Qian’s designated successor when his biological death appears imminent 309 807.
• Wang Fengnuo — Calls him “Uncle Liu” and repeatedly urges him to rest. He arranges her service as an Affairs Pavilion deacon and considers her among his possible successors 702 785.
• Gong Qinghan — A promising intelligence operative whom he introduces to Chen Feng and equips with a squad for further work in the Inner Sea 457.
• Haili — Treats him respectfully despite his mortal status and gives him a precious lifespan-extending Demon Core 659.
• Yinyin — Becomes his authorized source of martial backing when Chen Feng tells him to seek her help against disobedient members. Her Fourth Step of Dao Integration cultivation reassures him that he can enforce sect discipline 964.

Notable Quotes

“This grudge must be avenged, but the rules the sect master laid down must not be broken.” 153

“If you had merely used your power to gain some benefits, I could have protected you. But you slaughtered mortals. The sect master cannot tolerate that, and neither can I!” 293

“The greatest fortune of my life was meeting you. Without you, my life would never have been so full of wonder. Even if I died this very moment, I would have no regrets!” 356