Lu Mingyu

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Lu Mingyu (卢明玉)
Alias(es)	Young Master Lu; “Fairy Descendant” Lu Mingyu; Desolate Heaven Emperor's successor; Immortal Emperor 1280 1293 1321 2093
Gender	Male 1026
Affiliation	Lu Family; personal disciple of Chen Changsheng, the Imperial Tutor; a leading figure among the Pill Epoch's aristocratic clans and noble families 1051 1054 2216
Occupation/Role	Lu Family business strategist and later Clan Leader; Immortal Emperor responsible for maintaining the overall situation among the aristocratic clans 1050 1108 1340 2216
Status	Alive; later described as an Immortal Emperor, though reduced to a despondent state during a personal collapse 2093 2483

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Uncultivated; afflicted by the Root Cause of Illness	1280	His illness leaves him without cultivation and physically frail; the condition stems from dream-based interference beginning in the womb that continuously drains his vitality.
First Spring Eye Realm — Original Bitter Sea System	1293	Establishes the heavenly circulation of the Original Bitter Sea System while enduring the black mist that causes his bodily decay.
Second Spring Eye Realm	1293	Opens a second springhead, temporarily suppressing the illness's effects and manifesting his Bitter Sea Phenomenon: a Fairy Descendant grasping a star.
Divine Bridge Realm	1295 1296	Fills his Bitter Sea and completes his Divine Bridge after basic horse-stance training, producing the peak-condition sign of white smoke rising from his body.
Mortal Shedding Realm	1321	Reaches the realm in nine steps; initially lacks combat experience but rapidly adapts during a battle against 186 cultivators.
Immortal King Ninth Grade — Equal Pace Realm	1360	Reaches the Equal Pace Realm at Immortal King Ninth Grade. Rather than enter the conventional Heavenly Emperor Realm, he delays his breakthrough to pursue a path distinct from other cultivators.
Partial Bitter Sea Emperor Realm System mastery	1615	A bounty notice identifies him as possessing techniques from the emerging Bitter Sea Emperor Realm System, though he continues seeking a decisive battle and a complete path before advancing further.
Later breakthrough, stage unspecified	2041	Tells Chen Changsheng that he made a breakthrough thirty thousand years earlier; the realm reached is not specified.
Special Soul State	2080 2356	Develops a special soul-related state connected to his unusual origin; entering it increases his strength by tenfold or more. He gradually learns to regulate its degree of activation.
Quasi-Emperor Sixth Heaven tribulation	2087	Triggers a Humanoid Thunder Tribulation at this level to leave an imprint of his Great Dao in the Epoch Heaven's Mandate for later cultivators to face.
Immortal Emperor	2093 2483	Is identified by the title Immortal Emperor and becomes a central power among the Pill Epoch's great clans before his later emotional breakdown. This title does not indicate that he has entered the Bitter Sea Great Emperor realm. 2217
Soul State usable as a normal state	2208	Can maintain his enhanced soul state as a normal state. Chen Changsheng assesses his resulting combat strength as equivalent to that of a Bitter Sea Great Emperor, although his physical body and Divine Sense Realm have not undergone the corresponding transformations.
Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven	2217	States that he reached this realm after more than two hundred thousand years of cultivation and could enter the Bitter Sea Great Emperor realm by passing another lightning tribulation.

Background

Lu Mingyu was frail from birth, unable to cultivate or even perform ordinary physical labor. Chen Changsheng later traced this condition to an enemy's interference while Lu Mingyu was still in his mother's womb: he had been forced through a hundred lifetimes of dreams and reincarnation, weakening his bones and organs while draining his vitality. 1061

His childhood illness was compounded by betrayal within his own family. His father, Lu Siyuan, administered poison to him, but Lu Mingyu later learned that his mother had devised the plan; they believed his disruptive business talent, frailty, and political impact on the Lu Family endangered the entire branch. His uncle secretly intervened to preserve his life. 1064 1340

Unable to rely on martial strength, Lu Mingyu developed exceptional skill in managing family affairs, reading people, and mobilizing resources. Chen Changsheng considered him extraordinarily clever, noting that he had survived not merely through parental protection but through his own methods. He could produce resources worth roughly thirteen billion Source Pills and later claimed he could mobilize thirty percent of the Lu Family's auction houses across the Pill Domain. 1027 1029 1050

Lu Mingyu was publicly pronounced dead after multiple Immortal Pill Refiners failed to revive him. After awakening, he honored his agreement with Chen Changsheng and sought to become his disciple. His careful reading of Chen Changsheng's deliberately dismissive behavior earned him acceptance as the sect's third-ranked disciple. 1044 1051 1052

