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
First Appearance	Chapter 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

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

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

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

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
• Li Yuan's sect contact — Delivers missions, Contribution Point rewards, information, cultivation materials, and official requests for array work. 231 321 348 427 479
• Political adviser — Explains regional sect politics and cautions Li Yuan against actions that could destabilize the balance among local cultivation factions. 213 410

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, and supports his Golden Core preparations. 207 257 283 375
• 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, and covert infiltrations against the organization. 252 257 375
• Wang Family and Li Family — Maintains sect neutrality toward their conflict and explicitly forbids Foundation Establishment-level intervention by Li Yuan. 213