Jiaoqiu Ascension and Trace Materials

Basic Info

A foxian healer and counselor from the Xianzhou Yaoqing. Often greets people with a smile on his face and a scheme in his heart.

Born into a prestigious Alchemy Commission family, he once withdrew from practicing medicine due to a broken heart. However, he returned to the field to treat “the Merlin’s Claw,” General Feixiao.

Skilled in the study of alchemical prescription that views food as medicine, especially those that induce a sensation of spiciness. They invented a cauldron-based medicinal formula known as the “nine-squared grid.”

Ascend Materials

Trace Materials

To upgrade Jiaoqiu’s Basic ATK to the maximum level (level 6), you will need the following Materials:

To upgrade Jiaoqiu’s Talent, Skill, or Ultimate to the maximum level (level 10), you will need the following Materials as shown in the table below. If you want to upgrade all three skills to the maximum level at the same time, you will need to prepare three times a number of Materials listed in the table below.

Ability

Stats at level 1

Heart Afire

Basic ATK

Deals Fire DMG equal to 50% of Jiaoqiu’s ATK to a single target enemy.

Scorch Onslaught

Skill

Deals Fire DMG equal to 75% of Jiaoqiu’s ATK to a single target enemy and Fire DMG equal to 45% of Jiaoqiu’s ATK to adjacent targets, with a 100% base chance to inflict 1 stack of Ashen Roast on the primary target.

Pyrograph Arcanum

Ultimate

Sets the number of “Ashen Roast” stacks on enemy targets to the highest number of “Ashen Roast” stacks present on the battlefield. Then, activates a Zone and deals Fire DMG equal to 60% of Jiaoqiu’s ATK to all enemies.

While inside the Zone, enemy targets receive 9% increased Ultimate DMG, with a 50% base chance of being inflicted with 1 stack of Ashen Roast when taking action. While the Zone exists, this effect can trigger up to 6 time(s). And for each enemy target, it can only trigger once per turn. This trigger count resets every time Jiaoqiu uses Ultimate.

The Zone lasts for 3 turn(s), and its duration decreases by 1 at the start of this unit’s every turn. If Jiaoqiu gets knocked down, the Zone will also be dispelled.

Quartet Finesse, Octave Finery

Talent

When Jiaoqiu hits an enemy with Basic ATK, Skill or Ultimate, there is a 100% base chance to inflict 1 stack of Ashen Roast on them. At 1 stack, increases DMG received by the enemy by 7.5%. Then, each subsequent stack increases this by 2.5%.

Ashen Roast is capped at 5 stack(s) and lasts for 2 turn(s).

When an enemy target is afflicted with Ashen Roast, they are also considered as being Burned at the same time, taking Fire DoT equal to 90% of Jiaoqiu’s ATK at the start of each turn.

Fiery Queller

Technique

After using Technique, creates a special dimension that lasts for 15 second(s). After entering combat with enemies in this special dimension, deals Fire DMG equal to 100% of Jiaoqiu’s ATK to all enemies, with a 100% base chance of applying 1 “Ashen Roast” stack. Only 1 dimension created by allies can exist at the same time.

Traces

Pyre Cleanse

Requires Character Ascension 2

When battle starts, immediately regenerates 15 Energy.

DMG Boost: Fire (Fire DMG Boost)

Requires Character Ascension 2

Fire DMG increases by 3.2%

Effect Hit Rate Boost (Effect Hit Rate)

Requires Character Ascension 3

Effect Hit Rate increases by 4%

SPD Boost (SPD)

Requires Character Ascension 3

SPD increases by 2

Hearth Kindle

Requires Character Ascension 4

For every 15% of Jiaoqiu’s Effect Hit Rate that exceeds 80%, additionally increases ATK by 60%, up to 240%.

Effect Hit Rate Boost (Effect Hit Rate)

Requires Character Ascension 4

Effect Hit Rate increases by 6%

DMG Boost: Fire (Fire DMG Boost)

Requires Character Ascension 5

Fire DMG increases by 4.8%

Effect Hit Rate Boost (Effect Hit Rate)

Requires Character Ascension 5

Effect Hit Rate increases by 6%

Seared Scent

Requires Character Ascension 6

While the Zone exists, enemies entering combat will be inflicted with Ashen Roast. The number of stacks applied will match the highest number of “Ashen Roast” stacks possessed by any unit while the Zone is active, with a minimum of 1 stack(s).

