Jiang Yuan

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Jiang Yuan (江源)
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Pill Tower, Central Plains 1
Occupation/Role	Pill Tower disciple; alchemist; transmigrator 1 4
Cultivation Realm	Eight-Star Dou Zong, last explicitly confirmed 10 11
Soul Realm	Emperor Realm 1 4
Alchemical Ability	Heavenly Sovereign-level talent; demonstrated refinement of a peak eighth-tier, nine-colored pill 1 10
Status	Alive; residing at the Pill Tower 33
First Appearance	Awakens in Pill Tower Square after transmigrating 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Dou Ling — inherited cultivation	1 2	The original Jiang Yuan reached this realm after years of cultivation. His alchemy remained below the ability to refine third-tier pills.
Emperor Realm soul	1	Selecting the Heavenly Sovereign alchemist cheat immediately raises his soul realm and grants exceptional alchemical talent and soul perception.
One-Star Dou Emperor	2	Reached after roughly half an hour of cultivation with the Dou Di Bloodline. His Dou Qi is substantially more potent than that of ordinary cultivators at the same level.
Eighth-tier pill refinement demonstrated	4	Successfully refines Cao Ying’s prescribed pill using borrowed ingredients, then avoids its tribulation through a newly comprehended method.
Eight-Star Dou Zong	10	Advances from One-Star Dou Emperor in two days as his evolving bloodline increases his affinity with Dou Qi.
Peak eighth-tier, nine-colored pill refinement demonstrated	10	Completes the Nine Netherworld Underworld Pill after gathering ingredients for half a month; again avoids the pill tribulation.

Background and History

Transmigration and the Broken Engagement

Before transmigrating, Jiang Yuan was watching short videos in his rented apartment. He awakens in the body of an ordinary Pill Tower disciple with the same name and receives his predecessor’s memories. The original disciple had lost consciousness after Elder Song Qing publicly beat him over his engagement to Cao Ying 1.

The engagement originated after Jiang Yuan’s grandfather saved Cao Ying’s grandfather. Cao Ying resents the arrangement and considers Jiang Yuan’s alchemical ability beneath hers. Although Jiang Yuan privately accepts that affection cannot be forced, he refuses to overlook Song Qing’s assault 1 3.

Xuan Kongzi treats his injuries and attempts to uphold the engagement. Cao Ying instead makes marriage conditional on Jiang Yuan refining an eighth-tier pill. He succeeds, survives its tribulation without taking a strike, and then rejects her. When she challenges his ability to learn a movement technique, he immediately masters and improves Wind Shadow Step 2 3 4 5.

Retaliation Against Song Qing

Song Qing challenges Jiang Yuan again in the plaza, offering three unanswered strikes and conceding victory if forced back even half a pace. Jiang Yuan’s first punch drives him back seven or eight steps; the remaining strikes are a slap and a kick to the face that sends him into a pillar 7 8.

Song Qing breaks his promise and attempts to kill him. Xuan Yi intervenes, orders Song Qing into seclusion, and leaves Jiang Yuan unpunished. News of the victory deepens Cao Ying’s regret over losing the engagement 8 9.

The Magic Core Exchange

A system notification directs Jiang Yuan toward the ninth-tier Heaven-Splitting Thunder Flood Dragon magic core. To obtain it, he refines the Nine Netherworld Underworld Pill and offers it at the Space Trade Fair. Old Man Baoshan considers the pill more valuable than the core and arranges an immediate exchange rather than making him wait for the auction 10 11.

Jiang Yuan conceals his Pill Tower affiliation, presenting himself as an independent wanderer. He accepts Baoshan’s hospitality and a movement-technique scroll before returning home to study the core’s energy. Meanwhile, the Pill Tower’s leaders prepare to bid for his pill without knowing who refined it 12 13.

Conflict with the Wind-Thunder Pavilion

Feng Qing’er attempts to order Jiang Yuan around during her visit to the Pill Tower. Their confrontation ends with him slapping her, and the elders decline to punish him immediately. She later intercepts him and Dan Chen outside the Tower, demanding that he kneel and apologize. He evades her attack and strikes her again 15 16 18.

His Beast Taming System then identifies her Heaven Demon Phoenix bloodline and allows him to compel her to slap her three junior sisters. When Thunder Venerable intervenes and attacks, Jiang Yuan comprehends the Forbidden Character Art and seals his Dou Qi 19 20 21.

Jiang Yuan refuses subsequent appeals to undo the seal, including Thunder Venerable’s offer to place the Wind-Thunder Pavilion under his command. He also declines the elders’ request for a timetable, insisting that Thunder Venerable first understand his wrongdoing 22 24 26 27.

