Gu Chen

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Joining Hidden Origin Peak

Gu Chen enters the Five Symbols Sect’s recruitment with a system task directing him to become Lu Changzhi’s disciple. His aptitude test is publicly announced as low-grade Spirit Rank, although Cang Wenyu privately acknowledges that his actual aptitude exceeds that result and advises him to keep a low profile 3.

Despite the interest of Cang Wenyu and the Five Peak Masters, Gu Chen insists on choosing Lu Changzhi. His system’s inspection reveals immeasurable aptitude, cultivation beyond its probing ability, and a fortune value of 999+. Lu Changzhi accepts him as a true disciple of Hidden Origin Peak 4.

His first gifts are a top-quality Marrow Cleansing Pill, the Vast Heaven Spear, and a high-grade Spirit Rank flying boat. Although their value briefly tempts him to rely entirely on his master, he resolves to continue cultivating and completing sign-ins through his own effort 5.

Early Training and Sect Lessons

Gu Chen becomes known for his dedication to cultivation, making immediate use of Dao Comprehension Tea rather than lingering over its taste. Repeated clashes with Xiao Ming and sparring with his junior disciples further drive his training 6 11 20 49.

Xu Kun teaches him to call for reinforcements when outmatched, demonstrating the lesson when sixteen concealed Dao Platform Realm elders appear during an encounter with bandits. Gu Chen takes the sect’s willingness to protect its disciples seriously 11.

His combat education later includes trials against Blood Demon Clan experts through Lu Changzhi’s Trial Formation Stele. Lu Changzhi observes that Qin Li’s guidance—largely delivered through sparring—has substantially improved his fighting 149.

Independent Travel and the Soul-Forging Disk

With his master and sect master’s approval, Gu Chen sets out to gain experience alone. Lu Changzhi secretly follows to observe his progress 200.

Following a treasure map, Gu Chen enters a region associated with disappearances and attacks by soul entities. He destroys the entities using Mu Fan’s explosive device, protects a nearby old man from the blast, and retrieves an Incomplete Soul-Forging Disk 209 210.

The expedition exposes a weakness in his soul defenses. Against a powerful soul-form opponent, he relies on preparations, deception, formations, and repeated attacks rather than a direct contest of soul strength. Even after dispersing the enemy, he waits and checks whether it has truly died 212.

The Buddhist Order and Coastal Defense

After leaving Clear Cloud Town, Gu Chen deliberately allows Shan Jing and accompanying Buddhist Order monks to catch up. Working with Xiao Ye’s formations, he kills Shan Jing with his spear and uses the Soul Refining Cup to investigate what Shan Jing knew 363.

Later, he remains behind to protect Linhai City from Sha Ao and other sea beings. He tricks them into lowering their guard, then combines Lu Changzhi’s Heaven-Burning Flame Domain talisman with Mu Fan’s weapons to defeat them. Afterward, he gathers roasted crabs and lobsters to bring back to his master 577.

Huang Clan Mission and Shen Clan Challenges

A system task sends Gu Chen to check in before the Huang Clan Ancient Coffin and open it. Huang Jiuzhao’s bloodline leads him to suspect that his companion may be necessary to the task, prompting a journey involving Qin Li, Huang Zhan, and the Misty Clear Realm 985 988 990.

During the expedition, others mistakenly identify Gu Chen as a Huang Clan descendant with an exceptional bloodline. His subsequent reward is the Frenzied Battle Bloodline—the very kind of innate advantage he had recently envied in Huang Jiuzhao 997 1010.

Gu Chen then sets out to challenge at least a hundred Shen Clan prodigies. By the ninety-seventh match, he has advanced entirely through his own strength, frustrating Shen Tianxun’s expectations. Against Shen Wentian, he conceals his full capabilities behind controlled retreats and steady spear work 1009 1031 1034.

Shen Tianxun eventually prepares interference intended to let Shen Wentian kill him. When Shen Wentian’s power instead weakens abruptly during a clash, Gu Chen is genuinely confused, believing his opponent has held back. The completed mission later grants him the perfected Dragon Transformation Technique and more flexible sign-in missions 1035 1037 1044.

