Mu Fan

Biodata

Power Progression

Appearance

• Initially appears as a languid young man drinking beside a tavern window; he has altered both his appearance and Qi through his system 17.
• Often manifests Wind Wings, including when fleeing challenges or presenting himself as a powerful senior disciple 149 204.
• Has visibly defined eight-pack abdominal muscles 1518.
• After activating his Ancient Phoenix bloodline, displays a golden forehead mark and an Ancient Phoenix phantom 1272.

Personality

Mu Fan openly prioritizes comfort over fame, competition, and conventional cultivation. He initially refuses Lu Changzhi’s invitation because he associates prestigious discipleship with responsibilities. At Hidden Origin Peak, he furnishes an exceptionally comfortable residence and lets his system handle cultivation while he lounges, strolls, eats, and drinks 17 18 23.

His apparent helplessness is often deliberate. He hides his cultivation, refuses spars, and reasons that displaying competence will only bring more work. His stated condition for confidently leaving the mountain is to become stronger than his master 20 374. He also distrusts unexplained system missions, considering whether someone might be manipulating him through their requirements 1004.

His laziness does not extend to inventions that interest him. A new weapons concept can send him straight back to experimentation, and after obtaining uranium he spends much of his time researching it 248 1498. He is also protective of fellow disciples: he develops an Iron Tree for Xiao Ye’s enemies but worries that an inexperienced user could be caught in its blast 288 289.

Mu Fan enjoys teasing others and cultivating an impressive senior-brother image. He calls himself Hidden Origin Peak’s handsome face, tricks Gu Chen into troublesome situations, and alternates between bantering with Qin Li and fleeing her retaliation 204 255 292 343.

Abilities & Skills

Idle Cultivation System

Mu Fan’s system develops his cultivation and learned methods without requiring continuous personal practice 18 248.

• Passive growth: His cultivation can improve while he sleeps 255.
• Expanded learning: Upgrades increase the grade and number of techniques and martial skills that can be cultivated simultaneously 248.
• Location bonus: Remaining within a particular area for longer strengthens the idle cultivation effect 248.
• Automation: After he demonstrates an already-mastered method, the system can repeat it. He uses this to automate talisman production 248 368.
• Production expansion: The System Spirit later confirms that it can also manufacture his explosives if supplied with materials 1267.
• Limits: Idle learning does not bypass every realm restriction. Even after sudden enlightenment, his cultivation remains too low to master complex teleportation arrays 645 647.

Talisman Explosives

Mu Fan treats explosive talismans as an equivalent to gunpowder, combining them with sturdy casings to create weapons inspired by his previous life 74 1521.

• Compression: A hard casing confines the simultaneous detonation of numerous talismans, producing a stronger shockwave 74.
• Penetrating attacks: Develops a two-step approach—open a passage through a defense, then deliver the explosive inside 248.
• Array reinforcement: Uses arrays to compress explosive power further. His improved warhead mortally wounds a Two-Horned Giant Rhino, and its surviving components can be recovered for another use 402.
• Area coverage: Tests a weapon that separates into nearly twenty sections before a further explosive command 514.
• Scaling limits: Talisman quality depends on his soul power, realm, and strength. Increasing quantity alone eventually ceases to provide the qualitative improvement he needs 248 987.
• Collateral damage: Qin Li rejects his larger weapons when hunting for food because they could leave little of the target intact 434.

Stealth, Detection & Disguise

• Identity concealment: Changes his Qi and appearance well enough that Xu Kun cannot locate him through divine sense using an object bearing his original Qi 17 18.
• System inspection: Reads others’ identities and realm information, although sufficiently powerful targets can return an unknown realm 17 56.
• Infiltration: Slips through a Devil Sect base while suppressing his presence and plants an explosive near the Blood Ancestor altar 56.
• False identity: Successfully presents himself as a secretly raised Xia Clan prodigy at Myriad Laws Academy 816.
• Undetectable by Divine Sense: Enchants objects so they must be observed with the naked eye. Its effectiveness diminishes according to differences in cultivation realm 1210.

Speed & Wind Wings

• Has spent years specializing in escape. Early in his discipleship, he outruns Xiao Ming despite the bird being fast enough to catch someone with Dao Platform Realm strength 21.
• Uses Wind Wings to evade Gu Chen’s proposed spar and to flee after provoking Qin Li 149 343.
• Combines the wings with wind-associated Saint Artifact boots, although a later, stronger Xiao Ming still catches him 559.

Realm of Mirrors

A system ability that extends a mirror realm in a chosen direction and creates a corresponding symmetrical image possessing Mu Fan’s attributes but no independent consciousness 1066.

