Gao Linzhi

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Gao Linzhi (高凛志) 3
Alias(es)	Can Xue / Can Xue Waves Across the Map; Full Health Plays Erhu; Wuming; Xinteng 100 147 161 205 218
Species/Race	Human; Skyfall Game player with a non-digitized main body 3 158 304 309
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Four Village Trading Company; formerly/nominally Great Elder of Wolf Snake Island; Daoist Academy student and collaborator; Rebel Army faction participant 59 94 217 221 271
Occupation/Role	Player, territorial ruler, resource organizer, cultivator, and later creator of God's Domain 104 246 349 419
Status	Active; continues observing Zhang Mingzhen and evaluating his usefulness in investigating the system 419 511
First Appearance	Chapter 3 3

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Game character creation	3	Enters Skyfall in Game Character Mode while keeping his real body unchanged.
Purple Talent: Absolute Dodge	5	Obtained through a 2,000-gold top-up alongside Skyfall Stones and Noble Privilege.
Basic-skill foundation	17	Learns Secret Scouting Technique, Basic Lightness Skill, Basic Parrying, and Basic Fists and Feet; his rapid comprehension lets him grasp techniques that normally require prolonged training.
Basic Lightness Skill mastered	26	Quickly masters the skill, impressing the Fourth Elder and establishing his skill-stacking development path.
Constitution reaches 11	32	Experiences a noticeable increase in physical power while training and farming experience.
Basic Movement Technique; expanded skill capacity	33 34	Opens another skill slot with Skyfall Stones and learns Basic Movement Technique, followed by Basic Dodge, Medical Skills, Perception, Stealth, and Defense.
All then-known Basic Skills reach Level 100	40	Maxes his existing basic skills while offline, spending 53,000 experience points; his available skill capacity reaches 13 slots.
35-skill limit reached	48	Maxes basic elemental magic and learns all available basic physical skills in the shop while deliberately remaining Level 1.
Constitution: 225; Spirit: 107	49	Defeats the Stingfish King without taking damage; bonuses bring his combat Constitution to 234.
Noble Privilege Level 9	56	Recharges 100 kilograms of gold obtained from Xu Qi, gaining 1,000,000 Skyfall Stones.
Constitution: 245; Spirit: 127	64	Maxes Intermediate Fire Element Skill and Intermediate Fireball Technique, adding 20 Spirit.
Constitution: 5 + 280	66	Learns and maxes Intermediate Eagle Eye, Intermediate Movement Technique, Intermediate Dodge, and related skills.
Constitution: 5 + 400; Spirit: 7 + 170	79	Maxes Basic Resistance and Basic Clarity, two unrestricted magic skills.
Spirit: 7 + 290; 58 skills; skill cap 70	94	Learns and maxes 12 basic magic skills while maintaining a level-locked build.
+170 Constitution from advanced physical skills	105	Learns advanced Riding, Lockpicking, Lightness, Parry, Movement, Traps, and Swordsmanship skills.
Constitution: 5 + 740	117	Advances the Invisibility, Burrowing, and Camouflage skill lines through Advanced, bringing his base Constitution to 745.
Constitution: 795	120	His unmodified physical body reaches a level capable of producing sonic booms with a clenched fist.
Constitution: 5 + 1132; Spirit: 7 + 580	166	Prepares to absorb the Gold Tier Talent Stone after removing its usage restrictions; has 96 learned skills and a 100-slot cap.
Gold-tier Talent: Blood Siphon	167	Advances 20 basic physical skills to intermediate level for another 200 Constitution, then endures nine days of pain to absorb a Gold Quality Talent Stone.
+1,000 temporary Constitution	168	Spends one ton of gold on a Noble 20+ promotion granting one temporary Constitution point per kilogram for 48 hours; his Constitution Championship score rises from 542,000 to 1,542,000.
Constitution above 1,000; elite-combat limitation exposed	187	Still cannot perceive the movements of a top-tier Heavenly Assassin, revealing the gap between his stat growth and elite combat techniques.
Academy-assisted skill breakthroughs	223	After a month of specialized instruction, 25 physical skills advance for +250 Constitution and 15 magic skills advance for +150 Spirit; academy knowledge substitutes for higher-tier Skill Stones.
Beginner Longevity Technique integration	246	Begins learning the Petrification Method; the Game System integrates his longevity-related skills toward a breakthrough to 2,000 Constitution and Spirit, completed upon full mastery.
Longevity Technique fully mastered; Constitution and Spirit: 2,000 each	270	Receives confirmation of full mastery after a week spent deciphering a shared-sense formation; the new values overwrite his previous attributes, while saved Free Attribute Points remain intact.
Petrification demonstrated against operators	307	Defeats three game operators, destroys their weapons with his gaze, and turns them to stone despite their threats of account bans.
Main-body cultivation begins	309	Starts independently studying advanced Skyfall World techniques and sensing Mysterious Energy rather than relying solely on game-assisted mastery.
Main-body cultivation shows progress on Blue Star	320	The arrival of anomalies brings mysterious powers into the real world, supporting his cultivation alongside the Game System's prior reinforcement of his body.
Origin Energy wielder	334	Gains access to sapphire Origin Energy capable of creating and transforming things within limited range and cooldown constraints.
God's Domain code access and event editing	348 349	Uses accessible code to investigate the world's secrets and edits game details and quests to produce emotional fluctuations among players.
Grants reality-only talents	382	Supports selected players with unique talents, including War Sky's Invincible Shield and Qin Xiao Youhui's Frosty Sword.
Authority to cancel a selected player's talent	491	Recognizes that canceling Zhang Mingzhen's talent would cause his death during a dangerous battle, but preserves him because of his progress in investigating the system.

