Lu Xingshi

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Lu Xingshi (陆行时)
Alias(es)	Prince of Yan; Yan Emperor; Great King; Golden Crow Divine General; Great Crimson Virtue Heavenly Emperor; Grand President; Viscount/Grand Duke Landon
Species/Race	Human; later undergoes Spirit Body, bloodline, metallic-body, and other transformations 397 504 554
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Langya Pavilion; Langya Merchant Guild; Yan Kingdom; later the Federation and Landon Duchy
Occupation/Role	Martial artist; inventor; merchant; ruler; cultivator; teacher; researcher
Status	Active 971
First Appearance	Chapter 5 (earliest documented appearance) 5

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Three-Dimensional Attributes: 20	15	Raises Comprehension and Mental Fortitude to 20; rapid upgrades temporarily leave his body unable to adapt, reducing his health to 90%.
Primal Chaos Art: Perfection	16	Instantly learns the parting gift Primal Chaos Art to its tenth level; its attributes stack with his prior techniques.
Qi Guiding Art, Breathing Exercise, and Primal Chaos Art: Perfection	17	His mastery of three otherwise low-return techniques impresses the old man who later considers accepting him as a disciple.
Three-Dimensional Attributes: 50	20	Unlocks Attribute Traits: Physical Constitution grants up to 50% damage reduction; Comprehension enhances ability effects; Mental Fortitude increases cultivation speed.
Three-Dimensional Attributes: 100; abilities: 1,000	22	Completes the final Attribute Trait. His 1,000-point abilities can produce effects equivalent to 2,500 points through stacked bonuses.
Eternal Undying True Art: Perfection	29	Reaches perfection and considers his martial-game character effectively maxed for the current stage.
Hidden-achievement Acquired Traits	78	Gains traits including Heretical Devil, Hypocritical, and Unorthodox Evil Ways; conceals them to preserve a righteous public image.
Martial Dao True Qi	152	Converts Inner Force into True Qi, beginning the Mortal World’s True Qi era; Divine Weapons greatly amplify the resulting phenomena.
Zi Wei Dou Shu / Purple Star Emperor	185	Cultivates Zi Wei Dou Shu and gains Purple Star Emperor, allowing precise control of Son of Heaven Destiny and integration of Martial Arts with Divine Weapons.
Purple Star Emperor: completed	211	Obtains the Divine Weapon Heavenly Garment, upgrading Purple Star Emperor and revealing the value of its supporting stars.
Divine Weapon All Under Heaven: Meridians level	291	Greatly enhances his attributes and lets him detect the concealment of Grotto-heaven Ancestor projections.
Great Saint Body; Mountains and Rivers Sheji Diagram	307	Completes the Great Saint Body; forms the Mountains and Rivers Sheji Diagram as his Son of Heaven Destiny rather than using the Golden Crow. His attributes reach 999 and abilities 9,990.
Three-Dimensional Attributes: 1,000; abilities: 10,000	308	Completes the final breakthrough needed to confront the Great Abyss Sword Qi, Yellow Sand Poison Fire, and Grotto-heaven forces.
Earthly Fiend Dao Fruits: Spraying Transformation, Finger Transformation, Qi Restriction	396	Gains object/self-transformation abilities and a method to suppress his own mind, spirit, and soul.
Azure Sea Tang Valley Treasure Record: initial stage	397	Transforms his Spirit Body into a Great Saint Body and creates the Spirit Sword Number Fighter Jet.
Demon Saint Mystical Power	408	Perfects his Spirit Body and Great Saint Body while developing Demon Saint, a transformation-based Mystical Power with passive attribute bonuses.
Fourteen additional Earthly Fiend Dao Fruits	433	Acquires Dao Fruits including Bearing Mountain, Sword Arts, Great Strength, Array Formation, and Earth Movement.
Immortal cultivation: Level 1	463	Describes himself as newly ascended and equivalent to Level 1 after successful reincarnation/advancement; continues to raise cultivation, Dao Comprehension, and Mana.
Dao Fruit: 99% complete	483	Needs to capture Utmost Evil Warlords to fully form the Dao Fruit.
Perfect Bronze Bloodline	504	Absorbs the Venom Flying Dragon’s power and awakens a flawless Bronze Bloodline, recognized as suitable for a born Shaman.
Bronze Body: First Blood Mark	516	Consuming Fire Essence Copper creates his first Blood Mark and begins his transition toward a true Bronze Man.
Great Saint Body: third Bloodline Ability edition	551	Modifies Bronze Body using Flower Body Red Copper; gains Forgotten Totem, enabling single-target Totem Spells without controlling a Totem.
Crown Bloodline	554	Fuses Bronze, Silver, and Gold Bloodlines; his body becomes increasingly metallic, including blood and internal organs.
Tri-Phase Bloodpattern	608	Develops 100,000 spirals of Tri-Phase Power, tripling several elemental, Shadowfiend, and spiritual-light effects.
Level 10; fourth talent layer	671	Fallen Essence bypasses his curse and raises him to Level 10; unlocks Water Vapor Condensation and improved Spirit Tool Enhancement.
Extraordinary realm	673	Completes an advancement mission, becomes extraordinary, and uses Fallen Essence to improve the Dewdrop Bead and Spirit Tools.
Calamity-level Heavenly Fate Master	783	Awakens the Dharma Appearance Great Vow Bodhisattva and transforms the Domain Eighteen Levels of Hell.
Heart of the Earth / Glory: Earth King’s Overlord Body	843	Condenses the Heart of the Earth, surpasses normal human limits, and gains the Earth King’s Shield’s knockback resistance and damage reduction.
Glory: Undying King	863	Achieves another Glory breakthrough after returning to the Black Earth Territory.
Demigod·Earth	910	Integrates the Heart of the Earth into his power; gains Earth Authority and Earth Element Authority.

