Rat Prodigy

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Rat Prodigy (鼠天骄)
Alias(es)	Rat Lord; Elder Rat 23 923
Species/Race	Royal Gold-Biting Rat demon 135
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Jiang Chen; Peaceful Sect 160 273
Occupation/Role	Jiang Chen’s spirit pet, scout, rat-swarm commander, and artifact-refinement assistant 26 132 503
Status	Active; peak Purple Mansion realm, stalled at the Celestial Phenomena threshold 974
First Appearance	Chapter 18

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Awakened demon / Inspiration Stage	18, 33	Survived vital-blood experimentation, awakened intelligence, and began body tempering; later developed the Willow Floss Whip. 18 33
Bloodline elevation	134	Absorbed seventy percent of the Rat Blood Pearl and endured Blood-Baleful True Flame, awakening silver bristles and golden fangs. 134
Qi Refining	160	Smelted spirit ores through the Gold-Fusing Chain Form and became the Peaceful Sect’s second Qi Refining demon. 160
Dao Foundation — mid-grade Metal-Fusing Furnace	441	Refined Thousand-Gold Marrow and condensed the royal Gold-Biting Rat clan’s inherited Dao Foundation. 441
Middle Dao Foundation	481	Refined Golden Spirit Blood after inheriting the Rat King’s legacy; its rise from initial to middle Dao Foundation was an additional gain. 481
Late Purple Palace Realm	923	Golden Spirit essence and Jiang Chen’s guidance elevated its bloodline and cultivation; ordinary late Purple Palace cultivators could not match it. 923
Peak Purple Mansion Realm	974	Reached the peak but could not find a path to Celestial Phenomena, requiring a further opportunity. 974

Background / History

Rat Prodigy began as one of Jiang Chen’s experimental rats, fed vital blood alongside dozens of others. Most of the test subjects died or went mad; Rat Prodigy instead retained its sanity after enlarging and breaking free from its cage. It voluntarily returned to the cage and showed clear comprehension of Jiang Chen, leading him to name it Rat Prodigy rather than treat it as another specimen. 18 22

It displayed a soul-rooted affinity toward Jiang Chen, guarding South Slope against the infiltrator Zhao Er rather than fleeing once its confinement ended. Jiang Chen thereafter accepted it as a companion rather than an experiment. 21 22

Rat Prodigy rapidly established itself over the local rats. It subdued a berserk mutated rat, intimidated the entire swarm into obedience, and gained Jiang Chen’s recognition as a potential rat king. It later led hidden rat swarms in Jiang Chen’s trap against the Quicksand Bandits. 24 26

During the Goat Horn Mountain operation, Rat Prodigy developed into a capable field commander. It identified the wolves’ defensive advantages, used the Rotting Forest to weaken the Ferocious Horned Wolf’s tracking, and captured the wolf alive through a staged swarm ambush and the Willow Floss Whip. 35 36

After feeling its position as Jiang Chen’s “first war general” threatened by a battle corpse, it chose to pursue a dangerous bloodline-purification attempt. Its successful transformation revealed its royal Gold-Biting Rat lineage and granted it the Gold-Fusing Chain Form inheritance. 74 134 135

A bloodline call eventually drew Rat Prodigy to Golden Spirit Mountain, where it withstood the pressure of a deceased Rat King—the former chief of the Gold-Biting Rat clan. It inherited the Rat King’s memories and power, accepted responsibility for restoring its fallen clan, cultivated the Wishful Treasure Body, and inherited the Gold-Fusing Treasure Furnace. 473 474 479 480

Appearance

Rat Prodigy can alter its body from palm-sized to an enormous beast through its inherited transformation arts. After its bloodline elevation, its appearance became characteristic of a royal Gold-Biting Rat. 34 134 135

• Silver-gray bristles that strengthen its resistance to the Five Elements spells. 135
• Large golden incisors with an innate ability to tear through restrictions and formations. 135
• Steel sinews, iron bones, and copper skin. 135 243
• Eyes described as blazing with divine light in its late Purple Palace stage. 923
• Frequently carries itself with exaggerated swagger, even after being defeated or injured. 23 45

Personality

Rat Prodigy is proud, competitive, and deeply conscious of its standing beside Jiang Chen. It regards itself as Jiang Chen’s first war general and was motivated to cultivate harder when the battle corpse appeared to threaten that position. 74

Despite this arrogance, it is cautious in dangerous situations. It shrinks itself to appear harmless, lays trails while exploring unknown territory, and prefers traps, ambushes, or escape over reckless confrontation. 34 218 473

It is exceptionally intelligent for a demon beast. Jiang Chen initially judged it roughly as intelligent as a human child, but its spirituality rose greatly after its bloodline transformation. It values literacy and repeatedly connects knowledge with survival and strategy. 24 34 134 474

Abilities & Skills

Rat Swarm Command

Rat Prodigy commands rat colonies for combat, reconnaissance, and infiltration.

• Directed hidden rats in Jiang Chen’s ambush of the Quicksand Bandits. 26
• Led over a hundred rats during the operation against the Ferocious Horned Wolf. 36
• Used rat swarms as part of Jiang Chen’s surveillance network around Wooden Fish Island. 132
• Its control weakens with distance; it must personally accompany swarms on longer-range missions. 34

Gold-Biting Rat Physique

Its royal bloodline grants an unusually resilient body and specialized anti-formation traits.

