Li Qingyuan

Biodata

Power Progression

Divine sense, physical cultivation, and cultivation-method levels are distinguished from his main cultivation realm. Where a breakthrough itself is not shown, the entry records the first supplied confirmation.

Background and History

Previous Life and Childhood

Li Qingyuan was born with congenital heart disease in his previous life. His biological parents abandoned him as a baby, and he survived after being taken to the police and placed in an orphanage. Illness and isolation left him accustomed to solitude, while help from others—including Daoist Zhang’s health-preserving teachings—shaped his gratitude toward those who supported him 3 10 467.

He transmigrated into a cultivation world and was born to Li Dingzhou and Chen Xiuyun in the small Li Immortal Clan. At seven and a half, he eagerly awaited the annual spirit-root test, knowing that even a poor spirit root would allow him to pursue immortality. His Three-Element Spirit Root made him the clan elders’ great hope for reaching Foundation Establishment 1 154 182.

The warmth of his parents and the clan’s solidarity gave him a strong sense of belonging. He was particularly moved when the clan extended support to Li Qingqing after her father died serving the family 3 12.

Raising the Li Clan

Li Qingyuan combined cultivation with talisman-making, spell practice, swordsmanship, and mock battles. His father taught him practical tactics, while the clan’s three senior elders personally guided his development. Talismans became both his principal source of income and an important foundation of the clan’s military strength 13 15 27 80.

When the Liu Family attempted to conscript the Li Clan, he chose to support the Qin Family’s uprising instead. He killed the Liu envoy, rallied cultivators under an anti-Liu declaration, and led the occupation of Qu Mountain. The campaign earned the clan a stronger spirit vein and a new territory around Purple Cloud Mountain 88 93 94 95.

His alliance with the Qin Family eventually became a struggle for survival. Qin Miaoyi and Qin Chuan cultivated his apparent loyalty while planning to use him as Foundation Establishment Nourishment. Li Qingyuan concealed his actual strength, countered their schemes, and eliminated the Qin Family. The Li Clan subsequently became the archipelago’s sole Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan 131 150 154 159 171.

Three Joys Immortal Sect and Core Formation

After years leading the family, Li Qingyuan stepped down and left home to pursue greater opportunities. In Three Joys City, he established resource-trading identities and entrusted pill sales to Li Yunmei 181 182 195 223.

Miao Le repeatedly protected him from stronger enemies and supported his cultivation. He formed both a physical core and a magic-power core, then entered the Three Joys Immortal Sect’s true inheritance sequence as a Nascent Soul Seed. His appointments included responsibility for cave-mansion resources and, later, service as a Pill Hall elder 277 291 300 429 482.

Secret-Realm Conflicts and Family Protection

The Mysterious True Talismans inheritance gave Li Qingyuan access to accelerated cultivation and a profound talisman legacy. His gains brought him into conflict with Young King Yuan and the Five Yuan Sect 376 384 394.

Inside the immortal estate, he reunited with his daughter Li Xianhuang, whose inheritances had attracted hostile attention. He tied her to himself with the Wood Spirit Vine and broke through the encirclement. Afterward, he made her the link between himself and the Li Clan, keeping his family connections concealed to reduce their exposure to his enemies 415 418 429.

Beyond the Nine Provinces

As True Monarch Qingyuan, Li Qingyuan became master of the Wind Thunder Immortal Sect and a major power in Desolate Province. His alchemy supported neighboring countries, while his victories over stronger Nascent Soul cultivators established his military reputation 481 497 506.

He later entered the Tai Cang Immortal Realm under the Ma Chao identity. At Tai Cang Immortal Mountain, his origin in the Nine Provinces Domain was exposed. Completing the baptism raised his body, Dharma power, and Primordial Spirit to Void Refinement and earned him recognition as Dao Lord Qingyuan 585 670 677.

His later cultivation involved the Azure Profound Immortal Sect, increasingly powerful Golden Cores, heavenly tribulations, and the High Antiquity Battlefield. There, he won all one hundred trials and received a Peak Mahayana Pill 757 968 1031.

Immortal Cultivation

Li Qingyuan eventually became renowned across the Myriad Heavens and Myriad Domains for both combat and alchemy. His self-created Mahayana Realm-Breaking Pill drew intense demand from Late Mahayana cultivators, and his influence extended even to Tribulation Crossing Immortal Venerables 1118 1133.

