Lu Bian

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Lu Bian (路边)
Alias(es)	Thunderbolt Immortal 46 47
Species/Race	Human; transmigrator
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Heavens Chat Group / “Peaceful Remainder of Life” Chat Group — founder and Group Leader 1 2 13
Occupation/Role	Cultivator; stonemason and sculptor; Chenxiang’s guardian and martial instructor 22 47 48
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Magnetic Rotation — 10,000 horsepower	17	Reaches the level named in the chapter title while traveling east; uses staff techniques and Ultimate Arhat Fist against bandits and a tiger demon.
Third Heaven — 30,000 horsepower	18	His stated full-strength cultivation at Eagle Sorrow Stream.
Ninth Heaven — 90,000 horsepower	19	Achieved after three months of cultivating Ultimate Boundless Qigong at Shepan Mountain.
Twelfth Heaven — 120,000 horsepower	26	Breaks through in anger after the Howling Celestial Dog cripples his hands and destroys his sculptures.
Twentieth Heaven	35	Reaches this level after a year in Dali; uses cellular reorganization to restore his hands.
Twenty-Fifth Heaven	48	Reaches the first major bottleneck while raising and training Chenxiang.
300,000 horsepower	49	Survives a thunder calamity, gains enlightenment, and acquires matter manipulation.

Background / History

Lu Bian suffered from an incurable illness from age fourteen. Its recurring active phases caused extreme pain, high fevers, interrupted his education, and eventually forced him to leave college. He believed his condition was connected to his unusual ability to predict weather through bodily pain. 1 4

While attempting to defy his fate through a lottery jackpot, Lu Bian was struck by a truck and transmigrated into the ruins of an abandoned cultivation sect. In his new world, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi that his body had lacked relieved his illness, giving him a healthy body and what he considers a second life. 1 3 15

Soon after arriving, Lu Bian discovered and founded a cross-world chat group. Shi Tianwu became its first administrator and mentor, teaching Lu Bian the Ultimate Boundless Qigong after temporarily taking control of his body through the group’s Life Swap function to save him from wolves. 1 3 4

After leaving the mountains, Lu Bian traveled through a world shaped by the events of Journey to the West. He cultivated, defeated bandits and demons, entered the Great Song Kingdom, and lived briefly in Dongjing as a laborer before becoming a stonemason. 15 17 20 21 22

The Howling Celestial Dog, acting for Erlang Shen, maimed Lu Bian’s hands and destroyed his statues of the Third Holy Mother and the Great Sage Equal to Heaven. Although Lu Bian initially swore revenge, he chose to withdraw to Dali, cultivate, and eventually heal himself rather than confront a god far beyond his current strength. 26 27 35

Later, Lu Bian rescued Chenxiang and learned that the child was the son of the imprisoned Third Holy Mother. Unable to defeat Erlang Shen himself, he promised to help Chenxiang become strong enough to rescue his mother, becoming the boy’s guardian and instructor. 46 47 48

Appearance

Lu Bian arrived in his new world thin, frail, and visibly unhealthy. Spiritual Qi, physical labor, and cultivation later transformed him into a tall, muscular man described as handsome and martial in bearing. 3 15 23

• Initially stood approximately 1.75 meters tall before growing to seven feet after settling near Fuling Mountain. 15
• Develops pronounced upper-body musculature through Ultimate Boundless Qigong training. 15
• Often travels with a bamboo or wooden staff and a wine gourd. 39 50
• His body may be surrounded by blue-white electricity when using magnetic power. 20

Personality

Lu Bian values a quiet, ordinary life more than fame, authority, or involvement in divine conflicts. His transmigration and growing strength do not erase his instinct to avoid trouble; after Erlang Shen’s provocation, he deliberately chooses retreat and cultivation over a hopeless act of revenge. 1 21 27

Despite this caution, he is compassionate when faced with suffering. He saves A-Quan from a ravine, protects villagers targeted by Black and White Impermanence, and intervenes when Chenxiang is offered to a lake demon. 44 45 46

He is practical, talkative, and prone to humor, particularly within the Chat Group. He also takes responsibility for his promises: after offering Chenxiang help, he refuses to mislead the child and commits himself to preparing Chenxiang to confront Erlang Shen. 4 5 47

Abilities & Skills

Magnetic Rotation

Lu Bian cultivates magnetic field power through the Ultimate Boundless Qigong. Its advancement strengthens his body, enhances his perception and thought, and grants increasingly supernatural abilities. 18 22

• Can generate and channel electric power through his body and attacks. 19 20
• Can influence weaker people’s thoughts and memories; he uses this ability to obtain household registration in Bianjing. 21
• Can fly at the twentieth heaven, though doing so consumes energy. 46
• Restores damaged tissue through cellular reconstruction after attaining the twentieth heaven. 35
• Manipulates and reorganizes surrounding matter after surviving the thunder calamity. 49
• No longer needs conventional food or drink after his later life metamorphosis; his body absorbs and converts external matter automatically. 44

Ultimate Boundless Qigong

A peerless martial art created by the Ultimate Monk of Shaolin and taught to Lu Bian by Shi Tianwu. It combines breathing, physical training, fist techniques, and Magnetic Rotation cultivation. 4 5

