Dragon Clock

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Dragon Clock (龙钟)
Alias(es)	Dragon Bell; Black Bell; Grandfather Clock
Type	Neutral character (AI); artifact/treasure
Occupation/Role	Appraisal, refinement, storage, inheritance, and battle-support treasure
Status	Active; bound to Chu Ge’s wrist and containing Feng Jinxiao’s soul 373
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Initial manifestation	1	Appeared as a tattoo on Chu Ge’s wrist after his transmigration. Its core could consume valuable objects and refine their most valuable properties. 1
First documented upgrade	62	Chu Ge invested 1,000 strands of Exotic Power, causing the bell’s stored items to undergo intensified refinement. 62
Advanced refinement and conversion	163	The upgrade added the ability to refine only an item’s valuable portion and to convert an item directly into Exotic Power at half its potential total. Its stored power exceeded 12,700 strands. 163
Exchange and Fusion functions	255	After borrowing 500 Exotic Power Crystals, Chu Ge successfully promoted the Dragon Bell and unlocked Exchange and Fusion. 255
Two-stage promotion; Golden Bell Shield	323	Two further upgrades allowed inheritance of up to three refined optimization items, strengthened Exchange and Fusion, and added the Golden Bell Shield for protection and restraint. 323
Major promotion and soul revelation	373	Chu Ge consumed 100 million strands of Exotic Power to promote the Dragon Bell. Afterward, it revealed that Feng Jinxiao’s soul had been trapped inside it. 373

Background / History

Before Chu Ge’s transmigration, the Dragon Bell existed beyond the Hengwu Continent. Feng Jinxiao encountered it in the ruined Outer Regions after breaking through to the Yang God Realm. Following a battle with a Heavenly Devil, the bell absorbed Feng Jinxiao’s soul and carried him through fragmented space. 373

The bell later passed through a parallel space containing a sub-artifact resembling an ancient double-knobbed, dragon-patterned bell. When Chu Ge photographed the artifact at a museum, the Dragon Bell drew him into the spatial turbulence and eventually arrived at the Chu Family in Linyuan City, appearing as a tattoo on his wrist. 1 375

The Dragon Bell initially served as Chu Ge’s refinement engine. It consumed corpses, spiritual materials, martial arts, talents, Divine Weapons, and other valuable objects, then presented their refined properties as information. Over time, its upgrades transformed it from a largely passive refinement treasure into a storage vault, inheritance system, fusion tool, defensive Divine Weapon, and means of capturing powerful enemies.

Although it contains Feng Jinxiao’s soul, the soul is not the Dragon Bell itself. Feng Jinxiao explained that the bell used him as a cultivation-method deduction engine, while its other functions—such as refinement, conversion, and fusion—were inherent to the treasure. 373 374

Appearance

The Dragon Bell normally appears as a tattoo on Chu Ge’s wrist rather than as a freely carried physical bell. Its internal core manifests as a golden, bell-like space filled with swirling Exotic Power and refining objects. 1 62

Distinguishing features include:

• A dragon-patterned bell design associated with the artifact that drew Chu Ge into the world. 1 375
• A luminous golden core displaying appraisal information and refinement progress. 62 163
• Intense golden light during major promotions. 373
• A scorching reaction when its power is fully awakened or an advancement begins. 373
• A sealed interior capable of holding corpses, Divine Weapons, cultivation methods, Exotic Power, souls, and hostile rule powers. 163 221 379

Personality

The Dragon Bell does not display a conventional personality or communicate directly in the documented chapters. Its behavior is neutral and transactional: it accepts valuable materials, refines them, stores the results, and presents their properties to Chu Ge.

It is also highly selective. Chu Ge’s own cultivated Exotic Power could not simply be fed into the bell, while Exotic Power Crystals were readily accepted. Chu Ge consequently described it as a treasure that “only takes in and never gives out.” 165 379

The Dragon Bell’s internal soul should not be confused with its own will. Feng Jinxiao resides within the treasure and can communicate with Chu Ge, but Feng identifies himself as a trapped soul rather than the bell’s artifact spirit. 373

Abilities & Skills

Appraisal and Refinement

The Dragon Bell analyzes an offered object and identifies its most valuable properties. It can refine corpses, talents, martial arts, spiritual materials, Divine Weapons, and other treasures. 1 39 73

Applications and limits:

