Li Fan

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Li Fan (李凡)
Alias(es)	Lin Fan; Xiao Fan; Ma Tiande; Grand Tutor; Sage Emperor
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance; Medicine King Sect; Ten Thousand Realms Union
Occupation/Role	Cultivator; formation master; strategist; founder and leader
Status	Active
First Appearance	3

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Mortal	12	Began his sixth recorded life with one anchor point and the Thousand Machines Jade Ring Golden Chapter bound to him.
Qi Refining Late Stage	61	Cultivated the Profound Yellow Heart Refining Mantra, Minor Evolution Water Art, and Thousand Machines Jade Ring Golden Chapter.
Foundation Establishment Early Stage	149	Assimilated Bright Moon Lake into his Dao Foundation through the Azure Sea Pearl; his Divine Sense increased severalfold.
Golden Core Early Stage	312	Formed a Golden Core through the fusion of black-and-white energies and chaotic energy; gained the Grand Five Elements Extinction Sword.
Golden Core Mid Stage	332	Reached the Early Golden Core peak through continuous cultivation feedback, then broke through the bottleneck.
Nascent Soul Early Stage	584	Advanced while refining the Chaos Word Art and Reverse Five Elements Birth and Death Sword.
Nascent Soul Mid Stage	679	Took charge of the Beast Spawn Realm's Heavenly Fortune, gaining insight that led to the Silk Extraction divine power.
Transformation Stage	1147	Received recognition from the Heavenly Oddity [Sword], rapidly advancing through Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul before reaching Transformation.
Dao Harmonization Stage	1539	Broke through before the Immortal Sect's surprise attack in the Taiyuan World.
Saint Realm	1695	Refined the Cosmic Cycle Great Dao and entered the Saint realm again.

Background / History

Li Fan was originally a mortal who used foreknowledge from repeated lives to accumulate wealth, influence, and military power. He eliminated bandits, developed mountain mines and workshops, organized merchant caravans, and trained Emperor Xuanjing's double to secure his plans. 3

After learning of immortals through Kou Hong and Dao Xuanzi, Li Fan devoted himself to finding the path of cultivation. Across repeated reincarnations, he concealed his longevity, became Grand Tutor of Great Xuan, established secret organizations, and sought ways to leave the Immortal Forsaken Land. 1522 1765

He eventually entered the cultivation world, joined the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance through He Zheng Hao, and built a network of disciples, allies, clones, and subordinate organizations. His cultivation path centered on using repeated lives, observation, and stolen or reconstructed insights to turn other cultivators' talents into his own resources. 216 108

Personality

Li Fan is calculating, patient, and intensely self-reliant. He minimizes variables, repeats proven plans when possible, and rarely entrusts matters affecting his survival to others. 448 1556

He is also willing to be ruthless when expedient. Li Fan killed Jiao Xiuyuan's puppet after it intruded upon his cave dwelling, repeatedly uses clones as expendable decoys, and manipulates memories and circumstances to protect his identity. 94 419 1542

Despite this pragmatism, he invests in promising companions and disciples. He provides cultivation methods, opportunities, protection, and long-term guidance to figures such as Xiao Heng, Su Xiaomei, Zhang Haobo, and Heavenly Sun. 138 1023

Abilities & Skills

Return to Truth

Li Fan's defining ability allows him to return to prior anchor points while retaining selected gains, knowledge, or bound items.

• Enables repeated experimentation and correction of failed plans.
• Allows him to preserve bound items such as the Thousand Machines Jade Ring Golden Chapter, Taiyan Boat, and Halting Remnant Stele across lives. 21
• Lets him use future knowledge to alter events while attempting to control unintended deviations. 448
• Its charging progress and available anchors restrict when a return can be made. 12 149

Clone Refinement

Li Fan can create independent avatars from his essence blood, flesh and blood materials, and gathered fate.

