Jiang Chuan

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Jiang Chuan (姜川)
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Age	Sixteen at the time of his awakening 1
Affiliation	Blazing Fire Battle Group; Stellar Crown Academy's Darkstar Institute 2 46
Occupation/Role	Dismantler; Stellar Crown Academy student 3 46
Title(s)	Sovereign of the Source Realm 13
Status	Active 49
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 1	3	Awakened as a Basic F-rank Dismantler with exceptionally poor starting attributes and no combat class.
Level 1 — Apex of Ten Thousand Races	11, 13	Raised all four basic attributes to the current level cap of 100 by dismantling equipment. The achievement granted the Sovereign of the Source Realm title, 1,000,000 HP and Mana, immunity to realm suppression, and immunity to higher-race intimidation.
Level 2	14	Discovered the true effect of his Extremum growth: each level-up grants +100 to Constitution, Intelligence, Strength, and Agility.
Level 3	14	Received another +100 to every basic attribute; Constitution and Strength had already risen to 253 and 261 through monster extraction before reaching this level.
Level 8	17	Constitution and Strength reached the first-tier maximum of 1,500. Further extracted points could be converted to experience or transferred to other attributes at half efficiency.
Level 10 — First-tier cap	17, 30	Reached the Level 10 cap; all four attributes eventually reached the first-tier Extremum of 1,500, fulfilling a rumored condition for Ultimate Sublimation.

Background / History

Jiang Chuan awakened as an F-rank Dismantler, but concealed the Rule-grade Universal Extraction talent that accompanied his awakening. He feared that revealing a talent unprecedented in the Federation would endanger both himself and his parents. His father, Jiang Mingyuan, used a long-preserved favor to secure him a Dismantler position with the Blazing Fire Battle Group instead. 1 2

He quickly turned dismantling into a private growth engine. By secretly retaining most of the materials recovered from equipment, purchasing discarded gear, and reselling the extracted materials, he built enough capital to buy increasingly valuable equipment. His attributes rose from below those of an F-rank combat professional to values beyond an SSS-rank professional's Level 1 baseline. 3 4 5 8 11

After dismantling Ling Aoshuang's damaged gold-grade Northwind Moonbreaker Spear, Jiang Chuan returned its recovered materials intact while maintaining the fiction that a “top-tier dismantler” had done the work. This earned Ling's trust and drew attention from the Darkmoon Battle Group. 8 9

Jiang Chuan cleared the Tree God Secret Realm alone, then entered its Nightmare difficulty. His extraction of the realm's final entity gave him the SSS-rank talent Yi, but caused the secret realm to collapse and stranded him outside Tianyuan City. There, he rescued Xu Yinyin and Huang Yi from Blood Cat assassins and Lin Yueming, gaining multiple talents from the dead. 15 18 20 21

He later accepted Yuan Ziyi's request to investigate the Craftsman Tomb Secret Realm in return for a Stellar Crown Academy admission token. By destroying the realm's inheritance guardian, he obtained Heavenly Craftsmanship and the Craftsman God's Legacy Stone. 26 29

Jiang Chuan intervened in Ling Aoshuang's exploitation by the Darkmoon Battle Group, culminating in Chen Duhu's death and Chen Ping's execution. He used the resulting political negotiations to secure academy admission opportunities rather than claim Darkmoon assets. 32 36 37

After publicly revealing Yi as an SSS-rank combat talent, Jiang Chuan entered Stellar Crown Academy's Darkstar Institute. Tests established that his physical ability approached the peak of the eighth rank and that his mental strength exceeded the ninth-rank measurement limit. He subsequently entered the Starry Sky Temple with Ling Aoshuang to pursue a superior class inheritance. 39 41 42 45 46

Personality

Jiang Chuan is secretive, practical, and intensely focused on accumulating strength. He initially hides Universal Extraction even from his parents, carefully limits the materials he submits to the Blazing Fire Battle Group, and treats equipment purchases as investments in long-term growth. 1 4 11

