Chen Cong

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

Scholar and Sword Formation Aspirant

Chen Cong admired the Chen Clan ancestor Chen Qianhua from childhood and deliberately pursued his rare Sword Formation Master path. This branch of Control-Type cultivation combined wide-area soul skills with inherited sword formations and demanded exceptional comprehension 147.

He became the clan's most extensively studied authority on Soul Master theory and taught its inherited knowledge. He also spent time at Heaven Dou Academy, Moonlight Academy, and Sword Rain Academy, primarily conducting research rather than maintaining a long-term succession of disciples 20 878.

Decades before becoming a Titled Douluo, he fought She Yaolei of Spirit Hall's Snake Lance She Family. Underestimating the compatibility of She Yaolei's purple fifth soul ring with his martial soul left Chen Cong with a lasting chest scar; he inflicted similarly serious injuries in return. The experience shaped his insistence that soul-ring compatibility should take precedence over age 269 270.

Teaching Chen Xiaojun

Chen Cong introduced Chen Xiaojun to martial-soul traits, soul-skill combinations, soul beasts, and cultivation paths. He identified the Sword God Pearls as a rare Set Martial Soul and encouraged Xiaojun to build a path suited to his own nature rather than copy an established system 20 22 25 26.

As Chen Yu remained occupied with clan affairs, Chen Cong assumed responsibility for teaching and protecting both Xiaojun and Xiao Yi. His work extended beyond lessons to accompanying soul-beast hunts and evaluating their unusual martial souls 272 524.

Defense of Chenlin Village

While overseeing village security, Chen Cong responded immediately to the Wolf Bandits' north-gate assault. He ordered Chen Wu to organize the village's Soul Masters and watch the east gate, then rode his Seven Kill Sword to reinforce the defenders. His modified fifth soul skill broke the initial offensive with attacks from both sky and ground 147.

Against Astana, Chen Cong suffered a teleportation-assisted spear strike and received healing and strengthening from Mu Lingyun. He continued fighting through successive sword formations, ultimately defeating Astana and the remaining bandits with Auspicious Dragon and Phoenix. His subsequent comprehension of Sword Formation Intent brought him to level 90 181 182 183.

Vast Sea City and Chang'an

Chen Cong intervened when Xiaojun injured himself executing a battlefield strategy in Vast Sea City. He then fought Giant Wave Douluo Omari Bender, countering the latter's sea-based attacks with sword formations and his Yin-Yang Domain 320 323 326.

In Chang'an, he helped defend the Ji and Liu Families against the Crimson Church. He suppressed the Netherworld Dark Night Demon Dragon—a martial soul fusion skill formed by two Soul Douluos—for much of their battle, although the enemy ultimately escaped 395 413 440.

The Heaven Dou Empire subsequently invested him as a duke and granted him a mansion in Chang'an. He agreed to investigate the Crimson Church through the Chen Clan's intelligence network and proposed expanding the clan's Soul Tool production, Soul Master services, and medicinal-herb trade 458 459.

Public Emergence and Academy Leadership

Chen Yu selected Chen Cong's eightieth birthday celebration as the occasion to announce the clan's emergence from seclusion. During the celebrations, Chen Cong defeated his old opponent She Yaolei 520 527 788.

Xue Churan invited him to become Chang'an Academy's chief vice dean and honorary dean, offering authority over academy affairs. Initial doubts about his practical teaching experience eased after the academy's senior educators witnessed the techniques of the Chen Clan Seven Stars Swords 724 878.

He later emphasized foundational training: Xiaojun was to seal his soul rings in combat for two years, while Xiao Yi was to reduce reliance on her Azure Vine Formation and refine her control 616.

Ambush, Recovery, and Continuing Responsibilities

During an attempt to intercept and kill the Chen brothers, Chen Cong faced a planned four-against-one attack. His domain suppressed the Silver Wolf Saint King's Yue Shen's Realm, while his sword formation allowed him to hold out for half an hour until Xue Chuxin rescued him 1007.

He awakened under the care of Mu Lingyun and Xiao Yi. Removing the lingering Dao traces from his wounds required continued treatment; Mu Lingyun estimated that full recovery could take six months to a year. His injuries and Chen Yu's subsequent injuries contributed to a transfer of clan leadership to Chen Xun and the elevation of Xiaojun to young clan chief 1014 1224.

Chen Cong remained active in clan affairs, formally accepting the Soul Breaking Spear Yang Family's allegiance and later arranging reinforcements, relief work, and steward appointments after Crimson Church attacks 1153 1650.

