Duan Fei

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Duan Fei (段飞)
Alias(es)	Three — Dawn codename 267
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Jashin Cult formerly; Evening Bell until its dissolution; Dawn; Xinghai University 178 181 206 207 208
Occupation/Role	Former Jashin Cult leader; Dawn founding member and bounty operative; student of Principal Xi Yan 181 207 208 267
Cultivation	Fourth Tier, 3 Stars — latest explicitly stated rank 450
Superpowers	Immortal Body; blood-based Curse 179 259
Learned Technique	Eight Gates Technique, mastered through the Seventh Gate 472 496
Status	Alive; training to unlock the Gate of Death 496
First Appearance	Chapter 178, “Duan Fei” 178

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Twice-normal gravity conditioning	182	Adapts within his first training day. His Immortal Body and enjoyment of pain help him endure the pressure.
Triple-gravity conditioning	184	Completes training alongside Zhao Qiu, leaving both exhausted.
Third Tier, 1 Star	185	Breaks through after several days of training under Zhou Fan; qualifies to accompany the group on a difficult mission.
Third Tier, 2 Stars	238	Confirmed during the confrontation with Iris. He survives decapitation and reattaches his head without a substantial change in aura.
Fourth Tier, 3 Stars	450	Confirmed at Dawn’s strengthening meeting. Zhou Fan identifies his dependence on the curse ritual as a combat weakness.
Sevenfold-gravity conditioning	451	Completed before learning the Eight Gates Technique. He cannot withstand the full ninefold-gravity regimen.
Eight Gates Technique: First through Fourth Gates	451	Opens all four on his first day under Zhou Fan’s Shadow Clone. His comprehension, conditioning, and Immortal Body support his unusually rapid progress.
Eight Gates Technique: Seventh Gate	472	Reports mastery of the first seven gates. Zhou Fan praises his growing understanding of Taijutsu.

• Latest limit: After just over a month of Eight Gates training, Duan Fei still cannot open the Eighth Gate, the Gate of Death. Its strain exceeds that of the previous seven gates combined and challenges even his Immortal Body 496.

Background / History

Origin of His Faith

Duan Fei attributes his powers to Jashin rather than an ordinary superpower awakening. He recalls being badly injured after a fall and seeing only a vague outline of his rescuer, but distinctly remembers six eyes whose warmth felt like sunlight. He believes Jashin saved his life and granted him an immortal body 180.

His sacrifices are intended to repay that blessing. According to Duan Fei, killing sufficiently powerful mutant beasts through his curse ritual allows Jashin to receive their flesh and blood. When questioned before recruitment, he says his offerings are mutant beasts, not humans, and denies having killed people at that point 179 180.

University Rejection and Recruitment

Duan Fei’s college entrance examination scores were high enough for a top-tier Esper university, but his attempts to spread the Jashin Cult prevented him from enrolling. He describes approaching teachers and students—including a principal’s young daughter—with disturbing invitations involving pain and pleasure, while failing to understand why others found his behavior unacceptable 179.

As the Jashin Cult’s leader, he becomes involved in a bounty targeting Zhou Fan. A follower initially identifies the bounty as one million, but interrogation reveals that an unknown client actually offered two million to capture Zhou alive. Duan Fei knows neither the client’s appearance nor identity; the client promised to contact the cult after a successful capture 178 179.

Zhou defeats him through Sharingan genjutsu and Wood Release rather than allowing his curse to take effect. Interested in his unusual powers, Zhou offers recruitment but first investigates whether he has harmed innocents. Recruitment is coercive: Zhou makes clear that immortality would not save Duan Fei from indefinite confinement or other forms of helplessness 179 180.

Evening Bell and Dawn

After returning to Xinghai University, Duan Fei joins Evening Bell and meets its leader, Xia Qingran. Zhou permits him to retain his faith but forbids recruiting other students into the Jashin Cult. Zhao Qiu offers him accommodation in his dormitory 181.

When Evening Bell disbands, Duan Fei asks whether he is free to leave. Zhou refuses and establishes Dawn instead; Duan Fei and Zhao Qiu become its first members alongside Zhou. Principal Xi Yan also agrees to formally admit Duan Fei to Xinghai University and teach him with the others 206 207 208.

