He Ping

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	He Ping (贺平)
Alias(es)	Mo Wenmo; Zhang Jiubao; Sheng Yuzhou; Xiao Qianjue; Moxiuluo; Long Pinghe; Jin Chengliang 150 163 353 498 878 915
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Immortal Puppet Sect; inheritor of the Sanyuan Devil Palace lineage; collaborator of the You Emperor 296 299 767
Occupation/Role	Head of the He family; cultivator and puppeteer 3 770
Status	Alive at the novel's conclusion 1058

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Dao Entry	263–264	Demonstrates control over nearby heaven-and-earth primordial energy and understanding of Heavenly Dao laws, overwhelming the Empty-Hand Sect's elders. 263 264
Manifest Spirit	433	Merges his Son of Heaven Demon body, Yin Spirit, and Dao embryo into a primordial-spirit Dharma body; he had delayed the breakthrough to establish a deeper foundation. 433
Dharma Possesses True Spirit	602	His long accumulation reaches completion, allowing him to enter this Manifestation-realm attainment. 602
Refining Void and Creating Transformation (attempted)	602	Enters a perfect Dao-state but is expelled before completing the breakthrough. 602
Immortal-God rank	778–802	Condenses the Second Heavenly Dao's power and immortal foundation; soon afterward withstands attacks from two immortal-divine opponents. 778 799 802
Loose Immortal	866	Has attained the Loose Immortal rank by the time he enters the Western Continent. 866
True Immortal	991	Achieves True Immortalhood after comprehending the Three Realms' spacetime through the Zhenyu Dharma Seal and the empowerment of two Heavenly Kings. 991
Ultimate True Immortal / “Peak Perfection”	1040	Reconstitutes himself after the Immortal-Slaying Flying Dagger shatters his prior Dao Fruit, gaining command over the Second Heavenly Dao sufficient to rival ultimate True Immortals. 1040

Background / History

He Ping inherited the prosperous He family business in Suian City after his father's death. The family controlled major rice, pawnshop, medicinal-herb, timber, and tea concerns, giving him considerable local wealth and influence. 3

While managing the family, He Ping secretly cultivated Daoist arts and developed the Immortal Puppet Sect's sinister techniques. He also established the He family's “Dark Stakes”: death-sworn agents embedded as informants and operatives in outside factions. 25 31

His later cultivation path is shaped by an unusual origin: he possesses two souls within one body. He eventually concludes that this dual-soul nature lets him develop two distinct Dao Fruits, while later revelations identify the You Emperor as the cause of his time travel into this era. 1050 1059

Appearance

He Ping regularly conceals his identity through disguises and puppet arts rather than maintaining a single public appearance. He has appeared as a scholarly traveler, a black-robed elder of the Empty-Hand Sect, and even assumed forms resembling other cultivators. 252 300 536

• Often uses robes, altered voice, and false identities to obscure his origin. 150 300
• Can reshape or reconstruct his form through advanced puppet transformations. 536
• Uses puppet prosthetics and body modifications, including white bone armor, the Buddhist Fiend Ghost Hand, and God-Sundering Feet. 149 324

Personality

He Ping is calculating, pragmatic, and intensely survival-oriented. He values reconnaissance and escape methods above direct offense, believing information allows him to control a battle before it begins. 82

He relies on schemes when necessary, but does not regard intellect as a substitute for strength. As his cultivation rises, he deliberately abandons excessive caution and adopts a more assertive Dao heart, treating power as something that must be decisively exercised. 82 299

He is ruthless toward enemies and assets alike, frequently turning defeated opponents into puppets, demon-seed thralls, or sources of cultivation materials. Yet he can show practical concern toward retainers such as He Fusheng and Chixinzi when their continued usefulness and welfare align. 323 345

“The power of intellect is, in itself, a fallback choice made when one's own strength is insufficient.” 82

Abilities & Skills

Puppet Arts and Living Puppets

He Ping is an Immortal Puppet Sect cultivator whose core specialty is refining corpses, prosthetics, artifacts, and living beings into controllable puppets.

