Zhao Cheng

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Zhao Cheng (赵魔神成)
Alias(es)	Dragon King; Supreme Lord; Great Venerable; Heaven-Answering Grand General 179 546 606 1228
Species/Race	Human transmigrator; later revelations describe his prior identities as “shells” shaped by the force called Cheng 1 1584
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Qingshan University, where he becomes a Sword Master professor 367
Occupation/Role	Swordsman, cultivator, simulator/Descender, and later a teacher and leader 1 367 1228
Status	Active; capable of leaving the Earth Universe through thought-based travel 1100
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Zhao Cheng cultivates through several overlapping systems, including real-world swordsmanship, the Acupoint System, and simulation-based bodies. The table follows the order in which his documented breakthroughs occur.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Quietude — 52%	9	Panel-recorded cultivation progress; he considers himself still far from the Swordsman rank.
Body Forging	122	Enters the Acupoint System after proving that his Hyper-Dimensional Body can integrate multiple power systems.
Overlord Realm	168	Establishes his Acupoint System foundation, manifests the Void Kalpa sword, and enters the realm.
Yuan Nourishing	184	Experiences Essence Yuan within the Acupoint System.
Martial Artist — Qi mastery	187	Gives birth to qi and enters the Martial Artist realm; his Hyper-Dimensional Body’s attributes already exceed those of many established martial artists.
Swordsman	275	Recognized as a Swordsman, though his technique and mental fortitude surpass conventional standards for the rank.
Four Calamities Golden Body	276	Refines all 960 Essence Apertures during battle with Fist King: Annihilation.
King of the Century	279	Reaches the realm through his own martial understanding and overwhelming mental power.
Sword Master	352	Achieves Sword Mastery; his body breaks the sound barrier and his simulation time expands substantially.
Gapless Realm	366	Attains Gapless after defeating three Saints with a single sword strike.
Primordial Spirit Realm	498	Strengthens his vessel’s mental world, condenses the Consciousness Spirit, and activates the sixth through eighth senses.
Realm of Creation — Swordsmanship Lv. 300	520	Swordsmanship undergoes a qualitative transformation; his thought algorithm breaks the heavenly barrier through Nine Origins Establishing the Path.
Nine-Grade Dao Seed	1280	His Dao Seed blooms to nine grades as his body begins transforming.
Incomplete Dao Fruit	1531	His strength stands above Creation but below Immortality because his Dao Fruit has not fully solidified.

Background / History

Zhao Cheng awakens the memories of a past life while attending school in a world where sword cultivation can temper body and spirit to extraordinary heights. Although his innate talent is only described as being among the best of several thousand, he makes rapid progress through obsession, discipline, and six months of focused practice. His transmigration also gives him the ability to perceive even the smallest increment of personal progress. 1

A transformation within him eventually produces the Panel, a system that records his traits, attributes, swordsmanship, and cultivation. Through it, he gains access to simulations and a Hyper-Dimensional Body capable of accommodating different power systems without their usual incompatibilities. 9 23 122

His early simulations turn theoretical skill into combat experience. Zhao Cheng overcomes fear in his fight with the Gray Man, develops Hyper-Sense while rescuing a child from kidnappers, and uses dangerous opponents such as the Heart-Lost One and Fist Obsessive to improve his mental resistance and battle ability. 28 84 101 102

At Qingyuan, Zhao Cheng rises from an unknown student to the Kendo Class’s number one by defeating Li Qingmeng in a single strike. His growing public profile culminates in the Tianmen Youth Cup, where former acquaintances recognize that the once dark, thin, inconspicuous boy has become a master-level swordsman. 95 179

He later pursues multiple systems in parallel, combining the spiritual advantages of sword cultivation with the physical development of the Acupoint System. This produces a Hyper-Dimensional Body with exceptional speed, strength, endurance, and mental power, while Void Kalpa’s evolution further accelerates his spiritual refinement. 122 185 222

Appearance

Zhao Cheng’s physique changes markedly as his body develops through cultivation and simulation. His ordinary frame grows from 1.72 meters to 1.78 meters in reality, while his Hyper-Dimensional Body reaches 1.9 meters and becomes heavily built without losing speed. 184 185

• Later forms are nearly two meters tall, broad-framed, and physically imposing. 802
• His higher manifestations can feature platinum hair, platinum eyes, and platinum patterns across his body. 680 802
• The Gods and Devils Form transforms him into an eight-meter giant. 350
• When his power undergoes qualitative change, circuit-like platinum markings can spread across his exposed skin. 1678

