Xu Changsheng

Biodata

Power Progression

• Unconfirmed next breakthrough: He expected to enter the Third Realm, Blood Refining, within days, but the supplied chapters do not confirm that advancement 46.

Background / History

Arrival in the White Jade World

Xu Changsheng transmigrated after staying up late to finish a proposal in his rented apartment. Penniless and unable to understand the local language, he nearly starved before securing work as a stablehand at the Great Yu Dynasty’s eldest princess’s residence. There, he learned the language and received the basic Qi Guiding Instruction available to servants 1.

His initial gratitude toward Qi Zhaoyue led him to report the awakening of his Divine Yang Sacred Physique, hoping to receive advanced cultivation methods. Instead, she sexually assaulted him and imprisoned him in Lotus Grotto-Heaven. Publicly, she announced that he had become her death-sworn servant and would be trained in secret 1.

Ten Years of Confinement

Qi Zhaoyue used his physique’s essence to advance from the Seventh Realm to the Eleventh Realm over ten years, while repeatedly draining the power he cultivated. During that confinement, she was the only person whose voice he heard. He remained at the First Realm despite possessing a supreme martial physique 1 2.

Their Shared Life and Death Pact linked their lives, giving him leverage despite his captivity. Qi Zhaoyue accommodated his demands inside the grotto-heaven to keep him from falling into despair and killing himself, which would also kill her 6.

Secret Cultivation and the Divine Maiden Sect

The system’s awakening gave Xu Changsheng a way to retain power without revealing it. He began combining concealed cultivation with talent copying, while persuading Ye Luoxue to bring him books that Qi Zhaoyue had repeatedly withheld for fear that knowledge would help him escape 2 10.

Qi Zhaoyue’s establishment of the women-only Divine Maiden Sect expanded his role as a cultivation resource. Although she would not permit him to refuse the plan, he recognized that contact with talented recruits could also provide the abilities he needed to surpass her. Zhu Xiaoliang subsequently entered the grotto-heaven for a planned three-month cultivation stay 17 23 27.

His reading eventually gave him a complete outline of the cultivation realms and ideas for continuing beyond his basic method’s limits. He also demonstrated superior saber insight to Ye Luoxue and gained ownership of Myriad Karma Dao-Severing, all while keeping his stored spiritual power concealed 27 40 46 48.

Appearance

• Build: Robust even before cultivation, with a body comparable to that of First-Realm Skin Refining cultivators; later training emphasizes his muscular arms and torso 1 6.
• Dragon Bone: A golden bone bearing fine dragon-shaped patterns formed in his chest after he copied Qi Zhaoyue’s Phoenix Bone talent 18.

Personality

Xu Changsheng is diligent and persistent. As a servant, he cultivated for six hours while others practiced for two, carefully studying even a basic breathing method. Once the system restored his prospects, he trained until exhaustion rather than relying solely on its rewards 1 6 12.

His captivity makes freedom and control central ambitions. He resents being denied choices and repeatedly vows to imprison Qi Zhaoyue in return once he surpasses her. Nevertheless, he admires her willingness to risk everything—including her own life—for strength and immortality 6 9 32 48.

He is calculating about concealment and information, but playful and provocative with his partners. His treatment of Zhu Xiaoliang also shows a gentler side: he patiently washes and combs her hair, cooks for her, and responds warmly to her sincere gratitude 10 12 31 34.

He refuses to dwell on regret over reporting his physique. Instead, he accepts responsibility for the decision and identifies ignorance of the world as the weakness he must correct 17.

Abilities & Skills

Divine Yang Sacred Physique

An SSS-rank supreme physique with exceptional martial potential and origin essence that accelerates female partners’ cultivation 1 7.

• Naturally strengthens his body, increasing strength and speed even without active cultivation 1.
• Helped Qi Zhaoyue advance four realms in ten years and enabled Ye Luoxue to achieve a breakthrough in a single night 1 11.
• Supports his martial comprehension; he develops the copied saber instruction beyond Ye Luoxue’s existing understanding 27.
• Has limited essence. Excessive depletion can consume the life force of someone with a weak cultivation base 6.
• He later tells Qi Zhaoyue that mobilizing his Divine Yang origin lets him enter a special state; the supplied account does not fully explain that state 49.

Accumulation over Days and Months

The beginner-pack talent, also called Accumulation Over Time, combines spiritual-power storage with talent copying 2 8.

