Zhu Ji

Zhu Ji was a legendary Fighter who lived a century prior to Xie Yan's arrival in the world of Ba Quan. He was the most powerful Fighter in all history, the only person to become an S+ Class Fighter. He was the creator of the ultimate fighting art, the Everlasting Dominating Fist. Zhu Ji and Xie Yan are the only two practitioners of the Everlasting Dominating Fist.

Plot
Zhu Ji was born twenty three decades prior to Xie Yan's arrival in Ba Quan. When he was a teenager, he traveled across the world as an ordinary combatant, challenging Fighters and secretly assimilating dozens of fighting arts from his opponents. After thirty years of rigorous practice and continuous refinement, Zhu Ji mastered one hundred fighting arts and consolidated them to create one ultimate and invincible fighting art- the Everlasting Dominating Fist (lit. 长生霸拳 Changsheng Ba Quan). He spent another thirty years establishing his reputation, eventually becoming the historically unprecedented S+ Class Fighter. Zhu Ji tried to teach younger generations, but the Everlasting Dominating Fist was so difficult and dangerous to practice, that none of his disciples could learn the martial art. To preserve his knowledge, Zhu Ji split the Everlasting Dominating Fist into three distinct arts that were relatively simple to practice- the offensive Blue Dragon Dominating Fist, the rejuvenating Gentle Fist Of Nirvana, and the defensive Heavenly Whale Dominating Fist. He entrusted each art to his three most gifted disciples, one of them being Ge Hong.

Unlike other Fighters who were short-lived, Zhu Ji lived for 130 years, with his strength intact. Eventually, he participated at the 1st Global Fighting Summit, where he fought an infamous death match against Qiu Sheng, a new S Class Fighter who was also the main organizer of the Summit. Zhu Ji overwhelmed his opponent, but before he could win, he was foully struck by Qiu Sheng with the Power Of The Evil God. Zhu Ji swiftly killed Qiu Sheng, before dying of injuries himself. Qiu Sheng did not die completely and would resurrect hundred years later. Zhu Ji's three disciples and their successors continued his legacy, but nobody could revive the Everlasting Dominating Fist, and the legendary fighting art went extinct.

A hundred years after Zhu Ji's death, the S Class Fighter Xie Yan learnt of his story. After learning the Heavenly Whale Dominating Fist, the Gentle Fist Of Nirvana, and the Blue Dragon Dominating Fist from their respective successors, Xie Yan combines the three fighting arts and consumes the Universal Secret Pill to successfully awaken the Everlasting Dominating Fist. He undertakes a trial from the Power Of Gaia to obtain Zhu Ji's brand of the Everlasting Dominating Fist. Xie Yan is sent to an astral plane, where he witnesses the spirit of Zhu Ji practicing dozens of fighting arts. With the help of the Power Of Gaia, Xie Yan imbibes Zhu Ji's lifelong fighting experiences, and finally realizes that the trial is about understanding the difference between the usual Everlasting Dominating Fist and Zhu Ji's brand. The Everlasting Dominating Fist was inspired by the human race itself that transcended its limits and ruled the world for eons. The ultimate secret of the Everlasting Dominating Fist is conviction in oneself. Upon this epiphany, Xie Yan's will projection changes from a hazy faceless giant to a gigantic version of himself, completing the trial. He thanks Zhu Ji for his teachings. Zhu Ji says nothing, but merely hands a fragment of Gaia to Xie Yan before vanishing. Xie Yan uses the Everlasting Dominating Fist to kill the resurrected Qiu Sheng.