Jiang Chen

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Jiang Chen (江尘)
Alias(es)	Magic Dragon; Chen Jiang
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Jiang Family; Tianyun Sect; Magic Dragon Mercenary Group; Dragon Gate; Martial Gate; Heavenly Martial Sect (Supreme Elder)
Occupation/Role	Cultivator; alchemist; formation master; mercenary leader; Martial Gate master
Status	Alive
Age	18 at the time he revealed his identity to Mo Qingyan 257

Power Progression

Later chapter records occasionally report lower realms than earlier ones. The table preserves the documented progression and physical-body advancements in chronological order.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Martial Apprentice Realm, Third Level	2	Rebuilt his cultivation after his dantian was destroyed by devouring Qi Gathering Pills and spirit-stone energy through the Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art.
Martial Artist Realm, Fourth Level	9	Revealed his recovered cultivation to Li Huirong after returning from the Great Desolate Mountain Range.
Martial Artist Realm, Tenth Level	21	Advanced after infiltrating the Bloodfire Mercenary Group stronghold and killing dozens of mercenaries.
Martial Master Realm, Second Level	33	Broke through while recuperating after battle and absorbing energy.
Martial Master Realm, Fifth Level	40	Returned to Qingyue Town at this level and killed two Bloodfire mercenaries.
Martial Master Realm, Seventh Level	48	Advanced in the Dragon King Secret Realm after consuming pills and spirit herbs worth at least sixty thousand spirit stones.
Martial Master Realm, Ninth Level	73	Reached the Ninth Level after killing Shi Wufeng and absorbing blood and energy from the battlefield.
Martial Master Realm, Tenth Level	87	Defeated Martial Grandmaster Gu Qing with Sky Annihilation Strike.
Martial Grandmaster Realm, Second Level	104	Fought more than a dozen Yin Corpse Sect Martial Grandmasters while using Sky Annihilation Strike to amplify his blade arts.
Martial Grandmaster Realm, Fifth Level	130	Advanced after absorbing excess vital energy; afterward redirected energy toward strengthening his body rather than cultivation.
Martial Grandmaster Realm, Seventh Level	201	Reached this level after absorbing Jiang the Demon's power.
Martial King Realm, First Level	257	Identified himself to Mo Qingyan as an eighteen-year-old Martial King.
Martial King Realm, Third Level	275	Advanced after refining six-thousand-year Lingzhi, pills, herbs, and spirit stones; the breakthrough strained his body.
Martial King Realm, Fourth Level	291	Advanced by absorbing the blood essence of slain enemies.
Martial King Realm, Fifth Level	310	Broke through after killing Pang Yuan and absorbing accumulated blood energy.
Martial King Realm, Second Level	325	Was documented at this level when six major powers ambushed him after the Nanzheng Prefecture auction.
Martial King Realm, Third Level	326	Advanced after annihilating pursuers and absorbing their blood qi.
Physical body: Martial Emperor Realm, First Level	374	Strengthened his body by absorbing the vital energy of Yin Corpse Sect experts.
Martial Emperor Realm, Second Level	408	Advanced during the campaign against the Chu Army.
Martial Emperor Realm, Fifth Level	415	Reached this level after killing Chu Army experts at Xiayun Pass.
Physical body: Martial Emperor Realm, Sixth Level	415	Tempered his body with the remaining energy from the Xiayun Pass battle.
Martial Emperor Realm, Eighth Level	445	Recorded at this level after the fall of the Great Wu Dynasty; focused on improving his physique.
Martial Emperor Realm, Ninth Level	468	Consumed more than one hundred top-grade sixth-tier Lingzhi Earth Flame Pills.
Martial Emperor Realm, Tenth Level	529	Reached the peak Martial Emperor level before confronting the Great Zhou Royal Family.
Martial Venerable Realm, First Level	558	Broke through using Infinite Devour to absorb the blood qi of slain Martial Venerable experts.
Martial Venerable Realm, Second Level	595	Absorbed the Dragon Pearl's power, then supplemented it with pills, treasures, and spirit stones.
Martial Venerable Realm, Seventh Level	657	Advanced after using spirit stones and elixirs while recovering in the Chaotic Cloud Mountain Range.
Physical body: Martial Saint Realm, Second Level	657	Used a Nine-Revolving Emperor Pill to reinforce his physique before further advancement.
Martial Venerable Realm, Tenth Level	706	Reached this level during his battle with Chen Luofeng.
Martial Saint Realm, First Level	769	Advanced after killing Yin Corpse Sect Martial Saint experts and devouring their blood energy.
Martial Saint Realm, Fourth Level	827	Reached this level after killing Tianshui City and Yan Hai Sect experts.
Martial Saint Realm, Sixth Level	874	Advanced while major sects planned to eliminate him.
Martial Saint Realm, Seventh Level	912	Revealed this realm to Long Yuantian while seeking Long Qingyao.
Martial Saint Realm, Eighth Level	920	Broke through after the destruction of the Formless Sect.
Physical body: Martial Saint Realm, Tenth Level	920	Used remaining energy after his breakthrough to fortify his body.
Martial Saint Realm, Tenth Level	931	Advanced after killing the Yin Corpse Sect commander and absorbing the battlefield's blood qi.
Martial Sovereign Realm, Third Level	957	Broke through during the Beihai Allied Forces' decisive battle against the Yin Corpse Sect.
