Sun Wen

Biodata

Power Progression

Background

Sun Wen comes from a family of Human Race defenders. His grandfather, Sun Yingxiong, devoted his life to humanity, while both his mother and father died fighting at the city pass. Sun Wen regards that inheritance as an obligation to contribute rather than a reason to avoid danger 1593.

His fortune-based Awakening Object gives him rapid advancement and commercial success but initially leaves him without meaningful combat strength. By his Third Awakening, Gold Ingot Group operates throughout the Human Race’s northern region, allowing him to offer his classmates intelligence and logistical support instead 123.

His father’s death remains a deeply personal source of grief. Sun Wen recalls being unable even to stand behind him during the danger, much less avenge him afterward. He later thanks Yu Sheng for making it possible to confront and kill Bifang and Zhu Yan himself 1014.

Appearance

• Hair: Wears his hair long and flowing, frequently adjusting it before making an entrance 228 930 1621.
• Clothing: Favors expensive suits and dramatic presentation; he uses spiritual energy to make his trench coat billow 417 1594.
• Bearing: When serious, he is described as handsome and possessing the commanding air of a company executive 123.
• Class uniform: Chooses his old Ink Academy uniform for the rooftop press conference, adding the words “Don’t laugh at a young man’s... Jianghu dream” 1621 1622.

Personality

Sun Wen is commercially aggressive, persuasive, and highly conscious of appearances. He sells inexpensive protective pendants at an enormous markup, packages sales pitches as brotherly concern, and spends heavily on public spectacle. His fondness for posing as an aloof expert repeatedly ends with his classmates puncturing the performance 103 115 210 1019.

His financial confidence conceals insecurity about his usefulness. He initially treats Gold Ingot Group as proof that he has value, then studies strategy intensely because he cannot protect his friends through force. Even after becoming their trusted planner, he fears that their dependence will become fatal if he dies 591 1096.

He is loyal enough to fight despite those limitations. He joins battles against cultists, mobilizes his company to protect A Tai, and attempts to stop Zong Ren personally with a dagger and a grenade. His failures can devastate his confidence, but they do not permanently end his willingness to act 141 243 639 640 641.

His business instincts also have limits. Although desperate for offensive skills, he hesitates to buy Heavenly Mountain Pool Water from Yu Sheng because cash alone would undervalue it, and later refuses to keep exploiting his friend’s generosity 327 328.

Abilities & Skills

Gold Ingot / Gold Yuanbao

Gold Ingot links Sun Wen’s cultivation to commerce and fortune 123.

• Completed transactions increase his strength, enabling unusually rapid advancement 123.
• Its early skills offer no offensive capability, even after the Fourth Awakening permits internalization 215.
• It can transform incompatible Demon Core attributes: the Poison Dragon core’s sinister black aura becomes golden and produces another fortune skill 328.
• Sun Wen distinguishes drawing wealth toward himself from simply seizing someone else’s property; theft is not an equivalent shortcut for his cultivation 1603.

Fortune Skills

Treasure Discovery and Fortune Reading

His fortune can lead him to money, valuable plants, concealed containers, and other resources 328 931 933.

• A banknote blows directly into his hand while his fortune is heightened 328.
• In the Divine Ruins, he finds a hidden box while cutting open a tree merely to change the subject 931.
• Yu Sheng concludes that Blessing guides people toward existing wealth rather than creating it or guaranteeing its quality 945.
• Fortune does not remove danger: hostile plants, traps, and defensive arrays repeatedly threaten Sun Wen near valuable discoveries 930 931 933.
• He later assesses another person’s favorable fortune remotely and realizes that he could offer genuine fortune-telling services 1361.

Healing and Energy Defense

Gold Yuanbao can release gentle energy that treats Sun Wen’s injuries 640.

• Healing restores enough mobility for him to stand after Zong Ren knocks him down 640.
• He forces large quantities of energy around himself as a makeshift shield 640.
• This defense lasts only seconds against Zong Ren and provides no effective counterattack 640.

Ancient Cultivation

The ancient technique taught by Yu Sheng gives Sun Wen a combat path separate from his fortune skills 979 980.

• It circulates energy that had accumulated without substantially strengthening his body 979 998.
• Zhao Zicheng attributes his poor physical foundation to mostly passive skills and infrequent energy use 979.
• Early victories still require traps and equipment; cultivation does not immediately close the gap with his combat-specialist classmates 1006 1019.

