Chen Hong

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Chen Hong (陈鸿)
Alias(es)	Lord Hong; Creator; Creation Dragon King
Species/Race	Initially human; later recognized by the world's Rules as the unique Soul Beast species “Chen Hong” and described as an Innate Divine Beast 500 651 658
Gender	Male; later self-describes his gender as “Chen Hong” 500 651
Affiliation	Technology Guild; Chen Family Ironworks; Soul Guidance Device Academy
Occupation/Role	Soul engineer, blacksmith, researcher, founder of Soul-Conducting Inscription Technology, creator of the Soul Engine and Creator System
Status	Active; ascended to Godhood and later returns to the Douluo Continent as the Creation Dragon King 663 729
First Appearance	1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
First Soul Ring / One-Ring Soul Master	18	Returns to the Chen Family Ironworks as a One-Ring Soul Master and experiments with direct Soul Power manipulation.
Second Soul Ring — Realm of Intent	103 104	The Berserk Baboon's sacrifice allows his second ring to bypass the Realm of Form and directly enter the Realm of Intent.
Soul Power Level 24	191	His Mental Power exceeds level 70, creating an extreme disparity with his Soul Power.
Near Soul Power Level 25	202	Cultivates with Soul Wine and Ye Lingling's support.
Soul Power Level 39 / Great Soul Ancestor	310	At age fifteen, possesses level 80 Mental Power and qualifies as an Eighth-Level Soul Engineer.
Soul Power Level 40 / Soul Ancestor	323	Leaves for the Sea Soul Islands seeking a fourth ring, preferably through sacrifice.
Fourth Soul Ring — Void and Reality	334 337 338	Absorbs the Evil Spirit Orca's ring; gains crystallization of Mental Power and Soul Power.
Soul Power Level 43 / Mental Level 82	382	His abnormal combat methods and ability to disrupt Martial Soul True Forms let him contend with ordinary Titled Douluo.
Soul Power Level 49 / Mental Level 84	390	Reaches this level at age sixteen after rapid resource integration in Suotuo City.
Soul Power Level 50–52 / Soul King threshold	424	Reaches level 50 while researching; remains temporarily unringed despite being estimated around level 52.
Soul Power Level 70	444	A 690,000-year Soul Ring propels him from level 50 to 70; his sixth ring cannot initially be activated.
Creator State / Complete Martial Soul Fusion	495 496	Fuses multiple Martial Soul powers into armaments and fights the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord.
Seventh Soul Ring — True Self	499	Ignores status effects that affect True Self Perception.
Unique “Chen Hong” Species Origin	500	Assimilates the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Rules; the world recognizes him as a new Soul Beast species.
Eighth Soul Skill — True Sight	541	Sees the true forms of people and Martial Souls.
Uncrowned Divine Beast	559	Completes Thunder Tribulation as the first native-born Uncrowned Divine Beast not recognized by the Rules.
Peak Level Two Divine Beast	677	Absorbs a Level One Divine Beast and a Third Tier Divine Beast; his artifacts mutate into Super Divine Artifact Embryos.
Godhood	663	His ascension revitalizes the Douluo Realm's Origin and raises others' chances of becoming Gods.
Creation Dragon King / God King-rivaling fusion	729 735	Returns after years away; fusion with the Creation Dragon King and Lord of Wisdom lets him confront the Five Great God Kings.

Background

Chen Hong's family settled in White Cloud Village after war displaced them. His father, Chen Lin, opened a blacksmith business there, while the village took in the family. Chen Lin eventually entrusted the local shop to Chen Hong for practice and moved with Ning Lu to Suotuo City to establish a larger ironworks 1.

Even as a child, Chen Hong repaired White Cloud Village's farm tools without charge, continuing his family's repayment for the village's kindness. His early blacksmithing talent and habit of collecting ores led directly to his first major invention: the Soul Engine 1 3.

After discovering Soul Guidance Mithril Ore with Uncle Wang, he kept the find confidential, processed it into wire, and constructed coils for the first Soul Engine. He later activated a portable 0.2-generation model and began developing Soul-Conducting Inscription Technology from the Soul Engine's foundations 3 4 31.

Appearance

Chen Hong is initially presented as a young man with long hair and a clear, youthful voice. He often wears practical research or travel clothing, including a gray Daoist robe woven with concealment runes and a white research coat 260 348 419.

