Ziyang

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Ziyang (紫阳)
Gender	Male
Species/Race	Human
Affiliation	Spirit Pagoda; disciple of Leng Yaoyu 3 6
Occupation/Role	Soul Master; soul device engineer, mecha designer/manufacturer, blacksmith, and proprietor of the jewelry shop Diamonds are Forever 14 20 60
Martial Soul	External Martial Soul: Austin Griffin, a destruction-attributed dragon-like chimera; called Little Black in battle 2 4
Soul Spirits	Dark Demon Evil God Tiger (“Little Evil”); Ten-Thousand-Year Seraph 8 85
First Appearance	Chapter 2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Innate Full Soul Power, Level 10	2–3	Awakens an External Martial Soul and tests into the Innate Spirit Connection Realm with spiritual power measured at 188. 2 3
First Soul Ring	5	Manifests an unusual rose-gold Soul Ring while defending Yao Shiyu and defeating Guang Long. 5
Millennium Soul Ring	10–11	Absorbs the spiritual power of the Thousand-Year Scale-Armored Beast in the Spirit Ascension Platform, elevating his Soul Ring to millennium level. 10 11
Three-Ring Soul Elder	31, 43	Possesses and uses his third Soul Skill, Thread; later enters the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform as a Three-Ring Soul Elder. 31 43
Level 50	81	Reaches level 50 and enters the Soul Spirit Tower in search of his next Soul Spirit. 81
Five Soul Rings / Soul King	85	Absorbs the Ten-Thousand-Year Seraph Soul Spirit, obtaining a black fifth Soul Ring. 85
Seven Rings	173	Defeats and absorbs an entity of creation on Devil Island, completing a fusion of creation and order and gaining another Soul Ring. 173

Background

Ziyang was raised at the East Sea Orphanage under headmistress Yao Shiyu. During his martial-soul awakening, he manifested the extraordinarily rare External Martial Soul that would become known as Austin Griffin, alongside Innate Full Soul Power. 2 3

Su Haitao attempted to recruit him for the Spirit Pagoda immediately. Ziyang agreed only after requesting support for the orphanage and its children; Pagoda Master Li Jing approved the arrangement and forwarded Ziyang's information to headquarters. 3

Leng Yaoyu personally took Ziyang as her disciple and brought him away for training. He promised Yao Shiyu that he would return, and three years later found that the Spirit Pagoda's funding had substantially improved the orphanage's conditions. 6 22

Appearance

Ziyang is noted for his tranquil violet eyes and calm, composed bearing. His eyes can emit a pale-pink glow when a deeper power within him awakens. 3 43 46

• Violet eyes described as calm “like a deep pool.” 3
• Initially wears faded white clothing while training in the Junior Spirit Ascension Platform. 8
• One eye develops a visible pink glow during later training. 43
• His Battle Armor is platinum-white and emits nine-colored radiance when equipped. 103

Personality

Ziyang is unusually composed and mature for his age. He remains calm under recruitment pressure, negotiations, and combat, while consistently treating the orphanage's security as more important than personal gain. 3 5 22

He is pragmatic and ambitious. Ziyang turns opportunities into long-term advantages—recruiting talented allies for the Spirit Pagoda, opening a diamond shop, developing Battle Armor, and pursuing advanced propulsion technology. 60 61 103 187

In battle, his restraint can shift into ruthless efficiency. He is willing to repeatedly heal and defeat Feng Ling to break the bully's resolve, yet he also recognizes and respects skilled opponents such as Sima Jinchi. 101 200 201

Abilities & Skills

External Martial Soul: Austin Griffin

Austin Griffin is a self-aware, dragon-like External Martial Soul with a primary destruction attribute. Ziyang established dominance over it from its awakening and repeatedly suppresses it when it becomes rebellious. 2 31 85

• Initially manifests as a small, black, scale-covered beast. 3 4
• Uses purple-black Destruction Breath capable of annihilating weaker soul beasts. 10
• Develops a destruction head and a darkness head, then gains a light head. 20 31
• Gains a water-attributed fifth head and wings after Ziyang absorbs the Seraph Soul Spirit. 85
• Reaches six heads by the Devil Island battle. 172
• Can forge and assist in the production of metal and Battle Armor components under Ziyang's direction. 63 103

