Chen Mu

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Chen Mu (陈默)
Alias(es)	Xiao Mu / “Little Mu”
Species/Race	Human; later self-modified with Eternal and Nezha-based genetic templates 197
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Xiao Mu Technology; China; Multiverse China / Myriad Worlds China 24 696 1058
Occupation/Role	Technology developer, weapons inventor, industrialist, magic educator, and Chinese military officer 24 36 696
Status	Active 1414
First Appearance	Chapter 1: “Marvel World”

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Ordinary human	1	Arrives in the Marvel world after merging with his alternate self; his weak physique is a recurring early limitation.
Eternal- and Nezha-template physique	197	Uses the Tablet of Life to modify himself, gaining a body that absorbs ubiquitous cosmic energy and continually strengthens.
Divine Spark	1043	Possesses a Divine Spark that Nüwa considers more advanced than her own.
Grand Luo	1234	His Grand Luo cultivation is recognized by Ao Guang after he retrieves the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Needle.
True Saint	1403	Draws upon the power of Chinese warriors across the battlefield and becomes a Saint through force rather than Heavenly Dao empowerment.
Early Hun Yuan Saint	1404	Reaches the Hun Yuan realm, though initially remains less experienced and weaker than Hongjun.
Dao Proving: Initial → Mid → Late	1414	Origin Earth’s Humanity’s Power drives him through successive Dao Proving stages.
Great Dao Saint	1414	Surpasses the Honghuang Heavenly Dao and defeats Hongjun after receiving higher-dimensional Humanity’s Power from Origin Earth.

Background

Chen Mu’s original life ends in failure: after a business collapse and debt crisis, his parents die while trying to support him, leaving him suicidal and guilt-ridden. He attempts to drown himself, then awakens after merging with an alternate self in a real Marvel-world China, where that counterpart is the son of a wealthy family 1.

He receives the Huaqiangbei System, later renamed Xiao Ai, whose central mission is to lead China toward rejuvenation. The System grants analysis, research, production, and storage functions, but Chen Mu learns that revealing its existence to others would cause it to dissipate 2 22.

Rather than join the Military Headquarters when General Zhang Zhaozhong recruits him, Chen Mu chooses independence. He founds Xiao Mu Technology, secures support for the Huaqiangbei Industrial Park, and begins supplying advanced weapons and armor to China’s military 22 24 36.

After discovering multiversal travel, Chen Mu expands his original goal beyond one world. He works to link and strengthen Chinese societies across the multiverse through technology, magic education, cultivation, genetic enhancement, and military cooperation 217 696 1058.

Appearance

Chen Mu is initially an unremarkable young man in his twenties. Following extensive genetic modification, he develops a visibly powerful, muscular physique that exceeds ordinary researchers and most enhanced beings in physical capability 67 197 342.

• Maintains an outwardly ordinary human appearance despite his later power 1039.
• Possesses a physique described as comparable to, or stronger than, Superman-level durability after later enhancements 812.
• Often relies on armor, robes, swords, or mage-like presentation when operating in other worlds 162 925.

Personality

Chen Mu is driven by a single enduring objective: the strength and rejuvenation of China. He rejects personal rewards for his contributions, arguing that national prosperity is the only desire he has left after facing death in his previous life 85.

He prefers collective strength over individual heroism. Although capable of making and using powerful armor, he does not seek to become a superhero; he considers mass empowerment, military readiness, education, and industrial capacity more important than one person fighting alone 38 121.

Chen Mu is practical, ambitious, and often provocative toward rivals. He deliberately challenges Tony Stark, manipulates Loki to gain access to Asgardian resources, and uses coercion when he considers a hostile force a threat to Multiverse China 37 156 547. Over time, he becomes more willing to act ruthlessly against enemies, while remaining generous toward allies and those who aid him 369 1309.

Abilities & Skills

Huaqiangbei System

Chen Mu’s primary advantage is Xiao Ai, an AI system capable of analyzing technologies, abilities, magical techniques, and artifacts before reproducing or adapting what it learns.

• Replicates technology through proximity; closer contact improves the strength and completeness of the replication 2.
• Contains a personal Huaqiangbei space with production and storage functions 2.
• Parses weapons, bloodlines, magical artifacts, and supernatural forces, including the Phoenix Force and Darkseid’s abilities 482 1112.
• Can mass-produce analyzed items through industrial infrastructure 36.
• Its existence cannot be disclosed to others without causing the System to dissipate 22.

Engineering and Industrial Production

Chen Mu combines copied technology with his own research to create weapons, armor, aircraft systems, energy devices, and civilian technologies.

