Lu Changqing

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Lu Changqing (陆长青)
Alias(es)	Longevity Immortal Venerable; Saint Changqing; Lord of Wuji Heaven; Sovereign of Longevity 13 23 167
Species/Race	Transmigrator; originally an Innate Enlightenment Tree, later transformed into a Chaos Demon God 1
Gender	Male 95
Affiliation	Wuji Heaven; Witch Clan
Occupation/Role	Lord of Wuji Heaven; Witch Clan Venerable; master of Zhou Xian'er, Ziwei, and Gu Tian 64 216
Status	Active 227
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Early-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal	1	His cultivation after transforming from the Innate Enlightenment Tree. 1
Late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal	1	Transformed into a Chaos Demon God and advanced his cultivation. 1
Quasi-Saint	8	Broke through after extensive Merit expenditure and treasure exchanges. 8
Primordial Supreme Realm	15	Refined the Primordial Creation Divine Marrow, transforming his origin and Purple Mansion. 15
Second Heaven, Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal	28	Reached this realm within a thousand years. 28
Fourth Heaven, Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal	53	Broke through immediately after declaring his ambition for the ultimate Great Dao. 53
Saint / Sixth Heaven, Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal	71	Consumed 50 trillion Merit to become a Saint; refining the Crimson Spirit Dao Fruit later raised him to the Sixth Heaven. 71
Seventh Heaven, Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal	85	Advanced after taking a Breakthrough Pill from Pangu Hall. 85
Eighth Heaven, Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal	95	Broke through while preparing to meet the System's Hunyuan Limitless deadline. 95
Ninth Heaven, Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal	96	Reached the Ninth Heaven after 180 years of seclusion. 96
Hunyuan Limitless Great Luo Golden Immortal	99	Achieved the realm after three hundred years of cultivation, though the System still judged its task a failure. 99
Second Heaven, Hunyuan Limitless Great Luo Golden Immortal	108	Broke through while lecturing the Three Xiaos on cultivation. 108
Seventh Heaven, Hunyuan Limitless Great Luo Golden Immortal	174	Reached this realm after refining Origin Creation Qi. 174
Two further layers gained	194	Broke through two consecutive layers; the resulting realm is not specified. 194

Background

Lu Changqing is a transmigrator who awakened as an Innate Enlightenment Tree on Wuji Peak. Initially frustrated that the Saint positions appeared unavailable to him, he bound the Great Dao Prodigal System, which immediately granted him one hundred trillion Merit and required him to spend it. 1

His early travels established the pattern of his influence. After Houtu and Xing Tian rescued him from the Demon Clan general Che Qi, Lu Changqing rewarded Houtu with Merit; the gift enabled her to cultivate a Primordial Spirit and began their long association. 1 6

Lu Changqing turned Wuji Heaven into a center for trading spiritual treasures for Merit. His extravagant compensation attracted Kunpeng, East King Duke, Daoist Randeng, and vast numbers of rogue cultivators, converting what began as a personal residence into a powerful faction. 6 7

Pangu's remnant consciousness later granted Lu Changqing ultimate inheritances, the authority to command the Witch Clan, and the Primordial World Suppressing Heaven Seal. Though he initially refused the title, he ultimately accepted the position of Witch Clan Venerable. 49 63 64

Personality

Lu Changqing is openly obsessed with exhausting his immense Merit reserves. He views Merit not as a prize, but as an unwanted burden imposed by the System; this drives his lavish exchanges, wages, rewards, public projects, and attempts to make others spend on his behalf. 2 38 100 217

Despite this motive, he insists on fair dealings. When Ming He offered the Twelve-grade Karma Red Lotus, Lu Changqing reprimanded him for suggesting a gift and paid ten million Merit instead. 60 He also repeatedly redirects massive Merit gains toward all living beings, such as turning Heavenly Dao Merit into nourishing rain rather than keeping it for himself. 52 221

He is relaxed and playful when unchallenged, spending long periods playing Mahjong, Go, cards, and Dou Dizhu with his companions. 41 84 Conversely, he is blunt and punitive toward subordinates who test his patience, particularly Kong Xuan and Ming He. 41 92

