Powers and Abilties

Skills
On a scale of: bad > average > above average > skilled > master > savant

• Being Full of Himself - savant
• Book-Learning - skilled
• Calligraphy - master
• Cooking - bad
• Cujo (type of soccer) - skilled
• Drawing/Painting - skilled
• Guqin - skilled
• Intimidation - master
• Killing/Murder - savant
• Kissing - above average
• Learning New Magic, Martial, and Qi Abilities - savant
• Martial arts, jian specialist - master
• Social/Emotional - bad
• Sounding Romantic on Accident - skilled

Powers and Abilities in Detail
This is a listing of powers he is explicitly shown to have and how they manifest, as well as general rules for how they might feel or come across by others.

Demonic/Immortal Physiology - Dongfang Qingcang is a member of the Moon Tribe, who are decedents of a fairy that split off from heaven thousands of years ago. As such, he is a 'Heavenly Demon' (demon/devil descended from a former heavenly immortal/fairy/god) or 'Devil'. He is a born immortal with the lifespan and physical/spiritual abilities that come with being one.

• Excessively long lived - he was at least 8,000 years old (probably more) when he was imprisoned and even 30,000 years later looks somewhere in his mid-to-late twenties (as far as mortals measure it)
• Supernatural Senses - his five senses are all supernaturally enhanced when compared to mortals. Other immortals using magic or martial techniques can fool and hide from his five senses.
• Supernatural Physicality - he is naturally stronger and faster than mortals, has more endurance and is more difficult to injure.
• Sixth Sense - He can naturally sense the spiritual presence of other beings and what general kind they are when they aren't attempting to hide their pretense
• Linguistics - he can speak to, be understood by, and understand all sentient beings, but especially those who have some form of spiritual presence or intelligence. He can 'hear' any such being if their physical speech capacity is limited. This functions in the same way as telepathic communication, but does not let him listen in on thoughts that aren't meant to be heard aloud.
• Shape shifting - He  can control his appearance in most instances and transform his body to take on the form and appearance of another being, including specific people. His ability to take on the appearance of another person is due to training his natural ability to control his form. Acting skills not included.
• Item Creation - he can create items from his blood and body that are imbued with a small fraction of his power for very specific purposes (for example the 'bone orchid' that turns into a bracelet and can protect Orchid from physical danger while she's wearing it by covering her in a shield made of Hellfire.)
• Always clothed - When cultivated spirits become enlightened enough to take on a mortal (human) form, they manifest with clothing that reflects their true self. Born immortals also manifest clothing that reflects their spiritual and metaphysical being as they age. Because enlightened beings don't walk around naked, that would be absurd. They do also enjoy wearing clothing and accessories that have been created by hand, but in Dongfang Qingcang's case, he tends to stick to his manifested clothes about 70% of the time, over which he will wear a more elaborate over-robe for formal occasions. The rest of the time is in specific outfits he carries on his person in his hammerspace.
  
  • His manifested clothes include:
    1. an organic shaped crown that sits across the back of his head and looks like a twisted piece of dark wood that as been burned to a char
    2. a black, high collared inner robe that is dusted with dark gold beading or appears to be made of thin, black on black brocade pattered with geometric designs and/or stylized flowers
    3. a black middle robe that has a spray of gold stitched and beaded embroidery extending along the hems from the middle of the waist to create an understated starburst effect when folded closed, or a sheer gathered robe that doesn't close across the chest, but provides a nice counter-pattern effect for the inner robe
    4. a sheer black outer robe with sleeve slits to the shoulders, creating a cape-like effect when belted.
    5. several belts of similar style that match the specific combination of his manifested clothing
    6. his battle armor, which is the most heavily layered combination of his manifested clothing, includes an additional over-robe that sports thick, long sleeves, as well as a chest piece that looks like a gnarly piece of charred black dead wood with the still-smouldering parts a glowing gold that wraps around his shoulders, and a golden crown that twists upwards from his head like the untamed flame of a bonfire.
  • When his primordial power is being drained, his manifest clothing will peal away into simpler and simpler combinations as the energy to maintain them is stripped away.
    • At his absolute weakest, his hair turns white, his crown disappears, and he is left in a double layer set of black robes that hangs loosely on his frame and is secured with a simple knot at the waist.

True Immortality and General Immortality - Having achieved true immortality, his body cannot be destroyed and his primordial spirit cannot be destroyed by outside forces nor sent into the cycle of reincarnation. He can be depleted of energy and knocked out and his primordial spirit scattered as a means of neutralizing him, but he cannot be killed unless he has chosen to kill himself.

