Biodata

Feature Value
Name Chen Huang (陈荒)
Alias(es) Huang; Mr. Huang; Newly Promoted God King
Gender Male
Affiliation Chat Group; Little Grass Dessert Shop; Qingyun Academy
Occupation/Role Soul Master; cultivator; blacksmith; entrepreneur; academy dean; alchemist
Status Alive
First Appearance Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level Chapter Notes
Initial cultivation of the Pure Yang Limitless Skill 6 Received the manual from Zhang Sanfeng through the Chat Group and made initial progress.
Soul Power Level 10 36 Graduated from Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy and prepared to acquire a first Soul Ring.
First Soul Ring 40 Absorbed a thousand-year Soul Ring from a cat-headed dog despite Tang Hao's warnings about the risk.
Soul Power Level 34; third Soul Skill 115 Absorbed the ten-thousand-year Arrow Feather Lotus Soul Ring and gained Flower Leaf Arrow Rain; revealed Undying Arrow Rain as his third Soul Skill.
Second Martial Soul awakened 131 Purchased and awakened the Heavenly Eye Martial Soul, causing a continent-wide spiritual-force disturbance.
Battle Soul King; five rings 175 Reached five-ring status by the time Yu Tianheng sought a sparring match.
Magic Power Level 78–79 236 Digested two Dragon King-level Soul Bones, each contributing roughly four levels of Magic Power.
Seventh Heavenly Eye Soul Ring 281 Absorbed the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler's dark-red, gold-patterned Soul Ring into the Heavenly Eye.
Celestial being / god-level combatant 330 Yang Chan considered him close to a celestial being at Level 100, while noting his combat ability already surpassed many immortals.
Advanced Level Five 388 Reached the advanced stage of Level Five after reorganizing his powers and gaining guidance from True Lord Yu Ding.
Level Six 389 His God Realm clone had reached Level Six by the epilogue.

Background / History

Chen Huang was a modern farmer from Earth who reincarnated into the body of a weak, sickly baby on the Douluo Continent. Learning that Martial Souls awaken at age six, he began training his body early and chose to study blacksmithing under Tang Hao, who taught him the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer technique 1.

After joining a cross-world Chat Group, Chen Huang exchanged foreknowledge for cultivation knowledge. Zhang Sanfeng gave him the Pure Yang Limitless Skill, beginning his path beyond ordinary Soul Master cultivation 6. He later supplemented it with Taijiquan, lightning body refinement, the Whole Body Strength method, and eventually the Three Treasures Immortal Elixir Art 13 22 55 177.

Before becoming a major power, Chen Huang built his wealth through the Little Grass dessert business. His candied hawthorn and cotton candy became popular in Nuoding City; the business eventually expanded to twelve stores across Fasnuo Province 20 36.

He founded Qingyun Academy, naming it after the great roc “soaring to great heights.” His stated vision was to help students exceed their original potential while cultivating their character as well as their strength 261.

Appearance

After assimilating Dragon King-level Soul Bones, Chen Huang's eyes became asymmetrical: one blue-gold and one crimson-gold. His completed National Martial Body Refinement Method also left his body and bones with an unusual luster and natural fragrance 236 247.

  • Blue-gold eye — can emit faint flame when infused with Magic Power 236.
  • Crimson-gold eye — can emit a weak freezing light beam when infused with Magic Power 236.
  • Refined physique — developed through sustained body-tempering and cultivation 247.

Personality

Chen Huang is practical, ambitious, and strongly motivated by self-improvement. He plans businesses, academies, military training, Soul Ring acquisitions, and political operations with long-term goals in mind 20 107 240 261 291.

Despite his willingness to manipulate or kill opponents when pursuing strategic objectives, he has a personal aversion to profiting from knowledge that he considers morally unearned. He refused Yang Jian's offered immortal fruits and elixirs because he felt using foreknowledge of another person's future for benefit would create an unacceptable karmic debt 19.

He is also competitive and playful, particularly around Tang Hao's craftsmanship and in his interactions with Xiao Shan and Zhao Wuji 173 261.

Abilities & Skills

Martial Souls

Chen Huang possesses multiple Martial Souls, most notably the Heavenly Eye.