Power of Destruction

Ziyang's first Soul Skill, Power of Destruction, functions offensively and defensively. He can wield destructive energy directly, including catching and dispersing Austin Griffin's reflected Destruction Breath with his bare hand. 8 10

• Enhances his strikes enough to shatter the defenses of the Thousand-Year Scale-Armored Beast. 10
• Can be used for defense as well as attack. 8
• Consumes significant Soul Power when Ziyang employs it personally. 10
• Later combines with higher powers to dismantle attacks and creations. 172

Restoration and Regeneration

Ziyang possesses exceptional healing and restorative capabilities. He can rapidly recover from injuries and use Restoration to clear persistent control effects. 5 46 50

• His wounds heal visibly after being struck by Guang Long and Tang San. 5 46
• Restoration dispels debuffs affecting his senses, Soul Power, and movement. 50
• Can restore himself to an earlier state to temporarily escape sustained area control. 50
• Heals Feng Ling after each defeat so Tang Wulin's group can continue the punishment. 101

Point

Ziyang's second Soul Skill, Point, treats matter as divisible and reconstructible fundamental particles. 36 137

• Breaks down stone, metal, soil, dust, and elements into particles. 137
• Reconstructs particles into weapons, including an elemental spear. 137
• Fuses metals at a near-perfect rate without conventional forging. 152
• Refines metal and produces Spirit Refinement metal. 63
• Manipulates particle energy to produce extreme heat, reaching a tested temperature of 6,000 degrees. 156
• Its high-temperature application rapidly exhausts his Soul Power and is difficult to stop once activated. 156

Thread

Ziyang's third Soul Skill, Thread, creates near-invisible threads that can restrain targets, connect allies, and manipulate spatial distance. 31 50 137

• Restrains and suspends Austin Griffin to suppress its rebellious behavior. 31
• Links Na'er and Gu Yue to remove control effects and replenish their Soul Power. 50
• Increases a target's favorability, though it does not work on those who already dislike him. 51
• Bends space so an opponent attempting to approach him is displaced elsewhere in the battlefield. 137

Spatial Manipulation

Ziyang employs advanced spatial control through a manifested Rubik's Cube and related abilities. His spatial techniques include transfer, redirection, teleportation, confinement, and exile. 76 87 126

• Produces colorless barriers that swallow and reflect attacks back at an opponent. 76
• Exchanges positions with targets or transfers their attacks back toward them. 87 124
• Opens spatial rifts for silent teleportation and travel. 87 90
• Nullifies viral attacks by transferring them away from their source. 97
• Creates spatial prisons and can compress captured targets into the Rubik's Cube. 151 170
• Exiles enemies into separate spaces, including a Seven-Ring Soul Saint and Green Skulls subordinates. 126
• Twists entire battlefields into spatial mazes that hinder other teleportation users. 206

Creation, Order, and Domain

After absorbing the power of creation on Devil Island, Ziyang gains the capacity to combine creation, order, destruction, and spatial control at a much higher level. 173 175

• Absorbs a creation-based entity and completes a fusion of creation and order. 173
• Uses the Law of Creation to overwrite elemental definitions, causing enemy fire, ice, wind, and earth techniques to collapse or transform. 175
• Activates a domain capable of controlling and neutralizing large-scale attacks. 175 206
• Uses space and time together to tear apart formed attacks and freeze attacks before they manifest. 172

Physical Combat

Ziyang's body is exceptionally strong even without relying solely on Soul Skills. 5 16

• Defeats the two-ring Guang Long through a barrage of punches despite being only six years old. 5
• Endures sword aura from a Soul Elder-level historical opponent with his bare arms. 16
• Uses precise hand-to-hand techniques to exploit gaps in Sima Jinchi's blade momentum without activating Soul Skills. 201
• Stops Sima Jinchi's strongest blade strike between two fingers with the Lingxi Finger. 200

Engineering and Forging

Ziyang is a gifted technical creator whose skills extend beyond combat. 14 164 165

• Creates a second-grade soul device core under Leng Yaoyu's training. 14
• Achieves Level Three mecha design and Level Two mecha manufacturing within his first years of training. 20
• Performs Soul Refinement on Sunken Silver, impressing Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua. 164
• Understands the principle of Heaven Refinement, though he cannot yet perform it. 165
• Designs and completes custom Battle Armor for both himself and Austin Griffin. 97 103
• Develops plans for reusable, high-power aircraft and spacecraft engines using the Forward Loop as a core drive. 187

