Chen Sanliang

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Chen Sanliang (陈三两)
Alias(es)	Mister Chen; Demon Teacher; Zhang Chen's Master
Species/Race	Human Clan scholar; later associated with the Demon Clan and Human Demon Race
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Demon Clan; Human Demon Race
Occupation/Role	Confucian scholar; founder of the Education for All Great Dao; Demon Teacher; leader and strategist
Status	Deceased; previously resurrected by Zhang Chen 795 1060
First Appearance	160

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Nascent scholarly Fate	160 212	Manifested faint white Fate and reading sounds around his body, marking the emergence of a Mystic Item-like scholarly aura. It dispersed after he lost a Dao Discussion and suffered a collapse of spirit and soul.
Yang Spirit	541	Generated Pure Yang Qi and entered the Yang Spirit realm while pursuing his plan to reshape the Human and Demon Clans.
Eleventh Order	623 699	Swept through the Northern Lands, brought its academies under his teachings, forged a Divine Body, and became the leading figure of the region's Confucian school.
Twelfth Order	998	Broke through during the Dao Discussion between the Demon Clan and Human Clan literary traditions.

Background

Chen Sanliang first emerged as a scholar whose manuscripts on mind studies challenged Jixia Academy's orthodox teachings. After a county magistrate sent the manuscripts to the Academy, it branded his scholarship a heretical path and ordered him to burn his books, publicly apologize, and permanently abandon scholarship. Chen refused, prompting a public Dao Discussion whose outcome would determine whether he could spread his teachings openly. 160

His early scholarly Fate was destroyed after he lost a Dao Discussion to Fifth Mister. His Righteous Qi extinguished, his soul suffered backlash, and he fled the Academy in madness. 212

Rejected by the orthodox scholarly world, Chen later entered the Demon Clan's sphere of influence. He accepted his Demon Clan heritage and sought the Ba Snake's blood to cultivate the Celestial Demon Transformation, leading Demon Beasts to seize the fallen creature's fortune. 351

Appearance

Chen Sanliang's appearance changes drastically with age, cultivation, and circumstance.

• In the Northern Lands, he wore bear skin and rode a colossal wild boar at the head of a Demon Beast force. 351
• During his rise in the Demon Clan, he became extremely thin, white-haired, and frail-looking despite his authority. 425 451
• After reaching the Eleventh Order and forging a Divine Body, he appeared progressively younger, with faint divine light moving within him. 699
• In old age, he was over 150 years old, with cloudy eyes and a visibly failing body. 1059

Personality

Chen Sanliang is fiercely principled and initially refuses to tolerate immoral people gaining knowledge, believing corrupt learning inevitably brings disaster. His refusal to compromise with Jixia Academy established the stubbornness that defines his later life. 160

His ideals center on education for common people and opposition to aristocratic monopolization of knowledge. He wants all people—regardless of wealth or status—to learn, read, and judge principles for themselves rather than remain controlled by powerful families. 546 547

That idealism is paired with ruthless pragmatism. Chen destroys academies, coerces or converts scholars, exploits enemy intelligence, and is willing to kill opponents' followers to secure his Great Dao. In Dao Discussions, he deliberately targets an opponent's Dao Heart through mockery, exposure, and psychological pressure. 546 760 766 768

Despite his extremism, he is deeply loyal to those he considers his own. His wife Li Yuxin's death remains a central wound, and his concern for Zhang Chen's safety and for the future of his descendants persists until his death. 492 547 1059

Abilities & Skills

Education for All Great Dao

Chen Sanliang's Great Dao seeks to enlighten all living beings and break the aristocracy's control over knowledge.

• His cultivation and influence grow as the Demon Clan occupies more Human Clan territory and his teachings spread. 541
• He converts academy disciples and followers into supporters, using them to spread his doctrine across the Northern Lands. 544 546
• His teachings gained enough momentum to establish him as the Northern Lands' leading Confucian figure and an Eleventh Order cultivator. 623
• His doctrine is portrayed as exceptionally difficult to oppose because it appeals to common people and challenges entrenched privilege. 623

Dao Discussion and Heart-Striking Debate

Chen uses Confucian Dao Discussions as direct spiritual combat.

• He can break opponents' Essence, Qi, Spirit, and Dao Hearts by exposing flaws in their scholarship or conduct. 760
• His defeats of Zou Liu and Wang Gun left one unconscious from rage and the other dead after being enraged to the point that his lungs burst. 761
• He defeated Zhou Qiucheng by exploiting the contradiction between Zhou's Selfless Heart doctrine and his private misconduct. 765 766
• He continued debating for days under a deliberate gauntlet meant to exhaust him, only maintaining himself through Li Spring water supplied by Zhang Chen. 762 763

Celestial Demon Transformation Cultivation

Chen sought to integrate Demon Clan power into his path.

