Jiang Chen

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Jiang Chen (江尘) 1
Alias(es)	Cao Mengde; Xuande / Liu Xuande 9 28 47
Species/Race	Human; transmigrator from another world 1 3
Gender	Male 1
Affiliation	Former servant and inner disciple of the Azure Mist Sect; personal imperial physician of Peaceful Palace 5 6 40
Occupation/Role	Cultivator, simulator user, imperial physician 40 42
Status	Alive 48
First Appearance	Chapter 1: “Main Storyline One: Setting Fire to the Mountain”

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Body Tempering, Level Nine	1	Reached after two years of quiet cultivation as an Azure Mist Sect servant disciple; initially possessed only three low-grade spirit stones and a multipurpose machete. 1
Qi Refining, Level One	2, 4	Used Liu Ruyan’s Dragonblood Qi-Refining Pill during a selected simulation outcome, gaining spiritual awareness and entering Qi Refining. 2 4
Qi Refining, Third Layer	12	Cultivated the Form-Returning Technique, forming a mixed vortex of spiritual, demonic, and devilish power in his sea of qi. 11 12
Qi Refining, Sixth Layer	20, 24	Consumed the Thousand-Faced Fox’s red Demon Core and stabilized a three-way balance of energies within the Qi Sea Abyss. 20 24
Qi Refining, Ninth Layer	37, 39, 42	Absorbed Heavenly Demon qi and twenty-eight Merfolk Pearls, then later restored his realm while assimilating Pure Yang Sword Aura. 37 39 42

Background

Jiang Chen died after staying awake all night playing games and transmigrated to Ascending Dragon Continent. With no family support, inheritance, or early system assistance, he survived as a wandering martial artist before manufacturing glass for silver, exchanging it for spirit stones, and bribing his way into Azure Mist Sect’s Stubborn Stone Peak as a servant disciple. 1

For two years, he cultivated inconspicuously, avoided factions and friendships, and reached Body Tempering Level Nine through persistence rather than talent. His simulator appeared only when he had reached a bottleneck before Qi Refining. 1

His first simulations taught him that the Azure Mist Sect was infiltrated and unsafe. Rather than expose Liu Ruyan directly, he posed as the reincarnation of a former supreme elder, traded intelligence for a Dragonblood Qi-Refining Pill, and secured his first breakthrough. 2 4

Appearance

Jiang Chen is a tall, exceptionally handsome young man with a lean, muscular physique and a composed bearing that often makes stronger cultivators question his background. 1 30 34

• Values his original appearance and openly considers it one of his lasting advantages. 6
• Wears Azure Mist Sect robes and carries a sword when presenting himself as a sect disciple. 6
• Can conceal his aura and adopt false identities, though his natural bearing makes complete anonymity difficult. 30 48

Personality

Jiang Chen is cautious, calculating, and intensely survival-oriented. He prefers gathering information through simulations, creating backup plans, and withdrawing from battles beyond his ability rather than relying on heroic resolve. 8 12 27

He is also bold when he sees a profitable opening. He repeatedly bluffs stronger cultivators, uses false identities, and turns enemy resources into cultivation fuel. His pragmatism can become ruthless in combat, particularly against demon spies, traffickers, and cultivators he considers dangerous. 13 34

Despite his distrust of attachments, Jiang Chen develops genuine concern for Liu Ruyan, the Thousand-Faced Fox, the Empress Dowager, and the enslaved merfolk women. He remains reluctant to sacrifice his freedom to any sect, demon faction, or organization. 19 21 34 47

Abilities & Skills

Plot Simulation System

Jiang Chen’s system allows him to enter first-person plot simulations, test alternate choices, review completed recordings, and select an outcome to overwrite reality.

• Can choose drop locations capable of influencing an active storyline. 1
• Selected outcomes place him under system control for twelve shichen until the chosen result is reached. 12 24
• Preserved enough of his memories and system knowledge for him to recognize Reverend Guiqi’s attempted memory erasure. 9
• Provides Butterfly Effect recordings that reveal consequences occurring outside his direct view. 12 24

Demi-Immortal’s Book and Qi Sea Abyss

Jiang Chen cultivates the Form-Returning Technique in a manner distinct from Reverend Guiqi’s. His sea of qi contains an Abyss-like vortex that balances spiritual power, demon qi, and devil qi. 11 12 21

• Can absorb demonic aura from weapons, opponents, formations, Demon Cores, and the Demon Shrine. 13 19 20
• His three-way energy fusion strengthens his body, spiritual control, and spiritual pressure beyond his nominal realm. 12 31
• Reached Modest Accomplishment in the Demi-Immortal’s Book after further experimentation with human, demon, and devil qi. 43
• Overly concentrated demon or devil qi can incapacitate or kill him, while early cultivation of the method endangered his soul. 11 12

Five-Element Spirit Control

Jiang Chen possesses balanced Five-Element Endowment and refined control over metal, wood, water, fire, and earth spiritual power. 6 12

• Can create water spheres and fireballs, control swords, reinforce weapons, conceal his aura, and move underground within an earth-element Sandworm shell. 6 30
• Developed attacks including Stone-Piercing Flick and Three-Aspect Spirit Finger, the latter combining spiritual, demonic, and devilish energy. 12
• Advanced Basic Spirit Control to Consummate Mastery through Flame Mountain survival training. 30

Myriad Phenomena Realm Resonance

A supreme spirit-control technique acquired from Chen Gongxing’s jade slip. It lets Jiang Chen perceive the rhythms and internal structures of living beings, objects, spiritual power, and terrain. 30 31

