Yu Chen

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Yu Chen (玉宸)
Alias(es)	Daoist Yunchen; White Deer True Person; Immortal Truth Yu Chen; Lord Yu Chen; Blessings-Born Boundless True Lord
Species/Race	Human; transmigrator; later restored to an innate body
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Formerly the Snake Tribe; formally entered the Lingbao Sect; associated with Chongzhen Temple; Upper Clear Lingbao Lineage; founder and teacher of several Yellow Court and qi-refinement lineages
Occupation/Role	Cultivator, former Snake Shaman, qi-refinement teacher, talismanist, artifact refiner, Yellow Court patriarch, Daoist sanctuary master
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 1: “Leaving the Mountain”

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Shaman / Qi Refiner	1	Possessed incomplete Orthodox Three-Mountains Talisman Qi Formula, foundational magical power, and a bamboo-scroll “golden finger.”
Middle-stage Human Immortal Realm	15	Completed the deduction of the Orthodox Three-Mountains Talisman Qi Formula and identified his stage as condensing origin and opening channels.
Pinnacle Human Immortal Realm	68	Could illuminate his physical body while integrating Five Elements spirituality into his five viscera.
Ghost Immortal Realm	114	Broke through after refining the Millennium Jade Lotus and Five-Organ Origin Core Beads; formed a yin spirit and solidified the Yellow Court Golden Que Dao Palace.
Mid-stage Ghost Immortal / Manifested True Person	183	His Yin Spirit Dharma Body had begun its transformation toward yang after stabilizing the gains from the Seven-Colored Deer.
Yellow Court Dao Nature	207	Condensed Yellow Court Dao Nature; improved control of his body gods and allowed them to circulate primordial qi autonomously.
Complete Five-Viscera Deities	220	Formed the kidney deity Xuanming and liver deity Longyan, completing the five-viscera cycle and creating a spiritual embryo in the Yellow Court.
All-Knowing True Person / yang-transformed inner landscape	265, 266	Completed yang transformation and formed an inner landscape. His body gods merged into it and could act as independent external incarnations.
Earth Immortal Realm / Primordial Spirit	473, 487	Condensed a Dao Fruit and attained the Upper Immortal realm. Began the comprehensive transformation of essence, qi, and spirit through ceaseless generation, five-element refinement, and preparation for the gathering of the three flowers.
Third-Rank Immortal-Deity Position	597, 602	Stabilized the Second-Rank position of Upper Clear Lingbao Heavenly King through an incarnation, established the Fourth-Rank Nine Heavens Director of Fate Eastern Kitchen Stove Lord, and later ascended to a Third-Rank Immortal Deity position.
Incomplete Second-Rank Imperial Lord Status	696, 697	Manifested a Second-Rank Imperial Lord Dharma Aspect and used it to contend with multiple Third-Rank cultivators, though the position remained incomplete.
Dao Realm / Taiyi Immortal Dao	787, 838	Condensed Dao qi and Dao Fruit at the Dao Realm, then rapidly completed the First and Second Heavens of the Taiyi Immortal Dao by anchoring his Dao qi through innumerable future possibilities.
Innate Body / Great Dao Lord Candidate	995, 996	Reverted to an innate body and established a connection to the Ancestral Qi of Crimson Chaos, Great Nothingness, Mysterious Yellow, Mysterious Highness, and Purple Void, gaining a shortcut to contend for the rank of Great Dao Lord.

Background

Yu Chen was originally a Snake Tribe shaman. Before departing the tribe, he transferred his position to Aya, insisting that she be recognized as the new Snake Shaman. He left to pursue cultivation without destabilizing the tribe during its transition of authority 1.

He is a transmigrator whose prior-life knowledge came from a game world. There, he spent seven years obtaining the Yu Chen Golden Slip Elixir Book, a supreme immortal-path scripture containing the one hundred and eight arts of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang and Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend paths 1. His personal “golden finger,” manifested as a bamboo scroll visible only to him, records and deduces cultivation knowledge 1.

After leaving the tribe, Yu Chen combined shamanic inheritance, talisman arts, sacrificial rites, and qi refinement. His early experiments led him to reject the witch path as a dead end, prompting him to develop an immortal-path foundation centered on the Orthodox Three-Mountains Talisman Qi Formula 14 15.

