Zhang Junbao

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Zhang Sanfeng’s previous cultivation reached a limit imposed by his original body. He died after modifying his Tai Chi Primordial Chaos Art, then was summoned from Mount Wudang into the body of student Zhang Junbao in 2156. Awakening during a history lesson, he merged with the student’s memories and immediately used his martial expertise against Teacher Li Xinmin and Zhang Haobai 3 24.

Although the new body possessed no Inner Force, Zhang Junbao retained centuries of martial understanding and mental training. He discovered that this world’s genetically optimized humans could absorb cosmic energy, giving him a route beyond his former limits. He began adapting traditional cultivation to modern cellular and genetic principles rather than abandoning his existing arts 4 16 24.

His early pursuit of wealth was closely tied to his family. His father, Zhang Anzhong, needed Water of Life to restore his leg, while Zhang Junbao initially possessed little beyond Zhuge Tao’s sponsorship. He also accepted that weapons, equipment, and cultivation resources made organizational support indispensable 9 35.

Appearance

• Long black hair: Described as falling like a black waterfall and fluttering in the wind 252.
• White or moon-white Daoist robes: His characteristic clothing during cultivation and the Genius Battle 113 192 474.
• Restrained bearing: His initially conspicuous aura becomes increasingly subdued during early training 26.
• Graceful presence: Observers compare his sword-bearing appearance to a legendary immortal 192 252.

Personality

Zhang Junbao treats strength as a means of exploration and protection, not an excuse to isolate himself. He values teachers, friends, and family as safeguards against losing his original purpose. Despite his responsibilities toward Earth, he spends available time with loved ones and travels through the Milky Way with Xu Yan 124 213.

His confidence is tempered by caution. Early on, he conceals excessive growth because he lacks protection against powerful people who might investigate him. Later, he distinguishes strategic confidence from tactical carelessness and actively learns from others’ battlefield experience 26 378.

He is intellectually open but strongly independent. He studies Hong’s techniques despite his own superior martial foundation, welcomes useful ideas from other races, and refuses to let Babata dictate his decisions. His calmness does not exclude aggression: he regards both yielding defense and overwhelming force as necessary expressions of Taiji 106 124 192 409 414.

His loyalty also has limits. He refuses to surrender Earth under unfavorable terms, rejects attempts to influence an investigation with gifts, and does not consider service to humanity an obligation to work without compensation 345 373 514.

Abilities & Skills

True Meaning of Taiji

The foundation of his cultivation, combining martial force control with an increasingly comprehensive understanding of universal laws 235 396.

• Force redirection: Transfers attacks between enemies, borrows momentum, and uses opponents’ strength to propel himself through monster hordes 42 73.
• Hardness and softness: Alternates yielding neutralization with direct, explosive power rather than relying exclusively on defense 136 165 414.
• Tai Chi Push Hands: Controls and compresses the evolving Insect King before hurling it away to explode 225.
• Law integration: Organizes his path into the Eight Trigrams, Five Elements, Four Symbols, yin and yang, and Taiji Chaos 235.
• Limits: His comprehension repeatedly outpaces his physical foundation. During his World Lord period, his defenses initially exceed his offensive techniques 76 395.

Physical Control and Force Application

His martial foundation allows him to coordinate the entire body as a single source of force 5 9.

• Transmits power from the feet through the calves, waist, hips, spine, and striking arm 9 18.
• Integrates World Destruction with his own art rather than merely copying its amplification method 39 120.
• Eventually reaches hundredfold force exertion through perfected bodily control 314.

Spiritual Force and Soul Defense

Unlike Luo Feng’s innate reserves, his Spiritual Force is cultivated through the Purple Qi Comes from the East Art 37 76.

• Telekinesis: Controls swords, flying knives, and multiple objects in coordinated offensive and defensive patterns 37 108.
• Steady development: His cultivated Spiritual Force is not constrained by the innate talent ceiling associated with naturally awakened reserves 76.
• Mental cultivation: His third mental realm enables him to contain Phantom Marquis’s immense soul memories without losing his identity 327.
• Soul resistance: Blocks Earth-Rending King’s enslavement technique and resists Barking Mirror King’s soul roar 403 475.
• Illusion resistance: Uses the Origin Clone’s will pressure to break Void True Demon God’s Eternal Night Descension 577.

Light, Illusions, and Space-Time Control

His Planetary Level ability expresses light through the mutual transformation of yin and yang 136.

• Light-based illusions: Combines ordinary illusion techniques learned through sparring with Hong with the Law of Light 191.
• Battlefield control: Restricts enemy movement through his domain, World Projection, and the Zhou Heavenly Star Battle Formation 395 410.
• Intrinsic space-time control: The formation strengthens an ability he already possesses; he can reproduce that control in Glory World without the actual treasure 474.
• Defensive redirection: Attacks that cannot break through his domain can be diverted elsewhere 412.
• Large-scale protection: Shields the Sun System with the Zhou Heavenly Star Battle Formation while fighting above Earth 577.

Clones and Origin Powers

His three divine bodies share a soul but develop distinct temperaments 624.

