Dai Chengqian

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Dai Chengqian (戴承乾)
Alias(es)	Sixth Prince; Sixth Son of Star Luo 1 32
Gender	Male 1
Affiliation	Star Luo imperial family; Star Luo Royal Academy; Black Rose Team 1 22
Occupation/Role	Imperial prince, succession contender, Power Attack Soul Master, and Black Rose Team leader 9 15 22
Martial Soul	Purple Sky Divine Thunder Tiger, evolved from White Tiger through the Emperor Red Luan System 1
Innate Soul Power	Level 6 4
Latest Reported Level	Level 45 29
Soul Rings	Yellow, yellow, black, black; third ring is 10,000 years old, fourth ring is 50,000 years old 8 28
Betrothed To	Zhu Zhuyun, by imperial decree 2
Status	Alive; remains a prince competing for the succession, with his team awarded a direct tournament finals berth 30 32
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
White Tiger → Thunder White Tiger	1	A beginner roulette reward upgrades his inherited martial soul.
Thunder White Tiger → Purple Sky Divine Thunder Tiger	1	The beginner reward’s ten-thousandfold enhancement produces a second evolution, greatly strengthening his body and granting purple lightning.
Level 28 → 29	4	Zhu Zhuyun’s advancement feeds soul power back to him through their Red Luan bond.
Level 30	6	Reached after a month of cultivation and soul-beast hunting; he rejects conventional thousand-year third rings.
Level 33 / Third Soul Ring	7 8	Absorbs a 10,000-year Shadow Tiger ring with Bai Qingyue’s assistance, gaining Thousand-Flash Thunder Shadow.
Ice and fire immunity	14	Consumes the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then spends a day absorbing their properties in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. No soul-power increase is detected.
Level 34	16	Zhu Zhuqing’s breakthrough to level 30 supplies another Red Luan soul-power reward.
Level 40	25	Reached during intensive training against Titled Douluos and combat in the Underground Death Soul Fighting Arena.
Flowing Cloud Bone Wings absorbed	27	A roulette reward grants an External Soul Bone, unlocking flight with potential for further evolution.
Level 43 / Fourth Soul Ring	28	Spends three days absorbing a God-Given Soul Ring, pushing it to 50,000 years and gaining Thunder God’s Arrow.
Level 45, as reported	29	His six Red Luans’ immortal-herb gains feed back into his cultivation. The chapter reports a three-level increase but gives level 45 as the result.

Background / History

The protagonist transmigrates into Dai Chengqian, the Star Luo Empire’s sixth prince, while the emperor is questioning him over a scandal involving Zhu Zhuyun. The original prince was arrogant, extravagant, and pleasure-seeking; although he suspected a trap, he accepted Zhu Zhuyun’s seduction and was caught by Dai Weisi. After reviewing the inherited memories, the new Dai Chengqian concludes that his eldest brother engineered the incident to eliminate a succession rival 1.

The Emperor Red Luan System activates during the hearing. Dai Chengqian binds Zhu Zhuyun, receives an enhanced beginner package that forces her affection to its maximum, and gains an evolved martial soul. He turns the accusation into a marriage petition, claiming that they have long loved one another. Zhu Zhuyun’s testimony supports him, and the emperor transfers her betrothal from Dai Weisi to Dai Chengqian 1 2.

His ambitions subsequently extend beyond surviving the succession struggle. He promises Zhu Zhuqing that, if she helps him become emperor, he will abolish the Dai–Zhu marriage-alliance tradition. He also seeks military authority, recruits powerful allies, and prepares a tournament team to earn the crown-prince position 5 9 20.

Appearance

• Handsome face: Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, academy spectators, and Tang San all notice his looks 5 14 15 32.
• Martial-soul possession: His body enlarges, his arms extend, and his bones crack as purple electrical arcs surround him 3.
• Purple-gold hair and forehead marking: Possession gives his hair a faint purple-gold hue and forms the purple character for “king” on his forehead 3.
• Red-and-blue martial-soul pattern: Appears after his transformation in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well 14.
• White skeletal wings: The Flowing Cloud Bone Wings unfold from his back without feathers 27.

Personality

Dai Chengqian is calculating, opportunistic, and comfortable using deception. He turns a court scandal into a political victory, pretends not to recognize Zhu Zhuqing during their first conversation, and falsely attributes his poison knowledge to reading books. His foreknowledge guides him toward resources and allies before Tang San can obtain them 1 5 12 21.

