He Song

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	He Song (何松)
Alias(es)	Cang Song; Chen Zhou; Feiyu True Person; Mysterious Turtle True Lord
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Formerly the Thick Earth Sect; guest elder and branch master of the Treasure Gathering Pavilion; hall master of the Nine Yang Sect's pill peak
Occupation/Role	Immortal cultivator; talisman master; alchemist; artifact refiner; array master; puppet master; Thousand Mountain City Lord
Status	Alive; currently confronting a heavenly tribulation 1221

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Qi Refining Layer 3	14	Advanced from Layer 1 to Layer 3 over five years; began preparing for the Qi Refining Middle Stage bottleneck.
Qi Refining Layer 4	39	Broke through to the Qi Refining Middle Stage with ease, aided by his four-spirit-root aptitude.
Qi Refining Layer 5	58	Advanced using a Spirit Gathering Array and Qi-Gathering Pills, then chose to limit pill use because of pill toxins.
Qi Refining Layer 6	89	Began talisman crafting at this stage; his first attempt succeeded.
Qi Refining Layer 7	139	Surpassed Zhao Lin after accelerating his cultivation with a Spirit Gathering Array.
Qi Refining Layer 8	140	Reached Layer 8 after more than two years of secluded cultivation.
Qi Refining Layer 9	161 164	Broke through after two years of seclusion.
Foundation Establishment Early Stage	196	Foundation Establishment success gave him access to techniques such as Soul Searching.
Foundation Establishment Middle Stage	223	Broke through after three years of seclusion; spiritual power, divine sense, spell power, and artifact control surged.
Foundation Establishment Late Stage	371	Reached the late stage while advancing substantially in pills, talismans, and artifact refinement.
Golden Core Realm	444	Had entered the Golden Core realm by this point and maintained a Golden Core cave dwelling.
Golden Core Middle Stage	533	Prepared to use Lord of Falling Snow's inheritance and other gains to advance further.
Golden Core Late Stage	719	Enhanced six White Rainbow Mountain-Splitting Talismans to carry the force of a late-stage Golden Core cultivator's full strike.
Golden Core Great Perfection	850	Completed his Golden Core, becoming one step from Nascent Soul.
Nascent Soul Early Stage	922	Entered the Nascent Soul realm and began using Clear Wind to complete Nascent Soul-level Treasure Gathering Pavilion missions.
Nascent Soul Middle Stage	993	Broke through after a century of seclusion with the aid of five Enlightenment Tea Leaves.
Nascent Soul Late Stage	1006	Stabilized at the late stage; his artifact refinement reached the level needed for exceptional top-grade Spirit Artifacts.
Nascent Soul Great Perfection	1059 1064	Stabilized his realm and prepared for a Spirit Transformation breakthrough.
Spirit Transformation Realm	1073	Advanced to Spirit Transformation and mastered offensive and defensive Spirit Transformation spells.
Mid Nascent Soul Stage	1119	Following enlightenment in formations, the text describes his cultivation as advancing from Early to Mid Nascent Soul Stage.
Great Perfection Nascent Soul Stage	1136	Reached Great Perfection after several centuries of cultivation; began preparing for Void Refinement.
Void Refinement Early Stage	1144	Spent a thousand years consolidating his breakthrough; refined two mid-grade Dao Artifacts.
Void Refinement Great Perfection	1170	Reached Great Perfection before advancing to the Integration Stage.
Integration Early Stage	1174	Reconstructed his body upon entering Integration, transforming it into a form of pure energy.
Integrated Body Middle Stage	1184	Broke through after two hundred years of cultivation and traveled to the Azure Sea Realm to test his strength.

Background / History

He Song is a transmigrator whose soul is innately stronger than that of ordinary cultivators. He possesses an endless lifespan, but keeps this fact secret after realizing that his unchanging appearance would make him seem abnormal and invite catastrophic attention from powerful cultivators. His goal is not prominence, but surviving through caution, preparation, and long-term cultivation 89 94.

During his early Qi Refining years, He Song worked Spirit Fields and spent much of his time studying the cultivation world's common knowledge. Rather than focusing only on immediate breakthroughs, he chose to study the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, beginning with talismans and arrays 10 16. He later developed his own Spirit Fields, arrays, medicinal gardens, and secluded cave abodes, gradually making himself independent of dangerous work such as mining or open competition for opportunities 80 206.

After Foundation Establishment, He Song adopted the Daoist title Cang Song and served as the garrison commander of Hundred Herbs Immortal Workshop. He cultivated under multiple identities, including the Qi Refining rogue cultivator Chen Zhou, using altered appearances to temper his Dao Heart without exposing his true strength 210 219.

