Zhou De

Zhou De is a third-step cultivator from the Summoned River Star System whose cultivation is associated with darkness, poison, and an illusionary swamp. Hired by Daoist Water with the promise of a rank-six dao spirit, he sends an avatar against Wang Lin, then joins the other third-step cultivators in preventing Daoist Water's final attack from destroying the Cloud Sea. (Chapters 1508–1516)

Biography

Daoist Water's hired reinforcement

Daoist Water calls Zhou De on a black swamp planet and offers a rank-six dao spirit for a single intervention. Zhou recognizes that the unusually generous payment signals a dangerous enemy but accepts the limited contract. He later manifests an avatar when Daoist Water calls for aid, states that he will help only once, and attacks Wang at full power despite presenting the exchange as a request for cooperation. (Chapters 1508 and 1511)

Zhou's darkness and swamp close in from one side while Daoist Water attacks from the other. Wang answers by releasing Esteemed Ling Dong, whose original body and stronger Joss Flame force overwhelm Zhou's avatar. The swamp collapses, Zhou coughs essence energy, and the avatar retreats under pursuit. The defeat shows the limitation of arriving through a divided body rather than establishing that Zhou's original self is weaker than Ling Dong in all circumstances. (Chapter 1511)

Saving the Cloud Sea and recognizing Wang

When Daoist Water detonates the golden bell's stored power, the resulting storm threatens every cultivator and the entire Cloud Sea. Zhou abandons his separate fight and joins five other third-step cultivators in trying to contain it. After the Nether Beast swallows the storm, he briefly desires such a creature for himself, then loses interest when he sees that even an affectionate impact would destroy his body. (Chapters 1513–1514)

With Daoist Water dead and Wang recognized as the new Lord of the Sealed Realm, Zhou offers a bitter smile and formally greets him. His contract has ended, and he does not renew hostilities in the supplied corpus. (Chapter 1516)

Appearance and personality

Zhou De is an old man in black with a hideous face covered in poison-filled bumps. He is transactional and wary, willing to fight for a rare dao spirit but careful to define the service as a single intervention. Greed briefly colors his response to the Nether Beast, yet practical assessment makes him abandon the idea immediately. (Chapters 1508–1516)

Abilities and cultivation

Third-step cultivation and avatar

Zhou is explicitly a third-step cultivator. He can send an illusionary avatar across a great distance, turn daylight into darkness as it arrives, and attack with substantial power while his original body remains on the Summoned River planet. The avatar cannot match Esteemed Ling Dong's full Joss Flame strength and loses essence energy when its spell collapses. Zhou's exact third-step substage is not stated. (Chapters 1508 and 1511–1513)

Darkness and swamp manifestation

Zhou's attack covers the sky in darkness and manifests a boundless swamp behind his avatar, attempting to swallow Wang within it. His original body cultivates on a planet of swamps and poison gas, inhaling black vapors as part of his practice. The corpus demonstrates the swamp as an enveloping third-step attack but does not name it, explain its poison effects on a captured target, or show its full result because Ling Dong breaks it. (Chapters 1508 and 1511)

Body limits

Zhou believes his body is comparatively strong for a cultivator, yet judges that it could not withstand the Nether Beast's casual nuzzling, which carries the impact of a full third-step blow. This is an explicit durability limit and the reason he abandons the idea of taking the beast. (Chapter 1514)

Relationships

• Wang Lin: Zhou accepts payment to oppose Wang through an avatar, later helps prevent Daoist Water from destroying the Cloud Sea, and finally recognizes Wang as Lord of the Sealed Realm. (Chapters 1508–1516)
• Zhou Jin: Zhou Jin fights on Wang's side during the same confrontation. The shared surname does not establish kinship, and no close personal relationship is shown. (Chapters 1508–1516)
• Tai Aluo: Tai Aluo is another being Daoist Water calls upon, but he seeks a separate agreement with Wang and has no demonstrated alliance or personal bond with Zhou De. (Chapters 1512–1516)

Items

No notable item is documented for Zhou De.