Before receiving cultivation, Lu Mingyu repeatedly survived assassination attempts through rapid analysis and negotiation. During the Black Shadow organization's attack, he identified the structure of the assassins' plan, directed Shui Yue against seven Life Lamp Realm attackers, and requested that the Shadow Assassin be spared so the organization behind her could be exposed. 1085 1088 1092

Appearance

Lu Mingyu is initially described as so frail that he appears close to death at any moment. After beginning cultivation, his body displays an unusual immaculate quality and a markedly more imposing presence. 1026 1292

• Sharply defined features and slightly pale skin. 1079
• Wore a bright yellow, finely embroidered robe when presenting Guan Ping with a mountain of flowers and rare herbs. 1079
• His transparent cultivation state reveals his organs and Eight Extraordinary Meridians with complete clarity. 1292
• His Bitter Sea Phenomenon takes the form of a faceless Fairy Descendant standing above a golden sea, with its back turned toward all living beings. 1293
• Can expand into a hundred-zhang Heaven and Earth Avatar in battle. 1321
• When seriously defending himself, his body can become translucent as blue energy circulates beneath his skin. 1538
• When resisting attacks from five ancestral powers, glasslike radiance erupts from his body and crystalline Dao Patterns appear across his skin. 2358

Personality

Lu Mingyu is polished, observant, and highly strategic. Having spent his early life handling the Lu Family's miscellaneous affairs, he learned to read motives through negotiation and commerce. He sought Chen Changsheng not to learn pill refinement or business, but to become someone capable of overcoming stronger opponents through wit, rhetoric, and leverage. 1051 1052

His outward generosity conceals extreme pride. His Bitter Sea Phenomenon reveals a self-image that regards others with contempt; Chen Changsheng characterizes this attitude as being “scornful of contending with ants.” Lu Mingyu later openly admits that the contempt others showed toward his formerly weak body had always angered him. 1293 1297

He is intensely loyal to Chen Changsheng and protective of those he considers his own. He aids Chen Feng despite danger, safeguards Guan Ping, and is willing to threaten Chen Feng when he believes Chen Feng may endanger his teacher. 1281 1324 1327

Lu Mingyu also possesses a strong sense of responsibility beneath his arrogance. He refuses to abandon the Pill Epoch because he considers it his home and accepts the burden of protecting its future, even when Chen Changsheng gives him the freedom to leave. 2113

His confidence grows into an explicit ambition to stand at the pinnacle of his era. He seeks the title of Number One Under Heaven, refuses to enter the Emperor Realm before finding a genuine battle of blades and blood, and believes that only a person capable of leading the age deserves to stand at the summit. 1919 2180

Following Chen Changsheng's presumed death, Lu Mingyu displays both determination and obsession. He assumes authority over his teacher's arrangements, attempts to preserve an immense long-term plan despite its deteriorating foundations, and refuses to accept that Chen Changsheng truly abandoned his unfinished work. 1640 1754 1839

Although he appears unwilling to let others abandon Chen Changsheng's plan, he privately reveals another purpose: by driving participants away, he hopes to reduce the risk of his teacher being exposed if Chen Changsheng returns in secret. 1754

Abilities & Skills

Original Bitter Sea System

Chen Changsheng selected Desolate Heaven Emperor Wu Li's path for Lu Mingyu because of his resilience, refusal to accept defeat, and innate disdain for rivals. Lu Mingyu cultivates the Original Bitter Sea System through an unprecedented physique and Heavenly Cycle Circulation. 1287 1292

• Possesses the Immaculate Body, an unknown physique characterized by extraordinary purity and visible internal circulation. 1292
• His body can withstand injuries that should be fatal; broken bones and severe damage heal within moments after he enters cultivation. 1298
• His original frailty is both an advantage and a danger: it reduces the impact of divine power on his meridians but makes his flesh fragile during early breakthroughs. 1293
• The Root Cause of Illness remains a major threat unless actively suppressed or removed. 1293 1340
• He reaches Immortal King Ninth Grade's Equal Pace Realm, but deliberately postpones a standard Emperor Realm breakthrough in pursuit of a unique route. 1360
• He spent fifty thousand years attempting to develop an Emperor Realm extension for the Bitter Sea System, ultimately recognizing the system's complexity and continuing to seek another means of advancement. 1577
• Cultivates the Original True Understanding, a foundational secret technique he says was cultivated by only three people: Wu Li, Chen Changsheng, and himself. It adapts his Bitter Sea System to his body, releases his physical potential in combat, and allows him to grow stronger through battle so long as he survives his opponent's attacks. 1615
• Names the Eight Nine Mysterious Technique as a cultivation technique he learned from Chen Changsheng, alongside a combat art and a secret technique. 1615