Background & History

Gao Linzhi entered the Skyfall Game through a customized game character while concealing his real body. His first encounter with Liang Clan cavalry taught him that being identified in-game could expose his real-world location, prompting him to exit before capture. He soon discovered that real-world gold could be converted into in-game currency and used the resulting advantages to obtain equipment, Noble Privilege, Absolute Dodge, and the Corpse Vine pet. 3 4 5

His early survival relied on caution, wilderness preparation, and rapidly acquired skills. After Chen Xing and Wang Cong attempted to extort him, Gao lured them into a Corpse Vine ambush and killed them, then remained in the mountains to avoid pursuit. Under the Fourth Elder and Zheng Dong, he learned foundational martial skills, obtained experience-farming opportunities, and began systematically maximizing any skill that could raise his attributes. 15 17 19 31 34

An early encounter with Zheng Shan further exposed the dangers of trusting apparent allies. Gao detected Zheng Shan's hostility through the minimap and overheard a scheme involving Little Cat Fishing and the Tianxia Guild to frame Xu Corporation for hunting players and drive Rogue Players into the guild. Little Cat Fishing subsequently killed Zheng Shan to conceal the plot. 29

Gao deliberately maintained a low character level while using wealth, Skill Stones, Talent Stones, and purchased skill slots to accumulate unusually high Constitution and Spirit. This strategy required an extensive supply network, which pushed him from lone survivor to organizer. After becoming Great Elder, he established influence over the Four Village Trading Company, protected trade, directed puppet guards, and oversaw a more prosperous and orderly village system. 48 59 94 104 131

His territorial administration also included information and offline security measures. He ordered the establishment of the East Wolf Village Daily, employing Rogue Players to report local and real-world news. In Xu City and Liang City, the Rogue Players Security Association communicated rules against harming others and disrupting order, while offering threatened players a place to seek help. His growing power also pressured corporations to relax their pursuit of Rogue Players. 56 127 130

To acquire a Gold Quality Talent Stone, Gao supported Xu Gou's recruitment of 100 seriously ill elites seeking another chance at life through the game. He required voluntary participation, appraised the recruits, and guarded against betrayal. Shang Que's eventual attempt to seize the stone ended with Gao converting him and two hostile Sky Wolf Dynasty players into puppets. 130 131 132 133 139

Following his escape from Ouyang Jing's high-tower laboratory, Gao seized its equipment and ordered Xu Gou to construct an underground laboratory with a moral boundary. He later entered the Daoist Academy, traded immense supplies for access to advanced knowledge, and began pursuing genuine longevity techniques under the Headmaster's instruction. 147 148 218 221 246

During the Constitution Championship, Gao absorbed Blood Siphon despite its removed usage restrictions and compensated players whose shops had been affected, helping rebuild their businesses. He then trained the talent by hunting swordfish and used a temporary-attribute promotion to establish a commanding ranking lead. Although major families lifted restrictions against Wolf Snake Island and the Four Village Trading Company, Gao remained suspicious of their apparent compromise. 167 168

