Ghost King Zhenyue

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

In life, Li Cunxiao was an exceptionally formidable warrior associated with the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. His battlefield record was undefeated, and the murderous aura accumulated through countless killings frightened ghosts away even from his personal guards. He recalls slaughtering tens of thousands of Zhu Wen’s soldiers 78.

After death, he commanded vast ghost armies and carved out a Ghost Kingdom amid the era’s warfare. His imperial rites on Mount Tai established the honorific Zhenyue. White Rainbow Dao Lord eventually defeated him; ancient records identify the Dao Lord as the last recorded owner of Humanity’s Supreme Treasure 35 78 110.

From the Song Dynasty onward, Zhenyue largely remained near the Jade Seal, fearing that someone might steal it and bring chaos to the world. He consequently knows much more about pre-Song history than later dynastic events. He considers the school an intruder on his property, rather than himself an intruder in its dormitory, and retains a Song Dynasty deed to support that claim 105.

Nuomi encountered him in the Old Dormitory Building approximately two years before his later attempts to recover the Seal. Although his imposing entrance frightened her, she defeated him and drove him away, taking over the building 53 77 105.

Appearance

• Heavy, battle-scarred armor: Covered in bloodstains, gaps, and scratches. He deliberately leaves it unrepaired, treating the damage as proof of his military achievements 78.
• Weighty presence: His steps shake the earth and draw upon the momentum of heaven and earth when he confronts the Red King 78.
• Spectacular entrances: Nuomi remembers his original appearance being accompanied by a thousand standing corpses and a hundred wailing ghosts 53.
• Mist form: Can dissolve into mist to escape an opponent 59.

Personality

Zhenyue is intensely proud of a kingship earned through warfare. He distinguishes himself from ghosts who merely inherited prestigious titles in life, dismissing such figures as unworthy of meeting him even if they later attain Golden Core. His contempt extends to the Red King, whom he treats as an ignorant junior 78.

That arrogance collapses around Nuomi. Her attacks leave him more psychologically shaken than physically injured, and he avoids discovery, conceals his intentions, and asks her to call him “Little Li.” When she catches him stealing, he quickly invents an alternative target to preserve another chance at the Jade Seal 53 77 105.

He interprets coin tosses, sudden impulses, and changes in fortune as possible expressions of heaven’s will. This makes him indecisive before risky attempts, but also willing to act when a favorable event convinces him his luck has improved 59 77 105.

Online, he is argumentative, foul-mouthed, and particularly passionate about defending Li Cunxiao against comparisons with Lu Bu. He is also generous toward Zhou You, rewarding both agreement with his historical opinions and an absence of prejudice against Ghost Cultivators 83 101 102 105.

Abilities & Skills

Battlefield Combat

Zhenyue developed his own fighting techniques through a lifetime of warfare and continued refining them after death 105.

• Can redirect an opponent’s force using practiced combat techniques 105.
• Trades punches and grapples with the Red King at close range 78 81.
• Limit: Technique cannot compensate for Nuomi’s overwhelming strength; he cannot withstand her punches 105.
• Unresolved strength: His fight with the Red King ends without a winner, and both deliberately avoid using their real abilities to keep from drawing attention 81 82.

Dense Yin Energy

His yin energy is potent enough to collide with the Red King’s flame body, allowing a punch to strike an opponent who would ordinarily be immune to physical attacks 78.

• The Red King describes its density as unlike anything he has previously encountered 78.
• His presence activates all seven beads of Mind Master’s consecrated detection bracelet during their direct confrontation 78.

Ghostly Movement and Concealment

• Passing through walls: Enters Class Three through the adjoining classroom wall while attempting to reach Chu Xiaoyao’s desk 105.
• Mist escape: Dissolves into mist after Nuomi overwhelms him during his first documented classroom theft attempt 59.
• Aura concealment: Uses a Secret Art to reduce his presence to almost nothing 105.
• Night vision: Sees the darkened sports field as clearly as if it were daytime 77.
• Limit: Ordinary people cannot see his ghostly body. Rather than personally haunt an online opponent and risk his dignity, he hires Zhou You to act for him 101 102.

Arrays and Spiritual Attacks

• Sets up a Soundproofing Array before loudly venting his anger in the dormitory 83.
• Lian Yi identifies him as the dormitory presence that crushed her scouting avatar with a thought, injuring her through its connection to her main body 53 79.
• Lian Yi estimates that he is at least Golden Core, but explicitly cannot determine his actual cultivation level 79.

Historical Knowledge

• Knows pre-Song history through personal participation and observation 105.
• Limit: Cannot explain the Ming Dynasty’s fall because his long guardianship kept him isolated from later events 105.
• Uses his Ghost King Group contacts to offer Nuomi access to people better informed about later history 105 110.

