Chen Banxia

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Chen Banxia (陈半夏)
Alias(es)	Sister Banxia; Teacher Chen; Teacher Banxia 157 383 405
Gender	Female 21
Age	Twenty-five at her introduction; in her thirties by Chen Shu’s postwar return 21 533
Height	Approximately 165 cm 249
Affiliation	Yujing University’s Pharmaceutical College; Spirit Sect, outer-sect disciple 185 383
Occupation/Role	Certified pharmacist, pharmaceutical researcher, and assistant professor 22 383
Family	Older sister of Chen Shu; daughter of Professor Chen and Lawyer Wei 21 93
Residence	An apartment in Jade Capital; family home in Bai City 21 93
Status	Alive; reunited with Chen Shu and Ning Qing after their mission to save the world 533 534
First Appearance	Chapter 21 21

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Fourth Tier	22	Already a Fourth-Tier cultivator and certified pharmacist; her breakthrough is not depicted.
Fifth Tier	130	Confirmed as Fifth Tier while nearing graduation. The method and timing of her advancement are not given; she remains explicitly Fifth Tier much later 328 373.

• Planned stopping point: Banxia intends to reach the Sixth Tier eventually, but reports having barely cultivated recently. She considers its strength, flight capability, and expected lifespan the best return for the effort, without High Tier’s severe Spiritual Decline risks 270.

Background / History

Early Life and Studies

Banxia graduated from Seventh Talent Academy, also called White City No. 7 Academy, four school years ahead of Chen Shu and Ning Qing. She left for university in Jade Capital as they entered the academy 400.

Despite being the older sibling, Banxia was often looked after by Chen Shu during childhood and used his money to buy ice cream. As an adult, she works to earn money and sends him cash gifts partly to reclaim the authority she feels an elder sister should have 352.

At her introduction, she studies pharmacology and rents an apartment alone, using its spare bedroom for pharmaceutical experiments. She offers to fund Chen Shu’s advancement in exchange for his cooking, then transfers him 30,000 yuan and tells him to ask whenever he needs money 21 22.

Research and Academic Career

Banxia participates in a college project to reproduce an ancient Esoteric Sect pill formula that assists advancement from Fourth to Fifth Tier. The project seeks affordable replacements for extinct, scarce, or prohibitively expensive ingredients. Although economical mass production remains difficult, she develops a workable handmade version 91 130.

She joins the Spirit Sect as an outer disciple because its Phoenix Tower books, Yinping Mountain materials, open-mindedness, and relatively unrestricted contracts suit her research. She plans to continue studying while working for a pharmaceutical company, gaining income and experience before pursuing university teaching 185.

By her doctoral defense, Banxia has deciphered several traditional formulas, developed and improved numerous others, solved technical problems, and published papers that attracted international attention. Her reputation is strong enough that the reviewers ask no questions after her presentation 376.

After earning her doctorate, she becomes a pharmaceutical researcher and assistant professor at Yujing University. She initially observes other classes before taking responsibility for teaching Pharmaceutical Spirit Power Studies the following semester 383 405.

Spiritual Decline Breakthrough and Reunion

Banxia begins researching the bodily spiritualization associated with cultivators’ longevity, predicting that longevity medicine will eventually make advancement to High Tier unnecessary merely for extending life 402.

During Chen Shu and Ning Qing’s absence, she solves the problem of High-Tier Spiritual Decline. The breakthrough shakes the scientific world and effectively completes decades of anticipated research, leaving the university unwilling to rush her into further work. She postpones a professor’s request to tackle lifespan research, feeling exhausted by the years spent on Spiritual Decline 533.

After more than two years without seeing Chen Shu and Ning Qing, Banxia welcomes their surprise return with enthusiastic hugs. Her happiness turns to indignation when she learns that their supposed training trip concealed a mission to save the world, then to shock at the deaths of the emperor and several sect leaders. Chen Shu asks her to watch over their mother when the losses become public 533 534.

Appearance

Banxia has a youthful, round face and resembles Professor Chen’s younger sister more strongly than either parent. At twenty-five she looks sixteen or seventeen, and she retains that teenage-looking face into her thirties 21 533.

• Face: Plump baby cheeks, very fair skin, and large, round, dark eyes 21.
• Smile: Her eyes narrow into crescents, making her appear younger still 93.
• Build: Approximately 165 cm tall and slim 249 356.
• Clothing: Wears youthful casual outfits, floral dresses, and modified traditional clothing. One New Year outfit combines a black camisole, a sheer white wide-sleeved top, a calf-length black pleated skirt, and a champagne-colored belt 363 367.

Personality

Banxia is playful, outspoken, and determined to assert her status as the older sister. She repeatedly claims Chen Shu obeys her, punctuating their arguments with punches or slaps, even as his growing strength makes that authority increasingly symbolic. Her boasting often rests on genuine gestures of care, such as his buying rabbits after she mentions wanting roast rabbit 326 328.