General Immortality Abilities that other accomplished immortals can also do:

• He has no need to eat or drink
• He can go without sleep for months, but only by mortal measure
  
  • Time passes differently for mortals and immortals. He needs a normal day's rest for his race, but that is something like a one-to-one Immortal Hour-to-Mortal Month conversion. So for every 24 hour immortal day, two years pass in the Mortal Realm.
  • This means that by mortal measure, he also has to occasionally sleep for eight months straight.
• He does not need to breathe underwater or in space, but can share his breath with others who might need to
• Can talk in space as if there were air
• Can reveal other enlightened being's origins/true forms

Magic - Dongfang Qingcang is practiced at magic and can learn spells, create seals, and use magical artifacts that require magical knowledge to use. Magic includes:

• Anything referred to as a spell, curse, seal, or ritual
• Using magical objects for their intended purpose
• Altering a magical object to do something different that what it's purpose is
• Detect magical signatures and traces of magic specifically

Qi - Personal energy that every living being has and can be cultivated to greater and greater power. The manifestation of his spiritual power for various effects that are not magical (magic is a separate ability), but can be similar to, and mistaken for, magic.

He uses it for most qi and magic-adjacent abilities common to the xianxia genre not otherwise mentioned in this list. This is stuff such as creating a ball of light with his qi, using qinggong steps, pulling items and/or people to him, and other such powers.

• Can temporarily enhance his supernatural senses and supernatural physicality
  • Supernatural Senses enhanced this way can potentially detect illusions
• Dongfang Qingcang's qi is intertwined with Hellfire and as such, often manifests with the appearance of blue fire. His eyes will light up with it, it will surround objects he summons to him, and his sword burns with it when he powers it up.
• He can completely erase his qi's presence from the supernatural senses of anyone less powerful than he is.
• When not surpressing his qi:
  • Those who can sense energy can feel a traditionally 'demonic' - but not evil - flavor to his energy. The lack of Evil(tm) can be recognized as a spark of divinity. This applies the same to anyone from a western canon with a western Heaven and Hell. he is 'Hell' flavored otherwise.
  • His power feels oppressive and laced with an unnatural heat.

All of the following specific powers are qi-powered:


Hellfire - literal hellfire. It's power is mixed so thoroughly with his own qi that it is his as much as it is a separate force others have failed to master. It's power is in everything he does. As someone whose spiritual root is fire, it enhances his natural energy and boosts his power to the point that he is immune to damage from all lesser fires. Neither is he troubled by extreme heat, nor does the cold bother him - both due to his own inner fire burning hotter than even the sun.

• Hellfire burns bright blue and wounds from it cannot be healed - they will continue to burn for the rest of the victim's life. When they are reincarnated, no matter how many times, the wound will come with them in the form of a hideous burn scar in the same location and shape as the original would.
• When in use, those who can sense energy, particularly anyone from a canon that has its own version of Hellfire (and know what that feels like), can recognize it for what it is.

In and out of combat, he can use Hellfire and Qi to:

• Create stationary energy shields
• Block or redirect attacks
• Surround himself with Hellfire as a deterrent and a threat
• Manifest a dragon-shaped plume of Hellfire to attack his enemies
• Lob balls of Hellfire at a target
• Crush/destroy/implode objects at a distance
• Break through magical and spiritual barriers
• Empower his sword and body for melee attacks

Fire - Natural fires react to his emotions and moods (what little of them he has) and will flare up or mellow down without his conscious decision on the matter. He doesn't tend to control other fire directly, as his Hellfire is more powerful, but he can manipulate fire in his vicinity for any and all fire-related effects.

• He can control the Sun.

Lightning and Thunder - In the same manner as fire, lightning and thunder reacts to his moods. When he is angry or in distress, the sky of the Cangyan Sea will fill with thunder or lightning. This can be considered a sub-set of his fire-based power as lightning is associated with fire in the Chinese Elements.

Weather Control - Dongfang Qingcang can turn the weather from sunny to stormy (or back) in a localized area near him, including indoors.

• If he creates a storm, he can create a lightning storm (without rain or hail) and use it to call lightning.
• He can empower such storms with Hellfire so that every time thunder cracks the Hellfire flares and every lightning bolt that strikes will explode with Hellfire on contact.
• He can prevent the storm from dissipating naturally so long as he remains in the general area near it, which is about a city sized span of distance from the storm. 
• Can cut open the sky to force the sun to appear at night without causing the sky to experience daylight. Just the sun glaring down with obvious menace from a star-studded night sky.

