Lu Chao

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Lu Chao (陆超)
Alias(es)	Ah Chao; Inspector Chen (disguised identity); Inspector Lu
Species/Race	Carbon-based Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Alliance State; Superpowered Bureau; Gold-Stone Martial Arts Hall; Chen Junhao's boxing club; former Prism Ring City Patrol Bureau
Occupation/Role	Northwestern Inspector; Superpowered Rank martial artist; former Patrol Bureau squad captain, cleaning-squad worker, and Dreamfire Bar security guard
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Primary Resilience awakened	4	Completes Glutton's initial Potential Progress and awakens his first innate specialty, greatly improving recovery and endurance.
Vitality 6	12	Reaches 6 after three days of intensive basic combat-arts practice.
Vitality 7	14	Advances through continued Training Building practice and sparring.
Vitality 10	17	Reaches 10 after a month of training while working two jobs; Potential Progress reaches 31%.
Vitality 11	21	Advances after six consecutive days of arduous training and practical combat.
Vitality 13	24	Rises from 12 to 13 over twelve days; Potential Progress reaches 53%.
Vitality 15	29	Reaches 15 during his second month at Gold-Stone Martial Arts Hall; punching force exceeds 150 kg and Potential Progress reaches 64%.
Vitality 19	35	Stands one point below Combat Grade; Potential Progress reaches 94%.
Combat Grade / Rock Skin	36 37	Breaks through while practicing Iron Cross Stake with a 20 kg iron ball, gaining Martial Arts Energy and the Rock Skin method.
Core disciple	37	Luo Qianshan accepts him as a core disciple after his Combat Grade breakthrough.
Combat Grade certification	50	Receives official certification from Zheng Wu.
Predatory Growth awakened	48 49	A further Glutton specialty grants enhanced digestion and absorption, including Intuition Sensing; his Vitality reaches 22, and Potential Progress restarts at 7%.
Professional Grade	104	Reaches Professional Grade, earning Luo Qianshan's open recognition and increased sponsorship resources from Chen Junhao.
Peak Professional Grade	173	His Martial Arts Energy, senses, neural response, and explosive force improve sharply; his base punching force reaches at least 800 kg.
Elite Grade / Bedrock	217	Simultaneously advances the Bedrock martial skill and Combat Technique to Elite Grade, awakening the defensive Bedrock Body; Vitality reaches 70.
Superhuman Grade	324 325	Breaks past 100 Vitality and transforms Martial Arts Energy into Gold-Stone Aura, gaining a superhuman physique and resistance to small-caliber gunfire.
Limit-Breaking Threshold	328	Breaks through during his confrontation with Tan Yue, rapidly surpassing a fellow limit-breaking expert.
Superpowered Rank	330 332	Defeats Tan Yue and is officially recognized as having entered the Superpowered Rank.
Vitality 116	361	Raises his Vitality through Energy Mineral Essence purchased with security-assignment contribution points.
Peak Limit-Breaking Threshold / Aura Solidification	408	Reaches the Peak Limit-Breaking Threshold and condenses his Gold-Stone Aura into full-body dark-brown rock armor.
Exploration Threshold	451	Reaches the Exploration Threshold while advancing Myriad Force Martial Arts to its second level and releasing aura externally.
Efficient Technique awakened	451	Fills Potential Progress to 100% with Qi Source Essence and awakens an intermediate talent from the Spiritual Transformation Dimension.
Vitality 176	463	Refines Qi Source Essence through Myriad Force Return and reaches 176 Vitality.
Life force above 300 / Resilient Body transformation	635	Breaks the 300-point life-force limit, gains another transformation opportunity, and unlocks a new Resilient Body talent state while fighting a Nonhuman Rank opponent.
Myriad Force Martial Arts perfected	677	Completes Myriad Force Martial Arts; his aura transforms into gold-flecked Myriad Force Aura.

