Yang Genshuo

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Yang Genshuo (杨根硕)
Alias(es)	Old Ancestor; CEO Yang; Brother Shuo
Species/Race	Human; later a cultivator with Five Spiritual Roots 329
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Yang Family; Immortal Qi Group
Occupation/Role	Yang Family’s ancestral patron, strategist, benefactor, and modern-world founder
Status	Alive
First Appearance	Chapter 2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Body Tempering, Sixth Layer	159	A second-grade Body Breaking Pill lets him condense true qi and bring the Clear Heart Art to Minor Completion.
Body Tempering, Tenth Layer	217	Reaches the threshold of the Innate Grandmaster Realm through accumulated medicinal power and cultivation resources.
Innate Grandmaster, Third Layer	284	Practices the Heaven-grade Yang Family Sword to digest accumulated medicinal power and senses an imminent fourth-layer breakthrough.
Fetal Breath, Second Layer	336	Breaks through after absorbing an Earth Tyrant Bear’s essence; his martial cultivation is also recorded as Innate Grandmaster Second Layer.
Qi Refinement, Second Layer	389	Completes Heavenly Dao Qi Refinement with five strands of Heaven-grade Innate Spiritual Energy and directly advances from Fetal Breath Great Perfection.
Qi Refinement, Seventh Layer	440	A Wisdom Fruit grants ten years of cultivation, advancing him five layers.
Qi Refinement Great Perfection	538	Another Wisdom Fruit brings him to the peak of Qi Refinement, leaving Foundation Establishment as the next step.
Foundation Establishment	610	Completes a century of seclusion and enters Foundation Establishment, greatly expanding his Spiritual Sense.
Foundation Establishment, Third Layer	704	Refines the Heaven-grade Flower of Hope for ten days, advancing from the first to the third layer and gaining +15 to all Spiritual Root Aptitudes.

Background

Yang Genshuo began as a modern-world entrepreneur whose Mystery Murder Game shops failed. His relationship with Chen Wanting ended when she postponed their planned marriage after learning that he was supposedly in debt. 5

He became connected to the Yang Family through the Cultivation Family Simulator, initially able to inspect nearby character cards, observe Yang Shi’s surroundings, and transmit messages through Manifestation. He immediately recognized that Yang Shi lacked Spiritual Roots and began treating the family’s survival as a long-term cultivation project. 2 4

After identifying Jiang Xiaobai’s Five-Element Spiritual Root and Earth-grade Wood Affinity, he arranged for Yang Shi to take her in. Yang Genshuo believed that pairing Yang Shi with a cultivator was the Yang Family’s best chance of producing descendants capable of immortal cultivation. 4

He gradually transformed the ancestral system into a logistical network: descendants could offer resources to him, and he could redistribute them between distant branches. This allowed Yang Shi to acquire supplies outside the family territory while Yang Fu received and distributed them at home. 73

Yang Genshuo initially pursued martial cultivation to protect himself, relying heavily on spiritual food, pills, and techniques supplied by the family. He later gained the Life Divine Seed and became a true cultivator with Five Spiritual Roots, allowing the Simulator to enter his sea of consciousness and granting him direct access to its blessings. 159 217 304 329

Appearance

After consuming Marrow Cleansing and Fire Quenching Pills, Yang Genshuo becomes noticeably healthier, leaner, stronger, and more refined in appearance. 37 103

• His physical fitness becomes comparable to peak human capability even before he formally begins cultivation. 73
• The Fire Quenching Pill further improves his physique, agility, appearance, and Fire Spiritual Root. 103
• Xu Lingyue describes him as tall, handsome, well-built, and possessing an unusually detached, ethereal presence. 175

Personality

Yang Genshuo is pragmatic, opportunistic, and highly resource-conscious. He repeatedly combines modern knowledge with cultivation-world treasures, treating medicine, food, information, business networks, formations, and weapons as tools for the Yang Family’s rise. 15 73 246 492

He is deeply invested in his descendants’ futures, but his clan-first thinking can be harsh. He arranges marriages for bloodline potential, evaluates children by their talents, and prioritizes family survival over individual freedom when he considers Yang Feng too valuable to allow outside Yang Family control. 181 284

Despite this ruthlessness, he values loyalty and personal bonds. He supports his parents, worries about Lin Yue’s hearing, protects Tian Zhe after his kidnapping, and eventually chooses to treat his modern-world trainees as disciples rather than contract-bound employees. 103 345 600

Abilities & Skills

Cultivation Family Simulator

Yang Genshuo’s central power is the supernatural simulator linking him to the Yang Family.

