Lu Chen

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Lu Chen (陆沉)
Alias(es)	King Lingguan 2
Age	18 3
Species/Race	Human 36
Gender	Male 41
Affiliation	Fengtian Prefecture; final disciple of Jun Wudi; co-founder of the Hunter Horse Squad; King of Ten Thousand Beasts 16 20 39
Occupation/Role	Cultivator; bearer of the Azure Emperor Bloodline; master of the Primal Chaos Greatsword; King of Ten Thousand Beasts 13 23 39
Status	Alive 50
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Celestial Pool opened	3	Endures his final Baptismal Test, activates the Twin Fish Plate, and gains access to cultivation. 3
Qi Gathering Realm	5	Cultivates for four days in the Twin Fish Plate's spiritual-energy pool using the Tianluo Great Law; forms a Yin Yang Plate. 5
Qi Gathering Realm, Fifth Level	8	Learns to control the Yin-Yang fish after the Twin Fish Plate mutates within his Celestial Pool; his body is tempered again. 8
Qi Gathering Realm, Sixth Level	12	Breaks through after life-and-death battles against the Earth-Shaking Tiger and Golden Bone Tusked Boar. 12
Qi Gathering Realm, Seventh Level	15	Reaches this level after hunting seven hundred demonic beasts with Nantian Yijian. 15
Qi Gathering Realm, Eighth Level	17	Advances amid his spar with Young Master Jun. 17
Qi Gathering Realm, Grand Perfection	19	A surge of spiritual energy fills his Celestial Pool, Qi Sea, and meridians, healing his injuries and forcing a breakthrough. 19
Breath Regulation Realm	32	Survives Heavenly Tribulation alongside Nantian Wan'er, receives the Great Dao's blessing, and attains Innate Attainment and Acquired Birth. 32
Minor Body Refinement Success — Golden Dragon Skin Transformation	43	His refined skin emits faint golden light and gives him physical strength comparable to an ordinary Qi Descending Realm cultivator. 43

Background / History

Lu Chen was raised by his grandfather, Blind Lu, in Qingshan Village. Gifted with exceptional intelligence and recurring dreams of powerful cultivators, he nevertheless failed his first Baptismal Test at age nine and remained unable to cultivate through nine further years of ridicule. His only steady companions were Little Doggy and the Twin Fish Plate he had worn since childhood. 3

On his final Baptismal Test at age eighteen, Lu Chen witnessed visions of cultivators wielding a giant compass against a demon. He activated the Twin Fish Plate himself and successfully opened his Celestial Pool, unaware that Blind Lu had prepared the event as part of a larger plan. 3

Blind Lu led him through a hidden portal in the Ancient Parasol Tree, where Lu Chen encountered Feng Tiancheng, a clone of the Heavenly Emperor. Feng Tiancheng used the Twin Fish Plate's spiritual-energy pool to guide Lu Chen into the Qi Gathering Realm and became his first cultivation mentor. 4 5

When Lu Chen returned, Qingfang Village had been massacred by cultivators searching for the Heavenly Emperor's treasure, and Blind Lu had been abducted. After burying the villagers, Lu Chen vowed to find his grandfather, avenge the village, and gain enough strength to protect those close to him. 6 7

His search led him through the Demonic Beast Forest, where he refined his techniques, awakened the Azure Emperor Divine Vine, met Nantian Yijian, and eventually entered Fengtian Prefecture as Jun Wudi's final disciple. 10 13 16

Within the Azure Emperor's Secret Realm, Lu Chen obtained the Primal Chaos Greatsword and its artifact spirit, Wind Dragon. In the Fiery Purgatory, he met Nantian Wan'er; their complementary Yin-Yang conditions ultimately linked their Celestial Pools and led them through Heavenly Tribulation together. 23 24 29 32

After entering the Beast King's Mansion inside the Twin Fish Plate's Small World, Lu Chen earned the allegiance of its demonic beasts and formed contracts with more than 100,000 of them. Their leaders regard him as the possible bearer of their race's future against another Darkness Riot. 35 36 39

Appearance

Following his entry into the Qi Gathering Realm, Lu Chen undergoes a major physical transformation. His body becomes leaner and stronger, while his appearance changes markedly. 6

• Slender build with sharply defined facial features. 6
• Fair, smooth skin described as soft as a baby's. 6
• Long, smooth black hair reaching his waist. 6
• Muscles emit a faint golden radiance after achieving Golden Dragon Skin Transformation. 43