Bitter Sea Phenomenon

Lu Mingyu's phenomenon manifests as a Fairy Descendant standing above a golden Bitter Sea, grasping a star beneath a sky full of constellations. It reflects both his immaculate physique and his overwhelming self-regard. 1293

• Symbolizes his belief that there is no equal beneath heaven. 1293
• Its manifestation accompanies the opening of his second springhead. 1293
• His soul-related special state later magnifies his power by tenfold or more. 2080 2356

Soul Secret Method and Soul State

Lu Mingyu is one of the figures associated with the creation and development of the Soul Secret Method. His understanding of the soul allows him to enter a special state that greatly elevates his combat power. 2217

• He independently touched the threshold of the Soul Secret Method before Chen Changsheng explained its key concepts to him. 2126
• His greatest difficulty was regulating the degree of his special state rather than merely activating it. 2080
• Chen Changsheng expects him to become a founder who makes the Soul Secret Method widely accessible. 2126
• When he activates the state against the five great families' foundations, it causes fear throughout the Pill Epoch and enhances his strength by tenfold or more. 2356
• Pressure from the Phoenix Empress helps him improve until he can activate the Soul State as a normal state. Chen Changsheng judges this sufficient for Bitter Sea Great Emperor-level combat strength, despite Lu Mingyu's remaining deficiencies in physical-body and Divine Sense Realm transformations. 2208
• Chen Changsheng identifies him as one of four people whose True Spirits have undergone a subtle change associated with a special origin. Lu Mingyu had not noticed the change himself, though his soul-related research had begun to approach it. 2074

Heaven and Earth Avatar

Lu Mingyu can invoke a giant avatar reaching one hundred zhang in height. The technique gives him overwhelming physical scale and defense against large numbers of opponents. 1321

• Crushed incoming techniques and divine abilities with a single palm during his first major group battle. 1321
• Withstood attacks from Ouyang Bufan and Guo Yi before defeating them. 1321
• Was refined to a level Lu Mingyu calls “flawless” over tens of thousands of years. 1360
• Cannot withstand every opponent: the Wang Family ancestor broke it within thirty breaths. 1360
• Combines with the Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth from the Eight Nine Mysterious Technique, further magnifying his physical scale and combat pressure. 1538

Fighting Saint Technique

Chen Changsheng taught Lu Mingyu the Fighting Saint Technique, a combat method derived from the Heavenly Soul System. 1287

• Allows him to replicate techniques and divine abilities after seeing them. 1321
• Recreated Ouyang Bufan's Great Seal and used the imitation to defeat its original wielder. 1321
• Lets his physical strength rise continuously as he performs the technique. 1321
• Combines effectively with his avatar and exceptional physique in direct combat. 1324
• Replicated the essence of Water Cloud Heavenly Emperor's giant-wave technique after witnessing it, producing an imitation with roughly half of its original essence. 1538
• By the confrontation with the five great families, the technique is described as capable of replicating all divine abilities under heaven. 2356

Immaculate Body

Lu Mingyu's Immaculate Body is the central foundation of his endurance and resistance. Its purity makes ordinary techniques exceptionally ineffective against him. 1292 1538

• Water Cloud Heavenly Emperor's signature attacks and an Origin Emperor Weapon fail to break his defenses decisively. 1538
• A half-inch wound in his chest heals immediately after he removes the embedded weapon. 1538
• Xuan Huo identifies the physique as immune to all techniques when assessing Lu Mingyu's completed Bitter Sea System. 2290
• Its brilliance, combined with his Heaven and Earth Avatar, renders him nearly impervious to the reserves of the great families. 2356
• His defenses have limits against vastly stronger opponents: the Wang Family ancestor shattered both his avatar and Immaculate Body in thirty breaths, leaving him severely wounded before Yun Ya Zi rescued him. 1558

Business, Strategy, and Governance

Before cultivation, Lu Mingyu's greatest strength was his ability to manipulate resources, public opinion, and factional interests. 1052 1108

• Organized Lu Family auction houses and commercial resources across the Pill Domain. 1050
• Planned to use shops, protests, and Pill City's gates to undermine the Beast Taming Lineage's business position. 1108
• Negotiated family support for investment in the Beast Race by offering his uncles a share of the profits. 1115
• Pressured the Lu Family's ancestors to support his preferred alliances, ultimately taking leadership of the clan. 1340
• Assumed control of Chen Changsheng's authority after his teacher was believed to have fallen, intending to ensure that none of his efforts went to waste. 1640
• Supports younger generations' initiatives, including Meng De's medicinal-herb market plan, while deliberately allowing them room to act independently. 2093
• Secretly ordered Lu Jun to oppose the New Era. He anticipates that the Lu, Li, and Clear River Cui families may ultimately join forces against the other great clans while preserving descendants of their own families. 2286

