Zhao Zixuan

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Zhao Zixuan (赵子轩) 20
Alias(es)	Blade Queen 40 44
Species/Race	Originally human; transformed into a commander-class Blade Queen through the Insectoid Civilization’s inheritance 20 40
Gender	Described as male in several passages; other passages use female descriptions and pronouns 17 40 41 44
Affiliation	Yang Yu and his war-insect forces 41 44
Occupation/Role	Shangjing Media University student and trainee reporter; later Yang Yu’s insect commander, sparring partner, and biological research assistant 17 44 46 49
Status	Alive; preparing to return to Shangjing City with Yang Yu 50
First Appearance	Chapter 17 17

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Latent-potential awakening; no formal cultivation rank stated	17	Mortal danger causes his life soul and blood energy to burn and strengthen, raising his physical abilities beyond those of an ordinary person.
Acquired Earth Rank — lowest-ranking Blade Queen	21 40	Yang Yu completes the transformation procedure and places him in a cocoon for three days. Upon emerging, his combat strength rivals an ordinary newly advanced Heaven Tier expert.
Individually tailored super-gene enhancement; no new realm stated	49	Receives a personalized enhancement procedure after Yang Yu perfects the genetic-modification process. His strength increases again, but no further rank advancement is specified.

Background / History

Student and trainee reporter

Zhao attended Shangjing Media University and had recently begun an internship as a trainee reporter. Investigating a supernatural news story brought him into conflict with four outer disciples of the Ghost Infant Sect, whose occult cultivation practices were connected to murders 17.

Despite studying media, Zhao had loved biology since childhood. During three years at university, he studied the school library’s records of Earth’s creatures extensively and mastered an elective course on biological development. His interests included dangerous and venomous species, not merely pets 49.

Pursuit and coerced transformation

The four disciples chased Zhao through the spatially expanded alleys near the abandoned Immortal Spirit Ghost Market. He continued running despite a badly sprained left foot, and the pressure to survive awakened his latent potential 17.

Yang Yu recognized Zhao as a suitable Blade Queen candidate and intervened just before Tie San could capture him. After killing Tie San, Yang interrogated and eliminated the other three pursuers. Witnessing the killings left Zhao terrified of his rescuer 18 19.

At Yang’s rented home, Zhao was given a choice between death and loyalty through transformation. Yang wanted both a powerful subordinate and assurance that Zhao would not expose him. Zhao agreed to survive; the procedure required his lack of resistance so that his mind could be preserved as fully as possible 20.

Yang spent several hours pouring life energy into a black-shelled cocoon containing Zhao. Failure would have killed him, but the procedure succeeded and began a three-day incubation 21.

Emergence and rescue of Yang Yu

Zhao’s cocoon remained intact during the Ghost Infant Sect’s assault on Yang’s apartment, defending itself against gunfire with Cosmic Force. Zhao emerged after Yang had been gravely injured fighting Elder Xu 33 39 40.

Flying to the battlefield, Zhao sensed that Yang was alive and confronted Elder Xu. Their close-quarters battle lasted dozens of seconds and involved at least four or five hundred exchanges. Zhao killed Xu by slashing open his artery and windpipe 40.

Zhao gathered the fallen attackers’ weapons and treasures, directed the Giant Mantis Beasts, and carried Yang away. He entrusted Yang’s protection to Giant Mantis King Number One while retrieving supplies from the apartment, then moved the group to a mountain cave 41.

After recovering and advancing to Earth Rank, Yang formally confirmed Zhao’s second-level authority over the war insects. He called Zhao his most trusted confidant and asked for a complete account of the battle and escape routes 43 44.

Wilderness training and genetic research

Zhao accompanied Yang to an isolated swamp in a wildlife reserve outside Shangjing. Their retreat supported concealment, cultivation, and experiments on local creatures 45.

During training, Zhao regularly sparred with Yang. By their 101st match, Zhao had won nine times. He accurately identified Yang’s superior blade mastery, Life Source Burst, and new blade art as decisive advantages in a full-strength battle 46.

In the underground laboratory, Zhao helped process genes from 370 kinds of insects and venomous creatures. He selected ten powerful preparations, discarded those offering no useful improvement, and supplied detailed biological records for their source species. This research supported enhancements to the Giant Mantis Beasts and separate procedures for Zhao and Yang 47 48 49.

After nearly a hundred days of preparation, Zhao reported several days of unexplained dread. Yang took the warning seriously and promised additional mantis protection, including Number One. Meanwhile, the Ghost Infant Sect had traced Zhao’s connection to Yang and imprisoned his parents, torturing them for at least half a month despite their ignorance of the pair’s whereabouts 50.