• Developed advanced firearms and fifth-generation fighter technology early in the story 8 24.
• Founded Xiao Mu Technology and established the Huaqiangbei Industrial Park with Chinese support 24 29.
• Built portable Arc Reactors, Iron Monger-derived armor, and the Qilin Armor line 27 36.
• Produces Qilin 1 armor at a rate of ten suits per day; later industrial output reaches one hundred completed suits superior to Tony Stark’s Mark 3 36 56.
• Applies military technology to civilian uses, including prosthetics and energy-conversion devices 56 257.

Qilin Armor Development

Chen Mu’s Qilin Armor is a Sinicized, continuously upgraded armor system derived from analyzed Iron Man technology and adapted for China’s military.

• Qilin 1 — Advanced Mark 2-style armor produced for the military, supported by Hongmeng-controlled assembly lines 36.
• Qilin 1 Type Se — Lower-cost version developed for mass production 56.
• High-end Qilin Armor — Later models incorporate magical devices and can grant their wearer combat strength comparable to a Demon Immortal 1054.
• Portable arsenal integration — Planned use of Mirror Dimension magic allows armor to carry additional energy cells, guns, and ammunition 120.
• Combat support AI — Can assist pilots with traditional martial-arts techniques, predictive responses, and countermeasures 544.

Magic and Spatial Manipulation

By observing and analyzing the Ancient One’s magic, Chen Mu rapidly learns portal and Mirror Dimension techniques.

• Opens portals across cities, worlds, and later multiversal distances 120 419.
• Uses Mirror Dimension principles to create storage bracelets and concealed facilities 119 120.
• Can create stable Dimensional Gates connecting separate worlds and their Chinese populations 217.
• Uses mental magic to overpower ordinary people without physical confrontation 455.
• Understands Doctor Strange-style magic to a degree Strange himself does not match 925.

Life Equation and Genetic Modification

Using the Tablet of Life, Chen Mu studies bloodlines and rewrites genetic structures.

• Extracts and analyzes Frost Giant, Asgardian, Eternal, and other bloodline talents 194.
• Grants Xu Jia lightning abilities, enhanced physical strength, and an Asgardian-scale lifespan 196.
• Enhances himself with Eternal and Nezha-based traits, enabling cosmic-energy absorption and continual physical growth 197.
• Plans large-scale life evolution for qualified Chinese citizens 197 287.
• Can remove, seal, or redistribute superpowers, as demonstrated when he strips Carol Danvers of her abilities and seals them in a gem 548.

Cosmic and Energy Manipulation

Chen Mu can harness multiple energy systems after analyzing their principles.

• Absorbs omnipresent cosmic energy through his modified Eternal physique 197.
• Developed a magic energy weapon that can use electricity, Arc Reactor power, cosmic energy, inner force, and potentially magic as ammunition 97 100.
• Creates concentrated energy blasts capable of melting metal targets 97.
• Gains access to the Phoenix Force after completing its analysis 482.
• Uses the Reality Stone to make objects vanish and reappear, openly defying conventional scientific laws 1182.

Artifact Parsing and Weapon Crafting

Chen Mu can analyze mystical artifacts and reproduce or improve their functions through technology, formations, and weapon-crafting methods.

• Crafts Thor’s Spear from vibranium, high-strength materials, mithril circuits, and an Arc Reactor power source 138.
• Creates Thunder Swords stronger than Mjolnir, capable of lightning manipulation and flight 162.
• Learns weapon crafting and formations after analyzing Su Daji’s hairpin and receiving her jade slip 1051 1053.
• Creates artifacts by shaping materials and inscribing formations through unconventional methods 1052.
• Parses the Mountain and Rivers State Diagram, Commanding Mountains and Rivers Brush, Sea-Stabilizing Divine Needle, and other magical artifacts 1221 1234.
• Intends to standardize and industrialize weapon crafting for Multiverse China 1053 1061.

Humanity’s Power

Chen Mu can draw strength from Chinese people connected to his cause.

• Receives power from Chinese warriors fighting across worlds, allowing him to break into Saint-level strength 1403.
• Draws additional Humanity’s Power from Chinese people in the Celestial Court 1404.
• Origin Earth’s Humanity’s Power raises him beyond the Honghuang Heavenly Dao into the Great Dao Saint realm 1414.

Equipment

• Huaqiangbei System / Xiao Ai — AI assistant, analyzer, production system, and storage space 2.
• Hongmeng — Intelligent program installed as the Huaqiangbei Industrial Park’s central control system 36.
• Qilin Armor — Advanced military armor series designed and manufactured by Chen Mu 36 56.
• Magic energy weapon — Firearm platform able to convert many forms of energy into ammunition 97 100.
• Storage bracelet — Mirror Dimension-based bracelet for long-term item storage 120.
• Thor’s Spear — Arc Reactor-powered spear that grants lightning manipulation and bodily enhancement 138.
• Thunder Swords — Flying swords with lightning abilities, stronger than Mjolnir 162.
• Reality Stone — Used to alter or erase physical phenomena 1182.

