Zhou Chun

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Zhou Chun (周纯)
Alias(es)	Zheng Chun; Han Sanjue; Xu Yun; Young Master Dragon Tamer
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Zhou Family
Occupation/Role	Zhou Family Clan Leader; Beast Tamer
Status	Alive
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Sixth Layer Qi Refining	1	His body’s original cultivation after transmigration; restores sixty percent of his depleted magical power through meditation.
Foundation Establishment	136	Successfully emerges from seclusion, gains Qi-riding flight, and undergoes physical body and soul transformation.
Violet Palace Stage	385	Has opened his Violet Palace; the Zhou Family’s resources become insufficient to fully equip him with suitable third-tier assets.
Mid Violet Palace Stage	435	His rapid breakthrough surprises the Su Family Ancestor and Su Yunniang.
Late Violet Palace Stage	458	Breaks through after taking a barrier-breaking spirit pill; also masters the Great God Slaying Method.
Golden Core Stage	531	Fights early Golden Core cultivator Yan Lingzi evenly using only the Myriad Transformation Golden Cauldron and Earthen Adamant Vajra Shield.
Mid Golden Core Stage	589	Breakthrough substantially improves his power, spiritual sense, natal magic treasure, and divine abilities.
Late Golden Core Stage	658	Breaks through using the Four Spirits Barrier Breaking Pill in the Green Lotus Mountain Range.
Nascent Soul Stage	666 672	Forms his Nascent Soul at Snow Dragon Ridge after extensive preparation, then returns to the Zhou Family as a Nascent Soul cultivator.
Mid Nascent Soul Stage	793	Estimates that, without counting his five demon king spirit pets, he can contend with great cultivators or fifth-tier high-grade demon kings for hundreds of rounds.
Spirit Transformation Stage	847	His higher realm greatly enhances his capacity to learn; after fifty years in the Nine Yuan Sword Sect, only Ye Qingxuan can defeat him in sword skill among its disciples.

Background / History

Zhou Chun transmigrated into the body of a Qi Refining cultivator after the original Zhou Chun and his companion Li Han killed each other over a treasure. He awakened in a mountain stream amid wolves feeding on Li Han’s corpse, recovered enough magical power to survive, and used a stone jar’s purifying spirit water to cleanse Turbid Fiendish Energy from his body. He buried Li Han and cremated his loyal Wind Shadow Leopard, which had died after Li Han’s betrayal. The incident left him determined to remain vigilant in the cultivation world 1.

After reaching the Zhou Family, he devoted himself to Beast Taming texts, ancestral records, and the study of unusual demonic beasts. Over time, he developed a strong interest in raising intelligent Spirit Pets and became increasingly central to the family’s development 14.

Zhou Chun earned recognition through both combat and judgment. He offered the Forest Hidden Cicada Breath Art to the Zhou Family rather than keeping it for himself, strengthening the family’s foundation and earning Clan Leader Zhou Daoyi’s reward and trust 32. Zhou Daoyi came to regard him as unusually capable of long-term planning and frequently supported his proposals 73.

Following his Foundation Establishment, Zhou Chun was elevated to Vice Clan Leader and began exercising clan-leader authority after Zhou Daoyi retired from public affairs 137 140. He later became Clan Leader, directing family reforms, expanding its Beast Taming foundation, cultivating talented juniors, and guiding the Zhou Family from a growing cultivation family into a major power 140 277 317.

Personality

Zhou Chun is cautious, resourceful, and highly pragmatic. Li Han’s betrayal made him distrustful of easy promises, yet he does not treat every relationship as disposable; he rewards service, supports capable allies, and values sincerity when it is reciprocated 1 87.

As a leader, he emphasizes long-term interests over immediate profit. He invests in clan talent, establishes systems to encourage contribution, and is willing to share family-management methods with other patriarchs when doing so strengthens the Zhou Family’s influence 140 277 317.

He is deeply protective of his family and Spirit Pets. He risks himself to deliver life-saving resources to relatives on the battlefield, treats his contracted beasts as companions rather than expendable assets, and refuses exchanges that would seriously harm them 436 711.

Abilities & Skills

Beast Taming

Zhou Chun is a Beast Tamer whose combat style centers on coordinated Spirit Pet warfare.

• Uses Spirit Pets for offense, defense, scouting, pursuit, healing, and battlefield control.
• Communicates telepathically with his Spirit Pets in combat and adapts tactics to their different abilities 582.
• Possesses multiple high-tier and eventually demon-king-grade Spirit Pets, giving him exceptional versatility 621 703.
• Treats Spirit Pets as companions and rejects deals that would compromise their well-being 711.

Beast Spirit Integration Great Law

A high-level Beast Taming secret art that fuses Zhou Chun’s body with a Spirit Pet.

• Initially succeeds in fusing with Thunder Flood Dragon Bai Bai after only half a year of cultivation 516.
• Transfers Zhou Chun’s cultivation and magical power to the fused beast, temporarily raising its mana to the fourth tier.
• Allows him to retain the use of magic treasures and many personal secret abilities while fused.
• Grants access to the fused Spirit Pet’s physical advantages and movement abilities, such as Bai Bai’s Lightning Escape.
• Early fusion is unstable and damages Bai Bai’s core energy after forced separation 516.