After recovering the fourth segment of his memories, Yu Chen learned that his “golden finger” was a miracle produced when the true intents of the one hundred and eight Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend arts merged with the aura of his crossing into the main world. It shares an origin with remnants of power left by the Supreme Dao Ancestor and allows him to cross time and space through instance worlds 488 504.

The being known as Yu Chen in his former game world was originally his game character rather than his prior-life name. Yu Chen accepted and integrated the trace of that character’s spirit rather than destroying it, gaining the Epoch Five Tribulations Scripture, the Tongtian Dharma Aspect, and further foundations for reorganizing the Yu Chen Yellow Court Inner Landscape Scripture 503 506 507.

Personality

Yu Chen is calculating, observant, and highly pragmatic. He studies an opponent’s habits, status, cultivation, and weaknesses before committing to conflict; he repeatedly turns hostile encounters into exchanges for techniques, artifacts, or information 5 13 63.

Despite his ruthlessness toward enemies, he protects those he considers his responsibility. He arranged for the corpse-born child A Bao to be raised safely by Auntie Wan, bound Hu the Great Immortal Aunt to protect Dong Ye, and consistently guides disciples, spirit beasts, and weaker cultivators 9 52 68 201.

He dislikes being manipulated or drawn into binding obligations. Yu Chen treats alliances as arrangements of mutual benefit rather than sentiment, and he is willing to refuse powerful factions when their terms would compromise his independence 54 141 262.

Yu Chen is notably restrained in his use of power. Even after defeating Yun Chenzi’s incarnation and seizing the Five-Colored Jade Ruyi, he refused to keep it outright and instead offered its return if Yun Chenzi ceased opposing him or survived the coming war 637. He nevertheless responds with extreme force when his disciples, Daoist sanctuary, or core interests are directly threatened 696 697.

As a teacher, Yu Chen is patient with differing temperaments and paths. He generally permits disciples and spirit companions to make their own choices so long as they do not abandon their moral limits or fundamentally oppose his principles 610. His teaching emphasizes both independent understanding and responsibility for the consequences of one’s choices 340 507.

Abilities & Skills

Golden Slip Elixir Book and Instance Travel

Yu Chen’s golden finger records cultivation data, deduces methods, and contains the inheritances of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang and Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend arts 1 215.

• Can enter dungeon or instance worlds in his true body.
• Awakens true intent from techniques and phenomena he studies, granting unusually rapid comprehension 71 215.
• May extract Dao principles, laws, techniques, and spiritual artifacts from instance worlds.
• Cannot create objects from nothing; imported artifacts require suitable vessels to manifest in the main world 19.
• The colors of an art’s true intent correspond to its attainable realm: white for Human Immortal, red for Ghost Immortal, and gold for Earth Immortal 215.
• The Book’s crossing function is a supreme time-and-space divine ability formed from the true intents of the one hundred and eight arts and Yu Chen’s crossing aura 488.
• Can split portions of his consciousness into suitable worlds for specialized cultivation, research, and exploration, then recall their experiences to his true body 604 630.
• His Dao qi and incarnations can anchor future worlds, allowing his influence and cultivation foundations to persist across future branches of the River of Cosmic Light 838.

Shamanic Arts and Sacrificial Rites

Yu Chen retains extensive expertise from his time as a Snake Shaman. His shamanic arts encompass script, curses, totems, sacrifices, prayer power, and spiritual manipulation 3 16.

• Shamanic Script Mist conceals his presence and blends him into misty or wilderness environments 3.
• Uses Snake Shamanic Script, snake shadows, poisonous mist, curse rites, and sacrificial rituals.
• Can exploit the connection between a curse and its caster to strike remote enemies through possessed or controlled targets 13.
• Absorbed and redirected the prayer power of the Snake, Crow, and Wolf Totems to unlock inheritances and strengthen his Daoist grounds 24 25.
• His sacrificial dance purified White Deer Island’s baleful qi and created an auspicious pure land, earning Heavenly Dao merit 329.
• Continues to employ shamanic disguises, witch-script garments, and elemental rites when moving through the Southern Barbarian Lands under assumed identities 662.
• Possesses origins associated with night, the moon, and curses, strengthening both his curse arts and his ability to investigate hostile curse connections 561.

