Cheng Jue

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Cheng Jue (成玦) 3
Alias(es)	World Tree Cheng Jue; Mother of Nature; Goddess of Life; Orthodox God of Creation and the State; Mother Goddess 8 15 43
Species/Race	World Tree — also identified as an Elf Tree and Tree of Life 3 11
Gender	An innate sacred being for whom gender is irrelevant; formerly a man from Earth and presently most often manifests in a female form 2 8 32
Affiliation	Grotto-Heaven World; founder of the Elven Civilization; Humanity Dao 5 8 12
Occupation/Role	Creator of life, guardian of her creations, founder of the World Tree virtual-reality game, and cultivator of the Humanity Dao 4 12 15
Status	Active 46
First Appearance	Chapter 1 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Not Yet Immortal	3	Identified as a World Tree with two companion treasures, but had not yet entered immortality.
Earth Immortal	4	Developed the Myriad Spirits Profound Light Record and used accumulated spiritual energy to break through within a few breaths.
Golden Immortal	7	Reached the Golden Immortal realm amid Shen Ni's assault on the Grotto-Heaven World; gained the ability to create portals to other worlds.
Golden Immortal Grand Completion	8	Achieved the convergence of the Three Flowers and return of the Five Qi; bore two violet-gold world-traveling fruits.
Taiyi Golden Immortal	11	Established the Primordial World Humanity Dao, also called the Myriad Spirits Dao, and formed the Human Dao Jade Disc.
Early Taiyi Golden Immortal	32	Later recorded as advancing to the early Taiyi Golden Immortal realm while examining and upgrading Jue.

Background / History

Cheng Jue was originally a man from Earth with a childhood lung illness. After collapsing while playing games, he awakened reincarnated as a sapling in an unfamiliar wasteland, unable to move because his feet had become roots and his arms branches 2.

Before this rebirth, Cheng Jue's consciousness drifted in the void and witnessed Pangu create and stabilize heaven and earth. After attaining the Dao, Pangu planted a tree root containing Cheng Jue's consciousness at the center of the new world before departing into chaos 1.

As a tree, Cheng Jue spent centuries alone absorbing ambient energy and experimenting with circulation methods within his plant body. Heaven-Opening Merit hidden in his sea of consciousness protected him from the dangers of these early experiments, allowing him to develop a rudimentary breathing technique 2. His fruit first produced Knotweed Grass, earning merit from heaven and revealing his capacity to create life 2 4.

Cheng Jue later learned that he was a World Tree and awakened the Grotto-Heaven Pearl and Hongmeng Measuring Heaven Ruler as companion spiritual treasures. The World Tree's inheritance further revealed that he could recreate selected game characters and items from his former life, although creating humans was forbidden and certain creations required the appropriate bloodline or technical knowledge 3 4.

Appearance

In tree form, Cheng Jue began as a sapling slightly over one meter tall before growing into an enormous World Tree that appeared to connect heaven and earth. Its leaves shine with spiritual light, while its body radiates the dark-yellow glow of Merit 2 4.

In humanoid form, Cheng Jue resembles the female manifestation of her primordial spirit: a striking, elf-like woman with long black hair, pale skin, clear eyes, and pointed ears 4 8.

• Towering World Tree body capable of bearing life-creating fruits 2 5
• Dark-yellow Merit radiance surrounding the tree form 4
• Long black hair and small pointed ears in Shenhe-Type humanoid form 8
• Commonly appears to Travelers as the Goddess of Life 20 43

Personality

Cheng Jue is cautious and pragmatic. Early in the Primordial World, they feared being discovered and harvested by stronger immortals, relied on the Grotto-Heaven Pearl's concealment, and abandoned attempts to create humans rather than risk interfering with forces such as Nuwa, Hongjun, or the Heavenly Dao 2 3 4.

