Li Ran

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Li Ran (李然)
Alias(es)	“Tail-Ender”; Heart of Chaos 55 395
Species/Race	Human Clan player; Heart of Chaos 395 414
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Human Clan; leader of a player-and-contract-pet team 465 679
Occupation/Role	Weird World player; World Lord 457
Status	Active 678
First Appearance	Chapter 3

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
60 Mysterious Power	11	Equipped the Focus Necklace and Shadow-Escape Bracers after resolving Grandpa Ge's matter.
310 Mysterious Power	22	Completed Anna's Story, receiving 100 Mysterious Power and 1,000 points.
580 Mysterious Power	34	Built an early combat kit around Shadow Escape, Shadow Assault, Blood Sickle Flying Blade, Phantom, Thunder Mark, and Focus.
1,080 Mysterious Power	55	Bought and equipped the Stalker Crown after acquiring the Attribute Swap card; his attributes rose across the board.
1,480 Mysterious Power	62	Reached this total after equipping the Perception Ring.
2,030 Mysterious Power	76	Received broad attribute gains alongside Scarlet Iris's evolution.
7,790 Mysterious Power	158	Consumed pills produced by the Mystic Weird Bottle after acquiring Epic equipment from Trollman Village.
23,400 Mysterious Power	291	Cleared Demon Gathering Land with an SSS Perfect Achievement and replaced the Stalker Crown with the Epic Divine Bird Crown.
26,620 Mysterious Power	321	Completed Save the Child and upgraded to the Epic Mist Sea Cloak and Glory Shoulder Guard.
41,720 Mysterious Power	348	Equipped the Epic Contractor's Divine Shoes, gaining Spirit Soul Possession.
90,220 Mysterious Power	407	Completed Hundred Herbs Hall's Secret, bringing his base Mysterious Power above 90,000.
100,020 Mysterious Power — World Lord	457	Broke the 100,000 threshold through mysterious medicines and was conferred as a World Lord.
206,520 combat Mysterious Power	472	Combined Little Yusu's Soul Attachment with Yao Nie's Divine Soul Armament.
Over 1.68 million combat Mysterious Power — First Form	500	Used skills, equipment, and contracted pets to confront multiple overlords in the black-hole abyss.
Over 4 million combat Mysterious Power	560	His power at Silver Moon Peak had already exceeded four million; opponents anticipated it could rise beyond five million.

Personality

Li Ran is observant, improvisational, and willing to exploit small details that others overlook. He identifies Su Bingyao's cleanliness obsession, uses gifts and etiquette to disarm Grandpa Ge, and gains Anna's attention by refusing to compete for it directly 4 10 21.

He treats strength as a practical survival requirement, pursuing chained quests, equipment, and attribute growth with deliberate efficiency. His approach can be calculating—he charges collaborators a share of quest rewards and uses leverage against dangerous NPCs—but he repeatedly risks himself to protect allies, rescue trapped players, and preserve his family 20 41 55 349.

Despite his pragmatism, Li Ran values sincerity. He respects Lu Zhaohui's decision to pursue Meng Ge honestly, supports Su Bingyao and Li Ziyang's growth, and distributes resources among his team when possible 49 291 588.

Abilities & Skills

Golden Finger

Li Ran possesses a hidden-information ability commonly referred to as his “golden finger.” It provides information on targets, quests, dangers, and potential solutions.

• Reveals identities, rankings, Mysterious Power, motives, and hidden quest opportunities 25 233.
• Lets him recognize weaknesses and avoid false claims, such as exposing a demon bluffing about possessing a divine card 265.
• Can be deceived or limited; Nightmare Demons successfully appeared as an ordinary player and resident through its information 125.
• Its hints make many missions appear simple to him, causing him to initially underestimate the capabilities of other survivors 20.

Shadow Arts

Li Ran developed an early combat style centered on stealth, movement, and ambush.

• Shadow Escape allows rapid evasion and movement, including bypassing obstacles and escaping danger 11 153.
• Shadow Assault provides offensive follow-up after repositioning 22.
• Later shadow techniques include Magic Shadow Bite, Magic Shadow Grip, Magic Shadow Catcher, Mirror Image, and Shadow Dust Clones 55 76 134 382.
• His stealth-focused abilities are best used for reconnaissance, ambushes, and avoiding opponents he cannot defeat directly 153 242.