• The Lu Bian Breathing Method, designed by Shi Tianwu, improves Lu Bian’s absorption and digestion of the world’s spiritual energy. 5
• The Ultimate Arhat Fist is his principal combat art; he uses it against demons, bandits, and the lake monster. 17 20 46
• His drunken practice modifies the art into the Drunken Dream Arhat Fist. 35
• The art enables an ordinary practitioner with sufficient talent to potentially reach 500,000 horsepower of Magnetic Rotation. 4

Ultimate Palm Thunder

A lightning-based palm technique used to drive away Black and White Impermanence after they attempt to stop him from saving doomed villagers. 45

• Its threat alone causes the soul-snatching emissaries to flee. 45

Cell Reconstruction Fist

A healing technique used to save seven villagers who were fated to die. 45

• Allows Lu Bian to interfere with injuries and impending death.
• His intervention attracts the attention of Yama, whose Book of Life and Death contains no record of Lu Bian. 45

Supreme World Shocking Era

A Magnetic Rotation martial art derived from the Book of Supreme World Ordering and uploaded by Shi Tianwu. It emphasizes extraordinary talent and insight rather than fixed forms. 10

• Helps Lu Bian use starlight within his thoughts to develop the Dog Beating Technique. 39
• Includes knowledge related to observing celestial phenomena. 10

Dog Beating Technique

Lu Bian’s self-created staff art, developed from his encounters with wolves and the Howling Celestial Dog. 38 39

• Began as a technique for fighting dogs and wolves.
• Lu Bian expands its intended scope to “dog-breeds and dog-donkeys.” 39
• Uses his donkey as an unwilling sparring partner during development. 39

Stonemasonry and Sculpture

Under Shi Tianwu’s guidance, Lu Bian learns stonemasonry in Dongjing and rapidly surpasses the city’s other craftsmen. The work develops his Perfect Realm, a mental and technical aspect of magnetic cultivation. 22

• Carves a Guanyin Bodhisattva statue that becomes an object of public worship. 22 23
• Completes sculptures of the Third Holy Mother and the Great Sage Equal to Heaven. 25 26
• Uses his later magnetic power to construct a two-story home for himself and Chenxiang in a single day. 48

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Wooden or bamboo staff — Lu Bian’s preferred weapon; used for staff training and the Dog Beating Technique. 17 39 50
• Green-skinned Old Gourd — Carries Wild Fruit Wine and later exchanged liquor. 20 36
• Green Earth-Shrinking Talisman / Earth-Shrinking Jade Talisman — Gifted by the Shepan Mountain Earth Deity; allows travel through the Earth-Shrinking Method and alerts him to nearby earth and mountain god temples. 20 21
• Donkey cart and Stubborn Donkey — His long-term travel companion and means of transporting supplies, timber, and stone. 16 22
• Dharma Sutra — A Mahayana Buddhist scripture uploaded by Shi Tianwu to help Lu Bian prepare for future Fire and Wind Calamities. 47 49

Relationships

• Shi Tianwu — Friend, Chat Group administrator, and Lu Bian’s principal martial mentor. Shi Tianwu teaches him Ultimate Boundless Qigong, guides his cultivation, and considers him a friend worth protecting. 3 4 5
• Edward Newgate — Chat Group member and sworn brother. Lu Bian respects Whitebeard and exchanges blessings, food, and alcohol with him. 8 10 36
• Bruce Wayne — Chat Group member whom Lu Bian admires as Batman. Bruce later helps procure modern household supplies for Lu Bian through item exchange. 6 36
• Kakashi Hatake — Chat Group member and training partner. They agree to keep each other accountable for cultivation and later trade food through the exchange function. 34 35 36
• Chenxiang — Ward and student. Lu Bian becomes his guardian, teaches him academics and martial arts, and prepares him to rescue the Third Holy Mother from Mount Hua. 47 48
• Stubborn Donkey — Lu Bian’s animal companion, transport, and occasional sparring partner. He repeatedly refuses to abandon or sell it. 16 22 39
• Erlang Shen — A powerful divine adversary whose interference ruins Lu Bian’s work and leads to the crippling of his hands through the Howling Celestial Dog. Lu Bian avoids direct confrontation. 25 26 27
• The Third Holy Mother — The goddess whose statue Lu Bian is commissioned to carve; her imprisonment motivates Chenxiang’s journey. 24 47

Notable Quotes

“A heart of passion must not be extinguished; show compassion to the weak, help one another, and no matter where people are from, they can become friends...” 5

“Living a low-key life is the right way.” 27

“If I am the setting sun on the horizon, then you are the morning sun that will rise tomorrow!” 47

Trivia

• Lu Bian’s transmigrator trait is the Chat Group’s underlying code; as he grows stronger, the group unlocks new functions. 13
• He considers the item exchange function the Chat Group’s best feature after Life Swap. 36
• He enjoys foraging for wild mushrooms and attributes his knowledge of them to childhood experiences with his grandmother. 39
• He develops a hobby of drinking while training in Dali, finding that tipsy practice improves his cultivation progress. 35