In the True Immortal Domain, he again used the Zhen Youde identity, posing as the Jade-Faced Fairy’s husband to gain acceptance at Jade Dragon Mountain. Their public marriage concealed a private partnership, and he discovered that her pendant attracted the Mysterious Feminine Space 1236 1244.

After returning to the Creation Immortal Sect, he distributed resources among relatives, companions, and senior allies. Prolonged cultivation brought him mastery of Primordial Chaos Qi and eventually Heavenly Immortal cultivation. His latest documented expedition takes him into the Diwa World in search of Lady Diwa’s inheritance patterns 1278 1374 1411 1420.

Appearance

• Childhood: At seven, wears a green robe and has tied-up long hair, delicate features, and bright, lively eyes 1.
• At twelve: Stands approximately 1.60 meters tall, with a handsome but still youthful face and particularly lively eyes 27.
• Adult appearance: Reaches 1.85 meters, with sharply defined features, a jade-like face, prominent brows, and deep, expressive eyes. Commonly wears green or blue robes 80 159.
• Disguises: Can alter his face, hair, muscles, bones, build, and apparent age. His adopted appearances range from a petite young woman to elderly cultivators and a heavily muscled Bloody Hand Butcher 29 123 136 242.

Personality

Li Qingyuan’s central ambition is immortality. His previous life’s frailty and loneliness make cultivation deeply fulfilling rather than burdensome; he can endure long isolation while remaining absorbed in improvement. Even his genuine love for family and companions does not surpass his commitment to the immortal path 3 10 434.

He is cautious, calculating, and determined to possess more firepower than opponents expect. He hides cultivation levels, maintains multiple identities, and treats convincing performances as practical tools. Apparent loyalty, infatuation, or excitement may conceal a much stronger position and a separate plan 66 115 123 130 131.

His pragmatism includes killing and resource seizure. He rejects the idea that goodness alone can secure advancement, yet he retains a strong distinction between gratitude and hostility. He rewards followers generously, repays allies, and intervenes for those whose factions once protected him 93 467 840.

Toward family, he is affectionate and protective. He refines medicines for his mother, spends time accompanying his parents, guides younger relatives, and repeatedly reinvests his gains into the clan. His caution also extends to them: he refuses escape plans that would leave his parents exposed and conceals family ties when his enemies become too dangerous 150 173 321 330 429.

Abilities & Skills

Mysterious Feminine Space

A central resource in Li Qingyuan’s cultivation, used to duplicate resources, improve their quality, and guide his practice 13 105 209.

• Provides textbook-like guidance after he becomes barely capable of casting a spell 13.
• Duplicates acquired resources and items, including the contents of a captured Storage Bag 105.
• Improves pills to higher quality, including a Masterwork Dragon Tiger Auspicious Elixir 209.
• Does not duplicate every set of proceeds: his attempt with the 2,385 Spirit Stones earned from talisman sales fails 30.
• Houses the Immortal Coffin Female Corpse, whose awakening reveals that a sacred relic in the Azure Profound Immortal Sect could evolve the space 677.

Nine Revolutions Profound Technique

A cultivation method developed through the union of essence, qi, and spirit. Its advancement strengthens his body, power reserves, and associated divine abilities 615 934.

• Amplifies Manifestation of Heaven and Earth, Five Elements Great Escape, and transformation abilities 615.
• Can advance through the pressure of exceptionally strong underlying cultivation, rather than relying exclusively on Golden Cores 837.
• Reaches Third Revolution Peak during Body Integration and Six-Turn Late Stage Perfection during his True Immortal period 934 1333.

Wood Ascending Heaven Art and Jianmu Foundation

A supreme cultivation treasure technique capable of reaching Mahayana. Its complete path requires a Longevity Seed 285.

• The Longevity Seed supports recovery, sustained combat, and the nourishment of his natal treasure 399 614 1142.
• The Jianmu sapling grows alongside his cultivation and absorbs spiritual resources within his Mud Pill Palace 467 502.
• Develops into a Jianmu Divine Tree Dao Foundation, supporting his immortal cultivation and his control of the Earth Marsh Sword Array 1284 1411.

Body Refinement and Lightning Arts

Li Qingyuan cultivates his body alongside his magic power, repeatedly using lightning to force physical transformations 277 552 620.

