Chen Jue

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Chen Jue (陈绝)
Alias(es)	“Stairwell War God”; “Cold Young Master of the Imperial Clan” 18 11
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Kaiyang Guard Station; Patrol Inspectorate; Team Four 12 42
Occupation/Role	Full Patrol Inspector 12
Status	Active 50
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Qi and Blood Realm, Level Nine	2	Possessed consummate mastery of the Primordial Stance Art; the Diligence Rewards Log began multiplying his training gains.
Peak Qi and Blood Realm	5	Received the equivalent of eighteen hours of perfect stance practice, pushing his blood qi to the peak of the ninth level.
Blood Qi beyond completion — 111%	6	Attempted to surpass ordinary completion but stopped at 111% when his body approached its limit.
Martial Foundation Establishment	8	Used Martial Foundation Establishment Pills and his excessive blood qi to open his Dantian Qi Sea and forge a Blood-Qi Furnace.
True Qi Realm, initial stage	10	Refined his first strand of Five-Element true qi through the Little Five-Element Art.
True Qi Realm, First Layer	12	Condensed the fifth strand of Five-Element true qi; his 117.5% qi-and-blood value gave him physical strength comparable to a third-layer martial artist.
Lesser Pure Yang Physique	22	His qi-and-blood value reached 162.5%, revealing his special physique.
True Qi Realm, Second Layer	30	Reached 110 strands of Five-Element true qi after three days of cultivation.
True Qi Realm, Third Layer	37	Broke through 200 strands of true qi; 203 five-element strands were comparable to the reserves of some sixth-layer single-element martial artists.
True Qi Realm, Fourth Layer	40	Surpassed 1,000 strands of true qi, which condensed into spring-like streams through his meridians. His qi-and-blood value stalled at 199.99%.

Background

Chen Jue’s father died early. He was raised by his mother, He Yin, while his maternal uncle He Yuanshan and aunt Chen Yun treated him as close family; He Yuanshan regularly collected him from Riverside Martial High School in uniform, preventing him from being bullied as a fatherless student 1 2.

Although his aptitude was above average, Chen Jue wasted much of his martial-high-school period on online games and later regretted watching less-talented classmates enter martial universities ahead of him. He subsequently trained intensely during three years at martial arts college, developing his Primordial Stance Art to consummate mastery 3 4.

While serving as a newly appointed Patrol Inspector, Chen Jue was shot by a Rat Gang member. The bulletproof lining supplied by He Yuanshan saved his life. While recovering, he awakened the Diligence Rewards Log, an innate talent that transformed effort, medication, and cultivation practice into multiplied returns 1 2.

Appearance

Chen Jue is a tall, upright young man with refined features, star-bright eyes, and a notably handsome appearance. He commonly wears the black uniform of the Patrol Inspectorate with a saber at his waist 6.

• Tall and straight-backed, with an athletic martial artist’s build.
• Fair-skinned; intense excess blood qi has at times left speckled blood marks across his body 8.
• Frequently carries a long saber or horse-chopping saber.
• Later bears pale silver saber spirit patterns along his right arm, including traits associated with chopping, upward slashing, thrusting, and cleaving 39 40.
• Has accumulated visible battle scars, which he openly displayed upon returning to the Guard Station 41.

Personality

Chen Jue is fiercely diligent, ambitious, and deeply conscious of how easily weakness can be exploited in the outer city. After nearly dying from a gunshot wound, he commits himself to cultivation with obsessive consistency, treating time, money, medicine, and combat experience as resources to be converted into strength 2 3 30.

He is protective of his family, especially He Tang, He Yin, Chen Yun, and He Yuanshan. This instinct drives him to confront Room Fire Cult abductors, eliminate Rat Gang threats, and prioritize gaining enough strength to move his family somewhere safer 10 19 36.

Chen Jue is also hot-tempered and vindictive. He refuses to accept extortion or humiliation from Zhang Wei’s faction, retaliates through recorded evidence and superior force, and holds grudges against those who threaten him or his relatives 7 14 41. Despite his ruthlessness, he does not seek indiscriminate killing; he expresses reluctance to slaughter innocents even when forced into lethal black-market conflicts 26.

