Jonathan

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Jonathan Rhode
Alias(es)	Lord of Green Lotus; Dugu Qiubai
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Saber (former); Dark Church (former); Temple of Life; Rhode Clan; Qinglian City
Occupation/Role	Assassin; mage; warrior; artifact refiner; Rhode Clan patriarchal authority
First Appearance	1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Rank 3 warrior spiritual energy	2	His Soul Dao Fruit automatically reinforces his soul and spiritual energy.
Dual-element super-grade mage talent	5	Tested with super-grade Earth and Dark affinities; spiritual energy measures 64 times that of his peers.
Saber assassin	14	Officially joins Saber after completing Xue Yan's instruction; his assassination art can kill a rank-seven warrior.
Rank 7 mage and warrior	35	Revealed as a seventh-rank dual-element mage and warrior during his encounter with Linley and Bebe.
Rank 8 mage	41	Uses a Magic Core Conversion Array to reach the peak of the eighth rank.
Rank 8 mage and warrior	51	Confirmed by Linley while Jonathan is pursued after killing multiple rank-nine opponents.
Momentum of Heaven and Earth	53	Enters the threshold of Momentum and achieves Unity of Man and Sword.
Rank 9 Grand Magus	55	His spiritual energy rises dramatically upon advancement.
Rank 9 warrior and mage	62	Reaches ninth rank in magic power, spiritual energy, and battle qi; creates Seven Demon Slashes Against Heaven.
Saint Magus	70	Breaks through after cultivating in the Miniature Plane Space; gains insight into Earth, Gravity Space, and Darkness mysteries.
Highgod, Darkness divine clone	112	Fuses three Darkness mysteries completely and begins work on a fourth.
Paragon Highgod	138	Reaches Grand Perfection and receives the Chaos Law Seed, Pseudo-Chaos Space, and Qing's legacies.
Darkness Grand Perfection	144	His Darkness Laws reach Grand Perfection, substantially increasing the power of his Chaos Will.
Sovereign-level clones	172	His clones refine Sovereign Sparks and gain additional Willpower comparable to standard Sovereigns of Laws.
Peak War God	189	In the Swallowed Star world, kills two high-level lord monsters and forges equipment from their materials.
Planetary Level warrior	193	Breaks through after completing the elite trial at No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins.
First Speaker; Planetary Level ninth stage	194 196	Defeats Hong for Earth's First Speaker position, later reaches the ninth Planetary stage and creates the Unity Domain Secret Technique.
Star Level Spirit Reader	205	Breaks through while exploring Chiyan World.
Star Level 9, warrior and Spirit Reader	208	Reaches ninth rank on both paths and develops Space Origin Law comprehension approaching Ten-Line Flow.
Universe Level	224	Becomes a Sector Lord alongside Luo Feng; his Star-Moon Dragon clone hatches at Universe Level.
Sixth-rank Sage	275	Raises his body to Saint level through the Moke Body Refining Technique, completes its Sage chapter, and comprehends a twentieth-stage secret technique.

Background / History

Jonathan is a reincarnator who awakens in a child’s body after Abraham Rhode and his companions kill the original owner’s family. Claiming amnesia, he is adopted by Abraham and raised in cabins outside Black Flame City within the Dark Alliance. Though aware of the circumstances, Jonathan feels gratitude toward Abraham for saving him and does not inherit the original child’s memories or resentment 2.

Abraham trains him from childhood in physical conditioning, weapons, stealth, endurance, and the creed of an assassin. Jonathan supplements this training with reading, calligraphy, and self-directed study, while the Soul Dao Fruit strengthens his soul and grants unusually rapid growth 1 2.

At age eight, he tests as a dual-element super-grade talent in Earth and Dark Magic, with exceptional spiritual energy. He chooses Ulada Magic Academy because it can develop his Dark Magic affinity and is supported by the Dark Church 5.

Personality

Jonathan is disciplined, calculating, and intensely focused on strength. From childhood, he maintains demanding training schedules without complaint and treats knowledge—magic theory, Laws, arrays, and refining—as another route to power 1 12 53.

He is independent toward institutions and avoids submitting fully to any faction. He joins Saber and later the Dark Church when they offer protection or resources, but views such groups as temporary means to support his own path 14 29 41.

Despite his ruthless conduct toward enemies and magical beasts, Jonathan is attentive to people he accepts as family, companions, or disciples. He supports Abraham’s household, teaches Linley and Wharton, funds Luo Feng’s group, and eventually guides Lu Gang after initially neglecting him 63 65 195 216.

