Lu Chen

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Lu Chen (陆辰)
Alias(es)	Martial Artist Lu; Wang Firm’s consecrated expert
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Age	16 after transmigrating; 17 by the Green Willow Alley duel 1 63
Affiliation	Former inner court disciple of Hidden Dragon Martial Hall; Wang Firm retainer and consecrated expert 15 51 61
Occupation/Role	Martial artist; former Yam Herb Shop courtyard guard; protector and cultivator at Scarlet Cloud Mountain Herb Garden 20 21 39
Status	Active; Martial Examination candidate 84
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Coiling Dragon Stance Art — Basics initiated	7	Becomes the third youth to master the stance art’s basics after persistent practice.
Coiling Dragon Stance Art — Minor Accomplishment	10	Daily Tiger-Bone Body-Strengthening Soup and training improve his sinew-and-bone tempering efficiency.
Azure Dragon Through-the-Arms Fist — Beginner	10	His first documented progress record shows 21/300 progress.
Blood Shift — Initial	14	Forms a thread of blood qi and becomes a martial artist.
Azure Dragon Through-the-Arms Fist — Minor Accomplishment	14	His fist technique reaches minor accomplishment during his breakthrough period.
Coiling Dragon Stance Art — Mastery	24	Reaches mastery while serving as a Wang Firm guard.
Blood Shift — Minor Attainment	38	Breaks through after months of cultivation supported by Blood-Qi Powder.
Coiling Dragon Stance Art — Perfect	41	Unlocks the Coiling Dragon Body · Dragon-Sighting Force Release trait.
Azure Dragon Through-the-Arms Fist — Perfection	44	Cultivates Azure Dragon Force and defeats Sun Liancheng with one punch.
Golden Ape Piercing-the-Forest Leg — Mastery	48	Gains a major increase in speed and agility.
Blood Transferring — Minor Attainment	48	Reveals that he had reached this stage two months earlier while cultivating in secret.
Iron Thread Grappling Hand — Perfect	59	Unlocks Interception Force, which disrupts an opponent’s circulation of qi, blood, and force.
Great Strength Vajra Palm — Minor Accomplishment	60	Learns Qiao Yuan’s palm art at exceptional speed with Wang Firm’s medicinal liquid.
Blood Moving — Major Accomplishment	60	Wang Shouyi publicly reveals his advancement to strengthen Wang Firm’s deterrence.
Blood Shifting — Completion / Mastery	61	Becomes a Wang Firm consecrated expert; later described as a Blood Moving Mastery practitioner.
Great Strength Vajra Palm — Perfection	80	His hands become powerful enough to serve as weapons.

Background / History

Lu Chen was an ordinary office worker on Earth before being struck by a vehicle while crossing a street. He awakened in another world as a sixteen-year-old mountain-village youth from Lu Family Village in Scarlet Cloud County. His family had farmed for generations, and he entered Hidden Dragon Martial Hall’s Lucky Plan to change both his own fate and that of his parents. 1

Unlike most recruits, Lu Chen possesses perfect recall and a mysterious cultivation panel that records his martial practice and improves his techniques. Watching Chen Chong demonstrate the Coiling Dragon Stance Art allowed him to begin training immediately; every completed practice session increased the panel’s recorded progress. 1 3

He trained with relentless consistency despite Shi Hao’s far greater early talent. Lu Chen eventually mastered the basics of the Coiling Dragon Stance Art, entered the martial path, and rose from an outer-court recruit to an inner-court disciple. 7 14 15

Appearance

Lu Chen began as a lean mountain-village youth, but martial training rapidly made his build sturdier and more muscular. By the time he returns home after his first month at the martial hall, he is darker from outdoor training and visibly stronger. 3 9

• Calm, tenacious eyes that gradually replace his initial confusion. 3
• Firmer shoulders, back, and arms from stance training. 3
• Dark-golden, heavily callused palms after cultivating the Great Strength Vajra Palm. 60
• Usually wears fitted martial clothing; Wang Firm provides him with blue guard uniforms. 20 21

Personality

Lu Chen is disciplined, pragmatic, and intensely self-directed. He treats cultivation as the means to secure his family’s safety and personal freedom, spending his income on food, medicinal baths, and Blood-Qi Powder rather than luxuries. 9 31 41

