Lou Feng

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Lou Feng (楼封)
Alias(es)	Lu Feng; Lou Da Shao; Three-Phase Mad Dog; Lord of Heavenly Slaughter (split-soul manifestation)
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Chao City Lou Clan; Kong Qingyan's school; King of Flies / Three-Phase Lineage; Coast Technology
Occupation/Role	Embers Chosen One; Artisan; co-founder and engineer of King of Flies
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 2 (as Lu Feng)

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Official Artisan	308	Attended the Artisan ceremony with Ji Jue, formally entering the artisan ranks.
Split-soul manifestation	425	The divided half of his soul, the Lord of Heavenly Slaughter, temporarily seized control of the body shared with Lou Feng while he piloted the Dragon Mountain Armor.
Natural Dragon Scale Armor manifestation	705	Achieved sufficient control to summon Dragon Scale Armor naturally and use it to withstand the Bloodstained Holy Mother's lightning.
Spiritual Substance qualitative change	844	His Spiritual Substance underwent a qualitative change and his Spiritual Substance Heart awakened while he tested his strength against Ji Jue.

Background

Lou Feng was raised by Lu Ma alongside her other adopted children after being taken in from the streets. He later served in the military, retired to work in auto repair, and remained fiercely protective of Lu Ma and his younger sister, Lu Ling. 2 6 41 344

He served for four years as a Central Earth paratrooper and returned with extensive combat experience, tattoos, medals, and a heavy smoking habit. Though he attempted to live peacefully after retiring, threats to his family repeatedly drew him back into violent work. He also passed military close-combat fundamentals on to Ji Jue. 6 43 101

He is also a member of the influential Chao City Lou Clan, a major Haizhou family renowned for its Spirit Essence Shaping inheritance. As a clan member, he began formal training under Kong Qingyan at seventeen, developing unusually solid fundamentals as an Embers Artisan. 55 57

Kong Qingyan pushed him to look beyond the status and protection attached to the Lou Family name. Her criticism of his comfort and hesitation ultimately led him to join Tong Shan's investigation team bound for Quancheng, choosing to pursue his own future as an Artisan. 190 196

Appearance

Lou Feng initially presents himself as an impeccably equipped young master, contrasting sharply with Ji Jue's impoverished appearance. Prolonged work on King of Flies projects later leaves him exhausted, unshaven, and visibly neglected. 56 842

• Wears gold-rimmed clear-lens glasses, jewelry, a wristwatch, and other Spirit Essence-infused equipment. 56
• Favours handmade, high-quality clothing when not working in the field. 268
• Uses a briefcase to carry compressed Spirit Essence “shells” and combat resources. 559
• Has dense tattoos from his Central Earth military service. 6 408
• Developed dark circles, pallor, weight loss, and a dishevelled appearance while overworking on split-soul research. 842

Personality

Lou Feng is proud, competitive, and deeply conscious of the gap between his inherited advantages and Ji Jue's rapid progress. He initially treats Ji Jue as an opponent to be studied and surpassed, but repeated defeats force him to confront his own limitations. 190 290 557

His cultivated poise readily collapses into sharp sarcasm and Federation-style profanity when provoked—especially by Ji Jue. Despite this, he is conscientious in technical work, quick to recognize quality regardless of personal resentment, and willing to invest heavily when a project has genuine potential. 256 562 749

Lou Feng places his adoptive family above abstract justice and is willing to return to the violence of his military past to protect them. His treatment of kidnappers, traffickers, and enemies of those under his protection can be ruthlessly direct, though he initially sought a quiet civilian life after leaving Central Earth. 41 42 43 490

Ye Zhi assessed Lu Feng from a distance as suffering from severe obsessive-compulsive tendencies, paranoia, mysophobia, post-traumatic stress, anxiety, interpersonal sensitivity, and self-destructive tendencies; she advised Tong Hua not to interfere in his life. 175

Abilities & Skills

Spirit Essence Shaping

Lou Feng inherits the Lou Clan's defining ability: freely shaping his Spirit Essence between solid, liquid, and gaseous states. Its flexibility lets him create weapons, defenses, constructs, and specialized alchemical effects. 56

