Fang Ze

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Fang Ze (方泽)
Alias(es)	King Apophis; Calamity King; King of Calamity; King of All Living Beings; Demon King of the Burning Coalition
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Calamity Response Division; later the Burning Coalition
Occupation/Role	Holder of the Planetary Impact Authority; protector and leader among Calamity Authority Holders
First Appearance	Chapter 112

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Calamity King — Planetary Impact Authority	112	Gains the authority to guide asteroids toward Earth; larger asteroids require longer guidance. The danger of causing a catastrophic impact immediately frightens him. 112
Calamity Power combat development	123–124	Learns to form and call down a small meteorite during Wan Hengyang's attack; later prepares gathered asteroids as a defensive measure. 123 124
First Root Liberation / Power of the Stars	160, 165	Awakens the Power of the Stars after his power is nearly drained in a ritual. It borrows strength from people who sincerely trust him. 160 165
Soul-interference application	177	Resonates with people caught in the Eye of Myriad Phenomena's illusion, borrows their Soul Qi, and gains a method capable of damaging Negary's soul. 177
Second Root Liberation	174	Achieved while entering He Qiao's consciousness and purging her root infection; greatly strengthens the Power of the Stars. 174
Multi-ability integration	183	Learns to maintain and combine multiple borrowed abilities simultaneously, rather than switching between them one at a time. 183
Third Root Release	206	Reaches an exceptionally deep third release during the battle against the New God and First Dragon, retaining immense power after the timeline overlap ends. 206
Demon King of the Burning Coalition	206–207	Accepts the New God and First Dragon's power, mutates into a five-meter demon wreathed in black flame, and becomes the Burning Coalition's Demon King. 206 207
Burning Coalition giant / budding Path	434	After sacrificing his own world, gains vast source power, nurtures his Seed of Truth, and begins forming a Path of his own. 434

Background / History

Fang Ze was a left-behind child who valued having someone at his side. His life changes when Stray Arrow appears in his home and identifies him as “King Apophis,” revealing that he has inherited the Planetary Impact Authority and become a Calamity King. Rather than excitement, his first response is fear over the disaster an uncontrolled asteroid strike could cause. 112 120

His position makes him a target almost immediately. During an assassination attempt orchestrated through cascading accidents, his guards are separated or killed while Wan Hengyang closes in on him. Fang Ze concludes that his survival is necessary to prevent a far larger catastrophe, even if protecting him demands sacrifices. 122 123

His first direct battle with Negary exposes his inexperience. Negary repeatedly severs Fang Ze's control over Calamity Power, anticipates his attacks, and exploits his telegraphed movements. The defeat forces Fang Ze to acknowledge that raw power does not compensate for poor combat judgment. 133 134

Appearance

Fang Ze's ordinary appearance is not described in the available material. After accepting the power of the New God and First Dragon, he assumes a demonic form. 206

• Grows to roughly five meters tall. 206
• Is covered in burning black flames. 206
• Develops demon wings and horn-like protrusions that coil into a crown. 206

Personality

Fang Ze begins as a frightened and somewhat unprepared new Calamity King, but he is consistently protective of those around him. He attempts to reason with Wan Hengyang despite the danger, takes responsibility for the consequences of his survival, and repeatedly risks himself for He Qiao and Stray Arrow. 123 156 173

His battles with Negary force him to become more composed, adaptive, and deliberate. By the time of the Great Cataclysm, Negary observes that Fang Ze has grown into someone more fitting of the King of Calamity title. 167 168

After attaining his third Root Release, Fang Ze becomes exhausted by the expectations bound to his role as the King of All Living Beings. Learning that Negary had implanted a fragment of the Dragon of Eternal Sin within his Root gives him freedom from those expectations, but also drives him toward a destructive choice. 206

Abilities & Skills

Planetary Impact Authority

Fang Ze's original Calamity Authority allows him to guide asteroids and meteorites toward a target.

• Can summon an asteroid through intent; greater diameter requires more time to guide. 112
• Uses smaller meteorites for immediate defense and has stockpiled asteroids as a precaution. 123 124
• His Calamity Power naturally manifests as immense impact force and high temperature. 167 179
• His death could trigger an asteroid impact severe enough to endanger Earth. 122

Power of the Stars

Fang Ze's Root ability is founded on trust and conscious connection.

• Borrows power from people who sincerely trust him. 160 174
• Requires the other party to willingly agree to lend him their ability. 174
• Can amplify borrowed Authorities beyond their original users' normal limits through his own Calamity Power. 174
• Uses the connection to determine whether his companions remain alive. 167
• Later borrows combat knowledge from survivors, adapting techniques from more than a hundred fighting styles into his own combat system. 179
• Can draw on the strength of all living beings, a power tied to his role as the King of All Living Beings. 183 205

Consciousness and Soul Interference

Through the Power of the Stars, Fang Ze can communicate directly with another person's consciousness.

