Sheng Nian

Biodata

Power Progression

*Cosmos* Levels

These levels and transformations belong to Sheng Nian’s game character, not his ordinary body.

Male Supporting Character Self-Salvation Progress

The system tracks Sheng Nian’s escape from his assigned fate separately from his game level. The supplied milestones do not establish a final completion percentage.

Background / History

Family and Childhood

Sheng Nian is the youngest son of the wealthy Sheng Family. His father, Sheng Heng, his daddy, Lin Muxing, and his older brother, Sheng Yi, raise him in an affectionate, protective household. His father also arranges instruction in escaping dangerous situations 79 113 139 145.

He knows Yan Feizhuo in childhood as “Brother Ah Chong,” an older boy he admires and eventually wants to marry. These memories become inaccessible to him; after recovering them, he recognizes that his memories in the original story had been grafted onto someone he did not truly love 120 140.

Before awakening to the plot, Sheng Nian insists on becoming engaged to Jiang Shu. He conceals both their engagement and the extent of his family’s wealth for Jiang Shu’s sake, leaving outsiders unaware that he is the Sheng Family’s youngest son 2 113.

Fate in the Original Story

The original novel casts Sheng Nian as the villainous supporting character in Jiang Shu and He Gu’s romance. Jiang Shu meets He Gu at Sheng Nian’s nineteenth birthday banquet, beginning the love triangle. Sheng Nian’s increasingly foolish schemes then serve to elevate He Gu’s reputation 1.

In that predetermined ending, Jiang Shu engineers a casting-couch scandal against Sheng Nian and uses stolen business secrets to destroy the Sheng Family. Sheng Nian’s father dies of a heart attack, his daddy suffers a breakdown and takes his own life, and Sheng Yi goes to prison. Sheng Nian ultimately dies by suicide 1.

The present Sheng Nian learns this fate rather than living through it. His immediate priority becomes saving himself and his family—not winning Jiang Shu’s affection 1 79 165.

Appearance

• Face and eyes: Delicate, striking features and honey-amber eyes; his expressions can make him appear tearful and vulnerable even when he is privately delighted 9.
• Build: Slender, with a narrow waist and long legs 23 41.
• Hair: Soft, smooth short hair in his everyday appearance 24.
• Complexion: Very fair skin and naturally rose-colored lips 88 185.
• Signature styling: His red, gold-woven yesa robe gives him a proud, aristocratic bearing. His later prince-themed runway outfit includes white boots and trousers, a dark-green waistcoat, a jeweled jabot, and an embroidered cape 23 88.
• Selene portrayal: His Cosmos promotional styling uses silvery-white hair, gold ornaments, and white gauze over his eyes to evoke the species’ inhuman divinity 136.

Personality

Sheng Nian is pampered but not timid. Even learning that he is destined to die does not stop him from immediately looking for a way to protect his family and negotiate advantages from the system. Beneath his outward sweetness, his internal commentary is irreverent, sarcastic, and frequently impatient with Jiang Shu and He Gu 1 30 79.

His apparent innocence is often a deliberate performance. Rather than responding to provocation with the anger expected of his original role, he feigns hurt, asks pointed questions, and lets others expose their contradictions. His backstage delight at earning progress sharply contrasts with Jiang Shu’s belief that he is crying 9 14 30 36.

He is also genuinely kind and affectionate. He buys food and drinks for fans, provides supplies for the village dogs, invites yacht crew members to share a meal, and sends a concert ticket to a longtime fan who missed the sale. His refusal to rescue He Gu shows that this kindness does not require forgiving repeated harm 100 135 155 168 190.

When distressed, he builds a cramped nest from bedding and waits for comfort—a habit dating to childhood. Although he enjoys Yan Feizhuo’s care, he eventually insists that they must be equals as lovers rather than protector and helpless child 79 140.

Abilities & Skills

Strategic Performance

Sheng Nian uses his required lovestruck persona to undermine the plot without openly abandoning his assigned characterization 2 4.

• Makes Jiang Shu mistake concealed laughter for heartbreak 9.
• Uses direct questions to corner He Gu over his feelings for Jiang Shu 14.
• Challenges He Gu to state on livestream whether Sheng Nian pushed him, securing an admission that he fell by himself 36.
• Coordinates with Kari to delay releasing evidence until He Gu has committed to his accusations 99 109.