SPD Boost (SPD)

Requires Character Ascension 6

SPD increases by 3

DMG Boost: Fire (Fire DMG Boost)

Requires Character Lv. 75

Fire DMG increases by 6.4%

Effect Hit Rate Boost (Effect Hit Rate)

Effect Hit Rate increases by 4%

Effect Hit Rate Boost (Effect Hit Rate)

Requires Character Lv. 80

Effect Hit Rate increases by 8%

Eidolons

Pentapathic Transference

Allies deal 40% increased DMG to enemy targets afflicted with Ashen Roast. Whenever inflicting Ashen Roast on an enemy target via triggering the Talent’s effect, additionally increases the number of “Ashen Roast” stacks applied this time by 1.

From Savor Comes Suffer

When an enemy target is afflicted with Ashen Roast, increases the multiplier for the Fire DoT dealt by Ashen Roast to this target by 300%.

Flavored Euphony Reigns Supreme

Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.

Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10.

Leisure In, Luster Out

When the Zone exists, reduces enemy target’s ATK by 15%.

Duel in Dawn, Dash in Dusk

Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.

Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.

Nonamorphic Pyrobind

When an enemy target gets defeated, their accumulated “Ashen Roast” stacks will transfer to the enemy with the lowest number of “Ashen Roast” stacks on the battlefield. The maximum stack limit of Ashen Roast increases to 9, and each “Ashen Roast” stack reduces the target’s All-Type RES by 3%.

Voices

First Meeting

It’s nice to meet you! I am Jiaoqiu, the Yaoqing’s military healer, under the command of Feixiao, the Merlin’s Claw. I suppose I’m also her advisor. What should you call me? Jiao, for short? Or Qiu, perhaps? I guess we’re only saving ourselves one syllable either way.

Greeting

Why are you getting so skinny these days? Shall we eat to live, or live to eat? I know, let’s go for some hot pot.

Parting

What? Not even a farewell dinner? Haha, don’t worry, I promise next time the hot pot won’t be too spicy!

About Self: Art of Healing

Though my medical expertise is derived from the culinary Ranzhi tradition, it has become a discipline in its own right. After all, the Yaoqing’s traditional culinary medicine didn’t make use of tools such as the “nine-square grid.”

About Self: Art of Cooking

No matter how many times I say it, people always forget — cooking is medicine, and making medicine is cooking. Using food to treat the sick is my specialty. As the saying goes, a chef who doesn’t want to be a healer isn’t worth his salt… or pepper, for that matter.

Chat: Strategy

Attacking with fire will allow you to break camp — an intelligent move. Attacking with water will allow you to consolidate — a strong tactic. With fire and water together, the enemy will be turned to stew, much like the one bubbling in front of us.

Chat: Dietary Restrictions

There are four things I won’t eat: I don’t eat plain soup because it’s boring; I don’t eat anything lacking spice because it’s uninteresting; I don’t eat yuanyang hot pot because it’s impure; and I don’t eat coriander, because it’s bad for the stomach. But of course, if someone else is treating me to a meal, I can make an exception.

Hobbies

I’ve never had any hobbies in my life besides spicy food. When I eat spicy food, I feel not only pain, but also joy and comfort… It makes me feel like I’m still alive.

Annoyances

Bandit in life, death in vain; Fox in shadow, rabbit in plain. Mighty reigns, justice wanes; Epochs of heroes’ blood in our veins. Never mind any of that… I was just talking to myself.

Something to Share

There are many ways to cook hot pot, but I’ve always thought that chili peppers were the essential ingredient… A mouthful of spicy goodness, that’s what satisfies. If it were not for this, life would have no flavor at all.

Knowledge

In the not-too-distant ancient times, people didn’t care much about their own lives, let alone the lives of others. The history behind the idea that life is precious, in fact, is very short.

About Feixiao

General Feixiao is my benefactor and patient. A doctor’s life belongs to his patient. I cannot leave this world before she’s cured.

About Moze

My duty is to heal the general, and Moze’s duty is to suppress her eagerness. That’s why I’m in charge of cooking and medicine, and Moze handles all the dirty work. You see, neither of us can slack off.

About Jing Yuan

How much of that smile of his is genuine, how much of it is hiding something — Every time I see him, I can’t help but wonder. Of course, this isn’t his problem. It’s mine.

About Huaiyan

In the entire Alliance, Huaiyan is the most inscrutable of the generals. I’ve worked with him on more than a few occasions, but I can never seem to figure him out.

About Sushang

When I first met Sushang, she was still in Suyi’s arms, sucking her thumb. It feels like it was just yesterday when I was helping her skip classes and being scolded by Suyi… I’m getting old.

About Yanqing

I didn’t expect to see someone his age still using a sword as a toy… From generation to generation, it seems some things never change.

