Cao Family

Biodata

Power Progression

These milestones track the household’s collective strength and standing, rather than a single member’s cultivation.

Members

Extended Cao Family

Cao Jianjun gathered his siblings and their descendants in Tianbei Base City, where the extended Cao family numbered sixty-eight when introduced. Although the household lived comfortably and many adult men worked at the Transcendent Arsenal, its large population strained the resources available for individual cultivation and the children 155.

Fiancées and Shared Household

• Wang Zhiyan: A Transcendent and Fengqi’s fiancée. The Cao and Wang families formally settle her engagement without setting a wedding date. She later moves into the Cao shelter with her family and reaches the Third Sequence 165 339 341.
• Wang Zhixue: Zhiyan’s twin sister, also identified as Fengqi’s fiancée. Initially vows to repay the Cao family’s assistance and protect Fengqi; later shares the household’s shelter and reaches the Third Sequence 73 86 128 203 339 341.
• Wang Binggao, Yang Yuanyuan, and Wang Qixiao: Members of the allied Wang family, distinct from Wang Long’s and Wang Tieshan’s hostile households. They support the Caos in danger and eventually live in the Cao shelter during the migration 121 122 339 388.

History

Prosperity and Decline

Cao Fengyun once secured level 4 equipment, earning the household a reputation as a wealthy family. After his death, its fortunes deteriorated sharply. The surviving family struggled to conserve supplies while migrating toward Tianbei Base City, where Cao Jiancheng believed several relatives remained alive. Fengqi’s pursuit of Wu Qianqian further strained their resources and nearly cost him his life 1 15.

Recovery During the Migration

Fengqi’s successful Lost Land expeditions reversed the household’s decline. Calamity Rat meat, Rotten Crow wings, strengthening fruit, and valuable materials replaced its meager meals with increasingly abundant food. Nevertheless, the older family members initially continued rationing their own portions to preserve supplies and give Fengqi enough strength to explore 5 6 10 11.

The family expanded its shelter, purchased better furnishings, and acquired protective clothing. Its improved health and living conditions attracted attention from neighbors and Liu Chunying’s relatives. Fengqi’s killing of six concealed centipedes during a migration attack then established a public reputation for genuine combat skill 25 27 35 36 38 39.

Conflict with the Wang Family

Wu Qianqian enlisted Wang Dahai to force an apology from Fengqi. When Dahai threatened the household, Fengqi shot him in the leg. Cao Jiancheng and Liu Chunying supported Fengqi’s refusal to submit, while Liu Chunying’s relatives urged compensation rather than confrontation 42 44 45.

Wang Long arrived and demanded that Fengqi cripple the hand used to shoot his son. Before more than a thousand onlookers, Fengqi broke Wang Long’s defensive shield with arrows, closed the distance, and severed his right arm and leg. The victory established the Cao family as a great family and brought additional equipment into its possession 46 47 48 49.

Transcendent Advancement and Relocation

Fengqi entered the Artifact Refiner Sequence, fulfilling Jiancheng’s hope that the family might rise beyond ordinary great-family status. During the continuing downpour, five Ash Aberrant Devourers attacked the household. Fengqi defended the shelter and assisted nearby survivors, but a much stronger beast causing destruction a few kilometers away emphasized the need for better defenses. He resolved to produce more Abyss-Patterned Evil-Binding Nail Cases and obtain materials for a level 4 shelter 51 55.

After receiving valuable Mystic Devouring Beast meat, Wang Binggao’s family moved its shelter beside the Cao home. Both households considered a future marriage between Fengqi and the Wang twins, though Fengqi initially judged a decision premature 63.

Spirit Forger Wang’s sons later coveted Fengqi’s resources. Xiao Youya intervened on his behalf and offered the Cao household protection near her family. Despite this, the conflict escalated when Fengqi killed Wang Shaokun. The Caos dismantled their shelter to relocate, openly warned Wang Binggao’s family of the danger, and invited them to come. The Wang sisters refused to abandon their benefactors, revealed their own Transcendent advancement, and offered to protect him 65 67 68 73.

Fengqi then revealed his own Transcendent power to the sisters and explained that newly advanced Transcendents could not safely challenge veterans. At Dabao’s distress over leaving Xiaohua behind, he also invited Chen Feng’s household. The Cao, Wang, and Chen families departed together toward the Xiao family’s position 74.

Defeat of the Hostile Transcendent Families

Wang Tieshan’s hostility continued, and Liu Zhihu promised the Cao family’s destruction while persuading him to join Dragon Head Mountain. Fengqi prepared to eliminate the threat, obtained Zhang Mo’s assistance, and discussed the coming confrontation with Xiao Youya 114 120 121.

