Dan Qing-Sheng

## Danqing Shen

Unnamed Nation Founder

Unnamed Nation
Luo Clan

## Background

Danqing Shen is known as the strongest person in the Western Continent. He created a masterpiece painting called "Lands of our Nation," and legend has it that anyone who brings this painting to him will have any wish fulfilled by him. Danqing Shen had not appeared for over 800 years, and became something of a legend. People weren't sure if he was still alive, or if he ever really existed at all...

## History

Danqing Shen was the top disciple of Double Dragon Manor, and the prized pupil of the Exalted Twin Dragon's. He fell in love with a princess, who was captured and killed during a war. In a grief-filled rage, he fought against the Nine Sects, single-handedly turning the Western Continent on its head.

He had painted "Lands of Our Nation" as a gift for the princess, but it had gone missing after her death. In order to get the painting back, Danqing Shen put out word that he would fulfill any wish of the person who returned the painting to him.

Double Dragon Gathering

On the road to the Double Dragon Gathering, disciples from Profound Heaven Sect, a group which included Chu Qingcheng, had captured and tied up an old drunkard, believing he had something to do with the disappearance of their sect's young master. Zhuo Fan arrived and immediately recognized that there was more to this old drunkard than meets the eye. He bowed to the man and called him 'senior,' much to the shock of the other disciples. Zhuo Fan then released the man and gave him some wine, which the old drunkard appreciated and gave him a good impression of Zhuo Fan. After the old man left, Zhuo Fan explained to the others that he wasn't a mere mortal, but that his cultivation was so high they couldn't sense it. This revelation of course terrified the Profound Heaven Sect disciples, because of how they had treated him.

Inside Double Dragon Manor, the old drunkard appeared inside Zhuo Fan's residence. The old man had taken a liking to Zhuo Fan and often visited him to chat in between his matches. After one such visit, the old drunkard revealed himself to Zhuo Fan to be the owner of the 'Lands of Our Nation' painting, the strongest person in the Western Continent, Danqing Shen.

Danqing Shen often chatted with Zhou Fan about the Dao and matters of the heart. But, after Zhou Fan appeared with a sword wound on his arm, Danqing Shen realized that Zhou Fan had managed to get inside Double Dragon Manor's Sacred Mine and encountered the sacred weapon, Vaulting Sword. He revealed that his purpose for returning to the Western Continent and coming to Double Dragon Manor was to obtain the Vaulting Sword, and asked Zhou Fan to help him get inside the Sacred Mine to get it, not knowing that Zhou Fan had already taken the sword for himself. In exchange for his help, Danqing Shen gave Zhou Fan a secret art he created, the Twin Soul Art. Like, Zhou Fan, Danqing Shen had also condensed his soul while only in the Radiant Stage, but later was able to form a second soul using the Twin Soul Art. Having two souls was what allowed Danqing Shen to surpass his masters and become the strongest person in the Western Continent.

After getting inside the Sacred Mine and seeing the sword was not there, he assumed the Exalted Twin Dragon's had moved it, so he challenged his former masters to a due, which if he won, they agreed he could take the sword. The duel ended with neither side gaining an advantage, so Danqing Shen was unable to get the sword, even though his former masters believed had already taken it, since it was gone. After the duel, Danqing Shen explained that he had been living to fulfill his deceased lover's wish of a world without war, so he had created his own nation where he had lived in peace for the past several hundred years. However, an enemy had appeared in the form of Central Continent's Emperor, Invincible Sword, Bai-Li Yun-Tian, who sought to rule over all the lands, including Danqing Shen's newly establish nation. Invincible Sword was so strong that Danqing Shen could only hope to fight him with the help of the Vaulting Sword, which was why he came to retrieve it.

Having been unable to obtain the Vaulting Sword, Danqing Shen would have to fight Invincible Sword without it and hope for the best. He left the Western Continent yet again, but not before warning them of the impending doom hailing from the Central Lands.

Central Continent

Without the Vaulting Sword, Danqing Shen was defeated by Invincible Sword, Baili Yuntian, in only 5 moves, and was forced to serve under the Sword Star Empire as one of their Nine Sword Kings, bearing the new title, Dragon Cleaving Sword King.

Five Continents War

100 Years War

During the 100-year truce, Yu-Wen Yong had joined the Sword Star Empire and worked his way up in their ranks to a position that would allow him to gain an audience with Danqing Shen. After finally meeting with Danqing Shen, Yuwen Yong presented him with the 'Lands Of Our Nation' painting and asked him to assassinate Luo Yun-Hai. Since the deal was that Danqing Shen would grant the request of whoever brought him the 'Lands of Our Nation' painting, he readily agreed and set out to kill Luo Yunhai.

On his way to the Luo Clan residence, Danqing Shen encountered the five Luo Clan elders, who had with them a sword that contained the aura of the Vaulting Sword. Having sensed the dao of the Vaulting Sword, Danqing Shen avoided killing the Luo Clan elders because he wanted to question them about where they got the sword, but they refused to tell him so he quickly left them badly injured and unconsious. Luo Si-Fan then arrived with Long Jian-shan and Xie Nian-Yang, and Danqing Shen threatened to kill them unless they told him how the Luo clan got that sword. Panicked, Long Jianshan told him the sword was given to them by the Blind Swordsman, so Danqing Shen set out to find him. He arrived at the Blind Swordsman's hut, only to be shocked to learn that the Blind Swordsman was in fact Zhou Fan, whom the world had believed to have died 100 years earlier.

After learning that Zhou Fan had created a sword that contained the dao of the Vaulting Sword, Danqing Shen realized that Zhou Fan must possess the Vaulting Sword and questioned him about it. Zhou Fan admitted that he had lied to Danqing Shen and that the Vaulting Sword was with him all along, which caused Danqing Shen to become enraged, knock over the table, and set out to kill Luo Yunhai. Zhou Fan asked him to spare Luo Yunhai, but Danqing Shen refused, saying he had to keep his word as long as it was within his ability. Zhou Fan told him that it was beyond the scope of his ability, because Zhou Fan would kill him if he tried to kill to Luo Yanghai. Danqing Shen then fought with Zhou Fan to test his strength, but was defeated in a single move and realized Zhou Fan had far surpassed him. He agreed that killing Luo Yunhai was now beyond his ability, and acknowledged that Zhou Fan was worthy to possess the Vaulting Sword. He gave up on his mission and returned to Sword Star City empty handed.

Sacred Realm

After the defeat of the Sword Star Empire, Danqing Shen was among those who followed Zhou Fan to the Sacred Realm/Sanctuary. Upon arriving in the Sacred Realm, the restriction of the Mortal Realm which kept Danqing Shen's cultivation stuck at the peak of the Genesis Realm was lifted, and he and the other Sword King-level masters immediately broke through to the peak of the Spirit King Realm.

## Cultivation

 Spirit King Realm

Imperial Realm

Peak

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