Emperor’s Inheritance and Wish Missions

In Xu Tiancheng’s tomb, Gu Chen obtains a body-tempering inheritance and absorbs its accompanying golden liquid. Studying the inheritance afterward, he learns that even using a Black Tortoise eggshell fully could take decades or a century 1154 1173.

The completion of his system tasks triggers a mutation. Its new wishing function grants his request to enter the Dao Realm, carrying him from the Late Saint King Realm to the first level of the Enlightened Dao Realm 1173 1174 1175 1178.

His next wish—to fully master Xu Tiancheng’s inheritance—requires him to possess the Ten Thousand Scale Armor and check in at the Dragon Race’s Armor-Forging Platform. Lu Changzhi supplies the armor and arranges an escort through Longwang Clan and Long Yi. During that journey, the inheritance begins unfolding directly within Gu Chen’s mind and strengthening his body 1178 1300 1304 1305.

Later Battles

With his Emperor Body and Ten Thousand Scale Armor, Gu Chen can endure techniques from exceptional opponents while refining his own combat understanding. His later dragon-form sparring with a Longwang Clan Dragon Emperor impresses his fellow disciples and Long Yi 1349 1386.

In the World in the Painting, he immediately recognizes an opening when the force restraining everyone disappears. His call to attack lets Jiang Kui unleash a prepared killing method against two Cao Clan opponents 1465.

Appearance

• Muscular physique: Following early secluded cultivation, his muscles are described as faintly glowing in sunlight and containing explosive power; his heartbeat sounds like muffled thunder 36.
• Bloodline activation: Activating the Frenzied Battle Bloodline spreads a crimson flush across his exposed skin 1010.
• Dragon form: Can transform individual body parts or his entire body, acquiring a giant dragon’s scales and formidable physique 1044.

Personality

Gu Chen is exceptionally diligent. He treats Dao Comprehension Tea as a resource to be used immediately, describes life on Hidden Origin Peak primarily in terms of cultivation and tea, and returns to training when shopping fails to yield useful materials 6 20 154.

His ambition is tied to gratitude rather than simple competition. He hopes to surpass Lu Changzhi so that he can eventually protect the master who has repeatedly protected him. He also shows consideration for others, including slowing his progress to preserve Lu Yuan’s self-respect and risking himself to shield an ordinary old man from an explosion 210 221 815.

Despite his enthusiasm for battle, Gu Chen is cautious and pragmatic. He checks unfamiliar people with his system, prepares against known weaknesses, hides his strength, and verifies that dangerous enemies are truly dead. He also considers surprise attacks perfectly appropriate when an unexpected opening appears 212 310 1034 1465.

Easy rewards can briefly unsettle that discipline. After wishing his way into the Dao Realm, he initially recoils from the difficulty of obtaining the Ten Thousand Scale Armor. Lu Changzhi’s encouragement helps him recognize this lapse and recover his determination 1179.

Abilities & Skills

Sign-In System and Wish Fulfillment

Gu Chen’s system directs him to designated locations and rewards completed missions with cultivation resources, equipment, techniques, and attribute enhancements 9 477 848.

• Inspection: Can examine people and objects, including bloodlines, hidden cultivators, and ancient remains 481 848 985.
• Travel guidance: Provides routes to check-in objectives, including locations deep underground 848.
• Mission diversification: Gains greater freedom in completing sign-in missions after the Shen Clan challenge 1044.
• Wishing: After mutation, can grant wishes directly or attach their fulfillment to a check-in mission 1174 1178.
• Limit: Cannot make another wish while the current wish mission remains unfinished 1179.

Spearmanship and Intent

Gu Chen combines forceful spear attacks with Spear Intent, Battle Intent, and strong endurance 92 1034.

• Spear Intent Infusion: Channels a surge of Spear Intent from his weapon into his body; uses it against Xiao Ming 92.
• Growing Battle Intent: His Battle Intent strengthens during sustained combat with the black dragon 140.
• Intent convergence: Sudden Enlightenment produces early signs of his Spear Intent and Battle Intent merging 476.
• Controlled defense: Against Shen Wentian’s faster spear style, retreats methodically without losing control of the fight 1034.

