He Piaojian
Everyone Wants Me to Save the World, but I Really Am the Mastermind
- Original Name:
- 何㼼剑 (hé piáo jiàn)
- Gender:
- Masculine
- Kind:
- Character
- Scope:
- Novel-specific
- Status:
- Active
- Source:
- AI
- Occurrences:
- 824
- Chapters:
- 72
- Context Up To:
- Ch. 111
- Wiki Model:
- GPT-6.1 Terra
- Updated:
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | He Piaojian (何㼼剑) |
| Alias(es) | Sword One; Little Cheapie 55 79 |
| Gender | Male |
| Affiliation | Eight Trigrams, also known as the Mysterious Gate; Dawnlight Academy 10 43 |
| Occupation/Role | Public official, swordsman and student 6 43 |
| Status | Deceased 109 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 6 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Fusion Realm | 32 | Reached Fusion at age eighteen, after approximately two years; his realm was later displayed at the admissions test. The precise breakthrough chapter is not given 32 42. |
| Fusion Realm bottleneck | 87 | Reached the bottleneck after several months, despite saying he had not focused on cultivation. |
| Governance Realm, fifth rank | 90–91 | Broke through suddenly; his rank continued rising before settling at fifth. |
| Limit Break Realm | 97–99 | Reached Limit Break during the Insect Disaster and applied what he had learned from Taowu’s ice ability to freeze the swarm in time. The power later receded, returning him to his earlier strength. |
His exhibition-match registration listed Condensation fifth tier, a misleading entry rather than an advancement 79.
Background and History
He Piaojian transferred into Fan Daoyi’s school shortly before the college entrance exams. He was assigned to protect Fan and confronted black-robed Council Hall agents on the school rooftop, killing most of them with a foul-smelling mop. Afterward, he used the attack to seek compensation from the Council Hall 6 7 9 15.
He belonged to the authority-created Eight Trigrams, an eight-member organization led by Qian Heaven. Its members operated independently of direct official control and could assist other organizations as external consultants 10.
During the entrance exam in Guixu, He Piaojian cut a curse-bearing pattern from a player’s back to save him. After the Wang Family incident, he fought a masked man calling himself Taotie, then returned a borrowed sword to Fan Daoyi and secured a share of the mission reward 23 37 38.
He chose Dawnlight Academy after Fan did. At the academy’s island assessment, he confronted a different claimant to the name Taotie and exposed the man’s true body. Puppet threads weakened He Piaojian’s mental resistance, and his Sword Heart subsequently overwhelmed him; Fan restored him to his senses 43 64 66.
He later defended Fan against Azure Dragon’s accusations in an Illusion Realm trial. In the international exhibition match, he defeated Leonard Rost and killed him under Eight Trigrams’ judgment after Rost attempted to murder him 71 83.
After receiving an early graduation notice, He Piaojian investigated Four Fiends Cult activity with Fan in Azure Cloud City. He broke through to the Governance Realm around the time of their encounter with Taowu and fought the insect swarm during the Insect Disaster 87 88 90 95.
When the Flower Tender’s miasma exposed Fan’s betrayal, He Piaojian was pierced by a thorn and died without using his invincibility ability to resist it 109.
Personality
He Piaojian is mischievous, shameless and quick to seek compensation. He edited recordings to create misleading evidence, negotiated a larger mission reward through exaggerated acting, and frequently relied on Fan Daoyi to pay for meals. He named money, food and fun as his three great loves, although he complained that he could never hold on to money 9 38 60 67.
Behind his antics, he takes other people’s safety seriously: he warned Guixu examinees not to copy his dangerous behavior and was constrained against Taotie by his refusal to harm students used as cover. He was fiercely loyal to Fan, defending him against Azure Dragon and attacking Mu Qing when she insulted him 23 64 68 79.
Abilities & Skills
One Heart of the Sword
One of He Piaojian’s two unique golden legendary abilities, One Heart of the Sword unites man and sword. His full power with a longsword allowed him to cut through a monster, a barrier and several mountaintops in one strike 6 36 66.
- He can direct swords to his hand and unleash sword qi, including multiple strands in a single strike 36 37.
- He sharpened his senses with the ability to fight an opponent while blinded 82.
- His Sword Heart can overpower his humanity: after fighting Taotie, he attacked Fan Daoyi while out of control. Puppet threads had weakened his resistance to mental influence 66.
- He later gave control to his Sword Heart deliberately during Azure Dragon’s trial 72.
- In battle against the insect swarm, his sword techniques reversed its evolution and, at Limit Break, froze its energy-form bodies in time 95 97.
Water Too Clear Has No Fish, a Shameless Man Is Invincible
His second unique golden legendary ability is also described as Being Shameless Is Invincible 6 109.
- With his shamelessness invincibility state active, he survived Leonard Rost’s blood spikes 83.
- He could have used the ability against the thorn that killed him but did not do so 109.
Swordsmanship and Improvised Weapons
He Piaojian fights effectively with objects other than conventional swords, using both precision and psychological tactics 6 15.
- He fought Council Hall attackers with a sewage-smeared mop, making the weapon difficult for them to confront 6 7.
- He used a leaf to cut a branch into a makeshift sword and later used flying leaves to kill Rost 15 83.
- He threw chopsticks at an insect mother’s weak points and used darts during the island assessment 40 63.
- His broken arm healed after he used the injury to force an opponent to stop sharing pain 82.
Equipment and Items
- Borrowed longsword — A sword drawn from Fan Daoyi’s bamboo staff. He used it against the Wang Family monster and later against Taotie; he admired it but returned it to Fan 36 38 64.
- Phone — He habitually kept a recording running and used it to replay the masked man’s claim to be Taotie 64.
- Surveillance equipment — Used to observe a suspected cultist’s ritual through obscuring mist 87.
Relationships
- Fan Daoyi — Initially the person He Piaojian was assigned to protect, and later his close friend and frequent mission partner. He defended Fan against accusations and trusted him until the Flower Tender exposed Fan’s betrayal 15 68 81 109.
- Qian Heaven — Leader of Eight Trigrams and He Piaojian’s superior, who assigned him missions and dealt with his expenses and misconduct 10 58.
- Kan Water — Fellow Eight Trigrams member. He Piaojian teased him with an edited recording; Qian Heaven later reprimanded both for blowing up a hospital 27 58.
- Principal Fu — An academy principal with whom He Piaojian exchanged insults and wrestled. Despite their rivalry, Fu supported both him and Fan at the exhibition match 61 81.
- Xia Baoguo — An official He Piaojian worked alongside during the Wang Family incident. He borrowed a sword through Xia and negotiated a twenty-percent reward share from him 36 38.
Trivia
- He repeatedly corrected people who read his name as He Zhenjian. He registered as Sword One at the exhibition match partly to avoid another misreading 6 27 79.
- He and Fan cooked and ate the insect mother after the hot-pot incident; He Piaojian particularly liked the texture of its eggs 41.
- At New Year, the other Eight Trigrams members dressed him in a bright red padded jacket and tiger-head hat despite his protests 92.