Equipment / Items

• Imperial Preceptor Decree — A black token belonging to Chen Changsheng that Lu Mingyu uses while planning operations in the Chang Sheng Epoch. 1577
• Qilin Communicator — A communication device at his waist; he uses it to receive coordinates and arrange an epoch-spanning Teleportation Array. 1838
• Bodhi Giant Tree origin essence — Left to him by Chen Changsheng alongside a method intended to remove his Root Cause of Illness. 1340
• Protective jade pendant — A defensive treasure that saves him from an assassination strike powerful enough to reduce him to minced meat. 1085
• Immortal-gold treasure cauldron — An Imperial Weapon forged for him with Xuan Huo's help, incorporating a Kui Ox root bone, ferocious-beast imagery, and Lu Mingyu's lightning Great Dao. He later uses it to crush an ancestral power's gravity-altering rune. 2291 2358

Relationships

• Chen Changsheng — Master and personal mentor. Lu Mingyu became his third-ranked disciple after correctly recognizing Chen Changsheng's intent to recruit him; he remains fiercely loyal to him. 1051 1052 1327
• Guan Ping — Dao companion and the person Lu Mingyu most openly protects. He values her sincerity and happiness over status, cultivation, or family background; Xuan Huo later refers to Lu Mingyu as her husband. 1074 1277 1324 2290
• Chen Feng — Fellow disciple, ally, and eventual potential rival. Lu Mingyu helps him obtain Bodhi Seeds and protect his life, but later develops killing intent when Chen Feng appears capable of threatening Chen Changsheng. 1281 1327
• Wu Li — First Senior Brother, the Desolate Heaven Emperor. Lu Mingyu's cultivation path uses Wu Li's Dao as a starting point, though Chen Changsheng insists he must become the one and only Lu Mingyu. 1053 1287
• Qian Ya — His aunt and business adviser. She identifies his distraction, directs him toward the Beast Race opportunity, and encourages him to address his feelings for Guan Ping. 1079
• Lu Siyuan — Father. Administered the poison that nearly killed Lu Mingyu, having taken responsibility for his wife's plan. 1064 1340
• Lu Mingyu's mother — Her attempt to have Lu Mingyu poisoned creates one of his deepest personal wounds, though he ultimately saves her when she collapses after confessing. 1340 1341
• Ouyang Bufan — Friend, rival, and occasional opponent. Lu Mingyu defeats him during the Heavenly Lotus Sect battle by copying his Great Seal. 1283 1321
• Shang Lu — A proposed fiancée who claims an engagement to Lu Mingyu; he later rejects her, explaining that she is not the partner he wants. 1303 1324
• Shui Yue — Ally who trusts Lu Mingyu's command during the Black Shadow assassination attempt. He directs her against seven Life Lamp Realm assassins while relying on her combat ability to protect them both. 1085 1086
• Wei Guang — A former target of Lu Mingyu's anger over his hesitation and thoughts of betraying Chen Changsheng. Lu Mingyu severely tests him, then helps him up and accepts his opportunity for redemption. 1839 1840
• Zhang Bairen — Senior figure who urges Lu Mingyu to endure and accumulate strength for the future Bitter Sea Emperor Realm System rather than squander his potential in immediate turmoil. 1547
• Xuan Huo — Senior combatant and Guan Ping's master who tests Lu Mingyu with a world-consuming flame technique, then recognizes the completeness and difficulty of defeating Lu Mingyu's combat system. 2289 2290
• Lu Jun — A younger Lu Family figure whom Lu Mingyu secretly orders to oppose the New Era as part of his plans concerning the great clans. 2286

Story Role / Major Arcs

Pill Domain and Beast Race Conflict

As Chen Changsheng's disciple, Lu Mingyu provides the commercial and political skill needed to challenge the Beast Taming Lineage. He turns limited shops and resources into a plan to destabilize the enemy's trade network, support the Beast Race, and create leverage against greater factions. 1074 1108 1120

During this period, he also survives a coordinated Black Shadow assassination attempt. His decision to preserve a surviving assassin helps expose the organization's wider network and gives him potential leverage against the powerful figures implicated by it. 1088 1092

Recovery and Cultivation

After his identity as Desolate Heaven Emperor Wu Li's successor is exposed, Lu Mingyu begins cultivating in earnest. Chen Changsheng gives him the Original Bitter Sea System, methods to rebuild his damaged cultivation foundation, Wu Li's insights, and the Fighting Saint Technique. 1280 1287

