Shang Chen

Shang Chen is a senior Hongtian elder who protects his grandson Shang Bin and presides over attacks on Zhang Xuan. (Chapters 25–87, 149–225)

Biography

Using academy authority for family retaliation

He supports Cao Xiong's allegation and expects formal authority to make the case decisive. The Enlightenment Will Trial and subsequent review expose the lack of fairness, allowing the academy's impartial figures to overrule him and punish his faction. (Chapters 25–87, 149–225)

Appearance and personality

Shang Chen is status-conscious, nepotistic, and confident that elder authority can define the truth of a dispute. (Chapters 25–87, 149–225)

Abilities and cultivation

His elder rank gives administrative control and respectable cultivation. It cannot alter the result of a will trial or erase the evidence of student loyalty. (Chapters 25–87, 149–225)

Relationships

Shang Bin is the grandson whose ambitions he enables. Cao Xiong supplies the complaint, while Zhang Xuan becomes the teacher whose case breaks Shang Chen's hold over the proceeding. (Chapters 25–87, 149–225)

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