Jiu Cai Rong

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Jiu Cai Rong (余烬韭菜荣)
Alias(es)	Xi Rong Divine Craftsman; Emperor Kuangfeng (during False Human possession) 360 727
Species/Race	False Human in his possession form; later described as a reincarnated immortal 727 1197
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Sword Forging Manor; Xi Rong 8 752
Occupation/Role	Manor steward, business chief, shopkeeper, organizer, and blacksmithing-industry leader 8 910 1017
Status	Active 1197
First Appearance	Chapter 7: Cultivation? I Can't Cultivate At All!

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
False Human possession / pseudo Yin-Yang spiritual root	727	Uses an updated True Self Mastery Ring to control Emperor Kuangfeng’s body. His Yang Innate Demon Heart Sacred Embryo combines with the body’s Yin Masking root, producing a flawed Yin-Yang root that risks madness.
Demon Ghoul King	728	After absorbing his 137th ember, he awakens and undergoes demonic transformation. This Ghoul King form can lose its consciousness and sense of self.
One- to Two-Tribulation ascended cultivator	910	Identified as having ascended through one or two attribute tribulations; his dual Masking makes him an unusually complete beast tamer.
Reincarnated immortal	1197	Returns to Earth through reincarnation with sufficient power to publicly demonstrate cultivation and teach it to humanity.

Background

Jiu Cai Rong initially regards the manor’s blacksmith work as beneath the “special immortal race” he believes the refugees to be. He proposes building shops and networks around powerful customers, then asks Ning Zheng whether the manor’s blacksmiths can cultivate. After learning how demanding cultivation is, he abandons his ambitions of conquest and declares his intention to become the “King of Blacksmiths.” 7

Ning Zheng quickly assigns him practical work, placing him in charge of external planning and allowing him to present plans for the manor dormitories. His organizational ability and commercial instincts make him a central manager as Sword Forging Manor expands from a workshop into a broader mercantile and forging force. 8 254

Personality

Jiu Cai Rong is an ambitious but pragmatic entrepreneur. He prefers stable growth, commerce, and logistics to direct combat, treating shops, products, labor, and information as interconnected parts of the manor’s development. His dual Masking ability is noted to fit his adaptable merchant temperament particularly well. 7 360 910

He is socially perceptive and skilled at flattering clients, though he can be theatrical, shameless, and excessively enthusiastic about profitable schemes. Chongshan Fang judges that he has a bottom line despite their brief acquaintance. 69 910

His pragmatism has a ruthless side. He accepts the demonic cultivator principle of gaining through others’ losses, uses ambushes rather than fair fights as Emperor Kuangfeng, and is willing to exploit dangerous False Human methods despite their risk of madness. 69 727 728

Abilities & Skills

Business Management and Industrial Planning

Jiu Cai Rong is Xi Rong’s principal commercial organizer, capable of turning blacksmithing, spirit-root research, and new products into scalable industries.

• Planned the manor’s dormitories and handled external construction arrangements. 8
• Organized work distribution for the vast artifact booklet catalog, though he ended up completing most of the review himself. 245
• Helped establish external shops and advocated expanding beyond Pingchang City to reach larger markets. 254
• Negotiated Xi Rong’s collaboration with the Cardamom family over spiritual-root fusion data and profit allocation. 360
• Operated a Golden Core shop in the Immortal Realm; its stock sold out on its second day. 910

Dual Masking and Beast Taming

His Yin and Yang Masking abilities allow him to adapt to different situations and form particularly effective contracts.

• Possesses both Yin Masking and Yang Masking. 910
• Used the combined attributes to complete a flawed beast-taming foundation and contract Chongshan Fang through a friend contract. 910
• Treats contracted companions primarily as trusted business subordinates rather than combat assets. 910
• Acquired attributes after ascension have limitations: they function defensively and do not grant full active use of the corresponding divine abilities. 910

False Human Possession

As Emperor Kuangfeng, Jiu Cai Rong uses False Human techniques to seize and operate stronger bodies.

• Uses a True Self Mastery Ring to assist with controlling a great cultivator’s body and automated combat. 727
• Can implant a False Human three-flower spiritual root into a defeated target to body-snatch them. 728
• Avoids equal-level fights, instead ambushing cultivators whose obsessions resonate with Emperor Kuangfeng’s desire to become the strongest. 728
• The resulting pseudo Yin-Yang spiritual root is unstable and can drive its user mad. 727

Analysis and Strategic Planning

Though not a dedicated combatant, Jiu Cai Rong can identify structural weaknesses and devise indirect solutions.

