Lu Yuzhen

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Lu Yuzhen (陆钰真)
Alias(es)	Dao Lord; Lord Lu; Paper Daoist; Jiang Miaoyin (identity used in a Spirit Wandering world)
Species/Race	Mystic Treasure; his true form is the Great Dao Brush, a Supreme Dao Sacred Treasure 634
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Founder and Dao Lord of the Paper Effigy Dao
Occupation/Role	Leader of the Paper Effigy Dao; manipulator of karma and the River of Destiny
Status	Active 720 721 738
First Appearance	34

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Yang Spirit Realm, Sixth Heaven	553	Xuan Ming recalls that Lu Yuzhen had reached roughly the sixth level when he entered the Primal Devour Sacred Realm five to six centuries earlier.
Yang Spirit Realm, Ninth Heaven	664	Xie Xuanyi probes his cultivation with a sword strike and determines that Lu Yuzhen has reached the ninth heaven; Lu explains that he spent years cultivating in another spacetime.

Background / History

Lu Yuzhen first presents himself as an unknown white-robed Daoist, claiming to be newly entered into the jianghu and dismissing outward appearance as meaningless. Despite this claim, he already knows intimate details of Xie Xuanyi's fall at the Northern Sea and suggests that a traitor within the Great Grain Sword Palace exposed Xie's escape route. 34 35

He had entered the Bai Ze Secret Mausoleum during its prior opening and again when it emerged at Carp Tide River, separated by ten thousand li. Dao Nine recognizes him from the earlier expedition, while Lu rejects the idea that the recurrence was coincidence. 87

Over roughly ten years, Lu built the Paper Effigy Dao from nothing into a force capable of suppressing the Southern Borderlands' three major sects. Its core members are transformed Mystic Treasures, including the eight Immaculate Revered Ones raised through the Clear Furnace. 266 449 634

Lu's true origin predates his public emergence by centuries. Xuan Ming remembers him entering the Primal Devour Sacred Realm five to six hundred years earlier as a Yang Spirit cultivator, while Lu later confirms that he is not from the current era and is displaced through the Great Dao Brush's divine ability. 553 664

Appearance

Lu Yuzhen commonly appears as a white-robed, white-haired Daoist with a gentle smile and an immaculate snow-white cloak. His humanoid appearance is a mutable shell: it can dissolve into paper, be reconstructed from paper snow, or be replaced by paper effigies. 34 87 521 720

• Usually wears white Daoist robes or a snow-white cloak.
• Often manifests amid drifting white paper resembling snow.
• Can assume a paper-based humanoid body or dispatch a paper effigy in his place.
• His actual body is the Great Dao Brush rather than a human or demon body. 634

Personality

Lu is patient, composed, and habitually evasive. He speaks in riddles, anticipates questions, and prefers arranging circumstances in which others appear to choose freely while following paths he prepared. Xie Xuanyi repeatedly finds his apparent goodwill suspect, recognizing that Lu plants causes so that he can later harvest their consequences. 270 454 464

He regards ordinary lives with chilling utilitarianism. During the Great Moon Kingdom crisis, he considers the threatened cultivators expendable and seeks to gather the kingdom's wandering souls as a resource for his White Paper Grotto-Heaven. 263 270

His treatment of those under his command is more complicated. He regards Chu Man with pity, mentors Dao Nine in becoming human, and risks himself to save Chi Wu. These attachments coexist with his tendency to treat the Immaculate Revered Ones as assets cultivated for his designs. 87 426 451 720

Abilities & Skills

Paper Effigy Art

Lu's signature art creates paper talismans, avatars, constructs, and replacement bodies from white paper.

• Covers large groups with paper talismans and manipulates the battlefield through paper formations. 263 269
• Produces paper effigies capable of reforming after being cut apart. 521
• Uses the White Paper Avatar and a Life-Substitution Technique to avoid fatal attacks. 633
• Creates Paper Figure Art worlds in the River of Destiny, using them to manipulate karmic outcomes. 712 737

Pure White Sage

The Pure White Sage is Lu's principal Avatar and a major combat manifestation.

• Can engage Yang Spirit cultivators directly and assume a three-headed, six-armed form. 263 477
• Imprisons portions of an opponent's As-You-Wish Dao Principle. 269
• Can fight separately while Lu's main body confronts another enemy. 485
• Was destroyed by Zhao Chunyang's overwhelming force, demonstrating that it cannot endure absolute superior power. 635

Immortal Spring

The Immortal Spring resides within Lu's body and supplies immense restorative life force. 35

• Rapidly repairs severe bodily damage, allowing him to continue fighting after injuries that would incapacitate other cultivators. 474
• Enables his paper body and Avatar to recover during prolonged combat. 485
• Cannot quickly heal injuries to the Great Dao soul. 560
• Its healing was eventually outpaced by the Martial Immortal's Life Burning Art. 486

Soul Essence and the Clear Furnace

Lu's Paper Effigy Dao depends on the collection and refinement of life souls, Fetal Lights, and Soul Essences.

• The Clear Furnace contains souls and vital force; its candlelight is made from those souls. 451
• His Paper Doll Technique can remove a person's three souls and seven spirits, including Fetal Light, to impair vitality, intellect, fertility, or fate. 625
• Scattered vast quantities of Soul Essences to freeze the Sword Origin River when facing Zhao Chunyang. 634
• Kept Xie Xuanyi's Fetal Light as his most precious possession until it was recovered. 560 641

Great Dao Brush

As the Great Dao Brush, Lu possesses abilities beyond those of ordinary cultivators.