Despite this caution, Cheng Jue is deeply protective of their creations. They treat Xiao Yi and Xiao Meng as family, entrust the Elves' education to reliable guardians, and seek greater strength specifically to protect the lifeforms they have made 4 5 44. Their concern extends to Travelers, whom they protect with Humanity Marks and resurrection systems even while privately regarding them as “little leeks” for the growth of Humanity Dao 18 21.

Cheng Jue is also curious and adaptive, readily applying knowledge from their former life to cultivation, civilization-building, and game design. This inventiveness produced the Myriad Spirits Profound Light Record, the Humanity Dao, and the World Tree game system 4 12 15.

Abilities & Skills

World Tree Physiology and Life Creation

Cheng Jue is a Tree of Life whose fruits can produce new life. They can benefit directly from the cultivation of lifeforms they create 3 4.

• Created plants within the Grotto-Heaven World, including Knotweed Grass 2 4
• Created fifty Elves by infusing Merit and the foundational chapter of the Myriad Spirits Profound Light Record into fruits 5
• Can recreate certain characters and objects from games played in their former life 4
• Cannot create humans; recreating some beings requires their bloodline, while creations such as Albedo require specialized knowledge 4

Myriad Spirits Profound Light Record

Cheng Jue personally deduced this cultivation method from fragmentary Daoist knowledge, cultivation theories, Merit, and their own experimentation 4.

• Covers Foundation Establishment through Taiyi Golden Immortal in its original formulation 4
• Its foundational chapter can be taught to ordinary lifeforms, including the Elves and Travelers 5 46
• Enables logged-off Travelers to convert Primordial Qi into Heaven-and-Earth Spiritual Energy, providing cultivation gains and replenishing the Grotto-Heaven World 46

Humanity Dao

Rather than following an existing innate Great Dao, Cheng Jue established the Humanity Dao—also called the Myriad Spirits Dao—through civilization, life, and collective creativity 11 12.

• Encompasses Cheng Jue's previously comprehended Dao paths 12
• Grows stronger as intelligent civilization develops 12
• Allows Cheng Jue to receive faint Dao insights from monsters slain by Humanity-marked Travelers 36 44
• Its power traced through Shen Ni's incarnation to severely injure Shen Ni's true body and halt his attempt to devour the Primordial World 12

Cross-World Travel and Adaptation

Violet-gold fruits borne upon reaching Golden Immortal Grand Completion connect Cheng Jue to other worlds 8.

• Entered the Super God Universe and adopted a Shenhe-Type, fourth-generation divine body 8
• Entered the Marvel Universe and became Yggdrasil, the World Tree linking the Nine Realms 10
• Comprehended partial Space Dao through the Space Stone and partial Time Dao through the Time Stone 10 11
• Can return to the Primordial World after traveling through a linked fruit 10

Grotto-Heaven and Game-System Authority

As master of the Grotto-Heaven Pearl, Cheng Jue can oversee the Grotto-Heaven World and use it as the foundation of the World Tree virtual-reality game 3 12.

• Alters the Grotto-Heaven World's day-night cycle and time ratio 12 15
• Uses the World Tree Supercomputer as the game's server 12 15
• Creates player bodies from World Tree fruits and grants players elf forms, equipment, classes, and attributes 18 20
• Imprints Humanity Marks on player souls to protect them from the Primordial World's Heavenly Dao 18
• Upgraded Humanity Marks so that karma incurred by player killings transfers to the Human Dao Jade Disc 18

Combat and Dao Comprehension

Cheng Jue's cultivation and treasures allow them to confront enemies vastly stronger than ordinary Grotto-Heaven inhabitants.

