Gao De

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Gao De (高德)
Alias(es)	Google; “Master Google”; Mountain; Truefrost King; King of the North 82 389 438 455
Species/Race	Human; later awakens the Icekin-derived Truefrost Bloodline 1 437 440
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Truefrost Tribe and Phoenix; Sea Sentinel; formerly Ceres Academy of Magic 327 389
Occupation/Role	Mage, runesmith, Sea Sentinel military mage, and ruler of the Truefrost Tribe 327 389
Status	Alive
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 0 Human — Origin 1/7	6	His Origin interface appears after Ilan's death; it lists Mage Hand and Repair.
Apprentice Guidance Method — six-cantrip capacity	53	A Basic Mana Potion-assisted breakthrough expands his mana capacity to six cantrips.
Apprentice Guidance Method — eight-cantrip capacity	98	Breaks through while repeatedly exhausting and recovering mana during wilderness clearing.
Apprentice Guidance Method — thirteen-cantrip capacity	170	Advances naturally during his intensive first year at Ceres Academy.
Apprentice Meditation Art — fifteen petals	177	Soul Deep Sea Water lets him break through four barriers in one day, leaving the art one step from completion.
Adaptive awakened	190	Awakens his First Circle specialty after mastering more than forty spells; it enables rapid environmental adaptation.
First Circle Mage	191	Advances after two years of effort; gains Precise Perception, liquid mana, and increased Mental Strength.
Novice Ice-Blessed Body	226	Adaptive evolves after cold resistance exceeds 100%; improves resistance to ice damage and negates negative effects from Third Circle-and-below ice spells.
Intermediate Ice-Blessed Body	253	Evolves after cold resistance reaches 200%; gains greater cold resistance, immunity to lower-level ice-spell negatives, and stronger ice spells in ice-element environments.
Body of Pain Tolerance	284	Evolves after pain tolerance reaches 100% through prolonged exposure to Truefrost cold.
Mid-stage First Circle Mage	369	Reaches the forty-drop mana threshold; Mental Strength rises to the First Circle limit of 199.
Lesser Amber Physique	393	Evolves through toxin exposure; improves toxin resistance and metabolic capability.
Late-stage First Circle Mage	433	Condenses his sixtieth drop of Liquid Mana, advancing from mid-stage to late-stage First Circle.
Second Circle Mage	440	Gains Nature's Speech, higher-quality mana, and the ability to begin Elemental Body cultivation.
Truefrost Secrets — First Circle	548	Awakens Ice Condensation; the Truefrost Bloodline grants Truefrost Runes, faster ice-element cultivation, and Truefrost Mana.
Mid-stage Second Circle Mage	581	Completes the 120th magic rune of the Evergreen Longevity Sutra; Mental Strength reaches 300.
Intermediate Amber Physique	657 658	Gains immunity to natural and low-tier magical toxins, stronger resistance to mid-tier toxins, toxin sensing, toxin purification, and adaptive resistance analysis.
Third Circle Mage	639	Forms three Mana Star Rails and develops a Water-and-Wind Elemental Body; maximum lifespan rises to 880 years.
Myriad Law Resonance	640	Awakens a Unique Third Circle specialty that fuses compatible spells into Resonant Castings and stores up to five Resonance Imprints for instant use.
Devil Source Body	691	Magic-less Adaptation reaches 100%, granting immunity to Withered Soul erosion and indefinite survival in magic-less environments.
Primary Yingyou Physique	692	Light Adaptation completes, allowing him to absorb Sacred Radiance Energy and use it to replenish mana.