Appearance

Jonathan is described as a young man with an outwardly calm and composed bearing. His combat style often emphasizes sudden movement, obscured presence, black mist, and dark-colored armor or blades 12 29 75.

• Uses a one-meter-long black blade in close combat 35.
• Wears Earth Guardian Holy Armor, later developed into stronger variants through Earth Law comprehension 62 70.
• Can conceal his aura well enough that even Saint-level experts may fail to identify his true strength without close contact 29.

Abilities & Skills

Soul Dao Fruit

A mysterious Dao Fruit within Jonathan’s soul sea that reinforces his soul and later transforms into a Chaos Law Seed.

• Automatically improves his spiritual energy and soul strength as his realm advances 2 41.
• Provides soul defense, though its protective energy requires recovery after being exhausted 2.
• Transforms into a Chaos Law Seed after he reaches Paragon Highgod level 138.
• Grants a Pseudo-Chaos Space, Chaos Lotus Mark, enhanced Willpower, and Qing’s inherited legacies 138.

Earth and Dark Magic

Jonathan possesses super-grade affinities for both Earth and Dark elements and rapidly masters magic beyond his peers.

• Can cast Shadow Arrow after a single night of instruction and shatter another student’s spell through superior elemental compression 12.
• Uses Earth and Dark spells including Gravity Spell, Earth Spike Array, Sharp Stone Spell, Corrosive Poison, Swamp Technique, and Solidification Spell 29.
• His Gravity Spell can lighten his own body, restrain opponents, and create battlefield-wide crushing pressure 21 80.
• Develops spherical Gravity Space by using himself as an Earth Core to manipulate attraction and repulsion 75.

Assassination Art

Trained by Abraham, Xue Yan, and Saber, Jonathan combines stealth, aura control, speed, and lethal close-range attacks.

• Learns Breath Concealment and aura control as the foundation of Saber’s assassination art 12.
• Uses explosive muscle techniques, gravity-assisted movement, and stealth to reach speed comparable to a peak rank-eight warrior 21.
• Can kill rank-seven warriors through assassination techniques before officially entering Saber 14.
• Employs Shadow Seven-Kill Slash and the Saber school’s decisive blade techniques 29 35.

Laws, Domains, and Willpower

Jonathan studies Laws from an early stage and later develops extraordinary control over gravity, elemental domains, and Willpower.

• Comprehends the threshold of the Momentum of Heaven and Earth and applies Heavy as Light and Light as Heavy through swordsmanship 53.
• Studies the Pulse of the Earth, Gravity Space, Geomagnetic Poles, Darkness mysteries, and multiple elemental Laws 70 80 122.
• Creates World in Palm by combining eleven elemental Highgod domains with Willpower, distorting space and restricting powerful opponents 135.
• Uses Gravitational Attraction and repulsion to control or reflect attacks against opponents of similar power 122.
• Researches Law Patterns and eleven-element formations to combine elemental principles and Sovereign Power 171 172.

Artifact Refining and Magic Arrays

Jonathan is an accomplished weapon refiner and researcher of magic arrays.

• Creates magic weapons with miniature magic arrays as early as his Saber period 27.
• Forges and engraves Micro Magic Arrays, including enhancements for Wharton’s blade Slaughter 52 65.
• Develops composite-array theories and considers combining arrays of different elements 53.
• Obtains the Small Heavenly Cycle Artifact Refining Method and the first five volumes of the Nine Profound Fire Control Art 207.
• Masters the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover at Star Level 216.
• Refines top-tier Chaos artifacts after deepening his understanding of the Moke Artifact Refining Technique 275.

Elementalization

A special ability awakened in the Swallowed Star world.

• Allows Jonathan to transform into forms corresponding to all eight lower Laws 194.
• Grants immunity to pure physical attacks while elementalized 194.
• Reduces damage from energy attacks of the same element and improves resistance to mental pressure 194.
• Can merge with corresponding matter and manipulate it offensively 201.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Black blade / greatsword — his principal close-combat weapon during the Yulan Continent period 35.
• Earth Guardian Holy Armor — Earth-element defensive armor upgraded to diamond grade and later strengthened through Earth Law comprehension 62 70.
• Stone Orb — enables powerful Gravity Fields, aids in subduing magical beasts, and supports Earth Law cultivation 61.
• Human Skin Mask — used to evade the churches’ pursuit after his defection 51.
• Spatial ring — demanded as a condition for joining the Dark Church 41.
• Black God Set — acquired from the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins 193.
• Five-Element Beast Ring — supreme treasure opened at the Land of Treasures 230.
• Jian He Luo — assembled from components gathered across Primordial Stars and major alliances 243.
• Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover — secret technique refined to full practical mastery at Star Level 216.

