Chen Family

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Chen Family (Chen Clan)
Alias(es)	Longevity Chen Clan; Longevity Imperial Clan; Immortal/Undying Chen Family
Affiliation	Purple Star Domain; formerly affiliated forces across the Great Desolate Realm
Occupation/Role	Ancient Longevity Imperial Clan
Status	Active; dominant power in the Great Desolate Realm 167 169
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Period	Development
Million-year seclusion	Preserved its bloodline and accumulated resources for the sealed Divine Son, Chen Changqing, while withdrawing from public life 1 3.
Chen Changqing’s awakening	Reaffirmed him as its sole Divine Son; his demonstration against three Saint Realm prodigies dispelled doubts about his standing 8 11 13.
Divine Ability Method	Clan members gained access to a path based on Dao comprehension. Chen Haotian and the three leading prodigies were among those who comprehended Divine Abilities 15 16 19 21 22.
Dao-Comprehension Heavenly Net and Emperor Scriptures	Gained domain-wide access to Dao instruction and support functions, followed by peak Emperor Rank versions of the Scripture Repository’s techniques 33 34.
Return and expansion	Ended its seclusion, absorbed territories and resources, and gained the submission of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion and Dark Land experts 36 61 100 112.
Fortune surge	Acquired nearly sixty percent of the Great Desolate Realm’s fortune, accelerating clan-wide cultivation and comprehension 110 111.
Fourth Calamity System	Gained experience-based advancement, party coordination, enemy identification, rewards, and resurrection; a later addition rewarded Dao comprehension 138 140 141 145.
Victory over the Divine Dynasty Alliance	Withstood the attack on its ancestral land, deployed thirty-eight subdued Quasi-Emperors and more than 290 Saint Emperors, and annihilated the Alliance’s main army 160 163 166 167.
Realm-wide ascendancy	Received gifts and pledges from factions across the Great Desolate Realm; six Great Emperors later swore allegiance to the family 169 179.

Background

The Chen Family is an ancient imperial clan based in the Purple Star Domain. A million years earlier, it sealed its sole Divine Son, Chen Changqing, within Divine Source until the Immortal Road reopened. The clan subsequently withdrew from the world and preserved its accumulated medicinal herbs, pills, and other precious resources for his eventual awakening rather than distributing them to later generations 1 3.

This decision caused long-term tension among younger members, particularly because the clan's resources remained inaccessible even as new prodigies emerged. Chen Yuanba regarded the policy as unfair after struggling to obtain even ancient Saint-grade medicine while the ancestral treasury remained reserved for Chen Changqing 9.

After Chen Changqing awakened, the family publicly reaffirmed him as its historic Evergreen Divine Son and recognized Chen Haotian as its strongest foundation. Chen Changqing's Divine Ability Method, the Dao-Comprehension Heavenly Net, and the distribution of tailored Emperor Scriptures transformed the clan's cultivation environment 8 33 34.

The family subsequently defeated the Divine Dynasty Alliance and became the preeminent power of the Great Desolate Realm. Factions that had once feared or opposed it brought gifts and pledged loyalty, vindicating the clan’s long investment in Chen Changqing 167 169.

Leadership and Notable Members

• Chen Changqing — Sole Divine Son and ancestral prodigy awakened after a million-year seal; creator of the Divine Ability Method, Dao-Comprehension Heavenly Net, clan-wide Emperor Scriptures, and Fourth Calamity System 8 33 34 138.
• Chen Haotian — Old Ancestor and the clan's publicly known strongest foundation at its return; a ninth-level peak Quasi-Emperor who announced the family's return to the Great Desolate Realm 8 36.
• Chen Lingfeng — Current Family Head; a peak Great Sage Realm cultivator who manages clan affairs and presided over the Sequence Ranking Battle 7.
• Chen Yuanba — Former First Holy Son and one of the current generation's three foremost prodigies; later became Chen Changqing's follower. He became renowned across the realm and fought the Divine Dynasty Alliance using Ancestor Blesses Me 23 24 128 151 161.
• Chen Musen — Prodigy with the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart; comprehended the Greater Divine Ability Words Become Law and became Chen Changqing's follower. He later gained further Lesser Divine Abilities and fought the Alliance army 21 23 142 161.
• Chen Qingshuang — Sword Dao prodigy whose Sword, Come Divine Ability commands nearby swords; became Chen Changqing's follower. She later reached Great Perfection in sword intent and turned the Alliance army’s swords against it 19 23 142 161.
• Chen Zhian and Qin Mengyao — Chen Changqing's parents, kept in Divine Source until their reunion with him. Both later benefited from cultivation systems; Chen Zhian possessed an additional system of his own 24 26 134 142.
• Chen Tiezhu — Clan member who tested the Fourth Calamity System’s resurrection function and later challenged the Red Abyss Dynasty’s army alone 140 145.