Personality

Lu Chen is persistent and idealistic. His years of failed baptisms never erase his desire to cultivate, initially because he wants to understand the meaning of cultivation and later because he needs strength to rescue Blind Lu and protect the people around him. 3 5 7

He is compassionate and deeply affected by loss. He saves Nantian Yijian because the boy resembles Little Doggy, commits to helping Nantian Wan'er with her condition, and takes the burdens of the demonic beasts seriously despite fearing the responsibility they place on him. 13 24 36

Although kind by nature, Lu Chen learns that hesitation in battle can endanger others after Nantian Yijian is injured protecting him. He becomes more decisive against hostile cultivators while retaining a simple, sincere manner outside combat. 14

Lu Chen is notably inexperienced in romance and frequently mistakes romantic attention for illness, poison, or an enemy technique. 24 40 41

Abilities & Skills

Azure Emperor Bloodline and Celestial Pool

Lu Chen possesses the Azure Emperor Bloodline, granting him an unusually enormous Celestial Pool and a connection to Azure Emperor inheritances. 5 13

• His Celestial Pool holds liquefied spiritual energy earlier than ordinary Qi Gathering cultivators. 21 23
• His bloodline can suppress the berserk aura of the Primal Chaos Greatsword. 23
• His bloodline is recognized by the demonic beasts within the Beast King's Mansion. 33
• His large Celestial Pool requires exceptional quantities of spiritual energy to advance. 5

Twin Fish Plate

The Twin Fish Plate is the remaining Celestial Pool core of Feng Tiancheng's Primal Yang Twin Fish Compass. It can gather spiritual energy, create a Small World, and serve as Lu Chen's primary cultivation resource. 5 23

• Creates a concentrated spiritual-energy pool that enabled Lu Chen's first breakthrough. 5
• Merges into Lu Chen's Celestial Pool and becomes two Yin-Yang fish that purify his body and accelerate cultivation. 8
• Contains layered spaces with spirit plants, techniques, treasures, spirit beasts, and the Beast King's Mansion. 6 33
• Its incomplete state leaves Lu Chen vulnerable to Yin-Yang imbalance; the Yang Sea Pearl's fire energy can trigger dangerous Fire Toxin outbreaks. 9 24

Azure Emperor Divine Tree

Lu Chen's Spiritual Power began as the Azure Emperor Divine Vine, a tentacled manifestation that later evolved into the Azure Emperor Divine Tree. 10 12

• Produces tentacles that can attack independently and respond to Lu Chen's intent. 11 12
• Absorbs spiritual energy, demonic power, life essence, and Demonic Cores to replenish itself and improve Lu Chen's reserves. 11
• Drips Spirit Liquid and gradually purifies Lu Chen's spiritual energy. 12
• Develops elemental properties, including water, fire, wind, and lightning. 19 22
• Feng Tiancheng warns Lu Chen not to absorb human life essence. 11

Martial Skills and Swordsmanship

Lu Chen combines rapid movement, palm techniques, Spiritual Power, and the Primal Chaos Greatsword in combat. 14 23

• Tianluo Great Law — his foundational cultivation technique, taught by Feng Tiancheng. 5
• Heavenly Net Heart Method — builds a bridge between Lu Chen and heaven-and-earth spiritual energy, increasing absorption speed. 8
• Nine Transformations of the Golden Serpent — a movement technique with evasive, assault, and concealment applications. Lu Chen has mastered Star Serpent Hidden in Clouds, Silver Serpent Emerging from Its Lair, and Dragon Entering the Sea. 9 10 13
• Six Yang Palms that Split the Heavens — an Earth Tier martial skill strengthened by the Yang Sea Pearl's fire energy; it initially exhausts all of Lu Chen's spiritual energy, though his growing control later lets him unleash more than ten palms. 9 13 17
• Nantian Dragon Slaying Sword — a sword technique through which Lu Chen comprehends Sword Intent and wounds a Purple Flame Fire Dragon far above his realm. 27
• Spiritual Energy projection — at Qi Gathering Grand Perfection, Lu Chen learns to coat weapons and attacks in externalized spiritual energy. 23

Innate Eight Trigrams Diagram and Small World

After Heavenly Tribulation, Lu Chen receives the Innate Eight Trigrams Diagram, which connects his Celestial Pool, the Azure Emperor Divine Trees, and the Twin Fish Plate's Small World. 31 32

