Zhao Sheng

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Zhao Sheng (赵生)
Alias(es)	Zhao Zhiqin, Zhao Chonghe, Zhao Dingtian, Zhao Qingyang, Shadowless Daoist, Qiong Tian, Zhao Xi, Thunder God True Lord, Xi Ancestor
Species/Race	Human; several reincarnated bodies possess Spirit Race bloodline, including a body identified as a Spirit Race hybrid 169 179
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Zhao Clan; Heavenly Dao Sect; Five Elements Dao lineage
Occupation/Role	Reincarnating cultivator; talisman master, alchemist, weapon refiner, formation master, clan ancestor, sect disciple, and founder of the Five Elements Dao lineage
Status	Active; cultivates Immortal Qi near the Ancient Ascension Array and enters No-Return Heaven in person 960
First Appearance	Third Life 2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
First-Class Martial Artist	19	As Zhao Zhiqin, possesses peak Floating Light Swordplay, unprecedented Cloud Dragon Three Transformations, and transcendent Wind Chasing Archery.
Great Perfection of Innate	21	His combat strength exceeds his realm; he acquires a First-Rank Mid-Grade Flying Sword.
Half-Step Spirit Connection Realm	38	The third life ends at age 93; he retains Spirit Sniff and several unprecedented martial skills.
Qi Refining Level Three	58	As Zhao Chonghe, becomes a First-Order Talisman Master after drawing four spiritual roots and inheriting prior-life experience.
Qi Refining Level Nine	92	Reaches Quasi-Second-Order Talisman Master status and develops advanced talisman techniques.
Foundation Establishment Stage Three	138	Advances to Second-Order Talisman Master; cultivates the Mystic Origin Heavy Water Art and Blood Refining Body Forging Art.
Foundation Establishment Seventh Layer	150	Recorded at age 130 in Zhao Chonghe’s body.
Qi Refining Level Three	168	As Zhao Dingtian, advances while possessing Water–Gold–Fire Three Spiritual Roots, remnant Spirit Race bloodline, and Absolute Rationality.
Golden Core Realm	241	Advances in moments without a Core Formation Pill or thunder tribulation during a Space-Time Shift.
Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer	249	As Zhao Qingyang, continues physical and cultivation training after a new reincarnation.
Golden Core Fourth Level	309	Possesses High-Grade Spirit Connection, Gold Fire Dual Spiritual Roots, and the Earth-grade Barbaric Ancient Battle Body.
Nascent Soul Realm	411	Arrives at Azure Cloud Peak as a newly ascended Nascent Soul Ancestor of the Southern Sky Zhao Clan.
Nascent Soul Seventh Stage	469	Breaks through after two months of cultivation and repairs the Inter-Realm Teleportation Array with Ou Feng.
Golden Core Eighth Level	601	Refines the Fire Dragon Spear and Black Abyss Sword; his true strength remains concealed from the Chen Family.
Nascent Soul Eighth Level	640	Emerges from nearly a year of seclusion after greatly digesting his Guiyuan Ruins gains.
Void Return Realm	776	Returns as a Void Return ancestor, elevating the Divine Craftsman Zhao Clan into a “minor immortal clan.”
Void Returning Ninth Level / Great Perfection	875	Creates the Great Five Elements Creation Domain under Golden Swan Great Saint’s guidance.
Middle Stage Body Integration Realm	916	Reaches this stage after comprehending more than fourteen hundred Great Dao True Scripts.
True Immortal body evolution	960	Refines tributed Immortal Qi while transforming his mana and physical body toward immortality.

Background / History

Zhao Sheng’s cultivation is inseparable from the Hundred Lifetimes Book, which records his successive lives and preserves the gains he can carry into later incarnations. In his third recorded life, he lived as Zhao Zhiqin and used knowledge accumulated across rebirths to master martial arts at extraordinary speed. He had previously established the Zhao Family’s generational naming sequence and deliberately left the clan an exceptional version of Light as a Swallow for its descendants 2 22.

His third life ended at age ninety-three while he stood at the Half-Step Spirit Connection Realm. In the void of Chaos, he inherited the Yellow-grade talent Spirit Sniff, obtained the Four Spiritual Roots constitution, and awakened 280 years after his death in the body of his descendant, Zhao Chonghe 38. As Zhao Chonghe, he became a talisman master, advanced through Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment, and developed both his cultivation and body-refining arts 58 138 150.

