Contents
Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Gu Chen (顾辰) 3 |
| Alias(es) | Gu Beichen, his martial-arts group name; Old Immortal Nanhua, an identity he assumes; Haotian, the Heavenly Emperor recognized by the Kunlun guardians 16 219 521 |
| Gender | Male 78 |
| Affiliation | Wing Chun White Crane Fist’s Coastal City branch; Shang Tang and the Central Province army; Primordial Heavenly Court 77 338 521 |
| Occupation/Role | Author of Dragon Snake; Gym Guardian Fist Master; creator of supernatural worlds and cultivation systems; commander of Central Province’s army through his Mortal Body 3 77 338 |
| Status | Active; his main body is a Golden Immortal 334 530 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 3 3 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Seeing the Divine — mental realm | 12 | Reached through his mental connection with Li Hansha while Gu Chen’s own body was still ordinary. |
| Pillaring Vigorous Strength Grandmaster | 12 | Spent 50,000 Origin Points to strengthen his own body; initially needed time to adjust to the sudden power. |
| Human Immortal Martial Dao: Five Organs Chapter | 44 | Spent 100,000 Origin Points to master it, gaining Qi and Blood Power that could strike beyond his body. |
| Marrow Cleansing and Blood Changing | 65 77 | Crossed both stages in one leap for 200,000 Origin Points. |
| Peak Martial Dao Human Immortal | 80 | Spent 300,000 Origin Points to advance from Blood Changing; formed 1,080,000 Qi and Blood acupoints and gained flight. |
| Qi Refining → Foundation Establishment | 134 | Advanced rapidly in Daoist cultivation using his Martial Dao Human Immortal body as a foundation. |
| Half-step Gangsha | 135 | Had begun gathering the baleful qi needed for the next realm. |
| Gangsha Realm | 160 161 | Compressed spiritual energy and baleful qi with his powerful physique, forming Seven-Colored Gangsha Qi. |
| Golden Core Realm True Person | 196 197 | Spent 400,000 Origin Points to form a Seven-Colored Golden Core; endured a vast lightning tribulation with help from the Immortal Han cities’ formations. |
| Land Immortal | 219 | Assumed the identity of Old Immortal Nanhua; his Golden Core fused with a primordial-spirit phantom, multiplying his combat strength. |
| Human Immortal — Primordial Spirit path | 277 278 | Tempered his Primordial Spirit through the Heavenly and Earth Tribulations before returning to his original body. |
| Half-step Golden Core — Mortal Body | 304 | His separated Mortal Body revealed this level to his old group-chat companions; it is distinct from the main body’s cultivation. |
| Heavenly Immortal-level combat — Mortal Body | 338 | Drew on power shared with the advancing main body to defeat an Evil God ambush. |
| Heavenly Immortal → Golden Immortal — main body | 332 334 | Began the ascension after manifesting the relevant cultivation methods; emerged from nearly a century of seclusion as a Golden Immortal. |
Background and Story Role
Gu Chen writes Dragon Snake anonymously and uses the Refine Falsehood Into Truth system to make fictional martial artists and practices real. Public attention generates Origin Points, which he reinvests in new people, ruins, worlds and cultivation methods. His early creations include Li Hansha, a Pillaring Grandmaster avatar whom he can direct by linking their minds 3 7 12.
He initially works behind the scenes. He guides his martial-arts group toward clues to the Wu Ming Ruins, later creates the Martial Dao Human Immortal Pei Canghai, and uses Pei’s body to take part in events while concealing his own identity 17 53 64. As his resources grow, he establishes the Daotang, Immortal Han and Mythical Great Qin cultivation paths, seeking a connected route toward immortality 134 193 273.
After attaining Human Immortal power through his Primordial Spirit, Gu Chen preserves his original flesh as a separate Mortal Body. The Mortal Body lives among people and maintains his worldly connections while the main body cultivates. During the main body’s long seclusion, the Mortal Body rises to command hundreds of millions of Central Province troops 278 303 338.
Gu Chen later brings the Shang Zhou Investiture of the Gods world into being, reaches the Golden Immortal level, and chooses to let his Mortal Body take a more public role. Recognized as Haotian by the Kunlun guardians, he works to restore and populate the Primordial Heavenly Court 304 334 338 521 524.
Appearance
Gu Chen can appear unremarkable despite his strength: at the Coastal City gym, he wears a black tracksuit and is noted for his handsome face and youthful appearance 74 141.
- Main body — later wears a moon-white Daoist robe and has a cool, detached bearing 521.
- Mortal Body — shares his face but wears imperial robes and carries himself as a commanding ruler 521.
