Chen Changming

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Chen Changming (陈长命)
Alias(es)	Chen Shan, Ning Jin, Luo Shan 72 978 1313
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Spiritual Root	Five Elements Mixed Spirit Root; initially considered low-grade, later identified as Mystic-grade mid-grade 3 953
Affiliation	Former Lingxiao Sect disciple; Beast Taming Immortal Sect disciple; disciple of the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect; Vermilion Bird Guard 24 1015 1128 1313
Occupation/Role	Dual dharma-and-body cultivator, alchemist, beast tamer, sword cultivator, healer
Status	Active 1696
First Appearance	Chapter 3

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Qi Refining, second layer	26	Continued advancing through the Evergreen Art while beginning formal practice of the Dragon Glide Step.
Dragon Glide Step, second enhancement	26	At 1,000 repetitions, gained another fivefold speed increase while reducing spiritual-energy consumption fivefold.
Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art, first layer	45	Condensed the Heavenly Furnace over two years, then tempered himself within it for three hours.
Dragon Glide Step, further breakthrough	48	Speed rose tenfold while energy consumption increased only fivefold.
Qi Refining, sixth layer; Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art, second layer	58	His skin and muscles turned golden; his physical strength surpassed that of some demonic beasts.
Qi Refining, seventh layer; Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art, third layer	61	Reached the seventh Qi Refining layer after another half-year and finally comprehended the third body-forging layer.
Foundation Establishment	63	Broke through after a year of focused cultivation; his aura was sensed by Ouyang Hong.
Body cultivation, Foundation Establishment fifth layer	145	His steel-like body gained greater explosive power.
Dao cultivation, Foundation Establishment second layer	150	Reached the realm after consuming one thousand Heavenly Spirit Pills.
Body cultivation, Foundation Establishment eighth layer	225	His close-range combat strength surpassed ordinary tenth-layer Foundation Establishment body cultivators.
Pill Control Technique, Great Perfection	236	Reached a fifth enhancement after 100,000 executions; his divine sense became comparable to a first-level Golden Core cultivator.
Body cultivation, Foundation Establishment ninth layer	236	Advanced early by consuming the flesh and blood of Level 5 demonic beasts.
Body cultivation, peak Foundation Establishment tenth layer	237	Reached the peak before the opening of the Ancient Demon Palace.
Dao cultivation, Foundation Establishment eighth layer	278	Consumed fifty thousand mid-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills over three years to advance.
Body cultivation, peak Golden Core	342	Forged all his bones black; believed capable of instantly killing a first-level Nascent Soul cultivator.
Divine sense, Nascent Soul fourth-layer equivalent	449	Eighty-one divine-sense strands collectively reached this level after refining Ghost Heart Pills.
Dao cultivation, Golden Core fourth layer	697	Broke through after three days of all-out cultivation in the Underground Palace.
Dao cultivation, Golden Core eighth layer	1002	Advanced before the Inner Sect Disciple Tournament.
Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art, Great Perfection	1002	Completed the technique while continuing to cultivate both body and dharma.
Spirit Transformation, first layer	1037	Began cultivating the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art after the breakthrough.
Main body, Spirit Transformation fifth layer	1248	Released seven contracted Demon Kings after this advancement.
Body cultivation, Spirit Transformation sixth layer	1290	His body-cultivation speed surpassed his Dao-cultivation speed.
Body cultivation, Spirit Transformation eighth layer	1397	Reached this level one year after secretly entering the Spirit Realm.
Body cultivation, Spirit Transformation ninth layer	1397	Used Ten-Thousand-Year Blood Spirit Ginseng to advance.
Body cultivation, Spirit Transformation tenth layer	1397	Reached the tenth layer with remaining Nine-Colored Deer Essence Blood.
Body cultivation, Void Refinement first layer	1467	His physical strength entered a new level; he could defeat ordinary seventh-layer Void Refinement cultivators unaided.
Azure Spirit Body-Healing Art, Minor Accomplishment	1517	Manifested a three-foot Azure Spirit Divine Tree despite possessing only One-Leaf talent.
Azure Spirit Body-Healing Art, Major Mastery	1523	Cultivated the middle section to major mastery in one year.
Azure Spirit Body-Healing Art, Great Accomplishment	1527	Publicly revealed the stage at the Su Clan’s Deacon Hall, breaking its longstanding precedent.
Azure Spirit Body-Healing Art, Perfection	1534	Condensed a nine-foot Azure Spirit Divine Tree after five years.
Body cultivation, Void Refinement second layer	1536	Assessed himself as capable of crushing most Void Refinement cultivators.
Azure Spirit Body-Healing Art, peak realm	1543	Revealed his peak Azure Spirit Divine Tree to Su Qingshan and Su Ying.