• Forms surprise attacks and defensive shields from shaped Spirit Essence. 56
• Creates armed Spirit Essence constructs and combat beasts. 56 88
• Can condense intangible Spirit Essence into sudden blades, including attacks projected through his line of sight. 86 559
• Extracts Spirit Essence from Mutated Creatures to forge Spirit Essence Crystals. 267
• Imbues ammunition with Spirit Essence to greatly increase its lethality. 208
• Uses the Lou Clan's shared Spirit Essence connection to supply allies with power during large-scale operations. 733
• Constructed a four-armed, three-legged Crystal Giant to defend his workshop during the artisan examination. 268
• Used large-scale Spirit Essence Shaping and a prepared matrix to trap the Bloodstained Holy Mother in a crystal cage during the Seven Cities conflict. 705

Celestial Origin and Good Craft

Using a specialized Celestial Origin application enhanced by Good Craft, Lou Feng can manipulate gravity and rapidly construct complex Spirit Essence Circuits. 56

• Pulls targets toward himself through localized gravity manipulation. 56
• Applies gravity shackles that can disrupt an opponent's movement ability. 57
• Uses Good Craft to maximize alchemical and circuit-construction speed. 56

Dragon Scale Armor

Lou Feng can shape Spirit Essence into the Lou Clan Secret Tradition, Dragon Scale Armor: a full-body, metallic-looking armor with powerful defensive properties. 57

• Completely encases him in bronze-like Spirit Essence armor. 57
• Was described as a technique ordinarily available only to Chosen Ones of Rebirth Rank, making its use in his early duel controversial. 57
• Can absorb surrounding Spiritual Substance and expand during a final defensive escalation. 560
• Later gained sufficient control to manifest the armor naturally and use it to withstand the Bloodstained Holy Mother's lightning attacks. 705

Spirit Body Outer Armor

Lou Feng implanted and fused external Spirit Essence structures into his soul, creating parasitic spirit bodies that function as extra limbs and weapons. 560

• Deploys thirteen spirit limbs for piercing, chopping, explosive, and erosive attacks. 560
• Can sacrifice the spirit bodies and colossi to concentrate his remaining power into a final attack. 560
• The technique carries the risk inherent in forcibly mutating his own soul. 560

Split Soul Techniques

Lou Feng has researched methods of separating and attaching portions of his soul to external constructs. During the Seven Cities conflict, a split half identified as the Lord of Heavenly Slaughter briefly seized control of the body he shared with Lou Feng while he was inside the Dragon Mountain Armor. 425

• Can attach a divided portion of his soul to a sword or other construct to infiltrate or operate through it. 716
• His split-soul research provided the basis for his later work on the External Control Module. 842 843

Han Guang Sword

The Lou Clan's Han Guang Sword is a highly refined Spirit Essence weapon whose near-void nature makes it difficult to perceive and suppress. 560

• Attacks the soul rather than relying solely on physical damage. 560
• Was used as Lou Feng's final weapon during his duel with Ji Jue. 560
• Was ultimately broken by Ji Jue's Dragon Mountain transformation. 560

Military Training and Powered Armor

Lou Feng retains the firearms expertise, close-combat training, and Powered Armor familiarity of a veteran Central Earth paratrooper. He is especially effective when supported by military-grade weapons or heavy armor systems. 6 43 101

• Keeps access to firearms and military equipment through former comrades, including prohibited automatic weapons and an assault-rifle module originally intended for powered armor. 10 43
• Uses weapons such as anti-materiel rifles, rocket launchers, machine guns, armor-piercing guns, and kinetic axes in combat operations. 344 346 404
• Has a spinal interface for Powered Armor and can operate combat armor at extreme speed and under severe battlefield conditions. 151 432
• Piloted Ji Jue's Dragon Mountain Armor during several Seven Cities engagements. 422 425

Alchemy and Engineering

Lou Feng is a capable Embers Artisan with particular strengths in Spirit Essence handling, high-precision shaping, and turning theoretical designs into functional products. 191 749

• Processes contaminated equipment at a speed eventually comparable to Ji Jue's. 191
• Teaches Ji Jue Fluid Alchemy in exchange for Gaseous Alchemy, Ascension Grease, and a Foundation of Equilibrium. 563
• Uses Matrix: Shangong and Mirroring: Star of Bethlehem for microscopic-scale precision work and stable Spirit Essence control. 749
• Completed the initial practical form of Juque by integrating Dragon Blood, Juque, and Three-Phase Alchemy. 749
• Created a wristwatch capable of displaying a Chosen One's rank and Fiendification Index; later iterations could store Spiritual Substance and issue warnings. 667 668
• Continued studying Ji Jue's technical manuscripts and external exchanges, including material related to Northern Territory Runes. 941

Three-Phase Alchemy

Lou Feng is one of the principal practitioners of Three-Phase Alchemy, which combines Fluid, Solid, and Gaseous Alchemy into a mutually reinforcing system. 563 753