He is calm in confrontations and avoids needless disputes, but he does not hesitate when people threaten those under his protection. He kills the extortionists Ge Ming and Zhao Sihu after they repeatedly prey on Lu Family Village, then uses the money taken from them to pay for his father’s treatment. 12 13

Lu Chen is also strategic rather than merely forceful. During his duel with Liu Xiaolou, he lets his opponent attack first so he can observe and acquire the Iron Thread Grappling Hand before ending the fight with a decisive counterattack. 19 20

Despite being expelled from Hidden Dragon Martial Hall, he retains gratitude for its teachings and does not resent Shi Hao’s success. He values loyalty and repays the Chen Family’s support by risking himself to defend their ancestral property. 49 52 62

Abilities & Skills

Cultivation Panel and Perfect Recall

Lu Chen’s “golden finger” records the progress of his martial arts and rewards sustained practice with breakthroughs. It also lets him retain and study techniques he witnesses.

• Tracks named techniques, stages, and numerical progress. 3 10
• Allows him to acquire the Iron Thread Grappling Hand after observing Liu Xiaolou use it. 20
• Produces martial traits when a technique reaches perfection. 41 59
• His progress still depends on training, resources, physical conditioning, and comprehension. 8 31 38

Coiling Dragon Stance Art

Lu Chen’s foundational stance art strengthens his body, circulates qi and blood, and improves the absorption of medicinal nourishment.

• Refines the effects of Tiger-Bone Body-Strengthening Soup and Blood-Qi Powder. 8 18
• Provides stable footing, integrated body movement, and strong defensive structure. 27 55
• At perfection, grants Coiling Dragon Body · Dragon-Sighting Force Release. 41
• The trait allows him to sense incoming force with extreme precision and redirect or shed force through coordinated muscle movement. 41 55

Azure Dragon Through-the-Arms Fist

Lu Chen’s principal offensive martial art, characterized by powerful, direct strikes and fluid dragon-like movements.

• Techniques include Azure Dragon Claw, Azure Dragon Coiling Body, Piercing Clouds, Entering the Sea, and Dragon’s Roar Pierces the Sun. 14 19 27 63
• Its perfected state produces Azure Dragon Force, a smooth, overwhelming internal force. 44 63
• Defeats Liu Xiaolou, Li Qing, Sun Liancheng, and Shen Shijun through its superior force and control. 19 31 44 64
• Its reputation eventually eclipses Hidden Dragon Martial Hall’s association with Shi Hao. 77

Iron Thread Grappling Hand

A grappling technique learned from Mighty Far Hall’s Liu Xiaolou and later perfected by Lu Chen.

• Uses close-range control over an opponent’s limbs, joints, and openings. 19 20
• At perfection, grants Interception Force. 59
• Interception Force can briefly obstruct an opponent’s muscles, sinews, qi, blood, and martial force. 59
• Its disruption lasts only moments, but can determine a life-or-death exchange. 59

Great Strength Vajra Palm

A palm art inherited from Qiao Yuan and cultivated with Wang Firm’s medicinal liquid.

• Toughens Lu Chen’s palms until they resemble tempered iron. 60
• Enables him to catch a saber barehanded without being cut. 68
• Supplies the final force needed to draw a fifty-stone bow to a full moon. 84
• Reaches perfection before the Martial Examination. 80

Golden Ape Piercing-the-Forest Leg

A movement technique that improves Lu Chen’s mobility in uneven terrain.

• Reaches mastery while he cultivates at the herb garden. 48
• Allows him to evade Qiu Heixiong’s frontal charge and move through the mountain battlefield with speed. 54

Heart-Shattering Force

A sinister martial force added to Lu Chen’s repertoire during his preparations for the Martial Examination.

• Becomes one of his major combat methods alongside Azure Dragon Force, Vajra Palm, and Interception Force. 65
• Is noted for its vicious and penetrating nature. 65

Physical Strength and Endurance

Lu Chen’s body develops rapidly through stance work, medicinal nourishment, and continuous combat training.

