Xu Xuan

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Xu Xuan previously worked for a company that entrusted him with demanding responsibilities involving several influential figures. After transmigrating, he was born as Xu Xiao’s son in the Evolutionary Spirit Sect and spent more than a decade living comfortably. He deliberately concealed his exceptional talent, hoping to inherit the sect master’s position and enjoy an undemanding life 1.

That plan collapsed when the Grand Mystic Dao Palace sent him a golden invitation at fifteen. With the entire sect watching his progress, he cultivated diligently for three months and crossed three major realms. The sect consequently recognized him as its greatest historical genius 1.

The Infinite Life Deduction System then revealed that Tang Chuan’s impending challenge would kill him whether he accepted or refused. It assigned Xu Xuan only 130 Fate Points and classified him as the “first villain,” not because of wrongdoing, but because he opposed a Heaven-favored chosen one 1.

Appearance

Xu Xuan is depicted in white robes, with an extraordinary face and bearing that become more striking after acquiring the Chaos Body 2 3 5 6.

• Composed presence: His calm demeanor impresses visiting faction leaders and distinguishes him from their disciples 6.
• Transformed bearing: The Chaos Body changes him internally and externally, including the impression he makes on others 2.
• Manifested third eye: Heaven-Burning produces an additional eye in the center of his forehead 21 37.

Personality

Xu Xuan initially values comfort, security, and freedom from responsibility more than martial ambition. His reluctance to enter a powerful cultivation faction comes from a practical fear of exploitation and death rather than a lack of talent. Once the system exposes the threat to his life, however, he becomes increasingly determined to gain enough power that neither chosen ones nor powerful sect figures can control him 1 5.

He is courteous and observant when cooperation serves him, but deliberately provocative toward enemies. He respects Yun Qingxue’s boundaries during her dispute with Tang Chuan, wins goodwill through modest behavior, and uses both relationships and public opinion to undermine hostile chosen ones. These calculated motives coexist with genuine attachment: he insists on protection for his father, is moved by Luo Xiaotian’s willingness to defend him, and helps rescue humans during the demon invasion 3 4 6 8 12 13 22.

Humiliation and difficult trials bring out his stubbornness. He refuses Xing Yun’s demand that he call himself trash and repeatedly attempts the Endless Sea trial despite injuries and a predicted ten-percent success rate. He is also willing to threaten or kill opponents who endanger him or Yun Qingxue 18 19 40 45.

Abilities & Skills

Infinite Life Deduction System

The system reconstructs Xu Xuan’s past, predicts possible futures, and supplies information about other individuals, opportunities, and dangers 1 21 34.

• Life deduction: Tests choices before he commits to them, including Tang Chuan’s challenge, confronting Zi Yun, and attacking the Black Dragon Town bandits 1 20 23.
• Fate assessment: Identifies chosen ones and tracks changes in fate caused by affection, resentment, humiliation, and public support 1 3 8 21.
• Sign-in rewards: Grants the Chaos Body and unlocks sign-ins at eligible locations for treasures, cultivation methods, and divine weapons 2.
• Situational guidance: Reveals the cure for Ice Snake venom, warns against attacking the Tree Spirit, and locates a life-bearing egg 34 38 47.
• Limits: Cannot determine the Pavilion Elder’s exact cultivation. Its predictions also make clear that preparation cannot always overcome a decisive strength gap 14 23.

Chaos Body

Obtained through his first sign-in, the Chaos Body combines spiritual power of numerous attributes and continuously strengthens his physique 2.

• Automatically absorbs pure spiritual energy, allowing him to progress without constant deliberate cultivation 2 3.
• Provides formidable physical strength and varied spiritual power; he shatters Tang Chuan’s techniques with single punches 2 8.
• Renders Tang Chuan’s Purple Moon Sacred Fire ineffective against him 7.
• Is described by Elder Bai as invincible within the same realm 19.
• Has an attractive influence on others, including members of the opposite sex 2.
• Does not eliminate every realm disadvantage: Xing Yun initially defeats him while possessing higher cultivation 18.

Spirit-Burning God-Slaying Art: Heaven-Burning

A Heaven-grade divine ability received as an incomplete manual from Luo Xiaotian. The fragment contains its first level, Heaven-Burning, and is sufficient for cultivation through the Purple Mansion Realm 21.