• Fluid Alchemy uses Spiritual Substance to elevate and stabilize material properties. 753
• Solid Alchemy uses the stability of matter to restrain changes in Spiritual Substance. 753
• Gaseous Alchemy bridges matter and spirit, allowing the conversion of material properties into spirituality and spirituality into material reinforcement. 563 753
• When operated in reverse, the Three-Phase Flow can drain a target's material properties and Spiritual Substance. 753

External Control Module

Lou Feng developed an External Control Module for the King of Flies project, allowing users to connect with their souls and remotely operate creations carrying the Spirit of the King of Flies. 843

• Demonstrated control of machines and an exoskeleton through a test subject. 843
• Identified individual compatibility, signal translation, and accumulated user data as the project’s main technical barriers. 844
• Completed and implemented an improved module with Ji Jue within a week. 847
• His own Spiritual Substance Heart awakened amid Ji Jue's challenge while the two refined the project’s direction. 844

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Spirit Essence-infused accessories — glasses, rings, bracelets, necklaces, buttons, and a wristwatch that provide practical combat utility. 56
• Time Sand — used to boost his Spirit Essence during his first duel with Ji Jue. 57
• Dragon Scale Armor — Lou Clan Spirit Essence armor technique. 57
• Han Guang Sword — refined soul-attacking Spirit Essence sword. 560
• Compressed Spirit Essence shells — carried in his briefcase and rapidly expanded for battle. 559
• Spirit Essence Crystal positioning device — crafted to locate Lou Yanyue during her imprisonment in Jianyuan. 228
• High-quality Light Crystal — a powerful natural Spirit Essence conductor and container received from Ji Jue. 667 668
• Dragon Mountain Armor — Ji Jue's armor, which Lou Feng has piloted in major Seven Cities operations. 422 425
• Military firearms and heavy weapons — maintains access to pistols, automatic firearms, rifles, rocket launchers, and other Central Earth-derived equipment through military and security contacts. 10 43 344
• Powered Armor spinal interface — an implanted connection port allowing him to operate compatible Powered Armor systems. 151

Relationships

• Ji Jue — A close friend from his auto-repair days who later became his rival and recurring opponent; after multiple clashes and a high-stakes duel, became his King of Flies partner and technical collaborator. 6 43 55 57 560 562 563
• Kong Qingyan — Teacher and mentor since he was seventeen; harshly criticizes his hesitation but supports his ambition to challenge stronger opponents. 57 190 558
• Lou Yanyue — His much younger aunt, a Tide City Security Bureau commander and formidable combatant; she protects and mocks him in equal measure. 201 231 724 845
• Lou Suwen — A senior Lou Clan member who shielded him when Xu Family forces brought Celestial-level killing intent to bear during his confrontation with Xu Lingwei. 845 965
• Lu Ma — Adoptive mother who raised him with her other adopted children. 6
• Lu Ling — Younger sister; Lou Feng is determined to protect her from threats connected to his past. 41 42
• Tong Shan — Security Bureau team leader and expedition partner during the Quancheng investigation. 196 197
• Laila — Former Central Earth colleague and Security Company owner; she recognizes that Lou Feng cannot truly abandon the violent life he left behind. 41 43
• Xu Family — Enemy faction whom he accuses of colluding with the Evil Transformation Cult; he seeks revenge for his brother's suffering. 722 964 965
• Major Lao Lu — Former military acquaintance who recognizes Lou Feng during the pursuit of Yin Chao Yang. 344

Story Role / Major Arcs

Family defense and return to violence

After Lu Ma is injured during an attempted abduction at the auto repair shop, Lou Feng begins investigating the culprits despite intending only to ask his old contacts for information. He and Ji Jue subsequently deal with threats against Lu Ling and uncover a human-trafficking operation, demonstrating the ruthlessness beneath Lou Feng's civilian facade. 6 41 42

His former Central Earth colleague Laila recognizes that, despite his efforts to settle into auto repair, he cannot truly put down his gun. Lou Feng later applies his military experience and equipment to pursue Yin Chao Yang, capturing him at sea before being recognized by Major Lao Lu. 43 344

Early rivalry with Ji Jue

Already acquainted with Ji Jue as a close friend from the auto-repair shop, Lou Feng's relationship with him becomes an open rivalry after Ji Jue enters Kong Qingyan's sphere as an Artisan. In their first formal student duel, Lou Feng employs Spirit Essence Shaping, Celestial Origin, Time Sand, and Dragon Scale Armor, but Ji Jue's unorthodox methods defeat him and expose the limits of relying on inherited advantages. 6 43 55 57 87 90

