Ji Jue

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Ji Jue (季觉)
Alias(es)	Mason; Sacrificial Master; New Spring's Moji; King of Seven Cities; West Sea Vortex 639 678 950
Gender	Male 155
Age	21 (by Chapter 358) 358
Affiliation	Tide Sound Workshop; Taiyi Ring Artisan Association; Coast Group / Coast Industry; Excommunication Squad; Seven Cities Council 309 678 710 736
Occupation/Role	Craftsman Master of the Three-Phase Lineage; founder of Coast Group; Seven Cities Council member and Luo Island's owner; Crown Master; Ye Xian's representative in the Hall of Radiance 736 798 950
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 6

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Chosen One	22	Completed the Chosen Ceremony amid Dragon Blood erosion; registered as a Chosen One, awakened under the Fire of Embers, and underwent a Dual Transformation.
Formal Chosen One	32	His machinery-control range extended to instant connections within ten meters without physical contact, at substantially greater Spirit Essence cost.
Second Transformation	253	Obtained Axis of Domination, making himself the core of his controlled domain.
Craftsman	309	Passed the Artisan Examination and received his green gemstone Craftsman badge as Tide Sound Workshop's top apprentice.
Metamorphosis Rank	396	Formed the Embers “three-piece Metamorphosis set,” including Furnace Blood and Unextinguished Tinder.
Rebirth Rank	467	Naturally reached Rebirth Rank after recovering from repeatedly breaking and healing his leg.
Myriad Things Self-Transformation	789	Broke through after repeated failures, gaining the ability to repeatedly remake and elevate himself beyond prior limits.
Master	810	Defeated Filthy Mire in the Riftworld; received a master's badge and recognition as a master of the Association.
Transcendent Rank	869	Advanced to Transcendent Rank; his matrix pointed toward Celestial Origin's Power of Life and Death, Eternal Gate's Anchor, and Ascension's See the End from the Beginning.
Five-Masterwork Assimilation	906	Completed the assimilation of Juque, Zhan Lu, Pan Ying, Red Firmament, and Chun Jun, manifesting the Rebirth Form: Nine Forms at full force.
Crown Master	950	Recognized as the Association's Crown Master and a Craftsman Master of the Three-Phase Lineage.
Fa Shan Mastery	991	Fully stabilized Fa Shan, allowing Non-Aggression's Realm of Encirclement to directly interfere with an opponent's body, soul, Matrix, and Blessings.
Tai'a Crown Activation	1007	Activated the Tai'a Crown during his clash with Ye Xian after coming within one step of her ultimate Scene Tremor.
Mark Destruction	1037	Destroyed the Mark's true form—an invisible crying child that devoured Spiritual Substance—with a single sword slash.
Tai'a Completion	1038	Returned to Ye Xian's workshop and presented his newly completed Tai'a for her inspection.

Background / History

Ji Jue was a mechanical-engineering student at Tianmen University who had taken loans after his parents died early. Before entering the artisan world, he worked at an auto repair shop and had not yet graduated from university. 155 323

After returning home to find it ransacked and discovering an ash-covered corpse in his courtyard, Ji Jue learned to perceive and absorb Spiritual Substance from Lu Ma's wound. 6 During the Mandate of Heaven Summoning, he continued absorbing Dragon Blood despite the risk of total Sin Corruption, completed the Chosen Ceremony, and became a Chosen One aligned with Embers. 22

He revealed his status to Ye Xian and chose to remain with her despite being told that powerful organizations would compete for a Chosen One capable of triggering the Nine Supreme Goodnesses' Advent. Ye Xian accepted him as material worth personally forging and became his teacher. 28

Ji Jue later inherited and developed Tide Sound Workshop's craft, passed the Artisan Examination, and publicly introduced himself as “Ji Jue, a craftsman of Tide Sound Workshop.” 309 He subsequently restarted Coast Automobile Factory, established Coast Industry's foundation, expanded his influence through New Spring, Haizhou, Central Earth, and the Seven Cities, and became a figure major factions could not ignore. 321 842 950

After winning the Blood Feud Trial against the Soekarno Family, Ji Jue acquired Luo Island, replaced the family on the Seven Cities Council, and began purging the island's trafficking and criminal networks. 736 His subsequent control of New Spring and the Seven Cities helped cultivate his Celestial Origin authority and supported his advance to Transcendent Rank. 869

