Xu Xingke

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Xu Xingke has a history as an emperor and military leader. During an earlier struggle against the Destruction Calamity, he helped create an art intended to withstand it, but traitors caused the Eternal Brain to malfunction at the decisive moment. Without its eternal power, the art could no longer be used. He later confronts former allies who had killed their own people rather than merely fleeing the enemy 576 600.

His reputation among the Resistance Army combines rescue work with ruthless punishment. After a military officer’s descendant preyed on civilian girls, Xu Xingke killed the offender, fought through those protecting him, and killed the senior officer. In another battle, he suffered grave injuries saving his companions. Major organizations exploited his weakened condition to pursue his Card Book, making him an SSS-rank wanted criminal. He nevertheless retained a Grand Marshal Emblem and accepted Dantai Mingyue’s renewed service 402.

Xu Xingke recuperates on Death Planet, where his old injury limits the enemies he can fight. The Sword Maiden arranges for Shen Ye to become his student, hoping Shen Ye’s unconventional temperament will counterbalance his seriousness and rigidity. Xu Xingke allows Shen Ye to address him as either “Old Xu” or “teacher” 174 255 428.

Appearance

Xu Xingke initially looks like a weathered, dispirited middle-aged man. Once his curse breaks, he appears to be in his twenties, with a sharp, openly murderous bearing 430.

• Preferred clothing: A neatly pressed leather jacket, jeans, and black leather shoes 421.
• Signature habit: Frequently carries or smokes a cigarette, including during battles and negotiations 215 291 392.
• After the curse breaks: His Card Book’s cover becomes smooth and silvery white instead of black 430.

Personality

Xu Xingke is serious, competitive, and methodical about eliminating threats. He dislikes losing and treats unfinished retaliation as a source of future danger. After forcing the Archaeological Association to withdraw from government agencies, he explains that he concealed his intention to kill those responsible so they would not scatter and waste his time 191.

His severity has a stated moral boundary: he refuses to kill innocent people merely because they might become dangerous later. He praises Shen Ye for sparing Hera on that basis. He also rejects divine “guidance” that asks humans to surrender their souls, independent judgment, and responsibility for their crimes 530 663.

As a teacher, he is protective without demanding control over every decision. He defends Shen Ye against powerful factions, safeguards his financial interests, and explains practical ways to use skills. When Shen Ye considers entering the Immortal Kingdom’s affairs, Xu Xingke warns him of the danger but leaves the decision to him 268 272 383.

His intimidating manner coexists with dry humor and ordinary boundaries. He tells a would-be conqueror that surviving their first fight will earn him a second fight—not permission to proceed. When drinking with Shen Ye, he reserves the beer for himself because his student is underage 175 215.

Abilities & Skills

Immortal Barrier Dharma Form

Xu Xingke’s Dharma Form manifests as an immense city wall, sometimes containing nebulae, galaxies, and countless stars 261 382.

• Immortal Barrier: All Spirits Guard the Beacon: Draws power from broken worlds and bestows it upon humans certified by the Tower of Tarot 261.
• Immortal Barrier: Master of This Age: An art he confirms having cast in the past. During the Great Tomb crisis, its deployment accompanies his departure to assist Shen Ye 261.
• Offensive use: Delivers ranged punches with the phantom city wall unfolded behind him 382.
• Defensive use: Uses the wall against Sarich’s bombardment and turns incoming rays into stone strips 602.
• The Other Shore: His Dharma Form is recognized there as an Eerie Shadow, an uncanny-side power. It does not immediately make him dominant; he still needs local uncanny power and Sequence advancement 633 645 647.

Serious Person

His Serious Person trait brings a person directly before its user when their name is spoken 392 533.

• Shen Ye temporarily borrows the trait and summons Xu Xingke from thousands of miles away 533.
• A false name produces no response, allowing Xu Xingke to detect the White-Haired Elder’s lie 576.
• When he tries calling several intended targets and nothing happens, he subsequently learns they are already dead 402.

Grant Death

Grant Death is Xu Xingke’s unique Law Tree, classified as basic, public-type, Human Race-exclusive, and eternal 598.

• Every all-out strike has a 1% chance of instantly killing the enemy, regardless of identity or level 598.
• The displayed percentage belongs to the law’s basic form 598.
• Awakens during his battle with Sarich, whom he kills after deploying Sacrifice and True Dragon 602.

Tarot Card Arts

Xu Xingke uses Cards for combat, transport, communication, investigation, and cultivation support 370 392 513.

• Summoning: Deploys shield-bearing Grand Knights, spear formations, a giant, an Emperor Species Cosmic Insect, and a mummy 370.
• Teleportation: Sends people and Cards across great distances. A failed attempt to reach Death Planet is sufficiently unusual to alarm his companions 494 513.
• Investigation: Uses Mirror River’s Deep Currents to examine the circumstances behind a trait’s formation 517.
• Recording: Consults a battle record Card to identify the Sword Maiden and Xiao Mengyu’s Secret Sword, Painting Shadows 561.
• Ability combination: Uses The Fool’s Sigh to gather three people’s special abilities into one recipient 392.
• Limits: His summoned creatures can be destroyed by sufficiently powerful enemies, as demonstrated by the monster disguised as a Dao Palace disciple 370.

Close Combat and Movement

Xu Xingke fights barehanded or with boxing gloves and gauntlets, combining punches, kicks, movement techniques, and summoned support 215 262 600.