• Refines living puppets such as Chixinzi and the Fourth Prince, retaining access to their memories, skills, and intelligence. 294 394
• Modifies his own body with puppet components, including white bone armor, the Buddhist Fiend Ghost Hand, and God-Sundering Feet. 149 324
• Refines corpse demons, flying zombies, and Three Corpses Secret Demon Puppets into combat assets. 397 400
• Can repair damaged puppets and alter captured materials into new puppet forms. 323 324

Soul-Calling Shadow-Binding

A forbidden shadow art used to awaken, command, and multiply Shadow Deities.

• Awakens the first Shadow Deity, Right Emperor, and immediately tests its obedience by ordering it to kill a caged parrot. 27
• Captures Shadow Deities to create shadow storage through the Body-Shifting Demonic Curse. 72
• Refines nine Shadow Deities, enabling the Shadow-Splitting Form-Division Art and the creation of decoy bodies. 240
• Includes movement techniques such as Shifting Forms and Changing Shadows. 296

Seed Demon Technique

He Ping uses demon seeds to infiltrate factions, seize consciousness, and establish networks of controlled subordinates.

• Refines and deploys demon seeds through the Sanyuan Devil Palace's methods. 150 165
• Controls Wangji, Yunji, Yu Buxin, and other members of the Empty-Hand Sect through demon seeds. 268
• Can use parasitized targets to gather intelligence and expand his influence. 259
• Demon-seed parasitism has limitations, including restrictions against cultivators of the same rank. 259

Three Yang Calamity

A destructive power connected to the God of Sacrificial Fire.

• Uses it to kill He Moheng, destroying both body and soul. 163
• Gains insight into the Azure Yang Undying Body through its power. 107
• Learns that repeated use deepens the God of Sacrificial Fire's influence over him, prompting him to seal the technique when possible. 292

Profound Nether Divine Lightning

A lightning art developed from Dark Nether Baleful Qi and condensed through the Profound Nether Unified Qi Thunder-Pool Armor Ward.

• Provides a defensive armor ward and a powerful lightning attack. 292 294
• Freezes and shatters White-Bone Bats with a single test strike. 292
• Destroys formations and defenders of a Hidden Scale Army camp. 295
• Evolves alongside the Ninefold Vermilion Profound True Qi. 290 299

Second Heavenly Dao

He Ping's defining late-stage power: an anomalous Heavenly Dao system outside the Source of Heavenly Dao's normal control.

• Refines his existing Dao arts, puppets, and dharma power into stronger forms. 764
• Leaves no trace in the river of time when carefully used, hindering divination, tracking, and calculation. 764
• Rapidly restores injuries and compensates for deficiencies in his immortal foundation. 779
• Lets him manipulate fate through the Heaven-Killing Fate-Rending Book and alter destinies to deceive enemies. 764 772
• Ultimately enables him to simulate Great Awakening Golden Nature and attain the “Peak Perfection” Dao Fruit. 1034 1040

Buddhist Divine Abilities

He Ping incorporates Buddhist inheritances into his puppet and demonic cultivation.

• Obtains the Dragon-Subduing Zen Palm from a scripture pillar at the Jialan Ancient Temple. 332
• Cultivates the Supreme Yoga Shattering Vajra Vehicle for explosive combat strength. 491 492
• Uses the Ganges Great Hand Seal to control the Little Heavenly Dao system's overwhelming power. 752
• Fuses the Supreme Yoga Shattering Vajra Vehicle and Ganges Great Hand Seal against Heavenly King Chenling. 970
• Develops the meditative heavenly seal of Neither Perception nor Non-Perception, temporarily placing himself beyond ordinary karmic interference. 798

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Puppet Demon City / Mechanism Puppet City — Sect-suppressing treasure forged from the Great Luo Dharma Disk and Jade Ji Immortal Mirror; can create puppets, void gods, devils, and divine generals in great numbers. 397 400
• Jade Ji Immortal Mirror — Mirror treasure used for formations, concealment, and access to an internal space. 295 345
• Heavenly Net Dharma Disk — Used with the Jade Ji Immortal Mirror's Female Mirror to suppress the nine Dragon-Slaying Heavenly Soldiers. 394
• White Bone Banner Gates — Defensive Sibi Sect treasure capable of condensing White Bone True Qi. 268 269
• White Bone Ring — Complementary Sibi Sect treasure capable of condensing Sky-Shaking White Bone Divine Thunder. 269
• Heaven-Killing Fate-Rending Book — Former Heaven-Killing lineage sect treasure later restored to greater usefulness through the Second Heavenly Dao. 764
• Zhenyu Dharma Seal — Grants insight into Three Realms spacetime and the ability to open the Three Realms Barrier. 991
• Mystic Puppet Three Treasures Shrine — Inherited through You Weidu's final transmission alongside the Three-Origin Unity Mystic Puppet Grand Transformation Art. 799