Appearance

Lu Xingshi is initially described as plain-looking and easy to overlook despite his extraordinary strength. He considers himself average rather than striking, a trait that helps him ambush opponents who underestimate him 142.

• His ordinary appearance causes some enemies to mistake him for a subordinate or impostor rather than the ruler of Yan 180.
• The Divine Weapon Heavenly Garment turns him conspicuous: the royal robe enhances his dignity and charm, making concealment difficult 211.
• His altered forms vary sharply by cultivation system, including a bronze-skinned body, a fifteen-meter metallic giant with spiral spikes, and bodies with multiple heads or arms 504 559 698.
• His Great Saint Body and Demon Saint transformations can produce nonhuman features, including ape arms, eagle claws, and demon-shadow anatomy 461.

Personality

Lu Xingshi is practical, opportunistic, and highly self-aware. He evaluates people primarily by what they do rather than their stated intentions, and he is willing to cooperate, negotiate, or show mercy when doing so serves his interests 69 863. Conversely, he can be abrupt and lethal toward anyone he views as a threat, obstacle, or source of future retaliation 100 267 303.

He has a persistent interest in improving himself through systems, cultivation methods, technology, bloodlines, and inherited knowledge. He routinely treats new worlds and power systems as problems to be studied, modified, and optimized rather than traditions to be respected 20 396 462 551.

Despite his ruthlessness, he retains selective compassion. He gives food to a beggar, treats Tong Prefecture’s plague victims, supports beggars through Murong Liu, and judges purportedly good people by whether they deliver tangible benefits 5 90 118 124. His benevolence is often entwined with long-term calculation, public legitimacy, or Merit.

Moral outlook

• Rejects the idea that the world belongs to a single family or surname, though he initially tries to avoid being drawn into rebellion 90.
• Does not consider all opponents villains merely because they oppose him; he acknowledges Cai Qiuhe’s competence and positive policies despite later conflict 69.
• Admits to double standards and prioritizes strength as protection against being preyed upon by stronger forces 252 390.
• Prefers complete solutions to threats, openly noting that leaving no surviving enemies has prevented retaliation 267.
• Regards power as more fundamental than political authority: strength can create power, but authority alone does not create strength 764.

Abilities & Skills

Attribute Modification and Peerless Learning

Lu Xingshi can modify the Three-Dimensional Attributes—Physical Constitution, Comprehension, and Mental Fortitude—and ability values associated with his game character.

• Physical Constitution supplies extreme durability and damage reduction; at 50 points, it can halve incoming damage 20.
• Comprehension amplifies ability effects, supports rapid analysis, and enables him to master unfamiliar skills almost immediately 20 838.
• Mental Fortitude improves cultivation speed and suppresses the psychological impact of his actions 20 78.
• His upgrades have costs: rapid increases can damage or exhaust his game character, forcing him to wait before making further modifications 15 20.
• He can identify and unlock dormant talents in companions, as shown when he adds Dexterous Hands and Acuity to Zhu Yan 97.

