Zhong Shenxiu

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Zhong Shenxiu (钟神秀)
Alias(es)	Su Daozhi; Hua Wu; Xun Liu Yi; Young Master Shenxiu; Li Wei Mojito; Old Ancestor Creation; Fang Lang 2 49 124 263 427 857
Species/Race	Human transmigrator; later operates through avatars and alternate identities 696 923
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Formerly the Fufeng Protectorate; associated with the Supreme Dragon Tiger Sect's Transmission of Techniques lineage; Silver Badge Guest Official of the Divine Constabulary 100 180 248
Occupation/Role	Cultivator, Daoist official, martial artist, system user, sect infiltrator, teacher, and proprietor of Whisperers Bar 29 100 272 427
Status	Active 969
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Martial arts pinnacle	1	In his early life as Young Master Shenxiu, he was already described as having reached the pinnacle of martial arts.
Xiantian	12	Cultivated Xiantian Qi Gong and refined Heaven and Earth Vital Energy into true qi.
Xiantian pinnacle	20	Opened all 36 acupoints and accumulated abundant Spiritual Turtle True Qi; could externally release true qi.
[Shepherd]	29	Acquired a Western-system profession able to control Vengeful Spirits and manipulate souls.
Innate stage	49	As Hua Wu, re-entered the Innate stage through the White Bone Yin Demon Art and gained White Bone True Qi.
Gang Sha Realm	103	Broke through after obtaining the Myriad Beast Art; subsequently left the Fufeng Protectorate to seek further Daoist inheritances.
Physical Body Divine Abilities	226	Used Heavenly Show Points to bypass Evil Gods, condensed three Physical Body Divine Abilities, and strengthened himself by enslaving powerful souls.
Divine Ability Realm	254	Confirmed to have achieved the Divine Ability realm, including the Nine Pure Immortal Light.
Excellence	295	Endured the Pure White Wilderness and gained the Nameless Art, allowing him to stir Spirit Realm resonance.
Yuan Dan	452	Had reached the Yuan Dan stage and was working through its final karmic tribulation.
Primordial Spirit Realm	481	Completed the External Path Primordial Spirit method by uniting Yin God and Yang God; Physical Body and True Spirit became one.
Great Sage	889 908	Wielded Great Sage-level Authority and later suppressed the effects of his own Daoification.

Background

Zhong Shenxiu was originally renowned as Young Master Shenxiu, a prodigy proficient in the zither, Go, calligraphy, painting, medicine, astrology, and martial arts. His reputation was so great that Heavenly Sword Villa was renamed Heavenly Show Manor; he also defeated prominent scholars and won the affection of the courtesan Ji Xixi with his poetry 1.

He later found himself possessing the body of Su Daozhi, a disgraced scion of the Su Family. The body initially appeared gaunt and ordinary compared with Zhong Shenxiu's former appearance, and Zhong resolved to preserve the Su Daozhi identity for practical protection and access to Eastern cultivation methods 2 29.

His identities and appearances become increasingly fluid as he travels between worlds and systems. He assumes personas including Hua Wu, Xun Liu Yi, Li Wei Mojito, Old Ancestor Creation, and Fang Lang, using them to enter new martial, occult, political, and cultivation environments 49 124 263 427 857.

Appearance

Zhong Shenxiu has no single fixed appearance due to his possession, disguises, and Divine Abilities. His original and later forms are consistently noted for an unusual presence that attracts attention.

• As Young Master Shenxiu, he possessed a celestial appearance that captivated countless women 1.
• Su Daozhi's original body had a straight nose, thick lips, sunken eye sockets, and gaunt cheeks 2.
• As Hua Wu, he appeared to be a young man in his early twenties with a peaceful face and a sunshine-like smile 49.
• His Primordial Spirit's true form combines traces of Su Daozhi and Young Master Shenxiu, yet resembles his earliest self: an otherwise ordinary young man with clear eyebrows and fine eyes 481.
• His Thousand Changes Divine Ability can conceal his cultivation and alter his physical appearance 236.
• His Daoification can leave him pale, silver-haired, clawed, and visibly inhuman before he suppresses it 891.

Personality

Zhong Shenxiu is cautious, pragmatic, and strongly averse to unnecessary attention. Upon being offered a chance to compete for company commander, he deliberately embarrassed himself rather than involve himself with an unpredictable superior and a dangerous political situation 15. Even when pursuing strength, he favors concealed preparation, false identities, and long-term leverage over open confrontation 103 121 230.

He is highly opportunistic and treats morality as subordinate to survival and cultivation. He manipulates organizations into attacking first, infiltrates sects through a dead man's identity, and readily trades, steals, or coerces when the result advances his path 121 427. His ruthlessness becomes especially apparent when he kills Yi Zhisong without hesitation and strips Chen Wenji of her possessions after sparing her life 368.