• Fine black patterns spread from his closed eyes across his body when the Black Lotus Soul Eye and Spider Armor are active 454.
• His Black Lotus Soul Eye is described as captivating and abyss-like; it later develops into an Eye of Rules 454 569.
• In Creator State, he wears black attire or armor and manifests a lotus-like Divine Wheel behind him 495.
• His Creator armaments include the Spider God Scythe, Life Lotus Ring, Six-Winged Angel, and later Super Divine Artifact Embryos 496 498 677.

Personality

Chen Hong is methodical, ambitious, and intensely curious. He approaches Soul Power, Martial Souls, Soul Rings, and Soul Beasts as systems to be analyzed, tested, and improved rather than fixed traditions to be accepted. His research emphasizes transferable methods over mere conclusions, allowing others to verify and build upon his work 136 155 463.

He is strategically cautious despite his confidence. He declines Hu Liena's invitation to Spirit City because public prominence would make him vulnerable, instead choosing to operate as a supplier whose influence is supported by his family and guild 31. He also uses concealment runes, remote detection buoys, layered plans, and contingencies to reduce risk 348 642.

Chen Hong can be teasing, eccentric, and deliberately provocative. His thought patterns become erratic after adapting his Soul Rings, though his seemingly absurd remarks often prove predictive. Allies describe his occasional dramatic behavior as him “going a little crazy” 124 569.

His morality is pragmatic and human-centered, especially in his early treatment of Soul Beasts. He is willing to capture unwilling Soul Beasts as research specimens, but he also retains compassion for the weak and advocates facing the strong without abandoning mercy 268 407 411.

Abilities & Skills

Psychic Power Martial Soul

Chen Hong's original Martial Soul is Psychic Power, identified as a will fragment of the Tis Insect Emperor. Its unusual nature allows his Mental Power to greatly surpass his Soul Power without the normal physical burden 191 310.

• Uses psychic force for telekinesis, perception, analysis, and manifestations such as leaf-made question marks 100.
• His Mental Power reaches Titled Douluo level upon activating three Soul Laws 334.
• Can operate Huang as an external mental processor and construct temporary computational networks 310.
• Uses detection buoys to expand his straight-line Mental Power detection range from ten to twenty kilometers 344.

Sage Time

His first Soul Skill, formally Mental Focus and informally called Sage Time, enhances comprehension and supports connection with Soul Beasts 6 100 104.

• Gives Soul Masters greatly increased comprehension.
• Can grant Soul Beasts both tenfold cultivation speed and tenfold comprehension 366.
• Supports the development of his Soul Beast Cultivation Studies and his ability to improve Soul Beast growth 131 366.
• Possesses deeper mastery than his second skill and can be flexibly altered through the Realm of Intent 104.

Mental Adrenaline

His second Soul Skill, also called Revitalize Masculinity, derives from the Berserk Baboon's berserk trait 103 104.

• Enhances combat will and suppresses pain through a berserk-like effect.
• Reached the Realm of Intent immediately through the soul beast's sacrifice 103.
• Is initially difficult for Chen Hong to control despite its advanced realm 104.
• Alongside Sage Time, helps him maintain himself and purify the side effects of the Path of the Wolf 197.

Soul Ring Research and Soul Ring Intent

Chen Hong develops the Three Realms of Soul Rings—Skill, Technique, and Dao—and the related theory of Form and Intent 155 197.

• Teaches Tang San and Xiao Wu Soul Ring cultivation, guaranteeing advancement to the Soul Ring Intent realm 264.
• Identifies how soul skills can escape rigid activation forms once they reach the Realm of Intent 104.
• Uses Soul Ring research to study sacrifice, imprinting, condensation, self-evolution, and Divine Marks 367 419.
• Revises Martial Soul classification and investigates a seventh-ring path for Tool Spirits 459.

Void and Reality

His fourth Soul Law crystallizes both Soul Power and Mental Power, inherited from the Evil Spirit Orca's ability to crystallize Soul Power 338.

• Forms solid Soul Power weapons, including crystal swords.
• Forms Psychic weapons that affect mental or spiritual targets without necessarily damaging physical matter 338.
• Enables research into energy density, Soul Cores, and the materialization of internal power 338.
• Initially grants little direct Soul Power because Chen Hong does not absorb the Evil Spirit Orca's full strength 338.