Background

Lu Chao transmigrates to Prism Ring City in the Alliance State and discovers the talent Glutton: by devouring sufficient resources, he can undergo potential metamorphoses and obtain specialties from other dimensions. Seeking a route out of his disadvantaged background, he identifies martial arts, colonial implants, and superpower awakening as possible ways to raise his vitality. 1 3

He lives on Factory Street with his friend Zhao Yuanqing, where poverty, debt, crime, extortion, organ robbery, and gang violence make personal strength a practical necessity. Zhao Yuanqing looks after him after his arrival and later lends him money for martial-arts tuition and nutrition. 4 5 6

After awakening Primary Resilience, Lu Chao commits to Gold-Stone Martial Arts Hall despite being judged to have a lower-middle martial foundation. He endures the hall's training, joins the Training Building, and completes the first level of its combat art. 5 8 12 13

To sustain his training, he balances cleaning work with night-shift security at Dreamfire Bar. Chen Junhao's support, including a 10,000 Alliance Credit condolence payment and later monthly resources, allows him to overcome the escalating nutritional costs of cultivation. 16 17 32 33 40

Following his Combat Grade breakthrough, Lu Chao joins the Prism Ring City Patrol Bureau and develops into a reliable patrol officer under Yang Wangtao. He later becomes a Level 2 Patrol Officer and Third Squad captain, earning recognition through several dangerous cases. 59 111 180

His advancement eventually brings him into the Superpowered Bureau, where he rises to Superpowered Rank and later serves publicly as the Northwestern Inspector under the disguised identity of Inspector Chen. He reveals his true identity as Lu Chao to Ji Linxian and the Alliance State's senior superpowered personnel after the Northern Frontier campaign. 330 332 544 649

Appearance

Lu Chao is approximately 1.80 m tall. Martial training changes him from a thin young man into a sturdier, more defined fighter. 5 22 40

• Close-cropped hair and sharply defined features. 22
• Lean frame that gradually develops broader shoulders, back, and chest. 22
• At Combat Grade, his arms are heavily muscled; when using Rock Skin, his fists turn grayish white and stone-like. 43
• Commonly wears Gold-Stone's white-and-gray training uniform while practicing, and black clothing while working or off duty. 12 21 39
• At higher realms, his body becomes increasingly broad and powerful, and he can enlarge his musculature further when activating hard-body techniques or Berserk State. 325 351
• His Resilient Body allows him to make limited adjustments to his bones, muscles, height, build, and facial features, enabling practical disguises without perfectly replicating another individual. 229 243
• His Gold-Stone Aura is dark brown and may form a full suit of dense rock-like armor over his body. After perfecting Myriad Force Martial Arts, that aura gains a faint golden layer. 408 677

Personality

Lu Chao is disciplined, pragmatic, and intensely determined. Financial pressure, poor public security, and his limited martial foundation do not deter him; he treats martial arts as the path through which he can gain security and change his circumstances. 6 12 26

He is notably restrained in conflict. As Dreamfire Bar security, he subdues troublemakers without inflicting serious injury, and when attacked by an armed assailant, he chooses to involve Zhou Qiang and the Patrol Bureau rather than kill his attacker. 22 28

Lu Chao values loyalty and avoids becoming indebted unnecessarily. He initially declines Chen Junhao's financial help on principle, remains grateful for past assistance, and later accepts sponsorship only after considering its value and intending to repay it through future strength. 32 40

Though he remains measured and polite toward allies and civilians, Lu Chao becomes increasingly decisive and ruthless toward enemies who threaten those under his protection. He is willing to kill hostile cultists, Restorationists, assassins, and warlords when restraint would endanger others. 53 485 569

He remains conscious of the corrupting influence of power and martial techniques. After Ge Hongfeng warns him that techniques can shape a martial artist's temperament, Lu Chao resolves to restrain his growing aggression and maintain a steady state of mind. 296

Abilities & Skills

Glutton

Lu Chao's special talent converts consumed resources into Potential Progress. Filling that progress enables potential metamorphoses and the awakening of new innate specialties. 1 4

• Requires substantial nutrition and resources; progress resets after each specialty awakening. 5
• His increasing cultivation expenses drive him to seek better work, supplements, and eventually sponsorship. 14 25 40
• He plans to study pharmacology to create life potions and accelerate Potential Progress. 27
• High-grade supplements, Exotic Beast Meat, Neural Stabilizers, Qi Source Essence, and comparable resources can dramatically accelerate his Potential Progress and physical development. 49 451
• His later potential metamorphosis awakens Efficient Technique, an intermediate specialty from the Spiritual Transformation Dimension. 451

Primary Resilience

Lu Chao's first innate specialty enhances recovery, physical endurance, and his capacity for sustained training. 4 5

• Lets him recover from exhaustion by the following day without lingering fatigue. 12
• Allows a training volume more than double that of many peers. 12
• Supports repeated sparring sessions even against opponents with higher vitality. 14
• Develops into Resilient Body, whose active recovery can rapidly repair severe and potentially fatal injuries by consuming stored life energy. 217 370
• Its later transformed state helps him endure attacks from Nonhuman Rank opponents and supports repeated high-intensity combat. 635