Martial Arts and True Qi

His martial foundation combines numerous perfected inheritances, passive enhancements, and high base attributes.

• Combat techniques include the Imperial Zenith Heavenly Tome, Grand Yin Killing Momentum, and Heavenly Wolf Eats the Sun 152.
• Supportive inheritances include Kun Peng Devouring the World, Eternal Youth Longevity Art, Five Emperors’ Edict, Innate One Qi, and the Ascension Treasure Chapter 152.
• He uses the Great Handprint as a large-scale crushing technique and intends to develop related fist, finger, and weapon arts from it 241.
• He can fly through Qi due to his Great Saint Body, four True Qi reserves, and overwhelming attributes 330.
• His unusually high physical attributes allow him to overpower technically superior opponents through raw force 291.

Son of Heaven Destiny

Lu Xingshi possesses multiple forms of Son of Heaven Destiny, Divine Weapon inheritance, and Mandate of Heaven support.

• Zi Wei Dou Shu lets him coordinate Martial Arts and Divine Weapons as a unified system rather than merely using one to drive the other 185.
• Purple Star Emperor enables spirit-and-qi attacks and body-attached strikes combining essence, qi, and spirit 185.
• Mountains and Rivers Sheji Diagram becomes his chosen Son of Heaven Destiny and is powerful enough to protect Yan from the Grotto-heaven Ancestors’ forces 307 332.
• He can obtain overlapping benefits from several Divine Weapons and inheritances because of the traits Self-Taught and Grass and Trees Are All Soldiers 105.
• The system has political consequences: only one Son of Heaven Destiny normally exists for a force, making his multiple sources of Mandate of Heaven abnormal 105.

Earthly Fiend Dao Fruits and Immortal Arts

Lu Xingshi develops a broad Earthly Fiend Dao Fruit toolkit rather than relying on one orthodox path.

• Spraying Transformation, Finger Transformation, and False Form can alter objects and completely disguise his body rather than merely changing its surface appearance 396.
• Qi Restriction suppresses his own mind, spirit, and soul to reduce the risk of provocation and karmic interference 396.
• Leaping Rocks enhances movement and permits repeated midair jumps when supported by his other Dao Fruits 419.
• Sword Arts controls swords through the Nascent Soul, allowing invisible killing through flashes of white light 433.
• Bearing Mountain and Great Strength improve close combat, though he initially avoids such direct combat-oriented Dao Fruits due to their danger 396 433.
• Universe Creation, his first Heavenly Dipper Dao Fruit, cannot be used directly; he instead treats its data as a way to improve other Dao Fruits and martial-world methods 464.

Great Crimson Virtue Heavenly Emperor

Lu Xingshi can call upon or import power from his “main account,” the Great Crimson Virtue Heavenly Emperor.

• He uses the main account to defeat Fu Qing, the Earthly Virtue Heavenly God 441.
• The main account permits him to bypass gaps between weaker incarnations and stronger cultivators 398.
• Its overwhelming strength lets him ignore incompatibility between the Martial Arts World and Immortal Cultivation World that would limit ordinary characters 457.
• His reliance on this advantage is not absolute; he still treats his lower-level incarnations as research, engineering, and adaptation platforms 462.

Bloodlines, Bodies, and Regeneration

Across later worlds, Lu Xingshi reconstructs his body through bloodlines, metals, Totem Spells, and Glory.

• The Bronze Body boosts growth, attributes, skill effects, and elemental gains from consumed materials 517.
• The evolved Great Saint Body can cast single-target Totem Spells through Forgotten Totem without a controlled Totem 551.
• His Crown Bloodline fuses Bronze, Silver, and Gold properties, eventually converting much of his body into active metal 554.
• He can regenerate from near-total destruction; after being reduced to a metal skeleton, he regrows metallic flesh and organs in under ten seconds 556.
• His Bloodline Armor combines with Elemental Armor to withstand attacks that fail to scratch its surface 553.
• His Demigod·Earth form grants Earth and Earth Element Authority 910.

Curse, Fate, and Heavenly Fate Master Techniques

Lu Xingshi also develops abilities rooted in curses, Life Destiny, and Mandate of Heaven.

