Jiang Ran

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Jiang Ran (江然)
Alias(es)	Wisdom King; Masked Man; Feng City Black-Cloaked Man 50 91
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Age	24 at the beginning of the story 1
Affiliation	Founder and President of the Kui Organization; Fire-Kindling Academy instructor; formerly associated with Feng City Museum and Fengcheng No. 3 High School 1 64 176
Occupation/Role	Teacher and psychological counselor; artifact appraiser; mixed martial artist and combat instructor; Transcendent leader 1 11 53
Status	Alive
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Void Walker qualification	1	Obtained after touching an anomalous clod excavated from a burial site; granted access to the Void/Return Void.
Martial Monk — Transcendental Profession	5	Unlocks Dragon-Tiger Fist and greatly enhances his physical strength and senses.
Golden Bell Shield and Eight-Step Cicada Chase	9	Uses Profession Points to unlock a qi-and-blood defense technique and explosive mobility art.
Buddha's Wrathful Vajra	9	Unlocks the Martial Monk's core ability, a comprehensive combat-enhancement form.
Blood Sensing Realm	17	Reached after hunting over a hundred monsters and absorbing Spirit Crystals; doubles his Blood-Qi and physical strength.
Blood-Flow Realm	41	Gains sufficient Blood-Qi control to extend Dragon-Tiger Fist and Golden Bell Shield onto his Vajra Phantom.
Nuo Opera Master — Transcendental Profession	45	Unlocks the profession using Ancestral Nuo: Faceless and gains the basic skill Hidden Mechanism.
Intent Gathering Realm	69	Enters the first documented realm of the Basic Visualization Method, establishing formal Spirit Cultivation.
Blood-Nourishing Realm	79	Advances Martial Cultivation and manifests a five-meter Wrathful Vajra.
Karma-Fire Wisdom King	83	Evolves Buddha's Wrathful Vajra through the Karma-Binding Black Pupils; Eight-Step Cicada Chase also evolves into Cloud-Treading Court.
Martial Monk class advancement	97	Gains a talent and evolves his existing skills after defeating a nine-headed snake.
Divine Thought Master — Transcendental Profession	108	Unlocks a Spirit Cultivation profession from the Stone of Myriad Knowledge.
True Blood Realm	123	Reaches the peak of the realm after cultivating the Mysterious Female Blood-Forging True Qi.
Divine Treasury Realm	132	Uses the Return-Origin Blood Lotus to open a treasury of vital energy and blood within his body.
Pulse Opening Realm, second stage	156	Completes the Flawless Realm, begins the Star River · Profound Origin Scripture, and breaks into the second Pulse Opening stage.
Spirit Focus Realm	176	Breaks through after obtaining the Void · Profound Mystery Chapter.
Rakshasa — Transcendental Profession	175	Unlocks the blade-oriented Rakshasa profession and its basic skill, Condemnation.
Second-Order Spirit Cultivator	185	Achieves second-order Spirit Cultivation after three Limit Breaks, gaining sustained flight through divine sense.
Azure Emperor — Transcendental Profession	192	Unlocks Wood Sovereign True Form, granting accelerated recovery and command over vegetation.
Myriad Tribulations Martial Shaman	199	Completes an ascension that converts and strengthens his power through shamanic markings and witch power.

Background

After graduating from university, Jiang Ran awakened a career panel that records experience from any socially recognized occupation. Seeking both self-sufficiency and a way to accumulate transferable Profession Points, he deliberately worked numerous jobs before settling into three stable roles: psychology teacher, cultural relic appraiser, and mixed martial arts coach. His choice of varied work was motivated less by income than by personal freedom. 1 2

At Fengcheng No. 3 High School, he became known as a skilled, approachable psychology teacher. His near-maxed Psychology skill allows him to identify motives and steer students toward choices they genuinely want, as seen when he helps Li Hao confront pressure to enter medical school. 1

While appraising excavated artifacts at the Feng City Museum, Jiang Ran touched a strange clod of earth and received the qualification of Void Walker. Preparing for the Void's midnight opening, he armed himself with practical survival equipment and relied on his existing combat experience rather than assuming the supernatural would protect him. 1 2

Appearance

Jiang Ran initially presents as a refined, gentle-looking young man whose appearance contrasts sharply with his combat ability. At school, he favors clean, approachable clothing; when operating as the Wisdom King, he conceals himself behind Nuo Opera Masks and dark combat attire. 1 10 47

