Su Chen

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Su Chen (苏尘)
Alias(es)	Holy Son of Spirit Hall; Young Master; Chief Instructor of Martial God Hall
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Spirit Hall; Papal Hall; Martial God Hall; Crown Prince's Residence
Occupation/Role	Spirit Hall Holy Son; Bibi Dong's disciple; cultivation theorist and instructor; leader of Spirit Hall's tournament team
Status	Active 89
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Rank Ten Soul Scholar	1	Raised his soul power from half-rank to Rank Ten during his martial soul awakening by creating and circulating the Supreme Guidance Art. 1
Qi Refining, First Layer	8	Drew heavenly lightning into his sword; lightning-tempered soul power became refined spiritual energy while his conventional soul power remained at Rank Ten. 8
Self-Condensed First Soul Ring	10	Formed the lightning-based Soul Ring and skill Thunder Attraction without hunting a soul beast. 10
Foundation Establishment / Level 20	21	Expanded meridians and condensed increasingly liquid spiritual energy after suppressing Bibi Dong's Rakshasa Divine Sense. 20 21
Golden Core Dao, initial formation	60	Used spiritual energy converted from the Blood Pool through the Spirit-Gathering Formation to enter the Golden Core Dao. 58 60
Golden Core, completed	79	Completed his Golden Core cultivation under Zhao Wuji's pressure while wielding the Titan Prison-Suppressing Sword. 79
Refined Golden Core / Level 40	83	Refined and condensed a purer Golden Core by forging his comprehended laws together; his combat potential could suppress Title Douluos. 83
Four-Law Golden Core	84	Merged four laws into his Golden Core, increasing his strength more than tenfold from before seclusion. 84

Background & History

Su Chen was raised in the Wuhun City Orphanage. At age six, he awakened a rusty ordinary iron sword and only half-rank innate soul power. By observing the testing crystal's soul-power circulation and applying meridian knowledge from his previous life, he comprehended the Supreme Guidance Art and immediately advanced to Rank Ten. 1

His rapid advancement drew Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei to the orphanage. Su Chen refused to kneel before the Pope, challenged her to verify his cultivation art herself, and was subsequently accepted as Bibi Dong's personal disciple and named Spirit Hall's Holy Son. 2 3

At the Library Pavilion, Su Chen absorbed tens of thousands of martial-soul texts, identified the contradictions and plagiarism within Yu Xiaogang's Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls, and comprehended the Martial Soul Origin Evolution Law. His resulting Treatise on the Truth of Martial Souls was distributed throughout Spirit Hall as a required theory text. 4 5

Su Chen rejected conventional Soul Ring cultivation. He drew lightning onto his martial soul, transforming the rusty iron sword into the Purple Thunder Spirit Sword, then condensed his own thunder Soul Ring. During his first Spirit Hunting Forest expedition, he defeated hundred-year soul beasts and clashed with Tang San and Yu Xiaogang after Tang San attacked him with poisoned Sleeve Arrows. 8 10 11 13 14

He later established the Martial God Body Refinement Art and a broader Spirit Hall cultivation system for ordinary soul masters. The Elite Camp's first month of training exceeded projected power gains by forty percent, leading Bibi Dong to found Martial God Hall with Su Chen as chief instructor. 15 17 18

While operating in Heaven Dou City under the Crown Prince's Residence, Su Chen cured Dugu Bo's poison, gained the Dugu family's loyalty, improved Qian Renxue's disguise through the Void Illusion Divine Art, and helped undermine Prince Xue Xing's influence. He also reforged his martial soul at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well into the Azure Lotus Immortal Sword. 25 27 29 30

During the Blood Fiend crisis, Su Chen altered the enemy formation into a Spirit-Gathering Formation and entered seclusion to form his Golden Core. He later fought Mo Feng and Wan Cangshan, surviving the latter's attempted possession with Bibi Dong's intervention and ultimately forcing Wan Cangshan's true body to flee. 57 60 65 67

After refining his Golden Core, Su Chen was appointed to lead Spirit Hall's tournament team. He rejected the original Golden Generation lineup, built a new female-led team around Hu Liena, Zhu Zhuqing, Xue'er, and three enhanced disciples, and opened the tournament by defeating Elephant Armored Academy with a single Armor-Breaking Shockwave. 84 86 89