Predatory Growth

Predatory Growth is a Glutton specialty centered on nutrient acquisition, digestion, and physical absorption. 48 49

• Enhances Lu Chao's digestion and absorption of nutrition, medicine, and other energy-rich resources. 48 49
• Causes an exceptionally high appetite because his transformed body requires substantially greater energy input. 48
• Includes Intuition Sensing, allowing him to sense the condition and Vitality of nearby carbon-based humans and perceive threats or abnormalities with greater reliability. 48 94
• Enables him to assess opponents' strength, detect hidden hostility, and identify the danger of toxins or unusual substances before consuming them. 48 137

Efficient Technique

An intermediate talent awakened after Lu Chao completes a later Potential Progress cycle. 451

• Greatly improves information processing, neural response, and thinking speed when Lu Chao enters a focused state. 451
• Works with his Focus state to let him predict and counter rapid attacks, including those from Nonhuman Rank opponents. 662
• Enhances his combat calculation and control without replacing his own judgment or martial experience. 451 662

Focus State and Stellar Visualization Method

Lu Chao studies the Stellar Visualization Method to strengthen his mind, perception, concentration, and resistance to mental interference. 178 344

• Completes the beginner stage of the Stellar Visualization Method and enters Flow State. 178
• Reaches the second level, Round Sun, improving his mental resistance, senses, body control, and the duration of Flow State. 344
• Uses Focus state to improve his combat index and bring his perception, reaction speed, and talent specialties to their highest effectiveness. 552 662
• Can release a powerful mental shockwave capable of disrupting enemies' mental states and interfering with superpowered equipment or techniques. 553 664

Gold-Stone Combat Arts

Lu Chao learns Gold-Stone Martial Arts Hall's combat system, completing its first level and integrating stance work, breathing, fist techniques, and footwork. 9 13 25

• Heavy Mountain Stance — foundational stance training for center of gravity, endurance, and strength. 9
• Iron Cross Stake — tempers flesh and tendons; its practice directly precedes his Combat Grade breakthrough. 13 36
• Hard Stone Combo — chaining fist and palm attacks to temper the body and pressure opponents. 13 24
• Flying Sand and Moving Stones — leg technique and footwork coordinated with breathing. 13 24
• Giant Rock Shake — one of the techniques he demonstrates during sparring with Zheng Wu. 31
• The later levels include deeper body-tempering methods, Thousand-Catty Drop, and the martial skill Bedrock, which Luo Qianshan personally teaches him. 104 174 183
• Bedrock progresses through Copper Flesh and Iron Bone, allowing Lu Chao to strengthen his skin, flesh, tendons, and skeleton to an extreme degree. 143 223 224
• At Elite Grade, Bedrock grants him the Bedrock Body, letting him ignore ordinary blades and withstand powerful impacts. 217

Rock Skin

A Combat Grade martial method that uses Martial Arts Energy to harden a chosen body part temporarily. 37

• Turns the activated area grayish white, rough, and hard like granite. 37
• Allows Lu Chao to block and overpower attacks with stone-like fists. 43
• Represents the endpoint of the first level of Gold-Stone's combat art. 37
• At Professional Grade, it evolves into Copper Flesh, allowing Martial Arts Energy to reinforce most of an arm and greatly increase its toughness and striking force. 99

Layered Force Punch

A force-stacking martial skill that allows Lu Chao to condense and release power beyond his normal physical limits. 99 200

• Single Stack Force can elevate his striking force into the Elite Grade range. 200 222
• He later learns to use Double, Triple, and Fourth Stack Force alongside hard-body skills and Thunder Fist. 206 330 457
• Force Lock, derived from Myriad Force Return, stores intercepted force and returns it in a massively amplified counterattack. 629
• He combines Force Lock with his accumulated force to execute a Fivefold Force counterattack against a silver-armored enemy. 553

Secret Techniques and Ranged Skills

Lu Chao acquires and develops a growing set of combat-oriented Secret Techniques. 131 138

• Fierce Howl Technique — a soundwave martial skill that can freeze or disrupt opponents momentarily. 138 224
• Needle-Throwing Art — a concealed-weapon technique that he practices to the Windbreaker realm and later uses with exceptional lethality. 92 386
• Thunder Fist — a powerful force-exertion martial skill used in conjunction with Layered Force Punch and hard-body states. 223 330
• Thunder Extremity Secret Technique — temporarily raises his power and combat output beyond his ordinary realm. 190 330
• Dark Pearl Method — a combat method he employs with Needle-Throwing Art to eliminate assassins swiftly. 386
• Force-Slashing Blade Technique — a blade art with forms including Wind-Rending Form and Mountain-Crushing Form. 569 635

