Lu Changsheng

Biodata

Power Progression

Qi Refining is also rendered as “Chain Qi” in the supplied passages.

Background / History

Origins and entry into the Lu Lineage

Lu Changsheng grows up as the third of five children in a farming family, with an older sister and brother and a younger sister and brother. He lives in Crouching Ox Village for eighteen years before pursuing immortal cultivation 4 32.

During the Azure Cloud Sect’s Heart-Questioning Platform trial, he awakens his past-life memories and the Many Children, Many Blessings System. Although he ranks first on the platform, the sect rejects him because of his ninth-grade spiritual root and age 1 26.

He accepts the Lu Lineage’s recruitment of live-in sons-in-law, whose original obligation is fifty children within twenty years. The arrangement supplies cultivation manuals, access to a spiritual vein, wives, and help raising children—resources particularly suited to his system. Li Feiyu joins alongside him and saves his life during the journey’s ambush 2 3 5.

Establishing his household and livelihood

At Green Bamboo Manor, Lu Changsheng marries Lu Lanshu, Lu Zi’er, and Lu Qing’er. Lu Lanshu’s pregnancy earns him a cultivation-resource package worth one hundred spirit stones, and their son Lu Ping’an becomes his first child 4 5.

The system’s talisman-making reward gives him a potential livelihood beyond dependence on the lineage. Rather than expose his second-rank expertise immediately, he sells basic talismans and presents his progress as gradual learning. Lu Miaoge’s assessment establishes him as a Talisman Apprentice, while his later disclosure of ranked talismans earns the lineage head’s personal attention 6 8 10 12 17.

He signs a replacement Spirit Contract after confirming that his children belong to him and that he may continue marrying. Leaving the lineage requires either twenty years’ notice or repayment of three times its expenditure on him. He nevertheless accepts its protection and moves his household into Green Bamboo Valley 17 18 19.

Reunion, first battle, and homecoming

After reaching the third Qi Refining layer, Lu Changsheng travels with Li Feiyu to a three-year reunion with Hong Yi, Han Lin, Xiao Xiyue, and Zhao Qingqing. He expresses no regret over his sect rejection, and the six agree to meet again in ten years 23 26.

At an Ox-Head Mountain gathering, he sells nearly one hundred talismans for 133 spirit stones. Three cultivators pursue him for his valuables; he kills them with the Golden Light Brick after an initial talisman barrage. Their possessions are worth roughly five hundred spirit stones, but the encounter strengthens his resolve to avoid robbery and remain under the lineage’s protection 28 29 30.

He arranges for the Red Whale Gang to protect his mortal relatives. On returning home, he funds houses and farmland for his family, a prolonged wedding feast for his younger brother, and celebration money for the villagers 24 31 32.

Further marriages and entry into the inner circle

On the return journey, Lu Changsheng and Li Feiyu encounter a suspicious old man and young woman in a ruined temple. Li Feiyu kills the old man. Lu Changsheng subsequently brings Qu Zhenzhen to Green Bamboo Mountain, marries her, and promises to help locate her missing brother, Qu Changge 33 36.

He later accepts two willing women offered by Hong Yi and establishes a regular talisman-trading arrangement. His twentieth child’s birth triggers another system reward, which grants the Hundred-Forging Treasure Body Art 39 40 42.

His publicly revealed middle-grade talisman mastery leads the Lu elders to propose marriages intended to retain him. A meeting with Lu Miaohuan initially goes well, but he declines because her conditions prohibit further marriages and conflict with his family plans. He instead marries Lu Miaoyun, the Fourth Elder’s granddaughter, in a grand ceremony that formally brings him into the lineage’s inner circle 44 47 48 49.

Appearance

Initially unremarkable, Lu Changsheng becomes noticeably more handsome over his years at Green Bamboo Mountain. His eldest sister mistakes him for a noble young master at his homecoming, and lineage disciples remark on his transformation during his wedding to Lu Miaoyun 4 32 49.

• Wears a green Daoist robe during early cultivation 5.
• Appears handsome and straight-backed while riding a spirit steed in his wedding procession 49.
• Cultivates an art that gradually refines his appearance, bone structure, and skin rather than imposing a fixed ideal face 13 37.

Personality

Lu Changsheng is cautious and pragmatic. He investigates the lineage’s recruitment terms before accepting them, conceals the true extent of his talisman expertise, and limits public sales to avoid attracting attention. His first lethal battle reinforces his preference for protected, steady advancement over dangerous opportunities 2 6 28 30.

His apparent satisfaction with wives, children, and modest prosperity masks an ambition to attain eternal life and establish his own cultivation lineage. He is willing to remain dependent on the Lu Lineage during his vulnerable early years, but does not abandon that long-term goal 17 23 42 46.

Although his system gives him self-interested reasons to father children, his affection for his family is genuine. He nurtures relationships within the household, worries about mortal children aging and dying, and struggles with the prospect of sending them away at six. He also refuses to sacrifice household harmony merely to marry a woman with better spiritual-root aptitude 5 9 16 23 46 48.

Abilities & Skills

Many Children, Many Blessings System

A system awakened alongside his past-life memories that links his growth to his descendants and awards milestone lottery draws 1.

• Improves his aptitude and cultivation through descendants’ aptitude and cultivation; contributions halve with each successive generation 1.
• Produces a perceptible spiritual-root response when a child with spiritual roots is born 15 16 20.
• Does not provide a confirmed numerical measurement of his improved root grade; he initially evaluates changes through cultivation speed 16.

Talisman-Making

System-transferred second-rank knowledge gives him both theoretical understanding and drawing proficiency resembling ingrained muscle memory 6.

