Qian Yuan Sword

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Qian Yuan Sword (乾元剑)
Species/Race	Sentient sword; evolving artifact
Affiliation	Chen Fei
Occupation/Role	Chen Fei's primary combat weapon and sword-array focus
Status	Active; last documented as a Mid-grade Fifteenth-Order Divine Weapon 1973
First Appearance	Forged sword blank named by Chen Fei 197

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Sword Blank	197	Ouyang Jie forged its blank from Chen Fei's spiritual materials. Chen Fei named it and began daily nurturing with the Sword Nourishing Art.
Half-Spirit Sword	210	Its spirituality became refined and unified; Chen Fei established durability and adjustable weight as its primary characteristics.
Low-grade Spirit Sword	267	Absorbed Heaven Stone Gold and advanced into a Spirit Sword; its initial quality was considered top-tier among low-grade Spirit Artifacts.
Mid-grade Spirit Sword	307	Its increased rank resonated with Chen Fei's Origin Energy, substantially strengthening techniques wielded through it.
High-grade Spirit Sword	418	Reached this grade through accumulated spiritual essence, Heaven Stone Gold, and the Tian Hun Stone.
Top-grade Spirit Artifact	431	The Latent Dragon Nascent Phoenix Ranking's spirit infusion upgraded it from high-grade to top-grade.
Low-grade Magic Treasure	487	Continued to absorb the spiritual essence of Joint Aperture Realm opponents after its promotion.
Mid-grade Magic Treasure	521	Refined anomaly-derived black stones, creating a surrounding sword-energy domain upon advancement.
High-grade Magic Treasure	596	Completed its transformation after absorbing abundant spiritual essence and a High-grade Magic Treasure.
Top-grade Magic Treasure	674	Its long-term nurturing and repeated refinement elevated it from a low-grade Spirit Artifact to a top-grade Magic Treasure.
High-grade Spiritual Treasure advancement	818	Void Wood and another weapon's material were fused into it; its spirituality entered dormancy to complete the breakthrough.
Low-grade Mysterious Treasure	896	Three Sun Moon Realm spiritual essences and additional spiritual materials forced its promotion.
High-grade Mysterious Treasure	981	Chen Fei upgraded it after leaving the Glassy Plane.
Top-grade Mysterious Treasure	993	Top-grade Fifth- and Sixth-Order spiritual materials reinforced its foundation and preserved its potential to become a Dao Artifact.
Mid-grade Dao Artifact	1135	Chen Fei used available Dao Artifact spiritual essence to advance it rapidly alongside the Hidden Origin Bell.
Mid-grade Heaven Opening Profound Treasure	1161	Broke through after absorbing the Origin of Heaven Opening Mysterious Treasures.
High-grade Heaven Opening Profound Treasure	1167	Absorbed the Golden Crow Hammer's power; it began providing a meaningful boost to Chen Fei's combat strength.
Top-grade Heaven Opening Profound Treasure	1186	Inherited the Cloud Mist Heavenly Gang Sword's space-rule amplification, expanding Chen Fei's controllable spatial range.
Top-grade Eighth-Order Mysterious Treasure	1318	Refined extensive Mysterious Treasure spiritual essence, including an Eighth-Order top-grade Blood Mist Dagger.
Creation Profound Treasure	1222	Artifact Spirit Qiong reforged it into a Creation Profound Treasure after Chen Fei mastered the Sky Dome Lock.
Mid-grade Heaven Piercing Mysterious Treasure	1359	Refined Void Origin and skipped the usual Heaven-Piercing Tribulation process for this advancement.
Low-grade World Treasure	1533	Blessed by Chen Fei's Heavenly Status, allowing it to briefly withstand a clash with a high-grade World Treasure.
Low-grade Heavenly God Weapon	1724	Chen Fei had forcibly raised it to this rank while concealing his cultivation in the Cold Mountain Domain.
Extreme Thirteenth-Order Void Divine Weapon	1817	Returned to Chen Fei after being lent out; it stood one step below the Fourteenth-Order Immortal Realm.
Mid-grade Fifteenth-Order Divine Weapon	1973	Reforged into a higher-order divine weapon with a blood-linked coordination to Chen Fei.

Background / History

Chen Fei commissioned Ouyang Jie of the Treasure Pavilion to forge the sword blank from his spiritual materials. Though combat-capable from the start, damaging the unfinished blade could have ruined its advancement, so Chen Fei named it the Qian Yuan Sword and nurtured it daily in Frozen Spring Water with the Sword Nourishing Art. 197

Its early development centered on durability and weight rather than sharpness. The Half-Spirit Sword could become heavier as Chen Fei injected Internal Energy, directly complementing the Heavy Origin Sword, Giant Spirit Sword, and the Yuan Chen Sword Sect's power-focused inheritance. 210

Chen Fei accelerated its evolution through Heaven Stone Gold, spiritual essence taken with the Spirit Slaughter Technique, and the essence of captured Spirit Artifacts. The sword repeatedly entered dormant states while processing major transformations, but its resilience allowed it to endure upgrades that could have destroyed weaker weapons. 263 358 521 818

By the Mountain Sea Realm period, it had evolved from a personally nurtured Spirit Sword into Chen Fei's central weapon. He continued feeding it the essence of defeated cultivators and artifacts rather than abandoning it for a better-made weapon, because it had grown familiar to use and possessed an unusually durable foundation. 487 674

Its later promotions relied on increasingly extraordinary materials: Spiritual Treasure origin energy, Void Wood, Void Origin, Heaven Opening Mysterious Treasures, and higher-order divine materials. At several points, specialized Artifact Spirits and the Tianying Enlightenment Tree Spirit refined or reforged it, correcting weaknesses left by Chen Fei's earlier crude upgrading methods. 673 1222 1359 1729