Later incarnations placed Zhao Sheng in bodies such as Zhao Dingtian and Zhao Qingyang. As Zhao Qingyang, he inherited and upgraded prior gains into the Gold Fire Dual Spiritual Roots, Fragmented Immortal Spirit Vision, and the Earth-grade Barbaric Ancient Battle Body. The Zhao Clan recognized the transformed child as an exceptional prodigy, declaring that the clan had “produced a dragon” 244 309.

Zhao Sheng’s standing within the Zhao Clan rose alongside his cultivation. He stabilized the Xinglong Zhao Clan during external pressure, initiated “Total Clan Martial Training” in preparation for war, and became the effective center of clan authority after forming his Golden Core 279 294. His later return as a Void Return ancestor rescued the Divine Craftsman Zhao Clan from a vulnerable position and transformed its external status 776.

Appearance

Zhao Sheng’s appearance changes with each reincarnated body, but his physical cultivation frequently makes him conspicuous even when he attempts to remain low-profile.

• Zhao Chonghe’s body possesses Spirit Race bloodline and a lifespan of 149 years 169.
• As Zhao Qingyang, he initially appears thin and sallow despite extreme physical conditioning; after a second bodily development, he exceeds seven feet in height 249.
• His Giant Spirit Battle Body can expand to forty-nine feet tall, while retaining a restrained, deceptively simple aura 777.
• His later Giant Spirit Battle Body is described as ten zhang tall in combat, with strength sufficient to raise his fighting capability to the late Spirit Transformation level 643.

Personality

Zhao Sheng is calculating, composed, and highly adaptive. His reincarnations have taught him to assess long-term consequences rather than pursue immediate advantages; he chooses apparently inferior starting conditions, such as Five Spiritual Roots, when they better suit his plans for a future life 811.

He is difficult to intimidate and tends to respond to pressure through preparation rather than panic. He refuses Wang Hengxi’s dangerous commission, uses concealment and escape arts when facing overwhelmingly stronger enemies, and prepares a volcanic battlefield with disposable weapons when expecting a powerful pursuer 350 368 394.

Despite his indifference toward formal authority, Zhao Sheng repeatedly assumes responsibility for the Zhao Clan. He trains its members, protects its branches, prepares it for war, and offers valuable resources to senior relatives and descendants 294 351 877. He also values talent and Dao heart, taking disciples from different backgrounds when he recognizes their potential 411 675 883.

Abilities & Skills

Reincarnation and the Hundred Lifetimes Book

Zhao Sheng retains experience and selected rewards across successive lives through the Hundred Lifetimes Book.

• Reincarnates into descendants or new Zhao Clan bodies while integrating the host’s memories 38 244.
• Inherits and upgrades talents, constitutions, and skills from prior lives.
• Evaluates completed lives and can merge prior rewards before beginning another life 811.
• Uses past-life knowledge to accelerate mastery of martial arts, cultivation arts, talismans, formations, and refining.

Spirit Roots, Bloodline, and Perception

His bodies have possessed multiple high-value constitutions and perception talents.

• Four Spiritual Roots — Metal, water, wood, and earth spiritual roots obtained after his third life 38.
• Gold Fire Dual Spiritual Roots — An Earth-grade upgraded physique used in Zhao Qingyang’s life 309.
• Spirit Race bloodline — Grants abnormal longevity and later draws attention because of his pure Spirit Race True Blood 169 236.
• Spirit Sniff — Yellow-grade talent for spiritual perception 38.
• Bullet Time / Immortal Spirit Vision — Slows Zhao Sheng’s perception of high-speed attacks; later promoted to Fragmented Immortal Spirit Vision 211 244.
• Absolute Rationality — A unique talent possessed by Zhao Dingtian’s body 169.

Body Refinement and Giant Spirit Battle Body

Zhao Sheng specializes in overwhelming physical strength, endurance, and close-quarters combat.

• Barbaric Ancient Battle Body — Earth-grade physique that supports his extreme strength and survivability 309.
• Undying Golden Body — A major body-refining art used alongside his battle body 255 309.
• Vacuum Shattering Mountain Art — Its force penetrates defenses and disrupts an opponent’s Dantian and accumulated spiritual power 255.
• Giant Spirit Battle Body — Enlarges his body and grants massive physical power; he uses it to defeat Spirit Transformation-level opponents and shatter the Six Desires Heaven-Touching realm 643 871.
• Four Aspects of Heaven and Man — Produces a Heart Aspect projection resembling a giant Zhao Sheng; it reaches Great Accomplishment after multiple lifetimes of refinement 279 395.

Sword Arts

Zhao Sheng is a highly accomplished sword cultivator with both martial and immortal sword arts.

