Chen Mu

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Chen Mu (陈牧) 1
Alias(es)	Young Master of Tianyuan; Young Lord of Tianyuan 10 24
Gender	Male 1
Age	Sixteen when his previous-life memories awaken 3
Origin	Transmigrated from Blue Star into the Great Cang World 3 50
Affiliation	Chen family; Tianyuan Holy Land 1
Occupation/Role	Young Master and heir to the position of Holy Lord 10
Residence	Qingyun Prefecture, within Tianyuan Holy Land 2 22
Cultivation Realm	Great Emperor 49
Spiritual Roots	Originally low-grade yellow; later binds heaven-rank supreme thunder and fire roots 1 12 15
System	Invincible Rise System 1
Status	Alive; remains at Tianyuan Holy Land after becoming a Great Emperor 49 50
First Appearance	Spiritual-root testing ceremony 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Low-grade yellow spiritual root	1	The testing stele reveals poor innate aptitude; Tianyuan’s members respond with encouragement rather than ridicule.
Two unnamed breakthroughs	6	The newly unlocked Breathing-to-Cultivation module raises his cultivation while he sleeps. Neither breakthrough’s realm is specified.
Heaven-rank supreme thunder spiritual root	11 12	Activates a root collected through automatic sign-ins. Its lightning display overturns Liu Xiangnan’s assumptions about his weakness.
Max-Level Comprehension	13	Gains the ability to understand and master cultivation techniques after only a few looks.
Heaven-rank supreme fire spiritual root	15	Binds the fire root instead of accepting his sister’s earth-rank artificial root; demonstrates both supreme elemental talents.
Late-stage Martial Warrior; Breathing-to-Cultivation level two	22	Advances from Martial Novice through breathing alone. Level two doubles the cultivation gained per breath.
Martial Master	23	Breaks through while watching Ye Qingcheng challenge the Trial Tower.
Infinite dantian	25	Receives limitless spiritual-energy storage and replenishment exceeding one hundred times the ordinary rate after a thunder sword strike nearly exhausts him.
Grandmaster; Myriad Thunder Dao Body	29 30	Breathing triggers the Grandmaster threshold and Heavenly Tribulation. His new sacred physique lets him absorb the lightning to cultivate.
Grandmaster, approaching second heaven	31	The tribulation ends just short of raising him to the realm’s second heaven.
Great Emperor	47 49	Prepares to use his Great Emperor Cultivation Experience Pack once his father ascends; his own breakthrough follows one second later. The system allows both emperors to coexist despite Heavenly Dao restrictions.

Background / History

Chen Mu transmigrated into Great Cang sixteen years before the opening spiritual-root test, but his previous-life memories remained sealed until that ceremony. On awakening, he expects a conventional struggle from weakness to greatness. Instead, his disappointing test result reveals how fiercely his family and Holy Land support him 1 3.

His father, Chen Tianlin, rose from having no spiritual root to the Quasi-Emperor Realm. His elder sister, Chen Juexin, built a commercial network spanning Great Cang and gave Chen Mu unrestricted purchasing and withdrawal privileges through its highest-tier gold card. These advantages convince him that pursuing hardship for resources would be unnecessary 1.

Even before recovering his memories, Chen Mu had earned personal loyalty rather than relying solely on his inheritance. At Tianyuan Academy, he ranked among the best students, helped classmates understand their studies, and supplied pills and spirit stones. He also encouraged Jiang Sheng’s interest in artifact refining and helped persuade the family to respect Chen Xiao’s decision to marry into the Sun family 3 10 39.

Li Xuanyuan became his godfather during childhood and regularly took him on outings from the Carefree Bamboo Grove. Chen Mu resisted learning talisman refining at nine and continues to decline the offer after his memories awaken 5.

Appearance

• Handsome: Sun Yu remarks that he has become noticeably more handsome since her previous visit; Chen Xiao agrees 37.
• Clear-eyed expression: Song Wanjun finds no impure intent in his gaze during their marriage meeting 34.

Personality

Chen Mu values leisure, autonomy, and peace over prestige or conventional cultivation achievements. He rejects the system’s beginner mission, declines a hidden-realm expedition, and avoids the Trial Tower because its rewards and challenges offer him little that he actually wants. Becoming a Great Emperor does not change his goal: he treats the title as protection that will let him continue relaxing 1 16 23 49.

His comfort-seeking attitude coexists with genuine generosity. He accepts relatives’ gifts because rejecting their affection could hurt them, reciprocates with valuable treasures, and rewards disciples who risk themselves for him. The system’s rebates make giving profitable, but his reputation for helping others predates those benefits 5 10 24 25 37.