Lu Changqing is shrewd toward the System. He treats its tasks and rewards as traps to be exploited, even demanding a formal contract and adding his own interpretive clause before accepting a mission. 95 111

Abilities & Skills

Merit Manipulation

Lu Changqing possesses an extraordinary supply of Merit through the Great Dao Prodigal System and can deploy it on a scale that shocks Saints and the Heavenly Dao alike. 1 17

• Uses Merit to refine magic treasures and divine armor. 1
• Exchanges Merit for spiritual treasures, roots, materials, and loyal service. 6 7 8
• Accelerates the growth of Primordial Violet Qi and ripens spiritual roots with Merit. 18
• Bestows Merit and Primordial Violet Qi to help followers attain Sainthood. 27 53 136
• Converts excess Merit into rain that benefits all living beings. 52 221
• Uses Merit to stabilize Buzhou Mountain and evolve the Primordial World's origin. 65 102

Three Thousand Great Dao Laws

Lu Changqing has cultivated all Three Thousand Laws to perfection, an accomplishment stated to be unique in the world. 71

• Manifested and integrated the Three Thousand Laws into the Primordial World, allowing living beings to gain Merit through cultivation. 71
• Can employ Myriad Laws Return to Ruin, a Great Dao divine ability that nullifies divine abilities, orders, rules, and other forms of power. 71
• Meets the requirement to use the Immeasurable Order Chapter, which demands Great Accomplishment in all Three Thousand Laws. 71
• Demonstrated the Three Thousand Laws as a lesson for Lu Xiaobei, producing a phenomenon visible throughout the Primordial World. 194

Heavenly Dao and World Authority

Lu Changqing wields authority recognized by the Heavenly Dao and later became the true master of the Primordial World through the Primordial World Suppressing Heaven Seal. 17 63

• Entrusted one hundred trillion Merit to the Heavenly Dao for distribution and received the Heavenly Dao Divine Staff in response. 17
• Uses the Heavenly Dao Scepter to alter the rules of heaven and earth, including allowing the Black Tortoise to transform. 115
• Removed the Heavenly Dao shackles binding the Kirin Clan. 43
• Commands the Primordial World's origin through the Primordial World Suppressing Heaven Seal. 63
• Proposed and initiated the fusion of the Heavenly Dao and Great Dao with the Heavenly Fusion Great Dao Method. 145

Saint-Making and Cultivation Guidance

Lu Changqing can provide the resources, contracts, inheritances, and direct assistance needed to rapidly elevate others. 27 60 117

• Helped East King Duke, Daoist Randeng, and Kunpeng attain Sainthood. 27
• Raised Di Jun and Tai Yi to Sainthood after they agreed to serve Wuji Heaven. 60
• Supplied the Four Sacred Beasts with Primordial Violet Qi and Merit for their cultivation. 117
• Used rare Chaos resources, spiritual fruits, Merit, and assistance from Saints to rebuild Gu Tian's poor foundation. 118 119
• Offered five hundred Quasi-Saints the resources necessary for Sainthood in exchange for contracts with Wuji Heaven. 136

Combat and Suppression

Lu Changqing's combat power greatly exceeds his publicly stated cultivation at several points in the story.

• Subdued the Great Dao with one hand when it threatened to destroy the Primordial World. 144
• Uses the reforged World-Opening Divine Axe, whose reappearance shook the Primordial World. 114
• Possesses Hundred Percent Empty-Handed Catch, an innate divine ability that forces an opponent to kneel and receive his weapon strike; it affected a Great Dao Realm incarnation. 174 186
• Erased Tang Qianshou with a casual finger flick after withering his Blue Silver Grass technique. 180

