Chen Yu

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Chen Yu (陈羽)
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Chat Group; formerly Nuoding Academy; master of the Lunar Divine Sect
Occupation/Role	Cultivator; archer; leader of the Lunar Divine Sect
Status	Alive; Great Emperor; completed a Dao transformation
First Appearance	Chapter 4

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Soul Power Level 10	15	Reported his breakthrough at Nuoding Academy and sought assistance obtaining a first soul ring.
First Soul Ring	16	Killed and absorbed a thousand-year Hurricane Eagle spirit ring; gained Hurricane Arrow.
Soul Power Level 20	16	Reached level 20 after ten days of cultivation in a Nuoding City inn.
Second Soul Skill	19	Obtained Tracking Arrow, which follows a target within 1,000 meters of the arrow.
Two-Ring Spirit Grand Master	33	Severely injured a five-ring Spirit King and wounded Pufferfish Douluo with one punch.
Dao Palace Realm	52	Broke through in Xinzheng, creating a conspicuous black-light phenomenon.
Dao Palace, Fifth Heaven	77	Reached after three months of secluded cultivation.
Dragon Transformation Realm, Second Transformation	140	Advanced following cultivation at Tianxuan Stone Workshop and dual cultivation with An Miaoyi.
Dragon Transformation Realm, Third Transformation	168	Broke through with Wei Yi's assistance and underwent tribulation in a red desert.
Dragon Transformation Realm, Seventh Transformation	207	Reached after body tempering under the Willow Deity's guidance.
Dragon Transformation Realm, Ninth Transformation	210	Refined the Dragon Transformation Grass in the Qin Mountains.
Immortal Platform, First Layer—Second Heaven	213	Survived a second lightning tribulation against nine Great Emperor phantoms.
Immortal Platform, First Layer—Seventh Heaven	222	Advanced after cultivating in the Ancient Forbidden Land.
Immortal Platform, Second Layer / Great Expert	228	Became a Great Expert after another tribulation.
Immortal Platform, Third Layer / Dao-Severing King	237	Passed a Dao-Severing tribulation in the starry sky.
Saint	269	Became the first of his era to sever the Dao and enter sainthood.
Saint, Fourth Heaven	271	Advanced after using Black Vortices to devour the power of his tribulation.
Great Saint	294	Endured a Great Saint tribulation against nine young Great Emperors.
Great Saint, Fourth Heaven	306	Refined Lunar Holy Power after taking over the Lunar Divine Sect.
Great Saint, Fifth Heaven	308	Refined branches of the Fusang Divine Tree and the Golden Crow Bird Nest, then passed another heavenly tribulation.
Great Saint, Seventh Heaven	318	Advanced after tempering his body and primordial spirit in Sun Divine Liquid and enduring two lightning tribulations.
Great Saint, Ninth Heaven	328	Reached the ninth heaven after clearing the Holy Spirit Ancient Road and the Light Clan Ancestral Star.
Quasi-Emperor, Third Heaven	337	Survived a seven-day quasi-emperor tribulation.
Alternative Enlightenment	365	His attainment had become known throughout the cultivation world before he proved his Dao.
Great Emperor	380	Proved his Dao after overcoming a universe-spanning lightning tribulation.
Dao Transformation	388 393	Used the Record of Ten Thousand Daos in a three-year seclusion, completing a transformation that left seven shed husks and enabled his body to generate Longevity Substance.

Background / History

Chen Yu enrolled at Nuoding Academy as a six-year-old work-study student from Clearwater Village. His martial-soul awakening was anomalous: although he possessed Twin Martial Souls, Little Turtle absorbed much of the awakening energy, leaving his measured Innate Soul Power at only level one. He did not know his true innate level. 4

At the academy, Chen Yu cultivated intensely while deliberately encouraging Dorm Seven to do the same, intending to make his own unusual progress appear less suspicious. He refused Yu Xiaogang's attempts to study his martial soul, later naming a fee of 300 Gold Soul Coins per day. 9 10

After reaching level ten, Chen Yu left Nuoding Academy when Yu Xiaogang obstructed the academy's assistance with obtaining his first soul ring. He independently entered the Soul Hunting Forest, hunted a Hurricane Eagle, and absorbed its thousand-year spirit ring. 15 16