• Internal delivery: Creates a mirror body inside a mountain and detonates a bomb there, collapsing the peak 1066.
• Reduced warning: Removes the need to physically approach a target to place explosives 1066.
• Position changing: Later uses the ability, also called Mirror Realm, to pass behind a sealed stone wall and relocate outside the radioactive wasteland 1518 1523.
• Growth: Range and duration increase with time spent idling 1066.
• Physical obstruction: During the mountain test, moving the embedded mirror body requires force 1066.

Artifact-Spirit Guidance

Mu Fan inserts low-tier artifact spirits into explosives to solve their lack of maneuverability 1067.

• Bombs can follow flight instructions, circle, return, and dodge his attacks.
• Guidance makes his weapons harder to evade than projectiles restricted to straight-line flight.
• Each object can receive only one spirit; the spirits have limited intelligence and do not substantially strengthen the object itself 1067.

Specialized System Traits

Formations & Forging

• Accepts Chen Fangyuan’s Saint King inheritance in the Dao of Formations after initially suggesting that Qin Li receive it instead 343.
• Studies teleportation-array principles through idle cultivation and hopes to create a freely movable, door-shaped array 368 645.
• Travels to the Extreme Arms Holy Land to study forging with Jiang Yuanyin 570.
• Recognizes the value of lead shielding while investigating radioactive ruins, but admits that his Blue Star knowledge does not include nuclear-weapon manufacturing 1404 1520.

Equipment & Inventions

• Little Boy — A black metal barrel taller than a person, containing one thousand supreme-grade spirit-rank Explosive Flame Talismans. Mu Fan plants it beside the Blood Ancestor altar 56.
• Iron Tree — A large explosive invention prepared with Xiao Ye’s hostile lineage in mind; its blast radius makes safe operation a concern 288 289.
• Iron Tree Plus — An enlarged version whose expanding power prompts Mu Fan to flee immediately after activation 543.
• Recoverable warhead — Combines improved talismans, materials, and an array; retrieved after the Two-Horned Giant Rhino attack to conserve its remaining use 402.
• Wind-origin boots — Low-grade Saint Artifacts containing a trace of the origin of wind 430.
• Teleportation-array materials — Receives a construction manual and raw void stone from Lu Changzhi 645.
• Origin of Fire — A gift from Lu Changzhi during his forging studies 645.
• Brain Platinum — A healing hat that releases enough life energy to begin repairing Shen Tianxun’s injured skull 1049.
• Engraved healing bed — Presented as another gift for Shen Tianxun’s bodily injuries; bears the inscription, “The path to redemption lies right here” 1049.
• Highly enriched uranium vein — A system reward spanning an entire mountain range, specified as 99% enriched 1404.

History

Recruitment into Hidden Origin Peak

Mu Fan avoids the Mu Lineage’s recruitment banquet, leaving a message that his older brothers should perform well while he stays away rather than embarrass himself. Lu Changzhi instead seeks him out personally and finds him drinking in a tavern under a disguised appearance and Qi 16 17.

He initially refuses discipleship because he expects a genius’s position to entail burdens. After learning that Lu Changzhi also accepts the ordinary Jin Fugui, Mu Fan concludes that he has overestimated the danger of exposing his talent. He accepts the invitation and becomes Hidden Origin Peak’s second personal disciple 18.

Devil Sect Operations

During the Thousand-Fathom Mountain Range conflict, Mu Fan seemingly escapes, then returns to infiltrate the enemy base. His system identifies a Devil Race presence with an unknown realm, prompting greater caution before he plants Little Boy near the Blood Ancestor altar 55 56.

He later attacks Devil Sect members by secretly slipping Explosive Flame Talismans into their clothing. Lu Changzhi subsequently learns how his barrel explosives work and requests a powerful version for a deep excavation project 74 85.

Inheritance & Weapons Development

Mu Fan obtains the Heavenly Azure Saint’s inheritance and secures permission to use land in the ruins for experiments, provided he leaves the Marrow Cleansing Fruit Trees unharmed 134 149.

A recording of a size-changing needle breaking a formation inspires his penetrating-explosive strategy. System automation then makes stockpiling ammunition less laborious, while his later rhino demonstration shows the effectiveness of combining talismans, materials, and formations 248 368 402.

During a dispute involving Qian Shenglin, Mu Fan forces cooperation by claiming that a swallowed pill will destroy the Holy Son’s cultivation talent and manhood. He promises an antidote and enough radiance to preserve Qian Shenglin’s standing if he controls his disciples; the pill’s alleged effects are not demonstrated 487.

Forging Studies & Myriad Laws Academy

Jiang Yuanyin persuades Mu Fan to study at the Extreme Arms Holy Land. He stocks up on Luo Ling’er’s food before departing, later admitting that he misses Hidden Origin Peak’s people, meals, dragon, and chicken 570 644.

