Contents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background
- 4Appearance
- 5Personality
- 6Abilities & Skills
- 6.1One Proof, Eternal Proof
- 6.2Unbreakable Body
- 6.3Flesh Bloom
- 6.4Arm of Stone
- 6.5Overturning River
- 6.6Hard-Body Cultivation
- 6.7Five Elements Universe Art
- 6.8Thunder Arts
- 6.9Mental Cultivation
- 6.10Movement and Combat Skill
- 6.11Weapon Skills
- 7Equipment
- 8Relationships
- 9Story Role / Major Arcs
Biodata
| Feature | Information |
|---|---|
| Name | Meng Chuan |
| Alias(es) | Child's Fist Grandmaster; Brother Chuan; Yong'an Steel Spear; Thousand Faces Thousand Eyes (disguise identity) |
| Species/Race | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Affiliation | Luo Guanyun's Qianyuan Thunderclap lineage; North Union University, Yong'an Campus; Grandmaster Class |
| Occupation/Role | Martial artist; Luo Guanyun's personal disciple; national-task combatant |
| Status | Active |
| First Appearance | Chapter 3 |
| Age | 17 at the time of his birthday dinner 105 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Zero Qi and Blood | 5, 9 | Entered Infinite Martial Arts Academy as an uninitiated first-year student while practicing National Obligatory Basic Fist Art. |
| Fourth Blood Qi Barrier | 61 | Broke through and learned muscle activity, greatly improving his strength and endurance. |
| Sixth Gate | 105 | Blood Essence measured 47.2, confirming his entry into the Sixth Gate. |
| Seventh Gate | 178 | Broke through while comprehending fire, wood, and metal true fist momentum. |
| Eighth Gate | 226 | Recognized as possessing an Eight-Gates physique at age seventeen. |
| Ninth Gate body | 282 | Reached the Ninth Gate, allowing him to contend with other elite Ninth Gate practitioners. |
| Martial Artist / First Great Limit | 351 | His blood and qi reached their limit; he became a Martial Artist and began pursuing true techniques. |
| Second Great Limit | 575 | His breakthrough drew media attention in Yong'an and marked the start of his travels to Wudang and Shaolin. |
Background
Meng Chuan was fostered by his uncle, Meng Yongzhi, from childhood and grew up under the care of Meng Yongzhi and Xue Na. Before formal academy training, he spent years trying to break the limits of National Obligatory Basic Fist Art, which left him withdrawn but unusually persistent 15 352.
As a first-year student of Peaceful High School, he enrolled at Infinite Martial Arts Academy and began stance training. His disciplined practice earned him the schoolwide nickname Child's Fist Grandmaster 3 9. After Luo Guanyun rescued him during an encounter with Sky Demons, Meng Chuan became Luo's disciple and pledged to carry forward the Primordial Spirit Thunder Seed Technique 20 21.
His cultivation is accelerated by One Proof, Eternal Proof, but he treats the trait as a supplement to—not a replacement for—daily training. He repeatedly emphasizes accumulating strength through practice rather than seeking effortless gains 20 28.
Appearance
Meng Chuan is initially described as a fair-skinned, clean-cut youth with neat short hair and a balanced, athletic build shaped by years of martial arts practice 36. Continued hard-body cultivation makes his physique increasingly imposing and mutable.
- His muscles became visibly larger after developing muscle activity and using medicinal paste 61.
- His arms turned deep brown after cultivating Duo Mo Iron Arms with Esoteric Body Forging Oil 104.
- His normal height later reaches approximately 2.3 meters 626.
- Flesh Bloom can enlarge him to nearly four meters and beyond; his 200% Liberation form exceeds five meters 358 627.
- He can compress his musculature and aura to appear less intimidating 359 559.
- Using Thousand Faces Thousand Eyes, he can alter both his face and overall aura into a sinister elderly disguise 437.