Divine Sense and Soul Manipulation

Li Ran can perceive and interact with wandering souls.

• Uses Divine Sense to locate targets and track souls that cannot be found through ordinary means 163.
• Can identify souls displaced into locations such as the Unclaimed Land 325.
• Obtained the Ancient Divine Soul talent through the Soul Devouring Bottle, enabling him to absorb souls and better understand soul-based powers 604.
• Uses Soul Soothing to restore damaged souls and revive Lu Zhaohui 170.

Contracting and Summoning

Li Ran maintains an expanding roster of contract pets and allies.

• The Kinship Summon Card can summon family members across planes 32.
• Phoenix Flying Together draws power from his bond with Su Bingyao, including a 50% Mysterious Power increase in battle 287.
• His contracts include enslavement, master-servant, and trade contracts, each with different restrictions 394.
• He can use Spirit Soul Possession to share a contracted pet's skills, though it cannot be used on master-servant contractors 348.
• His core contracted group includes Scarlet Iris, Little Yusu, Yao Nie, and Miss Shaori 465.

Defensive Combat

Li Ran's legendary equipment turned him into an exceptionally difficult opponent to injure.

• Black Tortoise Soul Armor reduces incoming attack damage by 50% while he is in a defensive state 236.
• Mystic Tortoise Shield withstood Jason Aomir's forbidden Blood Angel transformation and Blood Ceremony attack 238.
• Mystic Serpent's Bite serves as his corresponding legendary offensive technique 238.
• He combines defensive endurance with Attribute Swap and contracted-pet buffs to survive opponents whose base power exceeds his own 337 382.

Attribute Amplification

Li Ran can rapidly convert or stack attributes during decisive fights.

• Attribute Swap converts Strength, Agility, or Constitution into Mysterious Power temporarily 55.
• Converted 12,450 Agility into Mysterious Power, raising his combat total to 53,450 against Fiona 337.
• Uses Soul Attachment, Divine Soul Armament, Lethe's Far Shore, medicines, cards, and passives to multiply his combat power 419 420 472 500.
• His extreme boosts are tactical and temporary rather than a replacement for his base Mysterious Power 378 500.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Thunder Dagger — Reward selected after helping the One-Eyed Swindler reform 13.
• Black Gold Card — Anna's reward; permits Li Ran to make one request of her 22.
• Soulmate Paper Doll — Causes a marked target to sincerely reveal thoughts or truth; cooldown of one day 97.
• Mystic Weird Bottle — Produces Mystic Weird Leaves and pills that enhance Li Ran and his contracted pets 158.
• Bloodthirsty Wolf God Broadsword — Epic weapon obtained for destroying the Fire Seed and exterminating Trollman Village 158.
• Shadow Demon Bracers — Epic bracers that replaced weaker alternatives 158 271.
• Black Tortoise Legguards — Legendary defensive equipment that grants the Mystic Tortoise Shield and Black Tortoise Soul Armor 236 238.
• Contractor's Divine Shoes — Epic footwear granting Spirit Soul Possession 348.
• Ghost God Ring — Legendary equipment that significantly improves his attributes and grants powerful skills 385.
• Space Bracelet — Legendary bracelet with Star Shift, Cage Interval, and Spatial Vortex 527.
• Key of Fate — Divine-power item capable of altering fate once 533.
• Jiuli Pot — Used to relocate the Vein Source Crystal from the Eternal Well 678.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Happy Home

Li Ran begins in Happy Home with Su Bingyao and Li Ziyang. He returns home, cooks for them, and tries to rebuild trust despite Su Bingyao's suspicion and Li Ziyang's fear that his parents have divorced 4 5.

He completes Repair the Broken Family and takes first place in the Parent-Child Activity. The reward includes family-oriented cards that later become central to his summoning and combat strategies 32.

Early Weird World Survival

Initially known at Yulan Academy as the student consistently ranked at the bottom, Li Ran quickly proves adept at Weird World survival through social insight, quest optimization, and tactical restraint 8 10.