• Steel sinews, iron bones, copper skin — provide physical durability and strength. 135
• Silver bristles — resist Five Elements spells and function like an innate spell robe. 135
• Golden fangs — naturally break restrictions and tear through formations. 135
• Its defensive bristles neutralized a peak Qi Refining cultivator’s stone-spike attack. 218

Gold-Fusing Chain Form

The Gold-Biting Rat clan’s inherited cultivation method refines the true form through consuming metal ores, progressively turning the body into a powerful artifact-like vessel. 135

• Uses metal ores as cultivation resources; spirit mines greatly accelerated its growth. 160 174
• Refined a fist-sized piece of second-rank Geng Metal from a larger Geng Metal Stone. 281
• Culminated in the Dao Foundation-level Wishful Treasure Body after receiving the Rat King’s Hundredfold Gold-Forging power. 479

Transformation and Mobility Arts

• Lesser Wish-Granting Technique — changes its size and shape; this is the origin of its Giantification Technique. 135
• Burrowing Technique — travels underground to evade pursuers and infiltrate guarded areas. 135 218
• Gold-Vein Confluence — transforms into golden qi and travels rapidly through mineral veins. 441
• Pulse-Point Gold Seeking — locates buried mineral veins. 441

Combat Arts

• Willow Floss Whip — a self-developed martial art woven into its daily movements; used to subdue the Ferocious Horned Wolf. 33 36
• Hair Needle Art — grows dense fur into a defensive ball; its initial version was shattered by Jiang Chen. 45
• Gold-Fusing Armor-Piercing Qi — refines the baleful intent of a hundred metals into lung-metal qi specialized in piercing armor. 441

Formation Breaking

Rat Prodigy’s golden fangs and Wishful Treasure Body make it especially effective against formations.

• Opened a small gap in a third-rank Earth-Origin Yang-Earth Formation by exploiting its flaws. 482
• Was regarded as exceptionally skilled at formation breaking by the late Purple Palace realm. 923

Artifact Refinement

The Gold-Biting Rat race has a natural affinity for metal refining and spiritual ores. Jiang Chen used the Bird-Tuning Art to transmit artifact-refinement insights to Rat Prodigy. 281

• Operated the Gold-Fusing Treasure Furnace alongside Jiang Chen to fuse a Dao-artifact remnant into the sword embryo later named Purple Lightning. 503
• Refined Geng Metal independently before delivering it to Jiang Chen. 281

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Gold-Fusing Treasure Furnace — inherited treasure artifact of the Gold-Biting Rat clan; contains the clan’s complete inheritance and concealed information left by the Rat King. 480
• Rat Blood Pearl — consumed during its bloodline-elevation ordeal. 134
• Golden Spirit Blood — inherited treasure refined to improve its bones, foundation, and future potential. 480 481
• Thousand-Gold Marrow — spirit treasure refined to support the condensation of its Metal-Fusing Furnace Dao Foundation. 441

Relationships

• Jiang Chen — master and benefactor. Jiang Chen named Rat Prodigy, guided its cultivation and bloodline transformations, and relies on it for reconnaissance, formation breaking, and artifact refinement. 22 134 482 503
• Rat King / Mouse King — deceased clan predecessor and former Gold-Biting Rat chief. Rat Prodigy inherited his memories, power, treasure furnace, and mandate to restore the clan. 474 480
• Frost Jiao — ally in the trap against Black Vajra; Frost Jiao ambushed and imprisoned Rat Prodigy’s pursuer in a Mist Marsh. 218
• Skinny Monkey — sparring partner repeatedly outmatched by Rat Prodigy’s tail-based combat. 45
• Mouse Two — subordinate and Peaceful Sect insider within Five Immortal Mountains; pledged loyalty after recognizing Rat Prodigy’s Gold-Biting Rat bloodline. 273
• Xuanji True Lord — assigned Rat Prodigy to survey the newly emerging spiritual mines of Layered Mountains Continent. 974

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Experimental Rat and Awakening — survives vital-blood experimentation, awakens intelligence, and receives its name. 18 22
• Golden Sand Valley Defense — protects Jiang Chen’s residence, commands rat swarms, and aids the defeat of the Quicksand Bandits. 21 26
• Goat Horn Mountain Reconnaissance — leads the rat colony against the wolf pack and captures the Ferocious Horned Wolf. 35 36
• Bloodline Purification — risks death to elevate its bloodline and awakens as a royal Gold-Biting Rat. 134 135
• Peaceful Sect Operations — serves as a scout, rat-demon leader, spirit-ore refiner, and intelligence source. 132 273 274
• Golden Spirit Mountain Inheritance — discovers the Rat King’s secret land, obtains the Wishful Treasure Body and Gold-Fusing Treasure Furnace, and becomes the new king of its clan. 473 474 479 480
• Western Region Expeditions — uses its treasure body and formation-breaking gifts to aid Jiang Chen’s infiltration of the Dragon Earthworm cavern. 482
• Layered Mountains Survey — investigates spiritual mines while seeking an opportunity to advance beyond peak Purple Mansion. 974 983

Notable Quotes

“I need to learn to read and write as soon as possible. Master says that cultured people need fear nothing wherever they go. I want to be a cultured rat too.” 34

“Rat King... I will definitely become a true Rat King...” 134

“The old king is gone, and the race has fallen into decline. I shall succeed as the new king and restore my race’s former glory.” 474

Trivia

• Rat Prodigy’s name was initially given casually by Jiang Chen, but naming it marked the point at which it ceased to be merely an experimental rat. 22
• It can lock cages using its tail. 24
• It often pretends to be more severely injured than it is, then resumes its swagger when no one is watching. 45
• Its pursuit of Black Vajra was deliberately staged; it feigned panic to lead him into Frost Jiao’s ambush. 218