Zhou Zhe

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Zhou Zhe (周哲)
Alias(es)	Zhe; Jing Nanbei (Saint Mang identity)
Species/Race	Earth human; later identified as a Divine Dragon concealed in human form
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Swift Wind Pavilion; Supernatural Affairs Department; Terminal Organization
Occupation/Role	Second-generation master of the Swift Wind Pavilion; academy instructor/dean; Cosmic Gladiator; Terminal Organization Executive Officer
Status	Active
First Appearance	2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Wind Element Body Tempering Technique — initial cultivation	3	Begins cultivation under Li Shanhe; rapidly clears bodily blockages and dark injuries.
Wind Element Body Tempering Technique — Level 1	4	Gains a slight increase in physique and agility.
Wind Element Body Tempering Technique — Level 3	6	Absorbs half of Lin Ye's shattered Wind Element Heart; physique and agility rise moderately.
Wind Element Body Tempering Technique — Level 4/4	7	Reaches the technique's maximum level through extreme cultivation.
Wind Riding Blade Technique — Level 2	7	Can slice metal with an ordinary blade while wielding a saber.
Heart of Heavenly Tribulation	16	Acquires a high-tier Extraordinary Organ that converts wind energy into Qianfeng Tribulation Lightning and strengthens him continuously.
Heart of Heavenly Tribulation — 1% development	27	The Power of Chiyou serum raises its development and increases his energy reserves.
Black Iron Five-Star Cosmic Gladiator	30	Recognized as a Black Iron Five-Star combatant; Heart of Heavenly Tribulation reaches 2% development.
Flame Body Tempering Technique — perfected	37	Creates and perfects a fire-based body-tempering method, adding explosive power to his wind and lightning foundation.
Heart of Heavenly Tribulation — 13% development	39	Gains control over the Essence of Xingtian, causing a major increase in accumulated extraordinary energy.
Wind Riding Blade Technique — Level 4/4	55	Breaks the technique's former three-level limit; close-combat damage increases greatly.
Bronze Three-Star Cosmic Gladiator	77	Breaks through after cultivating Pure White Prayer and conceives Golden Core Prayer and Questioning the Sword Heart.
Dragon Strategy of Yinglong	81	Fuses multiple cultivation systems into a core technique that permanently enhances mental power, strength, agility, endurance, and explosive power.
Bronze Four-Star Cosmic Gladiator	82	Advances after adapting to the strengthened Tang Blade: Little Tiangang.
Saint Mang Adaptation Power	123	Nullifies the Saint Mang World's suppression of his abilities.
Dragon Strategy of Yinglong — extraordinary fundamental law	139	Upgrades his self-created core technique into an extraordinary fundamental law.
Bronze Five-Star Cosmic Gladiator	141	Reaches the brink of Silver tier as the Heart of Heavenly Tribulation develops to 99%.
Silver One-Star Cosmic Gladiator	142	Advances through accumulated knowledge, preparation, and his self-created fundamental law.
Silver Two-Star Cosmic Gladiator	165	Breaks through naturally during the Huaishou Slope confrontation.
Silver Three-Star Cosmic Gladiator	185	Creates the Cellular Nourishment Technique and uses it as the final catalyst for advancement.
Silver Four-Star Cosmic Gladiator	201	Advances after making major progress in time-related supernatural abilities.
Four-dimensional lifeform	210	Conceptualizes himself into a genuine four-dimensional existence.
Silver Five-Star Cosmic Gladiator	227	Reaches the plane's upper limit; prolonged seclusion increases his combat power by more than thirty times.
Demigod	251	Ignites Divine Fire and defeats the Legendary professional Agni Oliver.
Gold Two-Star Cosmic Gladiator	278	Recovers his memories and gains insight from the Origin Axe as a Cosmic Engineer.
Gold Five-Star Cosmic Gladiator	291	Receives the Superstring Fortress tryout invitation while preparing to broaden his experience beyond his current level.
Fantasy Dominator / Iridium-tier	366	Possesses Fantasy Power capable of making imagined constructs real, though meeting the Dao tempers his confidence.
Iridium-tier Three-Star	374	Defeats Bai Yu Jing, absorbs the Law of Xian, and refines the Law of Martial Arts.

