Xu Shilun

Biodata

Power Progression

Borrowed combat strength is distinguished from Xu Shilun’s own cultivation.

Appearance

• Usual appearance: A thin face, black-framed glasses, and an easygoing, unruffled smile. Yu Jiemo remembered his expression as suggesting wisdom and broad-mindedness, with facial lines lending him authority and a hint of ruthlessness 101 203.
• Habitual gesture: Reached up to adjust his glasses even when no glasses were present 70.
• Darkness-infused form: Absorbing the Ultra civilization’s malice covered him in Black Qi, blackened his eyes, and eventually turned his entire body into darkness 85 86.
• Dark Tiga: After abandoning his soul body, acted through Dark Tiga manifestations and statues rather than a single permanent physical body 102 108.

Personality

Xu Shilun was intelligent, suspicious, and exceptionally confident in his own judgment. The Ultra Civilization’s analysis characterized him as decisive in killing, unscrupulous, ruthless, and inclined to assume the worst of others. His confidence could become conceit, particularly when he believed superior power made resistance meaningless 74 80 88.

Survival, rather than conquest itself, was his central objective. He wanted to complete his mission and ideally return home, but otherwise intended to suppress rival civilizations’ development so that he could live longer and prevent the Evil God’s appearance. He repeatedly wagered his own life when safer options disappeared, including sacrificing his body and established strength to seize the Ultra Mind Network 101 102 120.

His treatment of the Soul Clan was openly exploitative. He demanded Soul Liquid, restricted reproduction and escape, and considered promises of noninterference expendable if his rule became threatened. Allowing his subjects to develop was a calculated investment in their future usefulness, not recognition of their independence 75 82 85 97.

He was also a skilled actor who mixed accurate statements with misleading omissions. When seeking Zoffy’s help, he portrayed himself as a self-sacrificing king and attributed his own atrocities to Big Pineapple’s power. His later counterpart inherited memories that the original had repeatedly embellished, turning self-justification into apparent personal truth 86 205.

Abilities & Skills

Soul-Body Abilities

Xu Shilun inhabited the same general kind of soul form as the people he ruled 67 94.

• Soul Liquid absorption: Replenished his soul body and increased his cultivation by consuming liquid contributed by Soul Clan members 75 82.
• Fragment detection: Explained that the Soul Clan originated from Big Pineapple’s fragments and could sense them even when ordinary Asuras and Ultra People could not 76.
• Physical-weapon resistance: His soul form made many Ultra weapons ineffective, although the civilization later developed attacks capable of killing Soul Clan members 80 89.
• Poor cultivation efficiency: Enormous quantities of Soul Liquid produced limited results. Later, even his own darkness flowed through him inefficiently, leading him to compare his condition to a sieve 84 142.

Big Pineapple’s Borrowed Power

Big Pineapple’s fragments supplied both combat strength and authority over the Soul Clan 68 75.

• Coercive control: Could control Soul Clan members below the Third Stage, even while claiming that he would allow them freedom 75.
• Offensive power: Used enhanced punches and energy attacks to break the Soul Clan’s fusion and the Ultra Civilization’s planetary defenses 74 79.
• Recovery: Big Pineapple’s intervention healed his torture injuries and restored his hands 73.
• Limits: Borrowed power strained his soul body. After suffering injuries, attempting to unleash its full force risked making him explode 75 84.
• Countermeasure: Soul Water made from willingly severed Soul Clan soul bodies could break the fragments’ control 71.

Darkness and Dark Avatars

Xu Shilun absorbed the resentment, despair, hatred, and destructive thoughts left by the previous Ultra Civilization 85 86.

• Assimilation: Became capable of treating that malice as nourishment after his Second Stage breakthrough 92.
• Distributed avatars: Split into countless microscopic Xu Shiluns that fought and devoured hostile black-mist manifestations across an asteroid field 92.
• Dark-energy cultivation: Gathered darkness through his avatar ability to strengthen himself while remaining hidden in space 94 98.
• Mental danger: The original influx nearly overwhelmed his consciousness and continued threatening to destroy him even after Zoffy helped him advance 85 87.