• Delicate, gentle features and a calm expression that make him appear nonthreatening at first glance. 10
• Black eyes; when using certain masks, his visible gaze is described as scarlet. 184
• Often wears dark hoodies, black clothing, or simple shirts and trousers outside combat. 21 52
• Uses the pure-black Faceless Nuo Opera Mask as his most recognizable disguise. 45 47
• Can switch to the gold-and-crimson Martial God: Power mask in battle. 66

Personality

Jiang Ran is calm, analytical, and highly self-directed. He assesses danger before acting, values preparation, and avoids institutions or alliances that would compromise his independence. Although he accepts resources and practical partnerships, he repeatedly refuses to become subordinate to larger organizations. 2 23

His training philosophy is intensely pragmatic. He treats skills, occupations, cultivation methods, equipment, and even professional teaching work as interconnected routes toward greater strength. He favors adaptable combat over rigid forms and actively tests the limits of new abilities against stronger opponents. 2 13 40

Jiang Ran is capable of empathy and protection, particularly toward students, civilians, and those under Kui's protection. He saves civilians from the Silver Worm and rejects the idea of allowing monsters to slaughter nearby humans simply because the victims are not his immediate objective. 21 24 60

At the same time, he is ruthless toward perceived threats, traitors, hostile factions, and Alien Humans. He kills Qian Laojiu's group when they move to seize his gains, eliminates the Old Nine Gates before they can investigate him, and later wages open war against Alien Human nations. 43 51 197

Abilities & Skills

Profession Panel

Jiang Ran's foundational advantage is a personal panel that tracks occupations, skills, experience, and Profession Points.

• Gains experience by performing recognized work under a clear social identity. 1
• Can raise an occupation to its maximum level and extract points for other professions. 1 2
• Has developed skills across teaching, psychology, artifact appraisal, martial arts, archery, blade arts, and cultivation. 1 11 33
• Uses teaching and tutoring not only as employment, but as a reliable source of experience and Profession Points. 24 33

Psychological Profiling

A core skill originating from Jiang Ran's teaching profession.

• Reconstructs a target's likely inner state, motives, and behavioral logic from observed details. 30 31
• Identified a Hairy Person disguised as a human when others saw nothing unusual. 30
• Detects concealed antisocial tendencies, including a registrant who disguised pleasure in killing as guilt. 53
• Is not treated by Jiang Ran as literal or infallible perception; he recognizes it produces deductions rather than direct visual truth. 31 36

Martial Monk Arts

Jiang Ran's first Transcendental profession forms the core of his close-quarters combat system.

• Dragon-Tiger Fist / Dragon-Tiger: Prison of Tribulation — Uses Blood-Qi to generate dragon-and-tiger force, later gaining the ability to brand enemies with suppression and severance effects. 5 143
• Golden Bell Shield / Four Peaks Prison Suppression — Forms protective qi around his body and later evolves through the Tu Lou's Four-Mountain Horns. 9 63
• Eight-Step Cicada Chase / Cloud-Treading Court — Provides explosive bursts of speed, aerial redirection, pursuit, and evasive movement. 9 83
• Buddha's Wrathful Vajra — Summons a Vajra manifestation that massively amplifies his physical attributes and Blood-Qi intensity. 27 66
• Dragon-Tiger Fist consumes internal energy, while prolonged use of Buddha's Wrathful Vajra can severely drain his Blood-Qi and leave him weakened. 5 16

Wisdom King Forms

Jiang Ran repeatedly evolves his Vajra-based combat form through rare materials and profession advancement.

• Karma-Fire Wisdom King evolved from Buddha's Wrathful Vajra through the Karma-Binding Black Pupils. 83
• Blood Fiend Asura Wisdom King Form manifests three heads and six arms, allowing several divine abilities to be wielded at once. 168
• Immovable Wisdom King is an Immortal Art created through Undying Water and Shanshao God Blood; it manifests an eighty-meter form capable of overwhelming stronger opponents. 174 176
• Myriad Tribulations Martial Shaman further transforms his power into witch power, reinforces his body through shamanic markings, and grants the domain art Myriad Ksitigarbha. 199

Nuo Opera Master Arts

The Nuo Opera Master profession centers on masks, transformations, and the inheritance of Ancestral Nuo.

