Chen An

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Chen An is a transmigrator who recognizes Tang San, Xiao Wu’s true nature, and major opportunities associated with the original storyline. Before activating his system, he lost to both Tang San and Xiao Wu during Dorm Seven’s contest to choose its leader. He subsequently resolved to surpass Tang San and divert opportunities that would otherwise strengthen him 2 3.

An orphan, Chen An regarded the Holy Soul Village orphanage as his home. During a vacation, he found an iron box containing a message from its director, Old Laike, who urged him to speak with the Titan Giant Ape. The letter later became one of the unresolved clues surrounding Chen An’s origins and the possibility of other transmigrators 7 24.

He initially considered joining Spirit Hall and helping Bibi Dong defeat Tang San, but his attachment to Xiao Wu complicated that plan. Although Yu Xiaogang originally favored Tang San, Chen An acknowledged that his teacher included him in lessons throughout the following six years 5 8.

Appearance

• Lone Bamboo: Initially manifested as a stalk of bamboo; later gained the ability to transform into a bamboo sword 5 9.
• Poisonous mutation: Turned pitch-black after acquiring the Man Faced Demon Spider within its internal space 24.
• Eight Spider Lances: Eight purple-black spider spears extend evenly from his back 24.

Personality

Chen An is ambitious, calculating, and willing to disguise self-interest as generosity. After secretly obtaining his first ring, he told Tang San that he had done so to save him and Yu Xiaogang. He initially considered securing Tang San’s loyalty through favors, then deliberately interfered with his opportunities and enjoyed watching him lose a wager 1 9 21.

He is flirtatious and frequently uses teasing, bargaining, or pressure to get attention from women. Despite his schemes, Xiao Wu can easily embarrass him, and her displeasure repeatedly disrupts his plans. His affection for her includes a stated determination to protect her rather than let her face the fate he knows from the original story 3 4 8 16.

His conscience does not always prevent wrongdoing. After discovering that he could drain Ning Rongrong’s Soul Power, he deliberately repeated the process while considering blaming the loss on the object she had eaten. Her subsequent distress made him regret his actions and attempt to restore what he had taken 26.

Abilities & Skills

Return to Simplicity System

The system rewards his absorption of ten-year Soul Rings with elemental enhancements and additional Martial Soul mutations 1 8 17.

• Bound target: Lone Bamboo; his bamboo flute cannot bind to the system 1 18.
• Growth attributes: Elemental purity increases alongside his Soul Power 1.
• Ultimate-element rewards: His first three rings successively brought Ultimate Ice, Ultimate Fire, and Ultimate Lightning 7 8 17.
• Ring-age upgrade: Acquiring three ultimate elements secretly raised all three rings to the thousand-year level without changing their visible white appearance 17 18 24.

Nine-Section Lone Bamboo

Lone Bamboo mutated into a vessel capable of storing multiple ultimate powers, with an independent space inside each of its nine sections 11.

• Elemental channeling: Serves as the medium through which Chen An controls and releases stored powers 8 11.
• Shapeshifting: Can become a bamboo sword, giving him a convenient weapon for elemental sword attacks 8 9.
• Material limits: Changing shape does not change its underlying nature. Chen An notes that the bamboo sword’s material quality falls short of a real iron sword 9.
• Ordinary-fire immunity: Ultimate Ice allows Lone Bamboo to withstand ordinary fire elements 8.

Soul Ring Skills

Ultimate Ice

Ultimate Ice strengthens Lone Bamboo and enables freezing sword attacks beyond the ordinary effects of his ring skills 7 8 9.

• Ice Slash: A self-created sword-Qi attack, not his second Soul Skill. It broke through Dai Mubai’s defenses and forced Zhao Wuji to activate his Martial Soul Avatar 9 12.
• Environmental use: Allowed him to enter a bitterly cold cave and retrieve the Ice Lotus Seed Flower for Xiao Wu 8.
• Close-range release: Expelled a burst of cold that threw Xiao Wu away during their Soul Fighting Arena match 27.
• Power ceiling: His low Soul Power limited its full force. Concentrating his stored ice into one strike against Zhao Wuji left him exhausted and unable to continue 12.

Ultimate Fire

Ultimate Fire accompanies the mutation gained from his second ring and can manifest as a crimson flame dragon 8 14 17.

• Flame Slash: A self-created Ultimate Fire sword attack, distinct from Explosive Fire 17.
• Flame dragon: Incinerated the mushrooms surrounding him in Star Dou Great Forest and fought the Ice Phoenix force within Zhao Wuji 14 17.
• Energy manipulation: Secretly drained energy from the rocks used in Yu Xiaogang’s training, making them lighter 15.
• Exhaustion: Large releases left him depleted; after his entrance assessment, he found both Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire exhausted 12 17.

