Cang Wuzi

**Cang Wuzi** (苍梧子) is a cultivator who has reached the highest level of cultivation. He is also the leader of the Penglai sect of cultivators.

## History

The details of Cang Wuzi's past is unknown, however, it is known that he calls Tiangong Sui and Shu Yu his 'martial brother and sister', which indicates that at some point in the past, they were cultivator disciples who shared the same master.

## Synopsis

### Introduction arc

Cang Wuzi and Tiangong Sui disguise themselves as mystics and enter the imperial palace of the Emperor of the mortal world. As they approach the Emperor, the Emperor questions the mystics why they have entered his palace. Cang Wuzi tells the Emperor that he witnessed sunbeams rain blessings on the palace, a symbol that good fortune had befallen the palace, and hence he has come with gifts of treasures for the Emperor. He asks the emperor's generals to step back and smashes his staff into the hard paving. An enormous celestial tree with leaves of pink erupt from the paving. He tells the Emperor that the tree will only produce fruit three times, and consuming one fruit will extend a lifeline by 60 years. He reveals it is his first treasure for the Emperor. Next, from his sleeve, Cang Wuzi takes out a small drum that rapidly grows in size. He reveals that the drum is made from a thousand-year-old celestial alligator beast with the power to make the empire absolutely loyal to the Emperor with one beat of the drum, and this is his second treasure for the Emperor. Shocked at the miracles he has just witnessed, the Emperor bows down in respect to the mystics and apologizes for not appropriately welcoming them into his palace. For the third gift, Cang Wuzi asks the Emperor to bring it to him, to which the Emperor looks onto the mystic in confusion. Moments later, an imperial messenger runs to approach the Emperor and tells the news of consort Qin Jing's successful delivery of the fourth prince. Holding the infant, the Emperor asks Cang Wuzi if the third treasure is his newborn child.

    Taking the prince from the Emperor's arms, Cang Wuzi comments that the prince possesses spiritual energy and was born flawless with great potential. He elaborates that the prince was born holding the fate of both heaven and earth in his hands and hence he does not belong in the mortal world. To prevent great calamity from befalling the mortals, he has come to take the newborn away. Thus, the birth of a celestial child that will be raised in the spiritual world is the Emperor's third treasure. And so, Cang Wuzi and Tiangong Sui fly towards the sky taking the prince with them. Later somewhere in the skies, Tiangong Sui questions Cang Wuzi if he feels ashamed giving "treasures" and spewing nonsense to trick the Emperor into taking away his newborn child.

    Cang Wuzi replies that not all was was nonsense, and that the fate of the newborn ties in with their own. However, he notices that the newborn's Qi is very faint, and hence he was unable to detect the child's destiny. With the newborn boy having severed his connections to his parents, the mortal world and having no name or family, Cang Wuzi bestows the newborn with the Daoist name name of Qu Chen to enter Penglai as a his disciple.

## Abilities & Powers

### Cultivation

Cang Wuzi is a cultivator with wood-aspect Qi. He is said to have reached the highest level of cultivation possible and will break through the final heavenly trial to ascend as an immortal celestial. As such, he is the most powerful Cultivator in current existence. He delays his ascension by inducing self-seclusion in order to stay with his disciples longer.

## Trivia

* His full name Cang Wuzi (苍梧子 *Cāng Wúzǐ*) is a Daoist name. His surname Cang (苍 *Cāng*) means "dark blue/green", it may also be a reference to Cangdi (蒼帝 *Cāngdì*), a god in Chinese mythology who is associated with the essence of wood and spring. His given name Wuzi (梧子 *Wúzǐ*) means "child of the parasol tree".