• Early methods include the Silver Veined Blood Demon Body and Jade Pattern Blood Demon Body 138 153 220.
• The Wind Thunder Hegemonic Body strengthens his physique, movement, and capacity to contain amplified power 277 415 497.
• The Nine Heavens Lightning Tribulation Technique allows him to control and refine tribulation lightning; he brings it to great achievement during the Wood Tribulation 620 968 969.
• His Core Formation body can break a Second-Grade High-Rank artifact and repel a Third-Grade Low-Rank flying sword 277.
• His physical resilience reduces the drawbacks of the Five Energies Returning to Origin Technique 497.

Swordsmanship and Talisman Arrays

Li Qingyuan combines personal weapon techniques with large-scale arrays and expendable talismans 102 153 1031.

• Five Elements Talisman Array: Combines talismans of five attributes; advanced divine sense permits simultaneous use of multiple sets 153 184.
• Earth Marsh Sword Array: A major killing formation used with flying swords, clones, and sword-domain techniques 399 615 1031 1142.
• Profound Heaven Secret Art: Fuses multiple Halberds of Subduing with Virtue into a stronger weapon 399.
• Combat-support arts: Includes Body Immobilization, Shrink Earth into Ruler, Stone to Gold, illusion techniques, and Draw Ground for Prison 935.

Disguise and Concealment

His disguises protect his identity during trade, infiltration, and combat preparation 66 223 1244.

• Initially relies on a Human Skin Mask, including a female-faced mask borrowed from his father 29.
• Later changes his physical structure directly and conceals his cultivation through the Breath Concealment Art 123 139.
• Uses separate identities to maintain trading networks without exposing his main identity 223.
• By his True Immortal period, the combined support of his profound technique, Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Art, and Jianmu foundation prevents Primordial Spirits below Heavenly Immortal level from seeing through his disguise 1236.

Dual Cultivation and Combined Techniques

His cultivation with Miao Le links their compatible wood powers and Longevity Seeds, improving both cultivation and comprehension 480 894.

• Studies the Jianmu Divine Tree Slash through prolonged cultivation with Miao Le 894.
• Cultivates with Bing Ling’er to strengthen his body, Primordial Spirit, and mana and study the Yin and Yang Great Dao 894 934.
• Can merge with Miao Le’s Taiyi Divine Vine form for a temporary cultivation increase; one battle raises him from True Immortal Early Stage into the middle stage 1197.

Primordial Chaos Qi and One Qi Protection

After fifty thousand years nurturing Primordial Chaos Qi, he achieves enough control to form a three-inch protective wall 1374.

• Blocks Miao Le and Luo Ling’s strongest divine abilities 1374.
• Annihilates their combined attacks even after they activate bloodline powers and Ji Kun reaches the Quasi-Heavenly Immortal realm 1374.

Craftsmanship

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword — His natal weapon, nourished by his cultivation and Longevity Seed. Absorbing a Jianmu Divine Tree branch raises it to Extreme Dao Magic Treasure rank; it later develops alongside his Void Refinement and immortal cultivation. Can assume forms including a shuttle and a halberd 590 614 615 678 854 1284.
• Earth Marsh Sword Array — A repeatedly upgraded flying-sword formation. Its later configuration includes the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Flying Swords and Four Seasons Flying Swords, with the latter reaching fourth-grade Immortal Artifact level 903 1333 1411.
• Halberds of Subduing with Virtue — Reforged from an earlier Fangtian Halberd. Multiple halberds can be fused into one stronger weapon 242 399 480 506.
• Primordial Cone — A Core Formation Magic Treasure initially used as a physically thrown concealed weapon because he could not refine its restrictions 160 184.
• Azure Scale Dragon Armor — Defensive armor with lightning-enhancing properties, acquired while he was still at Core Formation 456.
• Soul Refining Banner — Used with Zhao Guangzheng to trap enemies and harvest their souls 585.
• Thunder Fire Glazed Lamp — Injures Shen Lin’s spying Primordial Spirit through backlash 732.
• Talisman Treasure Space / Nine Heavens Void Domain Talisman Treasure — An accelerated cultivation space operating at ten times outside time for cultivators below Soul Transformation 384 452.
• Great Profound Divine Sword — A sword bestowed by his Human King teacher, whose use becomes more effective as his divine sense strengthens 502.
• Wood Spirit Vine — A Core Formation Magic Treasure used to secure Li Xianhuang to him while escaping an encirclement 415.