His subsequent rise drew the attention of the Martial Soul Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family, and the Heaven Dou imperial family. Rather than submit to them, Chen Yu offered information on obtaining high-age spirit rings for ten million Gold Soul Coins from each faction. 28 29

Chen Yu later traveled across multiple worlds through the Chat Group, collecting inheritances, techniques, resources, and allies. In the Shrouding the Heavens world, he obtained major inheritances, fought holy-land prodigies, cultivated under Wei Yi and Jiang Taixu, and steadily outpaced his generation. 98 120 213

After gaining control of the Lunar Divine Sect on Ziwei Star, Chen Yu refined its Lunar Holy Power and used the sect as his territory. 306 He ultimately reached the Great Emperor realm, becoming the recognized master of his era. 380

Following his ascension, Chen Yu returned to the Lunar Divine Sect and sealed it behind its imperial sect-protecting formation, Great Emperor-level formations, and his own formations before undertaking a high-risk Dao transformation through the Record of Ten Thousand Daos. After three years, he successfully reawakened from physical decay and completed the transformation. 388 393

In the Prehistoric World, Chen Yu continued seeking resources and comprehending new Great Daos. He destroyed the Moon-Devouring Sky Wolf clan for its karmic sins, found and refined the World-Suppressing Diagram on Penglai Immortal Island, and later worked to restore damaged earth veins while preserving Innate Spiritual Roots. 402 424 446

Appearance

As a ten-year-old, Chen Yu had sword-like brows, dark eyes, clean short hair, defined facial features, and a neat black outfit. 15

• His appearance is described as striking rather than conventionally handsome. 15
• He can alter his appearance when moving discreetly through the Holy City. 262
• He later revealed his true face upon entering the Northern Region's Holy City. 120

Personality

Chen Yu is calculating, ambitious, and highly protective of his secrets. He treats cultivation knowledge, martial souls, and rare resources as assets to be guarded or traded rather than freely surrendered. 9 10 29

He prefers to develop quietly when possible, but responds harshly to threats, disrespect, or those seeking to exploit him. His actions range from refusing powerful factions to exterminating hostile clans and devouring captured enemies. 16 198 321

Despite his ruthlessness, he supports people he considers allies. He helps Shi Hao search for his parents, provides cultivation resources to his followers, and protects companions such as An Miaoyi and Yan Lingji. 111 224 280

Chen Yu's later actions in the Prehistoric World show that his violence can also be guided by his judgment of karma. He eliminated the Moon-Devouring Sky Wolf clan over its accumulated karmic sins and intended to use the karmically burdensome World-Suppressing Diagram to safeguard the Prehistoric World. 402 424

Abilities & Skills

Twin Martial Souls

Chen Yu possesses a bow-and-arrow martial soul and Little Turtle, a second martial soul associated with devouring. Little Turtle's interference during awakening obscured Chen Yu's actual innate soul-power talent. 4 9 19

• Bow and arrow martial soul — Its cold aura clears the mind of those who touch it. 9
• Little Turtle — Devours energy to raise Chen Yu's cultivation realm. 19
• Devouring growth — Chen Yu's advancement can accelerate substantially when Little Turtle has consumed sufficient energy. 19
• Spirit-ring devouring — Little Turtle can devour both the remains of spirit beasts and their floating soul rings. 17
• Destruction Bow and Destruction Arrow — Following Chen Yu's rebirth, his bow and arrow are described as his second martial soul and his sole weapon. He nurtures them through heavenly tribulations. 85 212

Hurricane Arrow

Chen Yu's first soul skill was obtained from the thousand-year Hurricane Eagle. 16

• A first-ring soul skill acquired after independently hunting the Hurricane Eagle. 16
• Its exact effects beyond its name are not specified in the provided material.