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Chaos Bead — Chaos Supreme Treasure obtained from a Mysterious Grand Gift Package. 15
• Primordial Shore Flower — Chaos spiritual root capable of housing spiritual roots. 15
• Heavenly Dao Scepter / Divine Staff — Symbol of Heavenly Dao authority, bestowed after Lu Changqing entrusted Merit to the Heavenly Dao. 17
• Chaos Green Lotus Dao Seed — Upgraded into a complete thirty-six-grade Chaos Supreme Treasure using the Twelve-grade Karma Red Lotus and Twelve-grade Merit Golden Lotus. 60
• Primordial World Suppressing Heaven Seal — Pangu-created seal containing the Primordial World's origin; establishes its wielder as the world's true master. 63
• Time Compass — Chaos Spiritual Treasure that controls the flow of time within a region. 71
• World-Opening Divine Axe — Reforged from three Primordial Supreme Treasures and restored as a Chaos Supreme Treasure. 114
• World-Ending Grinding Mill — One of four Chaos Supreme Treasures Lu Changqing deployed during the East-to-West Qi Transfer project. 213
• Time-Space Golden Bridge — Time-Space Secret Treasure able to ignore restrictions and connect the barriers of two realms. 174

Relationships

• Houtu — Wife and Dao companion. Their bond began with Lu Changqing's Merit gift, deepened after his reassurance at Buzhou Mountain, and culminated in a formal marriage proposal and wedding. 2 49 82 95
• Nuwa — Wife and fellow Hunyuan Limitless Great Luo Golden Immortal; she is associated with the Human Dao while Houtu is associated with the Earthly Dao. 106 215
• Lu Xiaobei — Daughter. Lu Changqing is affectionate and personally teaches her his unconventional “art of squandering.” 169 194
• Pangu — Ally and benefactor. Pangu's remnant consciousness granted Lu Changqing inheritances and world authority; Lu Changqing later gave Pangu the Chaos Primordial Dao Jade to help restore his true form. 49 85
• Witch Clan — Lu Changqing serves as its Venerable and gave the eleven Ancestral Witches Merit and Primordial Violet Qi to assist their pursuit of the Dao. 64
• Ming He — Disciple and subordinate. Ming He handles major assignments, including Lu Changqing's marriage proposal, but is frequently disciplined for excessive flattery and inappropriate conduct. 41 82
• Kunpeng — Initially Lu Changqing's mount, then a guard and Saint of Wuji Heaven. Kunpeng remains intensely loyal after Lu Changqing supports his advancement. 3 7 27 157
• East King Duke and Daoist Randeng — Former visitors recruited as Wuji Heaven guards; both later attained Sainthood under Lu Changqing. 7 27
• Zhou Xian'er, Ziwei, and Gu Tian — Lu Changqing's personal disciples. 118 216
• Xuantian and Ancestor Mie Jue — Former Primordial Chaos outsiders recruited to guide future Chaos visitors into the Primordial World. 214 227

Story Role / Major Arcs

Founding Wuji Heaven

Lu Changqing establishes Wuji Heaven as a Merit-based power center, purchasing treasures and offering guards compensation that far exceeds normal expectations. The resulting wealth and opportunity draw rogue cultivators, established great powers, and eventual Saints into his service. 6 7 27

Reshaping the Primordial World

He repeatedly spends Merit to improve the Primordial World rather than hoard it: distributing rain to nourish all life, stabilizing Buzhou Mountain, evolving the world's origin, integrating the Three Thousand Laws, and encouraging cultivators to create worlds. 52 65 71 102

Master of Heaven and Earth

After refining the Primordial World Suppressing Heaven Seal, Lu Changqing assumes practical authority over the world's origin. He later prevents the Great Dao from destroying the Primordial World, forces it into submission, and begins merging the Great Dao with the Heavenly Dao. 63 144 145

Expansion into Chaos

Lu Changqing connects the Primordial World and Chaos through the Time-Space Golden Bridge, recruits Chaos beings through generous Merit incentives, and creates large-scale infrastructure projects to develop both realms. 174 180 193 197

Recruitment of Primordial Chaos Experts

Rather than executing Xuantian and Ancestor Mie Jue for their suspicious origins, Lu Changqing brings them into the Primordial World's Merit system. He tasks them with receiving and guiding future visitors from the Primordial Chaos, treating the outside realm as a source of talent for Wuji Heaven. 214 226 227

Notable Quotes

“Actually, I just want to spend some Merit! Because my Merit is simply too much!” 38

“Borrowing external things to show off, what kind of skill is that! This Seat's ambition lies in the ultimate realm of the Great Dao!” 53

“What I, Daddy, am best at is being a spendthrift!” 194