Zhang Sanxian

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Zhang Sanxian (张三弦)
Alias(es)	Li Hai (Projection); Three-String Fiddler; Blind Swordsman; Wind-Listening Yama / Wind-Listening King of Hell; Azure-Clad Yama; Tongtian Martial Emperor; Three-String Suffering-Relief Celestial Venerable
Species/Race	Human; body inhabited by Li Hai's transmigrated projection
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Independent; formerly an unaffiliated member of the Iron Tiger Gang
Occupation/Role	Sanxian player, swordsman, cultivator, master
Status	Active
First Appearance	625

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
No rank	625	Li Hai's projection entered Zhang Sanxian's body with inherited system abilities, 9,001 Stronger Fragments, and a Level 1 Grand Void Sword Soul.
Spirit-Entering Seated Illumination	632	Created the Dog-Beating Sword Art and condensed the Lone Peak artistic conception.
Realm of Forgetting Self and World	664	Recognized by Lei Zhenyue as having reached the same realm.
Early Level 2, Intent-Force Martial Way	640	Broke through after defeating the Palm Scripture Envoy and realized that combat strength in this system is tied to “prestige.”
All skills at Level 2	644	Reached after destroying the Night Wolf Bandit Stronghold with his sanxian forms.
Level 3 aura threshold	665	His aura rose to the Level 3 threshold while suppressing Lei Zhenyue.
Peak Return-to-Truth Realm	682	Lian Shanyu identifies this as part of the basis for Zhang's confidence, alongside his sound-killing arts and swordsmanship.
Peak Transcendent Realm ability	707	Manifested Eye Beyond the Eye, shattering Shen Mobai's sword and intent through his gaze.
Qi Refiner	746	Broke through his life limiter and began cultivating True Yuan Power.
Peak Level 5	751	Raised Phenomenon Fiction, Eyes of Death Perception, Grand Void Sword Soul, The World, and several copied arts to peak Level 5.
Level 6 true essence	754	Super Saiyan Transformation elevated his true essence to 360,000.
Peak Level 6 / 999,999 true essence	782	The resonance of four Immortal Mirrors propelled him from 99,999 to 180,000, then to the limit of Level 6; numerous core systems and traits followed.
Peak Level 7 base; Level 10 transformed combat power	824	Instantly pushed his Essence Plundering System and true essence to peak Level 7, then used Super Saiyan Fourth Form to reach Level 10 strength.
True Level 10	826	Reached the true Level 10 realm by draining Zhang Kuang's true essence with Essence Plunder.
Peak eleven-digit realm	847	Raised true essence and the Heart-Eroding Martial Path to match his charm, bringing commonly used systems to Level 11.

Background

Zhang Sanxian was born in Zhang Family Village, Fenstone Town, on Yan Province's frontier. Blind since childhood and orphaned young, he was adopted by the blind musician Zhang Old Donkey, from whom he learned the sanxian. When the River Dragon Gang beat Zhang Old Donkey to death, sixteen-year-old Zhang Sanxian was left to survive alone. 625

At twenty-seven, his body became the vessel for Li Hai's projection. The projection inherited Zhang Sanxian's memories, mind, and soul, along with Li Hai's system-granted abilities and Stronger Fragments. 625

Before his rise, Zhang was an unaffiliated member of Luoyang Town's Iron Tiger Gang. The gang's “protection” amounted to extortion: failure to pay monthly dues resulted in beatings. 625

Appearance

Zhang initially appeared as an emaciated blind man whose body filled out into a lean, healthy frame after Li Hai's projection arrived. He wore plain robes, carried a sanxian case concealing a narrow sword, and navigated through hollow, pupil-less eye sockets. 625 627

After regaining sight, he discarded the blind swordsman persona and destroyed both his cane and concealed sword. 698 Much later, the Beauty God Bloodline remade him into an otherworldly beautiful man with jade-white hair, pale eyes, and features described as transcending ordinary gendered beauty. 846

• Initially used a wooden blind cane and carried a stringed instrument against his chest. 645
• “Saw” terrain, people, and attacks through reflected sound and a mind's-eye-like perception. 636 675
• Retained green robes after his Beauty God transformation. 846
• Cultivating the Nine Yang Divine Art gave his beauty an unmistakably masculine, sunlike aura. 852

Personality

Zhang Sanxian is calm, aloof, and profoundly self-assured. His Lone Peak artistic conception reflects his belief that he stands apart from others and need not conform to worldly standards. He deliberately treats opponents as beneath his sword, a view embodied by the Dog-Beating Sword Art. 632

He is ruthlessly pragmatic toward enemies. Zhang frequently tortures captives for information, retaliates against anyone who hunts him, and regards mass killing as a direct solution to threats. His campaigns against the Northern Di, Divine Strategy Army, and Mirage Pavilion demonstrate an indifference to political recognition and human cost. 677 728