• Law Descent: Helps suppress World Beast Blood when combined with the Zhou Heavenly Stars formation 494.
• Life and Destruction Origins: Their interaction strengthens his techniques through the powers of yin and yang 631.
• Power of Destruction: A decisive advantage against Original Universe lifeforms, enabling him to kill Universe Supreme Masters before reaching their realm 631.
• World Beast King: Completes his Destruction Origin by absorbing the auras of the annihilated World Beasts 667.

Swordsmanship and Secret Techniques

He builds his swordsmanship around Taiji rather than replacing it with a supposedly superior universal system 36 149.

• Tai Chi Sword Formula: Produces elusive space-time blades through the Space-Time Hunyuan Sword 181.
• Spacetime Mist: Can annihilate an Immortal’s divine body 277.
• Space-Time Goblet: The seventh form used to grind away Flame God’s divine body 277.
• True Martial Demon-Subduing Sword: His self-created combat move, developed through Taiji law fusion; also the name of his later sword treasure 463 471.
• Withering and Flourishing of Wood: Encloses Undying Venerable in a deadwood coffin for treatment, displaying profound life-and-destruction mysteries 524.
• Reincarnation and Rebirth: A technique later broken by Fifth Order Morosa’s enhanced destruction power 659.

Treasure Refining

Refining is both a practical skill and a way to study other cultivators’ techniques and law comprehension 388.

• Learns refining methods from Iron Fire King, later Venerable Tiehuo 407.
• Forges Flame King a sword capable of contending with an Immortal God 388.
• Reforges Meipulu’s shield so that even a Marquis Immortal cannot shatter it 388.
• Seeks refining knowledge when humanity’s treasury lacks a weapon suited to his particular path 407.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Black God Set — Shape-changing equipment worn as a pristine white Daoist robe 113.
• Arc Blade Disc — A telekinetic weapon whose blades can be separated; forms the blood moon used against Rong Jun 136 210.
• Space-Time Hunyuan Sword — A Spiritual Force weapon usable in melee and capable of changing form into gloves. Destroyed by Earth-Rending King 181 225 403.
• Zhou Heavenly Star Battle Formation — His principal sealing and domain treasure, usually paired with a sword for killing. Later described as incomplete but comparable in power to an ordinary High-grade Supreme Treasure 391 471.
• True Martial Demon-Subduing Sword — An incomplete Supreme Treasure of similarly exceptional quality; used to split Barking Mirror King and the World Beast possessing him 471 475 494.
• Divine Fire Armor — Heavy Treasure armor given by Venerable Tiehuo; can reduce a King-level Immortal’s attack a thousandfold 391 395.
• Extreme Yang Soul-Suppressing Armor — Formed from his Extreme Yang Clone, providing another hundredfold reduction after the Divine Fire Armor 391 395.
• Heavenly Spirit Mind-Stabilizing Pearl and Demon Soul Silkworm Cocoon — Soul-defense treasures that, with his mental strength, protect him against Universe Venerable-level soul attacks 412.
• Void Whale Spaceship — Used during his attempted escape from the Eye of the Abyss 300.
• Beast God Guardian — A flying Palace Supreme Treasure used to travel with Luo Feng to Sitting Mountain Guest 558.
• Azure Eye Light — Soul-type Strongest Supreme Treasure taken after killing the Divine Eye Clan’s Sixth True God 636.
• Domain Breaking Cone — Spiritual Force-type Strongest Supreme Treasure obtained from Earthquake Demon Ancestor 636.
• Taiji Sword — An Origin Embryo from the Duan Donghe Lineage’s treasure mountain. Grows with its wielder and can accommodate World Beast destruction power, unlike ordinary Supreme Treasures 656.

Relationships

• Zhang Anzhong — Father. Zhang Junbao seeks Water of Life to restore his leg and eventually obtains two doses 35 134.
• Xu Yan — Close companion with whom he travels through the Milky Way; he remains considerate of her feelings despite his responsibilities 213.
• Luo Feng — Classmate, trusted companion, and fellow Earth defender. Zhang Junbao chooses him to possess the Golden Horned Beast because its Gold-Space path suits Luo Feng better 3 157 164.
• Hong — Friend, sparring partner, and fellow Earth leader. Hong’s World Destruction becomes an important component of Zhang Junbao’s cultivation 39 120 345.
• Thunder God — Fellow Earth leader and Yunmo Star companion who accepts Zhang Junbao’s senior-brother position 124 137 345.
• Hu Yanbo — Deceased master whose inheritance Zhang Junbao accepts, joining the Yunmo Star Lineage 116.
• Babata — Guide to Hu Yanbo’s inheritance. Zhang Junbao values his knowledge but asserts authority over lineage decisions and withholds some sensitive secrets from him 124 164.
• Feitian — Intelligent life created with Babata’s help. Recognizes Zhang Junbao as her master and assists with communication, travel, and information 183 247 391.
• Original Ancestor — Secret master. His guidance helps Zhang Junbao understand the Universe Origin; his apparent attack during the promised release later places Zhang Junbao in mortal danger 558 635 667 668.
• Chaos City Lord — Publicly his teacher, actually his eldest senior brother. Oversees his training and conceals his true discipleship to protect him from alien enemies 361 409 573.
• Demon Lord Luan Shen — Senior brother whose life and advancement Zhang Junbao helps secure. Strongly supports him in the dispute over Earth 350.
• Venerable Guiyi — Instructor and intermediary within the Virtual Universe Company; guides him before Chaos City Lord assumes more direct responsibility 345 361.
• Ganwu Country Lord — Revered benefactor. Zhang Junbao later rescues him from Void True Demon God 252 577.
• Sitting Mountain Guest — Evaluator, collaborator, and source of important opportunities. Helps suppress World Beast Blood and agrees to forge Giant Axe a Strongest Supreme Treasure battle axe 451 494 558.
• Giant Axe Founder — Human leader with whom Zhang Junbao negotiates access to a Miniature Universe origin in exchange for treating Undying Venerable 524.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Earth and the Elite Training Camp

