Joo Seo Cheon

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==Summary==
Joo Seo Cheon is the main protagonist of the Volcanic Age. In his past life, he was an elder of the Mount Hua Sect that survived the "Age of War". As he passes away he is filled with immense regret at how he lived, and how he wasted his life while he wished for a life of a hero. After passing away he woke up in his past 8-year-old self with his memories intact and thus he decided to use them to his advantage to become a hero and save the world.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least , likely higher, higher with Sword Arts | , higher with Sword Arts | At least , likely higher. Higher with Sword Arts
Key: Disciple Arc | Asceticism Arc | Dark Heaven War Arc
Name: Joo Seo Cheon, Young Phoenix, Phoenix Falls, Killing Noise Bow, Phantom Bow Swordsman, Pure Blossom Sword, By Ryung (Dagger Ghost), The Silent Riper, Sword Dragon
Origin: Volcanic Age
Gender: Male
Age: 75 (First life) | 15 (Early - second life), 18 (Mid - second life), 19 (Currently)
Classification: Human, Cultivator, Swordsman, Archer, Assassin
Powers and Abilities:
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|-|Disciple Arc=Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Enhanced Senses, Martial Arts (He's vastly above other students that have trained in hand-to-hand combat for a long time), Expert Swordsman, Accelerated Development (Has mastered techniques that take six months to learn in only one and in one month progressed more than other characters had in two years), Energy Manipulation (Via Qi), Energy Projection (Can project his energy in different ways; Can enhance his sword sharpness with Qi), Absorption (Can absorb the Qi of Nature), Air Manipulation (Can create multiple airwaves with his sword to strike targets from afar), Afterimage Creation (Can create afterimages with his movement and attacks), Resistance to: Cold Manipulation (Can use his Qi to warm himself to resit cold)
|-|Asceticism Arc=All previous powers but stronger plus, Immortality (Type 2, has survived for a time without bones in his body. Doesn't need to have his heart beating and blood circulating to live), Acrobatics, Martial Arts (Type 4 as he has trained for years martial arts, is recognized as one of the most talented person in Murim. Has become a master assassin which combine hand-to-hand combat with a dagger for maximum effect), Master Swordsman (Has reached the level where he can use Sword Intent) and Archery Expert (Can hit a leaf from 400 meters away), Daggers Mastery (Very proficient with throwing daggers and is a master of assassination techniques; has enough accuracy to redirect an immense cannonball with flying daggers while its in the mid-air), Stealth Mastery, Extrasensory Perception (Can sense things with his mind), Durability Negation (Via Poison Martial Arts), Body Control (Can through his skin, can stop his pulse, heart, and the blood circulating within his body), Fire Manipulation (Can use fire with the Third Stage of Sunlight), Air Manipulation (With a single sword slash can cut multiple trees), Sound Manipulation (Can create sound-waves with his voice), Poison Manipulation (Can inject poison in other with a touch; Can create a poisoned sword slash with a swing), Absorption (Can absorb poison from others), Healing (Accelerated healing and energy recuperation with Qi Medicine and Shaolin Pills), Resistance to: Poison Manipulation (Immune to 1000 types of poisons), Cold and Heat Manipulation (Immune to Cold and Heat), Fear Manipulation (Can resist the Killing Intent of others that can induce fears, and also can use his Qi to protect others from it), limited Pain Manipulation (Resisted the pain of each bone in body breaking and stayed like that for some time without complaining as he went through Bone Metamorphosis), limited Illusion Creation (Can see through illusions)
|-|Dark Heaven War Arc=All previous powers but stronger plus, Enhanced Senses (Can use Qi to enhance his vision), Regeneration (Mid-Low as he can regenerate multiple puncture wounds such as healing his body after having multiple weapons penetrate it in a few seconds), Danmaku (Via 24 Step Plum Blossom Sword Art and Purple Dawn Finger), Forcefield Creation (Has mastered the Defensive Aura which let him create a barrier around himself using Qi), Statistics Amplification (Via Thousand Pound Sword can increase his physical prowess and with Plum Blossom Butterfly Dance can increase his speed), Vibration Manipulation (His stomps can shake/crack the surrouroding terrain and shifts/rise the earth to destabilize his foes), likely limited Perception Manipulation (Via Thousand Li Plum Blossom), Limited Weather Manipulation (Via 4th Form - Violet Mist Genesis), Power Mimicry and Conceptual Manipulation (Type 3 - By reaching the realm of Mystical Realm - Transcendence, he gained the ability to manifest the state of his mind gaining the ability to imitate others down to their very essence, basically becoming them - it can only be used once a day), Resistance to: Heat Manipulation (Is impervious to Cold and Heat)