He gains early momentum by helping Grandpa Ge, the One-Eyed Swindler, Grandma Mi, and Anna. His success makes Song Linjia, Lu Zhaohui, Xiao Yi, and Chen Jiabin increasingly aware of the gap in their capabilities 10 13 19 22.

Demon Gathering Land

Li Ran enters Demon Gathering Land, revives the younger Su Bingyao, and becomes a major combatant for the Human Clan. He defeats powerful enemies, protects faction members, and clears the dungeon with an SSS Perfect Achievement 192 236 291.

Only thirteen players survive out of the four thousand who entered the instance; Li Ran's intervention prevents a complete wipeout 291.

Fengquan Homeland and World Lord Ascension

In Fengquan Homeland, Li Ran investigates the Surface World and Inner World, searches for Lan Daifei's wandering soul, and confronts Realm Lords and major dungeon threats 305 323 343.

He develops his contract-pet force, obtains powerful equipment, and ultimately surpasses 100,000 base Mysterious Power to become a World Lord 385 407 457.

Divine-Demon Prison and Eternal Land

As the Supreme Ruler of the Divine-Demon Prison, Li Ran interrogates Jessica, the Goddess of Fate, and acquires the Key of Fate 533.

He later accepts Lilith's mission to destroy the Heaven-Reaching Tower only after negotiating substantial advance rewards for himself and his companions 623. His actions in Eternal Land include relocating the Vein Source Crystal, bargaining with Jessica, and coordinating high-level allies against powerful opponents 678 679.

Relationships

• Su Bingyao — His wife in Happy Home and later his resurrected partner; their relationship grows from mutual suspicion into trust, affection, and combat cooperation 4 207 343.
• Young/Player Su Bingyao — Su Bingyao as she was before death; Li Ran helps revive her, and she gradually comes to accept their shared history and feelings 192 222 527.
• Li Ziyang — His son in Happy Home. Li Ran encourages him to study and grow stronger, while Li Ziyang later supports him through inherited family-based power 4 296 382.
• Song Linjia — Early ally who admires Li Ran's competence and assists with scouting through her transformation and Lurk ability 19 41.
• Lu Zhaohui — Friend and frequent quest recipient. Li Ran gives him relationship advice, helps with Meng Ge, and later revives him with Soul Soothing 22 49 170.
• Zhao Yingzhi — Intelligent player ally who first calls him the “Tail-Ender.” Their partnership is practical but built on mutual respect and repeated cooperation 55 134 189.
• Shi Long — Trusted ally who survives Demon Gathering Land with Li Ran and later receives Li Ran's support in pursuing an SSS-rank soul 291 588.
• Scarlet Iris — Contracted Dark Three-Tailed Fox whose growth benefits from Li Ran's attributes and Mystic Weird Leaves 62 158.
• Little Yusu — S-rank Dark Little Witch and contracted daughter-like companion. Her Soul Attachment is one of Li Ran's most important power multipliers 242 382.
• Miss Shaori — Former Demon Mother subdued and contracted by Li Ran. She advances from S-rank to SS-rank and then SSS-rank under his support 189 385 530.
• Yao Nie — Hatched Netherworld Divine Bird with childlike intelligence; she can become Li Ran's Divine Soul Armament 346 472.
• Fiona — Four-Winged Fallen Angel contracted through a master-servant arrangement after Li Ran exploited a rare opportunity to defeat her 341 394.
• Big White — Thousand-foot giant serpent contracted by Li Ran and Su Bingyao after helping them evade Soaring Serpent 343 344.

Notable Quotes

“I don't plan to kill her. I plan to tame her!” 189

“Some scenery is enough to see once.” 22

“The greater the risk, the greater the reward.” 385

Trivia

• Li Ran was once widely recognized at Yulan Academy for consistently ranking last in his class 8.
• He is unusually effective at handling NPCs through manners, gifts, and conversation rather than direct combat 10 481.
• He refers to his group of humanoid contract pets as a “girl group” 385.
• Li Ran keeps a written guide based on his Happy Home experiences; when shown to the younger Su Bingyao, she remarks that he has enough talent to write novels 193 460.