Liao Dong

Biodata

Power Progression

Personality

Liao Dong acts as Class Seven’s guardian, warning his classmates when their homeroom teacher approaches and organizing their retreat into the classroom. He also contributes to the misbehavior that makes Class Seven the school’s worst class. Despite poor academic results, he is an outstanding martial arts student 1 4.

His friendliness does not necessarily indicate intimacy. Ning Yue observes that he gets along with everyone in Class Seven without being particularly close to anyone, and that he spends much of his time outside class with elite-class students 8.

Competitive and ambitious, Liao Dong aims for the school’s top three rather than treating the tenth-ranked Xu Shaoyang as his main benchmark. Ning Yue interprets his later arena challenge as jealousy over being overtaken by a classmate, though Liao Dong fights cautiously and does not underestimate him 7 16 17.

He enjoys the authority and admiration attached to being class monitor. Ning Yue’s growing strength briefly makes him consider surrendering the position, but he regains confidence by reminding himself that his wealth can support sustained cultivation. Zuo Tianchang ordinarily considers him steady, making his anxious behavior before the third mock exam unusual 46.

Abilities & Skills

Trident Combat

Liao Dong fights with a trident and uses the named technique Martial Calming the Storm 17.

• His stance gives the impression of standing amid the sea and overturning clouds and rain 17.
• After losing the initiative against Ning Yue, he combines a downward trident smash with a left-handed claw strike toward the throat 17.
• Ning Yue’s ninefold-empowered saber strike knocks his weapon aside and breaks the arm holding it, exposing the gap between their strength 17.

Martial Cultivation

Liao Dong’s martial results distinguish him from his academically weak classmates 4.

• He supplements training with qi and blood pills 4.
• As a First-Rank martial artist, he participates in the group battle against a Third-Rank Three-Eyed Silver Wolf 30 31.
• He states that he possesses neither a spirit body nor profound cultivation arts, regarding his family’s resources as his advantage over Ning Yue 46.

Equipment / Items

• Sea God Trident — His personal weapon. The virtual mock exam prohibits outside weapons, preventing him from bringing it into the arena 17.
• Exam-issued trident — The weapon he uses against Ning Yue in the Slaughter Space 17.
• Qi and blood pills — Carried in a bottle and consumed during school cultivation practice 4.

History

Class Seven and Xu Shaoyang’s Challenge

Introduced as Class Seven’s monitor, Liao Dong coordinates his classmates’ attempts to avoid being caught misbehaving by Zuo Tianchang. His ninth-place school ranking makes him the class’s leading martial arts student before Ning Yue’s rise 1 4 7.

Xu Shaoyang challenges him to settle their rivalry at the upcoming schoolwide mock exam. Liao Dong accepts calmly: Xu Shaoyang has never defeated him throughout their three years of high school. Unlike the other members of Class Seven, Liao Dong also has a family background capable of competing with Xu Shaoyang’s 7 8.

Second Martial Mock Exam

Liao Dong reaches the Slaughter Space finals and challenges Ning Yue directly. Although his eyes are blood-red under the arena’s influence, he remains lucid and emotionally controlled 16.

He draws a trident and attempts to counter Ning Yue’s assault, but Ning Yue breaks his weapon arm and beheads him within the virtual arena, eliminating him rather than killing him in reality. Liao Dong finishes ninth overall. He and the first-placed Ning Yue are the only Class Seven students in the top ten; the other eight belong to the elite Class One 17 19.

Ferocious Beast Riot

During the riot, Liao Dong fights alongside Zuo Tianchang, Wang Xueqing, and Gan Xiaomei against a Three-Eyed Silver Wolf. Ning Yue intercepts a wounded Vajra Giant Ape preparing to charge their group. After the wolf is defeated, Liao Dong helps carry its body 30 31.

He receives a reward of 100,000 yuan from the City Lord’s Manor for helping suppress the riot. He subsequently visits Ning Yue’s home with the others, exchanges contact information, and agrees to meet again 33 34.

Preparing for the Third Mock Exam

Liao Dong misses the confrontation with Huaqing’s students because he is training in the school’s soundproof cultivation room. Learning afterward that Ning Yue’s combat strength rivals that of most Third-Rank martial artists leaves him discouraged, before thoughts of his superior financial resources restore his competitive drive 46.

He remains class monitor and is tasked with notifying absent classmates through the group chat that the third mock exam will take place outside the city in three days 46.

Relationships

• Ning Yue — Classmate and competitive rival. Their arena encounter ends in Liao Dong’s defeat, but they later socialize; Liao Dong continues measuring his prospects against Ning Yue’s growth 17 33 34 46.
• Xu Shaoyang — Longstanding rival who has never beaten him in their three years of high school 7.
• Zuo Tianchang — Homeroom teacher who relies on him for class communications and usually regards him as steady 1 46.
• Wang Xueqing and Gan Xiaomei — Fellow students who fight beside him during the ferocious beast riot 30 31.