Shiheng

Biodata

Power Progression

Temporary Berserk increases are distinguished from his underlying warrior cultivation.

History

Transmigration and Enlistment

Shiheng’s previous incarnation was an ordinary Earth resident whose modest academic results and poorly paid work had gradually worn down his ambitions. His second life began when his soul entered Xiaoshitou, a young hunter dying from a second-rank Green Bamboo Snake’s bite. The two souls merged without conflict, leaving him with both sets of memories. He returned to Yanhe Village and accepted responsibility for Xiaoshitou’s elderly parents 1 2.

After enlisting, he advanced rapidly enough to enter the Elite Camp and receive the formal name Kelin Shiheng. Recognizing similarities between his new world and Coiling Dragon, he calculated that the Day of Destruction would arrive in thirty-eight years, counting from Yulan Calendar year 9962. Preparing to survive that catastrophe became a central reason for his relentless cultivation 4.

Mountain Range Expedition

Shiheng first awakened Berserk while holding off a fifth-level Thunder Eagle so his squad could escape. He remained standing until his companions had withdrawn safely, then collapsed. The expedition earned him his first ten gold coins and revealed the potential of his unusual power 5 6.

He later helped rescue Huohe Basike’s force from Wind Wolves and joined a seven-person expedition connected to the struggle over a ninth-level magical beast cub. His companions included Huohe, Xifaman, Kelan Kai, the Nalan sisters, and Kelin Xiaoman. During their battles against Man Snakes, Red-Blue Bees, and Wind Wolves, he frequently guarded the mages and intercepted attacks that broke through the front line 7 8 11 14 16.

The expedition’s most damaging encounter was with the Swift Raptor. Shiheng forced his Berserk strength to peak seventh level and pursued the beast through a prolonged battle, ultimately killing it with a punch to the skull. Xiaoman caught him before he fell from a cliff and repeatedly healed him during their recovery. In the cave, he refined Berserk into a teachable cultivation method and passed it to her before later teaching the rest of their companions 18 20 22 23 27 28.

Baron and Personal Guard Centurion

Following the expedition, Shiheng received a baron’s title and a share of fifteen thousand gold coins. He returned to Yanhe Village, where his parents were still living on thin porridge and sparse vegetables. After explaining that his wealth came from military merit rather than desertion, he promised to end their poverty 32.

He held a village feast, donated four hundred jin of fourth-level magical beast meat and five hundred gold coins, and moved his parents to a guarded residence near Hess City’s City Lord’s Mansion. He left them ten thousand gold coins before returning to duty. Legion Commander Kolewell approved of his decision to continue pursuing strength rather than retire into noble comfort and appointed him a personal guard centurion 33 34.

Laiyang and the Magic Crystal Vein

During Laiyang’s defense, Shiheng broke through to late fifth level while fighting a mage, a magical beast, and a warrior, all at peak sixth-level strength. His Berserk counterattack killed the beast and severed the mage’s arm, forcing the surviving enemies to retreat 35 36.

He subsequently discovered an eighth-level magic crystal vein and secretly claimed an ancient Space Ring from a severed God-level expert’s arm. The ring’s resources and Destruction Battle Qi Technique transformed his cultivation prospects. However, a Shadow Alliance assault overwhelmed the camp, and an eighth-level warrior shattered his saber and gravely wounded him while four seventh-level warriors helped pursue him 38 39 40.

Huohe and Xifaman found him unconscious beside a river and carried him to safety. After a half-month coma, he awakened in Wu Mountain Town and arranged for intelligence about the vein and attack to reach the Radiant Church and kingdom leadership 41 43.

Seclusion and Reunion with Xiaoman

The Radiant Church rewarded Shiheng with honorary temple warrior status, one million gold coins, Holy Water of Light, and Fine Iron Battle Qi Armor. He used the healing remedy and withdrew from outside affairs to recover and cultivate. Three and a half years of seclusion brought him to peak eighth level, followed by a separate enlightenment that elevated his spiritual power to Saint level 44 45.

Once healed, he left Wu Mountain Town to resume military duty and gain experience. While accompanying a mercenary caravan toward the Principality of Klan, he discovered that its passenger was Xiaoman when the Shadow Church attacked. He destroyed the attackers with spiritual power, killed their fleeing ninth-rank leader with saber energy, and continued home with Xiaoman on a shared Gale Horse 46 48 50.

Appearance

• Adult build: Tall and imposing, with a height of 1.88 meters and compact muscles that conceal explosive strength 45.
• Earlier appearance: Retains the honest, unassuming look of a farmer’s son despite his private ambitions 12.
• Berserk changes: His muscles tighten and swell, veins become prominent, and his skin can turn crimson or blue-black. Extreme frenzy gives him blood-red eyes 14 18 24 36.
• Military dress: Wears a carefully maintained uniform, including a personal guard uniform after his promotion 34.

Personality

Shiheng combines an outwardly calm manner with a strong refusal to repeat his previous life’s mediocrity. He treats military service, dangerous expeditions, and cultivation resources as opportunities to change his fate. Noble status does not satisfy him: he chooses continued battlefield training over a comfortable retirement and spends months cutting out unnecessary social activity 2 4 12 31 34.

His ambition is closely tied to responsibility. He protects wounded comrades, shares his secret method without withholding its principles, and materially supports both his parents and the village that cared for them. Even after becoming a baron, he greets the villagers without aristocratic arrogance 6 23 27 33.

His caution has limits when others are threatened. He conceals the Space Ring while vulnerable and initially plans to escape the doomed camp with vital intelligence, but seeing his fellow guards slaughtered drives him back into battle. During his most extreme Berserk episode, rage and revenge erase his tactical judgment entirely 18 38 39 43.

