Liu Yuanchen

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Liu Yuanchen (刘元辰)
Alias(es)	Dongyang Divine Lord; Palace-Opening Divine Lord; Coiled Dragon General; Water Virtue Star Lord; Great Emperor of Mount Tai
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Liu Family; Azure Elixir Sect and Elixir Hall (formerly); Eight Desolations Pavilion; Dongyang Divine Prefecture; Five Villages Abbey
Occupation/Role	Earth Immortal Path cultivator; alchemist; founder of Dongyang Divine Prefecture; divine official
Status	Alive; active in the Primordial World 659
First Appearance	3

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Fifth Qi-Nourishing Layer	8	His father notes that Liu Yuanchen has reached the fifth layer.
Sixth Qi-Nourishing Layer	17	Advanced from the fourth to sixth layer within a year through the Heaven-Reaching Divine Wood Technique and Blessed Land support; he deliberately slowed further progress to avoid attention.
Late Qi-Nourishing Stage / Seventh Layer	24	Reached the seventh layer after six months of wartime pill refinement and cultivation.
Qi-Nourishing Peak	70	Reached the peak of the ninth layer at age 22 after correcting hidden flaws under Zhao Hong's guidance.
Early Sea of Qi Realm	73	Completed his Sea of Qi breakthrough after preparing his meridians, Astral Force, vitality, and a Meridian-Fixing Pill.
Middle Qi Sea Stage	89	His Qi Sea crossed the one-zhang threshold at age 28; the growing Blessed Land accelerated his cultivation.
Late Sea of Qi Realm	150	After three and a half years of seclusion, his Qi Sea reached 101 feet.
Peak Qi Sea Realm	168	Expanded his Qi Sea to 100 zhang after years of cultivation aided by Spirit-Vein Jade Lingzhi.
Condensed Origin Realm	178	Condensed True Essence Liquid within his Qi Sea, beginning the realm’s three-path qualitative transformation.
Mid-Condensed Origin Stage	215	His True Essence Sea reached one zhang in diameter while he cultivated with refined demon qi.
Late Condensed Origin Realm	240	Reached a 12-zhang True Essence Sea through steady cultivation rather than forcing a pill-assisted breakthrough.
Peak Condensed Origin Realm	258	At age 80, reached the peak in True Essence, Origin Astral Force, and Soul Origin.
Spirit Platform Realm	260	Formed an unprecedented two-chi Three-Origin Spirit Platform after surviving three thunder tribulations with the Earth Book’s protection.
Mid Spirit Platform Realm	299	His Spirit Platform expanded to one zhang in diameter less than six years after his breakthrough.
Peak Spirit Platform Realm	340	Reached the 120-zhang limit of his Spirit Platform at age 136.
Soul Condensation Realm	341	Formed his Life Soul by combining Soul Origin, Life Soulstones, and ten wisps of Innate Primordial Qi.
Peak Golden Body Realm	400	Tempered all five viscera to their limits while refining Divine Breath Soil.
Divine Spring Realm	401	Opened a water-and-wood Divine Spring at age 196 using a self-generated upper sixth-rank Spirit Spring Pearl.
Dharma Form Realm	425	Converted a False Witch Pattern into a true Witch Pattern over nine years, strengthening his Heaven-and-Earth Rejuvenation Divine Ability.
Yang Spirit Realm	428	Used Lunar Yin Jade Dew, dawn-rose purple qi, and Innate Primordial Qi to create True Yang within his Pure Yin Primordial Spirit.
Origin Immortal Realm	476	Secretly condensed a Dao Embryo and surpassed the physical strength of his grandmaster generation.
Early Earth Immortal Realm	500	His cultivation was identified as Early Earth Immortal, though his spirit treasures allowed him to contend with Celestial Immortal Realm opponents.
Late Earth Immortal Realm	507	Reached the late stage at age 475; no cultivator below Celestial Immortal Realm could withstand one of his attacks.
Mid Golden Immortal Realm	583	Reached Mid Golden Immortal after a century in the Primordial World while completing Innate Undying Radiance.
Primordial Unity Golden Immortal Realm	599	After another century, he could easily control Primordial Unity Golden Immortal power.

Background

Early life and inheritance

Liu Yuanchen was born to Liu Qingyun and Zhang Ling of the Liu Family. His father remained stationed at the spiritually poor Salt Marsh and had only reached the Sixth Qi-Nourishing Layer after years of cultivation, leaving Yuanchen acutely aware of his family’s limited standing and resources 8.