Tracking Arrow

Chen Yu's second soul skill tracks a selected target. 19

• Tracks within a range of 1,000 meters between the target and the arrow. 19
• A target must take the hit unless it can instantly escape the skill's range. 19

Black Vortex

Chen Yu can manifest Black Vortices that devour energy, enemies, terrain, and even the power of heavenly tribulations. 198 271 321

• Devoured captured members of the Four Great Families in the Void God Realm, killing them outside it as well. 198
• Raided and devoured Blessed Lands, earning the Void God Realm stone-tablet title “the greatest plunderer of blessed lands.” 200
• Used the vortices to consume tribulation power and suppress humanoid lightning. 271
• Erased entire Primordial Clan territories, leaving barren land behind. 321
• Entered a true Black Hole to study and balance its devouring, gravitational, and pulverizing laws, later using the experience to refine his own devouring path. 271
• Used the vortices to devour the attacks of Chaojue Peaks while forcefully reaching their summits. 374

Shrouding the Heavens Technique

Chen Yu practices the Shrouding the Heavens Technique, an extraterrestrial inheritance that the God Realm considers capable of breaking the Douluo God Realm's boundaries. 21 106

• He identifies it as a sect secret and presents it publicly as a self-created spirit skill. 45
• The God Realm sought to learn the method, but Chen Yu refused to share it. 111
• He taught or enabled numerous Chat Group members and allies to cultivate it. 59 269

Record of Ten Thousand Daos

Chen Yu uses the Record of Ten Thousand Daos to collect, analyze, and integrate techniques and inheritances from multiple worlds. 49

• It aided his comprehension of diverse scriptures and the five great secret realms while he ascended the Chaojue Peaks. 374
• He used it to guide his Dao transformation in the Lunar Divine Sect, allowing him to reawaken after bodily decay and complete successive transformations. 388 393
• It enables him to manifest and explain multiple Great Daos, including the Five Elements, Wind, Lightning, and Creation. 420

Self-Created and Inherited Techniques

Chen Yu collects techniques and inheritances from multiple worlds to develop the Record of Ten Thousand Daos. 49

• Shrouding the Heavens Technique / giant seal — Can simulate all things in heaven and earth. 45
• Tianxuan footwork — Grants extreme speed and evasion in battle. 124
• Zhe Secret — Restores his physical condition and is used to reach a physical peak state. 98 228 337
• Jie Secret — Acquired from Li Ruoyu in exchange for the Zhe Secret. 98
• Xing Secret — Obtained at Purple Mountain and used for rapid movement. 338 209
• Bing Character Secret — Used to seize the Golden Mace during his conflict with the Golden Clan; it can also interfere with enemy weapons, including Extreme Emperor Weapon phantoms. 322 213
• Zu Character Secret — Improved his understanding of formations. 338
• Willow Deity Technique — Mastered after a month-long unconscious period in Shi Village. 224
• Digital Secret — Allows him to create autonomous clones identical to his true body in appearance, aura, and cultivation. 138
• Spring Wood, Summer Fire, Autumn Metal, and Winter Water — A divine ability deduced from the Record of Ten Thousand Daos that manifests the Four Symbols, the Big Dipper, the Twenty-Eight Mansions, and the rotation of the seasons; at its limit, it can touch the threshold of time. 110
• Immortal King Descends to the Nine Heavens — A powerful manifestation used to overwhelm the spirit beasts of Spirit Beast Mountain. 162
• Indestructible Scripture — A body-refining art capable of making the physical body imperishable; Chen Yu obtained it in the Ultimate Trial Ground and later passed on its complete version to Ye Chen and Ye Yan. 376 412

Formation Arts

Chen Yu can perceive, set up, and use formations in combat and concealment. 156 170

• Sought Xin Ruyin's formation inheritance in exchange for stabilizing her Dragon Chant Body. 156
• Laid formations around residences to block sound and shield locations. 170
• Used formations to conceal his aura near the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest. 207
• Established arrays for Chat Group members' homes in the Peerless Tang Sect world. 245
• Reinforced the Lunar Divine Sect with the sect's imperial formation, Great Emperor Wu Shi's imperial formation, the Western Empress Mother's imperial formation, and his own formation before beginning his Dao transformation. 388
• Gained access to the World-Suppressing Diagram's Myriad Spirits Array, Grand Celestial Star Array, and Earth Vein Creation Array. 424

Source Heaven Divine Eye

Chen Yu possesses and uses the Source Heaven Divine Eye, a secret known to the Yaoguang Saintess. 229