Mind Network Infiltration and Dark Tiga

His darkness originated from the Ultra Civilization, allowing him to use its consciousness network as an entry point 101 102.

• Psychic corruption: Infected the Mind Space and seized control of half the Ultra population, making continued use of mental links dangerous for his enemies 102 103.
• Multiple manifestations: Operated numerous Dark Tigas rather than relying on a single combat body 114 117.
• Statue revival: At Mid Third Stage, could revive or transfer his consciousness into any of his statues 108.
• Shared vulnerability: Destroying three thousand Dark Tigas killed three million connected Ultra People 117.
• Original dependencies: Before his later advancement, his continued existence depended on the Ultra population and the Plasma Spark Towers supplying power 103 108.
• Posthumous restrictions: Su Mo sealed his power within secret-realm instances. His mobile fragments retained memories but could not carry that sealed power outside 129.

Strategy and Psychological Warfare

• Livestream consultation: Used viewers as strategists and sources of technical information; Liu Dajun considered many of his schemes open stratagems rather than concealed plots 68 88.
• Hostage leverage: Forced Liu Dajun’s submission by making resistance threaten half the Ultra Civilization 103.
• Provoked breakthroughs: Killed Asuras before Wang Jianzhi to force an anger-driven Third Stage breakthrough 111 114.
• Contingency planning: Claimed that eight million Dark Tigas would expose his plan if his will disappeared, discouraging Liu Dajun from killing him 124.
• Historical propaganda: Produced scriptures and records presenting himself as a righteous bringer of light while recasting his enemies as evil 122 129.

Equipment & Items

• Big Pineapple’s fragments — Transparent, stone-like soul fragments that could merge into his body. His first documented discovery resembled an arm 67 68.
• Soul Liquid — Cultivation resource extracted from the Soul Clan; his standard demand eventually settled at ten thousand portions daily 75 82.
• Giant spider mount — His “royal mount,” used to travel to the ruins containing the broken Ultra head 85.
• Broken Ultra stone head — Held the previous civilization’s darkness and Zoffy’s remaining consciousness; Xu Shilun promised to take it to Liu Dajun 85 86.
• Dark Tiga statues and fragments — Anchors for his consciousness and the basis of his later secret-realm legacy 108 129.
• Self-promotional scriptures — Included Shilun’s Scripture of Supreme and Boundless Light and Shilun’s Comprehensive Selections of Wondrous Methods. He intended these records to preserve his presence into the next era 122 129.
• Fake explosive shields — Used to intimidate Wolong and Wenhe into cultivating and undertaking his assignments 143 144.

History

Discovery and Exploitation of the Soul Clan

Xu Shilun discovered a soul entity inside a rabbit and learned that it could copy his appearance and memories through contact. He gathered more than three hundred copies before finding the arm-shaped fragment that allowed him to control them. He then ordered the copies to locate and transform more soul entities 67 68.

Initially lacking a cultivation path beyond Big Pineapple’s fragments, he pursued technological development using tireless soul workers and information supplied by livestream viewers. His copies possessed his memories and ambitions but not his Livestream System, and they understood that they were separate people. Forced labor, starvation, and wars over control of identical subjects fostered rebellion 68 70 71.

Rebellion and Restoration of His Rule

The rebels developed Soul Water to free themselves from fragment control. The united Soul Clan captured Xu Shilun, severed his hands, and tortured him alongside the five kings for seven days. Before their execution, Big Pineapple’s fragments reassembled and lent him the strength to survive 71 73.

Xu Shilun crushed the rebels’ fused giant and immediately renewed his demand for Soul Liquid. He permitted the clan to grow stronger while retaining the ability to control individuals below the Third Stage. Zhang Jiao recognized this apparent freedom as another form of exploitation and continued seeking a way to overthrow him 74 75 77.

