Chu Yunfei

Biodata

Power Progression

Temporary enhancements and cultivation losses are marked separately from permanent breakthroughs.

• His apparent Divine Sea Realm First Level cultivation during the later sect confrontation was a disguise, not a regression. He removed the suppression and revealed his sixth-layer cultivation when facing a sealed Dao Mysterious Realm attack 291 294.

Background / History

In his previous life, Chu Yunfei was an immortal-path titan who roamed the Heaven Domain. Lin Chuhan betrayed him and sent him to his death to seize the Divine Cauldron of Heavenly Mandate. After recovering those memories in his present life, he vowed revenge 1 175 215.

His present-life father, Chu Batian, was the Azure Mystic Sect’s Tiger Roar Peak master. Chu Batian disappeared during a sect-ordered mission to Demon Abyss Valley, leaving no remains and only the Giant Que Sword. The sect treated him as dead, but its unexplained accusations against him and the sword’s hidden significance led Chu Yunfei to question the circumstances of his disappearance 29 158 215.

Chu Yunfei regarded Chu Batian’s affection as the first unconditional familial love he had experienced across two lifetimes. This attachment drove him to risk his life rather than surrender his father’s sword, even when retreat would have been the more rational choice 70.

Appearance

• Build and features: Handsome face and a tall, straight-backed figure 117 254.
• Hair: Ink-black 254.
• Clothing: Frequently wears black robes; earlier appearances also show him in azure robes and sect disciple clothing 19 59 117 254.
• Weapon: Commonly carries the heavy, pitch-black Abyss-Devouring Sword at his waist or on his back 19 117 254.
• Power manifestations: Dark-golden spiritual light; the Great Heaven-Burning Art produces a crimson mark between his brows 40 134.

Personality

Chu Yunfei is irreverent, provocative, and difficult to intimidate. He answers threats with mockery, conceals his most important secrets, and remains composed before opponents far above his apparent realm. His previous-life experience gives him unusually precise judgment, though others often mistake his confidence for recklessness 7 11 150 259.

He is openly lustful and frequently uses suggestive jokes, deception, and embarrassment to unsettle women. His behavior also includes coercion: his initial sexual encounter with Lin Wanyin was forced, a fact she explicitly recalls even after developing feelings for him 1 38 214 244.

He is fiercely protective of those he values and remembers help received in dangerous circumstances. He acknowledges Wen Jiao’s intervention against his pursuers, delivers Lu Shaoyuan’s remains after accepting his sword inheritance, and urges Lin Wanyin to withdraw rather than die trying to protect him 66 93 211 239.

His ruthlessness is most evident against people seeking his life. He kills attackers, loots their possessions, and refines their corpses into resources. Nevertheless, he does not indiscriminately monopolize opportunities: in the secret realm, he takes only the treasures he needs and leaves the remainder for others 57 271 305 307.

Abilities & Skills

Divine Cauldron of Heavenly Mandate

His principal cultivation treasure refines spiritually endowed materials into pure origin energy and provides an accelerated cultivation space 3.

• Resource refinement: Processes spirit stones, herbs, demonic beast cores, and corpses into origin liquid or essence without ordinary pill toxins 3 224 271.
• Accelerated training: One day outside equals ten days inside the cauldron 3 224.
• Poison and baleful-energy removal: Absorbs and refines the blood baleful intent lodged in Ling Xueyao’s meridians 84.
• Defense: Its golden light blocks Lin Wanyin’s lethal attack and seals her spiritual power; it later destroys Yue Chenzhou’s Soul-Locking Threads 1 140.
• Secrecy: Chu Yunfei treats the cauldron as one of his greatest secrets and avoids revealing its workings 11.

Boundless Creation Scripture

His main cultivation method builds an exceptionally large, dense spiritual-power foundation and continuously replenishes his expenditure 2 20.

• Gives him at least ten times an ordinary peer’s dantian capacity upon entering Qi Condensation 20.
• Refines newly acquired power into a stable foundation rather than leaving his rapid breakthroughs hollow 23.
• Supports unusually strong physical development and combat endurance 19 134 140.
• Demands correspondingly enormous quantities of Spiritual Qi for major breakthroughs 73.
• His spiritual pool is later described as having ten thousand times an ordinary cultivator’s capacity 172.

Dragon and Phoenix Dao Yellow Scripture

A supreme dragon-race dual-cultivation technique taught by Xiaoxiao Dragon. It harmonizes yin and yang and can benefit both participants 1.

• Restores and advances his cultivation 1 2 15 32.
• Helps Lin Wanyin improve her cultivation alongside him 15 71.
• Assists injury recovery and meridian cleansing 32 134.
• When combined with the Flawless Spirit Physique’s essence, helps remove the Great Heaven-Burning Art’s backlash and consolidate his foundation 134.

