Dongfang Chacha

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Dongfang Chacha (东方茶茶)
Alias(es)	Dongfang Zhazha; Liu Huo (temporary disguise) 56 218
Gender	Female
Age	Eighteen during the Sword One Peak events 218 258
Affiliation	Dongfang Family; connected to the Lu Family through her paternal aunt, the Lu Family Matriarch 218
Occupation/Role	Cultivator; Dongfang Family young lady
First Appearance	Chapter 43

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Second Tier, 2.3	56	First stated level; she confidently considers herself able to defeat Lu Shui's apparent 2.1 cultivation. She later states that she could already perform Sword Flight while at Second Tier. 258
2.7	146 157	A fortuitous encounter raises her cultivation to 2.7 and awakens her Merit Eye. Soon afterward, she uses its golden light to form a stable construct for Sword Flight.
Third Tier Comprehension, 3.1	202 218	Successfully endures a Merit Tribulation and enters the Third Tier. She later unseals her concealed cultivation during a challenge match, revealing a level of 3.1.
Third Tier, 3.2	363	Her cultivation is exposed at 3.2 in the Stone Gate's lower layer before she reseals it to appear as 2.3.

Background

Dongfang Chacha is Dongfang Yeming's daughter and a remarkably young cultivator whose talent initially remains concealed. Her advancement to the Third Tier at eighteen shocks Sword One Peak cultivators, who consider her cultivation exceptional for her age. 218 369

She possesses unusually abundant merit and fortune. Her family treats her Merit Tribulation as a major event, preparing high-quality auxiliary formations for it, while Heavenly Secrets Tower's divination identifies her as a “Favored Child of the Era” with a path largely free of calamity. 201 280

Her right eye awakens following a fortuitous encounter. The eye becomes golden and manifests abilities beyond ordinary cultivation, leading her family and Mu Xue to require that she normally keep it sealed beneath an eye mask. 146 258 317

Appearance

Dongfang Chacha normally wears an eye mask over her right eye to restrain its power. When unsealed, the eye is golden and produces golden light. 146 258

• Her right eye becomes a conspicuous golden pupil when her Merit Eye is active. 146
• She often carries or wears Dou Ya, a bean sprout she protects carefully and insists on calling a bean sprout even when others call it a flower. 258 262
• Her eye mask was given to her by her maternal aunt. 258

Personality

Chacha is curious, impulsive, and highly theatrical. She once donned a mask and impersonated Liu Huo solely to satisfy her vanity, complete with imposing speech and special effects; Lu Shui responded by punching her and sending her flying. 56

Despite her recklessness, she is considerate of people she recognizes as family or friends. She declines the Dao Treasury inheritance opportunity so that “Dongfang Didi” can have it, and she comforts Weak Water Three Thousand by washing her hair with shampoo made by her mother. 95 221

She wants to become strong enough that no one can defeat her, often equating strength with being able to do whatever she wishes. Even so, she follows Xiang Yu's safety instructions when she understands a situation is dangerous and accepts Mu Xue's guidance readily. 262 270 345

Abilities & Skills

Merit Eye

Chacha's awakened right eye draws on extraordinary merit and produces golden light. It is capable of materializing constructs and perceiving things inaccessible to ordinary sight. 146 317

• Creates objects from golden light, including a sword-like platform beneath her feet. 146 157
• Produces a Merit Aura that drives demonic and evil presences away. 216
• Can form glowing characters in the air while she writes. 345
• Sees through a space gate's outer screen and into its interior. 317
• Its power is normally sealed by her eye mask because excessive use can overwhelm her and cause her to faint. 258 317
• Cannot be fully used in some sealed or abnormal spaces. 362

Sword Flight

Rather than using a conventional sword, Chacha forms a stable golden “sword” beneath herself through her Merit Eye and rides it through the air. 157

• She claims she could perform Sword Flight as early as the Second Tier. 258
• Her Sword Flight later becomes strong enough to impress the Heavenly Maiden Sect. 498
• It is unavailable when her cultivation and eye power are suppressed. 362

Third Tier Cultivation

Chacha can conceal her actual cultivation and reveal it only when necessary. 218 363

• Fought Fairy Shi Yi in a Third Tier challenge match using fists, sword attacks, and magic treasures. 218
• Forced Shi Yi to use her Perception Dao Shadow during their match. 218
• Won the match after deploying her powerful treasures. 219
• Her raw cultivation is exceptional, though Mu Xue judges her combat talent to be comparatively weak. 218

Merit Method

Ruoshui Sanqian teaches Chacha a new Merit Method before collapsing from her condition. 223

