Li Xuan

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Li Xuan (李玄)
Alias(es)	Dao Ancestor; Martial Ancestor; Great Wasteland Martial Ancestor; Border Wasteland Martial Ancestor 164 173 485
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Evergreen Pavilion; Great Wasteland Martial Arts Academy 193 218
Occupation/Role	Transmigrator; founder and pioneer of multiple Martial Dao systems; master of Xu Yan, Meng Chong, Su Lingxiu, Shi Er, Fang Hao, and others 1 57 100 253 538
Status	Active 600
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Innate Realm	68	Broke through after Xu Yan comprehended the Innate Realm cultivation method; gained the ability to sense and absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. 68
Peak Innate Realm	101	Reached the peak of the Innate Realm after Xu Yan attained Minor Accomplishment in the same realm. 101
Profound Understanding Realm	161	Advanced when Xu Yan comprehended the Profound Understanding Realm method. 161
Profound Understanding Realm — Perfect Completion	202	Reached perfect completion after Xu Yan’s advancement. 202
Divine Intent Realm	209	Opened his Niwan Palace and Spiritual Platform, allowing him to perceive the Great Dao Golden Book directly. 209
Spirit Origin Realm	253	Had reached the Spirit Origin Realm while researching Heaven and Earth Laws through the Taicang Book. 253
Supernatural Ability Realm	282	Condensed a Martial Dao Nascent Soul and awakened five supernatural abilities. 282
Medicinal Dao — Supernatural Ability Realm	320	Gained the Myriad Dao Divine Furnace, Evergreen Divine Fire, and Bone Transformation through the advancement of his Medicinal Dao. 320
Body Cultivation Martial Dao — Void Breaking Realm	384	His Body Cultivation Martial Dao entered the Void Breaking Realm. 384
Four Martial Daos — Void Breaking Realm	407	His Qimen Martial Dao advanced to Void Breaking, bringing all four of his established Martial Dao systems to that realm. 407
Extreme Soul Martial Dao — Heaven and Earth Realm	432	Reached the Heaven and Earth Realm after Jiang Buping cultivated the Unchanging Spirit Soul. 432
Five Martial Daos — Creation Realm	538	Fang Hao’s Qimen Creation completed the advancement of Li Xuan’s five Martial Dao systems to the Creation Realm. 538
Primordial Chaos Realm — Great Accomplishment	572	Xu Yan’s Dao Establishment Realm perfection raised Li Xuan to Great Accomplishment in the Primordial Chaos Realm. 572

Background

Li Xuan is a transmigrator who became stranded in a small mountain village. When Xu Yan mistook him for a hidden master and repeatedly sought apprenticeship, Li Xuan initially denied possessing any ability and feared being exposed. He eventually accepted Xu Yan only after receiving lavish gifts, including gold, Thousand-Year Ginseng, and Nine-Leaf Spirit Ganoderma. 1

Drawing on cultivation concepts he had invented while writing web novels in his previous life, Li Xuan improvised a path beginning with Blood Essence, Skin Tempering, Bone Refining, and Viscera Refining. He expected his fabricated teachings to fail and planned to flee the Qi Kingdom before Xu Yan could retaliate. 2 3 19

Xu Yan’s repeated breakthroughs instead made Li Xuan’s invented system real through the feedback of an unknown golden finger. Li Xuan gradually shifted from treating Xu Yan as a means of escape to building a genuine Martial Dao legacy, tailoring new paths for disciples with different talents. 51 57 100

At the Divine Intent Realm, Li Xuan finally perceived the source of his feedback: the Great Dao Golden Book, a golden book within his Spiritual Platform. It became the foundation of his continuing effort to create and refine Martial Dao systems. 209

Appearance

Li Xuan can appear entirely ordinary when he suppresses his presence, but his acquired mysterious aura makes observers perceive him as profound, unfathomable, and worthy of reverence. 51

• Often sits or travels with a Jade Ruyi in hand. 99 484
• Can conceal or release his mysterious aura at will. 51
• His relaxed, seemingly unremarkable demeanor conceals power that even Old Man Xiao cannot gauge. 484 485

Personality

Li Xuan begins as deeply pragmatic and risk-averse. He fabricates cultivation methods to preserve his safety, plans escape routes in advance, and sometimes turns Xu Yan’s excitement into household labor under the guise of cultivation guidance. 3 18 19

He is highly adaptive in teaching. Rather than forcing every disciple onto Xu Yan’s orthodox path, he designs systems around their strengths: Body Cultivation Martial Dao for Meng Chong, Medicinal Dao for Su Lingxiu, and Qimen Martial Dao for Fang Hao. 57 100 253