As his cultivation rose, He Song increasingly relied on hidden cave abodes, layered arrays, puppet servants, and commercial skill in talismans, pills, and artifacts. He entered the Golden Core realm while continuing to conceal his cultivation and sell goods under the alias Feiyu True Person 430 468. He later became involved with the Treasure Gathering Pavilion as a guest elder and branch master, while avoiding binding commitments from major Nascent Soul sects 864 926 949.

Following his entry into the Spirit Transformation realm, He Song used the Cross-Realm Teleportation Array to expand his operations into the Azure Sea Realm. He equipped followers and puppets with resources, established Serene Valley as a base, and used exchanges between worlds to gather techniques, treasures, and cultivation materials 1110 1118 1127. He later became Thousand Mountain City's lord in the Yin Soul Realm, leaving a puppet to administer the city while he searched its unexplored regions for resources 1196.

Appearance

He Song's original appearance becomes increasingly flawless through body-refining cultivation, to the extent that he stands out even among cultivators. This is a liability in his own view, since attention threatens the secrecy of his immortality 244.

• His body became noticeably stronger and more refined through the Mysterious God Body Refining Technique 244.
• By Golden Core Great Perfection, his physical body was comparable to that of a Perfect Foundation Establishment cultivator even without circulating cultivation or using treasures 850.
• After entering the Integration Stage, his body became crystalline and translucent like white jade; it could be reassembled and rearranged at will as a body of pure energy 1174.
• He habitually changes his face, build, aura, robes, and displayed cultivation before acting outside his cave abodes 430 624 727.

Personality

He Song is defined by patience, restraint, and self-preservation. He sees cultivation as a path measured in centuries and refuses to risk his life for short-term opportunities when he can gain strength through steady cultivation, trade, arrays, and preparation. His endless lifespan reinforces this outlook: he believes time will eventually allow him to surpass those who take reckless risks 16 484 772.

His caution extends to every aspect of his life. He uses false identities, leaves retreat routes, hides his true cultivation, maintains defensive arrays, and avoids promises that could be used to force him into dangerous conflicts 511 727 779. Even after gaining overwhelming power, he avoids entanglement with major sects and preserves his independence 949 1110.

He is also pragmatic and resourceful. He invests heavily in the Hundred Arts, turning talisman crafting, pill refinement, artifact refinement, and medicinal gardens into renewable sources of Spirit Stones and power 225 498 567. While he can be harsh toward enemies, he rewards subordinates who work for him and protects allies when doing so does not endanger his own plans 97 937 961.

Abilities & Skills

Immortality and Cultivation

He Song possesses an endless lifespan and does not visibly age as ordinary people do. He conceals this nature because discovery would expose him to danger 16 94.

• Has four spirit roots, allowing relatively smooth advancement through early and middle Qi Refining bottlenecks 39 511.
• Uses the Five Elements Origin-Gathering Art during Nascent Soul cultivation 980.
• Cultivates the Tai Hao Xuan Yuan Scripture, which improves the quantity, quality, and recovery of his spiritual power 1059.
• Developed a Time Domain Prototype that accelerates his cultivation and comprehension of spells, secret arts, and crafts 1148.

Body Refinement

He Song has practiced multiple body-refining techniques, progressively raising his physical strength beyond that of cultivators at lower realms.

• The Mysterious God Body Refining Technique strengthened his body enough to kill initial Qi Refining cultivators barehanded and shatter low-grade Thick Earth Talismans 223.
• The Spirit Blood Body Refining Technique raised his physical strength to the level of a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator after thirty years of refinement with demonic beast essence blood 651.
• The Stellar Body Tempering Art further strengthened his body through the Nine-Turn Dragon-Scale Fruit 1001.
• At Golden Core Great Perfection, his unassisted body was comparable to a Perfect Foundation Establishment cultivator 850.

Formations and Arrays

Arrays are among He Song's core methods of survival, concealment, resource gathering, and combat preparation.

• Studied the Array Dao Primer from his early cultivation years and mastered the Mysterious Trace Array 16 58.
• Uses Spirit Gathering Arrays to accelerate cultivation and support Spirit Fields and medicinal gardens 38 139.
• Built hidden cave abodes beneath medicinal gardens and surrounded his residences with protective formations 244 511.
• Can establish Golden Core Great Arrays, including the Heavenly Dipper Divine Thunder Array 498 727.
• Broke a Nascent Soul Array with the Profound Spirit Prohibition Technique to enter a Nascent Soul cave abode 924.
• Mastered the Myriad Image Mountain River Array and supplied array sets to his puppets 998.
• Comprehended multiple Spirit Transformation grand formations and later studied composite arrays comparable to a Spirit Transformation Great Array 1118 962.

Talisman Dao

He Song began talisman crafting at Qi Refining Layer 6 and succeeded on his first attempt because of his strong soul and superior control over spiritual power 89.

