Xu An

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Arrival and Restaurant

Xu An remembers a previous life on Earth and recognizes people in his new world as characters from Zenless Zone Zero. His knowledge includes their identities and some story events, but he admits that he knows little about certain disciples’ personalities 3 4 8 15.

After arriving on Sixth Street, he prepares a storefront without having decided what to sell. The Stat Allocation System activates that evening. He subsequently opens Safe and Sound Restaurant, using limited serving hours and reservations. Wise and Belle become his first customers, ordering six dishes; their reactions reveal how effectively his cooking can generate attribute points 1 2.

Joining Mount Yunkui

Xu An accompanies Belle and Yixuan toward Waifei Peninsula while they investigate a photograph connected to Carole Arna. A rocket attack brings down their airship in the Lemnian Hollow, where he finds Belle and waits with her for Yixuan 3 8.

After reproducing Yixuan’s arts through his system, Xu An asks to become her disciple. Yixuan accepts him immediately, waiving Mount Yunkui’s usual two-year study period and formal initiation ceremony. He settles at Yunkui Summit and meets Ju Fufu, Pan Yinhu, and Ye Shiyuan 4 8.

Hui Crystal Meike and Worry-Free Water

Xu An challenges a Hui Crystal Meike representative over delayed worker compensation, with Ju Fufu stopping the representative’s attempted punch. He and Belle then investigate the Lemnian Hollow safety incident alongside Komano Masato 6 13.

Although suspicious of Doctor Lor, Xu An rescues him during the investigation and clears Ethereals from a sample site. The collected evidence initially supports the workers’ case against Hui Crystal Meike. Later investigation exposes Lor’s Worry-Free Water as part of an Order ritual rather than a cure for corruption sickness 17 18 26 28 30.

Xu An stabilizes afflicted workers with spells and pursues Lor, who transforms nearby workers into Ethereals. After defeating them, Xu An captures Lor and uses him as a shield against Order attacks; Lor dies during the confrontation. Xu An subsequently tells Masato that Paro and other workers have become Ethereals 30 31.

Campaign Against the Order

When Yixuan uses a dangerous formation to extract patients’ corruption, Xu An attempts to share her burden despite her instructions. She kicks him away before completing the technique. He then supports her recovery, helps regulate her Ether, and conveys her decision that Belle should lead while she rests 33 34.

During the raid on the Order’s base, Xu An rescues captives and kills a Praise Chanter whose staff continuously summons Ethereals. At the clock tower, his flying sword heavily wears down Meral’s Corruption shield. When Meral’s counterattack overwhelms the battlefield and Yixuan freezes, he strengthens his Spirit and shields the group. His later psychic disruptions help Yixuan land the decisive attack 38 40 41.

Outings with Ye Shunguang

Xu An falls for Ye Shunguang upon meeting her and begins visiting Mount Yunkui with food and homemade desserts. He confesses his feelings directly, leaving her flustered enough to retreat to her room and later record the encounter in her diary 11 19 25 26.

He later agrees to show her life beyond the mountain. Their outings include flower arranging with Belle, exploring Sixth Street, finding hidden stools for Howl, and watching Wandering Footprints together at Lumina Square. During the film, Ye Shunguang holds his hand, and they discuss the value of individual lives and stories 43 45 48 50.

Appearance

• Handsome features: His initial Charm value is 91+, and Ju Fufu introduces him as her handsome junior brother 1 6.
• Developing physique: His first Constitution increases replace his soft belly with four visible abdominal muscles 1.
• Tall stature: Stands nearly a head taller than Yixuan and a head taller than Ye Shunguang 10 20.
• Disciple clothing: Wears Yunkui Summit disciple robes when visiting Mount Yunkui 19.

Personality

Xu An is playful, boastful, and frequently provocative. He teases Belle, flatters Yixuan, and poses with hovering swords while declaring himself Yunkui Summit’s strongest fighter below his master. His companions nevertheless question his reliability because of his habitual clowning 4 9 36.

He initially approaches familiar characters primarily to earn attribute points. Over time, he begins treating them as living people rather than opportunities for advancement. After comforting Yixuan, he questions whether points still explain his actions and acknowledges that he has grown attached to this world despite wanting to return home 15.

His concern for others can override caution: he challenges the treatment of workers, protects companions during combat, and tries to absorb part of Yixuan’s dangerous burden. Against enemies such as Lor, however, he is mocking and ruthless, showing little hesitation about lethal force 6 23 30 33.

Despite his bold compliments, Xu An is inexperienced in courtship. He privately panics over how to pursue Ye Shunguang, respects her request not to open her diary, and remains clear with Belle that his romantic interest lies elsewhere 20 35 43.

Abilities & Skills

Stat Allocation System

Converts emotional reactions from Zenless Zone Zero characters into points that Xu An can assign to attributes and skills 1.

• Point generation: Curiosity, amazement, affection, jealousy, anger, and sadness can all produce points 2 8 13 15 19.
• Eligible targets: After testing interactions with several Sixth Street residents, he concludes that point generation is restricted to people connected to the plot 3.
• Skill recognition: Learning an ability’s basics can create an upgradeable entry. He also discovers that something he genuinely knows how to do can become an entry if he consciously recognizes it as a skill 9.
• Emotional feedback: Notifications reveal others’ emotional states, but not their exact thoughts 8 10.
• Reserve allocation: Keeps unused points available for unexpected threats, a strategy he uses against Meral 17 41.
• Limitations: The system does not answer his questions. Poor allocation can leave his physical power ahead of his control 1 9.

