Chen Changqing

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Chen Changqing (陈长青)
Alias(es)	Ancestor Changqing; Evergreen Divine Son; Sole Divine Son
Gender	Male
Physique	Chaos Body, described as an unprecedented physique 3
Affiliation	Chen Family
Occupation / Role	Chen Family ancestor; sole Divine Son; founder and teacher of the Divine Ability Method; creator of the Fourth Calamity System 136 139
Status	Active 180
First Appearance	Chapter 2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Peak Transcendent Realm	11	Fought three Saint Realm prodigies after they suppressed themselves to the Transcendent Realm; defeated them through newly comprehended Divine Ability Methods.
First Level Great Sage Realm	35, 36	Created and cultivated the Primordial One-Qi Method, draining the Purple Star Domain's spiritual qi before reaching the Great Sage Realm.
Sixth Level Great Sage Realm	58	Refined the Blood God Palace's remaining energies with the Primordial One-Qi Method, advancing from the first to the sixth level. 58
Sixth Level Great Sage Realm	63	His cultivation was identified during the confrontation with the Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty.
Saint King Realm	112	Appeared to be at the Saint King Realm while killing Dark Land death warriors at the Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven Realm with a single word. The ninth-heaven cultivation belonged to his victims, not Chen Changqing. 112
Eighth Level Saint King Realm	166	Advanced from the seventh level after refining the lifeblood of sixteen Quasi-Emperors, their treasures, and imperial-law fragments with the Primordial One-Qi Method. 166

Background

A million years before the present era, Chen Changqing was the Chen Family's unmatched Divine Son. Chen Haotian sealed him in Divine Source because the era was too barren to deserve the potential of his Chaos Body; the clan then spent generations preserving resources for his eventual awakening. 3

When Chen Changqing awakened, his presence froze time and space across the Chen Clan Ancestral Land. To him, the million-year interval felt like a brief sleep, but every familiar person had disappeared and the descendants gathered before him were strangers. 2 3

His million years within Divine Source accumulated extraordinary comprehension. Upon awakening, he immediately understood and improved his existing arts, then attained insight into chaos and longevity. 3 4

Appearance

Chen Changqing retains the appearance of a young man despite having been sealed for a million years. He is commonly seen in azure robes and carries an unhurried, serene bearing even amid battle. 11 39

• Bright, deep eyes likened to chaos and capable of swallowing all things. 3 12
• Azure robes that remain undisturbed even during prolonged combat. 13
• A handsome, refined appearance noted by Lin Yue Ru. 39
• Chaos Qi manifests around his Divine Abilities, including the giant phantom behind Gods and Devils Open Heaven. 11

Personality

Chen Changqing is calm, composed, and rarely rattled by hostile forces, including Saint Kings, Quasi-Emperors, Emperor Weapons, and the will of Heaven. He frequently treats apparently impossible threats as opportunities to observe a new Dao, technique, or source of fortune. 40 66 115

Beneath his polite demeanor is immense pride. Chen Haotian describes him as mild and courteous on the surface but proud to the extreme at heart; this trait is visible when he accepts challenges from younger clan prodigies and turns their attacks into material for new Divine Abilities. 11 13

He is deeply invested in the Chen Family's future. Rather than reserve his insights for himself, he teaches the Divine Ability Method, restores his relatives' vitality, upgrades the clan's inheritance, and constructs systems intended to benefit every generation. 4 29 34 After introducing the Fourth Calamity System, he warns the clan that its conveniences must not replace personal Dao comprehension. 140 141

Chen Changqing is also ruthless toward those who threaten his people or obstruct his plans. He annihilates the Blood God Palace, exterminates the Qin Clan bloodline through Words Become Law, and destroys hostile immortal forces without hesitation. 47 68 100 He nevertheless protects those he has accepted as servants, saving six Destiny Emperors from a fatal backlash after binding them to the Chen Family. 180

Abilities & Skills

Chaos Body and Heaven-Defying Comprehension

Chen Changqing's Chaos Body is the foundation of his exceptional potential, while his comprehension—accumulated during a million years in Divine Source—allows him to perceive the principles behind arts, formations, weapons, fortune, and even heavenly punishment. 3 11 115

• Instantly understood the core principles of Saint-grade ultimate arts used against him. 11
• Derives stronger Divine Ability counterparts from observed fist arts, spell arts, staff arts, and sword arts during battle. 13
• Comprehends formation manuals, artifact-refining texts, alchemy manuals, and talisman registers after a single reading. 30 31
• Deduced every cultivation technique and spell in the Chen Family Scripture Repository into peak Emperor-rank scriptures. 34
• Analyzed rule-based powers from extraterritorial worlds and deduced the Great Dream Reincarnation Art and Myriad Laws Impervious Art from them. 125
• Deciphered much of the structure of an otherworldly cultivation system and used what he learned to develop a system for the Chen Family. 130 136