He obtained an inheritance tied to Grand Immortal Zhenyuan and the Ginseng Fruit Tree. The Heaven-Reaching Divine Wood Technique refined spiritual qi several times faster than his previous method and established his cultivation foundation in the Middle Dantian 3. His early access to a Blessed Land and the Ginseng Fruit Tree’s support became the source of his unusually rapid advancement.

While escorting concealed Blood Jade Pills to Dongyang Lake, Liu Yuanchen survived Chen Changming’s Silver Sword Talisman through hidden vine armor and escaped using Wood-Shadow Evasion. He concealed the true reason for his survival, negotiated compensation with Liu Qingsong, and used his merit to seek safer assignments for his father and elder brother 7.

Alchemy and sect advancement

Liu Yuanchen passed the Elixir Hall assessment by refining four Spirit-Awakening Pills, including one good-grade pill. He became an inner disciple, refused to become entangled in Steward Zheng Qian’s faction, and secured a secluded cave mansion with a second-rank spirit vein and Cloudwater Formation 16.

His reputation rose after he became known as a First-Rank High-Grade Alchemy Master. During wartime pill production, he delivered 26 Spirit-Awakening Pills from five batches, including six high-quality pills, intentionally revealing enough talent to establish his value to the Elixir Hall 17 18.

The Chen Household repeatedly targeted him and his relatives. Chen Changming attempted to assassinate him, Chen Zongming later used Azure Spirit Bees against him, and the household manipulated Liu Yuansi into volunteering for the Golden Ao Mountain campaign 7 24 189. Liu Yuanchen eventually chose to ruin the Chen Household politically rather than destroy them openly, arranging for their wartime crimes and Chen Zongming’s involvement to become widely known 189.

Zhao Hong's lineage

Deputy Hall Master Zhao Hong recognized Liu Yuanchen’s potential and introduced him to the Azure Ape Forest-Piercing Technique, an Earth Immortal Path inheritance containing body-tempering methods, Astral Force cultivation, and combat arts 28. Zhao formally accepted him as a registered disciple, publicly warned potential enemies against plotting against him, and bestowed the Wind-Thunder Staff and an Eight Desolations Pavilion school token 30.

Liu Yuanchen later became a personal disciple, gaining exemption from sect missions and regular resource subsidies 44. Zhao’s lineage also connected him to Grandmaster Zhang Lingxu, the Pill King Lineage, and eventually the wider Eight Desolations Pavilion 101 297.

Academy battles and political rise

At Southern Pacification Academy, Liu Yuanchen defeated Lin Jianshan, Guo Ping, Shi Jian, and Xia Longting in successive challenges. These victories established his reputation as a close-combat specialist with extraordinary physical strength, speed, and defense 97 98 100.

He later received the title of Palace-Opening Divine Lord, began planning a Divine Path avatar and temple, and built Dongyang Divine Prefecture around Coiled Dragon Mountain 145 181. As his influence grew, he organized a retinue office, recruited cultivators and Liu Family personnel, developed Coiling Dragon Lake Market, and used divine authority to reshape territory and improve cultivation resources 189 220 286.

Later cultivation and the Primordial World

Liu Yuanchen’s later advancement relied on the integration of Earth Immortal Path cultivation, Witch-Human Astral Force inheritance, Divine Path authority, the Earth Book, his Grotto-Heaven, and multiple spirit treasures. He mastered the twelve Ancestral Witch inheritances, refined Innate Primordial Qi, and built Dongyang Grotto-Heaven into an increasingly independent world 328 401 476.

After entering the Primordial World, he concealed himself as a rogue cultivator near East Sea City while gathering resources and searching for Treasure-Dropping Money. Over a century, he reached Mid Golden Immortal Realm and condensed Innate Undying Radiance 583.

He later returned to Longevity Mountain under Grand Immortal Zhenyuan’s guidance, refined major treasures, named Pangu’s body-refining method the Heaven-Opening Art, and gained control of Dongyang Realm after its Heavenly Dao matured 634. In the Primordial World, he also became Water Virtue Star Lord and Great Emperor of Mount Tai, granting him broad authority over water, rainfall, and related divine affairs 656 657.

Personality

Liu Yuanchen is cautious, pragmatic, and intensely survival-oriented. Early in his life, he focused on evasive arts because “whether he could win a fight was not important”; remaining alive was his priority 7. Even after becoming powerful, he prefers preparation, concealment, and indirect pressure over reckless confrontation.