Despite his pragmatism, he repeatedly acts on behalf of people he considers his own. He returns Ling Aoshuang's recovered spear materials, helps Xu Yinyin and Huang Yi after the Blood Cat attack, and risks conflict with Tianyuan City's powers to free Ling from the Darkmoon Battle Group's scheme. 8 21 32 36

He is calm when confronted by powerful figures, but responds harshly to threats, insults, and coercion. He punched Zhao Han after being taunted, defeated Yuan Ziyi's guard when pressured over his secrets, and refused the scholars' demand that he produce offspring for Federation research. 23 25 26 44

Abilities & Skills

Universal Extraction

A Rule-grade talent that allows Jiang Chuan to dismantle objects of any grade with a 100% success rate and 100% material-recovery rate while granting permanent attribute bonuses. 1

• Dismantled white-, Black Iron-, Bronze-, and gold-grade equipment for materials and permanent attributes. 4 8 11
• Can extract attributes from monster corpses; unlike equipment extraction, corpse extraction grants attributes rather than recovered materials. 14
• Can extract and absorb talents from defeated entities, including humans; he discovers a 100% talent drop rate from human corpses. 15 21
• Extracting realm-defining targets can destabilize or destroy a secret realm, as happened in both the Tree God and Craftsman Tomb Secret Realms. 18 29

Extremum Growth

Jiang Chuan's leveling growth grants him 100 points in every basic attribute per level, far beyond the ten-point growth normally associated with SSS-rank professions. 14 30

• Each level-up increases Constitution, Intelligence, Strength, and Agility by 100. 14
• Reached the first-tier limit of 1,500 points in all four basic attributes by Level 10. 17 30
• At an attribute cap, additional extracted points can be converted into experience or redirected into other attributes at half efficiency. 17

Yi

An SSS-rank unique ranged-combat talent extracted from the remains of the Tree Realm's divine tree. 18

• Ranged attacks ignore defense and distance and are guaranteed to hit. 18
• Every ranged attack additionally deals true damage equal to 10% of Jiang Chuan's maximum HP. 18
• Its later effect can execute a target after it has received nine instances of ranged damage, allowing Jiang Chuan to defeat the Level 80 Craftsman God's Soul with pebble fragments. 29
• Yi was raised to two stars using converted experience from the Craftsman Tomb Secret Realm. 27

Emperor's Oath

An A-rank contract talent extracted from Lin Yueming. 20

• Establishes contracts with targets, allowing Jiang Chuan to obtain their attribute bonuses and talent abilities and share his own bonuses with them. 20 31
• At three stars, its contract capacity increased to two targets. 31
• The contract fundamentally alters a subject's attitude into absolute obedience, as demonstrated by Xu Yinyin. 23
• Its unlocked infusion effect can gradually raise a contracted target's talent rank to match Jiang Chuan's highest-ranked talent; Xu Yinyin's talent rose to SS-rank. 31

Heavenly Craftsmanship

An SSS-rank unique talent extracted from the Craftsman God's Soul. 29

• Raises the success rate of all forging-related activities by 100%. 29
• Doubles the base attributes of forged equipment. 29

Acquired Combat Talents

• Precise Shooting (E-rank) — Increases ranged-weapon accuracy by 15% and critical-hit rate by 5%. 15
• Fatal Strike (B-rank) — Guarantees a critical hit on an enemy weak point, with an initial critical-damage multiplier of 200%. 22
• Rapid Healing — Helps him withstand the lava river within the Craftsman Tomb Secret Realm. 27

Physical and Mental Capability

Even without relying on his talent's direct effects, Jiang Chuan's body tested at approximately peak eighth-rank standards. 41 42

• Withstood attacks that escalated to the peak of the eighth rank. 41
• Produced early seventh-rank striking force using only 30% of his strength. 42
• Ran 100 meters in 0.9 seconds, assessed as mid eighth-rank speed. 42
• Exceeded the academy instrument's ninth-rank mental-strength measurement limit. 42 43