At his latest documented appearance, he traveled to join Chang'an Academy's celebration of its tournament qualification. He stated that four months had passed since his injury: travel was manageable, but major battles remained beyond him 2004.

Appearance

• Face and eyes: A relatively small face with balanced features; deep, gentle eyes shine with clear-blue, star-like light 20.
• Bearing: Combines a resolute swordsman's appearance with refined, scholarly manners and a mature, dependable charm 460.
• Clothing: Wears Sword Wanderer attire; one described robe has a front opening, standing collar, and tapered swordsman's sleeves 269 460.
• Distinguishing scar: A long spear scar crosses his chest, left by She Yaolei decades earlier 269.

Personality

Chen Cong is composed and observant in combat. Xiaojun particularly admires his ability to assess danger without panic, time his attacks and defenses precisely, and exploit brief openings. Against a much larger dragon opponent, he deliberately used agility and positioning rather than contesting brute force 407 408.

His scholarship is practical rather than rigid. He accepts new cultivation ideas, experiments with their applications, and acknowledges when excessive caution has clouded his judgment. He also agrees that Xiaojun's loyalty matters more than uncovering every private secret behind his abilities 196 517 1025.

He is affectionate but demanding toward the younger generation. He worries about Xiaojun's dangerous choices, recognizes the burden the boy carries for the clan, and insists that extraordinary techniques must not replace sound fundamentals. His warmth also appears in playful teasing of Xiao Yi and long-standing banter with Chen Yu 295 519 616 1014.

Abilities and Skills

Seven Kill Sword and Combat Specialization

Chen Cong follows the rare sword-formation branch of the Control-Type path, using broad-area attacks to shape the battlefield rather than relying solely on conventional restraint techniques 147.

• Mental strength: Exceptionally strong mental power forms the foundation of his sword-formation control 398.
• Sword Sheath transformation: Can demonstrate the Seven Kill Sword's ancestral reversion into a broad azure sword, reflecting the lineage's earlier Azure Steel Sword 97.
• Close combat: Combines Round Star Sword Technique with evasive Sword Steps to pressure powerful opponents at short range 533.
• Combat assessment: At level 92, his profile rates him as comparable to a level 95 Titled Douluo. At full third-tier formation output, he is assessed as no weaker than a level 96 Super Douluo and capable of a strenuous fight against a level 97 opponent—not as having attained those levels himself 491.

Soul Skills

• His fifth skill was originally Sword Qi Yangtze River. He developed it from several hundred sword lights into more than a thousand and added coordinated attacks from above and below 147.

Sword Formations

• Myriad Transformations Heaven and Earth Sword Formation: Combines the Heaven-and-Earth Sword Techniques with the Sword-Controlling Ultimate Sword Formation, drawing on surrounding natural power through the sword 181.
• Auspicious Dragon and Phoenix: His own development of the inherited formation and Yin-Yang theory, adding a powerful single-target attack to a system chiefly known for wide-area offense 183.
• Sword Formation Intent: Allows him to integrate his will and power into the sword and understand the formation as more than a sequence of combat techniques 183.

Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Domain

His top-tier domain manifests as black-and-white taiji power, unifying his strength with his sword formation and granting limited command over the law of Yin and Yang 182 401 402.

• Strengthens formation attacks and defensive barriers 182 326.
• Withstood the Netherworld Dark Night Dragon Domain without being suppressed 402.
• Suppressed the Silver Wolf Saint King's domain during his ambush 1007.

Sword Steps and Movement

• Known Sword Steps: Starstream Thunderstrike, Lotus Sway in a Square Inch, Swift Body, Flying Wild Duck, Sword-Speed Sky Trace, Moon-Covering Returning Snow, and Void Star-Shattering 491.
• Sword-Speed Sky Trace: Enables rapid travel while riding the Seven Kill Sword 147.
• Moon-Covering Returning Snow: Short-range evasive movement across a broad area, allowing rapid repositioning outside an opponent's sight 407.
• Void Star-Shattering: Produces deceptive afterimages attacking from multiple directions 407.
• Sword Shadow Spirit-Nurturing Form: Advanced Sword Step that creates six sword clones 326 491.