• Forms a Yin-Yang-based diagram with elemental positions for thunder, wind, fire, and water. 31
• Creates a prototype Small World around him through the Azure Emperor Divine Tree. 35
• Allows him to summon cyan and red spiritual energies into tentacles, a greatsword, and a spear. 44
• Requires further Innate Elements to be perfected. 32

Beast King Authority

Lu Chen becomes King of Ten Thousand Beasts after activating the Spirit Sealing Scroll and contracting more than 100,000 demonic beasts. 39

• Can command contracted demonic beasts and receive their faith power. 39 40
• Learns the Spirit Beast Summoning Technique, allowing him to summon named spirit beasts from the Beast King's Mansion. 36
• Holds authority over the Beast King's Mansion after its connection to his Small World. 40
• The demonic beasts expect him to protect their realm and recover the history lost during the Darkness Riot. 35 36

Body Refinement

Lu Chen's repeated tempering produces Golden Dragon Skin Transformation before he fully understands the modern path of Body Refinement. 43

• His skin withstands the claws of a Breath Regulation Flame Leopard with only a white mark. 43
• His physical strength is compared to that of an ordinary Qi Descending Realm cultivator. 43
• Nantian Xiu warns him that advancing Body Refinement and spiritual-energy cultivation simultaneously can waste time and lead to cultivation obsession. 43

Power of Time

The mysterious Face grants Lu Chen the Power of Time, an Azure Emperor Divine Tree, and a Planet Jade Token connected to the Tower of Time. 47

• Activates the Tower of Time's first level using the Planet Jade Token and Primal Chaos Greatsword. 48
• Can increase the flow of time on a small planet with origin energy. 48
• The first level requires common Five Elements Essences to open fully. 47
• Lu Chen hopes to use Primal Essences to pursue the title of King of Time. 48

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Twin Fish Plate — remnant core of the Primal Yang Twin Fish Compass and vessel of Lu Chen's Small World. 5 23
• Primal Chaos Greatsword — a greatsword that recognizes Lu Chen as master; its artifact spirit is Wind Dragon. 23
• Yang Sea Pearl — a fire-attribute treasure left by Blind Lu; greatly strengthens Lu Chen but destabilizes his Yin-Yang balance. 7 9
• Yin Sea Pearl — a balancing treasure needed to resolve Lu Chen's Fire Toxin issue. 9
• Seven Slips of the Cloud Scroll — Azure Emperor stone tablet stored beneath the Azure Emperor Divine Tree's roots. 12 13
• Planet Jade Token — key item used to activate the first level of the Tower of Time. 47 48

Relationships

• Blind Lu — Lu Chen's grandfather and guardian; secretly the Lord of Ceremonies and a former follower of the Azure Emperor. His abduction drives Lu Chen's cultivation journey. 3 7
• Feng Tiancheng — a Heavenly Emperor clone whom Lu Chen calls Grandpa Feng; his first cultivation mentor and the former owner of the Twin Fish Plate. 5 19
• Nantian Yijian — Lu Chen saves him in the Demonic Beast Forest; Nantian Yijian calls him “boss,” follows him, and becomes his sworn brother in the Hunter Horse Squad. 13 20
• Young Master Jun / Jun Laoye — ally, rival, and sworn brother; their spar ends in a draw, and they later cooperate in dangerous situations. 17 20
• Jun Wudi — Second Elder of Fengtian Prefecture and Lu Chen's final master. 16
• Nantian Wan'er — Lu Chen's close companion whose Yin-cold condition mirrors his own imbalance. Their Celestial Pools become linked, allowing them to sense each other's thoughts. 24 29 32
• Nantian Xiu — Nantian Wan'er's grandfather; treats Lu Chen's injuries, teaches him about Body Refinement, and increasingly supports his bond with Wan'er. 24 43
• Wind Dragon / Feng Long — artifact spirit of the Primal Chaos Greatsword, adviser, and frequent companion who guides Lu Chen in spirit-beast knowledge and cultivation. 23 37
• Bai Ze — demonic beast leader who recognizes Lu Chen as king and believes he can recover the lost Ancient Era. 34 35

Notable Quotes

“This Jianghu is unreasonable.” 1

“I, Lu Chen of Qingtian Workshop, will definitely become a powerful cultivator. I will definitely rescue Grandpa.” 37