Chen family

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Chen family / Chen Clan
Alias(es)	Chen family group
Type	Thousand-year aristocratic soul master clan
Main base	Chen Lin Village, whose population includes clan relatives and follower families; the clan later chose Chang'an City as an external station. 9 623
Core martial soul	Seven Kill Sword
Status	Active; expanding from seclusion toward super-clan status. 681 904
Role	A major sword-martial-soul family, regional power, and leading member of the Three Great Clans. 183 807

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Emergence from seclusion	681	The clan resolved to establish itself openly in the Great Northwest and pursue Overlord-level Super Power status.
Seven Titled Douluo benchmark	1088	Seven titled members are listed: Chen Zixiu, Chen Yu, Chen Hong, Chen Cong, Chen Menglin, Chen Qiujun, and Chen Xun.
Provincial and regional expansion	1510	After establishing battlefield prestige and completing a power succession, the clan dominates Fasinuo Province and expands outward as a regional overlord.
Broad clan-force network	736	The clan is reported to possess more than 4,000 soul masters, including 7 Titled Douluo, 20 Soul Douluo, 50–60 Soul Sages, 14 branch families, and 19 separate lineages.

Background

The Chen family was founded by Chen Ling, a Level 98 ancestor whose Seven Kill Sword became the clan’s defining martial soul. His meditation method and secret art remained central inheritances; his art ranked second among the clan’s Eight Absolutes, beneath only Sword God Descent. 1500 1737

The family’s earliest history is tied to the Ximen family. Chen Ling and Ximen Zhenyang fled enemies together, survived a secret land, and saw their martial souls evolve into the Seven Kill Sword and Karmic Fire Demon Blade respectively. 87

Across nearly two millennia, the Chen family produced numerous peak experts, including Level 99 ancestors Chen Xili and Chen Feiyi. Chen Haoran, a Level 97 Peak Douluo and direct ancestor of the Water Lineage, served as Grand Elder when the family relocated to Chen Lin Village over two centuries earlier. 1310 1737

To preserve its bloodline and avoid pursuit, the clan scattered collateral lines across the continent. These branch families and separate lineages developed independently while retaining ties to the Main Family. 736

Organization

Five Branches

The Main Family is divided into five branches: Jade, Water, Wen, Time, and Guang. 1737

Branch	Known specialization or figures
Jade Lineage	Clan-leader lineage; includes Chen Zixiu, Chen Yu, Chen Xun, Chen Xiaojun, and Chen Cong’s line. 1737
Water Lineage	Chen Hong’s line; specializes in Strong Defense Type combat combined with water. 1737 238
Wen Lineage	Chen Wenchao and Chen Shihua’s line; specializes in Agility Attack Type combat and oversees Sword Shadow Hall. 238
Time / Ji Lineage	Associated with Chen Menglin and Chen Qiujun; specializes in Control Type and Strong Control Type combat. 1737 238
Guang Lineage	Chen Yaoting’s line. 1737

Leadership and Authority

• Chen Yu — Clan Leader responsible for the whole clan; later became the youngest Chen family member to reach Level 96 Super Douluo. 9 118
• Chen Xun — Initially Young Clan Leader, handling external relations and representing the clan; later succeeds as Clan Leader during the power transition. 9 1510
• Chen Hong — Grand Elder responsible for punishments, the Ancestral Hall, and the Clan Treasury; acts for the Clan Leader in his absence. 9
• Chen Hanxin — First Deputy Clan Leader, responsible for clan affairs and the eastern finance and economy. 1895
• Core Power Circle — Chen Zixiu, Bo Xian’er, Lu Xueqi, and Zhang Xiaofan form a senior decision-making group above the old division between Main Line and branches. 1360

Extended Forces

Tier	Function
Zhaowu Roster	Core combat sequence containing Inner Nine Families and Outer Attached Families. 1734
Order of High Grade	Intermediate level of the clan’s extended-force framework. 1734
Pact of Following	Broad foundational layer of subordinate forces. 1734
Branch Families and Separate Lineages	Bloodline-related collateral families distributed across the continent. 736
Enshrinement Pavilion	Intended to gather external combat strength, support branches with unequal resources, and provide a measure of oversight over the Main Line. 1358

Cultivation System

One Foundation, Three Pillars, Five Elements

The Chen family’s formal cultivation framework is described as “One Foundation, Three Pillars, Five Elements.” Its foundation is the Seven Kill Sword; its three pillars are soul power, physique, and Mental Power. 14

• Soul power is developed alongside physical and mental cultivation rather than in isolation.
• Physique is cultivated through medicinal baths, medicinal meals, and early physical training. 14
• Mental Power supports tolerance, cohesion, perception, and the use of mental techniques. 14
• The system emphasizes an upright, balanced mentality to control the Seven Kill Sword’s slaughtering nature. 14

Five Great Inheritances

Inheritance	Core art	Function
Heart	Upright Sword Qi Technique	Cultivation and combat foundation; its profundity is Ring Embedding. 183 14
Body	Sword Shadow Body	Aligns body, spirit, soul power, and sword; its highest realm is My Body as the Sword. 14
Eyes	Starry Sword Eyes	Enhances vision and mental combat; can nurture the Bright Star Primordial Spirit Sword. 14
Intent	Seven Kill Qi Concealment Technique	Forms and controls sword intent; its profundity is Slaughter Word Art. 14
Skill	Swordsmanship and Sword Control Technique	Includes seven ultimate forms and the profound technique Sword and Man as One. 14

When Sword and Man as One is combined with the other four profundities, its power doubles for each successful fusion. The complete union is the clan’s highest technique, Sword God Descent, which only a Peerless Douluo can wield. 14