Before the attack, Jiancheng revealed that he, Xiuxiu, and Chunying had all become Transcendents through Fengqi’s Sequence Runes. Wang Binggao’s family agreed to stand beside them. At Spirit Forger Wang’s forge, Fengqi told his family to prevent the children from watching and opened fire with his Gold Fire Blast Gun, killing four Wang family members 122.

After the fighting, news spread that Fengqi had killed six Transcendents and destroyed their families. Zhang Mo’s cooperation further demonstrated his influence. Public discussion described the Cao family as possessing five Transcendents, explicitly including the twin fiancées, and regarded Fengqi as Liangmin County’s real power while Xiao Youya exercised public leadership. This public count is separate from the earlier direct confirmation that all four adults in the original Cao household had become Transcendents 122 126 128.

The victory brought the resources of five major Transcendent families into Fengqi’s possession, including more than ten thousand jin of level 5 metal, five hundred jin of level 6 metal, level 6 equipment, and a level 7 blade. Meanwhile, the Liu family recognized that reconciliation would not follow merely from blood ties, and the Wu family’s neighbors began moving away to avoid their reputed bad luck 128.

Reunion in Tianbei Base City

Upon reaching Tianbei, Jiancheng’s household reunited with his eldest brother Cao Jianjun. The extended family initially underestimated the newcomers’ circumstances, only to discover that even a child under four in Fengqi’s household had a constitution of 85. Chunying’s healing power and Fengqi’s resources further overturned assumptions that they were impoverished country relatives 153 155 157.

Jianjun introduced Fengqi to the Transcendent Arsenal. After he rapidly deciphered and reverse-engineered an advanced energy disc, the institute appointed him an honorary captain without actual command authority or duties. His relatives, informed that his talents could benefit the entire family, welcomed him with increased warmth and deference 175.

Fengqi’s creation of the Soul Perception Disc subsequently earned major-general recognition. His relatives celebrated his achievements, and during a later visit dozens welcomed him as the person who had raised the Cao family’s standing. His research into advanced shells then prompted promotion to lieutenant general and official support for obtaining research materials 203 263 281.

As his prominence grew, the estranged Liu family attempted to use its connection to Chunying to obtain access to him. District Chief Zhang ultimately refused to arrange a meeting or disclose Fengqi’s residence, explaining that their claimed relationship did not entitle them to see him without his authorization 307 308.

Renewed Migration and National Standing

Fengqi rebuilt the family home into a grand Transcendent Shelter with a 3,000-square-meter footprint. He arranged for his parents and the children to live on the first floor while he and Chunying lived upstairs, and promised the children a zoo and amusement park 315.

When Tianbei’s approximately fifty million inhabitants began departing in groups, the Wang family joined the Cao household inside its shelter. Fengqi operated its propulsion system to keep pace with the procession and invited friends aboard for food and drinks 339.

Later, more than a dozen capital generals visited the shelter. They recognized Fengqi as a general of Great Xia and described him as the country’s strongest individual, worth a major faction on his own. Jiancheng, Xiuxiu, and the Wang elders received the visitors with tea and celebrated the news with pride 388.

Seaside Settlement

The family and its companions eventually moved their Transcendent Shelters into an authorities-designated seaside area. Fengqi deployed battle pets to secure the beach and patrol the surrounding sea, while Xiao Youya and the others established a playground, an array-equipped swimming pool, and beach seating. Jiancheng hosted a barbecue attended by Chen Feng and other neighbors 403.

Fengqi continued strengthening himself and his protective resources, including level 11 weapons and advancing battle pets. When eternal night fell outside the Land of Dawn, Xiao Youxiu, Xiao Youya, and Feng Qinglan informed him of the appearance of evil spirits and beasts beyond it 418 427 429 430.

He later obtained the Grand Rebirth Formation and twenty matching jade pendants, identifying his parents, Chunying, Dabao, Xiaobao, and other companions as intended recipients of the life-saving protection 439.

Shelter

• Transport: The family initially dismantles the shelter for travel and loads it onto a two-wheeled cart. Jiancheng and Fengqi pull while Xiuxiu pushes; Chunying carries the children 7.
• Construction: Expansion takes seven or eight hours of cutting and assembly, assisted by the Construction skill granted to humans by Blue Star 25.
• Original upgrade requirements: The level 3 shelter lists 500 jin of level 4 metal and 2,000 jin of level 3 metal as its upgrade requirements. Its initial increase in floor area is not explicitly described as a grade upgrade 7 25.

Later Upgrades

Techniques and Family Development

Warrior Technique Inheritance

The four manuals provide a reusable foundation for the family’s future strength. Unlike equipment that can be lost or consumables that disappear when used, learned techniques remain with their practitioners. Cao Jiancheng and Liu Chunying identify such an inheritance as essential to great-family status 31.