Relationships

• Xiao Ai — His Huaqiangbei System AI. Chen Mu names it Xiao Ai and depends on its analysis, research, and production functions 2.
• Xu Jia — Initially assigned to monitor Chen Mu, she becomes his trusted manager, protector, enhancement test subject, and romantic partner 36 196 675 1155.
• Chen Mu’s father — Supports Chen Mu’s early firearms work through the family factory and remains concerned for his son’s safety 8 21.
• General Zhang Zhaozhong / Director Zhang — Military official who recognizes Chen Mu’s talent, supports his company and industrial park, and coordinates military cooperation 22 24 36.
• Tony Stark — Technological rival who initially dismisses Chen Mu, then acknowledges Qilin Armor as more advanced than his own Iron Man armor 33 39 43.
• Ancient One — Magical collaborator whose techniques Chen Mu analyzes and adapts; she respects his technological approach to magic 113 120.
• Zheng Xian — Chinese official and strategic ally who works with Chen Mu on national defense and Multiverse China’s development 85 1176.
• Su Daji — Initially skeptical of Chen Mu, she provides weapon-crafting formations in exchange for his help restoring her Demon Immortal strength 1053 1055.
• Nüwa — Powerful ally who recognizes Chen Mu’s extraordinary growth and supports several of his political decisions in the cultivation worlds 1043 1255.
• Zhen Yuanzi — Cultivation-world ally whom Chen Mu recruits with the promise of a Saintly Dao Fruit 1297 1309.
• Hong Yun — Ally revived and elevated toward Sainthood by Chen Mu, who entrusts him with the Four Swords of Zhuxian 1303 1304.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Huaqiangbei System and Military Technology

After his arrival in the Marvel world, Chen Mu uses the System to analyze firearms, develop military technology, and establish Xiao Mu Technology. His work earns him Chinese military support but also places him in conflict with foreign powers and Tony Stark 5 24 34.

Qilin Armor and China’s Military Rise

Chen Mu establishes the Huaqiangbei Industrial Park, produces Qilin Armor for the Chinese military, and seeks to make advanced armor standard equipment for Chinese soldiers. His armor program significantly accelerates China’s military modernization 36 40 56.

Magic, Hulk Research, and Human Evolution

Chen Mu expands from conventional technology into magic, gamma mutation research, energy weapons, and genetic engineering. He uses the Tablet of Life to create enhanced Chinese citizens and eventually modifies himself with Eternal and Nezha-derived abilities 81 97 194 197.

Multiverse China

After obtaining stable Dimensional Gate technology, Chen Mu begins linking Chinese societies across alternate worlds. He assists wartime China, provides five hundred Qilin Armors to Old Li’s forces, and frames multiversal cooperation as an extension of shared cultural and ancestral ties 212 217 219 220.

Science, Magic, and Civil Development

Chen Mu promotes magic education, compiles textbooks, develops magical-industrial technology, and applies genetic engineering to food security. His work contributes to the spread of magic throughout China and the creation of the giant rice crop Mu He 477 696 769.

Cultivation Worlds and Artifact Industrialization

In cultivation worlds, Chen Mu studies spiritual artifacts, formations, weapon crafting, cultivation techniques, and bloodlines. He assists Su Daji, allies with the Dragon Clan, recruits Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun, and seeks to integrate cultivation methods into Multiverse China’s industrial systems 1053 1230 1297 1303.

War Against Hongjun and the Honghuang Heavenly Dao

Chen Mu faces the Saints and Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World. He uses mass-produced magical artifacts, alliances, Humanity’s Power, and his growing cultivation to oppose Hongjun’s invasion 1345 1356 1403.

Origin Earth

Upon returning to Origin Earth, Chen Mu discovers it is the source of all worlds. The Humanity’s Power of Origin Earth elevates him to Great Dao Saint level, allowing him to defeat Hongjun, absorb the Honghuang Heavenly Dao, and end the conflict 1414.

Notable Quotes

“I am who I am. I have my own goals, so I am a living person.” 1414

“Man, determines, his, fate, against, Heaven!” 1414

Trivia

• Chen Mu frequently gives his creations casual names; the Qilin Armor, Thunder Swords, and Hongmeng were named with little concern for elaborate symbolism 36 162.
• Despite creating armor comparable to or stronger than Iron Man’s, Chen Mu explicitly rejects the role of a solo superhero 38.
• He cannot lift Mjolnir because he admits he lacks the willingness to sacrifice himself for others 130.
• Chen Mu’s ultimate obsession, revealed by Wu Pool, is the rejuvenation of China across every world in the multiverse 1058.