• Floating Light Swordplay — Reached Great Completion while Zhao Sheng was still fifteen 3.
• Law Breaking Nine Swords — Recorded at unprecedented mastery by the end of his third life 38.
• Myriad Swords Art and Source Sword Art — Displayed during a sword discussion with Zhai Kong 370.
• Can project sword light from a finger; he used this to injure Sword Thirteen after the latter failed to land a blow 255.
• Can use divine-sense sword attacks powerful enough to suppress and kill a Golden Core cultivator in a single exchange 604.

Thunder Arts

Thunder becomes one of Zhao Sheng’s defining offensive paths.

• Calling Thunder — Evolves into the ability to bombard targets using natural thunder 636.
• Thunder Character True Script — Enhances his will after comprehension through the Great Dao Golden Book 636.
• Thunder Battle Body — Combined with pseudo-Law, Heaven, and Earth, raises his combat power by at least tenfold 625.
• Can manifest enormous lightning palms, lightning fist lights, and destructive thunder domains 608 643.
• Intends to teach the Great Dao of Thunder at the Zhao Clan Dharma Assembly 776.

Space-Time Movement

Zhao Sheng possesses exceptional escape and traversal methods.

• Phase Displacement — Allows abrupt displacement and the placement of phase imprints; it is known to Que Yue and later used to evade stronger enemies 368 342.
• Close Distance, Far Away — A movement art comparable to Shrinking Ground; within an inch, it functions like movement across ten zhang 255.
• Space-Time Grand Shift — Lets him traverse the Starfield battlefield alone and travel across great distances 762.
• Infinite Cosmic Sky Gate — Hong-grade skill created by promoting the Cosmic Sky Immortal Realm Projection; used to sense and reach distant realms 811 896.

Talismans, Alchemy, Formations, and Refining

Zhao Sheng is a versatile cultivation artisan whose technical attainments support both combat and clan development.

• Talisman mastery — Becomes a First-Order Talisman Master, later a Second-Order and Third-Order Talisman Master 58 138 309.
• Layered Talisman Art — Reaches twenty-six layers by Foundation Establishment Stage Three 138.
• Alchemy — Recorded as a Third-Order Alchemist; he provides pills and studies advanced cauldrons 309 425.
• Formation arts — Learns Limitless Divine Calculation, Great Evolution Heavenly Numbers, and the Yin Yang Divination Scripture to strengthen his mental capacity and formation knowledge 429.
• Weapon refinement — Repairs and refines Spirit Treasures, draws clients from influential cultivators, and accepts the damaged Green Phoenix Bell for restoration 847.
• Uses a ritual jade plate to open a Time-Space vortex leading to the Guiyuan Ruins 636.

Domains and Willpower

His later cultivation centers on will, divine sense, and the creation-transformation of domains.

• Willpower Light — Awakened after reaching Spirit Transformation; can form a Willpower Blade that kills a Sea Demon from within 841.
• Demon Refining Heart Fire — Used with divine sense to eliminate Formless Demon Sect disciples and Demonic Beasts 871.
• Great Five Elements Creation Domain — Created by transforming his Five Elements Annihilation Domain; its formation advances him to Void Returning Great Perfection 875.
• His spiritual consciousness can preliminarily merge with mana, allowing temporary control over mortal thunder through the Kui Ox Treasure 675.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Hundred Lifetimes Book — Soul-bound book that records, evaluates, and carries rewards between lives 38 811.
• Hundred Refinement Sword — Early longsword used during Zhao Zhiqin’s martial training 3.
• Fangtian Halberd — Weapon used to overwhelm Kong Lang and defend against Li Feixuan’s time-freezing strike 252 255.
• Zhou Tian Talisman Disc — Supports large-scale talisman casting in battle 281.
• Seven Stars As-You-Wish Scepter — Teleportation scepter taken during the Fungus Spirit incident 331.
• Cloud Firmament Sword Intent Diagram — Given by Que Yue after accepting Zhao Sheng as a disciple 369.
• True Dragon Talisman Treasure — Acquired from Gu Yang alongside access to the Great Gu Formation Scripture 370.
• Earth Shrinking Vajra Talisman — Nascent Soul Talisman Treasure capable of instantaneously escaping hundreds of miles from a Nascent Soul enemy 563.
• Five Directions Treasure Mirrors — Create six mirror clones capable of attacking simultaneously 872.
• Green Phoenix Bell — Spirit Treasure entrusted to Zhao Sheng for repair; later used against the Six Desires Heaven-Touching realm 847 871.
• Kui Ox Treasure — Assists his fusion of will and mana and temporary control of mortal thunder 675.
• Immortal Awareness Cauldron — Its Primordial Spirit is awakened through refinement of ancient True Spirit bloodline descendants 776.

