Zhou Yuanchen

Biodata

Name	Zhou Yuanchen (周元辰)
Alias(es)	Old Zhou
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Central City Education Department; formerly registered at Qiguang Hengda University
Occupation/Role	Education Department supernova and senior operative; Martial Artist
Status	Active 301 302
First Appearance	Chapter 159

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Pre-Professional peak	162–164	Could contend with Professional-level opponents before reaching 100 vitality; entered the Hengzhou Top 100 Competition as its leading favorite. 162 163 164
Professional Level	179–180	Consumed half of the Blood Flower on Copper Mountain and crossed the 100-point vitality threshold, completing his first life-form evolution. 179 180
Late-stage Professional Level 7 (Qin Shi's assessment)	301	His vitality had more than doubled in both quality and quantity after frontline service, showing the sharpness and resilience of battlefield refinement. 301

Background

Zhou Yuanchen accelerated through Qiguang Hengda University: after enrolling as a first-year student, he skipped into the third year and later the fourth year, while retaining student registration to remain eligible for the Hengzhou Top 100 Competition. He subsequently took a position with the Central City Education Department. 161

A Relic left by his father trapped him in a long-running cycle of borrowing and repayment from middle school onward. This debt-financed cultivation shaped his meticulous approach to spending, training, and resource allocation. 173

His talent drew Ying Lin's attention before the Top 100 Competition. Zhou rejected the Ying Clan's initial 1.2-billion offer, while Ying Lin considered raising the price after learning that Zhou could defeat Professional-level opponents despite not yet being one himself. 163

Appearance

Zhou Yuanchen is a short-haired young man with sword-like eyebrows, starry eyes, and an outwardly exceptional bearing. His well-developed physique and outwardly surging vitality make him an imposing presence among competitors. 161 164

• His vitality can erupt like a flame and distort the air around him. 164
• After entering the Professional Level, he manifests dazzling white vitality and frost-like energy around his body. 180
• On the Western Front, he wears a camouflage uniform and beret, with visible fatigue from frontline service. 301

Personality

Zhou Yuanchen is intensely ambitious and self-assured. He considers his more than 1.7-billion investment in himself proof that he stands above ordinary “geniuses,” and he entered the Top 100 Competition intending to claim first place before reaching the Stellar Cup. 163

His confidence is balanced by an almost obsessive financial discipline. He tracks medical expenses, loan limits, and resource efficiency closely, regarding waste as unacceptable because his cultivation has been built under crushing debt. 173 179

Despite initially cooperating with the Ying Clan against Qin Shi, Zhou proves capable of loyalty and gratitude. After Qin Shi trusts him during the Copper Mountain trial, Zhou protects him from Zheng Xu and refuses to betray that trust before reaching the summit. 178 His defeat by Qin later changes their dynamic from rivalry into a mutually beneficial public “arch-rival” partnership. 195 196

Abilities & Skills

Ten Directions Freezing Demon Path

An SS-level New Martial Arts technique that forms the foundation of Zhou's combat style. 161

• Suppresses emotional fluctuations and distractions, placing Zhou in a detached “mindless” state. 177
• Greatly improves his thought speed and combat awareness while active. 177
• Produces freezing vitality capable of rapidly frosting an opponent's muscles and reducing their bodily activity. 177
• Can be activated at full output to project cold energy across dozens of meters. 178 181

Demon Freezing Roar

A cold-based offensive application supported by Zhou's throat implant. 177

• Uses frigid vitality to damage and impede an enemy's body. 177
• Was effective enough to substantially weaken Ji Yuqi during their confrontation on Copper Mountain. 177

Professional-Level Martial Artist

After surpassing 100 vitality, Zhou's Mortal Body underwent an essential evolution into the Professional Level. 180

• His condensed vitality can be released as destructive energy fluctuations. 180
• His evolved body withstands violent winds capable of inflicting fatal cutting damage without requiring active vitality reinforcement. 180
• Possesses a Professional-Level domain and retained the ability to pressure Qin Shi even after his Entropy Sea Bank benefits were suspended. 181

Resource Mobilization

Zhou turned the financial pressure that defined his early cultivation into a means of advancing his status.

• Founded the crowdfunding project Everyone Invest, using his reputation as an Education Department supernova to attract investors. 210
• Raised nearly 200 million within half a month of the platform's launch. 210
• Later transferred his shares in the project to Representative Zhou while retaining the benefits of its sponsor network. 301

Equipment / Items

• Breath of the Throat — Implant that enables the Demon Freezing Roar. 177
• Ice Soul Skin — Implant that converts frigid airflow during cultivation and prevents freezing or tissue necrosis. 177
• Entropy Sea Bank loan projects — Financed his cultivation but left him vulnerable when Qin Shi froze his account access and associated benefits. 181

Relationships

• Qin Shi — Began as a rival and Ying Clan target, then became a temporary ally during the Copper Mountain trial. Zhou defended Qin from Zheng Xu, lost to him in the Top 100 final, and later accepted Qin's plan to publicly act as his “arch-rival.” 178 181 196
• Song Haifeng — Professional-level coach from the Central City Education Department; trains Zhou in fist techniques and movement and supports his ambition to reach the Stellar Cup. 162 163
• Ying Lin — Prospective sponsor and collaborator who sought to sign Zhou for the Ying Clan's campaign against Qin Shi. 163 164
• Zhou Shu — Education Department representative and supporter of Zhou's supernova status; invested in Everyone Invest as part of his own attempt to preserve his position. 210
• Ying Huang — A First Sequence heir whose unusual interest in “beautiful people” makes Zhou uncomfortable; she consults him about Qin Shi's strengths. 209
• Zhang Hai — A recurring Central City rival who taunts Zhou over his defeat by Qin Shi; Zhou generally dismisses him. 211 212

Story Role / Major Arcs

Hengzhou Top 100 Competition

Zhou entered as the competition's overwhelming favorite, displaying near-Professional vitality and earning more than 30,000 points in the first round by directly defeating several Professional-level alien creatures. 164 175

On Copper Mountain, he fought off the demonic influence through the Ten Directions Freezing Demon Path, defeated the assimilated Ji Yuqi, and formed a temporary truce with Qin Shi. 177 178 He then drew Gro'mosh's residual will away so Qin could obtain the Blood Flower, before protecting Qin from Zheng Xu in repayment for that trust. 178

Zhou consumed half of the Blood Flower to break into the Professional Level, but Qin Shi froze his Entropy Sea Bank account and defeated him to take first place in the competition. 179 180 181

Central City Supernova

Following his defeat, Zhou sought Qin Shi's advice on managing his debt. Qin convinced him to use his Central City status as leverage, cultivate a public rival persona, and secure greater Education Department funding. 195 196

He created Everyone Invest to bring outside capital into his cultivation path, using Zhou Shu as an early investor and supporter. 210

Western Front Service

Zhou later served on the Western Front, where battlefield conditions refined his vitality to a far higher level. He reunited with Qin Shi at an outpost and credited the crowdfunding plan with attracting sponsors, while acknowledging the enormous gap that had opened between their combat power. 301

Notable Quotes

“I don't consider Student Qin my lifelong enemy. My future lies among the Star Sea, and my opponent should be the first place in the junior group of the Stellar Cup, Yu Li!” 210

“True powerhouses don't act rashly. I don't need to say anything more; my performance in the Great Expansion Movement will speak for itself.” 216