Sword Canon

The clan’s Sword Canon records generations of sword techniques and ranks secret arts into five orders. 1315

Order	Standard
Third Order	Sword-control profundities associated with sword following the heart and Sword and Man as One; Seven Kill Sky Interception belongs to this order. 1315
Fourth Order	Clan-guarding arts requiring perfect sword intent and Level 98 strength. 1315
Fifth Order	Rule-level supreme arts belonging to Level 99 Peerless Douluo. 1315

Combat Forces

Titled Douluo

The Chen family’s seven listed Titled Douluo are: 1088

• Chen Zixiu — Sword Mountain
• Chen Yu — Sword Hero
• Chen Hong — Sword Might
• Chen Cong — Cosmos
• Chen Menglin — Sword Shadow
• Chen Qiujun — Sword Dragon
• Chen Xun — Title not specified in the record

Sword Formations

The clan fields coordinated sword formations built around the Seven Kill Sword system.

• Seven Kill Sword Formation — Used to trap and defeat the Blood Armor Beast King; Chen Hanxin evolved its Ethereal sword move to improve its effectiveness. 219
• Big Dipper Seven Stars Sword Formation — Performed by the new generation, culminating in Chen Xiaojun’s Life Severing Sword Drawing Technique and a sword scar left across the sky. 786
• Sword Array Masters — A rare specialty within the clan; Chen Cong is identified as a Sword Array Master. 483

Chen Shadow Guard

The Chen Shadow Guard is a covert force built by accepting and training orphans with soul master aptitude at secret sites, Five Mountains County, and the ancestral land. 1672

• Dark Feather — Intelligence operatives and informants spread through the soul master world, marketplaces, merchant circles, and traveler networks. 1672
• The force is later restructured and expanded, with the ancestral land serving as a major training base alongside the Brocade-Clad Guards. 1895

Resources and Infrastructure

Secret Realms

• Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well — A secret realm enriched by the buried dragon blood of the divine-king-level Ice and Fire Dragon Kings; it contains immortal herbs, treasure medicines, and rare ores. 503 552
• Vine Sea Secret Realm — A three-thousand-square-kilometer vine-soul-beast realm that serves as a logistics base, training ground, resource source, and force-development site. 516
• Chen Family Secret Realm — An old secret realm used for cultivation and resource development, including potential high-grade medicinal-herb cultivation. 453 197

Education and Training

• The Chen Clan School provides elite education stated to surpass that of major academies. 1038
• The clan’s training system combines martial-soul paths, inherited martial skills, soul-ring skills, physical cultivation, and intent comprehension. 73 522
• The Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches designation is the highest honor for promising youths among branch families, separate lineages, and subordinate clans. 1852
• Annual graded challenge matches are held in Chang’an City’s Great Soul Arena to cultivate young talent and competition. 898

Wealth and Distribution

• Clan contribution points can be exchanged for martial inheritances, high-grade resources, treasures, and instruction from high-ranking soul masters. 553
• The family possesses nearly thirty soul bones over ten thousand years old, around half of them at Fifty Thousand Year grade. 1038
• Its Crystal Card system includes Black Gold Ten Million Cards, Purple Gold Million Cards, and Ten Thousand Gold Cards. 1350
• The Chen family’s economic strategy prioritizes expanding new wealth and creating new industries rather than competing for existing assets. 1254
• The clan develops its own currency and Crystal Card circulation to lessen dependence on official currency. 1360

Relationships

• Ximen family — Ironclad ally with shared origins tracing back to Chen Ling and Ximen Zhenyang; one of the Three Great Clans. 183 87
• Yang family — Ironclad ally and another of the Three Great Clans; the Chen family seeks to integrate it more tightly into a shared system. 807 87
• Soul Fighting City — A foundational allied power and an important platform for the clan’s development and influence. 183
• Ji clan and Liu clan — Accepted as allied or subordinate families through gifts, contribution-point arrangements, business support, education, and security guarantees. 553 552
• Shen family — A Chen branch family and key assistant in Chang’an City, handling matters the Chen family cannot openly manage. 623 1304
• Zhaowu Nine Clans — Long-standing follower families forming a core part of the clan’s extended forces. 522 1734
• Crimson Church — Major hostile force; its exposure of the Chen base and its regional presence drive the clan’s preparations and military expansion. 681 1092
• Chang’an Military Region — Military partner during the five-nation offensive against soul beasts and the occupation of key territories. 1337

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Bloodline preservation and concealment — The family maintains a dispersed system of branches and separate lineages while remaining centered on the Seven Kill Sword Main Family. 736
• Wolf Bandit crisis — The clan survives a siege by forty thousand Wolf Bandits despite having only one Soul Douluo and several Soul Sages stationed in the village; the ordeal becomes formative experience for its younger generation. 817
• Expansion through alliances — It links Soul Fighting City forces, the Ximen family, Yang family, Ji clan, Liu clan, and other partners through resources, shared ventures, and cultivation support. 183 516 552
• Emergence from seclusion — The Coming Out Feast publicly showcases the clan’s culture, resources, youth talents, and ambition to become a super clan. 904
• Power succession — Chen Xun succeeds as Clan Leader, while Chen Xiaojun gains Young Master and Deputy Clan Leader-level authority. 1510
• Soul-beast offensive — The clan joins five nations in an unprecedented campaign, avenges Chen Cong through the death of the Peng Emperor and six Saint Kings, and secures territorial gains with the Chang’an Military Region. 1337

Notable Quotes

“The world is a great furnace—who isn't choosing a side?” — Chen Xun 1731

“This was the meaning of path planning. This was the foundation of the Chen Clan as a Thousand-Year Aristocratic Family! The essence of inheritance!” 73