• Allows him to reinforce attacks, disrupt an opponent’s rhythm, resonate with environmental forces, conceal his presence, and disperse incoming force. 31 37
• Reached Beginner’s Insight after three days of practice and Minor Mastery after studying Li Lingzhou’s Sword-Qi Domain. 31
• Enabled him to kill a Foundation Establishment Sandworm head-on while still at Qi Refining Sixth Layer. 31
• Requires exceptional divine sense, spirit control, physique, spiritual pressure, and soul strength; Jiang Chen’s formal realm remains vulnerable to superior spiritual pressure. 31

Swordsmanship and Pure Yang Sword Aura

Jiang Chen combines mortal sword techniques, spirit-infused sword arts, resonance, and absorbed sword qi into an unconventional combat style. 12 39

• Eight-Step Mad Blade and Basic Body Arts both reached Peak Perfection during his Flame Mountain trial. 30
• Uses resonance to accelerate sword flight with wind, sandstorms, and ambient spiritual energy. 37
• Absorbed Li Lingzhou’s Pure Yang Sword Aura, creating a separate power system that improves his speed and physical strength without raising his realm. 39
• His sword aura and resonance allow him to fight above his cultivation level, though stronger enemies’ spiritual pressure remains a serious danger. 31 39

Diagnosis and Healing

As Peaceful Palace’s imperial physician, Jiang Chen applies Five-Element Spirit Control and resonance to detect demonic contamination, clear impurities, and treat spiritual injuries. 40 42

• Diagnosed Princess Ping’an’s pain as demon aura contamination in venison dumplings rather than a conventional illness. 42
• Used Merfolk Pearl energy and spirit control to remove the Empress Dowager’s accumulated impurities. 36
• Helped the Empress Dowager break through from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core by healing long-standing physical and spiritual obstructions. 47

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Five-Element Sword — Yellow-rank spiritual sword reforged from Old General Chen’s heavy sword; balanced for all five elements and compatible with demon and devil qi. 43
• Heavenly Demon Sect Demon Shrine — Stores demonic qi for later use in cultivation. 14 19
• High-Grade Hedgehog Armor — Protective armor given by Liu Ruyan; dispersed the impact of a Qi Refining Ninth Layer opponent’s palm strike. 13 14
• Storage Ring — Azure Mist Sect-issued ring used as a decoy for his system inventory and surprise attacks. 6 27
• Chen Gongxing’s jade slip — Contains Basic Spirit Control, sword-control methods, and the hidden Myriad Phenomena Realm Resonance technique. 6 30
• Pure Yang Sword Aura — Absorbed sword qi originating from Li Lingzhou; functions as an independent combat resource. 39

Relationships

• Liu Ruyan / Thousand-Faced Fox — Initially a suspicious Demon Sect contact whom Jiang Chen deceived for cultivation resources; their relationship developed into a mixture of attraction, distrust, mutual protection, and unresolved questions about identity and destiny. 2 3 14 19
• Mu Rong / Empress Dowager — Jiang Chen’s protector, cultivation partner, and employer as Peaceful Palace’s imperial physician. Her connection to Thousand-Faced Fox remains ambiguous. 36 40 47
• Li Lingzhou — Golden Core prison envoy and reluctant protector. She recruited Jiang Chen for profit, supplied his Flame Mountain trial, and later discovered that he had absorbed her sword qi. 28 29 39
• Chen Gongxing — Former teaching deacon who gave Jiang Chen the jade slip containing Myriad Phenomena Realm Resonance. Chen later revealed himself as a Spirit Severing Realm Liyue Walker who viewed Jiang’s cultivation as an experimental opportunity. 6 17 21
• Tian Mingye — Heavenly Demon Sect leader whom Jiang Chen helped free from Reverend Guiqi’s formation in a simulation. She subsequently sought to claim him as a cultivation cauldron. 22 24
• Wang Baolin — Fellow former Stubborn Stone Peak servant disciple and Jiang Chen’s most openly friendly acquaintance in the Azure Mist Sect. 6 20
• Twin Merfolk Women — Enslaved merfolk Jiang Chen rescued from traffickers. He later placed concealed Eternal Marks within them as part of a plan against Yun Lanzi and the Dragon Bone conspiracy. 34 47

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Setting Fire to the Mountain — Uses simulations to expose Liu Ruyan’s planned attack, then abandons direct reporting in favor of manipulating her for information and a Dragonblood Qi-Refining Pill. 2 3
• Azure Mist Sect inner disciple — Transfers from Stubborn Stone Peak to Tranquil Heart Peak, receives Chen Gongxing’s jade slip, and begins studying spirit and sword control. 5 6
• Demi-Immortal’s Book — Investigates Reverend Guiqi, discovers the Return-Form Method’s predatory nature, and establishes his own hybrid cultivation path. 8 9 12
• Departure from Azure Mist Sect — Survives his first real battle against a Demon Sect spy, leaves the sect, and settles temporarily in Xiyang City. 13 14
• Flame Mountain trial — Trains under Li Lingzhou’s Sword-Qi Domain, reaches Peak Perfection in body arts and blade technique, and unlocks Myriad Phenomena Realm Resonance. 29 30 31
• Twin Merfolk and palace intrigue — Rescues the merfolk women, enters Peaceful Palace through the Empress Dowager, and becomes her personal imperial physician. 34 35 40
• Princess Breaks Off the Engagement — Investigates the Dragon Bone conspiracy, marks the merfolk women with Eternal Marks, and adopts the identity Liu Xuande to approach Yun Lanzi. 43 47 48

Notable Quotes

“I am from beyond this realm.” 3

“To be precise, I am the Empress Dowager’s man.” 34