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Rubik's Cube — A manifested spatial cube used for transfer, containment, attack redirection, and spatial manipulation. 87 97 151
• One-Word Spirit Battle Armor — Ziyang's platinum-white armor, which combines and amplifies his Soul Power, spiritual power, and spatial power. 103
• Austin Griffin's Battle Armor — A black-purple custom armor set built for his External Martial Soul. 103
• Soulbound Soul Tool: Jade Throne — Enhanced by integrating the Forward Loop Source, significantly improving its power and stability. 237
• Dragon God Mecha — A Black-Rank Mecha built by Ziyang, colored white and sapphire blue. 191
• Longsword with six dragon eyes — A black blade bearing violet destructive energy, drawn during the Devil Island battle. 172

Relationships

• Yao Shiyu — His orphanage headmistress and primary childhood guardian. Ziyang joins the Spirit Pagoda only after securing support for her orphanage, and later returns to investigate the danger surrounding her. 3 5 22
• Leng Yaoyu — His teacher and vice master of the Spirit Pagoda. She personally recruits, trains, guides, and sets cultivation goals for him. 6 8 11
• Na'er — His junior sister, frequent combat partner, and close companion. They train, travel, fight, and spend leisure time together. 22 50 126
• Gu Yue — Ally, teammate, and competitive rival. She regularly challenges Ziyang's abilities while assisting with his technical and combat projects. 36 87 206
• Austin Griffin / Little Black — His External Martial Soul and principal combat partner. Their relationship is defined by Ziyang's strict authority over the chimera's repeated disobedience. 4 31 85
• Dark Demon Evil God Tiger / Little Evil — His first contracted Soul Spirit. Initially hostile, it accepts Ziyang's contract and becomes a combat partner. 8 10
• Yuanen Yehui — A Spirit Pagoda recruit employed at Ziyang's jewelry shop. Ziyang later investigates the danger posed by her Fallen Angel Martial Soul and protects her from being forcibly taken by her clan. 60 61 229 232
• Zhen Hua — Divine Craftsman who recognizes Ziyang's extraordinary forging talent and teaches him the principle of Heaven Refinement. 164 165

Story Role / Major Arcs

Spirit Pagoda Recruitment and Early Training

Ziyang's rare martial soul, Innate Full Soul Power, and Innate Spirit Connection Realm make him a highly valued Spirit Pagoda recruit. Under Leng Yaoyu, he contracts Little Evil, trains in the Spirit Ascension Platform, and advances his Soul Ring to millennium level. 3 6 8 10

Recruitment and Business Activities

Ziyang founds Diamonds are Forever near Spirit Pagoda Headquarters and uses it as both a business venture and a means of identifying talented recruits. He brings Yuanen Yehui into the Spirit Pagoda and later attempts to recruit Ye Xinglan. 60 61 62

Soul Spirit Tower and Battle Armor

After reaching level 50, Ziyang organizes a seven-person team to challenge the Soul Spirit Tower. He obtains the Ten-Thousand-Year Seraph Soul Spirit, then completes custom Battle Armor for both himself and Austin Griffin. 81 85 103

Star Luo and Green Skulls Conflict

While traveling to Star Luo Continent, Ziyang uses the Rubik's Cube to turn enemy missile and mecha fire against the Green Skulls. He later exiles a Seven-Ring Soul Saint and three subordinates, then participates in eliminating nine evil Titled Douluo. 115 126 208

Devil Island and Seven Rings

Ziyang battles an unknown creation-based figure on Devil Island whose abilities mirror his own dismantling powers. He ultimately defeats and absorbs the entity, gaining a seventh Soul Ring and access to fused creation-and-order power. 172 173

Myriad Beasts Platform

Ziyang defeats Da Ming and Er Ming, withstands the full authority of the Myriad Beasts Platform, and receives the Myriad Beasts Core. This transfers control of the platform to him. 226 227

Technological Development

Ziyang expands his ambitions beyond personal cultivation. He collaborates with Kong Deming on Forward Loop-based propulsion systems, constructs a spaceship with Nine-Colored Dragon Scale armor, and builds the Dragon God Mecha. 187 191

Notable Quotes

“All things are made of points. All things can be reconstructed.” 137

“I'm keeping people away from her.” 232

“As long as I won, that's enough.” 146