Jiang Che

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Jiang Che (江澈)
Alias(es)	Young Master Jiang; President Jiang; Mr. Jiang; “Old Ancestor”
Gender	Male
Age	18 at the first recorded System evaluation; 19 by the Yuanche Pharmaceutical transfer 2 251
Affiliation	Jiang Family; Nine Heavens Jiang Family; Qiangsheng Group; Yuanche Pharmaceutical
Occupation/Role	Cultivator; Villain System host; founder of Qiangsheng Group; inheritor and chairman-level controller of Yuanche Pharmaceutical
Status	Active 1074
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Strength 18	2	Allocated 10 System points to strength, rising from 8 to 18—comparable to an average lightweight boxer.
An Jin / Dark Force	13	Acquired genuine martial techniques and internal qi; an An Jin-infused punch left a print and cracks in a cement wall. His realm was confirmed when Lin Yu could no longer overpower him 13 20.
Late-stage Hua Jin	181	Recognized by Jiang Ruoxu as a late-stage Hua Jin cultivator.
Hua Jin Great Perfection	220	Reached the great perfection of Hua Jin before advancing further.
Half-step Gang Jin	241	Broke through after dual cultivation with Dong'er and formed Protective Gang Qi.
Gang Jin / Grandmaster	260	Advanced from half-step Grandmaster to a true Grandmaster; his Protective Gang Qi became substantially more solid.
Late Sky-Breaking Stage	505	His Ancient Martial Arts cultivation reached late Sky-Breaking through dual cultivation; his Human Emperor Scripture cultivation reached early Sky-Breaking through the practice of others.
First-turn Connecting with Deities Realm	568	Identified himself as a first-turn Connecting with Deities cultivator while confronting Dragon Palace cultivators.
Fourth-turn Connecting with Deities Realm	571	Obtained the Chaos Immortal Body and advanced three turns.
Martial God Realm	575	Descended to defend the Jiang Family and revealed Martial God-level power; later described as his actual current realm despite stronger simulated displays 575 672.
Nirvana Stage	779	Later described as having risen from Connecting with Deities to Nirvana in only a few years.

Background

Jiang Che is a transmigrator who entered a novel as its designated villain. Aware that villains are ordinarily defeated by the protagonists, he resolved to alter that fate through wealth, System rewards, cultivation, and preemptive manipulation. His first major move was recording Yu Wan'er's theft of exam papers and using the evidence to blackmail her 1.

He is the son of Jiang Yuan and Jiang Yunli, born into a family whose fortune was already near one hundred billion before its later expansion. His father is a self-made business magnate, while his mother came from a prominent Capital City family 2 13. Jiang Che’s initial lack of personal combat strength led him to prioritize physical improvement, particularly because he knew Lin Yu—the original “mountain-descending” protagonist—could defeat many trained bodyguards alone 2.

His involvement with the Ancient Martial Arts world escalated after he intercepted opportunities intended for protagonists, developed martial strength, and gained the Jiang Family’s trust. The family came to believe that an unfathomably powerful master stood behind him, unaware that many of his displays were created through System abilities and calculated deception 183 459.

Appearance

Jiang Che is a conventionally handsome young man, approximately 1.8 meters tall. He is frequently described as carrying a rakish, confident presence; when adopting his “young master” image, he favors luxurious ancient-style robes and long hair provided by an Immortal Artifact 227 795.

• Possesses exceptionally high Charm in his initial System attributes 2.
• His physique and appearance improved further after becoming an Immaculate Physique 596.
• Can alter his appearance, height, bone structure, and voice through System-granted disguise techniques 46.
• Uses disguises for deliberate provocation and covert operations, including an outfit that even Yu Wan'er and Ye Mengyao struggled to identify 397.

Personality

Jiang Che is calculating, opportunistic, and highly genre-aware. He recognizes narrative patterns around Sons of Destiny and habitually disrupts them before they can develop, whether through coercion, recruitment, baiting, or direct force. He prefers controlling circumstances from behind the scenes, though he also enjoys the satisfaction of a carefully staged public “reveal” 181 262 381.

He is shamelessly candid about his attraction to beautiful women and often pursues relationships through gifts, leverage, teasing, or elaborate performances. At the same time, he distinguishes between manipulation and exploiting someone at their lowest point: when Chen Ningshuang attempted to surrender after her confidence collapsed, he stopped her and restored her clothing rather than take advantage of her state 220 432.

Despite his villainous self-image, Jiang Che is protective of people and assets he considers his own. He repeatedly intervenes for the Jiang Family, equips his companions with cultivation resources and defensive treasures, and chooses to remain in the Mortal Realm when the Alien Evil Spirits threaten it 575 639 721.

Abilities & Skills

Villain System

Jiang Che’s System supplies points, skills, cultivation, items, puppets, and choice-based rewards. He spends points freely when an advantage is valuable, even purchasing expensive abilities or physique upgrades outright.

