Zhang Chu

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Zhang Chu (张楚)
Alias(es)	Yellow Court Dao Master; Little Zhenwu; Little True Martial; Little Martial Saint; God of Slaughter
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	True Martial Temple; Sky Patrol Guard; Daoist Sect
Occupation/Role	Daoist priest; Sky Patrol Guard Special Envoy; Marshal of the East Sea Sky Patrol Guard; Daoist Sect Mountain Master
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 3

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
First-rate Realm	6	His external manifestation of Yellow Court Daoist charm publicly confirms the breakthrough.
Dark Strength Realm	9	Condenses Gang Qi into a protective film and gains the True Martial Second Style, Armor Shatter.
True Gang Realm	19	Reinforces Yellow Court Inner Strength to the seventh level, converts all internal energy into Gang Qi, and becomes a Grandmaster.
Jade Liquid Realm	40	Reinforces Yellow Court Inner Strength through the Ninth Layer, breaks into the realm of Grandmasters, and manifests North Sea Sows Golden Lotus.
Bone Law Realm	98	Advances from Jade Liquid in only days and overwhelms Wuchang's Dao Master ultimate technique.
Daoist Canon Realm	220	Breaks through after reaching the Daoist Sect; his strength earns recognition from the five Mountain Masters and Celestial Master Zhang Daoxuan.
Secret Treasury of Essence, Great Completion	225	Manifests blood energy as a hundred-foot dragon, demonstrating Great Completion mastery.
Extreme of Strength Realm	272	Opens the Secret Treasury of Qi to its ultimate extreme and condenses his accumulated strength into a more stable, refined power.

Background

Zhang Chu began as a young Daoist priest of the True Martial Temple. His rapid rise restored attention to the declining temple after he entered the First-rate Realm and defeated practitioners of the Flesh Power Fist 6.

He developed a reputation for eliminating demonic-path forces, criminals, and hostile sects with overwhelming force. His successes against the Boat Gang, Jinguang Temple, the Twin Dragon Society, and the Demonic Cult made his name known across the Jianghu 14 31 35.

His master, Huang Xugu, disappeared before the main events of his later journeys. Zhang Chu repeatedly prioritizes clues about Huang Xugu, eventually learning that his master had stayed at the Western Regions' Yellow Wind Plain and later discovering that True Man Qingxu was Huang Xugu's master 107 216.

By the time he enters the Sea Regions, Zhang Chu has become a figure whose name provokes both reverence and panic. His destruction of criminal and cult forces in the Southern and Western Regions earns him the name “God of Slaughter,” while later martial artists hail him as a young expert with the bearing of a Martial Saint 248 267.

Appearance

Zhang Chu is a young Daoist whose appearance becomes increasingly distinctive as his cultivation progresses. His hair is described as half white and half gold; when using the South Bright Longevity Technique, the gold spreads through it and his eyes can turn pure gold 41 137.

• Usually wears Daoist robes, including green, blue, or black robes at different points in his travels 35 42 194.
• Has a jade-like face and a naturally authoritative bearing 134 183.
• Possesses an exceptionally muscular physique, capable of terrifying physical feats even without inner strength 58.
• His half-gold, half-white hair is widely recognized throughout the Jianghu 134 183.
• When fully deploying the East Sea Undying Tribulation Armor, deep-blue tidal patterns flow over his body, giving him the appearance of an ancient god of war 202.

Personality

Zhang Chu is composed and rarely displays arrogance despite the fear and admiration his accomplishments inspire. He returns courtesies to powerful officials and martial artists calmly, treating his renowned achievements as unremarkable 35 105.

He is ruthless toward enemies, particularly wanted criminals, Demonic Cult members, and those he considers irredeemably wicked. He often kills challengers or threats without hesitation, and his reputation for decisive violence causes enemies and bystanders alike to fear him 50 84 226.

Beneath this severity, he is loyal to his fellow disciples and committed to finding Huang Xugu. He also accepts responsibility for protecting ordinary people suffering under criminal and cult rule 61 151.

Zhang Chu refuses to submit to public pressure or justify himself to hostile factions. When publicly accused of colluding with the Demonic Cult at Zhongzhou Academy, he immediately kills the accuser, He Chongshan, and challenges any opponent unwilling to fear death to step forward 311.

Abilities & Skills

Yellow Court Inner Strength

Zhang Chu's foundational orthodox cultivation art. Its advancement remakes his body through solar essence and grants extraordinary physical strength and Gang Qi.