  • Heavenly Eye — a second Martial Soul purchased through the Chat Group; its awakening created a massive spiritual-force fluctuation noticed by powerful figures across the continent 131.
  • Heavenly Eye Martial Soul True Body — manifests the Heavenly Eye in a more mystical, profound form for high-level Soul Ring absorption 281.
  • Third Martial Soul — Chen Huang identifies “cloud” as his third Martial Soul while naming Qingyun Academy 261.

Soul Skills

  • Flower Leaf Arrow Rain — acquired from the ten-thousand-year Arrow Feather Lotus; attacks with petal-like arrows 115.
  • Undying Arrow Rain — Chen Huang's revealed third Soul Skill 115.
  • Cold Halo — acquired for the Heavenly Eye from the Snow Demon in the Far North Ice Field 165.
  • Poison Cloud — obtained from the Hundred-Thousand-Year Poison Dragon's Soul Ring 284.
  • Poison Rain — obtained alongside Poison Cloud from the Poison Dragon 284.
  • Life and Death Cycle Domain — drains vitality from plants and absorbs that life force 284.

Mental Power

Chen Huang's Mental Power is one of his principal combat and utility tools.

  • Reached a level potentially comparable to a Titled Douluo after absorbing the Black Demon Emperor's hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring 193.
  • Enhances telekinesis, flight, perception, and high-speed movement 193.
  • Can carve stone inscriptions at range by shaping Mental Power into swords and blades 261.
  • Can suggest actions to Soul Beasts, as used to separate a hundred-thousand-year Vajra Baboon from its group 291.
  • Can control people, extract information, and interfere with others' alchemical attempts 293 301 322.

Cultivation and Body Refinement

  • Pure Yang Limitless Skill — foundational internal cultivation method gifted by Zhang Sanfeng 6.
  • Taijiquan — adopted to add movement-based practice to his cultivation 13.
  • Whole Body Strength method — received from Zhang Sanfeng after its development 22.
  • Lightning body refinement — uses electric shock to strengthen his physical body 55.
  • Three Treasures Immortal Elixir Art — a more suitable immortal cultivation method offered by Yang Chan 177.
  • National Martial Body Refinement Method — completed to the point of visibly refining his body and bones 247.
  • Gale Winds Scrape the Bones trial — endured thirty days of bone-scraping winds while finding sunlight especially effective for his Three Treasures Immortal Elixir Art 246.

Combat Techniques

  • Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer — learned from Tang Hao; Chen Huang can adapt its force techniques for staff use at roughly seventy to eighty percent effectiveness 1 173.
  • Monster Strength and Iron Fist Charge — used to finish a Soul Fight alongside Xiao Shan 59.
  • Lightning Fist / Thor Armor cultivation — pursued with Yu Tianheng's assistance, though sustained use was limited by Soul Power consumption 177.
  • Telekinesis — can lift and crush large rocks after his Mental Power growth 193.
  • Destruction Divine Thunder — used while disguised as Thor to easily defeat Nezha 386.

Forbidden and Deceptive Techniques

  • Impure World Reincarnation — revives the deceased into immortal Impure World Bodies under Chen Huang's control 218.
  • Memory absorption and disguise — killed Steve, absorbed his memories, and assumed his identity to infiltrate the City Lord's Mansion 293.
  • Phantom Camouflage — used to infiltrate the Realm King's base 327.

Alchemy and Forging

  • Passed first-, second-, and third-grade alchemist assessments on his first attempt, then advanced through the fourth-grade examination using his own cauldron and Fire Dragon King's Fire 301.
  • Refined the seventh-grade Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill, earning Elder Dan Zhouzi's respect 310.
  • Later received an eighth-grade Alchemist badge through Xuan Kongzi's assistance 311.
  • Uses modern forging and quenching methods; successfully made swords he considered superior to Tang Hao's work 173.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

  • Forging Hammer — used in blacksmithing and while teaching Xiao Shan 173.
  • Mizong Staff — can transform into a spear; used to deliver the finishing strike against the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler 281.
  • Thunder Yatalais Armor — activated with the Thunder Stone; grants elemental slashes and flight 322.
  • Emperor Armor — obtained in space during his battle with the Ultimate Black Monster Beast 328.
  • Three armor sets — Chen Huang planned to use the Chat Group's function to fuse them against exceptionally powerful opponents 385.
  • Dragon King-level Soul Bones — granted major Magic Power growth and altered his eyes 236.
  • Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler Soul Bone — acquired alongside the ruler's Soul Ring 281.