Teleportation and Flight - Dongfang Qingcang can travel between locations within the same Realm in an instant, honing in on a person's qi as a target point or just generally teleport to a location. He can also fly or hover in space and travel that way. Teleportation is usually used to travel long distances within a Realm, while flying is used for shorter trips.

• Dongfang Qingcang's teleportation is accompanied by a burst of black smoke laced with angry orange and red sparks that expand out from his position in a fully-spread bird-wing-like pattern. The smoke disburses quickly, after. This occurs on both arrival and departure when he teleports.
• He can also teleport other people, creatures, and items that he can sense the spiritual presence anywhere within a generous radius of  his position.

Hammerspace - He has the ability to store items in a pocket-dimension that generally substitutes for literal pockets. Mostly he stores his personal belongings and a few important items within:

• His sword is always stored there when not in use and can be summoned from it either with a simple flick of the wrist or a more complicated power-up to flood it with energy right out the gate.
• A dark blue hunting outfit as an alternative to his manifest clothing.
• The Xilan Clan scroll detailing many known techniques, abilities, and Xilan Clan specific knowledge (including how to care for a Xilan Orchid)

Sight, Sound, and Scent Invisibility - In addition to being able to hide his spiritual presence, he can also make himself completely invisible to the sight, hearing, and olfactory senses of other beings.

• He can extend this ability in a small dome that surrounds him in a seven foot radius when he wants to include another being or beings that is not able to make themselves invisible in the same manner.

Item Manipulation - He can alter the physical appearance and location of items, objects, and buildings:

• Make one item take the shape of another (i.e. turn a flower into a stone bracelet)
• Change the color or decoration of an item (i.e. make a blue dress white) 
• Dry off or clean items that are dirty (must not be caused by a magical or spiritual effect)
• Repair items (i.e. restore a wall he just broke through to the condition it was in prior to being exploded)
• Create mundane items that can be created in the Mortal Realm of any appearance and material

Self-Healing/Fast Recovery - Dongfang Qingcang can circulate his qi to heal himself and recover from injuries (grievous or barely a scratch) and maladies with no more than an overnights rest.

• Sleeping it off tends to be faster for Dongfang Qingcang

Transfer Energy - A standard of xianxia settings, Dongfang Qingcang can pass energy to other people through touch, or empower spells or objects by channeling his power into it

• Passing energy can help others heal faster but also just give them a power boost
• Energy transferred can be either Qi or his Primordial Spirit, depending on the potency needed

Enter Dreams and other Metaphysical Spaces/Manipulate Memories - Accomplished Immortals can send a part of their consciousness into a person's dreams, their Sea of Emotions/Heart Sea, and other such metaphysical spaces, including mirror realms. Most immortals can erase and manipulate the memories of mortals, but have to rely on the strength of their cultivation to erase the memories of other immortals.

• While inside such spaces, the immortal can manipulate what they find there - including attempts at harm
• Can erase specific memories related to encountering/seeing him from those of a lower power level than him
• Can create mirror realms - pocket dimensions where anything can be built and the rules of the dimension follow that of the builder; has no effect on the outside world other than being connected to an entrance of some sort. Entrances can be created in liminal spaces - doorways, paintings, the surface of a specific pool of water, etc

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Note: These descriptions of his powers are what they do/look like without the influence of the Xilan Heart Curse, which can mess with his powers in odd ways and is entirely dependent on Orchid being present to have a direct effect.


Xilan Heart Curse
The Xilan Heart Curse binds Dongfang Qingcang to Orchid by leaving a trace of her primordial spirit within him.
The passive effects of the curse are that Dongfang Qingcang is forced to feel and experience everything Orchid does:

• If she's sad and starts crying, he'll start crying involuntarily; If she's happy, he'll feel a curl of happiness warm him up; If she's hungry, he'll feel hungry; If she's sleepy, he'll feel sleepy; If she's injured, the exact same wound appears on his body; If she dies, he dies

The active effects are that if she gives him a direct order, or an indirect order with conviction and intent, he must obey it

• I.e. at one point, Orchid was half awake and protesting being told to get up, and told him to leave her alone and go count the flowers in her garden. He spent the next three hours counting every. last. one.

Additionally, If they are hit by lightning while kissing, their souls swap bodies