Appearance

• Human appearance: Initially described as handsome and delicate; after retracting his battle armor, Zhao retains his familiar face and appears as a fresh-faced university beauty in a white dress 17 40.
• Battle form: Thick, metallic-looking purple-black carapace covers his body, forming natural armor with retractable spikes 40.
• Wings: Black skeletal wings gain membranous surfaces through a thin layer of purple Cosmic Force 40.
• Hands: His fingers can lengthen into blades during combat 40.
• Expression and voice: In battle, his gaze carries bloodlust and indifference, and his voice becomes cold. Outside combat, he smiles readily and speaks in a clear, melodious voice 40 44.

Personality

Before his transformation, Zhao was sheltered and accustomed to affection from classmates and family. His first encounter with murderous cultivators shattered his confidence, but he continued struggling to survive even when injured and overwhelmed by fear 17.

As a Blade Queen, Zhao retains his earlier memories but possesses an imprint that prevents him from opposing Yang at the deepest level of his mind and soul. His loyalty is therefore supernaturally enforced, although he experiences it without resentment and welcomes the prospect of an extraordinary life beyond Earth 41.

Away from battle, Zhao remains playful, expressive, and enthusiastic about research. He teases Yang, becomes frustrated by repeated sparring losses, and treats detailed biological information as entertainment. His scholarly curiosity contrasts with Yang’s preference for practical summaries 45 46 47 49.

Abilities & Skills

Blade Queen Physiology

Zhao’s transformation produces a commander-class body optimized beyond the standard expected of ordinary insect soldiers 40.

• At Earth Rank, his combat strength rivals an ordinary expert newly entering Heaven Tier 40.
• Yang judges his genetic structure to have reached its currently attainable limit 44.
• His purple-black carapace is described as ten or twenty times tougher than a Giant Mantis Beast’s armor, possibly more 40.
• Reinforcement with Cosmic Force can multiply the carapace’s defensive strength another five or six times or more 40.
• Ordinary food cannot replenish an Earth Rank body’s daily energy expenditure; Zhao requires high-energy nourishment 45.

Close-Quarters Combat

Zhao fights using his transformed body rather than a separate weapon 40.

• Extends his fingers into blades and grows spikes from his arm armor 40.
• Exchanges hundreds of palm and fist strikes within dozens of seconds 40.
• Kills Elder Xu with a fatal throat slash 40.
• Refines practical fighting ability through regular sparring with Yang Yu 46.

Flight and Concealment

His skeletal wings support extremely fast movement and aerial transport 40 41.

• Breaks the sound barrier while approaching Elder Xu 40.
• Covers dozens of meters, or as much as a hundred meters, with a wingbeat 40.
• Carries the unconscious Yang Yu through the air 41.
• Alters his surrounding energy to suppress its glow, making himself nearly indistinguishable in darkness 41.

Psychic Perception and Energy Projection

• Detects living presences, including Yang and the mantises several hundred meters away, and recognizes Yang’s severe injuries 40.
• Creates images from primal energy to illustrate his detailed report of events 44.
• Experiences an ominous premonition before the return to Shangjing; its precise meaning remains unidentified 50.

War-Insect Command

Zhao holds secondary authority beneath Yang over the insect forces 41 44.

• Commands the Giant Mantis Beasts while Yang is unconscious 41.
• Directs transport of recovered treasures and the group’s withdrawal 41.
• Assigns Number One to protect Yang 41.
• Receives explicit second-level command authority from Yang after their escape 44.

Biological Research

Zhao’s extensive biological knowledge makes him central to the genetic-enhancement project 49.

• Identifies hundreds of experimental species from a single inspection 49.
• Records habits, diets, life cycles, mating seasons, and possible evolutionary lineages 49.
• Produces and documents ten super-gene preparations from the experimental creatures 48 49.
• Begins treating survivors of the destructive extraction process before Yang orders more extensive care 48.
• Takes responsibility for creature identification so Yang can focus on modification and enhancement 49.

Relationships

• Yang Yu — Rescuer, transformer, and master. Their relationship begins with coercion and becomes one of enforced loyalty, practical trust, shared research, and friendly sparring. Yang later calls Zhao his most trusted confidant 18 20 41 44 46.
• Zhao Yuantang — Father. Captured and brutally interrogated by the Ghost Infant Sect because of Zhao’s connection to Yang 50.
• Liu Yan — Mother. Imprisoned alongside her husband despite knowing nothing about Zhao and Yang’s hiding place 50.
• Giant Mantis King Number One — Subordinate war insect that responds to Zhao with submission and affection. Zhao entrusts Yang’s safety to it, and Yang later promises it as Zhao’s protector 41 50.
• Elder Xu — Enemy killed by Zhao after gravely injuring Yang 40.
• Ghost Infant Sect — Pursuers whose disciples first threaten Zhao’s life and whose later investigation leads to his parents’ imprisonment 17 50.

Notable Quotes

“I... I want to live. Don't kill me. As long as I can live, I'll do anything. I'm willing to undergo the transformation!” 20

“The old Zhao Zixuan is dead... I can never return to the world of ordinary people.” 41