Appearance

• General appearance: A young man, initially encountered carrying a huge scythe over his shoulder 178.
• Ritual transformation: His body turns glossy black during the curse sequence shown inside Zhou Fan’s genjutsu 178 179.
• Dawn attire: Wears the organization’s Red Cloud Black Robe on operations 430.

Personality

Duan Fei is a fervent Jashin worshipper who interprets combat as divine punishment. Calling the Jashin Cult an “evil cult” enrages him, and he repeatedly invokes his god while attacking enemies. His devotion extends beyond combat: he habitually tries to recruit strangers and dismisses romantic interest in favor of Jashin 178 181 224 238.

Pain excites rather than deters him. He feels injuries, complains about their intensity, and then describes the experience as pleasurable. His fascination with suffering also makes him more enthusiastic when an opponent becomes frightened 178 194 241.

He is socially oblivious, boastful, and prone to talking back when ordered around. Nevertheless, he follows Zhou Fan’s decisions and later accepts criticism of his fighting style without argument. Once he discovers the benefits of the Eight Gates Technique, he enthusiastically commits to training and treats Zhao Qiu as a competitive sparring partner 267 450 451 452.

Abilities & Skills

Immortal Body

• Survives otherwise fatal damage: Endures fire attacks and a wooden spike through his chest; later remains active after Iris severs his head 178 237.
• Reattachment and recovery: Reattaches his severed head and recovers without an obvious major expenditure of power. Iris considers the apparent lack of cost especially unusual 238.
• Continued action while injured: Keeps hold of Iris’s hand even after decapitation, creating an opening for Zhao Qiu’s attack 237.
• Pain remains present: Immortality does not make him insensitive to injury; he experiences and enjoys the pain 178 179.
• Not immunity to defeat: Genjutsu, physical restraint, and power-draining Wood Release can incapacitate him despite his survival ability 179.
• Finite tolerance for strain: The Gate of Death remains beyond his physical capacity as of his latest training report 496.

Blood-Based Curse

• Core effect: Transfers injuries inflicted on Duan Fei to a cursed target. Zhou Fan compares the mechanism to Hidan’s abilities 179.
• Blood requirement: He must obtain his opponent’s blood; enemies without blood leave the curse unusable 259.
• Ritual setup: Draws a circle containing a triangle in blood. The attempted ritual against Zhou also includes licking blood from his weapon and stabbing his own heart, though that entire sequence occurs within genjutsu 178 179 240.
• Confirmed lethal application: Stabs his own heart to transmit the injury to Robert, who collapses after experiencing the corresponding pain 194.
• Information-dependent advantage: Opponents unfamiliar with the ritual can be caught off guard; those who understand it can prevent him from acquiring their blood 259 450.
• High-tier limitation: Zhou warns that fifth-tier and stronger Espers may possess survival methods that prevent a single successful curse from finishing them 450.

Blood’s Hostile Effect

• Punishes unauthorized consumption: Iris suffers an alien, harmful force after draining Duan Fei’s blood 240.
• Duan Fei’s explanation: He claims that anyone consuming his Jashin-bestowed blood without his willing permission faces the god’s judgment 240.
• Counterattack opportunity: During the same fight, he reveals that he has also consumed Iris’s blood and prepares his curse ritual 240.

Scythe Combat and Tanking

• Chained reach: Uses a chain to extend his scythe’s attack range in the combat sequence shown within Zhou’s genjutsu 178 179.
• Injury-trading tactics: Initially relies on basic Taijutsu and reckless attacks, accepting damage in exchange for a chance to obtain enemy blood 178 452.
• Distraction role: Draws Three-Tails’ attention while Jiaoxin and Zhao Qiu attack. He explicitly defends his contribution as that of a “tank” 282.
• Coordinated surprise attacks: Charges through Jiaoxin’s fireball to attack Ruan Qingqing immediately after her shield breaks 283.
• Offensive limits: His scythe cannot penetrate Three-Tails’ shell, and Ruan Qingqing adapts to his assault and throws him aside 282 283.

