Ling Zhan

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Ling Zhan (凌战) 2
Alias(es)	“God Ling”; “Double Crown Champion” 37 459
Species/Race	Human 446
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Tianyan Academy; Dragon Kingdom’s Demon-Slaying Legion 51 900
Occupation/Role	Jobless Freelancer; special-squad captain 446 527
Status	Active 1114
First Appearance	Enters the Job Transfer Trial’s Sewage City dungeon alone 2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 16 → 20	112	Reaches Level 20 after the Tactical Guidance Academy expedition; for Ling Zhan, leveling primarily unlocks stronger equipment rather than supplying his main attribute growth.
Level 22	119	Clears the Lost Village Secret Realm in 10 seconds, selects Multiple Casting, and raises all four primary attributes to 228.
Level 25 → 27	194	Breaks the Cursed Amusement City record and clears its hidden stage, gaining Chains of Sealing.
Level 40	269	Reaches Level 40 and breaks the 500-point mark in his four primary attributes.
Level 58	446	Scanned with all four primary attributes at 1,173; possesses five S-rank innate talents and multiple Secret Realm and bloodline talents.
Level 58 → 63	457	Rapid Secret Realm clears raise each primary attribute from 1,360 to 1,500.
Level 69	507	Absorbs experience from killing 12 million ghost slaves and 328 commanders; each primary attribute reaches 2,000.
Level 70	548	Official panel records Level 70, S-rank innate talents, 99,999 maximum MP, and extensive elemental resistances.
Level 100	662	Reaches Level 100 at age nineteen, an exceptional milestone among Dragon Kingdom job-changers.
Level 160	836	Uses layered buffs to raise his four primary attributes from 60 million to 12 billion in combat.
Level 180	934	Reaches the same level as the five “proud daughters of heaven,” despite his unusually fast leveling pace.
Level 200	1007	Reaches Level 200 during the demon extermination campaign and receives the Divine Dragon Medal.
Level 400	1060	As a Level 400 human, kills the Level 550 Heavenly Delusion powerhouse Miro.
Level 420	1074	Becomes the second known human after Qin Fan to break humanity’s Level 300 shackle in the upper realm.

Background

Ling Zhan began hunting monsters in the wilderness at fifteen and spent three years refining his combat instincts through real fights, including encounters that nearly killed him. By the time of his final school year, he had already developed the ability to survive alone in the outer regions of the Netherwood Mountain Range. 384

His parents died defending students when overlapping Secret Realms unleashed a monster tide during a trial. After his grandmother later died of illness, Ling Zhan was left alone in her apartment; he continues to honor all three through their spirit tablets. 37

As a graduating student, Ling Zhan entered the A-grade Sewage City Job Transfer Trial without a team. Though publicly identified as a Jobless Freelancer, he cleared the trial, defeated a Sewage Poison Crab Elite, and became the first Jobless Freelancer to top the Nanzhou Province trial leaderboard. 2 15 36

He declined outside funding and marriage-recruitment offers because he refuses to owe favors. After defeating Fang Bo during academy recruitment, he chose Tianyan Academy. 40 50 51

Appearance

After consuming the Ten Thousand Demons Boundary-Breaking Pill, Ling Zhan underwent a major physical transformation that made his appearance markedly more striking and gave him a colder, more distant bearing. 117

• Approximately 1.9 meters tall after the transformation. 117
• Long, glossy black hair with a white streak. 117
• Cold, sword-like brows, deep dark eyes, a straight nose, and sharply defined facial features. 117
• Fair complexion and a lean, muscular physique built for explosive force rather than bulk. 117
• Often wears a black-and-white Tianyan Academy uniform or an ink-wash Yin-Yang robe. 194 459

Personality

Ling Zhan is reserved, private, and intensely averse to unnecessary attention. He keeps his status panel confidential, avoids social media, and initially tried to stay inconspicuous even after becoming the provincial champion. 11 43 57

He is highly principled about independence. Ling Zhan refuses favors he cannot repay and treats debts as obligations to be settled rather than advantages to exploit. 40 185

In battle, he is calm, pragmatic, and ruthlessly efficient. He values the lowest-cost path to victory over spectacle, freely using traps, control, misdirection, and class combinations that others might consider unfair. 207 881

