Zhen Hua

Biodata

Abilities & Skills

Forging

• Zhen Hua is described as the continent’s only Divine Craftsman and is capable of forging Four-Word Battle Armor 11.
• He takes Tang Wulin on as a forging student after learning that the twelve-year-old is close to becoming a Level Four Blacksmith 26 27.

Mecha Engineering

• A Red-Class Mecha Engineer, Zhen Hua teaches Chen Xing forging and mecha design 11 18.
• He assesses Chen Xing’s created mecha at both his apprenticeship test and his Red-Class promotion ceremony, confirming the latter machine is real 15 51.

History

Zhen Hua encounters Chen Xing at Tang Ziran’s repair shop in Aolai City after watching the boy create a White-Class Mecha despite having no Soul Power. Intrigued, he asks how the ability works. Chen Xing declines his offers of valuable mecha components and instead asks Zhen Hua to teach him 10 11.

At the Blacksmiths Association, Zhen Hua requires a public demonstration before accepting Chen Xing. After inspecting the White-Class Combat Mecha Chen Xing creates, he formally names him his student. In private, he learns that the ability consumes Wish Power, a force outside the Soul Power system, and privately wonders whether Chen Xing has a divine origin 14 15.

Zhen Hua brings Chen Xing to Heaven Dou City to study and help with association work, agreeing to his requests for monthly visits home and private lodging. When Mu Ye tries to recruit the boy into the Body Sect, the two argue before agreeing to teach him jointly, without binding him to either faction 16 18.

Later, Zhen Hua also agrees to teach Tang Wulin forging. He shelters Chen Xing’s parents at the association when they are threatened and warns Chen Xing that the Tang Sect may try to claim Wulin if it discovers his Blue Silver Emperor 27 32 33. Zhen Hua subsequently presides over Chen Xing’s Red-Class Mecha Engineer promotion ceremony 51.

Relationships

• Chen Xing — Student. Zhen Hua recognizes his mecha talent, teaches him, and guards against outsiders probing or recruiting him 15 18 32.
• Mu Ye — Friend and fellow teacher of Chen Xing and Tang Wulin. Their competition over both students ends in shared mentorship 17 18 27.
• Tang Wulin — Forging student whose early progress impresses Zhen Hua 26 27.
• Mu Xi — His niece, who accompanies him when he first encounters Chen Xing 10 11.
• Mu Chen — His junior brother and Mu Xi’s father 16.
• Zang Xin — Tang Sect leader whom Zhen Hua permits to meet Chen Xing, while explicitly warning him not to recruit his student 32.