Personality
Meng Chuan is disciplined, practical, and exceptionally tolerant of pain. He treats martial arts as a long-term pursuit, maintaining relentless training schedules even after gaining wealth, recognition, and powerful traits 20 171 580.
He is respectful toward mentors and elders, particularly Luo Guanyun, but is not blindly dependent on them. He wants to repay Luo's investment by solving the flaws of the Thunder Seed technique and becoming strong enough to protect those close to him 155 431.
In battle, Meng Chuan is bold but increasingly measured. He initially relies on fearless close-range pressure, then learns that hard-body training must support survival rather than recklessness 99 403. Outside combat, he is generous with friends, protective of family, and willing to guide fellow students in techniques he understands 99 105 514.
Abilities & Skills
One Proof, Eternal Proof
A trait that accelerates Meng Chuan's cultivation through repeated practice and documented breakthroughs.
- Allows his cultivation speed to exceed that of ordinary martial artists with average roots 20.
- Does not grant instant power; Meng Chuan must still build proficiency through daily training 20.
- Works especially well with his broad study of fist arts, hard skills, stances, and mental methods.
Unbreakable Body
Meng Chuan's unique top-tier trait, recognized for enhancing both physical cultivation and martial-arts comprehension 529.
- Supports his extreme rate of progress in hard-body disciplines.
- Reinforces his already exceptional physical foundation.
- Contributes to his reputation as an unusually versatile martial artist.
Flesh Bloom
An intermediate limit-break trait gained through the Qi Nurturing Armor Skill 358.
- Restructures and expands his body, massively increasing strength and durability.
- Allows distinct Strength State and Speed State physical forms 269.
- Can modify individual body parts for environmental adaptation, such as filtering sand from his nose 511.
- Enables compression of his enlarged frame after transformation 359.
- Its growth-based transformations can be alarming to bystanders and require substantial clothing elasticity or specialized armor 358 360.
Arm of Stone
A trait obtained after successfully cultivating Duo Mo Iron Arms 104.
- Reflecting Armguards — hardens his arms against weapon strikes and reflects 20% of received impact force 194.
- Earth Vein Rock Sense — detects nearby ground vibrations, hidden enemies, traps, and geological changes 194.
Overturning River
A trait gained after perfecting Quaking River Eight Extremities 675.
- Improves his mastery of the Eight Extremities lineage.
- Includes Tide Rider, which boosts comprehension of two relevant fist-style lineages 698.
- Strengthens the force and momentum behind his wave-like Eight Extremities attacks.
Hard-Body Cultivation
Meng Chuan specializes in external martial arts and stacks multiple hard skills into an exceptionally resilient body.
- Duo Mo Iron Arms — strengthens his arms and produced Arm of Stone 104.
- Duo Mo Iron Body — develops a black membrane-like defense capable of resisting bullets and powerful weapon strikes 491.
- Qi Nurturing Armor Skill — produces purple qi armor and led to Flesh Bloom 267 358.
- Azure Nether Dragon-Locking Body — enhances his tendons, bones, internal organs, and root-bone quality 588.
- Brahma's Prison Suppression — a self-created True Skill formed by merging the four Duo Mo toughness arts; reinforces body, organs, bones, and meridians as a unified whole 531 532 539.
- Giant Turtle Shell Armor Technique — a defensive Wudang art cultivated under Zhao Shousui's instruction 668 670.
Five Elements Universe Art
Meng Chuan's core fist-art framework, based on the Five Elements Universe Fist.
- Employs elemental fist methods including fire, wood, metal, water, and earth 150.
- Uses earth-element techniques such as Five Elements Spleen Earth to resist pressure and stabilize his body 245.
- Integrates Earth Bearing Four Aspects Fist, Creation-Destruction Entangling Silk Hand, and Myriad Threads Return to Origin into a unified core art 670.
- Reached 70% proficiency following a spiritual breakthrough 351.
