Ye Chen

Ye Chen is the main character of **Nine Astra Skies.**

## Description

Ye Chen grew up as an average person with no special abilities in another world. However, his life completely changed when a mysterious Flying Dagger transmigrated him to another world. In this new world, a person’s strength reflected their prestige. Those who had little strength were walked all over by others.

Ye Chen had shown promises in the past. He was at the Fifth stage at the age of twelve, the Sixth stage by thirteen and at the peak of the Seventh stage by fourteen. He was one of the most promising fighters among his own cohorts, hailed as the martial genius the House of Ye had not seen in a century. Yet all it took was an unfortunate ambush during one of Ye Chen’s mystical beast-hunting trips with five other youthful powerhouses within the Lianyun Mountains. All five of his companions perished during the attack while Ye Chen himself had his meridian channels forcibly destroyed.

It was as if the group of bandits had wanted Ye Chen to suffer this way – the young scion was alive but permanently handicapped.

For three years, no matter how hard he practiced cultivation, he remained a cripple. His damaged meridian channels were as lifeless as logs hollowed out by termites. Nonetheless, despite the humiliation he suffered at the hands of his family, he never gave up.

At the deepest parts of his consciousness, a a silhouette of a dagger can be seen. Its crimson blade as slim as a cicada’s wing was transparent as it was luminous. This was it – the true reason why Ye Chen had never given up hope that he could return to his past vigor.

## Appearance

He looked to be just about eighteen or seventeen of age. He had a chiseled face, with eyebrows as slender as a Jian sword and a nose sharp as a cliff. He emanated a countenance of youthful mettle and gallantry but one thing stood out from him – there was an aura of contemplative placidity that boys of his age should not possess.

## Personality

It had been three years since his fall from grace. No average person would be able to withstand such an abrupt dive into their lowest point but Ye Chen had persevered through scornful remarks out of sheer grit. The years had taught him humility and dampened his impulsiveness.

## History

For three years his meridian channels had been crippled, forcing him to live through all kinds of pain in his life. One day he finally emerged from the darkness that he had succumbed to for three years and was healed by the Flying Dagger. His damaged meridian channels were mysteriously linked and connected again whilst tidal waves of Celestial Chi coursed about in his newly mended channels all the way to his dantian! After inspecting his body, Ye Chen was ecstatic to discover that he attained the highly sought after Pure Yang State. Every part of his body, as well as his internal organs, seemed to have been given a new life as a stream of Pure Yang Energy raced through.

Ever since he had known the dictums of Nine Astra Skies, Ye Chen realized that his overall innate understanding of martial arts increased. Ever since he had achieved Pure Yang State, he found his senses sharpened, his mental reflexes nimbler; things he never possessed before.

It was revealed that the Clan Yun and Ye Moyang were the masterminds behind the ambush that left Ye Chen crippled.

His body had previously been baptized by the mystical Celestial Chi courtesy of the Flying Dagger, Ye Chen’s body was now perpetually in the Pure Yang State. In other words, he would continue to be perfectly apt for martial arts cultivation regardless of his age.

Using the knowledge of his past life, Ye Chen created gunpowder.

## Quotes

*"You only know who your true friends are when you’re at your lowest."*

*"I know I know. I too only glimpsed it. How should I put it? Well, the Dao is expressed in the growth of every being."*
alive. Dao is expressed in the rise and fall of mountains, the flow of water in rivers. Dao is in the
constellations, planets, galaxies and even the laws that govern the orbits and rotations of these celestial bodies
in the space. All of them are manifestations of the Dao. Dao unites everything in the cosmos. From him, from him and on him everything is born."

"Historically, all the greats who preceded us were people of love. They had great compassion towards all
the beings of the mortal realm and it was this that allowed them to reach the highest order of the Dao. Dao is the Originator of
undivided universe. The universe gives rise to Yin and Yang; Yin and Yang give rise to heaven, earth and people, and give rise to
origin of all worldly things. I. The realization of the Dao comes from all worldly things and the enlightenment of the
Dao comes from love. If you don't have love in your heart and only know how to kill, you will be controlled by it and eventually you will die.
You will become a murderer without beliefs. If you have no beliefs, how else can you feel the presence of the Dao in the world?
heaven and earth?"

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 4
2. ↑ Chapter 6
3. ↑ Chapter 10
4. ↑ Chapter 17
5. ↑ Chapter 3
6. ↑ Chapter 37
7. ↑ Chapter 147