• Secrecy: Jiancheng orders the household not to reveal its possession of four manuals, warning that they could tempt even Transcendents 32.
• Training limits: The documented mastery ranks belong to Fengqi, not the entire household. Jiancheng describes ordinary technique training as a process taking years 31 32.
• Next generation: Dabao and Xiaobao are initially too young to train. Jiancheng hopes their strengthening diet and future technique practice will give them an advantage when they eventually enter the Lost Land 32.
• Children’s physical foundation: Jiancheng initially anticipates an eleven-point constitution advantage from their diet. By the Tianbei reunion, relatives are astonished to hear that a child in the household under four has reached 85 constitution 32 155.

Transcendent Development

• Fengqi’s first Sequence: His advancement into the Artifact Refiner Sequence gives the household its own Transcendent craftsman and a source of increasingly sophisticated equipment 51 55.
• Sequence Rune provision: Fengqi supplies the runes that allow Jiancheng, Xiuxiu, and Chunying to become Transcendents. Their advancement is directly revealed before the attack on Wang Tieshan’s household 122.
• Healing vocation: Chunying demonstrates healing power during the Tianbei reunion and later plans a clinic using her Healing Spell. Fengqi supports the safer occupation after her Lost Land death and equipment loss 155 175.
• Extended-family foundation: Jianjun, Fengzhi, and Song Hai are already Transcendents when the Tianbei branch is introduced, while many of its men have employment at the Transcendent Arsenal 155.
• Resource redistribution: As his own requirements increase, Fengqi considers passing surplus equipment to his father and other household members to support their development 330.
• Allied sisters’ growth: Wang Zhiyan and Wang Zhixue reach the Third Sequence before the later migration’s social visits. Their senior sister’s assistance is credited as important to their rapid progress 341.

Marriage and Family Bonds

Jiancheng and Xiuxiu repeatedly encourage Fengqi to marry and build a lasting family. The Wang household’s willingness to share danger distinguishes it from Chunying’s estranged birth family and becomes a basis for the developing marriage alliance 32 63 121 122.

Xiuxiu and Yang Yuanyuan formally settle Fengqi and Zhiyan’s engagement without choosing a wedding date. Later reports identify both Wang sisters as his fiancées 165 203.

The Cao parents also approve of Xiao Youya. Xiuxiu openly treats her as a prospective daughter-in-law, while the Xiao relatives increasingly favor a marriage after Fengqi’s rise to lieutenant general and his generous assistance to their household. Their enthusiasm does not itself establish that a wedding has occurred 84 317.

Equipment and Resources

• Early weapons: Jiancheng’s black iron saber and Fengqi’s level 3 Dark Iron Staff were initially the family’s only two weapons. Fengqi’s elder brother had given him the staff 2.
• Fengqi’s early main armament: The level 4 Arcane Musket, Evil-Breaking Bow, Mystic Cold Saber, and Blue-Patterned Robe form the core of the household’s strongest fighter’s early equipment 34.
• Defensive clothing: Fengqi purchases level 3 clothing for the household and a level 4 Heavenly Spider Garment for Chunying, paying with Mystic Devouring Beast flesh and bones 38.
• Strengthening food: Earth Abundance Fruits, Xiao Gallbladder Wine, and Mystic Devouring Beast meat support the family’s physical development. The wine can provide up to five constitution points 25 32 43.
• Wang Long’s equipment: A level 4 saber, armor, and arcane necklace pass to Jiancheng after the battle 49.
• Thousand-Refined Metal: Fengqi keeps two jin of level 5 metal taken from Wang Long’s breastplate; it can be used for weapons, equipment, or shelters 49.
• Abyss-Patterned Evil-Binding Nail Cases: After defending the shelter, Fengqi plans additional cases to improve security. Ruined Tianshan Cold Armor provides enough metal for five or six more 55.
• Transcendent household equipment: Jiancheng wears level 5 armor and manifests green ruin fire over his saber when revealing his advancement 122.
• Spoils from hostile families: Fengqi obtains more than ten thousand jin of level 5 metal, five hundred jin of level 6 metal, and approximately ten jin of level 7 metal. Equipment includes a level 6 mage’s robe and staff, two suits of armor, multiple blades, a forging table, and the level 7 Gloom Ruins Hunting Blade 128.
• Higher-grade family provisions: Later family visits include level 8 Fangelanya Demon meat, demonstrating the household’s access to resources far beyond its early migration supplies 263.
• Migration stores: The family stocks abundant food before departing Tianbei and hosts friends for meals aboard the moving shelter 339 341.

