Lu Yuanwei

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Lu Yuanwei (吕元纬)
Alias(es)	General Fengxing; General Windwalk 216 248
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Wu'an Army; Windwalk Hall; formerly studied at Great Xia Academy 248 292
Occupation/Role	Wu'an Army general, commander of Windwalk Hall, and cultivation master 216 248
First Appearance	Chapter 216

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Xiantian Realm	671	Born in the Lu Family of the Western Continent with Xiantian cultivation and a half-broken saber embryo within his soul.
Peak Xiantian Realm	671	Reached the realm at age ten before entering Great Xia Academy.
Early Spirit Bridge Realm	671	At age fifteen, joined the Wu'an Army, led one hundred soldiers, and slew Divine Ability Realm opponents.
Divine Ability Realm	671	Entered the realm at age thirty and became one of the Wu'an Army's foremost talents.
Venerable Realm	671	Reached Venerable at age fifty-six; his mental state also attained the third level of Perfection.
Sixth-tier Venerable	547	Held command authority over the Qingzhou and Jizhou Army Venerables during the Critical Continent campaign.

Background and History

Lu Yuanwei was born in the 732nd year of Destiny to the Lu Family of the Western Continent. He entered Great Xia Academy at ten years old after attaining Peak Xiantian cultivation, studied there for five years, and later described having beaten challengers throughout its Three Mountains and Sixteen Forts. 359 671

At fifteen, he joined the Wu'an Army during the outbreak of conflict at the Canglan River. His ability to kill Divine Ability Realm enemies while only at the Early Spirit Bridge Realm won Marquis Wu'an's favor; he was promoted to Titled Colonel and placed in command of Windwalk Hall. 671

Lu Yuanwei eventually accepted three disciples: Yan Hong, Yun Duo, and Shen Zhui. Shen Zhui became his third disciple after passing trials overseen by Lu Yuanwei, Nangong Yan, and Pei Tong. 216 217

Personality

Lu Yuanwei is demanding without being dismissive. When Shen Zhui first became his disciple, he immediately assessed Shen Zhui's techniques, physique, stealth, and spiritual defenses, then identified speed as the weakness that most needed correction. 216

His instruction is highly individualized. Rather than teach Shen Zhui Yun Duo's spatial movement art, he rebuilt his own Wind Thunder Escape around Shen Zhui's Thunder Law affinity, working for three consecutive days to adapt the method. 217

He tempers encouragement with restraint. Lu Yuanwei repeatedly warns Shen Zhui not to mistake temporary achievements for invincibility, emphasizing that reputation, military influence, and long-term cultivation matter as much as personal combat strength. 234 300

Abilities & Skills

Sacred Word Divine Abilities

Lu Yuanwei wields Sacred Word techniques capable of affecting movement, space, and combat through spoken commands.

• He displaced Shen Zhui across a thousand meters and rapidly healed his injuries during the Canglan River conflict. 233
• His commands include techniques such as “Come,” “Slow,” and “Disperse,” which can summon, impede, or break apart an opponent's formation and attacks. 234 301
• His supreme Sacred Word, Heaven Punishing Sword, contains top-tier Rule power and killed the Ninth-tier Venerable Zhijue in a single strike. 553
• His command of Sacred Words combines civil and martial cultivation, earning recognition from Golden Guard Generals. 554

Wind Gates and Defensive Techniques

Lu Yuanwei's Wind Gates are his principal defensive art.

• He can manifest eight Wind Gates, each associated with an Ancient Divine Beast phenomenon. 621
• The gates can trap powerful opponents and force them to exhaust Divine Power or reveal their ultimate techniques to escape. 621
• His defense, third-level Perfect mental state, and command of Time, Space, and Wind make him exceptionally difficult to defeat directly. 621
• Observers noted that his offense was comparatively weaker than his defense during the True King Secret Realm matches. 621

Wind Thunder Escape

Lu Yuanwei created Wind Thunder Escape and personally refitted it for Shen Zhui.

