Xu Fan

Biodata

Power Progression

Xu Fan’s documented leveling concerns his technology workbench rather than a personal cultivation realm.

Background / History

Family and His Father’s Final Wish

Xu Fan’s father, Xu Tiangong, led a research team that developed a manned submersible capable of reaching a depth of 7,000 meters. After an accident during a manned test, he asked Xu Fan to develop a vessel capable of descending 10,000 meters. Xu Fan made that promise before his father died, ten years before the story begins 1.

With his mother in poor health, Xu Fan worked odd jobs to pay tuition and support their household. His special-grade welding certification and university mechanical engineering knowledge allowed him to earn money making intricate metal figurines, though the family still lived on a tight budget 1.

Wang Yixue’s Commission

Wang Yixue commissioned a futuristic mecha as a seventieth-birthday gift for her grandfather, Wang Baoguo. She intended to order a fifty-centimeter model but typed “500 cm.” Xu Fan quoted three million yuan and received a 1.5-million-yuan deposit, only to realize that her deadline was impossible with ordinary welding methods 1 3.

The Super God Technology System bound to him as he considered refusing the job. Using its workbench in an abandoned warehouse, he manufactured the five-meter mecha later known as Crimson Sky No. 1. He delivered it to Cloud Summit Manor under red cloth to preserve the surprise 1 2.

The mecha’s capabilities drew the attention of military researchers. Initial attempts to contact Xu Fan were complicated by his silenced phone, account arrears, and subsequent phone modification, which defeated normal tracking 2 8.

Recognition and the Lunar Flight

Officials finally met Xu Fan during a confrontation at Champs-Élysées No. 2. His blind date, Liu Li, had tried to make him pay for luxury bags, while Manager Tan attempted to prevent him from leaving. Wang Yixue exposed the scheme, and the pair were arrested after military and government officials arrived 23 24 25.

At Zhonghai Military Research Base, Xu Fan explained that he had no research team and had also performed the mecha’s test flight himself. His explanations of its materials, weapons, and control system convinced the researchers of his expertise 26 27.

During a demonstration with Wang Yixue aboard, he disabled the mecha’s restrictions through King mode, reached geosynchronous orbit, and continued to the moon. The flight reached Mach 45, but its severe deceleration left him considering a future drug to strengthen the human physique 28 29 30.

His lunar landing accidentally buried the landing monument and erased Arms’s footprint. After discovering the damage, he stamped a new mecha footprint into the soil, inscribed a message, and returned to Earth. Elder Hua instructed the witnesses not to disclose the incident 31.

Military Cooperation and Production

Elder Wang commissioned a second mecha and the completion of the laser weapons and Dragoon System for ten million yuan. With free access to military procurement, Xu Fan built Crimson Sky No. 2 and fitted both machines with their remaining weapons 31 32 33.

A visit to his workshop revealed valuable carbyne alloy and room-temperature superconducting alloy among his leftover materials. He sold both at 498 yuan per jin and provided their synthesis information. The elders regarded these prices as token payments for national contributions, while Xu Fan privately considered the sales profitable 38 39 40.

Xu Fan then agreed to develop an integrated mecha production line and provide technical drawings, repairs, and upgrades. His terms required the research base to supply the premises, utilities, labor, and materials, with Xu Fan receiving three percent of the profits from each mecha produced 41.

Following project approval, Elder Wang invoked his Nation-Protecting Medal authority to grant Xu Fan extensive research access and top-secret protection. Xu Fan moved his workbench to the Zhonghai Third Ordnance Factory, prepared the machinery fixtures, and began fabricating production-line components 42 43 44 45.

At the military exercise commendation ceremony, Wang Yixue publicly argued that Xu Fan deserved the honors being awarded to the pilots. Senior leaders subsequently promised him major recognition, but the provided chapters do not show him receiving a decoration 46 47.

Deep-Sea Titan Project

Despite his mecha work, Xu Fan continued studying his father’s manuscripts. His preliminary concept developed into a thirty-meter-tall deep-sea titan, though it still required revisions and system correction. The project remained tied to fulfilling his promise to reach a depth of 10,000 meters 1 43.

Appearance

• Height: 1.8 meters 1.
• Facial appearance: Wang Yixue describes him as bright and handsome 14.

Personality

Xu Fan is practical about money and treats invention as both a livelihood and a means of fulfilling his father’s wish. He calculates costs, negotiates prices, and insists that cooperation should involve clear accounts. These motives repeatedly clash with the elders’ assumption that every low price is a disguised act of selfless patriotism 1 39 40 41.

He takes customer service seriously, describing the customer as “God.” This extends from concealing Wang Yixue’s birthday gift before delivery to providing patient piloting instruction and promising long-term technical support. He sometimes fails to recognize how difficult his supposedly simple explanations are for others 2 26 31 41.