Following his victory over Filthy Mire, Ji Jue became one of the Association's youngest masters and continued to develop his Nine Forms, Realm of Encirclement, and large-scale industrial creations. 810 842 He later survived Meng Fengzuo's curse and used his Realm of Encirclement and Other Hand to turn Kasu's End Life strike against Shalbah. 912

After the Haizhou Tech Expo, Ji Jue left Lou Feng a recorded contingency plan in case he became unable to manage his duties. He then resumed studying Scene Tremor and began considering the Gao Family's Eternal Gate inheritance as a future target. 963

Ji Jue later confronted the Mark's true form, an invisible crying child that consumed Spiritual Substance. After destroying it, he recovered a Jade Horn fragment from the Well and received a Revelation concerning the Ye Clan's massacre and Ye Xian's role in it. 1037 He subsequently returned to Tide Sound Workshop with the completed Tai'a, while continuing to prepare successors for the Three-Phase Lineage. 1038 1063

Personality

Ji Jue is intensely pragmatic: if something works and achieves the objective, he sees little reason for needless decoration or effort. This practicality extends to combat, engineering, negotiation, and political maneuvering. 290

He is loyal to people he accepts as his own. He remained with Ye Xian despite more prestigious alternatives, supports An Ran's right to choose his own life, and remembers the favors and investments of the Tong and Lou families. 28 892 845

His restraint is selective. Ji Jue can be polite, calm, and self-effacing in formal settings, but responds ruthlessly to threats, exploitation, and attempts to control him. He is also prone to treating dangerous people, artifacts, and institutions as “good material and fine jade” to be studied, repurposed, or dismantled. 309 407 710

Ji Jue is willing to show mercy when it serves a lasting relationship. Although he could have crippled Yellow Beard by forcing his Blessings and Matrix further out of control, he ended their duel as a draw rather than create an unnecessary enemy. 940

Despite his ruthless reputation, he takes responsibility for those under his protection. His preparations for Lou Feng to assume Coast Industry's responsibilities and his continued support for An Ran reflect his concern for the people who have placed their trust in him. 878 963

He also takes the continuation of his craft seriously. He expects Yan Fei to act responsibly as a senior apprentice and has made arrangements for the Three-Phase Lineage to survive even if Ji Jue himself dies. 1063

Abilities & Skills

Machinery Control

Ji Jue can communicate with and command machinery through Spirit Essence.

• After becoming a formal Chosen One, he could instantly connect with targets within ten meters without touching them. 32
• The essence of this ability is to imbue objects with his Spirit Essence, temporarily bringing them to life and potentially altering their structure. 32
• He uses this affinity for repair work, weapon construction, workshop control, and combat improvisation.
• His control is energy-intensive and initially depended heavily on external Spirit Essence support. 32

Spirit Essence Manipulation

Ji Jue can perceive, absorb, reinforce, and shape Spiritual Substance and Spirit Essence.

• He first perceived and absorbed Spiritual Substance from Lu Ma's injury. 6
• He can reinforce his body through Spirit Essence, showing exceptional compatibility with Embers. 52
• His body can form extensive Spirit Essence Circuits and Supreme Goodness Emblems to enhance bone, muscle, destructive power, coordination, and sanity. 101
• He can manifest Spirit Essence blades through Chun Jun and combine them with Pan Ying's ferocity. 439

Fluid Alchemy

Ji Jue learned Fluid Alchemy through Mercury's inheritance and Ye Xian's instruction.

• Creates mercury-based constructs, including a mercury truck and armor. 178
• Uses liquid metal for adaptive defense, machinery, and battlefield control.
• His alchemy can significantly improve the rank of weapons and disrupt market prices through mass capability. 678
• He can use Mercury to preserve critically injured allies and sustain their remaining life force during emergencies. 645

Disintegration Art

A core Tide Sound / Ye Clan technique that identifies structural weaknesses, interferes with Spirit Essence Circuits, and destroys a target at its critical point.

• Requires insight, analysis, and comprehension of a creation's structure. 298
• Can sever the connection between a Blessing and a soul. 179
• Was used to defeat powerful creations, destroy incoming attacks, and overwhelm Craftsmen's Cellar despite the latter's Rebirth Form and Realm of Encirclement. 796 802
• It enables exceptionally rapid maintenance, reconstruction, and optimization of alchemical weapons and creations. 634

Non-Aggression and Realm of Encirclement

Ji Jue's Non-Aggression can restructure Spirit Essence, material form, and the relationships between a target's components.