War with the Ultra Civilization

Xu Shilun led three hundred thousand Soul Clan members to the meteorite ruins and subsequently attacked the Ultra Civilization. He shattered its defenses with Big Pineapple’s power, destroyed cities while calling for Liu Dajun, and collected additional fragments. Ace’s relentless counterattacks forced him to acknowledge that Ultra technology could threaten him despite his superior borrowed strength 77 79 80.

His injuries took years to heal, and Soul Liquid could not carry him past Peak First Stage. Seeking another route, he approached a broken Ultra statue and manipulated Zoffy into helping him absorb its darkness. Zoffy’s remaining consciousness dissipated during the process, leaving Xu Shilun to struggle with the power he had acquired 82 84 85 86 87.

While his livestream remained dark, Xu Shilun fought the malice throughout the asteroid field. Meanwhile, the Ultra Civilization attacked the Soul Clan, which was reduced to a single surviving native member. That survivor impersonated Xu Shilun to attack the Asuras and draw Big Pineapple into the conflict; those attacks were not the original Xu Shilun’s actions 88 89 92 97 102.

King of the Three Races

When Xu Shilun approached the Ultra Planet again, Liu Dajun trapped him under concentrated fire and rejected his explanation that an impostor had attacked the Asuras. Xu Shilun responded by sacrificing his body, infiltrating the Mind Network, and holding half the Ultra population hostage through his darkness 101 102 103.

Liu Dajun submitted, beginning the Ultra Civilization’s Dark Era. Xu Shilun then arranged Wang Jianzhi’s arrival to pursue his unification mission. He simultaneously suppressed technological development and used the Mind Network to rebuild his own form 103.

Zhang Jiao’s Attack and the Ultra Sacrifice

During Zhang Jiao’s assault, Xu Shilun accepted a viewer-proposed strategy of forcing Wang Jianzhi to advance through grief and fury. He killed three hundred Asuras, triggering Wang’s Third Stage breakthrough and creating genuine enmity after the earlier impersonation had been explained 111 114.

When Wang destroyed three thousand approaching Dark Tigas, three million Ultra People died through their connection. Xu Shilun used the deaths to pressure Big Pineapple, presenting the Tigas as rescuers attacked while trying to save Asura Planet. He later secured a promised favor in exchange for helping draw Wang away 117 118.

Xu Shilun and Big Pineapple subsequently forced acceptance of a plan requiring the Ultra People’s deaths. Big Pineapple killed nearly thirty million before Xu signaled him to stop; the remaining population recorded its memories and wills. Xu then used the flesh and blood of nearly two hundred million people to reach Peak Third Stage and escape his dependence on the Ultra consciousness network 124 125.

Fragmented Existence and Final Death

Xu Shilun reached the Fourth Stage near the previous epoch’s end but exploded almost immediately. His remaining power was later confined to secret-realm instances, while memory-bearing fragments could leave without that strength. He recruited animals, Wolong, and Wenhe to help recover his fragments, using deception to conceal his own limitations 129 141 142 144.

Su Mo resurrected Zhang Jiao inside Xu Shilun’s dungeon. Zhang Jiao spent three years torturing him, repeatedly drawing out and consuming his Soul Liquid. Near death, Xu Shilun offered a secret in exchange for a quick end; Su Mo subsequently restored him to his Fourth Stage prime and demanded to know how he had discovered it 150 153.

Xu Shilun was confirmed dead afterward. Yu Jiemo bowed three times before his grave, while viewers and real-world organizations speculated about the circumstances and his knowledge of the Evil God. The supplied account does not establish the precise mechanism of his final death 155 173 203.

Legacy and Tribulation Qi Counterpart

Dark Tigas and the Demon Race

• Xu Shilun’s released power became Tribulation Qi, awakening intelligence in animals and introducing faint emotions even into Stone Men. Su Mo estimated that its full dispersal would take at least eighty years 156.
• Wolong and Wenhe inherited his Dark Tigas and sought to occupy his former position. Wolong used records of Xu proclaiming himself Light Shilun to help recruit them 173 180.
• The inherited Dark Tigas possessed Mid Third Stage strength but had reached a ceiling. Further growth required cultivating through the Demon Race’s own path from the Transcendent level 213.