Golden Cauldron Cultivation

Zhou Chun cultivates Golden Qi-based techniques and uses them in offense, defense, movement, and cultivation.

• Cultivated Xinjin Sword Qi, storing Taibai Xinjin Power in his meridians 87.
• Uses the Taibai Xinjin Sword Qi as a decisive attack; it enabled him to mortally wound a Foundation Establishment cultivator while still at Qi Refining 99.
• Cultivated the Golden Cauldron Profound Manual after tempering his meridians to endure Golden Qi 156.
• Later develops gold-attribute divine abilities including Gold Evasion and Formless Geng Metal Divine Light 659 725.

Myriad Transformation Golden Cauldron

Zhou Chun’s natal magic treasure, refined after three months of artifact work 526.

• Produces Myriad Transformation Golden Qi, which can become offensive sword rainbows, shields, protective barriers, spirit armor, and enemy-trapping effects 531.
• Its offensive transformations rival flying-sword magic treasures of the same level.
• Its defensive transformations rival same-tier defensive treasures.
• Myriad Transformation Golden Light decomposes spirit gold ore and damaged magic tools into Golden Qi for cultivation 531.
• Later incorporates the damaged Profound Fiend Soul Annihilation Spear, gaining an additional powerful killing ability 589.

Soul and Consciousness Techniques

Zhou Chun possesses several methods for resisting and attacking the soul and consciousness.

• Refining the Purple Jade Soul Lotus seed improves his Spiritual Sense by more than ten percent and strengthens resistance to mental manipulation 181.
• The Great God Slaying Method attacks an opponent’s consciousness; he uses it to destroy Yan Lingzi’s fourth-tier demon tiger puppet 458 531.
• The Sword of Slaying Gods temporarily incapacitates Mu Feng during their battle 461.
• The Heart Lotus True Method helps him resist charm and soul-affecting techniques, though stronger Soul-Bewitching Sound can still force him to rely on protective items and pills 485.

Nascent Soul Divine Abilities

After forming his Nascent Soul, Zhou Chun develops powerful innate divine abilities.

• Golden Cauldron Domain — a domain ability whose strength reflects the solidity of his Nascent Soul foundation 669.
• Qiongqi Entering Dream — enhances the power of all his gold-attribute divine abilities and spells 669.
• Heavenly Overlord Body — improves resistance to negative conditions and Five Elements spells after he refines more than twenty special miasmas and spiritual energies 828.

Spirit Pets

• Stone / Golden Armored Mountain-Bearing Turtle — Zhou Chun’s long-time turtle Spirit Pet; evolved from the Rock Earth Turtle into the Golden Armor Rock Turtle and later became Lord Mountain-Bearer after taking humanoid form 181 713.
• Bai Bai / Thunder Flood Dragon — formerly the Silver Lightning Thunder Python; possesses lightning abilities including Heavenly Gang Divine Thunder and Sky Thunder Slash 156 421 456.
• Golden Winged Tiger — Zhou Chun’s third Spirit Pet; later evolves a space attribute and gains spatial divine abilities 186 473.
• Mu Sang / Wood Sprite — a wood-attribute Spirit Pet used for scouting, healing, spirit-wood refinement, and Wood Escape-related abilities 458 516 566.
• Blazing Hell Fire Phoenix — a fire-attribute Spirit Pet that fights alongside Bai Bai as part of Zhou Chun’s “Dragon and Phoenix Twin Pets” 580 607.
• Frosty Cold Bees — a swarm used for freezing, battlefield control, and countering powerful enemies and puppets 456 461.
• Ice Moon Toad — a Spirit Pet Zhou Chun cultivates for future advancement; associated with the Moon Toad Treasure Bead and Taiyin-based techniques 725.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Stone jar — produces purifying spirit water every seven days; used to cleanse Turbid Fiendish Energy after Zhou Chun’s transmigration 1.
• Moon Blade Meteor Wheel — an early First-grade High-tier magic tool used in his Qi Refining battles; later severely damaged in the Heavenly Spirit Trial 31 123.
• Sun Radiance Golden Wheel — a magic tool he uses in battle after revealing his identity during the Dragon Transformation Sect arc 194.
• Heavenly Gang Thunder Slaying Sword — a powerful magic treasure refined by True Person Yan Cang 606.
• Five-Colored Dragon Scale Armor — protective magic treasure refined alongside the Heavenly Gang Thunder Slaying Sword 606.
• Dragon Tiger Gold Rings — high-grade magic treasure used for defense and combat 607 625.
• Moon Toad Treasure Bead — used to seal powerful enemies and generate the Taiyin Body-Protecting Immortal Robe 748 663.
• Earthen Adamant Vajra Shield — defensive treasure used during his Golden Core duel with Yan Lingzi 531.
• Fourth-tier puppets — includes a giant tiger puppet, giant ape puppet, wolf-shaped puppet, and a fifth-tier snake-person puppet 485 611 674.