Clan Structure and Customs

• The family maintains a strict ancestral hierarchy. Even Family Head Chen Lingfeng formally welcomed Chen Haotian and Chen Changqing as ancestors before the entire clan 7.
• Its once-in-a-century Sequence Ranking Battle determines the standing of the younger generation and the allocation of Holy Son resources 6 23.
• By ancestral rule, a Sequence Holy Son who becomes another person's follower forfeits Holy Son status and preferential resource allocation 23.
• The clan's principal gathering site is Purple Sun Peak, whose summit contains forty-nine protected arenas capable of enduring Great Sage Realm attacks 7.
• The Scripture Repository preserves cultivation, formation, and artifact-refining manuals accumulated across countless years; Chen Changqing later revised its techniques into Emperor Scriptures 29 34.
• The Dao-Comprehension Heavenly Net allows clan-wide announcements and communication. Its teleportation passages enabled members scattered across the realm to return immediately when the ancestral land came under attack 33 160.

Cultivation Assets

Divine Ability Method

Chen Changqing introduced a cultivation path based on directly comprehending the source of the Great Dao rather than borrowing spiritual energy or the laws of heaven and earth. Its abilities can be used without true-essence consumption, but comprehension remains the principal barrier for most clan members 5 13 22.

• Chen Haotian comprehended the Void-Breaking Golden Flame Eye after Chen Changqing's sermon 16.
• Chen Yuanba, Chen Musen, and Chen Qingshuang each comprehended Greater Divine Abilities during the clan's Dao exposition 19 21 22.
• Even members unable to comprehend Divine Abilities benefited from the exposition through restored injuries, extended lifespans, and improved Dao insight 16.
• Chen Haotian comprehended a second Divine Ability after the clan’s fortune surged 111.

Dao-Comprehension Heavenly Net

A grand formation spanning the Purple Star Domain, created by Chen Changqing to provide continuous cultivation support to the clan 33.

• Transmits Dao expositions and Dao resonance to all Chen Family members within the domain.
• Connects through personal Link Jade Talismans refined by the Artifact Refining Pavilion.
• Automates artifact refinement, pill refinement, and talisman crafting.
• Supports communication, storage, teleportation, resource exchange, and sharing Dao insights 33 99.
• Was described by Chen Haotian as effectively a self-contained miniature Heavenly Dao rather than an ordinary formation 33.
• Delivered an urgent warning during the siege of the ancestral land and opened teleportation passages for returning clan members across the Great Desolate Realm 160.

Emperor Scriptures

Chen Changqing deduced every cultivation technique and spell in the Scripture Repository into a peak Emperor Rank version, then uploaded them to the Dao-Comprehension Heavenly Net 34.

• The revised scriptures derive from each user's original technique, reducing cultivation barriers.
• They are limited to peak Emperor Rank because Immortal Dao techniques exceed the current comprehension of ordinary clan members.
• The techniques can later transform into Immortal-grade arts when a user reaches the Great Emperor Realm and further deduces them 34.
• Their widespread use contributed to the ability of otherwise ordinary clan members to fight above their cultivation realms 113 145.

Fortune

After Chen Changqing seized the accumulated fortune of the Dark Land and multiple divine dynasties, the Chen Family's fortune became the strongest in the Great Desolate Realm, reportedly accounting for nearly sixty percent of the world's fortune 110 111.

• Improves cultivation speed, comprehension efficiency, and the likelihood of obtaining opportunities.
• Enabled some members to break through bottlenecks or comprehend Divine Abilities unexpectedly 111.

