Chen Beiwu

Biodata

Power Progression

Temporary increases from companion transformations are distinguished from permanent cultivation advances.

Background / History

Chen Beiwu grew up in a declining household in Pingchen Township rather than an influential cultivation clan. His father, Chen Dong, suffered an early decline in vitality from factory fire toxins; his mother, Huang Xiaoling, retained cold-toxin injuries after a failed Foundation Establishment attempt. Their circumstances made resources and cultivation opportunities persistent concerns 318 609.

His maternal family possessed Nine-Breath Chaos, a supreme treasure capable of revealing fortune. After accidentally knocking over the family’s ancestral statue, he eventually learned Nine-Breath Qi Ingestion through a dream lasting five hundred years subjectively but only one month in reality. Mastering its basics earned the treasure’s initial recognition 4.

The Ten Directions Chaos Gate enabled him to travel beyond the Immortal Alliance and exploit opportunities in another world. Although he initially wanted to remain a rogue cultivator, the Southern Wild Region’s insecurity and his lack of resources pushed him toward sect membership. In that world, he used the name Chen Zi'ang and eventually became the Mirror Moon Sect’s Dao Child 13 30 98 242.

Appearance

• Features: Strikingly handsome, with swordlike brows and star-bright eyes 155.
• Formal clothing: Wears Jade Purity True Disciple Daoist robes when publicly teaching 309.
• Myriad Spirits Calamity Transformation: Manifests a purple vertical eye, Five-Qi Gilded Armor, Flowing-Light Void Cloak, and a Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Saber 553.
• Primordial Origin Dharma Form: Reaches forty-five thousand zhang in one documented manifestation. Its three faces contemplate the present, annihilate the past, and create the future 465.

Personality

Chen Beiwu is ambitious but strongly risk-conscious. He prefers preparation and steady cultivation to desperate gambles, declines dangerous military expeditions while his cultivation is progressing rapidly, and sometimes ends battles rather than expose his hidden methods. His caution is not submission: Evergreen True Venerable explicitly teaches him to avoid needless trouble without sacrificing the integrity of his Dao 303 313 430 436.

His companions occupy the center of his cultivation philosophy. He refuses Yan’s offer of victory when its price is abandoning Golden Egg, Iron Egg, and the Five-Qi Vine. During one-origin dao-proving, he chooses a Dao based on sharing life and cultivation with his Companion Beasts rather than accumulating merit 362 458.

He remembers old friendships and repays genuine support. Even after his rise, he treats Xu Lingling and Xu Ziqing without distancing himself from them, acknowledges the sects that protected his cultivation, and accepts obligations between fellow disciples without mistaking every favor for unconditional friendship 304 317 322.

Romantic commitment and children remain secondary to his pursuit of longevity. His early reluctance also reflects concern about powerful cultivation families and the consequences of offending them. He later explicitly tells Xu Ziqing that he will not take a cultivation partner or have children 21 67 250 397.

Abilities & Skills

Fortune Manipulation

Nine-Breath Qi Ingestion works with Nine-Breath Chaos to perceive, gather, and redirect fortune 4 298.

• Fortuitous encounters: Converts gathered fortune into unknown opportunities through the Fortune Golden Bell. An early use of seven-colored fortune exhausted his spiritual power 4.
• Calamity manipulation: Can seize ominous calamity auras, store them, and inflict them on enemies to undermine their fortune and immortal path 298.
• Status fortune: Draws strength from the momentum of cultivation lineages and those benefiting from his teachings. Accepting Chi Quan increased fortune-gathering efficiency by twenty percent 314 329.
• Fortune Edict Embryo: Awakens after Nascent Soul formation; seizes fortune and spends it to transform others 412.
• Limits and secrecy: Early access was restricted by his cultivation and insufficient fortune. He later declined to use the ability in a public contest because victory did not justify exposing it 11 362.

Two-World Travel and Spatial Movement

The Ten Directions Chaos Gate allows Chen Beiwu to cross between the Immortal Alliance and the Southern Wasteland 13 208 283.

• Supports exploration, resource gathering, and travel between his two sect identities 30 242 283.
• Provides an escape option, but requires time to activate; he judged that its three-breath delay might be fatal against a Spirit Transformation opponent 430.
• Later escapes the Demon-Imprisoning Tower through spatial displacement after obtaining the Zique Pearl 710.

Cultivation Methods and Primordial Origin

His cultivation develops from the Ten Thousand Beasts Art into methods centered on flawless foundations, the five elements, and Primordial Origin 11 208 274 349.