Thunder Arts
Meng Chuan inherits and develops thunder-based martial arts through Luo Guanyun's lineage.
- Surging Thunder Dispersing Hands — combines lightning palm strikes, movement, and explosive force; he mastered its third stage, Lightning and Fire Integration, in a simulated thunderstorm 222.
- Primordial Spirit Thunder Seed Technique — Luo Guanyun's lineage art; Meng Chuan successfully condensed an azure thunder core in his Spirit Altar 353.
- Five Thunders Strike the Summit — a lightning-infused offensive technique practiced in Battle Soul Space 521 650.
- Uses lightning and fire in combination against demonic opponents 467.
Mental Cultivation
Meng Chuan gradually corrects his early weakness in mental power through meditation, artifacts, and Dharma Realm encounters.
- Dragon Meditation — its first layer strengthens his mental shield; he later reaches the second layer while enduring Azure Nether Energy 258 296.
- Dragon Demon — formed through his cultivation and stationed in his lower dantian; it can guard against spiritual invasions 296 423.
- Mystic Iron Foundation — achieved after refining Immortal Tear Gold, greatly strengthening his Dao Heart and mental foundation 694.
- His mutated Baihui acupoint improves memory, processing, and access to martial-arts recollections 407.
Movement and Combat Skill
Meng Chuan's movement is built around short-range explosiveness, footwork integration, and later long-range techniques.
- Inch Step — reached mastery early and later taught it to other academy students 27 89.
- Cloud Ascending Steps — second-rate movement art taught by Luo Guanyun after Meng Chuan mastered Inch Step 90.
- Eight-Step Cicada Chase — a movement technique he considered a major asset before the Magic City finals 327.
- Nine Palaces Footwork — integrated into his boxing to improve adaptability and power delivery 670.
- Chang Kong Art — learned from Principal Chong; he grasped its basics and true charm within a single afternoon 633.
Weapon Skills
Though primarily a fist fighter, Meng Chuan has expanded into armed combat.
- Dragonbone Gauntlets — used for close-range weapon clashes, including against Lian Hun's mace 231.
- Fist blades — can be paired with Five Elements True Qi and used in high-speed combat 392.
- Golden Touch Finger — establishes a weapon-user resonance; at the second level, Limb-Like Control, his spear moves as naturally as an extension of his body 424 497.
- Began studying spear fundamentals after being defeated by Commander Qi's spear technique in the world of imagery 407.
Equipment
- Zhengning Battle Armor — living armor containing a subjugated Sky Demon True Spirit; provides full-body protection and will-driven strength amplification at the cost of qi and blood 423.
- Thousand Faces Thousand Eyes — soft-flesh artifact that changes his appearance, physique, and aura 437.
- Dragonbone Gauntlets — reinforced close-combat gauntlets used against armed opponents 231.
- Fist blades — paired blades compatible with Golden Touch Finger and Five Elements True Qi 392 424.
- Demon Rabbit Inner Armor — elastic inner armor acquired to accommodate his enlarged Liberation form 360.
- Black bead artifact — effective against large targets and Sky Demons 695.
- Purple Prism Iron pestle — a valuable pestle worth roughly one million that Meng Chuan keeps 233.
- Spirit Gathering Cushion — supports meditation and mental cultivation 192.
Relationships
- Luo Guanyun — Master and direct mentor. Luo rescued Meng Chuan from Sky Demons, accepted him as his first personal disciple for Qianyuan Thunderclap, and continually provides instruction, resources, and protection 20 30 150.
- Meng Yongzhi — Uncle and foster parent. Meng Chuan was raised in his household and later purchases a home for the family in fulfillment of Meng Yongzhi's promise to Xue Na 3 151.
- Xue Na — Aunt and foster parent. She worries about his health, finances, and increasingly abnormal physique; Meng Chuan supports her financially and provides protective equipment 61 133 158.
- Meng Yiyi — Younger sister. Meng Chuan gives her his protective suit once his own body becomes strong enough to go without it 269.
