Chen Huang

Chen Huang, the God Of War Asura, is the main antagonist during Xie Yan's mission to Zhan Shen. After achieving the Innate Realm, he ruined all major families in Jiang Province for disdaining him. Despite his superior cultivation, Chen Huang was defeated and killed by Xie Yan.

Plot
When Chen Huang was fifteen, he discovered the Eight Difficulties Demonic Technique, and sacrificed the lives of his entire family to practice it. In the next five years, he wielded his martial arts to secretly conquer the criminal world and become its ruler, the God Of War Asura (lit. Zhan Shen Shura). To master the final stage of the technique, he married into the Xie family and endured abuse for three years. At the end of that period, Chen Huang succeeds in mastering his technique and is congratulated by his subordinates, much to the surprise of the Xie Family. This is when Xie Yan transmigrates to Zhan Shen, merging with his namesake and Chen Huang's brother-in-law. Chen Huang maliciously embeds the "Despised By Gods And Demons Alike" curse into Xie Yan, before depriving the Xie family of its privileges and forfeiting ties with it. After Chen Huang and his followers leave, Xie Yan learns of his quest, and that the Xie family's vitriolic nature was actually the influence of Chen Huang's cultivation practice. Xie Yan also learns that the embedded fragment of the demonic technique has cursed him with universal scorn.

The "Despised By Gods And Demons Alike" is a wonderful source of origin points, however Xie Yan must deduce and master the Eight Difficulties Demonic Technique, or else he would be in mortal danger in the main world. The next day, Xie Yan subjugates Wang Xiongtian, a subordinate of Chen Huang and orders him to spy on the God Of War. He grants Wang Xiongtian the incomplete Ultimate Demonic Bliss Technique and commands him to secretly distribute it among Chen Huang's followers. Xie Yan spends the next one and half months to harvest several origin points and deduces the Eight Difficulties Demonic Technique. Since the technique is incompatible with Xie Yan's personality (and can warp his personality if practiced directly), it consumes more origin points to improve. Xie Yan gains the ability to disable the curse at will, eliminating its main danger. Meanwhile, Chen Huang ruins all the major families of Jiang province, angering its governor.

During the final month, Xie Yan amasses origin points and improves the Eight Difficulties Demonic Technique. Chen Huang's constant attempts to capture Xie Yan end in vain as the latter always eludes him using the Startling Rainbow Escape. Two days prior to his mission deadline, Xie Yan orders Wang Xiongtian to gather all of Chen Huang's followers and revolt against the God Of War, using the Ultimate Demonic Bliss Technique. Chen Huang angrily transforms the rebels into grotesque monsters and confronts Xie Yan for the final battle. That night, the two antagonists meet at a forest clearing and begin to fight. Xie Yan realises that Chen Huang's power is derived from the hatred directed by the people around him and he quickly slaughters all the surrounding monsters. Chen Huang panics when the "Despised By Gods And Demons Alike" has no effect on Xie Yan. Deprived of his source of power, the God Of War attempts to flee, only to be killed by Xie Yan. Later, Xie Yan speaks to the governor of the Jiang province, claiming that this was a scheme of the Xie family to destroy the mafia and bring peace to the Jiang province. Ensuring that the Xie family will flourish once more, Xie Yan completes his quest and returns to the main world.

Trivia

 * Chen Huang is foreshadowed in Chapter 61, when Xie Yan is googling Lin Feng's name and finds a novel. The novel features a protagonist named Lin Feng, a matrilocal son-in-law scorned by his family. To everyone's surprise, the country's elite bow before him. Xie Yan dismisses it as a stupid plot, but Chen Huang's debut chapter follows the same routine.
 * Despite being an Innate Realm expert, Chen Huang wasn't much stronger than Xie Yan at the 9th Layer of the Acquired Realm.