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Insect Ancestor Ba Tuo Chen

Persecuted clan survivor who later reaches the final realm as an insect cultivatorSummer Wind Ancient Nation

Insect Ancestor Ba Tuo Chen is a dispossessed cultivator rescued by Dong Bo Xue Ying and later one of his final-realm expedition companions. His arc moves from concealment and imprisonment to a dangerous Broken Teeth campaign. The supplied Chapters 1066–1098 are fragmentary, leaving the decisive steps of his rise unshown; Ba Tuo Chen and Insect Ancestor are consistently the same figure. (Chapters 1066–1098 and 1196–1217)

Biography

Ardent Fire and Southern Cloud

Ba Tuo Chen's clan is exterminated after enemies demand a cultivation technique he is forbidden to transmit. Believing himself the sole surviving core disciple, he endures through an aura-concealing method until Xue Ying rescues him and brings him toward Summer Wind Capital. The reprieve restores his will to cultivate and preserves his unresolved intention to avenge the clan. (Chapters 1066–1073; the supplied texts are fragmentary)

He is later imprisoned in Summer Wind Capital and unknowingly controlled into leaving the jail, another encounter with power exercised against the weak. The corpus then jumps to a vastly stronger Ba Tuo Chen: as Insect Ancestor, he joins Xue Ying and Swordmaster on sky-floating islands. They receive opportunities because of Xue Ying but face enemies capable of suppressing or nearly destroying the group. (Chapters 1098 and 1196–1217)

Appearance and personality

Early Ba Tuo Chen has hatred in his eyes; in prison his hair hangs over his shoulders and his body is filthy from confinement. Later his insect form is described as a huge humanoid with a vicious, overbearing aura. He is persistent and grateful—calling Xue Ying benefactor and rebuilding his mental state after rescue—but vengeance and repeated persecution leave him emotionally scarred. (Chapters 1066–1098 and 1205)

Abilities and cultivation

His first demonstrated technique conceals aura well enough to survive the pursuit that destroys his clan. It does not prevent stronger political powers from imprisoning or controlling him, and its activation, duration, and detection threshold are not preserved. (Chapters 1066–1068 and 1098)

By Chapter 1196, Ba Tuo Chen is a final-realm insect cultivator with an intimidating aura and sufficient strength to explore sky-floating islands. Undying Underworld Emperor can still suppress him and Swordmaster without a killing move, while later native enemies induce despair and distort light, time, and space around the team. His latest evidence shows him alive but facing expedition-level danger; the corpus does not explain the insect transformation or final-realm breakthrough between the two phases. (Chapters 1196–1217)

Relationships

  • Dong Bo Xue Ying: Rescuer, benefactor, and later expedition leader. Xue Ying gives Ba Tuo Chen a new home and access to opportunities, while Ba Tuo Chen joins his high-risk exploration group. (Chapters 1066–1073 and 1204–1217)
  • Swordmaster: Fellow final-realm expedition member who shares rewards and dangers with him. (Chapters 1196–1217)
  • Undying Underworld Emperor: An enemy capable of suppressing both Ba Tuo Chen and Swordmaster without using his decisive killing art. (Chapter 1196)

Items

  • Forbidden cultivation inheritance: The technique sought by his clan's enemies cannot be transmitted under its restriction. Its name, complete contents, and relationship to his later insect cultivation are not preserved. (Chapter 1066)
  • Expedition rewards: Ba Tuo Chen receives items during Xue Ying's Broken Teeth campaign, but the cited passage does not name or individually assign them. (Chapter 1213)