Crown Prince's Residence

Biodata

Location and Layout

The residence is described as magnificent and imposing. Its grounds include separate residential courtyards, reception rooms, and a back garden 1 2 10 19.

Household and Visitors

• Qian Renxue / Xue Qinghe — Heads the household, directs its staff, and conducts crown-prince business from the residence while maintaining her disguise 1 33.
• Meng Chen — Taken into the household as Qian Renxue's younger brother. He retains accommodation there after entering the junior academy 1 16 30 32.
• Unnamed steward — Oversees arrangements for Meng Chen's needs, clothing, academy admission, and attendants 1 2.
• Qingdai and Hongyu — Maids assigned to Meng Chen's daily care. They also help obtain supplies for his first body-tempering treatment 2 3 4.
• Ning Fengzhi — Visits as Xue Qinghe's teacher; the two discuss tea and court affairs while their children spend time together 16.
• Ning Rongrong — Becomes a regular visitor after receiving Xue Qinghe's invitation, repeatedly seeking out Meng Chen to play with his rabbit ears 18 19.

Resources and Protection

Household Support

• Meng Chen receives lodging, clothing, meals, transport, and personal attendants upon joining the household 1 2 3.
• Qian Renxue allows him to eat without restriction despite his unusually large appetite 2.
• The residence holds abundant rare treasures, though Meng Chen seeks particularly potent herbs elsewhere to avoid questions about his hidden bloodline cultivation 14.
• During his academy holiday, imperial chefs prepare exotic-bird and medicinal soups to strengthen his body. Qian Renxue also teaches him about factions within the Heaven Dou court 31.

Imperial Access

• Qian Renxue gives Meng Chen a Black Iron Token bearing the residence's special-class golden seal. It permits him to obtain body-tempering spirit herbs from the imperial private treasury, excluding supreme treasures reserved for the imperial bloodline 30.
• The Benevolent Heart Apothecary accepts the residence as the delivery address for Meng Chen's medicinal order 15.

Escorts and Security

• Qian Renxue instructs Meng Chen to take an escort whenever he leaves and places maids and guards at his disposal during recovery 14 16.
• For his first Star Dou soul hunt, she assigns two Imperial Soul Emperors and has Porcupinefish Douluo follow secretly 6.
• For his second hunt, she authorizes two Soul Saint guards, restricts the expedition to the outer perimeter, and sets a three-day limit if no suitable beast is found. The departing party includes twelve Imperial Knights 33 34.

History

Meng Chen's Adoption

Qian Renxue brings Meng Chen home after meeting him outside the Heaven Dou Spirit Hall. At the residence, she introduces him to the steward as a permanent household member and immediately orders arrangements for his admission to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. He is settled in a neighboring courtyard and assigned Qingdai and Hongyu 1 2.

First Bloodline Seal Incident

Meng Chen privately combines spirit fruits and dragon-blooded soul beast blood in his room to break his first Golden Dragon King seal. His screams alert the maids; Qian Renxue returns from the palace, forces open the locked door, and finds him unconscious 4.

Following the incident, Qingdai and Hongyu receive ten strokes and lose three months' wages. Meng Chen persuades Qian Renxue not to reassign them. He recovers at the residence and examines his newly awakened Golden Dragon Claw without testing its destructive power on the furnishings 5.

Disappearance and Homecoming

While Meng Chen is away on his first soul hunt, Qian Renxue waits in the sitting room with Jiangnan pastries, specially ordered southern fruit cakes, and his favorite honeyed fruit juice. She does not yet know that Bibi Dong has taken him to Spirit City 10.

After securing his release, Qian Renxue brings him back to the residence and checks him for injuries. There, he shows her his first soul ring disguised as a thousand-year purple ring, astonishing her 12 13.

Visits and Academy Life

Ning Fengzhi's visit introduces Meng Chen to Ning Rongrong. After her father refuses to take Meng Chen back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Xue Qinghe invites her to visit instead. Her persistent teasing helps motivate Meng Chen's initial plan to stay at the academy 16 18 19.

The residence nevertheless remains his home. He returns for the three-day holiday after the Freshman Tournament and later conducts nightly blood-essence tempering there during six months of academy training 30 31 32.

Second Soul Hunt and Teleportation Tests

In the side hall, Meng Chen announces that he has reached level twenty and obtains permission for a second soul hunt. Qian Renxue then orders a cover story that the crown prince is ill and secluded for three days, allowing her to follow him secretly 33.

After returning, Meng Chen reports the expedition to “Xue Qinghe” and demonstrates his new soul skill. Alone in his courtyard, he discovers that Spiritual Detection and Spatial Teleportation let him move directly between locations within his detection domain, including through obstacles 38 39.

The detached quarters prove too small for unrestricted combat testing. Meng Chen consequently leaves for a secluded maple forest outside the city, where he is ambushed by two masked Soul Ancestors 40.