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Sage Ran Qiu

Ancient Sageweapon forger and spear wielderKong shi

Sage Ran Qiu is an ancient follower of Kong shi, remembered through the domain, trials, and powerful artifacts he leaves behind. He dies long before the main story; Zhang Xuan encounters a preserved will and later the sage's corpse rather than the living man. (Chapters 1,585–1,601, 1,863–1,864)

Biography

The legacy of Ran Qiu

Ran Qiu creates an ancient domain that tests successors through spatial passages, combat constructs, and artifacts. The skeletal dragon within it remembers that Ran Qiu earned lifelong service through superior strength, while the domain's custodians grant qualified challengers access to his treasure. Zhang Xuan clears the trials and secures the Dragonbone Divine Spear and Prime Amulet connected with the site. Much later, he finds Ran Qiu's corpse serving as the core of an illusion powerful enough to deceive the heavens, showing that the dead sage's body has been repurposed to sustain a formation on the route to the Kunxu Domain. (Chapters 1,585–1,626, 1,763, 1,863–1,900)

Appearance and personality

Ran Qiu's preserved will appears as an ancient expert, while his later body carries a matching appearance and aura. His trials suggest that he values strength, discernment, and worthy succession, but the corpus gives more evidence about his legacies than his everyday personality. (Chapters 1,598–1,601, 1,863)

Abilities and cultivation

Ran Qiu is an Ancient Sage capable of creating and sealing exceptionally powerful weapons. The Dragonbone Divine Spear accumulates enough power under his seal to advance rapidly after reaching Ancient Sage, while the creatures and constructs within his domain recognize his strength. His corpse can anchor an enormous illusion, though the mechanism is part of a later formation and should not be treated as an ability he actively uses after death. (Chapters 1,598–1,601, 1,817, 1,863–1,900)

Relationships

  • Kong shi: Ran Qiu belongs to the ancient lineage surrounding Kong shi and helps preserve artifacts and trials connected to Kong shi's legacy. (Chapters 1,585–1,601)
  • Zhang Xuan: Zhang Xuan clears Ran Qiu's domain, inherits its principal weapon, and later discovers the ancient sage's corpse at the center of a world-scale illusion. (Chapters 1,585–1,601, 1,863–1,900)

Items

No scoped items are associated with Sage Ran Qiu.