Abilities & Skills

Diligence Rewards Log

Chen Jue’s innate talent awakened when he was near death from the Rat Gang shooting. It records his daily effort and returns additional “perfect experience,” allowing his cultivation gains to exceed what his actual practice alone would provide 2 5.

• Multiplies gains from training, meditation, medicine, recovery, and martial-technique practice.
• Can provide up to three measures of reward: Chen Jue’s own effort, the Log’s reward, and external spiritual energy 2.
• Treats practice as if it were performed in his best condition, such as converting nine intermittent hours of stance work into eighteen hours of perfect practice 5.
• Grants combat insight and can facilitate the fusion of martial techniques after sufficient practice 19 30.
• Is Chen Jue’s greatest secret; he deliberately attributes his abnormal advancement to talent and comprehension instead 2.

Five-Element True Qi Cultivation

Chen Jue originally chose the Little Five-Element Art, a demanding method requiring simultaneous cultivation of fire, metal, wood, earth, and water qi. Its fivefold true qi produces exceptional raw power but consumes immense time and resources 9.

• Possesses above-average five-element aptitude with flourishing fire 9.
• Cultivated all five elemental qi in parallel, causing his total reserves to greatly exceed ordinary martial artists of the same realm 9 37.
• Publicly feigned crippled meridians and changed his official record to the dual-attribute Burning Wood Technique to escape the Zong family’s scheme 38 40.
• Began cultivating the Five-Element Body-Tempering Concordance after exceeding 1,000 strands of true qi, intending to temper his physique and expand his meridians 40.

Lesser Pure Yang Physique and Blood Qi

Chen Jue has unusually abundant qi and blood, later identified as a Lesser Pure Yang Physique. His physical strength consistently exceeds the expectations of his cultivation realm 18 22.

• Reached a qi-and-blood value of 117.5% shortly after entering the True Qi Realm, giving him strength comparable to a third-layer True Qi martial artist 12.
• Reached 161% blood vitality, with an estimated combat ceiling around the fifth True Qi layer—or sixth against martial artists using three-element true qi 29.
• Reached 199.99% qi-and-blood value but encountered a bottleneck preventing advancement into a true Pure Yang Body 40.
• Can sense weaknesses in opponents through his unusually potent vital blood 25.

Setting Sun Blood Reversal

A self-created blood-burning secret art developed while Chen Jue recovered from severe injuries. It ignites qi and blood through his Dantian Furnace for temporary bursts of power 20.

• Officially recognized by the Diligence Rewards Log after Chen Jue learned to consume 0.1% blood qi in a single activation 20.
• Can be stacked to increase his physical power; one full-force activation raised his strength boost to 15% 35.
• Consumes qi and blood, making sustained use dangerous for ordinary martial artists 19 35.
• Chen Jue’s exceptional physique allows him to recover from this expenditure far more effectively than most cultivators 18 20.

Six Directions Saber Art

Chen Jue’s principal combat art. Though initially incomplete, the Diligence Rewards Log allowed him to comprehend its missing principles, including the Inner and Outer Six Harmonies 3 5.

• Reached minor mastery after gaining insight into the Inner and Outer Six Harmonies 5.
• Developed Six Harmonies as One, allowing each slash to deliver the technique’s maximum force 8.
• Gained extensive real-combat insight during the Rat Gang battle and simulated combat experiences 17 19.
• Reached mastery by Chapter 37 and later perfection, allowing him to integrate heart, intent, and qi into a personal saber true intent 37 50.
• Named his true intent “The Eight Wastelands and Six Directions—let ‘I’ reign supreme,” allowing the saber art to become increasingly mind-driven 50.

Saber Spirit Patterns

By perfecting basic saber arts, Chen Jue manifests pale silver spirit patterns that draw upon ambient spiritual energy to reinforce specific blade actions 39 40.

• His first spirit pattern emerged from the perfected Wind-Splitting Saber Art and increased cleaving power by 30% 39.
• Developed distinct patterns for chop, upward slash, thrust, and cleave 40.
• Identical saber traits do not generate duplicate spirit patterns 40.