Background

Gao De's consciousness transmigrated into the body of a thin, malnourished apprentice in Mage Seda's herb garden. He awoke to learn that Seda took in homeless children as nominal apprentices, then used them as laborers and potion-test subjects. His first confirmed spell was Mage Hand. 1

He quickly recognized that survival in the herb garden required planning rather than obedience. After Ilan attempted to murder him, Gao De killed him and accepted Seda's punishment rather than submit to intimidation. He later killed Seda with Veilmist Fang, ending the mage's control over the garden and inheriting its responsibilities. 7 33

After leaving Hogan City before its Leyline Rebirth, Gao De established himself in Bremen, entered Ceres Academy through a recommendation, and became Jose Okenly's student in Runelore. Jose's death and the Academy's attempt to seize his Rune Workshop led to Gao De's imprisonment; a regime change and general amnesty allowed him to escape. 115 143 200 209

He crossed Danton Peak into the Northern Territory, where Adaptive developed rapidly under extreme cold. His actions among the tribes, acquisition of Northwind, and plans to cultivate food and forests established him as the Truefrost Tribe's king. 226 275 293 389

Appearance

Gao De initially appears as a thin, frail, malnourished boy living in a cramped herb-garden room. Regular physical training, improved food, and continued cultivation later leave him taller, healthier, and sharp-looking. 1 42 345

• Initially sallow-faced and physically weak from poverty and potion testing. 1
• Develops a lean, fit frame through aerobic and anaerobic training. 42
• Uses Disguise Art to alter his body, facial features, hair, clothing, and voice when operating under false identities. 365
• Is visibly an outsider in the Northern Territory, lacking the typical heavy build and blue eyes of Icekin bloodline bearers. 230

Personality

Gao De is calm, analytical, and strongly pragmatic. He studies threats before confronting them, plans for resource shortages, and treats cultivation, education, business, and political development as connected long-term problems. 19 39 387

His survival instinct can make him ruthless. He killed Ilan and Seda when he concluded that coexistence was impossible, and later used intimidation to extract testimony from gang members. However, he does not seek violence for its own sake: after defeating three robbers who only intended to rob him, he let them leave rather than kill them. 20 33 368

He is exceptionally disciplined. Even after obtaining powerful future prospects, he maintains physical training, regular cultivation, spell practice, rune study, and practical work. 42 142 378

Gao De refuses to be controlled by status or patronage. He declines the Burns Family's sponsorship despite the threat of suppression, and he protects Jose's workshop inheritance from Academy officials even when doing so puts him at risk. 200 336

He values knowledge, capable people, and genuine loyalty. He supports Jose's Runelore legacy, recognizes Leini Jingteng's Quantitative Herbology, builds educational institutions in Phoenix, and refuses the Crown Family's reward because he considers Liu Ying a friend rather than a source of profit. 389 558 598 701

Abilities & Skills

Spellcasting and Spell Model Construction

Gao De possesses extraordinary speed in learning and constructing Spell Models. He builds his spell library broadly rather than relying on a narrow set of techniques, allowing him to tailor responses to different opponents and environments. 18 51 178

• Mastered three new cantrips in six days as a First-Order Apprentice. 18
• Reached thirty-two known spells before advancing to First Circle. 178
• Mastered more than twenty-eight Second Circle spells after constructing nineteen new models in a little over two months. 548
• Uses Origin gathered from Leyline Creatures to enhance spells with additional effects. 64 103 296
• Employs practical spell combinations, including defensive, movement, detection, battlefield-control, and offensive magic. 342 604

Adaptive

Adaptive is Gao De's First Circle specialty. It improves his body through sustained exposure to harsh conditions, poisons, pain, elemental environments, and magic-less zones. 190 498

• Raised cold resistance, intense-light resistance, oxygen intake, pain tolerance, healing ability, and water-current perception through environmental exposure. 216 226 249 468
• Evolved into multiple physiques, including the Ice-Blessed Body, Amber Physique, Devil Source Body, and Yingyou Physique. 226 393 658 691 692
• Allows him to benefit from poisons and dangerous elixirs that would incapacitate ordinary mages. 378 392
• Requires appropriate stimulation; adaptation slows or stalls when the environment no longer poses sufficient pressure. 454 581

Truefrost Bloodline and Ice Magic

Gao De awakened the Truefrost Bloodline after reaching Second Circle. It gives him Icekin inheritance knowledge, access to Truefrost spells, and exceptional affinity with Ice Elementals. 437 439 548