• Earned ten years of Internal Energy cultivation and SSS-rank Piano Mastery from a completed Villain’s Choice 65.
• Received and deployed 100 commercial-type puppets at Yuanche Pharmaceutical 251.
• Uses System points to maximize the proficiency of Imperial-level techniques, including the One Palm Scripture 595.
• Can monitor, exploit, and in some cases create or control Systems connected to Sons of Destiny 510 702.

Di Ting

Di Ting replaced Jiang Che’s earlier Telepathy skill and allows him to hear the inner thoughts of living beings without being detected.

• Initially covered all living beings within a one-kilometer radius, including plants 414.
• Expanded to several tens of kilometers after his cultivation rose 505.
• Can discern the truth of things, though it cannot see through Jiang Che’s own God-tier Special Effects 505.

God-tier Special Effects Master

This System skill lets Jiang Che create false phenomena and fabricated entities with the aura of beings up to three major realms above his actual cultivation.

• Created a fictitious Nirvana Stage master to intimidate observers 459.
• Generated fake True Dragon, Immortal Phoenix, Kunpeng, and Five Spirits essence blood that deceived another System 510.
• Can produce convincing atmospheric phenomena, lightning tribulations, Dharma Idols, and high-realm pressure; the effects can deceive even the Heavenly Dao 550 510.
• Its effects are illusions rather than genuine destructive power unless paired with Jiang Che’s real attacks or items 459 550.

Ancient Martial Arts

Jiang Che is an accomplished martial artist whose System rewards compensate for his initially poor cultivation aptitude.

• Ancient Martial Arts Tai Chi Fist — Mastered thirteen Tai Chi styles, including Chen and Yang styles, as well as lost traditions; he defeated Chen Ningshuang through a deeper understanding of Tai Chi than her inherited Chen Family art 261.
• God of Tai Chi — Fully comprehended the Way of Tai Chi and forged a complete Martial Path 311.
• Stepping on Snow Without a Trace — A lost top-tier Lightness Skill used to evade Jiang Ruoxu’s attacks effortlessly 183.
• One Palm Scripture — An Imperial-level technique inherited from Jiang Hong; Jiang Che reached great perfection within roughly a month through System-assisted mastery 523 595.
• Protective Gang Qi — His Gang Jin defenses can withstand ordinary firearms; later breakthroughs greatly strengthened this protection 241 260.

Immortal Physiques and Talent

Jiang Che’s body and cultivation potential continually improve through System purchases, tribulations, and inherited opportunities.

• Possesses the Chaos Spirit Root, later recognized as the foundation of the Chaos Immortal Body 512 571.
• Acquired the Void Immortal Body, also called the Heaven-Deceiving Physique, enabling him to evade Heavenly Dao and Great Emperor detection 610.
• Has an Immortal Mark and was publicly listed with multiple high-level physiques, including Chaos, Void, Immaculate, and Haotian Immortal Physiques 590 707.
• By the time of his Qingqiu visit, he was known throughout the Nine Heavens as possessing five top-tier Immortal Physiques 812.
• Uses supreme-yang physiques, including the Radiant Sun and Solar Immortal Physiques, to intervene in dangerous lightning tribulations 863.

Technical Arsenal

Jiang Che possesses System-derived anti-cultivator technology designed to limit the threat posed by Ancient Martial Artists.

• All Beings Equality Instrument — Temporarily suppresses the cultivation of Martial Artists within a ten-kilometer radius, reducing them to ordinary people 330 332.
• Anti-Gang Qi Bullet Coating — Allows projectiles to bypass Protective Gang Qi and penetrate armor; Jiang Che can exempt chosen allies from its effect 334.
• Holds blueprints for 116 anti-Ancient Martial weapons with distinct offensive and defensive applications 329.

Culinary Arts

Jiang Che possesses SSS-level God-level Culinary Skills and claims mastery of more than 100,000 dishes across ancient, modern, Chinese, and foreign cuisines 330.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Azure Dragon Ring — Jiang Hong’s personal treasure; it carried a wisp of Jiang Hong’s consciousness with Quasi-Emperor-level power usable once 554 555.
• Heavenly Court Token — Evidence of Jiang Che’s connection to the Ancient Heavenly Court legacy 689.
• Heavenly Emperor Seal — Obtained after clearing the Heavenly Court Secret Realm trials 928.
• Immortal Binding Rope — An Ancient Heavenly Court Immortal Artifact that suppressed the Crimson Refined Serpent Blade 639.
• Jade Pendant space / System Space — Used to store items and, on at least one occasion, Su Han’s corpse 142.
• Immortal Ship — A highly recognizable vessel built from immense quantities of Immortal Gold and regarded as the Nine Heavens’ most luxurious vehicle 863.
• Supreme Longevity Pills — Refined and sold in multiple grades; low- and mid-grade pills were sold publicly, while higher grades were intended for auction 836.
• Concept-level Item Cards — Used a card to blind and incapacitate the Ghost-Faced Evil God Mother during the Evil Spirit invasion 728.