Appearance

The Qian Yuan Sword's appearance changes with its active properties and successive reforges. Under the Heavy Origin Sword's force field, its blade turns black and radiates a crushing pressure; later forging transformed its metallic sheen into deep dark blue, followed by purple-gold light and naturally formed dark-gold textures. 210 1729 1954

• Emits clear sword cries when drawn, advancing, or responding to Chen Fei's strength. 210 418
• Its sharpness can be completely restrained, allowing it to appear ordinary despite its true rank. 307 1167
• At its Fifteenth-Order promotion, a cold point of light flowed along its edge. 1973

Sentience

The Qian Yuan Sword possesses a nonhuman spirituality that becomes increasingly pronounced as it advances. It reacts with joy to combat, spiritual essence, and opportunities for promotion, and it can communicate its emotions through vibrations and sword cries. 339 487 1167

Unlike a human cultivator, it can absorb spiritual essence containing fragments of consciousness without suffering harm from those fragments. 520 As a Dao Artifact and beyond, it shares Chen Fei's thoughts and resents being left out of battles, desiring to fight beside its master rather than remain stored away. 1135

Abilities & Properties

Durability and Weight

The sword's original defining traits were deliberately selected to support Chen Fei's overwhelming-force combat style.

• Its durability was prioritized to prevent weapon failure during intense battles. 210
• Chen Fei can inject Internal Energy to increase its weight and amplify the force of his sword techniques. 210
• As a Half-Spirit Sword, its presence alone increased Chen Fei's sword-technique power by at least twenty percent. 210
• Its later Heavenly Status blessing lets it briefly clash with higher-grade World Treasures without shattering. 1533

Spiritual Essence Refinement

The Qian Yuan Sword grows by refining spiritual essence and assimilating compatible materials.

• It absorbed spiritual essence from Qiu Yuanzeng and the destruction of the blood trough, responding with apparent joy. 339
• Chen Fei used the Spirit Slaughter Technique to extract essence from slain cultivators and Spirit Swords for the blade. 358 397
• It successfully endured the violent strain of anomaly-derived black stones, purging impurities from its material and spirituality. 521
• Void Origin allowed it to bypass a normal Heaven-Piercing advancement process. 1359

Sword Array Conduit

The sword serves as the focal point for Chen Fei's sword-array techniques.

• Sword threads can connect directly to its tip, concentrating the entire sword array's power into one strike. 297
• Sword Beads and sword threads can merge into the blade, increasing its weight, Sword Intent, and destructive force. 318 356
• Its strength allows Chen Fei to wield the fused techniques of the Yuan Chen Sword Canon through a single blade. 391

Higher-Order Amplification

At higher ranks, the Qian Yuan Sword provides capabilities beyond simple cutting power.

• As a Mid-grade Magic Treasure, it manifested a domain of nearly imperceptible sword energies. 521
• As a top-grade Heaven Opening Profound Treasure, it amplified Chen Fei's spatial control from a radius of 1,100 li to 1,600 li. 1186
• As a Mid-grade Fifteenth-Order Divine Weapon, it formed a blood-linked coordination with Chen Fei and carried unprecedented power. 1973

Nurturing Materials

• Heaven Stone Gold — Principal material used for its initial transition into a Spirit Sword. 263 674
• Tian Hun Stone — Greatly accelerated its rise from Mid-grade to High-grade Spirit Sword. 418
• Anomaly-derived black stones — Rapidly improved its material and spirituality during its Magic Treasure stage. 521
• Broken Ruler origin energy — Used to push it beyond the limit of a Top-grade Magic Treasure. 673
• Void Wood — Helped initiate its advancement toward a High-grade Spiritual Treasure. 818
• Void Origin — Raised it to a Mid-grade Heaven Piercing Mysterious Treasure. 1359
• Enlightenment Tree branch — Used by the Tianying Enlightenment Tree Spirit during its Void Divine Weapon reforging. 1729

Relationships

• Chen Fei — Creator, owner, and wielder. Chen Fei personally named, nurtured, repeatedly upgraded, and ultimately reforged the sword into his natal divine weapon. 197 1954 1973
• Ouyang Jie — Forged the original sword blank at Chen Fei's request. 197
• Hidden Origin Bell — Fellow sentient artifact that frequently advances alongside the Qian Yuan Sword; it recognizes the sword as Chen Fei's primary combat weapon and yields priority for upgrades. 1135 1167
• Qiong — Artifact Spirit of Azure Vault Hall who reforged the Qian Yuan Sword into a Creation Profound Treasure before dissipating. 1222
• Tianying Enlightenment Tree Spirit — Reforged the sword using a branch from its own body, emphasizing tenacity over sharpness in its Void Divine Weapon design. 1729

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Initial nurturing — Chen Fei creates the weapon as a sword blank and develops it through the Sword Nourishing Art rather than purchasing a completed Spirit Artifact. 197 210
• Aperture Refining Realm battles — The sword becomes the anchor for Chen Fei's Sword Beads, sword threads, Heavy Origin Sword, and Yuan Chen Sword Canon combinations. 297 318 391
• Sword Return Tower aftermath — Spiritual essence from defeated Sword Return Tower cultivators drives the sword from its Mid-grade Spirit Sword stage toward High-grade. 358 397
• Joint Aperture and Mountain Sea advancement — The weapon enters the Magic Treasure ranks, then develops through anomaly materials, Spiritual Treasure origin energy, and continued combat spoils. 487 521 673
• Higher-realm weapon evolution — Chen Fei continually refines it through Mysterious Treasure, Dao Artifact, Heaven Opening, Heaven Piercing, World Treasure, and divine-weapon stages. 896 1135 1359 1533 1973