Divine Ability Method

Chen Changqing created the Divine Ability Method after comprehending the source of the Great Dao. It relies on personal comprehension rather than conventional true essence, spiritual energy, cultivation resources, or borrowed heavenly laws. 5 6

• A mortal with sufficient comprehension can use Divine Abilities to contend with cultivators. 6
• Divine Abilities are categorized as Lesser, Greater, and Origin according to their foundation in the Great Dao. 14
• Greater comprehension permits the user to derive more abilities or continuously deduce an existing ability toward a Dao Fruit. 17
• His own combat Divine Abilities can be used without exhausting true essence or drawing on the laws of heaven and earth. 13
• He taught the method to the Chen Family and later to Lin Wan'er, Lin Yue Ru, Yan Chixia, and other followers. 14 51 76

Longevity Dao and Immortality

Chen Changqing comprehended the Longevity Divine Art, condensed a Longevity Dao Fruit, and attained longevity shortly after awakening. His Dao Tree can condense different Dao Fruits and support the evolution of his strength. 4 5

• Restored Chen Haotian from near the end of his lifespan to his peak condition with a finger. 4 5
• Bestowed vitality and extended the lifespans of Chen Family members during his awakening phenomenon. 4
• Broke his parents' Divine Source seals, restored their blood and qi, and granted each of them one million additional years of lifespan. 25 26
• Used the Longevity Origin Divine Ability to restore Lin Wan'er's body, physique, cultivation, and magic treasures from her remnant soul. 47
• Used Life-Seizing Immortality to permanently kill Qin Qinghuang after her Phoenix Nirvana revival by draining her lifespan. 64
• His mastery of the Longevity Origin Divine Ability gives him infinite vitality, displayed as an infinity symbol on his Fourth Calamity System health bar. 140 141
• Revived the destroyed Strongest Frenzied Leveling System and replaced its creator's highest authority with his own Longevity-Origin Force. 131
• Refined the curse-filled backlash of the Immortal Opportunity and restored the bodies, souls, lifeblood, and laws of six Destiny Emperors, leaving them stronger than before. 180

Words Become Law

Words Become Law is one of Chen Changqing's Greater Divine Abilities. It enforces his intent directly upon targets and restrictions. 25 68

• Broke the Divine Source seal around his parents. 25
• Temporarily increased another person's comprehension of Divine Abilities, though applying it on a clan-wide scale would consume excessive mental power. 28 29
• Exterminated the Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty's Qin Clan bloodline. 68
• Forced open the coffins containing nine Emperor Corpses despite a mysterious restriction. 103
• Dragged the Lord of the Dark Land out of its protected domain after it attempted to flee. 104 105
• Killed Dark Land death warriors at the Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven Realm with a single word. 112

Combat Divine Abilities

Chen Changqing repeatedly creates combat Divine Abilities in response to techniques he witnesses, often improving the original attack in the same instant. 11 13

• Gods and Devils Open Heaven — A Chaos Qi-clad giant phantom accompanies a fist strike powerful enough to incapacitate Chen Yuanba's Azure Heaven Tyrant Body. 11
• Five Elements Seal, One Thought, Flower-Picking, Nine Light-Splitting Swords, and Sword Shattering the Firmament — Derived from the attacks of Chen Musen and Chen Qingshuang. 11
• Battle-Heaven Staff, Return of All Laws, Sword of Annihilation, War-Intent Sky Hammer, Arts Returning to the Void, and Illusory Heart Sword — Further techniques developed while using three Saint Realm prodigies as sparring partners. 13
• Myriad Swords Return to the Sect — Annihilated Blood Sea Ancestor and all cultivators aboard seven Blood God Palace warships. 47
• Purple Radiance Sword Qi — Assimilates targets into Chen Changqing's sword intent; it destroyed the Great River Sword Sect and transformed its people, structures, and surroundings into particles of purple radiance. 76 79
• Suppressed the Divine Dynasty Alliance's fleeing Quasi-Emperors by sealing their spatial escape routes, then killed all sixteen with a single palm strike despite their defenses and Emperor Weapon. 164 165

Treasure, Soul, and Spatial Arts

Chen Changqing has developed several Divine Abilities suited to control, pursuit, and artifact use.