About Yunli

Miss Yunli may be the second youngest member of the Flamewheel Octet, but she is no less a swordsmaster than the other seven. Some might suspect her of benefitting from her connection to Huaiyan, but she could not have endured such rigor and refinement if she were not a valuable talent in her own right.

About Fu Xuan

Anyone who says the master diviner is eccentric should pay a visit to her home world, the Xianzhou Yuque. That’s the heartland of the followers of the Wisdomwalker. I’m guessing every conversation on the Yuque is some permutation of “he knows that you know that I know that he knows…”

About Yukong

Like Helm Master Yukong, after the war 30 years ago, I’ve grown weary of fighting.

About Bailu

I hope that she actually enjoys the art of medicine, and that it’s not just a responsibility imposed on her… But that seems to be a predicament most Vidyadhara have to grapple with.

About Lingsha

Head of the Alchemy Commission is not a position that can be filled with just a handful of good medical skills — even with the right skills, filling the position and holding it are two entirely different matters.

About Guinaifen

Guinaifen might not realize it, but by living her life like a roaring fire, she also illuminates the lives of others… like the little flame under a hot pot.

About Xueyi and Hanya

Those two sisters epitomize the failures of the Xianzhou Alliance — no one can live well and no one can die well. If even death is a luxury, then what kind of monsters have we become?

Eidolon Activation

To merely be alive is not the goal.

Character Ascension

Still not spicy enough! Keep turning up the heat!

Max Level Reached

A familiar sense of security… It burns from the inside out.

Trace Activation

I hope that with this, I can help more people live better lives.

Added to Team With Trailblazer

With your skills, we’ll get out of this in one piece… right?

Added to Team With Jing Yuan

Never imagined that in this life I would be fighting alongside the Divine Foresight himself.

Added to Team With Sushang

Such a great ancestral treasure is wielded by your hands? Impressive, Sushang.

Added to Team With Yanqing

Safety first, Yanqing. If anything happens to you, I’ll never be able to face General Jing Yuan…

Added to Team With Yunli

Miss Yunli, it’s dangerous here. Just keep your distance, alright… I’m going to call your grandfather over…

Added to Team With Bailu

Dragon Lady, here’s some candy for you. Keep it safe, and keep it secret~

Battle Begins: Weakness Break

I still prefer adding fuel to the fire.

Battle Begins: Danger Alert

You refuse the toast, yet you still want the wine?

Turn Begins 1

Let the enemy strike first, and then take them by surprise.

Turn Begins 2

Better to make no move than wait for your move.

Turn Idling

Think thrice, act wise; though oft twice, shall suffice.

Basic ATK

Turn up the heat.

Skill 1

Needs a little more heat.

Skill 2

Let’s add more seasoning.

Hit by Light Attack

Ahh… My back…

Hit by Heavy Attack

It’s just a tuina massage…

Ultimate: Activate

I’m honored by your presence…

Ultimate: Unleash

Since you’re already here, why not have a meal before you leave?

Downed

I’m sorry… General…

Return to Battle

I cannot rest until my wish is fulfilled.

Health Recovery

Thank you for your generosity.

Technique

A slow simmer over low heat, or a quick stir-fry over high heat?

Battle Won

I am not from a military background, nor do I seek military success.

Treasure Opening 1

Oh, this should be spent wisely.

Treasure Opening 2

Why keep such good things so hidden?

Precious Treasure Opening

Good fortune should be shared.

Successful Puzzle-Solving 1

It’s better to use your brain and save your strength.

Successful Puzzle-Solving 2

Not bad. It could even use some more intensity.

Enemy Target Found

This place is dangerous. Advance with caution.

Returning to Town

Wherever crowds gather, there is always an undercurrent beneath the surface.

Story

Character Details

A foxian healer and counselor from the Xianzhou Yaoqing. Often greets people with a smile on his face and a scheme in his heart.

Born into a prestigious Alchemy Commission family, he once withdrew from practicing medicine due to a broken heart. However, he returned to the field to treat “the Merlin’s Claw,” General Feixiao.

Skilled in the study of alchemical prescription that views food as medicine, especially those that induce a sensation of spiciness. They invented a cauldron-based medicinal formula known as the “nine-square grid.”

Character Story: Part I

Unlocked at Character Level 20

Rainsoar Lake, the Yaoqing.

In the misty rain, yellow floating heart foliage and blossoms decorated the lake as frolicking fishes leaped out of the water from time to time. At this lakeside abounds with lotuses and water chestnuts, old turtles basking on the pebbles were an everyday sight.

A foxian youth with a basket for storing harvested ingredients on his back rowed a small boat, raindrops running down his ear before being lightly flicked away.

