- Yu Han - Was Johan. Unsatisfied with being a fatty. Our protagonist.
- Li Yao - Scarfaced gangster. Yu Han’s first friend. Calls him tubs.
- Fei Rui - Level 10 Cerebrant Collector Crab. Acts like a kiddo and loves building stashes. Feral Spot is bad influence on him.
- Huang Niuniu - Cow girl. Nice, sweet, and after the ship arc, unpredictable.
- Fang Zhao - Red-eyed cripple. Noble Young Master (one of the good ones?).
- Xiao Zhuzi - His name literally means Little Bamboo, former beggar.
- Hu Feng - Farmer’s son. Maybe a bit perverted.
- Li Weidong - Almost drowned trying to clear his Tribulation.
- Dong Tianlan - Granddaughter of Dong Chou. Has an eternal frown.
- Dong Chou (Elder Scribe) - Ninth Scribe Official of the Outer Sect. Probably has high blood pressure.
- Yong Lefan - Sarcastic Senior Bro with a stone book. Might be reincarnation of Le Nin (?).
- Shi Miao - Mysterious white-haired girl who may or may not resort to violence. Tamed by Huang Niuniu.
- Song Yinuo - Mysterious pig-tailed spoiled brat. Tamed by Huang Niuniu.
- Duan Xiaolong (Young Dragon) - Is cool. Has monkey. Core Disciple.
- Mistress Miao - Ancient winged two-tailed calico. Insists she's a human with celestial tiger.
- Sima Yan - Haughty White Lotus noble. Lost his father's arm to Yu Han's big mouth.
- Gong Muhua - Bald outer sect bully. Stuck at Level 10 body tempering for seven years.
- Wen Liujie - Night Alchemists' Yard supervisor. Desperately wants the rookies to keep shovelling poop.
- Tan Ruoxuan - Ponytailed law enforcer. Wen Liujie's exasperated fiancée.
- Elder Chang - Thickset alchemy elder. Appreciates the rookies for saving a stupid worm. Manages Night Alchemists’ Yard.
- Worm Daoist Feral Spot - Foundation-building earthworm. Acts like a giant puppy and eats monsters. Things Huang Niuniu is his pet.
- Qiao Jinhai - Insecure Verdant Blade Sect recruiter. Has a severe anger management problem.
- Wu Di - Redheaded profound talent. His "manhood" was cut short by Yu Han's stomp.
- Huang Linxue - Huang Niuniu's cruel half-sister. Has a PhD in fake smiling.
- Pang Jiming - Sima Yan's loyal lackey. Son of the Riversong Garrison Marshal.
- Ma San - Sima Yan's lackey. Vengeful younger brother of the dead guard Bushy Beard.
- Jie Tong - Handsome backstabber. Sold out Yu Han for diner profits.
- Jie Hua - Jie Tong's twin sister. Poison user who hides a vicious streak.
- Bushy Beard - Greedy city guard. Lost his head over a dead woman's necklace.
- Guo Yexi - Squeamish recruit from Riversong. Surprisingly brave when jumping onto boats.
- Shu Boyan - Theatrical core disciple. Slays demons and directs plays in his free time. Was the lone swordsman that cut off the mummy’s arm during the orientation.
- Liang Fuyu - Ice-cold core disciple. Treats lower-level cultivators like furniture.
- Lu Shan (Strong Shan) - Spiked-club-wielding disciple. Acts as an intimidation messenger boy for core disciple Zhang Jiyou.
- Bloodhound One (Wang Something) - Leader of the Mad Bloodhounds. Traffics wisps and gets folded by Fei Rui.
- Xu Jinshui - Thug leader. Tried to extort Yu Han and got scared off by an old man Sun Tao.
- Sun Tao (Old Sun) - Grumpy qi-gathering spice seller. Gossips and complains about sect politics.
- Li Tieniu (Iron Bull) - Burly monster hunter. Hates bullies and talks a lot of crap.
- Little Three - Unsettling Sea of Gold receptionist. Wears a terrifying HR smile.
- Zhang Jiyou - Core disciple of the Skycaller Zhang clan. Has a mysterious beef with Fang Zhao.
- Little Pillar - Duan Xiaolong's blue, armoured monkey. Casually clobbers kids with a bronze staff.
- Liyi Tong - Well-endowed groupie. Follows Sima Yan and acts petty.
- Zirong Peihou - Fang Zhao's former fiance’s cousin. Suspected of cursing him with the ring.
- Shark Lady (Stormy Reef Inner Sect Elder) - Badass lady who rides a giant whale-shark-thing that shoots water jets. Extorts the Verdant Blade elder for cash.
- Verdant Blade Core Formation Elder - White-haired geezer with an emerald sword. Paid a hefty ransom just to take a castrated Wu Di.
- Sima Quanqing - Sima Yan's inner sect cousin. Acts as an indirect disciple to Elder Shu Wangli and pulls strings to harass our heroes.
