Chen Changsheng was discovered as an infant floating down a stream from the Cloud Grave in a wooden basin. A Golden Dragon had marked him for death, but Yu Ren—a powerful Saint—intervened and saved him. Daoist Ji took him in, and he became the second disciple at Xining Temple, where Yu Ren served as his most respected senior.
His childhood was quiet and disciplined. He spent his days memorizing the three thousand scriptures of the Daoist Canon, immersed entirely in religious study. Everything changed at age ten, when his body began producing an irresistible scent that compelled virtually all living beings to want to consume him. Even Yu Ren found himself tempted, managing to resist only through sheer spiritual strength.
The scent pointed to something deeper: his blood was unusual. When Daoist Ji revealed the truth, it hit hard—Chen Changsheng was dying. His meridians had been mysteriously severed into seven fragments, crippling any real cultivation. He had maybe until twenty. Refusing to accept this fate, he left Xining Temple determined to change it. The main story kicks off with him heading to the capital, partly to annul an arranged marriage to the renowned Xu Yourong.
Personality
People consistently describe Chen Changsheng as calm and composed. The constant shadow of his mortality forced him to grow up fast, so much so that strangers often misjudge his age based on his bearing alone.
He's brutally self-disciplined, maintaining strict routines and personal codes. He eats at set times, obsesses over cleanliness, and becomes visibly uncomfortable around anyone who isn't equally fastidious.
Raised exclusively on the Daoist Canon and Yu Ren's teachings, he's almost comically ignorant of social conventions. He's painfully honest and straightforward—the kind of person who leaves others speechless by saying exactly what he thinks without filter.
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