Chen Yi

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Chen Yi (陈奕)
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Human World; Yi Tian Sect; Xiaoyao Holy Land; Jiugong Island; Righteous Army; Ji Family; Kindling Society ally; Heavenly Dragon Kingdom and Wing Ancestor Sect in simulation; former Crimson Heart Sect Patrol Member
Occupation/Role	Cultivator; simulator user; Formation Dao practitioner; Guardian and Dao Protector of the Human World; founder and teacher of the Yi Tian Sect; emperor of Heavenly Dragon Kingdom in simulation
Known Aliases / Titles	Yi Qianjun; Chen Dong; Shen Yi; Siduoduo; God Yi; Martial God Chen; one of the Demon Twin Stars / Mighty Twin Fiends
Status	Alive
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Body Refining Realm, Third Stage	7	Advances through cultivation, gaining additional Entry slots and improved draw probabilities. 7
Body Refining Realm, Ninth Stage Peak	15	Reaches this level in simulation with military cultivation resources, but cannot enter Spirit Gathering without additional assistance. 15
Spirit Gathering Realm	18	Breaks through after consuming a Spirit Gathering Pill discovered in Lingfeng Pavilion. 18
Spirit Gathering Realm, Fifth Level	24	Possesses mastery of the Zhengyang Art, Burning Cloud Hand, and Shen Family Spear after inheriting simulation gains. 24
Soul Tempering Realm	45	Breaks through in simulation by refining Demonic Souls through the Myriad Souls Banner and enduring intense soul-tempering pain. 45
Soul Tempering Realm, Tenth Level Peak	50	Reaches the realm's peak in simulation, then investigates Earth Veins and methods for entering the Golden Body Realm. 50
Golden Body Realm	62	Breaks through in Divine Soldier City with the Sword Heart Immortal Peach and becomes marshal of the Demon-Extermination Army; his Golden Body Realm First Level state is subsequently recorded in reality. 61 62 68
Golden Body Realm, Fourth Level	89	Reaches this level after six years of cultivation in the Wuji Sword Sect during simulation. 89
Golden Body Realm, Ninth Level	100	Prepares to cross into the Spirit Sea Realm with Shen Family resources. 100
Spirit Sea Realm	102	Breaks through despite the Shen Family's doubts about his Low-Grade Bone Structure. 102
Spirit Sea Realm, Ninth Level	132	Advances through the eighth and ninth levels after obtaining High-Grade Bone Structure, then seeks assistance for his next major breakthrough. 132
Spirit Condensation Realm	146	Breaks through after accumulating resources and cultivation gains. 146
Spirit Condensation Realm, Sixth Level	172	His cultivation surges through Spirit Sea and Spirit Condensation after simulation gains. 172
Martial King-level effective realm	173	Eternal Half-Emperor raises his Spirit Condensation cultivation to Martial King level, granting flight and True Qi without changing his underlying cultivation or theoretical lifespan. 172 173
Martial King Realm	254	Completes Xiaoyao Holy Land's King-Making Plan after half a year of assisted cultivation; gains three additional Entry slots. 254
Mid-stage Martial King	260	Advances after consuming the Five Domains Sacred Pill; gains greater lifespan, comprehension, constitution, and toxin immunity. 260
Late-stage Martial King	262	His true cultivation advances during his preparations for the Dragon Person Race war. 262
Martial Saint Realm	302	Breaks through with help from seven Martial God Realm powers after the Seven Luminaries Immortal Array drains his lifespan. 302
Mid-stage Martial Saint	309	Receives this cultivation as a simulation inheritance alongside high-level cultivation methods and specialized skills. 309
Martial God-level effective realm	310	Eternal Half-Emperor raises his mid-stage Martial Saint cultivation to mid-stage Martial God combat capability. 310
Martial God-level combat power	341	Accumulates 10,000 Heartsteel stacks on the Ascension Path, allowing him to reach Martial God-level power and cross the Human World section. 341
Qi Transformation, Seventh Turn	365	Reaches late-stage Qi Transformation in the Real Realm after three years; equivalent to Void Realm Martial God level. 365
Peak Nine Revolutions of Qi Transformation	366	Reaches the realm's peak after another decade of cultivation, then seeks a sect method for condensing an Origin Core. 366
Pill Transformation / Core Formation, First Turn; Fourth Turn effective realm	382	Breaks through by refining a Void Origin-Returning Pill. His true realm is First Turn, while Eternal Half-Emperor enhances his displayed realm to Fourth Turn. 382
Peak Nine Revolutions of Pill Transformation / Core Formation	421	Reaches the peak of this major realm after more than a century of cultivation; Eternal Half-Emperor provides an effective Desolate Realm state. 421
Early Desolate Realm / Mid-Desolate Realm	450	True cultivation reaches Early Desolate Realm, with Eternal Half-Emperor raising his effective realm to Mid-Desolate. 450
Early Heaven-Reaching Realm	538	Breaks through during a subsequent simulation and receives three additional equippable Entry slots. 538
Late Heaven-Reaching Realm	622	His seventh simulated self remains at this stage after prolonged cultivation and travel. With his Tianmang Bone fully fused as a second Immortal Root, he prepares to pursue the Immortal Lord Realm. 622
Law-Wielding Realm, First Stage / Immortal Lord	624	Breaks through in simulation, gains three additional Entry slots, and records a lifespan of 496/3,000 years with 47 available slots. 624
Immortal Lord, First Stage	641	Inherits Immortal Lord cultivation in reality. His Immortal Power exceeds the Void Realm's tolerance, necessitating the use of a lower-realm clone for ordinary activity in the Human World. 641 649

Background / History

Chen Yi was born to a peasant family in Luoding Village, Baiyun County. When mysterious attackers massacred the village, he lost his family and survived only because Dachun pulled him into the Qinghe River. He later became a laborer under the Black Stone Gang, enduring abuse while unable to cultivate due to having no Root Bone 1.