Talisman Arts and Golden Light Mantra

Yu Chen’s talisman practice developed from the Orthodox Three-Mountains Talisman Qi Formula, the Yin Talisman Treasure Register, and the Earthly Fiend Art Talisman Water 9 15 25.

• Can draw talismans in midair after deepening his understanding of Talisman Water 25.
• Uses Li Fire Talismans, Kan Water Incantations, moving methods, dispelling rites, and curse-breaking techniques 9.
• His Golden Light Mantra evolved into the personal Golden Light Fundamental Heart Mantra, an art of body protection, exorcism, demon-breaking, and suppression of yin-evil forces 22 88.
• The mantra’s protection, shelter, and blessing aspects allow it to counter curses, gu insects, black qi, and corrupt divine power 22 87 89.
• Can transmit the Golden Light Mantra and related divine abilities to disciples, using its authority to suppress evil divinity and stabilize unstable inheritances 257 266.
• His later talisman methods incorporate prayer power, spiritual registers, divine offices, mountain-and-water spirituality, and the institutional authority of the court 204 281.

Yellow Court Inner Landscape and Body Gods

Yu Chen’s principal cultivation system is the Yellow Court Inner Landscape Scripture, a path integrating qi refinement, talismans, visualization, the three dantians, and bodily deities 201.

• Developed the Five Elements and Five Organs Method, cycling elemental qi through his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys 68 102.
• Formed the spleen deity Ever-Present, lung deity Hao Hua, kidney deity Xuanming, and liver deity Longyan 125 158 220.
• Uses the Five-Organ Origin Core Beads and Jade Lotus Platform to strengthen five-organ origin qi 114.
• His body gods can autonomously cultivate, command corresponding qi, and manifest as independent incarnations after the formation of his inner landscape 207 266.
• Can reshape his body through Embryonic Transformation and Form Alteration so long as his yin spirit and Yellow Court spiritual embryo endure 213 220.
• His Yang Spirit, inner landscape, and body gods became increasingly integrated until the one hundred and eight divine abilities began to form part of his own nature rather than remaining separate techniques 411.
• Possesses at least five Yang Spirit-level incarnations, including body-deity manifestations capable of acting independently in distant locations 420.
• Collaborated with Daoist Tongming to develop body-deity treasures, using magical treasures corresponding to individual organs to reinforce bodily functions, cultivate essence, and draw in external primordial qi 710 712.
• His Yellow Court system was repeatedly revised, simplified, and transmitted as the Yu Chen Yellow Court Inner Landscape Scripture, allowing humans, spirits, beast races, and other beings to cultivate versions suited to their constitutions 331 507.

Five Elements and Thunder Arts

Yu Chen employs Heavenly Gang methods built around elemental transformation, movement, thunder, weather, and yin-yang reversal 115 148 221.

• Five Elements Grand Escape — transforms and moves through the Five Elements; can disrupt hostile qi and seize or neutralize elemental forces 115 217.
• Mastering the Five Thunders — commands the ten Heavenly Stem thunder arts, including Gui Water Yin Thunder 115.
• Earth-Traversing Golden Light — travels through surrounding light or merges with earth veins; conventional sealing arts cannot easily restrain it outside lightless terrain 221.
• Wind Calling and Rain Summoning — manipulates clouds, mist, rain, and weather phenomena 148 150.
• Reversing Yin and Yang — alters opposing auras, reverses yin-yang transformations, and was used to raise the Heavenly Netherworld from the underworld 240 319.
• His Five Elements Grand Escape later evolved into Five-Colored Divine Light, capable of restraining the Five Elements and their derived attributes, including phenomena balanced between material reality and illusion 473.
• Can wield Five-Element thunder that transcends ordinary elemental transformation, reducing Five Elements-based objects and defenses to tribulation ash 636.
• Uses Five Elements, Reversing Yin and Yang, and Shifting Stars and Changing Dippers on a vast scale to sort primordial qi and evolve heavenly realms 453.

Dream, Illusion, and Divination Arts

Yu Chen has substantial proficiency in illusion, dream, fate, and divination arts after studying the Painted Wall and Brahma’s Dream Painting 99 101.

