Chen Yu

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Clan Leadership and Xiaojun’s Education

Chen Yu led the semi-reclusive Chen Clan while publicly serving as Chenlin Village’s chief. He explained the burdens of the Seven Kill Sword to Chen Xiaojun, including its need for Killing Qi and Fiendish Qi, its danger to its wielder, and the clan’s difficulty maintaining its population 11.

He personally taught Xiaojun Soul Beast cultivation, Soul Rings, Soul Bones, sword-wielding principles, and the clan’s inheritances. He also helped establish Xiaojun’s introductory education and supported study and travel outside the village once a sufficient foundation had been built 9 20 23 24.

After reviewing Xiaojun’s first Soul Ring absorption with Chen Cong, Chen Yu estimated that his grandson’s innate soul power had been level twelve. He ordered Xiaojun and Xiao Yi to keep this secret, citing the deaths and devastation caused by the exposure of exceptional talent in the past 82 88.

Super Douluo Breakthrough

During the confrontation with the Silver Moon Wolf King, Chen Yu used advanced sword techniques and his ninth Soul Skill. After Yang Jingxue killed the beast, surrounding soul power surged into him, allowing him to reach level 96 124 125 126.

The breakthrough made him a Super Douluo at eighty-two. Rather than prolonging the celebration, he urged Yang Jingxue to absorb the wolf king’s Soul Ring immediately and agreed to guard her 126.

Secret Realms and Clan Reform

When Chen Zixiu’s condition deteriorated, Chen Yu reassured Xiaojun that his earlier actions had also helped the village survive the Wolf Bandits’ attack. He later questioned Xiaojun about his knowledge of immortal herbs and Slaughter City. Although Xiaojun’s explanation left unanswered questions, Chen Yu considered his loyalty to the clan more important than complete disclosure of his secrets 190 196.

Chen Yu pushed for younger leaders to gain responsibility. His proposals included changes to Soul Fighting City’s military and academy leadership and the consideration of Chen Xiyuan as a future Grand Elder 218.

He subsequently backed broader access to the clan’s secret-realm resources, recruitment of additional families, and expanded talent cultivation. He insisted that Xiaojun submit complete proposals for discussion rather than quietly steer the clan through individual schemes 485.

As the clan prepared to emerge publicly, Chen Yu assigned personnel to Chang’an City’s medicinal-herb market and intelligence work. Clan affairs limited his ability to accompany Xiaojun, leaving Chen Cong to serve as the young generation’s mentor and Dao Protector 524 527 530.

Alliances and Xiao Yi’s Standing

Chen Yu informed Chen Zixiu about Sea God Island and the Faith-Based Godhood Method, then later hosted Sea God Island’s delegation in the clan’s ancestral hall 520 733.

He also worked to secure Xiao Yi’s place within the clan’s allied families. He asked Yang Jingxue to accept her as a granddaughter and provide access to the Yang Family’s inherited arts, including the Myriad Fusion Art. His stated expectation was that Xiao Yi would become the Chen Clan’s reigning Matriarch 813.

Crimson Church Ambush

The Crimson Church identified Chen Yu and Chen Cong as comparatively accessible targets whose removal could halt the clan’s rise. Chen Yu was subsequently ambushed while crossing Zibai Mountain 990 1093.

Youguang Zhou initiated the attack with the Void Dark Snake. Chen Yu broke through his Shadow Cage, but Luo Ping and Yan Wufeng joined the pursuit. Injured and poisoned, he fought toward Chenlin Village while using movement techniques and a Chen Yuan Pill to sustain himself 1093 1107 1110.

While directing sword qi to save Shen Tianjun, Chen Yu was struck in the brow by Yan Wufeng’s Eye of Destruction. He suppressed its destructive light inside his sea of consciousness, but the effort exhausted him and left cracks in his spatial formation walls. He later stacked four profound arts and condensed his power into a Heaven-Piercing Giant Sword 1119 1121.

Incapacitation and Treatment

The attack left Chen Yu unconscious, with no sign of waking after seven or eight days. Chen Zixiu later described him as catatonic when reporting the Crimson Church’s assault to Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi 1093 1286.