• Created Foundation Establishment Spirit Talismans, beginning with the Lesser Thick Earth Spirit Talisman 225.
• Could draw high-grade Foundation Establishment Talismans and later several Golden Core spiritual talismans 498 652.
• Refined and upgraded six White Rainbow Mountain-Splitting Talismans, each capable of matching a Golden Core Late Stage cultivator's full-force strike 719 721.
• Studied the Azure Profound Talisman Compendium and the Spirit Transformation defensive Mysterious Yellow Immortal Talisman 1034 1035.
• Equipped Nascent Soul Puppets with Spirit Transformation talismans for protection 1039.

Alchemy

He Song uses pill refinement both as a cultivation resource and as a source of income.

• Began studying pill refinement after reaching Foundation Establishment, aided by divine sense and the Qi Observation Technique 225.
• Rapidly mastered Qi Refining pill formulas and later could concoct Golden Core spiritual pills 244 498.
• Became known within the Treasure Gathering Pavilion as an alchemist able to refine Nascent Soul spirit pills 934.
• Studied the Nine Heavens Alchemy Compendium and selected the Heavenly Dipper Essence-Gathering Pill, Iceheart Jade Marrow Pill, and Profound Clarity Dao Seeking Pill as Spirit Transformation-level formulas 1039.

Artifact Refinement

He Song steadily advanced from crafting Magic Artifacts to refining Dao Artifacts.

• Refined mid-grade Magic Artifacts during Foundation Establishment and sold them while concealed beneath a black robe 367.
• Learned to refine top-grade Magic Artifacts and later low-grade and mid-grade Spiritual Artifacts 498 652.
• Refined the Black Tortoise Bodyguard Armor and the Nine Nether Ink Scale Armor for layered defense 676 721.
• Reached the level of exceptional top-grade Spirit Artifacts, refining the Pan Shi Town Prison Tablet and Eight Desolations Town Yue Pagoda 1006.
• Comprehended the Profound Yellow Artifact Refinement Art and forged the Profound Yellow World-Suppressing Cauldron, a Dao Artifact 1021 1027.
• Later refined the Nine Heavens Star Armor and two additional mid-grade Dao Artifacts 1089 1144.

Puppet Mastery

Puppets are He Song's principal means of gathering intelligence, completing missions, protecting his identities, and expanding influence without risking his true body.

• His earliest major Spirit Puppets were Clear Wind, Mingyue, Idle Cloud, and Wild Crane 223.
• Refined Lunar Yin Puppets into Golden Core puppets, using them as additional combatants and agents 679.
• Expanded his puppet network to gather intelligence, collect resources, run Treasure Gathering Pavilion operations, and establish informants 949 1014.
• His powerful soul and enhanced divine sense allow him to control eight same-rank puppets in battle, twice the ordinary limit of four 1128.
• Named later puppets Evening Snow, Morning Dew, Flowing Fireflies, and Frost Flowers 1021 1128.
• Eventually maintained puppets at Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Void Refinement, and even Peak Void Refinement levels 1127 1144 1148.

Concealment and Escape

He Song rarely confronts danger without prepared routes of retreat.

• Uses the Conceal Breath Art and can release a false trace of cultivation pressure without exposing his true aura 100.
• Alters his appearance, physique, cultivation aura, and displayed realm to create distinct identities 430 626 773.
• Employs Earth Escape to travel unseen and place distance between himself and potential pursuers 624 727.
• Sets up remote defensive arrays before entering dangerous areas, ensuring a prepared fallback position 727.
• Crafted an auxiliary leaf-shaped Spiritual Artifact intended to prevent tracking, serve as a flying artifact, and act as a shield 718.

Lifespan-Draining Divine Ability

He Song mastered a divine ability capable of draining an opponent's lifespan.

• It can potentially kill cultivators above his own cultivation level 1177.
• He considers it risky and prefers to defeat opponents only after surpassing them through conventional cultivation 1177.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Earth Vein Spirit Pearl — He Song's natal defensive magic treasure; later upgraded to a top-grade Spirit Artifact with Profound Yellow Qi 1027.
• Profound Yellow World-Suppressing Cauldron — Dao Artifact refined by He Song; strengthened with accumulated Profound Yellow Qi and deliberately kept without an artifact spirit 1027.
• Nine Heavens Star Armor — Dao Artifact armor refined after his Spirit Transformation breakthrough 1089.
• Eight Desolations Town Yue Pagoda — Nine-layered top-grade defensive Spirit Artifact that produces successive defensive light shields 1006.
• Pan Shi Town Prison Tablet — Exceptionally powerful top-grade Spirit Artifact usable for attack or defense 1006.
• Nine Nether Ink Scale Armor — Mid-grade defensive Spiritual Artifact whose physical armor remains protective after its spiritual radiance breaks 721.
• Black Tortoise Bodyguard Armor — Superior mid-grade defensive Spiritual Artifact 676.
• White Rainbow Mountain-Splitting Talismans — Six enhanced talisman treasures, each carrying the force of a Golden Core Late Stage cultivator's full attack 719 721.
• Clear Wind and Mingyue — Golden Core puppets used as combat support and agents 719.
• Yu'er — Spirit turtle companion who travels with him and later develops pill-refining talent 679 1177.

