Liu Zheng

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Liu Zheng (刘铮)
Alias(es)	Han Emperor; Great Han Emperor; Human Emperor
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Great Han; Heavenly Court
Occupation/Role	Emperor of Great Han; military commander and conqueror
Status	Active as of his campaign against the Dark Shadow God Palace 653

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Quasi-Saint Third Realm	536	Liu Zheng cultivates after absorbing energy from a shattered seed; his combat strength rises with each breakthrough.
Below Half-Step Saint Third Level	559	He is stated not yet to have reached the third level of the Half-Step Saint Realm, though he remains capable of sweeping aside ordinary opponents with Lu Bu and Guan Yu beside him.
Ninth-Level Quasi-Saint	580	He confronts the Heavenly Wolf Clan while identified as a ninth-level Quasi-Saint.
Ninth-Level Saint	632	Liu Zheng leads Great Han’s expansion while described as a ninth-level Saint.
Saint Eighth Level	633	After absorbing the Gold Attribute Spiritual Vein, he is stated to break through to the eighth level of Saint; this ranking conflicts with the prior ninth-level-Saint report.
Three-Star combat power	595	His combat power rises to three stars, enabling him to kill the invading Primordial World expert.
Unspecified level increase	638	He levels up during the conquest of Gold Stone City and uses the resulting boost to defeat Huang Shigong.

Background / History

Liu Zheng is the ruler of Great Han, a Human Race monarch whose authority rests on personal strength, summoned forces, and a rapidly expanding imperial army. During an early crisis, Cao Zhengchun warns him that his imperial father has been attacked and escorts him from a secret chamber despite Liu Zheng’s open distrust over Cao Zhengchun’s earlier betrayal 522.

After taking Eastern Mausoleum City, Liu Zheng refuses to be confined to its defense. He kills the Barbarian Emperor, retakes six cities for Great Han, accepts a surrendering Barbarian general, and appoints the Brocade-Clothed Young Master as Grand Marshal after receiving a resource map of the Nine Provinces Continent 527.

His campaigns extend beyond the Nine Provinces into the Primordial World, the Northern Wasteland, star domains, and Otherworld territories. He repeatedly answers resistance with conquest, incorporation, or extermination, while using captured territories and resources to strengthen Great Han 595 632 652.

Appearance

Liu Zheng is presented as an imposing imperial warrior whose battlefield attire emphasizes his sovereign status and overwhelming force.

• Wears purple armor and a flowing cloak during the Great Xia campaign; lightning gathers in his hand as he fights 565.
• Appears with a gleaming golden crown while commanding Great Han’s Iron Cavalry 591.
• Rides a Black Cloud Steed during the Dongyi campaign and a lavish Nine-Dragon Jade Carriage on later battlefields 571 586.
• Can manifest dragon wings and expand his body to an immense size in battle 549 653.

Personality

Liu Zheng is supremely confident, decisive, and confrontational. He refuses intimidation from stronger factions, openly challenges rulers such as the Sirius Star Lord, and treats threats to Great Han as grounds for immediate retaliation 535 536. His commands commonly reduce opponents’ choices to submission or death.

His ruthlessness is paired with practical statecraft. He incorporates surrendered Great Xia soldiers into his army, accepts the loyalty of useful clans, distributes captured grain to disaster victims, and reduces taxes for commoners in Eternal City 570 571 632. He can also show personal attachment: he comforts Liu Yu after their parents’ deaths, is visibly distressed for Star Spirit Er, and moves to rescue his former lover Ji Ying after learning of her capture 535 539 564.

Abilities & Skills

Martial Prowess

Liu Zheng fights primarily through overwhelming physical force, swordsmanship, and destructive energy.

• Can kill high-ranking enemies with punches, sword strikes, palms, claws, and lightning-infused attacks 536 549 595.
• Uses Fist Force powerful enough to shatter space and destroy enemy formations 524 583.
• Defeated the Sirius Star Lord with a lightning-charged punch that pierced his body and shattered his heart 536.
• Fought and killed a Primordial World expert despite being wounded and outmatched in cultivation at the beginning of their battle 595.
• Has slain powerful enemies including the Barbarian Emperor, Great Xia’s ruler, the Heavenly Peng Clan’s leadership, and the Golden Sun King 527 569 619 633.

Sword Techniques

Liu Zheng employs several swords and can combine sword radiance with dragon-patterned power.

• His Blood Blade cleaves an enormous creature in two with a single horizontal strike 515.
• His Dragon Pattern Sword manifests a colossal dragon whose tail attack annihilates Giant Spirit Race warriors 531.
• His Yu Emperor Sword overwhelms the Sky Desolate Supreme’s blade technique 585.
• His sword techniques can produce dense sword rain, dragon-patterned radiance, and attacks capable of piercing powerful opponents 595 619.

Imperial Summoning and Command

As Great Han’s emperor, Liu Zheng commands elite formations and calls upon imperial resources in battle.

• Summons Imperial Guards to eliminate Ferocious Demons; the Fate Disk provides five thousand weapons and pieces of armor for the assault 540.
• Calls heavenly soldiers for expeditions against hostile factions 533.
• Commands the Han Emperor Legion, Golden Crow Legion, Iron Cavalry, Imperial Guards, and other Great Han forces 530 568 582.
• Uses the Nation Protecting Divine Beast, a golden tiger that kills the Dragon Soaring Sovereign with a single claw strike 570.