• Ancestral Nuo: Faceless — Jiang Ran's natal mask; its formless nature permits it to contain and transform into different Nuo manifestations. 45
• All-Aspects Rotation — Increases physical constitution and Blood-Qi intensity when using compatible Nuo Opera Masks; later expands the number of Divine Positions his natal mask can hold. 52 171
• Spirit Absorption Creation — Creates Nuo Opera Masks from spiritual and biological materials. 50 52
• Faceless: True Dragon Ritual — A core technique that continues to develop alongside his Nuo Opera Master profession. 171

Blade and Rakshasa Arts

Jiang Ran supplements his fist-based style with a lethal sword-and-blade system.

• Sin-Cutter — A powerful blade obtained from Xiangliu's golden orb. 92
• Karma-Severing — A blade technique used to kill Mozi and split the sky over Qingyun City. 104
• Rakshasa Profession — A killing-oriented profession whose techniques emphasize relentless offense, recovery through Soul Devour, and escalating blade power. 175 176
• Condemnation — The Rakshasa profession's basic skill, used to empower Sin-Cutter with black Rakshasa force. 175 190

Divine Thought Master Arts

His Spirit Cultivation profession provides perception, restraint, and spatial control.

• Condensed Void Realm — Compresses air through divine sense to create intensified gravity. 126
• Space-Fixing Realm / Void Ban — Solidifies the surrounding space, restricts movement, and interferes with enemies' supernatural abilities. 160 190
• Clear Spirit Eye / Truth-Piercing Pupil — Enhances perception, sees through falsehood, identifies weaknesses, and predicts divine thought fluctuations. 160 169
• Myriad Forms Thousand Mechanisms — An evolved transformation-oriented divine thought technique. 160

Azure Emperor Arts

The Azure Emperor profession gives Jiang Ran a distinct recovery and environmental-control system.

• Wood Sovereign True Form strengthens his body, accelerates injury recovery, and allows him to command nearby vegetation. 192
• Sore Shadow Escape evolves Wind Spirit Incarnation, allowing invisibility and long-distance instantaneous movement. 192

Equipment

• Bagua Copper Coin — Performs one divination per day; repeatedly guides Jiang Ran toward opportunities, targets, and hidden locations. 6 87
• Heavenly Net Pouch — A thought-operated storage item with seventy-five cubic units of space. 16
• Stardust Ring — A spatial ring with a two-thousand-cubic-meter void space. 91
• Nether Bind — Black-flame gauntlets that suppress yin and evil entities while amplifying fist-based divine abilities. 37
• Ancestral Nuo: Faceless — Jiang Ran's natal Nuo Opera Mask and the foundation of his Nuo Opera Master profession. 45 171
• Martial God: Power — A Nuo Opera Mask that significantly enhances his physical constitution and Blood-Qi. 52 66
• Sin-Cutter — His primary blade after its recovery from Xiangliu's corpse. 92 104
• Mirage Dragon Jade Soul — A sacred spirit-refining treasure gifted by Li Taibai after Jiang Ran frees him. 55

Relationships

• Jiang Xiaoyu — Younger sister. Their relationship begins strained, but Jiang Ran tutors her and later includes her among Kui's core-associated members. 24 184
• Li Hao — Student and early counseling case. Jiang Ran guides him to challenge his father's imposed career path; Li Hao later reveals the healing ability Spirit Pivot Pulse Inquiry. 1 52
• Wang Zhenguo — Contract-bound partner, resource manager, and principal administrator of Kui. Jiang Ran values his decisiveness but trains him harshly as a proxy. 20 51 64
• Li Taibai — The Poet Immortal, initially encountered as a black cat. After Jiang Ran frees him, Li Taibai becomes a Kui ally and assists with management and cultivation guidance. 55 69 115
• Dian Wei — Loyal ancient warrior and close combat subordinate. He follows Jiang Ran as “My Lord” and serves as one of Kui's foremost fighters. 87 91
• Tao Yuanming — Ancient Transcendent who willingly swears an oath to Jiang Ran; provides strategic advice, including the territorial model that develops into Kui's protected domain. 88 109
• Ran Min — Ancient martial powerhouse recruited after a direct fight with Jiang Ran. He becomes a core combatant and recruiter for Kui. 93 115
• Huo Qubing — The Champion Marquis. Joins Jiang Ran to hunt Alien Humans and later trains civilians and Kui recruits. 117 119
• Drought Demon / Nüba — Ancient being whom Jiang Ran defeats and later entrusts with directing Kui during his absences. 150 170
• Xia Xuan — Police officer and later Inspection Team member. Jiang Ran saves him repeatedly; their relationship develops into guarded mutual respect. 7 60 175
• Old Chen — Early supporter, sparring partner, and student of Jiang Ran's combat instruction. 11 33 50
• Li Xintong — Former archery student and persistent rival who trains with Jiang Ran and continues to seek greater strength. 11 24 184