Black Lotus Soul Eye

Chen Hong's External Soul Bone, the Soul Eye, develops from observing Soul Power particles into a powerful perception and transformation ability 367.

• Activates black body patterns and spider-like Spider Armor 454.
• Lets him evade attacks with apparent precognition while fighting Qian Xunji 454.
• Works with True Sight to reveal the true forms of beings and Martial Souls 541.
• Evolves into the Eye of Rules and supports Transcendence — Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, which disables Di Tian's attack 569.

True Self

Chen Hong's seventh Soul Ring anchors his identity and prevents effects that alter his perception of himself 499.

• Ignores all status effects influencing True Self Perception 499.
• Lets him retain himself while pursuing increasingly dangerous fusion and divine paths 550.
• Becomes central to his transformation into the unique “Chen Hong” species 500.
• Supports Creator Mode by keeping his main body free from contamination by fused Martial Soul powers 499.

Creator System

Creator is Chen Hong's Complete Martial Soul Fusion State. Rather than blending all powers into an unstable whole, he turns compatible Martial Soul powers into separate armaments or “equipment” on his body 495 502.

• Spider God Scythe — Bibi Dong's spatial power; grants Space Element Affinity and the Spider God Domain 496.
• Life Lotus Ring — Ye Lingling's power; grants Life Element Affinity and an adaptive Life Element Physique 496.
• Six-Winged Angel — Qian Daoliu's power; grants aerial all-attribute amplification through Sky Overlord 498.
• Evil God's Eye — derived from the Evil Emperor's power 502.
• Can fuse with powerful allies without fully merging souls, though those fused may be isolated within his internal “Little Black Room” 498.
• His body cannot ordinarily sustain multiple peak powers without Ye Lingling's support 499 572.

Rule Analysis and Comprehensive Solution

After becoming a God, Chen Hong's Psychic Power becomes conceptual and Rule-based 668.

• Analyzes targets and, under strict conditions, transfers them from the world's “server” into his own private “server” 668.
• Can affect abstract concepts after understanding them 668.
• Uses authority to silence Divine Authority Domains, nullify attacks, and sever another being's connection to the world's Rules 667.
• His greatest authority is learning, comprehending, and mastering Rules rather than direct destruction 667.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Soul Engine — Chen Hong's foundational Soul-Conducting device; the first-generation model powers the continent's first armored soul-powered truck 4 31.
• Soul Guidance Engraving Knife — experimental tool for engraving and manipulating Soul Power pathways 18.
• Soul Guidance Clothing — silk clothing inscribed with Secret Soul and Mental Perception Invalid runes for aura concealment 348.
• Detection Buoys — remotely controlled Mental Power detectors that extend his perception range 344.
• Huang — a pink spider model and external computation matrix used to manage the Suotuo Mental Network 310.
• Sea Serpent Ship — advanced Purple Radiance Class Soul Guidance Battleship used for the Sea Soul Islands expedition 323.
• Spider God Scythe — Creator armament formed through Bibi Dong's power 495 496.
• Elemental Emperor's Crown — Super Divine Artifact Embryo able to master elements 677.
• Sacred Twelve Wings — Super Divine Artifact Embryo with Light Wing Judgment 677.
• Rule Anomaly Eyes — Super Divine Artifact Embryo with Dimensional True Sight 677.

Relationships

• Chen Lin — Father, blacksmith, Technology Guild leader, and frequent target of Chen Hong's teasing; Chen Hong trusts him to handle major political aftermath 4 281 500.
• Ning Lu — Mother; Chen Hong is notably dependent on her despite fearing her reprimands 9 15.
• Uncle Wang — White Cloud Village resident who discovers ore for Chen Hong and keeps the mining secret at his request 1 3.
• Hu Liena — Spirit Hall Saintess and early business partner; she secures protection for Chen Hong after negotiating the Soul Engine arrangement 31.
• Ning Quan — Maternal uncle, scholar, collaborator, and subject of Chen Hong's physical improvement research 104 419.
• Ye Lingling — Close partner and the Life cornerstone of Creator State; her power lets Chen Hong sustain greater fusion loads 197 496 499.
• Qian Daoliu — Peerless Douluo, mentor-like protector, research collaborator, and Creator armament partner 268 323 498.
• Yu Xiaogang — Scholarly peer and student in Soul Ring theory; seeks Chen Hong's guidance and revises his own theories accordingly 155.
• Tang San — Cautious counterpart and transactional partner; Chen Hong deduces his secrets, then purchases his Immortal Herb Illustrated Guide and agrees to teach him 260 264.
• Bibi Dong — Complex fusion partner whose Martial Soul powers Chen Hong can turn into Spider God Armor or the Spider God Scythe 458 463 495.
• Evil Eye Tyrant Lord / Evil Emperor — Defeated opponent whose power becomes part of Chen Hong's Creator System 495 500 502.
• Snow Empress — Powerful ally and witness to Chen Hong's plans, divine development, and overwhelming Rule authority 427 663 667.
• Gu Yuena — Dragon King adversary whose forces Chen Hong confronts in the Spatial Turbulence 569 572.
• Zhao Wuji — Former teacher; Chen Hong later shares a respectful drink and conversation with him 657.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Soul Engine and Early Soul Guidance Development

