Feng Chen

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Feng Chen (风辰)
Alias(es)	Masked man
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Black Tiger Gang (permanent chief); Crimson Cloud Hall (Mortal-Grade Low-Rank Alchemist) 114 208
Occupation/Role	Hunter; martial artist; gang leader; alchemist
Status	Alive 260
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Body Tempering, First Heaven	16	Broke through after cultivating Fierce Tiger Fist to Perfection; gained physical power sufficient to casually leap over three meters.
Body Tempering, Second Heaven	23	Perfected the Giant Strength Art using Blood-Qi Medicinal Herb soup; reached two realms within one week of beginning martial cultivation.
Body Tempering, Third Heaven	43	Broke through after accumulating medicinal power and cultivating the Giant Strength Art; his combat strength was formidable within the realm.
Body Tempering, Fourth Heaven	86	Advanced through intensive cultivation and medicinal resources; his hidden weapons could kill a Fifth Heaven martial artist in one strike.
Body Tempering, Fifth Heaven	100	Reached a level that made him effectively invincible in Green Mountain Town and enabled his takeover of the Black Tiger Gang.
Body Tempering, Sixth Heaven	136	Advanced after obtaining and cultivating the complete Giant Force Divine Art; a single dart could kill an Eighth Heaven martial artist.
Body Tempering, Seventh Heaven	143	Broke through in seven days; his true combat strength reached the peak of the Body Tempering Realm, with darts capable of killing Ninth Heaven opponents.
Body Tempering, Eighth Heaven	179	Broke through after two days of intensive cultivation supported by Black Tiger Gang resources.
Body Tempering, Ninth Heaven	200 201	Revealed his cultivation during a Crimson Cloud Hall assessment; later reached the realm’s peak but could not advance without a True Qi manual.
True Qi Realm	228	Obtained a True Qi cultivation manual and used High-Grade Pills to break through, gaining true qi and a qualitative increase in power.

Background / History

Feng Chen was originally a hunter from a poor mountain village. After dying from overwork in his previous life, he was reborn with the Destiny Talent Rapid Mastery, resolving to change his fate through martial cultivation and to take revenge on those who had oppressed him. 1

He quickly turned hunting, archery, fist techniques, and blade work into practical combat ability. After being targeted by roadside bandits and village bullies, he began eliminating threats rather than remaining a passive victim. 5 6 21 27

His early rise was supported by Lin Qing'er, with whom he shared a home before they became husband and wife. Feng Chen repaid Aunt Li's kindness by funding treatment for her daughter; after their deaths, Aunt Li left him a Spatial Ring in her final testament. 18 29 39 61

Personality

Feng Chen is intensely driven and disciplined. He treats cultivation as the foundation of security, repeatedly devoting long periods to training and spending his wealth on manuals, medicinal herbs, pills, and other resources rather than hoarding them. 19 90 143

He is cautious, secretive, and strategically minded. He uses disguises and masks, gathers intelligence before acting, conceals his cultivation when useful, and prefers to remove emerging threats before they can grow into larger problems. 20 48 107 222

He is also ruthless toward enemies. Feng Chen is willing to kill, torture for information, seize assets, and destroy hostile forces when he judges that leaving them alive would endanger himself or those under his protection. 27 108 214

Despite this, he consistently supports Lin Qing'er, Zhao Yuan'er, Li Hehua, Wang Kun, and other dependents by providing cultivation resources, instruction, protection, and opportunities to improve. 135 154 205

Abilities & Skills

Rapid Mastery

Feng Chen's Destiny Talent records knowledge and allows him to learn skills at an extraordinary rate, without the usual cultivation bottlenecks.

• Can record an entire manual after reading it and retain its diagrams, principles, and exertion methods with exceptional clarity. 9
• Can derive basic techniques from instinctive actions, including movement techniques and footwork. 7
• The talent trait A Thousand Miles a Day periodically activates during focused cultivation, accelerating proficiency growth. 23 85 93
• His advancement still requires sufficient energy, medicinal resources, and cultivation methods; he could not force a Fifth Heaven or True Qi breakthrough on talent alone. 90 219

Cultivation Arts

Feng Chen builds his cultivation around powerful body-tempering arts and continuously replaces incomplete methods with superior inheritances.

• Giant Strength Art — His first higher-level cultivation method; later identified as an incomplete portion of the Giant Force Divine Art. 19 133
• Giant Force Divine Art — Complete cultivation art recovered from a Boar Demon's cave; substantially improves blood-qi circulation and increased his punch strength by roughly thirty percent soon after cultivation began. 133 134
• Heavenly Origin Fist — A cultivation art capable of reaching Body Tempering Fifth Heaven, acquired from the Wang family's hidden chamber. 82 84
• Uses Blood-Qi Medicinal Herbs, Demonic Beast meat, wolf blood, and High-Grade Pills as fuel for rapid cultivation. 23 103 179 228

Martial Arts

Feng Chen possesses a broad combat repertoire, with many techniques brought to Perfection.