Hall of Souls Mission and Yao Clan Visit

The Pill Tower’s Three Elders send Jiang Yuan to address attacks originating from a Hall of Souls outpost near the Central Plains border. Accompanied by Dan Chen, he locates the base, enters alone, and seals the Dou Qi of its guards and disciples. Interrogation reveals that its protector, Liu Ming, is a Five-Star Dou Zun 27 28 29.

Jiang Yuan neutralizes Liu Ming, leaves him sealed for three months, and orders him to warn the Hall of Souls away from Pill Tower territory. The remaining disciples flee. Jiang Yuan returns with Dan Chen and receives the elders’ approval for clearing the outpost 30 31 32.

After resting, he watches a Yao Clan delegation arrive to investigate the nine-colored pill’s creator. He remains unconcerned about being identified and regards the delegation’s celebrated seventh-tier alchemist as unimpressive compared with his own abilities 33.

Appearance

• Youthful appearance and plain clothing: The Space Trade Fair guard initially doubts that someone who looks and dresses like him could possess a valuable pill 11.
• Injured at his introduction: He awakens with torn clothing, visible arm wounds, and serious internal injuries from Song Qing’s assault 1.

Personality

Jiang Yuan is outwardly composed and privately exuberant about his advantages. He continues cultivating while others argue about his engagement and answers Cao Ying’s ridicule through demonstrations rather than prolonged argument. His confidence can become openly provocative, particularly when he invites further challenges after defeating her expectations 1 3 5.

He is vindictive toward people who bully or threaten him. His retaliation against Song Qing deliberately humiliates the elder, while his refusal to release Thunder Venerable is intended to make the man experience helplessness. Nevertheless, he does not invariably kill defeated enemies: he spares Liu Ming and uses a temporary seal and warning to deter further attacks 8 22 31.

He protects his secrets and distinguishes useful cooperation from unnecessary confrontation. He hides his affiliation from Baoshan, gives Dan Chen evasive explanations about his abilities, and persuades the trade fair guard with his pill rather than force. He also shows practical caution when studying the magic core, recognizing that improper absorption could damage his meridians 9 11 12 13 19.

Abilities and Skills

Dou Di Bloodline

One of his five selected cheats, the bloodline accelerates cultivation and improves the quality of his Dou Qi 1 2.

• His initial cultivation speed increases by more than a hundredfold 2.
• The bloodline continually evolves, increasing his affinity with Dou Qi as his cultivation rises 10.
• It automatically tempers his meridians and bones during cultivation 33.
• The system promises eventual advancement to Dou Di; this is a future prospect, not an attained realm 2.

Heaven-Defying Comprehension

This cheat enables rapid understanding, correction, and creation of techniques and pill-refining methods 4 5 15 21.

• Refines his initially awkward alchemical movements into nearly perfect flame-temperature and soul-power control 4.
• Reconstructs missing portions of Wind Shadow Step, increasing its rank 5.
• Produces new insights during meditation and in response to immediate danger 15 21.
• Supports his development of a pill formula based on the Forbidden Character Art 25 26.

Heavenly Sovereign Alchemical Talent

His selected alchemy cheat grants Heavenly Sovereign-level talent and soul perception alongside an Emperor Realm soul. These are granted capabilities, distinct from the pill grades he has actually demonstrated 1 4.

Pill / Formula	Capability or Effect	Demonstrated Status
Cao Ying’s unnamed eighth-tier pill	Produces exceptionally pure ingredient extracts and a high-quality finished pill	Successfully refined 4
Nine Netherworld Underworld Pill	Peak eighth-tier, nine-colored pill said to advance a Dou Zun directly to Dou Sheng, bypassing Half-Saint	Refined and traded for the dragon magic core 10 11
Azure Dragon Purple Flame Pill	Eighth-tier pill that unlocks bodily potential and accelerates cultivation	Complete refinement method comprehended; no completed refinement shown 15
Unnamed Dou Qi-suppression pill	Intended to let its user briefly prevent an opponent from using Dou Qi	Formula devised from the Forbidden Character Art; ingredients still required 26 27

Lightning-Avoidance Method

Comprehended during his first eighth-tier refinement, this method allows him to avoid pill tribulation rather than withstand it directly 4.

• Causes approaching bolts to lose their target, veer away, and dissipate 4.
• Also succeeds against the stronger tribulation of the peak eighth-tier Nine Netherworld Underworld Pill 10.

Wind Shadow Step

Originally an intermediate Earth-class movement technique supplied by Cao Ying, Wind Shadow Step becomes advanced Earth-class after Jiang Yuan reconstructs its missing sections 5.