• Uses Dream Bestowal, Scene Transposition, Moving Scenery, Dream Grafting, Doppelganger, and transformation arts 101 217.
• Can distort an object’s aura and impose transformations through illusion arts 99.
• Divining the Hidden uses Eight Trigrams principles to infer concealed truths and assess fortune or calamity 71.
• Uses stellar calculation, time-knowing methods, and fate analysis to anticipate major events and construct long-term plans 192 312.
• Can alter how others perceive his aura and history, using illusion, transformed fate, and Dao qi to conceal his true origins 393 818.
• His Dao qi can follow the River of Cosmic Light, preserve future branches, and influence the development of future possibilities without directly overwriting the choices of living beings 838.
• Has demonstrated authority over motion and future possibilities, enabling him to identify and counter dangerous future applications of hostile artifacts and divine abilities 641 643.

Dao Fruit, Dao Qi, and Cosmic Light

Yu Chen’s Earth Immortal and Dao Realm cultivation centers on the transformation and eventual unification of essence, qi, spirit, Dao Fruit, and Dao qi 487 604.

• His embryonic Dao Fruit is nourished by the true intents of the one hundred and eight Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend arts and by the Epoch Five Tribulations Scripture 487 630.
• His core Dao concept is the primal force driving all things toward change. It encompasses both salvation through the creation of new possibilities and the eventual end of all things 838.
• The Jade Golden Light Ruyi embodies the aspect of change, creation, and salvation, while his sword artifacts embody severance, death, decay, and endings 838.
• By entering the Dao Realm, he gained the ability to merge Dao Fruit and Dao qi with heaven-and-earth laws and to establish anchors throughout the future 787 838.
• Reverted to an innate body, allowing him to perceive the universe as interwoven primordial qi and the Dao laws as traces left by their interactions 995.
• Established a connection to ancestral qi and the Numinous Treasure Lord of Highest Purity Mysterious Capital Jade Capital rank, becoming a candidate to contend for Great Dao Lord authority 996.

Sword Arts and Four Sword Artifacts

Yu Chen’s sword arts developed from the Yin Windmill, Dragon-Slaying Sword intent, Xuanyuan Sword Qi, and his own understanding of killing, change, fate, and decay 19 247 407.

• Wind-Slaying Sword — takes wind as its blade and killing intent as its meaning. It is Yu Chen’s principal treasure of slaughter and can strip even high-ranking cultivators of their positional authority 636 696.
• Severing Sword — severs unfavorable future developments, obstructs hostile fate, and represents the principle of cutting off the Dao 544 573.
• Chaos Sword and Creation Sword — two further sword lights representing chaos, creation, and distinct approaches to cultivation and transformation 544.
• Green Duckweed Sword — formed by borrowing a sword from Heaven; accumulates and turns the forces of nature, then uses a moment of imbalance to sever powerful divine formations 697 707.
• Extinction Sword — guides all things toward their end and was acquired during Yu Chen’s confrontation with the trace of his former game character 506.
• Can combine sword artifacts and sword intent to sever origins, fate, Dao principles, and even the authority attached to high-ranking divine positions 697.

Artifact Refinement, Medicine, and Incense

Yu Chen is an accomplished refiner who adapts materials, restrictions, and spiritual properties to his needs 19 137.

• Refines and upgrades ritual artifacts using spiritual materials, prayer power, and Dao principles 16 19.
• Creates jade paste, spiritual medicines, incense pills, talismans, and specialized cultivation resources 83 106 180.
• Uses Earthly Fiend medical arts to identify medicinal properties in spiritual creatures and materials 124.
• Developed methods for teaching artifact refinement and Divine Weapon forging to disciples and allied cultivators 165 245.
• Can convert qi into materials and mass-produce low- to mid-grade magical treasures by combining Manipulating Creation with Tongming’s restriction-linking methods 498 709.
• Developed the Gourd Heaven Method, anchoring Purple Fungus Cliff within an Azure Jade Gourd and nurturing it through the Purple Jade Lingzhi Ruyi 475 476.
• Refined the Artifact Compendium, a Dao qi-based catalogue capable of recording, deducing, and evolving divine-artifact principles across foreign universes 896 901.
• Refined the Netherworld Pot into the Cosmos Pot, a high-rank divine artifact capable of gathering yin-world aura, refining heaven and earth, and concealing his true cultivation 899 906 907.