Relationships

• Chixinzi — Senior brother and living puppet; serves as He Ping's agent, adviser, and remote sensory link. 294 323
• He Fusheng — Long-serving He family steward; later survives in a flesh-puppet body provided by He Ping. 31 345
• You Emperor — Powerful and dangerous collaborator; He Ping serves his plans at times but considers their relationship one of shared interests rather than loyalty. 767 770
• Little Stone Buddha — Adviser and source of Buddhist knowledge; guides He Ping's cultivation of several Buddhist divine abilities. 491 752
• Ji Changli — Ally who protects He Ping's “law of no law” state by merging the King Pan Battle Armor with him. 1014
• Zi Biluo — Trusted ally who assists him against major opponents with the Seven Calamities and Five Declines Primordial Qi and the Immortal-Slaying Gourd. 1014 1033
• Great Sage Lieyun — Allied Great Sage and combat support; later uses the Mirror Void All-Dharma Realm Abandon-Self-No-Outside Wheel at He Ping's request. 793 1050
• Child of the Dao Artifact — Strategic partner in governing and defending Great You after He Ping's rise. 1046

Story Role / Major Arcs

He Family and Longhe County

He Ping begins as the heir to the He family's commercial empire, secretly building a network of Dark Stakes and manipulating local factions. He fakes his disappearance to turn He Jin and Sheng Qingzhi against one another while protecting the He family's core assets. 3 31 49

Shadow Arts and the Sanyuan Devil Palace Legacy

He develops the forbidden Soul-Calling Shadow-Binding technique, builds a Shadow Deity network, and pursues the remnants of the Sanyuan Devil Palace. His search for stronger inheritances leads him to increasingly dangerous puppet arts and demon-seed methods. 27 150 165

Overseas Expansion and Abyssal Realm Exploration

Using identities such as Mo Wenmo and Zhang Jiubao, He Ping travels overseas, clashes with the Sutuoluo Clan, and enters the Abyssal Realm. There he develops the Profound Nether Unified Qi Thunder-Pool Armor Ward and uncovers traces connected to Cloud Heaven Dao Palace. 150 163 292 297

Empty-Hand Sect and Puppet Demon City

He takes over the Empty-Hand Sect through force and demon-seed control, claims its artifacts, and later reforges the Great Luo Dharma Disk and Jade Ji Immortal Mirror into Mechanism Puppet City. The treasure becomes the foundation of his expanding puppet army and sect-suppressing power. 268 397 400

Manifestation and the You Emperor

He reaches Manifest Spirit through the Son of Heaven Demon technique, then becomes increasingly entangled with the You Emperor's plans. After gaining the Second Heavenly Dao, he begins to operate on a larger scale through fate manipulation, alternate identities, and spacetime-based arts. 433 764 772

Rise to Immortalhood

He breaks into the immortal-divine rank, survives coordinated attacks by immortals, and progresses through the Loose Immortal and True Immortal realms. His command of the Second Heavenly Dao lets him contend with forces that once vastly surpassed him. 802 866 991

Peak Perfection and the Final Conflict

After surviving the destruction of his Supreme Dao Fruit, He Ping reaches the “Peak Perfection” state and defeats multiple ultimate True Immortals. In the final conflict, he annihilates the Six Dragons of Path-Opening, refines their remaining powers into treasures, and continues preparing to confront the Lord of the Divine Court. 1040 1037 1058

Trivia

• He Ping explicitly prioritizes survival and reconnaissance over offensive capability. 82
• He frequently treats identities as expendable tools, operating under numerous names to redirect blame and infiltrate factions. 163 498 878
• His dual-soul nature is central to his ability to cultivate more than one Dao Fruit. 1050