Li Wen

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Li Wen (黎温)
Alias(es)	Mephisto 3
Species/Race	Terra Human; later listed as a Twilight Species 3 269
Gender	Female (in-game avatar) 3 4
Affiliation	Strategy Group (previous timeline) 1
Occupation/Role	Player; Transcendent; ritualist and alchemist
Status	Active 301
First Appearance	World Tree: Origins 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 30 (previous timeline)	1	Reached level 30 after the Great Transmigration but could not advance further.
Overall Level 1 — Supplicant Lv1, Path of Light Chasing Stage One	9	Began as a one-eyed Terra Human with Prayer Incantation, 10 Mana, and five traits.
Overall Level 1 — Supplicant Lv2	29	Spent 200 experience to learn Spell-less Arc Light; maximum Magic Power increased from 10 to 20.
Overall Level 4	49	Gained 910 experience from Pastor Mog's quest and leveled up twice.
Witch Disciple — End Path promotion	57	Completed the Witch Disciple promotion, acquired Witch State, and began wielding the End Path's powers.
Candle Holder — Path of Light Chasing Stage Two	166	Completed her second promotion after performing the Twilight Hymn ritual with the Light of the Spirit Realm.
End Chanter Lv11 — End Path Stage Two; Overall Lv22	269	Advanced to End Chanter, upgrading Poem of Paradise to Lv2 and gaining Lament of Paradise and Touch of Wither.

Background

Li Wen returned to June 25, 2050 after living through a disastrous future. In that timeline, players were forcibly transmigrated into World Tree: Origins one year after its launch. With help from classmates and Li Xin, her younger sister, she initially survived within the human kingdoms. Three years later, a massive Tide annihilated her town, killing Li Xin, her friends, and the NPCs she knew; Li Wen alone survived. After years of wandering and the sacrifice of an unnamed companion, she entered the Strategy Group, only to find its intelligence on the Tides offered little hope 1.

Determined to alter that future, she anonymously warned prospective players to engage seriously with the game, then bought an account and entered World Tree: Origins ahead of schedule 2. She created the identity “Mephisto,” chose the balanced Terra Human race, and deliberately altered her appearance to avoid immediate recognition 3.

At the Sacrifice Cathedral, Li Wen gave up one eye to obtain the red trait Necessary Sacrifice. She also raised her pain sensitivity to its maximum setting, believing pain was necessary for detecting danger in a fully realistic world 4.

Appearance

Li Wen's avatar is a delicate young woman with shoulder-length black hair, soft features, and an initially frail-looking appearance. She intentionally shortened her original waist-length hair and adjusted her features during character creation 3.

• Her sacrificed left eye leaves her permanently one-eyed and creates a slight delay in her vision from that side 9 212.
• She commonly conceals herself beneath the Eternal Star of Emerald cloak.
• In Witch State, her hair turns ash-white and her pupils become amber-red and yellow; a withered giant tree and a faceless witch are reflected within her eyes 56.
• Her Witch State appearance is associated with twilight rather than conventional life or death 56.

Personality

Li Wen is intensely practical, calculating risks according to their usefulness toward survival and preventing the Twilight of the Apocalypse. She plans around limited resources, uses foreknowledge from her previous life, and readily accepts physical cost when it offers a meaningful advantage, as shown by her eye sacrifice and use of temporary statuses as ritual materials 4 15.

She appears cold and difficult to approach, but this restraint is largely self-imposed. Li Wen suppresses her emotions to focus on the responsibility she believes only she can bear. Small kindnesses affect her more than she admits, particularly those from Li Xin, while excessive enthusiasm can leave her flustered 69 157.

Her pursuit of power can make her ruthless. She regards violent criminals as potential resources for rituals and kills hostile mercenaries without hesitation, yet her brutality is directed by utility rather than enjoyment 67. She is wary of manipulation, secrecy, and unequal exchanges of information, and will openly challenge those who withhold critical details 294.

Abilities & Skills

Path of Light Chasing

Li Wen's Radiance Spectrum path provides divine arts, protection, recovery, and physical reinforcement.

