Barker

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Barker (Bark Amanda)
Alias(es)	Eldest of the Bark Five Brothers
Species/Race	Human; descendant of the Amanda Clan’s Undying Warriors
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Zhao Nan’s sect; Ultimate Empire
Occupation/Role	Former Muqiu Duchy squad leader; warrior and organizer within the Ultimate Empire
Status	Alive 154
First Appearance	Chapter 28

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Undying Warrior physique; unable to cultivate battle qi	28 30	His bloodline grants the brothers exceptional physical strength, but they require their clan’s specific manual to cultivate battle qi.
Sixth-rank Warrior	31	Zhao Nan’s evaluation identifies Bark as an S-rank disciple with medium earth-element talent and an Undying Warrior bloodline.
Eighth-rank Warrior	37	Reaches eighth rank after training under Zhao Nan and learning the Visualization Technique.
Ninth-rank Warrior	65	Becomes the first among his brothers to reach ninth rank, but stagnates for more than three years and is overtaken in progress by Gates and Hogg.
Human-form Saint-level	79	Reaches the Saint level alongside Hogg after continued training in the Chaotic Territory.
Peak Saint-level	104	Fain assesses Bark as having reached the Saint-level limit after Bark defeats Klei with one punch.

Background / History

Bark grew up as an orphan alongside his four younger brothers in the Eighteen Duchies of the Northern Territory. Before meeting Zhao Nan, he served as a small squad leader in the Muqiu Duchy, commanding one hundred men. Although the brothers possessed unusual physical strength, they believed they could not cultivate battle qi. 28 29

Zhao Nan sought the brothers out, revealed that they were descendants of the Amanda Clan’s Undying Warriors, and accepted them as disciples. Bark was classified as an outer sect disciple due to his S-rank potential, beneath direct disciples Linley Baruch and Ace Hyde but above the registered disciples among his brothers. 30 31

After Heisai entrusted Zhao Nan with the Undying Secret Manual, Bark began formal battle-qi cultivation. He later trained with the other disciples at Wushan Town and under Doehring Cowart’s supervision. 33 34 36

Personality

Bark is initially vigilant and deferential toward Zhao Nan, responding cautiously to the unexpected arrival of a Saint-level powerhouse at his home. Once he accepts Zhao Nan as his teacher, he follows the sect hierarchy without complaint, even when instructed to address the four-year-old Ace as his second senior brother. 29 31

His greatest weakness is complacency. After reaching ninth rank before his brothers, he stagnates and becomes ashamed when Zhao Nan exposes the gap between his crude axework and Hogg’s continued progress. 65 He later shows a more humorous, complaining side when describing Zhao Nan’s harsh training, while maintaining a cold and aloof manner toward outsiders such as Klei. 81 104

Abilities & Skills

Undying Warrior Bloodline

Bark possesses the Amanda Clan’s Undying Warrior bloodline, granting him exceptional physical strength and defense.

• Could not cultivate battle qi until receiving access to the Undying Secret Manual. 30 33
• Activates an Undying Warrior transformation to withstand the defenses surrounding Zhao Nan’s secret cultivation realm. 85
• Takes Klei’s Saint-level punch without visible injury before counterattacking. 104

Axework and *Zhan Tiangang*

Bark primarily fights with a giant axe and practices Zhao Nan’s speed-focused technique, Zhan Tiangang.

• His early combat style consists largely of repeated chops, hacks, and sweeps, which Zhao Nan criticizes as ineffective. 65
• Uses Zhan Tiangang against Zhao Nan during their spar, but his execution is exposed as far inferior to Zhao Nan’s own version. 65
• Continues training in the technique alongside his brothers and Sathius. 53

Earth-Element Techniques

Bark has medium earth-element talent and learns earth-based combat methods from his fellow disciples.

• Practices the universally applicable Visualization Technique to cultivate spiritual energy. 37 52
• Learns the Pulse of the Earth technique from Linley, allowing him to bypass an opponent’s external defense by attacking their internal organs. 103

Undying Divine Fist: Mountain Breaker

A bare-handed attack used against Klei at War God Mountain.

• The punch merges with space and strikes Klei with little visible warning. 104
• Overcomes Klei’s renowned Earth Laws-based defense and leaves him coughing blood after a single blow. 104

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Giant axe — Bark’s usual weapon during training and sparring. 65
• Velociraptor — A seventh-rank magical beast subdued by Zhao Nan and granted to Bark as a mount; Zhao Nan forbids him from forming a contract with it, considering its bloodline beneath Bark’s future status. 38

Relationships

• Zhao Nan — Teacher. Zhao Nan identifies Bark’s lineage, retrieves the Undying Secret Manual, repeatedly corrects his training, and entrusts him with guarding the secret realm entrance. 30 33 65 85
• Gates Amanda — Younger brother. Gates surpasses Bark’s cultivation pace and becomes a central military leader in Black Earth City. 65 77
• Anke, Buen, and Black Shark Amanda — Younger brothers and fellow Undying Warriors. Bark leads the brothers from their early Muqiu Duchy service through their sect training and later campaigns. 28 31 76
• Linley Baruch — Senior fellow disciple. Bark recognizes Linley’s seniority and later learns the Pulse of the Earth technique from him. 34 103
• Ace Hyde — Second senior brother despite being far younger than Bark. 31
• Hogg Baruch — Ally and sparring partner. Bark is repeatedly outmatched by Hogg’s growing mastery of Weight as Light as a Feather. 65
• Klei — Saint-level challenger defeated by Bark in a single exchange at War God Mountain. 103 104

Story Role / Major Arcs

Recruitment and Sect Training

• Meets Zhao Nan in the Muqiu Duchy, learns his true Amanda Clan heritage, and becomes an outer sect disciple. 28 31
• Begins cultivating the Undying Secret Manual after Heisai entrusts it to Zhao Nan. 33 34
• Receives a Velociraptor from Zhao Nan following the magical beast’s submission at Wushan Town. 38

Chaotic Territory and the Ultimate Empire

• Accompanies Hogg and his brothers into the Chaotic Territory, where they plan to seize territory from the Radiant Church. 74 76
• Supports Gates’ takeover of Black Earth City, which becomes the foundation of their expanding power. 77
• Helps receive Linley and his companions in the Ultimate Empire; Bark assigns them official positions before returning to cultivation with Hogg and his brothers. 81
• Discovers the hidden entrance to a secret cultivation realm near the Magic Crystal vein and is ordered to guard it for Zhao Nan. 85

Far East Prairie and the Necropolis of the Gods

• Joins Linley and Bebe in directing Bebe’s rodent magical-beast horde against the Far East Prairie. 99
• Travels to War God Mountain for the expedition to the Necropolis of the Gods. 103
• Defeats the highly defensive Saint-level expert Klei with Undying Divine Fist: Mountain Breaker, establishing his reputation among the gathered Saints. 104

Planar Battlefield

• Faces Magnus alongside Linley and the other disciples in the Planar Battlefield. 143
• Attempts to escape with the group using the Earth Movement Technique, but Magnus’ Power of Fate forces them back. 143

Trivia

• Bark and Gates are the only two of the five brothers classified as outer sect disciples; the other three are registered disciples. 31
• Despite being the eldest brother, Bark was required to call the much younger Ace his second senior brother. 31
• He considers Zhao Nan’s “baptism of fate” training frightening enough to flee immediately when Zhao Nan suggests personally guiding him again. 85