The name "Coiling Demon" carried a certain malice, but it was also an evasion, at least when referring to a former hero.
Its foundation was Wei Che, one of the forty-four Great Monarchs who founded the Sky Abyss Empire and the Chief Technology Officer unwaveringly loyal to Lord of Zhanhe. At his peak, this powerhouse, known as the "Lord of Spirit Core" and the "King of Ten Thousand Ships," was a fleet unto himself—a interstellar fortress wherever he stood.
At the height of his power, Wei Che was unquestionably the foremost Creation master of the Sky Abyss Empire. He transformed the Immortal Root Marrow method, passed down through the Central Star Region for countless ages, breaking through the boundary between internal refinement and external implantation to create the Machine Core and Soul Core systems. He had practically single-handedly launched the Empire's Machine Core culture, which endured to this day. The principles he advocated—Mind-Driven Transformation and Use Beyond Implements—were still revered as guiding standards by Machine Core engineers throughout the Empire and even the Central Star Region. The Creation textbooks and practical case studies he compiled remained classics that trillions of students gritted their teeth through while still worshipping them.
Even in Sky Abyss History of All Nations at War, he was a highly ranked fan-favorite character, eclipsing countless Ancient Gods, New Gods, and Dominators who had shaped the course of history.
When the All Heavens Divine Kingdom and the Six Heavens God Calamity besieged Lord of Zhanhe, Wei Che was not in the Han Guang Star System. Yet he was the first to lead his forces back from his fief in support, only to be contaminated by Evil Poison alongside the Star Burst fleet he had built with his own hands.
The world-famous Star Burst warships never even faced the