Meng Chuan

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Meng Chuan (孟传)
Alias(es)	“Iron Gallbladder, Steel Spear”; “Yong’an Steel Spear”; Lao Meng; Martial Ancestor 190 248 410 816 851
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Northern United University; Wudang; Meng Chuan Martial Arts Institute; Infinite Martial Arts Hall; Enforcement Bureau 427 636 762 800
Occupation/Role	Martial Artist; founder of the Martial Dao and Zhenwu Path; institute founder 693 762 815
Status	Active 851
First Appearance	Chapter 4

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
First Great Limit	269	Reached the stage of “Point and Transform the Six Acupoints” after his blood and qi permeated his body; his exceptionally tempered physique supported the breakthrough. 270
Second Limit	348	Broke through and obtained Rock Body (Intermediate) and Rock Pivot (Beginner). 349
Second Great Limit	403	Completed Running Thunder Scattered Hands, broke through the Second Great Limit, and obtained Yuanlei Intercepting Meridian, strengthening his lightning-aspected fist arts and Internal Breath. 404
Third Great Limit / Martial Arts Master	590, 601	Opened his inner landscape during his third-limit breakthrough and subsequently entered the Martial Arts Master realm; his spiritual power increased nearly fivefold and he began his third bodily transformation. 591 602
Fourth Level of the Qi-Blood Realm / Grandmaster	767, 774	Condensed Martial True Gang, expanded his Inner World, and merged the Northern Kuru Continent Dharma Realm into it; his Fourth Great Limit advancement established him as a Martial Arts Grandmaster. 768 775
Fifth Limit / Blood Martial Artist	814	Broke through the fifth bodily limit after creating the Martial Dao; began remolding his flesh with Martial Momentum. 815
Fifth Tier of Life / Hearing Dao Realm	855	Reached the Hearing Dao Realm and obtained the Eternal Withering and Flourishing True Scripture, beginning cultivation of a wood-element Dao Embryo. 856
Sixth Great Limit / Martial Dao Holy Embryo	877	Transformed his body through Martial Dao, perfected his use of World Force, and continued fusing the Five Elements and Yin-Yang Dao Embryos. 878

Background

Meng Chuan awakened unusual acquired traits after an encounter in Tong Family Alley. Luo Guanyun suspected an acquired Awakening-type trait because Meng Chuan displayed marrow-cleansing changes and extraordinary martial progress; the exact nature of his traits could not be determined through ordinary detection. 18 81

He trained under Luo Guanyun, whom he regards as a father figure. His twelve years of persistent Guoyi Fist practice formed the foundation of his later advancement, while Luo Guanyun came to recognize that Meng Chuan’s trait appeared to grow stronger alongside him. 81 311

As a young Martial Practitioner, Meng Chuan fought Demonic Path threats directly, including infiltrating a chemical plant alone while equipped with a protective suit and Steel Bone. His early combat style emphasized overwhelming force, earning him the “Iron Gallbladder, Steel Spear” epithet during the Supernova Competition. 105 190

After advancing through the Great Limits, Meng Chuan traveled through Great Chu’s mountains, martial landmarks, Demon Nests, and sects. He sought to understand martial principles through lived experience rather than relying on a single school, studying Daoist, Buddhist, Five Elements, hard-body, thunder, fist, spear, and halberd arts. 427 441 504 525

At Wudang, Meng Chuan survived a lightning tribulation triggered by the Nine Heavens Thunder-Slaying Talisman and entered the True Martial Great Emperor’s Dharma Realm. He received the Black Tortoise series as dharma seals and the Mystic Heaven Zhenwu Demon-Sweeping Scripture. 468 473

Meng Chuan later established the Infinite Martial Arts Hall’s Linzhou branch and founded the Meng Chuan Martial Arts Institute at Northern United University. 636 762

His long-term ambition is to extend the Qi-Blood Martial Dao by founding the Zhenwu Path. He ultimately created the Martial Dao itself, becoming a Path Creator whose achievement was recognized as the beginning of a new acquired Dao path. 693 815 816

Following the creation of the Martial Dao, Meng Chuan continued developing it through the Five Forms and Yin-Yang Dao paths. He refined World Force, fused multiple Dao Embryos toward a Martial Dao Holy Embryo, and treated his own cultivation as the foundation for creating a martial world. 852 878

Appearance

Meng Chuan possesses a towering, heavily tempered physique. His body is repeatedly described as resembling forged metal or jade under the effects of his hard-body arts, though he can conceal his visible traits and return to an ordinary outward appearance. 229 677 762