Quancheng investigation and artisan examination

After Kong Qingyan challenges his complacency, Lou Feng joins Tong Shan's team for the Quancheng investigation. He supports the expedition as a versatile Embers Artisan, builds a locator for Lou Yanyue, and later demonstrates his inherited techniques in the Myriad Transformations Tower by extracting a Mutated Creature's Essence into a crystal. 196 197 228 267

During the practical examination, he establishes a fortified workshop defended by a Crystal Giant and other Spirit Essence constructs. His participation in the workshop conflict further intensifies his rivalry with Ji Jue, even as the two demonstrate increasingly effective cooperation under pressure. 268 273 291

He formally enters the artisan ranks alongside Ji Jue, though he continues to struggle with Ji Jue's superior reputation and rapid advancement. 308 557

King of Flies partnership

Ji Jue invites Lou Feng to join King of Flies as a partner. Distrustful of Ji Jue's patents, motives, and control over the project, Lou Feng stakes his independence and future on a duel; after exhausting his Spirit Body Outer Armor, colossi, Dragon Scale Armor, and Han Guang Sword, he admits defeat. 557 560

Bound by the subsequent Workshop Joint Agreement, he becomes King of Flies' principal technical partner and legal representative. His Artisan instincts overcome his resentment once he sees the Type I Riot Guard Cat's industrial potential, and he contributes capital, Lou Clan resources, Fluid Alchemy, Three-Phase Alchemy, and engineering expertise. 561 562 563

Sundial and Three-Phase development

Lou Feng co-develops the Sundial wristwatch series, helping create devices that monitor rank, Fiendification Index, and Spiritual Substance reserves. He also aggressively secures patent authorizations for the project, working across the Federation, Empire, and Thousand Isles without sleep for three days. 667 669 674

His growing role in the Three-Phase Lineage leads Ji Jue to rely on him as both engineer and successor. When Ji Jue is incapacitated after the Haizhou Tech Expo, Lou Feng receives instructions to assume responsibility if Ji Jue can no longer continue. 749 963

Seven Cities campaigns

Lou Feng serves as a frontline combatant and logistical specialist during the Seven Cities conflicts. He pilots the Dragon Mountain Armor in combat against Paquiao, the Lord of Scars, and a split-soul incident briefly allows the Lord of Heavenly Slaughter to seize control. 422 425

He later establishes a powerful defensive formation against the Bloodstained Holy Mother, successfully turning her attacks back against her and sealing her in a crystal cage before she assumes a more dangerous form. His performance forces Seven Cities and Five Families observers to reassess his abilities. 705

During the Lou Clan's large-scale operations, he operates the Prosperity's Spirit conversion furnace and uses the family's connected Spirit Essence to supply power to his relatives in the field. 733

Conflict with the Xu Family

After learning of the Xu Family's suspected role in his brother's suffering and its possible ties to the Evil Transformation Cult, Lou Feng commits the Lou Family's resources to Ji Jue's wider campaign. He later publicly confronts Xu Lingwei, forces the Xu Family into a compensation agreement, and gains notoriety for his aggressive conduct. 722 965 967

External Control Module

Lou Feng pushes himself into physical exhaustion while researching split souls and producing the External Control Module. The prototype becomes a key King of Flies development, enabling users to control compatible machinery and exoskeletons through the Spirit of the King of Flies. 842 844 847

The project’s development also prompts a qualitative change in his Spiritual Substance, though Lou Feng remains more concerned with the immense compatibility and data-collection problems needed to make the system viable at scale. 844

Notable Quotes

“A mere Aberration is nothing! Ji Jue, just wait and be jealous! I'm definitely passing this artisan exam!”
— Lou Feng 267

“If you're really a man, why don't you make a move? Xu Lingwei, stop making a fool of yourself.”
— Lou Feng 965

Trivia

• Lou Feng's nickname Lou Da Shao emphasizes his identity as a wealthy Lou Clan young master. 56
• His first major duel with Ji Jue established a rivalry that later became an uneasy but productive professional partnership. 55 57 562
• Ji Jue frequently treats him as indispensable project labor, referring to him internally as an exceptionally capable “beast of burden.” 749
• His campaign against the Xu Family earns him the public title Three-Phase Mad Dog. 967
• He is a heavy smoker, a habit acquired during his Central Earth military service. 6