• Truefrost Mana increases the power of ice-element spells by fifty percent. 548
• Truefrost Runes automatically absorb Ice Elementals, accelerating cultivation. 548
• Inherited knowledge includes Ice Extraction, ancient Icekin culture, ice-region survival, and advanced ice-spell techniques. 439 548
• Uses ice spells such as Ice Seal Blade, Frost Sword, Ice Thorn Growth, and the Truefrost spell Ice Butterfly. 304 549

Myriad Law Resonance

Myriad Law Resonance is Gao De's Unique Third Circle specialty. It transforms his broad spell library into a system for combining compatible spells. 640

• Fuses spells of the same or lower Circle when they share an elemental, conceptual, or school-based connection. 640
• Produces stronger Resonant Castings, such as Magic Ice Bullet, created by combining Magic Missile+ and Ice Bolt. 651
• Stores prepared combinations as Resonance Imprints for instant combat casting. 640 651
• Can maintain up to five active Resonance Imprints at a time. 640

Runelore and Rune Fabrication

Gao De is an exceptional Runelore student and craftsman. He rapidly recognizes structural similarities between runes, allowing him to infer unfamiliar patterns from mastered ones. 141 158

• Learned all ten Zero-Order Basic Runes in one day. 141
• Uses Divine Guidance+ to enter a lucid, highly focused state that improves understanding, rune penmanship, and learning efficiency. 160
• Designed and crafted Winter's Approach, his first First-Tier Rune Construct. 351 372
• Created second-tier Rune Constructs and later replicated a fourth-tier Composite Soul Rune. 323 693
• Preserves Jose Okenly's work through New Standard Runelore, centered on Jose's Six Laws. 389 390

Mandora Demon Eye

The Mandora Demon Eye grants Gao De powerful observation and analytical abilities. 225 266

• Magnifies and draws his field of vision closer. 225
• Constructs detailed physical and supernatural models of observed targets, including mana pathways and approximate mage rank. 266
• Supports Rune Fabrication, combat analysis, material identification, and spell-combination calculations. 323 651
• Consumes substantial mana during use. 351

Evergreen Longevity Sutra and Nature Magic

Gao De selected the Evergreen Longevity Sutra despite its known flaws because of its compatibility with his ambitions for plants, agriculture, and the Northern Territory. 198

• Nature's Touch accelerates the growth of ordinary plants by consuming mana. 293
• Nature's Speech is gained upon Second Circle advancement. 440
• His cultivation supports large-scale agricultural projects, including cold-resistant barley and forest development. 293 296 430

Combat Skill

Gao De combines broad spellcasting with physical conditioning, swordsmanship, movement training, and careful battle preparation. 332 381

• Defeated Metis by combining Mage Armor+, Grease+, Ignition, Vermin Swarm+, and Cat Claw Spell. 342
• Uses Sense Emotion+ to detect hostile intent and guide negotiations or combat decisions. 342 453
• Developed swordsmanship alongside spellcasting and learned to use momentum guidance from Weight Blade+. 381 424
• Can defeat higher-Circle opponents through sustained pressure, spell combinations, superior mana reserves, and tactical control. 375 603 631

Familiars, Companions, and Summoning

Gao De uses enhanced summoning spells to maintain several unusual allies. 195 422 445

• Summon Familiar+ allowed him to summon Lady Flora, a flower sprite who became his familiar. 195
• Summon Mount+ created a Spirit Warhorse capable of carrying equipment in spirit space. 445
• Named his evolved Storm Soul “Boeing”; its abilities include Qi Control, Wind Transformation, and Possession. 422
• Uses possession of Boeing to fly. 422