• He can use it to repair and retune weapons, clear reforging channels, and reconstruct physical forms almost instantaneously. 634
• Within his Realm of Encirclement, he can redirect or transfer attacks, as when he shifted Kasu's End Life strike onto Shalbah. 912
• His mature Fa Shan application extends Non-Aggression directly to an opponent's body, soul, Matrix, and Blessings. 991
• His Other Hand can annihilate a target's Rebirth Form and soul after his Realm of Encirclement has created an opening. 912

Scene Tremor

An advanced evolution of Disintegration Art derived from Ye Xian's refinement of opposing matrices.

• Converts otherwise placid Spirit Essence into a violent, blade-like destructive change after impact. 319
• Ji Jue grasped its essence after experiencing it once. 319
• He later used it repeatedly against Fernan after attaining Myriad Things Self-Transformation. 789
• His technique Fa Shan extends this principle to interfere with an opponent's Blessings and Matrix. 940
• Although Ji Jue has reached consummate control of Scene Tremor, he cannot fully replicate Ye Xian's ultimate form because his Nine Forms remain incomplete, particularly due to his lack of Gong Bu. 963 1007

Nine Forms and Rebirth Form

Ji Jue's Rebirth Form allows fluid transitions between flesh and machinery, while the Nine Forms support diverse combat and crafting transformations.

• He can turn his body into a machine, though early use nearly killed him. 102
• His mechanical body can be overloaded for speed and power before he returns to flesh for close combat. 661
• In battle, he uses Nine Forms alongside Pan Ying, Chun Jun, Zhan Lu, and other Spirit Essence manifestations. 639
• His Rebirth Form: Nine Forms allowed him to match multiple reborn heroes in the Realm of Encirclement. 937
• He completed the assimilation of five Masterworks—Juque, Zhan Lu, Pan Ying, Red Firmament, and Chun Jun—before manifesting the full Rebirth Form: Nine Forms in the West Sea conflict. 906
• He has developed a Chengying trial model capable of manipulating perception and trapping an opponent's consciousness within its illusion. 969
• His Tai'a Crown can be activated to enhance him during high-level confrontations. 1007
• His Mo Defense permits precise interference with an attack's trajectory and with Nine Forms weapons such as Yuchang, though it becomes difficult to use against overwhelmingly certain attacks. 1007 1049

Myriad Things Self-Transformation

A breakthrough ability centered on self-remaking through repeated destruction, failure, and reconstruction.

• Achieved after repeatedly testing himself against Fernan. 789
• Raises Ji Jue's ability to adapt, reconstruct, and exceed prior limits under extreme pressure.
• Amplified the controllable upper limit of his Rebirth Form and Pan Ying during later battles. 804
• Its constant replacement and refinement of bodily components has enabled him to create and operate spare Rebirth Form bodies. 918

Devourer of Death

Ji Jue inherited Devourer of Death from Dead Sentry.

• Allows him to absorb souls and life force. 878
• He used the ability to absorb Waste Ruins without allowing its power to go to waste. 878
• Ji Jue considers it of limited direct utility to an Artisan despite its destructive potential. 878

Alchemy and Engineering

Ji Jue is an exceptional artisan-engineer with rapid learning ability.

• Created an Ascension rune on his first attempt and carved a bust from titanium alloy through machinery control. 31
• Designed a lightweight power-assisted prosthetic leg frame for a friend. 102
• Restarted Coast Automobile Factory and developed Coast Industry into a major industrial force. 321 842
• Oversees Juque Engineering, using Little Cow and Horse as the foundation for Prosperity's upgrade. 666
• Developed Mechanical Sea Locusts and the Mechanical God Mandara through his knowledge of Riverform Convergence and Myriad Sources Convergence. 754
• Has sufficient practical and theoretical command of sword forms that few masters can reliably surpass him in the Nine Forms' appraisal and application. 871
• Has begun passing on Three-Phase Refinement through Yan Fei, treating the preservation of the Three-Phase Lineage as a matter requiring formal successors. 1063

