Xingtian

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

Creation and the Evil Corpse

Yi Xuan designed the Xingtian True Body with Liang Shi’s assistance, combining biological engineering with Demon Race traits. Its stomach became the Gene Furnace, a living laboratory incorporating more than twenty genetic-engineering techniques. The Evil Corpse awakened before the body reached its intended final state, leaving Xingtian headless rather than normally human-shaped 465 471 542.

Xingtian’s consciousness and Divine Sense originate from the Black Pearl, the Evil Corpse’s vessel, rather than an ordinary biological Sea of Consciousness. The pearl eventually fused so closely with his body that the two could no longer be separated 468 531.

Solar Cultivation and the Golden Crow

When Taotie’s residual Demon Power resisted assimilation, the Original Self took control of Xingtian and drove him into the sun. Solar energy supplied the advantage needed to suppress that power and begin refining Taotie’s flesh. The Evil Corpse remained with the body during the lengthy fusion 464 465.

Later, the Evil Corpse cultivated within the sun’s radiation zone until Xingtian could withstand its explosions and cross his 20,000-meter growth bottleneck. He then advanced toward the sleeping Three-Legged Golden Crow, penetrated its giant egg, and acquired the egg white’s protective properties. Xingtian ultimately consumed the Golden Crow’s body, while Yi Xuan’s black hole consumed its soul 471 475 483.

Infiltration of the Demon Race

Xingtian accompanied Yi Xuan’s broader infiltration operation against the Demon Race. His enormous wings initially caused an escort leader to mistake him for the Three-Legged Golden Crow. He subsequently cultivated within the Demon Race and received assignments from Zhu Yan 502 515.

During the struggle for the Eternal Flame, Xingtian exploited battles between humans and demons to consume weakened opponents. His pursuit of the flame led to a confrontation with Peng Tianlin, whose flesh provided valuable energy for further gene grafting. Xingtian survived a full-force attack by sheltering within a golden lotus 526 534 535.

Reconstruction and Phoenix Clan Recognition

Xingtian later endured extreme temperatures, pressure changes, shifting forces, and mental interference inside a dragon-created space. Time manipulation made more than a century pass for him while only one year elapsed outside. The ordeal proved to be a strengthening measure arranged by the Original Self to address the dangers of his previously crude growth 539 540 541.

After further Gene Furnace modifications, the Original Self instructed him to return undercover with the Eternal Flame. Delivering it to the Phoenix Ancestor earned Xingtian a drop of Great Sage Essence Blood and appointment as the Phoenix Clan’s tenth elder. Assimilating the blood eventually elevated him to Supreme Powerhouse and brought him into the Demon Race army’s inner leadership 544 548 555 574.

Frontline Fighting and the Principle of Battle

Rather than exercise command, Xingtian declared that he lacked leadership talent and wanted to lead the charge. His unusually early participation forced battles to escalate before Supreme Powerhouses would normally enter the field. Beneath this reputation for recklessness, he used combat to collect genes and incorporate techniques obtained through the Cultivation Assistance System 577 579.

He eventually recognized that the Principle of Fire suited his acquired bloodlines more than his nature as the Evil Corpse. The Principle of Battle instead turned his negative emotions into an advantage. When the war paused, he maintained his progress by challenging Demon Race Supreme Powerhouses, eventually approaching the Golden Crow patriarch’s level 590 591.

Covert Targeting and Reunification

From within the Demon Race’s ranks, Xingtian secretly transmitted enemy Supreme Powerhouses’ positions to the Good Corpse. These reports enabled last-minute corrections to the Starry Sky Annihilation Cannon’s attacks. When observers later mistook their private communication for a standoff, the two staged a battle to preserve appearances 595 599.

During the confrontation with the twelve Demon Race Great Sages, Yi Xuan brought out Xingtian and the Good Corpse. The enemy sages recognized Sage’s Will in both, and the three began Three Corpses Unite as One as the opposing sides rushed to interrupt or defend the process 607.

Appearance

• Headless humanoid body: Has eyes on his chest and a large mouth on his abdomen. His unusual form results from premature activation 465 471.
• Variable size: Initially stood about 5,000 meters tall, later exceeded a million meters, and can shrink to approximately ordinary human height 465 483 577.
• Additional arms: Can grow two arms from his back, allowing him to wield four weapons simultaneously 532.
• Wings: Develops enormous wings after consuming the Golden Crow egg white; his Phoenix True Body bears Phoenix-like wings 483 577.
• Phoenix True Body: Retains his distinctive headless, four-armed silhouette rather than taking the shape of a conventional bird 577.

Personality

As Yi Xuan’s Evil Corpse, Xingtian carries nearly all of the Original Self’s negative emotions, including anxiety, anger, frustration, sorrow, and pain. These emotions make the Principle of Battle especially suitable for him rather than merely obstructing his cultivation 590.

He enjoys intense combat and becomes increasingly excited under pressure. His apparent battlefield recklessness also serves a deliberate purpose: fighting gives him opportunities to test and absorb techniques from the cultivation texts stored in his mind 578 579.

His undercover service creates a conflict between his human identity and his actions. During his earlier encounter with two Human Clan Immortal Emperors, he deliberately avoids killing them. Much later, despite becoming accustomed to killing humans to maintain his cover, he still feels dazed when contemplating the blood on his hands and the flesh he has consumed 532 533 574.

He is also defiant under suffering. Once he recognizes the mental manipulation accompanying his physical torment, he challenges his tormentors and begins examining the forces attacking him rather than only resisting them 540.

Abilities and Skills

Gene Furnace

Xingtian’s engineered stomach extracts, screens, dissolves, and recombines genes from consumed organisms 465.

