Gu Chen

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Gu Chen (顾辰)
Alias(es)	Li Hansha; Master Beichen; “Gu Chen” mortal body
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Coastal City Wing Chun White Crane Fist Branch; Central Continent military; Shang Tang Divine Dynasty
Occupation/Role	Mastermind behind the Refine Falsehood Into Truth phenomena; cultivator; Gym Guardian Fist Master; military commander
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 3

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Pillaring Vigorous Strength Grandmaster body	3	Connects his mind to the refined Li Hansha avatar and travels under that identity.
Shattering the Void, Seeing the Gods mental realm	13	Obtained through Li Hansha; helps him adapt to a Pillaring Grandmaster body.
Marrow Cleansing and Blood Changing Chapters	65	Spends Origin Points earned from the Ming Emperor Mausoleum incident to cross two major realms; gains jade bones and fragrant divine blood.
Martial Dao Human Immortal	80	Uses Refine Falsehood Into Truth to condense 1.08 million Qi and Blood Acupoints at the cost of 300,000 Origin Points.
Foundation Establishment	146	States that consuming a five-hundred-year-old Purple Leaf Cloud Ganoderma allowed him to break through.
Half-step Gangsha	135	Possesses violent spiritual energy and gathered malevolent qi; considers himself able to suppress his group friends through realm alone.
Gangsha Realm	160	Uses 1,000,000 Origin Points to advance after collecting sufficient Gangsha Qi.
Seven-Colored Gangsha Qi	161	Refines Five Elements and Yin-Yang malevolent qi, granting transformations that can be heavy, fluid, or sharp.
Golden Core Realm True Person	197	Condenses an unprecedented Seven-Colored Golden Core with system assistance; survives a sea-of-lightning tribulation aided by the Eight Formations Diagram.
Land Immortal-level Primordial Spirit Power	228	Can skillfully wield Land Immortal-level Primordial Spirit Power while retaining Golden Core cultivation.
Immortal Body / Pure Yang Primordial Spirit body	277, 298	Completes tribulation and sheds his mortal form, gaining an immortal body forged from Pure Yang Primordial Spirit Power.
Heavenly Immortal	336	His main body reaches the Heavenly Immortal realm while continuing toward Golden Immortal.
Golden Immortal	439, 440	Uses the Human Immortal Martial Dao through a Golden Immortal body in battle against three alien prodigies.
Emperor-level	436	Overwhelms Heavenly Immortal-level opponents through physical strength alone.

Background / History

Gu Chen initially exploits the popularity of martial-arts videos and the novel Dragon Snake to collect Origin Points. He uses them to refine martial artists into reality, distribute them around Cloud Hidden Mountain, and promote national martial arts through carefully staged events. While controlling a Pillaring Grandmaster avatar, he adopts the alias Li Hansha and travels toward Fuzhou. 3

He develops the Human Immortal Martial Dao as both a personal cultivation path and a public supernatural framework. Through Li Hansha, he opens paths in the Wu Ming Ruins, releases Basiba’s demonized remnant under controlled circumstances, and turns resulting conflicts into increasingly influential spectacles. 36 49

Gu Chen later creates Pei Canghai, a Martial Dao Human Immortal with 1.08 million acupoints. Pei Canghai is effectively a second clone: Gu Chen can project his consciousness into him, while the body retains its own memories and behavioral settings when unattended. 53

After establishing Daoist cultivation through the Daotang Grotto-Heaven Small World, Gu Chen begins using larger historical and mythological scenarios—including Immortal Han, Mythical Great Qin, the Hundred Schools of Thought, and the Shang-Zhou Investiture of the Gods world—to expand Blue Star’s supernatural foundation and accumulate Origin Points. 134 176 230 306

Following his ascension beyond mortality, Gu Chen separates into a Pure Yang Immortal Body that remains behind the scenes and a mortal body that continues operating publicly. The latter commands military forces, handles political affairs, and serves as a visible authority within Shang Tang. 299 336

Appearance

Gu Chen is usually perceived as an unusually young and handsome man with an ordinary build, causing many martial artists and onlookers to underestimate him. His appearance varies significantly when he acts through avatars or adopts historical identities. 74 141

• Often wears a black tracksuit in modern settings. 69 74
• His Blood Changing cultivation causes him to emit a distinctive natural fragrance. 77
• In the Daotang Grotto-Heaven, he grows long black hair, ties it into a Daoist-style topknot, and changes into coarse linen clothing. 125 126
• His Pei Canghai avatar has appeared in plain clothes with hair tied in a simple bun, projecting a calm but oppressive presence. 61
• As a Golden Immortal, he can transform into a golden war-god-like form while wielding the Human Immortal Martial Dao. 440
• His mortal body later appears in Blackbird Emperor robes while presiding over the Investiture Platform. 358