• Could lift up to 300 jin shortly after reaching minor accomplishment in the Coiling Dragon Stance Art. 10
• Reaches more than 800 jin of strength after roughly a month at Wang Firm. 31
• Increases from 1,400 jin to 2,000 jin in a single month while cultivating at the herb garden. 48
• Draws a fifty-stone bow to a full moon, earning first place and a Grade A-High result in the Martial Examination strength trial. 84

Relationships

• Lu Shan — Father. A poor farmer who sacrifices his savings to support Lu Chen’s training and is later injured by the mountain patrol’s extortion. 9 13
• Zhou Yun — Mother. Deeply concerned for Lu Chen’s welfare and entrusted with the money he brings home for Lu Shan’s medicine. 9 13
• Lu Yuan — Fellow recruit from Lu Family Village. The only other youth from their village selected by Hidden Dragon Martial Hall. 3
• Chen Chong — Senior martial brother, mentor, and close friend. He trains with Lu Chen, introduces him to the inner court, and remains connected to him even after his expulsion. 10 15 62
• Chen Yue — Chen Chong’s father and Lu Chen’s early sponsor. He provides monthly financial support after recognizing Lu Chen’s potential. 13 17
• Qin Wuhe — Former master and head of Hidden Dragon Martial Hall. He promotes Lu Chen to the inner court, but later expels him for refusing to abandon Wang Firm for the Huang Family. 15 51
• Wang Shouyi — Shopkeeper of Wang’s Ginseng Shop and Lu Chen’s principal patron. He recruits Lu Chen, provides cultivation resources, and elevates him to Wang Firm’s consecrated expert. 17 39 61
• Wang Zhong — Herb-garden leader and respected elder brother figure. He welcomes Lu Chen to the Scarlet Cloud Mountain Herb Garden and shares concerns about the mountain’s dangers. 39 65
• Qiao Yuan — Senior Wang Firm expert who teaches Lu Chen the Golden Ape Piercing-the-Forest Leg and serves as the standard Wang Firm expects Lu Chen to succeed. 51 60
• Shi Hao — Former fellow disciple and rival. Shi Hao initially looks down on Lu Chen, while Lu Chen recognizes Shi Hao’s accomplishments without jealousy. 15 49 77
• Shen Shijun — Thousand Crane Martial Hall expert defeated by Lu Chen in the Green Willow Alley duel. 62 64

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Hidden Dragon Martial Hall recruit — Joins the Lucky Plan, discovers his cultivation panel, and steadily develops the Coiling Dragon Stance Art despite being overshadowed by Shi Hao’s talent. 1 3 7
• Protector of Lu Family Village — Returns home to find his family targeted by the mountain patrol; he kills Ge Ming and Zhao Sihu after they extort and injure his father. 9 12 13
• Rise as a martial artist — Breaks through to Initial Blood Shift, gains inner-court status, and attracts recruitment offers from Scarlet Cloud County’s leading businesses. 14 15 16
• Wang Firm guard — Accepts Wang Shouyi’s offer at the Yam Herb Shop, defeats Liu Xiaolou to secure his position, and proves himself among the courtyard guards through victories over Liu Heng and Li Qing. 17 20 27 31
• Herb garden defender — Cultivates in secret at Scarlet Cloud Mountain Herb Garden, perfects his foundational arts, and repels Black Wind Stronghold’s assault by killing Sun Liancheng and forcing Qiu Heixiong to withdraw. 39 41 43 44
• Expulsion from Hidden Dragon Martial Hall — Refuses to abandon Wang Firm for the Huang Family and is removed from Qin Wuhe’s register of disciples. He accepts the break without abandoning his gratitude for the hall’s teachings. 51 52
• Wang Firm consecrated expert — Publicly emerges as a major Wang Firm power, helping preserve the firm’s reputation after Qiao Yuan’s loss. 60 61
• Green Willow Alley duel — Repays the Chen Family’s kindness by defeating Shen Shijun and saving their ancestral property from the Xu Family. 62 64
• Martial Examination candidate — Enters the county examination seeking a path beyond Scarlet Cloud County and wins the strength trial with a fifty-stone full draw. 65 84

Notable Quotes

“Without Hidden Dragon Martial Hall, I am still myself.” 52

“The Chen Family’s affairs are my affairs.” 62