When the alliance feature introduced recurring revival opportunities, Gao and his associates established three alliances: Flowing Cloud Pavilion, Flowing Cloud Tower, and Flowing Cloud Platform. He delegated organizational work while seeking the Daoist Academy's magic system, regarding the academy as a more accessible and less dangerous source of knowledge than the Imperial Observatory. 217

His collaboration with the academy drew him further into conflict with the Imperial Court. He supplied materials for operations intended to lure and control anomalies, survived assassination attempts through repeated resurrection, and later joined the Rebel Army faction. He also eliminated oppressive tax collectors across multiple islands and rescued Lin Cangming from Zheng Yuanheng's forces, destroying the court's warships and confronting its claims to legitimacy. 225 226 227 271 294 298

After discovering that his non-digitized main body could independently cultivate, Gao shifted focus toward mastering Skyfall World's advanced techniques without relying entirely on the Game System. He eventually gained control of Origin Energy and used it to shape the later game world of God's Domain, where he covertly observes and assists selected players such as Zhang Mingzhen. 304 309 334 419

His investigation of the game operators established that they were advanced puppets of the core system, bound by contracts that prevented full disclosure. Their threats to ban his account did not intimidate him; he later confirmed that operators could suggest changes, organize promotional events, and add content, but could not interfere with his core-system access or ban his account. Meanwhile, he continued cultivating his main body in a concealed underground residence. 307 309 320

As God's Domain's creator, Gao began using code access and deliberately arranged emotional highs and lows among players to investigate deeper secrets. He observed political responses to extraordinary powers on Earth, noting similarities to Blue Star's established elites, and selectively granted reality-only talents to promising players. He continued withholding knowledge beyond the game from Zhang Mingzhen despite providing him with advantages. 334 348 375 382 403

Zhang Mingzhen's increasing ruthlessness eventually made Gao question whether he should remain a principal pawn. Gao declined to cancel his talent during a potentially fatal battle because Zhang had progressed furthest in investigating the system. Later, he considered replacing the person behind Zhang's established public identity while retaining its useful reputation. After Zhang cleared the unique Legend-difficulty Sword Cavern, Gao continued watching his moral deterioration and regarded his determination to uncover the system's secrets as useful. 491 496 511

Appearance

Gao Linzhi's game avatar has no fixed public presentation: he frequently uses disguise arts, stealth, substitute bodies, and alternate accounts. His primary game face was personally customized, and spectators describe it as exceptionally handsome. 3 161 189 233

• Appears in white robes while confronting the Imperial Court at sea, walking through the air with visible pressure rings beneath his feet. 298
• During the rescue of Lin Cangming, appears barefoot but unstained, maintaining a smooth, blood-free area around himself despite the surrounding violence. 298
• Uses disguise materials, Bone Shrinking Skill, and Dehydration Skill to alter skin color, facial spacing, height, and weight. 30
• Maintains separate identities through alternate accounts, including Full Health Plays Erhu. 161

Personality

Gao is intensely cautious and distrustful, particularly where his main body, identity, and long-term freedom are concerned. He relies on game characters, substitute bodies, hidden locations, pets, and resurrection mechanisms rather than accepting avoidable risk. He assumes that allies, corporations, families, and organizations will eventually act according to their own interests. 67 117 147 224

He is ruthless toward betrayal and coercion. Gao converts traitors and hostile enemies into puppets when they remain useful, viewing execution as wasteful when a defeated opponent can still create value. At the same time, he states that he will not kill innocents and repeatedly insists that participants in dangerous projects must act voluntarily. 59 135 139 130 131

His central ambition is longevity, freedom, and the continued development of human creativity. Gao rejects systems that reduce people to obedient tools, believing that independent thought, experimentation, and broad participation are necessary to discover a true path to immortality. 125 131 133

His dedication to immortality also makes conventional inducements ineffective. The Island No. 8 veterans' attempt to entice him through Qin Qin fails because wealth, beauty, marriage, and political influence hold little appeal compared with immortality and understanding the universe. He interprets the aristocratic families' willingness to compromise as a possible prelude to another attempt at control rather than proof of friendship. 168

Gao favors equivalent exchange and tangible compensation over empty promises. He rewards associates for dangerous work, gives Dragon Fruit a Revival Stone before a risky investigation, and compensates affected shopkeepers after the Blood Siphon incident. He also distinguishes an ordinary change of employer from betrayal: the prospectors' theft of gold, rather than merely their departure, prompts his retaliation. 120 135 167 206