• Prayer Incantation — A versatile defensive divine art that can provide protection and dispel certain curses, but originally required a dangerous three-second cast time 13 56.
• Spell-less Arc Light — A one-second Quick Prayer that can enchant a weapon temporarily or launch a ranged arc of radiance 29.
• Divine Prayer — Learned to improve her sustainability and recovery 50.
• Craving Light — Influences a target's movement toward light; under the right conditions, it can force a target to remain in direct light or firelight or suffer madness and self-harm 57 166.
• Devotion to Light and Fire — Burns Li Wen's life force to multiply her physical ability, speed, and stamina. Its enhancement ranges from 1.5 to 3 times her normal capability 155 219.
• Candle of Darkness — Absorbs light sources, enabling more reliable use of Craving Light's light-deprivation effect; it can be destroyed 166.
• Dedication to Light and Fire — A Saint Floran-linked ability that compensates for Li Wen's naturally weaker physical strength 109.

End Path and Witch State

Li Wen's End Path is tied to the Twilight Witch and The Final Codex.

• Witch State — Replaces Health and Magic Power with Twilight Erosion. It grants extraordinary recovery and allows Li Wen to fight through injuries that would otherwise be fatal 57 139.
  • Twilight Erosion is the state’s primary limit; reaching its cap places Li Wen in extreme danger 57 59.
  • While in Witch State, she can use the Emerald Star Cloak's Levitation without spending Magic Power, though doing so increases erosion 58.
• Poem of Paradise — Produces one of several effects at random, including Gift of Temperance, Fool’s Praise, and Tower’s Collapse 57 59 104.
  • Gift of Temperance clears positive and negative effects, including magical restraints, shields, curses, and ethereal states 59 155.
  • Tower’s Collapse can break magical defenses and control targets 104 154.
  • Reached Lv2 after Li Wen became an End Chanter 269.
• Lament of Paradise — Acquired upon becoming an End Chanter 269.
• Scarlet Curse — Inflicts Blood Collapse, causing existing wounds to rupture and bleed 139.
• Touch of Wither — Purple trait gained upon promotion to End Chanter; it replaced Professional Pickpocket when her trait capacity was full 269.

Rituals, Arrays, and Alchemy

Li Wen possesses extensive ritual knowledge inherited from her prior life and developed through direct practice.

• She can identify alchemical residues, prepare ritual materials, and perform weapon enchantments such as the Bone-Corroding Blade ritual 14 15.
• Her ritual work can require blood, sacrificial statuses, complex arrays, and dangerous spiritual experiences 15 54.
• She easily dispelled Marymana's Sealing Barrier Array and was entrusted with diagnosing an error in Talanis's Magic Power Nexus 93.
• After obtaining the Emerald Tablet's mysteries, she refined materials into tools such as Misty Veil and Oil of Concealment 290.
• Her alchemical knowledge was sufficient to diagnose the flaw in an apprentice's Sun Dew Potion refinement 284.

Shadow and Mobility

Li Wen combines stealth-oriented traits with magical equipment for infiltration and escape.

• Retrograde in Shadow — Lets her suppress signs of life and blend into darkness, especially when combined with Witch State 230.
• Grasp of Shadows — Deepens her assimilation with shadows for a short time; she used it to pass through a wall while evading Mystic Academy Mages 296 301.
• Shattered Eye of the Transcendent — Enables unstable teleportation over an unpredictable distance at an uncertain Magic Power cost 60.
• Nimble Hands — Supports delicate work, theft, and material refinement 9 75.
• Dark Word Curse — Can blind and grievously incapacitate targets, though its damage is too slow to be decisive against prepared opponents 11 29.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• The Final Codex — Supreme Artifact containing the original text of the Twilight Pillar's Lineage and the Twilight Witch's path to godhood. Its End Path requires original codices from other Pillars for further advancement 45 47.
• Emerald Tablet — An alchemical Original Text obtained from the Sun of Repose in exchange for assisting in the planned killing of the Mother God 196 197.
• Eternal Star of Emerald — Rare cloak recognized as proof of a Witch leader; prevents Daughters of Amber from autonomously attacking Li Wen and grants Twilight-based abilities 46.
  • Twilight’s End resets Twilight Erosion to 0% by consuming 50% of maximum Magic Power; cooldown: seven days 46 59.
• Shattered Eye of the Transcendent — A displacement artifact capable of unstable teleportation 50 60.
• Crow Feather Dagger — Her primary weapon; later enhanced with multiple enchantments, including Scarlet Agony effects 73 297.
• Grasp of Shadows — Shadow Beast-hide gloves for stealth, exploration, and limited shadow assimilation 296 301.
• Sage’s Protection — A close-worn, single-use protective charm reserved as a life-saving measure 297.
• Fairy Treasure Bag — Stores her accumulated magical materials, potions, and alchemical supplies 290 297.