Later Protective Assets

Relationships

• Team 55 and neighboring households — The Cao family shares broth with friendly neighbors. Fengqi’s intervention against the concealed centipedes earns gratitude, and Chen Feng later seeks a law enforcement officer when the Wangs threaten the household 16 36 45.
• Song Qianyuan and his wife — Envious neighbors who resent both Fengyun’s earlier success and Fengqi’s recovery of the family’s fortunes. They take pleasure in the prospect of the Wang confrontation going badly 6 16 45.
• Liu Family — Chunying’s birth family previously benefited from Fengyun’s help but failed to support the Caos during their decline. Their attempted reconciliation is rejected, and their unwillingness to stand with the household against the Wangs deepens the estrangement. Later attempts to use their connection to Lieutenant General Cao to gain access and status are refused by the local administration 1 39 43 45 49 128 307 308.
• Wu Family — Hostile following Fengqi’s rejection of Qianqian and his accusations that she brought him bad luck. Their attempt to retaliate through the Wangs ends with Wu Bing kneeling to apologize. After Fengqi’s further rise, neighbors avoid the Wu household and move away from it 17 42 48 128.
• Wang Long and Wang Dahai — Adversaries whose threats lead to the battle establishing the Cao family’s great-family standing 44 45 48.
• Xiao Youya and the Worldweaver’s Clothing Store — Xiao’s assistance gives Fengqi access to half-price purchases, helping him equip his household. Their relationship develops into a close personal and protective alliance: she intervenes against Spirit Forger Wang’s family, offers the Caos a place near her shelter, and later participates in the shared coastal settlement 38 39 67 68 74 403.
• Spirit Forger Wang’s Family — Distant relatives of Wang Long. Jiancheng initially considers retaliation unlikely because Wang Long initiated the conflict publicly and the forger’s family values its reputation. The forger’s sons initially recognize that reputational constraint, but covet Fengqi’s resources. The resulting feud escalates after Fengqi kills Wang Shaokun and culminates in the attack on Wang Tieshan’s household and the destruction of hostile Transcendent families 49 65 73 79 114 122 128.
• Wang Binggao’s Family — Allied neighbors and eventual prospective in-laws, distinct from the hostile Wang households. They receive valuable food, move beside the Caos, refuse to abandon them during the Wang Shaokun crisis, and offer to fight beside them. Zhiyan and Zhixue become Fengqi’s fiancées, and the entire family later shares the Cao shelter 63 73 121 122 165 203 339.
• Chen Feng, Zhang Fenfen, and Chen Xiaohua — Longstanding friendly neighbors. Fengqi invites them to relocate with the Cao and Wang families rather than leave Xiaohua behind. By the coastal settlement, their seven or eight years of proven good character are explicitly cited as the reason the Cao family continues bringing them along 60 74 403.
• Xiao Family — Provides the setting for the Caos’ protected relocation, though some relatives initially resent the danger brought by the feud with Spirit Forger Wang. Later, Fengqi’s support and national standing win the family’s enthusiastic approval as a prospective marriage connection to Youya 74 79 80 84 317.
• Zhang Mo — A Transcendent ally who assists Fengqi against the hostile families and asks to move his shelter beside the Cao family’s so they can support one another 120 126 128.
• Zhao Chentian — Thanks Fengqi for killing enemies responsible for the destruction of his family and later treats him as his godfather. Fengqi represents this connection when meeting the family of Zhao’s bride, Lu Juanjuan 126 249.
• Cao Jianjun’s Tianbei Branch — Reunited relatives whose initial assumptions about the newcomers give way to respect for Fengqi’s wealth and exceptional forging. Jianjun supports his introduction to the Transcendent Arsenal, while later gatherings celebrate his elevation of the entire Cao family’s standing 153 155 157 175 263.
• Transcendent Arsenal and Great Xia’s Military — Fengqi’s inventions lead to honorary military appointments and increasingly senior recognition. Capital generals eventually visit the family shelter, acknowledge his general rank, and seek friendly cooperation 175 203 281 388.
• Xu Family — Later resides approximately two kilometers from the Cao family’s coastal shelter. Xu Fenghua conducts a trade for Tianbei, exchanging eighteen pieces of Transcendent Source Metal for Fengqi’s level 10 arrow tower 418.

Notable Quotes

“Equipment and weapons can be lost in the Lost Land, and pills and treasures disappear once they're consumed. Only techniques mastered and held in one's mind won't.”
— Cao Jiancheng, on the foundation of a great family 31

“Fengqi, whatever you do next, we'll support you.”
— Cao Jiancheng, before the confrontation with Wang Long 45

“Only by facing hardship together can we be a family.”
— Wang Qixiao, affirming support for the Cao household 122

“He alone is worth a major faction.”
— General Zhang, describing Cao Fengqi’s standing to his family 388