Elder Zhan

Biodata

Background / History

Elder Zhan is a senior Dragon Country commander involved in the highest-level response to the Spiritual Energy Revival and the emergence of Ferocious Beasts. Upon reviewing Lin Yuan’s early assessment—12,500 kg punching force and a 2.7-second 100-meter dash—he recognizes him as an indispensable national asset. 19

After the seven Beast Tides, Elder Zhan personally assumes leadership of the newly established Dragon Country Martial Arts Research Institute. He promotes Lin Yuan to major general and commander-in-chief of its Special Operations Team, then announces the nationwide release of the Basic Breathing Technique. 47

Appearance

Elder Zhan is an elderly military commander with silver or graying hair, weathered eyes, and a commanding bearing. He is frequently depicted in a military overcoat. 47 62 75

• Silver-haired and elderly. 47
• Possesses weathered eyes described as carrying authority and expectation. 47
• Maintains an imposing, mountain-like presence while observing tactical maps. 49
• Wears a military overcoat during major command and field meetings. 62 75

Personality

Elder Zhan is decisive, practical, and fiercely protective of Dragon Country. He refuses to send troops abroad when domestic forces have already suffered heavy losses, prioritizing the lives and security of Dragon Country’s people over foreign requests for military aid. 43

He values reliable intelligence, scientific verification, and rapid action. When Su Qingxue warns of nuclear-radiation risks, he immediately orders research rather than accepting or dismissing the claim without evidence. 72 He also recognizes and delegates according to individual strengths, placing Lin Yuan at the center of high-risk operations while assigning Su Qingxue and researchers to intelligence and resource analysis. 83 92

Command and Leadership

Martial Arts Research Institute

Elder Zhan personally establishes and leads the Dragon Country Martial Arts Research Institute, elevating it into a core national institution that gathers martial artists and researchers to study martial arts and spiritual energy. 47

• Promoted Lin Yuan to major general and commander-in-chief of the Special Operations Team. 47
• Oversees the allocation of scarce Spirit Gathering Array materials to high-potential martial artists. 52
• Orders research into heavenly treasures, Breakthrough Fluid, Marrow-Cleansing Elixir, spiritual energy, and radiation. 53 72 94

National Martial Arts Program

Elder Zhan supports the mass dissemination of martial arts as a matter of national survival.

• Announces full public access to the Basic Breathing Technique. 47
• Mobilizes 135,000 reserve martial artists and dispatches instructors throughout the country to teach citizens. 49
• Supports placing Preliminary Martial Artists in schools and state institutions to provide proper cultivation guidance. 65
• Orders the reorganization of defensive lines after Planetary Metamorphosis expands Dragon Country’s borders. 90

Strategic Resource Operations

Elder Zhan acts quickly to secure resources capable of improving Dragon Country’s martial strength.

• Authorizes the Shennongjia operation to retrieve the Blood Abyss Bodhi after learning it can be refined into Breakthrough Fluid. 53
• Uses the resulting Breakthrough Fluid to accelerate the creation of Third-Tier Martial Artists. 62 71
• Approves the Pacific Plan after Lin Yuan reaches the Fourth Tier, trusting him to lead the retrieval of Spirit-Gathering Primordial Stone. 75
• Orders elite units to guard thirteen predicted heavenly-treasure sites before Planetary Metamorphosis. 87

Relationships

• Lin Yuan — Commander and principal supporter. Elder Zhan promotes him, entrusts him with special operations, and treats his advancement as a core national strategic priority. 47 74 83
• Su Qingxue — Trusted advisor and intelligence source. Elder Zhan privately consults her on heavenly treasures, foreign threats, and future events despite the uncertainty caused by the butterfly effect. 53 83 87
• Old Li — Research collaborator. Elder Zhan directs Old Li’s research into spiritual energy, radiation, cultivation arrays, and heavenly materials. 72 78 92
• Ye Qingshan and Song Qingyin — Senior martial artists whose Third-Tier breakthroughs through Breakthrough Fluid are celebrated by Elder Zhan as a major expansion of Dragon Country’s strength. 71

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Recognition of Lin Yuan — Reviews Lin Yuan’s extraordinary physical assessment and identifies him as a decisive national trump card. 19
• Research Institute establishment — Takes direct command of the Martial Arts Research Institute, promotes its martial artists, and opens the Basic Breathing Technique to the public. 47
• Blood Abyss Bodhi operation — Receives Su Qingxue’s intelligence, authorizes the retrieval mission, and supports the refinement of the fruit into Breakthrough Fluid. 53 58
• Nationwide beast-clearing campaign — Shifts Dragon Country from passive defense to proactive extermination of Ferocious Beasts, with Lin Yuan serving as the vanguard. 62
• Pacific Plan — Delays action on the Pacific mineral vein until Lin Yuan reaches the Fourth Tier, then approves the operation under Lin Yuan’s leadership. 73 74 75
• Planetary Metamorphosis preparations — Orders war-preparedness infrastructure, deployment to heavenly-treasure sites, and the focused cultivation of Dragon Country’s strongest martial artists. 83 87
• Post-metamorphosis defense — Directs the reorganization of national defensive lines, the recovery of heavenly treasures, and the deployment of martial artists against domestic beast hordes. 90 92
• East Sea emergency — Mobilizes elite forces after a massive beast convergence is detected, ordering Lin Yuan to reach the East Sea Defense Line first and hold the enemy back. 95