- Blood Changing sign — once emitted a pleasant natural fragrance that Fang Xiu mistook for perfume; it disappeared after his Martial Dao Human Immortal breakthrough 77 80.
Personality
Gu Chen is a patient planner who prefers to shape events without revealing himself. He chooses secluded sites for conspicuous breakthroughs, creates identities to act in public, and considers how each supernatural event will affect attention and Origin Point income 17 53 78 194. He is also willing to spend those points on wider opportunities, including cultivation methods and Heavenly Court inheritances for others 85 524.
With his friends, he is more playful and generous: he offers cultivation guidance, helps Zhao Ning obtain instruction, and gives Fang Xiu and her companions a route into Shang service 195 304 332. In combat, he enjoys a worthy challenge and presses opponents who can withstand his attacks 486 488. His main body grows increasingly detached, while his Mortal Body retains a taste for comfort and ordinary life 521.
Abilities & Skills
Refine Falsehood Into Truth
Gu Chen’s system turns his designs into real people, places, artifacts and cultivation methods. The cost in Origin Points rises with a creation’s power 53 193 330.
- Manifested martial artists, historical figures and entire settings, including Immortal Han and the Shang Zhou Investiture of the Gods world 3 175 304.
- Created cultivation methods and distributed them to their intended practitioners 134 193 332.
- Confirmed that intelligent aliens can also generate Origin Points, greatly expanding the potential reach of his plans 273.
Multiple Bodies and Remote Control
- Can project his consciousness into manifested figures such as Li Hansha and Pei Canghai 3 53 64.
- Turned his original body into a separate Mortal Body after his Primordial Spirit breakthrough; the two remain connected and can share memories 278 304 334.
Martial Arts and Qi and Blood Power
- Uses precise grappling, footwork and redirection; he held a stronger Blood Qi Puppet at bay while limiting the strength he displayed 30.
- His 1,080,000 acupoints supply immense Qi and Blood Power. His Blood Qi Manifestation Method shapes that power through visualization; his starry-sky manifestation devastated a mountain range 80 85.
- Can bring Human Immortal Martial Dao close-combat power to bear through his Golden Immortal body, including an enormous golden warrior form 447.
Daoist and Immortal Techniques
- Refined five-element, yin and yang baleful qi into versatile Seven-Colored Gangsha Qi, then formed a Seven-Colored Golden Core 161 197.
- Uses far-reaching Spiritual Sense and Golden Immortal power; after his breakthrough, his senses could cover nearly ten million li in radius 334.
- Acquired the Innate Five-Colored Divine Light and used it to subdue three resistant Ancient Starry Sky Sacred Artifacts 455 456.
- Combined Samadhi Divine Wind, Samadhi True Fire and his saber into the blade technique Windfire Across the Sky 505.
Equipment and Creations
- Thousand Tribulations — a black, Golden Immortal-level Spiritual Treasure saber reforged with Nezha’s help. It can damage bodies, souls and consciousness 353 357.
- Investiture of the Gods — a manifested scroll whose permissions Gu Chen alone controls through hidden safeguards 357.
- Innate Five-Colored Divine Light — a manifested supernatural ability used to overcome artifact spirits 455 456.
- Horned Sacred Beast’s Howl, Qiongtun and Knight’s Oath Heart — Ancient Starry Sky Sacred Artifacts he subdued after winning his wager with Yingyue 454 456.
Relationships
- Fang Xiu — group-chat friend and director of the gym that appointed him Guardian Fist Master. He later supports her cultivation and military career 16 77 338.
- Liu Qing’er — group-chat friend who provides him with the Coastal City laboratory’s location; later receives opportunities through his Shang connections 44 332.
- Ye Zhen, Wang Xiaoai, Li Xingming and Zhou Haiyan — longtime group-chat companions. Gu Chen fights alongside them and, after decades apart, shares guidance on the Gangsha and Golden Core realms 30 304.
- Qin Miaowei — meets Gu Chen while he is controlling Pei Canghai; after he rescues her, she becomes his Human Immortal Martial Dao disciple 53 84 85.
- Zhao Ning — student he accompanies into Hanzhong and quietly helps secure instruction from Zhuge Liang 194 195 196.
- Yingyue — Aorong Star Hall knight bound by a wager to serve as his personal maid for one hundred years. He intervenes when her former Hall tries to take her back and later teaches her Human Immortal Martial Dao 456 515 516 530.
- Mortal Body Gu Chen — his separated original body and worldly counterpart; it manages affairs during the main body’s seclusion 278 303 334.
Notable Quotes
“All methods are contained within. Take from them what your insight and talent allow.” 6
“Creating a world. Do not disturb!!” 123