Jiang Jusheng

Jiang Jusheng is the emperor of Water Sheen Country and the father of Jiang Xishui. A cultured-looking ruler and Ultimate Emperor expert, he administers his country competently while repeatedly subordinating promises and alliances to national advantage. His attempt to keep the Subdued Sea Branch brings him into direct conflict with Su Chen, but later changes in power make him an ardent supporter of Su's human alliance and a participant in the wars against Desolate Beasts and gods. (Chapters 864, 917–930, 1049, and 1072–1157)

Biography

Reputation and Water Sheen politics

Before his direct introduction at court, Jiang Jusheng is already known as one of the human experts who fought the Harpy archimandrite Kelesda and emerged with a respectable result, although the corpus does not describe the duel or name a winner. His government is sensitive to Water Sheen's prestige: when Jiang Xishui's affairs abroad risk making the country appear weak or dishonest, the emperor's decisions emphasize national face rather than personal glory. He approves Gu Qingluo's movement under an arrangement involving medicines and state benefit, showing that access and favor can be negotiated when Water Sheen receives a useful return. (Chapters 864, 917, and 919)

Jiang appears in person as a purple-robed, cultivated scholar waiting for Su Chen to collect the naval force promised under an earlier bargain. He and the crown prince attempt to reinterpret the agreement, arguing that Jiang Xishui's appointment already constituted payment and portraying Su's claim to the Subdued Sea Branch as an external seizure of royal military power. When argument fails, Jiang Jusheng tries to detain Su as a resource for Water Sheen. The move threatens both the original agreement and his own son, who has deliberately avoided succession politics but now looks dangerous because he commands the fleet and possesses a powerful ally. (Chapters 926–928)

An Oceanid intervention forces Jiang to release Su Chen and honor terms less favorable than the original bargain. He considers retaliating indirectly by warning other countries against Su, then abandons that plan when the Oceanids demonstrate that they can punish such maneuvering. Instead he orders Jiang Xishui to report and contains the humiliation within a politically survivable settlement. The episode captures both sides of his rule: he is willing to break an agreement and use force for national advantage, yet flexible enough to retreat when continued defiance would damage Water Sheen more severely. The narrative explicitly separates his personal shortcomings from his broadly competent administration. (Chapters 928–930)

From covert opposition to alliance

Jiang Jusheng later helps inflame resistance to the growing Boundless Sect while avoiding a commitment that would expose Water Sheen to the main risk. He encourages pressure but contributes only a weak token force, leaving other powers to confront Su Chen more directly. Once the sect's strength is undeniable, his policy reverses. At the gathering of peak human experts he becomes an ardent supporter of alliance with Su, seeking favorable relations with the new center of human power rather than clinging to an obsolete rivalry. The change is opportunistic, but it also keeps Water Sheen aligned with the coalition capable of surviving the approaching Desolate Beast crisis. (Chapters 959–960 and 1049)

Jiang fights with the Ultimate Emperors against a giant falcon and the Desolate Beasts, then joins the first group of top human cultivators entering the divine fissure. In the final war he stands beside Li Wuyi against divine heat that their combined strength cannot drive back. He remains alive and actively resisting in the latest covered chapter, but the corpus ends before the battle's outcome establishes whether he survives, returns to Water Sheen, or continues to rule. (Chapters 1072, 1138, and 1157)

Appearance and personality

Jiang Jusheng is intelligent, polished, nationalistic, and politically adaptable. He treats Water Sheen's fleet, succession, reputation, and foreign commitments as instruments of state security. That outlook can produce capable administration, but also makes his promises conditional: if an old bargain now appears strategically expensive, he searches for a legalistic reinterpretation and is prepared to imprison the claimant. (Chapters 917 and 926–930)

He is vindictive enough to consider indirect retaliation after being forced to yield, yet cautious enough to stop when the cost becomes clear. His later embrace of Su Chen's alliance similarly reflects a realistic reading of power rather than consistent personal loyalty. The corpus does not show him confessing regret, seeking reconciliation with Jiang Xishui, or explaining whether his final-war participation is motivated by personal courage, imperial duty, species survival, or all three. (Chapters 930, 959–960, and 1049–1157)

Abilities and cultivation

Jiang Jusheng is one of the human race's Ultimate Emperor Realm cultivators. His earlier battle with Kelesda establishes a reputation sufficient to be compared with a leading Harpy expert, but no detailed exchange survives in the supplied account. The source does not identify Jiang's bloodline, cultivation method, number or form of manifestations, age at breakthrough, or personal teacher. (Chapters 864 and 1072)

At Ultimate Emperor, he can participate in the highest level of organized human combat. He joins the group facing Desolate Beasts, contributes against the giant falcon, survives long enough to enter the divine realm with the first emperors, and fights alongside Li Wuyi in the final confrontation. These scenes demonstrate flight, durability, large-scale energy use, and the ability to function inside coordinated peak-realm formations, but they do not isolate a named Jiang Jusheng attack or describe its mechanics. (Chapters 1072, 1138, and 1157)

His limits are clearest against divine power. Even combined with another Ultimate Emperor, he cannot force back a god's intense heat, showing that human peak cultivation does not guarantee parity with the strongest divine opponents. The final battle includes shared defenses and coordinated resources, but the text does not attribute a unique weapon, Heart Mirror, barrier, or artifact to Jiang personally. No intermediate progression is shown between his earlier reputation and confirmed Ultimate Emperor status, and his post-battle condition remains unknown because Chapter 1157 ends while he is still fighting. (Chapter 1157)

Jiang also commands the military and bureaucratic power of Water Sheen, including palace forces and influence over the Subdued Sea Branch before it leaves with Jiang Xishui. These are institutional resources rather than innate abilities. His failed attempt to detain Su Chen shows their practical limit: royal authority can create immediate pressure at court, but cannot overcome a stronger claimant backed by Oceanid intervention and an enforceable external bargain. (Chapters 926–930)

Relationships

• Jiang Xishui: Jiang Jusheng is his father and emperor. He values his son's achievements when they protect national face, but views Jiang Xishui's fleet and friendship with Su Chen as potential threats to the throne. Their conflict over the Subdued Sea Branch confirms that filial and political trust remain limited. (Chapters 917 and 926–930)
• Su Chen: Jiang first knows Su as the powerful outsider claiming Water Sheen's promised navy. He attempts to change the bargain and detain him, then yields under Oceanid pressure and later covertly encourages resistance to the Boundless Sect. Once Su's strength becomes decisive for humanity, Jiang supports his alliance and fights in the coalition he leads. (Chapters 926–930, 959–960, and 1049–1157)
• Kelesda: Jiang's earlier clash with the Harpy archimandrite contributes to his reputation as a top human expert. The text calls the result respectable but gives no setting, techniques, stakes, or definitive victor, so it establishes mutual caliber more clearly than a personal relationship. (Chapter 864)

Items

No notable item is consistently associated with Jiang Jusheng in the supplied corpus.