He treats favors, resources, and political relationships as matters requiring clear exchange. He refused Zheng Qian’s implied mentorship until he understood the sect’s factions, paid Liu Qingyuan for borrowed spirit grain despite family ties, and traded valuable materials with Zhao Hong rather than allowing resentment to form between master and disciple 16 29 70.

Despite his calculating nature, Liu Yuanchen remains devoted to his family and dependents. He repeatedly used his status to protect relatives, arranged opportunities for Liu Family members, sought longevity resources for his parents, and personally granted his deceased mother godhood as an Agriculture God 7 187 258. His care for Xiao Yu, Dark Armor, Golden Armor, Liu Yan, and Liu Ling carries a distinctly parental quality 83 163 411.

Abilities & Skills

Heaven-Reaching Divine Wood Technique

An Earth Immortal Path cultivation method compatible with the Ginseng Fruit Tree inheritance.

• Greatly improves his efficiency in refining spiritual qi and returns purified magical power through the Ginseng Fruit Tree phantom 3.
• Supports his plant-nurturing arts and contributes special energy capable of gradually enlightening spirit plants 39.
• Its rapid cultivation speed forced Liu Yuanchen to deliberately suppress his visible progress in order to avoid attention 17.

Earth Book and Grotto-Heaven cultivation

The Earth Book is Liu Yuanchen’s natal artifact and the foundation of his Blessed Land and later Grotto-Heaven.

• Generates an earth-yellow defensive barrier without needing to be visibly summoned; it can be stored within his Sea of Consciousness 85.
• Absorbs excess mana, protects his Spirit Platform during tribulation, and was drawn into his Middle Dantian after his breakthrough 85 260.
• Imprints Spirit Veins and Earth Veins, allowing the Blessed Land to continue drawing external energy after leaving a Spirit Eye 90.
• Can move his Grotto-Heaven, making it difficult for enemies to trap or cripple him through conventional means 477.
• Supports the growth of Dongyang Realm’s Heavenly Dao and benefits from Spirit Roots, Acquired Spirit Treasures, and Innate Treasure Materials 476 634.

Plant cultivation and intelligence network

Liu Yuanchen uses wood-attribute techniques to cultivate spirit fields, empower plants, and establish surveillance networks.

• Yi Wood Origin-Nourishing Art strengthens seeds, seedlings, and plant potential; plants cultivated through it can serve as scouting points within a ten-li sensing range 24 26.
• Jia Wood Withering-and-Flourishing Art nurtures trees, improves plant growth, and later develops into Liu Yuanchen’s Withering-and-Flourishing Law 47 169.
• He can enlighten spirit plants into Wood Spirits, including Xiao Yu, Dark Armor, Golden Armor, Liu Yan, and Liu Ling 83 163 411.
• Wood Spirit-produced seeds remain connected to him and can become future scout plants, forming the basis of a large-scale intelligence network 163.

Alchemy

Liu Yuanchen is an accomplished wood-attribute alchemist and eventual Pill King Lineage heir.

• Became a First-Rank High-Grade Alchemy Master and entered the Elixir Hall as an inner disciple 16 17.
• Achieved a 70% Spirit-Awakening Pill success rate, corresponding to a second-grade Alchemy Master level, and earned more than 3,000 Spirit Stones in three months of wartime assignments 24.
• Reached an 80% success rate refining Sea-Gathering Pills and Jade-Muscle Pills 89 90.
• Uses commissions strategically for profit, practice, and political ties, notably through his long-running arrangement with Xia Longting 101 163.

Physical combat and Astral Force

His combat style combines extraordinary physical strength, Astral Force, staff techniques, and inherited Witch-Human methods.

• Azure Ape Forest-Piercing Technique — includes the Azure Ape Guiding Technique, Astral Force Seed cultivation, Ape King Fist, Forest-Piercing Escape Art, and Mountain-Splitting Staff Art 28.
• Wind-Thunder Staff — a magical artifact that grows heavier with Astral Force, strikes silently, and releases lightning upon contact 30.
• Evil-Slaying Arrow — a long-range Astral Force art developed to address his weakness at range; he formed wind-thunder, wind, and gold-attributed arrows 101.
• Golden Bone Jade Marrow — grants physical strength comparable to Zhao Hong’s notorious body cultivation and is considered a legendary physique absent for 70,000 years 410.
• His later body cultivation allows him to catch a Heaven-Suppressing Stone one-handed and expose strength exceeding his grandmaster generation 476.

Divine authority

As Dongyang Divine Lord, Liu Yuanchen can exercise Heavenly Dao and territorial authority.