Music and Stage Performance

Music becomes the clearest demonstration that Sheng Nian is more than the “talentless pretty face” described by his detractors 3 33 101.

• Drums: Performs at Zhu Li’s venue with strong rhythm and focus, though he acknowledges missing a few notes after a long break 33.
• Guitar and vocals: Sings while playing guitar at a bar, impressing viewers with a relaxed, intimate live performance 101.
• Instrument knowledge: Recognizes a master-made violin by its identifying mark and tries several instruments in an old residence’s music room 93.
• Recording and concerts: Prepares his first mini album, later releases his third studio album, Parallel Hypothesis, and completes his first concert tour 185 190.
• Modeling: Performs a prince-and-knight runway presentation with Yan Feizhuo 89.

Athletic Ability

• Go-karting: Drives boldly through turns and obstacles, using the race to release stress 17.
• Adaptability: Quickly learns to control his Selene avatar’s flight 64.
• Surfing: Learns under Yan Feizhuo’s supervision and briefly rides a wave before falling 149.

System Connection and Manifested Thoughts

The 01100 System is dispatched after his awakening threatens the stability of the story’s world 1.

• Issues out-of-character warnings and threatens punishment when he tries to abandon his established persona 2.
• Awards self-salvation progress and System Coins as he changes his circumstances 21 84 174.
• Grants a golden-light “cheat ability” that enters Yan Feizhuo; Yan subsequently hears Sheng Nian’s inner voice and sees his thoughts represented through a small figure in a bubble 8 11 96.
• Sheng Nian initially mistakes Yan Feizhuo for an all-purpose support NPC rather than understanding the effect 8.

Selene Abilities — *Cosmos* Only

• His initial Selene form has no listed combat ability beyond its healing and plant-nurturing talents 64 65.
• His wings and antennae are extremely sensitive; touching an antenna makes him go weak, and NPC guidance warns against touching either 68.

Health and Vulnerabilities

• Unspecified illness: Receives treatment from Chen Che. The band’s lead singer knows about his condition before attacking him 117.
• Pheromone attacks: Chen Che’s medication prevents heat when the singer breaks his neck ring, but Jiang Shu later triggers heat using highly compatible pheromones 117 137.
• Injuries: Suffers extensive bruising across his back when He Gu directs a high-pressure water gun at him. He resumes filming after healing 103 104 109.
• Marking: Develops a strong attachment to Yan Feizhuo after being marked 138.

Equipment / Items

• Neck ring and suppressant patches — Used around his Omega gland; he substitutes a suppressant patch when removing the ring for costume styling. The singer later breaks his ring during the restroom attack 23 117.
• Light Brain — Used to read news, communicate, and livestream to fans 129 184 185.
• Kept ring — Claims to have thrown it away, then reveals to Yan Feizhuo that he has been wearing it all along 151.
• Dream Entry Card — Lets him enter a school-life dream involving a younger Yan Feizhuo. Their intense kiss wakes him roughly three hours before the item’s expected duration ends 181 183 184.

Relationships

• Yan Feizhuo — Childhood attachment, romantic partner, and father of his child. Initially treated as a convenient “cheat,” Yan becomes his trusted companion and boyfriend. Their relationship also requires Sheng Nian to demand honesty and equal standing 8 80 140 197.
• Sheng Heng — Father. Protects and supports him; his destruction in the original story is one of Sheng Nian’s central reasons to resist the plot 1 139 145.
• Lin Muxing — Daddy. An affectionate parent who respects Sheng Nian’s reluctance to disclose everything about his relationship 145.
• Sheng Yi — Older brother. Closely monitors his welfare after his injury. In the original story, shoulders the family’s debts and criminal charges while leaving Sheng Nian money to live on 105 165.
• Kari — Manager and strategic ally. Handles filming preparations, warns him about He Gu, and coordinates the response to the bullying smear campaign 10 99 109.
• Jiang Shu — Childhood acquaintance and former fiancé. Repeatedly sides with He Gu, later pursues reconciliation, and ultimately attempts to force a permanent mark after Sheng Nian rejects him 113 125 132 137.
• He Gu — Longtime acquaintance and principal antagonist. Exploits Sheng Nian’s former love for Jiang Shu, stages incidents against him, and later begs for his intervention in detention. Sheng Nian refuses 36 103 113 168.
• Tang Jiang — Fellow guest, flirtatious friend, and Cosmos teammate. Calls Sheng Nian her design muse and intervenes when Jiang Shu tries to follow him 46 66 125.
• Mo Yuanyuan — Friendly fellow Omega and actress. Welcomes him early in filming and later appears with him on You’re Right About Everything 6 135.
• Sheng Yu / Yubao — His tamed Life Seed, originally Nüluo, appearing as a golden-green rabbit. Sheng Nian is deeply distressed by the possibility of losing him 66 79 136.
• Ye Heng — He Gu’s supporter. Attempts to use Sheng Nian against the main couple and later offers everything he owns in exchange for He Gu’s release 27 169.
• Yan Yunian / Little Jasmine — His and Yan Feizhuo’s baby, born through a smooth delivery. Yan chooses the nickname because the child is likely to be an Omega 197.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Awakening and the Dating Show