• Comprehended Life Dao, Illusion Dao, Elemental Dao, and partial Space and Time Dao before establishing Humanity Dao 11
• Suppressed Odin upon arriving in the Marvel Universe and acquired the Space Stone for law comprehension 10
• Used the Human Dao Jade Disc to neutralize Shen Ni's incarnation's attack 11
• The Human Dao Jade Disc can only bear the karma of killing beings harmful to the Primordial World or involved in a calamity 18

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Hongmeng Measuring Heaven Ruler — Cheng Jue's natal acquired Merit supreme treasure; described as the strongest offensive acquired Merit spiritual treasure, though Cheng Jue could initially use only a small portion of its power 3 11
• Grotto-Heaven Pearl — Innate supreme treasure and companion treasure whose artifact spirit is Xiao Yi; creates and protects a Grotto-Heaven World, conceals it from outside observation, and provides information functions 3 11
• Human Dao Jade Disc — Cheng Jue's Humanity Dao supreme treasure and enlightenment treasure; serves as identity verification for Travelers and bears their transferred karma 11 12 18
• World Tree Supercomputer — Acquired spiritual treasure obtained through an agreement with the Super God Universe; used to manage the World Tree game system 8 12 15
• Elven Civilization Merit Set — Merit treasures representing milestones of Elven Civilization, including its kindling, first garment, first house, and first coin 8

Relationships

• Pangu — Creator of the Primordial World who planted the root containing Cheng Jue's consciousness before disappearing into chaos 1
• Xiao Yi — Former smartphone assistant reborn as the Grotto-Heaven Pearl's artifact spirit; Cheng Jue considers her family and relies on her to oversee the Grotto-Heaven World 3 4 46
• Xiao Meng / Hongmeng — Artifact spirit of the Hongmeng Measuring Heaven Ruler and later Elven Queen; Cheng Jue treats her as family and entrusted her with guiding the Elven Race 4 5
• Skadi — First Elf created by Cheng Jue; appointed to care for younger Elves and later guide Travelers in the game world 5 15 21
• Jue — An alchemy puppet and Cheng Jue's “first family member,” who addresses Cheng Jue as Elder Sister despite Cheng Jue's objections 32
• The Ancient One / Gu Yi — Recipient of Cheng Jue's teachings on time, space, and life; she calls Cheng Jue “Master” when they depart 10
• Odin — Was suppressed by Cheng Jue in the Marvel Universe and surrendered the Space Stone to placate them 10
• Shen Ni — Hostile Chaos God-Demon whose incarnation Cheng Jue destroyed using Humanity Dao, indirectly injuring his true body 11 12
• Travelers — Players summoned from other worlds to cultivate, develop civilization, and help Cheng Jue recover missing Dao laws 15 44 46

Story Role / Major Arcs

Rebirth and the World Tree

Cheng Jue adapts to life as an immobile tree in the Primordial World, develops an initial cultivation practice, and discovers that their fruits can create life and earn Merit 2. Their awakening of the World Tree inheritance and companion treasures establishes the Grotto-Heaven World as a protected refuge 3 4.

Creation of the Elven Civilization

After becoming an Earth Immortal, Cheng Jue creates the Elven Race from fifty fruits and delegates their upbringing to Xiao Meng and Xiao Yi 5. Over millennia, the Elves develop into a major civilization under Cheng Jue's protection 6 8.

Travel Beyond the Primordial World

Cheng Jue uses world-traveling fruits to enter the Super God Universe, where they establish an Elven Civilization and gain the World Tree Supercomputer 8. In the Marvel Universe, Cheng Jue comprehends time and space through the Infinity Stones while aiding The Ancient One's defense of Earth 10.

Establishment of Humanity Dao

By combining the merit of Elven civilization into a jade disc and defining their own Dao, Cheng Jue reaches Taiyi Golden Immortal and creates the Humanity Dao 11. The Human Dao Jade Disc becomes central to their conflict with Shen Ni and their ambition to become the first Human Dao Saint 12.

World Tree Project

To rapidly expand Humanity Dao through population and creativity, Cheng Jue turns the Grotto-Heaven World into the World Tree virtual-reality game 12 15. They recruit Travelers from the Marvel and Super God worlds, protect them through Humanity Marks, and use their actions to develop civilization and obtain new Dao insights 18 36 44.

Notable Quotes

“My little leeks, are you ready?” 18

“Traveler, when you eliminated that weak monster just now, I comprehended the extremely faint Devouring Dao rhythm belonging to that monster.” 44

“Gender is irrelevant to me.” 32