He is pragmatic about relationships and institutional strength. Rather than personally managing an “immortal lineage,” he delegates Lifespan Pill production to his aunt, recognizing that a stronger Tianyuan will safeguard his own freedom. He similarly identifies Shan Yurong as a useful potential ally and secures his loyalty by saving his sister 40 46.

Chen Mu keeps both his transmigration and system secret, improvising explanations for achievements that would otherwise be difficult to justify. He avoids needless violence but does not accept hostile interference: he stops his demonstration before harming Elder Mo, yet destroys the demon that had possessed Zhao Yueling 6 25 26 32 40.

Abilities & Skills

Invincible Rise System

Originally offers missions and rewards intended to drive his ascent. After Chen Mu asks it to unbind, it upgrades instead and increasingly removes the need for effort 1 2.

• God-Tier Sign-In: Advertises one god-tier reward daily and performs check-ins automatically, including while he sleeps 2 3.
• Infinite System Backpack: Stores his growing collection of valuables 5.
• Unrestricted reward use: System-granted items can be used regardless of their normal spiritual-energy requirements 4.
• Information queries: Reveals Shan Yurong’s identity, history, and motive in detail 46.
• Heavenly Dao exemption: System rewards exist outside Heavenly Dao Laws, allowing his Great Emperor breakthrough despite his father already occupying that position 36 49.

Breathing-to-Cultivation

Each complete breath grants a random increase in cultivation, including during sleep 6.

• Requires no deliberate cultivation practice 22.
• Levels up after sufficient breaths; level two doubles its gains 22.
• Drives his documented Martial Master and Grandmaster breakthroughs 23 29.

Gift Rebates

Receives system rewards for gifts and expenditures, beginning with a tenfold rebate and later operating at a hundredfold return 9 24.

• Returns spirit stones, pills, manuals, weapons, furnaces, and other treasures 9 24 25 39 43.
• Can increase quality instead of quantity, as demonstrated by the Longevity Pill formula 40.
• Can provide varied rewards rather than identical duplicates; Chen Mu receives one hundred different movement manuals and assorted Divine Rank treasures 24 43.

Max-Level Comprehension

Makes obscure cultivation texts immediately understandable and brings techniques to full mastery in moments 13 24.

• Masters the long-lost Thunder Gate Sword Cultivation art after briefly reading its manual 24.
• Fully masters World-Ending Heavenly Thunder, a top-grade Heaven Rank technique comprehended through Enlightenment Tea 33.
• Receives World-Destroying Thunderstrike, but declines the system’s suggestion to test it when introduced 13.

Thunder and Sword Techniques

His heaven-rank supreme thunder root supports lightning attacks and the Thunder Gate sword art 12 24.

• Condenses heavenly lightning into a sword controlled through finger movements 25.
• Destroys a thousand-meter barren mountain with one strike 25.
• Creates an attack that Human Immortal Mo Changyuan believes could kill him or destroy much of his cultivation, despite Chen Mu being only a Martial Master 26.
• Uses Palm Thunder to drive a possessing demon from Zhao Yueling without sacrificing her safety, then destroys it with a lightning sword 31 32.
• His first mountain-destroying strike nearly drains his spiritual energy; the subsequent infinite dantian reward addresses that limitation 25.

Supreme Fire Spiritual Root

Produces intense flames from spiritual energy 15 38.

• Its heat forces Chen Juexin and Ye Qingcheng to retreat during his demonstration 15.
• Supplies flames for his apparent alchemy process; Chen Xiao places them among the top ten alchemy flames, while Sun Yu compares them to her family’s phoenix fire 38.

Myriad Thunder Dao Body

A sacred physique ranked twenty-eighth that allows him to withstand and absorb lightning 30 31.

• Renders successive Heavenly Tribulation bolts harmless to him 30.
• Converts Heavenly Thunder into cultivation gains 30.
• Works alongside his supreme thunder root to accelerate cultivation 30.

Invincible Domain

Grants overwhelming authority within a defined territory 16.

• Initially covers Qingyun Prefecture, then expands across the entire Tianyuan Holy Land 16.
• Within its boundaries, he can defeat anyone, including instantly killing a Great Emperor 16.
• Its territorial protection reinforces his preference for remaining at home 16.

Shadow Puppets

Commands system-granted servants capable of protection and independent treasure retrieval 22.