Movement Arts and Technique Fusion

Chen Jue obtained and trained the mid-grade movement techniques Silent Step and Wandering Dragon Body Technique after being cornered during the Rat Gang incident 24 28.

• Uses Silent Step and Wandering Dragon Body Technique to improve stealth, mobility, and escape options 28.
• Reached minor mastery in Wandering Dragon Body Technique by Chapter 37 37.
• Discovered that perfected techniques can be fused into higher-grade arts through Diligence Reward fusion experience 30.
• Successfully used the Wind-Splitting Saber Art as a test case to accelerate his Six Directions Saber Art’s development 37.

Alchemy

Chen Jue learned Basic Alchemy and refined Spirit Sprout Pills despite Jiao Fengchun’s initial skepticism 32 39.

• Uses modern equipment and a modified thermostatic chamber to cultivate spirit grain sprouts 33.
• Successfully created forty flawed experimental pills, which he named Yellow-Sprout Pills 39.
• Later refined transparent, near-flawless Spirit Sprout Pills with a completion rate approaching one hundred percent 43.
• Sold forty Spirit Sprout Pills to Jiao Fengchun for 300,000 and agreed to supply him regularly 43.

Concealing Spirit Technique

A concealment technique supplied through Pei Qingying’s plan to protect Chen Jue from the Zong family 38 40.

• Conceals true qi, innate bones, and aptitude from examination.
• Enabled Chen Jue to fake damaged meridians and deficient gold-and-earth aptitude before Tang Shuo 40.
• Cannot conceal him from an examiner whose cultivation exceeds his by more than two major realms 40.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Patrol Inspectorate saber — Standard saber used during his early cultivation and Rat Gang battles 5 17.
• Horse-chopping saber — His preferred heavy saber in later combat; used against Du Kui and the black-market swordswoman 27 35.
• Defective mystic spear — Low-grade mystic weapon sent by Wu Yue in a weapon case; Chen Jue intended to learn spear arts to make use of it 19.
• Storage ring — Taken from Du Kui; contained a Golden Melon Hammer, silver needles, a martial-skill manual, and a phone 36.
• Steel pellets — Hidden weapons used to fatally wound Ding Ze 35.
• Body camera — Used to record Zhang Yaozu’s extortion attempt and reverse the situation against him 14.
• Firearm — Used against the pig demon when direct saber exchanges became too dangerous 50.

Relationships

• He Yin — Mother. Their relationship is teasing and argumentative, but Chen Jue values her deeply and worries about placing her in danger 4 19.
• He Yuanshan — Maternal uncle, fellow Patrol Inspector, mentor, and protector. He supported Chen Jue’s early career, defended him against Zhang Wei’s faction, and later accepted Chen Jue’s dangerous secrets 1 7 29 36.
• Chen Yun — Aunt by marriage and biological eldest aunt. She has treated Chen Jue as her own son since his father’s death 1.
• He Tang — Cousin. Chen Jue acts as her protective older brother, intervening when the Room Fire Cult targets her 3 10.
• Pei Qingying — He Tang’s best friend and Chen Jue’s close confidante. She manages his short-video account, repeatedly brings medicinal meals, exposes the Zong family’s plot, and helps him conceal his true cultivation 21 37 38 40.
• Lin Shoucheng — Fellow inspector and trusted colleague. They fought together during the Rat Gang siege, and Chen Jue later protected him from being transferred into Team Four 17 41.
• Wu Nanyuan — Team Four partner and former black-market opponent. After recognizing one another, they develop cautious trust; Chen Jue promises not to exploit her secret cultivation level 43 47.
• Tang Shuo — Director of the general office. He approved Chen Jue’s Foundation Establishment Pill, later helped alter his cultivation records, and believed Chen Jue had become a fallen genius 6 40.
• Jiao Fengchun — Divine physician and alchemy business partner. He diagnosed Chen Jue’s exceptional constitution, supplied alchemy materials, and purchased his Spirit Sprout Pills 18 32 43.
• Zhang Wei — Team Four captain and hostile superior. Zhang Wei framed Chen Jue after Zhang Hu’s defeat, extorted money from him, and later attempted to burden him with undesirable patrol duty 7 42.
• Zong family — Former sponsors of Chen Jue’s Little Five-Element Art cultivation. Their method is designed to exploit cultivators who reach the Spirit Planting Realm, making them a concealed threat to him 12 38.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Awakening and Martial Foundation