Swordsmanship

His previous-life insight allows him to understand techniques rapidly, although his present body must still adapt to their demands 2 20.

• Advanced techniques from his previous life initially remain unusable because they require stronger cultivation, divine-soul support, and coordination with the laws of heaven and earth 93 195.
• Forcing an incompletely mastered fifth Sea-Overturning sword form placed severe strain on his body and meridians 173 196.

Movement Techniques

• Divine Movement Art: Low profound-grade movement technique. He opened twelve auxiliary leg meridians while learning it and reached minor accomplishment before the true disciple competition. It offers versatile movement with low spiritual-power consumption 27 33 73.
• Nine Heavens Lightning Escape: Learned after the Divine Movement Art became inadequate for Divine Sea combat. He reached minor mastery after nearly twenty days inside the cauldron, almost destroying his meridians in the process 224.
• Limit: Nine Heavens Lightning Escape did not prevent Yao Yue from catching him with a Divine Movement Talisman 238.

Myriad Poison Tyrant Body

An awakened physique that strengthens his body and counters poison-based attacks 55 170.

• His powerful physique is one reason he refuses to remain prey to the factions hunting him 55.
• Can devour deadly poison; Chen Xuanhai attempts to deny him that opportunity and overwhelm him through superior cultivation instead 170.
• Does not eliminate the danger posed by large cultivation gaps or coordinated attacks 170.

Power-Boosting Secret Arts

Treatment and Pill Knowledge

• Earns consultation fees for treating Wen Jiao 7 9.
• Removes blood baleful intent from Ling Xueyao by controlling its movement through her meridians before drawing it into the cauldron 84.
• Removes Ling Zhantian’s Soul-Devouring Nether Poison and repairs his meridians and divine soul 105 175.
• Possesses the fifth-grade Ancient Spirit-Exploding Pill formula, which he gives Wen Jiao in exchange for demonic beast resources 224.

Combat Experience and Perception

• Uses previous-life instincts to respond to attacks faster than conscious thought 46.
• Directs Ling Xueyao’s actions against a stronger beast with precision that she compares favorably to veteran imperial generals 89.
• Identifies the disguised Ling Zhantian from the distinctive damage left by Soul-Devouring Nether Poison on his divine soul 175.
• Uses spiritually generated mist and psychological pressure to win Yan Guining’s concession despite their cultivation gap 38.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Abyss-Devouring Sword — Heavy black sword obtained through the Famous Sword Pavilion; weighs 530 jin. Its awakened state reveals dark-gold patterns and powerful sword intent. It advances by devouring other weapons and is identified as middle earth grade in the secret realm 10 11 271 307.
• Giant Que Sword — Chu Batian’s sword and Chu Yunfei’s treasured paternal keepsake. Reclaimed from the Azure Mystic Sect; later identified as an upper earth-grade weapon and a key to the Heaven-Slaying Sword Emperor’s inheritance 41 47 158.
• Nameless stone stele — Bought at the Pill Pavilion auction. Xiaoxiao Dragon detects a sealed divine-soul imprint inside it; Yao Yue later identifies it as an inheritance stele connected to a map of Demon Race Sacred Land ruins 195 232.
• Recording stone — Used to threaten Lin Wanyin after the broken-engagement confrontation; she later attempts to retrieve it 1 71.
• Communication jade talismans and slips — Used to contact Lin Wanyin, Ling Xueyao, and Yao Yue. Their connections can fail because of distance or restrictions 189 208 238.
• Sixth-grade Meridian-Protecting Pills — Selected from the secret-realm treasures to save cultivation time 307.