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Northwind — A Truefrost Armament drawn from the Sword in the Ice challenge. Gao De uses it as his principal weapon and stores it in his Spirit Warhorse's spirit space. 275 445
• Ice Seal Blade — An ice-element weapon spell enhanced with Ice Force; it reaches Second Order after absorbing Second Order Ice Force. 304 389
• Winter's Approach — Gao De's First-Tier Rune Construct. It improves mana recovery by 15%, reduces mana consumption by 8%, and can add 5–10 cold damage to offensive spells. 372
• Veilmist Fang — The blade used to kill Mage Seda. 33
• Jose's Rune Pen — A gift from Jose Okenly used in Gao De's continued rune practice. 323
• Spirit Warhorse — A summoned fey mount capable of high-speed travel and equipment storage. 445
• Ore Vein Compass — A gift from Master Ram that detects nearby magic ore and indicates the direction and concentration of deposits. 535

Relationships

• Emil — Former herb-garden roommate and fellow apprentice. Emil initially relies on Gao De, but becomes fearful after Ilan's death. 1 7
• Mage Seda — Former master and abuser who used apprentices as potion-test subjects. Gao De killed him after resisting his control. 1 33
• Ilan — Seda's first apprentice and Gao De's attempted murderer; Gao De killed him in self-defense. 2 7
• Jose Okenly — Gao De's Runelore mentor and the source of his Rune Workshop inheritance. Gao De protects Jose's legacy and dedicates New Standard Runelore to him. 143 200 389
• Lady Flora — Flower-sprite familiar, companion, and a central force behind Phoenix's forestry and agricultural development. 195 390
• Du Wei — A fellow climber of Danton Peak who becomes Gao De's friend despite their different backgrounds. 225 226
• Sunaifa — Truefrost Warmother and Gao De's principal political and military counterpart in the Northern Territory. 268 440
• Anna — A young rune prodigy whom Gao De mentors; her suggestion helps inspire Winter's Approach's offensive design. 351 390
• Sarah Fuqiong — Alchemist and Black Sail City ally. Gao De returns Jade Destroyer to her and later negotiates trade cooperation between her Gold Coin Hunters and the Northern Territory. 518 526
• Liu Ying Crown — Gao De's friend and companion in the Silent Desolate Soul Domain. He uses his evolved physique to absorb her excess Sacred Radiance Energy and slow her Light Transformation. 692 701
• Eli and Jabir — Recruited by Gao De to develop enterprises and refine the Breathing Furnace in the Northern Territory. 623 631

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Herb Garden Survivor — Wakes in Seda's herb garden, learns magic, eliminates Ilan and Seda, and escapes Hogan City before its Leyline Rebirth. 1 33 64 68
• Ceres Academy Prodigy — Enters Ceres Academy, studies sixteen courses, becomes Jose Okenly's Runelore student, and advances to First Circle. 127 163 191
• Jose's Heir and Prisoner — Defends Jose's workshop inheritance against Academy officials, activates its back door rather than surrender it, and is imprisoned before gaining freedom through general amnesty. 200 205 209
• Northern Territory Founder — Crosses Danton Peak, develops Adaptive, pulls Northwind from the ice, and establishes himself as the Truefrost King. 226 275 389
• Sea Sentinel Mage — Passes the Sea Sentinel assessment, receives Combat Mage training, completes dangerous missions, and rises through military merit. 327 332 426
• Phoenix Builder — Develops agriculture, forestry, education, mining, currency, infrastructure, and technical institutions across the Northern Territory. 390 535 595 598
• Academy Challenger — Defeats defenders across twelve major academies and becomes the Plantagenet Dynasty's representative for the Matchless Magic Combat Tournament. 653 662 674
• Silent Desolate Soul Domain Survivor — Works with Liu Ying to survive in a magic-less plane, develops Soul Runes, and evolves the Devil Source Body and Primary Yingyou Physique. 685 691 693
• Crown Family Associate — Saves Liu Ying, declines the Crown Family's offered reward, and earns recognition as her sincere friend. 697 701

Notable Quotes

“If I do not want to die, then others have to die.” 6

“Books are the ladder of human progress.” 289

“Liu Ying is my friend. And I am her friend.” 701