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Zhang Xu

Derivation Law Jade guardian / Dao IntegrationTen Thousand Immortals Alliance

Zhang Xu is an elderly Dao Integration guardian assigned to the Derivation Law Jade space, where he balances security duties with centuries of enforced isolation.

Biography

The Derivation Law Never Rests

Zhang Xu quietly introduces himself when Li Fan, disguised as Sun Ang, takes a position in the Derivation Law Jade space. He and the other guardian avoid taking sides when the artifact's childlike spirit protests its workload, maintaining the routine needed to keep derivations moving. The five-hundred-year assignment creates a different pressure: to endure monotony, Zhang evolves a mortal world within his consciousness, seals away part of his awareness, and experiences successive lives inside it. He later advises cultivating useful connections with visiting talents because the outside world may transform before their service ends. His patience is therefore both a survival technique and a practical response to institutional confinement. (Chapters 1142–1146, 1155, 1168, 1205, and 1272)

Appearance and personality

Zhang Xu is an old man who often remains hidden or silent within the guarded space. He is laconic, patient, and pragmatic. Though already at Dao Integration, he recognizes that centuries of isolation can leave a guardian politically obsolete and therefore supports building future relationships. (Chapters 1142, 1155, and 1168)

Abilities and cultivation

Dao Integration guardianship

Zhang Xu's realm and position let him monitor energy fluctuations from a formation-like work node and respond to threats around the Derivation Law Jade. The source does not provide a named offensive signature technique. (Chapters 1142–1146)

Inner mortal-world reincarnation

To pass time, Zhang Xu evolves an ordinary world within his sea of consciousness, seals a strand of awareness away from his normal senses, and lets it experience many lives. This is a deliberate contemplative practice, not physical reincarnation in the outside world. (Chapter 1155)

Relationships

  • Li Fan, using Sun Ang's identity, serves beside Zhang Xu as a fellow guardian.
  • Hua Yueye is Zhang Xu's long-term colleague in the Derivation Law Jade space.

Items

  • Derivation Law Jade — Zhang Xu guards this institutional artifact but does not own it; custody and access remain controlled by the Alliance. (Chapters 1142–1146)