• Extracts talents from exotic creatures, such as the Red Scale Claw talent. 4
• Recovers martial arts and techniques from refined corpses, including the Soaring Crane Skill and Bone Shrinking Skill. 62
• Reveals information about Divine Weapons, their origins, abilities, condition, and spirituality. 73 221
• Can refine an entire object or, after upgrading, target only its valuable portion. 163
• Refinement may require significant time and additional Exotic Power to accelerate. The Sun Moon Wheel required more than 4,500 strands for complete refinement. 163 165
• Items can only be retrieved within ten breaths after being offered; afterward, the bell can no longer release them. 12 39

Exotic Power Storage and Conversion

The Dragon Bell stores Exotic Power as a central resource for Chu Ge’s cultivation and Left Path Skills. It can convert Exotic Power Crystals, Origin Qi Crystals, and other refined materials into stored power. 40 163 268

Applications and limits:

• Converts Origin Qi Crystals into large amounts of Exotic Power; one mined piece of Origin Ore produced more than 1,200 strands after refinement. 268
• Stores power on a scale ranging from thousands to more than one hundred million strands. 323 373
• Provides the pure Exotic Power needed to activate Chu Ge’s Left Path items and techniques. 210
• Direct conversion of an item into Exotic Power becomes possible after an upgrade, but yields only half the amount that full refinement could provide. 163
• Does not accept Chu Ge’s already cultivated Exotic Power directly. 165

Inheritance and Optimization

After refining an object, the Dragon Bell can allow Chu Ge to inherit its talents, martial arts, and cultivation knowledge. Inherited techniques initially require Exotic Power to maintain, though independent mastery can eventually remove that cost. 4 62

Applications and limits:

• Transfers exotic bloodline talents into Chu Ge’s body, including the Golden Crocodile Spirit Body and Ray Electric King Body. 84 300
• Grants martial arts knowledge, experience, and muscle memory from refined practitioners. 62
• Can select useful abilities rather than automatically taking the most valuable one. 163
• After the Chapter 323 upgrade, it can select and inherit up to three refined optimization items. 323
• Feng Jinxiao’s soul assists in deducing and integrating cultivation methods within the bell. 373 374

Divine Weapon Refinement

The Dragon Bell can refine both acquired and innate Divine Weapons, exposing their abilities and allowing Chu Ge to extract or redirect their Spirituality. 73 163 221

Applications and limits:

• Refined the Sun Moon Wheel, a damaged low-grade Acquired Divine Weapon. 73 165
• Extracted Spirituality from the Cloud Peak Ruler to strengthen the Black Paper Umbrella, Porter Mask, and Auspicious Ruyi Charm. 221
• Can produce information about a Divine Weapon’s condition, origin, abilities, and current emotional state, such as the Shocking Intent Spear’s fear. 221
• High-value Divine Weapons may require thousands of strands and extended refinement periods. 163

Exchange and Fusion

The Dragon Bell’s later upgrades introduced functions for exchanging and combining refined objects. 255

Applications and limits:

• Exchange can accelerate the refinement of two objects by consuming an object of the same recognized level and quality. 323
• Fusion combines compatible items into a new form with their functions merged.
• Fused the Porter Mask, Ranger Mask, and Devilish Son Mask into the Left Path Face Pattern. 272
• Fusion and Exchange consume large quantities of Exotic Power and depend on the Dragon Bell’s assessment of item quality. 272 323

Golden Bell Shield

The Golden Bell Shield is the Dragon Bell’s first clearly documented active defensive and restraining function. It forms a protective layer around an ally or a cage of Dragon Bell power around an enemy. 323

Applications and limits:

• Protects Chu Ge from attacks.
• Restrains powerful enemies by enclosing them in a bell-shaped force.
• Helped capture the Primal Devil Lord’s avatar during the Imperial City battle. 356
• Can be used alongside the bell’s absorption function to send an enemy directly into its interior. 340

Capture and Sealing

The Dragon Bell can absorb hostile beings, corpses, souls, and even compacted rule powers into its interior.

