Qi Sheng

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Qi Sheng (祁胜)
Alias(es)	Di Zhao; Monster King; Challenger; game administrator
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Emperor's Tomb Village; Player faction; Four Great Vassals
Occupation/Role	Successor to Di Zhao's origin; creator and administrator of the Challenger System
Status	Active
First Appearance	7

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Di Zhao successor	20	Inherited the solidified origin left by Di Zhao after the four loyal servants rescued him from the Black Tide. He later fused with it and slept for 300 years. 20
Di Zhao form — 3 contained Primordial powers	7	Oversees Emperor's Tomb Village with three Primal Monsters contained behind its Containment Wall. 7
Ink Flame acquired	11	Gains the Ink Flame ability while monitoring the Gloomy Cave expedition. 11
15 contained Primordial powers	63	His Di Zhao form manifests fifteen colored spheres orbiting him, each representing a contained Primordial ability. 63
17 contained Primordial powers	74	Player containment efforts increase his strength severalfold compared with the start of the Challenger Plan. 74
18 contained Primordial powers	76	Gains further control over Di Zhao's self-origin after players contain the second-generation Primordial Flowing Shadow. 76
43 contained Primordial powers	180	The number of contained Primordials reaches forty-three. 180
239 Souls in the repository	524	The Player faction's Soul library reaches 239 after Deterioration and Wave Barrier are contained. 524
Wind Control and Space Jump acquired	682	Strange Butterfly's containment adds the fourth-generation Wind Control Fate Soul and eighth-generation Space Jump Fate Soul. 682
Over 230,000 contained Souls	713	After 32 years, the vast number of merged Primal traits raises his foundation to the Four Gods' former peak, though fully restoring Di Zhao remains incomplete. 713

Background

Qi Sheng was originally a mortal who crossed into the monster world. During a crisis, Di Zhao's four loyal servants rescued him and brought him to Emperor's Tomb Village. Although the servants had sought Di Zhao's remaining origin themselves, none could inherit it; Qi Sheng instead received the solidified origin and their eventual allegiance. 20

After fusing with the origin, Qi Sheng slept for 300 years, then spent another century learning about Di Zhao's powers and the monster world under the servants' guidance. His Di Zhao body cannot be strengthened through conventional cultivation; recovering and containing lost Primal Power is his only path to becoming the true Di Zhao. 20

To defend Emperor's Tomb Village against the Black Tide, he devised the Challenger Plan: recruit beings from other worlds as Players, let them grow through the Challenger System, and use their conquests to generate Sacrificial Power, recover Primordial powers, and reclaim Domain Nodes. 20

Qi Sheng later discovers that the Black Tide has reached Earth. He treats the Player faction's growth as essential preparation for the coming conflict, while also recognizing that Earth must experience hardship before its defenders can become true warriors. 18 576

Personality

Qi Sheng is calculating, adaptive, and strongly motivated by efficiency. He studies player behavior, resource flows, factional conflicts, and new playstyles, then turns useful discoveries into system updates that strengthen both the Players and his own Di Zhao foundation. 35 74 334

Before inheriting Di Zhao's origin, he was a devoted gamer. He deliberately permits competition between Players because rivalry creates demand for strength and resources, though he also introduces systems to limit destructive internal behavior when necessary. 45 273

Despite treating the Player faction as a source of Sacrificial Power and military potential, Qi Sheng takes genuine satisfaction in watching it mature. He compares their rapid growth against the Black Tide to watching his own child grow up. 74

Abilities & Skills

Di Zhao Form

Qi Sheng can transform into the form of Di Zhao, with scarlet flames engulfing his body and Primordial powers manifesting as orbiting stars or spheres. 7 63

• His form can dispel extreme cold and allows him to fly. 18
• Each contained Primal Monster restores another fragment of his power. 63
• His scarlet flames deepen as his Primordial collection expands. 74
• Concealing Di Zhao's aura while exploring costs more than 1,000 Sacrificial Power per second. 22

Sacrificial Power Manipulation

As the inheritor of Di Zhao's solidified origin, Qi Sheng can use Sacrificial Power to transform properties and reconstruct systems. 62 144