• Correctly identified that an opponent with immense initial energy lacked cyclical recovery and would eventually exhaust himself. 792
• Planned targeted deception operations by studying a mark’s personality and using Yan Shuang Ying as an approach vector. 540
• Suggested using the Xuanwu race’s sleep-based shell-tempering cultivation as a mass-production forging resource. 1056 1057
• Explains Prehistoric Era timelines and the Jiumu clan’s history to other Xi Rong allies. 1090

Equipment / Items

• True Self Mastery Ring — Worn on his finger to help control a possessed great cultivator’s body and support automated combat. 727
• Beast-taming pouch — Carries prepared False Human three flowers used in body-snatching. 728
• Precious Lotus Lantern — Raised during Xi Rong’s postwar broadcast to address and rally cultivators across multiple regions. 1152

Relationships

• Ning Zheng / Xi Rong Manor Lord — His superior and long-term collaborator. Ning Zheng teaches him the basics of cultivation, relies on his planning ability, and later manipulates a revived version of Jiu Cai Rong into returning to Sword Forging Manor. 7 8 911
• Ye Kuang Xiu — Fellow manor leader and ideological opposite: Jiu Cai Rong favors steady commerce and internal development, while Ye Kuang Xiu favors aggressive gambles and combat strategy. 752 910
• Chongshan Fang — Cultivation partner and contracted Yin-attribute beast tamer. Jiu Cai Rong recruits her as his shop assistant and business subordinate. 910
• Dao Jiujiu — Fellow blacksmith. Jiu Cai Rong seeks his forging advice and later works alongside him within Xi Rong’s higher-level forging projects. 249 1068
• Cardamom Rainbow — Professional collaborator in Xi Rong’s Mid-grade Yin-Yang spiritual-root fusion and divine-weapon production venture. 360
• Xuanwu Emperor — Jiu Cai Rong recruits him toward Sword Forging Manor by proposing that the Xuanwu race temper their shells through sleep, then serve as forging material and labor. 1056 1057

Story Role / Major Arcs

Sword Forging Manor’s Early Development

Jiu Cai Rong becomes one of the manor’s leading organizers after renouncing conventional cultivation ambitions for blacksmithing. He manages planning, labor, production, dormitory construction, and early commercial expansion. 7 8

He helps move the manor into external markets through blind-box weapons, Painting Cards, and eventually a shop in Xinyi Continent City. He also embraces tomb-raiding as a potential source of materials and opportunities for the blacksmiths. 193 195 254

Identity Disputes and the Xi Rong Divine Craftsman

Yu Jin Jiu Cai Rong operates as an impostor in the manor, successfully deceiving visiting demonic cultivators while the real Jiu Cai Rong bitterly watches the exploration activities he believes should have been his responsibility. 204

As Xi Rong’s fame grows, Jiu Cai Rong becomes known publicly as the Xi Rong Divine Craftsman and represents the manor in major commercial negotiations. 360 379

False Human Campaign and Ghoul King Awakening

Using Emperor Kuangfeng’s body, Jiu Cai Rong employs False Human possession and obsession-based ambushes against ancient cultivators. After absorbing 137 embers, he awakens into a Demon Ghoul King. 727 728

He later helps secure Emperor Fuxian’s surrender, bringing the former Progenitor Emperor into the group’s Progenitor Demon God army in exchange for fair treatment. 731

Transmigration and the Immortal Realm

When the players are transported into another world and lose their logout function, Jiu Cai Rong recognizes that death has become permanent. He helps rally the blacksmiths to survive rather than treat their situation as a game. 740

In the Immortal Realm, he forms a partnership with Chongshan Fang, operates a successful Golden Core shop, and is ultimately drawn back into Xi Rong through nostalgia for Sword Forging Manor and its blacksmiths. 910 911

Xi Rong’s Rise

Jiu Cai Rong continues to serve as Xi Rong’s commercial and public-facing organizer. He coordinates logistics, offers blacksmithing plans to allied races, and speaks for Xi Rong after its victory over the prehistoric-era supreme beings. 1056 1152

After the war, he uses the Precious Lotus Lantern to broadcast Xi Rong’s message that its Manor Lord bore the era’s calamities, helping rally a frightened and disoriented population. 1152

Reincarnation on Earth

As a reincarnated immortal, Jiu Cai Rong makes a deliberately public return to Earth, humiliating his ex-girlfriend and her lover to announce his arrival. He then teaches cultivation to humanity before Xi Rong’s immortals depart and leave behind part of themselves to continue Earth’s development. 1197

Notable Quotes

“I get it, I don't dare to dream of cultivation. I'm going to be the King of Blacksmiths!!”
— Jiu Cai Rong 7

“It's fine. I'm a merchant. I'm not contracting friends for combat, but to have trusted subordinates for business.”
— Jiu Cai Rong 910

“Now, I will teach you the methods of cultivation.”
— Jiu Cai Rong 1197

Trivia

• Jiu Cai Rong’s room is notably plain and tidy, containing only small stools and a table covered in written materials. 197
• He is repeatedly associated with management rather than combat; even the painter concludes that he is not especially good at fighting after observing him. 737
• A revived ember using Jiu Cai Rong’s shell is explicitly described as a new life rather than the genuine original Jiu Cai Rong. 911
• He treats blacksmithing as more than craftsmanship: in his view, Xi Rong’s main quest is to forge and thereby influence the era. 1120