• Treasure-Gathering Art — Seized the Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, the Immortal-Slaying Demon Blade, and made it submit without resistance. 43
• Soul Capture — Extracts and searches a target's soul for memories; used on Xue Wuyou to confirm his reincarnation and uncover his past actions. 46
• Spatial Teleportation — Allows him to teleport anywhere within the range of his spiritual sense. 52
• Void Artifact Forging — A Lesser Divine Ability that refines materials without a furnace or true essence; he used it to create jade talismans containing his Divine Ability Method. 51
• Divine sense — Can cover an entire sect and monitor every movement within it, as demonstrated against the Great River Sword Sect. 89
• Great Dream Reincarnation Art — A Greater Divine Ability deduced from extraterritorial reincarnation rules. He considered using it to preserve clan members' soul remnants and create cultivation dreamscapes for combat practice and technique deduction. 125 136
• Myriad Laws Impervious Art — A Greater Divine Ability deduced from extraterritorial protection rules to shield clan members from calamity, karmic backlash, causality, and curses. 125
• Soul Slave Seals — Bind servants to the Chen Family, allowing him to sense disloyalty and control their lives and deaths; he later bound six Destiny Emperors with soul-deep marks. 112 180

Fortune and Calamity Arts

Chen Changqing can perceive, seize, refine, and redirect fortune on a massive scale.

• Qi-Severing Fortune-Seizing Technique — A Greater Divine Ability comprehended after observing the Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty's fortune-based cultivation method; it stripped the dynasty's national fortune from Qin Xiaoyao. 66 67
• Qi-Gazing Technique — A Greater Divine Ability deduced from the Destiny Dao Seed; it allows him to perceive and guide the fortune of forces toward the Chen Family. 106
• Refining the fortune accumulated by the Dark Land raised the Chen Family's share of the Great Desolate Realm's fortune to nearly sixty percent. 111
• Tribulation Punishment — An Origin Divine Ability comprehended by observing the Heavenly Punishment Eye. It also allows him to see Calamity Qi surrounding living beings. 115 116
• Used Tribulation Punishment alongside the Longevity Origin Great Dao to suppress two strands of extraterritorial law within Qin Xiaomeng's soul while preserving their residual wills as leads to their creators. 127
• Applied calamity to the Divine Dynasty Alliance; combined with its loss of fortune, the effect contributed to the alliance's mounting misfortunes and internal collapse. 128
• Used karmic distinctions in the Chen Family's wartime system to mark enemies red and allies gold, helping clan members identify battlefield targets. 145

Formation, Refining, and Cultivation Arts

Chen Changqing combines his comprehension of formations, artifact forging, alchemy, talisman crafting, storage, teleportation, communication, and combat support into large-scale clan infrastructure. 31

• Primordial One-Qi Method — A personal cultivation method built around his Chaos Body and Longevity Dao Tree; its Chaos Qi can transform into and devour every kind of energy. 35
• Dao-Comprehension Heavenly Net — A self-contained grand formation covering the Purple Star Domain. It broadcasts Chen Changqing's Dao expositions to clan members regardless of location and automates functions such as artifact refinement, pill refinement, and talisman crafting. 30 33
• Upgraded the Chen Family's entire Scripture Repository into peak Emperor-rank techniques, with the potential to become Immortal-grade after further deduction. 34
• Refined the Blood God Palace's spiritual energy, killing intent, death qi, earth-vein essence, and law fragments into Chaos Qi, leaving its territory barren. He later refined the lifeblood and imperial-law fragments left by sixteen slain Quasi-Emperors. 58 166
• Fourth Calamity System — A shared system built upon the Dao-Comprehension Heavenly Net and his analysis of an otherworldly system. It connects Chen Family members and incorporates quests, experience, scouting, a shop, cooperative functions, and resurrection. Its design draws on Tribulation Punishment, the Primordial One-Qi Method, fortune, Longevity, and reincarnation arts; he developed a purification process to prevent harvested Calamity Qi and Karmic Force from corrupting its users. 130 136 139 140
• Added a Dao-Comprehension Function that rewards study of the Great Dao, techniques, and Divine Abilities with experience and, for new Divine Abilities, additional rewards. 141

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Ninefold Calamity Suppression Tower — An Immortal Artifact unsealed through nine Emperor Corpses. Chen Changqing used it to refine eight corpses while preserving Yan Tianxing's corpse for Yan Chixia. 103 104
• Immortal-Slaying Demon Blade — Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon seized from Blood Sea Ancestor with Treasure-Gathering Art. 43
• Purple Azure Broken Sword — Lin Wan'er's former Natal Dao Sword, recovered by Chen Changqing after Chen Qingshuang's Sword, Come! summoned it. 20
• Top-grade Saint-rank cave-abode Dao artifact — His exclusive Divine Son cultivation grounds, protected by restrictions only he and his parents can open. 27
• Hundred-Lifetime Reincarnation Book — Taken from Su Chen despite its bond to his soul; Chen Changqing later fused it into Qin Xiaomeng's soul for her exclusive use. 122 127
• Strongest Frenzied Leveling System — An otherworldly system whose destroyed core he revived and brought under his authority before binding it to Chen Zhian. Its former creator's hidden controls were erased. 130 131 132