Despite this brutality, he protects people he considers his own. He intervenes for Old Liu and falsely accused civilians, safeguards the infant Qiu Fangzheng, and later restores the cultivation of his disciples Qiu Fangzheng and Du Mingfeng. 645 655 675 828

Abilities & Skills

Grand Void Sword Soul and Dog-Beating Sword Art

Zhang's Grand Void Sword Soul grants extreme martial comprehension. Although initially only Level 1, it enabled him to derive a cultivation method suited to the world's laws after learning the basics of its martial system. 631 632

• Created the Dog-Beating Sword Art, combining cultivation, combat, nourishment, movement, and killing methods. 632
• Condensed the Lone Peak artistic conception, which treats all opponents as insignificant beneath his sword. 632
• Defeated Tie Xiangsong with a single sword strike. 633
• Destroyed a coordinated ghost-and-assassin formation with one crescent-shaped sword strike. 677
• Can create replacement swords through the Heart-Eroding Martial Path after destroying his original weapons. 698

Sound Sense and Perception

Though born blind, Zhang can map his surroundings through sound. Wind, echoes, and minute disturbances form a detailed spatial image in his mind. 636

• Used echoes on Prison King Mountain to identify footholds and scale a hundred zhang of slick cliff face without detection. 636
• Perceives movement throughout an inn across a range of roughly one hundred zhang. 675
• Sensed the auras of all martial artists gathered at the Screen Sea convention. 683
• Later gained Eye Beyond the Eye, a perception-and-gaze ability powerful enough to shatter Shen Mobai's sword and intent. 707
• His expanded “Lord of All Eyes” perception permits interference with anything he can observe. 828

The World

Zhang's Stand, The World, manipulates time and positioning in combat. 625

• Stopped time to mutilate or kill the four chieftains of Prison King Mountain before they could react. 639
• Repeatedly returned the Scripture-Wielding Envoy to his original position, neutralizing the Envoy's attacks and escape attempts. 639
• Repositioned Yin Wuchuan's bisected body during time stop before destroying him. 669
• Used time stop and death-perception abilities to instantly shatter a 680,000-true-essence opponent. 764

Phenomenon Fiction

Phenomenon Fiction allows Zhang to impose fabricated phenomena upon reality. 625

• Inflicted overwhelming soul pain on the Palm Scripture Envoy after physical torture proved ineffective. 640
• Healed Master Cien's otherwise fatal wound with a casual gesture. 722
• Identified the surviving Heavenly Corpse as the corpse of a qi practitioner. 718
• Supports divination, calculation, analysis, healing, and reality alteration. 722 850

Music and Sound-Killing Arts

Zhang weaponizes his sanxian and qin through lethal sound-based techniques. 644 645

• Night Rain Startles Strings defeated two Netherworld Envoys. 644
• Startled Locusts annihilated the Night Wolf Bandit Stronghold and its surroundings. 644
• Froze and shattered Divine Strategy soldiers who extorted Blacksmith Liu. 645
• Used Demon Melody Soul Seizure to disorient Lei Zhenyue's senses. 665
• Used Three Baleful Tiger Roar Force to immobilize Lei Zhenyue. 665

Gravity, True Essence, and Essence Plunder

His Grand Void Sword Soul naturally developed his gravity manipulation into a power approaching telekinesis. 691 After becoming a Qi Refiner, Zhang cultivated inherently superior True Yuan Power. 746

• Defeated more than a hundred White Sheep Tribe cavalry through gravity manipulation and telekinetic force. 691
• Destroyed Iron Gate Pass, killed three Return-to-Truth commanders, and slew over 2,800 soldiers. 689
• Used Essence Plunder to drain cultivation and lifespan. 826 864
• Trapped Celestial Rampart Patriarch in his Heart Vortex and used him as a living power source. 864
• Used Mystic Earth Thunderflame to strip over a hundred cultivators of cultivation and true essence. 768

Saiyan Bloodline

Zhang inherited a Saiyan Bloodline with a powerful physique and transformative combat forms. 625

• Activated Super Saiyan Transformation against Bei Xuan, reaching 360,000 true essence. 754
• Used Super Saiyan Fourth Form to raise his combat power to the pinnacle of Level 10. 824
• Assumed a crimson-furred form with wild hair and blood-red coloration around the eyes. 811 824

Beauty God Bloodline and Nine Yang Divine Art

The Beauty God Bloodline grants five abilities: Beauty God's Essence, Perfect Physique, Wabi-Sabi Aura, Enchanting Voice Bewilders Gods, and Desire-Tail Avatar. 846

• Beauty God's Essence causes the world and its laws to favor him, drawing good fortune while making calamity difficult to approach. 846
• Perfect Physique remade his body and face into a physically flawless form. 846
• Enchanting Voice Bewilders Gods allows his voice to enthrall living beings. 846
• Its passive charm initially affected his own mind; Zhang raised his spiritual power and systems to regain control. 847
• Mastered the Nine Yang Divine Art to peak Level 11, gaining Scorching Heaven Yang Flame and a dominant masculine aura. 852

