Arch-Elder Zen

But despite being such a person, he is also willing to shoulder tremendous responsibilities and acts as a guiding light that will lead humanity forward. Everything that he does is for the sake of survival, and ultimately, he will do whatever it takes to ensure that humanity endures. Such a person is worth helping. He will never compromise his principles or his bottom line.

## Introduction

Arch-Elder Zen (禅老) is from the Fifth Mainland and established the Hall of Honor after the Lu Family had left the Fifth Mainland to establish the Perennial World on the Mother Tree. Arch-Elder Zen was one of the seven Semi-Progenitor that remained on the Fifth Mainland after the Sixth Mainland had defeated the Fifth Mainland and covered their sky and the hidden ruler of the Fifth Mainland that had remained.

## Personality and Power

Arch-Elder Zen had lead humanity and protected the Fifth Mainland from the Aeternals, and the Astral Beast Domain and puts humanity as his priority. He has a very conservative approach as he would keep the balance of the Human Domain than for there to be chance.

Arch-Elder Zen's previous inner world was the Hall of Honor itself, he used his inner world as a blueprint to manifest a scene identical to one in the real world, which is essentially a form of self-hypnosis. The stronger the true Hall of Honor is, the stronger his inner world becomes. The real Hall of Honor holds a powerful influence on him and may have even been capable of fighting against a Progenitor as a mere Semi-Progenitor. The power that he had received from the Hall of Honor back then must have been immense. However, as it weakened, it’s adverse effects on him are just as strong.

Arch-Elder Zen cultivated the Tri-Yang Ancestral Qi Technique which each Qi represented a Progenitor. One of the Qi was Xue Wuqing who was a Progenitor from the Sixth Mainland and had a comparable status to the Nine Mountain and Eight Sea in strength; one of the Qi's was Progenitor Hui, while the last one was Progenitor Lu Tianyi.

When Lu Yin had gradually taken on the responsibility of being the Fifth Mainland's protector and ruler, Arch-Elder Zen supported Lu Yin through his endeavors.

## History

Arch-Elder Zen was a youth that had participated in the war between the Sixth Mainland and the Fifth Mainland. After Lu Tianyi had decided to move the families and powers from the Fifth Mainland to the Mother Tree, he left Arch-Elder Zen the Tri-Yang Ancestral Qi Technique and various inheritance left by the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas of the Fifth Mainland Progenitors in order to protect the Fifth Mainland after they had left.

## Story

Arch-Elder Zen had established the Hall of Honor as the organization that protected humanity of the Human Domain which existed in the Fifth Mainland.

The Hall of Honor ruled the Human Domain but allowed for the other organizations to flourish as long as they do not upset the balance. For example when the Daynight Clan was at their peak with the First Nightking, Second Nightking, and Third Nightking, First Nightking had been killed by the Cosmic Sect's Jiu Shen, the Second Nightking gone into hiding into the previous Celestial Frost Sect's ruins, and the Third Nightking had been sent to the Astral Beast Domain and been trapped there. The Sword Sect had the sword cultivator Liu Huang who was a genius that could have lead the Sword Sect into the Neoverse but was secretly imprisoned at Gaia's Swamp by the Hall of Honor.

Arch-Elder Zen made his first appearance when the Sea King with the bloodied robe of Progenitor Chen tried to break open the Three Upper Gates that the Sixth Mainland had covered the sky of the Fifth Mainland, and blocked the Fifth Mainland from becoming Progenitors. Although Arch-Elder Zen was hesitate, he allowed the Sea King to break open the seal.

Arch-Elder Zen had tactically approved of Lu Yin rise within the Fifth Mainland when he had known that Lu Yin had been the junior brother of Qing Ping. When Arch-Elder Zen had learned that Lu Yin was from the Lu Family he didn't support Lu Yin as much and had tried to put some checks and balance towards Lu Yin's growth, but Lu Yin had too much of an influence to stop. After Lu Yin had taken over the war in the Ironweave Warfront against the Astral Beast Domain which everyone believed to be wrong, Arch-Elder Zen from then on fully supported Lu Yin as Lu Yin had proved he cared about those from the Fifth Mainland and humanity.

When Arch-Elder Zen had went through his Progenitor's tribulation, due to the reverse flow of stellular energy as well as the previously destruction of the Hall of Honor, his inner world was weakened. Arch-Elder Zen purposefully reformed his inner world from the Hall of Honor into the Narrow Path.

Arch-Elder Zen became the first successful Semi-Progenitor of the Fifth Mainland to breakthrough to the Progenitor realm after the Sixth Mainland had covered their sky.