Relationships

• Meng Guan — Longtime friend and sworn-brother-like ally; He Song exchanges information and resources with him and later asks him to protect An Ning 39 864 1113.
• Wei Fan — Close friend and ally from his early cultivation years; Wei Fan assists with travel, shares intelligence, and later helps He Song study the Cross-Realm Teleportation Array 113 1110 1118.
• Ping'er — Early acquaintance from the Spirit Skill Pavilion; He Song later thanks her with gifts and maintains contact through Sound Transmission Talismans 16 140 184.
• Clear Moon Real Person — Benefactor and respected senior whom He Song personally thanks with gifts 140.
• Zhao Lin — Acquaintance and fellow talisman master; He Song maintains contact with him through messages and visits 139 184.
• Su Qian — His mentee; she seeks his guidance before attempting Foundation Establishment, and they maintain correspondence across decades 346.
• Master Luo Jing — Treasure Gathering Pavilion master and later True Monarch; she provides information and assistance, while He Song keeps her informed before major seclusions 434 700.
• Han Yuezi — Ally and frequent Dao-discussion partner; she provides Enlightenment Tea Leaves, talisman formulas, and information, while He Song repays her with resources and support 993 1011 1034.
• Yu'er — His spirit turtle companion; she travels with him, benefits from his cultivation environment, and eventually receives his guidance in pill refinement 679 1177 1184.
• An Ning — Associate whom He Song protects from becoming expendable in the war by directing Meng Guan and Wei Fan to aid her 864 961.
• Qing Lingzi and Wang Youzi — Followers nurtured and equipped by He Song; he sends them to the Azure Sea Realm with Dao Artifacts and resources 1087 1118.
• Fairy Ruoshui — Wei Fan's successor and later Nine Yang Dao Lord; she agrees to operate the Cross-Realm Teleportation Array for He Song 1144 1148.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Hundred Arts foundation — Chooses talismans and arrays over immediate cultivation gains, establishing the practical skills that sustain his later independence 16.
• Qi Refining seclusion and self-sufficiency — Builds Spirit Fields, learns formations, begins talisman crafting, and separates himself from the dangerous competition surrounding Immortal Markets 58 80 89.
• Foundation Establishment concealment — Fabricates a breakthrough narrative, adopts the title Cang Song, and uses alternate identities to protect his secret 184 210 219.
• Golden Core accumulation — Builds concealed cave abodes and medicinal gardens, refines Spiritual Artifacts and talismans, and sells goods under concealed identities 244 468 511.
• Treasure Gathering Pavilion expansion — Becomes a guest elder and branch master while using puppets to gather resources, intelligence, and mission rewards 864 926 949.
• Nascent Soul and Dao Artifact preparation — Gains Enlightenment Tea from Han Yuezi, advances through Nascent Soul stages, refines top-grade Spirit Artifacts, and forges the Profound Yellow World-Suppressing Cauldron 993 1006 1027.
• Spirit Transformation and cross-realm strategy — Advances to Spirit Transformation, studies the Cross-Realm Teleportation Array, and uses Azure Sea Realm resources without exposing his true body to greater dangers 1073 1110 1114.
• Puppet force and Azure Sea Realm network — Sends followers, puppets, and resources through the realms, creating a force that gathers tribute, intelligence, and cultivation materials 1118 1127.
• Yin Soul Realm exploration — Takes control of Thousand Mountain City, searches uncharted territory for resources, and secures a World Origin Spiritual Item before a failed teleportation sends a puppet elsewhere 1196 1197.
• Current tribulation — Prepares his spiritual essence dharma manifestation and faces a heavenly tribulation under the protection of his extensive preparations and powerful puppets 1216 1221.

Trivia

• He Song teaches Yu'er to speak, read, and understand basic cultivation-world knowledge 393.
• He prefers not to create artifact spirits because an intelligent artifact could learn his secrets or develop an agenda of its own 1027.
• He once used the identity of Chen Zhou to wander Hundred Herbs Immortal Workshop as a Qi Refining rogue cultivator, finding the experience useful for calming and tempering his mind 219.
• His first talisman-crafting attempt succeeded immediately 89.