Ning Chuan

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Ning Chuan (宁川)
Alias(es)	Great Demon King Ning 47 48 50
Species/Race	Human; an Earth man who transmigrated into the body of Ning Family Village's Ning Chuan 1
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Imperial Guard 28
Occupation/Role	Imperial Guard Squad Leader; formerly a Captain 28 32
Status	Active 50
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Body Tempering Realm, Second Layer	2	Signed in at Three Tiger Mountain and allocated 22 Attribute Points; 20 Constitution remained after healing his damaged body. His senses, strength, and lifespan improved. 2
Body Tempering Realm, Fifth Layer	3	Reached 52 Constitution after killing two bandits and receiving 30 more Attribute Points from sign-in. Learned Iron Shirt and perfected its Copper Skin and Iron Bone stages. 3
Body Tempering Realm, Seventh Layer	4	Silently killed 23 bandits on Three Tiger Mountain, raising Constitution to 75. 4
Body Tempering Realm, Tenth Layer	5	Killed Three Tiger Mountain's Third Boss and added 36 Attribute Points, reaching 107 Constitution. 5
Body Tempering Realm, Twelfth Layer	10	Added 16 Attribute Points after returning to Ning Family Village, raising Constitution to 124; perfected Iron Shirt's Silver Tendon stage. 10
Body Tempering Realm, Fourteenth Layer	13	Added 22 Attribute Points after breaking the siege and killing the Chief Constable, reaching 146 Constitution. 13
Body Tempering Realm, Eighteenth Layer	19	Combined 11 sign-in points with 24 points from Green Wolf and Black Tiger, reaching 181 Constitution. 19
Body Tempering Realm, Seventy-Fifth Layer	22	Added 576 Attribute Points from the Second Dragon Mountain battle, reaching 757 Constitution. Perfected Meteor Chasing the Moon to its ninth level. 22
Body Tempering Realm, 100th → 111th Layer	25	Crossing 1000 Constitution activated the Spirit Devouring Body. His final status after allocating the remaining points was 1117 Constitution and the 111th layer. 25
Body Tempering Realm, 117th Layer	27	Added 55 sign-in Attribute Points after obtaining Great Strength Vajra Palm and Big Dipper Seven Stars Step, reaching 1172 Constitution. 27
Body Tempering Realm, 189th Layer	46	Gained 721 Attribute Points from the Bishui Dock massacre, reaching 1893 Constitution and a lifespan of 1909 years. 46
Body Tempering Realm, 190th Layer	47	Used his final Bishui Dock sign-in reward of 7 Attribute Points, reaching 1900 Constitution. 47

History

Ning Chuan was an unemployed food-delivery worker from Earth before a car accident apparently led to his transmigration. He awakened in the body of a sixteen-year-old orphan from Ning Family Village, starving to death in a famine-stricken Great Ming Dynasty village. The original Ning Chuan had been raised by the villagers and possessed no memories of his parents. 1

Captured by Three Tiger Mountain bandits to be eaten, Ning Chuan awakened the Supreme Body Cultivation System in their dungeon. He used its Attribute Points to restore his failing body, killed his guards, signed in for Iron Shirt, and slaughtered his way off the mountain. He killed both the Third and Second Bosses before Leng Hanshuang confronted him; she compelled him to accept an Imperial Guard captaincy. 2 3 5 6 7

After reaching Qingshi Town, Ning Chuan sold the sabers taken from the bandits for food and supplies. He subsequently killed Ning the Flayer, the corrupt Ning Family Village chief who colluded with the bandits. Returning to his village, Ning Chuan rescued his starving cousins Ning Dagou and Xiao Hua, then chose to bring them with him rather than abandon them. 8 9 10

Framed as a notorious bandit by Qingshan County's corrupt forces, Ning Chuan used Leng Hanshuang's token to escape a siege and began traveling with Shopkeeper Li's merchant caravan. On the road, he destroyed major bandit forces including Second Dragon Mountain, acquired immense wealth in captured mounts and equipment, and rapidly expanded his Body Tempering cultivation. 13 14 21 22 25

Ning Chuan formally joined the Imperial Guard in Qingshi City, but quickly became entangled in its internal struggle against Ma Dayuan. When Ma's faction imprisoned Ning Chuan's associates and framed him for major crimes, Ning Chuan stormed the Heavenly Prison, killed Ma Dayuan, and was promoted to Squad Leader under Leng Hanshuang's authority. 28 31 32