• Defined facial features and prominent temples; his profile is described as calm and deep. 661
• His muscles can produce a metallic sound when struck together. 229
• At one point, he is described as sixteen feet tall; he can compress his body into a denser form. 762
• His normal body can be maintained at approximately 2.3 meters in height, while his hard-body and liberation states can enlarge him further. 434
• His bones and skin can gain a jade-like luster through cultivation. 762
• In empowered forms, his body can grow to enormous size, including more than one hundred meters with Mountain-Carrying Strength. 487 662
• He frequently shaved his head while cultivating the Precious Appearance Golden Venerable Technique because golden marks appeared on his scalp. 356

Personality

Meng Chuan is disciplined, pragmatic, and intensely committed to gradual cultivation. He believes martial progress should rest on accumulated effort and a solid foundation rather than shortcuts or borrowed power. 718

He is ambitious without being complacent. Even as his strength becomes exceptional, he continues to assess the distance between realms, seek instruction from stronger figures, and refine his control rather than pursuing power recklessly. 431 579 816

His guiding Martial Will is self-reliance: he uses Daoist and Buddhist teachings as sources of insight, but rejects dependence on immortal, Buddhist, or sectarian authority. 427 560

Meng Chuan is protective of his family, friends, and homeland. His goals include eliminating the Demonic Path, overturning Demon Nests, confronting enemies who harmed those close to him, and freeing Blue Star from Heavenly Demon threats. 213 791 816

He remains grateful toward people who assist him and consciously seeks to repay their kindness, whether through financial support for his family, teaching others, or aiding allies with his growing influence. 248 378 636

Although he possesses extraordinary talent, Meng Chuan treats the creation of a Dao path as an undertaking requiring accumulation, practice, and gradual refinement. He is especially cautious when advancing the Martial Dao because an error could compromise the path he alone is creating. 734 878

Abilities & Skills

Limit-Breaking Traits

Meng Chuan repeatedly pushes martial arts beyond their established limits, gaining traits that alter his body, senses, cultivation, or combat potential.

• One Proof Eternal Proof — His core learning trait, allowing him to retain techniques after witnessing or learning them and greatly reducing the trial-and-error required to master martial arts. 19 143
• Heavy Strike (Primary) — Obtained from Limit Breaking Pao Fist. 33
• Light Body (Primary) — Obtained from Limit Breaking Cun Step. 33
• Flower of Flesh (Intermediate) — Obtained from Qi-Nurturing Armor-Clad Art; later forms part of the Flowers of Flesh and Bone used in Final Liberation. 83 487
• Rock Arm — Obtained by Limit Breaking Duo-Mo Iron Arm. 160
• Cold Awl — Obtained from Limit Breaking Zuan Fist; enables water-aspected force to penetrate through gaps and strike tendons and bones, while improving temperature sensitivity and reaction speed. 347
• Rock Body (Intermediate) and Rock Pivot (Beginner) — Acquired upon entering the Second Limit; their effects are connected to Great Brahma. 349
• Yuanlei Intercepting Meridian — Enhances lightning-aspected fist arts and Internal Breath after Meng Chuan completed Running Thunder Scattered Hands and entered the Second Great Limit. 404
• Returning to Simplicity (Advanced) — Obtained from the Longevity and Peaceful Joy Method; supports his return-to-innate bodily refinement and deeper Daoist insight. 427
• Essence Preservation — Obtained by Limit Breaking the Shaolin Iron Crotch Skill. 432
• Fire Radiance Dharma Body — Improves fire resistance and activates the Five Elements Dharma Wheel set effect. 536
• Earth Peak Dharma Body — Obtained by Limit Breaking his earth-element fist. 575
• Mountain-Carrying Strength — Dramatically increases physical power and can trigger gigantic growth. 662
• Earth Fiend Precious Body (Intermediate) — Obtained by Limit Breaking the Earth Stance; nurtures killing intent into Earth Fiend and improves his comprehension beneath moonlight. 726
• Body-Wandering Transformation (Intermediate) — Obtained by Limit Breaking Shenxing Baibian; allows Primordial Qi to support movement techniques. 739
• Dao-Union Vast Sea (Special Grade) — Obtained upon entering the Heavenly Abyss Method’s gate. 751
• White Tiger Protective Fortune — Refined from Patriarch Nine Mysteries’ reward, further mutating Meng Chuan’s body and strengthening his defensive capabilities. 833

Five Elements Martial Arts

Meng Chuan’s central martial foundation combines fist arts of all five elements with his Five Skandhas Universe Method and later his Zhenwu Path.

