Chi Guanguan

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Chi Guanguan (池关关)
Alias(es)	Dust-Treading Cosmos True Lord; Dust-Treading Cosmos Origin Lady; Dust-Treading Cosmos Emperor Lord 500 946 947
Gender	Female 541
Origin	Azure Sky Dust-Stained Realm, Primordial Era 853
Affiliation	Cooperates with Zhang Yuan; states that her lineage belongs to neither the mystic sects nor the Demonic Dao 542
Occupation/Role	Ancient Great Encompassing cultivator; master of [Unimpeded Foot]; Zhang Yuan’s cultivation adviser and protector 741 948
Status	Alive; accompanies Zhang Yuan through a manifestation of Divine Sense. Her true form remains pursued by Sun-Moon Arcane Radiance 851 990
First Appearance	First identified by name in Chapter 500 500

Power Progression

Chi Guanguan’s historical cultivation and the changing strength of the Divine Sense accompanying Zhang Yuan are distinct.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Great Unity	529	Recalls encountering a formidable Mystic Gate demonic cultivator while both were at Great Unity, before her Dao attainment.
Perfected Great Unity	729	Witnessed a group of Great Encompassing cultivators attacking a Great Immortal Lord, but could discern only the battle’s general outline.
Great Encompassing / True Lord	541 558 764	Attained the Dao in the Primordial Era through her own ingenuity, talent, and insight; had already reached this realm before the Nether Bureau began restricting cultivators’ lifespans.
True Lord-level Divine Sense	590 592	Draws upon her Metal Position to elevate her strand of Divine Sense to complete Great Encompassing Dao Status; uses it to remove the Great Heng Empress’s Secret Art from Ji Earth.
Divine Sense reduced to Celestial Person Perfection	593	Suffers powerful karmic backlash after forcibly removing a Great Immortal Lord’s refinement restrictions from the Northern banner. Her manifestation becomes faint and unstable.

Background / History

Chi Guanguan was a cultivator of the Azure Sky Dust-Stained Realm during the Primordial Era. Before attaining Great Encompassing, she encountered powerful contemporaries at Great Unity and witnessed the battle against the Profound Ancestor. She attained the Dao only after the Profound Ancestor’s death, limiting her firsthand knowledge of him 529 729 741 853.

She describes herself as the Primordial Era’s foremost Formation Dao Grandmaster, ranking Jiguang Shixin second to herself. She also claims substantial accomplishments in pill cauldrons, puppetry, talismans, and other unorthodox arts. After attaining the Dao, she visited the Mountain-Sea Black-Yellow Realm several times and collected spells from its cultivation tradition 732 791 853.

Her former Cave Abode was displaced during a battle. Although she no longer knows its location, she says she can find it upon returning to the Azure Sky Dust-Stained Realm. Her true form is constrained and pursued by Sun-Moon Arcane Radiance, making concealment essential for the Divine Sense traveling with Zhang Yuan 542 558 851.

Appearance

Chi Guanguan first appears as a blurry figure. Her later Divine Sense manifestations have glossy black eyes, smooth skin, and an elegant, straight nose; at close range, Zhang Yuan finds her presence strikingly lifelike 500 701 921.

• Miniature incarnation: Small enough to sit, stand, or lie on Zhang Yuan’s shoulder 558 649 896.
• Clothing: Wears a Feather Garment with a skirt 946.
• Footwear: Has Cloud-Treading Shoes and white cloud-patterned socks; also appears barefoot 620 896.
• Fragrance: Her nearby Divine Sense manifestation gives off a distinctive scent 921.

Personality

Chi Guanguan is proud, playful, and territorial. Upon entering Zhang Yuan’s Immortal Palace, she declares it her territory and orders him to bring in her bed. She readily accepts praise for her beauty and expertise, sometimes requiring an earnest compliment or plea before offering advice 501 592 616 732 946.

Her straightforwardness contrasts with the schemes surrounding Zhang Yuan. She fails to follow the political maneuvering between him and Jiguang Shixin, and Zhang Yuan and Xiao Yuanjun successfully manipulate her self-image as a kind benefactor into offering concrete benefits. Nevertheless, she is candid about her constrained true form and the limits on her assistance 541 583.

She is sensitive to distrust and jealous of Zhang Yuan’s closeness with other women, especially Xiao Yuanjun. Yet irritation rarely stops her from helping him: she continues supplying advice while sulking, separates embarrassment from serious cultivation matters, and accepts injury to secure him a treasure 593 616 928.

Her benevolent manner does not prevent decisive violence. Once Zhang Yuan permits her into his Sea of Consciousness, she annihilates the Great Heng Emperor’s primordial spirit without hesitation 604 605.

Abilities & Skills

Unimpeded Foot

Chi Guanguan commands [Unimpeded Foot], an authority encompassing Escape, Evasion, and Sky Traversal arts 741.