Equipment / Items

• Golden Light Mirror — A magic treasure containing the artifact spirit Little Mirror. Its output scales to Chacha's cultivation; she deploys it during her match with Shi Yi. 219
• Eye mask — Seals or restrains her overly strong eye power. 258
• Path to Godhood — A book given to her by the Sole True God of Heaven and Earth after their encounter. 192
• Dou Ya — Her unusual bean sprout companion, which she carefully protects and brings on adventures. 258 270
• Fishing rod — Bought by Xiang Yu for her after Lu Shui's suggestion; used in the Great Dao Maze. 270

Relationships

• Dongfang Yeming — Her father and the Dongfang Family Patriarch; his status gives her access to powerful family resources. 218 219
• Lu Family Matriarch — Her paternal aunt, establishing Chacha's close connection to the Lu Family. 218
• Lu Shui — Her “Lu Shui's cousin” / “Dongfang Didi.” He repeatedly rescues her but also beats her when she provokes him or imitates Liu Huo. 54 56 327
• Mu Xue — Chacha calls her “sister-in-law” and trusts her instructions, particularly concerning the safe use of her Merit Eye. 221 345
• Xiang Yu — Her loyal attendant and protector, who teaches Chacha caution and accompanies her through dangerous locations. 49 262 362
• Ruoshui Sanqian — A trapped senior whom Chacha aids with simple kindness; later teaches her a Merit Method. 221 223
• Fairy Qianyin — Chacha assists her in a Third Tier challenge match against Shi Yi. 216 218
• Heavenly Secrets Tower — A fortune teller who tries to recruit Chacha into the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion after divining her extraordinary future. 279 280
• Yalin and Yanyue — Younger companions whom Chacha includes in games, adventures, and opportunities to ask Liu Huo questions. 311 503 504

Story Role / Major Arcs

Barren Grassland Incident

Chacha joins An Yu's group near the Barren Grassland's giant pit. She secretly follows An Yu into danger, is immobilized by the fierce beast's aura, and is later rescued alongside An Yu by Lu Shui and Zhen Ling. 48 49 54

Liu Huo Impersonation and Dao Treasury

While near the Heavenly Pool River, Chacha disguises herself as Liu Huo and attempts to intimidate Lu Shui. He sees through her act and knocks her down. 56

At the Dao Treasury inheritance site, she chooses not to ascend Dao Mountain, preferring to leave the inheritance for Lu Shui because she views him as her younger brother. 95

Merit Eye and Merit Tribulation

A fortuitous encounter awakens Chacha's Merit Eye and raises her cultivation. She experiments with its ability to materialize objects and completes Sword Flight soon afterward. 146 157

Her subsequent Merit Tribulation successfully raises her into Third Tier Comprehension. Though initially unsure what a tribulation even is, she prepares with her family's formations and endures the unique heavenly tribulation. 201 202

Autumn Scenery Palace Challenge Match

Chacha volunteers to fight Shi Yi for Qianyin. After revealing her concealed Third Tier cultivation, she faces Shi Yi's Perception Dao Shadow and Annihilation Bead before relying on the Golden Light Mirror and Little Mirror to win. 217 218 219

Great Dao Maze

Stranded on a tiny island in the Great Dao Maze, Chacha fishes until she encounters a golden fish that transforms into a dragon and then a phoenix. The resulting golden light enters her right eye and causes an anomaly on the Great Dao Stele Inscription. 270

The Great Dao's influence leaves her unconscious afterward until Mu Xue uses a rune to help stabilize and sort the power within her. 277

Stone Gate and True God Events

A Seven Colors Light pulls Chacha and Xiang Yu through the Stone Gate into an unfamiliar space where their cultivation and eye power are initially suppressed. 360 362

Once they regain access to their abilities, Chacha reaches the lower layer, reveals her 3.2 cultivation by accident, and obtains several glowing fruit pits by threatening a mole. 363

She later helps Xiang Yu investigate a formation leading upward and encounters the Sole True God of Heaven and Earth again. 367

Notable Quotes

“Do I count as a person?” 217

“But gods live underwater, they surely have no pastries to eat, no new clothes to wear, and can't even help people wash their hair. It must be so lonely being a god.” 241

Trivia

• Chacha calls Lu Shui “Lu Shui's cousin” and “Dongfang Didi,” even when others know him by different names. 56 95
• She regards intellectual dominance as part of becoming strong and challenges others to riddle games. 311
• She considers defeating the Ice Phoenix an essential step on her path toward invincibility. 434 453
• She frequently trips, falls, gets launched, or is sent flying during her adventures. 56 228 465