• Inspects character cards of people within his observation range, revealing identities, realms, talents, techniques, and possessions. 4 87
• Uses Manifestation to send descendants visions and golden text at the cost of Incense. 2
• Receives offerings and can reward descendants with resources from the modern world or cultivation world. 4 73
• Transfers offerings between different descendants, effectively creating a long-distance family supply network. 73
• Unlocks organized faction information as the family’s contacts and territory expand. 101
• After becoming a cultivator, operates the Simulator mentally, observes descendants through Spiritual Sense, and applies its blessings to himself. 329

Blessings and Miracles

Yang Genshuo can spend Incense to grant temporary or permanent advantages.

• Vitality — improves physical strength, endurance, recovery, and training efficiency. 330
• Calm Heart — steadies the mind and improves clarity of thought. 330
• Absorb — extracts essence from fresh demonic-beast corpses, strengthening his body and potentially granting racial talents. 330
• Miracle: Ancestor, Please Grant Me Strength — borrows descendants’ talents, abilities, and Destiny through Incense expenditure. 356
• Flying Book — transfers items between distant Yang Family members. 626

Martial Cultivation

Before receiving Spiritual Roots, Yang Genshuo focused on strengthening his body through pills, spiritual food, and martial arts.

• Cultivates the Clear Heart Art and can circulate true qi through his body. 159
• Practices the Heaven-grade Yang Family Sword, created by Yang Fujian through the integration of multiple martial traditions. 284
• Uses the Visualization Art with the Five Elements Spirit Pendant in pursuit of a defensive Divine Ability. 284
• Reaches physical strength capable of damaging trees, producing sword qi, and surviving dangerous experiments with protective tools. 159 330

Art of Mechanisms

Yang Genshuo’s immortal path centers on the Art of Mechanisms, a costly cultivation art that compensates for weak aptitude through external creations and ingenuity. 332

• Pursues the Dao of Fusion, combining modern technology, formations, talismans, cultivation resources, and mechanism arts. 389
• Constructs a Five Elements Unity Room that concentrates spiritual energy within his Mount Jiuhua manor. 331
• Modifies a mechanism printer to reproduce advanced talismans, though an attempt to print a Grade Four Heavenly Secrets Divine Lightning Talisman destroys the machine through overheating. 351
• Creates the Life-bound Mechanism Thousand Machine Diagram, which records mechanism recipes and can nurture or combine mechanisms. 389

Heaven-grade Innate Spiritual Energy

Yang Genshuo achieves Heavenly Dao Qi Refinement by refining five strands of Heaven-grade Innate Spiritual Energy. 389

• Hand of Vitality — senses plant life force and accelerates plant growth. 389
• Life Fire — Heaven-grade fire spiritual energy associated with alchemy and life-force applications. 389
• All Spiritual Root Aptitudes +5 — raises each of his Five Spiritual Roots to 30, comparable to a cultivator with Four Spiritual Roots. 389

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Cultivation Family Simulator — the ancestral system governing observations, offerings, blessings, miracles, and family records. 2 329
• Fourth-grade Storage Ring — used to transport belongings and cultivation resources. 331
• Five Elements Spirit Pendant — a Five Elements spirit item used for visualization and later Foundation Establishment preparation. 284 538
• Thousand Machine Diagram — Yang Genshuo’s Life-bound Mechanism and repository for mechanism recipes. 389
• Cloud Mist Sword — a magic tool used while practicing the Yang Family Sword. 330
• Stone Turtle Shield — protects him during the mechanism printer’s talisman-printing explosion. 351
• Wisdom Fruits — grant ten years of cultivation per fruit but require sufficient foundation stability. 440 465
• Flower of Hope — a Heaven-grade Mysterious Treasure that raises his aptitude and advances his Foundation Establishment cultivation. 704