• Reached at least the seventh level by his True Gang breakthrough 19.
• The ninth level is confirmed by Marshal Hong Yue 60.
• Produces an utmost-yang, utmost-rigid body likened to containing a great sun 19.
• Forms the basis of his Yellow Court Dao Master identity and phenomena.

True Martial Palm

Zhang Chu's original True Martial Temple palm art.

• The first style, Demon-Sweeping, is available after he enters the First-rate Realm 3.
• Its second style, Armor Shatter, is obtained after his advancement into the Dark Strength Realm 9.
• Zhang Chu later brings the art to mastery and fuses it with Bitter Gourd Palm to create stronger palm techniques 30.

Physical Strength and Body Refinement

Zhang Chu's body is unusually powerful even when his martial arts or inner strength are restricted.

• Shatters weapons with his fingers and kills opponents with ordinary palm strikes 24.
• Cracks a Jade Liquid Realm expert's Gang Qi barrier through sheer physical force while sealed 58.
• His body underwent nine transformations, a feat Hong Yue calls exceptionally rare 60.
• His blood energy reaches a hundred feet in dragon form after attaining Great Completion in the Secret Treasury of Essence 225.
• The Fu Character Technique permanently multiplies his bodily strength, speed, and reactions, making even casual physical strikes comparable to his earlier palm techniques 201.
• The East Sea Undying Tribulation Armor further refines his blood and physique, causing every drop of blood to carry immense vitality and weight 202.

Heavenly Toad Undying Divine Skill

An internal skill obtained from the Heavenly Toad Undying Diagram after Zhang Chu defeated the High Priest and Wuchang 100.

• Reinforced from the First to Ninth Layer through Merit Points 101.
• Regenerates flesh and bone, strengthens life aura, and greatly extends lifespan 101.
• Causes plants to sprout and Gu worms to worship him through the Ten Thousand Gu Worship phenomenon 101.
• Extends his lifespan beyond five hundred years after he absorbs Ten Thousand Gu Worship 102.

South Bright Longevity Technique

A longevity and vitality art used to resist poison, preserve life force, and attack with spiritual energy.

• Immortal grants nearly indestructible vitality to flesh and bone 137.
• Its life force evaporates the Copper Refining Man's toxins before they can approach him 137.
• Second Form: Nine Feathers manifests nine celestial-blade-like rays of spiritual energy 137.
• Later develops into the Southern Bright Undying Heavenly Art, which he uses to heal Lv Zheng 194.
• Its regeneration allows him to recover from severe internal damage sustained while repeatedly farming Merit Points from the Ancient God Relic 202.
• It continues repairing his meridians after he forcibly absorbs Sea Heart Grotto-Heaven's source power 294.

Northern Cold Flame True Hand

A palm art enhanced with Merit Points.

• Reaches the Second Layer and unlocks Yin Yang Annihilation 52.
• Reaches the Third Layer and unlocks Samsara 52.
• Wounds the Three Rivers Alliance's Jade Liquid Grandmaster and helps force him to his knees 50.
• Uses Samsara alongside Covering the Sky to kill two Demonic Cult Golden Boys 125.

Sixteen Paths Cloud Concealing Hand

A crowd-targeting palm technique selected from the Secret Technique Pavilion.

• Mastered after consuming 20,000 Merit Points 63.
• Consists of sixteen stances and can fuse with Zhang Chu's existing techniques 63 64.
• Its rapid mastery shocks the pavilion guardian and Sky Patrol Guard marshals 63 64.

Tiger Brake and West Pole Myriad Annihilation Divine Palm

Tiger Brake is a spiritual-type supreme art acquired from the Secret Technique Pavilion. Zhang Chu later fuses it with Sixteen Paths Cloud Concealing Hand.

• Uses Tiger Brake and a single syllable, “Zha,” to kill more than thirty criminals with spiritual power 70.
• Fuses Tiger Brake with Sixteen Paths Cloud Concealing Hand to create the West Pole Myriad Annihilation Divine Palm 71.
• The fused art combines overwhelming palm force with spiritual suppression, greatly broadening Zhang Chu's methods against groups and hidden enemies 71.

Sea Moon Residual Illumination Technique

A fused martial art created from the Return to Ruins Sea Burial Hand and Moon Illumination Technique 184.

• Combines the destructive force of Return to Ruins Sea Burial Hand with Moon Illumination's perception 184.
• The Moon Eye identifies flaws in an enemy's energy flow and makes their movements appear slowed 184.
• Reaches the Third Layer and gains the Silver Eye 192.
• Zhang Chu merges the Ancient God Relic's eyeball into his Silver Eye, using Chaos Qi to suppress its danger while strengthening his Divine Mansion Rudiment 200.