• Assigns a puppet to protect Ye Qingcheng in a secret realm, where it saves her life 22.
• Accesses the puppet’s memories and knows what it recovered from the Sand Kingdom ruins 22.
• Receives 10,000 Divine Rank Shadow Puppets, enough that he considers establishing another holy land—but declines to do so 22.

Heavenly God Eyes

Examines hidden supernatural conditions 31.

• Detects the demonic energy possessing Zhao Yueling when she offers to become his attendant 31.

One-Click Alchemy

Instantly refines selected pills once the required ingredients are prepared 38.

• Provides a catalog containing known, lost, and hidden formulas from Great Cang 38.
• Allows selection of quality, from low-grade through pill-veined 38.
• Produces three pill-pattern ninth-grade Beauty-Preserving Pills in seconds 39.
• Chen Mu uses a cauldron and visible flames to conceal the automated process from his relatives 38 39.

One-Click Artifact Refining

Provides forging methods ranging from ordinary tools to long-lost divine artifacts 41 42.

• Uses supplied forging materials to produce a top-grade Divine Rank Heavenfire Hammer for Jiang Sheng 42.
• Unlocks immediately after Chen Mu admits he knows nothing about artifact refining 41.

Ten Thousand Transformations Art

Changes his entire appearance into that of a person he pictures 46.

• Recreates Ye Qingcheng’s appearance exactly, including her skin texture 46.
• Allows comfortable movement in the transformed body and an immediate return to his original form 46 47.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Chen Clan Chamber of Commerce gold card — His sister’s highest-tier card; permits free purchases and unrestricted spirit-stone withdrawals at affiliated stores 1.
• Godslayer Sword — Saint-grade weapon obtained through his first automatic system sign-in 2.
• God-Slaying Sword Casket — Gift from his fourteen-year-old artificer cousin; contains twelve saint-rank weapons 4.
• Li Xuanyuan’s protective talismans — Thirty-six seventh-rank, twelve eighth-rank, and three ninth-rank talismans. A ninth-rank Heavenly Fire Talisman can seriously injure or kill a Martial Saint 5.
• Heavenly Abyss Swords — Saint-rank swords bestowed on Ye Qingcheng and Chen Yu 22 24.
• Sand Kingdom Spatial Ring — Contains treasures recovered by his Shadow Puppet, including over ten thousand cultivation techniques 22.
• Ninth-Grade Dragon Blood Pills — Receives an enormous sign-in stock and gives one each to 534 disciples who tried to protect him, earning 53,400 through rebates 16 25.
• Top-Grade Enlightenment Tea — Guarantees an epiphany with every cup and removes the earlier usage limit; shared with his guard and relatives 33 34 37 42.
• Great Emperor Cultivation Experience Pack — Held back until Chen Tianlin’s breakthrough so it would not interfere with his father’s ascent 36 47 49.
• Primordial Medicine King Cauldron — Divine Rank alchemy furnace later given to Chen Xiao; the rebate supplies one hundred different Divine Rank furnaces 38 39.
• Veined Longevity Pills and formula — Ninth-grade pills can add a thousand years of life. Chen Mu supplies the formula to Tianyuan’s alchemists and distributes pills to secure allies 40 41 46.
• Underworld Needle — Protective gift forged by Jiang Sheng; said to be capable of killing a Human Immortal by summoning the King of the Underworld 42.
• One-Click Sycophant Card — Accepted as a potential means of turning useful enemies into allies; no use is documented in the supplied chapters 10.

