Lu Fan
Age: 17 going on 18
Background:
Raised in a cramped apartment on the city's outskirts, Lu Fan lives with his father after his mother mysteriously disappeared when he was 10. His father works long hours in a low-paying factory job and is emotionally distant, burdened by grief and fatigue. Lu Fan struggles academically—he's not naturally gifted, but distracted by the weight of family responsibility and loneliness. Still, he's inherently kind, handsome, and quietly courageous, though few notice him.
Status in the World:
An invisible youth to most, he drifts through a city indifferent to his presence. Cultivation is hidden from public knowledge, so his world is the ordinary modern one—school, work, and small moments of quiet hope.