Qianchuan Hall
I'm Already the Strongest in the Starry Sky, and Spiritual Energy Is Only Now Returning?
- Original Name:
- 千川殿 (qiān chuān diàn)
- Gender:
- Neutral
- Kind:
- Place
- Scope:
- Novel-specific
- Status:
- Active
- Source:
- AI
- Occurrences:
- 83
- Chapters:
- 18
- Context Up To:
- Ch. 50
- Wiki Model:
- GPT-6.1 Terra
- Updated:
Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Qianchuan Hall (千川殿) |
| Affiliation | Great Sheng Dynasty 3 |
| Occupation/Role | Imperial library and, for four years, the seventh prince’s place of house arrest 3 11 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 3 |
Location and Layout
Qianchuan Hall is a secluded library in the Great Sheng imperial palace’s Cold Palace compound, near abandoned halls. Few people visited the area, although imperial guard patrols passed nearby 3 4 6.
- Courtyard: Weeds grew among the gray paving and along the walls; a locust tree stood inside 3 5 11.
- Entrance: The plaque above the gate hung crooked, and the courtyard had front and rear exits 4.
- Library: A secluded second-floor room contained tall bookshelves where Chen Du studied and meditated 10.
- Condition: The hall was dilapidated, but most of its collection remained intact; a few books had been damaged by damp and insects 3.
Collection
The hall held tens of thousands of books accumulated by the dynasty over several centuries. Its holdings included classics, histories, philosophical and literary works, military treatises, court gazettes, palace records, martial-world accounts, and martial arts manuals 3 5 6 7.
| Work or collection | Significance |
|---|---|
| Martial arts manuals | Included third-rate through Houtian arts, some seized from martial forces the dynasty had defeated 3. |
| Vajra Skill | The hall’s highest-ranked Houtian martial art and its most treasured manual. Great Sheng’s third emperor obtained it from a temple in the Western Regions 7 9. |
| Royal Secret Archives | An incomplete copy recorded a Xiantian protector of the imperial bloodline and described imperial Xiantian manuals kept outside the hall 6 9. |
| Xuanye Jianghu Chronicles | Described martial forces with Xiantian inheritances, including the Hanging Temple, Yandang Yun Family, and Sword Pavilion 9. |
| Court gazettes and palace records | Helped Chen Du piece together the princes’ strengths and their positions in the succession struggle 6. |
Chen Du searched the shelves, beams, and floor tiles but found no Xiantian-level manual. According to the archives, the dynasty’s Xiantian arts were guarded by successive emperors rather than stored at Qianchuan Hall 9.
History
The seventh prince’s confinement
After Su Yuanzheng, the seventh prince, was framed and imprisoned, imperial guards brought him to Qianchuan Hall. The emperor ordered that he could not leave without a verbal decree. Chen Du, who had entered the Xuanye Realm in Su Yuanzheng’s body, used the library and his Divine Revelation Reading talent to study martial arts 3.
Within days, Chen Du mastered techniques from the hall’s manuals. When guard commander Zhou Tiejun mistook him for an assassin and confronted him, Zhou recognized the prince and concealed his newfound martial skill from the other guards 3 4.
Over the following years, Chen Du used the collection to develop stronger arts, including Dragon’s Roar Iron Cloth Shirt and the Wisdom King Vajra Art, the latter derived from Vajra Skill. He reached Houtian in the hall and, after another year of study, Houtian Perfection 5 8 10.
After four years of confinement, an imperial edict restored his rank and summoned him to the Hundred Nations Assembly. Qianchuan Hall’s courtyard gate opened to the outside world for the first time during that confinement 11.
Later use
After Chen Du revealed his strength and broke through to Xiantian at the assembly, the emperor allowed him to keep Qianchuan Hall. Chen Du declined political gifts and invitations but accepted martial arts books from Crown Prince Su Yuanzhang. The palace subsequently treated the hall as a place not to be disturbed, and guards were ordered to tread lightly nearby 12 13.
Chen Du spent another three years there refining his martial arts, reaching Xiantian Peak and awakening Spiritual Power. He then left the capital to seek the great Xiantian arts beyond the palace 13 14.
Before returning to Blue Star, he revisited Qianchuan Hall and leafed through Flying Bird Step, one of the first manuals he had mastered there 3 19.