Chen Yi

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Chen Yi (陈奕) 207
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Yuanyang Sect 207
Occupation/Role	Inner sect elder; manager of Yunyang Marketplace and its surrounding region; sect liaison and field-operation coordinator 207 210 257
Cultivation	Foundation Establishment Realm 207
Status	Active 479 498
First Appearance	Chapter 207

Power Progression

Stage	Details	Source
Foundation Establishment Realm	Confirmed as a Foundation Establishment cultivator and Yuanyang Sect elder when recruiting Li Yuan as a Dharma Protector.	207

Appearance

Chen Yi appears to be in his fifties, though the faint lines around his eyes and mouth make him seem younger than his true age. He has a medium, lean build and carries restrained but weighty spiritual pressure. 207

• Wears a deep-blue Yuanyang Sect robe bearing the sect's golden chest emblem. 207
• Maintains a composed, formal bearing during official meetings and negotiations. 207 210

Personality

Chen Yi is direct and economical with words. When organizing the Foundation Establishment Trading Fair, he remains formal and concise, prioritizing orderly transactions over social niceties. 210

He approaches threats methodically. Rather than immediately arresting suspicious cultivators, he repeatedly instructs Li Yuan to maintain surveillance until the entire contact chain can be identified. 252 256 He also stresses restraint in larger conflicts, warning Li Yuan that Foundation Establishment cultivators entering the Wang–Li Family dispute could escalate it beyond control. 213

Despite his professional distance, Chen Yi is supportive of capable allies. He rewards Li Yuan's contributions, provides cultivation intelligence and materials, and entrusts him with increasingly sensitive sect operations. 231 283 348 375

Chen Yi remains politically perceptive amid shifting sect relations. He closely tracks Tianyue Sect interference at the Ghost Mist Forest outpost, welcomes the Yuanyang Sect's eventual access to the Branch Hall, and keeps Li Yuan apprised of the risks created by these changing power balances. 386 410

Background / History

Recruitment of Li Yuan

After Li Yuan successfully reaches Foundation Establishment, Chen Yi receives him as the Yuanyang Sect's local representative. He explains that the sect's strength in the region is limited because the area was formerly controlled by a Demon Sect, then offers Li Yuan the position of Yuanyang Sect Dharma Protector. The role grants annual Spirit Stone and Contribution Point income while leaving tasks optional. 207

Chen Yi later organizes a Foundation Establishment Trading Fair attended by Li Yuan and several regional cultivators, acting as a neutral facilitator for exchanges involving spirit fields, ore veins, arrays, and demonic-beast materials. 210

Ghost Mist Forest Development

Chen Yi warns Li Yuan to avoid becoming involved in the Wang Family–Li Family conflict at the Foundation Establishment level. In the same meeting, he explains that Ghost Mist Forest may be the remnant of a Nascent Soul Realm sect and authorizes Li Yuan to mine Sha Stone there under a thirty-percent sect levy. 213

As the Yuanyang Sect expands into the forest, Chen Yi assigns Li Yuan to support deep-mine excavation by clearing Sha Qi and protecting workers from demonic beasts. After Li Yuan lures away and kills a Sha-Armored Giant Dung Beetle, Chen Yi confirms that the excavation crew survived because of his intervention. 219 221

Chen Yi later proposes that Li Yuan remain in Ghost Mist Forest long-term, protecting rogue cultivators and clearing demonic beasts in return for a monthly Contribution Point stipend and additional rewards for high-rank kills. He also oversees the sect's construction support when Li Yuan's settlement develops into Wulin Marketplace. 227 234

Chen Yi subsequently negotiates the sect's broader development of Wulin Marketplace as a forward base, covering prospective mineral-vein rights, hunting-ground management, outpost construction, and the allocation of exploration costs. 246

Dark Abyss Society Operations

When suspicious cultivators begin gathering intelligence on Sha Ore, ruins, and outpost locations, Chen Yi directs Li Yuan to monitor them rather than intervene prematurely. He personally reviews the surveillance records, orders the subsequent arrests, and coordinates the encirclement of Dark Abyss Society members. 252 256 277

Chen Yi initiates a proactive campaign against suspected strongholds, assigning targets according to priority and relying on Li Yuan's formation expertise to dismantle restrictions and recover intelligence. The seized records reveal that the Dark Abyss Society intends to control a large-scale spirit vein. 257

Following the branch-vein operation, Chen Yi reports that the captured Foundation Establishment Late Stage demonic cultivator is a core Dark Abyss Society leader and warns that a Golden Core-level demonic cultivator may be involved behind the organization’s spirit-vein investigation. 277

He reinforces Wulin Marketplace's defenses after the conflict escalates, authorizing Li Yuan to lead an upgrade of the Demon-Probing Array and promising prioritized formation materials and personnel. 279 He later provides Li Yuan with intelligence on confirmed demonic-cultivator gathering locations and directs him to support the supply needs of the sect's exploration teams without entering the increasingly dangerous forest depths himself. 358 366 373

He also keeps Li Yuan informed about the Demon Sect's interest in the Sha Vein, the investigation into failures at the Golden Core Formation Platform, and the wider conflict involving the Yuanyang Sect, Sha Demon Sect, and Tianyue Sect. 261 306 307 410

Golden Core Preparations and Covert Missions

During exploration of the Golden Core Formation Zone, Chen Yi entrusts Li Yuan with dismantling formations and gives him a Golden Core Formation Guidance Jade Slip after the group discovers records of the Orthodox and Heterodox Life-Nurturing paths. 282 283