Her domestic laziness contrasts sharply with her professional ability. She enjoys sleeping, lounging, and being fed, but takes her research and teaching seriously. Before her first class, she is anxious enough to seek Chen Shu’s advice; once inside, she admits her nerves and treats the students as fellow learners rather than maintaining a stern image 52 533 405.

Banxia is committed to remaining single, without marriage or children. She values financial freedom and an unrestricted daily life, considering a boyfriend an unwanted burden. This preference does not diminish her attachment to family: she spends generously on Chen Shu, imagines caring for him and Ning Qing in old age, and becomes lonely when her brother and close friends are absent 94 402 533.

She approaches cultivation cautiously rather than competitively. Her warnings about Spiritual Decline and dangerous work become especially forceful when Chen Shu’s advancement draws him into overseas fighting. Her anger at his secrecy expresses fear for his safety and frustration at being excluded 131 270 423 534.

Abilities & Skills

Pharmacology and Potion Development

• Traditional formula reconstruction: Deciphers multiple old formulas, including the Esoteric Sect auxiliary formula for reaching Fifth Tier 376.
• Handmade advancement potions: Can prepare the reconstructed potion despite its dependence on restricted Poison Spirit Extract and difficult-to-obtain poisonous ingredients 130.
• Component preparation: Extracts and stores the components for three doses requested by Chen Shu; final assembly can be completed in one day 185.
• Clear Spirit Pills: Develops an improved formula that is patented and adopted by a company 376.
• Spiritual Decline research: Solves High-Tier Spiritual Decline; the provided account does not describe the technical method 533.
• Research limits: Her successful handmade potion does not resolve the ingredient costs and scarcity obstructing mass production 91 130.

Teaching and Academic Support

• Pharmaceutical Spirit Power Studies: Opens her first course with a three-class conceptual overview rather than immediately following her prepared lesson plan 405.
• Approachable instruction: Warns students that she may make mistakes and encourages an open classroom atmosphere; students praise her warmth and teaching style afterward 405.
• Thesis assistance: Repairs Zhang Suannai’s formatting and explains reference conventions, while acknowledging that she cannot evaluate specialist sword-cultivation content 373.
• Breakthrough supervision: Agrees to guard Zhang Suannai’s Seventh-Tier attempt and attends it at Ling’an Academy 373 374.

Cultivation and Spellcasting

• Tournament achievement: Won the Martial Body Meet’s ordinary division two years before the siblings discuss it 130.
• Firework spells: Sends spiritual energy skyward to create large flowers, intricate lotuses, and dandelion-like spheres 100.
• Physical strength: Lifts the rear of her car and shifts it into its parking space 326.
• Combat focus: Chen Shu judges her fighting ability below Ji Guanhe’s despite her slightly higher cultivation, because she devotes her time chiefly to potions and sleep rather than combat training 185.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Home laboratory — An experimental table and pharmaceutical equipment occupy her apartment’s spare bedroom 21.
• Car — Lends it to Chen Shu and uses its remote from upstairs to repeatedly unlock it as a prank 290.
• Storage Spell Artifact — Receives a valuable, high-quality artifact through Chen Shu’s Spirit Sect contributions. It is a loan that the sect will reclaim after her death 435.

Relationships

• Chen Shu — Younger brother, financial beneficiary, cook, and frequent sparring partner in verbal arguments. She supports his early cultivation, worries about his dangerous ambitions, and relies on his encouragement when beginning her teaching career 22 131 405.
• Ning Qing — Longstanding family friend whom Banxia knew as a child. Banxia enthusiastically supports her relationship with Chen Shu and imagines their future marriage and children 21 361.
• Xiaoxiao — Younger family friend whose upbringing Banxia witnessed. She shops with her, worries about her family situation, and feels outdone when Xiaoxiao buys Chen Shu the gaming pod Banxia had considered purchasing 361 398 434.
• Zhang Suannai — Close friend and companion for meals, drinking, movies, and travel. Banxia assists with her thesis and guards her breakthrough, but refuses to side against Chen Shu over their tournament fight 312 356 373 374.
• Professor Chen — Father. Banxia seeks his attention, jokes about his stock-market fixation, and pays half the remaining balance on his flying car alongside Chen Shu 189 437 462.
• Lawyer Wei — Mother. Their exchanges mix affection with sharp reprimands about Banxia’s laziness, chores, and responsibility toward her brother 93 253 400.
• Shi Qian — Senior university colleague known to her since childhood. Banxia is nervous around him, while he recognizes that her talent is best served by prioritizing research alongside teaching 383.

Notable Quotes

“The Sixth Tier gives you the best value for your effort.” 270

“I'll be teaching Pharmaceutical Spirit Power Studies this semester. You can call me Teacher Chen, Teacher Banxia, or Sister Banxia.” 405