• Comprehended Kidney Water Fist Momentum’s icy intent and fused it into his existing Fist Momentum. 253
• Advanced the Five Skandhas Universe Method through three Limit Breaks and integrated multiple compatible fist arts into it. 387 461
• Five Qi Towards Origin — The core trait gained from the Five Skandhas Universe Method’s second Limit Break; improves the conversion, compatibility, recovery, power, and comprehension of his Five Elements cultivation. 323
• Boiling Blood, Burn Mark, and Scorching Sand — Fire-element traits that respectively disrupt enemy blood and qi, strengthen repeated attacks on marked locations, and produce corrosive fire poison. 323
• His five viscera eventually began producing Five Elements qi independently, later identified as Five Elements Primordial Qi. 693 739
• Received Boiling Flame from Sui Chunqiu, whose Golden Crow Martial True Intent guides his fire-element cultivation. 378
• Uses the Five Elements Dharma Wheel’s set effects to improve mana capacity and spiritual foundation. 536

Hard-Body Martial Arts

Hard-body cultivation is Meng Chuan’s defining specialty. His traits, physical mutations, and cultivation methods allow his body to endure and generate power beyond ordinary practitioners of equivalent realm.

• Uses techniques including Armor-Clad Art, Qingming Dragon-Locking Body, Giant Turtle Carapace Skill, Wei Tuo Carrying Mountain Skill, and the Prajna Dragon-Elephant Art. 162 410 464 592 672
• Perfected Qi-Nurturing Armor-Clad Art, producing a form-fitting Purple Qi armor capable of blocking True Qi. 206
• Reached the Perfection stage of Qingming Dragon-Locking Body, significantly transforming his physique and bone structure. 410
• Can activate Final Liberation, attaining 420% strength and a twenty-meter form through the Flowers of Flesh and Bone. 487
• Possesses an exceptionally high conversion rate from vitality and blood into physical strength. 627
• Can cultivate hard-body arts inside his Inner World, with Sumeru Mountain’s pressure accelerating the effect on his real body. 768
• His path of fleshly-body cultivation and cumulative bodily mutations permit whole-body life evolution beyond the partial cellular evolution used by most Western practitioners. 707
• After transforming his body through Martial Dao, ordinary hard-body techniques became several times faster for him to cultivate, allowing rapid further Limit Breaks. 832

Martial Will and Inner World

Meng Chuan’s Martial Will allows him to affect reality, develop an Inner World, and integrate martial principles with heaven-and-earth qi dynamics.

• Perfected Running Thunder Scattered Hands and began grasping the influence of Martial Will on reality. 277
• Formed a Martial Inner Scenery before the stage at which most Martial Artists can begin constructing one. 560
• Opened an incomplete Inner Heaven and Earth through transformed Star Veins before completing gang transformation, substantially improving his strength, endurance, and combat power. 726
• Developed Transforming Others into Martial Arts, using qi dynamics as a vessel for Martial True Intent and rule-like power. 691
• Created the Zhenwu Path from his understanding of Five Elements Primordial Qi, Martial True Intent, and Qi-Blood Martial Dao. 693
• Created the Martial Dao, producing a Heavenly Sound of Martial Arts heard across the world. 815
• Cultivates the Five Forms and Yin-Yang Dao Embryos as the fundamental components of his Martial Dao, eventually employing World Force to refine their fusion. 852 878

Thunder and Demon-Subduing Arts

Meng Chuan cultivates the Thunder Method and multiple techniques specialized for fighting demons and Demonic Path practitioners.

• His Thunder Method produces lightning patterns beneath his skin and lets him draw a limited resonance from heaven and earth. 277
• Received the Mystic Heaven Zhenwu Demon-Sweeping Scripture from the True Martial Great Emperor. 473
• Cultivates the True Martial Demon-Subduing Nine Forms, whose purpose and traits are directed toward restraining Heavenly Demons. 491
• Used White Lightning to kill the mad old Daoist and deepen his understanding of Returning to Simplicity and Truth. 496
• His Yuanlei Intercepting Meridian improves the power and Internal Breath circulation of his lightning-aspected martial arts. 404

Weapon Arts

Meng Chuan is proficient with spear and halberd techniques in addition to fist arts.

• Learned the secret art Heavenly Dragon Breaches the City from Yang Huan through two days of sparring. 654
• Integrated Heavenly Dragon Breaches the City with Rainbow Transformation Spear Art to create the Martial God Halberd, his own Divine Art and Peerless Technique. 755
• Can wield the fifty-ton divine halberd Demon-Subduing. 640

Mental and Spiritual Abilities

Meng Chuan’s spiritual foundation is strengthened by traits, Dao Heart Demon Seeding, Buddhist methods, and high-grade pills.