Fourth Calamity System

Chen Changqing created a system for the Chen Family that provides health bars, experience-based advancement, tasks, a reward shop, party functions, shared experience, and resurrection at the family grounds. Clan members used it to coordinate battles and exchange experience for cultivation resources and treasures 138 140.

• Its resurrection function restored Chen Tiezhu after he deliberately leapt from a cliff. During the Alliance’s attack, clansmen killed in the bombardment likewise returned from the ancestral land unharmed 140 163.
• Chen Changqing warned members that system benefits were external aids, not substitutes for Divine Ability Methods or a sound Dao foundation 140.
• A later Dao-Comprehension Function granted experience for studying the Great Dao, techniques, and Divine Abilities, with additional rewards for newly comprehended abilities 141.
• Within half a month, members advanced through combat, missions, Dao study, and exchanged resources; Alliance intelligence estimated that the clan’s overall strength had risen by at least thirty percent 142 143.
• During the war, a Slaughter Points Shop offered rewards for defeating hostile targets. A karmic marking function identified enemies by red names, allies by gold names, and neutral parties by the absence of a mark 145.

History

Million-Year Seclusion

The family sealed Chen Changqing at the age of eighteen and retreated from public life while awaiting a more favorable era. For a million years, it gathered resources in secret and preserved them for his return 1 3.

The clan's isolation protected its bloodline but caused its overall strength to diminish relative to outside powers. In a previous timeline described by Xue Wuyou, the family emerged publicly but remained low-profile afterward, relying heavily on Chen Changqing alone 45 46.

Awakening of Chen Changqing

Chen Haotian led the family's leading elders to awaken Chen Changqing when the Immortal Road reopened. His awakening froze time and space across the ancestral land, immediately establishing the gulf between him and the current generation 2.

At the Sequence Ranking Battle, Chen Changqing defeated Chen Yuanba, Chen Musen, and Chen Qingshuang—three Saint Realm prodigies who had suppressed their cultivation to the Transcendent Realm—without using true essence or the laws of heaven and earth. The battle ended internal doubts over the resources reserved for him 11 13.

Internal Transformation

Chen Changqing expounded the Divine Ability Method to the clan, enabling its most gifted members to comprehend Divine Abilities and giving the wider membership substantial ancillary benefits 15 16.

He then created the Dao-Comprehension Heavenly Net and revised the family's accumulated techniques into Emperor Scriptures. The clan entered a period of intense cultivation, with members regularly breaking through bottlenecks and comprehending Lesser Divine Abilities 33 34 35.

Chen Changqing later introduced the Fourth Calamity System. Its experience rewards, resurrection, and eventual Dao-comprehension feature accelerated the clan’s collective development while he urged members to continue cultivating their own Dao 138 140 141 142.

Return to the World

Following its transformation, the Chen Family ended its million-year seclusion. Chen Haotian announced the return of the Longevity Imperial Clan by releasing his ninth-level peak Quasi-Emperor aura across the Great Desolate Realm 36.

The return alarmed established powers, ancient clans, divine dynasties, and former affiliated forces. Chen Family members were permitted to leave the Purple Star Domain to gain experience, while Chen Changqing departed to seek new Dao insights 37.

Expansion and Conflict

The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion publicly submitted to the Chen Family after its Sky-Derivation Ancestor fell while attempting to divine the clan's secrets 61.

After the destruction of the Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty, the Chen Family moved to take control of its territory and resources. Later, Chen Haotian ordered the clan to mobilize and absorb the territories of several annihilated immortal powers 75 100.

Following the defeat of the Dark Land, its surviving servants were subjugated as Chen Family servants and tasked with taking over resources from divine dynasties and immortal factions 112. The clan's takeover forces demonstrated combat ability far beyond their cultivation realms, alarming the Great Desolate Realm 112 113.

As the Divine Dynasty Alliance prepared for war, seventeen divine dynasties switched sides to support the Chen Family. Other supporters included surviving affiliated forces and factions that approved of the clan’s actions against powers such as the Blood God Palace and Great River Sword Sect 144.

War with the Divine Dynasty Alliance

The Divine Dynasty Alliance declared war after reports of the Chen Family’s rapid growth intensified its leaders’ fear and interest in the clan’s apparent opportunities. Chen Family teams attacked hostile allied factions, while its leading prodigies faced coordinated ambushes intended to kill them and cripple the family’s younger generation 142 143 144 145 146.