Dragon Roaming Step

An intermediate movement-type martial art taught to Lu Chao by Ge Hongfeng. 286

• Uses Martial Arts Energy in the legs to achieve extraordinary speed, mobility, and changes of direction. 286
• Upon successful cultivation, increases Lu Chao's speed by approximately 30% and allows his Martial Arts Energy to circulate independently through his legs. 296
• Lets him rapidly traverse walls, elevated surfaces, and battlefield obstacles in ways that ordinary martial artists cannot replicate. 304

Myriad Force Martial Arts and Myriad Force Return

Lu Chao inherits the Starry Sky Hero legacy Myriad Force Return and later selects the complementary Myriad Force Martial Arts as his primary higher-level method. 405 335

• Myriad Force Return is a hard-body martial art that refines the body, absorbs and redirects impact, and supports the Force Lock technique. 405 629
• Myriad Force Martial Arts comprises Hundred Temperings, Thousand Hammerings, and Myriad Forgings, emphasizing compressed aura, overwhelming strength, and balanced defense. 335
• He reaches the second level through the Thousand Hammers technique and learns to release aura externally. 451
• Its completion transforms his aura into gold-flecked Myriad Force Aura, granting greater density, weight, defense, and destructive force. 677

Martial Arts Aura

After crossing the 100-point Vitality threshold, Lu Chao transforms Martial Arts Energy into Martial Arts Aura. 324

• His Gold-Stone Aura is naturally heavy and defensive, while retaining destructive impact in direct attacks. 324
• It can withstand small-caliber firearms, enhance his physical strength severalfold, melt or deform ordinary metal, and cover his body as armor. 325
• At the Peak Limit-Breaking Threshold, he can solidify it into full-body dark-brown rock armor. 408
• After mastering Myriad Force Martial Arts, the aura gains a gold-flecked quality and becomes substantially denser and more powerful. 677

Combat Ability

Lu Chao develops strong practical fighting instincts through repeated sparring and real confrontations. 18 19

• Defeats three ordinary students in succession after evading their coordinated attack. 18 19
• Subdues bar troublemakers with controlled force, avoiding serious injury. 22
• Knocks out an armed attacker with a single punch. 27
• Defeats Xu Peng and a stronger Rock Gang fighter while rescuing Zhao Yuanqing. 43
• Kills a demon-god worshipper despite being caught by an abnormal immobilization technique. 52 53
• Defeats Lu Chengfeng, then later defeats Zhou Lin and Zhao Dongwu after recognizing their provocation against Gold-Stone Martial Arts Hall. 63 138
• Defeats Leiji Martial Arts Hall's peak Professional Grade disciple Lei Chongming in one exchange and overcomes Elite Grade Zhan Diao, securing Gold-Stone's victory. 221 222 224 225
• Defeats Superpowered Rank Tan Yue after breaking through in battle. 328 330
• Kills several Elite Grade opponents with ease and assists Luo Qianshan against Lei Wanjun while concealing his identity. 267 271
• Defeats Exploration Threshold opponents, Restorationist enforcers, and Nonhuman Rank combatants through superior physique, aura control, Focus state, and layered techniques. 485 569 662 664

Equipment / Items

• Tendon Recovery Oil — given by Zheng Wu to prevent hidden injuries after overexertion. 31
• Combat Grade certification documents — issued through Zheng Wu and Gold-Stone Martial Arts Hall. 49 50
• Monthly sponsorship resources — a low-grade Vitality Potion and Exotic Beast Meat quota supplied through Chen Junhao's boxing club. 40
• Professional Grade sponsorship resources — Chen Junhao later upgrades his support to Red-Striped Ox meat, Blood-Horned Python meat, Bone-Strengthening Qi-Replenishing Paste, and Green Jade Crystal. 107
• Elite-grade Horn-Patterned Python leather gloves — combat gloves gifted by Chen Junhao after Lu Chao defeats Li Yacheng. 177 178
• Myriad Force Return legacy sphere — a Starry Sky Hero inheritance discovered in Nanyun Mountain. 405
• Deep Sea identity card — an assassin-organization identity card found alongside the Myriad Force Return legacy, implying a further test left by the Starry Sky Hero. 405
• Metal gauntlets — aura-compatible gauntlets that improve his punch speed and reinforce his defensive and destructive capability. 381
• Ink Blade — a saber used while operating under concealed identities and during wilderness operations. 470 471

