Zhang Qiling is one of the main characters in the Grave Robbers Chronicles television series. He is a main character in Time Raiders, The Lost Tomb, The Lost Tomb 2, Reunion: Sound of the Providence, Reunion: Sound of the Providence 2, Ultimate Note, in Tibetan Sea Flower through flashbacks, and he makes a guest appearance in Tomb of the Sea. While he appears as a cold and mysterious character in the beginning,

He later shows his warm and softer side when interacting with Wu Xie and Wang Pangzi, who he both considers as his friends. He is a descendant of the Zhang Clan and shares their special blood and powers. In Tibetan Sea Flower, it it revealed that he is the current patriarch of the Zhang Clan.