He admires genuine courage without claiming to possess the same indifference to death. Lin Cangming's refusal to betray villagers even at the risk of permanent sealing earns his unusual respect; Gao acknowledges that he would instead prioritize survival and seek revenge afterward. His willingness to endure pain or repeated game-character death therefore does not erase his fear of losing his main body. 147 298

His principles do not make him an indiscriminate rescuer. While pursuing Black Madman's true form, he permits Li Si's death rather than intervene before confirming his target, reasoning that he is neither a saint nor a universal savior. His attitude also reflects his sense of detachment as a transmigrator without a strong feeling of belonging to either world. 275 305

In his later role as God's Domain's creator, Gao's support for creativity coexists with increasingly restrictive control over others' advancement. He intentionally prevents Zhang Mingzhen from learning beyond the game, manipulates game experiences for investigative purposes, and evaluates players as pawns. He nevertheless continues to describe equivalent exchange and not killing innocents as his boundaries. 334 348 349 491

Gao recognizes how overwhelming power can foster selfishness and habitual disregard for the weak. He criticizes Zhang Mingzhen's growing ruthlessness, yet continues using him because his curiosity and progress may expose larger secrets. His consideration of retaining Zhang's reputation while replacing the person behind it illustrates the instrumental nature of this later relationship. 491 496 511

Abilities & Skills

Game System Exploitation

Gao's defining advantage is his ability to turn real-world resources into in-game growth and to exploit the Game System's rules more efficiently than ordinary players.

• Converts real-world gold into in-game gold for top-ups and purchases. 5
• Uses level-locking to keep experience costs low while accumulating skills, attributes, Talent Stones, and Skill Stones. 48 131
• Purchases additional skill slots and learns broad physical and magical skill sets rather than specializing early. 112
• Uses Noble Privilege, including a wide minimap that can track pet locations. 5 67
• Gains access to a Noble 20+ promotion exchanging one kilogram of gold for one temporary Constitution point lasting 48 hours; spends one ton for a 1,000-point increase. 168
• Uses automated monster farming to train Blood Siphon through sustained hunting rather than relying only on bosses. 168
• Recognizes that the true game data consists of the status panel's attributes, talents, skills, and items, while many quests, events, and merchant presentations are additions constructed through illusions by operators or native organizations. 158
• Distinguishes the core system from its operators, whose authority does not extend to banning his account. 320

Skill Mastery and Attribute Stacking

Gao has learned most general-purpose market skills, with many advanced skills and several Expert-level techniques.

• His known collection includes dozens of physical and magic skills, ranging from Lightness, Parry, and Defense to elemental magic, Curse Techniques, and Divination. 112 120
• He prioritizes permanently increasing Constitution and Spirit through fully leveling skills. 35 105 158
• His skill selection was initially unfocused, but the sheer number of maxed skills gives him extreme baseline attributes. 112
• Noble 25's proxy privilege can temporarily make his combat movements and spellcasting operate with highly advanced tactical precision. 193
• Has 96 learned skills and a 100-slot cap before absorbing Blood Siphon; the limited supply of new physical skills increasingly pushes him toward upgrading existing techniques. 166
• Can advance skills through instruction rather than Skill Stones alone. A month of academy study advances 25 physical skills and 15 magic skills, granting 250 Constitution and 150 Spirit. 223
• Uses Expert Level Formation knowledge to decipher a shared-sense formation over a week. 270

Combat and Resurrection

Gao combines overwhelming physical attributes with mobility, elemental attacks, talismans, and repeated resurrection.

• At Constitution 795, his bare-handed movements create sonic booms and his physical strength is sufficient to overwhelm village formations. 119 120
• At double-2,000 Constitution and Spirit after fully mastering his Longevity Technique, he can fight at a level comparable to a martial grandmaster. 246 270 298
• Uses elemental spells, air cannons, Curse Techniques, Jade Talismans, and direct physical force in combat. 119 238 274
• Exploits Revival Stones and the Dice of Fairness to outlast opponents whose raw skill or speed exceeds his own. 227 238
• His resurrection tactics apply to his game-character state; preserving his real main body remains his overriding priority. 147 148
• Breaks the Five Village Formation by disrupting its underground earth veins rather than relying only on direct attacks. 119
• Remains unaffected by the Dice of Fairness' side effects because of his high mental attributes and the Heaven's Heart Stone. 228
• Destroys the weapons of three operators with his gaze and petrifies them. 307
• Recognizes that supernatural combat requires reaction speed, mobility, evasion, and defense sufficient to keep pace with an opponent; possession of powerful techniques alone is inadequate. 118

Stealth, Disguise, and Substitute Bodies

Gao specializes in concealing his identity and avoiding direct threats to his main body.