At eighteen, Chen Yi had drawn only White Entries for seventeen consecutive years. His Mythic Entry, Simulator, became the means by which he could repeatedly experience possible futures, inherit selected gains, and overcome his poor initial aptitude 1 24.

Chen Yi's search for a cultivation master led him through repeatedly massacred villages and to Lingfeng Pavilion, where he obtained the Spirit Gathering Pill that enabled his first breakthrough. In one simulated future, Old Liu was exposed as the person responsible for manipulating Chen Yi and orchestrating the massacres he encountered 18.

He infiltrated the Black Stone Gang, then turned on it after gaining enough strength. He slaughtered gang members involved in enslaving laborers and feeding people to the Demon Race, eventually defeating its leader Shi San with Burning Cloud Hand 25 27.

After destroying the gang, Chen Yi returned to White Cloud County and reunited with his third sister Chen Yun and brother-in-law Shen Qingshan. He used knowledge obtained through simulation to warn Shen Qingshan away from dangerous investigations and protect the surviving family from conspiracies involving local officials 28 29 30.

Chen Yi later joined the Crimson Heart Sect as a Patrol Member, investigated its ancient tower, and became increasingly entangled with the Shen Family, the Xiaoyao Holy Land, the Human World's Dao Protectors, and the Dragon Person Race 33 95 214.

Following his rise to Martial King, Martial Saint, and Martial God-level power, Chen Yi united forces across the Human World against existential threats. He led the struggle for the Ascension Path, subdued the Five Great City Lords behind Blood Moon, and became the Human World's Guardian after inheriting the Earth Spirit's technique from Hua Wuyan 254 302 332 452.

He ultimately ascended toward the Real Realm, where humans were oppressed by other races and his aptitude was judged as anomalous: exceptionally fortunate but lacking an Immortal Root, special physique, or special soul 340 349.

In the Real Realm, Chen Yi reunited with his long-lost second sister Chen Yue, whose body had previously been borrowed by Wu Yue with Xiaoyao God's assistance. He later became entangled in the Kindling Society's conflict with the Peace Army, was captured and publicly marked for execution by Jin Hai, and ultimately killed Jin Hai while operating under the disguise of Chen Dong 434 445 543 601.

His increasing notoriety eventually earned him recognition under titles including one of the Demon Twin Stars, Man-Ape Bandits, and Mighty Twin Fiends 576.

During his seventh simulation, Chen Yi secured Chen Yue's help in transferring three hundred million Demon Souls to the Underworld for conversion into Ghost Cultivators. He then resumed his Siduoduo identity as Heavenly Dragon Kingdom's emperor and launched a campaign to unify the Mysterious Maiden Star System while deliberately positioning the Human Race to gain greater control over Blaze Star 602.

The same simulation eventually established Holy Wing Star as a comparatively peaceful refuge where humans could live and cultivate without universal persecution. After years of war, Chen Yi turned toward cultivation, reform, travel, and companionship, while mourning the deaths of Li Wentian, Great Demon, and other comrades 621 622.

After inheriting First-Stage Immortal Lord cultivation in reality, Chen Yi could no longer move freely through the Human World without damaging its space. He used Chen Five as a remotely directed public representative, founded the Yi Tian Sect, and began training a new generation of prospective Martial Gods 641 643 645.

Abnormal earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and changes in the Star Domain subsequently drew his attention to the Black Hand's activities. Chen Yi sent his Immortal Lord-level clone Chen Qi to investigate the mysterious man while his true body remained protected inside the Nine Provinces Cauldron 646 649 650.

Personality

Chen Yi is pragmatic, ambitious, and highly adaptive. He treats simulations as opportunities to test dangerous choices, acquire knowledge, and prepare for threats before they emerge in reality. He regularly adjusts his Entries to fit immediate goals, whether cultivation, infiltration, combat, or survival 33 202 254 365.

He can be ruthless toward oppressors and hostile races, showing no mercy to the Black Stone Gang or Dragon Person strongholds. At the same time, he protects people he considers his own, supports his family, helps Li Chengqian without demanding repayment, and takes responsibility for the Human World's future 25 74 199 338.

Chen Yi is also opportunistic and mischievous. He exploits Long Yang and other wealthy heirs by selling them access to a Martial King breakthrough that had already been arranged, then uses the proceeds to replenish his resources 254.

Although he is capable of overwhelming force, Chen Yi often favors strategic intimidation, intelligence gathering, and negotiated coercion over indiscriminate slaughter. In the Wing World, he pressured its Guardian and Furry God for access to the Earth Spirit while deliberately avoiding the deaths of ordinary Winged Race cultivators 456.

He values growth through adversity and is willing to accept painful costs in pursuit of a larger goal. He permits continued attacks on White Porridge City so that the Righteous Army can be tempered into an effective fighting force, despite understanding that sacrifices will result 481.

Chen Yi remains protective of allies even when using ruthless methods. After killing Peace Army deputy director Jin Hai, he used a Heaven-Restoring Pill taken from Jin Hai's spoils to save the critically injured He Xiangdong 543.

His loyalty extends to the Demon Race souls in his custody. Their promise to return whenever he calls them to battle deeply moves him, and he seeks a future for them beyond confinement in the Myriad Souls Banner 602.

Centuries of simulated warfare make him increasingly reflective. He honors fallen companions with funerals and memorials, seeks peaceful travel with Li Lingyue, and recognizes that a single human refuge cannot permanently resolve humanity's wider oppression 621 622.