Despite this, Zhong Shenxiu is capable of practical kindness and protection. He frees Huang Xie and Er Ha from servitude, supports the Su Family, repeatedly intervenes to save civilians, and provides protection to people he considers worth helping 103 596 598. His assistance is rarely selfless, however; he often weighs karmic benefit, future utility, or personal obligation before acting 452.

Abilities & Skills

Heavenly Show System

Zhong Shenxiu's primary advantage is the Heavenly Show System, which records skills, grants Heavenly Show Points, and can merge or improve techniques.

• Merged and streamlined skills through the system to simplify his attribute panel 17.
• Uses Heavenly Show Points to strengthen martial arts, force breakthroughs, and complete flawed cultivation methods 49 102 481.
• Progressed the Gate of Ten Thousand Doors and uses inter-world travel to seek new systems, opportunities, and points 41 121.
• Created and distributed artificial “systems” in a modern world as cover and as a means of finding subjects for his Unique Divinity 696.

Soul Manipulation and the Shepherd Profession

As a [Shepherd], Zhong Shenxiu can command Vengeful Spirits, perceive the Spirit Realm, and interfere directly with souls.

• Controls the Headless Count, using its alternate-dimension ability to move Feng Xi'er from another realm and to guard his body 29 121.
• Senses the Spirit Realm and Eastern Underworld 34.
• Uses the Headless Count to retrieve Yin Souls, then reads and controls them as puppets; Wu Tong became one such controlled soul 34.
• Enslaved the souls of the Headless Count and Zhang Taiyi to reinforce his power among Divine Ability Cultivators 226.

Martial Arts and Body Cultivation

Zhong Shenxiu combines exceptional martial insight with cultivation techniques from multiple systems.

• Mastered the Azure Dragon Probes the Clouds Hand in three hours and used it for true-qi external release 13 20.
• Cultivated the White Bone Yin Demon Art, White Bone True Qi, and White Bone Grappling Hand 49.
• Completed the Myriad Beast True Body using Dragon Tiger Mixed Sha, reshaping his body and granting physical strength comparable to a newly advanced Gang Sha cultivator 108 109.
• Uses the Five Elements Palm Technique to circulate metal, wood, water, fire, and earth in a unified cycle 148.
• Developed perception through the complete Five Elements Bandit Palm, allowing him to read emotions and physical ailments as colors and facial signs 141.

Daoist Arts and Divine Abilities

Zhong Shenxiu cultivates both orthodox and heterodox Daoist methods, frequently using the system to combine them.

• Formed a Level 6 White Bone Chain Armor talisman seed 60.
• Uses Carefree Wind Riding Escape and Five Elements Sky Escape for high-speed movement 226 244.
• Possesses the Thousand Changes Divine Ability and its second-grade extension, Heaven Stealing and Sun Replacing, for concealment and bodily alteration 236.
• Condensed three Physical Body Divine Abilities and later integrated Divine Ability methods through the Heavenly Show System 226 245.
• Achieved the Primordial Spirit realm by refining Yin God, Yang God, Physical Body, and True Spirit into a unified true self 481.

Great Sage Authority

At his later peak, Zhong Shenxiu wields Authority on the level of a Great Sage.

• Can suppress his own Daoification and vent contamination from his true form 891.
• Uses Taiyin Body Refinement and the Sword of Liberation against enemies whose defenses withstand ordinary ninth-realm attacks 893.
• His transformed state is dangerous enough that even another Great Sage is injured merely by observing it 893.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Poison Dragon Sword — A high-grade Dharma Treasure; can be concealed as a black hairpin and used for flight or sword combat 374 408.
• Yin-Yang Peach Talisman Flying Sword — Lent to Fairy Miaoyin and Fei Hong'er during their campaign against the Year Beast 408.
• Five Fire Seven Feather Fan — Magic Treasure refined from seven feathers plucked from Feathered Child 416.
• Carefree Pavilion — Mobile pavilion piloted by Feathered Child 416 452.
• Death Feather — Instantly killed the regenerating believer Daly 326.
• Face Fruit — Used to save Cui Yingying from her pursuers 452.
• Long Hezi's identity token — Lets Zhong impersonate Long Hezi's successor and gain access to the Supreme Dragon Tiger Sect 121 230.
• Lighter containing Melmond — Houses a Spirit Beast comparable to a Yuan Dan cultivator and was entrusted to the Su Family as its guardian 596.