Nine-Rank Positions and Divine Authority

During his travels through worlds governed by the Nine-Rank Position system, Yu Chen adapted his Yellow Court cultivation into divine positions and exclusive ranks 509 511.

• Condensed positions including Yellow Court Daoist, White Deer True Person, Upper Clear Lingbao Heavenly King, and the Nine Heavens Director of Fate Eastern Kitchen Stove Lord 511 597.
• Can lend the authority of his rank to disciples and allies without immediately diminishing his own power, allowing them to cultivate and stabilize suitable positions 492.
• Used positional authority to establish spiritual registers, regulate Daoist sanctuaries, guide local cultivation systems, and protect disciples from hostile powers 507 571.
• His rank-based cultivation contributed to the integration of several worlds’ ascension systems into the Nine-Rank Divine Position system 602.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Golden Slip Elixir Book — His hidden cultivation system and source of the one hundred and eight Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend arts 1.
• Wind-Slaying Sword — The evolved form of the Yin Windmill, refined with Golden Sword Qi Dao marks and dragon-serpent spirituality. It later gained the powers of death, decay, and authority-severance 354 636 696.
• Serpent Curse Banner — A powerful curse artifact whose banner bears dense serpent patterns and a five-headed python image. It was later used to suppress underworld qi and nurture the Curse Sword 144 636.
• Golden Light Ruyi — A major defensive and offensive treasure used to suppress evil arts, defeat Divine Weapon wielders, and break hostile techniques 87 180.
• Jade Golden Light Ruyi — The evolved form of Yu Chen’s ruyi treasure, embodying his Dao of change, salvation, and the primal force driving all things 411 838.
• Azure Light Mirror — Formerly the Yi-Wood Azure Radiance Mirror; reveals illusions, scouts distant locations, reflects formations, defends against evil arts, and can immobilize targets 13 104.
• Shennong Ruler — Divine Weapon used against Xuanyuan Sword Qi and later bestowed upon a dragon during Yu Chen’s ascension from the Divine Weapon World 208 246.
• Jade Gourd — A gestation-type magical treasure conceived by Wishful Adept; capable of repairing other Divine Weapons 233 247.
• Cosmos Pot — The evolved Netherworld Pot, a high-rank divine artifact capable of refining heaven and earth, gathering yin-world aura, and concealing Yu Chen’s cultivation 899 906 907.
• Artifact Compendium — A Dao qi-based divine-artifact catalogue that records artifact diagrams, analyzes foreign divine-artifact systems, and supports the deduction of new treasures 896 901.
• Purple Jade Lingzhi Ruyi — A cultivation and cave-heaven treasure that supports Purple Fungus Cliff and bears the image of Yu Chen’s inner immortal mountain 476 487.
• Green Duckweed Sword — A sword formed by borrowing heaven’s sword and clear winds; used to break the divine realm of Mount Hexu and sever the balance of sun, moon, and night 697 707.
• Severing Sword — A sword artifact embodying severance and decay, refined from the deathly sharpness of the Wind-Slaying Sword and the Serpent Curse Banner’s curse power 544 636.
• Purple-Gold Furnace — A major treasure used in refining and later left behind with primordial qi for other cultivators 246 323.
• Golden Jade Twin Rings — Paired Five Elements rings used to subdue Hou Guangqing and battle the Lord of Heaven of Separation 181 226.
• Blood Sea Asura Mirror — A limited Divine Weapon seized from Crimson Baleful Old Man and modified by Yu Chen 180 181.
• Marten Pouch — Spatial storage artifact refined from a Void-Spirit Marten and Southern Barbarian materials 62.