A Separate Being Bearing His Name

The “Xu Shilun” encountered in Yu Jiemo’s inner world was Tribulation Qi that had become a demon. The narration explicitly distinguishes him from the deceased Earthling: he was a new life carrying Xu’s appearance and a small, confused portion of his memories 202 227.

This counterpart inherited embellished memories of righteous kingship and genuinely believed his own promises. His offer to appoint Yu Jiemo grand general was sincere, despite resembling the original’s manipulations. Yu Jiemo initially treated his apparent innocence as possible acting before recognizing that he really was newly born and inexperienced 203 204 205 207 210.

Captivity and Escape

• Recognition: Wenhe identified him as demonized Tribulation Qi rather than the original Xu Shilun. To demons, he was an exceptionally concentrated cultivation resource 215.
• Cultivation value: His presence could awaken an unintelligent demon within two hours. Wenhe believed swallowing him could carry Wenhe beyond Peak Second Stage into the Third Stage 215.
• Wolong’s captive resource: Wolong kept him between his teeth, claiming to protect him while repeatedly licking away his Yao Qi. Keeping him nearby increased Wolong’s absorption speed more than fivefold 219.
• Survival adaptations: He replenished himself by absorbing ambient Yao Qi and changed into a sphere to reduce the damage from being licked 219.
• Escape: After four years, he fled Wolong’s mouth. By then he understood that the original Xu Shilun was dead and that he was not truly that person; Dark Tigas nevertheless pursued him when Wolong tried to exploit his identity 227.

Relationships

• Soul Clan — Subjects and victims. Their copied memories did not make them loyal extensions of him; Xu treated them as resources, while rebels rejected his right to rule 71 75 77.
• Zhang Jiao — Rebel leader, coerced subordinate, and enduring enemy. Repeatedly challenged Xu’s rule and later tortured his powerless dungeon incarnation for three years 75 77 150 153.
• Big Pineapple — Source of borrowed power and a conditional ally. Supported Xu’s survival strategy partly because Xu had not initially harmed the Asuras; their cooperation later became strained by Xu’s coercion and violence 73 102 114 118 124.
• Liu Dajun — Fellow Earthling, principal rival, and eventual subordinate. Xu’s repeated address of “Brother Jun” became associated with attacks on Ultra cities; Liu submitted to protect his population 79 103 210.
• Wang Jianzhi — Asura king and fellow transmigrator. Initially suffered at an impostor’s hands, then became Xu’s genuine enemy after Xu killed Asuras to force his breakthrough 92 103 114.
• Zoffy — Remnant consciousness deceived into helping him absorb the Ultra civilization’s darkness. Dissipated while suppressing that power and requested that Xu carry the stone head back to Liu Dajun 86 87.
• Wolong / Little Fat Mouse — Livestream strategist later manipulated into serving Xu in person. Inherited part of his legacy and eventually exploited the separate Tribulation Qi counterpart 101 143 144 219.
• Wenhe — Strategist whom Xu found difficult to make accept blame. Later inherited his legacy and recognized the counterpart’s value as a cultivation resource 111 215 219.
• Yu Jiemo / Fengchu — Former livestream strategist who mourned Xu’s death. Later sheltered the distinct Tribulation Qi demon while struggling to trust anything bearing Xu’s name 101 155 203 204.
• Su Mo — Creator God whom Xu sought to avoid provoking. Sealed Xu’s power in instances, watched his torture, and briefly restored him to his prime before his confirmed death 101 129 150 153 155.

Notable Quotes

“When you fall, stay down obediently, because the next time you stand up, you'll only fall harder!” 74

“Whitewashing? What a ridiculous word. I, Xu Shilun, have never once thought of whitewashing myself.” 103

“Borrowed power is always borrowed. Only the power you cultivate yourselves truly belongs to you.” 141