- Wang Yue — Closest early friend. The wealthy but undisciplined Wang looks up to Meng Chuan and calls him Brother Chuan 3 30.
- Liu Ru — Early sparring partner and fellow academy student. Meng Chuan supports her after her competition loss, unaware at the time of her concealed hostile intentions 10 54 101.
- Chen Xuewu — Friend and sparring partner. Meng Chuan defeats him in training but shares his knowledge of Eight Extremities, Long Fist, and hard-soft transitions without reservation 99.
- Xu Qingfeng — Friend, classmate, sparring partner, and witness to Meng Chuan's transformations. Their relationship includes constant teasing, mutual training, and practical support 269 318 588.
- Li Weigang — Hard-qigong instructor known as Brother Gang. He provides paid striking sessions and supports Meng Chuan's external-cultivation development 172 258.
- Zhao Shousui — Wudang Grandmaster and Luo Guanyun's friend. He teaches Meng Chuan Azure Nether Dragon-Locking Body and later guides his Wudang training 285 661 668.
- Lu Zhuxiao — University instructor and contracted master. He teaches Meng Chuan Long Fist and spear methods while pledging to protect him from harassment 312 313 435.
- Chen Qiushui — Supervisor at North Union University. She rewards Meng Chuan's championship, discusses martial theory with him, and takes an increasingly active interest in his development 420 435.
- Zheng Zhenzhen — Friend and recurring sparring partner. Meng Chuan protects her after an attack and later stays overnight at the hospital to care for her 198 233.
- Zheng Chengcheng — Zheng Zhenzhen's older brother and martial rival turned ally. They cooperate during the National Task and maintain a friendly race toward Grandmaster status 226 604.
- Chen Xuan — Fellow Martial Zenith Legacy holder. Meng Chuan saves him from a Concept-Type Sky Demon, creating mutual respect and an expectation of future cooperation 602 604.
- Principal Yang Huan — North Union University principal who recognizes Meng Chuan's talent, advises him on cultivation, and supports his studies at Wudang and Shaolin 158 403 558.
- Chen Tuan — Wudang headmaster and mentor figure. He protects Meng Chuan after the Demon-Breaking Divine Lightning incident and later teaches him core demon-purging methods 683 691.
Story Role / Major Arcs
- Infinite Martial Arts Academy — Begins formal martial-arts training, gains recognition for Child's Fist, spars with Liu Ru and Le Ping, and enters Luo Guanyun's circle 3 10 30.
- Luo Guanyun's disciple — Becomes Luo's first personal disciple, trains in Cannon Fist and Luo Family Eight Extremities, and starts inheriting the Qianyuan Thunderclap lineage 27 30.
- Yong'an competitions — Competes in academy and school tournaments, earns the Senior Brother title, and rises from a local prospect to Yong'an's rising star 30 150 245.
- Demon Summoning Hall conflict — Survives assassination attempts, assists police operations, and becomes a major target of the Demonic Path 126 127 604.
- North Union University — Joins the Grandmaster Class, studies under multiple specialists, earns the Martial Zenith Legacy, and wins its coronation battle against Wu Hong 312 420.
- Demon Nest expeditions — Leads Yong'an Campus teammates, hunts Sky Demons, gathers major resources, and helps secure North Union University's victory in the four-university trial 513 514 529.
- Brahma Dharma Realm — Enters the Divine Temple illusion, receives Brahma's boon, strengthens his spiritual foundation, and creates Brahma's Prison Suppression by fusing four Duo Mo arts 530 531 532.
- National Task — Saves Chen Xuan from a Concept-Type Sky Demon, learns to combine Martial Domains, and receives recognition from Commander Qin 602 603.
- Wudang pilgrimage — Studies Wudang techniques under Zhao Shousui, receives the Black Tortoise's Dharma transmission, and gains access to the Xuanwu series and demon-purging methods 661 689 691.