Despite his detached demeanor, Ling Zhan is courteous to worthy seniors, gentle with children and his contracted divine beasts, and deeply protective of his late parents’ memory. Insulting his parents is his absolute bottom line. 48 55 785 801

Abilities & Skills

Jobless Freelancer Combat Style

Ling Zhan has no class, allowing him to use skills, weapons, and combat systems associated with numerous professions. His balanced attributes let him draw on the strengths of melee, ranged, magical, stealth, summoning, and support classes. 56 428

• Switches among swords, shields, staves, bows, daggers, spears, firearms, flexible swords, and other weapons in combat. 14 92 1090
• Combines skills from incompatible class systems, such as Archer movement, Mage control, Summoner binding, and Warrior debuffs. 51
• Uses beginner skills at a level of flexibility and power that repeatedly surpasses specialists. 70 428
• Gains Classless Excellence, allowing him to ignore level-gap restrictions after the Citizen Qualification Trials. 1094

Equipment Controller

Equipment Controller grants Ling Zhan universal weapon proficiency and extreme weapon-switching speed. It is the only one of his original innate talents he initially revealed publicly. 37 42

• At B+ rank, allows proficiency with any class weapon below Level 30 and reduces switching time to 0.3 seconds. 42
• Lets him insert weapon-specific skills into combos without interrupting his offense. 92
• Reaches S rank by Level 58. 446

Mana Controller and Magic Resonance

Mana Controller gives Ling Zhan enormous mana reserves, rapid regeneration, and major cooldown reduction, enabling continuous spellcasting. 11 42

• At B+ rank, increases maximum mana and base regeneration by 50% and reduces cooldowns by 30%. 42
• At A+ rank, doubles maximum mana and base regeneration while reducing cooldowns by 60%. 173
• Combines with Magic Resonance and Multiple Casting to produce near-cooldownless basic magic and mass spell barrages. 180
• His later panel records 99,999 maximum MP and 10,000 MP recovered per second. 446

Omnipotent

Omnipotent raises the rank and effects of Ling Zhan’s class skills, turning low-rank beginner techniques into major combat tools. 11 42

• Initially raises all class skills by one tier, making F-rank primary skills F+. 11
• At B+ rank, raises skills by three tiers, up to C rank. 42
• At A+ rank, raises skills by twelve tiers, up to A rank. 173
• Later allows skills to reach as high as S- rank; movement skills gain invincibility effects, while summoning skills gain vastly increased limits and bond effects. 364

Ten Thousand Demons’ Eye

Ling Zhan inherited the Eye of Insight and Dominion over All Things after consuming the Ten Thousand Demons Boundary-Breaking Pill. It later evolved into the Ten Thousand Demons’ Eye. 116 173

• Greatly enhances visual perception and can control targets within its limits. 173
• At A+ rank, control lasts seven seconds and cannot be purified; targets over 40 levels above Ling Zhan are immune. 173
• At S rank, successful hits also inflict a 20-second Confusion effect; both control and Confusion resist purification. 364
• Grants resistance to mental and illusion-based techniques. 269 368

Spatial Sovereign

Spatial Sovereign is an S-rank innate talent that strengthens Ling Zhan’s spatial movement and manipulation. 446

• Makes him immune to teleportation dizziness. 449
• Allows him to hide within spatial passages after entering Stealth. 546
• Enhances low-rank spatial skills such as Position Swap, which he used to redirect enemies’ attacks onto Zhong Lan. 595
• Supports long-range movement and evasion alongside spatial gates and movement techniques. 433 546

Summoning and Nature Command

Ling Zhan uses Summoner, Druid, and Necromancer techniques to create large-scale battlefields under his control. 12 263 900

• Summons Goblin Archers, Giant Goblins, Binding Vines, Hate-Drawing Butterflies, and other Contract Spirits. 12 13
• Uses Frenzied Growth to enlarge and empower plant-based contracts. 92 423
• His enhanced Nature Affinity becomes a 100-meter aura that commands plants and animals up to 30 levels above him; spirit beasts and divine beasts are exempt. 263
• Uses Soul Control and Corpse Control to create forces when he lacks conventional troops. 900

Defense and Survival

Ling Zhan possesses multiple survival tools beyond his evasive combat style. 56 746 1114

• Undying Body rapidly regenerates severe injuries. 56
• Can reflect damage at amplified force and rapidly recover from injuries. 746
• Possesses extreme elemental and abnormal-status resistance, including infinite recorded Fire, Light, and Dark Resistance. 446
• Uses Substitute Scarecrows to negate a lethal death and teleport to safety. 1114