As a teacher, he favors practical instruction over rigid hierarchy and elaborate master–disciple ceremony. Founding the Yi Tian Sect develops from a way to occupy his remaining time in the Human World into a meaningful effort to share the knowledge accumulated through his simulations 643 645.

Despite his strength, Chen Yi remains cautious toward opponents whose capabilities he does not understand. He sends Chen Qi to sound out the Black Hand rather than exposing his original body, and fabricates a time-travel explanation to obtain information without revealing the Simulator 649 652.

Abilities & Skills

Simulator

Chen Yi's Mythic Entry allows him to experience simulated lives, make choices within them, and inherit selected cultivation, techniques, memories, Entries, and skills.

• Provides opportunities for trial and error before acting in reality.
• Allows him to retain cultivation gains without inheriting simulation-specific pill toxins 14.
• Has granted him extensive inherited memories, cultivation methods, and specialized Dao skills 309.
• Enables the creation of simulated clones with distinct memories and cultivation histories 338.
• Created five major clones, including Chen Four, who remains in the Human World to watch over the Chen Mansion and relay information 338.
• Lets him preserve long periods of simulated cultivation, including accumulated insights toward Divine Abilities and higher Real Realm breakthroughs 421 458 538.
• Through the Simulated Clone Entry, makes death within a simulation non-final so long as Chen Yi's true body remains alive 445.
• Simulations represent possible futures rather than fixed destiny. Changes in reality can alter the subsequent course of events, and people do not automatically remember relationships formed only in simulations 28 67 622.
• Inheriting simulated memories does not necessarily mean inheriting the emotions associated with those experiences 68.
• At higher cultivation, Simulated Clone permits shared senses between his original body and clones. He can observe through Chen Qi and use the shared sensory link to hear an opponent's inner thoughts 650 651.
• Uses Chen Five, disguised with his youthful appearance, as a remotely directed representative in the Human World after attaining Immortal Lord cultivation 641.
• Uses Chen Qi, who possesses the same Immortal Lord-level power as his original body, for hazardous reconnaissance against the Black Hand 649.

Martial Cultivation

Chen Yi cultivates across Qi Refining, Body Refining, and Soul Refining disciplines.

• Qi Refining: Burning Heaven Indestructible Art / Heaven-Burning Indestructible, cultivated to Heaven Grade Peak or Grade Five Return to Simplicity 309 382.
• Qi Refining: Later cultivates the Samadhi Body-Forging Profound Technique, a Third Grade Qi Refining technique, in the Real Realm 450.
• Body Refining: Vermilion Bird Flame Scripture, Azure Dragon Thunder Scripture, Black Tortoise Earth Scripture, and White Tiger Wind Scripture 309.
• Soul Refining: Ten Thousand Dragon Divine Art, learned from Dragon Person Race cultivation methods 262 309.
• His body and soul are both strengthened by combining Demon Race body-refining methods with Dragon Person soul-refining methods 262.
• He can use the Star River Divine Skill to manipulate gravity, suppressing opponents or immobilizing them over a wide area 183 186.
• Martial Scripture: A Dao Scripture that increases cultivation efficiency and progressively integrates Dharma spells, Killing Moves, Divine Abilities, Divine Arts, alchemy, artifact refining, formations, and even certain Entry effects into a unified framework. He inherits Great Accomplishment proficiency after his seventh simulation 565 641.
• His simulated body is enhanced through consuming Venom, and his fully fused Tianmang Bone provides a powerful second Immortal Root before his Immortal Lord breakthrough 622.
• First-Stage Immortal Lord cultivation grants Immortal Power and a greatly strengthened body, but its presence destabilizes the Void Realm even when he is not actively circulating his power 641 649.

Formation Dao

Chen Yi is an Immortal Grade Formation Dao practitioner.

• Joined the Formation Dao lineage at Xiaoyao Holy Land rather than a martial arts lineage 214.
• Learned under the masters of Jiugong Island and resolved to fulfill their wish of producing an Immortal Grade Formation Master 254.
• Created the Immortal Grade Yixiantian Array and taught Formation Dao knowledge to Jiugong Island's disciples and masters 312.
• Uses formations for large-scale detection, defense, and strategic preparation 319.
• Can recreate and improve formations made by veteran experts, including Shen Yang's formation at the Desolate Ancient Secret Realm 320.
• Breaches Star Harbor's defensive arrays by understanding them more thoroughly than their original Formation Masters 359.
• Establishes a Teleportation Formation so that Chen Jing can attend monthly cultivation lessons after becoming Great Khan 643.

Artifact Refining and Alchemy

Chen Yi possesses Immortal Grade Artifact Refining and Alchemy techniques.

• Drew the Artifact Refining Saint Hand Trait and planned to elevate the Myriad Souls Banner into an Immortal Artifact 108.
• Successfully forged the Myriad Souls Banner into a Super Immortal Artifact 312.
• Refined a sentient Five Domains Sacred Pill, naming it Xiao Wu 319.
• Uses Earth Spirits from other planes to repair the Human World's damaged Five Elements Root Artifacts and neutralize the Sun Moon Tower Artifact Spirit's demonic nature 452 456.
• Possesses later Real Realm Grade Two Array Dao, alchemy, and artifact-refining techniques 449.
• Retrieves three hundred million Demon Souls and upgrades his Immortal Artifacts into Post-celestial Spirit Treasures suitable for use in the Real Realm 471.
• Continues refining his knowledge of multiple paths under Ancestor Shen during the peaceful period on Holy Wing Star 621.

Combat Techniques

Chen Yi uses a broad range of martial arts, sword arts, movement techniques, and divine abilities.