Relationships

• Jiang Yuan — Father; transferred his Yuanche Pharmaceutical shares and entrusted the family company to Jiang Che 239 251.
• Jiang Yunli — Mother; openly adores and fiercely protects Jiang Che regardless of his reputation or strength 151 795.
• Jiang Yunhuang — Grandfather and Jiang Family head; supports Jiang Che’s decisions and relies on him as a defender of the family 153 334 575.
• Jiang Hong — Great Emperor ancestor and valued master; taught Jiang Che the One Palm Scripture and backed him after learning the truth about his surname 523 595.
• Jiang Ruoxu — Younger Jiang Family relative and recurring rival; Jiang Che humiliated him in a spar, later became the source of both his anxiety and reliance 182 183 575.
• Yu Wan'er — Initially blackmailed over stolen exam papers; later became a trusted lover who openly defended him and was pregnant with his twins 1 639 1016.
• Ye Mengyao — Fated female lead whose feelings for Jiang Che grew after he saved her; she publicly displays affection for him 2 28 261.
• Chen Ningshuang — Fiancée and martial arts partner; Jiang Che defeated her in Tai Chi and later helped her attain the Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Immortal Physique 187 260 616.
• Mo Lianxing — Jiang Ruoxu’s former Nirvana Stage master; Jiang Che restored her soul, pursued her as a Dao Companion, and later received her reciprocated interest 432 459.
• Jia Ling'er — Initially held by the Jiang Family after the clash with the Jialan Clan; later became Jiang Che’s wife, while he sought a way to lift her bloodline curse 610 676 893.
• Shen Yu — A reserved mathematics student with whom Jiang Che developed a relationship; their unborn child was identified as potentially possessing a Dao Physique 267 648.
• Bai Qingxian — Qingqiu’s Imperial Daughter and Jiang Che’s wife; her father initially opposed Jiang Che’s pursuit due to his reputation 812 813 893.
• Ji Qingyi and Mo Shangxie — His disciples in the Demon Realm; Jiang Che trained both from childhood, though their attachment to him became increasingly complicated 1041 1047.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Villain Reversal

Jiang Che begins by exploiting Yu Wan'er's academic fraud, then uses the Villain System to build the personal strength needed to survive the plot’s original protagonists. He intercepts Lin Yu’s cave opportunity, reaches An Jin, and turns the expected power imbalance against Lin Yu 1 13 20.

Jiang Family Ascendance

After earning his family’s trust through pills, martial prowess, and apparent backing from a hidden master, Jiang Che becomes a central figure in the Jiang Family. He defeats Jiang Ruoxu to crush the prodigy’s arrogance and later receives increasing access to family resources and authority 181 183 523.

Business and Public Reputation

Jiang Che founded Qiangsheng Group before inheriting Yuanche Pharmaceutical. His college entrance examination score of 750 and essay made him nationally famous, while his public identity as Hangzhou’s richest man later spread across Z University 251 379.

Control of the Ancient Martial Arts World

Amid a sharp increase in Martial Artist-related crime, Jiang Che introduced the All Beings Equality Instrument and Anti-Gang Qi Bullet Coating. He chose to submit the technology to Dragon Country while retaining manufacturing rights, simultaneously increasing state control and securing profit for himself 329 334.

Nine Heavens and the Lord of Heaven’s Mandate

As the Realm Gate opened and the Nine Heavens Jiang Family became involved, Jiang Che used his talent, false master, and Immortal Physiques to secure the support of powerful ancestors. His discovery of the Ancient Heavenly Court ruins and later acquisition of the Void Immortal Body strengthened claims that he was the Lord of Heaven’s Mandate 459 610.

Protector of the Mortal Realm

When Alien Evil Spirits threatened the Mortal Realm, Jiang Che refused the Jiang Family ancestors’ offer to evacuate to the Nine Heavens. He remained to resist the invasion, using preparation, deception, and concept-level item cards to gain advantages against superior enemies 721 728.

Heavenly Court Legacy and Demon Realm Campaign

Jiang Che cleared the Heavenly Court Secret Realm, obtained the Heavenly Emperor Seal, and came to command one hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals. His reputation alone later caused the Evil Spirit Plane to retreat at the Demon Realm Borderlands, after which he chose to infiltrate it for intelligence and treasure 928 970 1000.

Notable Quotes

“As a villain… I still need to get stronger!” 13

“I don't lack a Dao Protector; I lack a Dao Companion.” 433

“What Demon Ancestor nonsense? He was just himself, always had been.” 795