• He has used Source Heaven Master methods while moving among the Northern Region's stone workshops. 87
• He became increasingly cautious about displaying such methods openly after they repeatedly attracted the attention of major factions. 88

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Destruction Bow and Destruction Arrow — The only weapons Chen Yu intended to use after his post-tribulation rebirth; they are also described as his second martial soul and are nourished with tribulation energy. 85 212
• Heaven-Swallowing Demon Jar — An Extreme Emperor Weapon in his possession, widely feared by sacred lands and Primordial Clans. It became complete after the Empress helped Chen Yu summon back its missing lid. 128 214 294
• Immortal-Slaying Gourd — Entrusted to his clone to protect Yuechan. 280
• Star Palace — A building-type magical artifact brought from Miaoyu Nunnery for his followers' cultivation. 140
• Formation Source Bead — Used for formations and dismantling barriers. 280 294
• Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone — Forcefully reclaimed from Tang San. 77
• Third Killing Formation — Given to him by Old Turtle. 338
• Golden Mace — Seized from the Golden Clan. 322
• Black Gourd and Rotten Wooden Hammer — Treasures used in an attempt to collect Chaos Qi; the Black Gourd is identified as a Quasi-Emperor Weapon. 132
• Immortal Spring Eye — Placed within the Lunar Divine Sect's sacred cultivation realm to support Chen Yu's Dao transformation. 388
• World-Suppressing Diagram — A supreme-grade Innate Spirit Treasure with forty-eight Innate restrictions. It contains the Myriad Spirits Array, Grand Celestial Star Array, and Earth Vein Creation Array. 424

Relationships

• Little Turtle — Chen Yu's second martial soul and devouring partner; it absorbed awakening energy, contributes directly to his cultivation, and shows loyalty toward him. 4 16 19
• Ye Fan — Chat Group companion, friend, and frequent target of Chen Yu's teasing; they cooperate in cultivation, conflicts, and major expeditions. 6 89 210
• Xiao Yan — Chat Group companion; Chen Yu regularly banters with him and exchanges cultivation knowledge and resources. 10 33 228
• Xiao Wu — Former Nuoding Academy dormmate and friendly rival; Chen Yu lent her bedding and later revealed his identity to her. 4 9 45
• Yu Xiaogang — Antagonistic former academy authority who repeatedly sought to study Chen Yu's martial soul and obstructed his first soul-ring request. 9 15
• Tang San — Former dormmate and recurring adversary; Chen Yu took the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone from him. 9 77
• An Miaoyi — Miaoyu Nunnery successor and dual-cultivation partner; Chen Yu gave her Dragon Marrow and helped her enter the Dragon Transformation Realm. 129 140
• Yan Lingji — Companion whom Chen Yu protects, including by blinding Bai Yifei for staring at her. 52 54
• Wei Yi — Great Sage mentor at Tianxuan Stone Workshop who granted Chen Yu access to its Scripture Library and assisted his breakthroughs. 120 168 229
• Jiang Taixu — Mentor who guided Chen Yu on the Immortal Platform Realm and later remained a respected senior despite Chen Yu surpassing him in cultivation. 213 294
• Shi Hao — Chat Group ally and friendly rival; Chen Yu aids him in seeking his parents and joins him in dangerous training grounds. 224 343
• Willow Deity — Powerful benefactor who helped temper Chen Yu's body, taught him techniques, and influenced his training path. 207 224 280
• Lord of the Forbidden Zone — Powerful senior who pressed Chen Yu into protecting his disciple and later arranged his training at Imperial Pass. His disciple was later identified as Yuechan. 275 276 280
• Blue Silver Emperor — A loyal subordinate whom Chen Yu protects and supports with pills, cultivation resources, and a place within the Ancient Tree of Life's Life Space. 111 142
• Qian Renxue — A former recruiter and political opponent who repeatedly sought contact with Chen Yu on behalf of the Heaven Dou imperial family and Martial Soul Hall. 32 41
• Yuechan — The Lord of the Forbidden Zone's disciple, whom Chen Yu was tasked to accompany and protect; he later entrusted the Immortal-Slaying Gourd to his clone for her protection. 276 280
• Lu Xueqi — Chat Group companion who traveled with Chen Yu and Yan Lingji through the North Sea and Chaojue Peaks before he sent her to Heavenly Deity Academy. 374 376
• Houtu — A Prehistoric World ally who recognized the uniqueness of Chen Yu's completed transformation after he returned fragments of the Jade of Creation to her. 393
• Three Pure Ones — Taishang, Yuanshi, and Tongtian expressed interest in accepting Chen Yu as their disciple after encountering him in the Prehistoric World. 402

