Ian

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Ian Silverpeak
Alias(es)	Mahdi Gloomvale; Gloomvale
Species/Race	White Folk
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Silverpeak Domain; Spirit-Veneration Church; formerly associated with the Sertal Empire and the Inspecting Knights Order
Occupation/Role	Count Silverpeak; lord and reformer; prophet; alchemist; inscription craftsman; founder of the Arcane Path
First Appearance	185

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Awakening Psionics / Origin Seed	601	Condenses an Origin Seed and gains deliberate control over Origin Matter, markedly improving his physical strength and bodily awareness.
First Energy Level — Sand Armor Apprentice	277	Survives the Sand Armor Apprentice Magic Potion and gains enhanced senses plus control over earth-aspected Origin Matter.
Second Energy Level — Fairy Bloodline	1020 1032	Refines and consumes a Fairy potion, advancing into a perception- and elemental-control-focused Great Fairy form with water and ice manipulation.
Third Energy Level — Steel Pioneer	651 1130	Fuses body and soul, develops Primordial Aether, and begins integrating the Immovable Fortress and Fairy inheritances into the self-created Steel Pioneer path.
Steel Pioneer, fourth-stage threshold	864	Fuses his Fairy Soul with his Immovable Fortress body; his strength reaches roughly ninety percent of his peak Fourth Energy Level power.
Peak fourth stage / Fifth Energy Level	13	Reaches the peak of the Arcane Path’s fourth stage, identified by others as the Fifth Energy Level; his control of aether approaches time- and space-transcending levels.
Temporary Sixth Energy Level — Star God state	580	Briefly becomes a Star God and experiences the power of a Perpetual Motion Machine before returning to Terra.

Background

Ian was a reincarnator who retained memories of a previous life as an aerospace engineer. His past-life memories fully returned after his abusive uncle struck him when he was eight; he then recognized Terra as another world and began planning how to escape poverty, abuse, and the threat surrounding his family 185.

He was born into the White Folk Chehalorvo family of Harrison Port. His mother, Evelyn, died young, while his younger half-brother Elan became one of Ian’s strongest personal attachments and future responsibilities 185 279.

Hilliard Lexi recognized Ian’s unusual temperament, patience, and curiosity during the South Sea’s Great Storm. Hilliard later accepted him as a disciple, teaching him the foundations of sublimation, Magic Potion formulae, Origin Matter control, and the Immovable Fortress legacy 341 972.

Appearance

Ian is a striking White Folk youth with white hair and crystalline green-to-cyan eyes. Even as a child, his appearance was described as unusually refined; as he grew older, he became conspicuous enough to conceal his face beneath a hood when working in public 185 512.

• Pale complexion and long white hair, often braided or hidden beneath a hood 512.
• Calm green or cyan eyes that may shine with silver-blue radiance when using Precognitive Vision 185 731.
• A crystallized left arm fused with Morien Steel and the Fireseed Furnace Core; its translucent blue patterns brighten when Origin Matter circulates 674.
• Frequently wears alchemical robes, armored equipment, or fully enclosed combat armor depending on his public identity 682 671.
• His Mahdi disguise takes the form of a black-haired, black-eyed armored young man with a colder, more distant presence 614 792.

Personality

Ian is intensely curious, analytical, and practical. He approaches alchemy, cultivation, warfare, and politics as systems to be understood, tested, improved, and eventually rebuilt. His goal is not merely individual strength: he wants to create a path by which ordinary people can gain power without being wholly dependent on inherited bloodlines or Magic Potions 550 747 852.

He is socially adept despite his earlier isolation. Isengard considers him capable of making any conversation comfortable, while Ian deliberately uses kindness, tact, reputation, and political favors to build durable alliances 192 631. He also possesses a sharp sense of humor and is willing to mock allies when they become excessively dramatic or impractical.

His compassion is selective rather than passive. Ian protects his family, followers, territory, and friends, but can be ruthless toward enemies, spies, and institutions that threaten his plans. His research into Artificial Souls shows his willingness to treat people as experimental subjects when he believes the resulting future justifies the risk 546 764.

Abilities & Skills

Precognitive Vision

Ian’s primary psionic ability is a composite observation power that reveals danger, favorable outcomes, spiritual fields, Origin Matter, and possible future developments.