Life Rules

At the Ninth Awakening, Sun Wen comprehends life rules through the birth of his goddaughter 1511 1514.

• Attacks from opponents below the Ninth Awakening cannot overcome his protection 1514.
• Yu Sheng identifies him as the strongest member of the 140th Cohort at that point 1514.
• Sun Wen declines to explain his ninth skill fully, insisting that he must conceal his trump cards 1514.

Strategy, Intelligence, and Logistics

Sun Wen develops into the group’s planner through deliberate study rather than considering himself naturally brilliant 1096.

• Intelligence network: Uses Gold Ingot Group’s commercial reach to locate targets and support missions 123 218 343.
• Undercover work: Plays a spoiled, careless wealthy visitor to lower corrupt officials’ suspicions in Er City 619 625.
• Operational planning: Coordinates surveillance, false identities, delayed arrests, and a public departure followed by a secret return 625 633.
• Political analysis: Recognizes how Black Market involvement could frame Barbarian City’s conflict as a contest between juniors while keeping senior powers engaged 1096.
• Limitations: Er City’s hidden factions manipulate his investigation, and Lin Siyuan judges his methods too conventional for Light Group work 642 644.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Protective jade pendants — Markets them as grandfather-made lifesaving treasures for one million each; Yu Sheng identifies a Black Market source charging thirty thousand 103.
• Saber and explosives — Uses a saber and an explosive sphere against cultists despite his lack of offensive awakening skills 141.
• Zhanma Knife — Carries it while blocking pursuers during the effort to protect A Tai 243.
• Grenade, firearm, and dagger — His available weapons when confronting Zong Ren; rigs the grenade with a cord concealed in his sleeve 639.
• Bombs and remote detonator — Prepares explosives during the Divine Ruins encounters 934 936.
• Borrowed crossbow and fishing line — Uses Yu Sheng’s older equipment in his victory over a Second Awakening opponent 1006.
• Customized class clothing and defensive equipment — Commissions reinforced clothing and gear tailored to Zhao Zicheng’s Awakening Object, including a shock-absorbing shield 1613.

Relationships

• Sun Yingxiong — Grandfather and influential Ink Pavilion elder. Sun Wen frequently invokes his reputation, while also treating his lifetime of service as a standard to uphold 103 123 1593.
• His parents — Both died fighting at the city pass. His father’s encouragement helps him persevere during rescue work, and his inability to save or avenge him drives his desire for combat strength 849 1014 1593.
• Yu Sheng — Close friend and combat partner. Sun Wen initially worries that Yu Sheng does not truly trust him; later, Yu Sheng teaches him ancient cultivation and helps make vengeance possible. Sun Wen is distressed when he conceals the truth from him near the end of his cultivation path 142 979 1014 1594.
• Zhao Zicheng — One of his closest friends and his principal partner in everyday bickering. Zhao repeatedly knocks down his grandiose claims but rushes to his side during the rooftop crisis 998 1019 1624.
• A Tai — Classmate whom Sun Wen publicly defends against the manhunt. A Tai later chooses to become his bodyguard in exchange for being fed 243 1023.
• Lin Xiaoxiao and Big White — Classmates and frequent participants in his sales pitches and horseplay. Big White bites him on Lin Xiaoxiao’s instruction and is once bribed with food into accepting blame for his conduct 115 210 216.
• Mu Yu — Classmate and teammate. They discuss Yu Sheng’s guarded nature while wounded; Mu Yu later helps the unconscious Sun Wen after Zong Ren’s attack 142 641.
• Xu Yuanqing — Teacher whose dealings with Sun Wen mix instruction, financial bargaining, and punishment for his antics 119 149 210.
• Li Zi — Light Group colleague who assists his undercover investigation and warns him about surveillance 619 625 633.
• Zong Ren — Investigative target who defeats him physically and psychologically, exposing the limits of both his strength and experience 637 640.
• Yu Mo — Discusses Sun Wen’s concealed plans and cultivation difficulties with him; they exchange solemn respect during their conversation about sacrifice and family duty 1593 1603.
• His goddaughter — Her birth triggers his insight into life rules and Ninth Awakening breakthrough 1511 1514.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Ink Academy Enrollment and Class Leadership

• Tries to profit from his classmates’ preparations for Demon-Suppressing Pass by selling protective pendants at inflated prices 103.
• Becomes class monitor, but Xu Yuanqing assigns nine of his ten monthly salary credits to Yu Sheng and the remaining credit to himself 119.
• Learns that academy credits and credit-purchased goods cannot be exchanged for cash, frustrating his plans to monetize his school earnings 119.
• Leads preparations for the first mission and promises to support everyone’s logistics, hoping the entire class can graduate together 123.
• Charges into battle against cultists and subsequently requires extensive treatment, spending all his credits on recovery 141 149.

