Mu Chen

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Mu Chen (木辰)
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Mu Family; Gamma Empire military; Black Mountain Fortress
Occupation/Role	Mu Family Patriarch; Great General of the Gamma Empire; commander at Black Mountain Fortress
First Appearance	Chapter 175

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Eight-Star Dou King	222	Breaks through after using a Dou Ling Pill refined by Feng Wu.

Background / History

Mu Chen is the Mu Family Patriarch and a Great General of the Gamma Empire. His ancestor Mu Bin was a founding-era national general whose burial site lies beneath the Ancient Battlefield; Mu Chen identifies the site as the grave of his great-great-grandfather, while the legacy ruin later identifies Mu Bin as his great-great-great grandfather. Mu Bin’s wartime legacy, Killing Intent, and inaccessible inheritance remain central to the Mu Family’s standing 179 180 183.

During an infiltration by Chu Yun Empire Poison Masters, Mu Chen joins two other Dou Kings and Feng Wu’s Tier 3 puppets in ambushing the Blue Winged Bat King’s group. He attempts to recruit Feng Wu’s assistance in preventing the enemy leader’s escape, though his intervention disrupts Feng Wu’s intended sneak attack 175 176.

After witnessing Feng Wu kill the Blue Winged Bat King, Mu Chen abandons any attempt to contest the kill and treats Feng Wu with caution and respect. He offers Feng Wu a map to the ancestral tomb and a generalship in the Gamma Empire; Feng Wu accepts, establishing an alliance between them 178 179.

Mu Chen later commands at Black Mountain Fortress, where he conceals himself among the defenders to prepare an ambush against the Chu Yun Empire. During the siege, he kills a Chu Yun Dou King with a surprise strike from the God Slaying Spear 203 207.

Personality

Mu Chen is a pragmatic military leader who favors preparation, ambushes, and alliances. He recognizes Feng Wu’s value quickly, recruits him into the military, relies on his pills and combat power, and supports the Xiao Family as part of their mutual arrangement 179 216 220 221.

He is proud of Mu Bin’s achievements and knowledgeable about the conditions surrounding the ancestral inheritance. Although he subtly tests Feng Wu at the grave, he also provides information and demonstrates the method for confronting its Killing Intent 180 181.

Abilities & Skills

Dou King Cultivation

Mu Chen is a Dou King who later reaches the eight-star level through a Dou Ling Pill 175 222.

• Uses his cultivation in frontline warfare and against other Dou Kings.
• Avoids fighting in the air when it could endanger allied soldiers or leave him vulnerable to opponents of comparable rank 232.
• Uses Rank 5 Healing Pills and a Rank 6 Strength Pill during the battle with Lü Man 231 232.

God Slaying Spear

Mu Chen uses the God Slaying Spear as a decisive battlefield weapon.

• Kills a Chu Yun Dou King with a single concealed strike during the Black Mountain Fortress siege 207.
• Its power is recognizable from the wound it leaves on Lü Man 233.

Killing Intent

Mu Chen possesses Killing Intent connected to his family’s ancestral legacy.

• Displays it while discussing Mu Bin’s inheritance, prompting Feng Wu’s interest in the legacy 180.
• Knows that strengthening Killing Intent is one method of opening Mu Bin’s grave 181.

Military Command

Mu Chen serves as the Great General and directs the defense of Black Mountain Fortress.

• Hides among ordinary defenders to set up an ambush 203 207.
• Promotes Feng Wu as General Who Conquers the West and recommends Ya Fei for military-supply and general-affairs positions 213.
• Plans fortress defenses, reinforcements, and the use of merit-based rewards 216 221.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• God Slaying Spear — spear used to kill a Chu Yun Dou King in a surprise attack 207.
• Rank 6 Strength Pill — consumed to resist Lü Man’s plant-based techniques 231.
• Rank 5 Healing Pill — consumed during the battle against Lü Man’s soldier plants 232.
• Dou Ling Pill — enables his breakthrough to eight-star Dou King 222.
• Rank 6 Pills — received from Feng Wu, later drawing the interest of Heavenly Serpent Mansion enemies 227.

Relationships

• Feng Wu — ally and military recruit. Mu Chen offers Feng Wu a generalship, relies on his assistance at Black Mountain Fortress, and receives pills from him 179 216 219 222.
• Mu Bin — ancestor and source of the Mu Family’s battlefield legacy. Mu Chen learns from Mu Bin’s combat style when the soul body intervenes against Lü Man 180 233.
• Mu Yu — Mu Family member who reaches Dou King with Feng Wu’s Foundation Establishment Pill; Mu Chen advises him as a future leading general of Black Mountain Fortress 220 221 222.
• Lü Man — Heavenly Serpent Mansion Serpent Spirit Envoy and combat opponent. Mu Chen is pressured by her Senro Vientiane before Mu Bin’s intervention creates an opening 230 231 233.
• Blue Winged Bat King — Chu Yun Dou King whom Mu Chen helps ambush and tries to keep from escaping 175.
• Ya Fei — recommended by Mu Chen for the positions of General of Military Supplies and General Affairs 213.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Ancient Battlefield and Mu Bin’s Inheritance

Mu Chen meets Feng Wu amid the conflict with the Chu Yun Poison Masters. After Feng Wu’s victory over the Blue Winged Bat King, Mu Chen shares the location and history of Mu Bin’s ancestral tomb, recruits Feng Wu into the Gamma Empire’s military, and helps explain the grave’s Killing Intent trial 175 179 180 181.

He waits with Dong Wen and Dong Wu while Feng Wu cultivates inside the legacy ruin, expressing concern despite his own time constraints 183.

Black Mountain Fortress

As Great General, Mu Chen oversees Black Mountain Fortress during the Chu Yun Empire’s assault. He remains hidden until the decisive moment, then kills an enemy Dou King with the God Slaying Spear 203 207.

After being seriously injured, he is saved by Feng Wu’s Rank 5 Healing Pills. He subsequently promotes Feng Wu, organizes aid for the Xiao Family, and persuades Feng Wu to remain at the fortress temporarily while its defenses are reinforced 213 216 220 221.

Heavenly Serpent Mansion Conflict

Mu Chen accompanies Feng Wu when Bai Ya and Lü Man target Little Er Ha and Feng Wu’s Rank 6 pills. Feng Wu assigns him to face Lü Man, whose Senro Vientiane forces Mu Chen into a difficult battle of attrition 227 230 231.

Mu Chen holds out against Lü Man’s plant army, trusts Feng Wu’s judgment despite the danger, and observes Mu Bin’s combat methods after the ancestor’s soul body enters the battle 232 233.