His growth is abnormally rapid. He opens two springheads, forms a Divine Bridge, reaches Mortal Shedding Realm, and defeats most of 186 cultivators at the Heavenly Lotus Sect despite his lack of prior combat experience. 1293 1296 1321

Over subsequent tens of thousands of years, Lu Mingyu refines his avatar, reaches the Equal Pace Realm at Immortal King Ninth Grade, and proves capable of enduring more than a thousand exchanges with Water Cloud Heavenly Emperor. 1360 1537

He later explains that the Original True Understanding allows his body and divine power to develop through combat. After more than two hundred thousand years on the cultivation path, he reaches Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven while continuing to seek a worthy battle and a Bitter Sea Great Emperor breakthrough. 1615 1919 2217

Lu Family Leadership

Lu Mingyu rejects the Lu Family's proposed investment in the Wang Family, arguing that Chen Feng, Guan Ping, Liu Qingqing, Cui Tian Rui, and the Beast Race are the true foundations of the next era. He forces the family ancestors to choose, then becomes Clan Leader. 1340

Defender of Chen Changsheng's Legacy

Following Chen Changsheng's disappearance, Lu Mingyu spends six hundred years searching for him and refuses to believe that his teacher simply abandoned unfinished plans. 1343

When Chen Changsheng is later believed to have fallen, Lu Mingyu takes full control of the authority in his teacher's hands and attempts to preserve the wider plan despite its gradual deterioration. 1640 1754

After Chen Changsheng returns, Lu Mingyu accepts the assignment of blocking major figures from entering the Chang Sheng Epoch while his teacher completes his arrangements. 1839

Pill Epoch Responsibility

Lu Mingyu later accepts the possibility of replacing one of the Pill Epoch's great experts rather than leave the epoch behind. He frames this choice as responsibility rather than obedience to Chen Changsheng, declaring that the Pill Epoch is his home. 2113

As the Immortal Emperor of the aristocratic clans, he is also tasked with maintaining their overall stability while the Pill Epoch's younger generation becomes the focus of Chen Changsheng's long-term plans. 2216

Contest for Number One Under Heaven

Lu Mingyu seeks to become the Number One Under Heaven of his era, but Chen Changsheng deliberately arranges trials to ensure that the status of the aristocratic clans is not allowed to become unassailable. 2126 2269

His proposed trials include Chen Feng, Nalan Zi Ping, and finally Chen Changsheng himself. Lu Mingyu accepts these opponents with enthusiasm, regarding a battle against his master as an opportunity that cannot be missed. 2217 2269

Seeking to challenge later generations as well, Lu Mingyu triggers a Humanoid Thunder Tribulation at Quasi-Emperor Sixth Heaven to leave his Great Dao imprint in the Epoch Heaven's Mandate. 2087

Confrontation with the Great Families

To prevent the foundations of the five great families—including his own—from interfering with Chen Feng, Lu Mingyu confronts them directly and enters his Soul State. 2356

He manifests his Heaven and Earth Avatar, employs the Immaculate Body's near-total resistance to techniques, and uses the Fighting Saint Technique against the great families' combined divine abilities. 2356

While facing five ancestral powers, he also wields his immortal-gold treasure cauldron to destroy an arcane rune that distorts gravity across the starfield. 2358

During the final offensive, he continues blocking the old foundations of the Five Clans Noble Clan at the Bo Ling Cui Family's Ancestral Tomb, choosing not to kill them before Chen Changsheng arrives. 2416

Notable Quotes

“I want to become someone like Master.” 1052

“The Pill Epoch is my home. Many of my memories are in this place.” 2113

“In all the world today, there is only one person who can stand alone and lead the age!” 2180

“Teacher, this disciple has waited for this day for a very long time.” 1839

Trivia

• Lu Mingyu spent more than eight million Source Pills filling a barren mountain with rare flowers and herbs to impress Guan Ping; she instead harvested the plants for their medicinal value. 1079 1080
• He was excited by the experience of physically striking an opponent for the first time after entering the Divine Bridge Realm. 1296
• His early inability to cultivate made others dismiss him as powerless, a humiliation that continued to shape his pride after he gained strength. 1280 1297
• He considers the Wang Family ancestor a benchmark of overwhelming strength: despite refining his avatar for tens of thousands of years, he lasted only thirty breaths before it was broken. 1360
• After Water Cloud Heavenly Emperor attacked him for 1,839 exchanges, Lu Mingyu responded by promising to return all 1,839 strikes. 1538