Feng Xu

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Feng Xu (风胥)
Alias(es)	Li Yuanchu (former name) 1 3
Species/Race	Human Race
Gender	Male
Age	Sixteen by Chapter 36 36
Affiliation	Wind-Fire Tribe; oversees allied settlements including the Red Iron Tribe 3 12
Occupation/Role	Tribal wise man, cultivator, inventor, artifact refiner, strategist, and headmaster of Bamboo Mountain Academy 3 36
Status	Alive 43
First Appearance	Chapter 1 (as Li Yuanchu) 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Innate Realm	4	Possessed an Innate Realm foundation when he began the Eight-Nine Mystical Art.
First Transformation — Meridian Tempering	4	Tempered his core meridians and began establishing the art’s physical foundation.
Second Transformation — Organ Tempering	4	Began tempering his internal organs before fully stabilizing the First Transformation so that he could cultivate Spirit Sense.
Third Transformation — Blood Refinement	21	Completed an initial Blood Refinement Cycle after five days and awakened Bloodline Power; his rushed foundation nearly caused cultivation deviation.
Bloodline Power activation	21	Transformed into a giant roughly eight zhang tall, greatly increasing physical combat strength.
Second-Turn Primordial Spirit	25	Used the Heaven-Hanging Ruler’s soul-nourishing effect to form a Primordial Spirit and complete the Primordial Spirit Circuit, but collapsed from exhaustion afterward.
Quasi-Sage Peak (unretained dream/vision)	30	In Purple Cloud Palace, he perfected the Eight-Nine Mystical Art, developed the Martial Dao, and reached Quasi-Sage Peak before awakening with his cultivation gone.
Post-dream regression; advanced circuits retained	31	Awoke in the Innate Realm with damaged meridians, but retained the Four-Cycle Tendon-and-Bone Circuit, Three-Cycle Yin Spirit Circuit, and a trace of the Purple Palace Grotto-Heaven.
Perfected Mid-Stage Earth Immortal	38	His actual realm had risen beyond the other tribal leaders; his fifth physical turn and fourth Primordial Spirit turn were still opened ahead of his stable cultivation.
Late Earth Immortal	38	Refined absorbed baleful energy into a Baleful Core and harmonized it with mana through Taiji principles, breaking through while creating a lasting internal danger.
Baleful Core — Sixth Refinement	40	Refined the aura released by the destroyed bee swarms to the sixth level and faintly sensed the Destruction Law.

Background

Li Yuanchu awoke alone in the Great Wilderness after a disorienting encounter in an unknown hall, finding himself dressed only in a grass skirt amid primordial forests. He discovered that the Merit Mall was formed from a fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation combined with Human Dao Destiny, and that becoming the Human Ancestor could earn him an ownerless Primordial Treasure. 1 2

After joining the Wind-Fire Tribe, he taught pottery-making, writing, and organized labor. He created a script resembling Oracle Bone Script, assigned personal names to the tribe, abandoned the name Li Yuanchu, and became Feng Xu. Feng Sui subsequently named him the tribe’s wise man and placed its work under his direction. 3

Appearance

Feng Xu is depicted as a youth, reaching sixteen years old by the time of the insect-swarm crisis. He initially wore only a grass skirt, while later clothing had to be designed to survive his Bloodline Power transformations. 1 21 36

• His Bloodline Power can enlarge him to roughly eight zhang tall. 21
• During the battle against the Pig Demon, he enlarged himself to nearly the demon’s height. 29
• His transformed body can destroy ordinary clothing, prompting him to develop size-changing artifact clothing. 21 24

Personality

Feng Xu is intensely pragmatic. He uses trade, quotas, military discipline, technological advantages, and carefully structured incentives to turn scattered survivors into organized communities. He is willing to manipulate rivals and allies alike when he believes it protects the Human Race. 12 17 35

Despite this utilitarian streak, he repeatedly questions his own conduct. While considering children as potential laborers, he recognizes the danger of treating people as resources and asks Feng Xi to correct him if he becomes morally detached. 14

He is also impatient and risk-prone in cultivation, repeatedly opening later cycles before stabilizing earlier ones. His willingness to absorb baleful energy to save others demonstrates both his sense of responsibility and his readiness to endanger himself. 21 25 38

Feng Xu retains a mischievous, irreverent side: he staged Lin Feng’s hunting “victory” to preserve the youth’s pride, and defeated a giant ape with an underhanded strike rather than accepting its preferred fair duel. 36 41

Abilities & Skills

Eight-Nine Mystical Art

A body-and-spirit cultivation art created by Yuanshi Tianzun, purchased through the Merit Mall.