His enthusiasm for mecha performance can become reckless: he relishes unrestricted flight and decides to visit the moon despite Elder Wang’s warnings. At the same time, he deeply respects Elder Wang and Elder Hua, whose scientific service—and his father’s admiration for them—carry considerable weight with him 25 28 29 31.

He is attentive to his mother’s welfare. He initially considers modifying her phone to save on bills and is particularly happy when his earnings allow her to stop working 8 43.

Abilities & Skills

Super God Technology System

The system supplies scientific knowledge and enables the manufacture of advanced technology 1.

• Technology Points: Shock generated by his technological creations can be converted into points for further development 1.
• Concept refinement: The workbench reads his concepts, corrects design information, performs calculations, and manufactures the resulting product 1 45.
• Material requirements: Manufacturing still requires physical raw materials 1 32.
• Point requirements: Insufficient points initially prevent him from immediately developing his desired deep-sea submersible 1.
• Preparation matters: His continued study of the submersible is stated to improve what he can eventually manufacture with the system 43.

Engineering and Materials Science

Xu Fan combines formal mechanical engineering studies and certified welding skills with system-provided knowledge 1.

• Explains the mecha’s carbyne alloy, hydrogen-powered weapons infrastructure, and railgun components to researchers 26.
• Supplies synthesis methods and chemical formulas for advanced alloys 40.
• Designs an integrated mecha manufacturing and assembly line, including technical drawings and subsequent support 41.
• Warns that the alloys require demanding manufacturing conditions and are difficult to reproduce without his integrated platform 40.

Computing and Control Systems

Xu Fan’s knowledge of central control systems surpasses Tong Yao’s established expertise in programming and electronic warfare 27.

• Explains Crimson Sky No. 1’s control system in enough depth that Tong Yao concedes his superiority 27.
• Uses code to initiate a quick startup of the mecha 28.
• Modifies his phone to support advanced computing, communications, and anti-tracking functions 8 27.

Mecha Piloting

Xu Fan serves as his own test pilot and operates Crimson Sky No. 1 with precise manual control 27 29.

• King mode: Operates with assistance measures disabled and performance restrictions released 28.
• Spaceflight: Pilots into geosynchronous orbit, travels to the moon, and returns to Earth 29 30 31.
• Falling Leaf Drift: Descends through controlled spinning and attitude adjustments with the main engines shut down 31.
• Paperclip Maneuver: Performs a rapid 180-degree reversal from a steep dive into a climb 31.
• Physical limitation: Extreme braking forces cause severe distress even when calculations indicate the maneuver is survivable 30.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

Manufacturing and Personal Equipment

• Super God Technology Workbench: His principal manufacturing tool, publicly called the Multifunction Workbench or an intelligent machining tool. Its Lv2 form stands over five meters tall and has ten mechanical arms 27 32 38 45.
  • Each arm is labeled as capable of supporting eighty tons.
  • Its particle welder has a stated precision of one nanometer.
  • Its quantum central-control terminal has a stated computing capacity of one billion operations per second 38.
• Modified phone: Upgraded for one Technology Point; requires neither charging nor phone credit and provides unlimited internet access. Its protective functions include preventing information and location theft and performing reverse tracing 8.
  • Runs Mystic Heaven 1.0 27.
  • Defeats Tong Yao’s tracking attempt by returning “Xu Tiebang” as its owner and locations including the moon and Nebula M78 8.
• Xu Tiangong’s manuscripts: Inherited research documents used to develop the deep-sea titan concept 43.

Mecha Creations

Relationships

• Xu Tiangong — Father. His fatal submersible test and final request give Xu Fan his central research goal 1.
• Li Lanhua — Mother. Xu Fan supports her financially; she worries about his marriage prospects and arranges his blind date 1 23 43.
• Wang Yixue — First mecha customer, pilot, student, and eventual friend. Her mistaken order starts his mecha career; she later assists his work and publicly advocates recognition for him. She displays romantic interest, but no confirmed relationship is established in the provided chapters 1 31 40 44 46.
• Wang Baoguo / Elder Wang — Scientific elder, customer, and institutional supporter. Commissions further development, arranges research cooperation, and secures Xu Fan’s exceptional access and protection 31 41 42.
• Elder Hua — Senior scientist whom Xu Fan greatly respects. Becomes an enthusiastic supporter of his inventions and argues that his contributions deserve proper honors 31 40 42.
• Tong Yao — Computing specialist, procurement contact, and Crimson Sky No. 2 pilot. Initially tests his expertise, then comes to admire him and resolves to follow his example of national service 27 32 33 40.
• Li Guozhong — Major general and military supporter. Interprets Xu Fan’s first mecha sale as an anonymous patriotic donation, helping establish the exaggerated image that later officials adopt 21 25.

Notable Quotes

“Dad, I'll definitely do what I promised you!” 1

“If you insist on calling it an R&D team, then I am the R&D team!” 26

“Even brothers should keep their accounts straight!” 41

“One small step for a mecha, one giant leap for technology!” — Inscription left beside his lunar footprint 31