Sword Arts and Clan Inheritances

• Foundational swordsmanship: Green Duckweed Sword Technique and Round Star Sword Technique; the latter includes Bright Moon Slash, Twin Moon Slash, and Stellar Guardian 491.
• Sword Sound: Great Sound Has No Voice, rated first-tier strong 398 491.
• Sword Qi: Eternal Radiance at first tier and Eternal Sword Qi Wheel at second tier 491.
• Sword Radiance: Azure Sea Heavenly Sword at first tier 491.
• Sword Formation Absolutes: Sword Light Seals the Sky at first tier and Sword Peak Heaven-Suppressing at second tier. The former deployed thirty-six sword lights to halt Omari Bender's vortex 323 491.
• Big Dipper Seven Kill: A seven-form technique with moves including Greedy Wolf Illuminates the World, Seven Kill Crisscross, Heroic Sword Army Breaker, and Nine Heavens Thunder; its ultimate move is Big Dipper Unity Sword Topples the World 491.
• Clan secret arts: Ring Embedding, My Body Is a Sword, Brilliant Star Primordial Spirit Sword, Slaughter Character Art, and Human and Sword as One 491.
• Additional inheritances: Singing Chant Method, Brilliant Star Sword Eyes, Seven Kill Qi-Concealing Technique, Sword-Controlling Art, and Peerless Sword Finger techniques 491.

Cultivation, Research, and Teaching

• Cultivation methods: Practices Impartial Sword Qi Art; was training in Big Dipper Art and had learned the first six forms of Moon Breathing Method by his character profile 491.
• Soul-ring selection: Teaches that compatibility with the martial soul and combat system matters more than pursuing ring age alone 270.
• Martial-soul analysis: Identified the Sword God Pearls' Set Martial Soul structure and researched their evolution, advanced skills, and resonance with related martial souls 26 510 1504 1507.
• Twin martial souls: Evaluates physical endurance, cultivation-method compatibility, and secrecy when advising Xiaojun on adding rings to his second martial soul 772.
• Universal soul skills: Demonstrated Spiral Sphere by creating a rapidly spinning ball of soul power that blasted a ten-meter-wide crater into the ground 517.
• Instructional results: The Chen Clan Seven Stars Swords' performance persuaded skeptical academy elders of his effectiveness as a teacher 878.

Equipment and Soul Bones

• Right leg soul bone: A 60,000-year Wolf Bandit bone granting Teleportation. Its documented range at level 92 is 200 meters 491.
• Left leg soul bone: A 90,000-year Nine-Star Demon Leopard bone; its skill is not disclosed 491.
• Other soul bones: Possesses additional bones whose locations and details are kept confidential 491.
• Ducal attire: Ceremonial clothing made from fine silk and gold thread, bestowed by the Heaven Dou Empire 458.
• Duke's Mansion: An imperial grant in central Chang'an, with reception, study, banquet, and garden facilities 458.

Relationships

• Chen Yu — Elder brother and long-standing confidant. They coordinate clan strategy, discuss Xiaojun's succession, and tease one another freely 510 519 520.
• Mu Lingyun — Wife. Supports him with healing and strengthening skills in battle and oversees his recovery after his severe injuries 181 1014.
• Chen Xiaojun — Grandnephew, pupil, and protected charge. Chen Cong supports his leadership prospects, advises his cultivation, and eventually entrusts him with affairs in Chang'an 510 524 1025.
• Xiao Yi — Pupil and protected charge. Threatened to break the clan's agreement with Black Elder if she were harmed; she later helped treat his injuries with life soul power 475 1014.
• Chen Qianhua — Ancestral role model whose scholarship and sword-formation path inspired Chen Cong's ambitions from childhood 147.
• Xue Churan — Political ally and academy recruiter. Supports his Chang'an development plans; their exchanges suggest personal affection, but no formal romantic relationship is established 459 460 520 724.
• Long Zhenrang — Friend and Vast Sea City general manager, who chides him for rarely visiting despite the short journey by sword 272.
• Zhu Yanfeng — Trusted retainer who accompanies his protected charges and addresses him as Second Master. Chen Cong later assigns him to lead the Heaven Dou Chen Residence as Chief Steward 371 442 1650.
• She Yaolei — Old opponent whose spear left his chest scar. Chen Cong later defeats him at his eightieth-birthday celebration 269 788.
• Xue Chuxin — Rescued him after he held off the Silver Wolf Saint King and other ambushers 1007.

Notable Quotes

“What I mean is that compatibility should be your foremost consideration when choosing a soul ring. Whether it's ten thousand years old can come second.” 270

“Though I, Chen Cong, have reached my eighties, my heart remains young, and my ambitions still reach a thousand miles.” 789

“We should handle these matters ourselves. We can't always depend on them.” 1014