Liu Chenyu

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Power Progression

Personality

Liu Chenyu values an honest disposition. He accepts Xu Changxing after praising his ability to preserve his “true heart” among questionable company, saying that the younger cultivator suits his temperament 12.

He is strongly protective of his disciples, favoring stable cultivation over dangerous expeditions. He refuses to let the newly established Foundation Establishment cultivator Xu Changxing accompany Li Changge into a secret realm, then drives Li Changge away before he can persuade his junior brother 17 18.

His pride sometimes interferes with his judgment. Rather than ask Xu Changxing to remove a sword-intent restriction, he attempts it himself and shatters the jade slip. Nevertheless, when Xu Changxing’s uncontrolled sword intent becomes dangerous, he seeks Shi Haoyan’s assistance despite his embarrassment 33 45.

He enjoys boasting about his disciples and trading barbs with fellow elders. Their successes visibly delight him, and he confidently wagers valuable medicinal resources on Xu Changxing’s tournament performance 24 27 28.

His protectiveness extends to anger against those who harm his disciples. Upon learning that Zhou Lechi was nearly killed, he immediately demands to know who dared attack a direct disciple of the Setting Sun Sect 61.

Although proud of his disciples, he struggles privately with being surpassed by both Li Changge and Xu Changxing. This becomes a thorn in his heart and contributes to his inability to form a Nascent Soul. He nevertheless listens attentively to Xu’s cultivation advice and ultimately embraces body cultivation after seeing its potential 99 113.

He is cautious when entrusted with wealth beyond his own ability to defend. While selling Xu Changxing’s treasures worth three million spirit stones, he avoids leaving the sect for an entire year out of fear of robbery 113.

Abilities & Skills

Cultivation Instruction

Liu Chenyu teaches foundation-building methods and explains cultivation in the Foundation Establishment realm 12 18.

• Identifies Xu Changxing’s third-grade wood spiritual root and advises him to strengthen his foundation before advancing 12.
• Provides the Cloudglow Reflecting Immortal Art, answers questions, and supplies resources for condensing cloud patterns 12 13.
• In simulations, spends his own sect points to obtain cultivation time in the Cloudglow Secret Realm for Xu Changxing 13 15.
• Later leads the Setting Sun Sect’s growing community of martial cultivators specializing in qi and blood 163.

Spiritual Examination

He uses spiritual sensing and probing spell arts to examine a disciple’s cultivation 12 15.

• Initially mistakes Xu Changxing’s rapid Foundation Establishment for advancement without cloud patterns 17.
• Learns only from Shi Haoyan that Xu Changxing actually condensed nine cloud patterns 37.
• Cannot safely remove Xu Changxing’s condensed sword-intent restriction from a jade slip without destroying it 33.

Pill Refinement

Liu Chenyu can process medicinal treasures into pills, including spirit fruits contaminated by a secret realm’s murderous intent 39.

• Agrees to refine Xu Changxing’s harvest and exchange the resulting pills for spirit stones 39.
• Maintains a medicinal garden containing a prized Spirit-Nourishing Fruit plant 24.
• Supplies Xu Changxing with pills refined from Spirit-Nourishing Fruit to nourish his soul 32.
• Receives Qi-Blood Pills and an improved formula to support his own body cultivation 113.

Flight and True Essence

• Operates a flying shuttle that expands to more than thirty feet long and carries passengers to the Setting Sun Sect 12.
• Uses protective true essence, but Xu Changxing’s thunder sword intent pierces it from dozens of li away 44.
• Recognizes that he cannot withstand even stray sword light from Li Changge and Xu Changxing’s later sparring match 47.

Body Cultivation

Liu Chenyu initially regards cultivating qi and blood as a minor path unworthy of a high-level cultivator’s resources. Xu Changxing changes his view by demonstrating a body-cultivation method obtained from the upper realm, then explaining that it can be practiced alongside Dao cultivation without preventing Nascent Soul formation 113.

• Studies the method after Xu explains its potential strength and lifespan benefits. The prospect of another three to five hundred years at Heavenly Gang helps persuade him to begin 113.
• Shows greater aptitude for qi-and-blood cultivation than for Dao cultivation, eventually reaching Inner Landscape, a realm comparable to Spirit Transformation 163.
• Relies on pills left by Xu Changxing to support his advancement over several decades 163.
• In the Chapter 118 simulation branch, conceals his powerful qi-and-blood fluctuations with spell arts well enough that Xu Changxing’s divine-sense wisp does not immediately recognize his realm 118.
• Despite becoming a top-tier cultivator in his world, faces considerable difficulty breaking through the world’s boundary and ascending through martial cultivation 163.