• Uses Disguise Art alongside Bone Shrinking and Dehydration techniques for comprehensive physical alteration. 30
• Maintains Basic through Advanced Camouflage and related stealth skills. 117
• Learns the Invisibility and Burrowing skill lines through Advanced as part of his concealment system. 117
• Tian Qing's instruction advances his Stealth skill to Expert Level. 190
• Uses substitute puppets and alternate characters to gather intelligence, travel, fight, and absorb risk. 117 161 189
• Observes a remote location through a puppet's spiritual connection combined with the Inspiration spell. 240
• Continues sending doubles to meetings and refusing invitations intended to expose his main body, frustrating Federation attempts to lure him out. 378

Talents

Absolute Dodge

A Purple Talent obtained through top-up rewards.

• Activates alongside Basic Dodge to evade sudden attacks. 5 74
• Helped Gao avoid Yang Qingfeng's ambush despite the attack coming from behind. 74

Blood Siphon

A Gold Quality Talent absorbed after a prolonged and painful nine-day process.

• Greatly improves sustained combat potential by allowing its user to grow stronger through battle. 167
• Its acquisition required a rare Gold Quality Talent Stone and extensive preparations to remove restrictions safely. 166 167
• The stone initially required Level 99 and the God of Berserkers class; its described potential included absorbing an opponent's HP and possibly lifespan. 139
• Hai Zida's restriction-removing Jade Talisman enables Gao to attempt absorption despite his Level 1 build. Gao relies on his game-character advantages to withstand a process he believes his real body could not endure. 166 167
• Trains the talent by hunting swordfish for two weeks using automatic monster farming. 168

Puppetry and Controlled Assets

Gao uses Puppet Talismans and captured enemies as a workforce, intelligence network, and enforcement force.

• Converts hostile people into puppets rather than killing them when they can perform useful labor. 135 139
• Uses puppet guards to resolve disputes and maintain order within his territory. 104
• Purple-tier Puppet Talismans cannot control sufficiently powerful targets, as demonstrated by Dragon Fruit. 90
• Directed puppets to prospect for gold, punish betrayal, and target hostile corporate leadership. 94 135
• Checks control results through minimap markers; controlled targets become yellow dots rather than remaining threats. 91
• Creates a personality from an anomaly's gas to control it, ending the iron-absorption threat to the Long Family. 207

Appraisal, Divination, and Perception

Gao gathers information through direct inspection rather than trusting appearances.

• Uses Person Appraisal Technique to identify a target's attributes, talent, personality, and weaknesses. 132 133
• Combines Divination-type skills with his increased Spirit attribute to broaden his intelligence-gathering options. 120
• Resists Master-level illusions and Spirit damage. 163
• Uses pet-linked minimap tracking and enhanced senses to locate hidden enemies and monitor threats. 67 135
• Detects hostility through the minimap before a target openly attacks, as shown by his surveillance of Zheng Shan. 29
• Sees through Chu Lianxing's layered presentation, identifying both her youthful true appearance and her age of 1,800 years. 221
• Uses Heavenly Clear Talismans to remove negative curses from Qingcheng*Bored and Xu Gou, while recognizing that the anomaly had amplified existing disagreements rather than created them from nothing. 224 225

Longevity Cultivation and Origin Energy

Gao's long-term objective is to make his own main body independent of the Game System.

• Learns the Petrification Method's first stage, Heart Transforms into Stone, to stabilize emotions for longevity. 246
• Fully masters the integrated Longevity Technique, reaching 2,000 Constitution and Spirit while retaining saved Free Attribute Points. 270
• Recognizes that his non-digitized body can cultivate genuine Skyfall techniques and potentially transcend the mortal realm independently of ordinary players' digitized development. 304
• Begins studying advanced cultivation techniques such as the Indestructible Diamond Technique through genuine understanding rather than automated skill acquisition. 309
• Perceives Mysterious Energy as discontinuous, probabilistic manifestations resembling electron clouds rather than conventional energy flowing through meridians. Strong Spirit and a suitable mental framework allow a cultivator to influence where it appears. 309
• Understands that concentrating Mysterious Energy on the skin can enhance defense, while concentrating it on a fist can strengthen attacks. His prior study of quantum mechanics provides a conceptual basis for interpreting it. 309
• Benefits from mysterious powers appearing on Blue Star as anomalies invade, allowing his real-body cultivation to show progress. 320
• Communicates with and controls a sapphire Origin Energy that can create and transform objects within its cooldown and range limits. 334

God's Domain Creation and Player Manipulation

As the creator of God's Domain, Gao can influence player opportunities and use the game as an investigative instrument.