• Summoned rain across his Blessed Land using Heavenly Dao Authority 150.
• Created a new hill more than 100 zhang tall and over one li long through his merged Yin-Yang Mountain God Authority 286.
• Uses authority as a combat tool, including suppressing Yan Yang before confronting him with an avatar 288.
• Later gained authority over wind, rain, rivers, lakes, and seas as Water Virtue Star Lord 656 657.

Demon qi refinement and law comprehension

Liu Yuanchen developed methods to exploit demon qi without allowing it to corrupt himself or his territory.

• Refines demon qi through the Ginseng Fruit Tree inheritance and Jumang Ancestral Shaman True Form Diagram, producing True Essence and Origin Astral Force 236.
• Identified that the Demon Qi Black Lotus cannot truly be controlled, only suppressed by Heavenly Dao Domain 236.
• Successfully created a stable demon-qi-bearing Moonwater Lotus line through careful balancing with the Jia Wood Withering-and-Flourishing Art 240.
• Uses the Jadeglow Twofold Ceremonial Lamp to gain memory fragments and law comprehension from deceased Primordial Immortals 374 477.
• Destroyed the Inner Demon Law and related memories after obtaining them from Han Yuan’s experiences, preventing demonic corruption from entering Dongyang Realm’s Heavenly Dao 501.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Earth Book — natal artifact, defensive treasure, Spirit Vein and Earth Vein imprinting tool, and vessel for Liu Yuanchen’s Blessed Land and Grotto-Heaven 85 90 260.
• Wind-Thunder Staff — Astral Force-powered staff that delivers lightning damage on contact 30.
• Jadeglow Twofold Ceremonial Lamp — replica of an Innate Spirit Treasure; refines corpses and residual memories into law comprehension and cultivation gains 374 477.
• Sea-Calming Pearl — powerful offensive treasure, though Liu Yuanchen can initially use only one strike before exhausting himself 364.
• Primordial Essence Treasure Mirror — Innate Treasure designed to capture and trap opponents; it possesses 32 Innate Treasure Restrictions 659.
• Ginseng Fruit Tree Immortal Seed — core inheritance and cultivation support, connected to his Earth Immortal Path, plant enlightenment, and Grotto-Heaven development 3 260.
• Jumang Ancestral Shaman Statue — key inheritance artifact for Astral Force cultivation, plant-related powers, and demon qi refinement 236 309.

Relationships

• Grand Immortal Zhenyuan — lineage ancestor and later master; Liu Yuanchen built an ancestral temple to restore access to Zhenyuan’s Dao teachings and is eventually recognized as Zhenyuan’s chief disciple 39 633.
• Zhao Hong — master; accepted Liu Yuanchen as a registered disciple, protected him from the Chen Household, and later supported his development as a personal disciple 30 44.
• Zhang Lingxu — grandmaster and Pill King; provides combat guidance, cultivation knowledge, and long-term political support 101 258.
• Ling Yu — second martial uncle and formation expert; constructs major formations for Liu Yuanchen and advises him on Grotto-Heaven and territorial matters 181 364.
• Meng Tieshan — junior brother and body-cultivation prodigy; Liu Yuanchen teaches and supports him during Zhao Hong’s test of his ability to pass on the Dao 29 30.
• Liu Qingyuan — eighth uncle, intelligence source, and early supporter within the Azure Elixir Sect; their relationship is trusting despite frequent teasing 24 29.
• Liu Chengye (Huzi) — grandnephew and eventual Liu Family head; Liu Yuanchen guides his cultivation, secures academy opportunities, and provides breakthrough resources 89 428.
• Xia Longting — frequent rival, client, and companion; Liu Yuanchen repeatedly defeats him, refines pills for him, and tolerates his indulgent habits with blunt advice 100 101 163.
• Mo Lianshan — political ally and subordinate; Liu Yuanchen helped elevate him to county magistrate, after which Mo provided intelligence and acted against the Chen Household 81 189.
• Chen Zongming — Chen Household schemer responsible for arranging the Azure Spirit Bee attack; Liu Yuanchen later targets the Chen Household’s reputation rather than killing him directly 189.
• Xiao Yu, Dark Armor, Golden Armor, Liu Yan, and Liu Ling — Wood Spirits enlightened or nurtured by Liu Yuanchen; they serve as family-like retainers, cultivators, and intelligence assets 83 163 411.

Notable Quotes

“Whether he could win a fight was not important. Staying alive was what mattered most.”
— Liu Yuanchen’s guiding principle 7

“My mind is focused entirely on improving my cultivation right now. I truly have not considered finding a Dao companion.”
— Liu Yuanchen 287