• Instantly grasps and completely masters newly created escape or evasion arts; even peers at True Lord or Great Immortal Lord level cannot prevent this appropriation 741.
• Can instantly reach places she has marked, including returning to Zhang Yuan after her previous Divine Sense dissipates 851.
• Offers to teach Zhang Yuan As the Emperor Personally Walked, assuring him that limited aptitude need not prevent him from learning it 741 857.
• Invokes its True Lord-level Imago when extracting the dangerous Secret Art embedded in Ji Earth 590.

Divine Sense and Spiritual Intervention

Even a strand of Chi Guanguan’s Divine Sense can exert power far beyond Zhang Yuan’s cultivation 590 901.

• Enters his Dao Domain when [Immaculate Primordial Spirit] prevents entry into his Sea of Consciousness; withstands his attempts to expel her 500.
• Reads his thoughts through their spiritual connection 500 741.
• Identifies the primordial-spirit Secret Art controlling Qin Tianyi and removes the related trap from Ji Earth 588 590.
• Removes a Great Immortal Lord’s ownership restrictions from the Northern banner, although the karmic backlash severely weakens her Divine Sense 593.
• Suppresses Yulingzi’s attack and offers to suppress foreign Sword Qi with her Divine Sense 623 656.

Limits:

• Sun-Moon Arcane Radiance has locked onto her karma. Forming a True Lord-level magical body could expose and destroy her traveling Divine Sense 590.
• She avoids traveling directly to Zhang Yuan’s lost Dao Domain because the Nether Bureau might detect or expel her 857.
• Jiguang Shixin uses a method that prevents her from hearing his private conversation with Zhang Yuan 531.

Incarnation Creation

Chi Guanguan forms a miniature incarnation from the Ji Earth Imago within Zhang Yuan’s Dao Domain 558.

• Its substance belongs to Zhang Yuan rather than her true form, leaving it without the karmic connection that Sun-Moon Arcane Radiance would track 558.
• Her actual Divine Sense remains concealed inside the Dao Domain 558.
• Because the incarnation uses only a tiny quantity of Imago, it can initially move no farther than half a foot from Zhang Yuan 559.
• Her proposed temporary Dharma Body requires Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, not human flesh or blood 542.

Formation Dao and Auxiliary Arts

Chi Guanguan calls herself the foremost Formation Dao Grandmaster of the Primordial Era 620 732.

• Supplies the Five Elements Heaven-Sealing Formation to obscure karma and conceal herself. It also unintentionally anchors her inside Zhang Yuan’s Dao Domain, preventing straightforward expulsion 539 540.
• Sets up a Teleportation Array for the return to the Central Lands 701.
• Claims expertise in pill cauldrons, puppetry, talismans, and other unorthodox arts, placing herself approximately among the Primordial Era’s top ten in those fields 791.
• Despite promising instruction, she has taught Zhang Yuan little Formation Dao by the time he points this out to her 701.

Cultivation Guidance

Chi Guanguan supplies methods, diagnoses problems, and helps Zhang Yuan arrange the forces within his internal worlds 616 799 901.

• Guides the placement of gui water so his Dao Domain’s elements circulate, enabling his breakthrough to Late Celestial Person 616.
• Advises placing Yi Wood and Jia Wood in the Four Seas and supplies a Jianmu sapling as a model, helping complete the domain before Celestial Person Perfection 799.
• Encourages cultivation of the Qi Sea Unity Path alongside his other traditions and provides the Mist-Sea Layered Tower Heaven-Splitting Scripture, offering to revise it if changed conditions hinder cultivation 896 901.
• Suppresses outside interference during his Nascent Soul breakthrough. The resulting Nascent Soul resembles her; she says it can suppress same-realm Nascent Souls and possesses a hundred times their Magic Power 910.
• Stabilizes his Sea of Consciousness and temporarily controls his Nascent Soul to protect it during the opening of his Purple Mansion 948.
• Explains the Chaos Platform’s transformation and warns that attempting to wield chaos qi at his current level would be fatal 949.

Her collected Qi Refinement to Immortality spells are not always useful to a beginner: the lowest-level examples she can initially offer require Tribulation Transcendence cultivation 853.

Karmic Invocation and Cross-Realm Travel

Chi Guanguan teaches Zhang Yuan a ritual presented as a simple voice-transmission Secret Art 946 947.

• Requires an east-facing offering table, pastries, a tablet bearing her title, Southern Dipper Gang Steps, and respectful invocation of her three titles 946 947.
• Establishes a karmic link to her true body, allowing her Divine Sense to draw upon a “mystery” and personally travel to the Great Heng Dynasty 947.
• Uses this journey to obtain Tan Yaozheng’s agreement to help Zhang Yuan when she cannot find Tan Chencheng 947.
• Explains that True Lord best accords with the current age, while Origin Lady and Emperor Lord evoke weaker title-imagos 947.