Ultimate Lightning

His third ring granted Ultimate Lightning alongside a system-announced 200% speed Soul Skill bonus 17.

• Combined lightning with Teleportation to pursue Tang San through Star Dou Great Forest 19.

Dendro Element and Soul Power Absorption

His first ring grants grass/Dendro affinity, while Lone Bamboo also develops its own controllable Dendro Element 1 22.

• Cultivation affinity: Ice and Dendro affinity substantially improve his cultivation experience in a forest 2 3.
• Poison extraction: Protected Meng Yiran’s meridians, kept her conscious, and guided the Man Faced Demon Spider’s toxins out of her body during ring absorption 22.
• Calming unstable energy: Used Dendro to drain the restless power affecting Ning Rongrong after she ate the black object 26.
• Soul Power theft: Discovered that Lone Bamboo could absorb another person’s Soul Power levels 26.
• One-way limitation: Could not reverse the process to return Ning Rongrong’s lost power. He subsequently tried using his blood through a kiss, but the supplied account does not establish the result 26.

Eight Spider Lances

Chen An acquired the External Soul Bone originally associated with Tang San after Lone Bamboo absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider 24.

• Manifested as eight purple-black spears projecting from his back.
• Their emergence raised his Soul Power by another level.
• No combat application of the lances is demonstrated in the supplied passages 24.

Shared-Life Symbiosis Contract

Meng Shu identified this contract after Chen An collapsed in severe pain following Meng Yiran’s rescue 22 23.

• Reported mechanism: Uses blood from a close friend or relative to establish a long-term connection capable of control and stealing fortune 23.
• Reported caster strength: Meng Shu believed its initiator must be stronger than an ordinary Titled Douluo 23.
• Observed symptoms: Severe pain, bleeding, and later an oppressive warning-like pressure while Chen An remained near Meng Yiran 22 23.
• Unresolved identity: Chen An considered Old Laike and later suspected Xiao Wu after noticing a metallic taste in water she supplied. Neither suspicion is confirmed 23 24.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• System-provided chopping knife — Used to cut the Solitary Bamboo that supplied his first ring 1.
• Stone from Flender’s shop — Purchased for one hundred Gold Soul Coins; its purpose is not revealed in the supplied passages 8.
• Low-grade Storage Soul Tool pouch — Given by Chao Tianxiang with fifteen thousand Gold Soul Coins as payment for saving Meng Yiran 23.
• Old Laike’s letter — Found inside an iron box at the orphanage; directed him to seek the Titan Giant Ape 7.
• Bamboo flute Martial Soul — His second Martial Soul; no active skill is demonstrated, and it cannot bind to the Return to Simplicity System 1 18.

Relationships

• Xiao Wu — Accepted him as her sworn older brother, though their attachment is romantic as well as familial. She frequently becomes jealous of his interactions with others; he promises to protect her but later privately suspects her involvement in his contract 8 9 16 24.
• Tang San — Childhood classmate and rival. Tang San initially trusted his account of the first-ring incident, while Chen An concealed plans to surpass him, manipulate him, and seize his opportunities 1 9 19.
• Yu Xiaogang — Former teacher. Their relationship deteriorated over discipline, Chen An’s cultivation choices, and mutual contempt, ending when Yu Xiaogang disowned him 14 24 25.
• Ning Rongrong — Classmate, treasure-hunting partner, and later arena teammate. Chen An refused her offer to kill Dai Mubai, but subsequently stole three levels of her Soul Power and promised to help restore them 15 25 26 27.
• Meng Yiran — Began as a hostile opponent. After Chen An secretly helped her defeat Tang San and saved her during ring absorption, she developed affection for him and kissed his cheek 18 21 22 23.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang — Initially antagonistic, then grateful after he saved their granddaughter. They rewarded him, explained the contract, and offered future assistance 22 23.
• Old Laike — Orphanage director connected to the mystery of Chen An’s background. His unusual letter led Chen An to wonder whether he might also be a transmigrator 7 24.
• Dai Mubai — Defeated by Chen An at the Rose Hotel, after which he invited Chen An to Shrek. Their later interactions included friction over Chen An’s behavior around Zhu Zhuqing 9 21.
• Zhao Wuji — Entrance examiner whom Chen An forced to use Martial Soul Avatar. Chen An later helped suppress the separate Ice Phoenix force inside him 12 14.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Notable Quotes

“There were no trash soul rings, only badass systems!” 4

“Trust me. I’ll definitely protect my little sister!” 8

“An outstanding wolf usually wears sheep’s clothing to hide among the flock.” 23