• Detects hostile intent, traps, weaknesses, and future trends 293 546.
• Appraises ores, herbs, Magic Beast materials, and damaged Pre-Epoch relics with exceptional accuracy 512.
• Can scan targets over large areas; focused use extends his effective sight to the kilometer range 661 906.
• Allows him to predict combat movements and identify openings that ordinary opponents cannot perceive 551.
• Consumes substantial stamina against powerful psychic targets or complex entities 281.
• He deliberately conceals its true frequency and range, often presenting it as a limited-use ability to mislead observers 140.

Silver Chip

The Silver Chip is a Pre-Epoch auxiliary system that interfaces with Ian’s senses, nerves, Origin Matter, and soul.

• Enhances sight, hearing, smell, and bodily diagnostics 268.
• Inspects and records Origin Matter Structures, sublimation organs, objects, and materials 268 381.
• Supports calculations, simulations, skill improvement, information storage, and high-precision alchemical work 801.
• Enables techniques such as extracting psychic-field cross-sections for inscription analysis 11.
• Can transfer Origin Matter Structures, though this function consumes Origin Matter 381.

Dual True Forms and the Steel Pioneer

Ian combines two initially separate inheritance systems: the earth-aspected Rockforged Knight branch of the Immovable Fortress and the ice-and-water-focused Fairy Bloodline. He later develops the Steel Pioneer to integrate their strengths rather than remain limited by conventional bloodline advancement 20 550.

• Rockforged Knight / Immovable Fortress — specializes in physical durability, earth-aspected Origin Matter, defensive structures, and high-output close combat 10 1055.
• Fairy Bloodline — specializes in perception, soul strengthening, mobility, regeneration, water and ice control, and spell-like Ascension arts 20 1032.
• Steel Pioneer — combines body, soul, elemental control, electromagnetic force, calculation units, and Origin Matter Furnace Core technology into a new cultivation framework 550 747 1130.
• His Ancient Dragon Core stores immense reserves of refined Origin Matter, allowing prolonged combat and explosive output beyond his apparent level 44 747.

Arcane Path

Ian founded the Arcane Path, a cultivation system intended to reduce humanity’s dependence on hunting Magic Beasts and consuming Magic Potions.

• Uses Artificial Souls, Meditation Methods, visualization, and Origin Matter Furnace Cores to cultivate power 852.
• Its first three tiers are Soul Illumination, Body Forging, and Inheritance 1104.
• Can allow ordinary people to form sublimation organs through controlled cultivation rather than inherited bloodline limits 852.
• Includes Life Psionics refinement and Battle Aura cultivation methods 651 1095.
• Ian uses the Arcane Path to train humans and Magic Beasts alike 872 1065.

Alchemy, Inscriptions, and Engineering

Ian is an elite alchemist and inscription specialist whose past-life engineering knowledge lets him understand advanced armor and machinery from a systems-design perspective.

• Earned an Elite Alchemist Certificate and became director of the Platinum-Iridium Workshop 316.
• Can analyze, copy, and adapt sophisticated armor inscription structures in moments 17.
• Develops Magic Potions, Ascension organs, artificial bodies, armor systems, and industrial production methods 512 812 1078.
• Designed Cyclops, his first Aether Armor, by combining technologies acquired from multiple existing systems 1078.
• Uses Precognitive Vision and the Silver Chip to accelerate experimentation and identify optimal structural designs 1078.

Swordsmanship and Combat

Ian’s swordsmanship is precise, predictive, and optimized around forcing enemies to expose their vital points.

• Uses Precognitive Vision to counter attacks before they fully develop 391 551.
• Matches veteran Ascenders despite being physically weaker in direct comparisons 391.
• Can combine swordplay with ice storms, sand armor, ranged alchemical weapons, and electromagnetic systems 2 401.
• Treats powerful opponents as live data sources, refining his own techniques and structures during battle 747.

Soul Light Body and Aether Forms

Ian’s Soul Light Body, the Guiding Star, links him to parallel versions of himself and the accumulated knowledge of other possible paths.