- Shu Wangli - Core formation elder and Sima Quanqing's master. A drunkard whose letter helped oust a former commoner courtyard leader (Sun Tao’s friend).
- City Lord Sima - Riversong City Lord and Sima Yan's dad. Lost his right arm because he didn't give Qiao Jinhai enough face.
- Yu Family’s River Diner’s Head Chef - Weasel-eyed backstabber. Teamed up with the Bloody Grass Gang to steal the Yu family diner and kick Yu Han out.
- Chen Da - Shaved-head Bloody Grass Gang kid. Holds a serious grudge against Yu Han for Jie Tong's downfall.
- City Lord Huang - Goldleaf City Lord. Father of the year who let his legitimate daughter treat Niuniu like a disposable maid.
- Chu Fei - The guy Huang Linxue is obsessed with, who unfortunately for her, liked Huang Niuniu more. Was the ‘like’ mutual?
- Liang Steward - Bald, snooty middle-manager of the Liang clan. Got finessed by Yu Han's bootlicking into trading books on array shapes.
- Bloodhound Seven - The Mad Bloodhounds' array guy. Got choked out by Fei Rui and brainwashed with VR dreams.
- Mummy Demon - Infiltrated the outer sect orientation and tried to possess Fang Zhao. Ended up flushed down a magical drain by a bald monk.
- Old Dog Black - Swindler who tried to fake being under 21 during the talent test. Promptly lost his head.
- Cleft Lip - Ship bully who nominated Yu Han for Qiao Jinhai's grueling town-hopping duty. Later got beaten up by Li Yao.
- Elder with the Pelican - Taught the rookies the Calm Before the Storm Breathing Technique at the First Village of New Tidings.
- Chao Chuan, Wang Master Fourth, & Immortal Yan - Long-dead array practitioners whose diaries and notes Yu Han studies to learn shape-arrays.
- Old Doctor on Verdant Blade Ship - The mortal servant on the Verdant Blade ship who fixed Yu Han's nose but warned it would scar.
- Riversong Garrison Marshal - Pang Jiming's dad. Commands all of Riversong's city steel.
- Wang Shen - Fang Zhao's former best friend who severed their ties after Fang Zhao drunkenly slapped his fiancée's butt.
- Fang Zhao's Former Fiancée - Broke off their engagement when Fang Zhao's cultivation halted and he turned to debauchery. Daughter of the Zirong Clan.
- Great Xia Imperial Princess - Wang Shen's fiancée who beat Fang Zhao up and strung him from the city gates for his drunken transgression.
- Hooded Man (Buffalo-mask Cultivator) - The demonic cultivator who massacred Yu Han's family and stole his clam pendant.
- Johan's Ex-Girlfriend - A Korean Instagram model from Earth who dumped Johan for a gym janitor, leaving him with lifelong trauma and trust issues.
- Johan's Dad - Johan's father on Earth, whose moral lessons about cherishing kindness and nurturing connections constantly guide Yu Han in his new life.
- Yu Han's Family (Parents, Brother, Sister-in-law, Niece) - The loving family of the original Yu Han, brutally murdered on the road by the hooded man's demonic dogs.
- Shu Law Enforcer Senior Sister - A big-eyed, short-statured law enforcement disciple who happily gossips about demonic cultivators with Yu Han.
- Droopy Eyes - One of Wang Daming's lackeys who invaded Yu Han's hut and had his head repeatedly slammed into the floor by Fei Rui.
- Bloodhound Three - The older, Level 6 member of the Mad Bloodhounds who plotted to traffic Huang Niuniu and accused her of being a virgin.
- Young Ji - A past Stormy Reef Sect cultivator whose written contemplations serve as Yu Han's primary textbook for the body tempering realm.
- Old Wang of Riversong - A farmer from Yu Han's world whose tragic death by bandits serves as a cautionary tale about hiding one's wealth.
- Grey-Streaked Beard (Stormy Reef Elder) - Middle-aged orientation cultivator with a sword and gourd who dramatically snapped his fingers to blow up a possessed recruit.
- Blue-Fire Lady (Stormy Reef Elder) - Old woman draped in blue flames who cornered the mummy demon from the south during the orientation.
- Bald Monk (Stormy Reef Elder) - Tall monk who materialized from a water geyser to block the mummy demon's escape and praised Fang Zhao's courage.
- Sleepy Palace Disciple - Heavenly Friendship Palace worker with a droopy face, a slow drawl, and an ornate, bell-adorned hat.
- Riversong Guard Commander - Riversong city guard who coldly ordered his men to bring a grieving Yu Han to the City Lord for profit.
- “Immortal” Yan - Disgruntled past array master who left his sect to teach script-arrays to mortal armies.
- Wang Daming - Crooked-chinned thug with missing fingers who tried to strong-arm Yu Han and Li Yao in the marketplace.
Yes?