At Myriad Laws Academy, he adopts a Xia Clan identity and claims to have entered the main courtyard third. Xia Yun accepts his explanation, and rumors elevate him into a hidden clan prodigy. A further rumor that he is patriarch Xia Hai’s illegitimate son is denied 815 816.

Hearing Zhong Ming mention “East Wind Express” makes Mu Fan suspect another Blue Star transmigrator. He tests Lu Changzhi with a familiar phrase, but his master conceals his recognition 875.

System Tasks & New Weapons

Qin Li confronts Mu Fan about his Saint Realm bottleneck, arguing that his explosives require qualitative advancement rather than endlessly increasing their number 987.

His subsequent task rewards broaden his options: Realm of Mirrors enables internal bomb delivery, artifact spirits provide guidance, and a later reward package combines concealed projectiles, increased firing rate, and specialized explosive damage 1066 1067 1210. While investigating with Qin Li, he also excavates a golden Resurrection Coin inscribed with “Founder FangSong_GBK” 1156.

Beast Race Campaign & Uranium Research

While staying with the Vermilion Bird Race, Mu Fan awakens his Ancient Phoenix bloodline and tests a cylindrical weapon with Zhu Li’s assistance 1272.

He later accepts a mission to keep bombing until the Human Race declares its love of peace. During the wider confrontation, he joins his fellow disciples in preparing a display atop Li Baimei’s head 1338 1364.

After receiving highly enriched uranium, Mu Fan discovers that possessing the material does not supply the manufacturing knowledge he lacks. His first documented experiment involves colliding two lumps; the supplied account ends at impact rather than establishing the result 1404.

Radioactive Wasteland & Ruins

Mu Fan investigates a barren region associated with the Power That Cannot Be Controlled. After gathering information and concealing the extent of his success from other visitors, he identifies the supposed power as radiation and traces it toward a hidden underground fissure 1516 1518.

Inside, radiation destroys his spiritual light, forcing him to use an ordinary torch. Footprints, climbing marks, and glowing stone fragments reveal earlier visitors. Deeper exploration uncovers ruins with lead shielding and wording that makes him suspect another transmigrator’s involvement 1519 1520.

He later leaves after recognizing that the place has affected his thoughts. An informant attacks him outside; the subsequent scene shows the informant dead and an unseen observer suspecting that Mu Fan has obtained the forbidden power 1523 1524.

In his latest documented undertaking, Mu Fan considers stealing Tai Bufan’s remains. He recognizes that Mirror Realm’s speed may be insufficient against Xia Xiao’s Power of Time and asks his system to determine whether an unnoticed retrieval is possible 1536.

Relationships

• Lu Changzhi — Master and trusted protector. Mu Fan relies on his backing, receives inheritances and cultivation infusions from him, and treats surpassing him as his condition for emerging confidently into the world 18 223 354 374.
• Mu Jun — Father and head of the Mu Residence. Believes Mu Fan has poor aptitude and initially asks Lu Changzhi to reconsider accepting him 16 17 18.
• Gu Chen — Eldest senior brother and frequent target of teasing. Mu Fan avoids his sparring invitations and sometimes redirects Xiao Ming’s aggression toward him 20 21 255.
• Qin Li — Junior sister whose teasing can goad him into action. She declines the formations inheritance in his favor and later directly addresses his cultivation bottleneck 343 987.
• Luo Ling’er — Fellow disciple and source of favorite food. She recruits Xiao Ming to chase him, while Mu Fan suggests that she learn forging 33 134 570.
• Xiao Ming — Bird companion, pursuer, and occasional transport prospect. Mu Fan bribes him with spirit fruits and imagines using him to carry explosive Iron Trees 255 559.
• Xiao Ye — Junior brother whom Mu Fan supports with weapons and advice. He takes a particular interest in Xiao Ye’s enemies and teases him about Shen Wenxi 288 292 829 850.
• Jin Fugui — Fellow disciple whose acceptance helps persuade Mu Fan to join. Later assists with purchases for Mu Fan’s comfortable residence 18 23.
• Jiang Yuanyin — Persuades him to pursue forging studies at the Extreme Arms Holy Land 570.
• Zhong Ming — Junior brother and suspected fellow Blue Star transmigrator. Mu Fan later hopes to impress him by retrieving Tai Bufan’s remains 875 1536.
• Zhu Li — Assists with weapon testing and preparations for the Beast Race campaign 1272 1338.
• System Spirit — A task-reward companion Mu Fan initially treats as an unwanted child, then welcomes as a worker. Its later functions include manufacturing explosives and serving as a karma-bearing proxy 1066 1267.

Notable Quotes

“Because I’m lazy.” 17

“I’ll set a small goal first. I’ll emerge from the mountain once I’ve surpassed Master.” 374

“Forget suddenly becoming a daddy. With this heaven-sent working spirit, I’m suddenly a foreman!” 1066

“System, I’m just handsome enough, not strong enough.” 1500