Background

Zhou Zhe entered the Swift Wind Pavilion with a membership card given by Zhang Miaoran, whom he had known seven years earlier. A physical examination revealed extensive dark injuries and bodily blockages, especially in his legs, caused by abuse from his biological father, Zhou Yulin 2.

At the pavilion, Zhou Zhe discovered a mysterious notebook that listed his talents as Absolute Comprehension and Self-Configuration. The notebook fused into his forehead and became the foundation of his rapid development 3.

Lin Ye recognized Zhou Zhe's potential, accepted him as the pavilion's sole true disciple, and sacrificed half of the Wind Element Heart to accelerate his growth. Zhou Zhe repaid that trust by training obsessively before his first Cosmic Arena match 6 7 13.

He defeated the Sigmaian Super Horned Demon Roxstar, surviving his first arena battle and gaining the Heart of Heavenly Tribulation. After Lin Ye was reported dead, Zhou Zhe searched for the mentor's remains, retrieved the body from the Dou Lan Continent, and destroyed the Imperial Museum that had displayed it 16 18 39 41.

Zhou Zhe later assumed leadership of the Swift Wind Pavilion and trained new supernatural practitioners, including Dugu Xiu, Jinuo, and Chang Hanshan. His growing influence expanded from Earth to the Saint Mang World, the Cangxin World, the QP Multiverse, and the Terminal Organization 25 30 131 330.

Although he eventually gained the means to alter fate and revive others, Zhou Zhe chose not to resurrect Lin Ye, respecting the mentor's final wish 323.

Appearance

Zhou Zhe is a tall, slender young man with strikingly handsome features, messy black hair, and an unusually composed bearing. Even under lethal pressure, he commonly appears more like a refined noble on a casual outing than a gladiator entering a death match 13.

• Full forehead, sharp eyebrows, prominent nose, and vermilion-colored lips 5.
• Black hair described as lustrous like black jade 69.
• Calm smile paired with cold, indifferent eyes that can unsettle opponents 69.
• Possesses a black sword-and-shield Brand on the back of his hand, later upgraded through multiple Gladiator ranks 4 77.
• Can use the Divine Armor Codex to alter his hair, eyes, skin, voice, ears, and physical features into a convincing false body 97.

Personality

Zhou Zhe is calculating, pragmatic, and intensely focused on self-improvement. He regards strength as the essential basis for survival and prefers overwhelming preparation to risking a breakthrough in battle 4 142.

He is not fearless; his defiance toward Roxstar initially leaves him shaking with fear. However, he refuses to become outwardly meek while inwardly cruel like Zhou Yulin, and deliberately faces threats rather than retreating from them 4.

His loyalty is highly selective. Zhou Zhe deeply values kindness from Zhang Miaoran and Lin Ye, repays aid, and protects people he accepts as his own. Conversely, he shows little concern for enemies, hostile civilizations, or people outside that circle 7 10 36 41.

Zhou Zhe can be generous toward allies and students, but is ruthless toward threats. His reputation among enemies is that of an “Outer-Realm Demon” who eliminates identified opponents without leaving room for mercy 160 193 220.

Abilities & Skills

Absolute Comprehension

Zhou Zhe's defining talent allows him to analyze, learn, optimize, combine, and create extraordinary techniques at extreme speed.

• Rapidly mastered the Wind Element Body Tempering Technique despite severe physical damage 3 7.
• Can derive improved techniques from existing methods rather than merely copying them 107 140.
• Used temporary abilities such as Plane Traveler as foundations for permanent understanding and growth 36.
• Lets him integrate different elemental, mental, spatial, and cultivation systems into original techniques 81 117.
• Does not substitute for information; early on, he lacked the knowledge needed to independently create a complete cultivation system 20.

Self-Configuration

Self-Configuration temporarily modifies Zhou Zhe's own mindset and behavioral tendencies.