• His Curse-version Great Saint Body excels at killing but cannot reliably heal people, even when used to expel disease 712.
• He uses curse-infused cages to kill Life Destiny experts such as Qiu Wen 732.
• He absorbs Ling Zheng’s Mandate of Heaven after killing him, increasing his own strength while attracting stronger enemies 732.
• As a Calamity-level Heavenly Fate Master, he manifests Great Vow Bodhisattva and wields the Eighteen Levels of Hell Domain 783.
• He can use time technology to observe future timelines, a technique he calls “Flipping the Script” 966.

Engineering, Medicine, and Production

Lu Xingshi applies modern business and engineering logic to ancient and supernatural environments.

• Develops Langya Paper through bamboo plantations, water-powered assembly lines, anti-counterfeiting marks, franchise control, and luxury branding 59 60.
• Builds automated medicine-production systems in plague-stricken Tong Prefecture and modifies them to employ more manual laborers 88 90.
• Uses Inner Force and medical techniques to treat severe depletion and hidden injuries 89.
• Designs military equipment, including explosive ammunition for ballistas and catapults when firearms are impractical 838.
• Creates the Spirit Sword Number Fighter Jet, combining transformed machinery, spell combat, sword combat, and missiles 397.
• Uses his understanding of technology and cultivation to develop True Qi-powered military infrastructure in Yan 308.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Kunlun — Divine Weapon offered by the Prince of Wu after Lu Xingshi saves him; used with the North Sea to amplify his Immortality Inheritance and physical body 48 49.
• North Sea — Weapon equipped alongside Kunlun during the Beiliu campaign 49.
• Heavenly Garment — Divine Weapon royal robe linked to Zi Wei Dou Shu; completes and enhances Purple Star Emperor but makes stealth difficult 211.
• Demon Summoning Banner — Magical Treasure tied to Demon Saint; summons demonic and ghostly shadows 464.
• Great Luck Heavy Truck — Vehicle repeatedly modified for travel and combat; later transformed toward a fighter jet design 384 396.
• Spirit Sword Number Fighter Jet — Modified J-20-style craft for spell battles and sword battles 397.
• Demon Slaying Sword / Demon Slaying Jade Sword — Nascent Soul technique manifested as a sword; gives its jade form to Prefect Shaoan to defend the prefecture 433.
• Red Embroidered Ball — Weapon used to defeat dormitory challengers at the martial academy 786.
• Earth King’s Shield — Grants Overlord Body, immunity to knockbacks, repels, and falls, plus damage reduction 843.
• Dewdrop Bead — Spirit Tool containing the Artifact Spirit Kun; upgraded using Fallen Essence 671 673.
• Mirror of Origin — Supreme-quality mirror recovered from the Source Otherworld Demon’s imperial palace 699.

Relationships

• Murong Xuan — Master, father figure, and former Langya Pavilion Master. He entrusts Langya Pavilion to Lu Xingshi and later relies on his business judgment 20 60.
• Pei Ming — Strategist and political supporter who joins him during Tong Prefecture’s disaster relief; later assists with Yan’s military, educational, and national-development plans 85 185 308.
• Luo Lin — Prime minister and early supporter in Tong Prefecture. He recognizes Lu Xingshi’s political potential and handles much of Yan’s state administration 90 95 235.
• Murong Liu — Former beggar whom Lu Xingshi once fed in Floating Goose Town. Murong Liu later joins his faction and is tasked with improving beggars’ lives and intelligence network 118.
• Wang Cai — Brown bear companion, mount, guard, fighter, and funeral worker. Lu Xingshi rescues him after a Grotto-heaven Ancestor captures and mistreats him 158 235 241.
• Zhu Yan — White-haired monkey companion who follows Lu Xingshi’s orders, translates Wang Cai’s bear speech, and can defeat powerful martial opponents in a single move 161 193 241.
• Tian Fu — Tong Prefecture ally who supports Lu Xingshi’s relief work and later serves the Yan cause 88 95.
• Tian Jian — Tian Fu’s simple-minded brother. Lu Xingshi treats and over-nourishes him, causing a drastic growth spurt and turning him into a formidable combatant 91 93.
• Song Can — Subordinate who accompanies Lu Xingshi on missions and handles tasks such as transporting technical material 130 136.
• Xu Yi — Fellow transmigrator and later adversarial negotiator. Lu Xingshi initially observes him with suspicion, then bargains for his reincarnated body and sloughed remains 447 483.
• Ling Zheng — Fate Master who repeatedly confronts Lu Xingshi over righteousness and the Huangfu Family; Lu Xingshi ultimately kills him and takes back his Mandate of Heaven 725 732.
• Zheng Zhu — God Chosen test subject whose transformation Lu Xingshi advances for research and as bait against stronger enemies 758 764 774.
• Ke Lan — Nominal disciple who deduces Lu Xingshi’s identity as the First Grand President and serves as a source of future-timeline information 815 824.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Martial World and Langya Pavilion

Lu Xingshi first appears selling fruit, gaining Commerce and Eloquence, and giving food to a beggar who warns him of danger. The warning leads him to leave town and begin collecting martial manuals and information about the Great Song Court and Jianghu 5.