• Replicates and adapts ability structures for use in the Challenger System. 62
• Integrates external world rules into the Challenger System by spending Sacrificial Power to make them compatible. 144
• Reconstructs the Giantification rule into a Player-compatible amplification effect. 288
• Uses immense Sacrificial Power alongside Guider's analysis to deduce possible futures and seize an unstable future information stream. 524

Challenger System Administration

Qi Sheng governs the Player faction through the Challenger System, shaping recruitment, progression, combat features, commerce, and access to the monster world. 25 35

• Recruits Players through the cracked version of Dark Land. 7
• Creates systems including the forum, simulation space, Test Tower, guild functions, leaderboards, Trading Post, Cultivation Tower, weapon forging, and battle formations. 24 25 35 75 196 224 306
• Can issue all-player missions to reclaim Domain Nodes. 41
• Can control a deceased Player's body remotely. 24
• Maintains the Sin System to penalize malicious Player killings. 273

Strategic Observation

Qi Sheng frequently observes battles, player forums, foreign factions, and distant regions through Guider-linked perspectives. 21 74 334

• Uses Player feedback and forum theory to identify flaws in existing systems. 74
• Analyzes factions' military structure, resource channels, and development models before acting. 334 442
• Marks the Black Tide and Mechanical Overlord as hostile forces, while remaining cautious toward unconfirmed factions such as the Tidal Rebellion Legion. 79 80

Relationships

• Di Zhao — His predecessor; Qi Sheng inherited Di Zhao's solidified origin and works to recover the lost Primal Powers needed to become the true Di Zhao. 20
• Guider — AI assistant and one of the four loyal servants. Guider handles analysis, data processing, and system support; it lost its original life form during the Black Tide crisis and became a water orb. 18 20
• Yan Ming — One of the four loyal servants and master of spatial power. Yan Ming enables long-distance teleportation and built the spatial component of the Challenger System's recruitment network. 18 25
• Hyperdimension — One of the four loyal servants. She created the All Things Extraction system and assists Qi Sheng with system construction and material conversion. 46 506
• Nine Yin — One of the four loyal servants, associated with purification and shelter. Her divine power and life force were heavily depleted in the conflict with the Black Tide. 139 506
• Players / Player faction — Qi Sheng's recruited army, resource source, and long-term hope against the Black Tide. He develops systems around their creativity, competition, and growth. 20 74
• Duan Xing — A former Tidal Rebellion figure known to Players as God of Wealth. Qi Sheng later resurrects him in gratitude for helping connect the Player faction with the Tidal Rebellion line. 584
• Hun Zhan — Tidal Rebellion God and wielder of war power. Initially uncertain of Qi Sheng's legitimacy, Hun Zhan ultimately acknowledges him as Di Zhao and receives a reconstructed divine body. 583 726

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Challenger Plan — Builds the Player recruitment model to sustain Emperor's Tomb Village, generate Sacrificial Power, and oppose the Black Tide. 7 20
• Early system expansion — Responds to Player activity by implementing forums, simulation tools, recruitment rounds, guild functions, leaderboards, and exploration incentives. 24 25 35
• Domain reclamation — Sends Players to purify and capture Domain Nodes, seeking their territory characteristics as much as their energy output. 41 63 145
• Player-faction development — Expands the Challenger System into a broad progression ecosystem involving cultivation, weapons, pets, battle formations, trade, deterrence, and godhood. 196 224 306 453
• Future planning — Conducts a costly future deduction to identify a useful future variable while preserving enough reserves for continued recruitment. 524
• Tidal Rebellion succession — Investigates Hun Zhan and the Tidal Rebellion Legion, revives Duan Xing, then is formally recognized by Hun Zhan as Di Zhao's successor. 583 584 726

Notable Quotes

“It was me.” 726

Trivia

• Qi Sheng returns to Tianfeng City after a long absence but finds no remaining trace of the era he remembers. 69
• Emperor's Tomb Village's original territory characteristic is Life Reshaping, a central component of the Player recruitment system. 7 41
• He takes a 30% handling fee when Players complete the Serpent Ancestor's trial and extract its sealed energy core. 97