Story Role / Major Arcs

Nuoding Academy

Chen Yu entered Nuoding Academy as a work-study student, concealed the true implications of his Twin Martial Souls, drove Dorm Seven into intense cultivation, and publicly opposed Yu Xiaogang's attempts to study his martial soul. 4 9 10

Soul Hunting Forest and Douluo Rise

After leaving the academy, Chen Yu independently obtained his first ring, rapidly reached two-ring Spirit Grand Master status, and became a figure sought by major Douluo factions. 15 16 28 33

Douluo God Realm Conflict

Chen Yu's growth ultimately made him an uncrowned king of the Douluo Continent. He killed powerful opponents from the Elephant Armor Sect and Martial Soul Hall, refused the God Realm's offer of godhood, and killed Tang Chen when the Peerless Douluo confronted him on the gods' behalf. 102 105 110 111

Shrouding the Heavens World

Chen Yu pursued the Dao Palace, Dragon Transformation, and Immortal Platform realms while obtaining techniques, inheritances, treasures, and powerful allies. His activities brought him into conflict with holy lands, prodigies, Primordial Clans, and the God Realm. 52 98 106 237

Ziwei Star

After obtaining the Sun Holy Emperor's inheritance, Chen Yu manipulated rival factions, protected the Sun Divine Sect's descendants, destroyed the Duanmu Clan's power base, and seized the Lunar Divine Sect. 301 306

War Against the Primordial Clans

Chen Yu exterminated multiple Primordial Clans after learning that they had leaked information leading to an attempt on his life. He destroyed the Golden Grotto, seized the Golden Mace, and used Black Vortices to erase hostile territories. 321 322

Emperor Path

Chen Yu reached quasi-emperor status at around thirty years old, studied Dao laws beneath the Myriad Dao Tree, trained at Imperial Pass, and eventually proved his Dao to become a Great Emperor. 337 338 340 380

North Sea and Nine Heavens

Chen Yu explored the North Sea Stone Forest and the Ultimate Trial Ground, devouring divine energy from ancient corpses, ascending multiple Chaojue Peaks for their Dao imprints, and obtaining the Indestructible Scripture. He traveled with Yan Lingji and Lu Xueqi during this period. 374 376

Post-Emperor Dao Transformation

After becoming Emperor, Chen Yu returned to the Lunar Divine Sect and undertook a dangerous transformation of his Dao. He sealed the sect with multiple imperial formations, used the Immortal Spring Eye and the Record of Ten Thousand Daos, and emerged after three years with seven shed husks and a self-sustaining source of Longevity Substance. 388 393

Prehistoric World

In the Prehistoric World, Chen Yu confronted karmically burdened clans, encountered the Three Pure Ones, acquired the World-Suppressing Diagram from Penglai Immortal Island, and sought to use its arrays to protect the world. He later devoted time to repairing damaged earth veins and preserving damaged Innate Spiritual Roots. 402 424 446

Trivia

• Chen Yu initially measured as having only Innate Soul Power level one despite possessing Twin Martial Souls. 4
• He deliberately cultivated in front of his dormmates so that his rapid progress would be attributed to hard work. 9
• He considers knowledge and inheritances “priceless treasure” and seeks to gather martial arts and philosophies from different worlds. 49
• The Void God Realm’s stone tablet named him “the greatest plunderer of blessed lands.” 200
• Chen Yu was reportedly only around thirty years old when he underwent his quasi-emperor tribulation. 337
• He deliberately avoided spreading his Daoist techniques after becoming Emperor because his devouring Dao could be regarded as another Heaven Swallowing Devil Art. 381