As he scooped up floating heart plants and picked out lotus flowers, he peeled open wild rice stems and threw them casually into his mouth.

“So sweet and refreshing, it delights the palate….”

After harvesting the plants, he steered the boat to shore and crossed the lakeside with graceful ease before changing into the attire of a healer.

…

Inside the apothecary, misty steam hung in the air as tantalizing aromas filled the premises.

“Your pulse has become more stable since you last visited, but you should still work on getting more rest and nourishing your body. Care to try one of my new medicines?”

With a smile, he put away the wrist cushion and golden needles, bringing out a whole new set of medical tools.

As the elderly man gazed at the nine-squared cauldron in front of him, he couldn’t help but break into a wry smile.

“Others can hardly even invent a few decent medicines in their lifetimes, yet a single day is all you need to achieve that and more.”

“You flatter me, Master. This cauldron-based medicinal formula is called the ‘nine-square grid.’ Not only is it simple to make, but its effects are also wondrous.”

The youth poured out the ingredients from his basket, cleaning them quickly before slicing them. As he did, the stock inside the cauldron began to bubble and boil.

“A tael of euphorbia, three mace of bitterwood, and four cash of desert cistanche… Boil with big bones, then pair with deep sea shellfish to dispel the bitter flavor. The concoction can aid one in achieving peaceful slumber.” “As for the white loach and threadfin snapper, their constitution-warming properties are great for nourishing the qi and blood. We need only dip the slices in boiling water for two to three seconds.”

“These green mushrooms, silver needle tea leaves, and snow lotus roots were all carefully cultivated with decoction dregs by me at Rainsoar Lake. Not only are they tasty and refreshing, but they also offer medicinal benefits.”

As glistening fish slices met boiling soup, both master and disciple enjoyed a delicious meal that quickly made them forget about the damp coldness of a rainy day.

In the aftermath of the meal, the older man put down his chopsticks, seemingly having realized something.

“This meal that I’ve just had, the ‘nine-square grid’… It seems there is more you wish to tell me with this meal than what I’d thought.”

The youth stood up and solemnly bowed.

“Master, you are perceptive indeed. I have long since made up my mind about whether to join the Alchemy Commission.”

“While the Alchemy Commission is a good place to be, it is ultimately not compatible with my wish to practice medicine for the masses. The one place that requires a healer the most is undeniably the battlefield where the Yaoqing’s forces are.”

“Among the many schools of healers, only practitioners of the Ranzhi School — such as you and me — place emphasis on the tenet of ‘food is medicine,’ using the joy of food to alleviate the pain of ailments… The ‘nine-square grid,’ with its convenience and effectiveness in dispelling the cold that ails one’s constitution, was specially made by me to provide succor to those on the battlefield.”

“For those who yet breathe, there is nothing more important than the preservation of life. If I could deliver the people from pain and suffering with a mere medicinal formula, the Alchemy Commission’s time and effort spent in grooming my talents would be well-spent indeed.”

The elder looked as though he wanted to talk the youth out of his decision, but he ultimately decided against it.

“The battlefield is a bitterly cold place… Don’t forget to bring more foods that warm the constitution ere you depart.”

Character Story: Part II

Unlocked at Character Level 40

The Yaoqing’s troops perennially fought on outer planets. He continued to improve the cauldron-based medicinal formula in a multitude of ways so that he could adapt it to the increasingly challenging, complex, and unpredictable environments that the soldiers must brave.

The unusual yet profoundly effective formulation his medicine came in soon made his name a common utterance across the forces of the Yaoqing, winning him the trust of officers and soldiers alike.

Such achievements nevertheless failed to assuage his heavy heart.

Every day, when the bugle call for departure sounded, he knew the wounded that he had nursed back to health would have to step onto the battlefield once more.

Every day, when he heard the footsteps of returning troops, he knew he would be missing a few more familiar faces among those that gathered around his cauldron.

Just recently, even the soldier who always returned to camp yelling about wanting to eat from the cauldron had departed this world for good.

He finished up the day’s consultation and left the field hospital, letting out a long sigh. The cold did not bother him in the slightest, even with the snow flurries pelting at him.

When the bugle call sounded yet again, the army was equipped and ready to depart. The field hospital will soon be burdened with grievously wounded soldiers like before. Yes, he has the skills to bring the wounded back from the gates of hell, but these young lives still end up lost in the endless, ravenous war.

Every night, he would always talk with General Yueyu. This day, however, he was uncharacteristically silent for a long time.

“Recently, I have been thinking… If the patients that I nurse to health are destined to hurtle toward death once more, what is my purpose as a healer?”