Sale of Cultivation Materials

Liu Chenyu has channels for selling cultivation materials and repeatedly converts Xu Changxing’s harvests and spoils into spirit stones 39 77 99.

• Acknowledges that handling a Spirit Transformation cultivator’s accumulated treasures exceeds the scale of his previous business and may require considerable time 99.
• Sells one batch for three million spirit stones, exceeding Xu’s estimate because the Blood Shadow Sect’s rebuilding needs have increased demand and prices 112.
• Subsequently accepts three full Storage Rings of further treasures, recognizing their likely origin in Xu’s seizure of the Blood Shadow Sect’s resources 112 113.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Flying shuttle — Used to transport Xu Changxing to the sect 12.
• Storage Bag — Holds artifacts and cultivation supplies 17.
• Message Jade Pendant — Used to summon Li Changge urgently after Xu Changxing forms his thunder sword core 45.
• Spirit-Nourishing Fruit plant — A treasured medicinal-garden asset that he stakes against Li Pingyang’s Heaven Crystal Sand 24.
• Spirit Gathering Formations and earth-vein branch — His residence gains additional formations, and Jiang Duolu diverts an earth-vein branch to Flying Stream Peak after Xu reaches Spirit Transformation. The local spiritual energy concentration rises to more than ten times its former level and later doubles again 98 99 112.
• Rhyme Immortal Tea — Enjoys tea previously reserved for Nascent Soul Ancestors as part of his improved treatment 99.
• Storage Rings entrusted by Xu Changxing — Receives one ring of materials to sell, followed later by three rings filled to capacity with further treasures 99 112.
• Body Tempering Jade Slip — Contains the upper-realm body-cultivation method personally inscribed by Xu Changxing 113.
• Qi-Blood Pills and improved pill formula — Provided by Xu Changxing to support his body cultivation 113.

Items Given to Xu Changxing

• Purple Cloud Sand — A defensive bracelet of several dozen purple beads, previously used by Li Changge 12.
• Initial cultivation supplies — A Storage Bag containing spirit stones and Spirit Pills for condensing cloud patterns 13.
• Flying Shuttle — Given after Foundation Establishment; provides flight and some protection 17 23.
• Tournament supplies — Healing and stabilization pills, three thousand low-grade spirit stones, an automatically activating defensive artifact, and a Message Jade Pendant 29.
• Soul-nourishing pills — Refined from Spirit-Nourishing Fruit 32.
• Fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones — Handed over after Xu Changxing helps Li Changge reach Nascent Soul and requests additional funds 49.
• One hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones — Proceeds from selling Xu Changxing’s materials, handed over after Xu’s Nascent Soul breakthrough 77.

Relationships

• Xu Changxing — Third disciple. Liu Chenyu recruits him, finances his cultivation, and repeatedly defends him despite misunderstanding the extent of his talent. He later suspects Xu Changxing may be a reincarnated sect predecessor 12 24 37 49. Their instructional relationship eventually becomes reciprocal: Xu guides Liu’s late-stage Core Formation cultivation, entrusts him with valuable materials to sell, and supplies the method and pills that open his path into body cultivation 77 99 113 163.
• Li Changge — Eldest disciple and a major source of Liu Chenyu’s prestige. Li Changge surpassed his master years earlier; Liu Chenyu nevertheless scolds him for trying to recruit his junior brothers into dangerous expeditions 18 24 27. Later, Li stays on Flying Stream Peak while waiting to spar with Xu, and his intermittently escaping sword intent disrupts Liu’s cultivation for more than two months 95.
• Zhou Lechi — Second disciple. Liu Chenyu asks Xu Changxing to guide him once Xu’s sword core is stable. In one simulation, Zhou’s death leaves Liu Chenyu overwhelmed with grief 50. In the main storyline, Zhou instead returns alive after Xu rescues him; Liu reacts furiously to the attack and brings both disciples to the sect master to report the evidence 61.
• Shi Haoyan — Spirit Transformation patriarch whom Liu Chenyu addresses as Granduncle-Master. Liu seeks his help with Xu Changxing’s cultivation and accompanies him into a secret realm 33 38 45 47. In the Chapter 118 simulation branch, Liu later sits with Shi and Chen Xingyan as an Inner Landscape body cultivator and assists them in establishing Xu’s Sword Tomb 118.
• Li Pingyang — Fellow Core Formation elder and frequent antagonist in their exchanges. He loses the Heaven Crystal Sand wager after witnessing Xu Changxing’s victory over Ye Hong 24 28 31 32.
• Xia Shanyang — Receives Spirit-Gathering Pills from Liu Chenyu, who also promises him contribution points toward returning to the mountain 12.
• Jiang Duolu — Sect master to whom Liu brings evidence of the Nine Immortals Sect’s involvement with the Yin Corpse Sect. After Xu reaches Spirit Transformation, Jiang greatly increases Liu’s stipend, improves Flying Stream Peak’s spiritual environment, and regularly sends additional benefits 61 99.
• Chen Xingyan — Works alongside Liu Chenyu and Shi Haoyan to gather materials and broken swords for Xu Changxing’s Sword Tomb in the Chapter 118 simulation branch 118.
• Young Dao Attendant — Sends invitations, information, and supplies between Liu Chenyu and Xu Changxing 17 29 32.