Personality

Gu Chen is patient, calculating, and highly conscious of public perception. He prefers to reveal supernatural phenomena gradually, planting clues and creating uncertainty so that discoveries feel valuable and generate more Origin Points. 126 176 230

He is cautious about control. When manifesting beings, cultivation systems, and artifacts, he installs settings, backdoors, or contingency plans to ensure they cannot turn against him. 53 355

Despite increasingly treating the world as a grand script, Gu Chen occasionally seeks ordinary experiences to retain his humanity. After gaining immense power, he becomes concerned that his role as a mastermind is distancing him from ordinary emotions and life. 160 298

He can be playful and teasing toward people he finds interesting, but usually conceals his true cultivation and intentions from even his closest acquaintances. 54 77 118

Abilities & Skills

Refine Falsehood Into Truth

Gu Chen’s system allows him to materialize fictional, historical, and mythological concepts into reality through Origin Point expenditure.

• Creates martial artists, avatars, creatures, relics, cultivation systems, cities, secret realms, and entire historical settings. 3 176 230 306
• Can provide manifested beings with memories, personalities, identities, and behavioral settings. 3 53
• Uses the ability to establish the Human Immortal Martial Dao, Daotang cultivation, Immortal Han, Mythical Great Qin, and the Investiture of the Gods world. 134 228 329
• Frequently spends Origin Points to strengthen the foundations of manifested factions and worlds to maintain narrative balance. 161 202

Origin Point Harvesting

Gu Chen gains Origin Points from public attention, belief, fear, discussion, and the expanding influence of his manifestations.

• Earns 150,000 Origin Points in a single day after martial-arts videos attract widespread attention. 3
• Gains 650,000 Origin Points from the Ming Emperor Mausoleum spectacle. 65
• Receives 1,000,000 Origin Points after the Daoist Three Great Sects’ global campaigns. 160
• Accumulates millions through Immortal Han, Mythical Great Qin, and mythological manifestations. 191 228 306

Consciousness Projection and Clone Control

Gu Chen can remotely project his mind and will into bodies created through Refine Falsehood Into Truth.

• Controls Li Hansha, a Pillaring Grandmaster avatar, to promote the Human Immortal Martial Dao. 3 49
• Controls Pei Canghai, the Martial Dao Human Immortal, even while his main body remains elsewhere. 53 70
• Can manage separate battles and physical tasks at the same time through divided attention. 74
• Projects consciousness into manifested worlds and figures to observe, intervene, or test their power. 129 171

Human Immortal Martial Dao

Gu Chen’s foundational martial path emphasizes physical strength, Qi and Blood, acupoints, and close-quarters combat.

• Reaches the Martial Dao Human Immortal stage with 1.08 million Qi and Blood Acupoints. 80
• Can suppress martial opponents through physical ability alone without releasing Qi and Blood techniques. 118
• Uses Explosive Vitality, detonating acupoints to magnify his power at the cost of recovery time. 64 70
• Can perform the Human Immortal Martial Dao through a Golden Immortal body, creating a vastly amplified golden war-god form. 440
• His Human Immortal Martial Dao Body can shatter space with physical strength. 475

Daoist Cultivation

Gu Chen cultivates the Daotang system alongside martial arts, progressing through Foundation Establishment, Gangsha, and Golden Core.

• Uses Foundation Establishment spiritual light to levitate. 146
• Refines Seven-Colored Gangsha Qi containing Five Elements and Yin-Yang transformations. 161
• Condenses an unparalleled Seven-Colored Golden Core. 197
• Possesses Pure Yang Primordial Spirit Power capable of reaching targets across spatial distance. 280
• His immortal body becomes emotionally detached after shedding mortality, approaching the “ruthlessness” associated with the Great Dao. 298

Innate Five-Colored Divine Light

A divine ability manifested to overcome the incompatible power systems of ancient stellar sacred artifacts.

• Sweeps away or destroys targets associated with the Five Elements. 448
• Subdues the spirits of the Horned Sacred Beast’s Howl, Qiongtun, and Knight’s Oath Heart simultaneously. 449
• Allows Gu Chen to use artifacts that initially reject his Golden Immortal power. 448 449

Martial Arts Mastery

Gu Chen is an accomplished hand-to-hand fighter even when concealing his cultivation.

