Wharton

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Wharton Baruch (沃顿) 1
Alias(es)	Long Tian — his Earth-born identity, whose memories and soul fuse with Wharton’s 2
Species/Race	Human; Dragonblood Warrior of the Baruch clan, later strengthened with Azure Dragon Essence Blood 1 219
Gender	Male 30
Affiliation	Baruch clan; Four Ultimate Warrior Clans; Baruch Empire; Four Divine Beasts Family 116 213
Occupation/Role	Cultivator, alchemist, artifact refiner, clan leader, and protector of the Baruch Empire 39 85 116
Status	Alive 386
First Appearance	Chapter 1: “Starting from Wushan Town”

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
First Dragonblood Transformation	1	At age six, his dragonblood concentration reaches sixty percent; scales and a tail emerge during a painful first transformation.
Peak Level One Warrior	4	Reaches the peak after half a month of Dragonblood Manual cultivation; his post-transformation physique already matches a First-Level Warrior.
Level Three Warrior	6	Reaches this level during the year-long journey to the O’Brien Empire, at age seven.
Level Three Warrior / Level Two Mage	10	Balances warrior cultivation with lightning, fire, and water magic at O’Brien Academy.
Peak Level Four Warrior	11	Lightning magic reaches Level Four, while fire and water magic reach peak Level Three.
Peak Level Six Warrior	21	His Dragonblood Transformation raises his combat power to Level Eight; magic reaches peak Level Five.
Peak Level Seven Warrior / Peak Level Six Mage	24	His Level Seven physique and cultivation place his total combat strength near peak Level Eight.
Peak Level Eight Warrior / Level Seven Mage	27	Reaches this stage after a year of combat training in the Magical Beast Forest.
Peak Level Eight Warrior and Mage; Force Realm	40	Comprehends the Force Realm but cannot yet enter the Saint Domain.
Level Nine Warrior / Mid Saint Domain after transformation	57	Achieves Level Nine warrior cultivation; his transformed state reaches the Mid Saint Domain.
Saint Domain expert	75	Easily negates Sordis’s Gravity Space and dominates the Arctic Ice Plains expert through superior Lightning Law comprehension.
God Level	87	Fully comprehends the Burning Heat Profound Mystery while forging his saber, triggering the descent of the Laws of Heaven and Earth.
Middle God; multiple divine clones	129	Develops several divine clones and fuses profound mysteries in the lightning, fire, and water laws.
Lightning Law Paragon	225	Fuses the sixth Lightning Law Profound Mystery, gains Willpower Might, and develops a Primordial Spirit.
Controller Realm Paragon	336	Is recognized as a Controller Realm Paragon capable of killing an ordinary Paragon with a single attack.
Fourth Realm	386	Opens a stable internal world with the Emperor Bell’s assistance, attaining the Fourth Realm.

Background / History

Wharton was born as the younger son of Hogg Baruch and the younger brother of Linley. As one of the final three members of the declining Baruch clan, he grew up under the expectation that he and Linley would restore the Dragonblood Warriors’ former glory. At six, his sixty-percent dragonblood concentration qualified him to transform, making him the clan’s greatest immediate hope. 1

His first transformation coincided with a purple streak of light descending into the Baruch ancestral hall. The event overwhelmed Hogg, was sensed across the Yulan Mainland, and drew Beirut’s attention. Wharton remained unconscious for five days afterward, during which the Earth soul of Long Tian merged with his own soul. He awoke with both lives’ memories and regarded himself as an inseparable fusion rather than solely Wharton or Long Tian. 1 2

After adapting his former world’s cultivation knowledge to the Panlong World’s elemental system, Wharton cultivated the Dragonblood Manual while developing unusually strong mental force and elemental talent. He departed Wushan Town with Hiri for the O’Brien Empire, enrolled at O’Brien Magic and Martial Academy, and began pursuing martial and magical cultivation simultaneously. 4 6 8

Appearance

Wharton was exceptionally tall for his age, standing roughly 1.4 meters at seven and 1.7 meters at twelve. 6 22

• A purple lightning-shaped Purple Mark rests on his forehead; it activates to protect his soul against a near-fatal illusion. 82
• His Dragonblood Transformation produces dragon scales and a tail. 1
• He favors sabers, later forging weapons suited to his heavy-weapon preference and Lightning Law cultivation. 11 86

Personality

Wharton is intensely disciplined and long-sighted. At the academy, he rejects competitions and public recognition because he considers them distractions from his goal of exploring the wider world and attaining true strength. He willingly accepts slower advancement when it produces a firmer foundation in battle qi, magic, and physical cultivation. 10