Personality

Zhao Cheng is intensely disciplined, spending his time between school, reading, sword practice, cultivation, and repeated simulations. He pursues improvement with an almost obsessive focus, but his cultivation gradually makes him calmer rather than more reckless. He considers subduing the heart to be central to cultivation. 1 234 284

In combat, he is analytical and decisive. He studies enemies during battle, turns hostile monsters into opportunities to train his resistance, and will use lethal force against opponents he considers malicious. 101 197 297

Despite his increasingly divine perspective, Zhao Cheng deliberately preserves his humanity. He values meals with family, conversations with friends, and the emotional bonds that keep his heart alive rather than merely deathless. 315 337

He eventually adopts the mindset of a seeker of the Dao: rather than rushing blindly toward the next realm, he seeks to understand the underlying mysteries of cultivation and swordsmanship. 354

Abilities & Skills

Swordsmanship

Zhao Cheng’s primary discipline is swordsmanship. His ability progresses from basic technique to mastery that allows him to defeat Sword Masters, Saints, and stronger opponents with minimal exchanges.

• Defeats Li Qingmeng to become number one in the Kendo Class. 95
• Learns sword arts after seeing them once after attaining Sword Mastery. 354
• Reaches swordsmanship level 72 during the Dragon King Plan. 335
• Reaches level 300 and enters the Realm of Creation. 520
• Creates the sword move Infinite Future, which destroys an apocalyptic mech. 1115

Four Calamities Heaven-Reaching Sword

Zhao Cheng’s signature sword art combines spiritual oppression, physical enhancement, and destructive killing methods.

• Thunderbolt Sword — kills monk Kong Zhi in one strike. 168
• Four Calamities Great Annihilation — a forbidden art used to kill Fist King: Annihilation with a flying sword. 276
• Great Freedom Wind-Thunder Command — merges sword momentum with wind, thunder, rain, and Heaven-and-Earth intent. 302
• Its effects gain the Source affix after the art is fully maxed. 354

Void Kalpa

Void Kalpa is Zhao Cheng’s life-bound sword and a major source of his growth in attributes and spiritual refinement.

• At +4, it grants all attributes +1 and increases all attributes by 80%. 105
• Its evolution substantially raises his mental Refinement Coefficient. 222 223
• Zhao Cheng can manifest it as a sword after establishing his Acupoint System foundation. 168
• It acts instinctively to protect him during moments of danger. 1115

Hyper-Sense and Mental Cultivation

Zhao Cheng possesses exceptional cognition, reaction speed, and mental resilience.

• Hyper-Sense — first comprehended while pursuing kidnappers; drastically accelerates his perception and reactions. 84
• Its duration can be extended through training, but maintaining it places severe demands on him. 95 102
• Divine Resilience — allows him to sever invasive foreign power within his mental world and build resistance through combat. 101
• His spiritual power reaches 24 points, exceeding the usual peak standard of Sword Saints. 354

Hyper-Dimensional Body

The Hyper-Dimensional Body can integrate the benefits of different cultivation systems into a unified whole.

• Combines the speed and spirit of the sword system with the strength and endurance of the Acupoint System. 122
• Develops without the usual tradeoff between physical and spiritual power. 185
• Its attributes rival or exceed those of Saints while Zhao Cheng is still working through lower conventional ranks. 308
• Grants the instinctive Gods and Devils Form, an enormous combat transformation. 308 350

Perception, Divinity, and Reality Manipulation

As Zhao Cheng’s cultivation rises, his perception expands beyond ordinary space, time, and physical limits.

• Divine Revelation makes surprise assassination nearly impossible by allowing him to sense danger in advance. 345
• He can perceive the weaknesses of all things through Sword of Self Alone: Ultimate, viewing matter as waves that can be severed; the full state cannot be sustained continuously. 351
• He develops the ability to observe possible futures. 534
• He can cross planetary distances in a single step and later travel to any place he can think of. 600 1100
• He rewrites the Empire’s world order after defeating an apocalyptic mech. 1115

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Void Kalpa — life-bound sword that evolves alongside Zhao Cheng and enhances his attributes and mental refinement. 105 223
• Sword case — Zhao Cheng carries an empty sword case while traveling; it remains behind when he departs at extreme speed. 302
• Dawn War Robe — enlarges together with his Gods and Devils Form. 421
• Panel — records his attributes, traits, swordsmanship, simulations, and resource systems. 9 23

