Li Chen

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Li Chen (李辰) 1
Alias(es)	State Preceptor 1
Affiliation	Sun Moon Empire; Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy; Sun Moon Sect, the identity adopted by the time-displaced survivors 1 4
Occupation/Role	Soul Engineer, inventor and strategist 1 2 4
Status	Alive in the first Douluo era after being sent roughly ten thousand years into the past 1 2
First Appearance	Chapter 1 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Soul Power level 49	4	Simulates options for his fifth soul skill while approaching the Soul King rank.
Soul Power level 54	7 8	The Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s voluntary Symbiotic Sacrifice grants him a golden Soul Ring and Chip Splitting; he also absorbs its Skull of Destiny.
Soul Power level 55	15	Absorbs the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor right-leg Soul Bone, strengthening his body and gaining plant affinity.
Peak Spirit Sea Realm	22	Absorbs Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, bringing his spiritual power near the Spirit Abyss Realm and evolving his Computer Spirit.

Background and History

Ju Zi took Li Chen in after Shrek rejected him for a Martial Soul it considered lacking combat power. At the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, he distinguished himself through Soul Tool design and military strategy. His inventions helped the Sun Moon Empire overrun Heaven Dou and advance toward Star Luo’s capital 1 2 15.

When the Sea God Tang San ordered the empire to return its conquests, Li Chen refused. He activated a Black Hole Soul Tool rather than submit to the decree. The Plane Spirit then sent him and a fraction of the Sun Moon forces back ten thousand years, to a time when Tang San was fourteen 1 2.

Li Chen organized the survivors, cautioned against attacking the powerful Spirit Hall directly, and proposed trading Soul Tools for rare metals under the cover of a secluded Sun Moon Sect. He later led the project that placed a Soul Tool Satellite in orbit, restoring long-range surveillance and communications to the group 2 3 4 15.

Appearance

Li Chen wears glasses, which he repeatedly adjusts 1 2.

Personality

Li Chen is willing to confront overwhelming authority when he believes it threatens the Sun Moon Empire’s independence. His stated goal includes a society where people are not discriminated against for their Martial Souls 1.

He is also calculating about when to use force. He delays further action against Tang San’s allies to avoid damaging the Sun Moon Sect’s reputation, while using tracking chips to keep them under watch. His restraint extends to soul beasts: during a hunt, he asks Kong Deming to spare Silver Moon Wolf mothers and pups 8 13.

Abilities & Skills

Supercomputer Martial Soul

Li Chen’s Computer Spirit stores and retrieves information, runs simulations, and lets him choose a compatible soul skill before obtaining its Soul Ring 4.

• Internet of Everything: His fourth soul skill connects him to Soul Tools within range, allowing him to operate an arsenal at once 4.
• Chip Splitting: His fifth soul skill implants chips in people or Soul Tools for remote control or tracking. He uses it to follow Tang San and members of the Shrek group 4 8 13.
• Evolved interface: After absorbing Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, he can operate the Computer Spirit by thought. Its scouter identifies nearby people’s Soul Power, Martial Souls and Soul Bones 22.

Soul Engineering

Li Chen combines his Computer Spirit’s stored designs and simulations with Soul Tool engineering 4.

• Designed weapons including the Thunder Sequence Hand Cannon; its shot severely wounds the higher-ranked Zhao Wuji 10 11.
• Leads the design and launch of a Soul Tool Satellite capable of ground surveillance, long-distance communication and strikes from above 15.
• Recognizes that the first era’s denser ambient Soul Power changes weapon performance and calls for existing designs to be adjusted 11 15.

Necromancy and Soul Spirits

Li Chen studies necromancy with his Supercomputer Martial Soul. His first attempted Soul Spirit Ritual preserves the Silver Moon Wolf King as Huo Yuhao’s Soul Spirit after he explains the contract and gains her agreement 6 8 9.

Destiny Abilities

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s Symbiotic Sacrifice grants Li Chen the Eye of Destiny, which exposes an enemy’s physical and spiritual weaknesses. The beast’s spirit survives in his spiritual sea 7.

Equipment, Soul Bones & Items

• Skull of Destiny: An evolving Soul Bone granting Soul Burst, Mental Immunity—which blocks three mental attacks per day—and Fate Judgment, which causes a struck target’s fortune to decline 7 8.
• Blue Silver Emperor right-leg Soul Bone: A hundred-thousand-year bone granting flight, regeneration and plant affinity 14 15.
• Eight Spider Spears: An External Soul Bone given to him by Huo Yuhao; after absorbing it, Li Chen gains eight spider legs extending from his back 15.
• Thunder Sequence Hand Cannon: A Level 5 Soul Tool of Li Chen’s design that compresses stored Soul Power into powerful shots 11.
• Storage Soul Tool: Holds supplies after the time shift and later stores Soul Bones recovered from Tang Hao’s escape 2 13.

Relationships

• Ju Zi — Took Li Chen in after Shrek rejected him. She supports his stand against Tang San and celebrates his satellite launch with him 1 15.
• Kong Deming — Mentor and senior ally who values Li Chen’s engineering talent, protects him during expeditions, and helps rebuild the group’s arsenal 6 7 15.
• Huo Yuhao — Ally whom Li Chen urges to postpone revenge against Tang San. Li Chen helps him obtain a Soul Spirit and promises to help search for Tang San and, if he becomes a god, restore Dong’er 2 9 13 19.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion — Bonds with Li Chen after recognizing the Plane Spirit’s aura on him; its Symbiotic Sacrifice leaves its spirit alive in his spiritual sea 7.
• Tang San — Opponent whose divine intervention Li Chen defies in the original era and whose rise he intends to prevent after the time shift 1 2.
• Evil and Kindness God Kings — Offer Li Chen divine trials and protection while he pursues his own proposed Wisdom God position 17 18.

Major Arcs

• Rebuilding in the past: With only two Soul Engineer Corps and about a thousand soldiers brought through time, Li Chen prioritizes supplies, a defensible identity and access to rare metals 2 3 4.
• Star Dou Great Forest: He gains the Golden Lion’s Soul Ring and Skull of Destiny, helps Huo Yuhao contract the Silver Moon Wolf King, and confronts Tang San’s party alongside Huo Yuhao and Kong Deming 7 8 9 10 13.
• Satellite and divine trials: After launching the satellite, Li Chen rejects Asura’s offer in favor of trials from Evil and Kindness while attempting to create a Wisdom God path based on faith, technology and broader access to advancement 15 17 18.
• Sunset Forest and arms sales: He distributes Immortal Herbs according to his companions’ needs, then negotiates a hand-cannon sale presented as exclusive to Heaven Dou while planning similar deals with rival powers 21 22 23.

Notable Quotes

“Our soldiers fought and died for these lands!” 1

“I could never accept the empire becoming a god’s slave.” 1