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Mercy (Compassion Blade) — A Bone Blade given by Ye Xian; Ji Jue named it for its inability to kill. 178
• Containing Form Mirror — Ye Clan inheritance artifact that recorded the clan's techniques and variations; Ye Xian later erased the Nine Forms from it and altered its interior. 319 1055
• Soul Calling Bell — A bell used to summon and command Sage Remnants, including a remnant recreating Mercury's form and strength. 172
• Pan Ying — The third Elephant Sword Type 9; an extremely vicious weapon integrated into Ji Jue's Nine Forms. 348 439
• Chun Jun Blade — A Spirit Essence blade produced through Unity of Matter and Self. 439
• Juque, Zhan Lu, and Red Firmament — Three of the five Masterworks Ji Jue assimilated into his Rebirth Form: Nine Forms. 906
• Yuchang — A Nine Forms weapon that Ji Jue can reach and influence through Mo Defense during combat. 1007 1049
• Chengying — A trial Nine Forms model capable of creating advanced sensory illusions and trapping consciousness within them. 969
• Tai'a Crown — A crown-form Nine Forms creation that Ji Jue can activate to strengthen himself in battle; he later presented its completed form to Ye Xian. 1007 1038
• Lead Layer — Hidden protective layer worn beneath his shirt to resist Disintegration Art. 318
• Little Cow and Horse — Core alchemical creations and the basis of the Prosperity upgrade under Juque Engineering. 181 666
• Mechanical Sea Locusts — Mutating mechanical constructs used to hunt Sea Locusts, pressure the Curtain, and control the waters around Luo Island. 754
• Gloria — Ye Chun's younger sister; she assists Ji Jue with errands and can retrieve equipment such as his lever-action rifle. 113 1003
• Isis — Tide Sound Workshop's advanced artificial-intelligence workshop spirit, capable of assisting with management, surveillance, and control of Ji Jue's spare Rebirth Form body. 317 918
• Tide Sound Workshop — Ji Jue's workshop and the platform through which he controls advanced alchemical creations. 274

Relationships

• Ye Xian — Teacher, mentor, and the artisan who personally chose to forge him as “Masterwork Material.” Ji Jue remained loyal to her despite outside offers; she later transferred Association authority to him. Their sparring and research into Scene Tremor remain central to his growth. Ji Jue later received a Revelation concerning the Ye Clan massacre and Ye Xian's role in it. 28 798 969 1007 1037
• Lu Ma — A maternal figure who considers Ji Jue part of her family. His ability first surfaced while examining Spiritual Substance in her wound. 6
• Lu Feng — Brotherly companion and collaborator; Ji Jue calls on him for work and equipment upgrades. 6 181
• Wen Wen — Early ally and police officer; she warned him about Sin Corruption during his Chosen Ceremony. 22 28
• Ye Chun — Ye Xian's niece and Ji Jue's senior associate. She helped him obtain compensation after an earlier accident, continues to keep him in line, and can compel his assistance by threatening to report his conduct to Ye Xian. 1003
• Isis — Ji Jue's Workshop Spirit and advanced AI assistant. She closely observes him, supports Coast's expansion, and can operate his Rebirth Form with a degree of control exceeding his own. 317 666 918
• Chen Yu Bo — Ji Jue saved him from an assassination attempt and later agreed to repair his car. 113
• Chen Xingzhou — Wild Bazaar leader, early ally, and Chen Yu Bo's elder brother. His family owed Ji Jue for saving Chen Yu Bo, and the two exchanged intelligence and strategic advice before their later confrontation ended with Ji Jue's victory. 113 851 875 929
• Tong Shan — Trusted associate who recruited Ji Jue for the Quancheng mission and later reunited with him in Tower City. 195 570
• Lü Yingyue — Political ally and senior mentor who entrusted him with Coast Automobile Factory and later supported New Spring's development plans. 321 848
• Yellow Beard — Northern Frontier ally, rival, and fellow artisan; exchanged the Hero King's relic and Rune Formula with Ji Jue, then dueled him repeatedly. Ji Jue ultimately spared him from the potentially crippling consequences of Fa Shan. 812 935 940
• An Ran — Friend and junior whom Ji Jue teaches and protects; Ji Jue openly challenged An Family convention to remove the nail from An Ran's leg. 890 892
• An Ning — An Ran's elder sister and Ji Jue's recurring companion in dangerous operations. She trusts him with her brother's safety and frequently teases him about their relationship. 356 612
• Lou Feng — Artisan rival and eventual partner; the two established a five-year agreement to act together within the Association. Lou Feng was entrusted with Ji Jue's contingency instructions should Ji Jue become unable to continue his work. 562 963
• Yan Fei and Yan Chang — Subordinates and students to whom Ji Jue gifted the Matrices Red Anvil and Wuming. Yan Fei is also entrusted with teaching foundational Three-Phase Refinement to a prospective inheritor. 616 1063