Equipment / Items

• Five Elements Heaven-Sealing Formation disc — Conceals her karma and anchors her presence within Zhang Yuan’s Dao Domain 539 541.
• Divine statue — Installed in Zhang Yuan’s Immortal Palace beside his and Xiao Yuanjun’s statues as part of their agreement 542.
• Former Cave Abode — Contains abundant materials suitable for a temporary Dharma Body. She offers Zhang Yuan three treasures from it, but must first locate it 541 542.
• Azure Firmament Vast Sea Art — A high-quality Qi Sea Unity cultivation method she gives Zhang Yuan, initially criticized as unsuitable for his path 541 558.
• Mist-Sea Layered Tower Heaven-Splitting Scripture — Ancient, high-tier method gathering mist-cloud qi and sea qi; she fashions its physical text from Zhang Yuan’s Magic Power 900 901.
• Cloud-Treading Shoes — Footwear associated with her miniature manifestation 620.

Relationships

• Zhang Yuan — Initially her unwilling host, later a cooperating cultivator under her guidance. His distrust gradually gives way to concern and reliance, although her thought-reading, possessiveness, and influence over his Nascent Soul complicate their boundaries 500 593 604 910 948.
• Xiao Yuanjun — Rival over her place beside Zhang Yuan, but also a reluctant collaborator. Xiao challenges her claims of generosity and supervises her intervention in Ji Earth; Chi supplies cultivation resources despite their antagonism 541 542 559 590.
• Ao Xiu — Companion within the Dao Domain and on Zhang Yuan’s shoulders. Chi feeds her pastries and plays or tussles with her; she denies mistreating Ao Xiu when Zhang Yuan questions the dragon’s dejection 529 590 701.
• True Lord Jiguang Shixin / Ye Xiangning — Primordial-era contemporary, not a close associate. Chi boasts of surpassing him in Formation Dao and objects to being treated as another transactional schemer like him 531 593 732.
• Tan Yaozheng — Agrees to provide aid after Chi visits Great Heng on Zhang Yuan’s behalf 947.
• Xie Jingxin — Another companion of Zhang Yuan whom Chi teasingly calls the “Little Sword Fool,” mocking her limited skills outside swordsmanship 990.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arc	Chi Guanguan’s role
Occupation of the Dao Domain	Takes up residence in Zhang Yuan’s Immortal Palace after failing to enter his protected Sea of Consciousness. The Heaven-Sealing Formation later makes her removal impractical 500 501 539 540.
Negotiated cooperation	Zhang Yuan and Xiao Yuanjun persuade her to offer tangible benefits. She proposes a temporary Dharma Body, access to her Cave Abode, and instruction in exchange for a statue in the palace 541 542.
Great Heng conflict	Manifests outside the domain, exposes the Empress’s spiritual coercion, removes the Ji Earth trap, and sacrifices her Divine Sense’s strength to free the Northern banner. Zhang Yuan subsequently trusts her to destroy the Emperor’s invading primordial spirit 558 588 590 593 604 605.
Celestial Person cultivation	Her advice helps Zhang Yuan reach Late Celestial Person and later Celestial Person Perfection. She also protects him from Yulingzi and assists with ancient Sword Qi 616 623 656 799.
Ancient inheritances	Explains the old Mysterious Court, her authority over escape arts, and why Primordial qi-gathering methods can impede modern cultivators 729 741 764.
Crimson Firmament displacement	Rejoins Zhang Yuan despite the dissipation of her previous Divine Sense, identifies his new realm, and advises that the merged realms place the Nether Bureau’s North Gate at its far north 850 851.
Cultivation across three paths	Encourages his Qi Sea Unity cultivation, provides a suitable scripture, and intervenes in his Nascent Soul formation 896 901 910.
Rosy Capital crisis and Purple Mansion	Secures outside aid, guards his breakthrough, stabilizes his Sea of Consciousness, and explains the Chaos Platform’s absorption of the new Purple Mansion 946 947 948 949.

Notable Quotes

“I was born benevolent, and my lineage belongs to neither the mystic sects nor the Demonic Dao. Why would I use human flesh and blood to refine a Dharma Body?” 542

“What could a mere Mid Celestial Person like you possibly have that I want? If I'm willing to act, it's because I want to. When did this become a transaction? Don't tell me you take me for someone like Ji Guang?” 593

“Poor aptitude doesn't matter. If I say you can learn it, you can learn it. There's no need to worry about that.” 741

Trivia

• She repeatedly rejects Zhang Yuan’s flattering descriptions of his sinister Dao Domain, calling it demonic and later comparing it to a miniature Nether Bureau 500 592.
• Pastries are a recurring indulgence: she shares them with Ao Xiu, misses them after the Dao Domain is lost, and includes them in her invocation ritual 529 857 946.
• Her practical suggestion that Zhang Yuan and Xiao Yuanjun share a banquet seat backfires when Xiao sits on his lap, leaving Chi regretting her advice 569.
• Despite her Primordial-era origins, she indignantly insists, “I'm not old at all” 558.