Physical Strength and Combat

Uses overwhelming strength and speed to destroy Ethereal cores or incapacitate opponents 10 23.

• Breaks a thick, steel-plated wall while deliberately holding back 10.
• Eliminates a giant frog-shaped Ethereal and accompanying attackers with single punches 18.
• Knocks out Hollow Raiders gathered around an Observation Singularity 23.
• Overpowers a Praise Chanter despite repeated staff strikes against his arm 38.
• His claim to be second only to Yixuan at Yunkui Summit is a personal boast; Trigger likewise only privately compares his combat performance to a Void Hunter’s 23 36.

Mount Yunkui Arts and Ether Control

Learns Ether-based arts through observation, system investment, and Yixuan’s instruction 4 9 15.

• Regulates breathing, acupoints, meridians, and internal Ether circulation 15.
• Evaporates water from his skin and gathers moisture from his clothing into a ball 5.
• Uses spells to stabilize workers suffering from corruption sickness 30.
• Helps regulate Yixuan’s internal Ether during her recovery 33 34.
• Stabilizing patients is not established as a substitute for treatment: the rescued workers still require corruption-suppressant medication 30.

Mental Power and Perception

His Spirit breakthrough sharpens memory, perception, and control, revealing a sea of consciousness containing images of his memories 17.

• Remote sensing: Perceives activity within a one-kilometer radius without opening his eyes 17.
• Psychic force: Pulls at Meral’s limbs to disrupt her movements 41.
• Mental intrusion: Enters Meral’s sea of consciousness to briefly daze her 41.
• Proposed application: Hopes to teach Ye Shunguang mental strengthening to counter the Qingming Sword’s memory erosion; a successful treatment is not documented 17.

Flying Swords and Multi-Attribute Attacks

Creates and mentally controls swords for both travel and combat 17 19 23.

• Flies on a sword condensed from metal-attribute energy 19.
• Directs five-attribute swords precisely into Ethereal cores, triggering Disorder damage 23.
• Switches between attributes when confronting Meral’s ice resistance 41.
• Can simultaneously attack, fly, and maintain protection for others 23.

Barriers

Forms shields through mental power and energy control 19 23 41.

• Protects carried food from wind during sword flight 19.
• Shields companions from a Thracian’s Corruption spears 23.
• After his emergency Spirit increase, holds back Meral’s Corruption while Yixuan is immobilized 41.

Cooking and Creative Skills

Cooking is both his original profession and an early source of system points 1 2.

• Prepares six restaurant dishes in under half an hour and gives his first customers complimentary egg fried rice 2.
• Makes chocolate mousse for Ye Shunguang and cooks fish for Inky 19 50.
• His later panel records Cooking 500+, Painting 100+, and Singing 100+; practical applications of the latter two are not shown in the supplied passages 17.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Energy-condensed swords — His principal combat weapons and means of flight; formed in different attributes rather than identified as a single permanent weapon 19 23 41.
• Yunkui Summit disciple robes — Identify his connection to Yixuan’s disciples 19.
• Knock Knock account — Used to contact Yixuan, obtain fellow disciples’ contact information, and exchange messages with Ye Shunguang 21 22.

Relationships

• Yixuan — Master and mentor. Accepts him without the usual initiation requirements, teaches him energy control, and disciplines his recklessness. Xu An comforts her over her losses and helps care for her after the formation’s backlash 4 9 15 33 34.
• Ye Shunguang — Second senior sister and romantic interest. He brings her food, confesses his feelings, and plans outings with her. She calls him Xiao An, promises to protect him, and increasingly expresses affection and attachment 11 20 25 26 45 50.
• Belle — First customer, fellow disciple, and frequent investigation partner. Their friendship includes teasing and physical closeness. She admits liking him, but he tells her that his heart belongs to Ye Shunguang 2 13 35.
• Wise — First customer and Sixth Street neighbor. Later helps guide the group remotely and identify the Order’s likely hideout 2 35.
• Ju Fufu — Eldest senior sister. Protects him from the Hui Crystal Meike representative and fights alongside him, though his teasing and antics often irritate her 5 6 23 36.
• Pan Yinhu — Senior brother, fellow cook, and combat companion. Welcomes Xu An warmly and is astonished by his rapid cultivation progress 8 18 38.
• Ye Shiyuan — Senior brother and Ye Shunguang’s brother. Xu An seeks information about Shunguang’s preferences through Belle 8 35.
• Komano Masato — Investigation ally. Their initial misunderstanding gives way to cooperation over the workers’ safety incident; Xu An later informs him of Paro’s fate 13 31.
• Trigger — Hollow expedition companion. Witnesses his combat strength while accompanying the group on Hongdou’s commission 22 23.
• Inky — Cat he befriends by cooking fish. Inky’s attention proves markedly less dependable when Xu An has no food to offer 50.

Notable Quotes

“Master, please accept your disciple’s bow!” 4

“I like seeing the way you smile when you’re happy, senior sister. You should smile more.” 20

“System! Add points! Put them into spirit! Twenty thousand!” 41