• Crafts basic household talismans as well as combat, movement, and recovery talismans 7 8 10.
• Achieves a hundred-percent success rate with First-Tier Middle-Grade Talismans, even using ordinary materials 28.
• At the first Qi Refining layer, can draw only two or three low-grade ranked talismans, or approximately one middle-grade talisman, before exhausting his spiritual power 7.
• Higher-tier production remains constrained by expensive materials, available spiritual power, and the need to conceal his expertise 14 16.
• Initially fulfills a lineage assignment of twenty Fire Bullet Talismans per month using supplied materials 20.

Cultivation and Spells

His initial cultivation method is the Beginner Grade Returning Origin Technique 4 13.

• Green Bamboo Valley’s second-rank spirit vein raises his cultivation speed by thirty percent, although his refining ability limits the benefit 20.
• Masters beginner spells including Fireball, Wind-Riding, Object-Control, Qi-Concealment, Spirit Eye, and Voice Transmission 23.
• Uses Qi-Concealment to restrain his aura and Object-Control to wield ordinary artifacts 23 30.
• At the third layer, four or five Fireball casts nearly exhaust him; controlling a flying sword permits repeated attacks for an estimated quarter-hour 30.

Immortal Grace / Immortal Bearing Art

An Unorthodox Grade supplementary technique that improves appearance and preserves youth; the supplied passages use both names 13 37.

• Gradually refines individual features until they reach their own limits 13.
• Offers no direct combat benefit or cultivation-speed improvement 13.
• Circulates automatically after its foundation is completed with five-element spiritual materials 37.

Hundred-Forging Treasure Body Art

An Orthodox Grade inheritance of Hundred-Forging Mountain that uses treasured materials to forge flesh, meridians, and bones into a body resembling a magic treasure 40.

• Begins practice by absorbing the material essence of a destroyed shield artifact 40.
• Can use magic treasures to nourish the body; Lu Changsheng considers future system rewards a possible means of accelerating progress 40.
• Has demanding material requirements; no completed stage or treasure-derived divine ability is demonstrated in the supplied chapters 40.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Golden Light Brick Talisman Treasure — Refined by True Person Golden Light from an upper-grade magic treasure. Contains twenty percent of the original treasure’s power and supports three full-power uses. Full might requires Foundation Establishment magical power; Lu Changsheng’s partial activation still kills three bandit cultivators 15 29 30.
• Green Bamboo Daoist Robe — Automatically fits its wearer, wards off heat and cold, and remains free of dust; explicitly not a magical artifact 5.
• Storage Bag — Gifted by the lineage head before his move into Green Bamboo Valley 19.
• Golden-Hair Talisman Brush — Supplied with materials for his lineage talisman assignments 20.
• Flying sword artifact — Initially receives a sword as a pregnancy reward, sells it to fund talisman-making, and later tests another recovered from the bandits 5 30.
• Nine Nether Mastiff — A demon-beast companion he describes to the Red Whale Gang as a gentle purchased pet; later plays with his children 31 39.

Relationships

Wives and Consorts

• Lu Lanshu — One of his first three wives and mother of his first son, Lu Ping’an 4 5.
• Lu Qing’er — First wife and mother of Lu Wuyu; sister of Lu Zi’er 4 8.
• Lu Zi’er — First wife and mother of Lu Wuyou; sister of Lu Qing’er 4 8.
• Lu Yuzhu — Mother of Lu Xianzhi, his first child with a spiritual root 15.
• Qu Zhenzhen — Later wife whom he teaches the Evergreen Technique. He estimates her root as eighth-grade and helps seek her missing brother 36 37.
• Two White Jade Pavilion women — Willingly enter his household through Hong Yi; both lack spiritual roots 42.
• Lu Miaoyun — Principal wife and the Fourth Elder’s granddaughter. Their marriage strengthens his ties to the lineage’s leadership 49.

Children

Friends and Lu Lineage Members

• Li Feiyu — Close friend, fellow recruited son-in-law, and lifesaver. Travels with him and helps arrange protection for his mortal family and the search for Qu Changge 5 23 24 36.
• Hong Yi — Former trial companion and trading partner. Organizes the reunion, agrees to purchase roughly thirty talismans every three months, and assists the search for Qu Changge 21 26 42.
• Lu Yuanding — Lineage head and patron. Rewards his early family-building, upgrades his contract, and seeks to secure his loyalty through marriage 5 18 44 45.
• Uncle Fu — Steward who arranges his initial marriages, resources, concubines, and relocation; repeatedly urges him to prioritize talisman-making 4 12 13 19.
• Uncle Lu — Green Bamboo Valley steward who delivers talisman assignments and coordinates his later marriage meetings 20 45 48.
• Lu Miaoge — Assesses his talisman-making, supplies technical guidance, and judges his talent greater than her own 11 12.
• Lu Miaohuan — Prospective wife whose demands for exclusivity prove incompatible with his plans; he declines the match rather than risk future marital conflict 47 48.
• Fourth Elder — First-Rank Top-Grade Talisman Master and Lu Miaoyun’s grandmother; offers to teach him and bind him more closely to her lineage branch 44 49.
• Han Lin, Xiao Xiyue, and Zhao Qingqing — Former trial companions who enter the Azure Cloud Sect and reunite with him three years later 1 26.

Notable Quotes

“I just have two questions. Do my current children belong to me or the Lu Lineage? And if I keep living with the Lu Lineage, can I still take wives and concubines?” 18

“I like the Second Miss very much as well, but we aren't suited to each other.” 48

“I've always treated you all equally. One day, I'll make it up to every one of you with a grand wedding.” 49