• Cannot directly affect matter or energy and can only apply to Zhou Zhe himself 7.
• Has enabled personas such as an “ultimate effort fanatic cultivator,” battle-hardened killer, meticulous teacher, and devout scholar 7 13 25.
• Allows multitasking, progressing from Triple Focus to six simultaneous mental processes 25 108.
• Can establish conditional combat states, including the Extreme Bloodthirsty Destroyer persona 166.
• Risks altering his thought processes too deeply when used for prolonged or immersive roles 104.

Cultivation and Elemental Power

Zhou Zhe's early power base combines wind, fire, lightning, and later numerous additional systems.

• Wind Element Body Tempering Technique — permanently enhances physique and agility; its perfected form exceeds ordinary human limits 7.
• Flame Body Tempering Technique — self-created body-tempering method that supplements his explosive power 35 37.
• Heart of Heavenly Tribulation — high-tier Extraordinary Organ that produces Qianfeng Tribulation Lightning, expands his energy reserve, and continuously strengthens him 16 39.
• Dragon Strategy of Yinglong — his core extraordinary fundamental law, merging multiple cultivation paths into a single personal power system 81 139.
• Saint Mang Adaptation Power — negates suppression imposed by the Saint Mang World 123.

Swordsmanship

Zhou Zhe is primarily a blade wielder and develops his sword techniques into his most recognizable offensive tools.

• Wind Riding Blade Technique — a close-combat saber art that progresses beyond its original limit through Absolute Comprehension 7 55.
• Azure Thunder Shakes the Nine Heavens — a lightning-infused ultimate blade technique capable of altering the environment and killing powerful opponents 64.
• Treats Azure Thunder Shakes the Nine Heavens as a “basic attack” once his strength rises far beyond its original level 123 214.
• Hall Master of the Blade — title that doubles the destructive power of his blade 159.

Mental, Spatial, and Defensive Arts

Zhou Zhe develops mental power into both a defensive foundation and a lethal weapon.

• Pure White Prayer — foundational mental cultivation art that qualitatively improves mental power 72 77.
• Crushing the Myriad Heavens — advanced mental defense technique that forms “armor” from mental mountains; later becomes a passive defense 107 214.
• Bright Pool Lotus Art — a lethal spirit-based technique that can kill beings no more than three tiers above Zhou Zhe upon contact 118 214.
• Plane Traveler and Interstellar Traveler — enable global traversal, interworld travel, and coordinate-based teleportation 36 51.
• Divine Armor Codex — creates a near-flawless physical disguise guided by the spirit 97.

Higher-Dimensional and Reality Manipulation

After becoming a four-dimensional lifeform and later a Dominator, Zhou Zhe's abilities extend into conceptual, temporal, and reality-altering domains.

• Can conceptualize himself into a four-dimensional existence and manipulate matter within a wide area through higher-dimensional perception 210.
• Can alter timelines, grant others limited chances to relive time, and send people into the past to reshape outcomes 201 335 353.
• Star Plucking — can modify galactic layouts with ease 321.
• Phantom Melting — can smelt Wisdom Essence into desired objects 321.
• Domain of Domination — as the Dominator of Fantasy and Wishes, can crush anything reached by his thoughts 374.

Creation and Empowerment

Zhou Zhe frequently converts enemies, resources, and knowledge into tools for the growth of his allies or larger plans.

• Created the sapient Dark Corpse being Zhou Che and entrusted him with pursuing coexistence between Dark People and Saint Mang people 115.
• Created Cosmic Era OL as a data-collection program that accelerates his own development while granting players extraordinary paths 221 227.
• Captured the Bloodline Distributor, divided it into more than 33,000 avatars, and turned them into an SSS-class world quest dungeon 226.
• Can alter talent and create powerful equipment, including a diamond ring that gives Zhang Miaoran gold and lightning affinities alongside new combat skills 193.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Mysterious Notebook — Zhou Zhe's cheat-like system; records talents, skills, titles, and affixes, and can arrange identities or provide evaluations 3 84 374.
• Sword-and-Shield Brand — Deity-given Cosmic Arena imprint used for communication, point exchanges, rank recognition, and match notifications 4 20.
• Tang Blade: Little Tiangang — his sentient Tang Dao; evolves by consuming spiritual metal and grows alongside him 7 81 117.
• Heart of Heavenly Tribulation — implanted high-tier Extraordinary Organ that supplies Qianfeng Tribulation Lightning 16.
• Miniature Mustard Seed Space — personal storage space obtained through the Interstellar Traveler profession 51.
• Origin Axe — one-time Cosmic Gladiator System item used to fell the World Tree of the QP Multiverse 228.

