Chu Family

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Chu Family (楚家)
Alias(es)	Ancient Family of Xuanhuang Hall; top aristocratic family
Affiliation	Xuanhuang Hall; primarily Wuji Institute
Status	Destroyed as a major power; most members were imprisoned or executed, while remaining members were wanted by Xuanhuang Hall 821
First Appearance	Chapter 649

Background / History

The Chu Family was an ancient lineage of Xuanhuang Hall whose first-generation patriarch was among the founding elders of Wuji Institute. Its inheritance lasted for more than ten thousand years, and marriage alliances extended its influence throughout Xuanhuang Hall and the wider Xuanhuang Universe Country. 649 715

At its height, the family had more than one million members, though fewer than a thousand were considered true core members. It possessed a Half-Step God Realm Old Ancestor, a Nine Realms of God Ascension powerhouse, and more than one hundred experts at the Seventh and Eighth Realms of Ascending Divinity. 715

The family’s foundation lay in Wuji Institute, but its members held positions across the Four Halls and Seven Institutes of Xuanhuang Hall. This influence enabled it to alter missions and protect its interests through institutional connections. 726

Organization and Influence

• Old Ancestor — Half-Step God Realm leader; regarded as the family’s ultimate foundation before Lu Chuan killed him in Dragon Burial Valley. 715 804
• Patriarch — Chu Tiangang, who led the family during its final conflict with Lu Chuan. 767 818
• Supreme Elders — Senior secluded experts including Chu Tiankuang and Chu Tianyin, both Ascended God Seventh Stage cultivators. 718
• Elders — The family’s senior combatants and administrators, including Great Elder Chu Tianhe, Second Elder Chu Tianlei, and Tenth Elder Chu Tiange. 765 787
• Core members — Fewer than one thousand members who formed the family’s actual power structure. 715
• Chu Guards — Elite soldiers forcibly elevated to the Mystic Ascension Realm through Secret Techniques and medicines. They used uniform cultivation methods, Divine Abilities, armor, and battle formations; a force of one thousand was said to be capable of contending with a Nine Realms of God Ascension cultivator. 769

Assets and Resources

• Azure Lightning Sword — A Quasi-Dao Tool once held by Chu Guanyu. It was among the family’s highest-grade resources and a principal reason the family tacitly supported actions against Lu Chuan after he seized it. 653 761
• Damaged Ancient Tower / Spirit Wind Tower — The Old Ancestor’s life-bound Treasure Tool, used to defend against Lu Chuan’s Arrow Rain; Lu Chuan’s attack cracked it severely. 802 803
• Chu Family treasury — A vast cave-like treasure trove protected by a Great Array. It contained twelve Dao Realm treasures on a white-jade rack, along with extensive resources later divided between Lu Chuan and Baili Changkong. 819 820
• Forbidden Land — A secret location known only to true core members. It reportedly held a complete Dao Artifact and was also where Chu Guanyu disappeared. 818 828
• Alchemy Hall — Controlled by Chu Mingshan, the family’s only known high-rank alchemist; his role made him strategically more valuable than many combat-focused elders. 769

Conflict with Lu Chuan

Origins of the Grudge

The family’s conflict with Lu Chuan began through Chu Guanyu. After Lu Chuan crippled her Soul Consciousness and took the Azure Lightning Sword, her mother Su Yilin mobilized Chu Family resources against him with the family’s tacit approval. 652 653 698

The Chu Family later monitored Lu Chuan and was suspected of arranging a mission to Bata Star in hopes that the Blood Race would kill him. Lu Chuan returned alive, confirming the failure of the scheme and alarming the family’s upper echelon. 653 670

Retaliation and Assassinations

After the failed attempt on his life, Lu Chuan began targeting Chu Family core members. His first known target was direct descendant Chu Guanqi on Yunlong Star, whose death was disguised as the work of an Asura Race combatant. 689 699

On Haiyuan Star, Lu Chuan killed eight of the nine Chu Family core members stationed there, leaving only Chu Jinghong untouched because of the protection surrounding the family’s most valued prodigy. 712 714

Lu Chuan’s campaign escalated during the Tianquan Star System war. He assassinated more than fifty core members, including over ten elders, in a single day; subsequent attacks raised the confirmed total of slain core members to more than two hundred. 765 769

The Hunt Order

Great Elder Chu Tianhe recalled family members from their missions and openly ordered a hunt for Lu Chuan. The withdrawal increased the burden on other Human Race forces, creating resentment that the family’s influence suppressed from becoming open opposition. 767

