Chen Xiang

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Chen Xiang is Chen Wei and Yang Chan's only son and Chen Xiaochan's elder twin brother. His father chose his name by opening an immortal-realm book, closing his eyes, and pointing at a random character. The character meant “fragrance.” Yang Chan initially considered it too delicate for a boy, but accepted it after struggling to choose an alternative herself 274 290 422.

His earliest activities include roaming as a true spirit before being fully born. He and Chen Xiaochan fly around the Censorate's Main Hall as darting halos, with Chen Wei eventually gathering them into his hands and securing them with magic power. By the Three Pure Ones' visit, Chen Xiang appears as a swaddled infant who can nevertheless fly 282 287 290.

Raised in the Thirty-Three Heavens, he grows accustomed to unrestricted access to Lingxiao Palace and affectionate treatment from its guards. His Star Lord status and relationships with the Heavenly Court's ruler, Yang Jian, and Sun Wukong give him protection that ordinary immortal children do not possess 381 383 386 406.

Appearance

• True appearance: A small, delicately sculpted child with rosy lips, pearly teeth, large dark eyes, and plump cheeks and shoulders 342 374 386.
• Hair: Wears a little topknot or hair buns 393 399.
• Heavenly Eye: A vertical line on his forehead opens into an eye that emits golden light 404 405.
• Heavenly Soldier disguise: A Transformation Talisman changes him into a dark, scrawny, unremarkable Immortal Attendant. On patrol, he wears standard armor and carries a spear three heads taller than himself 381 383.

Personality

Chen Xiang is restless, fearless, and quick-tempered. He damages Cloud Roads, chases birds, disrupts official gatherings, and resists sitting through lessons. Chen Wei considers his temperament an inheritance from Yang Chan's side of the family, contrasting him with his cautious, socially perceptive sister 274 359 374 394.

He is clever rather than simply reckless: he devises decoys, exploits family connections, and cooperates convincingly in staged punishments. His extraordinary comprehension also encourages a dangerous habit of treating “close enough” as sufficient training. Because his elders usually protect him, he initially sees little need to perfect his stance, footing, or circulation of immortal qi 326 358 374 425.

Despite their quarrels, he is fiercely protective of Chen Xiaochan and willingly attacks a stronger opponent to shield her. Discovering that his grandparents are confined gives him a concrete reason to study and seek weapons. His Mortal Realm ordeal later changes his ambition from relying on powerful relatives to surpassing his uncle and master himself 415 422 425 438.

Abilities & Skills

Heavenly Eye

An inherited Yang Family divine ability, identical in appearance to Yang Jian's eye. Yang Jian praises its awakening as even more formidable than his own initial awakening 404 405.

• Emits a powerful golden beam capable of piercing buildings and reaching into the Nine Heavens 405.
• Possesses an exceptionally pure, utmost-yang and unyielding nature 407.
• Initially consumes more mental energy than his unstable divine soul can safely sustain, risking lingering damage and involuntary activation 405.
• Cannot damage the Ginseng Fruit Tree: his beam fails to dislodge even a leaf 407.
• Requires emotional discipline as well as soul stabilization for safe use 408 410.

Six Ding Divine Fire

Chen Xiang can breathe or spit Six Ding Divine Fire, though its use repeatedly causes destruction rather than serving a controlled combat purpose 301 391.

• Reduces confidential case files to ash 301.
• Sets the Immortal Academy hall's pillars and registers alight 391.
• Can be suppressed by Yang Chan's Treasure Lotus Lamp 391.

External Incarnations

Creates convincing substitutes that dissolve into golden light when caught 326.

• Fools Chen Wei twice in succession 326.
• Uses the decoys to conceal his approach and launch an overhead staff attack 326.
• Does not prevent Chen Wei from catching his real body once he attacks directly 326.

Heaven-Sweeping Cloak

A formidable cloak-based divine ability whose highest application can unleash Universe in the Sleeve. Chen Xiang has learned its stance but lacks the cultivation and mastery to realize its full power 342.

• His attempted demonstration merely slaps the cloak across Chen Wei's face 342.
• Its stated ultimate potential is not an ability he has successfully demonstrated 342.

Weapons and Combat Techniques

Learns staff techniques from Sun Wukong and spells taught or left behind by his master and maternal uncle 326 422.

