Lu Ding

Biodata

Power Progression

Background

Lu Ding is a transmigrator who grew up without parents. After leaving the orphanage at fourteen, he supported himself while continuing his education, relying on subsidies to survive. He spent five years in a resettlement apartment costing three hundred yuan per month 1 2 3.

Knowing that his golden finger was called the Monster Containment Prison, he believed monsters must exist despite never encountering one. He studied occult texts and deliberately watched horror films to prepare himself psychologically. His knowledge included feng shui, geomancy, burial practices, dragon-vein taboos, and fortune-telling, though he could not guarantee that his divination methods worked 1 2.

During his first university summer break, he sought an internship to complete his required report early. His knowledge impressed project supervisor Luo Anping enough to secure a geological survey placement. Nearly a month later, workers unearthed a bleeding stone sphere—the opportunity he had spent years awaiting 1.

Appearance

• Build: Well-defined, powerful muscles 24.
• Hair and face: Neat short hair, sword-like eyebrows, and star-bright eyes 24.
• Bearing: Openly brutal and unrestrained; Cao Ying distinguishes this from his own more conventionally ruthless demeanor 35.
• Combat habit: Often hovers rather than standing on blood-covered floors, partly for appearance but primarily to avoid the filth 44.

Personality

Lu Ding actively seeks supernatural danger because killing monsters strengthens him. He rushes toward the bleeding stone when the workers retreat, demands an immediate Bureau 749 assessment, and later requests a patrol jurisdiction with frequent supernatural incidents 1 5 24.

He has little tolerance for insults, threats, or appeals to seniority. His response to a declared enemy is usually to eliminate the danger before it can return: he pursues Linggu after her threat and kills Ye Xuan rather than allow him an opportunity for revenge. This ruthlessness also extends to colleagues who provoke him 14 16 31 43.

His brutality coexists with gratitude and loyalty. He remembers Deng Guofu’s help, protects Yan Feifan from bullying, and considers compensating him for his wrecked vehicle a basic obligation. Once financially secure, he leaves his subsidized apartment so someone who needs it can take his place 3 9 15 21.

He is not indifferent to victims. After telling Miss Cheng that her family has been murdered, he cannot find words to comfort her and spends the night smoking in a stairwell. His response to abusive qi refiners is markedly less restrained 45 47.

Despite his impatience, he recognizes practical limits. He abandons the idea of deliberately attracting monsters after Long Shanshan warns that he could summon something beyond his ability, and he stops cultivating when his meridians begin to hurt 4 25.

Abilities & Skills

Monster Containment Prison

Lu Ding’s golden finger records slain monsters and grants rewards. Its first successful activation follows the destruction of the South Mountain Stubborn Stone 2.

• Technique rewards: Recorded containments grant abilities associated with the defeated creatures 2 3 13 20 34.
• Immediate mastery: His system-granted techniques arrive at maximum proficiency; the Flying Bear Pouncing and Killing Method is learned separately through cultivation 20 23.
• Low-level rewards: A weak body-stealing ghost produces a Colorless Small Crystal rather than qualifying for technique-granting containment 39.
• Nonqualifying targets: Destroying the assessment’s wooden figures produces no containment notification 7.
• Preference for lethal containment: He rejects taking Old Lady Black alive because system rewards matter more to him than the bureau’s capture bonus 13.

Way of Jinche

Obtained from the South Mountain Stubborn Stone and described by the system as having “nothing it cannot cleave” 2.

• Releases sharp slashes with a thought, without requiring a weapon 2 23.
• Supports broad horizontal cuts, close-range bursts, and barrages surrounding his body 7.
• Trades coverage for power: fewer slashes concentrate strength, while numerous slashes cover a wider area with reduced individual force 18.
• Cuts through vehicles, magical armor, and Yuan Baifeng’s reinforced palm 6 22 23.
• Does not guarantee an instant kill against every opponent; Lu Ding resorts to physically tearing apart the Living-Molt Living Corpse to prevent its transformation 34.

That Which Is Called Forgetting Form

Obtained from the Wangxiang. It allows Lu Ding to enter Unity of Heaven and Humanity at will, rather than waiting for an uncontrollable moment of insight 3.