• Ten Thousand Beasts Art: Can develop stronger beast marks through the essence blood of many species. The Thousand Beast Mark and Myriad Beast Mark are stated advancement goals, not confirmed achievements in the supplied passages 14.
• Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book: Forms the basis of his pursuit of flawless Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment 186 202 208.
• Five Directions and Five Elders Taiyi Pill-Casting Method: Produces Taiyi True Qi and Golden Core-level power before formal Core Formation 274.
• Primordial Origin Cavern-Truth immortal art: Ranked third among Jade Purity’s Thirty-Six Hunyuan Immortal Methods. Enables combat against Nascent Soul cultivators while he is still at Golden Core 349.
• Physical enhancement: Companion contracts grant a body comparable to mystical beasts of his realm without conventional body-tempering cultivation 371.
• Technique imitation: Uses Primordial Origin to reproduce advanced Heavenly Abyss techniques beyond his actual attainment in that method 641.

Companion Beast Transformation into Weapon

Transforms a contracted beast into a weapon and combines their power 244.

• Golden Egg first becomes a golden flood-dragon sword, granting pressure approaching Golden Core 244.
• Later weapon transformations include a Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Saber 273.
• Consumes both partners’ essence, qi, and spirit continuously, making it an explosive combat method rather than a routine fighting style 244 265.

Myriad Spirits Calamity Transformation

Combines multiple companions into an integrated battle form, converting their strengths into Chen Beiwu’s own power 349 553.

• At Golden Core, temporarily raises his aura to the peak of Nascent Soul middle stage, without granting every fundamental Nascent Soul ability 353.
• At Nascent Soul early stage, raises his aura to late stage; later applications reach perfection and half-step Spirit Transformation 433 553 578.
• After further development, produces a trace of might resembling a Spirit Transformation Venerable’s Heaven and Earth Manifestation 625.
• Requires difficult cultivation of calamity-related principles and does not eliminate the gap against every stronger opponent 349 436.

Divine Sense, Heavenly Eye, and Heavenly Heart

His perception benefits from Nine-Breath Qi Ingestion, Nine-Breath Chaos, and visualization cultivation 27 202.

• Concealed divine sense: Reaches fifty feet early in the story and is exceptionally difficult for peers to detect 27.
• Great Mystery Guarding the One: At minor accomplishment, doubles his divine-sense range from sixty to one hundred and twenty zhang 202.
• Heavenly Eye: Foresees actions and accelerates his understanding of formations 458.
• Heavenly heart: Perceives omens to seek good fortune and avoid disaster, but can be blinded by beings far above his realm 564.

Saber and Sword Dao

Chen Beiwu initially specializes in the saber, later gaining exceptional sword aptitude through Xuele 578 650.

• Immortal-Slaying Saber Intent: Reaches the Fifth Realm of the Saber Dao, Saber Intent Soaring to the Firmament 625.
• Northern Emperor Slaying Immortals: A saber-intent profound ability founded on the Primordial Origin Northern Emperor Dao Edict; breaks Shi Wujian’s Dragon of the Ten Directions 578 579.
• Taiyi Sword enhancement: Xuele’s Taiyi True Form modifies his spiritual-root characteristics toward the Taiyi Sword Spiritual Root without changing their purity 650.
• Borrowed sword intent: Can draw on Xuele’s Fifth-Realm Taiyi Sword Intent through their contract 650.
• Combined combat: At Spirit Transformation, simultaneously wields Immortal-Slaying Saber Intent and Heaven-Cutting Sword Intent 683.

Dharma Form and Origin Arts

His Primordial Origin Dharma Form is a major trump card that he initially chooses to conceal 412 465.

• Crushes the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape’s Black-Curtain Space beneath five sky-supporting pillars 553.
• His Spirit Transformation Heaven and Earth Manifestation can create weapons from nothing 683.
• Tracing the Source Through Pure Origins: Reproduces the form of a Great Dao by tracing its remaining resonance toward its source. He uses it to align his aura with the Manifestation Bow 686.