Tournament, A Tai’s Manhunt, and Student Assessment

• Funds elaborate staging for Ink Academy’s Freshman Tournament victory, including paying Sun Yingxiong fifty million for his participation 210.
• During A Tai’s manhunt, declares that the group will not abandon him and orders company headquarters to spend whatever is necessary to clear a route to Ink City 242 243.
• Combines a talent-assessment mission with plans to hunt wanted criminals and Evil Cultists, trading access to his intelligence network for a share of the rewards 343.
• Spends fifty million on assessment slots to secure revenge against Yuan Zhong and Qi Tian, then heals them so they can still participate 417.
• Oversees entrance assessments and explains that the harsh selection process is intended to reduce Ink Academy’s high death rate 424.

Er City Investigation

• Arrives with Li Zi under Light Group cover after donating half of Gold Ingot Group’s shares, a contribution that earns him substantial public prestige 619.
• Uses apparent arrogance, drunkenness, and willingness to accept gifts to make corrupt officials lower their guard 619 625.
• Attempts to intercept Zong Ren personally but is defeated and left questioning his usefulness. After regaining consciousness, he deduces that Zong Ren is heading toward Sin City 639 640 641.
• Changes tactics against Er City’s entrenched interests by remaining constantly beside a senior figure, making any attempt to silence him visibly implicate that person 693.
• Returns to Ink Academy claiming the capture of a Sixth Awakening expert and the suppression of Er City’s unrest, then pays for a flattering public welcome 732.

Rescue Work and the Divine Ruins

• Leads wounded evacuation and supply convoys toward Demon-Suppressing Pass, continuing despite grief and exhaustion 829 849.
• Reunites with Yu Sheng in the Divine Ruins, where his remarkable treasure finds contrast with his inability to survive many of their defenses alone 930 933.
• Blesses Yu Sheng and joins him in thoroughly searching the surrounding ruins 935 947.
• Begins ancient cultivation, gaining the physical ability he had long lacked 979 998.
• Later returns to Gold Ingot Group with A Tai as his bodyguard; the company invests heavily in Demon Crystal weapons development 1023 1025.

Barbarian City

• Tries to exploit communication delays between Barbarian City and Skyvault Ravine to outmaneuver Old White Ape 1087 1088.
• Recognizes that his friends’ confidence in his plans has become a dangerous dependency 1096.
• Risks standing directly before Old White Ape, betting that the senior demon will not kill the group 1103.
• Subsequently questions his judgment and receives guidance from the Black Market’s fat old man, who demands withdrawal from ten cities as payment for those lessons 1105 1106.
• Supports profiting from the city’s auction before the Demon Domain Lord orders its cancellation and invalidates the Skyvault Ravine Invitation Letters 1130.

Ninth Awakening and Rooftop Press Conference

• Reaches the Ninth Awakening following his goddaughter’s birth and retains Gold Ingot Group for the approaching final battle 1511 1514.
• Conceals information from Yu Sheng, later apologizing privately for betraying the trust his friend had chosen to place in him 1591 1594.
• Tells Yu Mo that his family’s sacrifices leave him unwilling to be a coward and that he wants to blaze a new trail for humanity 1593.
• After a year of cultivation, chooses his old class uniform and holds a live press conference on Gold Ingot Group’s rooftop 1621 1622.
• Lets his spiritual energy dissipate, stabs himself in the chest, and apologizes before the cameras for monopolizing the company’s shares for a year 1622.
• Remains conscious as Zhao Zicheng, Mu Yu, Lin Xiaoxiao, A Tai, and Xu Yuanqing arrive. The supplied passage does not establish his eventual fate 1624.
• Gold Ingot Group-branded shields later protect ranged fighters against an aerial demon-beast assault, demonstrating the battlefield value of his company’s preparations 1645.

Notable Quotes

“I hope that after three years, we can all pass the graduation assessment and graduate successfully, and... that not one of us will be missing.” 123

“Even if everyone else abandons you, we won’t!” 243

“Those very things give me strength and keep me moving forward... They’re also the very reason I exist.” 1103

“I, Sun Wen... Have been a hero’s descendant since the day I was born!” 1593