Equipment

• Sanxian with concealed narrow sword — inherited through Zhang Old Donkey's lineage; the instrument and weapon had passed through three generations. 625
• Sword cane — a four-foot, hundred-tempered-steel sword housed in a wooden walking stick, commissioned from Old Liu. 636
• Stringed qin — carried and used for sound-killing arts. 645
• Immortal Mirrors — gathered four; their resonance propelled Zhang to the limit of Level 6 and sent him five hundred years into the future. 782
• Flying swords / spacecraft — acquired advanced flying swords from Dizi and Bei Xuan; one contains a star map of tens of thousands of star domains. 751 754
• Life Source Pearl — restored his youth and lifespan after the Ages Candle drained them. 826
• Pigeon King Bell, Suppression Peak, and Two-Sided Banner — used against Celestial Rampart Patriarch alongside Mystic Earth Thunderflame. 864

Relationships

• Li Hai — Zhang's body is inhabited by Li Hai's transmigrated projection, which inherited the original Zhang Sanxian's memories and identity. 625
• Zhang Old Donkey — adoptive father and sanxian teacher; was beaten to death by the River Dragon Gang when Zhang was sixteen. 625
• Old Liu — blacksmith who forged Zhang's sword cane; Zhang protected him from bandits and Divine Strategy soldiers. 636 645
• Qiu Fangzheng — Zhang's sworn brother from another life, reborn as an infant; Zhang protects, raises, and later accepts him as a disciple. 673 756 828
• Du Mingfeng — disciple whose cultivation Zhang restores and enhances. 756 828
• Lian Shanyu — friend and master of Rain-Listening Tower; recognizes Zhang's potential to change the world. 682 708
• Meng Fusheng — companion who travels with Zhang in the sea of stars and reacts with shock to his plans for the Immortal Mirrors. 810 816
• Zhao Lingyuan — Zhang's past love; the memory of this relationship leaves his heart closed to others. 846

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arrival in Yan Province

After Li Hai's projection enters his body, Zhang leaves behind the powerless life of a blind gang dependent. He kills Xia Zhiwan, interrogates him about the Intent-Force Martial Way, creates the Dog-Beating Sword Art, and begins eliminating Luoyang Town's criminal factions. 625 629 632

He destroys Prison King Mountain, defeats the Holy Cult's envoys, and levels the Night Wolf Bandit Stronghold. His actions establish him as a feared new force in Yan Province. 639 640 644

Lian City and the Martial Arts Assembly

Zhang destroys corrupt officials and hostile martial artists, confronts Lei Zhenyue amid the Lian City plague, and discovers that the Eight Desolations Sect master used vital and death energy for an inhuman transformation ritual. 655 663

At the Screen Sea assembly, Canal River Gang Elder Yuan Tong frames Zhang for murder and abduction. Zhang survives the resulting siege, exposes infiltration by Mirage Pavilion, and publicly identifies Hua Yuanqing as Gu Qianjue's Painted Skin Avatar. 683 684 714

Martial Arts Myth

Zhang annihilates Gu Qianjue's forces, defeats Ba Yuanlie and Master Tianyi, and becomes the acknowledged strongest person under heaven. He refuses titles, land, and factional offices, then independently purges the remnants of Northern Di, the Divine Strategy Army, and Mirage Pavilion. 718 727 728

Over the following years, he trains Qiu Fangzheng and Du Mingfeng while Song Prefecture becomes a refuge untouched by the surrounding civil wars. 729 731

Sea of Stars

After becoming a Qi Refiner, Zhang enters the wider cosmos through flying-sword spacecraft. He defeats cultivators, acquires ancient treasures and Immortal Mirrors, advances his systems across successive levels, and travels five hundred years into the future. 746 754 768 782

He later returns to restore his aged disciples, defeat Zhang Kuang, and raise his power to the true Level 10 realm. 824 826 828

Later Cosmic Conflicts

Zhang confronts underworld forces, receives the Beauty God Bloodline, and becomes a figure whose charm influences even the laws of the world. 842 846

He subsequently faces Celestial Rampart Patriarch, evades the attacks of an initial twelve-digit cultivator, and converts the defeated Patriarch into a living power bank for his allies. 862 864

Notable Quotes

“A lone peak does not contend with the mountains.” 632

“All he knew was that someone had dared to hunt him down, so he would hunt them down in return—slaughtering their entire clan to the last.” 677

“Levels and numbers have never been the key to victory.” 842

Trivia

• Zhang's original “blind swordsman” image began as reality but became a deliberate persona after he recovered sight; he ended it by destroying his cane and hidden sword. 698
• His early public reputation spread partly through Rain-Listening Tower's storytellers, novels, and deliberately mixed true-and-false reports. 681
• He received 9,001 Stronger Fragments immediately upon his arrival in Zhang Sanxian's body. 625
• He is repeatedly offered political and sectarian positions but consistently refuses to join any faction. 728