After Li Yuan assists with teleportation-array work connected to Mo Province, Chen Yi provides historical context about the Yuanyang Sect's conflict with the White Underworld Sect and offers the complete Golden Core Formation Manual as the mission reward. 348 353

Chen Yi later arranges Li Yuan's infiltration of the Dark Abyss Society outpost at Withered Bone Valley. He supplies the operational plan, the identity of the deceased liaison Zhou Tong, a Phantom Mask Disguise artifact, and the Mysterious Nether Pearl needed to imitate a Golden Core aura. 375

For the Withered Bone Valley operation, Chen Yi requires Li Yuan to eliminate every demonic cultivator at the outpost, leave no trace of the attack, and release the Mysterious Nether Pearl's Golden Core-level aura to misdirect the Dark Abyss Society. After Li Yuan completes the mission, Chen Yi accepts the report and settles the reward, including an Essence Condensing Herb. 375 377

As Tianyue Sect influence expands around the Ghost Mist Forest outpost, Chen Yi warns Li Yuan of its increasing interference with Yuanyang Sect deployments. After the Yuanyang Sect gains permission to station personnel at the Branch Hall, he assigns Li Yuan to escort five Foundation Establishment Middle Stage disciples to the forest's northern edge as bait for the Sha Demon Sect. 386 410

Sha Demon Sect Intelligence Network

Chen Yi later assigns Li Yuan to infiltrate the Sha Demon Sect's West Line communication network while disguised as a demonic cultivator. He provides a Demonic Origin Bead developed by the Yuanyang Sect to simulate demonic aura and offers Golden Core formation auxiliary materials as the mission reward. 418

After Li Yuan submits the West Line meeting-point layout, induction-array mechanisms, and backup-contact coordinates, Chen Yi recognizes the intelligence as highly valuable and arranges additional Golden Core formation materials. 418

When two of the exposed backup contact points are destroyed but a third is found vacated, Chen Yi identifies the discrepancy as evidence of a possible Sha Demon Sect early-warning mechanism and entrusts Li Yuan with further intelligence work. 425 He later accepts Li Yuan's edited report regarding the Sha Demon Sect's investigation into its intelligence leak, rewards him with a Golden Core formation material, and takes seriously Li Yuan's warning of further covert operations. 427

Later Regional Developments

After the destruction of the Lingxu Secret Realm disrupts negotiations around Withered Bone Ridge, Chen Yi informs Li Yuan that the Yuanyang Sect and Sha Demon Sect have clashed and that the Golden Core cultivators near the ridge have largely withdrawn to prevent the conflict from escalating. He continues to handle marketplace affairs and assists Li Yuan in obtaining sect-held refining materials. 479

When disturbances around Ghost Mist Forest have subsided, Chen Yi informs Li Yuan that the Yuanyang Sect intends to dismantle its Ghost Mist Forest outpost. He also offers to exchange the wood-element Entangling Wood Technique for Li Yuan, continuing to facilitate the latter's access to sect resources. 498

Duties and Influence

• Regional sect representative — Oversees Yunyang Marketplace and surrounding territory on behalf of the Yuanyang Sect. 207
• Marketplace development — Negotiates the expansion of Wulin Marketplace, including mining rights, hunting-ground management, outpost construction, and sect-backed infrastructure. 234 246
• Operations commander — Assigns personnel, establishes priorities, coordinates encirclements, and manages intelligence concerning the Dark Abyss Society. 249 252 257
• Security coordinator — Oversees defensive responses to demonic-cultivator threats, including the reinforcement of Wulin Marketplace's Demon-Probing Array and support for Ghost Mist Forest exploration teams. 279 366 373
• Covert-mission handler — Plans infiltrations, provides disguise artifacts and false identities, receives intelligence reports, and allocates rewards for operations against the Dark Abyss Society and Sha Demon Sect. 375 418 427
• Li Yuan's sect contact — Delivers missions, Contribution Point rewards, information, cultivation materials, and official requests for array work. 231 321 348 427 479 498
• Political adviser — Explains regional sect politics and cautions Li Yuan against actions that could destabilize the balance among local cultivation factions. 213 386 410 479
• Outpost administrator — Coordinates the Yuanyang Sect's changing deployment in Ghost Mist Forest, from forward-base expansion and exploration support to the later dismantling of the outpost after regional threats subside. 246 366 498

Relationships

• Li Yuan — Dharma Protector and trusted operational partner. Chen Yi recruits him after his Foundation Establishment breakthrough, regularly commissions his array, combat, and intelligence work, supports his Golden Core preparations, and relies on him for covert missions against demonic-cultivator networks. He also continues to arrange resource exchanges and provide sect-held techniques after the Ghost Mist Forest outpost's planned closure. 207 257 283 375 418 427 498
• Yuanyang Sect — Inner sect elder and regional representative responsible for extending the sect's control through Yunyang Marketplace, Wulin Marketplace, and Ghost Mist Forest. 207 234 246
• Dark Abyss Society — Principal adversary in Chen Yi's regional operations; he coordinates surveillance, stronghold sweeps, captures, defensive measures, and covert infiltrations against the organization. 252 257 279 375
• Sha Demon Sect — A growing rival force whose interest in the Ghost Mist Forest, spirit veins, and communication network prompts Chen Yi to commission Li Yuan's escort and infiltration missions. 261 410 418 427
• Tianyue Sect — A competing allied sect whose growing control over the Ghost Mist Forest outpost and Branch Hall concerns Chen Yi; he supports Yuanyang Sect efforts to counterbalance its influence. 386 410
• Wang Family and Li Family — Maintains sect neutrality toward their conflict and explicitly forbids Foundation Establishment-level intervention by Li Yuan. 213