Liu Chuanwu

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Martial Arts Heritage and Research

Liu Chuanwu was the eldest son of a martial arts family that had once ranked among Nanjiang Province’s strongest forces. The Liu family declined during the Gene Fusion era because it refused to adopt Gene Fusion. His own commitment to the Pure-Blood Human Path separated him from his wife and children, who chose Gene Fusion, while years of research depleted his family fortune 104 136.

Alongside martial arts, Liu worked as a professional archaeologist. He excavated 38 ruins potentially dating to the Age of Gods; eleven contained references to Qi Qingmo, the “Great Love Immortal Master.” His discoveries included the Blood Tempering Technique and a living woman sealed inside a Bronze Ancient Coffin, whom he recognized as the Heavenly Human Pavilion’s true master 136 198 199.

In 2004, he explored an undersea ruin and recovered a pearl-and-shell bracelet. He preserved video footage of the expedition, which later helped Qi Qingmo recognize the site and decide to investigate Double Sun Bay 195 196 218.

Recruiting Lin Zichen

Despite his own fifty-year cultivation bottleneck, Liu believed that insufficient talent—not a fundamentally mistaken path—had prevented his breakthrough. He recruited Lin Zichen by offering three times the Evolution Academy’s benefits in exchange for a six-month commitment, then gave him a translated, annotated copy of the Blood Tempering Technique 104 105 106.

When Lin revealed that he had already completed Skin Tempering, Liu concealed his unusual potential and redirected the pavilion’s resources toward him. He also paid Song Yuyan’s salary personally so she could stop teaching and become Lin’s full-time training assistant 116.

Liu backed Lin to win the Opening Trial and collected 1,900 Credits from wagers with university leaders after his victory. As Lin disclosed further progress, Liu became increasingly convinced that the Pure-Blood Human Path could finally produce an Advanced Being 119 127 136.

Reviving the Pavilion Master

Liu regularly visited the woman in the Bronze Ancient Coffin, hoping that a sufficiently powerful Pure-Blood Human could replenish her dwindling vitality. He told her about Lin’s rapid progress and feared that she might die before Lin became strong enough to help 138.

He eventually disclosed her identity and circumstances to Lin, using archaeological records to support his assurance that Qi Qingmo had treated ordinary people compassionately. After Lin and Shen Qinghan became Advanced Beings, Liu brought them and Song Yuyan to the coffin so Lin could transmit blood and qi energy to its occupant 198 199 213 214.

Expansion of the Pure-Blood Human Path

Shen Qinghan’s aperture-opening method provided the breakthrough Liu’s research had lacked. Growing public support brought spiritual treasures and investment to the institute, allowing Liu to improve his own Mental Power and begin aperture training 210.

He welcomed Ma Xiwei into the pavilion despite his hostility toward her father, Ma Zhenhe. Later, Qi Qingmo entrusted him with Blood Bath Pills and instructed him to establish a proper reward system. On July 8, he recruited 166 talented students, exceeding the membership target that had delayed Lin and Shen’s departure for the Origin Land 210 235 236.

Defense of City No. 36

Liu joined the defense of City No. 36 alongside Yuan Dongzhi. While fighting a Rare Tier 1 Fire Tiger Beast with Student Union members, he became distracted by Yuan’s severe injuries and was badly burned. Yuan killed the beast to save him, after which he transferred blood and qi to her to aid her recovery 304 305.

An Epic-tier Exotic Human later ordered Yuan to kill Liu in exchange for her own survival. She instead tried to escape with him, then attempted to send him away through an underground current. Both attempts failed, and the attacker began draining Liu’s remaining life force 306.

A ten-thousand-meter water dragon dispelled the attacker’s restraints and destroyed him. Yuan caught Liu as he fell, preventing his critically injured body from striking the ground 307.

Appearance

• Apparent age: Looks approximately fifty or sixty despite being ninety-five; he attributes his longevity and youthful appearance to body tempering 104.
• Physique: Possesses exceptionally large muscles, visible in his recorded fight against Wu Tiancheng 103.
• Facial hair: Has a half-white beard that he frequently strokes while speaking 213 214.

Personality

Liu is tenacious about the Pure-Blood Human Path. Decades of stagnation, ridicule, financial losses, and family separation do not persuade him to abandon it. He treats Lin’s progress as vindication of years of perseverance, but also openly credits Song Yuyan with keeping the pavilion’s research alive 104 106 116 136.