• Can transmit memories, techniques, and mental models across parallel spacetime when an Ian is near death 797.
• Gives Ian access to alternate Paths, simulations, and technological insights unavailable in his own timeline 651 1074.
• His Aether True Form, the Pioneer Platform, can search parallel possibilities for knowledge and suitable forms of power 934.
• The Light Body grants Aetherization, matter-phasing, subspace folding, and Void Realm traversal capabilities 801.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Silver Chip — Pre-Epoch analytical and simulation system integrated with Ian’s senses and nervous system 268 801.
• Ancient Dragon Core — a high-grade internal reserve that stores purified Origin Matter and supports prolonged, high-output combat 44.
• Aether Crystal / Fireseed Furnace Core — the biological Aether Furnace Core fused into Ian’s crystallized left arm 674 1130.
• Deep Abyss Iron Sword — Ian’s long-used sword blank, reinforced with mithril, adamantine, and Aether Matter Conversion inscriptions 147 458.
• Steel-Pattern Sword — durable earth-aspected sidearm with scale-like edges that inflict difficult-to-heal pulverizing wounds 429.
• Skycoil — ascended insect-shell armor with natural gale inscriptions, dramatic weight reduction, cold storage, atmospheric defense, and flight capability 429.
• Dead River Armament — spiritual Aether Armor made from Void Realm creature material; can use souls as fuel but risks assimilating its wielder into the resentment of the dead 709 795.
• Cyclops — Ian’s first Aether Armor, equipped with a charged beam weapon, biomimetic amplification circuits, and aerial combat capability 736 1078.
• Spirit-Veneration — Aether Armor designed to enhance Ian’s computational power and Origin Matter control rather than grant a single specialized attack 955.

Relationships

• Elan — Ian’s younger half-brother. Ian protects and educates him, while Elan’s Retrospective Vision complements Ian’s Precognitive Vision by revealing the past 185 1060.
• Hilliard Lexi — mentor, protector, and predecessor in the Immovable Fortress legacy. Ian inherits Hilliard’s teachings and seeks to complete the road his teacher could not finish 341 436.
• Elder Pude — inscription and alchemy teacher; elder of the White Folk who helped establish Ian’s place in Harrison Port 153 235.
• Isengard Ellen — Ian’s closest peer and one of his most trusted allies. They explore ruins, share family secrets, and cooperate through the Immovable Fortress inheritance 74 794 932.
• Anfa — Dragonblood Elf princess, investor in Silverpeak Domain, and strategic ally. She seeks Ian’s guidance for Canaanmore’s future 113 241.
• Sheo — True Dragon companion and confidante. She regularly assists Ian with disguises, dragon-soul communication, and dangerous missions 603 792.
• Scott — Iron Folk adjutant and one of Ian’s earliest loyal followers. Ian trusts him with military administration and the future governance of Xiahui Territory 922 1014.
• Azure Tide — swordsman, retainer, and instructor whom Ian supports in both cultivation and military leadership 63 748.
• Adalbert — Undead Monarch researcher and major collaborator in Artificial Soul, armor, and Arcane Path research 205 764.
• Viscount Grant — former lord and political supporter who recognized Ian’s talent, granted him opportunities, and continued supporting his growth 120 671.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Harrison Port survivor — Awakened to his reincarnated memories while living in abuse and poverty, then began uncovering plots involving native child sacrifices and psychic powers 185.
• Hilliard’s disciple — Learned sublimation, Origin Matter control, alchemy, and inscriptions while quietly building his reputation as a psychic appraiser 341 512.
• South Sea explorer — Joined Isengard’s expedition, investigated the Deepsea Crystal Dragon mission, and became entangled in the Ellen Family, pirate, native, and Dragon-Worshiping Cult conflicts 263 271.
• Lord of Layan and Xiahui — Used military force, institutional reform, industrial development, and education to rebuild his territories into the foundation of Silverpeak Domain 749 758 1096.
• Founder of the Arcane Path — Transformed his personal cultivation experiments into a system intended to give ordinary people and Magic Beasts a route to power 747 852.
• Prophet on Terra’s grand stage — Became a central figure in the struggles among the Empire, Canaanmore, Dragon Island, the City of Knowledge, and the New Continent 811 864.
• Pioneer and Star God candidate — Uses the Guiding Star, Pioneer Platform, Terra’s Heart, and parallel-world knowledge to prepare Terra for the Light Calamity, the Thousand-Stars Beast, and the path Above the High Heavens 871 897.

Notable Quotes

“I ultimately express my deepest desire to touch the light of the stars with my own hands.” 260

“This is a Path: a road centered on Artificial Souls, calculation units, and internal compressed energy furnaces.” 747