Relationships

Family and Dao Companions

• Li Dingzhou — Father and early combat instructor. Teaches him tactics through sparring and supports his first journey beyond the clan 15 29.
• Chen Xiuyun — Mother. Her affection gives him the family warmth missing from his previous life; he gives her medicines and spends time accompanying her as she ages 3 79 173 319.
• Li Qingqing — Younger clan sister, whom he treats as his younger sister. Guides her cultivation and combat training and supplies her with resources; later accompanies her near the end of her life 1 78 321 539.
• Luo Ling — Wife and the mother of Li Xianhuang. Manages family responsibilities during his travels and urges him to prioritize his safety 177 321 330 418.
• Miao Le — Protector, cultivation benefactor, wife, and dual-cultivation partner. Their relationship grows from mutual assistance into genuine affection; they later have Li Changsheng 347 482 757 1090.
• Bing Ling’er — Dao companion and long-term dual-cultivation partner 894 934.
• Li Xianhuang — Daughter. Rescues her from cultivators seeking her inheritances and appoints her as his concealed connection to the clan 415 418 429.
• Li Xianfeng — Son, whom he personally instructs; later reaches Nascent Soul 321 532.
• Li Changsheng — Son with Miao Le. Both parents set aside cultivation and sect affairs to care for him after his birth 1090.
• Li Yunfan — Eldest grandson. Receives guidance and resources from him and later becomes a Nascent Soul cultivator 434 532.

Mentors, Allies, and Disciples

• Li Guangao — Original Clan Leader and formative mentor. Recognizes his talent, instructs him in caution, and helps cultivate his gratitude toward the clan 15 25 182.
• Li Guangyao and Li Guangzong — Senior clan elders who train him, support his advancement, and celebrate the clan’s rise to Foundation Establishment status 13 154.
• Human King — Teacher who gives him cultivation guidance and the Great Profound Divine Sword. Li Qingyuan also credits him with creating the Nine Heavens Lightning Tribulation Technique 429 502 528 969.
• Li Yunmei — Trusted business partner who sells his pills and gathers resources. He later considers her suitable to help settle the Li Clan discreetly 195 209 330.
• Zhao Guangzheng — Knowledgeable companion and combat collaborator, assisting with material preparation, inheritance knowledge, and soul-based attacks 307 384 585.
• Ji Kun — Long-standing spirit-beast companion. Eventually manifests the Sky Swallowing Chicken bloodline and remains an important combat ally 153 277 677 1374.
• Flame Dragon Lizard / Little Flame — Spirit-beast companion who cultivates and travels with him 277 321 384.
• Blood Shadow — His clone, publicly introduced to his family as a trusted friend and sworn companion. Assists with crafting, cultivation, and clan affairs 307 321 384.
• Kong Huan — Disciple and later daughter-in-law 757 1133.
• Yun Ji — Disciple treated as family by Miao Le; receives cultivation resources from Li Qingyuan 757 1278.
• Yun Yan — Elixir master entrusted with refining Second Revolution Golden Cores; later advises him on the Nine-Leaf Jade Pure Lotus 757 824.

Adversaries and Conditional Partners

• Qin Miaoyi — Former patron and participant in a deceptive dao-companionship pact. Both maintain calculated performances while she plans to sacrifice him for the Qin Family’s revival 130 131 150.
• Qin Chuan — Former allied patriarch turned pursuer and enemy. Attempts to seize his inheritance and later becomes the target of Li Qingyuan’s countertrap 102 154 159 171.
• Zheng Yuan — Jealous talisman master who unknowingly hires Li Qingyuan’s Bloody Hand Butcher persona to help kill Li Qingyuan himself 137 139.
• Young King Yuan — Major secret-realm rival who rallies other cultivators against Li Qingyuan and Li Xianhuang 376 415.
• Jade-Faced Fairy — Partner in a staged marriage under the Zhen Youde identity. They present themselves as affectionate spouses while cooperating privately 1244.

Notable Quotes

“As long as I have a spirit root, I can cultivate.” 1

“I can flee, but they cannot.” 150

“Xian’er, come behind me.” 415

“Even if a Great Opportunity lies before me, I would never gamble with my life.” 330

Trivia

• His first journey away from Cloud Mist Mountain takes place in women’s clothing because his father’s available Human Skin Mask depicts a woman in her twenties 29.
• He borrows Li Qingqing’s name while maintaining that disguise 33.
• The alias Peng Changsheng draws on the legend of Peng Zu living eight hundred years, reflecting his desire for longevity 123.
• His reforged Fangtian Halberd casts a shadow resembling the character for “virtue” regardless of the viewing side 242.
• His habit of hiding increasingly powerful reserves is explicitly compared to displaying older weaponry while keeping more advanced weapons concealed 130.