Story Role / Major Arcs

Awakening and Apprenticeship

• Discovers Spiritual Substance after the attack on Lu Ma and her family. 6
• Becomes a Chosen One through the Mandate of Heaven Summoning. 22
• Joins Ye Xian and Tide Sound Workshop as her apprentice. 28
• Develops foundational Spirit Essence combat, alchemy, and engineering skills. 31 52 99

Artisan Ascension

• Gains Fluid Alchemy, develops mechanical-body techniques, and receives the Deputy Director role at Coast Automobile Factory. 99 102 181
• Establishes dominance among Taiyi Ring apprentices and gains the Containing Form Mirror. 187 319
• Passes the Artisan Examination and becomes a Craftsman of Tide Sound Workshop. 309

Coast Industry and Haizhou

• Accepts responsibility for restarting Coast Automobile Factory within three months. 321
• Builds Coast Industry and New Spring through industrial development, alchemical production, and political alliances. 323 387 842
• Forges Pan Ying and uses it against forces sent by four military-industrial conglomerates. 348
• Expands his authority across Haizhou and the Seven Cities. 710 869

Seven Cities and Luo Island

• Wins the Blood Feud Trial against the Soekarno Family and receives Luo Island as the price of Saino's surrender. 736
• Takes the Soekarno Family's place on the Seven Cities Council and orders a purge of Luo Island's human-trafficking and criminal operations. 736
• Uses work-relief meal vouchers rather than direct food aid during the Seven Cities famine, consolidating Luo Island's labor and supply systems. 748
• Deploys Mechanical Sea Locusts and fleet movements to manage the Sea Locust crisis and respond to the Tower Usurper's invasion through Luo Island's ley lines. 754
• Cultivates his Celestial Origin authority through direct administration of New Spring and the Seven Cities. 869

Association, Deepdark, and Seven Cities

• Achieves Myriad Things Self-Transformation through repeated clashes with Fernan. 789
• Becomes Ye Xian's representative in the Hall of Radiance. 798
• Defeats Deepdark artisans and Filthy Mire, earning recognition as a master. 802 810
• Helps expose the Pillar of Great Evil's transformation by winning ten Riftworld duels and repeatedly triggering the effects of Good and Evil Transformation. 813
• Accepts an Association mission to infiltrate Deepdark and assassinate Bei Gong. 812

West Sea and Crown Master

• Inherits Devourer of Death, absorbs Waste Ruins, and displays the remains of Dead Sentry and Waste Ruins as a warning to East City. 878
• Survives Meng Fengzuo's curse, then turns Kasu's End Life strike upon Shalbah and destroys Shalbah's Rebirth Form and soul. 909 912
• Entrusts a Rebirth Form body to Isis while personally operating on two fronts during the West Sea conflict. 918
• Establishes himself as a Crown Master whose influence, industry, and martial strength make him impossible for major factions to disregard. 842 950

Northern Frontier

• Travels to the Northern Frontier with Coast Industry's transport fleet and receives Yellow Beard's Dragon Bone Fleet. 929
• Duels Yellow Beard at North Wind Workshop, facing rune storms, the Fireworks Cauldron, and reborn heroes. 935 937
• Develops Fa Shan, using it to interfere with Yellow Beard's Blessings and Matrix before departing on a draw. 940

Scene Tremor Studies

• Leaves Lou Feng instructions to assume his responsibilities if Ji Jue can no longer do so, then resumes his study of Scene Tremor's ultimate state. 963
• Seeks Ye Xian's guidance concerning Scene Tremor and the Nine Forms; she judges his Chengying trial model “not bad.” 969
• Fully stabilizes Fa Shan as a reliable application of Non-Aggression's Realm of Encirclement. 991
• Battles Ye Xian and activates Tai'a Crown, but remains one Nine Forms step short of matching her ultimate Scene Tremor because he lacks Gong Bu. 1007

Mark and Ye Clan Revelation

• Discovers that the Mark is an invisible crying child that devours Spiritual Substance and destroys it with a single sword slash. 1037
• Recovers a Jade Horn fragment from the Well after the Mark's destruction. 1037
• Receives a Revelation depicting the Ye Clan massacre and Ye Xian's role within it. 1037
• Returns to Ye Xian with the completed Tai'a for inspection. 1038
• Begins preparing the Three-Phase Lineage's future by directing Yan Fei to teach its foundations to a potential successor. 1063

Notable Quotes

“Hello, everyone. I'm Ji Jue.” 309

“I'm Ji Jue, a craftsman of Tide Sound Workshop.” 309

“Because he is my friend, and I want to be his good friend too.” 892

“What else could an Artisan want? Good material and fine jade, of course.” 710