Xiao Han

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

Reincarnation and the First Quiz

Xiao Han grew up as a collateral descendant of the Xiao Clan, but his memories of a previous life awakened only when he was already 25. In that life, he had worked in a factory and resented workers undercutting one another’s wages. His knowledge of Battle Through the Heavens allowed him to recognize Xiao Yan’s impending rise and the danger it would bring to the clan 1 22.

Initially, he intended to leave Wutan City, obtain the cave treasure near Qingshan Town, and survive until Xiao Yan became a Dou Di. He avoided approaching Xiao Yan because their limited childhood contact would make sudden friendliness suspicious, particularly with Yao Chen already awake 1.

Before he could leave, the Answering System detected Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun’er and activated. Transported into the Answering Space alongside five overwhelmingly stronger contestants, Xiao Han addressed them as equals and allowed them to mistake him for a hidden Nine-Star Dou Sheng 1.

He answered four of the first round’s five questions correctly and left with three points. Fearing that Gu Yuan might visit the Xiao Clan, recognize him, and covet those points, he fled Wutan City and exchanged his rewards for a bloodline, cultivation method, and Strange Lightning 7.

Qingshan Town and the Second Quiz

Xiao Han cultivated before traveling to Qingshan Town to seek Xiao Yi Xian. While waiting for an opportunity to join her herb-gathering expedition, he practiced the Eight Forms of Raging Thunder. Her approach within a hundred meters coincided with the second opening of the Answering Space 11 12.

During this round, he traded an answer to Gu Yuan for research into sealing the Woeful Poison Body. His repeated successes also drew suspicion: Hun Tiandi accused him of controlling the questions, which Xiao Han denied 14 15.

He finished the round with five earned points and received another from Xiao Xuan, who wanted assistance delivered to the Xiao Clan’s descendants. Xiao Han accepted on the reasoning that he was himself one of those descendants. He also obtained three otherworldly martial arts: one selected reward and two gifts 18.

Rather than immediately seek Xiao Yi Xian, he invested in further cultivation. After refining Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Lightning to reach One-Star Peak Dou Ling, he secured the herb-gathering party’s final guard position by disabling an attacking Three-Star Dou Zhe. The steward offered him five thousand gold coins, believing him to be a Dou Shi 19 20 22.

Xiao Yi Xian and Control of the Town

Xiao Yi Xian’s fearful recognition led Xiao Han to suspect that she was another transmigrator. He took her aside and questioned her, only to learn that she had watched him through the Answering Space. Realizing that outside observers could expose his false cultivation, he told her that he would no longer let her leave 23 24.

He accompanied her to the mountain cave, where they became intimate, and helped her collect its rare herbs. Afterward, he promised to teach her Dou Qi cultivation 24 26.

When Mu She and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group tried to seize their treasure, Xiao Han killed the attackers with an outward burst of purple lightning. Over the following half month, he took control of the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and the mercenary group’s remnants, using them to watch Qingshan Town and procure poisons for Xiao Yi Xian 27 28.

He helped activate her Woeful Poison Body and taught her the Great Sun Thunder Body. Although his Strange Lightning resisted her poison, contact without that protection remained painful even after he reached Half-Step Dou Wang 28.

Third Quiz

The third round began when Xiao Yan, Xiao Zhan, and Yao Chen reached the Myriad Medicine Pavilion. Its activation drew fortune and cultivation from powerful supporting characters across the continent, allowing those affected to observe the space 29.

Gu Yuan finally reported his findings on poison-body suppression. Xiao Han abandoned that approach after learning that suppression would strengthen the poison rather than make intimate contact safe. On the round’s first question, he and the Nascent Pill selected the Fallen Heart Flame and each received two points 30 31 32.

Appearance

• General appearance: An unremarkable-looking young man with short hair, introduced in blue-green clothing when he joins the herb-gathering party 22.
• After body refinement: Develops a muscular physique with a bronze or copper sheen when his body-refining cultivation is apparent 27 28.

Personality

Xiao Han is cautious when faced with genuine danger. His first response to remembering the original story is to leave the Xiao Clan rather than risk becoming collateral damage. He later maintains his Dou Sheng bluff because it discourages stronger contestants from threatening him, and becomes alarmed when he discovers that outsiders can recognize his face 1 17 23.

He is opportunistic with information and resources. He refuses to share answers freely with Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan, rejects their proposed quiz alliance, and bargains for knowledge useful to his own plans. His outward composure frequently conceals mockery or satisfaction at the stronger contestants’ cultivation losses 4 14 17.

His pursuit of women is possessive and sometimes coercive. He initially approaches Xiao Yi Xian with the expectation of making her his partner, threatens her while suspecting an impostor, and restricts her freedom after learning that she knows about the Answering Space. Once they are together, he also devotes techniques, supplies, and effort to increasing her strength 22 23 24 26 28.

Abilities and Skills

Past-Life Knowledge

His memories provide extensive knowledge of the original story, its characters, and hidden opportunities 1 5.