Relationships

• Aya — Yu Chen’s successor as Snake Shaman; he relinquished his former position to protect her authority 1.
• Auntie Wan — Entrusted with raising A Bao as her deceased son’s posthumous child; Yu Chen considered her grief and social standing when arranging the adoption 9.
• A Bao — Corpse-born child placed in Auntie Wan’s care and protected from learning his true origin 9.
• Jin Guang — Fellow cultivator and exchange partner; they shared knowledge of the Golden Light inheritance and developed mutual trust 40 48.
• Yan Chixia — Cultivation associate whose sword-cultivation insights helped broaden Yu Chen’s understanding of other paths 47 48.
• Hu the Great Immortal Aunt — Fox immortal bound by Yu Chen’s ancient witchcraft contract to protect Dong Ye; their relationship remains transactional, wary, and mutually beneficial 52 54 83.
• Spirit Turtle / Turtle Spirit — Companion, disciple, and later a significant bearer of literary and Eight Trigrams authority. Yu Chen disciplines, feeds, cleanses, and teaches it breathing methods, Water-Fire Jewel refinement, and advanced Yellow Court cultivation 66 68 115 641.
• Daoist Tongming — Cautious associate who exchanged concealment and refining knowledge with Yu Chen; later stood guard during Yu Chen’s cultivation and travelled with him 63 125. They subsequently collaborated on body-deity treasure cultivation and the refinement of new artifact-based cultivation methods 709 711.
• Huan Meng — Illusion spirit who helped Yu Chen correct and perfect the Five Elements and Five Organs Method 101 102.
• Fairy Qing Shang — Eastern Sea collaborator. They established the Eight-Wind Banner Gate Formation and jointly refined the Yin Windmill into the Wind-Slaying Sword 157 354.
• Li Jiangyu — Disciple taught qi refinement and weapon forging; Yu Chen later assisted his cultivation and maintained a mentor-disciple bond 164 243.
• Hong Hanguang — Personal disciple and inheritor of the Human-Origin Elixir Method; Yu Chen named him Zhenyin and supervised his rapid progress 201.
• A-Lu — Kua Fu descendant and Yu Chen’s disciple, taught the Golden Light Mantra, sun-related runes, and dawn-divinity cultivation 257 262 476.
• Zhegu — Yin Spirit disciple under Yu Chen’s protection at Chongzhen Temple; he teaches her Yin Spirit Dharma Body cultivation and Daoist scripture study 284 287.
• Bai Suzhen — Serpent cultivator whom Yu Chen advises and aids against threats connected to Golden Mountain, West Lake, and dragon qi 379 399.
• Seven-Colored Deer — Close companion, mount, and disciple whose lineage helped Yu Chen deepen his command of yin, yang, and the Five Elements. It later attained Third-Rank divine-beast status 177 713.
• Zhao Xuanlang — Personal disciple entrusted with the management of Purple Empyrean Temple and the cultivation of wealth, spirit-official, and sword-related positions 528 637.
• Wang Yang — Disciple and founder of Heart-Mind Learning under Yu Chen’s guidance. He established an original Confucian classic and advanced toward the rank of Lesser Sage 527 639 641.
• Qi and Yu — Twin Shell disciples taught revised Yellow Court methods suited to nonhuman bodies; Yu Chen personally refined Sun-Moon and Dharma Water treasures for them 329 331 334.
• Jin Ling — Disciple and Upper Immortal artifact cultivator. Yu Chen aided her in forging the Four Symbols Pagoda and Dragon-Tiger Wish-Granting Scepter 656.
• Dong Dalang / Dong Yu — A disciple whose cultivation Yu Chen guided through experimental methods. Yu Chen renamed him Dong Yu after he established his Dao heart and helped restore Dong Ye 492 507.
• Daoist Qing Ling — Dream Dao cultivator and close Dao-discussion partner. Their sparring and exchanges advanced Yu Chen’s Five Elements Grand Escape and Qing Ling’s dreamscape Dao 473 487.
• Tu Shan Wenya — Tushan fox cultivator and later ally. Yu Chen rescued her from the Xia court and arranged for her to act as a connection to Shang Kingdom 818.
• Yun Chenzi / True Person Xuan Qing — A recurring rival whose incarnations repeatedly sought conflict with Yu Chen over the Seven-Colored Deer, Five Elements origins, and the future direction of the immortal path 635 636 768.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Departure from the Snake Tribe — Leaves his post as Snake Shaman to Aya and begins pursuing the immortal path through his incomplete Three-Mountains inheritance 1.
