Third Fatty Hei
Third Fatty Hei is one of the senior Ovens servants who helps induct Bai Xiaochun into the close-knit group that becomes his earliest sect family. (Chapters 2–14 and 267–378)
Biography
Ovens Brotherhood and River-Defying War
Third Fatty Hei begins as part of Big Fatty Zhang's Ovens crew, sharing its work, supply runs, rivalries, and collective suspicion of Bai before accepting him as the ninth member. Their early cooperation establishes the group that repeatedly backs Bai against the Supervisors Department. Years later, Third Fatty remains one of the friends personally delighted by Bai's return and fights within the River-Defying Sect's formations during the Luochen Mountains campaign. He survives injury or exhaustion in the war, benefits from the richer Middle Reaches spiritual energy, and joins the friends who repeatedly see Bai off on dangerous journeys. The source does not give him an independent later arc or final fate. (Chapters 2–14, 267–310, and 354–378)
Appearance and personality
His title identifies him as one of the Ovens' “fatties,” but the corpus gives no detailed individual physical description. He is loyal to the group, alert enough to serve as lookout, and emotionally invested in Bai's survival and return. More specific private motives or personality development are not supplied. (Chapters 2–4 and 267–310)
Abilities and cultivation
Third Fatty Hei cultivates after leaving servant status and participates in large sect formations during war. The corpus does not state his realm, name a personal technique, or isolate an individual combat feat; his demonstrated contribution is collective formation service rather than a distinct specialty. (Chapters 276–310 and 354)
Relationships
- Bai Xiaochun: Junior Ovens brother and lifelong friend whose returns, battles, and departures deeply affect him.
- Big Fatty Zhang: Leader of the Ovens crew and Third Fatty's senior within its adopted-family hierarchy.
- Xu Baocai: Fellow friend and River-Defying cultivator with whom he witnesses Bai's wartime feats.