Teaching, Formations, and Tactical Skills

• Formation master: Passes the first-tier examination by identifying formations and inscribing their patterns 70.
• Nascent Elixir pioneer: Develops and teaches a new foundation-building approach associated with improved Core Formation prospects 282 309 314.
• Cultivation guidance: Identifies other cultivators’ problems and helps them find a path forward, earning the title Great Enlightenment Immortal Master 354 504.
• Illusion-assisted combat: Uses concealment, illusions, and surprise attacks; Golden Egg’s Which Is Real, Which Is Illusory helps him reposition behind enemies 181 225.
• Archery: Uses the Twelve Earthly Branches Baleful Bow and techniques such as Ox of the Earthly Branches · Mountain-Crushing 182 232.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Nine-Breath Chaos — Huang Household heirloom and the foundation of his fortune-related abilities 4.
• Ten Directions Chaos Gate — Enables travel between worlds and serves as an escape method 13 430.
• Twelve Earthly Branches Baleful Bow — Channels his liquid magic power and specialized arrow techniques 182 232.
• Cold Pool Spirit Sword — A weapon used during Foundation Establishment; eventually insufficient against Golden Core-level opponents 265 269.
• Tideborn Silk Armor — Defensive armor refined with Vastwood Magic Power. Blocks Golden Egg’s Water Cannon and restrains it with a water net 70.
• One-Guarding Mirror — Clears distracting thoughts and helps restore his composure against ambition and mental influence 282 294 377.
• Great Wilderness Calamity Needle — Single-use third-tier treasure bestowed by his master; releases an early Golden Core-level strike of Great Wilderness Tribulation Earthflame 225 270.
• Heaven-Escaping Talisman — Fifth-tier Origin Talisman kept as a concealed emergency measure 430.
• Heaven-Connecting Pill — Champion’s reward from the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament; possesses formidable strength and escape capabilities 579.
• Zique Pearl — Obtained from Purple Palace Remnant Thought immediately before escaping the reincarnation ritual 710.

Relationships

Family and Close Associates

• Chen Dong — Father. Supports Chen Beiwu’s cultivation and later becomes a county head 10 396.
• Huang Xiaoling — Mother, whose family preserved Nine-Breath Chaos. Repeatedly urges him to consider marriage and children 4 397 579.
• Chen Qin — Childhood sweetheart whom he describes to his father as a friend. He respects her decision to campaign beyond their home region despite considering it dangerous 10 188 372.
• Xu Lingling — Longstanding friend with romantic feelings for him. Helps his business; he thanks her with a meal and gift 21 114.
• Xu Ziqing — Romantic admirer and close friend. Chooses to remain near him despite his refusal to promise a Dao-companion relationship 250 317.

Companion Beasts

• Golden Egg — Contracted Variant Golden Scale and central cultivation partner. Its future dragon transformation influences his choice of immortal sect; it becomes his saber during combined transformations 46 186 560.
• Iron Egg — Fiercely loyal dog that rushes to shield him from Golden Egg despite being weaker. Later helps him open his Heavenly Eye and refine his souls and spirits 70 458 641.
• Five-Qi Vine — Wins Chen Beiwu’s friendship through a relationship that respects its desire for freedom. Voluntarily intervenes in his Core Formation; he later gives it the Withered-Glory Branch without demanding an exchange 294 297 303.
• Xuele — Companion whose breakthroughs strengthen his shared cultivation. Its Taiyi True Form later gives him access to exceptional sword aptitude and sword intent 412 650.
• Zhiling — Affectionate and protective companion, often riding on his shoulder. Warns him of danger and becomes the Flowing-Light Void Cloak 436 560 579.
• Aji — Rescued companion whom Chen Beiwu treats over many years. Later joins his transformations as the Sundial Four Seasons Mirror 504 641.

Masters, Disciples, and Rivals

• Evergreen True Venerable — Master. Formally accepts him after his Primordial Origin Golden Core and teaches him to balance caution with an unbending Dao 303 306.
• True Lord Jiang Chuan — Early patron and later senior fellow disciple. Secures resources for his flawless breakthrough and helps bring him into the Evergreen Lineage 208 306.
• Chi Quan — Nominal disciple. Receives Chen Beiwu’s foundation-laying method; his cultivation and fortune feed back into his teacher’s status fortune 314.
• Gu Chun, Wang Hao, and Bai Zhi — Named disciples associated with his establishment of the Beast Taming Lineage 329.
• Yu Zhaohua — Rival and frequent sparring challenger. Her early superiority highlights the resources of elite clans; after losing to him, she persistently seeks rematches 263 264 317.
• Gu Qinghan — Lunar Saintess who defeats him in the examination’s Strife Realm. Later meets him as tournament champion and participates in the Great Sen World expedition 210 579 663.
• Xiao Yu — Hostile Jade Purity True Lord who views him as a competitor for Spirit Transformation resources. Chen Beiwu ultimately kills him publicly 408 434.
• Battle-Devouring Demon Ape — Powerful sparring partner. Trades inheritance access for a match every hundred years, provides blood essence for Aji, and asks Chen Beiwu to guard its Demon Venerable breakthrough 436 553.
• Shi Wujian — Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament finalist. Concedes to Chen Beiwu but vows to win their next encounter 579.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Examination and Jade Purity Recruitment

Chen Beiwu pursues admission to the Thirteen Immortal Sects while seeking a suitable companion beast. His Strife Realm performances establish him as a prodigy beyond ordinary Qi Refining limits, though Gu Qinghan demonstrates the gap between him and the Alliance’s most privileged talents 4 181 183 210.