• Reaches the perfected stage almost immediately upon study 5.
• Produces swift, unpredictable movement and afterimages that Cao Ying and Xuan Kongzi cannot follow during his demonstration 5.
• Enables him to close on Song Qing before the elder can react 7 8.

Beast Taming System

The system establishes mental links with eligible magical beasts and compels obedience. It recognizes Feng Qing’er as a valid target because she belongs to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan 19.

• Documented authorization: Beginner level, allowing one command at a time 19.
• Demonstrated use: Forces Feng Qing’er to slap her three junior sisters 19.
• Observed aftermath: Feng Qing’er remembers none of the compelled actions; Jiang Yuan conceals his involvement 19.

Forbidden Character Art

A Dou Technique beyond Heaven Rank, comprehended when Thunder Venerable attacks. It releases an invisible force that suppresses an opponent’s Dou Qi 21.

• Erases Thunder Venerable’s incoming attack and prevents him from circulating his Dou Qi despite repeated attempts to break free 21.
• Can affect multiple targets throughout an enclosed area, as demonstrated against the Hall of Souls disciples 28.
• Successfully seals Five-Star Dou Zun Liu Ming; his seal is stated to last three months 30 31.
• Jiang Yuan reports no side effects after repeated use. He later acknowledges expenditure from travel and technique use, but considers it manageable 32 33.

Xuan Yi’s 100% Favorability

A selected system benefit establishes Xuan Yi’s complete favor toward him 1.

• Xuan Yi experiences an unusually strong emotional response upon seeing him and considers taking him as a disciple, though she postpones that decision 8 9.
• She subsequently respects his decision concerning Thunder Venerable’s seal and asks whether his sealing technique has harmed him 27 32.

Equipment and Items

• Storage Ring — Holds medicinal ingredients, pills, the dragon magic core, and technique scrolls 10 11 12.
• Heaven-Splitting Thunder Flood Dragon magic core — A fist-sized, ninth-tier core with a dark purple sheen and lightning patterns. Its energy is both violent and pure; Jiang Yuan studies how to absorb it safely, but completed absorption is not documented 12 13.
• Phantom Nine Transformations scroll — A high-grade Earth-tier movement technique given by Baoshan as a friendship gift. Acquisition is shown, but mastery is not 12.
• Dan Chen’s healing pill — Accepted and placed in his robe for use if his injuries flare up 6.

Relationships

• Cao Ying — Former fiancée through their grandfathers’ agreement. He fulfills her alchemy challenge but rejects the marriage; she later regrets losing him and seeks opportunities to speak with him 3 4 9 24 25.
• Dan Chen — Supportive fellow disciple and frequent companion. She gives him medicine, defends him against stronger figures, guards his seclusion, and accompanies his Hall of Souls mission. Jiang Yuan privately considers her a possible future wife, but no established romantic relationship is shown 6 7 20 25 28.
• Xuan Kongzi — Senior protector who treats his injuries, supplies ingredients for his first eighth-tier pill, and later entrusts him with Pill Tower responsibilities 1 2 4 27.
• Xuan Yi — Beneficiary target of his favorability cheat and an influential protector. She stops Song Qing’s attempted retaliation and shows concern for Jiang Yuan’s health 8 9 32.
• Tian Leizi — Pill Tower elder who helps assign the Hall of Souls mission and praises its success, while remaining astonished by Jiang Yuan’s unexplained power 27 32.
• Song Qing — Jealous rival over Cao Ying and the original body’s attacker. Jiang Yuan publicly humiliates him under the terms of his own challenge, leaving lasting hostility 1 7 8.
• Old Man Baoshan — Trade contact who exchanges the magic core for Jiang Yuan’s pill, offers hospitality, and gifts him a movement technique to cultivate goodwill 11 12.
• Feng Qing’er — Adversary repeatedly humiliated in their confrontations and subjected to his Beast Taming System. She later apologizes and pleads for her master’s release 15 18 19 24.
• Thunder Venerable — Enemy whose attack prompts Jiang Yuan to seal his Dou Qi. His apologies and offer of the Wind-Thunder Pavilion’s obedience fail to secure release 20 21 26 27.
• Liu Ming — Hall of Souls protector defeated and left with a three-month seal as a warning against threatening the Pill Tower 30 31.

Notable Quotes

“Want to try something else? Cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, alchemy—pick anything, and I'll take you on.” 5

“Relax. I only sealed your Dou Qi. Now we can have a proper talk, can't we?” 28

“Remember it. From now on, steer clear of anyone from the Pill Tower.” 30