Physical body: Martial Sovereign Realm, Seventh Level	985	Drained spiritual power from the Eight Extremes Spirit Locking Formation to temper his body.
Martial Sovereign Realm, Sixth Level	999	Advanced after slaughtering more than three hundred pursuers, including peak Martial Sovereign experts.
Martial Sovereign Realm, Seventh Level	1010	Reached the Seventh Level after annihilating the Qing Family and absorbing its experts' energy.
Martial Sovereign Realm, Sixth Level	1104	Improved his cultivation before entering the Demon God Tower's Five Elements Battle Puppet Trial.
Martial Sovereign Realm, Eighth Level	1132	Was recorded at this level after recovering his strength against War God Palace pursuers.
Martial Sovereign Realm, Ninth Level	1158	Advanced after killing two Martial God Realm War God Palace experts in Thunderstorm Sea.
Martial Sovereign Realm, Tenth Level	1178	Advanced during three months of training with the Barbarian Race.
Physical body: Martial God Realm, Second Level	1209	Strengthened his body with blood qi from numerous powerful enemies.
Martial God Realm, Third Level	1283	Identified by Fu Chunyue as a Martial God Realm, Third Level cultivator.
Martial God Realm, Fifth Level	1335	Advanced amid the destruction of War God Palace and Dark Nether forces.
Martial Sovereign Realm, Ninth Level	1400	Advanced by devouring Yin power from ghost creatures.
Deity Transformation Realm, First Level	1436	Cleared the early stages of the martial-arts formation trial at this realm.
Deity Transformation Realm, Fifth Level	1478	Broke through after five days of refining pills and cultivation resources.
Late Deity Transformation Realm, Fifth Level	1485	Advanced after absorbing the vital energy of Chen and Lei Family experts.
Deity Transformation Realm, Eighth Level	1499	Forced a breakthrough while fighting multiple Core Condensation Realm Sea Beasts.
Deity Transformation Realm, Ninth Level	1508	Converted the Sea Snake King's remaining blood essence into cultivation after strengthening his body.
Deity Transformation Realm, Tenth Level	1517	Advanced after killing Patriarch Qiao and absorbing the fallen family's vital energy.
Core Condensation Realm, First Level	1520	Broke through after killing Infant Soul Realm expert Qiao Dongfeng.
Physical body: Infant Soul Realm, Fourth Level	1529	Reinforced his body by absorbing the blood essence of numerous Sea Beast experts.
Core Condensation Realm, Eighth Level	1554	Advanced after destroying the Cold Moon Sect.
Physical body: Void Refining Realm, First Level	1554	Used surplus blood energy to reinforce his physique.
Infant Soul Realm, First Level	1584	Leapt from Core Condensation Realm, Eighth Level through two further levels after absorbing North Snow Merchant Guild experts.
Physical body: Void Refining Realm, Fourth Level	1584	Reached this bodily strength during the same breakthrough.
Infant Soul Realm, Third Level	1614	Refined the King God Fruit, which raised both his cultivation and comprehension.
Infant Soul Realm, Eighth Level	1670	Advanced after absorbing the vital energy of Cave Profound Realm enemies.
Void Refining Realm, Second Level	1687	Broke through after devouring black poisonous mosquitoes in a secret realm.
Void Refining Realm, Third Level	1697	Advanced after devouring a demonic cultivator's Primordial Spirit.
Void Refining Realm, Sixth Level	1726	Reached this level after three months of seclusion using Mysterious Saint Fruits, Spirit Medicines, and Spirit Crystals.
Void Refining Realm, Seventh Level	1734	Broke through after killing Chai Lei of the Moon King's Estate.
Void Refining Realm, Eighth Level	1742	Confirmed by same-level Water Puppets within an earth formation.
Cave Profound Realm, First Level	1832	Had recently entered the realm and stored further blood energy rather than advancing immediately.
Cave Profound Realm, Third Level	1851	Advanced after allowing his body to adapt to the second level's power.
Cave Profound Realm, Eighth Level	1910	Reached this level after destroying a demonic cultivator stronghold.
Cave Profound Realm, Ninth Level	1927	Drew on energy stored in the Sky Devouring Dragon Pearl during the Wind Sea Sect trial.
Nether Profound Realm, First Level	1970	Reached this realm during three years away from Xi Ruyue.
Nether Profound Realm, Third Level	2008	Returned to the Martial Gate at this level.
Nether Profound Realm, Ninth Level	2038	Broke through by refining spiritual power held within the Sky Devouring Dragon Pearl.
Nether Profound Realm, Tenth Level	2043	Reached the realm's peak after a day of refinement.
Ascension Realm, First Level	2045	Advanced after prolonged seclusion in preparation for the Dragon Race duel.
Physical body: Void Silence Realm, Third Level	2045	Reinforced his physique for ten days after reaching Ascension Realm.
Ascension Realm, Second Level	2066	Broke through after more than half a day of cultivation.
Ascension Realm, Third Level	2089	Reached this level while escorting Chen Weiran.
Ascension Realm, Fifth Level	2101	Broke through mid-battle against four five-star geniuses of the Four Great Sects.
Void Silence Realm, First Layer	2162	Entered seclusion and broke through before launching a campaign against the Seven Kill Sect.
Void Silence Realm, Eighth Level	2211	Documented at the Eighth Level during the Netherpass Martial Tournament.