Relationships

• Zhao Yuanqing — roommate, close friend, and fellow Welfare Institute alumnus; supports Lu Chao financially and emotionally, while Lu Chao later protects him from the Rock Gang. 5 6 35 43
• Chen Junhao (Brother Hao) — benefactor and mentor-like figure; provides Lu Chao with security work, financial assistance, and later cultivation sponsorship while respecting his wish to avoid gang involvement. 16 22 32 40
• Zheng Wu — senior brother and principal martial mentor at Gold-Stone Martial Arts Hall; guides Lu Chao's combat arts, practical training, and Patrol Bureau application. 7 25 37 49
• Luo Qianshan — hall master; initially judges Lu Chao's martial foundation as mediocre, then recognizes his perseverance and accepts him as a core disciple. 8 37 38
• Zhang Hong — senior brother and sparring partner; provides practical-combat guidance that helps Lu Chao defeat three ordinary students. 14 19 30
• Zhou Qiang — Dreamfire Bar security manager and Chen Junhao's subordinate; assists Lu Chao after the armed attack and approves of his restraint. 16 22 28 29
• Xiao Yang — former Welfare Institute companion and Dreamfire Bar waiter; initially doubts martial arts but begins reassessing Lu Chao after seeing his transformation. 22 23
• Lin Ze — former Welfare Institute companion; often condescending toward Lu Chao's work and martial ambitions. 15 35
• Xu Linfeng — fellow trainee and later sparring opponent; regards Lu Chao with a mixture of envy and admiration after being defeated. 18 19
• Yang Wangtao — Lu Chao's Patrol Bureau captain and supporter; recognizes his loyalty and ability, promotes his career, and remains one of his trusted former superiors. 59 111 231
• Chen Xiao — Patrol Bureau colleague and later close friend; initially curious about Lu Chao's progress, he becomes a dependable teammate and confidant. 59 168 181
• Ge Hongfeng — Luo Qianshan's old friend and Lu Chao's martial uncle; teaches him Dragon Roaming Step, provides guidance, and warns him to restrain the temperament-shaping influence of martial arts. 286 296
• You Qiulin — Hunter Guild figure and ally who assists Lu Chao with resources and intelligence; he later protects her interests against assassins, deepening their mutual trust. 361 386 388
• Su Muqing (Miss Su) — daughter of the Lord of Red Maple Shelter City; Lu Chao rescues her from Qiu Shan's hostage operation, earning her gratitude and later serving on her security detail. 168 181 186
• Wu Yuntao — Leiji Martial Arts Hall disciple and enemy connected to Lin Ze's death and Lei Wanjun's crimes; Lu Chao resolves to demand an answer from him on behalf of their Welfare Institute circle. 83 273 457
• Lin Ze — later dies after becoming entangled with Wu Yuntao's connections at Lianwei Heavy Industries; Lu Chao scatters his ashes with Zhao Yuanqing and accepts the grudge left behind. 273
• Ruan Hui — Patrol Bureau rival who unsuccessfully attempts to recruit Lu Chao and later grows increasingly resentful of his rise. 94 104 227
• Luo Yan and Lin Qingxue — fellow core members of Gold-Stone Martial Arts Hall; both witness Lu Chao's growth and the escalating conflict with Leiji Martial Arts Hall. 140 224 225
• Ji Linxian — the Celestial Hunt and descendant of a Starry Sky Hero; Lu Chao's concealed identity as Inspector Chen is ultimately disclosed in his presence. 555 649
• Youyuan — Lu Chao's war beast and trusted combat partner; it uses psychic illusions, absorbs spiritual power, and extracts memories from corpses. 491 535 555
• Chen Junhao (Brother Hao) — Lu Chao remains deeply indebted to him for his early support. When Chen goes missing in the Northern Wasteland, Lu Chao immediately resolves to find him and later reunites with him on the battlefield. 614 617 643

Story Role / Major Arcs

Awakening and entry into martial arts

Lu Chao awakens Primary Resilience through Glutton, borrows funds for tuition and nutrition, and enters Gold-Stone Martial Arts Hall despite his poor martial foundation. 4 6 7 8

Training Building disciple

He survives the initial trial, joins the Training Building, steadily raises his vitality, and completes the first level of Gold-Stone Combat Arts under Zheng Wu's guidance. 12 13 17 25