• Copies Yang Jian's method of channeling magic power well enough to activate the Mountain-Splitting Axe 274.
• Uses a growing golden staff and imitates Sun Wukong's overhead attack and battle cry 326.
• Combines the Seven-Star Dipper Steps with axe strikes carrying substantial weight and force 425.
• His incomplete fundamentals leave his protective immortal qi, footing, and attacks unreliable against a genuinely superior opponent 425.

Innate Physique and Flight

His Star Lord constitution gives him exceptional physical potential even without deliberate cultivation 428.

• Summons and rides Auspicious Clouds 316.
• Leaps onto the Great Heavenly Venerable's Flying Boat through physical strength alone, without riding a cloud 386.
• Remains susceptible to restraint: Chen Xiaochan immobilizes him with the Body-Binding Technique 422.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Mountain-Splitting Axe — Yang Jian lets him handle the weapon. By copying his uncle's magic-power circulation, he cleaves a huge breach in the Heavenly Court's Cloud Road 274.
• Protective axe — A numinous treasure given by Yang Jian. Its later description identifies a black axe engraved with ancient cloud patterns, forged by Laojun from fine gold Yang Jian obtained at Kunlun Mountain 407 425.
• Growing golden staff — A small staff that enlarges in the wind. Chen Wei suspects Sun Wukong obtained it as a toy for his disciple 326.
• Longevity Lock — Personally forged by Yang Jian at the expense of his own cultivation; one of a matching pair given to the twins 316.
• Ruyi Cloud Brocade Pouch — Shared with Chen Xiaochan. Bestowed by the Great Heavenly Venerable, it contains an independent realm that shelters the children and nourishes their foundations 296.
• Storage Bag — Holds his protective axe 407.
• Dragon Pearl — Gives a precious pearl to Xiao'e, prompting her father to seek its return 396 398.
• Miniature Flying Boat — A gift from Yang Jian, who gives one to each twin 334.
• Standard Heavenly Soldier armor and spear — Uses these while patrolling Lingxiao Palace under the name Yang Sannian 383.

Relationships

• Chen Wei — Father. Takes him along on official business, teaches him how authority works, and sometimes conspires with him to stage punishments. At Wuzhuang Temple, he teaches Chen Xiang that genuine strength requires mastery of one's own heart 329 332 374 408.
• Yang Chan — Mother. Indulgent and protective, she often struggles to punish him firmly, but also supervises his schooling and suppresses his dangerous fire 301 326 389 391.
• Chen Xiaochan — Younger twin sister. Frequently outmaneuvers or rebukes him, yet helps him escape a scolding and joins his quest to find weapons for rescuing their grandparents 358 374 422.
• Yang Jian — Maternal uncle and admired combat role model. Supplies treasures, encourages his military ambitions, and later disguises himself as Bluestone Daoist to expose the weaknesses concealed by Chen Xiang's privileged upbringing 274 316 380 438.
• Sun Wukong — Master. Teaches divine abilities and staff combat, helps secure treatment for his Heavenly Eye, and participates in his Mortal Realm trial as Azure Bamboo Daoist 290 326 406 438.
• Great Heavenly Venerable — Maternal great-uncle. Affectionately indulges him while teaching that family members must set an example in public; openly praises his impartial enforcement of patrol rules 358 386.
• Xiao'e — Academy friend for whom he develops a fondness. Gives her a Dragon Pearl and promises to help resolve documents troubling her father, Lu Yuan 398 403.
• Yang Tianyou and Fairy Yunhua — Maternal grandparents, confined outside the Three Realms. Chen Xiang quickly bonds with them upon meeting them and subsequently tries to find a way to free them 412 413 414 415.
• Great Immortal Zhenyuan — Tests his self-control beneath the Ginseng Fruit Tree and helps stabilize his divine soul 408 410.
• Patriarch Bodhi — Sun Wukong's master and Chen Xiang's grandmaster. Offers instruction, but Chen Xiang rejects the described schools after asking for a technique that would let him skip academy 390 394.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Notable Quotes

“Take a strike from Old Chen!” 326

“A divine ability that lets me skip High Immortal Academy every day!” 394

“Stronger than Master, stronger than Uncle!” 438