Chen Hong begins as a gifted village blacksmith whose search for ores yields Soul Guidance Mithril. He processes the ore by hand, creates a 0.2-generation Soul Engine, and brings the technology to Suotuo City through the Chen Family Ironworks 3 4.

He supplies Spirit Hall rather than joining it directly, using Hu Liena's deal to establish himself as an equipment supplier while avoiding the danger of becoming a conspicuous prodigy in Spirit City 31.

Academic and Guild Expansion

Chen Hong develops Soul-Conducting Inscription Technology, Soul Guidance Device Engraving Studies, and Soul Ring Form and Intent Studies. He establishes a Soul Guidance Device specialty at Shrek Academy and trains Technology Guild craftsmen into Soul Engineers 31 136 153.

His work differs from older theory-driven scholarship by teaching research principles and methods rather than only conclusions. This gives him unusual authority over Soul Ring studies, including among established scholars such as Yu Xiaogang 155 463.

Soul Beast Cultivation and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well

After investigating Soul Beast growth and discovering that his skills can improve Soul Beasts' spiritual realms, Chen Hong develops Soul Beast Cultivation Studies 131 261. Tang San's information about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well gives him access to a crucial research environment and resource base 261 264.

Chen Hong prevents Spirit Hall's seniors from simply stripping Dugu Bo of every Immortal Herb, distinguishing the herbs from the far more valuable environmental properties of the well itself. He later ensures Dugu Bo retains remaining herbs while Spirit Hall supplies evolved sub-plants over time 264 268.

Humanoid Soul Bone Path

Rejecting conventional Soul Bone absorption, Chen Hong chooses to analyze Soul Bones and cultivate himself into a “Humanoid Soul Bone.” He travels by Sea Serpent Ship toward the Sea Soul Islands, seeking a fourth Soul Ring and further opportunities for research 323.

The Evil Spirit Orca Soul Ring grants Void and Reality, while Chen Hong's Mental Power advances to the point of rivaling a Titled Douluo 334 338.

Creator and the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord

Chen Hong's Martial Soul Fusion develops into Creator State, in which Bibi Dong, Ye Lingling, Qian Daoliu, and later other beings become discrete armaments rather than unstable merged components 495 502.

As Creator, he withstands the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord's mental attacks, defeats it, forces its surrender, and receives recognition as a unique Soul Beast species from the world's Rules 495 499 500.

Divine Evolution and Conflict with the God Realm

Chen Hong completes Thunder Tribulation as an Uncrowned Divine Beast, later ascends to Godhood, and uses long-term planning to influence the God Realm's choices 559 663. He seeks a path that fuses human and Soul Beast Rules rather than accepting the existing Divine Position system as fixed 665 669.

After returning to the Douluo Continent as the Creation Dragon King, he fuses with the Lord of Wisdom and stands against the Five Great God Kings on equal footing. The God Kings ultimately permit him to handle the Dragon King issue himself 729 735.

Trivia

• Chen Hong's Soul Engine was designed to be disassembled for portable transport and to reduce theft risk 9.
• He calls the technology derived from his early engraving work Soul-Conducting Inscription Technology 31.
• He describes himself as someone who “never liked fighting” and only likes “resolving conflicts” 281.
• His family and allies repeatedly note that his inventions, experiments, and cultivation habits create a real risk that he will “play himself to death” 419.
• Within the Merchant Association, he is reputedly called a “kind-hearted executioner,” a label he dismisses as slander 458.