Body Cultivation

Physical cultivation is Gu Chen’s specialty, reinforced by his Battle Heaven Sacred Physique and later Xu Tiancheng’s inheritance 103 212 1154.

• Endures repeated physical attacks while maintaining pressure on a suppressed black dragon 140.
• Develops an Emperor Body that, together with his armor, increases his margin for error against powerful techniques 1349.
• Early weakness: His soul initially lags behind his physical strength, making specialized protection necessary against soul-form enemies 212.

Frenzied Battle Bloodline

A system-granted bloodline that provides violent power and helps him advance into the Saint King Realm 1010 1020.

• Its power carries reckless, maddening impulses that he must gradually learn to manage 1010.
• Liu Duanyuan judges its strength far above Shen Wentian’s, despite Gu Chen showing no bloodline mark 1034.

Dragon Transformation Technique

Received at perfect mastery, this technique allows a human body to acquire a giant dragon’s physical characteristics 1044.

• Supports partial and full-body transformation 1044.
• Produces qualitative improvements in speed, strength, and defense 1173.
• Greater transformation consumes more power 1044.
• Its description warns that transformation does not make him a true dragon and advises restraint around actual dragons 1044.

Concealment and Tactical Preparation

Gu Chen obtains the mid-grade Spirit Rank Spirit Concealment Art through a sign-in at Pingyang City’s city lord’s manor 9.

• Uses it to infiltrate Liu Qingyan’s residence for a check-in 27.
• Conceals his presence while positioning for attacks 435.
• Supplements direct combat with talismans, formation disks, feints, and concealed methods 210 212.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

Relationships

• Lu Changzhi — Master and principal benefactor. Gu Chen regards him as unfathomable even after entering the Dao Realm and hopes to become strong enough to protect him in return 4 221 1179.
• Mu Fan — Junior brother, frequent teaser, and supplier of unconventional weapons. They cooperate in battles requiring both strength and ingenuity 20 149 210 401.
• Qin Li — Junior sister and sparring partner whose strength initially places him under considerable pressure. Her guidance improves his combat skills, and they repeatedly fight together 49 140 149 401.
• Xiao Ming — Recurring sparring rival. Their fights motivate Gu Chen’s cultivation and later demonstrate how much both have improved 11 92 320 321.
• Luo Ling’er — Junior sister who calls him Eldest Senior Brother and eagerly requests a spar after his seclusion 36.
• Xiao Ye — Junior brother and mission companion; assists him against Buddhist Order monks and explores Crescent Lake with him 363 495.
• Cang Wenyu — Sect master who recognizes his exceptional aptitude, protects its secrecy, and supports his independent training 3 200.
• Xu Kun — Sect elder who teaches him to seek reinforcements rather than fight hopeless battles alone 11.
• Huang Jiuzhao — Sparring companion who later asks to follow him at his father’s request; Gu Chen accepts 789 985.
• Shen Wentian — Spear-wielding opponent whose speed contrasts with Gu Chen’s force and endurance. Their battle also helps Shen Wentian seek insight 1034 1035.
• Longwang Clan and Long Yi — Dragon Race escorts arranged through Lu Changzhi to help him reach the Armor-Forging Platform 1304.

Notable Quotes

“Master may be formidable, but how can I rely on him alone?” 5

“One day, I’ll surpass Master in strength and shelter him from wind and rain!” 221

“The best solution is still to work hard to improve myself.” 212

Trivia

• Gu Chen donates most sign-in rewards he cannot use to the sect. He earmarks the high-grade Saint Rank Chaotic Flowers zither for this purpose because its charm and illusion properties do not suit him 477.
• He turns excavation into spear practice while descending toward an underground check-in, treating the work as another training opportunity 848.
• Long Yi devises an explanation that Gu Chen is an Atavism hatchling to present his dragon transformation and Ten Thousand Scale Armor to the Dragon Race. This is a cover story, not confirmation of dragon ancestry 1307.