Fu Character Technique

One of the Seven Limits, obtained from an ancient stone carving.

• Its cultivation ordinarily carries intense mental corruption, filling the practitioner with violent impulses to overturn and destroy everything 182.
• Zhang Chu relies on his Divine Mansion and Spiritual Power to expel the technique's mental corruption 182 183.
• Strengthening its first layer grants permanent tenfold amplification to his physical foundation, including strength, speed, endurance, and reaction 201.
• Zhang Chu later fuses it with Sea Moon Residual Illumination Technique to produce the East Sea Undying Tribulation Armor 202.

Decomposition Attribute

Zhang Chu's true attribute, initially mistaken for Erasure 203.

• Can decompose and negate hostile power rather than merely overpowering it.
• Amplifies his Heavenly Saber and allows him to defeat Daoist Canon expert Li Beihai 205.
• Forms a net that prevents the Flesh Dao Master from regenerating and severs his connection to the Great Red Heaven 233 234.
• Destroys Evil God Substance within the Heart-Devouring Sword 265.
• Is tied to his future path of cultivating a small world 203.

Four Symbols Divine Skill and Chaos Phenomenon

Zhang Chu's high-level manifestations gradually combine into the Chaos Phenomenon and later the Four Symbols Divine Skill.

• His Chaos phenomenon contains a Golden Lotus in the north and Dragon-Tiger in the west, with eastern and southern positions still vacant at that time 102.
• The fusion of three manifestations creates a more complete Chaos-based life phenomenon 148.
• The Fourth Phenomenon, Undying Shines Upon the Firmament, is born with the East Sea Undying Tribulation Armor and fuses into the Chaos Phenomenon 202.
• Zhang Chu can simultaneously deploy North Sea Sown Golden Lotus, Archaic True Spirit Manifestation, Eternal Undying Heaven, and Undying Shines Upon the Firmament through the Four Symbols Divine Skill 261.
• The later fusion of five phenomena produces a qualitative transformation that makes his aura resemble a tranquil, unfathomable Divine Court 297.

Martial Phenomena

Zhang Chu manifests several high-level phenomena through his cultivation and fused arts.

• Sea of Bitterness Sows Golden Lotus — incapacitates the Three Rivers Alliance Great Elder 50.
• Eternal Undying Heaven — suppresses toxins and supports his undying vitality 137.
• North Sea Sown Golden Lotus, Archaic True Spirit Manifestation, Eternal Undying Heaven, and Undying Shines Upon the Firmament — simultaneously deployed through the Four Symbols Divine Skill 261.
• His Chaos phenomenon contains a Golden Lotus in the north and Dragon-Tiger in the west, with eastern and southern positions still vacant at that time 102.

Cloud Dragon Nine Manifestations

A high-level movement technique.

• Allows Zhang Chu to travel more than two thousand li in a single night 84.
• Used for rapid travel across the Southern Border and Western Regions 82 183.
• Leaves only faint traces when he departs at speed 184.
• Its speed lets him cross a gap less than a foot wide between simultaneous attacks by three Martial God Hall stone statues 270.

Godslayer and Sword Formations

Zhang Chu develops and employs increasingly powerful sword-based methods after entering the Sea Regions.

• Uses the Evil-Slaying September Sword Formation to counter the combined attack of three Extreme of Strength experts 284.
• The Godslayer technique disrupts the Three Talents Absolute Formation and kills multiple Extreme of Strength experts attempting to flee 302.
• Its sword curtain can shred and disintegrate the afterimages produced by Divine General You's Ghost Light Dagger 289.

Heavenly Saber and Tribulation Armor

Zhang Chu employs a golden Heavenly Saber and protective Tribulation Armor in battles against upper-realm opponents.

• Uses the amplified, decomposed Heavenly Saber to defeat Li Beihai 205.
• Tribulation Armor can sustain damage from the Flesh Dao Master's attacks and gradually repair itself 232.
• The Heavenly Saber later becomes half-solid and half-phantasmal while resonating with the silver vertical mark between his brows 261.
• The armor originates as the East Sea Undying Tribulation Armor, created through the fusion of Fu Character Technique and Sea Moon Residual Illumination Technique 202.
• While crossing the Black River, the armor absorbs purified Evil God Substance and evolves into the Return to Ruins Tribulation Armor, gaining the primordial Return to Ruins power to devour and assimilate what it touches 262.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Heavenly Saber — golden saber later empowered by Decomposition 205 261.
• Tribulation Armor — self-repairing protective armor 232.
• Golden Cicada — marble-like item acquired after Zhang Chu kills a pursued woman and her attackers; identified by a mysterious martial artist 24.
• Shatuo Flower — obtained from Lv Zheng as an entry aid for the Illusionary City 194.
• Jade Token inscribed “East” — dropped after he kills two Demonic Cult Golden Boys 125.
• Wanted posters — used to identify criminals and collect Merit Points 84 85.
• Ancient God Relic eyeball — merged into Zhang Chu's Silver Eye and repeatedly suppressed with Chaos Qi to produce Merit Points and strengthen his Divine Mansion Rudiment 200.
• Martial God Decree — opens the Martial God Hall and causes its stone statues to acknowledge Zhang Chu as their master 271.