He is deeply protective of family, followers, and companions. He risks himself to rescue Hogg, crosses dangerous territory to find Linley, provides Hiri and his allies with pills and manuals, and builds institutions intended to protect future generations rather than only his immediate circle. 27 51 60

Wharton is generous with knowledge but ruthless toward threats. He regularly teaches Saint Domain experts, supports weaker allies with resources, and rewards loyalty; however, he can kill enemies through the pressure of his aura alone when they endanger Kane or the Four Divine Beasts Family. 78 107 305

Abilities & Skills

Dragonblood Warrior Heritage

Wharton possesses an extraordinary Dragonblood Warrior inheritance and can undergo Dragonblood Transformation.

• His blood concentration reaches sixty percent, far beyond the threshold required for transformation. 1
• Transformation greatly increases his combat strength, allowing him to fight above his normal warrior level. 21 57
• His bloodline continues to purify after the soul fusion and purple-light incident. 4
• He develops methods using Orchid Heart Grass and corresponding Saint-Domain magical-beast blood to awaken dormant Ultimate Warrior bloodlines. 55 57

Soul Fusion and the Purple Mark

Wharton’s soul is the fusion of his original self and Long Tian, giving him two complete sets of memories and unusually powerful spiritual force. 2 4

• His soul perception detects concealed figures such as Delin Cowart and renders Hisse’s Stealth Technique ineffective. 31 93
• The Purple Mark releases cooling soul energy that destroys an illusion severe enough to threaten the collapse of his Middle God-level soul. 82
• After becoming a god, his soul power becomes comparable to that of a peak Middle God. 93

Elemental Magic and Law Comprehension

Wharton possesses exceptional affinities for lightning, fire, and water magic. 8

• His Lightning Law mastery surpasses Saint Domain experts such as Sordis and neutralizes Earth Law Gravity Space. 75
• Artifact refining advances his Fire Law comprehension and allows him to complete the Burning Heat Profound Mystery. 85 87
• He later develops divine clones and fuses profound mysteries across the lightning, fire, and water laws. 129
• He can employ the Time Law in combat, freezing an opponent’s movements before cutting through an Awakening-level Paragon’s body and domain. 372

Alchemy

Wharton refines medicines adapted from cultivation-world knowledge.

• His Foundation-Building Pills expel bodily impurities, improve aptitude and magical affinity, and assist cultivation breakthroughs. 22
• He uses enhanced pills and Dragonblood Battle Qi to heal Hogg’s critical injuries and help him advance. 28
• Later bloodline-enhancing pills can strengthen magical-beast bloodlines, overcome Bloodline Withering, and trigger signs of ancestral reversion. 133
• He rewards the Moonwatch City officials with Creation Pills capable of improving cultivators’ aptitude. 272

Artifact Refining and Formations

Wharton studies Chi Yangzi’s manuals and adapts formation-based artifact refining to the Panlong World. 85

• He learns defensive, trapping, and killing formations through prolonged study and experimentation. 85
• After nearly two years of work, he produces Low-Grade Spirit Artifacts engraved with multiple formations. 86
• He forges a 1.78-meter battle saber bearing eighty-one flawless arrays, infuses it with Azure Dragon Essence Blood, and establishes a blood-and-soul connection when it absorbs heavenly lightning. 87

Physical Strength and Combat

Wharton combines overwhelming physical power with saber techniques, battle qi, divine power, and Law comprehension.

• He practices the direct, battlefield-oriented Blood-Battle Ten Forms saber art. 11
• Even while using only one-fifth of his strength, he sends Sordis flying and remains unaffected by Gravity Space. 75
• Azure Dragon Essence Blood and repeated tempering with fused divine power eventually make his body comparable to a Sovereign Artifact. 307
• His aura alone can crush several High God-level attackers to death. 305

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Purple Lightning Saber — saber used against the Shura-level expert Nielsen. 185
• Azure Dragon Battle Saber — weapon used alongside the Time Law against an Awakening-level Paragon. 372
• Fangtian Halberd — High God Divine Artifact used by his Fire-Element God Clone against Corison. 174
• Audley’s Mid-Rank Divine Artifact — water-attributed Divine Artifact claimed after Audley’s death. 75 86
• Dragon-coiled offensive Overgod saber — granted by the Amethyst High God after Wharton agrees to become her High God Messenger. 189
• Material-Defense Overgod Artifact — surrendered by Aibute in exchange for his life. 305
• Qilin Jade Pendant — helps Wharton endure the exhaustion of prolonged artifact refining. 86
• Emperor Bell — assists him in opening and stabilizing his internal world during his Fourth Realm breakthrough. 386