• Allows simultaneous cultivation of multiple physical and spiritual cycles after they are opened. 21
• Develops physical endurance, meridians, internal organs, blood, Spirit Sense, and Primordial Spirit. 4 21 25
• Its early stages cannot be freely passed to the tribe because of the method’s severe karmic consequences and their limited literacy. 25
• Feng Xu’s repeated early breakthroughs left his foundation unstable and nearly caused cultivation deviation. 21 25

Spirit Sense and Primordial Spirit

Feng Xu cultivates his spirit alongside his body.

• Uses Spirit Sense meditation in place of sleep, leaving him energized rather than fatigued. 4
• Formed a Primordial Spirit with the aid of the Heaven-Hanging Ruler. 25
• Retained cultivation experience from his Purple Cloud Palace vision despite losing its realm advancements. 30 33
• Can inspect others with his Primordial Spirit and sense hidden changes in his own body. 31 42

Bloodline Power

Feng Xu awakened a human bloodline transformation through Blood Refinement.

• Enlarges his body into a giant form and sharply increases his combat strength. 21
• Can physically engage opponents far stronger than his apparent cultivation would suggest. 29
• His transformation initially destroyed his clothing, motivating the creation of size-changing garments. 21 24

Taiji Fist and Martial Arts

Feng Xu practices Taiji Fist, combining physical technique with qi and blood circulation.

• Redirects force instead of opposing it directly. 4 29
• Exploited the Pig Demon’s unstable center of gravity to repeatedly throw it and interrupt its Devouring ability. 29
• Uses Taiji principles to reconcile conflicting mana and baleful energy within his body. 38
• Developed the Martial Dao during his Purple Cloud Palace vision, though the vision’s cultivation was not retained. 30

Blood Pool and Battle Marks

Feng Xu adapted the Witchblood Secret Art into systems suitable for the Human Race.

• Created Blood Pools using beast blood, refined essence blood, and medicinal herbs to help cultivators break through bloodline bottlenecks. 23 24
• Personally tested the Blood Pool before allowing others to use it. 23
• Improved the Witch Battle Mark system into the Bloodline Secret Art, allowing even illiterate humans to cultivate through inscriptions. 32
• Developed three Battle Mark categories: cultivation-method marks, divine-ability marks, and transformation marks. 32
• Plans to give children foundational cultivation marks based on the early Eight-Nine Mystical Art. 32

Nine-Turn Origin Art and Baleful Qi

Feng Xu reverse-engineered the Nine-Turn Origin Art from the Eight-Nine Mystical Art and uses it to confront baleful corruption.

• Merges part of his Primordial Spirit into his body to cultivate the body-and-soul method. 38
• Extracted baleful energy from Kunmu and other injured tribespeople, then inscribed a Battle Mark on Kunmu to manage remaining corruption. 38
• Uses Devouring to draw Baleful Qi from corrupted beasts. 41
• Condensed the absorbed energy into a Baleful Core; this grants power but may become uncontrollable if it grows too strong. 38 40

Artifact Refinement and Practical Innovation

Feng Xu combines artifact refinement with practical knowledge from his former life.