• Awakens in hospital with knowledge of his disastrous role in the novel. He rejects 01100’s proposal to save himself by winning Jiang Shu’s exclusive love 1.
• Remains on Heart-Throbbing Observation Diary to earn self-salvation progress while maintaining his required infatuated persona 4.
• Chooses Yan Feizhuo as his partner after the golden-light ability enters him, shocking the production staff because Yan is the head of Yan Group 8.
• Uses the show’s public setting to expose inconsistencies in He Gu’s behavior rather than supplying the angry reactions expected of him 14 30 36.

Evernight Sky and *Cosmos*

• Signs a contract with Evernight Sky and intervenes when Mr. Qi harasses He Gu. When Jiang Shu warns him against pursuing Yan Feizhuo, Yan clarifies that he is the one pursuing Sheng Nian 50.
• Enters Cosmos as a Selene, tames Yubao, and becomes a capable healer with an unexpectedly forceful vine attack 64 66 75.
• Fears that Yan Feizhuo and Yubao may disappear. Yan promises to stay and arrange Yubao’s data restoration; Sheng Nian and Yan confirm their relationship 79 80.

Smear Campaign and Rejection of Jiang Shu

• Faces a coordinated workplace-bullying accusation built around a slapping scene from an anniversary video. He and Kari wait for He Gu’s response before releasing their evidence 99.
• Returns after his back injury, blocks Jiang Shu’s latest number, and confronts He Gu directly about the abuse allegation 109.
• Exposes Jiang Shu’s mistaken reconciliation gifts: gardenias are He Gu’s pheromone scent, while Sheng Nian had wanted jasmine-shaped rings 125.
• Repeatedly states that he does not love Jiang Shu and will not accept his emotional pressure 131.

Attacks and Recovered Memories

• Defends himself with a broken mop handle when the resident band’s singer traps him in a restroom. Yan Feizhuo subdues the attacker and takes him to an ambulance 117.
• Is rescued again when Jiang Shu induces his heat and attempts a forced permanent mark 137.
• Recovers his childhood connection to Yan Feizhuo and confronts him for withholding the truth. He insists that adulthood gives him the right to share burdens, not merely be protected 139 140.

Defying the Ending

• Visits He Gu in detention and refuses to accept responsibility for freeing someone who repeatedly harmed him 168.
• Rejects Ye Heng’s plea for He Gu’s release and reveals that He Gu’s mother embezzled funds from Angel Orphanage, which Sheng Nian’s family supported 169.
• Receives widespread blessings on confession night, raising his self-salvation progress to 95% as the public’s original impression of him is overturned 174.

Later Life and Extras

• Moves into a new home near his childhood house, surrounded by jasmine and winter jasmine. Continues sharing daily life with fans while preparing his first mini album 184 185.
• Holds the final concert of his first tour at Eternal Spring Valley after releasing Parallel Hypothesis. The valley is renovated by Yan Corporation and Sheng Corporation using plans he and Yan Feizhuo design 190.
• Gives birth to Yan Yunian with Yan Feizhuo beside him throughout the delivery 197.

Notable Quotes

“What’s worth fighting over about some scumbag’s love? If He Gu wants it, let him have it.” 1

“You can’t assume you can control everything and just keep protecting me and hiding things from me. It makes me feel like we aren’t equals as lovers.” 140

“You shouldn’t be begging for help from a victim you’ve repeatedly harmed. You’ve come to the wrong person.” 168

“Thank you for coming into my life. From now on, my life will always be spring.” 189