Relationships

• Zhao Xiaoxiang — younger sister. Zhao Cheng mentors her swordsmanship and remains protective of her, though she complains that he neglects her as his cultivation consumes more of his time. 15 234 298 315
• Li Qingmeng — fellow sword student and early rival. Zhao Cheng defeats her for the Kendo Class’s top position; she respects his seemingly distant skill and later socializes with him and Zhao Xiaoxiang. 95 315
• Zhou Yu — longtime friend who remains connected to Zhao Cheng through school and adulthood; Zhou Yu remembers Zhao Cheng’s childhood discussion of becoming the enemy of the world. 315 658
• Tie Guanlan — sword-forging mentor who recognizes Zhao Cheng’s unusual affinity for the connection between forging and swordsmanship. 291
• Shi Tianyi — researcher and cultivation peer who invites Zhao Cheng to participate in research on the body’s instinctive consciousness. 316 321
• Li Nishang — legendary Dragon Soul Department guardian and close Dao companion. They discuss the future of cultivation, exchange the Heavenly Emperor God-Sealing Art, and later visit a laboratory together. 367 368 450
• Zeus — Pantheon-made challenger sent to gather martial fortune. Zhao Cheng defeats him in a single strike, exposing the inadequacy of Zeus’s divine power against his mental realm. 291 297
• Luo Zhen — Emperor of the Empire in a later worldline. Zhao Cheng’s intervention averts an apocalypse that would otherwise threaten Luo Zhen’s empire. 807 1115

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Cultivation and the Panel

Zhao Cheng begins as a student whose past-life memories have awakened. The appearance of the Panel and the Hyper-Dimensional Body gives structure to his pursuit of swordsmanship, traits, and simulations. 1 9 23

Qingyuan and Competitive Swordsmanship

He uses his rapidly improving skill to seek elite university recruitment, clears the Qingyuan Sword Class at extraordinary speed, and defeats Li Qingmeng to become the class’s number one swordsman. 53 95

Acupoint-System Simulations

Zhao Cheng enters worlds governed by martial arts and the Acupoint System, using them to build qi, Essence Apertures, a Golden Body, and eventually the strength to confront Martial Kings and Kings of the Century. 149 187 276 279

Dragon King and World Sword Trial Era

His tournament performances make him internationally famous as Yanhuang’s Dragon King. He defeats top-tier Swordsmen, survives the Human Ballistic Experiment, and demonstrates swordsmanship that places him beyond ordinary Sword Masters. 179 235 275 319

Sword-Proving Nine Provinces

After attaining Sword Mastery, Zhao Cheng travels to study and challenge the inheritance sects of Yanhuang. His ability to learn sword arts at a glance and defeat Saints establishes him as a figure feared throughout the world. 354 366

Divine and Mythic Ascension

Zhao Cheng’s cultivation increasingly crosses into divine territory. He creates swords with a flick of a finger, manifests divine powers across time and space, and gains the ability to reshape reality and world order. 348 450 1115

Ancient Cosmos, Simulations, and Temporal Cycles

His later journeys involve the Primordial Spirit Path, the Gods and Devils Path, the Ancient Cosmos, alternate histories, and reincarnated identities such as Di Cheng. These arcs reveal that his existence is entangled with the Sword Nurturing Technique, the Dao Venerable, and the apocalypse. 498 711 1114 1538

Origin World and the Southern Wasteland

As the Heaven-Answering Grand General, Zhao Cheng organizes armies, develops industry, spreads morale-building divine rumors, and establishes civil and military systems in the Southern Wasteland. 1228 1280

Revelation of Cheng

Near the end of the known account, Zhao Cheng’s prior identities are revealed to be vessels shaped by the transcendent force called Cheng, described as the strongest Dao and highest law, existing beyond ordinary fate, time, and space. 1584

Notable Quotes

“Don't panic. I don't eat transmigrators, and I don't eat systems.” 680

“My dear adventurer lady, please call me Jack Cheng. I don't know who this Zhao Cheng is.” 213

Trivia

• Zhao Cheng and Zhao Xiaoxiang made a childhood “marriage” promise after Zhao Xiaoxiang feared that they would drift apart as adults; Zhao Cheng wrote the promise down before realizing how little he understood its implications. 15
• He jokingly calls himself “second to none” in Yanhuang kendo, but does so with humor rather than solemn arrogance. 146
• In role-playing scenarios, he uses the name Jack Cheng. 213