He is the ninth disciple of Ji Ning.
Qin An was a nerd who lived in a world of ordinary mortals. He was extremely clever, but his brilliance was only put to good use after he was brought to the ‘Cataclysm Trials’ created by Daolord Solewind.
This is where Ji Ning found him while touring his old friends before entering Terminal Seclusion before dying after its failed daomerge.