• Manifests a third eye and unleashes heavenly fire 21 37.
• Learned aboard the spirit ship before the Black Dragon Town mission, despite the manual’s reputation for extreme difficulty 22 37.
• Combines with Yin-Yang Twin Dragons to defeat Lin Ru across a full major realm gap 37.
• Can impose substantial strain; its use during the pagoda’s illusion leaves him severely depleted and unconscious 31.
• Cannot be activated while the Ten-Thousand-Year Tree Spirit’s restraint suppresses his divine abilities 39.

Yin-Yang Twin Dragons

An Earth-tier, mid-grade divine ability Xu Xuan comprehends during his battle with Lin Ru. He suspects the Ice Snake blood he drank contributed to the acquisition 37.

• Converges yin and yang into two enormous dragons 37.
• In its final form, briefly drains an opponent’s abilities—including cultivation—if they fail to resist its initial activation 43.
• Allows him to eliminate two hostile Purple Mansion Realm core disciples after reaching the seventh heaven of the Heavenly Mansion Realm 43.

Cultivation and Martial Techniques

• Spirit-Evolving Essence-Calming Art: Listed at full mastery on his initial system panel 1.
• Phantom Spirit Art: Used in the life-and-death battle with Tang Chuan 9.
• Improvised weapons: Fights Xing Yu with an ordinary wooden stick against a mid-grade spiritual weapon, then avoids the hidden weapons predicted by the system 17.
• Training gap: By the Tree Spirit encounter, he admits that he has not seriously sought powerful cultivation techniques since joining the Heavenly Palace 39.

Strategy and Cultural Arts

• Draws Yun Qingxue into discussions involving music, chess, calligraphy, painting, saber arts, swordsmanship, and movement techniques 5.
• Defeats the fourth-floor Go guardian with a previously overlooked white stone that overturns its apparent advantage 35.
• Uses an opponent’s force to his benefit, riding the Endless Sea’s waves to the finish instead of continuing to resist them directly 45.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Primordial Spirit Pearl — High-grade spirit treasure granted by the Evolutionary Spirit Sect. Purifies spiritual energy, refines spiritual power, and accelerates cultivation 1.
• Chaos Source Stones / Chaos Origin Stone — Possesses several stones capable of aiding comprehension of chaos. Gives one to Zhao Wuji to secure goodwill and reinforce the envoy’s commitment to his sect 8 10.
• Recording bead — System-provided item used to document Xing Yu’s hidden-weapon attack and submit evidence to the deacons 17 18.
• Mo Tianji’s token — Proof of his master’s authority; frightens Sun Fang into withdrawing with Luo Feng 28.
• Disciple token — Records ten thousand mission points after completion of the Black Dragon Town mission 28.
• Mysterious Spatial Ring — System reward for defeating Lin Ru. Requires blood-binding and contains a stated thousand square meters of storage space 37.
• Wood essence — Received from the Ten-Thousand-Year Tree Spirit; described as capable of restoring someone on the verge of death with a single drop 39.
• Starry Sky Garment — Enables unrestricted travel through the stars, enhances his abilities, and can temporarily raise his cultivation by one level. Lets him traverse the sixth-floor guardian’s starry trial 41.
• Dragon Plaque — Golden-dragon token that binds and houses a leading purple-armored puppet and roughly a dozen white-armored puppets, allowing them to leave the pagoda with him 42.
• Mysterious white egg — Life-bearing egg found in an alternate-dimensional space and stored in his Spatial Ring; its identity is not established 47.

