Jia Lie Shan
Battle Through the Heavens: I Extrapolated Suction Palm into the Great Wilderness Heaven-Imprisoning Finger
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Jia Lie Shan (加列山) |
| Gender | Male |
| Affiliation | Jia Lie Family, Wutan City 1 |
| Occupation/Role | Direct-line descendant of the Jia Lie Family 1 |
| Cultivation | Four-Star Dou Zhe before being crippled 1 8 |
| Status | Alive at his last appearance; dantian shattered and meridians severed by Lu Ze 8 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 1, “The Grass Character Art!” 1 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Four-Star Dou Zhe | 1 | Introduced at this realm; his cultivation and family position allow him to act overbearingly among the younger disciples. |
| Cultivation crippled | 8 | Lu Ze shatters his dantian and severs his meridians with gravitational force. His Dou Qi escapes, leaving him physically worse off than an ordinary person. |
Appearance
- Wears lavish brocade robes and carries a gem-inlaid longsword at his introduction 1.
- After his first defeat by Lu Ze, wears a blood-staunching plaster or ointment over the wound on his neck 3 5.
Personality
Jia Lie Shan is arrogant and contemptuous toward collateral-branch disciples. He openly mocks Lu Ze’s years of sword practice and treats a potentially fatal scouting assignment as an opportunity to make him expendable. Other collateral disciples fear him enough to lower their heads and move aside when he approaches 1 2.
His humiliation develops into a sustained desire for revenge. Despite the Jia Lie Family’s conflict with the Xiao Clan, he recruits Xiao Ning to murder Lu Ze and demands that no evidence remain. He also aspires to obtain a Grade Jia residence and become the foremost member of the family’s younger generation 6 7 8.
His confidence collapses when he is personally threatened. After his first defeat, he trembles, uses honorifics toward Lu Ze, and flees to report to the patriarch. During their final confrontation, he invokes his uncle and the First Elder as protection 2 8.
Abilities & Skills
Dou Qi Manipulation
- Possesses Four-Star Dou Zhe cultivation before his crippling 1.
- Secretly channels Dou Qi through a hand on Lu Ze’s shoulder, intending to damage his meridians. Lu Ze’s power disperses the attack without injury 2.
- Attempts to gather Dou Qi while blocking Lu Ze’s sword strike, but the Sword Qi cuts through both his weapon and the gathered energy 2.
- Loses his cultivation after Lu Ze destroys his dantian and meridians 8.
Sword Use
- Wields a Mysterious Tier longsword and instinctively raises it across his chest to defend against Lu Ze 1 2.
- Cannot withstand Sword Qi into Threads from the Grass Character Sword Art; his sword is severed and his neck wounded in a single exchange 2.
Equipment & Resources
- Gem-inlaid Mysterious Tier longsword — Worth hundreds of gold coins and capable of cutting through iron; destroyed by Lu Ze during their first confrontation 1 2.
- Monthly cultivation allowance — Fifty gold coins, three portions of Qi Gathering Powder, and one bottle of Qi Recovery Powder. His allotment is initially used as the benchmark for Lu Ze’s proposed improved treatment 3.
- Banknotes and pills — Carries a stack of banknotes and several bottles of pills, which Lu Ze takes after crippling him 8.
Relationships
- Jia Lie Bi — His uncle and the Jia Lie Family patriarch. Reprimands him for provoking Lu Ze and sends him to the South City Mine Vein as punishment 1 3.
- Jia Lie Xiong — His older paternal cousin. Cooperates with him in sending Lu Ze into the dangerous C-Class Abandoned Mine Vein 5.
- Lu Ze — A collateral-branch disciple whom he bullies and later attempts to assassinate. Lu Ze defeats him twice, ultimately destroying his cultivation 1 2 6 8.
- Xiao Ning — A Three-Star Dou Zhe of the rival Xiao Clan. Jia Lie Shan promises him a favor in exchange for killing Lu Ze without leaving traces 6.
- Two unnamed confidants — Four-Star Dou Zhe subordinates who attack Lu Ze on his concealed signal. Both are crushed to death by Lu Ze’s gravity technique 7 8.
Story Role / Major Arcs
Training Ground Confrontation
Jia Lie Shan interrupts Lu Ze at the family training ground and mocks his swordsmanship. Claiming to convey the patriarch’s orders, he assigns Lu Ze to lead collateral disciples as vanguard scouts at the disputed southern ore vein. He presents the mission as a test offering doubled resources for survival or ten gold coins in death compensation 1 2.
When his covert Dou Qi attack fails, Lu Ze cuts his longsword in half and leaves a hairline wound across his neck. Lu Ze refuses the assignment and demands fifty gold coins for his damaged iron sword. Jia Lie Shan flees to Jia Lie Bi, who rebukes him for risking the loss of a talented disciple and sends him to the mine to atone through service 2 3.
Mine Assassination Plot
At the mine deployment, Jia Lie Shan and Jia Lie Xiong send Lu Ze to scout the beast-infested C-Class Abandoned Mine Vein. Lu Ze refuses to endanger additional disciples and enters alone. Jia Lie Shan then directs Xiao Ning and five Xiao Clan fighters into the tunnel to kill him 5 6.
While waiting outside with two confidants, Jia Lie Shan celebrates Lu Ze’s presumed death and boasts about his future standing in the family. Lu Ze instead emerges unharmed and announces that he has killed all six attackers. Jia Lie Shan offers outward praise while secretly signaling his confidants to strike 7.
Crippling and Cover-Up
Lu Ze crushes both subordinates, then deliberately spares Jia Lie Shan’s life while destroying his dantian and meridians. After taking his money and pills, Lu Ze stages the site to suggest a mutually fatal clash between Xiao Clan forces and Jia Lie Shan’s men. He leaves disguised in a dead confidant’s clothing; Jia Lie Shan’s subsequent fate is not shown 8.