Abilities & Skills

Berserk Secret Method

Shiheng develops a controlled cultivation method from the emergency power first awakened by his mutated soul 5 23.

• Mechanism: Uses extreme emotion to stimulate the central nervous system and adrenaline production, increasing control over the body and releasing strength beyond ordinary limits 23.
• Physical enhancement: Raises strength, speed, agility, toughness, and explosive power; his earliest awakening also suppresses fear and pain 5.
• Teachability: Does not require the special bloodline his companions initially assume he possesses. He teaches Xiaoman and later the entire expedition group 23 27 28.
• Scaling: The relative improvement is especially pronounced for low-level warriors and diminishes as the practitioner’s level rises 24.
• Risks: Uncontrolled overuse damages his meridians and can destroy his reason. While he presents the refined method as harmless, forcing power far above his base cultivation still places severe strain on his body 18 23 27 40.

Destruction Battle Qi

The Destruction Battle Qi Technique uses rage and killing intent to cultivate aggressive, destructive battle qi. Its principles complement Berserk rather than conflicting with it 39.

• Accelerates his cultivation by drawing on his tempered physique, ambient spiritual energy, and the ring’s resources 39.
• Reinforces Berserk, raising his peak fifth-level cultivation to peak seventh-level combat strength during the camp assault 39.
• Repeated circulation tempers his body and reshapes his foundation during seclusion, leading him toward the Destruction Laws 45.

Destruction Laws

Years of contemplating destruction give Shiheng an initial understanding of laws beyond ordinary battle qi 45.

• Allows him to fight above his underlying warrior rank 45.
• Dissolves a ninth-rank warrior’s battle qi when he catches the attacker’s fist without activating Berserk 48.
• Combined with controlled Berserk, is later described as granting combat strength approaching peak Saint level 49.

Saint-Level Spiritual Power

An enlightenment prompted by observing human relationships and everyday happiness gives him Saint-level spiritual power through an encounter with the Fate Laws 45.

• Spiritual attacks: Kills a seventh-level warrior, then destroys forty-seven Shadow Church experts and their Wind Wolves with spiritual power 48.
• Soul-piercing potential: Recognizes that compressing his power into a fine spiritual needle could kill an ordinary Saint by piercing the soul; no such Saint kill is shown in these chapters 45.
• Limitations: Possesses no magical power at the time of his enlightenment and has not learned to wield the Fate Laws or condense Saint power 45.

Martial and Practical Skills

• Taijiquan: Uses remembered Earth training principles to improve his physique when the basic Qi Accumulation Form proves ineffective 2.
• Sword and saber combat: Strikes exposed eyes and vital points, channels battle qi through blades, and later projects lethal saber energy 11 26 48.
• Unarmed combat: Trades blows with the Swift Raptor and kills it with a final punch 20.
• Fieldcraft: Draws on a childhood of hunting, extracts magical beast cores, prepares meat, and takes night watches for exhausted companions 12 27 33 50.

Equipment & Items

• Space Ring / Storage Ring — An ancient ring found on a severed God-level expert’s arm and bound with his blood. Contains substantial cultivation resources and is later used to store an eighth-level saber-toothed tiger 38 39 50.
• God-level expert’s severed arm — Stored inside the ring after its discovery in the mine 38.
• Destruction Battle Qi Technique — Rare cultivation method obtained alongside the resources in the ring 39.
• Swords and sabers — Uses a longsword during the Man Snake battle and sabers in later encounters. An eighth-level enemy cleaves his saber in two during the camp assault 11 24 39.
• Fine Iron Battle Qi Armor — Radiant Church reward capable of resisting attacks below the eighth rank 44.
• Holy Water of Light — Church-issued healing remedy that rapidly closes his severe wounds when consumed 44.
• Baron’s Token — Noble-crested proof of his title, shown to his parents on his return home 32.

Relationships

• Kelin Xiaoman — Companion, student, and developing romantic interest. He repeatedly shields her from attacks; she saves him at the cliff and nurses him through the night. Their reunion four years later leads to a noticeably intimate journey home 14 20 22 23 48 50.
• Huohe Basike / Hogg Baruch — Trusted comrade and student of the Berserk Secret Method. Shiheng helps rescue his force from Wind Wolves; Huohe later rescues the unconscious Shiheng and shelters him in Wu Mountain Town 7 27 41 43.
• Xifaman — Expedition companion and fellow student. Helps Huohe rescue Shiheng and is entrusted with delivering his warning letter 28 41 43.
• Nalan sisters — Mage companions whom he protects during the expedition. After their family’s destruction, he asks Huohe to keep them hidden and safe 14 43.
• Kelan Kai — Centurion and expedition companion; participates in the group’s battles and learns Shiheng’s secret method 8 16 28.
• His parents — Xiaoshitou’s elderly parents, whom Shiheng accepts as his own responsibility after the soul merger. He relocates them to Hess City and provides funds for their long-term security 1 33 34.
• Legion Commander Kolewell — Superior who values Shiheng’s continued ambition, appoints him a personal guard centurion, and emphasizes strength over noble honors 34.
• Theodora — Shadow Alliance enemy who investigates Shiheng’s rapid advancement and orders hidden experts to surround and kill him during the camp assault 37 39.

Notable Quotes

“In this life, I will never drift through life accomplishing nothing again, never live as dim and lackluster an existence as I did before!” 2

“Staying alive, growing stronger, and keeping my family from going hungry—that was what I wanted at first.” 12

“From now on, you won’t have to drink watery porridge, chew through meager greens, or live these hard days anymore.” 32