Relationships

• Yang Shi — First observed descendant and the original foundation of Yang Genshuo’s family project. Their relationship develops into close ancestor-descendant cooperation through guidance, offerings, strategy, and mutual trust. 2 4 73
• Yang Fu — Grandson, named by Yang Genshuo and cultivated as a future pillar of the clan. Their bond is described as both grandfather-grandson and close friends. 37 626
• Yang Fushuo — Grandson personally named for his Fire affinity. Though they undergo a long estrangement, Yang Genshuo later reconnects with him and regains his assistance. 56 662
• Yang Fujian — Descendant and martial prodigy. Yang Genshuo gives him a Life Divine Seed, though Fujian first attempts to surrender it for Yang Shi’s sake. 329
• Yang Zhu — Mysterious fifth-generation descendant with the Saint-grade Child of Light talent. Yang Genshuo establishes direct contact, blesses his injured mother, and becomes determined to protect him. 612 613
• Lin Yue — Trusted modern-world companion who cooks for him and remains close to his household. Yang Genshuo continues searching for a cure for her deafness. 20 103 336
• Yang Guohua and Li Xiufeng — His parents. Yang Genshuo uses his success and cultivation resources to improve their health and allow them a more comfortable life. 331 336
• Guo Xiaozhi — Childhood friend and former business partner who becomes a key business assistant, resource broker, and trusted confidant. 73 103
• Cheng Bo — Close friend, agricultural researcher, and head of spiritual-plant research. Yang Genshuo supplies him with resources to study cultivation-world flora. 11 439
• Tian Zhe — Loyal friend, martial trainee, security ally, and Senior Brother to Yang Genshuo’s modern-world disciples. 348 600

Story Role / Major Arcs

Establishing the Yang Family Lineage

Yang Genshuo begins by helping Yang Shi survive, build a household, and develop resources. He identifies Jiang Xiaobai’s potential, encourages their union, formalizes the family naming system, and turns the Yang lineage into a cultivation clan rather than a mortal remnant. 4 37

Modern Knowledge in the Cultivation World

He introduces modern medicine, food, business methods, surveillance, firearms, industrial goods, and strategic thinking to the cultivation world. His tuberculosis medicine secures Liu Wuhen’s alliance, while modern technology repeatedly lets the Yang Family defeat stronger enemies or develop new industries. 15 42 492

Becoming a Cultivator

After years of martial cultivation and resource accumulation, Yang Genshuo obtains the Life Divine Seed through Yang Fu’s Dragon God Immortal Palace expedition. He becomes a Five-Spiritual-Root cultivator, develops the Art of Mechanisms, and constructs a cultivation base within his Mount Jiuhua manor. 304 329 331

Building a Modern Cultivation Base

Yang Genshuo converts his manor into an Earth-based cultivation residence with a Five Elements Unity Room, Spirit Pool, spiritual plants, modern security plans, and a miniature spirit vein. He balances secrecy against the need to develop research, manufacturing, and military-industrial capabilities. 331 336 492

Ancestor of an Expanding Clan

As the Yang Family grows across multiple dynasties, Yang Genshuo increasingly delegates authority to descendants such as Yang Fu, Yang Qiangjing, Yang Fujian, and Yang Fushuo. He struggles to preserve the family’s moral foundation while managing its wealth, military power, sect ties, and internal ideological divisions. 516 626 662

Reappearance After a Century

Following a century of seclusion, Yang Genshuo returns to find the Yang Family vastly expanded, Yang Qiangwei ruling ruthlessly, Yang Feng missing, and several descendants erased from normal records by Heavenly Secrets Sect influences. He reconnects with Yang Fu, investigates these disappearances, and reaches Yang Zhu through ancestral prayer. 610 612 613 626