His consideration for others often overlaps with system incentives. He protects Zhu Zhuqing, promises her freedom, and supports her cultivation, while privately tracking how those actions increase her affection. He distinguishes her gradually earned trust from Zhu Zhuyun’s system-forced devotion and recognizes that a Red Luan bond does not automatically guarantee obedience 6 8 16.

He is ambitious enough to attempt unusually dangerous soul-ring absorptions, but does not ignore preparation. Before taking his third ring, he proves his resistance to Soul Shock; when a hundred-thousand-year soul-beast battle makes the forest unsafe, he accepts the decision to retreat 7 26 27.

Despite his confidence and fondness for provoking rivals, he can be restrained with weaker opponents. He does not retaliate against the academy clerk who obstructs Asuya, turns the Lufeng students’ insults into a lesson, and accepts the Dragon Duke and Snake Granny’s refusal to become retainers without resentment 11 19 24.

Abilities & Skills

Purple Sky Divine Thunder Tiger

His evolved White Tiger martial soul provides exceptional physical strength, powerful lightning, and strengthened versions of his original soul skills 1 2 3.

• Its Purple Heaven Divine Thunder can wear away the spiritual power Bai Qingyue uses to examine it 7.
• Zhu Zhuqing senses both strong affinity and an overwhelming urge to submit through her Nether Civet martial soul 5.
• The emperor suspects it can suppress ordinary White Tiger bloodlines 9.
• Its power comes with substantial costs: direct lightning manipulation rapidly exhausts his reserves, and ordinary cultivation becomes several times slower than for an ordinary Soul Master 3 29.
• Dai Chengqian anticipates performing martial-soul fusion skills with the Zhu sisters, but the provided chapters do not show him executing one 10.

Soul-Ring Skills

Ring	Skill	Applications and Limits
First — yellow	White Tiger Protection Barrier	A defensive skill enhanced by purple lightning. Zhu Zhuqing cannot break through it despite seven or eight successive attacks 3 5.
Second — yellow	White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, also rendered White Tiger Light-Splitting Wave	A lightning-enhanced ranged attack. Testing vaporizes a dummy and leaves a crater more than ten meters deep; he later uses it to subdue a Silver-Winged Flying Leopard 3 23.
Third — 10,000-year black	Thousand-Flash Thunder Shadow	Combines Shadow Tiger speed with his lightning attribute for explosive movement. Sustained use reduces its speed slightly; it cannot match Bai Qingyue’s agility 8.
Fourth — 50,000-year black	Thunder God’s Arrow	A long-range, single-target lightning attack capable of striking within 10,000 meters. Requires casting time and consumes half his soul power 28.

Self-Created Lightning Techniques

Dai Chengqian can manipulate Purple Heaven Divine Thunder independently of his ring skills 3.

• Direct lightning strikes: Used to kill Zhu Zhuqing’s pursuers and a thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider 4 17.
• Electrical nets: Paralyze and restrain targets; he uses one against Meng Yiran 3 17.
• Arc Seed: Plants electrical charges along an enemy’s route and detonates them as explosive traps. He develops this technique during his first month in the forest 3 6.
• Limitation: Free lightning manipulation consumes enormous amounts of soul power 3.

Emperor Red Luan System

The system converts relationships with recognized candidates into cultivation assistance and roulette rewards 1 3 4.

• Binding threshold: Ordinary candidates require at least 50 affection points. Zhu Zhuyun’s beginner-package enhancement raises her directly to the maximum of 100 1 4.
• Cultivation feedback: A bonded Red Luan’s level increases supply soul power to Dai Chengqian 3 4 16.
• Affection rewards: Reaching further multiples of ten grants roulette opportunities, documented at Zhu Zhuqing’s 60 and 70 points 19 31.
• Connection levels: Physical intimacy advances his connection with Zhu Zhuyun; levels 10 and 20 each produce a roulette reward 12 27.
• Binding capacity: Initially limited to two Red Luans; by Chapter 28, all six female Black Rose teammates are bound 4 28.
• Trust remains important: He worries that Zhu Zhuqing falling below the binding threshold could cause an unknown adverse consequence 8.

Charm System

Unlocked when his connection with Zhu Zhuyun reaches level 10, this system initially operates at charm level 1 12 14.