• Uses mental-image attacks to correct consciousnesses polluted or altered by outside influence. 174
• Enters He Qiao's consciousness and purges her root infection, restoring her sanity. 174
• Resonates with human thoughts inside the Eye of Myriad Phenomena's illusion to borrow Soul Qi and attack Negary's soul. 177
• His ability to use Interference Force prevents Negary from simply severing his mental control over Calamity Power. 178

Ability Fusion

Following his second Root Liberation, Fang Ze learns to combine multiple borrowed powers.

• Fuses He Qiao's vitality with Zhang Wei's Authority of Deterioration to heal severe injuries. 183
• Combines Planetary Impact with Stray Arrow's sharpness and control to turn surrounding stones into guided miniature meteors. 183
• Can cycle between allies' abilities for defense, healing, ranged attacks, and close combat. 178 179
• His early limitation was only being able to wield one borrowed ability at a time. 183

Combat Ability

Fang Ze uses Calamity Power to reinforce his body, accelerate movement, and fight at close range.

• Condenses Calamity Power around his body instead of dispersing it against opponents of comparable strength. 174
• Uses Calamity Power propulsion for extreme bursts of movement. 167
• Fights with his fists, elbows, knees, shins, and high-temperature Calamity Power after integrating borrowed combat knowledge. 179
• Initially suffers from predictable movements and fixed thinking patterns, weaknesses Negary repeatedly exploits. 133 180

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Calamity Power-material gauntlet — An arm-length steel gauntlet used to block Calamity Power weapons and strike opponents directly. 142
• Calamity Power-material dagger — Used during the battle with Ye Kong. 142
• Calamity Power-material clothing — Protective clothing issued to him as a Calamity King. 133 142
• Flaming longsword — Wielded after he becomes one of the Burning Coalition's giants; used to extract a world's calamity and source power. 434

Relationships

• Stray Arrow — His subordinate and designated protector. Fang Ze rescues her from Liu Ren, an act that allows her to fully join his team; she later supports him in battle. 112 156 157 174
• He Qiao — His neighbor and closest emotional connection. He attempts to save her from soul collapse, fights to restore her sanity, and later carries her with him after becoming the Demon King. 131 142 173 174 206
• Negary / Wang Yuan — His central enemy and manipulator. Negary studies Fang Ze as a protagonist, repeatedly engineers crises to force his growth, and ultimately implants part of the Dragon of Eternal Sin into Fang Ze's Root. 133 168 183 206
• Chang Xia — A Response Division ally who assists Fang Ze during attacks, helps devise the approach to He Qiao's vine-covered body, and fights alongside him against Negary. 122 173 176
• Ah Qi — An ally and holder of the Land Sinking Authority who intervenes to save Fang Ze when Negary nearly kills him. 180 183
• New God and First Dragon — Otherworldly powers that lend Fang Ze their strength and force his mutation into the Demon King of the Burning Coalition. 206 207

Story Role / Major Arcs

Rise as a Calamity King

Fang Ze inherits Planetary Impact and becomes a Calamity King under Stray Arrow's protection. He survives an organized assassination attempt, calls down a meteorite to defeat Wan Hengyang, and begins confronting the burden of being a living disaster. 112 122 124

Conflict with Negary

When He Qiao is endangered by Negary's serum, Fang Ze demands her treatment and pursues Ye Kong for the knowledge needed to save her. His initial confrontation with Negary ends in a complete rout, establishing Negary as the opponent who most directly challenges his inexperience and assumptions. 132 134 142

Great Cataclysm

Fang Ze awakens the Power of the Stars, rescues his companions from Negary's sludge monster, and searches the infected zone for the Black Death Calamity King. He saves He Qiao from essence manifestation, gains his second Root Liberation, and battles Negary through the Eye of Myriad Phenomena's illusion. 160 167 173 179

King of All Living Beings

After learning to integrate several abilities, Fang Ze becomes the focus of humanity's expectations. Negary identifies this collective expectation as Fang Ze's protagonist halo and uses Fang Ze's own connection to all living beings against him, leaving Fang Ze and his allies devastated. 183 185

Otherworld Invasion and Fall

Fang Ze helps repel the New God and First Dragon by borrowing power from the overlapping timelines and the living beings of three worlds. His third Root Release reveals the oppressive nature of his role, however, and Negary's implanted fragment gives him the freedom to reject it. Fang Ze then accepts the invaders' power and becomes the Demon King of the Burning Coalition. 205 207

Burning Coalition Giant

As one of the Burning Coalition's three giants, Fang Ze sacrifices his original world, gains source power and its core data, and begins developing his own Path. He also sends a portion of that world's calamity and data to Negary, considering him a potential ally. 434

Notable Quotes

“For everyone suffering amid this disaster, I will defeat you!” 179

“I'm tired.” 206

Trivia

• Stray Arrow first calls Fang Ze “King Apophis,” a title he initially mistakes for the name of a demon sword. 112
• His original Calamity Power traits are impact and high temperature, matching the destructive nature of Planetary Impact. 167
• The cross-shaped scars on his forehead are left by separate battles with Negary. 178