Working with Xiao Lian, Ning Chuan captured six bandit overlords and infiltrated their strongholds for evidence. At Bishui Dock, they uncovered documents connecting the Han Family to bandit funding, contraband weapons, and rebellion. Ning Chuan then annihilated Bishui Dock's gathered bandits, obtained new body-tempering arts, and continued investigating the remaining strongholds with Xiao Lian. 41 44 45 46 48

Appearance

Ning Chuan's body changes drastically through Constitution increases and horizontal-training cultivation. He begins as a pale, skeletal, starving youth, but becomes a tall, refined-looking young man with an overwhelmingly powerful physique. 1 2 47

• Grew from roughly 1.6 meters after his first enhancement to about 1.9 meters by the 190th Body Tempering layer. 2 16 22 47
• Has sharply defined facial features, long hair, and bright, resolute eyes. 16 47
• Can compress his initially bulky musculature into a streamlined build with a broad back and narrow waist. 22
• His Spirit Devouring Body gives his skin a smooth, faintly lustrous appearance; its countless cellular vortices seem to swallow light. 25
• When cultivating the Diamond Glazed Body, his body radiates seven-colored divine light. 46

Personality

Ning Chuan is fundamentally driven by survival. His first priority after transmigrating is escaping starvation and captivity, and he is willing to kill decisively when threatened. The Attribute Point rewards from killing initially excite him, and he grows increasingly ruthless toward bandits, corrupt officials, and anyone who repeatedly endangers him. 1 3 4 25

Despite his pragmatism, he protects people he considers his own. He rescues Ning Dagou and Xiao Hua, worries about their safety during travel, compensates the innkeeper after the siege, and entrusts Shopkeeper Li and Zhang Dashan with valuable spoils because he judges them trustworthy. 10 13 22

Ning Chuan is ambitious, proud of his rapid growth, and unwilling to flee from the Han Family despite Leng Hanshuang's offer of money and protection under a false identity. He publicly declares his intention to serve the Great Ming, protect its people, and eradicate bandits. 34 35

He is also playful and flirtatious, particularly around Leng Hanshuang and Xiao Lian, often provoking their irritation. Beneath his confidence, he retains ordinary fears; Ghost Cry Ridge and its ghost stories visibly unsettle him. 33 35 49

Abilities & Skills

Supreme Body Cultivation System

Ning Chuan's system allows him to sign in at eligible locations for Attribute Points or cultivation techniques. Killing enemies can also yield Attribute Points, which he primarily invests into Constitution. 2 3 16

• Every 10 Constitution raises his Body Tempering Realm by one layer. 2
• Each point of Constitution increases his lifespan by one year. 2
• Constitution enhances his strength, durability, agility, reactions, perception, and comprehension. 2 3 22
• Lower-ranked or unranked enemies eventually yield fewer or no Attribute Points as Ning Chuan becomes stronger. 45

Spirit Devouring Body

Activated upon reaching 1000 Constitution, the Spirit Devouring Body transforms Ning Chuan's cells into innumerable vortices that absorb ambient energy. 25

• Devours external energy and can continue evolving as his physique improves. 25
• Absorbs the true qi generated by his body-tempering arts rather than allowing it to remain in his dantian. 15 25
• Leaves him seemingly without detectable true qi, causing enemies to underestimate him. 47

Iron Shirt

A five-level horizontal-training art obtained by signing in at Three Tiger Mountain. Ning Chuan perfected it with extraordinary speed. 3

• Copper Skin — hardens the skin and greatly improves defense. 3
• Iron Bone — reinforces the skeleton and attack power. 3
• Silver Tendon — strengthens the major tendons, improving flexibility and agility. 10
• Golden Muscle and Jade Marrow — improve endurance and can produce Iron Shirt true qi at full completion. 3 15
• Its generated true qi is immediately absorbed by his body. 15

Thirteen Great Protectors' Horizontal Training

A superior body-tempering technique that divides the body into thirteen regions and tempers them through qi and blood. 16

• Refines the body in all directions and expels impurities. 16
• Great Completion can generate Steel True Qi, though Ning Chuan's body devours the qi it produces. 16 22
• Allows him to compress his muscles without reducing their strength. 22
• Grants notable poison resistance. 27

Meteor Chasing the Moon

A ninth-level hidden-weapon technique that Ning Chuan uses with wood chips, pebbles, iron lumps, and other improvised projectiles. 11 24