• He led Demon Beasts to absorb the Ba Snake's blood and planned to use it for Celestial Demon Transformation cultivation. 351
• His Demon Clan connections allowed him to command or mediate among powerful Demon Beasts, including Bai Cang and the Bear Demon King. 322 452
• The completed effects of this transformation are not documented in the provided chapters.

Skin-Painting Technique

A Demon Clan disguise method that allows a Demon Beast or Human Demon to conceal its nature beneath a human appearance.

• Chen used the technique to enter the Human Clan capital in the guise of an unfamiliar middle-aged scholar. 1001
• His concealed Demonic Qi still failed to evade Zhang Chen's perception. 994

Equipment / Items

• Divine Continent map — A detailed animal-skin map covering Great Victory Country and surrounding powers, drawn by Chen and given to Zhang Chen before his journey south. 542
• Fallen Soul Bell — Offered by Tiger Strength Great Immortal in exchange for killing Zhang Chen and resurrecting Chen's wife; Chen agreed to the arrangement. 492
• God Smashing Whip materials — Materials Chen gathered for Zhang Chen's refinement project, excluding the World Embryo. 700

Relationships

• Zhang Chen — Mentor and disciple whose relationship survives Chen's disowning of Zhang for theft. Chen repeatedly protects, recruits, advises, and trusts Zhang; Zhang later resurrects him and aids his family. 160 547 795 1001
• Li Yuxin — Chen's wife. Her death motivates his hatred and compromises; Tiger Strength Great Immortal used the promise of her resurrection to manipulate him. 492 786
• Bai Cang — Demon Clan ally and subordinate who addresses Chen as “Master.” Chen mediated Bai Cang's conflict with Zhang Chen and enforced their agreement. 322 452
• Tiger Strength Great Immortal — Powerful Demon Clan patron who tested Chen's resolve, provided intelligence about White Tooth Academy, and supported his position as Demon Teacher. 545 1000
• Zhou Qiucheng — Major ideological rival. Chen challenged him in Jinling, exposed the flaws in his Selfless Heart doctrine, and defeated him in a spiritual Dao Discussion. 707 764 766
• Chen Yu — Chen's grandson. Following Chen's death, Zhang Chen took Chen Yu under his wing to guide the Human Demon Race's future. 1060

Story Role / Major Arcs

Break with Jixia Academy

Chen's mind-study manuscripts provoke Jixia Academy into declaring his scholarship heretical. He refuses its demand to destroy his work and apologize, then loses the ensuing Dao Discussion, suffering the destruction of his nascent Fate and Dao Heart. 160 212

Rise within the Demon Clan

After becoming connected to the Demon Clan, Chen gathers Demon Beast followers, develops the Education for All Great Dao, and uses the Demon Clan's expansion to spread literacy and Human Clan learning among demons and commoners. He becomes indispensable to the Demon Clan's occupation of the Northern Lands. 451 452 546

Conquest of the Northern Lands

Chen takes control of Northern Lands academies, turns their scholars into followers, and reaches the Eleventh Order. His doctrine threatens the traditional Confucian system because it directly opposes the aristocratic monopoly over knowledge. 623 699

South of the River Dao Discussions

Chen travels south to defeat Confucian scholars, absorb their followers, and prepare for a decisive Dao Discussion with Zhou Qiucheng. He destroys Chang Cao Academy and Lishe Principality after insults against his wife, mobilizing the South of the River's academies against him. 542 756

In Jinling, he withstands a prolonged gauntlet of challengers, defeats multiple scholars, and overcomes Zhou Qiucheng by attacking the contradictions in Zhou's doctrine and personal conduct. 761 763 766

Death and Resurrection

Chen enters the Innate Water God Great Tomb and is killed when Weak Water merges into his body. Zhang Chen retrieves and suppresses the corpse, then later resurrects Chen in Marquis Wen's territory. 786 795

After returning to life, Chen remains committed to overthrowing the Academy and establishing a new world of great harmony, while acknowledging that his campaign will face further opposition. 795

Capital Gamble and Twelfth Order Breakthrough

Chen represents the Demon Clan in a three-part wager against Great Victory's Human Clan, challenging the world's scholars to a Dao Discussion. During the contest, he reaches the Twelfth Order. 996 998

He ultimately concedes after the Chen Family Old Ancestor and his eldest brother sacrifice themselves to preserve the family. 1000

Final Years and Death

During the End of Dharma Era, Chen focuses on preserving and guiding the Human Demon Race rather than pursuing further conquest. He refuses Zhang Chen's offer to remove the race's privileged leaders by assassination, believing such violence would cause internal collapse. 1001 1060

He declines the chance to enter a secret realm and await a future Golden Age, choosing instead to remain with his descendants and die among the Human Demon Race. Zhang Chen stays for three years to support him before Chen dies. 1059 1060

Notable Quotes

“Only when I reach Twelfth Order will I be qualified to reason with this world.” 453

“Some things are more important than death.” 545

“I want to enlighten the people of the world, so that they can all read and write, and discern the principles between heaven and earth.” 547