After leaving Que Mi Village, he receives Primal Chaos Art and begins displaying his impossible learning speed. He meets Murong Xuan, becomes connected to Langya Pavilion, and rapidly surpasses the limits expected of common martial arts practitioners 16 17 20.

He later develops Langya Paper into a branded luxury product through vertical integration, controlled production, anti-counterfeiting measures, publicity from Listening Wind Pavilion, and scarcity marketing 59 60.

Rise of the Prince of Yan

Lu Xingshi’s actions in Tong Prefecture transform him from an independent martial artist into a political center of power. He produces medicine during the plague, treats patients, feeds the population, and gains supporters including Pei Ming and Luo Lin 88 90 91.

Others identify him as a descendant of the Great Yan royal family, though Lu Xingshi himself refuses to formally acknowledge the bloodline and treats it as a useful banner rather than a personal claim 95 120. His power and reputation eventually establish him as Prince of Yan and then Yan Emperor 137 252.

Grotto-heaven Conflict and Yan Expansion

Lu Xingshi pursues Divine Weapons, incomplete inheritances, Secret Realm knowledge, and Son of Heaven Destiny. He defeats major sect leaders at Dragon Gate, dismantles hostile forces, and builds Yan into a state supported by True Qi technology and national martial-arts promotion 81 152 185 308.

He crushes the Grotto-heavens’ alliance, uses the Mountains and Rivers Sheji Diagram to defend Yan, and updates the Golden Book Jade Scroll so its effects spread through Human Bloodlines 331 332.

Immortal Cultivation World

In the Immortal Cultivation World, Lu Xingshi studies Earthly Fiend Dao Fruits, Magical Treasures, transformations, Spirit Bodies, and Fallen Immortal threats. He repeatedly exploits modern technology and his prior accounts to compensate for gaps in orthodox cultivation 396 397 398.

He investigates Karmic Obstacles and Five Turbidities Evil World corruption, destroys LuYang Prefecture after defeating the Earthly Virtue Heavenly God, and continues accumulating Merit, Dao Fruits, and combat techniques 435 441 433.

Bloodline and Wild World Development

Lu Xingshi awakens the Bronze Bloodline and treats the Wild World’s bloodline, Totem, and Shaman systems as another research field. He consumes metals and heavenly materials, develops Bronze Body into Great Saint Body and Crown Bloodline forms, and repeatedly modifies his physiology 504 517 551 554.

His growth brings him into conflict with the Bronze Royal Court, Shaman Kings, dragons, and Blood Beast Tide forces. By this stage, he can regenerate from catastrophic bodily destruction and build increasingly specialized Bloodline Armor 556 608 633.

Federation and Fate Master Era

In the Federation era, Lu Xingshi becomes its first Grand President while leaving most administration to others. He operates as the faction’s military deterrent, researcher, and manipulator of Fate Master, Life Ghost, and God Chosen systems 684 691.

He studies Life Ghost transformation experiments, clashes with Ling Zheng and the Huangfu Family, and eventually kills Ling Zheng, Qiu Wen, and Huangfu Song before going into hiding from stronger pursuers 722 725 732.

Landon Territory and Demigod Earth

Under the identity of Viscount Landon, Lu Xingshi enters a declining noble house with the Earth Element Breathing Technique and an incomplete inheritance. He builds strength through Life Seeds, Earth Element Essence, heavy armor, and military development 830 832 843.

He rises through Glory, reaches Demigod·Earth, gains Earth-based Authorities, and begins integrating Martial Skills and Shamanic Spells into Divine Arts while influencing imperial military development 863 910.

Notable Quotes

“The world is so vast, how can it be contained in a home? The world does not belong to one family or one surname, but to thousands of families.” 90

“Good deeds were judged by actions, not intentions.” 124

“Strength could equal power, but power did not necessarily equal strength.” 764