When the Alliance besieged the Purple Star Domain, the Dao-Comprehension Heavenly Net recalled clan members from across the realm. The attackers’ bombardment killed lower-cultivation members, but those clansmen subsequently revived at the ancestral land. Chen Yuanba, Chen Qingshuang, and Chen Musen returned from their battles and devastated the Alliance army with their Greater Divine Abilities 160 161 163.

Chen Changqing then revealed thirty-eight subdued Dark Land Quasi-Emperors and more than 290 Saint Emperors. He killed the Alliance’s sixteen Quasi-Emperors and ordered the family and its servants to finish the battle. They wiped out the Alliance’s ten-billion-strong main army in roughly half an hour; allied dynasties and sects elsewhere were also destroyed. The Chen Family ended the battle without lasting deaths among its members 163 166 167.

Ascendancy

After the Alliance’s defeat, factions across the Great Desolate Realm sent gifts to the Purple Star Domain and pledged support or allegiance. The Chen Family accepted offerings from both major and minor powers, while the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion committed its divinations to the family’s service. Fear of offending the Chen Family briefly reduced conflict throughout the realm 166 169.

The family did not participate when the appearance of immortal opportunities later provoked widespread violence. Its absence drew notice because no Chen Family starships or representatives appeared at the contests 171.

Six Great Emperors threatened by the backlash of the Immortal Opportunity subsequently bowed to Chen Changqing. They swore Heavenly Dao Oaths pledging themselves and their forces to the Chen Family for generations in exchange for his help 179.

Relationships

• Chen Changqing — The family's sole Divine Son and central source of its renewed cultivation system, defenses, resources, and political influence 8 33 34.
• Chen Haotian — Old Ancestor and senior leader; sealed Chen Changqing for the future, later supports his plans and directs clan expansion 1 36 100.
• Heavenly Secrets Pavilion — Submitted to the Chen Family through the Heavenly Secrets Steles following the death of Sky-Derivation Ancestor. After the Alliance’s defeat, its leadership pledged full assistance and exclusive access to its divinations 61 166 169.
• Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty — Destroyed, after which Chen Family members took over its territory 75.
• Dark Land servants — Surviving servants were forced into service under the Chen Family after their former master's defeat; their experts later supported the clan against the Divine Dynasty Alliance 111 112 163.
• Divine Dynasty Alliance — Coalition formed to oppose the Chen Family's expansion and seizure of resources; it gathered thirty-seven top divine dynasties, sixty-nine Quasi-Emperor Realm experts, and at least twenty Emperor Weapons 113. Its main army and sixteen Quasi-Emperors were subsequently annihilated 166 167.
• Supporting factions — Surviving affiliated forces, defecting divine dynasties, and other allies supported the family during the war. Following its victory, numerous powers brought tribute or pledged to follow its lead 144 165 169.
• Six Great Emperors — Swore Heavenly Dao Oaths binding themselves and their forces to the Chen Family for generations in return for Chen Changqing’s help against the Immortal Opportunity’s backlash 179.

Notable Events

• Sealed Chen Changqing in Divine Source and withdrew from the world for one million years 1.
• Reserved generations of clan resources for Chen Changqing's awakening 3.
• Held a clan-wide Dao exposition during the Sequence Ranking Battle 6 15.
• Established the Dao-Comprehension Heavenly Net across the Purple Star Domain 33.
• Granted every clan member access to revised peak Emperor Rank cultivation techniques 34.
• Publicly returned to the Great Desolate Realm under Chen Haotian's Quasi-Emperor pressure 36.
• Accepted the submission of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion 61 62.
• Absorbed immense fortune from the Dark Land, elevating its ancestral fortune above all other Great Desolate Realm forces 111.
• Became the target of the Divine Dynasty Alliance after large-scale territorial expansion 113.
• Adopted the Fourth Calamity System, including resurrection and rewards for Dao comprehension 138 140 141.
• Recalled its scattered members to defend the ancestral land and defeated the Divine Dynasty Alliance’s main army without lasting clan deaths 160 163 167.
• Received tributes and pledges from factions across the Great Desolate Realm after the victory 169.
• Gained the sworn allegiance of six Great Emperors and their forces 179.