• Dao Heart Demon Seeding enhances his spirit, allowing fine control such as preventing insects or feathers from touching his body. 277
• Completed Dragon Meditation’s first layer, strengthening his mental shield and resistance to mental attacks. 199
• His spiritual power increased nearly fivefold upon entering the Martial Arts Master realm. 602
• The Brain God Pill enhanced his spiritual foundation, Yuan Qi conversion efficiency, and resistance to invasive forces. 530
• His awakened true form improves resistance to mental influence, martial comprehension, lifespan, and dimensional sight through divine pupils. 823
• Deconstructing Divine Poison is Dragon Demon’s ability to dismantle poison, though it consumes substantial mental power. 575

Life Evolution and Dao Cultivation

Meng Chuan supplements Qi-Blood Martial Dao with life-evolution methods, fleshly-body cultivation, and Dao Embryo refinement.

• Completed a whole-body cellular transformation comparable to a simplified Western fourth-rank life-evolution cultivator. 707
• Refined Destruction to 95% completeness and raised Star Convergence beyond 10% while cultivating in the White Tiger Secret Realm. 833
• Reached the Hearing Dao Realm and acquired the Eternal Withering and Flourishing True Scripture for wood-element Dao Embryo cultivation. 856
• Uses World Force to coordinate the martial transformation of Five Elements and Yin-Yang power while advancing his Martial Dao Holy Embryo. 878

Equipment

• Demon-Subduing — A fourth-rank divine halberd forged from Yingzhao by Yang Zhaoxing, spirit-molded with Meng Chuan’s essence blood and acknowledged as his weapon. 636 640 641
• Grim — Fifth-rank battle armor with concealed Sharpness spikes, enhanced defensive and offensive capabilities, and a powerful mode that Meng Chuan can control below the Venerable realm. 487 760
• Crimson Refinement Banner — A banner treasure used for cultivation, spiritual work, and the controlled refinement of demonic qi. 591 621 800
• Five Brightness Fan — One of Patriarch Zhengyang’s core inheritance items, entrusted to Meng Chuan by Daoist Lord Wuyang. 427
• Purple-Gold Elixir — Patriarch Zhengyang’s second core inheritance item; later retrieved from Daoist Liang. 427 597
• Magic Mirror — A personal treasure Meng Chuan retains even through bodily transformations. 677
• All-Hearing Dharma Crown — A strange Buddhist item that cannot be stored in the Magic Mirror and carries a demonic scent. 666
• Nine Heavens Thunder-Slaying Talisman — Used to invoke the lightning event that brought Meng Chuan into the Dharma Realm. 468

Relationships

• Luo Guanyun — Master and father figure; Luo guides Meng Chuan’s cultivation, trusts him despite his unexplained abnormalities, later recovers from Lingtai resentment, and continues cultivating alongside Meng Chuan in the White Tiger Secret Realm. 81 274 597 833
• Ren Ping — Luo Guanyun’s wife and a medical Martial Artist; she cares for Meng Chuan as her husband’s disciple and gave him a Z-Class protective suit. 42 82
• Lu Zhuxiao — Teacher, sparring partner, and fellow practitioner; guided Meng Chuan’s Eight-Step Cicada Chasing and helped him break through fist techniques. 162 387
• Chen Tuan — Wudang sect leader and mentor figure; guarded Meng Chuan after the lightning tribulation, facilitated his entry into the Dharma Realm, and advised him on Zhenwu-related matters. 468 473 654
• Zhao Shousui — Wudang martial uncle who advises Meng Chuan on body, soul, spirit, and Daoist hard-body methods. 487 459
• Daoist Lord Wuyang — Entrusted Meng Chuan with Patriarch Zhengyang’s core inheritance and encouraged his journey of martial understanding. 427
• Sui Chunqiu — Northern United University principal and major mentor; instructed Meng Chuan in fire-element principles, bestowed Boiling Flame, and guided his exploration of the Zhenwu Path. 378 734
• Master Bai Bao — Shaolin master who recognizes Meng Chuan’s Buddhist insight and potential for creating top-tier Buddhist hard techniques. 504 508
• Liaochen — Shaolin monk, sparring partner, and mission companion; considers Meng Chuan a born leader after fighting alongside him. 525 567
• Jueming — Shaolin monk and friend; practices and discusses martial arts with Meng Chuan, who also guides his Qi-Gazing Technique cultivation. 531 573
• Yang Yuelian — Spear artist, friend, supporter, and later girlfriend; she supports Meng Chuan’s ambition to establish the Zhenwu Path. 579 640 693
• Yang Zhaoxing — Grandmaster weapon smith who reforged Yingzhao into the divine halberd Demon-Subduing; their relationship develops through the forging process. 636 640
• Yang Huan — Northern United University principal and mentor in halberd arts; taught Meng Chuan Heavenly Dragon Breaches the City and later examined his Inner World. 654 760
• Dong Yue — The Steel Spear General and a hard-body mentor who assists Meng Chuan’s horizontal-training cultivation. 238 326
• Black Tortoise / Dark Abyss — Great God whose remnant soul and fortune become closely tied to Meng Chuan; assists his cultivation and merges the Northern Kuru Continent into his Inner World. 654 762 768
• Great Brahma — A divine figure connected to Meng Chuan’s Rock Body and Brahma Prison-Suppressing Technique; Meng Chuan uses Great Brahma’s dharma form for visualization-based hard-body cultivation. 349 378
• Patriarch Nine Mysteries — Granted Meng Chuan a strand of White Tiger Protective Fortune in recognition of his progress in the White Tiger Secret Realm. 833
• Gorzan — An extraterrestrial contact who provides Meng Chuan information on Radiant Star, the Bronze and Fire Eternal Cauldron, and fire-element visualization sites. 856
• Meng Yongzhi and Xue Na — Meng Chuan’s uncle and aunt, who support his martial training, take pride in his accomplishments, and worry about the dangers he faces. 19 31 501
• Xu Qingfeng — Friend and early rival; repeatedly measures his own progress against Meng Chuan’s rapidly increasing strength. 190 410
• Li Xiao — Heaven Beyond Heaven leader and persistent enemy who seeks to eliminate Meng Chuan. 501 579
• Mo Jue — Major enemy Meng Chuan is determined to locate and confront. 816 823