Dreamfire Bar security

While working night security, Lu Chao repeatedly demonstrates disciplined self-defense. Chen Junhao and Zhou Qiang recognize both his combat ability and restraint, but Chen Junhao refuses to draw him into the Hongyi Society. 16 22 23

Road to Combat Grade

Lu Chao pushes through escalating resource shortages, defeats ordinary students in sparring, survives an armed ambush, and uses Chen Junhao's assistance to continue training toward his breakthrough. 19 27 33 35

Combat Grade breakthrough

Near his tuition deadline, Lu Chao breaks through to Combat Grade and gains Rock Skin. He becomes a core disciple, receives instruction in the second level of the combat technique, and begins planning to enter the Patrol Bureau. 36 37 38

Rock Gang confrontation

Lu Chao uses his Combat Grade strength and Rock Skin to defeat Xu Peng and a Rock Gang fighter, rescuing Zhao Yuanqing and driving the remaining gang members away. 43

Patrol Bureau and demon-god worshippers

After joining the Patrol Bureau, Lu Chao confronts increasingly dangerous criminal cases. He survives an encounter with a demon-god worshipper, kills the attacker, and learns that high-dimensional demon gods and their human adherents are active threats in the city. 52 53 59

Rise to Professional Grade

Lu Chao reaches Professional Grade, receives better resources from Chen Junhao, and earns increasing recognition from Luo Qianshan. He remains with the Patrol Bureau despite receiving opportunities elsewhere and rises to Level 2 Patrol Officer. 104 107 111

Gold-Stone Martial Arts Hall conflict

As rival martial arts halls repeatedly provoke Gold-Stone, Lu Chao defeats Lu Chengfeng, Zhou Lin, and Zhao Dongwu. He later accepts Luo Qianshan's Bedrock training and develops Copper Flesh, Iron Bone, Layered Force Punch, and Fierce Howl Technique. 62 63 138 140 143

Elite Grade tournament victory

Lu Chao reaches Elite Grade and publicly challenges the opposing halls during Gold-Stone's confrontation with Leiji Martial Arts Hall. He defeats Lei Chongming and the Elite Grade Zhan Diao, securing Gold-Stone's victory while Luo Qianshan protects him from Lei Wanjun's intervention. 217 221 222 224 225

Red Maple transfer and Superpowered Bureau career

Lu Chao transfers away from Prism Ring City and enters the Superpowered Bureau, where political obstacles and hostile factions attempt to suppress his advancement. He gains Ge Hongfeng's instruction in Dragon Roaming Step, protects Storm Club's allies, and develops into a Superpowered Rank martial artist. 276 286 296 328 330

Myriad Force inheritance

Lu Chao discovers the Starry Sky Hero legacy Myriad Force Return in Nanyun Mountain. He adopts Myriad Force Martial Arts as his primary high-level path, uses it to refine his aura and body, and eventually perfects the art. 405 408 451 677

Wilderness and Restorationist war

As a major Superpowered Bureau figure, Lu Chao fights warlords, assassins, Restorationists, and foreign superpowered enemies across the Wilderness. He protects allies, destroys Restorationist forces, and develops the combat power to contend with Exploration Threshold and Nonhuman Rank opponents. 470 485 535 569 635

Northwestern Inspector

Operating publicly under the identity of Inspector Chen, Lu Chao becomes the Alliance State's Northwestern Inspector and commands significant authority on the Northern Frontier. After reuniting with Chen Junhao and confronting the Restorationists' leader, he reveals his true identity as Lu Chao to Ji Linxian and the other senior figures. 544 614 643 649

Trivia

• Lu Chao introduces his given name as the character meaning “surpass.” 1
• His first known specialty, Primary Resilience, does not improve his martial foundation; Luo Qianshan still rates that foundation as lower-middle. 8
• He sets a personal goal of moving to the Inner City within five years. 35
• He does not participate in the Prism Ring City Martial Arts Tournament, as Gold-Stone selects Shen Tianchen, Sun, and Xu as its representatives. 50
• Luo Qianshan initially considers Lu Chao a late bloomer, later acknowledging him as one of two exceptional talents to emerge at Gold-Stone Martial Arts Hall. 103 104
• He can use Resilient Body to disguise his build and features, but cannot completely duplicate a specific person's appearance as Faceless One Legos can. 229
• He maintains the public disguise of Inspector Chen for an extended period before revealing himself as Inspector Lu. 544 649