• Grants selected players advantages while controlling their access to knowledge beyond the game. Zhang Mingzhen is a principal beneficiary and subject of observation. 334 419
• Uses code opened to him after reaching a sufficient stage in Skyfall to investigate the world's secrets. 348
• Edits game details and constructs experiences intended to provoke intense emotional highs and lows among players. 348
• Creates a small quest for Utterly Empty after the player's name reminds him of his former rival Empty 2086, while maintaining that he does not toy with innocent people. 349
• Grants Invincible Shield to War Sky: a reality-only talent that activates automatically in danger for up to ten minutes per day, permitting escape but not attacks or harm to others. 382
• Grants Frosty Sword to Qin Xiao Youhui: a reality-effective talent that adds an extreme freezing effect to bladed cold weapons. 382
• Can cancel Zhang Mingzhen's talent, but refrains during a dangerous encounter because Zhang remains his most advanced pawn in exploring the system's secrets. 491
• Considers replacing the person behind Zhang Mingzhen's established identity while preserving the reputation attached to it; this remains a contemplated course rather than a completed replacement. 496
• Continues assessing Zhang's curiosity about the system as potentially useful despite his growing selfishness and ruthlessness. 511

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Corpse Vine — Pet purchased early in his game career; refined ten thousand times to enhance intelligence, affection, attributes, and camouflage. 5 67
• Revival Stones / Resurrection Pearls — Core survival resources used for repeated resurrection, escape, and tactical repositioning. 90 227 238
• Substitute Puppet — A disposable proxy body used to shield his main body from danger and transport concealed supplies. 117 242
• Puppet Talismans — Purple-tier control tools used to turn defeated enemies into laborers and operatives. 90 135
• Wolf Head Staff +11 — Green-tier, no-level-requirement staff enhanced with 100,000 Skyfall Stones; grants Spirit +2 and slightly improves spellcasting. 114
• Dice of Fairness — Forces Gao and a target into a lethal dice game, allowing his repeated resurrections to compensate for a severe combat gap. 227
• Game Backpack — Stores massive quantities of materials, equipment, and supplies for trade, sacrifice setups, and large-scale operations. 221 226
• Jade Talismans and Curse Techniques — Used to defend Wolf Snake Island against Imperial Court experts. 238
• Restriction-removing Jade Talisman — Provided by Hai Zida; expands Gao's ability to use restricted items and helps enable his Gold Talent Stone absorption attempt. 166 167
• Skill Enhancement Stone and Talent Enhancement Stone — Rewards from the Long Family for controlling the anomaly threatening its iron resources. 207
• Heaven's Heart Stone — Together with Gao's high mental attributes, protects him from the Dice of Fairness' side effects. 228
• Heavenly Clear Talismans — Remove negative curses, including those affecting Qingcheng*Bored and Xu Gou during their faction dispute. 225
• Intent Enhancement Talismans — Event-store items that strengthen combat intents; Gao sells Li Gun 20 Staff Intent enhancement talismans for use against Imperial Court forces. 302 309