Relationships

• Zhang Miaoran — longtime acquaintance, primary emotional anchor, cultivation partner, and later wife. Her Swift Wind Pavilion membership card gives Zhou Zhe his first chance to train for survival 2 7 370.
• Lin Ye — mentor and former Swift Wind Pavilion master. Lin Ye sacrifices half of the Wind Element Heart to strengthen Zhou Zhe, who later retrieves the mentor's remains and honors the final wish not to be revived 6 39 323.
• Zhou Yulin — biological father whose abuse left Zhou Zhe with lasting injuries. Zhou Zhe severs ties with him and refuses to accept his attempts at manipulation 2 19.
• Dugu Xiu — disciple who initially challenges Zhou Zhe and later follows him as one of his core students 27 30.
• Jinuo — disciple and member of Zhou Zhe's core group 30 193.
• Chang Hanshan — disciple whose future knowledge and later travels frequently support Zhou Zhe's plans 30 43.
• Huang Tiankai — Director of the Supernatural Affairs Department; a recurring ally who supports Zhou Zhe's missions while remaining wary of his ambitions 23 38 39.
• Ma Lie and Ms. Owl — Saint Mang allies and trading partners who exchange knowledge, resources, and assistance with Zhou Zhe 99 117 131.
• Zhou Che — sapient being created from a Dark Corpse by Zhou Zhe; regards Zhou Zhe as a guide and seeks peaceful coexistence for his people 115.
• Bashar / Absolute Ruler — initially an enemy and manipulator; later provides Zhou Zhe advice about the dangers and scale of the Endless Planes 213 291.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Swift Wind Pavilion and first Cosmic Arena match — receives Zhang Miaoran's support, awakens the notebook, becomes Lin Ye's disciple, and defeats Roxstar 2 3 6 15.
• Succession and Earth training — takes over the Swift Wind Pavilion, works with the Supernatural Affairs Department, and builds a network of disciples 18 22 30.
• Lin Ye's remains — learns of his mentor's death, retrieves the body from the Dou Lan Continent, and destroys the Imperial Museum that displayed it 36 39 41.
• Saint Mang World conflict — assumes the identity Jing Nanbei, establishes influence in Frozen Screen City, and defeats Hansenelton 84 97 123.
• Earth's strongest transcendent — expands the Dragon Strategy of Yinglong, forms a Cosmic Gladiator team, and develops Earth through disciples, world quests, and Cosmic Era OL 139 221 227.
• Godhood and multiversal expansion — ignites Divine Fire, acquires Faith, Space, and War authorities, and becomes a major power across multiple planes 251 276.
• Terminal Organization Executive Officer — joins the organization with unprecedented latitude, intervenes in the Purple Dome Great World and other civilizations 330 331 341.
• Iridium-tier Dominator — defeats Bai Yu Jing, absorbs the Law of Xian, refines the Law of Martial Arts, and reaches Iridium-tier Three-Star 374.

Notable Quotes

“I am the greater good!” 106

“I am not from this world; I come from Beyond the Heavens.” 370

Trivia

• Zhou Zhe previously used the online-game ID “Respect.” He suspects his talents may be connected to two vanished former gaming companions, “Yan Yan Yan” and “Qing An Yan” 13.
• His Saint Mang identity, Jing Nanbei, was arranged by the mysterious notebook through Legend Points and an altered timeline 84.
• Zhou Zhe created Cosmic Era OL partly as a means of gathering data to accelerate his own power growth 221.
• The golden Crushing the Myriad Heavens affix on his Domain of Domination is the highest affix grade recognized by the mysterious notebook 374.