Relationships

• Huang Xugu — Zhang Chu's missing master; locating him is one of Zhang Chu's principal motivations 107 216.
• True Man Qingxu — Zhang Chu's grandmaster and Huang Xugu's former master 216.
• Hong Yue — Southern Regions Sky Patrol Guard Marshal; rewards Zhang Chu, grants access to the Secret Technique Pavilion, and respects his potential 60 61 105.
• Jing Zhongyue — incarnation of the new Gu God; she and Zhang Chu develop mutual respect after the Southern Border crisis 100 102.
• Sun Youwei — Hundred Roses Sword Sect member and later Sky Patrol Guard member; respects Zhang Chu and has received guidance from Tu Xiong 109.
• Li Gang — martial-world associate who shares intelligence regarding Demonic Cult threats and later investigates disappearances with Zhang Chu's allies 35 109.
• Tu Xiong — Lingnan Circuit Commander of the Sky Patrol Guard; a trusted subordinate entrusted with Zhang Chu's warning letters 109 151.
• Yang Yichen — County Princess associated with King Zhao; apologizes and offers compensation after the Tianshan Two Elders challenge Zhang Chu 226.
• Gu Changfeng — Commander-in-Chief of the Zhongzhou Sky Patrol Guard; appoints Zhang Chu Marshal of the East Sea Sky Patrol Guard 226.
• Duan Yongzhong — Vice Commander of the Western Regions Sky Patrol Guard; assists Zhang Chu after his appointment as Special Envoy 183 184.
• Celestial Master Zhang Daoxuan — Daoist Sect leader who recognizes Zhang Chu's strength and identifies signs that he practices one of the Seven Limits 220.
• Xu Yuanzhen — head of the Daoist Sect's Eight Academies; recognizes the coordinated nature of the accusations against Zhang Chu and restrains the Mountain Masters from acting prematurely 213 311.
• Ding Yi — former Poison Dao Master of the Demonic Cult who becomes Zhang Chu's loyal subordinate; Zhang Chu grants him the Three Lives Body technique and accepts his service 257 271.
• Song Li — Sea Region companion and sword-wielding ally who travels with Zhang Chu during his investigations and expeditions 239 243.
• Sea Maiden — Zhang Chu's young disciple, who learns the core circulation of the Four Symbols Divine Skill by observing him and later addresses him as Master 250 293.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Rise of Little Zhenwu

Zhang Chu defeats Wang Ping and Zhang Ju, exposing the bizarre Flesh Power Fist and confirming his First-rate Realm cultivation. His victories begin restoring the True Martial Temple's standing 6.

He subsequently destroys the Boat Gang's resistance, kills the Lingnan Three Ghosts, and gains extensive Merit Points by eliminating Boat Gang disciples 13 14.

Sword Forging Manor and Earth Ranking

After defeating the Twin Dragon Society and Little Blade King Yuan Haotian, Zhang Chu becomes widely known as Little Zhenwu 31 34. At Sword Forging Manor, he investigates Demonic Cult activity surrounding the Divine Sword and rises to tenth on the Earth Ranking under the title Yellow Court Dao Master 35 43.

During the Sword Forging Manor incident, Zhang Chu reveals his True Gang Grandmaster cultivation, kills the Four Heroes of Demonic Rock and the Ever-Changing Demon Lord, and then uses his massive Merit Point gains to break through into the Jade Liquid Realm 37 40.

Southern Border Campaign

Zhang Chu confronts the Three Rivers Alliance, enhances multiple divine skills, and earns rewards from the Southern Regions Sky Patrol Guard 49 52 61. He later enters the Southern Border, kills Dragon King Hall experts, defeats Wuchang, obtains the Heavenly Toad Undying Diagram, and supports Jing Zhongyue's emergence as the new Gu God 85 98 100 102.