• Protected cultivation: Deposited power remains his own, allowing realm advancement while preventing Qi Zhaoyue from draining it 2 6.
• Increasing returns: Stored power earns interest, with higher deposits producing better rates. The system’s examples range from 100 becoming 101 after a year to 100 million becoming 200 million 2.
• Withdrawal: He can access stored power at will, at the cost of reducing its interest rate and cultivation-speed benefit 2.
• Concealment: Sealing his power makes him appear effectively mortal despite retaining his cultivation realm and physical strength 3 19.
• Talent copying: Intimate contact builds progress toward random copying opportunities; both contact frequency and duration matter 17 18.
• Copyable martial skills: Techniques qualify as talents once they have become bodily instinct. His copied saber instruction initially arrived at Ye Luoxue’s mastery level 12.

Dragon Bone — Dragon Proliferation Power

A talent obtained from Qi Zhaoyue’s Phoenix Bone draw, manifested in Xu Changsheng as a Dragon Bone and its innate treasure art 18.

• Increased his physical strength at least fivefold upon initial fusion 18.
• Reinforced his body sufficiently to assist his breakthrough into Bone Refining 19.
• Greatly improved endurance, allowing more sustained contact and therefore more efficient talent-copying progress 18.
• Further power was expected to unlock with cultivation; larger increases were his projections, not demonstrated results 18.

Lone Star Slashes the Moon Saber Instruction

An A-rank, thirteen-form killing art copied from Ye Luoxue. Its style emphasizes solitude, decisive attacks, and commitment without retreat 11 12 40.

• A single complete practice session initially tempered his body as much as half a month of basic fist training 12.
• Can produce saber qi using green bamboo as a substitute blade 12.
• His advanced execution opened a brief spatial fissure inside Lotus Grotto-Heaven; he noted that its space was easier to cut than the outside world’s 27.
• He identifies Ye Luoxue’s hesitation to risk her life as the missing element in her saber intent and demonstrates the resolve she lacks 40.

Dominance and Captivity Sword Heart

An SSS-rank talent copied from Zhu Xiaoliang. Unlike a fixed martial technique, it provides an adaptable realm of comprehension that its bearer must develop personally 33.

• Encompasses life and death, seasonal flourishing and decline, and the passage and cycles of time 33.
• Can be expressed through sabers, swords, bamboo leaves, or withered branches rather than requiring a particular weapon 33.
• Can be incorporated into Lone Star Slashes the Moon instead of replacing it 33.
• Xu Changsheng considers developing its killing-centered and temporal aspects, contrasting with Zhu Xiaoliang’s life-centered interpretation 33.

System Functions and Concealment

• Talent inspection: Displays other characters’ cultivation, identities, physiques, and copyable talents, revealing abilities they have kept secret 7 8 32.
• Low-profile rewards: Earned 500 points for concealing most of his sword heart’s influence from Qi Zhaoyue 37.
• Shop access: Can browse methods and techniques, though availability does not establish ownership. He considers the Paper Man Technique as a possible means of acting outside his prison, but is not shown acquiring it 3.
• Evidence removal: Destroys a practice bamboo stalk to eliminate detectable traces of saber intent 12.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Myriad Karma Dao-Severing — A Tang-style straight saber ranked third among Great Yu’s ten famed blades, previously used by the Limitless Dharma-Seeking Immortal Lord. Its black blade bears blood-colored lightning. After accepting Xu Changsheng’s blood, it obeys his thoughts without spiritual power or control techniques. He finds no trace of its rumored Daoist imprint 47 48.
• Meteoric-iron Tang saber — Commissioned by Qi Zhaoyue and delivered by Ye Luoxue; a treasured blade, though inferior to Ye Luoxue’s own weapon 38 40.
• Green bamboo practice sabers — Improvised training weapons capable of carrying his saber qi, though they crack or shatter under demanding use 12 27.
• Reference books and ranking booklets — Supplied by Ye Luoxue; cover cultivation, history, notable physiques, and the Star-Picking Tower’s rankings 10 21 27.

Relationships

• Qi Zhaoyue — Captor, cultivation partner, and life-linked counterpart. Their relationship combines coercion, resentment, attraction, and mutual admiration. She promises to free and marry him after reaching the Fourteenth Realm, making him Great Yu’s first male empress; he instead intends to surpass and imprison her 1 6 17 48.
• Ye Luoxue — Initially threatens him with a saber while acting for Qi Zhaoyue. She later supplies his books and weapons, benefits from his physique, and comes to respect his martial talent after receiving his guidance 9 10 11 38 40.
• Zhu Xiaoliang — Cultivation partner brought into the grotto-heaven to accelerate her advancement. She becomes openly affectionate and grateful toward him, while he copies her SSS-rank sword heart and helps her reach the peak of the Ninth Realm 23 27 33 34.

Notable Quotes

“I'm willing to pay for my mistakes. I don't regret any of my decisions.” 17

“Once I'm strong enough to surpass you, I'll lock you in Lotus Grotto-Heaven for a hundred years.” 48