• Southern Barbarian consolidation — Uses shamanic arts to survive the wilderness, defeat the Ironfeather Eagles, acquire Crow Script, overcome the White Lotus Sect’s local agents, and seize the powers of the Snake, Crow, and Wolf Totems 3 5 13 24.
• Early talisman and artifact research — Obtains the Yin Talisman Treasure Register, refines the Yin Windmill, and incorporates artifacts recovered from instance worlds into new vessels 9 19.
• Cloudrise and Painted Wall affairs — Investigates the Dong and Chen families, confronts gu sorcery and manipulated deities, studies the Painted Wall Spirit Realm, and perfects the Five Elements and Five Organs Method 34 86 89 101.
• Spirit Turtle Island cultivation — Establishes a Daoist sanctuary, reaches the Human Immortal pinnacle, raises the Spirit Turtle, and prepares the elemental cores required for his next breakthrough 68 78 104.
• Divine Weapon World — Enters the Divine Weapon dungeon world, defeats Fire Child, cultivates the Ghost Immortal Realm, teaches qi refinement, mentors the Kunwu Eight Swords, and becomes a central figure in the world’s immortal path 109 114 185 241.
• Qi-refinement patriarch — Develops the Three Origins Elixir Method, teaches disciples and Otherworlders, establishes multiple qi-refinement lineages, and disseminates methods independent of Divine Weapons 201 215 241.
• Ascension and return — Ascends after lecturing in the Divine Weapon World, distributes his treasures and teachings, then returns to the main world with strengthened body gods and artifacts 246 247.
• Three Mountains and Heavenly Netherworld — Enters the Lingbao Sect as Daoist Yunchen, inherits Chongzhen Temple’s responsibilities, undermines He Gaomiao’s fate, and transforms the Three Mountains’ sanctuary realms into the Heavenly Netherworld 277 312 319.
• Eastern Sea alliances and refinement — Joins Eastern Sea cultivators, negotiates alliance responsibilities, trains attendants and disciples, and completes the Wind-Slaying Sword 326 329 354.
• West Lake and Golden Mountain — Assists Bai Suzhen, counters Zen Master Lingyou, exposes the risks of dragon-qi ascension, and takes control of the Five Sacred Mountains formation 377 399 400.
• Earth Immortal cultivation and Purple Fungus Cliff — Condenses his Dao Fruit, subdues Ancient Vine Immortal, develops Purple Fungus Cliff through the Gourd Heaven Method, and begins systematic transformation of essence, qi, and spirit 473 476 487.
• Recovery of past-life foundations — Recovers memories connected to his former game character, accepts the Tongtian Dharma Aspect, acquires the Epoch Five Tribulations Scripture, and reorganizes his Yellow Court inheritance 503 506 507.
• Nine-Rank Position World — Establishes Purple Empyrean Temple, cultivates rank-based Daoist, Confucian, and divine positions, raises disciples including Wang Yang and Zhao Xuanlang, and spreads the Yellow Court Way through local lineages 509 527 597.
• Conflict with Yun Chenzi — Protects Zhao Xuanlang and the Seven-Colored Deer from Yun Chenzi’s schemes, defeats an incarnation of his rival, and seizes the Five-Colored Jade Ruyi before offering its conditional return 635 637.
• Dao Realm and Central Plains turmoil — Enters Kunlun, condenses Dao qi, advances through the first two Taiyi Heavens, intervenes against Xiangyou’s schemes, and supports Shang Kingdom’s immortal-path foundations amid the Xia–Shang conflict 787 801 838.
• Divine Immortal Path and multiversal expeditions — Establishes and expounds a path binding immortal cultivation with divine authority, sends incarnations into multiple worlds, and develops the Artifact Compendium and Cosmos Pot through foreign artifact systems 889 896 907.
• Struggle against the Heavenly Emperor — Opposes the Heavenly Emperor’s manipulation of Cosmic Light, cooperates with Tongtian to create an escape opportunity, and continues expanding his Dao qi across future worlds 973 987.
• Great Dao Lord contention — Reverts to an innate body, gains access to the Ancestral Qi of Crimson Chaos, Great Nothingness, Mysterious Yellow, Mysterious Highness, and Purple Void, and begins contending with other compatible candidates for the Numinous Treasure Lord rank and Great Dao Lord authority 995 996.