He is boastful, sharp-tongued, and openly vindictive toward rivals. He repeatedly attributes recruitment successes to his “personal charm,” goads colleagues into wagers, and encourages Lin to settle grievances once strong enough. Nevertheless, he distinguishes personal disputes from hostility toward relatives: he treats Ma Xiwei affectionately despite his feud with her father 106 116 119 210.

His support for talented juniors includes protecting their privacy. He rebukes Yuan Dongzhi for probing Lin’s body with Mental Power and advises Lin to conceal his strength from the Heretic Cult 127 136.

Abilities & Skills

Blood Tempering Technique

Uses qi and blood to strengthen the body without incorporating Exotic Beast genes 104.

• Completed three rounds of body tempering before Lin’s arrival, then the highest documented achievement among the pavilion’s practitioners 106.
• Maintains a comparatively youthful body at nearly a hundred years old 104.
• Can transfer blood and qi to another person to assist recovery, as demonstrated with Yuan Dongzhi 305.
• Remained blocked from Advanced evolution for fifty years before the later aperture-opening breakthrough 104 210 305.

Martial Arts and Physical Combat

Relies on durability, explosive movement, and powerful unarmed strikes 103 108.

• Withstood Wu Tiancheng’s feather barrage with scratches and bleeding rather than fatal wounds 103.
• Closed the distance at nearly one hundred meters per second and knocked Wu unconscious with one punch 103.
• Performs punches and kicks forceful enough to produce thunderous cracks through the air 108.
• Fought a Rare Tier 1 Fire Tiger Beast with assistance, but was badly injured after losing focus 305.

Archaeology and Ancient Records

Investigates ruins and uses their records to reconstruct ancient cultivation history 199.

• Excavated 38 possible Age of Gods sites 199.
• Compiled information about Qi Qingmo’s identity, title, and treatment of ordinary people 199.
• Preserved undersea expedition footage that later proved useful to Qi Qingmo 196 218.
• Acknowledges that his knowledge of Source Power and the Origin Land is limited; much comes from ruins and Yuan Dongzhi 136.

Equipment / Items

• Annotated Blood Tempering Technique — Supplies Lin with a modern-language translated copy containing cultivation instructions and research annotations 105 106.
• Pearl Shell Bracelet — Excavated from an undersea ruin in 2004. Later found in an abandoned fish tank; Shen Qinghan eventually gives it to Qi Qingmo after its spiritual energy is identified 195 218.
• Archaeological recordings and records — Includes footage of the undersea ruins and accounts concerning Qi Qingmo 196 199.
• Blood Bath Pills — Resources entrusted to him by Qi Qingmo for distribution through a pavilion reward system 235.

Relationships

• Lin Zichen — Recruit and principal hope for advancing the Pure-Blood Human Path. Liu funds his training, protects his secrets, and connects him with Qi Qingmo 104 116 136 198.
• Song Yuyan — Longtime research partner whose work helped him achieve Tertiary Body Tempering. Their frequent bickering is compared to a father–daughter relationship 116 210.
• Yuan Dongzhi — Ex-wife and continuing intimate partner. Despite disputes over cultivation and recruitment, they repeatedly risk themselves to protect one another at City No. 36 104 130 198 305 306 307.
• Yuan Xusheng and Yuan Xiaoyi — Son and daughter who chose Gene Fusion. Their grayed-out online profiles make Lin wonder whether they have died, but their deaths are not confirmed in the supplied account 104.
• Qi Qingmo — The Heavenly Human Pavilion’s true master, whose coffin he excavated and whose revival he sought 138 198 199.
• Shen Qinghan — Pavilion recruit whose aperture-opening discovery resolves a major obstacle in his research 198 210.
• Ma Zhenhe — Rival dean and vocal critic of the Pure-Blood Human Path; Liu takes particular pleasure in proving him wrong 108 119 127 210.
• Ma Xiwei — Regards her as a niece, having watched her grow up. Welcomes her into the pavilion without extending his feud with her father to her 210.

Notable Quotes

“The human body is invincible by nature! Why borrow the bodies of other races?” 103

“But I don't think there's anything wrong with the direction of my research. I think my talent just isn't good enough.” 104

“I'm petty only toward the person involved. I never drag their family into it.” 119