The recall failed to protect the family. Lu Chuan intercepted groups travelling toward Chu Tianhe, including thirteen core members aboard one spaceship and a larger group led by Chu Mingshan and Chu Mingkong. 768 769

Collusion and Internal Crimes

Chu Tianyu, a Chu Family core member and deacon of Xuanhuang Hall, openly betrayed the Human Race at Liuyun City and revealed himself as an Evil God adherent. 704

Investigations later exposed the family’s collusion with Foreign Races and the Worship God Cult, as well as its worship of the Evil God. Chu Tianlei further demonstrated this collusion by ambushing Lu Chuan alongside an Asura King and Worship God Cult believers. 714 788

The Old Ancestor cooperated with the Worship God Cult in Dragon Burial Valley, seeking to seize a mysterious object and claiming that he intended to reshape the Human Race’s order. 802 803

Downfall

Lu Chuan killed Great Elder Chu Tianhe with an arrow after breaking through to the Ninth Divine Treasury. 794

Second Elder Chu Tianlei’s attempt to kill Lu Chuan with the Quasi-Dao Tool Bronze Mirror failed when Lu Chuan destroyed the weapon. Chu Tiangang publicly expelled Chu Tianlei and ordered his death, attempting to distance the family from the failed ambush. 787

The decisive collapse began when Lu Chuan ambushed the Chu Family Old Ancestor in Dragon Burial Valley. After crippling the Old Ancestor’s Damaged Ancient Tower and devastating the combined Chu Family–Worship God Cult force with Arrow Rain, Lu Chuan killed the Old Ancestor with the Epoch Blade. 802 803 804

With the Old Ancestor dead and many core members already lost, Baili Changkong moved to eliminate the family. Lu Chuan infiltrated the Chu Family residence, used the Mysterious Gate of the Female to annihilate most of its core higher-ups, and beheaded Chu Tiangang. 818 819

By the following day, around ninety percent of the Chu Family had been imprisoned or executed. Baili Changkong issued a warrant declaring that the family had colluded with the Worship God Cult, sacrificed to the Evil God, and harmed fellow humans; all remaining members were wanted. 821

Notable Members

• Chu Guanyu — Direct descendant whose conflict with Lu Chuan initiated the wider feud; daughter of Chu Mingkong and Su Yilin. 649 818
• Su Yilin — Chu Guanyu’s mother and a Chu Family daughter-in-law; used family resources to arrange attempts on Lu Chuan’s life. 670 698
• Chu Mingkong — Chu Guanyu’s father; tacitly permitted Su Yilin’s actions and later plotted directly against Lu Chuan. 769
• Chu Guanqi — Direct descendant and A-rank Wuji Institute member killed on Yunlong Star. 689 699
• Chu Jinghong — Elder and Level Three Steward of Wuji Institute; the family’s most outstanding prodigy in thousands of years and the hoped-for foundation of its future prosperity. 701 714
• Chu Tianyu — Core member and Wuji Institute deacon exposed as an Evil God adherent and traitor to the Human Race. 704 712
• Chu Tiankuang — Supreme Elder and Ascended God Seventh Stage expert dispatched to the Tianquan Star System. 718
• Chu Tianyin — Supreme Elder and Ascended God Seventh Stage expert dispatched alongside Chu Tiankuang. 718
• Chu Tianhe — Great Elder and Nine Realms of God Ascension cultivator; initiated the hunt order before Lu Chuan killed him. 765 767 794
• Chu Tiange — Tenth Elder, Immortal Transformation Seventh Stage cultivator, and formation master; killed after attempting to trap Lu Chuan with a Great Array. 765 767
• Chu Tianlei — Second Elder who collaborated with Foreign Race and Worship God Cult experts in an ambush against Lu Chuan. 787 788
• Chu Mingshan — Young elder and the family’s only known high-rank alchemist; controlled the Alchemy Hall. 769
• Chu Minghe — Core member identified during the fallout from Chu Guanqi’s death; husband of Su Yilin. 700
• Chu Yun Kong — Elder and Eight Desolations Institute deacon; one of four experts left at Heaven’s Gate Pass to watch for Lu Chuan. 726

Trivia

• The Chu Family had fewer than two Quasi-Dao Tools before Lu Chuan obtained the Azure Lightning Sword. 761
• The family’s arrogance and long-standing exploitation of common-born disciples left it with numerous enemies and little public sympathy after its downfall. 765 797 821
• Several Chu Family members on Haiyuan Star were sent to “gild themselves” and earn credit rather than fight on the front lines. 712