• Lin Fan — An ordinary-looking Qi Refining Mid-Stage clone created to deceive the heavens and claim a 100,000 Merit Point task. 94
• Xiao Fan — An eye-catching Early Golden Core clone created to attract attention and investigate Yuandao Province. 336 337
• Clones can cultivate, enter enlightenment, transmit insights, and act independently under Li Fan's direction. 107 108
• Li Fan treats clones as strategic assets and may deliberately sacrifice them to conceal his main body's involvement. 419

Stealing the Heavens and Switching the Sun Art

A fate-based art used to observe, extract, and manipulate fate.

• Reproduces lost cultivation methods from the remains of deceased cultivators with a certain probability. 99
• Allowed Li Fan to construct a blank fate for Lin Fan by gathering traces from nearby plants and animals. 94
• Reveals the fate of others, including Xiao Heng's hidden-dragon fate and Su Xiaomei's intertwined purple-and-black fate. 138
• Carries backlash risk if Li Fan extracts more fate than he can control. 94

Formation Mastery

Li Fan is an accomplished formation cultivator trained by Zhang Zhiliang.

• Studied the dangerous and information-dense Mountain and Hundred Vein Array Diagram. 139
• Endured Zhang Zhiliang's extended diligence tests and formal instruction. 140
• Completed Haitong Island's Island Protection Array, earning a Divided Spirit Jade Slip containing a fragment of Zhang Zhiliang's Divine Sense. 222
• Constructed Spirit Locking Formations at exceptional speed, often continuing despite severe physical decline. 368 388

Divine Powers

• Life-Death Interlocking Rings — Traces an enemy through life-and-death causality; Li Fan regarded it as a means to discern cause and effect and kill invisibly. 108
• Heavenly Vision and Earthly Hearing — Observes Qi circulation, fate, and an opponent's movements from a perspective akin to heaven and earth. 108
• Formless Killing Intent — Conceals Li Fan's presence; it prevented Sun Qi from locating him despite sensing something nearby. 590
• Grand Five Elements Extinction Sword — A Golden Core killing move integrating Five Elements power, Heavenly Fiend, and Ink Kill. 316
• Reverse Five Elements Birth and Death Sword — A divine sword art capable of manipulating life-and-death processes; Li Fan used it to revive an insect. 590
• Heaven Piercing Heart Sword — A sword divine power derived through the Heavenly Xuan Mirror and refined through Mister Bai's instruction. 637 688
• Silk Extraction — Attaches accelerated disintegration to a target, hastening its inherent decay rather than directly attacking it. 686
• Nine Heavens Dustfall Finger — A powerful technique capable of pinning and crushing a self-aware black sword. 1388

Sword Dao

Li Fan's Sword Dao developed through the Ocean Stabilizing Divine Sword, the Heaven Sword Sect's trials, and his encounters with Mister Bai.

• Formed sword arrays with the Ocean Stabilizing Divine Sword to oppose Zhang Qianmo's halberd and Purple Firmament lightning. 183
• Learned that a swordsman must become one with the sword rather than treat it as a mere tool. 688
• Used the life-burning Sword of Life against Mister Bai, earning the latter's concession rather than forcing him to risk Li Fan's death. 1093 1094
• Later suppressed the Chizha Abyss's devilish sounds with a single sword strike. 1156

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Thousand Machines Jade Ring Golden Chapter — Bound cultivation manual retained through returns. 12
• Taiyan Boat — Bound flying boat acquired from Qian Hong's legacy. 21
• Halting Remnant Stele — Damaged bound stele preserved to test Li Fan's theories. 21
• Azure Sea Pearl — Earthly Oddity used to establish his Dao Foundation at Bright Moon Lake. 152
• Ten Thousand Immortals Formation Flag — Defensive formation flag purchased for Bright Moon Lake. 151
• Heavenly Mystery Small Mirror — Purchased alongside the formation flag. 151
• Wooden Sword / Heavenly Oddity [Sword] — Mister Bai's casually made wooden sword, later recognized and absorbed by Li Fan. 688 1156
• Celestial Mechanism Fortress — A Source Power-powered fortress protecting and concealing the Spirit Wood Realm. 1023

