Chen Ping An

* Donghua
* Novel

Chen Daoyou

Yin Guan

Old Man Wensheng

**Chen Ping An (陈平安)** is the main protagonist of **Sword of Coming**. He was a dull child with low cultivation aptitude. He had no one to rely on as both of his parents were deceased in his early childhood. He made a living by carrying water and delivering letters to his neighbours. He also worked in porcelain kilns, which he promised his mother that he would never do but he had to as it was hard to earn a living.

## Background

After his father died, his mother fell sick causing him to do odd jobs to take care of his mother. At the age of five, his mother passed away leaving him alone.

Later, he became a kiln craftsmen who burned porcelain. Unfortunately, the small town suddenly lost the governmental kiln to create this amulet. The dozens of kiln furnaces around the small town were all shut down by the government overnight.

## Appearance

Chen Ping’an was a very frail little boy, but he had extraordinary amounts of strength for his size, being able to lift Gu Can with one hand.

## Personality

Chen Ping'an, thoughtful, but innocent. In fact, he is very much like the bastard in the chivalrous line, because his mother never asks for a word. But he wants to live more than anyone else.

If it's for a friend, he would gladly sacrifice a rib or two.

When dealing with enemies, he believes in removing them from the roots.

In matters of love, he turns cautious and timid.

His dominating trait is his resilience and tenacious will to survive no matter what.

He has always been afraid of making mistakes and cannot forgive himself.

He just wanted to live before, but now he wants to be a great swordsman.

This is what he was taught here and there.

"He doesn't like to owe others, nor does he like others to owe himself."

This is what his mother and old man Yang taught him.

"Would you sacrifice yourself to save others, even if it meant your death as well? A noble person doesn't sacrifice himself to save others." Mr. Qi taught him what nobleness and being virtous meant.

"Forgive yourself, be nice to yourself, and let yourself go. "It was an old Taoist and Lu Kai who taught him.

Pei Qian taught him know what is good and wrong.

Chen Ping An has always been growing up, learning truth, and then reasoning.

## Plotline

At the age of five, when both parents died and was about to starve to death, **Chen Ping An** received a meal from Gu Can's mother. During that time, he saved the dying Zhi Gui formed a contract with her.

When he was fourteen years old, the **Bridge of Eternal Life** was broken by Cai Jinjian. Later, because of **Lu Shen**, he took care of the injured Ning Yao. Liu Xianyang refused to hand over his ancestral sword scriptures and was injured to death by a Mountain Protecting Ape on Zhengyang Mountain. **Chen Ping An** and Ning Yao fought together against the Mountain Protecting Ape and forced the Mountain Protecting Ape to change its breath in the town for three times (which reduced about 180 years of life).

After Qi Jingchun passed away, the town was downgraded from a **Grotto-Heaven** to a normal town. **Chen Ping An** bought five hills with the help of Ruan Qiong, but later on finally gave up the peaceful life of the town to escort Qi Jingchun's disciple Li Baobing to the **Mountain Cliff Academy** and went to the Great Sui Nation

On the way, he befriended A-liang, Wei Biao, Wen Sheng, Wei Jin and others. On the way back, he was recognized by Cui Dongshan as his disciple, and with his help, he collects a green snake and fire python as his servant, while Cui Dongshan returns to the Mountain Cliff Academy.

After returning to the town, he met Cui Xiangying's grandfather, and with his help, he created the strongest three realms in the world. Later, he sends the sword for Ning Yao and leaves the town again.

At the Great Wall of Sword Chen Ping An and Ning Yao express their feelings to each other, set a ten-year contract. Later, they were instructed by the eldest Sword Fairy to go to the lotus roots in Tongyezhou to rebuild the Changsheng Bridge. Now a blessed place has been created.

On the way, he met the water god of the buried river who worshiped the old scholars, and taught him the science of order, then returned to the treasure bottle state, and after refining the water character mark in the old dragon city as the water native object, he went to Qingluan country.

## Trivia

Chen Pin An confessed to Ning Yao at chapter 271 but they become officially a couple at chapter 275.