Relationships

• Chen Haotian — Ancestor who sealed Chen Changqing in Divine Source and preserved the Chen Family's resources for him. He becomes one of Chen Changqing's most devoted students and supporters. 3 16
• Chen Zhian — Father. Chen Changqing awakened him from Divine Source, restored his vitality, and granted him a million years of lifespan. 25 26 He later secured and bound the Strongest Frenzied Leveling System to Chen Zhian, removing its creator's control. 131 132
• Qin Mengyao — Mother. Chen Changqing awakened her alongside his father, restored her youth and vitality, and later helped her pursue Divine Abilities. 25 29 When she asked for a system of her own, he promised to help if an opportunity arose. 134
• Chen Yuanba, Chen Yuxuan, and Chen Yuxin — Followers who chose Chen Changqing's guidance over the status and resources of Holy Sons. 24
• Lin Wan'er — Follower from a million years ago. Chen Changqing recovered her broken Natal Dao Sword, restored her from a remnant soul, and treats her like a younger sister. 20 47 51 She guarded him during his three-day development of the Fourth Calamity System. 136
• Lin Yue Ru — Descendant of Lin Wan'er and survivor of the Lin Family's destruction. Chen Changqing protects her, gives her a Divine Ability talisman, and enables her revenge against Xue Wuyou. 39 47 51
• Yan Chixia — Disciple. Chen Changqing helped remake his cultivation, taught him the Divine Ability Method, and preserved his great-grandfather Yan Tianxing's Emperor Corpse as a keepsake. 74 104
• Yang Lin — Former Great River Sword Sect disciple accepted as a servant and tasked with assisting the Chen Family through his ability to deduce the future. 89 100
• Qin Xiaomeng — Reincarnator whose memories concern another version of Chen Changqing. He allowed her to leave while investigating the source of those memories, then suppressed foreign laws in her soul and gave her the Hundred-Lifetime Reincarnation Book. 123 124 127
• Heavenly Secrets Pavilion — Submitted to the Chen Family after the Blood God Palace's destruction; its leadership later pledged its members and divinations wholeheartedly to the family's service after witnessing Chen Changqing defeat the Divine Dynasty Alliance. 62 166
• Six Destiny Emperors — Chen Changqing bound them and their forces as Chen Family servants, then used the Longevity Dao to save them from the Immortal Opportunity's backlash. 180

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Awakening and clan reform — Awakens after a million years, comprehends the Longevity Divine Art, establishes the Divine Ability Method, and proves its superiority by defeating three Saint Realm prodigies. 2 4 11 13
• Chen Family transformation — Conducts a clan-wide Dao exposition, helps multiple members comprehend Divine Abilities, creates the Dao-Comprehension Heavenly Net, and upgrades all clan techniques to peak Emperor rank. 14 16 33 34
• Blood God Palace conflict — Protects Lin Yue Ru, destroys the Blood God Palace, searches Xue Wuyou's reincarnator memories, and resurrects Lin Wan'er. 39 46 47 He strips the palace of its hidden wealth and refines the energies of its territory, reaching the sixth level of the Great Sage Realm. 58
• Heavenly Feather Divine Dynasty campaign — Avenges the Lin Family, kills Qin Qinghuang, defeats Qin Xiaoyao, and seizes the dynasty's national fortune. 63 64 66 68
• Great River Sword Sect and Dark Land campaign — Destroys the Great River Sword Sect, acquires Emperor Corpses for the Ninefold Calamity Suppression Tower, exposes the Fortune-Stealing Clan's plot, and turns the Dark Land's servants into Chen Family servants. 79 103 106 112
• Reincarnator encounters — Investigates the altered timeline through Xue Wuyou, recognizes Qin Xiaomeng and Limitless Demon Venerable as reincarnators, and later takes the Hundred-Lifetime Reincarnation Book from Su Chen. 46 118 122 Conflicting reincarnator memories and extraterritorial powers lead him to use Qin Xiaomeng as a means of investigating their source. 123 124 125 127
• Otherworldly system and Fourth Calamity — Takes control of a system targeting his father, removes its hidden authority, and binds the secured system to Chen Zhian. He then creates the Fourth Calamity System for the Chen Family and adds rewards for Dao comprehension while cautioning against dependence on external aids. 130 131 132 136 139 140 141
• Divine Dynasty Alliance war — His system helps the Chen Family grow and fight with the ability to resurrect. When the invading alliance's army breaks, Chen Changqing prevents its leaders from escaping and kills sixteen Quasi-Emperors with one palm; he refines the spoils to reach the eighth level of the Saint King Realm. 142 164 165 166
• Immortal Opportunity backlash — Binds six Destiny Emperors and their forces to the Chen Family, then overcomes the backlash threatening their lives with his Longevity Dao. 180

Notable Quotes

“Was fate decreed by Heaven? No! It should be written by me, Chen Changqing!” 46

“One word—comprehension!” 6