Background / History

Chen Changming was born with a low-grade Five Elements Mixed Spirit Root, an aptitude widely regarded as poor. As a child, the two black moles on the soles of his feet were treated as an omen of misfortune; his grandmother renamed him “Changming” because of them. After performing what may have been his ten-thousandth blade strike while chopping wood, he discovered that the moles were instead the source of his unusual fortune and strengthening ability 3.

Severely wounded and starving, Chen was saved by a silver-robed cultivator after Linger pleaded for his life. The woman confirmed that he possessed spiritual roots and gave him a token granting entry to the Lingxiao Sect in Yue Kingdom 3. He later entered the sect as a servant disciple, painstakingly cultivated spirit rice, and was eventually promoted directly to outer-disciple status after nearly two years 24.

His time in Lingxiao Sect ended amid threats connected to Qin Changtian and the sect’s eventual collapse. Chen became increasingly reliant on false identities, body-altering disguises, and breath concealment, repeatedly escaping pursuers from the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, Black Lotus Sect, Immortal Alliance, and other factions 102 115 143 341.

Over the following centuries, he developed into a dual cultivator whose body-refining strength frequently exceeded his displayed Dao cultivation. He trained under and alongside numerous factions while maintaining aliases such as Chen Shan and Ning Jin, allowing opponents to underestimate him before he revealed his true strength 278 344 1290.

Appearance

Chen Changming commonly changes his appearance rather than maintaining a recognizable public identity. By circulating the Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art, he can alter his facial muscles and bone structure enough to pass as entirely different people 102 1639.

• Two black, date-sized moles are located in the centers of his soles; they emit warm currents when his techniques advance 3 233.
• His physique became increasingly abnormal through body cultivation, including golden skin and muscles during the early Heavenly Furnace stages 58.
• When using the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art, he can grow additional arms from his shoulders and back, enlarging into a small giant-like form 1414 1632.
• He has appeared publicly as the frightened rogue cultivator Chen Shan, the Vermilion Bird Guard and alchemist Ning Jin, and other altered identities 72 1313 1639.

Personality

Chen Changming is exceptionally persistent. His poor initial aptitude forces him to spend years accomplishing techniques that prodigies would master quickly, but once he understands a method’s foundation, he pursues it obsessively until it is strengthened beyond ordinary limits 26 45 234.

He is cautious to an extreme degree, preferring concealed strength, escape routes, and preparation over open displays of power. He routinely suppresses his cultivation, changes identities, buries his possessions, and avoids unnecessary conflicts with stronger factions 143 230 278 770.

Despite this caution, Chen is not passive. He responds ruthlessly when enemies threaten him or those he considers his own, and he is willing to expose his strength when concealment no longer serves him 384 830 1647. He also shows loyalty toward figures who treated him kindly, including Luo Lan, Yu Hailong, Fan Feichen, and Su Luo 339 785 1233 1532.

Abilities & Skills

Strengthening Through Repetition

Chen’s black moles grant extraordinary enhancements after he repeatedly practices a technique enough times.

• A possible ten-thousandth blade strike awakened the ability while he was still chopping wood 3.
• The Dragon Glide Step gained successive enhancements at one hundred and one thousand repetitions 26.
• The Pill Control Technique reached Great Perfection after one hundred thousand executions, elevating his divine sense to Golden Core level 236.
• His Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art was reinforced four times, with each reinforcement increasing its power tenfold from the previous foundation 348.
• He keeps the moles’ true nature secret, attributing his abnormal cultivation results to “comprehension” when questioned 1676.

Body Cultivation

Chen’s primary combat foundation is body refinement, first through the Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art and later through the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art.

• His body cultivation is usually concealed behind a lower displayed Dao-cultivation realm 278 1290.
• His physical strength allowed him to tear apart beasts, defeat Golden War Puppets barehanded, and kill higher-realm cultivators with single punches 58 344 1007.
• His body can withstand attacks from cultivators vastly above his stated cultivation, although major realm gaps can still injure him 1470 1569.
• The Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art is his central cultivation method; he treats auxiliary techniques as secondary to strengthening his body 1523.

Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art

An Ancient Human body-refining inheritance obtained from the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Fragment.

• Its circulation method stimulates latent bodily potential and grows additional arms, increasing offense, defense, and physical size 1413.
• Chen initially grew two new arms after cultivating its first layer for three months 1414.
• He later manifested six additional arms, fighting with eight arms in total 1604 1632.
• The art is recognized as a powerful inheritance associated with the Ancient Human Clan and the Wang Family 1604 1632.

Divine Sense and Soul Techniques

Chen’s divine sense is abnormally powerful and supports his sword control, scouting, clone techniques, and pill refinement.

• The Pill Control Technique multiplied both his control and divine-sense strength through repeated reinforcements 234 236.
• The Three-Nine Divine Aperture Technique allowed him to split his divine sense into three strands; he later cultivated eighty-one strands 396 449.
• His divine sense was revealed as equivalent to a fifth-level Spirit Transformation cultivator despite his lower Dao cultivation at the time 1134.
• His powerful divine sense lets him detect ambushes and concealed pursuers who assume their distance keeps them safe 254 1349.

Sword Arts and Formations

Chen uses both individual flying swords and large-scale sword formations.

• His Geng-Gold Swords are enhanced by the metal-compatible Golden Glow Art, Sword Tempering Art, and Basic Sword Control Art 152.
• He refined sixty Geng-Gold Swords into low-grade magical treasures and later commanded up to eighty-one life-bound flying swords through the Three Talents Sword Formation 449.
• The Origin-Returning Sword Qi becomes stronger after every hundred uses and reached its fourth reinforcement during secluded cultivation 233.
• The Slaughter Demon Sword and Slaughter Demon Sword Art enable his devastating technique, Annihilate Myriad Spirits 926.

Healing and Alchemy

Chen is a capable alchemist with multiple healing arts.

• He refines Heavenly Spirit Pills, Ghost Heart Pills, Flesh Pills, and beast-focused medicines 254 449 1349.
• He produced a batch of supreme-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills to prove his ability at the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower 1313.
• The Sweet Dew Art treats wounds and poison, while the Spring Return Immortal Art can rapidly restore serious bodily damage 1392 1569.
• His healing divine ability was valuable enough that Zhu Liejun chose not to cripple his cultivation after a pill-furnace explosion 1339.

Beast Taming

Chen contracts, raises, and fights alongside numerous demonic beasts.

• He successfully formed a contract with a beast one minor realm above his own cultivation when other Golden Core cultivators failed 953.
• The Primal Magnetism Mystic Turtle can manipulate magnetic fields and disrupt an opponent’s bonded magical treasures with Primal Magnetism Divine Light 1010.
• His contracted forces include the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect, Demon Spirit Vine, Thunder-Glitter Spirit Falcon, Primal Magnetism Mystic Turtle, and several Demon Kings 236 771 965 1248.
• He ultimately contracted nine Level Eleven Demon Kings, a feat that provoked Ye Xuanji’s jealousy 1083.

Mobility, Concealment, and Disguise

Chen specializes in survival techniques.

• The Dragon Glide Step provides enhanced speed with reduced energy expenditure 26.
• The Blood Escape Technique can carry him a hundred miles in an instant and can be strengthened by burning essence blood 268.
• His Breath Concealment Technique reached Great Perfection, allowing him to evade powerful trackers such as Situ Yun 190 341.
• The Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art lets him reshape his face and physique for disguises 102 1639.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Geng-Gold Swords — Life-bound flying swords used with the Three Talents Sword Formation; Chen eventually refined sixty into low-grade magical treasures 449.
• Slaughter Demon Sword — Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure and the ideal weapon for the Slaughter Demon Sword Art 926.
• Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect — A rare spirit insect capable of breaking protective artifacts, adjusting spirit-energy concentration, and using innate abilities in combat 254 236.
• Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Fragment — Contains the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art and assists with Primal Magnetism-related cultivation 1413.
• Beast Taming Bracelet — Holds contracted beasts and Demon Kings 1248.
• Sword Talisman — A talisman connected to Chu Qiushui, who can sense and respond to it 1371.
• Three demonic talismans — Gifts from Elder Spirit Charm; each can kill or grievously injure cultivators below Fusion Realm fifth layer 1485.