• Classroom confrontation: Uses redirection to make Li Xinmin and Zhang Haobai strike one another, while Luo Feng speaks in his defense 3.
• Wilderness survival: Escapes monster hordes and the Sword-Beaked Dragon Eagle by combining Spiritual Force, footwork, and force manipulation; returns with greatly improved martial understanding 42 45 54.
• Training Camp wager: Defeats Candace’s drug-fueled sneak attack with a Tai Chi Cotton Palm and reports the Polenas Family’s misconduct 98.
• Water of Life auction: Sells his Black Dragon Ascending Heaven Steps manuscript for 150 billion Huaxia Currency, then buys two Water of Life doses for 12 billion and 10 billion 134.
• Golden Horned Beast crisis: Subdues the beast, rejects possessing it himself, and breaks its soul defenses so Luo Feng can attempt possession 157.

Genius Battle and Chaos City

• Universal competition: Uses encounters with other geniuses to collect techniques and broaden his understanding, including domains outside his native attribute 192 194.
• Rong Jun match: Counters the Savage’s aggression with battlefield control, light-based attacks, and a translucent longsword 210.
• Trial Tower completion: Defeats the evolving Insect King, clears every stage, and ranks first. He subsequently wins first place in the Genius Battle 225 252.
• Chaos City training: Clears six Heavenly Bridge levels before studying the Universe Chaos Stele. His extraordinary results attract hundreds of prospective Universe Venerable teachers 247.
• Hidden discipleship: Publicly enters Chaos City Lord’s lineage while secretly becoming Original Ancestor’s disciple, shielding him from the latter’s enemies 558 573.

Purgatory and the Earth Dispute

• Divine Bone Mountain: Kills Flame God, claims the Exquisite Jade, and is forcibly teleported away with Qing Yan 277.
• Eye of the Abyss: Is swallowed despite Chaos City Lord’s rescue attempt; later returns from Purgatory with unprecedented gains 300 361.
• Earth negotiations: Rejects both offered ownership arrangements and proposes making Earth a top-tier human secret realm. Reveals wealth approaching a trillion Hunyuan Units to demonstrate his bargaining position 345.
• Impartial investigation: Refuses Youmo Country Lord’s offered Blood Dragon Cup and declines to promise leniency for Black Duck King 373.

Outer Domain Battlefield and Human Leadership

• King-level hunts: Develops his own offensive techniques while facing alien pursuit, ultimately killing more than a thousand alien King Rank experts 395 396 427.
• Craftsman God Star: Survives Venerable Pingtian’s attack through a hidden source-crystal trap; Master of Craftsman God intervenes when Lord of Sky Wolf attacks him 456.
• Glory World: Wins continuously for three days, then deliberately concedes to Barking Mirror King after resisting his soul attack and splitting his body 475.
• World Beast Blood: Cooperates with Sitting Mountain Guest to defeat the entity possessing Barking Mirror King, then uses the blood in his advance to Immortality 494 495.
• Undying Venerable’s treatment: Secures ten thousand years of time-accelerated access to Giant Axe’s Miniature Universe origin as payment for treatment 524.
• Defense of humanity: Helps Luo Feng suppress enemy Universe Masters and returns to Earth to oppose Void True Demon God 573 577.

World Beast Calamity and the Universe Origin

• Origin investigation: Accepts a mission to investigate the Heng Ao Secret Realm, using a Golden Toad to identify targets connected to the threat 605.
• Duan Donghe inheritance: Reveals his destruction power and challenges the rule allowing only one inheritor, seeking opportunities for both himself and Luo Feng 640.
• World Beast campaign: Battles the World Beasts in the Dim Land, annihilates them, and becomes their King 656 659 666 667.
• Original Ancestor’s release: Secures agreement to free his teacher, but is attacked through the chest when he enters the Universe Origin to retrieve him 667 668.
• Chaos Taiji insight: Later studies the Primal Universe’s Origin Core, comprehending how the universe arises from nothing and how all things evolve from chaos 673.

Notable Quotes

“The Path of Taiji is less a cultivation method than a philosophy.” 120

“If the Human Race is gone, what does it matter if we manage to scrape by?” 573