• Passively makes people feel comfortable around him and inclined to become closer.
• Its initial strength is described as a “slight sensation.”
• Dai Chengqian attributes Dugu Yan’s immediate affection and unexplained familiarity to this effect 14.

Ice and Fire Resistance

The paired immortal herbs and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well grant immunity to ice and fire, with the detailed passage also describing the result as “water and fire immunity” 14.

• The transformation adds alternating red-and-blue markings to his martial soul.
• Dugu Bo senses that he has become stronger despite detecting no increase in soul power 14.

Soul-Tool Production

The Basic Soul Tool Workshop is a system interface that crafts soul tools from supplied materials, producing devices up to Level 3 21.

• He equips his teammates with offensive, energy-restoring, speed-enhancing, and storage tools 25 26.
• Low production costs suggest a future soul-tool army, but he initially lacks both military command and funds for mass production 21.
• The workshop’s basic flying device lifts him less than a meter and operates for under fifteen minutes 21.

Political Judgment and Team Leadership

Dai Chengqian combines foreknowledge with resource acquisition, recruitment, and practical military planning 9 12 20 30.

• Identifies Spirit Hall’s expansion as a possible campaign to unify the continent, though the emperor initially considers his conclusion speculative 9.
• Suspects Spirit Hall may be backing unrest in Star Luo’s border vassal states 20.
• Recognizes the continental tournament as a talent-identification and recruitment mechanism, not merely a prestige contest 29.
• Wins his team’s direct finals berth by proposing stronger frontier defenses, trade with peaceful tribes to divide hostile factions, and delayed campaigning until national strength improves 30.
• Designs rotating Soul Hunting assignments, restrained Titled Douluo sparring, and underground arena combat to build coordination and practical experience 22 24 25.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• System storage space: Awarded after binding Zhu Zhuqing; described as ten square meters. Used to hold medicinal herbs, soul tools, and rewards 8 14 25.
• Flowing Cloud Bone Wings: Absorbed External Soul Bone that grants flight. Initially slow, with further evolution required to increase speed 27.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty: A toxin-neutralizing herb that he hides against his chest to counter Dugu Yan’s poisonous mist. His victory does not establish innate poison immunity 16.
• Soul Power Milk Bottle: Necklace-shaped energy reservoir used for rapid soul-power replenishment. He also uses one before beginning his God-Given Soul Ring absorption 21 25 27.
• Soul Light Ray: Forearm-mounted offensive tool whose demonstrated attack power is comparable to an ordinary Soul Master in the level-thirty range 26.
• Mixed-Light Ray: An earlier workshop selection with an effective range exceeding 100 meters and power comparable to a Soul Grandmaster’s ranged skill 21.
• Soul Tool Thrusters and storage bracelets: Distributed with the team’s offensive tools and Milk Bottles 26.
• Voice-Transmitting Conches: A paired roulette reward allowing bound users to communicate over any distance 27.
• Outrage Break Right Leg Bone: Roulette reward offering a strong close-range attack without overdrawing blood energy; its absorption is not documented 27.
• Bloodthirsty Berserk Right Leg Bone: Initially rejected for his own use because its powerful strike drains blood energy. He later gives it to Zhu Zhuqing 27 31.
• Immortal-herb stockpile: Collected from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Bo’s permission and later distributed to accelerate his teammates’ cultivation 14 28.
• Imperial crest and badge: Used to establish his royal identity during the Asuya registration dispute and the confrontation with Lufeng Academy students 11 24.

Relationships

Family and Rivals

• Star Luo Emperor — Father and sovereign. Initially questions him over Dai Weisi’s accusation, then increasingly values his cultivation potential and statecraft. Provides protection through Bai Qingyue and supports Dugu Bo’s proposed treatment 1 7 9 21 30.
• Mother — Unnamed imperial consort. Explains that the forest sentence is an opportunity for training and hints that he will be protected 3 7.
• Dai Weisi — Eldest brother and principal succession rival. Engineers the Zhu Zhuyun scandal, loses her betrothal to Chengqian, and later plans to eliminate him during the tournament preliminaries 1 2 11.
• Dai Mubai — Third brother and another succession rival. Initially dismisses Chengqian as a dissolute prince, but later regards him as an opponent comparable to Dai Weisi 16 32.
• Yu Tianheng — Rival angered by Dugu Yan’s departure from the Imperial Fighting Team. Attempts to intervene, then vows to prove her decision wrong at the tournament 16.
• Tang San — A competitor whose expected opportunities Dai Chengqian deliberately preempts, particularly the immortal herbs and Dugu Bo’s allegiance 12 14.