He rejects recruitment offers from the Azure Firmament and Cavern Mystery Immortal Sects. Jade Purity offers the best prospect of continuing his existing cultivation method and eventually securing permission for Golden Egg’s dragon transformation 186.

Flawless Foundation and Sect Recognition

His celestial-phenomenon-assisted breakthrough leads to flawless Foundation Establishment and rapid advancement to middle stage. His subsequent Primordial Origin Golden Core secures formal acceptance under Evergreen True Venerable 208 210 306.

Under his Chen Zi'ang identity, he also rises within the Mirror Moon Sect. He delegates the establishment of its Beast Taming Lineage to Shu You and later uses the lineage’s collective momentum to strengthen his fortune status 242 283 329.

Nascent Elixir Teaching and Public Reputation

Chen Beiwu begins publicly teaching his new cultivation approach, accepting disciples, and gathering supporters. His influence develops into the emerging “Chen Party,” provoking resistance from cultivators who see his rise as an intrusion on their interests 309 310 314 373.

At the Heroes Gathering, he defeats a Nascent Soul True Lord and other formidable opponents. His contest with Zhao Yue ends when her backlash forces intervention, and Venerable Daoyan declares his performance a new gathering record 362.

Nascent Soul and the Xiao Yu Conflict

After Nascent Soul formation, Chen Beiwu protects his companions’ breakthroughs and develops the Fortune Edict Embryo. His victories in the Southern Wasteland and public killing of Xiao Yu establish his growing strength while earning the hostility of Xiao Yu’s clan branch 412 427 434.

He declines immediate participation in the Cangyuan Realm conquest, preferring cultivation over unnecessary military risk. During his later garrison duties, he completes one-origin dao-proving and reaches Nascent Soul middle stage 430 458.

Mirror Moon Leadership and the Grand Tournament

As Mirror Moon Sect Master, Chen Beiwu rejects a marriage-based arrangement involving the Heavenly Craft Talisman Sect’s Creation Sanctum. He also postpones a proposal involving the Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword, preferring to attain Spirit Transformation before pursuing Five Sects Returning to the Origin 551 552.

At the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament, he defeats the competing grotto-heaven chiefs and finishes undefeated. His final victory over Shi Wujian earns the Heaven-Connecting Pill and confirms his standing beyond the ordinary limits of an immortal sect’s chief disciple 572 578 579.

Celestial Ruins and Heavenly Abyss Inheritance

His responses to the Cosmic Light Stele draw a vast manifestation of time-related Dao resonance. He subsequently declares an ambition to open his own Dao rather than merely follow an established one, earning respect even from higher-realm cultivators 616 619.

In the Heavenly Abyss trial, he borrows the river’s power through the Sundial Four Seasons Mirror to overcome the final attack. Although his projected avatar is destroyed, the result counts as a successful clearance, granting eligibility for the Heavenly Abyss Dao Child position and an opportunity for guardian Dao Artifact recognition 641 642.

Spirit Transformation and the Demon-Imprisoning Tower

Chen Beiwu completes the tribulations required for Spirit Transformation and emerges directly at late stage. He then explores his new manifestation and Origin Arts through encounters with Dao Artifacts and the Manifestation Bow 674 677 683 686.

At the Demon-Imprisoning Tower, Purple Palace Remnant Thought attempts to use him in an Ancient Demon reincarnation ritual. Chen Beiwu secures the Zique Pearl before escaping through spatial displacement 710.

Notable Quotes

“Caution does not mean yielding, much less losing the unbending bones of your Dao.”
— Evergreen True Venerable’s guidance to Chen Beiwu 303

“After all, since we share the same aspirations and have boarded the same boat, there is no reason to disembark halfway.”
— On refusing to dissolve a Companion Beast Contract 378

“Senior Brother, even without the Heavenly Craft Talisman Sect’s Creation Sanctum, I can attain Spirit Transformation.”
— After rejecting the proposed marriage arrangement 551