Relationships

• Hogg Baruch — Father. Wharton rescues Hogg from Paderson’s guards, heals his life-threatening wounds, helps awaken his Dragonblood potential, and supports his rise as king of the Baruch Kingdom. 27 28 115
• Linley Baruch — Elder brother. The brothers share responsibility for restoring the Baruch clan and avenging their mother; Wharton repeatedly insists that Linley should not bear that burden alone. 5 51 56
• Nia O’Brien — Wife. Wharton meets her in the O’Brien Empire, strengthens her cultivation, formally proposes to her, and marries her during the Baruch Empire’s founding celebration. 41 111 126
• Little Gold — Equal-contract magical-beast companion. Wharton accepts responsibility for Deloris’s cub and treats him as family rather than a servant. 17
• Hiri — Butler, guardian, and paternal figure in the O’Brien Empire. Wharton gives him Foundation-Building Pills, helps extend his cultivation path, and promises that he will witness the Baruch clan’s restoration. 20 22
• Kane Bolei, Kate Bolei, and Bulen Silvio — Wharton’s academy roommates and sworn “brothers” from Dormitory 2008. Their relationship endures through cultivation, warfare, and later political responsibilities. 9 22 305
• Beirut — Early observer and later collaborator. Beirut notices the disturbance surrounding Wharton’s first transformation, later supplies rare materials for Wharton’s alchemy, and rewards him in the Tomb of the Gods. 1 133 161
• Cini — Wharton’s son and emperor of the Baruch Empire during Wharton’s seclusion. 150
• Amon — Wharton’s grandson. Wharton gives him a Soul-Defense Overgod Artifact to protect and nurture his soul. 316

Story Role / Major Arcs

Academy and Magical Beast Forest

• Wharton leaves Wushan Town at seven, passes O’Brien Academy’s tests with exceptional warrior and triple-element magical talent, and joins Dormitory 2008 with Kane, Kate, and Bulen. 6 8 9
• He enters the Magical Beast Forest alone, gains practical combat experience, and forms an equal contract with Little Gold after promising Deloris that he will raise her cub. 12 17
• Following his return, he sells magical-beast cores for enough wealth to fund independent cultivation and begins refining Foundation-Building Pills. 19 20 22

Restoration of the Ultimate Warrior Clans

• Wharton rescues Hogg, discovers the truth surrounding his mother’s disappearance, and begins secretly training Hogg, Hillman, Nade, and other Baruch loyalists against the Bright Church. 27 28 29
• He establishes an estate for the Wushan Town followers, trains commoners and Ultimate Warrior descendants, and turns the Baruch clan from a declining household into an organized power base. 39 60
• He recruits the Violet Flame Warrior Clan, secures the Dawson Chamber of Commerce as a covert ally, and develops the means to awaken the bloodlines of the Four Ultimate Warrior Clans. 55 56 57

Baruch Kingdom and Empire

• Wharton helps establish Four Symbols Valley, recruits and educates 1,500 orphans, and creates an underground training palace for future Ultimate Warrior disciples. 60
• He organizes hidden defenses against the Churches’ coordinated Saint Domain assassinations, positioning stronger allies in the targeted commandery cities. 116
• After the Bright and Dark Churches are destroyed, he helps consolidate the Baruch Empire, marries Nia, and establishes its authority by defeating Di Lin despite Di Lin’s temporary Middle God breakthrough. 122 126
• Over the following decades, he helps turn the Baruch Empire into the Yulan Mainland’s strongest power apart from Beirut. 129

Four Divine Beasts Family and Higher Planes

• Wharton becomes an elder of the Azure Dragon Clan within the Four Divine Beasts Family and pursues the more difficult path of fusing profound mysteries rather than relying on Divine Sparks. 213 225
• In Hell, he defeats and recruits Corison, becomes the Amethyst High God’s Messenger, and receives an offensive Overgod saber to aid the Four Divine Beasts Family. 174 175 189
• He investigates threats against his descendants, including the Marquez Family’s long pursuit of Cini and other Four Divine Beasts Family disciples. 272
• As a Paragon and later Controller Realm expert, he protects Kane and the family against attacks by the Augusta Family and other High God families. 305 336

Later Cultivation

• Wharton enters deadly regions such as the Thunder Pool to seek breakthroughs, absorbing destructive lightning despite his Sovereign Artifact-level body beginning to feel pain. 370
• He ultimately opens a stable internal world with the Emperor Bell’s help and reaches the Fourth Realm, then challenges four powerful rivals simultaneously for a single treasure. 386