Relationships

• Su Daozhi — Zhong Shenxiu's possessed identity; he maintains Su Daozhi's name, cares for the Su Family, and fulfills promises associated with the original owner 29 37.
• Feng Xi'er — Former colonel and patron who recruited him as her personal guard, granted him the Spiritual Turtle Breathing Technique, and later permitted his extended leave 16 104.
• Headless Count — Bound Vengeful Spirit and major supernatural servant; Zhong uses it for soul retrieval, combat support, alternate-dimension travel, and bodyguard duties 29 34 121.
• Huang Xie — Former subordinate and companion; Zhong eventually frees him from servitude before his departure from the Protectorate 20 103.
• Er Ha / Shiqi — Dog Rong companion named by Zhong; receives the Soul Stirring Drink Daoist Art and freedom alongside Huang Xie 12 103.
• Su Tang and Su Wei — Members of the Su Family whom Zhong supports financially, guides in cultivation, and protects with Melmond as their guardian beast 37 41 596.
• Long Hezi — Zhong's nominal master; Zhong tends his grave, takes his identity token, and later impersonates his successor 121 226 230.
• True Person Mingxue — Yuan Dan elder of the Transmission of Techniques lineage; recognizes Zhong's talent, approves of his hidden Divine Abilities, and grants him a Divine Ability Method 248.
• County Princess Qingyuan — Zhong saved her from an assassination attempt; she remains grateful and later becomes his wife 487 695.
• Shi Yu — Zhong's disciple, whom he guides while arranging protection and a marriage alliance with Xiao Zi 180 184.
• Fairy Miaoyin and Fei Hong'er — Disciples whom Zhong aids against the Year Beast and instructs in cultivation matters 408.
• Xu Guo — Disciple offered the External Golden Core Method and a path toward a third-grade Golden Core 427.
• Cui Yingying — Sixth disciple; Zhong accepts her in exchange for access to her karmic tribulation and agrees to assist with her revenge 452.
• Qin Weiyin — Former Tide Listening Pavilion Master renamed by Zhong; serves him loyally after retaining her Civilization Demon abilities in human form 870 908.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Fufeng Protectorate

While inhabiting Su Daozhi's body, Zhong Shenxiu struggles with the Vengeful Spirit attached to him and openly defies Company Commander Tian Bufeng's attempt to send him on a deadly mission 5. He cultivates Xiantian Qi Gong, becomes a squad leader, serves as Feng Xi'er's personal guard, and begins pursuing official Daoist cultivation while concealing the Western origin of his Shepherd powers 12 16 29.

Daoist Official and Rogue Cultivator

After receiving promotion as an Evil-Slaying Envoy, Zhong obtains access to the Myriad Beast Art and breaks through to Gang Sha 100 103. He then takes a long-term investigation assignment as cover for travel, seeks Gang Sha resources, investigates Black Lotus Cult activity, and begins positioning himself to infiltrate the Supreme Dragon Tiger Sect through Long Hezi's identity 104 118 121.

Martial World as Xun Liu Yi

Under the identity Xun Liu Yi, Zhong joins the Yam Hall, learns the Five Elements Bandit Palm, defeats Human Rankings expert Luo Kongtuo, and becomes a major martial-world figure 134 148. He trains disciples, rises to Grandmaster-level influence, and confronts threats including Hua Miao, the Five Poisons Cult, and the Blissful Old Fiend 167 184 187.

Supreme Dragon Tiger Sect Infiltration

Zhong successfully convinces sect disciples that he is Long Hezi's successor, joins the Transmission of Techniques lineage, and hides his Divine Ability cultivation from the sect 230 248. He later tests his strength by defeating Black Lotus Cult Divine Ability Cultivators and plans to combine stolen techniques with his existing abilities 245.

Old Ancestor Creation and the External Golden Core Path

After reaching Golden Core-level cultivation, Zhong refines powerful Dharma Treasures, subdues Feathered Child, and travels to Dajing 416 417. He publicly teaches the External Dao Golden Core method, takes Xu Guo as a disciple, and seeks to establish himself as the ancestor of an unorthodox Loose Immortal path 425 427.

Primordial Spirit and Imperial Conflict

Zhong completes the External Path Primordial Spirit method and stops concealing his identity after reaching a level where ordinary Yuan Dan cultivators cannot threaten him 481 487. Wanted by major sects for prior attacks, he nevertheless enters imperial politics through his connection to Qingyuan and the Fourth Prince while remaining committed primarily to cultivation 487 598.

Later Avatars and World-Building

Zhong continues to travel through and influence multiple worlds, operating as Li Wei Mojito in the occult West, Fang Lang in a Great Sage cultivation world, and other identities 263 857 923. He creates game-like systems, gathers exceptional individuals, establishes immortal paths, and prepares worlds and reincarnated figures for larger conflicts such as the Investiture of the Gods war 696 819.

Notable Quotes

“Where do you think it is?” 29

“This Humble One has just been promoted to Squad Leader and has no interest in the Company Commander post. Go ahead...” 15

“Old Ancestor does not care for women. I intend to use your body for artifact refining!” 452