History

Accepting His Third Disciple

Liu Chenyu takes Xu Changxing as his third disciple, gives him the Purple Cloud Sand, and brings him to the Setting Sun Sect. He assigns Xu a quiet hill near Flying Stream Peak and teaches him to prioritize a strong cultivation foundation 12.

When Xu Changxing unexpectedly reaches Foundation Establishment shortly afterward, Liu assumes he advanced before condensing any cloud patterns. Although disappointed, he reassures his disciple and gives him a Flying Shuttle. Li Changge’s assessment of Xu’s unusually stable foundation prompts Liu to reconsider his initial judgment 17.

Sect Grand Competition

Liu Chenyu defends Xu Changxing against elders who question his readiness to compete. He accepts Li Pingyang’s wager that Xu will survive five rounds, staking his Spirit-Nourishing Fruit plant against Heaven Crystal Sand 24.

Xu’s victory over Han Mingguan astonishes Liu, who realizes that he underestimated his youngest disciple’s sword talent. Before the next match, he sends supplies and intelligence about Ye Hong’s anti-flying-sword artifact 26 27 29.

After Xu defeats Ye Hong with a single strike, Li Pingyang concedes the wager. Questions about Xu’s foundation and cultivation art then lead Xu to offer the Spring Renewal Art to the sect 31 32.

Spring Renewal Art and Secret Realm Expedition

Liu accidentally destroys the jade slip containing the Spring Renewal Art while trying to remove its restriction. Shi Haoyan arrives after receiving Liu’s message about the technique, meets Xu Changxing, and promises him ten thousand merit points. Liu emphasizes that his disciple has rendered an extraordinary service 33 34.

Before their expedition, Shi Haoyan reveals that Xu condensed nine cloud patterns, finally correcting Liu’s longstanding misconception. Liu then accompanies them into the secret realm and remains behind with Xu to gather treasures after the patriarch departs 37 38 39.

Disciples Surpassing Their Master

Xu Changxing’s newly formed thunder sword core produces sword intent strong enough to penetrate Liu’s defenses. Liu summons Li Changge and fetches Shi Haoyan, fearing that neither he nor his eldest disciple can safely suppress it 44 45 47.

The ensuing sparring instead helps Li Changge form his Nascent Soul. Afterward, Liu wonders whether Xu is a reincarnated predecessor but does not press the question, affirming that Xu remains a Setting Sun Sect disciple regardless of his past life 48 49.

He subsequently asks Xu to help Zhou Lechi, while accepting that Xu must first stabilize his own cultivation 50.

Zhou Lechi’s Rescue and the Yin Corpse Sect

When Xu Changxing returns toward Flying Stream Peak with Zhou Lechi, Liu sees the approaching purple sword light and worries that something has gone wrong 60.

He learns that Zhou was lured into a secret realm and nearly killed, but Xu rescued him and slew Wu Chuan, the Nine Immortals Sect’s sect master. Xu presents Wu Chuan’s corpse and explains that the man had used an evil Yin Corpse Sect method to form an incomplete, corpse-tainted Nascent Soul, which Xu’s Thunder Sword naturally countered 61.