• Burning Cloud Hand — Used to defeat Black Stone Gang leader Shi San 27.
• Cloud Collapsing Sword Technique — Used with the Flame Iron Heavy Sword during the destruction of the Black Stone Gang 25.
• Wind Surge Palm — Produces a gale strong enough to repel distant archers 25.
• Shattering Star Wave Finger — Earth Grade martial art advanced through Proficiency; recorded at Minor Accomplishment after his third simulation 58 68.
• Seven Divine Steps of the Starry Sky / Xiaoyao Divine Steps — High-level movement arts supporting extreme speed and aerial combat 100 309.
• Serious Punch — Used to defeat the Black Stone Gang's Fourth Leader and to break the Four Great Demon Ancestors' combined attack 8 157.
• Star River Divine Skill and Horizontal and Vertical Sword Art — Among his high-level inherited combat arts 172 309.
• Light Speed Fist and Quantum Ghost Steps — Third Grade Divine Arts used after reaching the Real Realm cultivation system 449 452.
• Fragmentation — Divine Ability that shatters objects or allows Chen Yi to detach and reassemble his limbs 458.
• Mountain Carrying — Divine Ability associated with immense lifting and suppressive force 383 449.
• Divine Travel — Divine Ability that permits travel of up to a thousand miles per day and was comprehended after six years of effort 391.
• Wind Control — Divine Ability for flying and accelerating through command of the wind 421.
• Pot Heaven — Divine Ability that creates a small blessed grotto-heaven or storage space within a pot 421.
• Sprout of Intuition — Divine Ability that provides a premonitory sense before events occur 421.
• Signal Light — Divine Art adapted from Sprout of Intuition and inspired by the Entry of the same name; combines warning effects with Spiritual Sense probing 421 449.
• Ten Thousand Mile Wind Travel and Gale Force — Flight and offensive Divine Arts provided by Ji Wuqing after Chen Yi comprehends Wind Control 421.
• Samadhi True Fire — Used through the Myriad Souls Banner to burn and kill the Immortal Lord Jin Hai 543.
• Five-Thunder Mastery — Heavenly Constellation Divine Ability controlling five forms of lightning, comprehended during his seventh simulation and later inherited in reality 622 641.
• Curvature Shockwave — Self-created movement and offensive Divine Art that accelerates his body across astronomical distances, distorts space, and destroys obstacles along his path. Later inherited at First Grade, Minor Accomplishment 622 641.
• Earth-Crossing Golden Light — Among the Divine Abilities recorded after his Immortal Lord breakthrough and subsequently inherited 624 641.
• Inedia, Rain Prayer, and Staff Liberation — Additional Divine Abilities recorded in his simulated Immortal Lord panel 624.
• Great Strength, Water Walking, Borrowing Wind, Earth Recognition, Weapon Ward, Elixir Consumption, and Clear-Sky Prayer — Further Divine Abilities inherited after his seventh simulation 641.
• Resonant Cloud Ladder Step — Second Grade Divine Art inherited at Great Accomplishment 641.
• Mecha Golden Bell Shield — Second Grade Divine Art inherited at Great Accomplishment 641.
• Plasmolysis Palm — Second Grade Divine Art inherited at Perfection 641.

Entries and Traits

Chen Yi's Entries are central to his growth and combat style.