Relationships

• He Zheng Hao — Early ally and formation expert; helped Li Fan join the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and later assisted his formation-repair career. Li Fan also acquired the Mountain Sitting Art through him. 71 183 207
• Zhang Zhiliang — Formation master and mentor who valued diligence over innate talent and formally taught Li Fan formations. 139 222
• Su Xiaomei — Disciple and major beneficiary of Li Fan's cultivation investments; he provided her with the Heart Wrath Flame Art and remained attentive to her progress. 138 372
• Xiao Heng — Disciple whom Li Fan taught the Profound Yellow Heart Cleansing Mantra and later the Minor Evolution Water Art. 73 138
• Zhang Haobo — Talented recruit whose insights and cultivation feedback contributed to Li Fan's advancement. 108 372
• Lin Fan — Li Fan's first major independent clone, created as a decoy to deceive the heavens and obtain Merit Points. 94
• Xiao Fan — Golden Core clone dispatched to Yuandao Province as a conspicuous investigative pawn. 336 337
• Zhang Qianmo — Powerful Purple Firmament Sect cultivator and Li Fan's senior brother in the Fallen Immortal Realm; their battles exposed Li Fan's combat shortcomings. 183 438
• Mister Bai — Mysterious swordsman and incarnation of the Profound Yellow Heavenly Dao whose guidance transformed Li Fan's understanding of Sword Dao. 688 1093
• Heavenly Sun — Junior brother and puppet cultivator whose advancement Li Fan actively supports through techniques, protection, and Source Power plans. 450 1023
• Jiao Xiuyuan — A useful but uneasy associate; Li Fan has killed his puppet, employed him for excavations, and later manipulated his memories to uncover his origins. 94 472 1401

Story Role / Major Arcs

Mortal Reincarnations

Li Fan rises from a mortal scholar to Grand Tutor of Great Xuan, using foresight, hidden strength, and political control to seek cultivation while concealing his longevity. 1522

Entry into the Cultivation World

After discovering Qian Hong's tomb and securing its legacy, Li Fan reaches the cultivation world, purifies the Immortal-Mortal Miasma, and joins the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. 21 41 216

Congyun Sea and Foundation Establishment

Li Fan develops allies in the Departure Realm, studies formations, establishes Bright Moon Lake as his Dao Foundation, and begins building a disciple network. 138 152

Fallen Immortal Realm

He uses the Fallen Immortal Realm to study historical cultivators, test himself against Zhang Qianmo, acquire techniques, and deepen his understanding of the world’s hidden powers. 182 183 220

Formation Construction and Public Reputation

While posing as a dying cultivator, Li Fan becomes renowned across the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance for relentlessly constructing the Heavenly Xuan Spirit Locking Formation. 367 368 372

Medicine King Sect and Small Worlds

Li Fan gathers followers around the revival of the Medicine King Sect, strengthens the Spirit Wood Realm, and establishes systems to harvest Source Power and cultivate large numbers of practitioners. 644 1023

Sword Dao and Heavenly Oddity

His confrontations with Mister Bai lead to a breakthrough in Sword Dao; later, the Heavenly Oddity [Sword] recognizes him and accelerates his cultivation to the Transformation Stage. 688 1093 1156

Taiyuan World War

Li Fan enters the Taiyuan World, rises to Dao Harmonization, refuses recruitment by the Ten Sects, and becomes a decisive force against the Taiyuan Rebirth Furnace. 1546 1550

Mountains and Seas

After extending his influence beyond the Profound Yellow World, Li Fan refines Great Daos, develops the Myriad Manifestations Dao Net, and reaches the Saint realm through the Cosmic Cycle Great Dao. 1501 1709

Trivia

• Li Fan's first major clone, Lin Fan, was deliberately given an unremarkable face that would be difficult to notice in a crowd. 94
• His second major clone, Xiao Fan, was deliberately made exceptionally handsome and conspicuous to draw attention. 337
• Li Fan once spent more than 200 years in a Void as part of a mental-stability test, displaying only controlled impatience. 1150
• He considers his own defining traits to include cherishing life and fearing death, concern for the world, indifference toward living beings, indulgence, and obsession with longevity. 1631