• Defeats three Hidden Strength fist masters during the contest for Gym Guardian Fist Master. 77
• Subdues a Japanese Judo expert with a single palm strike. 141
• Uses refined footwork and boxing techniques to suppress Evil Monks without Qi and Blood Power. 118
• Is particularly dangerous in melee combat, where alien prodigies are overwhelmed after attempting to close distance. 439 440

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Jade Talisman — Contains the aura and coordinates of the Daotang Grotto-Heaven Small World, allowing entry into it. 125
• Marshal’s Order — Grants his mortal body control over the Central Continent’s military forces. 336
• Thousand Tribulations — Gu Chen’s personal Spiritual Treasure; used against the Starfall Great Emperor and preferred over captured stellar relics. 450 475
• Horned Sacred Beast’s Howl — Ancient stellar sacred artifact seized from Prince Sike. 441
• Qiongtun — One of three ancient stellar sacred artifacts subdued with the Five-Colored Divine Light. 449
• Knight’s Oath Heart — Ancient sacred artifact returned to Yingyue after her submission. 450
• Investiture of the Gods — A materialized artifact-system with altered functions, backdoors, and permissions reserved for Gu Chen’s control. 355

Relationships

• Li Hansha — Pillaring Grandmaster avatar controlled through Gu Chen’s consciousness; used to spread national martial arts and stage the Wu Ming Ruins events. 3 49
• Pei Canghai — Martial Dao Human Immortal avatar and Gu Chen’s “second clone”; Gu Chen often acts through this body in major conflicts. 53 61 70
• Fang Xiu — Head curator of the Wing Chun White Crane Fist Branch; appoints Gu Chen as Gym Guardian Fist Master and repeatedly suspects that he is concealing much greater strength. 74 77 118
• Liu Qing’er, Wang Xiaoai, Li Xingming, Ye Zhen, Zhou Haiyan — Longtime “Idiot Group” / “Jun Yang” friends who admire, envy, and increasingly struggle to comprehend Gu Chen’s true depth. 146 302 336
• Qin Miaowei — Lively girl who encounters Pei Canghai; her curiosity and attachment exhaust Gu Chen while he controls the avatar. 54 85
• Yingyue — Alien knight commander defeated alongside Prince Sike and Saintess Lisi; becomes Gu Chen’s maid after losing a wager over sacred artifacts. 449 450
• Zhuge Kongming — Manifested Immortal Han strategist whose Eight Formations Diagram suppresses and divides Gu Chen’s Golden Core lightning tribulation. 197
• The System — Source of Gu Chen’s Refine Falsehood Into Truth power and the mechanism through which he spends Origin Points to materialize phenomena. 3 383

Story Role / Major Arcs

National Martial Arts and Wu Ming

Gu Chen begins as an anonymous architect of national-martial-arts phenomena, using Li Hansha and created martial artists to make the Human Immortal Martial Dao believable to the public. He engineers the Wu Ming Ruins crisis and Basiba’s return to expand the system’s influence. 3 36 49

Martial Dao Human Immortal

By manifesting Pei Canghai and eventually reaching the Martial Dao Human Immortal realm himself, Gu Chen escalates from local martial conflicts to battles against Basiba and foreign fleets. 53 64 80

Daotang Grotto-Heaven

Gu Chen creates and tests the Daotang Cave Heaven Small World, spreads clues to make access desirable, and introduces a Daoist cultivation system to modern cultivators. 125 126 134

Immortal Han and Mythical Great Qin

After reaching Golden Core, Gu Chen manifests Immortal Han Ancient City, then Mythical Great Qin and the Hundred Schools of Thought, partly in preparation for increasingly dangerous extraterrestrial civilizations. 176 197 228 230

Osta Expedition and Immortal Ascension

Gu Chen confronts the Osta Civilization through Great Qin, completes his tribulation, gains an immortal body, and divides his immortal and mortal selves into separate roles. 277 299 301

Shang-Zhou and Ancient Heavenly Court

Gu Chen manifests mythological beasts, Shang Dynasty figures, the Investiture of the Gods, and eventually the prototype of the Ancient Heavenly Court’s Thirty-Six Heavens. His mortal body becomes a public military and political authority while his main body continues expanding the world’s supernatural ceiling. 306 328 355 383

Starfall Conflict

As a Golden Immortal-level powerhouse, Gu Chen defeats Prince Sike, Yingyue, and Saintess Lisi, claims their sacred artifacts, and later confronts the Starfall Great Emperor using his Human Immortal Martial Dao Body and Thousand Tribulations. 441 449 475

Notable Quotes

“You can call me ‘Li Hansha.’ Don’t address me as ‘Master.’ I’m just an unremarkable seeker of the Way.” 3

“Perhaps I have a talent for cultivation, and my luck has been good.” 146

“I have to say you made a wrong decision...” 313

Trivia

• Gu Chen’s natural fragrance after his Blood Changing breakthrough is repeatedly mistaken for perfume. 74 77
• He once enters Ye Zhen’s dream using Incense Wish Power and is confronted by Ye Zhen’s exaggerated chuunibyou fantasy. 94
• His friends frequently call him the group’s most secretive member because his true strength consistently exceeds their expectations. 146 302
• Gu Chen intentionally leaves clues, relics, and scripted traces behind so that others will “discover” the worlds he has already created. 126 230 329