Relationships

• Fourth Elder — Early mentor who teaches Gao foundational skills, Disguise Art, and provides access to monster-killing experience; Gao later states that he killed the Fourth Elder during his rise to power. 17 30 59
• Zheng Dong — Guard captain and instructor who trains Gao in Basic Spear Technique, basic skills, and monster farming at Green Flood Dragon Beach. 31 32 34
• Lin Qing — Former colleague and fellow Descender. She recognizes Gao's unusual talent early, while Gao remains guarded and declines to teach her directly. Gao's removal of major Liang and Xu Clan obstacles later allows her to develop safely; he neither covets her revival talent nor deliberately suppresses her. 17 26 205
• Xu Gou — Former Xu Clan substitute renamed and made Gao's subordinate; becomes his messenger, organizer, laboratory builder, and manager of elite recruits. Gao accepts the shift from being called “Master” to “Boss,” preferring useful initiative over mindless servility. 59 126 131 148
• Qingcheng*Bored / Wu Liao / Wuliao — Adviser and procurement specialist who supplies Skill Books, proposes efficient level-locking strategies, and helps expand the Four Village Trading Company. Also relays intelligence and manages resources during the Constitution Championship. 93 105 112 168
• Puppet Best — Puppet researcher and company associate whom Gao encourages to develop puppet technology. Her ability to produce Blue- and Purple-tier puppets gives her strategic importance within the company's infrastructure. 93 108 120
• Dragon Fruit — Diviner and associate who provides historical and divination insight; Gao supports her research and safety. Their cooperation includes gold prospecting and anomaly investigations, with Gao providing a Revival Stone before dangerous work. 121 135 206
• Headmaster Chu Lianxing — Daoist Academy headmaster and Longevity Being who teaches Gao advanced techniques, including the Petrification Method, while using him to counterbalance the Sky Wolf Dynasty. Gao regards their cooperation as a potentially stable alliance but remains alert to her ulterior motives and desire to limit the number of Longevity Beings. 221 246 271
• Tian Qing — Heavenly Assassin who attacks Gao, then grants him access to the organization and teaches him advanced Stealth insights after Gao exploits his idealism. 190
• Zhang Mingzhen — A later God's Domain player whom Gao secretly observes and assists with advantages while deliberately restricting access to knowledge beyond the game. Gao preserves him for his progress in investigating the system, but considers replacing the person behind his useful reputation as his conduct deteriorates. Zhang's continued determination to uncover the system's secrets keeps him valuable despite Gao's criticism. 334 419 491 496 511
• Jiangnan1912 — Associate who becomes more committed to Gao after witnessing his strength against the Anomaly Bandit BOSS. Later serves as an undercover informant in the Official Built-in Group, reporting competitors' plans through Wuliao. 87 168
• Shang Que — Recruited elite with a Gold Tier talent who attempts to negotiate his way out of dangerous obligations, then tries to seize the Gold Quality Talent Stone. Gao captures him and converts him into a puppet. 132 139
• Ouyang Jing — Laboratory controller who attempts to capture and study Gao. He condemns her treatment of experimental subjects, escapes her containment through resurrection tactics, and takes laboratory equipment. 145 147
• Hai Zida — Genius scholar recruited through Xu Gou's company and brought safely into the game. His restriction-removing Jade Talisman and absorption instructions assist Gao's acquisition of Blood Siphon. 152 166 167
• Long Hezai and the Long Family — Reward Gao with enhancement stones after he controls an anomaly that has been absorbing their iron. The family seeks a favorable relationship with him as it adapts to the extraordinary era. 207
• Miss Cheng — Daoist Academy representative who accepts Gao into the academy under the name Wuming and later participates in anomaly-luring operations with him. 217 218 225
• Empty 2086 — Recurring ranking rival. Despite competition and mutual tensions, he cooperates with Gao during the operation against the Giant Admiral. Gao later remembers him when encountering the similarly named Utterly Empty in God's Domain. 168 274 349
• Lin Cangming — Player and defender of villagers whom Gao rescues from the Imperial Court. His willingness to risk permanent loss rather than betray others earns Gao's rare admiration. Gao presents the rescue as repayment for Lin having saved a girl connected to him. 298
• Li Gun — Player with a trading talent whom Gao considers useful and maintains as a business contact. Gao sells him Staff Intent enhancement talismans and receives information about the Imperial Court's forces. 309
• Federation and aristocratic families — Repeated adversaries and would-be partners who seek to suppress, recruit, or bind Gao. He rejects Federation recruitment and remains suspicious of compromise; their inability to locate his main body eventually pushes them toward targeting his forces. 137 168 207 246 378
• War Sky and Qin Xiao Youhui — Selected God's Domain players whom Gao supports with unique reality-only talents after observing them. 382

Notable Quotes

“Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.” 131

“The greatest benefit for humanity is longevity.” 131

“I have traveled three thousand li to kill you bandits.” 298

“This is a world of the Mystic System and Chaos System. If you go out without using a surrogate, aren't you just courting death?” 189

“The virtuous are the 'Imperial Army,' those who win the hearts of the people are the 'Imperial Army.' Only those who act as masters for the people can be called the 'Imperial Army.' Welcoming the 'Imperial Army' does not mean welcoming bandits!” 298

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