Guo Hongtao

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Guo Hongtao (郭洪涛)
Alias(es)	Little Fatty
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Jiang Hai City No. 1 High School; later allied with the Pure Cultivation Academy in the Twin Star Secret Realm 1 49 50
Occupation/Role	Martial arts student; Jiang Yuan’s childhood friend and combat companion
Status	Alive; last seen leading the tunnel operation against Celestial Pivot Industries’ forces 50
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
School top-ten combatant	1	His comprehensive strength ranks among the school’s top ten; his speed has reached approximately 21 m/s.
Tested combat benchmark	3	Records a speed of 21.6 m/s and punching force of 395 kg.
Tactical arena victory	5	Defeats a physically stronger opponent with 402 kg punching force by exhausting him through evasive footwork, then striking his exposed neck guard.
Improved force transmission	31	Jiang Yuan corrects his punching mechanics, allowing Guo to produce a sonic boom with a single punch.
Secret-realm support combatant	50	Uses Yin-Yang Spirit Crystals and Enhanced Ten-Fragrance Muscle-Softening Powder to disrupt Celestial Pivot assassins, then leads rescued students through the mine tunnels.

Appearance

Guo Hongtao has a round, chubby build and an outwardly harmless appearance that causes others to underestimate him. His exceptional speed sharply contrasts with his roly-poly physique. 1 3

• Chubby, rounded build.
• Often called “Little Fatty.”
• Can sprint fast enough to leave afterimages during testing. 3
• His belly and thick physique contribute to his image as a durable close-range fighter. 5 50

Personality

Guo Hongtao is energetic, humorous, and intensely loyal to Jiang Yuan. He regularly worries about Jiang Yuan’s safety, offers to spar with him, confronts authority when he believes Jiang Yuan has been treated unfairly, and openly defends him before hostile crowds. 1 7 23 25

He is also impulsive and easily distracted by food, wealth, or attractive women. During the Iron-Winged Vulture attack, he is reprimanded for remaining near the grills with roast meat; in the Twin Star Secret Realm, he nearly damages his meridians by recklessly absorbing unfamiliar spiritual energy. 11 36 Despite this recklessness, he trusts Jiang Yuan completely and follows his plans even when their circumstances appear hopeless. 39 41

Abilities & Skills

Speed and Evasive Combat

Guo’s greatest early advantage is his speed. He specializes in movement, stamina management, and exploiting an opponent’s exhaustion rather than meeting superior force head-on.

• Recorded speed of 21.6 m/s. 3
• Avoids sustained attacks with small directional shifts and precise control of the arena boundary. 5
• Defeated a stronger opponent by circling until the opponent’s blood-and-qi rhythm faltered, then striking the neck guard. 5
• His high speed is repeatedly noted as disproportionate to his heavy build. 1 3

Physical Toughness

Guo can endure direct attacks better than his appearance suggests.

• In the mine-tunnel battle, he withstands two attacks head-on before counterattacking Celestial Pivot assassins. 50
• His body is not immune to specialized dangers: opposing yin-yang spiritual energies nearly rupture his meridians, and Meridian-Sealing technology severely slows his circulation. 36 41

Improvised Support Tactics

In the Twin Star Secret Realm, Guo develops an unconventional combat style based on consumables and captured resources.

• Uses a large Yin-Yang Spirit Crystal to suppress the beams from Meridian-Sealing Short Staffs. 50
• Throws Enhanced Ten-Fragrance Muscle-Softening Powder to weaken assassins’ limbs and true-qi circulation. 50
• Uses his supplies and aggressive charges to rally rescued students during the tunnel operation. 50

Equipment / Items

• Yin-Yang Spirit Crystals — gathered from the underground ore vein; used to interfere with Meridian-Sealing weaponry and support allied combatants. 42 49 50
• Enhanced Ten-Fragrance Muscle-Softening Powder — scattered against Celestial Pivot assassins to weaken their movement and true qi. 50
• Food supplies — frequently brings Jiang Yuan braised or roast meat, particularly after strenuous cultivation sessions. 11 18