Story Role / Major Arcs

Awakening and the First Return Void

Jiang Ran obtains Void Walker qualification through an anomalous artifact, enters the Return Void, and rapidly establishes himself as a prepared monster hunter. He gains the Martial Monk profession, Spirit Crystals, the Bagua Copper Coin, and the Blood-Qi Circulation Method while refusing to depend on unreliable allies such as Liu San. 1 5 6 7

Feng City Monster Hunts

After reaching the Blood Sensing Realm, Jiang Ran hunts increasingly dangerous monsters and defeats the Ancient Exotic Beast Zhi. The victory produces Bone Tempering Golden Marrow, allowing him to gain Ultimate: Lotus Brilliance. 17 27 29

Qu Yuan's Tomb

Jiang Ran joins an Inspection Team excavation that leads into Qu Yuan's tomb. He defeats the masked old man, claims Ancestral Nuo: Faceless, unlocks Nuo Opera Master, and kills Qian Laojiu's group after they attempt to seize the Golden Skeleton. 38 41 43 45

Founding Kui

Jiang Ran develops Wang Zhenguo into an administrator, uses crafted Nuo Opera Masks to establish Kui's reputation, and organizes a public Transcendent auction. Kui grows from a resource network into an independent organization capable of sheltering members and controlling territory. 64 70 109

Conflict with the Federation and Alien Humans

Following the auction, Jiang Ran fights Alien Human infiltrators and openly opposes those advocating cooperation with Alien Humans. He kills Zhao Ming/Xiangliu, defeats Mozi in Qingyun City, and becomes both revered and feared as the Wisdom King. 89 91 101 104

Recruitment of Ancient Transcendents

Jiang Ran recruits Tao Yuanming, Dian Wei, Ran Min, Huo Qubing, Fa Qing, Murong Ke, Xie Lingyun, and others into Kui. He prioritizes combat potential, obedience, and willingness to fight Alien Humans over their past affiliations. 88 117 119 121

Crouching Dragon Mountain and Free City

Jiang Ran competes for the True Dragon's corpse and divine treasure at Crouching Dragon Mountain, reaches the Divine Treasury Realm, and expands Kui's influence. He later leads followers away from Federation control, establishing Free City as a major Kui base. 131 132 138 139

Alien Human World and Immortal Palace

Jiang Ran infiltrates the Alien Human world, studies its cultivation systems, destroys Owl-Sun Kingdom cities, and disguises himself as a cultivator from the Gentlemen Kingdom to enter the Immortal Palace. His encounter with Heavenly Emperor Chiyou reveals a fundamental gap in power and sharpens his pursuit of further evolution. 154 156 185 190

War Against the Alien Human Nations

After returning to the lower realm, Jiang Ran leads Kui and the Xuanyuan Clan into the Alien Human world. He attacks the Zai Kingdom, confronts the Heavenly Emperor's projection, completes the Myriad Tribulations Martial Shaman ascension, and continues preparing for a broader war between humanity and the Immortal Palace. 196 197 199 204

Notable Quotes

“The meager merits you speak of belong to the past, while I must face the life and death of the present and the future.” 55

“I'm not a psycho.” 60

“I merely want to... Kill you!!!” 199

Trivia

• Before gaining supernatural power, Jiang Ran experimented with many occupations, including barista, bookstore clerk, pet trainer, freelance writer, Qigong student, and folk-ritual apprentice. 1 2
• He initially traveled to work by mountain bike and carried a black backpack containing his basic survival kit. 1 2
• Jiang Ran named Li Taibai's black-cat form “Taibai,” allowing students to pet the former Poet Immortal without knowing his identity. 71
• He describes Kui as a place that should amplify the meaning of its members' lives rather than bind them to his personal path. 98