• Converts flesh and absorbed energy into Demon Power 513 530.
• Selectively integrates useful traits rather than simply replacing his existing bloodlines 574.
• Strengthens alongside his body, improving both genetic processing and energy conversion 513 515.
• Repairs damage using refined solar energy 471.
• Can be overwhelmed: Peng Tianlin’s flesh nearly causes it to collapse, while extensive genetic reconstruction can severely drain Xingtian’s cultivation 529 534.

Devouring and Energy Absorption

His Heavenly Dog and Taotie genes provide a strong foundation for consumption, supplemented by the Three-Legged Golden Crow bloodline 465 513.

• Absorbs solar and stellar energy to sustain cultivation 464 526.
• Devours demon corpses to acquire both energy and genetic material 526 577.
• Can consume ordinary flames at temperatures of tens of millions of degrees 528.
• Initially cannot safely absorb the Eternal Flame region’s unusual fire; genetic reconstruction is necessary before he can exploit it 528 529 530.

Principle of Fire

Xingtian’s fire comprehension develops through modified Golden Crow genes, flame absorption, Phoenix genes, and technological assistance from the Original Self 532 574.

• Forms flame weapons and empowers his sabers, turning them purple during one battle 532 550.
• Conceals his presence within surrounding flames; early use prevents him from attacking without exposing himself 534.
• Improves his ability to perceive and follow the Eternal Flame 534 535.
• Reinforces his body against extreme heat 539.
• Preserves some reason under Xieju’s Principle of Blood, though it does not make him immune to its influence 550 551.

Principle of Battle

Unlike his inherited fire affinity, this Principle directly suits Xingtian’s identity as the embodiment of Yi Xuan’s negative emotions 590.

• Draws strength from emotions that hinder many other cultivators 590.
• Advances through fighting and integrating techniques from cultivation texts 590.
• Supports his tendency to display greater combat power against stronger opponents 578 590.
• Eventually reaches an apparent limit where fewer opponents can meaningfully stimulate his fighting spirit 591.

Phoenix True Body

Xingtian manifests an enormous energy-based true body with four arms, no head, and Phoenix-like wings 577.

• Breaks the Human Clan’s shield formation through repeated physical attacks 577.
• Can restore damaged limbs and structure by supplying energy from his physical body 578.
• Does not make his physical body equally vulnerable: severe damage to the manifestation leaves his underlying body unharmed in the Sword Sect battle 578.
• Restoration consumes energy and can leave the manifestation dimmer 578.

Weapon Techniques and Cultivation Texts

Through the Cultivation Assistance System, Xingtian has access to texts shared by Human Clan sects, including the Sword Sect’s Sword Canon 579.

• Wields four sabers in coordinated offensive and defensive patterns 532 578.
• Adapts his movement to evade much of three Supreme Powerhouses’ Invisible Sword Qi 579.
• Reproduces Sword Canon techniques, manifesting three blood-red giant swords and navigating the Three Talents Sword Formation 579.
• Continually incorporates useful methods into his own style rather than relying exclusively on inherited Demon Race abilities 590 591.

Covert Communication and Avatars

• Internal connection: Communicates privately with Yi Xuan and the Good Corpse; even the Phoenix Ancestor fails to directly detect one such exchange 555.
• Target reporting: Tracks nearby Demon Race Supreme Powerhouses and relays their positions for cannon targeting 595.
• Tissue-derived avatar: Provides the material for a human-looking avatar used by the Evil Corpse to investigate Planet No. 55 486.

Equipment and Integrated Components

• Black Pearl — The Evil Corpse’s vessel, serving as Xingtian’s Sea of Consciousness and the source of his consciousness and Divine Sense; inseparable from his body 468 531.
• Gene Furnace — Integrated biological laboratory and the central mechanism behind his genetic evolution 465.
• Flame Golden Lotus — Phoenix Ancestor-provided protection and guidance during the Eternal Flame expedition; contains a power exclusive to Great Sages 527 530 535 542.
• Protective egg-white liquid — A substance his body learns to produce after processing the Golden Crow egg’s living tissue; used against environmental hazards and the red dragon’s attack 475 526.
• Flaming battle sabers — Four conjured weapons rather than fixed carried artifacts; can be formed from surrounding black flames or empowered with the Principle of Fire 532 550.

Relationships

• Yi Xuan / Original Self — His creator and original identity. Designs and upgrades his body, supplies cultivation information, and directs his undercover mission 465 544 574 590.
• Good Corpse — Fellow manifestation of Yi Xuan and covert collaborator. Receives his intelligence and coordinates cannon attacks with him; later stages a duel to maintain their cover 555 595 599.
• Liang Shi — Co-designer of the Xingtian True Body who addresses him as “Second Master”; leads later Gene Furnace modifications 542 544.
• Heavenly Dog — Both a source of foundational genetic traits and a subordinate who welcomes his return and briefs him on the battlefield 465 548.
• Zhu Yan — Demon Race superior who assigns him work and discusses the changing balance of the Human-Demon war with him 515 550.
• Feng Jiu — Phoenix Clan patron, protector, and cultivation adviser. Appoints him tenth elder, rescues him from danger, and explains Supreme Powerhouse advancement 552 553 555 589.
• Phoenix Ancestor — Rewards his retrieval of the Eternal Flame with Great Sage Essence Blood, enabling his later breakthrough 548 555 574.
• Peng Tianlin — Human Clan opponent during the Eternal Flame expedition. Xingtian consumes some of his flesh and survives his pursuit despite their shared human alignment 534 535.
• Golden Crow patriarch — Challenges the Phoenix Clan over Xingtian’s Golden Crow bloodline, later accepts his sparring activity, and recognizes his top-ten standing after narrowly defeating him 580 590 591.