Equipment / Items

• Battle-scarred armor — Preserved without repairs as a record of his warfare 78.
• Song Dynasty property deed — Supports his claim that the school was built on his land 105.
• Decision-making coins — Uses coin tosses to decide whether to attempt a theft; later throws away a Lucky Coin after his opportunity is ruined 59 77 83.
• Phone — Uses the Cultivation Forum, WeChat, and the Ghost King Group to seek information, argue, and commission help 83 101 105.
• Imperial Seal / Jade Seal — Humanity’s Supreme Treasure, which he guards and repeatedly seeks to recover. By his classroom theft attempts, it is stored in Chu Xiaoyao’s desk rather than in his possession 59 105.

Relationships

• Nuomi — Former opponent and the principal obstacle to recovering the Seal. She drove him out of the dormitory, repeatedly overpowers him, and eventually releases him to chat about history 53 77 105.
• Zhou You — Hired representative and generous beneficiary of his forum payments. Zhou handles his dispute with the Soul King; payment and tips total seventeen spirit jade, with expenses reimbursed separately 101 102 105.
• Chu Xiaoyao / Heavenly Calamity — Holds the Jade Seal in her classroom desk. Zhenyue initially does not recognize the name “Heavenly Calamity” and unsuccessfully searches for information about it 59 82 83 105.
• White Rainbow Dao Lord — Historical victor over him and the last recorded owner of Humanity’s Supreme Treasure. Other ghost kings consider even losing to such a figure an exceptional distinction 35 110.
• Red King — Rival claimant to the Seal. Their restrained brawl prevents either from taking it and leaves both blaming the other 78 81 82.
• Soul King — Online adversary over Li Cunxiao versus Lu Bu. Neither initially understands the other’s identity; Zhenyue sends Zhou You to their arranged confrontation 101 102 103.
• Ghost King Chongzhen, Clash Ghost King, and Loyalty Ghost King — Fellow Ghost King Group members. Despite their mutual grievances, all three refrain from fighting in his presence out of respect for his standing 110.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Treasure Discovery and Mistaken Identification

• Mind Master and Force Wielder decipher an ancient clue naming Zhenyue as the treasure’s guardian and locating it at Chang’an No. 2 High School 16.
• They mistake the classroom ghost circling Zhou You for Zhenyue. The Red King later observes that same supposed guardian as a barefoot ghost in a white dress; subsequent reports distinguish Nuomi from the actual Zhenyue 17 30 35 82.
• Zhenyue watches the group at Big Stone Lake, worried that they have discovered the Human Dao Supreme Treasure he hid there. He is relieved when Nuomi cannot enter the water 23.
• After the Jade Seal is taken, he returns to the dormitory to watch the lake and consider reclaiming it 53.

Failed Attempts to Recover the Seal

• Sneaks into the classroom while Nuomi practices visualization. She mistakes him for an imagined opponent, beats him, and interprets his escape as proof that her training worked 59.
• Seizes another opportunity when Nuomi leaves to watch Su Tingxue and Duan Yuxian’s duel, but encounters the Red King pursuing the same treasure 77 78.
• Their confrontation deteriorates into grappling and insults. Both retreat as Zhou You’s group approaches, leaving the Seal untouched 79 81 82.
• Back in the dormitory, he vents behind a Soundproofing Array and unsuccessfully investigates the name “Heavenly Calamity” 83.

Online Dispute and Identity Reveal

• A historical argument with the Soul King escalates into a proposed face-to-face fight. Zhenyue posts a ten-spirit-jade commission for someone to frighten his opponent 101.
• Zhou You accepts and brings Chu Xiaoyao, terrifying the Soul King rather than producing the ordinary confrontation either disputant expected 102 103.
• Independently researching Zhenyue, the Professor finds an interrogation record explicitly naming him Li Cunxiao 104.

Recruiting History Tutors

• Encouraged by the successful commission, Zhenyue again tries to steal the Seal. Nuomi catches and overpowers him, but recognizes him and lets him remain for a conversation 105.
• He claims to have come for Spirit Stones, hiding his interest in the Seal. Nuomi’s history assignment gives him an excuse to summon fellow ghost kings and maintain contact with her 105.
• Chongzhen, Clash, and Loyalty arrive at the dormitory. Zhenyue leads them toward Class Three, where they encounter a ghost domain capable of suppressing their cultivation 110.

Trivia

• His fierce advocacy for Li Cunxiao predates the explicit revelation that he is Li Cunxiao 83 101 104.
• Despite his ancient military reputation, he conducts commissions and reimbursements through the same forums and messaging services used by modern cultivators 101 102 105.
• He privately praises the newly initiated Su Tingxue for daring to treat Nuomi as an opponent, remarking that even Zhang Daoling had not managed that 99.