• Eidetic Memory — Lets him retain information perfectly; made him an indispensable military advisor under Sun Cheng'en 14.
• Spider Senses — Warns him of danger, including the ancient tower within Crimson Heart Sect 17 33.
• Heartsteel — Builds permanent-in-combat stacks through charged attacks, increasing combat power and physique; at 1,000 stacks, Chen Yi exceeded twenty meters in height 202 203.
• Heartsteel — Its maximum increases to 5,000 stacks upon his true Martial King breakthrough and later reaches 10,000, enabling Chen Yi to force himself to Martial God-level power on the Ascension Path 254 341.
• Human Sword Unity — Enhances his Sword Dao comprehension and exposed the malicious nature of his Shen Family servants 97.
• The Most Stern Father of Foreign Races / The Toughest Father of Foreign Races — Grants immunity to foreign-race attacks and illusions 33.
• Private Customization — Allows him to replace an existing Entry with any chosen Golden Entry; he used it to obtain High-Grade Bone Structure 131.
• High-Grade Bone Structure — Replaces his Low-Grade Bone Structure and substantially improves his cultivation speed 131.
• Bad News from the Martial Artist Community — Doubles the medicinal effects of pills and prevents Pill Toxin accumulation 89.
• Phantom of Civil War — Exploits weaknesses of human opponents 263.
• Super Saiyan — Enables a major transformation; Super Saiyan 2 brought his combat power into the Unity of Heaven and Man state 296.
• Wolverine — Provides enhanced self-healing and bone manipulation 346.
• Breathing Makes You Stronger — Adds automatic cultivation growth equal to his normal cultivation speed while he breathes. It stacks with active cultivation and continues when he is not practicing, making its practical benefit at least a doubling of cultivation speed 365.
• Mortal Bone — Greatly reduces the difficulty of comprehending Divine Abilities, allowing Chen Yi to acquire several despite his otherwise poor comprehension of them 365 391.
• Cross-dressing Master — Produces a special combat effect when Chen Yi fights while dressed as a woman 366.
• What is a Divine Pattern? — Grants immunity to Divine Patterns 430.
• Calamity of Ten Thousand Races — Allows genuine transformations into foreign races, rather than mere illusionary disguises 459.
• Chinese-style Succubus — Helps him frame arguments persuasively enough to sway the Dragon Person World Lord 468.
• New Beggar-Version Beggar-Version — A Golden Legend Entry drawn at the beginning of his seventh simulation; its effects have not yet been disclosed 471.
• Upright Human — Increases the effects of all his traits by 200% while he neither disguises himself nor uses alien abilities 536.
• Proficiency — His second Prismatic Myth Entry removes comprehension barriers to learning techniques, allowing progress through repeated practice. It does not eliminate the time required for training or automatically produce cultivation breakthroughs 58 89 262.
• Eternal Half-Emperor — Raises his effective cultivation above his true realm. The enhancement does not change the techniques required to cultivate his underlying realm or increase his theoretical lifespan merely through the temporary realm shift 173 310.
• My Knowledge Has Become Miscellaneous — Enables him to cultivate foreign-race methods, including Demon Race Body Refining and Dragon Person Soul Refining 207 262.
• Enhancement! / Strengthen! and Formation Master — Strengthen his formation work, allowing him to improve the effects of formations he reproduces 254 320.
• Treasure-Snatching Extraordinary Nose / Treasure-Seeking Nose — Detects valuable opportunities and treasures, helping him locate supreme treasures and important encounters 50 93 365.
• Cultivation-sharing ability — Allows clones and allies to obtain his cultivation across distance, including access to his Divine Abilities and Divine Arts. He recognizes its usefulness both for combat support and for protecting allies left to govern conquered territory 497.
• Eavesdrop on Inner Thoughts — Reads others' thoughts, enabling intelligence gathering and verification of sincerity. Through his clone's shared senses, he confirms that the Black Hand's account of his attachment to the Human World is genuine 450 464 651.
• Who Am I — Molds a new face and identity for him after his Chen Dong identity becomes wanted and his simulated true body is damaged by Venom 601.
• Random Domain — Golden Legend Entry drawn in simulation Year 400, granting a new random Domain each year once he reaches the Domain Mastery Realm. He does not equip it because his cultivation cannot yet meet its requirement 622.
• Someone Imitates My Face — Gives Chen Five the same youthful appearance as Chen Yi, allowing the clone to serve as his public representative 641.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Myriad Souls Banner — Initially associated with soul corruption; Chen Yi is immune to its corruptive ability. He later upgrades it into a Super Immortal Artifact and uses it to imprison enemies and command souls. He uses it with Samadhi True Fire to kill Jin Hai. During his seventh simulation, the banner assists Chen Yue in transferring its three hundred million Demon Souls to an Underworld Treasure for conversion into Ghost Cultivators 70 108 312 543 602.
• Demon Refining Pot — An Immortal Artifact Chen Yi frees from the Lake of Ten Thousand Demons; it recognizes him as master and can capture or refine demons 151 180.
• Nine Provinces Cauldron — Damaged Great Dao Immortal Artifact connected to Dachun. Its interior is named the Cauldron World. After attaining Immortal Lord cultivation, Chen Yi uses it as shelter while lower-realm Chen Five represents him outside; he also remains inside it while Chen Qi investigates the Black Hand 108 179 641 649.
• Qiankun Mirror — Damaged Great Dao Immortal Artifact capable of spatial jumps 108 197.
• Sun Moon Tower — One of the Five Elements Root Artifacts. Its Artifact Spirit possesses residual demonic nature, which Chen Yi seeks to neutralize through an Earth Spirit 450 452.
• Flame Iron Heavy Sword — Used during the assault on the Black Stone Gang 25.
• Cloud-Top Flying Boat — Earth Grade flying Spiritual Artifact presented to Chen Yi after his Golden Body breakthrough in Divine Soldier City 62.
• Immortal-Binding Rope — Used alongside his other artifacts to subdue Demon Kings 151.
• Fenji War Spear, War Armor, War Boots, and War Helmet — Earth-tier Spiritual Artifact set received as a mission reward 198.
• Mountain River Armor — One of the Five Elements Root Artifacts; Chen Yi places it in the Dragon Person World's Earth Spirit for restoration 465 468.
• Five Domains Sacred Pill / Xiao Wu — A sentient Sacred Pill refined by Chen Yi; consuming the pill can extend lifespan and raise cultivation 260 319 341.
• Wind-Sand Treasure Bag — A Pre-celestial Spirit Treasure confiscated from Jin Hai after Chen Yi kills him 543.
• Sword Heart Immortal Peach — Provided by the Sword Master to guarantee his simulated Golden Body breakthrough despite being valuable enough to assist a Martial King breakthrough 61 62.
• Shen Family Spear and Heart-Protecting Mirror — Two mid-grade Spiritual Artifacts given by Shen Qingshan for Chen Yi's early travels 69.
• Li Chengqian's Storage Ring — Given along with a boat, money, and cultivation resources during Chen Yi's visit to White Horse City 74.
• Ghost Talisman — Contains the soul imprint of Chen Yue's master and may protect Chen Yi in a life-threatening situation; received during his seventh simulation 602.
• Underworld Domain Token — Allows instantaneous communication through Inner Space with Chen Yue and the Demon Souls after their conversion into Ghost Cultivators 602.
• Uniting Three Souls — Cultivation method given to Ji Wuqing to investigate a possible connection to the Female Heavenly Emperor's reincarnated souls 621.