• Fist arts — Perfected Tiger Fist, Great King Fist, Baji Fist, Black Tiger Fist, Heavenly Origin Fist, and Wild Wolf Divine Fist. 51 68 103 111
• Saber arts — Mastered the Five Tigers Gate-Breaking Saber and later cultivated the Thousand Mountains Saber Art and Hundred Blades Saber Art. 41 111 143
• Movement techniques — Meteor Step at Perfection grants high-speed pursuit, evasion, and sudden directional changes; Thousand Mountains Fly Past produces near-instant movement over short distances at high mastery. 44 204 215
• Hidden weapons — Perfected Hidden Weapon Technique allows him to kill a Body Tempering Fourth Heaven martial artist with a single dart. 76
• Archery — His archery reached Perfection while hunting, allowing him to reliably locate and kill concealed prey. 5

Defensive Techniques

• Golden Bell Shield — External hardening technique perfected in less than half a day. 59
• Can withstand refined-iron saber strikes from a Body Tempering First Heaven martial artist without breaking skin. 61
• At higher realms, the technique manifests as a faint golden metallic sheen over his skin and hands. 86 215

True Qi and Azure Dragon Hand

After entering the True Qi Realm, Feng Chen can coat his body and weapons in true qi, greatly exceeding the power of blood-qi alone. 228

• Azure Dragon Hand — A true-qi finger and claw technique that produces cyan, wind-cutting force around his hands. 232
• Reached Minor Mastery in the Azure Dragon Hand by Chapter 247. 247

Alchemy and Medicine

Feng Chen's knowledge extends beyond combat.

• Perfected Basic Medicine and can prepare simple Blood-Qi medicinal preparations. 51
• Refines pills with unusually high medicinal extraction and can create Pill Marks. 200 207
• Passed Crimson Cloud Hall's assessment and received a Basic Alchemist license, then advanced to Mortal-Grade Low-Rank Alchemist. 201 208
• Established a private alchemy room with a purchased pill furnace. 210

Anomaly Subjugation

Feng Chen can fight and exploit Anomalies in the Black Mountain Range.

• Subdued the intelligent Anomaly Feng Ling'er, who can become invisible, pass through walls, communicate, and scout dangerous terrain. 235
• Uses Feng Ling'er's superior Anomaly senses to detect threats that a human martial artist might miss. 250
• Drove back a Weird Entity before returning to Green Mountain Town. 260

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Spatial Ring — Bequeathed by Aunt Li; stores manuals, medicinal ingredients, weapons, pills, silver, and other supplies. 29 39
• Short saber and longsabers — Used for close-quarters combat, saber techniques, and assassinations. 21 222
• Flying knives and darts — Primary concealed weapons; central to his ability to kill opponents above his cultivation realm. 76 108
• Pill furnace — Purchased from Treasure Pavilion and installed in his personal alchemy room. 210
• Black comb — The vessel associated with Feng Ling'er. 235

Relationships

• Lin Qing'er — Wife. Feng Chen teaches her martial arts, purchases the Clear Water Divine Art and High-Grade Pills for her, and prioritizes her safety during conflicts. 61 174 205
• Zhao Yuan'er — Wife and political connection to a local lineage. Feng Chen trains her, provides resources, and helped her enter the Martial Artist Realm. 135 154
• Li Hehua — Wife and political connection to a local lineage. Feng Chen trains her alongside Zhao Yuan'er and helped her enter the Martial Artist Realm. 135 154
• Wang Kun — Deputy leader and principal administrator of the Black Tiger Gang. Feng Chen rewards his loyalty, entrusts him with gang affairs, and helps him break through to Body Tempering Fourth Heaven. 109 154
• Fang Yuan — Head of the Fang Clan Martial Hall. Feng Chen protects the martial hall, receives a share of its profits, and leaves Fang Yuan a Black Tiger Gang brocade pouch for emergencies. 89 149
• Shen Yao — Alchemy-savvy companion who introduced Feng Chen to Crimson Cloud Hall; he protected her from the Green Mountain Chamber of Commerce despite initially distrusting her. 186 194
• Sun Daniu — Crimson Cloud Hall elder and master alchemist. In gratitude for Feng Chen's protection of Shen Yao, Sun arranged a reduced-requirements assessment for him. 194 201
• Feng Ling'er — Intelligent Anomaly subdued by Feng Chen. She serves as a scout and subordinate, though Feng Chen expects her to be useful rather than relying on him for protection. 235 266
• Aunt Li — Village benefactor whose kindness Feng Chen repaid with money for her daughter's treatment; she later left him the Spatial Ring in her testament. 18 29

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Rebirth and village rise — Reborn as a poor hunter, Feng Chen discovers Rapid Mastery, perfects practical hunting and combat skills, and begins resisting the violence that once kept him powerless. 1 5 6
• Green Mountain Town cultivation — Acquires manuals, medicinal resources, and the Spatial Ring while rapidly progressing through the early Body Tempering stages. 19 23 29 43
• Masked retaliation — Eliminates Liu Teng, Wang Batian, and other hostile figures while concealing his identity from the town's major powers. 34 48 80
• Consolidation of Green Mountain Town — Backs Fang Yuan's martial hall, takes over the Black Tiger Gang, defeats Zhao Tianshan, and absorbs the Zhao Clan Martial Academy's assets. 89 103 108 114
• Black Mountain Range expedition — Obtains the Giant Force Divine Art, encounters Demonic Beasts and Anomalies, and expands his knowledge of the wider world. 133 161
• Green Mountain County alchemy arc — Enters Crimson Cloud Hall through Shen Yao and Sun Daniu, reveals his alchemy talent, and becomes a licensed alchemist. 194 201 208
• Faction conflict and transcendence — Destroys the Sun Family and Azure Dragon Society threats, reaches the peak of Body Tempering Ninth Heaven, then enters the True Qi Realm. 214 222 228
• Anomaly operations — Participates in conflicts involving the Anomaly Suppression Bureau, subdues Feng Ling'er, drives back a Weird Entity, and prepares to move his power base to Green Mountain County. 235 260

Notable Quotes

“I loved freedom all my life. I didn't want too many entanglements.” 209

Trivia

• The Giant Strength Art Feng Chen initially purchased was an incomplete version of the Giant Force Divine Art he later found in a Boar Demon's cave. 133
• Feng Chen's hidden identity became so convincing that Green Mountain Town's factions treated the masked martial artist as an unfathomable outside expert rather than connecting him to the former village hunter. 53 208