Relationships

• Zhao Xuanjing — Senior clansman, confidant, and master-like figure. Zhao Sheng reports inter-realm discoveries to him, receives guidance, and later assists with resources and major plans 476 807 928.
• Que Yue — High Priest of the Heavenly Dao Sect and Zhao Sheng’s master. Que Yue sees through Zhao Sheng’s disguise, repeatedly captures him, then accepts him as a disciple 368 369.
• Zhai Kong — Que Yue’s fourth disciple and Zhao Sheng’s senior brother. He tests Zhao Sheng’s sword understanding, gives him a jade slip of lifelong sword insights, and later travels with him 369 370 376.
• Zhao Changdu — Third Ancestor of the Southern Sky Zhao Clan. He welcomes Zhao Sheng as a Nascent Soul Ancestor and considers him a major future pillar of the clan 411 476.
• Huang Yu — Mentor figure in formation arts who teaches Zhao Sheng Limitless Divine Calculation and gifts him advanced divination scriptures 429.
• Ou Feng — Formation-master ally. They repair the Inter-Realm Teleportation Array together and exchange formation knowledge after returning to Sky Pillar World 469 476.
• Kang Min — Initially seeks to become Zhao Sheng’s disciple; later accepts his offer to become his concubine 743.
• Zhao Yi — Mortal martial artist accepted as Zhao Sheng’s disciple because of Zhao Sheng’s interest in the Martial Saint path 411.
• Zhang Fengxian — Disciple accepted after demonstrating unusual wisdom, moral virtue, and a firm Dao heart 675.
• Yuan Hong — Disciple raised by Zhao Sheng’s spirit servant, Tu Zha. Zhao Sheng teaches him the Golden Light Myriad Armaments Art and Eight-Nine Indestructible Golden Body 883.
• Jin Zha, Shui Zha, Huozha, Muzha, and Tu Zha — Disciples and aides who return after three centuries with treasures for Zhao Sheng’s cultivation; Jin Zha and Huozha later accompany his avatars 916.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Reincarnations

As Zhao Zhiqin, Zhao Sheng re-establishes himself as a martial prodigy, masters inherited techniques, and strengthens the Zhao Family’s future foundation through preserved martial arts 3 22. His death leads to the fourth life as Zhao Chonghe, where he enters the cultivation world through talisman crafting and the Four Spiritual Roots physique 38 58.

Rise of the Zhao Clan’s “Mad Dragon”

As Zhao Qingyang, Zhao Sheng becomes publicly known for his exceptional physique and ruthless battlefield dominance. He defeats Kong Lang, Ying Tianlong, and Sword Thirteen at Phoenix Tree Mountain, then achieves a hundred undefeated sparring matches in one month to stabilize Zhao Clan morale 252 255 264.

Golden Core Authority and Inter-Realm Conflict

After reaching Golden Core, Zhao Sheng becomes indispensable to the Xinglong Zhao Clan’s defense and development. He navigates the Shattered Star Sea, the Star God Ceremony, wars between realms, and the political dangers surrounding the Heavenly Dao Sect 236 279 294.

Heavenly Dao Sect Disciple

Que Yue exposes Zhao Sheng’s identity and Phase Displacement, seals his Dantian after repeated escape attempts, and then takes him as a disciple. Zhao Sheng uses the resulting connection to acquire sword, formation, and talisman resources while carefully concealing much of his true ability 368 369 370.

Thunder God True Lord

Zhao Sheng develops thunder arts, the Thunder Battle Body, and immense physical combat power. His victories make the Zhao Clan of Together Heart City famous throughout the Big Tree Realm and earn him the title Thunder God True Lord 625 643 644.

Void Return Ancestor and Five Elements Founder

Returning as a Void Return ancestor, Zhao Sheng revitalizes the Divine Craftsman Zhao Clan and openly displays strength sufficient to defy Feng Long’s thunder attacks 776 777. He subsequently establishes the Five Elements Dao lineage by splitting the Five Directions Five Elders Dongzhen Scripture into five great Dao scriptures and transmitting them across the five continents 928.

Pursuit of Immortality

After reaching the Body Integration Realm, Zhao Sheng gathers Great Dao True Scripts, Immortal Qi, Law Crystals, immortal scriptures, and immortal bones. He challenges the guardians of the Ancient Ascension Array for Immortal Qi and uses their support to advance his mana transformation and True Immortal body evolution 916 923 953 960.