Background

Jiang Chen began as a member of Qingyue Town's Jiang Family. After Liu Yun crippled his cultivation and destroyed his dantian, he awakened from a two-day coma and encountered the Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon in a dream. He inherited the Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art and discovered the Sky Devouring Bead in his dantian, allowing him to cultivate again despite the injury 2.

His early rise centered on protecting his parents, Jiang Yunfeng and Li Huirong, and changing the Jiang Family's fortunes. He hunted Demonic Beasts in the Great Desolate Mountain Range, looted the Bloodfire Mercenary Group, won the Jiang Family competition, and persuaded Jiang Yunfeng to seek the Patriarch position rather than live cautiously under Jiang Hai's faction 21 23 28 87.

After becoming Qingyue Town's dominant expert, Jiang Chen entered the Dragon King Secret Realm, fought the Yin Corpse Sect, and became known for defeating stronger cultivators through rapid advancement, overwhelming true qi, and blood-qi absorption 48 73 130. He later joined Tianyun Sect, where his Entry Trial performance and victories over Inner Sect Disciples quickly made him a prominent disciple 161 166.

Appearance

Jiang Chen is a youthful, handsome man with bright, piercing eyes and well-defined features. Despite his true age, his cultivation and disguises often lead others to mistake him for an older or more mysterious figure 217 257 1013.

• Frequently conceals his identity with masks, bamboo hats, or human-skin masks.
• Can alter his body shape and voice through his Disguise Technique, including convincingly disguising himself as a woman 909.
• Develops black dragon scales and dragon claws while using Magic Dragon Possession or partial dragon transformation 759 1077.
• His eyes turn blood-red and his aura becomes demonic when entering his demonic state 1746 1975.

Personality

Jiang Chen is fiercely protective of family, companions, and subordinates. He pushes Jiang Yunfeng toward leadership so his parents can remain safe in Jiang Chen's absence, builds forces to guard the Jiang Family, and repeatedly takes stronger enemies upon himself rather than treat allies as expendable 23 423 453.

He is pragmatic and transactional without being indiscriminately cruel. He rewards loyalty with pills, weapons, training, and spoils, but expects service, contribution, or clear reciprocal terms in return 385 427 1807. He shows mercy to people who do not persist in threatening him, yet is ruthless toward those who attack him, target his family, or betray agreements 606 1004 1969.

His confidence is often read as arrogance. Jiang Chen does not defer to powerful sects, clans, or established authorities when he believes they are in the wrong, and he frequently provokes enemies into acting first so that he can retaliate without reservation 606 985 1305.

Abilities & Skills

Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art

Jiang Chen's primary cultivation method, acquired from the Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon. It grants extraordinary absorption, refinement, and recovery abilities, but requires vastly more resources and a sufficiently powerful physique.

• Devours spiritual energy from pills, herbs, spirit stones, corpses, and battlefield blood qi 2 73.
• Stores and refines vast spiritual power through the Sky Devouring Dragon Pearl 1927 2043.
• Allows him to recover true qi and advance during or after combat 130 326.
• His body must be repeatedly strengthened to withstand the technique's abundant spiritual power; otherwise, his foundation and body risk collapse 128 130.