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Demon-Hunting and Supernova Competition

Meng Chuan begins as a rapidly advancing Martial Practitioner shaped by Luo Guanyun’s training. He confronts Demonic Path threats directly and gains recognition in the Supernova Competition for his overwhelming physical combat style. 105 190

Great Limit Breakthroughs

After reaching the First and Second Limits, Meng Chuan accelerates his mastery of Five Elements fists, hard-body techniques, movement arts, and Martial Will. He increasingly enters Demon Nests to gain battle merit and practical combat experience. 270 349 387 410

Wudang and Shaolin Journey

Meng Chuan travels through Mount Hua, Wudang, and Shaolin, using each tradition to test his own martial understanding. His lightning tribulation at Wudang grants him access to the True Martial Great Emperor’s inheritance, while Shaolin deepens his understanding of Buddhist martial principles. 427 468 473 504

Martial Arts Master and Zhenwu Path

After breaking through the Third Great Limit, Meng Chuan develops his Inner World, integrates Five Elements Primordial Qi with martial principles, and resolves to create the Zhenwu Path as a continuation of the Qi-Blood Martial Dao. 602 693 734

International Competition and Starry-Sky Cultivation

Meng Chuan gains worldwide fame through high-level competition, faces opponents from foreign cultivation systems, studies Dao Arts, and creates the Martial God Halberd. 705 745 751 755

Creation of the Martial Dao

Meng Chuan creates the Martial Dao during battle against Mo Jue, breaks through the fifth limit as a Blood Martial Artist, and becomes recognized as the Martial Ancestor and a Path Creator. 814 815 816 851

White Tiger Secret Realm and Dao Advancement

Meng Chuan cultivates with Luo Guanyun in the White Tiger Secret Realm, refines White Tiger Protective Fortune, and continues advancing the Martial Dao through Dao Embryos, the Hearing Dao Realm, and World Force. 833 856 878

Notable Quotes

“But one day, I'll unravel every one of them.” 213

“Worship neither immortals nor Buddhas; cultivate only oneself. With life and nature both fulfilled, fists and feet realize truth.” 560

“I want to blaze a new road for martial arts, continue the cultivation of Qi-Blood Martial Dao, and establish the Zhenwu Path.” 693

“I hope Blue Star can cast off the Heavenly Demons' harassment, defeat the invaders, and stand on its own in the universe as soon as possible.” 791

Trivia

• Meng Chuan’s traits are protected by a system panel that he does not fully reveal even to Luo Guanyun. 81 274
• He can use the Tiger Roar strongly enough to stun a swarm of ice bats and shake distant snow-capped mountains. 251
• He intentionally conceals most visible traits after bodily transformations because he dislikes his altered appearance. 677
• His rise was so fast that he became an international martial-arts superstar with over a billion fans worldwide. 705
• He has broken the limits of dozens of martial arts; during an extended period of Sixth Great Limit cultivation alone, he Limit Broke fifty-three fist techniques. 878