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Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Gu Xingzhou (顾行舟) |
| Gender | Male |
| Affiliation | Notting Academy; Dorm Seven 1 |
| Occupation/Role | Work-study student; secret host of the Fanfiction Livestream 3 13 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 1 1 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Innate Soul Power: Level 5 | 3 4 | His recorded innate level when he entered Notting Academy. |
| Level 10 Soul Scholar | 4 | Spent five million popularity points to raise his Soul Power from Level 5; the increase produced no visible effects. |
| Blank Mask → Joy Mask | 7 | Spent 100 million popularity points to evolve his Martial Soul. The Joy Mask converts laughter and joy he causes into Joy Points for temporary boosts to Soul Power and physical ability; its storage is limited. |
Background / History
Gu Xingzhou is an orphan who grew up on meals provided by families in his village. He secured a work-study place at Notting Academy after awakening his Martial Soul, the Blank Mask. He had spent six years in Douluo Continent waiting for a system; the Fanfiction Livestream bound itself to him on the day he enrolled 4 19.
He keeps his role as the livestream’s host secret. Its popularity points let him improve his strength without conventional training, but that sudden progress makes him cautious: the academy recorded his innate Soul Power as Level 5, so revealing that he reached Level 10 in a day would invite suspicion 3 4 14.
Appearance
Gu Xingzhou is a strikingly handsome youth. When his image appears in the livestream, his looks draw continent-wide attention 15 16.
- Tang San feels inferior beside him, and Xiao Wu initially chooses to share a bed with him in Dorm Seven 1.
- Bibi Dong is visibly startled when she sees him before their performance 16.
Personality
Gu Xingzhou is calculating about both power and public attention. He chooses guaranteed Soul Power growth over an expensive random draw, manages the livestream’s pacing to sustain interest, and accepts Bibi Dong’s payment while privately valuing system upgrades more than ordinary cultivation supplies 4 13. During performances, he can mix genuine details with scripted emotion: his account of being an orphan is true, but he uses it to deepen Bibi Dong’s response 19.
Abilities & Skills
Fanfiction Livestream Control
Gu Xingzhou secretly controls the show’s presentation, including what information appears and who is placed on a ballot 13.
- He can write scripts and use alternate accounts to steer discussion in the Ordinary Livestream Room 13 18.
- He cannot control viewers’ votes or the results of lottery draws 13.
- Unlike other performers, he can break free of a script’s control to improvise 19.
Mask Martial Soul
His original Blank Mask can alter his facial features and conceal his aura when supplied with Soul Power 4.
- Its disguise can fool ordinary civilians, but Soul Masters with more Soul Power than him can see through it 4.
- After evolving into the Joy Mask, it gains the ability to collect Joy Points from laughter and joy he causes. Those points provide temporary boosts, subject to the mask’s limited storage 7.
Equipment / Items
- Storage Soul Tool — A ring with roughly one cubic meter of space, delivered by Ghost Douluo on Bibi Dong’s behalf 14.
- 100,000 Gold Soul Coins — Bibi Dong’s payment for his cooperation over their upcoming livestream scripts 13 14.
Relationships
- Xiao Wu — His Dorm Seven roommate. She shares a quilt with him, defends him when Bibi Dong threatens him, and later learns of his orphaned upbringing 1 13 19.
- Tang San — His roommate and a focus of his private plans. Gu Xingzhou does not want Tang San to obtain Xiao Wu’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring 1 13.
- Bibi Dong — His livestream co-performer and the source of his payment. In their scripted rescue, she saves him and offers to be his mother after hearing about his childhood 13 18 19.
- Qian Renxue — Watches Gu Xingzhou receive Bibi Dong’s maternal affection and reacts with anger and grief; Gu Xingzhou intended her to see the scene 19.
- Yu Xiaogang — A frequent subject of Gu Xingzhou’s livestream. Gu Xingzhou encourages discussion of Xiaogang’s performances to draw audience interest 4 9 11.
Story Role / Major Arcs
- Livestream launch: Gu Xingzhou appears to be another Elite Room participant while secretly hosting the broadcast. Its first voting round earns him 61 million popularity points 1 3.
- Early upgrades: He buys five Soul Power levels, then evolves the Blank Mask into the Joy Mask. He delays seeking a Soul Ring because verification would expose his sudden advancement 4 7 14.
- Bibi Dong’s performance: Audience voting selects Gu Xingzhou and Bibi Dong as the next pair. He accepts her payment, and both choose Emergency Rescue Theater 13 15.
- Rescue theater: In Gu Xingzhou’s scripted scene, Bibi Dong draws poison from his foot. He feigns unconsciousness, calls her “Mom,” and recounts his real childhood as an orphan. In the following scene, he tries to find a way to treat Bibi Dong’s spreading poison and recalls Tang San’s Thirteen Needles technique 18 19 21 22.