• Accelerates combat comprehension and improves the power and angles of his slashes 8.
• Enables cultivation during movement, battle, and ordinary activity, although these reduce its efficiency 23.
• Greatly increases spiritual-energy absorption and provides the precision needed to fill fragile qi vortices safely 24 25.
• Does not remove every physical bottleneck: excessive breakthroughs can still strain his meridians 25.

Flying Bear Pouncing and Killing Method

Comprehended from the Flying Bear Visualization Diagram supplied by Deng Guofu. The method produces aggressive true qi and emphasizes overwhelming, destructive close combat 9.

• Manifests a winged Flying Bear phantom during powerful attacks 33 41.
• Concentrates force into crushing palm strikes, charges, and grappling attacks 23 33 34.
• Helps him locate the concealed Thousand-Gold Elder 18.
• Its roar drives away the mountain lord attached to Tang Hu 47.

Strength of Bears and Brown Bears

Obtained by containing Old Lady Black. The reward grants one thousand jun of strength, calculated by Lu Ding as thirty thousand jin 13.

• Enables him to shatter bones, overpower heavily armored ghosts, and catch Fang Du’s mounted lance barehanded 30 41 42.
• Gives him a physique comparable to some physically specialized Spirit Sea cultivators while he is still at Illuminating the Jade Pivot 24.
• Helps accelerate cultivation because his body already withstands the strain that others must first spend time conditioning themselves to endure 24 25.

Wind-Calming Technique

Obtained from the Flying Centipede. It can still violent winds and clouds, ride the wind, and support flight 20.

• Provides flight and rapid aerial movement with little expenditure 20.
• Allows him to fight without ground support, defeating Elder Huang’s attempt to suppress him with marsh terrain 31.
• Summons gales strong enough to deflect incoming spears and further increase his flying speed 41.
• Makes the Flying Centipede’s valuable inner core unnecessary for his own wind-control needs 20.

Living-Molt Living Life

Obtained from the Living-Molt Living Corpse. It restores injuries and condition by shedding skin and being born anew 34.

• Provides a recovery technique capable of returning him to peak condition through molting 34.
• No actual use of the technique is shown in the cited encounter 34.

General’s Fitted Armor Technique

Awarded for containing General Sha. It summons closely fitted Taotie sha-devouring armor, described as warding off the intrusion of ghosts and gods 43.

Occult Knowledge and Fieldcraft

• Wins his internship through knowledge of feng shui, geomancy, graves, roads, and dragon-vein taboos 1.
• Continues studying Bureau 749 records, including martial arts, corpse transformations, and supernatural phenomena 30 33 40.
• Adapts a snake-handling technique seen on the bureau app to dislocate Ye Xuan’s arm and pulverize his fingers 30.
• Uses surveillance recordings and bureau regulations to support his account during investigations into his conduct 34 47.

Equipment & Items

• Hammer drill — Used to destroy the South Mountain Stubborn Stone before he possessed supernatural attacks 1 2.
• South Mountain Stubborn Stone fragments — Collected after his first containment; later learns that they are valuable materials for cultivation and weapon-making 2 6.
• Bureau 749 employee phone — Provides reference materials, missions, forums, contribution-point exchanges, and official notifications 5 6 9.
• Flying Bear Visualization Diagram — Cultivation scroll recommended by Deng Guofu; source of his Flying Bear Pouncing and Killing Method 9.
• Flying Centipede inner core — Primary raw material for a Wind-Calming Pearl; retained after killing the creature and subsequently offered for sale under the pearl’s name 20 21 34.
• Body camera — Records Tang Hu’s admission before Lu Ding executes him 47.
• Colorless Small Crystals — System rewards containing pure spiritual qi and soul power; can replenish expenditure and improve cultivation and combat power 39.