Appearance

Su Chen was introduced as a short-haired six-year-old boy with an unusually casual bearing and calm eyes. He is later commonly seen in green, blue, or azure robes, carrying or manifesting his sword martial soul. 1 30 60 86

• Short hair and an unflinching gaze uncommon for his age. 1
• Azure sword light can flash within his pupils after cultivation breakthroughs. 1 60
• Usually wears simple green or azure robes rather than conspicuous armor. 30 60 86
• His restrained aura becomes oppressive after forming and refining his Golden Core. 60 83

Personality

Su Chen is independent, blunt, and dismissive of traditions he considers inefficient. He refuses to accept Soul Rings, inherited techniques, or political hierarchies merely because they have existed for generations. 10 14 19

He values practical results over reputation. This drives his exposure of Yu Xiaogang's theories, his reform of Spirit Hall's cultivation system, and his willingness to adapt methods for individual practitioners rather than impose a fixed doctrine. 5 15 17

Although often sarcastic and openly contemptuous toward hostile opponents, Su Chen is attentive to those under his instruction or protection. He designs safer training methods for lower-ranked soul masters, treats Bibi Dong's Rakshasa Divine Sense, and repeatedly gives allies methods to take control of their own futures. 15 20 47 74

Abilities & Skills

Heaven-Defying Comprehension

Su Chen can derive techniques, laws, and cultivation principles after observing phenomena, combat methods, or flawed theories.

• Created the Supreme Guidance Art by studying soul-power movement within an awakening crystal. 1
• Comprehended the Martial Soul Origin Evolution Law after reviewing martial-soul texts and Yu Xiaogang's theories. 4
• Created the Sword Control Art after analyzing Tang San's hidden weapons. 14
• Developed the Great Sun Tathagata Sword Intent after observing Angel Divine Light and identifying its “Faith Poison.” 19
• Derived Purplecloud Demon-Suppressing Divine Thunder from a blood-fiend technique and later fused Devouring Law into his Sword Intent. 41 67

Supreme Guidance Art

His foundational cultivation art circulates and refines energy through the meridians, converting ordinary soul power into denser spiritual energy.

• Enabled his initial rise from half-rank soul power to Rank Ten. 1
• Lets him resist overwhelming pressure by dispersing external force through his meridians and into the ground. 19
• Forms the basis of his later spiritual-energy cultivation and several self-created techniques. 8 65
• The complete version is unsuitable for most ordinary soul masters because it demands exceptional meridians and mental ability. 15

Martial Soul and Sword Arts

Su Chen's martial soul began as a rusty iron sword, but repeated refinement transformed it into a sword of lightning, fire, ice, and sword intent.

• Purple Thunder Spirit Sword — formed after his initial lightning cultivation; can carry thunder intent and generate thunder sword qi. 8 14
• Azure Lotus Immortal Sword — reforged from the Purple Thunder Spirit Sword using the Icefire Dragon King's origin power. 27
• Sword Control Art — controls his sword through refined spiritual energy rather than a fixed Soul Skill. 13 14
  • Light-Splitting Shadow Sweep — creates sword shadows, intercepts projectiles, and can strike precise targets such as Tang San's wrist. 13 14
• Thunder Attraction — his self-condensed first Soul Ring; draws lightning toward his sword. 10
• Great Sun Tathagata Sword Intent — pure yang sword intent that can counter Angel Divine Light and serve as a decisive attack. 19 67
• Geng Metal Sword Qi — strengthened after meditation, with enhanced killing power. 73
• Titan Prison-Suppressing Sword — defeated Zhao Wuji's Martial Soul True Body and helped complete Su Chen's Golden Core. 79
• Armor-Breaking Shockwave — a finger-strike technique that targets internal soul-power flow and shattered Elephant Armored Academy's meridians in one move. 89

Body Refinement and Law-Based Cultivation

Su Chen strengthens his body directly through laws and spiritual energy rather than relying solely on Soul Rings.