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Attack Potency: At least Street level, likely higher (Superior to any non-cultivating humans. Can easy decapitate and bisect humans or even Terracotta Soldiers who can kill cultivators). Higher with Sword Arts (Can destroy multiple trees with relative ease) | Small Building level (Has enough power to break the floor and crack another one), higher with Sword Arts. Higher with Sword Arts (Upon use a higher firepower is exerted) | At least Small Building level, likely higher (Has become one of the strongest warrior in the Murim World as he reached the Mystical Realm which only several people have. Has defeated the Blood Monk who managed to defeat the Sword Saint knows as the strongest warrior of the Murim Alliance). Higher with Sword Arts (Upon use a higher firepower is exerted than what he can physically can do)
Speed: Subsonic (Can move faster than other cultivators can follow with their eyes; is faster than someone who can create afterimages) | At least Subsonic, likely higher (Far faster than before as he can move faster than master assassins who are invisible to other cultivators) | At least Transonic (Is faster than cultivators that create vapor cone with their speed), likely Supersonic (He seems to be able to break the sound barrier while the time surroundoring him seems to be stopped)
Lifting Strength: Unknown | Class 5 (Stronger physical than Masters who can overpower a huge tiger and snap its neck) | Class 5 (Same as before)
Striking Strength: At least Street level, likely higher (Superior to any non-cultivating humans. Can easy decapitate and bisect humans or even Terracotta Soldiers who can kill cultivators) | Small Building level (Has enough power to break the floor and crack another one) | At least Small Building level, likely higher (Has become one of the strongest warrior in the Murim World as he reached the Mystical Realm which only several people have. Has defeated the Blood Monk who managed to defeat the Sword Saint knows as the strongest warrior of the Murim Alliance)
Durability: At least Street level, likely higher (Superior to any non-cultivating humans. Can easy decapitate and bisect humans or even Terracotta Soldiers who can kill cultivators) | Small Building level (Has enough power to break the floor and crack another one) | At least Small Building level, likely higher (Has become one of the strongest warrior in the Murim World as he reached the Mystical Realm which only several people have. Has defeated the Blood Monk who managed to defeat the Sword Saint knows as the strongest warrior of the Murim Alliance)
Stamina: Very high (Has a supply of 30 years worth of energy within himself) | Immensely high (Has a supply of 60 years worth of energy within himself) | Same as before
Range: Extended melee range, tens of meters with Sword Arts | Extended melee range, tens of meters with Sword Arts, several hundreds of meters with Bow (Can hit a leaf from 400 meters away) | Same as before
Standard Equipment: Sword | Tai E (A legendary sword created by Ou Yezi made for the Great General and King Goujian of Yue), Qi Medicine and Shaolin Pills (Healing and energy recuperation), Daggers and Flying Daggers | Same as before
Optional Equipment: Bow and Arrows
Intelligence: Genius (Can advance in one month what others need two years. He has 87 years worth of knowledge ranging from medicine, poison arts, sword arts, and martial arts. At the age of 18, he was known as the "monster from Mount Hua" for his tactics and fighting prowess. He has been deceiving the entire Martial Society plus Dark Heaven and has destroyed plans that took tens of years of preparation while creating his own plan to control the future actions of the entire Murim Alliance)
Weaknesses: None notable
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Genesis First Form VA.jpg|Violet Sunset Genesis
Scattering Petals VA.jpg|Fan of Scattering Petals
Declining Strike VA.png|Declining Strike
Poison_Palm VA.png|Poison Palm
*Plum Blossom Ki Arts: It’s the basics of martial arts techniques that everyone in the Hwasan Faction knew. It let the users absorb Qi when near the Mae-Hwa Tree. It let the user borrow the life-force of the tree.