• Survives a Rat Gang shooting while on patrol and awakens the Diligence Rewards Log during recovery 1 2.
• Invests heavily in spirit stones, pills, and training resources, rapidly improving his qi and blood and saber proficiency 3 5.
• Secures a Martial Foundation Establishment Pill despite competition at Kaiyang Guard Station, then breaks through after pushing his blood qi beyond ordinary completion 6 8.
• Chooses the Little Five-Element Art and becomes a True Qi Realm martial artist 9 10.

Room Fire Cult and Guard-Station Conflict

• Protects He Tang and Pei Qingying from Room Fire Cult abductors, making his first kills and uncovering their “Boarfire Maiden” sacrifice plot 10.
• Becomes a full Patrol Inspector after reaching the first layer of the True Qi Realm 12.
• Is framed and extorted by Zhang Wei’s Team Four after defeating Zhang Hu, then later turns the tables on Zhang Yaozu through body-camera evidence 7 14.

Rat Gang Battles

• Fights beside Lin Shoucheng during the Rat Gang’s siege, earning the public nickname “Stairwell War God” 17 18.
• Is injured and used as a political shield by Wu Yue, but receives spirit stones and a mystic weapon as compensation 18 19.
• Tracks Rat Gang leader Du Kui after a remnant follows He Yuanshan, then kills Du Kui and Ding Ze during a stormy confrontation to protect his family 33 36.

Black-Market Incident

• Enters the black market seeking movement arts and martial manuals after recognizing his lack of mobility during the Rat Gang battle 24.
• Encounters a Medicine King Sect Flesh-Branch Puppet, escapes the resulting chaos, kills pursuers, and acquires numerous martial techniques 25 27 28.
• Begins testing technique fusion, develops his movement arts, and increases his True Qi Realm cultivation to the second layer 28 30.

Alchemy, Zong Family Plot, and Team Four

• Borrows heavily to buy Spirit Sprout Pill materials, then proves his talent by refining commercially valuable pills 32 43.
• Learns that the Zong family’s Little Five-Element Art is designed to harvest practitioners’ spirit roots at the Spirit Planting Realm 38.
• Uses the Concealing Spirit Technique and a false foundation injury to officially abandon the Little Five-Element Art while retaining his real cultivation 40.
• Is transferred to Team Four, where he becomes Wu Nanyuan’s patrol partner and learns of her mistreatment by the Wu Clan 42 47.

Emerald Lake and the Pig Demon

• Investigates threats around Emerald Lake with Wu Nanyuan amid Room Fire Cult activity and larger sacrificial plots 44 46.
• Faces a transformed Room Fire Cult priest in pig-demon form; unable to overwhelm it directly, he adopts hit-and-run tactics and uses his firearm against its eyes 50.
• Refines his saber path in battle, forming the self-centered true intent of the Eight Wastelands and Six Directions 50.

Notable Quotes

“One must not harbor the intent to harm others, but one must never be without the vigilance to guard against them.” 2

“As long as he lived, he would never allow anyone to harm his family!” 36

“The Eight Wastelands and Six Directions—let ‘I’ reign supreme.” 50

Trivia

• Chen Jue’s short-video account is named “Linjiang Chen Jue,” with Pei Qingying acting as its manager; it gained more than 5,000 followers in its first hour 21.
• He once used the online-game nickname “Cold Young Master of the Imperial Clan,” which Pei Qingying later used to tease him 11.
• He named his first flawed batch of Spirit Sprout Pills “Yellow-Sprout Pills” 39.
• Chen Jue donated the money taken from Du Kui after killing him, despite his otherwise ruthless handling of threats 36.