Relationships

  • Tang Hao — master and blacksmithing teacher; trained Chen Huang, supervised his businesses, and repeatedly protected him during Soul Beast hunts 1 36 40.
  • Xiao Shan — childhood companion, cultivation partner, combat teammate, and wife; they jointly ran Little Grass, performed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and later had a child 20 59 388 389.
  • Zhang Sanfeng — Chat Group ally and cultivation benefactor who provided the Pure Yang Limitless Skill and Whole Body Strength method 6 22.
  • Yang Chan — companion, cultivation mentor, battle partner, and wife; taught him the Three Treasures Immortal Elixir Art and later had his eldest child 177 273 388.
  • Zhu Zhuqing — ally and one of Chen Huang's wives by the Three Realms arc; later helped raise their family 71 388.
  • Dugu Bo — negotiated ally; Chen Huang cured his poison in exchange for mature plants, territory access, and Dugu Bo's future service as Qingyun Academy's vice-dean 107.
  • Zhao Wuji — ally, academy associate, and friendly rival; helped defeat the Arrow Feather Lotus and supported Chen Huang's academy plans 115 240 261.
  • Chen XiangYang Chan's son, whom Chen Huang trained in the Heavenly Eye and Sky-Opening Divine Axe; Chen Xiang eventually called him “Dad” 386 387.
  • Chen Xiao and Jasmine — Chen Huang's son and daughter; by the epilogue, they led a team to another Academy Competition championship 389.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Life and Little Grass

Chen Huang reincarnates on the Douluo Continent, becomes Tang Hao's apprentice, begins cultivation through the Chat Group, and builds the Little Grass dessert business into a provincial chain 1 6 20 36.

Soul Master Growth

After graduating from Nuoding Academy, Chen Huang hunts and absorbs increasingly dangerous Soul Rings. He gains his first thousand-year ring, later claims the Arrow Feather Lotus ring, awakens the Heavenly Eye, and reaches Battle Soul King status 36 40 115 131 175.

Qingyun Academy

Chen Huang establishes Qingyun Academy and its Great Roc Badge, creating both internal and external recruitment systems. He frames the academy as a place for students to overcome limits rather than merely display innate talent 240 261.

Dragon Kings and Extreme Environments

He absorbs Dragon King-level Soul Bones, strengthens the Heavenly Eye with the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler, hunts the Winged Dragon with Yang Chan, and defeats the Hundred-Thousand-Year Poison Dragon for poison-attribute Soul Skills 236 273 281 284.

Martial Soul Empire Infiltration

Chen Huang uses memory theft, disguise, and mental control to enter the City Lord's Mansion under Steve's identity, intending to seize authority and remove City Lord Ku Wei 293.

Cross-World Alchemy and Armor

While traveling in the Dou Qi Continent, Chen Huang rapidly rises through alchemist assessments and refines high-grade pills. In another world, he gains Thunder Yatalais Armor, battles the Black Demon Beast in space, and receives the Emperor Armor 301 310 322 327 328.

Three Realms and Family

Chen Huang aids Yang Chan and Chen Xiang against the Heavenly Court, trains Chen Xiang, consults True Lord Yu Ding, and continues pursuing Level Six. After Chen Xiang changes the Heavenly Rules and marries Xiao Yu, Chen Huang returns home with his family; Xiao Shan's child-bearing trial completes her path to the God of Life 385 387 388.

Notable Quotes

“You don't take something for nothing.” 19

“The Great Roc, one day, rises with the wind,
Soaring ninety thousand li.” 261

“Soon, your position as City Lord will be mine.” 293

Trivia

  • Chen Huang carved the poem To Li Yong on Qingyun Academy's entrance stone and included explanatory notes about Li Bai and Confucius because he did not want to pass the poem off as his own work 261.
  • He renamed his courtyard “Heaven Dou City Branch” specifically to avoid the more effeminate names proposed by Xiao Shan and the other women 173.
  • Little Grass's reopened shop later incorporated technology from the Marvel world 296.