Relationships

• Chen Tianlin — Father and Tianyuan Holy Lord. Dotes on Chen Mu, arranges his protection, and respects his right to refuse marriage. Chen Mu supplies the tea that supports his Great Emperor breakthrough and waits for him to ascend first 2 33 34 36 49.
• Chen Juexin — Elder sister, wealthy businesswoman, and fierce protector. Provides unrestricted financial support, commissions an artificial root, and publicizes his true talents 1 14 15.
• Ye Qingcheng — Bodyguard and Sky Sword Sect holy maiden. Chen Mu equips and protects her, encourages her training, and shares cultivation resources. Family members repeatedly treat her as a prospective bride, but no marriage is established 2 6 14 22 27 50.
• Li Xuanyuan — Godfather and leading talisman refiner. Offers treasures, instruction, and matchmaking; Chen Mu accepts his affection but declines formal study 5 6.
• Jiang Sheng — Younger cousin and artifact-refining prodigy. His loyalty stems from Chen Mu’s earlier encouragement; the cousins exchange protective artifacts, Enlightenment Tea, and the Heavenfire Hammer 3 42 43.
• Chen Yu — Younger cousin and sword prodigy. Gives Chen Mu the Thunder Gate manual, receives valuable gifts in return, and adopts him as a personal benchmark 23 24 26.
• Chen Xiao — Alchemist cousin whose marriage choice Chen Mu previously defended. Receives the Medicine King Cauldron and offers to serve as Chen Mu’s personal alchemist 37 39.
• Sun Yu — Chen Xiao’s wife, addressed as Chen Mu’s sister-in-law. Brings specially selected pills and comes to believe her family’s alchemists should learn from him 37 39.
• Chen Xiang — Third aunt and Tianyuan’s leading alchemist. Organizes production and distribution of the Lifespan Pills he introduces 40 41 43.
• Mo Changyuan — Human Immortal elder and Spear Saint. Initially seeks a sword demonstration, then becomes deeply impressed by Chen Mu’s power and political importance 26 30 32.
• Song Wanjun — Great Wu’s eldest princess. Chen Mu refuses their proposed marriage but gives her a personal poem; she joins Tianyuan to remain near him 34 35.
• Zhao Yuhao and Zhao Yueling — Eastern Pole’s Holy Son and Saintess. Chen Mu saves Yueling from possession, earning Yuhao’s gratitude and a formal debt from their Holy Land 31 32 37.
• Shan Yurong — Thousand-Faced Devil Lord who pledges lifelong service in exchange for medicine for his sister. Chen Mu gives him ten Veined Longevity Pills and later admits both siblings into Tianyuan 46 47 50.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Refusing the Expected Rise

• Rejects the system’s mission-driven path because his family already supplies superior resources and security 1.
• His request to unbind prompts automatic upgrades rather than separation, beginning a pattern of effortless rewards 2 3.
• Family concern brings protectors and treasures into his courtyard while he tries to preserve a quiet routine 2 5 6.

Revealing His Talents

• Binds his supreme thunder root in anticipation of a possible confrontation with Liu Xiangnan; the visit ends peacefully with Ye Qingcheng’s marriage contract returned 11 12.
• Reveals thunder and fire roots to stop Chen Juexin from installing an inferior artificial root. Her publicity brings widespread attention, gifts, and political caution 14 15 16.

Sword Demonstrations and Eastern Pole’s Debt

• Masters Thunder Gate Sword Cultivation, levels a mountain, and halts a stronger demonstration when Elder Mo admits he cannot withstand it 24 25 26.
• During Eastern Pole’s visit, advances to Grandmaster, absorbs his tribulation, and exposes Zhao Yueling’s possession 29 30 31.
• Killing the demon and saving Yueling turns a suspicious visit into a diplomatic obligation; Zhao Guizhen subsequently forbids hostility toward Tianyuan 32 37.

Marriage Proposal and Literary Recognition

• Refuses Song Wanjun’s political marriage proposal because he has no immediate plans to marry 34.
• Her discovery that he authored the poems she treasures deepens her admiration. His new poem prompts her to seek a place in Tianyuan rather than leave 35.

Longevity and Institutional Growth

• Introduces the Lifespan Pill formula and asks that pills be awarded according to disciples’ contributions 40 41.
• Production strengthens Tianyuan’s internal loyalty and attracts aging experts and ambitious cultivators from other sects 43 44.
• Uses the same medicine to secure Shan Yurong’s service and save Shan Yuchan 46 47.

Becoming a Second Great Emperor

• Remains composed during the Five Poisons Holy Land’s invasion and waits for Chen Tianlin to complete his breakthrough 47.
• Ascends immediately after his father, breaking the world’s one-emperor restriction. Tianyuan’s two Great Emperors force rulers and rival holy lands to reassess their positions 49 50.
• Continues to regard his strength as a way to protect Tianyuan without taking on exhausting administrative duties 49.

Notable Quotes

“A useless weakling's rise to greatness? Whoever wants that can have it. I just want to eat, drink, have fun, and enjoy a carefree life.” 1

“I appreciate your kindness, Godfather, but for now, I only want to live a quiet, carefree life and relax my body and mind.” 5

“I just... did it.” — Explaining his Great Emperor breakthrough to Chen Tianlin 49

Trivia

• His artificer cousin is called Jiang Sheng in Chapters 3 and 41–43, but Jiang Tian in Chapter 4 3 4 41 42 43.
• Chapter 23’s title mentions the Grandmaster Realm, but its text places Chen Mu’s breakthrough at Martial Master; his Grandmaster breakthrough occurs later 23 29 30.
• His claims about inheriting cultivation from the Thunder Gate Ancestor’s remnant soul and finding a lost pill formula in a street-stall manual are cover stories for system benefits 25 40.