Relationships

• Chu Batian — Father and former Tiger Roar Peak master. Chu Yunfei’s love for him makes recovering the Giant Que Sword and investigating his disappearance deeply personal 29 70 158.
• Xiaoxiao Dragon — Adviser and protector associated with the divine cauldron. Teaches him its functions and the dual-cultivation scripture, warns him of danger, and protects his divine soul 1 3 66 195.
• Situ Shuang’er — Childhood companion and former fiancée. Her rejection opens the story; Chu Yunfei later treats the broken engagement as settled and spares her after defeating her because of Lin Wanyin 1 150 240 298.
• Lin Wanyin — Situ Shuang’er’s mother and Chu Yunfei’s lover. Their relationship begins with violence and coercion, then develops into mutual attachment; she rescues him, worries over his safety, and explicitly confesses her love 1 32 214 215.
• Wen Jiao — Pill Pavilion young pavilion master, former patient, and lover. Protects him from powerful enemies, calls him her husband, and supplies resources for his cultivation 7 66 195 208 224.
• Ling Xueyao — Great Qian princess, protector, and romantic attachment. Publicly presents him as her prince consort, shelters him in her chambers, and gives him supplies before his departure. He remains concerned for her after the imperial family turns against him 105 163 249 254.
• Yan Guining — Azure Mystic Sect senior sister. Their antagonistic encounters give way to concern: she warns him about the bounty and offers to hold off pursuers so he can escape 38 55 56 69.
• Little Purple — Purple-Gold Lightning Python companion. Chu Yunfei raises it with cauldron-refined resources; its strength and lightning poison make it an important combat trump card 55 126.
• Yao Yue — Qingqiu royal fox princess. Initially attacks him, then persistently follows him while demanding restoration of her cultivation; later accompanies him to the grand competition 232 237 238 254.
• Lu Shaoyuan and Qin Yangui — Chu Yunfei inherits Lu Shaoyuan’s sword technique and fulfills his request to return his remains and letter. Qin Yangui consequently pledges that the Heavenly Edict Sect will not become his enemy 93 211 212.
• Si Yunshu and Xiao Yihan — Heavenly Edict Sect allies who offer assistance against the opposing sects; Si Yunshu cautions against jeopardizing their relationship by rashly testing him 273 291.
• Wu Changge and Wu Mingyue — Divine Martial Sect allies who greet him as a friend and step forward when rival sects surround him 274 291.
• Nangong Wuhen — Heavenly Sword Sect Holy Son and persistent pursuer seeking the Giant Que Sword’s inheritance secret. Chu Yunfei eventually kills him inside the Heavenly Mystic Secret Realm 32 158 271 272.
• Ling Zhantian — Emperor whom Chu Yunfei cures. Revokes his imperial-son-in-law status and personally ambushes him to seize his secrets 175.
• Lin Chuhan — Previous-life betrayer and target of Chu Yunfei’s revenge 1 175.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Broken Engagement and Return to Cultivation

• Situ Shuang’er demands the marriage contract after consuming his Vermilion Bird Pill. Lin Wanyin’s subsequent attempt to kill him triggers the cauldron’s protection 1.
• Recovers his cultivation, awakens memories of his previous life, and begins rebuilding his strength through inherited knowledge and cauldron refinement 1 2 3.
• Defeats nineteen opponents in fewer than ten breaths during the outer sect assessment 15.

Giant Que Sword Dispute and Sect Break

• Challenges the elders’ attempt to distribute his father’s sword to another disciple 29.
• Advances through the true disciple competition, receives Yan Guining’s concession, and breaks into Spirit Martial while fighting Xu Changqing 38 40.
• Reclaims the Giant Que Sword but must use a forbidden technique against the sect’s elders; its backlash leaves him vulnerable to Nangong Wuhen 41 43 45 46.
• Escapes into the Cangwu Mountain Range, rebuilds his cultivation, and confronts the forces hunting him for Nangong Wuhen’s bounty 51 55 64.

Imperial Capital and Imperial Betrayal

• Travels with Ling Xueyao, treats her injuries, and obtains Lu Shaoyuan’s Sea-Overturning Ninefold Sword 71 84 93.
• Cures Ling Zhantian and becomes involved in the palace’s succession conflicts and the Blood Baleful Intent Tower’s operations 105 119 126.
• Defeats Qin Hao and Yue Chenzhou at Jingyuan Hall, provoking retaliation from their sect elders 140 150 257.
• Kills Chen Xuanhai and Han Kui after their ambush, then discovers that the disguised emperor is also attempting to capture him 173 175 195.

Return to the Capital

• Returns despite failed attempts to contact Ling Xueyao and the threats against him 189.
• Delivers Lu Shaoyuan’s remains and learns of the Blood Baleful Intent Tower’s mysterious Myriad Spirits Blood Rite 211 212.
• Reconciles with Lin Wanyin, enters the Divine Sea Realm, and raises his cultivation to its sixth layer 214 215 220 224.
• Recognizes that Ling Xueyao can be used to force him into the imperial family’s trap, but enters the grand competition openly with the Pill Pavilion 249 254.

Heavenly Mystic Secret Realm

• Survives the ancient-corpse wasteland and kills Nangong Wuhen, also shattering Nangong Hai’s soul imprint 263 271 272.
• Pursues the seventh-grade Seven-Transfusion Soul-Concentrating Flower as a particularly valuable soul resource 285.
• Refuses allied intervention against the Cangyun and Puppet sects, then reveals his full sixth-layer cultivation when the battle escalates 291 294.
• Defeats Situ Shuang’er’s origin-powered attack and spares her for her mother’s sake 298.
• Collects enemy resources and selects a heaven-grade saber as feed for the Abyss-Devouring Sword while leaving other treasures for the remaining cultivators 305 307.

Notable Quotes

“Since they’re so eager to treat me as prey, let’s see who the real hunter is in the end!” 55

“Since I took the reward, I ought to do something.” 93

“One day, if the sky falls, I, Chu Yunfei, will hold it up for you.” 215