• Each level doubles its power and increases the number of simultaneous projectiles by one. 11
• At the seventh level, he can fire seven hidden weapons at once. 19
• At the ninth level, he can launch nine projectiles; combining all nine into one attack produces eighteenfold power. 22 45
• Its speed and force can kill ranked martial artists before they can react. 12 44

Great Strength Vajra Palm

A close-combat palm art that amplifies Ning Chuan's physical strength rather than relying on a separate realm system. 27

• Converts his immense bodily strength into destructive palm strikes. 27
• Used to defeat masked assassins during the ambush on Xiao Lian and Ning Chuan. 36

Big Dipper Seven Stars Step

A movement technique based on the pattern of the Big Dipper. 27

• Produces rapid movement and afterimages. 27
• Enables sudden pursuit and evasive repositioning in combat. 36

Bodyguard Golden Bell Shield

A System-created defensive technique tailored to Body Tempering warriors, allowing Ning Chuan to control his vast Blood Essence. 46

• Forms a blood-red great bell marked with golden runes around his body. 46
• Its defensive power has no stated upper limit; greater Blood Essence produces stronger protection. 46
• Gives structure and direction to Blood Essence that previously could not be fully used. 46

Diamond Glazed Body

A Blood Essence tempering art that transforms the body into an exceptionally tough, yang-aspected glazed form. 46

• Channels Blood Essence into every cell, meridian, and muscle to strengthen the physical body. 46
• Produces a glazed golden body and seven-colored divine light at high attainment. 46
• Its manifestation is recognized by a watching Martial Emperor as possible physical-body sanctification. 46

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Imperial Guard token — given by Leng Hanshuang after she recruited him; Ning Chuan uses its authority to intimidate hostile officials and civilians. 7 13
• Embroidered Spring Saber — issued with his Imperial Guard uniform and residence; used during the ambush by the six bandit overlords. 28 36
• Human-skin masks — used with Xiao Lian to infiltrate bandit strongholds while disguised. 41
• Improvised projectiles — stones, wood fragments, and iron lumps used with Meteor Chasing the Moon. 11 20 24

Relationships

• Ning Dagou — Younger cousin; Ning Chuan rescues him from a cellar in Ning Family Village and becomes his protector. Dagou admires Ning Chuan and wants to learn martial arts from him. 10 27
• Ning Xiao Hua — Younger cousin and Dagou's sister; rescued alongside Dagou and taken under Ning Chuan's care. 10 27
• Leng Hanshuang — Imperial Guard Battalion Commander who initially forces Ning Chuan to join as a Captain. She later clears his name, promotes him, and comes to regard him as a confidant. 7 32 35
• Xiao Lian — Ning Chuan's immediate superior upon joining the Imperial Guard and his partner in the investigation of the Han Family. Their initially hostile dynamic develops into trust, teasing, and mutual affection. 28 41 47
• Shopkeeper Li — Merchant caravan leader who provides Ning Chuan's party with transport and supplies. Ning Chuan later entrusts him with selling captured warhorses, armor, and weapons. 14 15 22
• Zhang Dashan — Caravan security leader who works with Ning Chuan during the journey and helps manage captured bandit assets. 15 19 22
• Han Zhang — Qingshan County Magistrate and member of the powerful Han Family. He attempts to recruit Ning Chuan, then repeatedly frames and seeks to eliminate him. 14 31 38
• Cao Bao — Han Zhang's strategist, also known as the Straw Bag Strategist. He repeatedly schemes to recruit or kill Ning Chuan and becomes one of his persistent enemies. 17 21 25

Notable Quotes

“With my three-foot long saber, I will ensure the eternal stability of the Great Ming Dynasty's territory, and for the people to live and work in peace, I will slaughter all the bandits in the world and carve out a bright and clear world!” 35

“Even if it's a mantis trying to stop a chariot, I will advance despite the multitude!” 35

“Scared? I'm scared of trouble!” 34

Trivia

• Ning Chuan's original local identity was that of a frail, sickly orphan, but Leng Hanshuang changes his file to describe him as “born with divine strength” after seeing his feats. 23
• He considers his Constitution growth a potential route to eternal life because each Constitution point adds one year to his lifespan. 2 11
• He fears ghosts despite his overwhelming physical strength. 49
• In less than a month after transmigrating, he rises from starvation to the 190th layer of the Body Tempering Realm. 1 47