Applications and limits:

• Consumed the body of a Flying Head Zombie and destroyed it through refinement. 30
• Allowed Chu Ge to sacrifice or imprison the Yin God of Yan Chijing after severely weakening it. 321
• Absorbed the Primal Devil Lord’s avatar after the Golden Bell Shield restrained it. 340 356
• Sealed the Corpse Demon Emperor’s Demon God Rule inside a talisman and then sacrificed it into the bell. 379
• The target must generally be weakened, restrained, or otherwise unable to resist the Dragon Bell’s absorption. 321 379

Spatial Traversal and Transmigration

The Dragon Bell has crossed fragmented space and parallel spatial regions, although the documented passages do not establish that Chu Ge can freely direct this movement. 373 375

Applications and limits:

• Traversed the ruined Outer Regions while carrying Feng Jinxiao’s soul. 373
• Passed through spatial turbulence and reached Chu Ge’s former world. 375
• Drew Chu Ge into the bell after he photographed a related sub-artifact. 1 375
• Its spatial behavior appears connected to causality, fate, and the Dragon Bell’s status as a Great Dao Supreme Treasure. 373 375

Internal Contents

• Exotic Power reserve — Used to accelerate refinement, inherit abilities, activate Left Path items, and upgrade the bell. 163 210
• Refined corpses and souls — Includes martial artists, exotic demons, Divine Weapon wielders, and Feng Jinxiao’s trapped soul. 39 221 373
• Divine Weapons and spiritual materials — The bell can retain, refine, fuse, or extract value from them. 73 163 272
• Feng Jinxiao’s soul — Resides behind layers of space within the bell and provides cultivation guidance. 373 374
• Sealed rule powers — The Demon God Rule of the Corpse Demon Emperor was imprisoned inside a talisman and sacrificed into the bell. 379

Relationships

• Chu Ge — Bearer, operator, and primary beneficiary. The Dragon Bell appeared on his wrist after transmigration and became the foundation of his Left Path cultivation. 1 375
• Feng Jinxiao — Trapped soul and cultivation adviser within the Dragon Bell. Feng helped deduce and integrate cultivation methods but did not create the bell’s core functions. 373 374
• Left Path items — Dependent on the Dragon Bell’s Exotic Power for activation and authorization; other people cannot freely use many of them after obtaining them. 210
• Corpse Demon Emperor — Enemy whose Demon God Rule was sealed and sacrificed into the Dragon Bell after Chu Ge reached the Yang God Realm. 379 380

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Transmigration and awakening: The Dragon Bell brought Chu Ge from his former world to the Hengwu Continent and manifested as a wrist tattoo. 1 375
• Linyuan City: It enabled Chu Ge to refine exotic fish, corpses, bandits, and martial arts, giving him the resources to survive the Heaven and Earth Incense Cult’s threat. 1 4 12 30
• Rise of the Left Path: Its refinement and inheritance functions supplied Chu Ge with movement techniques, talents, Divine Weapons, and the materials needed to develop his unorthodox arsenal. 62 73 84 118
• Dragon Abyss City: The bell became the economic and strategic foundation of Chu Ge’s city-building, processing Exotic Power Crystals, Divine Weapons, Origin Ore, and the spoils of defeated factions. 163 179 268
• Yunmeng ruins: Its Exchange, Fusion, and refinement systems allowed Chu Ge to create the Left Path Face Pattern and the Fierce Sha Corpse King Divine Weapon puppet. 255 272 273
• Imperial and Anti-Devil conflicts: The Golden Bell Shield and absorption abilities helped Chu Ge capture the Primal Devil Lord’s avatar and later defeat the Devil Ancestor. 340 356
• Yang God Realm: After its major promotion, the Dragon Bell revealed Feng Jinxiao’s soul and became central to Chu Ge’s understanding of transmigration, causality, and the Outer Regions. 373 375
• Battle with the Corpse Demon Emperor: The bell sealed the Corpse Demon Emperor’s Demon God Rule, allowing Chu Ge to turn the enemy’s past, present, and future connections against it. 379 380

Trivia

• The narrative uses both Dragon Clock and Dragon Bell for the same artifact.
• Chu Ge can retrieve an offered object only within ten breaths; after that, the Dragon Bell permanently retains it. 12
• The Dragon Bell’s appetite is selective: it accepts Exotic Power Crystals but rejects Chu Ge’s directly cultivated Exotic Power. 165
• Feng Jinxiao’s soul was imprisoned inside the bell before Chu Ge ever arrived in the Hengwu Continent. 373
• The bell’s appearance in Chu Ge’s former world may have been caused by a related museum artifact and a spatial passage through a parallel world. 375