• The original technique uses wind as its primary power and thunder as support. 217
• Lu Yuanwei redesigned it into a thunder-dominant art suited to Shen Zhui's strengths. 217
• The modified method can exceed Three-Chime Speed, but its physical burden limits Shen Zhui to approaching Four-Roar Speed without risking fatal exhaustion. 217

Mental Cultivation and Mind's Eye

Lu Yuanwei possesses a third-level Perfect mental state, giving him extraordinary resistance to illusions and disturbances of will.

• Bell's layered illusions and Divine King-level Purple Illusion failed to shake him. 621
• His perfected mindset grants the innate divine ability Mind's Eye, making him exceptionally observant of subtle abnormalities in others. 659
• His mental cultivation allows him to perceive deception; he saw through a disguise based on Shen Zhui's Formless Divine Skill. 518

Divination

Lu Yuanwei can deduce Shen Zhui's whereabouts through their master-disciple connection.

• His divination functions when it does not harm Shen Zhui or involve matters that would affect Shen Zhui's destiny. 518
• He used this ability to infer Shen Zhui's role in the early successes of the war against the Sect Alliance. 518

Equipment and Possessions

• Half-broken saber embryo — Present within Lu Yuanwei's soul from birth; its origin and full capabilities are not specified. 671

Relationships

• Shen Zhui — Third disciple. Lu Yuanwei tested his abilities, tailored Wind Thunder Escape for him, taught him the Thousand Silk Divine Art and Five Elements God Sealing Array, and continued to guide him through later breakthroughs. 216 217 300
• Yun Duo — Second disciple and Shen Zhui's senior brother; a Titled Colonel with a talent for spatial arts. 217
• Yan Hong — Eldest disciple; a Divine Ability Realm cultivator with Captain-level combat power, though uninterested in military command. 217
• Nangong Yan — Fellow general and close acquaintance who participated in Shen Zhui's disciple trials. 216
• Pei Tong — Fellow general who participated in Shen Zhui's trials and praised Lu Yuanwei's disciple. 216
• Marquis Wu'an — Early patron who recognized Lu Yuanwei's talent, promoted him after his feats at the Canglan River, and placed him in charge of Windwalk Hall. 671
• Lan Hai and Xie Tianhu — Close friends and fellow Wu'an Army leaders. 547 658

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Accepting Shen Zhui — Lu Yuanwei takes Shen Zhui as his third disciple, evaluates his combat style, and corrects his speed weakness with a bespoke Divine Ability Secret Method. 216 217
• Ciyun World development — As Windwalk Hall's commander, he acts quickly on Shen Zhui's report of the fallen Venerable world, mobilizing the Wu'an Army to secure its entrances and resources. 248
• Canglan River conflict — He rescues the injured Shen Zhui, defeats the Extreme Dao Sect Master with Sacred Words, takes the Mysterious Sky Bronze Mirror, and cautions Shen Zhui against arrogance. 233 234
• Critical Continent war — He commands Venerables from multiple armies, helps secure a major Great Zhou victory, and later kills the Heavenly Serpent Emissary in one move. 547 344
• Master-disciple sparring — He trains Shen Zhui after the latter enters the Divine Ability Realm, exposing weaknesses in Shen Zhui's clone coordination and forcing him to refine the Five Elements God Sealing Array. 300 301
• True King Secret Realm matches — His Wind Gates and Perfect mental state force Bell, Lin, and Karo to reveal their decisive techniques; he later concedes to Shen Zhui in recognition of his disciple's growth. 621 622
• Monster Burial Valley crisis — He becomes the target of an external order for execution while undertaking a Life-and-Death-level mission alongside Lan Hai and Yu Ming. 658 659

Notable Quotes

“When I pass on a Divine Ability Secret Method to a disciple, I tailor it specifically for them.” 217

“You must either be so strong that no one dares to touch you, or so strong that no one can leave you.” 234