• Identifies correct quiz answers, including Xiao Yan’s defeat of Hun Tiandi and Han Feng’s responsibility for Yao Chen’s death 3 5.
• Knows about the cave treasure near Qingshan Town and claims extensive knowledge of Heavenly Flame locations 1 14.
• Remains fallible: he answers one first-round question incorrectly, and later recognizes that the system has already diverted events from the original plot 5 28.

Answering System

The system grants access to quizzes and a point-exchange catalogue containing cultivation methods, bloodlines, pills, Heavenly Flames, Strange Lightning, and other treasures 1 7.

• Point exchange: Converts quiz success into cultivation resources 7 20.
• Refinement assistance: Protects him while he initially swallows Strange Lightning, removing the need for supporting medicines during that process 11.
• Activation: Detects important characters nearby. Xiao Han infers that approaching within a hundred meters of a major character gives a high chance of opening the space 12 19.
• Limitations: He denies controlling the quizzes and is initially unaware that outsiders can watch them 15 23.

Dou Di Bloodline

Purchased to compensate for his poor innate talent, the bloodline immediately accelerates his absorption of Dou Qi 7.

• Bought from the catalogue’s rank-one-through-six option; Xiao Han later calls it a sixth-grade bloodline 7 12.
• Enables rapid early breakthroughs, but does not sustain his initial rate of advancement without further resources 12.

Lightning-Control Art

A high-level Earth Tier cultivation method that replaces his mid-level Yellow Tier Flame Manipulation Art 7.

• Allows him to devour and harness natural Strange Lightning ranked below fifteenth without harm 7.
• Has a subsequent Heaven Tier cultivation method available 7.
• Supports both cultivation advancement and lightning-based combat; he uses purple lightning to destroy Mu She’s attacking force 20 22 28.

Eight Forms of Raging Thunder

An early Earth Tier Dou Technique supplied with the Lightning-Control Art 12.

• Xiao Han practices it while waiting in Qingshan Town, producing purple lightning in his palm 12.

Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger

An otherworldly offensive technique gifted by Xiao Xuan 18.

• Uses its first finger, “Imprison Heaven and Earth,” to project an attack that splits a wooden inn table 19.
• Its initial manifestation is small at his One-Star Da Dou Shi cultivation; he judges that a sky-obscuring version would require at least Dou Zong 19.

Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Art

An otherworldly martial art selected for its exceptional defensive potential 18.

• Heavenly Dragon Qi would support its cultivation, but one portion costs five points, which he declines to spend 19 20.
• The system identifies Ancient Void Dragon Qi as an alternative 20.
• Xiao Han considers developing Azure Dragon Scales possible, but the provided chapters do not establish that he achieves them 20.

Great Sun Thunder Body

A quasi-Creation-grade body-refining martial art gifted by Zhu Kun 18 25.

• His internal Strange Lightning lets him temper his body continuously rather than wait to draw external lightning 25.
• Produces strengthened flesh, a bronze-colored surface, and eventually small success in Copper Thunder Body 27 28.
• Lightning coating resists Xiao Yi Xian’s poison; his refined body alone prevents fatal poisoning but does not eliminate pain 28.
• He teaches the method to Xiao Yi Xian 28.

Equipment and Resources

• Storage Ring — Holds herb-gathering shovels, bottles, jars, and other supplies 26.
• Xuanhuang Lightning — His first purchased Strange Lightning; supports his rise to Da Dou Shi 7 20.
• Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Lightning — Refined over a month to reach One-Star Peak Dou Ling 20 22.
• Yin-Yang Twin Thunderbolts — Purchased as a further cultivation resource; he plans to refine it on the way to Dou Wang 20 26.
• Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse — Purchased to attract Zi Yan, since he lacks alchemical pills with which to entice her 20.
• Earth Core Soul Marrow — Purchases a ton to improve his soul power; even bathing in it offers benefits at his cultivation level 20.
• Body-tempering milk and medicinal ingredients — Acquired during his post-second-round spending 20.
• Seven-Colored Poison Scripture — Studies its records while considering Xiao Yi Xian’s poisonous constitution 25.

Relationships

• Xiao Yi Xian — Romantic and cultivation partner. Their relationship begins under his false Dou Sheng identity and includes threats and restrictions before intimacy; he subsequently helps develop her Woeful Poison Body and teaches her body refinement 23 24 26 28.
• Xiao Xuan — His clan ancestor, who unknowingly treats him as a peer. Entrusts him with a point for the Xiao Clan’s descendants and gifts him the Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger 2 18.
• Xiao Yan — Distant fellow clansman and fellow transmigrator. Xiao Han initially avoids him, while relying on knowledge of his future to earn quiz rewards 1 3 12.
• Gu Yuan — Quiz rival and information-trading partner. Believes Xiao Han is a Nine-Star Dou Sheng and researches Woeful Poison Body suppression in exchange for an answer 14 30 31.
• Hun Tiandi — Quiz rival who first requests his help, then suspects him of controlling the space. Xiao Han withholds assistance and rejects a joint-answering alliance 4 15 17.
• Zhu Kun — Fellow contestant who unsuccessfully offers Heavenly Flame coordinates for an answer, later gifts him the Great Sun Thunder Body 14 18.
• Mu She — Enemy killed when his mercenary group attempts to rob Xiao Han and Xiao Yi Xian 27 28.