Liu is further astonished to discover that Xu has already advanced beyond early Core Formation only two months after forming his core. After hearing Zhou’s account, he takes both disciples to Jiang Duolu, who confirms the corpse transformation and the Yin Corpse Sect’s involvement 61.

Late-Stage Core Formation and His Disciple’s Rising Status

During Xu Changxing’s extended seclusion, Liu advances from Core Formation middle stage to late stage. When Xu visits after forming his Nascent Soul, Liu finds it strange to receive congratulations from a disciple whose cultivation has risen so much faster than his own 76.

Liu gives Xu one hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones from material sales. Their conversation turns to cultivation, and Xu discreetly answers difficulties Liu has encountered in his new realm 77.

News that Xu has killed the Spirit Transformation cultivator Pei Honglie leaves Liu incredulous. More than a century has passed since the previous death of a Spirit Transformation cultivator he remembers hearing about, and he struggles to accept that his own disciple is responsible for the next 89.

He later watches Xu’s peak draw in spiritual energy, thunderclouds, and starlight during Xu’s advancement to Nascent Soul late stage. Initially suspecting artifact refinement, he is left questioning whether ordinary cultivation could really produce such a spectacle 90.

When Li Changge stays on Flying Stream Peak while waiting for Xu to return, his escaping sword intent repeatedly startles Liu and prevents him from cultivating peacefully. After more than two months, Liu even considers temporarily leaving his own residence 95.

Xu’s eventual Spirit Transformation breakthrough dramatically improves Liu’s standing. Jiang Duolu increases his stipend, diverts an earth-vein branch to Flying Stream Peak, and provides additional benefits, giving him treatment better than that of more than half the sect’s Nascent Soul Ancestors 99.

Managing Xu Changxing’s Treasures

Xu entrusts Liu with a Storage Ring containing accumulated materials and treasures, including spoils from Pei Honglie, and asks him to sell them for spirit stones. Although Liu suggests using Jiang Duolu’s broader commercial network, Xu declares that his master is more trustworthy and invites him to take any materials useful to his own cultivation 99.

During the visit, Xu again shares cultivation insights. Liu listens intently at his late-stage Core Formation bottleneck, only realizing afterward that his disciple has effectively given him a lesson 99.

A year later, Liu reports that the materials have sold for three million spirit stones. He explains that the Blood Shadow Sect’s rebuilding needs pushed prices above Xu’s expectations. Xu then gives him three more Storage Rings, all completely full, which Liu recognizes as likely containing treasures seized from that sect 112.

The scale of this responsibility troubles Liu. He admits that fear of being robbed kept him inside the Setting Sun Sect throughout the previous year’s sales and wonders how long disposing of the new haul will take 113.

Taking Up Body Cultivation

Seeing that Liu remains at Core Formation late stage, Xu offers him a method devoted to cultivating the body. Liu initially dismisses it as a minor path, but Xu demonstrates its power by flying into the air and punching a vast gap through the clouds 113.

Liu wonders whether the technique comes from the ancient sages. Xu explains its potential, its compatibility with Nascent Soul cultivation, and its lifespan benefits. The possibility of a new route forward overcomes Liu’s reservations, particularly because being surpassed by two disciples has become an obstacle to his own Core-Breaking Ascension 113.

Xu inscribes the Body Tempering method on a Jade Slip and gives him Qi-Blood Pills and an improved pill formula. Liu immediately studies the technique, marvels at its profundity, and considers the relationship between Inner Landscape and the later Human King realm, though the required expense astonishes him 113.

Several decades later, Li Changge reports that Liu has reached Inner Landscape using pills left by Xu. His talent for qi-and-blood cultivation proves considerably stronger than his Dao-cultivation aptitude, and he becomes the leader of the body cultivators who have emerged within the Setting Sun Sect. Despite this success, breaking through the world’s boundary and ascending remains extremely difficult for him 163.

Simulation-Only Events

Notable Quotes

“Such an honest nature is rare. You suit my temperament rather well. Would you be willing to take me as your master?” 12

“Next time you take disciples, look for more people with ‘Chang’ in their names.” 27

“Whatever your past life was, in this life you're a disciple of our Setting Sun Sect.” 49

“What a wonderful thing it is to take a disciple in the Spirit Transformation Realm!” 99

“If cultivating the body has so many benefits, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and bring out the cultivation technique.” 113

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