Relationships

• Zhou Daoyi — Former Zhou Family Clan Leader and mentor-like elder who recognizes Zhou Chun’s strategic ability, retires from public affairs, and entrusts family authority to him 73 140.
• Zhou Mingde — Grand Elder and trusted senior relative; advises Zhou Chun on major family matters and receives his protection and support 472 709.
• Zhou Daoquan — Third Elder and fellow Beast Tamer; fights alongside Zhou Chun and later receives his support during wartime 150 436.
• Zhou Jiapeng — Close friend and elder relative whose relationship with Zhou Chun develops from casual uncle-nephew familiarity into close acquaintance 26 34.
• Zhou Zhengyong — Clan relative whom Zhou Chun assists; Zhou Chun offers him advice regarding his feelings for Sun Yujiao 26 37.
• Su Yuzhen — Dao Companion; Zhou Chun initially hesitates over their relationship but later visits her as his wife and relies on the Su Family alliance 283 435.
• Su Family Ancestor — Senior in-law, adviser, and occasional sparring partner; his respect for Zhou Chun grows sharply as Zhou Chun’s strength rises 451 526 621.
• Su Yunniang — Zhou Chun’s maternal aunt by marriage; helps him pressure Qing Weizi and later receives his congratulations after forming her Golden Core 451 435.
• Luo Qingni — Trusted collaborator and later Zhou Family Guest Elder Grand Elder; an Alchemy Grandmaster whom Zhou Chun offers protection and a place in the family 658 672.
• Zhou Zhiying — Zhou Chun’s disciple, identified as the first Wind Attribute supreme-grade spiritual root genius in Zhou Family history; he personally nurtures and protects her 557 563.
• Zhou Xinyuan — Zhou Chun’s son with Su Yuzhen; an intensely dedicated sword cultivator whose fixation on sword duels concerns his father 796 825.
• Lin Hongyu — Zhou Family ally and Golden Core cultivator from the Dragon Transformation Sect; coordinates with Zhou Chun in family defense and wartime affairs 450 617.
• True Person Heavenly Mirror — powerful ally whose support is important to Zhou Chun’s larger plans; Zhou Chun reveals his use of the Infant Transformation Pill to him 658 672.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Transmigration and Joining the Zhou Family

Zhou Chun survives his first day in the cultivation world after inheriting the body of a betrayed Qi Refining cultivator. His discovery of the purifying spirit-water jar and the death of the loyal Wind Shadow Leopard establish both his unusual opportunity and his commitment to Beast Taming 1.

Early Family Service and Qi Refining Growth

He studies Beast Taming, builds ties within the Zhou Family, offers the Forest Hidden Cicada Breath Art, and establishes himself as a resourceful junior with combat skill and political judgment 14 32 37.

Heavenly Spirit Trial and Foundation Establishment

Zhou Chun clears several trial stages, defeats powerful Qi Refining opponents with his Spirit Pets, and secures valuable rewards. The Zhou Family prioritizes his Foundation Establishment, which he successfully achieves 118 123 133 136.

Zhou Family Reforms

As Vice Clan Leader and later Clan Leader, Zhou Chun reorganizes family administration, strengthens Beast Taming cultivation, promotes contribution-based advancement, and nurtures promising juniors in alchemy, formations, and artifact refining 140 277 315.

Golden Core Rise and the Yuanmo War

Zhou Chun gains the title “Young Master Dragon Tamer” through wartime achievements. He defeats powerful demonic cultivators, breaks formations, earns merits, acquires high-tier resources, and rises from late Violet Palace to Golden Core 472 483 531.

Great Beast Tide

During the great beast tide, Zhou Chun prepares the Zhou Family for war, protects its younger generation, deploys his Spirit Pets against fourth-tier demonic beasts, and helps reclaim lost territory 617 621 628.

Nascent Soul Formation and Zhou Family Ascendance

After reaching late Golden Core, Zhou Chun prepares at Snow Dragon Ridge and successfully forms his Nascent Soul. He returns with enough authority to capture a Blazing Sun Sect elder, confront established Nascent Soul cultivators, and end the Zhou Family’s long period of restraint 666 672 674.

Expansion of the Beast Taming Legacy

As a Nascent Soul cultivator, Zhou Chun acquires and develops higher-level Beast Taming inheritances, including the Beast Spirit Integration Great Law and Imperial Spirit Sect legacy materials. He seeks to raise multiple Spirit Pets to demon-king level and establish the Zhou Family as Jing Country’s ruling power 516 711.

Trivia

• Zhou Chun’s earliest Spirit Pet was the Wind Shadow Leopard, which died protecting its original master from Li Han’s betrayal 1.
• He initially hoped to raise intelligent, furry Spirit Pets capable of companionship and household tasks, rather than relying exclusively on the Rock Earth Turtle 14.
• His personal rise is closely associated with the Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm, where he acquired spiritual items and demonic-beast resources that later benefited the Zhou Family 513.
• He conceals his disciple Zhou Zhiying’s true cultivation level with a magic tool to reduce outside attention 563.