• Scattered Stars: Leaves opponents targeting light and shadow from seven seconds earlier. He uses it as a targeted counter to the Emperor Species’ Fate’s End Banner 262.
• Petrification: Turns Zhao Tu and Security Bureau personnel to stone 191.
• Punishment arts: Calls forth a cauldron of boiling oil with Cauldron Boiling, followed by Pit Him 576.
• Divine Shield—Thousand-Mile Rampart: Manifests a vast city-wall shield that turns enemy spells back. Requires eternal power, which Shen Ye temporarily supplies through the Eternal Brain’s Source Power 576.

Perception and Instruction

Xu Xingke can perceive manifestations of names and traits and recognize suspicious emotional or spiritual signatures 268 370.

• Identifies Shen Ye’s conspicuous trait manifestation and confirms when it has been hidden 268.
• Recognizes that the apparent Dao Palace disciple’s immense malice is inconsistent with his supposed age and identity 370.
• Teaches Shen Ye that skills activate according to fixed conditions, demonstrating that Beidong Divine Fist can be prepared with an ally before fighting an enemy 268.
• Advocates real combat as the fastest way to deepen practical understanding 188.

Passive Skills and Sequence Arts

• Iron Lung: Prevents his lungs from being harmed by smoking; explicitly described as a one-of-a-kind skill 576.
• Iron Guts: Prevents intimidation-type traits from cowing his mind and spirit 576.
• Return-to-City Art: Opens a spatial passage so a being at the designated coordinates can return to the Church 645.
• God Is with You: A basic Godslayer Sequence blessing received alongside Shen Ye; its specific effects are not given in the supplied passage 645.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Card Book — Stores and supports his Cards, including difficult long-distance deliveries. Organizations pursue him in hopes of seizing it; its black cover becomes silvery white when his curse breaks 402 430 513.
• Boxing gloves and gauntlets — Used against the Emperor Species and Sarich 262 600.
• Grand Marshal Emblem — An old military emblem he still possesses despite attempts to reclaim it 402.
• The Fool’s Sigh — Forbidden Card that simultaneously activates three people’s special abilities and gathers them within one person, temporarily granting the name The Fool 392.
• Mirror River’s Deep Currents — Tarot hidden-series Card numbered fifty-one and a half; reveals a trait’s formation and offers secret developmental advice from the Dharma Realm 517.
• Tarot Secret Chamber — Cultivation Card entrusted to Song Yinchen. Ten outside days provide three years inside, and each person can use it only once 513.
• Sacrifice — Draws on the fundamental Source Power of all worlds through a public sacrifice to heaven and earth 602.
• True Dragon — Grants a blessing of heaven-and-earth Source Power, usable only once every hundred years 602.
• Provocative Declaration — Marking Spellcraft Card that designates a race and issues a provocation to more powerful beings on its behalf 633.
• Secret Card — Given to Shen Ye while Xu Xingke is shackled in the Saint Tower. Hera uses it to create an imitation tower that preserves the inhabitants during the original’s destruction 662.

Relationships

• Shen Ye — Student. Xu Xingke protects him from political retaliation, secures intellectual-property rights for his discovery involving Beidong Divine Fist, and respects his right to choose dangerous paths. Later, Shen Ye supplies him with borrowed powers and helps rescue him from the Saint Tower 191 268 383 576 662.
• Sword Maiden — Longstanding companion and fellow combatant. She selects Shen Ye as his student and is relieved when his broken curse means they can stop running. Her own suppression lifts at the same time 255 430.
• Song Yinchen — Addresses him as teacher. He warns her of assassination plans, advises her against helping Shen Ye before she is strong enough, and gives her access to the Tarot Secret Chamber 204 388 513.
• Cang Nanyan — Ally temporarily recruited into the Tower of Tarot during the Great Tomb crisis; later assists in capturing Zhang Yang 261 517.
• Xiao Mengyu — Ally and fellow guardian of Shen Ye’s creations. He coordinates her abilities against the Saint Venerable and witnesses her sword formation with the Sword Maiden 392 548 561.
• Nangong Sirui — A beneficiary of his broader teaching and a fellow guardian of Shen Ye’s creations. Xu Xingke protects him during the Dao Palace trial and takes him on missions to improve his strength 370 548.
• Dantai Mingyue — Resistance Army follower who admires his past actions and pledges to serve under him again 402.
• Mojiahou and Xiatelai — Former opposing powers with whom he negotiates an alliance. He accepts cooperation rather than a costly battle that would benefit rival planets 297.
• Zhang Yang — Mole captured by Xu Xingke, the Sword Maiden, and Cang Nanyan after a Tarot Card exposes evidence connected to his trait 517.
• Sarich — Destruction Supreme God and old enemy. Xu Xingke kills him after awakening Grant Death 600 602.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Impersonation

• A separate Gate Ability user repeatedly impersonates Xu Xingke through the Friendship Gate. Shen Ye exposes the disguise through truth suppression 421 429.
• The Dingdang Cat trait, wish-fulfilling Friendship items, the Dark Gold blade, and the Fast Cultivation Guide belong to the impostor’s actions—not the real Xu Xingke’s abilities or gifts 421 430 431.
• The impostor exploits Xu Xingke’s fearsome reputation to deter White Night Demon Cage agents, then privately identifies himself as someone else to avoid fighting them 433 434.

Notable Quotes

“When we go out to handle something, we have to make sure it’s clean and thorough.”
“—Leave no future trouble.” 191

“If you survive, we will fight a second round.” 215

“Remember, skills are rigid. They only detect whether you’ve met certain conditions, then activate the mysteries within.” 268

“We will never kill innocent people.” 663