Relationships

• Linger — Childhood acquaintance who pleaded with her silver-robed master to save Chen when he was badly injured 3.
• Silver-robed woman — Linger’s master; saved Chen, recognized his spiritual roots, and gave him the token to enter Lingxiao Sect 3.
• Zhu Fang — Early Qi Refining cultivator who forcibly made Chen practice the Spirit Armor Art while immobilizing him in a cave 3.
• Luo Lan — Chen’s Senior Sister from Lingxiao Sect. He protects her from the consequences of his old conflict with Leng Wuya and later seeks to aid her in Great Qin 199 312 339.
• Bi Cang — Mentor and advisor who guides Chen’s cultivation, analyzes his black moles, and helps him understand techniques and resources 233 449.
• Du Xiaoliang — A long-separated companion who searched Martial Spirit City and the Wilderness for Chen after believing he had died; Chen later recognizes her devotion and resolves to cherish her 69 1275.
• Yu Hailong — Senior Brother and long-term ally. Chen returns to Martial Spirit City to see him and entrusts the Yu Family with the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect for protection 722 785.
• Li Zizai — Supporter and mentor who consistently defended Chen’s potential despite his spiritual-root grade 1017 1063.
• Fan Feichen — Chen’s master in the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect; Chen later gave him half of his Profound Origin Spirit Marrow for his future tribulation 1128 1233.
• Chu Qiushui — Chen’s grandmaster and powerful protector; her status deters enemies who would otherwise target him 1342 1536.
• Su Luo — Chen’s disciple and trusted ally. She warned him of Su Qingshan’s intent to control him, and Chen chose to take her away from the Su Clan 1532 1642.
• Han Tian — Rival within the Su Clan. Han repeatedly dismissed Chen for his One-Leaf talent, only for Chen to surpass him in the Azure Spirit Body-Healing Art 1514 1543.
• Han Shanguang — Cloth-Clad Heavenly Venerable who once manipulated Chen; their later encounters shift into tense mutual respect after Chen’s growth 771 830.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Lingxiao Sect survivor — Begins as an impoverished youth with poor spiritual roots, enters Lingxiao Sect, and rises from servant disciple to outer disciple through relentless work 3 24.
• Fugitive cultivator — Leaves Lingxiao Sect, becomes wanted by powerful factions, and survives through false identities, concealed cultivation, and body-refining strength 45 115 143.
• Ancient Demon Palace contender — Spends decades cultivating before joining the Three Great Families’ expedition to open the Ancient Demon Palace 233 237.
• Outer Sea power — Develops enough strength to defeat Golden Core cultivators while still appearing to be at Foundation Establishment and reshapes Taichang Island’s clan balance 384 396.
• Beast Taming Immortal Sect prodigy — Enters under the Chen Shan identity, wins the Inner Sect Disciple Tournament, improves his spirit root at the Immortal Pool, and astonishes the sect with his beast contracts and flying-sword control 1015 1017 1083.
• Spirit Realm cultivator — Enters the Spirit Realm as Ning Jin, serves with the Vermilion Bird Guard, works as an alchemist and healer, and continues advancing his body cultivation while seeking higher inheritances 1313 1392 1588.
• Su Clan challenger — Uses the Su Clan’s Azure Spirit Body-Healing Art to overturn its One-Leaf talent precedent, exposes Su Qingshan’s ambition, and leaves with Su Luo rather than becoming the clan’s controlled son-in-law 1527 1543 1556.

Notable Quotes

“These moles are not a curse, but my good fortune...” 3

“I’m not someone to be trifled with either.” 1515

“Don’t look down on people with dog eyes. Three years from now, I won’t be beneath you.” 1514

Trivia

• Chen’s grandmother changed his name because the two black moles on his feet were believed to bring misfortune 3.
• He survived for nearly two hundred years despite his originally poor Five Elements Mixed Spirit Root, a fact that shocked Leng Wuya 312.
• His preferred strategy is to reveal a lower Dao-cultivation realm while concealing his stronger body cultivation as a decisive trump card 278 1290.
• He is frequently mistaken for a weak rogue cultivator because of his disguises, only to overturn that impression through overwhelming combat strength or alchemy 72 396 1313.