Eight Gates Technique

• Function: Removes bodily limits to release greater physical power temporarily; each additional gate increases both strength and bodily strain 451.
• Compatibility: His healing ability and gravity-conditioned physique make him particularly suited to the technique 450 451.
• Rapid learning: Opens the first four gates on his first training day and reaches the Seventh Gate in just over a month 451 472 496.
• Sustained use: His Immortal Body allows him to maintain the technique for hours during intensive sparring 452.
• Developing skill: Training with Zhao Qiu improves his previously mediocre Taijutsu, giving him an alternative to winning solely through curse rituals 452.
• Projected potential: Zhou initially estimates that the Seventh Gate would let him fight a Fifth Tier, 1 Star powerhouse. The eventual combination of immortality and the Gate of Death remains an untested goal 451 496.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Huge chained scythe — Primary melee weapon and a means of obtaining blood for his curse 178 239.
• Dagger / short blade — Used to stab himself when transmitting injuries through the curse ritual 179 194 241.
• Charm Ring — Treasure awarded by Zhou Fan because it attracts mutant-beast attacks, complementing Duan Fei’s Immortal Body and tanking role 260.
• “Three” codename ring — Dawn identification ring containing a mark that allows Zhou Fan to locate and teleport to its wearer in an emergency 267.
• Red Cloud Black Robe — Dawn’s organizational uniform 273 430.

Relationships

• Jashin — Worshipped deity and claimed source of his powers. Duan Fei offers powerful mutant beasts in gratitude for being saved 180.
• Zhou Fan — Former opponent, recruiter, Dawn leader, and martial instructor. Zhou initially forces his recruitment but later secures his university admission and develops training around his strengths 179 207 450 451.
• Zhao Qiu — Dorm host, frequent mission partner, and sparring rival. Their competitiveness drives their physical training 181 237 451 452.
• Xia Qingran — Former Evening Bell leader. She assigns Zhou to train him and supports including him in a difficult university mission 181 182 185.
• Xi Yan — Principal and formal teacher; admits him to Xinghai University and includes him among his personally supervised students 207.
• Jiaoxin — Dawn teammate and bounty partner. Duan Fei objects to his commanding tone but cooperates when Zhou confirms their assignment 267 268.
• Lin Qianqian — Dawn deputy leader and expedition teammate; Duan Fei praises her paper-butterfly scouting 257.
• Deidara — Dawn teammate and friendly rival. Duan Fei boasts that learning the Eight Gates Technique will allow him to become stronger first 401 450.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arc / Event	Duan Fei’s involvement
Lanya Island mission	Joins after reaching Third Tier, 1 Star. Fights alongside Zhao Qiu against Robert and uses his curse to transmit a heart wound 185 193 194 207.
Ashen City investigation	Accompanies the search for vampire spies. Survives Iris’s decapitation attack, fights her with Zhao Qiu, and turns her blood-draining against her 226 237 238 239 240 241.
Treasure Secret Realm	Joins Dawn’s expedition. Bloodless enemies expose his curse’s limitations; the treasure distribution gives him the Charm Ring 257 259 260.
Dawn’s first bounty operations	Partners with Jiaoxin on the 500,000 bounty against Li Hu. Defeats the gang’s underlings, then warmly receives the gratitude of Flying Leaf City’s residents 267 268 269.
Chaos Secret Realm	Helps subdue the Fourth Tier, 5 Star Three-Tails. Opposes Ruan Qingqing’s attempt to seize the beast and participates in an unsuccessful coordinated attack against her 282 283.
Zhou Fan’s presumed death	Plans to return to his own group after hearing Zhou was lost in a Spatial Storm. Zhou’s unexpected return restores the team’s sense of belonging 397.
Sea battle	Arrives with Jiaoxin and Deidara in Dawn robes; boards the warship with Jiaoxin after its barrier shatters 430.
Specialized martial training	Becomes Zhou’s test case for combining the Eight Gates Technique with an Immortal Body, progressing to the Seventh Gate while working toward the Gate of Death 450 451 452 472 496.

Notable Quotes

“But the more it hurts, the better I feel!” 178

“Come savor the most exquisite pain with me—!” 194

“Don't worry, Boss. I won't let you down!” 496

Trivia

• Duan Fei proposes naming Zhou Fan’s new organization the Jashin Cult instead of Dawn. Zhou rejects the suggestion, warning that the principal would expel them 208.
• He hopes Dawn’s first 800,000 in bounty earnings will be divided among its founders. Instead, Zhou retains the money as organizational funding and establishes a 10,000 monthly salary, expense reimbursement, and possible performance bonuses 272.