Xia Qingyun subsequently worked to purge Rakshasa poison from his body. By her later report, only one stubborn clump remained, though Luo Ping’s divine power made its removal difficult 1500.

Appearance

Chen Yu has ice-blue eyes and a beard 11 15.

• Eyes: His gaze can take on a star-filled blue brilliance during powerful sword techniques 224.
• Combat attire: During his ninth Soul Skill, his clothing transforms into a Sword Robe bearing nine glowing blue characters for “slaughter” 125.

Personality

Chen Yu is a patient teacher who explains difficult concepts through questions, diagrams, and practical comparisons. His affection for Xiaojun does not prevent stern warnings when secrecy or the clan’s survival is involved 9 15 82 88.

As a leader, he combines caution with a willingness to reform. He values adaptable rules, collective deliberation, and long-term gains over individual cleverness. He supports decisive expansion when circumstances justify it, but expects proposals to account for the entire clan’s interests 485.

He is protective without demanding complete access to another person’s private life. He accepts that Xiaojun retains secrets and actively safeguards Xiao Yi’s future standing. His exchanges with Chen Hong and Chen Cong also show a teasing, occasionally prickly familiarity 58 196 520 813.

Abilities & Skills

Seven Kill Sword

Chen Yu wields the Chen Clan’s inherited Seven Kill Sword, which can absorb Killing Qi and Fiendish Qi to increase its offensive power 11 126.

• Materializes a sword more than one hundred meters long through his eighth Soul Skill 1103.
• Uses two Seven Kill Swords simultaneously for paired sword-aura attacks 124.
• The martial soul’s sharp, savage soul power burdens its wielder and requires careful cultivation 11.

Documented Soul Skills

Sword-Controlling Arts

Chen Yu has deeply refined sword radiance, sword aura, sword formations, and defensive sword control 1102.

• Vertical and Horizontal Alliance: Combines Sweep Across the Eight Directions with Hundred-Step Flying Sword; releases interwoven horizontal and vertical sword aura 124 1098.
• Azure Sea Sky Sword / Azure Sea Heavenly Sword: The quickest to unleash and swiftest of the Seven Sword-Controlling Absolutes. Chen Yu has mastered it sufficiently to use it at will 1094.
• Sword Light Seals the Sky: Calls down thirty-six sword lights; used to shatter Youguang Zhou’s Shadow Cage 1093.
• Changing Stars and Shifting Constellations: Destroys the Void Dark Snake clones used in Void Shadow Burst 1111.

Slaughter Sword Intent and Slaughter Domain

His True Image Level slaughter sword intent provides exceptional destructive power, while his Slaughter Domain strengthens his attacks 1099 1104.

• Enlightenment concerning the Yin-Yang Great Dao deepened his domain mastery 1100.
• Layers slaughter aura onto his materialized Seven Kill Sword 1104.
• Combines the domain with the Sun Yang God Pearl to melt Yan Wufeng’s demonic crystal cage 1111.

Nine Yang Divine Skill and Sword Momentum

Chen Yu cultivates the Nine Yang Divine Skill, whose supreme-yang strength complements his slaughter sword intent 1102.

• Setting Sun Sword Momentum: His integration of Nine Yang Divine Skill with second-tier Sword Momentum.
• Boundless Setting Sun: Unleashes sword qi powerful enough to wound Youguang Zhou despite the latter’s evasive movement 1102.

Profound Arts and Mental Defense

Chen Yu can combine the clan’s profound arts and defend his sea of consciousness against invasive attacks 1119 1121.

• My Body Is a Sword: A Sword Shadow Form enhancement whose version in Chen Yu’s hands condenses boundless soul power 124 135.
• Ring Embedding and Slaughter Character Art: Used in his four-art stack to concentrate his power into a Heaven-Piercing Giant Sword 1121.
• Primordial Spirit Brilliant Star Sword: Strikes and suppresses the core of the Eye of Destruction’s light inside his sea of consciousness 1119.
• Skull Bone Skill — Tidal Surge: Replenishes mental power during that internal struggle 1119.
• Limit: Surviving the Eye of Destruction still leaves him mentally drained and damages his spatial formation walls 1119.