Relationships

• Li Xin — Her younger sister and only explicitly identified family member. Li Wen's memories of losing Li Xin to the Tide drive much of her determination to change the future; she conceals the coming catastrophe to spare her sister the burden 1 49 157.
• Moria — A Firstborn of the Holy Temple and Priest of Radiance who becomes a trusted traveling companion. He supports Li Wen's pursuit of the Original Texts and intervenes during negotiations with an ancient being 151 168.
• Marymana — Mage Tower Master who initially believes Li Wen to be Miranda's apprentice. She later admits she knew the claim was false, accepts Li Wen's confession, and respects her ritual and array expertise 92 93 163.
• Bai Lu — Future Strategy Group Logistics Department Head and an ally Li Wen recruits and assists. Bai Lu supports Li Wen with auxiliary spells during the battle against the Agent 99 139.
• Take — Player ally who helped against the Fire Mage. Li Wen rewards her with information on the Bard's White Blade Society, though their relationship remains transactional 51 71.
• Marsha — Ghost Fairy who guides Li Wen to a mercenary camp in raven form. Marsha recognizes Li Wen's ruthlessness and assists her for motives of her own 66 67.
• Perfect Amber — Powerful Amber being who gives Li Wen the Eternal Star of Emerald cloak and later warns her about Twilight before entering Long Slumber 46 200.
• Sun of Repose — Fallen deity whose childlike manifestation gives Li Wen the Emerald Tablet in exchange for her future aid in killing the Mother God 195 196 197.
• Iluri — White Elf shopkeeper who employs Li Wen to retrieve a Stone Tablet, withholds crucial information, and later renegotiates by offering the Grasp of Shadows and Sage’s Protection 288 294 296.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Rebirth and early preparation — Returns from the post-transmigration future, warns players anonymously, and enters the game as Mephisto before the Great Transmigration 1 2.
• Ake Town and Streamstone Rift — Builds an initial arsenal through sacrifice, rituals, theft, and the hunt for Black Wind Fang's lost cargo; defeats a Fire Mage and acquires the Shattered Eye of the Transcendent 11 15 26.
• Amber City and the Final Codex — Enters Amber City, gains the Eternal Star of Emerald, and binds the Final Codex, learning that the End Path requires other Pillars' Original Texts 45 46 47.
• Witch Disciple promotion — Performs the Dawn Dusk Birth ritual, survives Tilroggzak's attacks, and awakens as a Witch 54 56 57.
• Leicester and Talanis — Manipulates alliances, investigates Wilson Town, impersonates Miranda's apprentice to reach Marymana, and uses her ritual expertise to gain access to Talanis's array core 71 92 93.
• Path of Light Chasing advancement — Investigates Saint Floran's legacy, receives the Light of the Spirit Realm, and becomes a Candle Holder 108 109 165 166.
• Emerald Tablet expedition — Enters the dream-world of the Sunset Ritual, bargains with the Sun of Repose, and obtains the Emerald Tablet while accepting a binding divine mark and obligation 193 196 197.
• Amber Outer City and the Tide — Undertakes the Giant Late Bell's mission, enters the Outer City, survives a Tide, and confronts a mirror-image of herself 201 206 212.
• End Chanter promotion and Camelot operations — Advances to End Chanter, gains new twilight abilities, then conducts alchemical preparation and infiltration work around Iluri's commission and the Mystic Academy 269 290 301.

Notable Quotes

“This is my duty in this life. I will dedicate all of my life, sparing no effort to achieve this duty...” 151

Trivia

• Li Wen chose “Mephisto” from the devil in Faust because in-game nicknames are repeatable 3.
• She customized her Spellbook as a black, floating tome invisible to other people 4.
• Her pain sensitivity is set to 100%, despite the game defaulting it to the lowest setting 4.
• Li Wen considers the Tide the defining catastrophe of her previous life and remembers personally witnessing it three times 206.