Dual Cultivation of Dao and Demonic Arts

Jiang Chen practices both righteous and demonic cultivation, granting explosive combat power but carrying the normal danger of demonic deviation.

• Entering Demonic State — converts his true qi into demonic energy and greatly increases his strength 1746 1975.
• Magic Dragon Possession — manifests dragon scales, improves speed and defense, and dramatically raises combat ability 326 2049.
• Dragon Transformation Art — further boosts his combat power against high-level foes 769.
• Half-Dragon Transformation — creates Dragon Claws capable of directly blocking weapon attacks 1077.

Martial Skills and Secret Techniques

Jiang Chen masters a broad arsenal of saber, palm, movement, elemental, and control techniques.

• Sky Annihilation Strike — secret technique that can amplify an attack's force tenfold; its heavy true-qi consumption limits sustained use 87 326.
• Demonic Soul Blade / Demonic Soul Slash — his signature blade weapon and killing art; used to massacre large groups and kill powerful opponents 222 434.
• Hegemonic Blade Art — a fifth-tier saber art with twenty-five stances; Jiang Chen had mastered its first fifteen by the Yin Corpse Sect campaign 104.
• Magic Dragon Hand — restrains or crushes fleeing opponents and can overpower high-level attacks 177 552.
• Flame Dragon Break, Nine Dragons Soaring — manifests nine colossal flame dragons for wide-area attacks 325.
• Rain of Annihilation — high-level martial skill used against Luo Qianxue; its clash with her ice technique ended in a draw 1604.
• Sword Control Technique — controls large numbers of sabers and swords, often using weapons taken from defeated enemies 1520 2214.
• Shadow Clone Technique — creates five temporary clones, each possessing half of his combat power 2012.
• Ice Seal Hundred Miles — freezes broad areas and immobilizes enemies or hazards 1742 2113.

Alchemy, Medicine, and Soul Power

Jiang Chen is an elite alchemist whose knowledge eventually surpasses the expectations of major powers.

• Identified as an Eighth-order Alchemist at an alchemy competition 862.
• Cured Xia Feng's son Xia Ye with a Ninth-tier spirit medicine and publicly humiliated Ninth-tier Alchemist Yao Chong in a wager 879.
• Was recognized as a Tenth-tier Alchemist, with soul power comparable to a high-level Martial God Realm expert 1020 1173.
• Refines advancement pills, healing pills, detoxification remedies, and pills capable of improving his allies' cultivation 468 1556 1807.
• Uses powerful soul power to resist charm techniques, detect enemies, control battlefields, and refine high-tier treasures rapidly 203 1020 1927.

Formation and Disguise Mastery

Jiang Chen is a highly accomplished formation master and a specialist in concealment.

• Broke Ninth Order grand formations and used large formations to trap or eliminate enemy forces 797 1968.
• Was identified as a Tenth-order Array Master 1173.
• Creates Spirit Talismans with the force of Ascension Realm attacks 1930.
• Uses human-skin masks, altered physiques, and altered voices to infiltrate hostile forces or escape recognition 909 1267.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Sky Devouring Bead / Sky Devouring Dragon Pearl — vessel within his dantian that stores refined spiritual power and supports his cultivation 2 2043.
• Demonic Soul Blade — signature evolving saber; can fuse with stronger weapons to increase its grade 33 1556.
• Silver Moon Blade — third-tier top-grade saber purchased after looting the Bloodfire Mercenary Group 21.
• Snake Scale Armor — third-tier mid-grade inner armor resistant to sharp weapons 21.
• Red Scale Soft Armor — sixth-tier low-grade defensive armor purchased for thirteen million spirit stones 215.
• Azure Cloud Bow and Nebula Arrows — fourth-tier high-grade bow with one thousand Star Cloud Iron arrows 236.
• Zhan Yue Saber — low-grade sixth-tier saber purchased for 150 million spirit stones 323.
• Thunder Silkworm Silk Soft Armor — Eighth Order high-grade armor set purchased for thirty billion spirit stones 786.
• Demon God Battle Armor — complete armor set that significantly improves defense and can at least double combat power when powered by demonic energy 1302 1306.
• Divine Beast Scroll — Tenth-tier high-grade Spirit Weapon that summons four divine beasts with Martial God Realm, First Level power 1018 1020.
• Blazing Sun Sword — fire-attribute Fourth-tier Mysterious Artifact forged by Xu Feng 1556.
• Azure Scale Armor — Fourth-tier Mysterious Artifact armor patterned like dragon scales 1556.