Movement and Spatial Insight

Chen Yu combines flying-sword travel with sword steps and evasive martial arts 1093 1107.

• Sword-Speed Sky Trace, Moon-Covering Returning Snow, and Void Star-Shattering: Used to evade attacks during the pursuit 1107.
• Spiral Nine Shadows: Reached the Five-Shadow Realm, producing five silhouettes to evade Luo Ping’s scythe 1107.
• Great Luo Cave Observation: Gained enlightenment concerning its spacetime power, but had neither mastered the art nor crossed its threshold 1102.

Cultivation Instruction and Resource Planning

Chen Yu advises on martial-soul development, sword training, immortal-herb suitability, and clan-wide resource allocation 82 229 669 670.

• Recommends resonance with all ten Sword God Pearls and eventual sword formations combining their techniques 82.
• Identifies Zhu Wuneng’s mutation as a special-category humanoid martial soul 229.
• Evaluates the Yin-Yang Twin Lives Flower for Xiao Yi and proposes Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew for Han Xin and Yanwu’s mental cultivation 670.
• Recognizes Chen Cong as the more accomplished martial-soul researcher 510.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Sun Yang God Pearl — Used with his Slaughter Domain to dissolve a demonic crystal cage 1111.
• Skull Soul Bone — Grants Tidal Surge; its origin and age are not supplied 1119.
• Chen Yuan Pill — Consumed during the ambush to rapidly restore wounds, mental power, and origin energy; renewed attacks prevented lasting recovery 1110.
• Radiant Light Bracelet — Storage Soul Tool given to Xiaojun, who named it. Holds more than thirty cubic meters 26.
• Seventy-thousand-year Howling Moon Silver Wolf skull soul bone — Presented to Xiao Yi on behalf of the clan to celebrate her becoming the Azure Vine Clan’s Holy Maiden 505.

Relationships

• Chen Zixiu — Father. Chen Yu seeks treatment for his injuries and later keeps him informed about Sea God Island and godhood-related discoveries 197 520.
• Chen Cong — Younger brother and close adviser. They coordinate education, research, strategy, and clan affairs, while frequently teasing one another 82 520.
• Chen Xun — Son and eventual successor as clan chief 58 1224.
• Chen Zhang — Son; Chen Yu consults him during discussions about Chen Jianjun’s schooling 58 528.
• Chen Xiaojun — Grandson and pupil. Chen Yu protects his exceptional talent, supports his development, and challenges him to become a responsible collective decision-maker 82 485.
• Xiao Yi — Protected junior and intended future Matriarch. He supports her cultivation, gifts her a rare soul bone, and arranges family standing through Yang Jingxue 505 813.
• Chen Hong — Senior clansman and longtime rival in banter. Chen Hong celebrates his Super Douluo breakthrough with particular emotion 58 126.
• Zhang Xiaofan — Master. Regards Chen Yu as his disciple and inheritor and reacts furiously to news of his incapacitation 1286.
• Yang Jingxue — Allied elder and battle companion. Guards her Soul Ring absorption and later asks her to become Xiao Yi’s grandmother 126 813.
• Zhu Hongzhen — Long-serving follower and clan elder who watched Chen Yu grow up 197.
• Xia Qingyun — Treats his lingering Rakshasa poison after the Crimson Church attack 1500.
• Youguang Zhou, Yan Wufeng, and Luo Ping — Crimson Church assailants who jointly pursue and gravely injure him 1093 1110 1119.

Notable Quotes

“Rules may be good, but ultimately, rules are dead, while people are alive.” 485

“One person's plans have limits; the plans of many reach further. We must pool our wisdom and seek the best solution.” 485

“Of course. Because one day, she will be the reigning Matriarch of our Chen Clan!” 813

Trivia

• Despite Yan Wufeng’s speculation, Chen Yu does not possess innate full soul power; his exact innate level is not supplied 1100.
• His level-96 breakthrough left him with at least seventy years of expected remaining life. Reaching level 98 was discussed as a possibility, not a confirmed achievement 126.
• His marriage is described as troubled, but the cited exchange does not identify his wife 520.