Black Rose Team and Red Luans

• Zhu Zhuyun — Fiancée and first Red Luan. Her affection is forcibly maximized by the beginner reward; her testimony overturns Dai Weisi’s scheme. Their connection reaches level 20 during tournament preparation 1 2 27.
• Zhu Zhuqing — Rescued ally and second Red Luan. Joins after his promise of reform and demonstration of strength; her affection rises from 50 at binding to 70 after receiving a soul bone and a kiss 5 6 8 31.
• Asuya — Red Leopard Tribe recruit. He helps secure her academy admission, recognizes her innate full soul power, and wins her support through assistance and generosity. Bound as a Red Luan during intensive training 10 11 20 27.
• Dugu Yan — Teammate recruited after losing their wagered duel. Leaves the Imperial Fighting Team and later helps recruit Ye Lingling; becomes a Red Luan during training 15 16 21 27.
• Meng Yiran — Their initial clash over a slain soul beast becomes friendship after he arranges a replacement. Joins his team and is bound during rotating Soul Hunting assignments 17 18 21 24.
• Ye Lingling — Healing-support teammate recruited through Dugu Yan. Initially reserved, she grows closer to him during paired assignments and becomes a Red Luan during intensive training 21 22 24 27.

Protectors and Other Contacts

• Bai Qingyue / Qingyue Douluo / Azure Moon Douluo — Level-91 imperial Guardian Douluo assigned to protect him. Tests his Soul Shock resistance, assists his third-ring acquisition, and becomes one of the team’s instructors 7 12 25.
• Dugu Bo — Titled Douluo retainer recruited in exchange for a proposed cure for his and Dugu Yan’s poisoning. Protects, transports, and trains Dai Chengqian’s party 13 21 25 31.
• Dragon Duke and Snake Granny — Meng Yiran’s protective elders. Become impressed by his strength and connections but refuse retainer positions because backing him would endanger their clan if his succession bid fails 18 19.
• Bai Shuangshuang — Soul Hunting client and Speed Clan contact. He helps her acquire a suitable ring and asks her to carry an offer of assistance to her clan chief 23 24.
• Heaven Dou Emperor — Invites him and Dugu Bo to the tournament’s highest VIP stand and questions him about recruiting two Imperial Fighting Team members 32.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Court Scandal and First Forest Training

• Reverses Dai Weisi’s accusation and obtains an imperial betrothal to Zhu Zhuyun 1 2.
• Uses the month-long forest sentence to explore his evolved martial soul, rescue Zhu Zhuqing, and secure her political support 3 4 5 6.
• Survives an exceptional 10,000-year third-ring absorption, establishing himself as a serious succession contender 7 8 9.

Resource Acquisition and Alliance Building

• Scouts Asuya at Star Luo Royal Academy before traveling to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well 10 11 12.
• Recruits Dugu Bo through a proposed poison-transfer treatment, collects the valley’s herbs, and gains ice and fire immunity 13 14.
• Defeats and recruits Dugu Yan, befriends Meng Yiran, and obtains imperial support for Dugu Bo’s treatment 15 16 18 19 21.

Black Rose Team Training

• Completes a seven-member roster and registers the Black Rose Team through Star Luo Royal Academy 21 22.
• Rotates partners through Soul Hunting commissions before escalating to daily Titled Douluo sparring and dangerous underground matches 22 24 25.
• The team finally lasts one incense stick against a restrained Bai Qingyue, with Dai Chengqian the only member still standing at the end 25.
• Equips the group with soul tools, then abandons his fourth-ring hunt when Spirit Hall’s clash with a hundred-thousand-year beast makes the forest unsafe 26 27.

Fourth Ring and Tournament Positioning

• Uses saved roulette rewards to obtain a God-Given Soul Ring, which he pushes to 50,000 years 27 28.
• Distributes immortal herbs to all six teammates, benefiting from their advancement through the Red Luan System 28 29.
• Wins Star Luo’s direct finals berth through his answer to the emperor’s frontier-policy dilemma 29 30.
• Travels to Heaven Dou to study opposing teams and meet talented female Soul Masters. His visit brings him into the Heaven Dou Emperor’s VIP stand and prompts Dai Mubai to reassess his threat 31 32.