Relationships

• Dachun / Chen Xiaochun — Childhood savior and closest companion; Dachun saved Chen Yi from the Luoding Village massacre and later became connected to the Nine Provinces Cauldron. Chen Yi appoints him the Chen Mansion's first head butler and respects his choice to become the cauldron's Artifact Spirit 1 27 69 174 177 178.
• Chen Yun — Older sister and the family's third sibling; worries over Chen Yi's repeated journeys and eventually learns about his clone before his departure from the Human World. Their later visits preserve a sense of ordinary family life despite his exalted position 29 69 338 646.
• Shen Qingshan — Brother-in-law and supporter; gives Chen Yi four cultivation techniques and two mid-grade Spiritual Artifacts, and later helps him during his lifespan crisis. Chen Yi saves his life and arranges the opportunity for him to merge with Shen Yang, while leaving the choice to him 30 69 302 315 318.
• Chen Jing — Eldest brother; witnesses Chen Yi's rise and takes pride in him. Chen Yi initially avoids solving all of Chen Jing's struggles for him, but later appoints him Great Khan of the Northern Territory and accepts him as his first disciple, requiring monthly lessons 157 317 339 643.
• Chen Yue and Wu Yue — Chen Yue is Chen Yi's long-missing second sister. Wu Yue, initially believed to be Chen Yue under another name, possesses a Heaven Grade Root Bone, Bright Moon Saint Body, and Nine Heavens Soul Spirit and was taken as a disciple by a Real Realm powerhouse. Later clarification establishes that Wu Yue borrowed Chen Yue's body with Xiaoyao God's assistance rather than being Chen Yue herself. Chen Yi reunites with his actual sister in the Real Realm; by his seventh simulation she is technically dead and serves the Underworld, helping him arrange the Demon Souls' conversion and providing protective gifts 192 252 434 601 602.
• Li Lingyue — Important companion and future Dao Protector candidate; Chen Yi leaves her temporarily for her development, and she later catches him after his lifespan collapse. In the seventh simulation, they reunite on Orchid Star and begin their relationship anew because she does not remember their previous simulated relationship. They travel together and help exploited humans 95 302 338 621 622.
• Li Chengqian — Discarded heir of the Qianzhou King; Chen Yi saves him, and Li Chengqian repays him with money, resources, a boat, and political assistance. After Li Chengqian becomes a powerless puppet emperor in reality, Chen Yi publicly supports him and enlists his help in organizing annual Root Bone tests for prospective disciples 74 157 643.
• Sun Cheng'en — General who recognizes Chen Yi's Eidetic Memory and appoints him as a military advisor in simulation. Chen Yi later intervenes to help him and warns him against blind loyalty 14 183 184.
• Hua Wuyan — Dao Protector and former Guardian of the Human World; passes the Guardian role and Earth Spirit technique to Chen Yi. The renewed enthusiasm for cultivation following the Yi Tian Sect's establishment reassures her that she chose the right successor 314 452 645.
• Human World's Earth Spirit — As Guardian, Chen Yi can communicate with the Earth Spirit and perceive the consciousness of living things throughout the Human World. His awareness also includes the world's natural environment, allowing him to detect abnormal geological activity 452 646.
• Long Yang — Friend and fellow Xiaoyao Holy Land disciple; follows Chen Yi into the Formation Dao lineage and is later manipulated into paying for an already-arranged Martial King opportunity 214 254.
• Zhenpin — Martial King ally assisting Chen Yi's Blood Moon investigation; also accompanies him through earlier simulated cultivation journeys and cooperates with his efforts to obtain breakthrough assistance 58 61 263.
• Black Wind / Pofeng — Chen Yi's demonic-aura horse and companion; Chen Yi calls him a brother and tells him to seek him in the Real Realm. They later reunite on Fortune Star 69 173 450 481.
• Sotuofeiren — Martial God ally who accompanies Chen Yi through the Holy Dragon Realm and Dragon Person World. Chen Yi uses him as a weapon against Winged Race cultivators but ensures his survival; Sotuofeiren later accepts the position of chief steward of Chen Mansion. In the seventh simulation, he helps implement Chen Yi's principles for Holy Wing Star's administration 456 460 463 471 621.
• Ji Wuqing — Ji Family member, Kindling Society associate, and long-term Real Realm companion in simulation. Chen Yi's Interpersonal Index identifies her as his closest friend, and she assists his cultivation and provides Divine Arts after he comprehends Wind Control. After the Holy Wing Star campaign, Chen Yi gives her Uniting Three Souls and proposes that she may be connected to the Female Heavenly Emperor's reincarnation; the possibility remains unconfirmed 421 445 621.
• He Xiangdong — Real Realm ally wounded in the battle against Jin Hai. Chen Yi saves his life with a Heaven-Restoring Pill 543.
• Feng Yucheng — Chen Yi's fated enemy and a former White Cloud County conspirator. After becoming a Dragon Person through a Demon Seed, he is used by Chen Yi as a beacon after the Dragon Person World campaign 68 468.
• Eldest Xuanlan and the Five Heroes of Xuanlan — Allies who gather materials and depend on Chen Yi's protection during his interplanar campaigns 458 481.
• Sword Master — Early patron who provides the Sword Heart Immortal Peach, entrusts him with command of the Demon-Extermination Army, and later joins his Ascension Path coalition. Their relationship continues into the seventh simulation's Real Realm campaigns 61 62 90 313 602.
• Shen Yang / Ancestor Shen — Initially an adversary imprisoned in the Myriad Souls Banner, later an ally in the Ascension Path campaign and a source of extensive knowledge. Chen Yi continues learning from him across multiple cultivation paths on Holy Wing Star 108 311 318 621.
• Wang Yanbing and Wang Mingbai — Wealthy Human World acquaintances who support Chen Yi's plans. Wang Yanbing funds the Yi Tian Sect and becomes his disciple; Wang Mingbai also appears among the ascenders involved in his seventh simulation's Real Realm affairs 340 601 602 645.
• Three Hundred Million Demon Souls — Former occupants of the Myriad Souls Banner, including Hu Tiangong and the Qilin Beast. They accept the risks of conversion into Ghost Cultivators and pledge to return whenever Chen Yi calls them to battle 602.
• Li Wentian — Human World powerhouse recruited for the Ascension Path expedition and later an important Expeditionary Army commander. Chen Yi forcibly supplies lifespan-extending treasures in the seventh simulation, then holds a solemn funeral when Li Wentian nevertheless dies 316 621.
• Great Demon — Difficult but longstanding ally recruited for the Ascension Path campaign. After Great Demon leaves Holy Wing Star and is killed in the seventh simulation, Chen Yi creates a cenotaph from his old clothing 315 621.
• Black Hand / Mysterious Man — Powerful opponent investigated through Chen Qi. His changing appearance includes Xiaoyao God, Wan Jianyi, and Shen Wanquan, suggesting involvement in earlier mysteries. Chen Yi confirms his sincere attachment to the Human World but continues concealing his own methods while probing the man's origins and purpose 649 650 651 652.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Black Stone Gang Arc

Chen Yi begins as an abused laborer, infiltrates the Black Stone Gang, then destroys it from within. His campaign against the gang establishes his unwillingness to tolerate those who exploit laborers or collaborate with the Demon Race 7 25 27.