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Sun-Piercing Divine Bow — Gold-grade divine bow looted after the Nightmare Tree Realm boss battle; Jiang Chuan's primary ranged weapon after replacing his Black Iron bow. 18
• Black Iron longbow and one-handed saber — His initial ranged and melee weapons. 13
• Leather armor and arrows — Purchased alongside his initial weapons for dungeon preparation. 13
• Craftsman God's Legacy Stone — SS-rank class-inheritance item extracted from the Craftsman God's Soul. 29
• Dragon-Slaying Swordsman inheritance — SS-class Sublimation inheritance extracted at the Starry Sky Temple. 48
• Eighth-tier spirit-beast hide combat clothes — Protective clothing issued by Shen Zhiyi before entering the Starry Sky Temple. 46

Relationships

• Jiang Mingyuan — Father. A former warrior who spent a life-saving favor to place Jiang Chuan in the Blazing Fire Battle Group; Jiang Chuan later revealed his SSS-rank talent and chose to support the family. 2 27
• Wang Xiulan — Mother. Jiang Chuan protects her from knowledge that could endanger the family and later provides rare restorative medicines for his parents. 1 25 27
• Zhang Hao — Friend who offers to help Jiang Chuan find work at a scrap collection station after his awakening. 1
• Ling Aoshuang — Friend and Starry Sky Temple companion. Jiang Chuan restores materials from her damaged spear, resolves to save her from the Darkmoon Battle Group, and later enters the temple alongside her. 8 32 46
• Xu Yinyin — Contracted subordinate through Emperor's Oath. She assists Jiang Chuan with intelligence on academy admissions and her talent is elevated through his infusion effect. 23 31
• Yuan Ziyi — Artisan Pavilion Master and transactional ally. She provides Jiang Chuan a Stellar Crown Academy admission token in exchange for investigating the Craftsman Tomb Secret Realm. 26
• Shen Zhiyi — Darkstar Institute president who protects Jiang Chuan's SSS-rank secret, oversees his academy testing, and guides his preparation for the Starry Sky Temple. 39 41 45
• Su Lie — Leader of the Blazing Fire Battle Group and beneficiary of Jiang Mingyuan's old favor. Jiang Chuan later gives him an academy admission slot. 2 38
• Zhao Han — Blazing Fire Battle Group member who repeatedly antagonizes Jiang Chuan and is beaten by him after taunting his return. 10 23
• Lin Tianzheng — Lin Family elder who accuses Jiang Chuan over Lin Yueming's death; Jiang Chuan counters his accusations by exposing Lin Yueming's collusion with the Blood Cat race. 38 39

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Awakening and Blazing Fire Battle Group — Awakens Universal Extraction, hides its existence, and joins the Blazing Fire Battle Group through his father's favor. 1 2
• Equipment-growth arc — Uses dismantling, material recovery, and market trading to reach the Level 1 attribute cap and obtain the Sovereign of the Source Realm title. 4 5 11 13
• Tree God Secret Realm arc — Learns that monster extraction grants attributes and talents, clears Normal and Nightmare difficulties, and acquires Yi. 14 15 17 18
• Tianyuan City conflict — Saves Xu Yinyin, binds her through Emperor's Oath, confronts the Lin Family, and dismantles the Darkmoon Battle Group's hold over Ling Aoshuang. 20 23 32 36
• Craftsman Tomb Secret Realm arc — Investigates Yuan Ziyi's family secret realm, upgrades Yi and Emperor's Oath, and obtains Heavenly Craftsmanship. 26 27 29
• Stellar Crown Academy and Starry Sky Temple — Reveals himself as a dual-talent holder, enters Darkstar Institute, surpasses high-rank physical and mental tests, and pursues an Ultimate Sublimation path. 39 41 42 45 46 48

Notable Quotes

“Brother, for that alone, once I prove the Eternal Dao and become a Heavenly Emperor, I'll definitely give you a hand.” 1

“I have no interest in Tianyuan City's power games, nor do I want to develop any influence here.” 36