Relationships

• Abraham Rhode — adoptive father and first mentor; saved Jonathan, trained him as an assassin, and remains a source of mutual respect and familial loyalty 1 2 63.
• Xue Yan — Saber mentor who teaches Jonathan aura control and assassination arts; later recognizes that Jonathan has surpassed what he can teach 12 14.
• Hesai — Saint-level guide who evaluates Jonathan’s strength and introduces him to Momentum and Laws 29 30.
• Linley Baruch — friend, rival, and fellow Earth Law cultivator; Jonathan teaches him Anti-Gravity magic and shares insights into Earth’s profound mysteries 35 80.
• Wharton Baruch — mentee; Jonathan evaluates his Azure Dragon Transformation and upgrades Slaughter with Micro Magic Arrays 65.
• Catherine — High Priest of the Temple of Life and Jonathan’s Life Magic teacher 72.
• Thunder-Winged White Tiger — first magical beast companion, subdued at peak rank nine and later advanced to Saint level 60 70.
• Earth Bear — second magical beast companion, subdued with the Stone Orb and bound by a soul contract 61.
• Gabel — servant and butler who follows Jonathan in the Infernal Realm 110 111.
• Reisjin — close ally who supports Jonathan in battle and helps establish Qinglian City’s power 131.
• Caesar — Rhode Clan acting patriarch appointed by Jonathan; administers the clan and Qinglian City’s Teleportation Array project 171.
• Jia Yi — Huaxia martial artist and ally who introduces Jonathan to the War God Palace and later assists him in the Swallowed Star world 190 193.
• Hong — rival who loses the First Speaker position to Jonathan but continues cooperating in Earth’s management 194 196.
• Lu Gang — named disciple; Jonathan teaches him the Green Lotus Blade Technique and sets trials to cultivate his independence 195 196.
• Luo Feng — disciple and later fellow elite genius; Jonathan provides resources and instruction on domains and Laws 216 220.
• Reding — dragon companion raised by Jonathan in the Swallowed Star world; assists in combat and training 192 205.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Life and Ulada Academy

Jonathan grows up under Abraham’s training near Black Flame City, discovers his Earth and Dark Magic talents, and enrolls in Ulada Magic Academy. His ability to rapidly cast and overpower magic establishes his reputation as the academy’s foremost genius 1 5 12.

Saber Assassin

After mastering the basics of Assassination Art under Xue Yan, Jonathan becomes a Saber assassin. He carries out missions, assassinates Cland Rot, and navigates the fallout of Canina Bred’s attempt to have Saber kill him 14 23 27.

Defection and Saint Realm Cultivation

Jonathan breaks from the Dark Alliance after killing powerful pursuers, becoming wanted by both major churches. In the Magical Beast Mountain Range, he builds strength through magical-beast cores, the Stone Orb, Earth Law cultivation, and his magical beast companions before reaching Saint Magus level 51 61 62 70.

Temple of Life and Yulan Continent Influence

He joins the Temple of Life under Catherine, studies Life Magic, and becomes a prominent Saint-level figure. He guides Linley and Wharton, returns to the Rhode household, and publicly displays his gravity-based power in the O’Brien Empire 72 65 80.

Infernal Realm and Qinglian City

Jonathan enters the Infernal Realm, gains Highgod and later Paragon-level power, and establishes influence through Qinglian City and the Rhode Clan. His strength eventually allows him to confront Paragons, Sovereigns, and the Eight Great Clans while researching Law Patterns and multi-element formations 110 135 171 172.

Swallowed Star World

After traveling to the Swallowed Star world, Jonathan adapts his techniques to its martial and Spirit Reader systems. He becomes Earth’s First Speaker, establishes the Green Lotus Martial Arts Hall, enters the wider universe, and pursues refining inheritances, secret realms, and cosmic cultivation 189 194 207 220.

Trivia

• Jonathan’s spiritual-energy test result is 64 times that of his peers; the classification remains “super-grade” only because the system has no higher category 5.
• He deliberately hides his strength for much of his early career, believing that an outstanding tree is more likely to be destroyed by the wind 58.
• He values freedom enough to refuse recruitment by the Universe Mercenary Alliance despite its offer of advanced training 207.
• His magical-beast companions and later followers often receive cultivation resources or equipment personally refined by him 61 62 141.