• Icefire Chaos Sword Body — created by enduring the opposing forces of the Star Anise Mysterious Ice Grass, Inferno Delicate Apricot, and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. 27
• Myriad Poisons-Immune Immortal Body — neutralizes and refines poisons; it allowed him to purge Dugu Bo's poison and absorb lethal miasma as spiritual energy. 25 26
• Earthcore Heaven-Burning Art — created from Earthcore Lava's Fire Law while condensing his second origin-level Soul Ring. 21
• Devouring Law — obtained through the Soul-Eating Death Tribulation; consumes Blood Fiend power and was fused into his sword intent. 65 67
• Delusion-Breaking Divine Light — negates mental charm techniques and caused Xiao Wu severe backlash when she attempted to charm him. 76

Domains and Formations

Su Chen creates formations for combat, purification, defense, and large-scale energy conversion.

• Grand Radiance Evil-Warding Sword Formation — suppresses Rakshasa Divine Sense and burns corruptive energy; initially used to treat Bibi Dong. 20
• Spirit-Gathering Formation — converted the Blood Pool's energy into spiritual energy rather than destroying the Blood Fiend Formation outright. 57 58
• Great Thousand Sword Formation — creates coordinated sword qi for offense and defense; its second stage cleared thousands of walking corpses from the Crown Prince's Residence. 60 64 67
• Gravity Magnetism Sword Domain — warps gravity to restrict opponents; combined with the Great Thousand Sword Formation, it forced Bibi Dong to use Soul Douluo-level power. 84

Cultivation Theory and Instruction

Su Chen is a theorist and instructor whose methods focus on meridians, physical conditioning, controlled soul-power circulation, and individualized training.

• Authored Treatise on the Truth of Martial Souls, which exposed plagiarized theory and explained martial-soul origin, meridian expansion, and Soul Ring compatibility. 4 5
• Created the Martial God Body Refinement Art for Spirit Hall's Elite Camp, including breathing, stance work, body conditioning, and martial-soul-specific guidance. 16 17
• Diagnosed Zhao Yan's blocked meridians and right-arm numbness by observing his stance and martial-soul usage. 16
• Taught Ning Rongrong that support-type Soul Masters require self-defense, planning, agility, and endurance rather than dependence on others. 47

Equipment / Items

• Spirit Hall Black-Gold Token — granted by Bibi Dong before Su Chen departed Wuhun City to pursue his Dao Fruit. 70
• White Jade Formation Disc — used in his investigation of the Blood Fiend Formation and its underground core. 56
• Marrow-Washing Pills — Golden Core-infused pills that reshaped the foundations of three ordinary Spirit Hall disciples and raised them beyond Rank 50. 86
• Immortal herbs — Su Chen recovered and distributed rare herbs, including the Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and an ultimate-light mutant herb used to aid Yue Guan and Bibi Dong. 69 70

Relationships

• Bibi Dong — His teacher and Spirit Hall's Pope. She named him Holy Son, supports his reforms, and repeatedly protects him; Su Chen treats her Rakshasa Divine Sense and later helps purge its malevolent influence. 3 18 20 65 70
• Hu Liena — Senior sister and close companion. She initially challenged him, then became one of his strongest supporters and a member of his tournament team. 6 7 84 86
• Qian Renxue / Xue Qinghe / Xue'er — Political ally and intimate confidante. Su Chen improves her disguise, assists her Heaven Dou plans, and works alongside her after she abandons the throne identity for “Xue'er.” 30 31 36 86
• Yue Guan — Spirit Hall elder, covert protector, and admirer of Su Chen's sword control. He guarded Su Chen in the Spirit Hunting Forest and later supported his cultivation initiatives. 10 14 15
• Gui Mei — Spirit Hall elder who coordinates covert operations with Su Chen and watches Dugu Bo when necessary. 5 26 37
• Zhu Zhuqing — Disciple and personal shadow guard. Su Chen saves her from Star Luo assassins, gives her a new cultivation path, and later brings her into his tournament team. 74 83 86
• Ning Rongrong — Apprentice. Initially resentful of his strict treatment, she gradually accepts his instruction and proves her loyalty by guarding his Golden Core seclusion. 44 47 58 60
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan — Loyal subordinates after Su Chen resolves their hereditary poison problem; they secure Sunset Forest and act on his orders. 25 29
• Tang San — Hostile rival. Tang San ambushed Su Chen with poisoned hidden weapons, and their conflict later escalated through repeated confrontations in the Star Dou Great Forest. 11 13 75 76
• Qian Daoliu — Spirit Hall's Grand Consecrated Elder. He initially opposed Su Chen's dissemination of cultivation arts, but reassessed him after Su Chen resisted his pressure and Angel Divine Light. 18 19