A dull cry sounded from the direction of the wards. It was only after blinking several times that he realized both his eyes had gone dry, probably since some time ago…

So dry that he no longer had tears to shed.

Character Story: Part III

Unlocked at Character Level 60

It was time once again for the army to move out.

However, grisly bodies of the dead, the perpetually high death rate, ongoing blasts of artillery fire, and a monstrous creature that appeared in the air were all portents that heralded a devastating war unlike anything that had ever occurred before.

Until one day, when the towering Cloudpeer Telescope that bore the wills of the trillions of living beings aboard the Xianzhou finally received a response from THEM.

A searing blast appeared out of nowhere, obliterating the weak Abominations of Abundance into a miasma of blood. A light so blindingly bright that tore the sky dome asunder.

Even mountains and hills that the light reached turned into dust.

He saw the Abominations of Abundance and members of the Xianzhou Legion that were slow to retreat crumble to dust.

He heard about how the girl always by General Yueyu’s side weaved in and out of the annihilated enemy ranks, attempting to bring the remaining soldiers back with her.

Before the wave of light could reach them, he dashed in with every last ounce of his strength to save that young lady before losing his consciousness in the afterglow of the obliterating light.

…

Tattered banners thrashed in the wind as the few remaining survivors gathered around the bonfire in silence.

Clank, clank, clank…

A strong gust of wind swept across, rolling a battered cauldron along the barren ground.

His body should have long acclimated to the frigid cold climate given the time he had been stationed on this planet. But he had never felt this cold before. He was cold from the inside out.

In a seasoned manner, he picked up the iron receptacle, filled it with water, and brought it to a boil before throwing in scraps of leftover ingredients.

“It’s still so cold…”

The survivors ate their food in silence.

“Maybe I should add some spice.”

With that, he retrieved the medicine pouch that he always carried with him.

“Not spicy enough.”

He added more chili peppers to the mix.

“Not there yet.”

He emptied every spice he had on him into the cauldron.

“That’s it.”

As oil from the chili bubbled, he picked up a herb from the cauldron to taste. When his already numbed sense of taste finally picked up on the spice, a jolt of current ran through him. He felt alive for the first time!

It was a sensation that bordered on pain.

Character Story: Part IV

Unlocked at Character Level 80

Rainsoar Lake, the Yaoqing.

In the misty rain, yellow floating heart foliage and blossoms decorated the lake as frolicking fishes leaped out of the water from time to time. At this lakeside abounds with lotuses and water chestnuts, old turtles basking on the pebbles were an everyday sight.

With a herb basket on his back, he rowed a small boat out into the middle of the lake as the falling rain slid down the back of his ear, soaking his clothing wet.

Scooping up floating heart plants, picking out lotus flowers, and peeling open wild rice shoots, sending them all into his mouth to taste.

“Ugh, too bland…” He shook his head.

“Mister, there’s an elderly man looking for you over at the restaurant. He claimed to be an old friend of yours…”

A disciple called out from the other side of the lake, to which he sighed and rowed his boat back to shore.

He is of course aware of the visitor’s intentions, but he had long grown weary of resuming his old profession as a healer.

“Master, are you here today to try out the dishes cooked with Rainsoar Eatery’s cauldron? I must warn you, though: We only serve very spicy and insanely spicy food here.”

The elderly man sighed from his seat at the table.

“I remember you preferred bland food before joining the army.”

As he readied the cauldron, a glimmer of nostalgia flashed across his eyes.

“People… tend to change.”

The elder picked up a slice of threadfin snapper, scalding it in the bubbling red broth.

“I should try it then. But know that I did not come for that. Do you still remember the girl you saved?”

“Feixiao, that’s her name. The girl that followed the former general everywhere. She has since assumed the role of General of the Yaoqing and now requires a healer by her side. There’s no one more suitable for that position than you.”

He smiled wryly, for some reason recalling the sharp pain he felt on his tongue that fateful day. “Those I saved only ended up as another dead soul when they dived head-in back into the battlefield. I prefer to no longer engage in such futile efforts.”

The elder placed his chopsticks down and shook his head.

“You misunderstand me. This time, I’m not here to persuade you to heal the masses in this world. I’m here because I want this general … to heal your despondent heart.”

“She will tell you… what the true purpose of a healer is.”

About You

* Unlocked after completing the Trailblaze Mission “The Voyage Continues.”

Your Story 1

* Unlocked after completing the Trailblaze Mission “The Voyage Continues.”

Your Story 2

* Unlocked after completing Trailblaze Mission “Silent Galaxy.”