*Purple Haze Arts: A move that’s only passed down to the supreme elders within the Hwasan Faction. It can only be achieved when the user has reached “their own limits”
*Plum Blossom Barrage: A basic sword technique where the user puncture fast enough that it creates afterimages.
*Plum Blossom Declining Strike: A powerful downward strike enhanced by Qi.
*Violet Sunset Sword Art: A sword art style that is only passed down to the next Sect Master of Mount Hua. The Violet Sunset Arts has a special characteristic that was hard for even the one practicing its techniques to fully realize its abilities until they reach a certain limit. In other words, its full potential cannot be utilized or detected by others unless they reach a certain point. The Violet Sunset Sword Art gets its name from the color it gives off when it's being used.
**1st Form - Violet Sunset Genesis: A technique that gathers Qi around the blade and then releases it in a big energy beam.
*2nd Form - Fan of the Scattering Petals: It gathers Qi within the blade then is released in multiple small energy beams that have enough power to destroy several trees.
**3rd Form - Crimson Sunset (Hidden Plum Blossom): It gathers a massive amount of Qi within the blade to increase its striking power.
**4th Form - Violet Mist Genesis: A sword technique that will gather a massive amount of Qi within the sword in a few seconds and then release it which will create a cloud of violet Qi that will cheat the Nature's Law and use its powers to strike like a lightning bolt.
**17th Form - Blossom Shadow River: It will create dozens of energy attacks at the same time.
*First Stroke - Purple Dawn Breakthrough: Qi will gather in the sword for a strong sword slash and/or to release multiple energy attacks at the target.
*Thousand Li Plum Blossom: The strongest art of the Mount Hua Sect which will gather a massive amount of Qi that will affect the surroundings by bathing it in purple light as plum blossom petals will appear in the air and their scent will scatter around thanks to its potent concentration of Qi. It will confuse the foes like they have fallen into a drunken state while each plum blossom petal will attack the target.
*24 Step Plum Blossom Sword Art: A sword technique that will gather Qi into the sword then release multiple beams of Qi toward the target.
*Bridge of Ten Thousand Arts: A cultivation technique that lets one learn any technique of any type of nature without a chance of having Qi Deviation. It doesn't matter how different the technique are, or how they are cultivated, the one who comprehends it can unleash them all.
*Third Stage of Sunlight: A bow specific technique that covers the arrows in a Qi that will catch fire.
*Plum Flower Full Blossom: A technique that gathers Qi around the blade and then releases multiple small beams of energy from above.
*Poison Martial Arts: A cultivating art created by Ten Thousand Green-Eyed Poison.
**Poison Palm Art: An attack that injects fatal poison within a target with just touch.
*Flying Daggers of the Hidden Ghost: An assassination technique where one throws multiple daggers at a target.
*Art of Skin Breathing: A special art designed by assassins that let's one to breathe with their skin without the need to use their lungs. At the same time, the heart doesn't beat, and the blood doesn't circulate thus the body also loses its warmth.
**The Great Art of Turtle Breathing: An assassin special art that let's one to be able to live without breathing for prolonged periods of time to help them in different situations.
*Iron Blanket: Is a physical body refining art that will make the body rigid as if its covered by an iron blanket. An art that will strengthen the body to resit to greater effort and needs.
*Thousand Pound Sword: It increase the weight of the weapon by adding several times the weight of the user's body. It can also be used with Qi to create a shape of a giant weapon around the normal one for a stronger attack.
*Plum Blossom Butterfly Dance: A footwork technique that will increase the agility of the user as he zigzags between multiple targets.
*Mystic Realm (Transcending) - Conceptualization: Its the materialization of the state of mind then depending on the path taken one will comprehend 'something' special for them. A cultivator will dissolve his whole lifetime experience to create his own concept - the fundamentals that prove the existence of a person, the very thing that appears at that stage is called the disposition conceptualization like how one could get rid of the concept of only having one life - creating your own concept of life.
**Joo has taken the path of imitating someone to a degree that he will become that being for a short period of time, including their taken Path.
*Has learned all the techniques/arts of Sword Saint after imitating him.
**Purple Dawn Finger A technique of the Sword Saint's style of Divine Art of Purple Dawn which releases energy beams from fingers.
==Notable Matchups==
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