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Formation Breaker: Thousand-Mechanism Ring — A Tianyan Academy weapon capable of multiple forms; later upgrades into a Spirit Artifact. 55 174
• Myriad Transformer — A nine-star holy artifact capable of replicating weapon forms, including the Thousand Souls Breaker spear, while retaining and exceeding the copied weapon’s attributes. 1020
• Sunfall Staff — Used for high-volume fire magic and spell barrages. 180
• Obsidian Lock — A limiter that suppresses 70% of Ling Zhan’s attributes when worn. 780
• Endless Gluttony Set — Holy artifact jewelry set obtained as a system reward; its effects activate through repeated basic attacks on the same target. 850
• Substitute Scarecrows — Consumable life-saving items that exempt the user from one fatal death and teleport them to a safe location. 1114

Relationships

• Ling Zhan’s parents — Deceased; died protecting students during a Secret Realm monster outbreak. Their memory is Ling Zhan’s most inviolable boundary. 37 48
• Zhu Yaoguang — Tianyan Academy prodigy and early rival-acquaintance; she approached Ling Zhan after noticing his unusually fast trial clear and later openly supported Tianyan Academy recruiting him. 32 60
• Su Rou — Classmate and combat student; Ling Zhan agreed to teach her for three hours each day after her persistence. 55
• Su Wan — Su Rou’s younger sister; Ling Zhan treats her with unusual patience and gentleness. 55 56
• Wang Shi — Dean of Tianyan’s Tactical Guidance Academy; understands Ling Zhan’s tactical talent and respects his refusal to owe favors. 70 185
• Zhou Hongfu — Tianyan Academy’s old dean; repeatedly supports Ling Zhan’s decisions and approves his high-risk training applications. 446 448
• Meng Shuang — Azure Dragon divine beast and contracted companion; calls Ling Zhan “Master” and closely imitates his calm combat style. 236 797 801
• Yun Man — Divine beast descendant and contracted companion; initially fought Ling Zhan, then became one of his most loyal disciples. 183 805
• Changyue — Divine beast girl and contracted companion; trains under Ling Zhan alongside Meng Shuang and Yun Man. 805 850
• Zhou Xue’er — Vice-captain and battlefield associate; works with Ling Zhan during Demonfall cleanup operations. 509 523
• Li Chaoge — Fellow prodigy and recurring ally-rival; admires Ling Zhan’s composure and strength, while he remains focused on training rather than romance. 366 610

Story Role / Major Arcs

Job Transfer Trial

Ling Zhan enters the A-grade Sewage City dungeon alone, uses a succession of basic class skills to overcome elite monsters, and ultimately becomes Nanzhou Province’s top trial candidate—the first Jobless Freelancer to do so. 2 6 15 36

Tianyan Academy Recruitment

After crippling Fang Bo in a controlled spar, Ling Zhan overturns the assumptions of academy recruiters and commits to Tianyan Academy. 48 50 51

Secret Realm Records and Freshman Challenges

At Tianyan, Ling Zhan repeatedly breaks Secret Realm records, including a 10-second Lost Village clear and a 1-minute-57-second Cursed Amusement City clear. 118 194

Global Magic Beast Championship

Ling Zhan defeats elite contestants from multiple nations, reaches the final, and becomes the first Jobless Freelancer to win the Global Magic Beast Championship’s individual competition. 323 362

Demon-Slaying Legion Campaigns

As a Dragon Kingdom special-squad captain, Ling Zhan fights on the front lines, destroys enormous ghost slave forces, earns a place on the Heavenly Rankings, and becomes a globally recognized combatant. 507 509 934

Demon Extermination and Ascension

Ling Zhan leads decisive operations against the Ten Thousand Demons Race, reaches Level 200, receives the Divine Dragon Medal, and attempts ascension through the Boundary Gate. 982 1007 1018

Upper Realm Trials

In the upper realm, Ling Zhan breaks humanity’s Level 300 limit, defeats vastly higher-level opponents, and continues concealing his classless nature while advancing through the Citizen Qualification Trials. 1060 1074 1094 1101

Notable Quotes

“I don't really have anything to say. Isn't it just a matter of having hands?” 36

“I, Ling Zhan, will wait for him right here.” 785