Shen Qingqiu (Original)/Synopsis

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## Proud Immortal Demon Way

The original *Proud Immortal Demon Way*, was supposedly planned to be much more complex. However, due to money problems, Airplane Shooting Towards The Sky, scrapped the original plotline and wrote a novel with the fan's preferences in mind ("shameless fanservice" as quoted by Shen Yuan in chapter 92). Due to the unreliability of both Shen Yuan and (the Original) Luo Binghe, along with the ambiguity of Airplane Shooting Towards The Sky, it is unknown how much of Shen Qingqiu's actions were performed simply to paint him into the perfect 'scum villain'.[?]

Shen Qingqiu took Luo Binghe as his disciple, but there were nothing but negative feelings towards Luo Binghe's exceptional talent even at a young age. Because of this, he tormented Luo Binghe, and quite possibly, encouraged the other disciples to bully him. The extent of Shen Qingqiu's sabotage of Luo Binghe's development was unknown to others, but it was revealed in the extra that Shen Qingqiu tried to kill Luo Binghe but was incensed when his attempt with the faulty cultivation manual failed to do as he hoped.[?]

At the Immortal Alliance Conference, when Luo Binghe turned seventeen and unlocked his demonic heritage, Shen Qingqiu discovered the truth and pushed him into the Endless Abyss.[?]

Luo Binghe, however, survived and removed the seal on his demonic blood, giving him immense power. He returned with vengeance to kill Shen Qingqiu, accompanied by Qiu Haitang and Liu Mingyan, who each bore a grudge against him.[?]

Luo Binghe captured Shen Qingqiu and cut off his arms and legs, using them to set a trap that killed Yue Qingyuan. Shen Qingqiu was tortured further, including having his tongue torn out, and eventually died of his wounds.[?]

## Background

Shen Qingqiu's parentage and how he came to become a slave is unknown; however, he used to live in the streets as one of many children caught in human trafficking. During this period he was named 'Shen Jiu' with the character for 'nine', denoting him as the ninth child in the hands of that particular group of slavers, who often moved the children to different towns across the lands to better find customers. During these days he lived alongside Yue Qingyuan, who was named 'Yue Qi' for 'seven'. Shen Qingqiu once made reference to fellow child slaves one to six, who all either died or were sold off. Presumably, the 'older sister' Shen Qingqiu sought comfort and protection from as a child was one of these six. She was sold to an old widower looking for a wife, and left behind in an unnamed town.

As very young children Yue Qi and Shen Jiu were often assigned to beg together while pretending to be a pair of orphaned brothers, wherein Shen Jiu would cry on demand, because Yue Qi was unable to. Eventually when the two of them became the oldest of the group by process of elimination. Yue Qi acted as a responsible leader of the group, while Shen Jiu was much wilder, picking fights and using his superior fighting power to claim territories for begging.

Later, when another slave child was almost trampled to death by Qiu Jianluo on his horse, Shen Jiu advised that they not interfere. However, as Yue Qi ran forward to save that slave, Shen Jiu came to their rescue. Here, Shen Jiu showed an incredible potential for cultivation by using his qi despite having no formal training, turning a gold piece into a sharp weapon to save Yue Qi.

However, later on the child they saved sold him out and he was bought by the Qiu Jianluo. He was beaten and locked in a room in the Qiu estate, the abuse continuing for the rest of his stay. One day Yue Qi sneaked in to save him but was unable to bypass the locked door separating them. Yue Qi was prepared to try and get him out for however long it would take, but Shen Jiu knew that he would be captured before he could succeed, and told Yue Qi that he was injured, encouraging him to leave. Yue Qi then promised he would go and seek a cultivation sect who would take him in and then return to save Shen Jiu after he became a powerful cultivator.

Shen Jiu came into the Qiu household at the age of 12 and when he was 15 he finally snapped and murdered all men in the household but spared the women. He then burned the estate and decided to not wait for Yue Qi anymore. Afterward, he became Wu Yanzi's disciple and traveled with him. Under Wu Yanzi, he was taught to rob, kill and take advantage of chaos to reap benefit. One day as they were sneaking inside an Immortal Alliance Conference to kill the inexperienced young cultivators and rob their corpses, he was reunited with Yue Qi who now has became Yue Qingyuan, the celebrated Qiong Ding head disciple. Shen Jiu lighted up the Cang Qiong emergency firework and told Yue Qingyuan to scram but they were found by Wu Yanzi. A fight broke and when Wu Yanzi almost dealt a fatal blow to Yue Qingyuan, Shen Jiu betrayed and killed his master instead.After this, Shen Jiu entered Cang Qiong Sect at the age of 16 under Yue Qingyuan's recommendation.

In Qing Jing Peak, Shen Jiu quickly became a favored disciple of the Peak Lord and received both the status of head disciple alongside the name 'Shen Qingqiu'. For him this was a great misfortune as the character 'Qiu' was written with the same character with the Qiu family's name. However, it is revealed in the extra that Shen Qingqiu hated his old name of 'nine' even more than the reminder of the Qiu family name. He even tells Yue Qingyuan that it is impossible for him to be happy hearing Yue Qingyuan call him by 'Little Nine' ever again.[?]

## Scum Villain Self-Saving System

During some point in time after Luo Binghe became his disciple, Shen Qingqiu fell into a fierce qi deviation accompanied with high fever for apparently no reason. It is unknown what happened to him after Shen Yuan transmigrated into his body. However, pieces of his memories still remained in his body and Shen Yuan could access them with the help of Meng Mo.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 72: The Person Named Shen Jiu (Web Novel)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Scum Villain extra Chapters
3. ↑ Chapter 1: Scum Villain (Web Novel)
4. ↑ Extra: Yue Qingyuan and Shen Qingqiu (Web Novel)
5. ↑ Chapter 19: Shen Jiu (Light Novel)