• Travels through time and across separate spacetimes, allowing years of cultivation to pass for him while only days pass elsewhere. 664
• Opens void portals for travel and escape. 266 664
• Traverses the River of Destiny and constructs Spirit Wandering worlds to test or alter causal chains. 712 737
• His anomalous existence weakens the normal constraints of karma, lifespan, and era. 664

Combat Ability

Lu is a high-level Yang Spirit combatant who combines paper arts, talismans, close-quarters combat, and spatial techniques.

• Uses Daoist lightning talismans to draw True Dragon Divine Lightning into battle. 269
• Matches the Martial Immortal in close combat despite the latter's martial body. 477
• Held off the Martial Immortal and Ancestor Ye simultaneously with the Pure White Sage and the Immortal Spring. 485
• His defensive arts and true body were overwhelmed by Zhao Chunyang, forcing him to rely on Soul Essences and self-erasure to escape. 633 634 635

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Great Dao Brush — Lu's true form and a Supreme Dao Sacred Treasure capable of crossing spacetimes and manipulating karmic worlds. 634 664
• Immortal Spring — A life-force treasure housed within his body that grants extraordinary regeneration. 35 474
• Clear Furnace — A furnace containing souls and vital forces, used to cultivate the Immaculate Revered Ones and preserve Fetal Lights. 451
• White Paper Grotto-Heaven — Lu's personal Grotto-Heaven, used to contain souls, manifest paper arts, and house the Paper Effigy Dao's mountain gate. 269 270
• Pure White Sage — His primary Avatar, formed from paper snow and capable of independent combat. 263 477

Relationships

• Xie Xuanyi — A chosen target, recurring adversary, and subject of Lu's karmic arrangements. Lu saved and manipulated Xie, stole his Fetal Light, yet also repeatedly provides opportunities that aid Xie's growth; he wants their final battle to occur only when Xie reaches his peak. 34 270 664
• Chu Man — Subordinate and favored subject of the Clear Furnace. Lu calls her pitiful, restores her Fetal Light, and values her rare golden soul. 87 451
• Dao Nine — Treasured artifact whom Lu guides toward a complete human body, treating him as a younger brother. 426
• Mirror Three — Third-ranked Immaculate Revered One and Lu's long-serving subordinate, entrusted with delivering Lu's invitations and directives. 464 523
• Chi Wu — An Immaculate Revered One whom Lu specifically attempts to save despite his injuries and wider plans. 720
• Yuanhuang / the Holy Empress — Political ally in the struggle for the Dragon Veins and revival of the Immortality Tree; Lu ultimately delivers the final Dragon Vein to her. 599 635
• Qing Li — Lu chooses to assist her against Emperor Qi after she offers him the As-You-Wish Dao Principle and asks only to return. 268 269

Story Role / Major Arcs

Immortal Spring and Northern Sea Mausoleum

Lu approaches Xie Xuanyi after his rebirth, reveals that the Immortal Spring is within his body, and begins steering Xie toward the truth behind his old betrayal. He later saves Chu Man after Xie wounds her and offers Xie a choice rather than forcibly taking him away. 35 87 91

Great Moon Kingdom

Lu intervenes in the conflict between Emperor Qi and Qing Li, saves the trapped Great Chu cultivators after bargaining with Xie, and helps Qing Li overturn Emperor Qi's advantage. His true goal is to refine the Great Moon Kingdom and seize its nine million wandering souls, but Xie sends those souls onward instead of allowing their refinement. 263 269 270 279

Pure White Mountain and the Paper Effigy Dao

As the Paper Effigy Dao emerges openly, Lu prepares Pure White Mountain as a fortified mountain gate and trap. He commands the Immaculate Revered Ones, confronts the Great Chu coalition, and fights the Martial Immortal and Ancestor Ye while sustaining himself through the Immortal Spring. 447 477 485

Dragon Veins and the Great Grain Sword Palace

Lu infiltrates the Great Grain Sword Palace through paper-effigy agents, including Zhou Zhiren, and moves to collect the four Dragon Veins. He directly challenges Zhao Tongtian while using his Paper Doll Technique to demonstrate control over the lives and souls of his followers. 625

Battle with Zhao Chunyang

Lu's true nature is exposed when Zhao Chunyang overwhelms his White Paper Dao Domain, destroys his avatars, and forces his Great Dao Brush body into the open. Lu releases Soul Essences, delivers the final Dragon Vein to Yuanhuang, and erases himself to evade Zhao Chunyang's final blow. 633 634 635

Reunion and the River of Destiny

After reappearing at Carp Tide River, Lu reveals that he has cultivated in other spacetimes and reached the Yang Spirit Ninth Heaven. He later admits that he used Paper Figure Art to create a Spirit Wandering world where he impersonated Jiang Miaoyin and manipulated Great Chu's karma toward an artificial peace. 664 712

Demon Tide Manipulation

Lu continues to orchestrate karmic scenarios in the River of Destiny, seeking to borrow momentum from the advancing demon tide rather than command it outright. His long-term designs lead Xie Xuanyi and Chen Jingxuan to suspect that Li Kingdom, rather than Great Chu, is the tide's true target. 738

Notable Quotes

“The outer shell is the most useless thing in this world.” 34

“Where there are people, there is a jianghu. Where there is a jianghu, there is struggle.” 267

“I want to wait until you reach the summit before I have a decisive battle with you.” 664

Trivia

• The Paper Effigy Dao accepts only transformed Mystic Treasures as members. 634
• The Immaculate Revered Ones are ranked by when they joined the Paper Effigy Dao rather than strictly by combat strength. 464
• Lu claims that arranging Xie Xuanyi's posthumous marriage was one of the things that amused him. 664