Western Regions Purge

While following leads on Huang Xugu, Zhang Chu discovers cult activity and missing sects in the Western Regions 107 109. He rescues allies, destroys Ghost Cry Gorge's Heavenly Evil Cult branch, annihilates the Horse Gang headquarters, and infiltrates the Ancient Nether Abyss 134 146 151.

Special Envoy and Illusionary City

The Imperial Court appoints Zhang Chu as a Sky Patrol Guard Special Envoy at King Zhao's recommendation, granting him independent investigation and execute-before-report authority 183. He acquires and fuses new techniques, then travels toward the Illusionary City, where he discovers his true Decomposition Attribute and defeats Li Beihai 184 203 205.

Within the Illusionary City, Zhang Chu bypasses the maze without relying on sect records, survives the city’s bewildering illusions, and incorporates an Ancient God Relic eyeball into his Silver Eye 195 198 200.

Daoist Sect and East Sea Marshal

Zhang Chu reaches the Daoist Sect Ancestral Court, acknowledges True Man Qingxu as his grandmaster, passes the Heavenly Ladder, and breaks through to the Daoist Canon Realm 213 216 220. After dominating the Marshal Selection Assembly, he is appointed Marshal of the East Sea Sky Patrol Guard 225 226.

Sea Regions Conflict

As East Sea Marshal, Zhang Chu kills the Flesh Dao Master despite the latter's God Worship-based immortality. His Decomposition Attribute severs the Flesh Dao Master's connection to the Great Red Heaven, making Zhang Chu a direct threat to that power 233 234.

He subsequently investigates the Sea Regions with Song Li, encounters the remnants of God Worship, and begins seeking opportunities connected to Sea Heart Cave and the Old Character Stele 239 242 243.

Sea Heart Grotto-Heaven and Return to Ruins

Zhang Chu takes the Sea Maiden as his disciple after witnessing her extraordinary ability to follow the Four Symbols Divine Skill's circulation despite having no conventional martial foundation 250.

During the Sea Heart Grotto-Heaven conflict, he confronts the Source Cult and hostile Sea Region experts, withstands the Grotto-Heaven's dangerous source power, and survives through the South Bright Undying Heavenly Art 284 293 294.

While traversing the Return to Ruins, Zhang Chu crosses the Black River, purifies Evil God Substance at immense Merit Point cost, and evolves the East Sea Undying Tribulation Armor into the Return to Ruins Tribulation Armor 261 262.

Martial God Hall and Extreme of Strength

Zhang Chu opens the Martial God Hall with the Martial God Decree, gaining the allegiance of its stone statues and granting Ding Yi the Three Lives Body technique 271.

He then opens the Secret Treasury of Qi to the ultimate extreme, enters the Extreme of Strength Realm, and refines the aggression accumulated through his battles into a more stable power 272.

Water Moon Secret Realm

Zhang Chu enters the Water Moon Secret Realm, defeats the Source Cult Banner Bearer Cangwu, and withstands the joint assault of Qing Yazi, Iron Jiao, and Jade Cicada—three Extreme of Strength experts 279 281 284.

The Water Moon Secret Realm's core inheritance opens after the battle, granting Zhang Chu seventy-two million Merit Points and reinforcing his standing as a figure likened to a demon god 284.

Condemnation at Zhongzhou Academy

After leaving the secret realms, Zhang Chu is besieged by martial artists seeking to seize his gains. He kills several Extreme of Strength experts, including Fisherman Saber, Northern Frontier Rogue, Chi Xue, and Qian Ji, using overwhelming force and Godslayer 300 302.

At Zhongzhou Academy's Opening Book Ceremony, He Chongshan and several coordinated factions publicly accuse Zhang Chu of colluding with the Demonic Cult because Ding Yi travels at his side. Zhang Chu refuses to defend himself before the crowd, kills He Chongshan instantly, and openly challenges the assembled martial world 311.

Trivia

• Zhang Chu's cultivation and technique enhancements are fueled by Merit Points, which he gains largely by killing criminals, cultists, and hostile martial artists 14 52 233.
• He is counted among the “Four Great Masters of the New Generation” alongside other rising young experts 105.
• His reputation is so severe that crowds often disperse upon recognizing him, especially when he carries wanted posters 84.
• He considers fame inconvenient when it causes potential opponents to flee before he can confront them 106.
• Zhang Chu is later publicly described as possessing the bearing of a Martial Saint, leading to the title “Little Martial Saint” 267.
• Despite public accusations that he is a Demonic Cult successor, the Daoist Sect's upper ranks recognize that the campaign against him is deliberately coordinated 311.