Relationships

• Yan Feifan — Assistant investigator, regular patrol partner, and friend. Lu Ding values his preparation, intelligence, and escape abilities, defends him from dormitory bullies, and specifically chooses him for Baofan District 10 11 15 24.
• Deng Guofu — Yunhai Branch logistics director and early mentor. Recommends the Flying Bear Visualization Diagram; Lu Ding remembers the guidance as a personal kindness 8 9.
• Luo Anping — Internship supervisor who hires him and tries to pull him away from the awakened stone sphere 1 2.
• Zhou Jie and Long Shanshan — Investigators who approach him after the Wangxiang encounter, explain aperture opening, and bring him into Bureau 749 4 5.
• Wen Yuquan — Fellow investigator and friendly contact. Fights beside him against the Heavenly Principle Sect and helps arrange the sale of his wind-related treasure 21 23 34 35.
• Gao Zhengliang — Baofan public security director. Coordinates local cases with him and requests his help rescuing detained officers; becomes familiar enough with him to exchange dark jokes 27 37 45 48.
• Ji Yanshuang — Lu Ding breaks the supernatural attack affecting her. She later vigorously defends his strength in comparisons with other prominent investigators 14 44 45.
• Cao Ying — Treasure trader introduced through Wen Yuquan. Their direct manner suits each other; Cao Ying later considers seeking Lu Ding’s support in Cao Family Alley 35 49.
• Xue Ning — Rival investigator concerned with the Wind-Calming Pearl. Lu Ding strikes him after overhearing his disparaging remarks at Dinghao Residential Complex 21 43.
• Tang Long and Tang Bao — Leaders of the Five Viscera Life Society and brothers of Tang Hu. After their apology, Lu Ding ends the dispute and permits their Chenla application with a warning to obey the law and pay taxes 48 49.

Story Role / Major Arcs

First Containments and Bureau Recruitment

• Destroys the bleeding South Mountain Stubborn Stone, activating his system and obtaining his first supernatural attack 1 2.
• Kills a Wangxiang at his apartment building, gaining voluntary access to Unity of Heaven and Humanity 3.
• Joins Bureau 749 for cultivation methods, resources, and reliable access to monster investigations 4 5.
• Takes the assessment immediately, destroys more than eighty wooden figures within ten minutes, and earns its only perfect score 7 8.

Old Lady Black and the Heavenly Principle Sect

• Selects the investigation into a six-person family massacre and recruits Yan Feifan as his assistant 9 10.
• Tracks the case to Dong Yong and the Ji family, then kills Old Lady Black and gains tremendous physical strength 11 13.
• Breaks the attack on Ji Yanshuang and pursues its source to Baiyao Ancient Town after being threatened 14 16.
• Kills Linggu and the Thousand-Gold Elder, then destroys the Flying Centipede and acquires flight 18 20.
• Defeats a Heavenly Principle Sect highway ambush, killing the higher-realm Yuan Baifeng. The public scale of the incident leads to administrative leave and reassignment to jurisdictional patrol 22 23 24.

Baofan District and the Ancient Tomb

• Arrives with Yan Feifan to replace the previous patrol team, immediately intimidating Ming Jun into backing down 25 27.
• Kills Ye Xuan after a confrontation over access to an ancient tomb and fights Elder Huang, whose terrain-based tactics fail against his flight 30 31 32.
• Tears apart the Living-Molt Living Corpse before it can complete its transformation, obtaining a recovery technique 33 34.
• Passes the bureau’s inquiry without punishment and receives fifty contribution points and five hundred thousand yuan 34.

Dinghao Residential Complex

• Investigates a woman’s report that monsters have replaced her family and rescues Dong Wenrui from a body-stealing ghost 37 39.
• Discovers a wardrobe connecting reality to an overlapping Yin Domain, where Fang Du’s forces await their general’s revival 40.
• Holds the entrance, destroys the replacement monsters, and charges into the ghost army rather than waiting for reinforcements 40 41.
• Kills Fang Du and reveals that he has already destroyed the general the ghosts hoped to revive 42 43.
• His published battle report makes other first-year investigators openly discuss surrendering rather than facing him in the First-Year Martial Competition 44.

Five Viscera Life Society

• Responds to the detention and torture of public security officers, rescues Yan Biexi, and kills Tang Hu and the qi refiners surrounding him 45 47.
• Summons Tang Long and Tang Bao to judge their response, but does not punish them merely for being Tang Hu’s brothers 48.
• Accepts their apology and preserves the society as a lawful local faction that can assist when Bureau 749 lacks personnel 49.
• Returns to cultivation, using medicinal treasures to expand and strengthen his Spirit Sea 50.

Notable Quotes

“You're probably talking about someone else. I'm different. I don't like leaving them alive.” 13

“I don't need a weapon.” 23

“What era is this, and you're still winding up to cast?” 31

“You owe me face. But I owe you none.” 49