Relationships

• Jiang Yuan — Childhood friend, trusted companion, and the person Guo calls “Brother Yuan.” He offers Jiang sparring support, challenges the dean when Jiang’s assessment is voided, publicly exposes Chu He’s conspiracy, and remains beside Jiang through the journey into the secret realm. 1 7 25 35 39
• Guo Yuting — His older sister. Guo promotes Jiang Yuan as a future New Star elite and encourages her to pursue him. 18 31
• Li Qingshan — Martial arts teacher. Li reprimands Guo for lingering by the grills during the vulture attack, but Guo later benefits indirectly from Jiang Yuan’s instruction in force transmission. 11 31
• Su Yan — Ally encountered in the Twin Star Secret Realm. She helps protect and guide Guo during their escape from the Evil Union Sect and later fights alongside him in the campaign against Chu He. 39 40 49
• Steward He and the Evil Union Sect — Enemies who attempt to imprison Guo and use Jiang Yuan as a cultivation vessel. Guo openly condemns the sect and attempts to defend Jiang despite being overpowered. 37 38
• Chu He and Celestial Pivot Industries — Guo exposes Chu He’s sabotage of Jiang Yuan’s gravity-chamber training and later helps disrupt Celestial Pivot’s secret-realm forces. 25 50

Story Role / Major Arcs

Jiang Hai City No. 1 High School

Guo is introduced as Jiang Yuan’s childhood friend and one of the school’s strongest students. Though he offers to serve as Jiang’s simulated-combat partner, Jiang declines rather than waste Guo’s training time. 1

During the ranking assessment, Guo proves that agility and patience can overcome raw force by defeating a stronger Class Seven student. He later reacts with concern and curiosity when Jiang Yuan unveils his apparent damage-reflection ability. 5 6

He becomes one of Jiang Yuan’s most vocal defenders after the school voids Jiang’s assessment results, waiting outside the principal’s office and offering to gather students if the school mistreats him. 7

Tournament and Celestial Pivot Conflict

Guo supports Jiang throughout the Special Recruitment Selection Tournament, defending Jiang’s evasive strategy when the crowd mistakes it for cowardice. 23

After Jiang defeats Song Xi, Guo publicly reveals that Chu He bribed Zhou Hu to sabotage the Advanced Gravity Chamber, helping turn the crowd and school staff against Celestial Pivot Industries. 25

Jiang later teaches Guo a correction to his punching mechanics, resulting in a sonic boom and demonstrating Guo’s potential to improve under proper guidance. 31

Departure from Old Star

Guo travels with Jiang Yuan toward New Star Martial University and eagerly anticipates the opportunities there. 34 During the spatial-rift disaster aboard the Voyager, he is thrown toward a hull breach; Jiang shields him from spatial blades and continues protecting him after he loses consciousness. 35

Twin Star Secret Realm

After awakening in the Twin Star Secret Realm, Guo nearly destroys his meridians by absorbing the realm’s conflicting spiritual energies without preparation. Jiang saves him by using Nine Yang Inner Force to suppress and expel the foreign energies. 36

Guo remains fiercely protective when the Harmonious Union Sect attempts to seize Jiang as a cultivation furnace, openly confronting Steward He despite being overwhelmed by her pressure. 37 He later follows Jiang’s strategy by pretending to be mentally bewitched, helping deceive the sect before their escape. 39

War Against the Evil Union Sect

Guo gathers Yin-Yang Spirit Crystals from the underground ore vein and later uses them as battlefield resources. 42 43 When Chu He’s forces ambush the group, Guo uses Spirit Crystals to cover the retreat and remains at Jiang’s side during his recovery from the Qi Condensation breakthrough. 47 48

During the assault on the Evil Union Sect’s stronghold, Guo leads rescued students through the mine tunnels. His improvised use of Spirit Crystals and muscle-softening powder neutralizes a Celestial Pivot ambush and throws the assassins’ formation into chaos. 49 50

Trivia

• Guo’s speed is his most notable school-era attribute, while his punching force is comparatively modest. 3
• He frequently combines concern for Jiang Yuan with comic remarks about food, women, and “riding” Jiang’s success to New Star. 11 34
• He refers to himself as “Fat Lord” while leading the tunnel battle. 50