Soul Absorption and Refinement

Liu Zheng possesses techniques that affect souls and absorbed essence.

• Absorbs the souls of Nether Darkness Valley disciples during his campaign against the Nether Darkness Sect 597.
• Defeats and refines the Nether Darkness Old Ancestor, absorbing his essence 598.
• Obtains the Soul Eater Secret Manual after defeating the Soul Eater Beast in Golden Sun City 631.

Bloodline Power and Transformations

Liu Zheng can release a powerful bloodline manifestation and assume a gigantic combat form.

• A blood-colored phantom appears behind him when his bloodline power responds to his mother consort 653.
• Expands to ten thousand zhang while confronting the Dark Shadow God Lord 653.
• Can emit golden dragon qi and display dragon-like physical traits 622.
• His bloodline does not make him a True Dragon; against giant pythons and a devouring elephant, he is pressured by the gap in power 653.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Blood Blade — Cleaves an enormous creature in two 515.
• Dragon Pattern Sword — Produces dragon manifestations and massive sword-based attacks 531.
• Yu Emperor Sword — Used against the Sky Desolate Supreme 585.
• Emperor Sword — Used while fighting the Red Lotus-devouring Giant Ape 577.
• Dragon Pearl — Enhances Liu Zheng’s power against Golden Light Daoist and Divine Sky Daoist 572.
• Fate Disk — Produces five thousand weapons and armor pieces for his forces 540.
• Imperial Jade Seal — Used to unleash a powerful attack against the Great Xia Emperor and foreign experts 633.
• Nine-Dragon Jade Carriage — A gold-and-jewel imperial treasure personally forged by Liu Zheng 586.
• Black Flame War Boots — Used to pin Golden Light Daoist after knocking away his whisk 572.
• Soul Eater Secret Manual — Acquired from the Soul Eater Beast 631.
• Clairvoyance Pearl and Chaos Grass — Treasures presented by Lu Bu 572.
• Teleportation Token — Gifted by the Dark Night Fairy Ji; can reach any place in the Nine Provinces 653.

Relationships

• Liu Bang — Imperial father; Liu Zheng reunites with him in Giantwood City after intervening against the Sirius Star Lord’s forces 535.
• Liu Yu — Younger sister; Liu Zheng comforts her after the deaths of their parents and vows vengeance 535.
• Cao Zhengchun — Senior official and recurring attendant. Liu Zheng distrusts him after an earlier betrayal, but retains him because Cao Zhengchun once saved his life and later proves deeply loyal 522 583.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi — Liu Zheng’s master; he worries for Liu Zheng during the battle with the Primordial World expert 595.
• Li Yuanba — Liu Zheng’s sworn brother and loyal general, saved by Liu Zheng in the Primordial World 571.
• Lu Bu — Trusted general who frequently fights alongside Liu Zheng, presents him treasures, and carries out decisive executions 559 572 638.
• Xiang Yu — Major Great Han warrior who supports Liu Zheng in battles against Golden Sun City, Yuxu Palace, and the Heavenly Peng Clan 572 632 622.
• Li Xiuning — Shows relief and affection when Liu Zheng returns from battle 577.
• Ji Ying — Former lover; Liu Zheng leads an army toward Great Xia after learning she has been captured 564.
• Star Spirit Er — Liu Zheng displays tenderness and visible grief while protecting her from the Ferocious Demon Race 539.
• Dark Night Fairy Ji — A mysterious woman who assists Liu Zheng and gives him a teleportation token 653.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Eastern Mausoleum and Barbarian campaign — Takes Eastern Mausoleum City, kills the Barbarian Emperor, recaptures six cities, and begins planning broader conquest through the Grand Marshal’s resource map 527.
• Giantwood Star conflict — Kills Hong Fengzi, confronts the Sirius Star Lord, and protects Giantwood City from sacrifice and occupation 535 536.
• Nine Provinces expansion — Leads Great Han through campaigns against Great Xia, Western Xia, the Divine Wind Dynasty, Great Song, Dongyi forces, and aristocratic clans 553 559 563 570.
• Eternal City defense — Seizes Dongyi territory, founds Eternal City, distributes grain, lowers taxes, and personally repels Yuxu Palace’s Golden Light Daoist 571 572.
• Primordial World campaigns — Defeats invading experts, compels regional lords to join Great Han, and attacks the Nether Darkness Sect and Dark Shadow Demon Race 595 597 598.
• Heavenly Peng Clan war — Kills the Heavenly Peng Young Master, defeats the clan’s elders and leader, and orders the clan’s annihilation 619 620.
• Golden Sun and Gold Stone campaigns — Acquires the Soul Eater Secret Manual, conquers Golden Sun City, absorbs its Gold Attribute Spiritual Vein, and later captures Gold Stone City 631 633 638.
• Black Tiger Ridge and star-domain wars — Subdues Black Tiger Cliff, defeats the Scorpio Star Lord, confronts pirate chiefs, and enters the Ancient Secret Realm seeking its treasury 648 649 652.
• Dark Shadow God Palace conflict — Retrieves his father’s coffin from Dark Shadow Divine Mountain, refuses the Dark Shadow God Lord’s offer to make him a puppet, and confronts the palace’s forces 653.

Notable Quotes

“You know that I never make a losing deal!”
— Liu Zheng 515

“I have never known how to write the word regret!”
— Liu Zheng 561

“I do not care what you are, but today, I will defend Eternal City. Whoever dares make a reckless move will be killed without mercy!”
— Liu Zheng 572