Relationships

• Xu Xiao — Father and Evolutionary Spirit Sect master. Encourages Xu Xuan to defend himself and pursue martial excellence even at the sect’s expense; Xu Xuan makes his safety a recruitment condition 1 6.
• Yun Qingxue — Romantic interest, fellow disciple of Mo Tianji, and trial companion. Calls him “Brother Xuan”; he secures her entry to the Heavenly Palace and gives her the Ice Snake gallbladder that awakens her Frost Divine Body 5 6 15 35.
• Mo Tianji — Master. Accepts both Xu Xuan and Yun Qingxue, protects Xu Xuan from Elder Bai, and advises him to conceal his age outside the sect and seek a Holy Son position 15 19 20.
• Luo Xiaotian — Friend and fellow disciple, identified as a Son of Heaven’s Dao. Provides Heaven-Burning, accompanies him on the dangerous bandit mission, and repeatedly protects him during the pagoda trials 21 22 25 31 34.
• Zhao Wuji — Heavenly Palace envoy turned supporter. Initially influenced by Tang Chuan, becomes an enthusiastic advocate after witnessing Xu Xuan’s Chaos Body, and promises protection for his family 5 6 10.
• Tang Chuan — First major enemy and an S-rank chosen one. Seeks Xu Xuan’s invitation and destruction of his family faction; Xu Xuan depletes his fate before killing him 1 2 8 9 10.
• Elder Bai — Hostile elder whose recruitment offer Xu Xuan rejects. Intervenes for Xing Yun and plots Xu Xuan’s elimination 15 16 19.
• Xing Yu and Xing Yun — Enemy brothers. Xu Xuan exposes Xing Yu’s forbidden ambush, then turns defeat by Xing Yun into a breakthrough and victory 17 18 19.
• Zi Yun — Elder Bai’s eldest disciple and a Holy Son. A major obstacle to Xu Xuan’s own Holy Son ambitions; the system initially predicts death whether Xu Xuan challenges him or is targeted by him 20 29.
• Purple Moon Empress — Tang Chuan’s mother. Launches the Purple Moon Wolf Clan’s invasion to avenge her son’s death 10.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Defying the Chosen One

• Acquires the Chaos Body after learning that both responses to Tang Chuan’s challenge lead to death 1 2.
• Builds a relationship with Yun Qingxue while exploiting Tang Chuan’s jealousy to erode his fate 3 4 5.
• Shatters the Phantom Spirit Stone during Zhao Wuji’s talent test and negotiates admission for Yun Qingxue and protection for Xu Xiao 6.
• Overwhelms Tang Chuan, counters his Chaos Source Stone bargaining attempt, and invokes his Purple Moon Wolf Clan connections to turn the crowd against him 8.
• Kills Tang Chuan once his fate falls below the kill threshold. The resulting revenge invasion draws Xu Xuan into the defense of the Cloud Azure Territory 8 9 10 11.

Heavenly Palace Recruitment and Rivalry

• Chooses Mo Tianji after reviewing the competing elders’ records, rather than accepting the offers of abundant resources 14 15.
• Uses recorded evidence against Xing Yu and challenges Xing Yun when the elder brother intervenes 17 18.
• Breaks through to the Heavenly Mansion Realm during the confrontation. Mo Tianji prevents Elder Bai from striking him and arranges cultivation consolidation 19.
• Learns that replacing Zi Yun as a Holy Son could provide protection against the hostile elders, but is not yet strong enough to challenge him safely 20.

Black Dragon Town Mission

• Accepts an S-rank mission to suppress bandits and rescue abducted women, with Luo Xiaotian accompanying him for protection 22.
• Abandons an immediate assault after the system predicts certain death against the bandit chief without Luo Xiaotian’s help 23.
• Opens the captives’ cell, but retreats when they refuse to leave. Luo Xiaotian later defeats the scarred leader and secures their release 25 26.
• Supports Luo Xiaotian against Luo Feng by using Mo Tianji’s token to deter Sun Fang; completes the mission with ten thousand points 28.

Nine-Story Palace Trial

• Endures an illusion of his father and sect being massacred. The destruction is not real, though his emotional response and exhaustion are genuine 30 31.
• Survives Ice Snake venom by drinking its blood, helps awaken Yun Qingxue’s Frost Divine Body, and clears the Go trial 34 35.
• Defeats Lin Ru, obtains the Spatial Ring, and helps destroy the armored puppets blocking further progress 37 38.
• Encounters the Ten-Thousand-Year Tree Spirit, receives wood essence, and later passes the starry trial using the Starry Sky Garment 38 39 41.
• Advances inside the Crystal Ball, acquires the puppet-bearing Dragon Plaque, and eliminates two more core disciples 42 43.
• Clears the Endless Sea through repeated attempts, discovers the mysterious egg, and reaches the ninth heaven of the Heavenly Mansion Realm under the eighth floor’s pressure 45 47.

Notable Quotes

“My fate is mine to command, not heaven’s. If heaven wills my death, then I shall overturn the heavens themselves.” 5

“I am Xu Xuan, Mo Tianji’s disciple, not trash!!!” 18

“Break down the old to build anew. I understand!” 42