• Refined pottery tools, weaponry, clothing, rulers, bows, carts, threshing machines, and defensive equipment. 12 15 24 34
• Designed systems for iron smelting, brickmaking, farming, sanitation, transport, fortifications, literacy, and livestock management. 12 14 32 34
• Deliberately keeps some inventions simple enough for ordinary humans to reproduce and improve independently. 34

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Merit Mall — A system formed from a fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation and Human Dao Destiny. It grants access to techniques, knowledge, and treasures through Merit Points; much of its exchange access changed after Feng Xu’s Purple Cloud Palace vision. 2 31
• Heavenly Net and Earthly Web — Low-grade Houtian Merit Spirit Treasure refined from bark and rope. It can trap enormous creatures, reverse a river’s flow, and collect resources across a wide area. 9 11
• Heaven-Hanging Ruler — Mid-grade Houtian Merit Spirit Treasure refined from Feng Xu’s wooden ruler. It can change size and weight, become flexible, fly, support attacks, and nourish the soul. 24 25 32
• Dragon-Snake Bow — Top-grade Houtian Dharma Artifact made from materials taken from the Golden Carp, boar demon, snake demon, and Eagle King. 15
• Mysterious Feather Arrows — Twenty reusable arrows combining the Golden Carp’s water spiritual power with eagle feathers’ wind force; they return to Feng Xu after being fired. 15
• Snakeskin sack — Storage container used to carry supplies, trade goods, weapons, and captured creatures. 7 34

Relationships

• Feng Sui — Wind-Fire Tribe chief who recognized Feng Xu as the tribe’s wise man; later becomes one of the strongest beneficiaries of Feng Xu’s Blood Pool system. 3 24
• Feng Xi — Feng Sui’s younger brother, Feng Xu’s closest protector and frequent expedition companion. Feng Xi guards Feng Xu during seclusion, carries him home after his Primordial Spirit breakthrough, and handles major trade missions. 4 25 33
• Feng Ling — Feng Sui’s mother and a key collaborator in thread-making, clothing production, and livestock treatment. 3 23 33
• Feng Yuqi — Former sacrificial child rescued by Feng Xu, who gives her a name and makes her part of the Wind-Fire Tribe. She later becomes its most educated teacher besides Feng Xu. 9 13 33
• Bai Hao / Little White — A white wolf pup Feng Xu forcibly domesticated. Bai Hao becomes his mount, tracker, and reluctant companion during the baleful-aura crisis. 11 16 39
• Iron Mountain — Formerly the second-in-command of a splinter group. Feng Xu grants him authority over the Red Iron Tribe while retaining Wind-Fire oversight; their relationship develops from distrust to respect. 12 24
• Eagle King — A powerful mountain ruler who fought alongside Feng Xu against the Snake Demon, helped capture the Wolf King, and rescued Feng Yuqi and Tie Song. 6 14 20
• Qu Shan — Envoy of the Great Wilderness Lord. After witnessing Feng Xu’s ability to absorb Baleful Qi and the eastern tribes’ development, Qu Shan becomes a potential ally and trade partner. 42 43

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Wind-Fire Tribe’s transformation — Establishes his new identity, introduces names and writing, improves pottery, and becomes the tribe’s wise man. 3 4
• Exploration and settlement building — Travels among neighboring tribes, builds safer treehouses for the Lin Tribe, discovers iron ore, and founds the Red Iron Tribe around the mine. 5 6 11 12
• Wolf-pack campaign — Builds fortifications and weapons, forges the Dragon-Snake Bow, organizes allied tribes, captures the Wolf King, and distributes the spoils among the surviving settlements. 15 17 18 20
• Human cultivation system — Creates the Blood Pool, enables Feng Sui and Feng Xi to reach the Earth Immortal realm, and develops Battle Marks for widespread human cultivation. 23 24 25 32
• Wild Boar Ridge expansion — Survives the Pig Demon incident and Purple Cloud Palace vision, then turns Wild Boar Ridge into the basis for farming, housing, trade, and population growth. 29 31 33 35
• Baleful-aura crisis — Treats victims of the insect swarm, studies and destroys the mutated Flower Jade Bee hive, absorbs Baleful Qi, and helps coordinate a regional extermination campaign. 37 38 40 42
• Regional leader — By Qu Shan’s visit, Feng Xu’s farming, trade, writing, infrastructure, and cultivation systems have helped unite more than a hundred eastern tribes. 42 43

Notable Quotes

“Feng Xi, if you ever think I’ve done something wrong, you must remind me.” 14

“If you properly protect the humans along the river, then we Human Race will not mistreat you either.” 10