Relationships

• Jiang Yunfeng — Father and Jiang Family Patriarch. Jiang Chen pushed him to seek the Patriarch position and later supported the family with resources, protectors, and political influence 23 87 453.
• Li Huirong — Mother. Jiang Chen regularly provides her cultivation resources and remains deeply concerned for her safety 9 187.
• Jiang Tian — Grandfather and former Jiang Family Patriarch. He accepted Jiang Chen's superior strength and leadership after the Jiuyun Town conflict 73.
• Jiang Luo — Younger brother. Jiang Chen rescues, supports, and brings him into the Martial Gate's sphere of protection 1876 1879.
• Elder Huo — Early mentor, ally, and friend. Jiang Chen gave him Blood Jade Ginseng, sought his protection for the Jiang Family, and later reunited with him as an acclaimed alchemist 29 862.
• Long Qingyao — Cultivation partner and wife. Their relationship develops from mutual respect at Tianyun Sect into a long separation, reunion, and formal acceptance by the Long Family 163 909 922.
• He Yushi — Wife and early companion in Jiang Chen's battles against the Yin Corpse Sect 33 1459.
• Xia Mingyue — Wife. Jiang Chen promised to win the Genius Convention to help restore her freedom and later stated his intent to marry her 848 928.
• Mo Qingyan — Mission Hall leader, wife, and close ally. She publicly calls Jiang Chen her good friend, repeatedly aids him politically, and later develops romantic feelings for him 507 777 1459.
• Liu Yun — Former enemy who crippled Jiang Chen's dantian; later becomes his wife and is accepted into his family 9 1459.
• Zhao Ruxue — Ally who trusts Jiang Chen's loyalty and pragmatism; he gave her an Emperor Breaking Pill and helped her advance 595 606.
• Guan Ze — Trusted companion who traveled with Jiang Chen, received Lingzhi Earth Flame Pills, and fought alongside him against Dark Specter 468 494.
• Luo Chen — Cave Profound Realm protector who intervened against the North Snow Merchant Guild and fought beside Jiang Chen 1584.
• Yang Jie, Zhao Yu, and Lan Ming — Followers strengthened by Jiang Chen's pills; they serve as key allies in his campaign against the Seven Kill Sect 2161 2163.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Qingyue Town and Jiang Family Rise

• Recovers from his destroyed dantian through the Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art and begins hunting Demonic Beasts for resources 2.
• Wins the Jiang Family competition, elevates his father's political position, and turns the family into Qingyue Town's leading power 23 28 87.
• Destroys the Bloodfire Mercenary Group after first infiltrating and looting its stronghold 21 87.

Tianyun Sect and Secret-Realm Campaigns

• Enters the Dragon King Secret Realm, becomes Qingyue Town's strongest young expert, and defeats Jiuyun Town's forces 48 61 73.
• Joins Tianyun Sect, wins the Entry Trial, and establishes himself as a Core Disciple-level fighter 161 166.
• Fights the Yin Corpse Sect, saves major-sect disciples, and gains recruitment offers from four major sects, which he declines to avoid confronting Ye Yuntian too early 119 130.

Magic Dragon and the Great Zhou War

• Uses the alias Magic Dragon while forming and equipping a mercenary force of more than five hundred people 385.
• Leads the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group in the war against Great Chu, protects his followers, and takes on Martial Venerable enemies personally 415 423.
• Reveals himself as Magic Dragon to Jiang Yunfeng and places more than two hundred powerful protectors around the Jiang Family 453.

Dragon Gate, Great Sects, and Tianwu Continent

• Defeats enemies across Nanyuan Prefecture, destroys the Formless Sect, reunites with Long Qingyao, and gains the Long Family's acceptance 909 920 922.
• Founds and strengthens Dragon Gate while repeatedly fighting the Yin Corpse Sect, Dark Nether, War God Palace, and other hostile powers 928 957 1337.
• Establishes hegemon-level prestige after dealing devastating losses to War God Palace and Dark Nether forces 1337.

Saint Domain and Martial Gate

• Enters the Saint Domain, forms the Martial Gate, recruits Ascension Realm Enshrined Elders, and uses pills and cultivation instruction to build a loyal force 1784 1807.
• Rescues Jiang Luo, dismantles the Underworld Sect, and relocates the Jiang Family to the Martial Gate's protection 1876 1880.
• Joins the Heavenly Martial Sect as a Supreme Elder under terms that preserve his independence and protect him from the Dragon Race 2026 2126.
• Continues to fight powerful sects and wins first place in the Netherpass Martial Tournament 2113 2219.

Notable Quotes

“In this world, it's all about strength, isn't it?” 606

“If my strength wasn't enough, then I would be the one dead.” 606

“I only did what was necessary.” 1611