While investigating the aftermath, he finds a red-haired corpse associated with the black-clothed, white-masked attackers who massacred Luoding Village. A former Crimson Heart Sect disciple among Xu Linglong's bandits supplies a further lead, connecting his return home with the continuing search for the massacre's perpetrators 26 28.

Military Advisor Arc

In simulation, Eidetic Memory transforms Chen Yi into Sun Cheng'en's trusted military advisor. He gains access to wealth, cultivation pills, Spiritual Artifacts, intelligence, and a higher social position 14.

Shen Family and Star Domain Arc

Chen Yi investigates the opportunity offered by the Starry Sky Shen Family, enters the Star Domain, uncovers suspicious treatment by the family, and gains Sword Dao-related Entries and cultivation resources 95 97 100 102.

While concealing his true identity, he impersonates Wuji Sword Sect disciple Yi Qianjun at the Star Assembly. His search for Wu Yue there becomes an early stage of his effort to find his missing second sister 191 193.

Human World Defense Arc

Chen Yi destroys Dragon Person Race strongholds, gathers allies across the Five Domains, subdues Demon Kings, and defeats the Four Great Demon Ancestors. His name becomes known throughout the Human World 151 157 179 180.

During the Dragon Person war, he confronts Wuxiang and adapts his methods when direct spatial attacks fail. His projection becomes visible throughout the Human World, inspiring support from commoners, cultivators, family members, and Demon Race allies 291 300.

Xiaoyao Holy Land Arc

As a Formation Dao disciple and later Holy Son candidate, Chen Yi studies under Jiugong Island's masters, manipulates the King-Making Plan for resources, and becomes a Martial King 214 254.

Ascension Path Arc

Chen Yi pursues the Ascension Path to escape the limits of the Void Realm. He organizes a force of 120,000 elite Martial Artists, investigates the Desolate Ancient Secret Realm, and prepares for the Real Realm expedition 309 319 340.

Chen Yi helps defeat and imprison the Five Great City Lords, who are revealed as the force behind Blood Moon. He later crosses the Human World portion of the Ascension Path after using the imprisoned city lords within the Myriad Souls Banner to accumulate 10,000 Heartsteel stacks 323 332 341.

Guardian of the Human World Arc

After inheriting the Earth Spirit's technique, Chen Yi becomes the Human World's Guardian. He gains awareness of the consciousness and suffering of living things across the world while taking responsibility for world-level threats 452.

As Guardian, Chen Yi begins concealing the Five Elements Root Artifacts across different planes and uses foreign Earth Spirits to restore their damaged foundations. He also assumes responsibility for purifying the Sun Moon Tower Artifact Spirit 450 452 456.

His connection to the Human World later alerts him to abnormal earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. An apparently cold star producing magma confirms that the disturbances extend beyond ordinary natural events and prompts further investigation 646.

Real Realm Arc

Upon reaching the Real Realm, Chen Yi witnesses humanity's oppression, conceals his identity when necessary, advances through the local cultivation system, and clashes with alien powers such as the Peace Army 349 365 430 445.

His Real Realm cultivation progresses from Qi Transformation to Core Formation and eventually through the Desolate and Heaven-Reaching Realms in simulations. He also establishes ties with the Ji Family and the Kindling Society while searching for opportunities and resources 382 421 536 538.

Chen Yi reunites with Chen Yue after nearly two hundred years apart and becomes involved in the Kindling Society's struggle against the Peace Army. Jin Hai captures him as bait and prepares a public execution, but Chen Yi later kills the Immortal Lord and confiscates his resources while disguised as Chen Dong 434 445 543.

His seventh simulation ultimately carries him into the Law-Wielding Realm as an Immortal Lord. Inheriting that cultivation gives his real body power beyond what the Void Realm can safely contain 624 641.

Wing World and Fortune Star Arc

Chen Yi enters the Wing World to secure an Earth Spirit for artifact restoration. He demonstrates overwhelming power against the Winged Race, negotiates with its Guardian and the Furry God, and sends Chen Liu to investigate a newly discovered plane 456 458.

On Fortune Star, Chen Yi allows the Winged God Sect's attacks to temper the Righteous Army, dismantles the Star Harbor while sparing Formation Masters, and reunites with Black Wind 481.

Dragon Person World Arc

Chen Yi enters the Dragon Person World to collect artifact-refining materials, incite conflict with the Holy Dragon Realm, and restore the Human World's Five Elements Root Artifacts using foreign Earth Spirits 463 465 468.

He infiltrates the realm through genuine Dragon Person transformation, confronts its Five Elements Palace experts, and persuades the Dragon Person World Lord to allow the use of its Earth Spirit through Chinese-style Succubus 459 464 468.

His negotiations also secure the Dragon Person World's agreement to protect the Human World's Root Artifact against the Black Hand, while Feng Yucheng becomes a Dragon Person beacon for Chen Yi's future use 468.

Underworld Cooperation and Mysterious Maiden Campaign

During his seventh simulation, Chen Yi asks Chen Yue and the Underworld to convert the three hundred million Demon Souls in the Myriad Souls Banner into Ghost Cultivators. Her master can supply the necessary Soul Sea energy, though some souls may fail the conversion and disappear. The souls accept this risk and vow to return if Chen Yi ever calls them to battle 602.

After their farewell, Chen Yi returns to Blaze Star as Siduoduo and announces Heavenly Dragon Kingdom's conquest of the Mysterious Maiden Star System. He deliberately starts the campaign without the Human Race army, exploiting the Alien Race generals' desire to monopolize military merit while leaving humans positioned to strengthen their control over Blaze Star 602.

Holy Wing Star Refuge and Postwar Travels

The seventh simulation achieves its central objective by making Holy Wing Star a relatively peaceful homeland for the Human Race. Through the Wing Ancestor Sect, Sotuofeiren, and other administrators, Chen Yi directs gradual improvements in human treatment, reductions in slavery toward abolition, and support for human cultivation sects 621.

Victory carries substantial losses, including five of the fourteen Kindling Society Immortal Lords brought by Ji Wuqing. Li Wentian later dies despite Chen Yi's attempts to extend his life, while Great Demon resumes his violent activities elsewhere and is killed. Chen Yi establishes a memorial site for these companions and other fallen comrades 621.

Seeking relief from grief, he leaves Holy Wing Star and reunites with Li Lingyue on Orchid Star. They travel together to Hollow Bone Star, where they heal humans exploited for alchemy, and Big Fish Star, where they seek immortal treasures and miraculous herbs. Their companionship begins anew because Li Lingyue has no memories of their earlier simulated relationship 621 622.

Chen Yi concludes that isolated refuges are only a temporary answer to humanity's plight. Complete protection would require strength surpassing every Alien Race, but pursuing such power risks attracting Heavenly Justice. After approximately 150 years since the Holy Wing Star war, he returns to cultivate with his newly fused Tianmang Bone and eventually becomes an Immortal Lord 622 624.

Yi Tian Sect Founding Arc

After inheriting Immortal Lord cultivation, Chen Yi directs Chen Five as a lower-realm public representative to avoid destroying the surrounding Void Realm. Through this representative, he replaces the Northern Territory's Great Khan with Chen Jing, accepts his eldest brother as his first disciple, and supports Emperor Li Chengqian's political authority 641 643.

He recruits promising cultivators remembered from his simulations and asks Li Chengqian to organize annual Root Bone tests. Wang Yanbing supplies funding and becomes a disciple, while institutions across the Human World join the search for talent 643 645.

Two years later, the island-based Yi Tian Sect formally welcomes its first 300 disciples under the creed, “No one graduates without becoming a Martial God!” Chen Yi emphasizes instruction rather than rigid ranks or elaborate disciple customs. The project renews the Human World's enthusiasm for cultivation and gives him a lasting means to pass on his accumulated knowledge 645.

Black Hand Investigation Arc

Following years of teaching, abnormal environmental changes lead Chen Yi to investigate the Black Hand's emergence. Recognizing that the opponent's power exceeds the Void Realm's capacity, he sends Chen Qi to gather information while his original body stays in the Nine Provinces Cauldron with an escape route available 645 646 649.

The mysterious man annihilates an army of the Three-Eyed Race and survivors from other planes, while Chen Qi survives through Immortal Power. The man identifies the clone as a Dao Protector and claims to have anticipated his arrival through the Heavenly Constellation ability Know the Future. His appearance shifts among familiar figures, raising the possibility that he inhabited people connected to earlier suspicious events 650.

The man states that he came from the Real Realm after dying and has spent over thirty thousand years seeking a way to become immortal without returning there. Through Eavesdrop on Inner Thoughts, Chen Yi confirms the sincerity of his attachment to the Human World and his reluctance to destroy it 650 651.

To keep the conversation moving without revealing the Simulator, Chen Yi has Chen Qi claim that he can travel into possible futures and return to the present. He deliberately fills his thoughts with fictional time-travel imagery in case the opponent can also read minds. The exchange reveals the mysterious man's extensive understanding of temporal rules, while his full identity and unfinished mission remain unresolved 652.

Trivia

• Chen Yi was unable to cultivate at the beginning of the story because he had no Root Bone. After obtaining Low-Grade Bone Structure, he could cultivate, and he later replaced it with High-Grade Bone Structure through Private Customization 1 7 131.
• Before gaining the Simulator, he drew White Entries for seventeen consecutive years 1.
• He prefers spears to swords, though he is highly proficient with both 198.
• He calls himself the “head disciple of the Steel Sect” because of his enthusiasm for stacking Heartsteel 202.
• He leaves clone Chen Four in the Human World to comfort loved ones, monitor key events, and provide information from a second timeline 338.
• Chen Yi's speed at the Mid-Desolate Realm is sufficient to slice open space merely through flight, leaving spatial rifts behind him 450.
• He once disguised himself as Wuji Sword Sect disciple Yi Qianjun during the Star Assembly and later used the identity Chen Dong while confronting Jin Hai in the Real Realm 191 543.
• He also introduces himself as Shen Yi while using the Shen Family's name and martial arts against Demon Kings 179 180.
• His height is approximately 1.8 meters before combat transformations 180.
• He names his niece Shen Jia 69.
• At twenty years old, his true cultivation is mid-stage Martial Saint, while Eternal Half-Emperor gives him mid-stage Martial God power 310.
• Chen Jing is both his eldest brother and his first disciple, leading them to jokingly keep their family and master–disciple forms of address separate 643.
• He expresses an intention to write a book about his legendary experiences and eventually reveal them to the whole world 643.
• The Yi Tian Sect's founding creed requires every disciple to become a Martial God before graduating 645.
• His explanation of “time travel” to the Black Hand is a deliberate bluff protecting the secret of his Simulator, not an established description of its actual mechanism 652.