Despite enjoying a leisurely life of tea, fishing, and study, Li Xuan is protective of those he accepts as disciples. He personally rescued Meng Chong from Xue Wuxin and later gave Mu Xiao an opportunity to reform rather than killing him. 75 535

Abilities & Skills

Great Dao Golden Book

The Great Dao Golden Book rewards Li Xuan when his disciples comprehend, improve, or apply the Martial Dao systems he created. It grants cultivation growth, combat experience, techniques, physical transformations, and special abilities. 51 135 209

• Revealed within his Spiritual Platform after he entered the Divine Intent Realm. 209
• Granted him a hundred battles’ worth of experience after Xu Yan swept through ten thousand troops. 51
• Provides feedback for disciple breakthroughs across multiple Martial Dao systems. 161 320 432 538
• Does not evaluate the completeness or comprehension difficulty of externally created Heaven and Earth Laws. 210

Martial Dao Creation and Teaching

Li Xuan creates broad theoretical frameworks rather than fixed techniques, allowing disciples to comprehend personal expressions of the Martial Dao. 32 33

• Established the orthodox Martial Dao path followed by Xu Yan. 2 27
• Created the Great Sun Golden Bell Shield and Body Cultivation Martial Dao for Meng Chong. 57 58
• Passed on the Medicinal Dao, alchemy principles, meridians, acupoints, and the Medicinal Dao Tome to Su Lingxiu. 100 106
• Guided Fang Hao in founding Qimen Martial Dao through artifact refining and formations. 253
• Developed five Martial Dao systems to the Creation Realm. 538

Martial Arts Mastery

Through feedback from his disciples, Li Xuan acquires and refines combat methods far beyond his original experience. 51 74

• Dragon Subduing Palm — A realm-scaling palm art that can manifest dragon-shaped force; Li Xuan demonstrated it by pulverizing a tree with one strike. 33
• Mountain River Sword Dao — Used alongside his other methods during his destruction of the Heaven Punishing Alliance. 200
• Heaven and Earth Hegemonic Saber — A saber art used in conjunction with his sword, palm, and fist techniques. 200
• Wind Thunder Diamond Fist — A Body Cultivation Martial Dao fist art created for Meng Chong. 80
• Life and Death Sword Wheel — A changing sword art of offense and defense derived from Xu Yan’s comprehension of Tai Chi. 187
• Thousand Mechanisms Guide — Allows him to manipulate the power of a sword embedded in a distant target, making its removal extremely difficult. 445

Hundred Martial Divine Shadows

Li Xuan can create divine shadows that guide cultivators and silently defend territory. 187 188

• A divine shadow can help a novice sense Blood Essence through a single touch. 187
• Their operating range is limited by Li Xuan’s own strength. 187
• Each shadow possesses only Qi and Blood Realm strength, but can still kill a Grandmaster due to Li Xuan’s exceptional foundation. 188

Supernatural Abilities

Upon entering the Supernatural Ability Realm, Li Xuan condensed a Martial Dao Nascent Soul and awakened five major supernatural abilities. 282

• Heaven and Earth Manifestation — Greatly enlarges and strengthens his manifested body. 282
• Sword Within the Universe — A versatile offensive and defensive Sword Dao ability. 282
• Fixed Breath God Slaying Sword — A sword-based supernatural ability. 282
• Divine Dragon Descends — A dragon-based supernatural ability. 282
• Heaven and Earth in an Instant — A movement ability, though insufficient by itself to cross the entire world instantly. 282
• Myriad Dao Divine Furnace — A Medicinal Dao supernatural ability. 320
• Evergreen Divine Fire — A Medicinal Dao supernatural ability. 320
• Bone Transformation — Allows resurrection from bones. 320

Heaven and Earth Laws

Li Xuan studies the Taicang Book, whose shifting patterns are incomplete depictions of Heaven and Earth Laws. 210

• Uses the Taicang Book to research how Martial Dao can employ Heaven and Earth Laws without becoming bound by them. 253
• His study of the book supports the development of realms beyond the Supernatural Ability Realm. 243 385
• Reached the seventeenth page of the eighteen-page book while refining his understanding of the Taicang World’s Dao Principles. 399

Equipment / Items

• Jade Ruyi — A personal object Li Xuan frequently toys with while teaching or receiving visitors. 99 484
• Taicang Book / Taicang Ancient Parchment Book — A supreme treasure containing patterns of Heaven and Earth Laws. 210
• Great Dao Golden Book — His golden finger, housed above the Spiritual Platform. 209
• Spiritual paper inscribed with a Heaven and Earth Law — Given to Wu Tiannan to assist his comprehension and breakthrough. 320

Relationships

• Xu Yan — First and eldest disciple; initially deceived by Li Xuan’s improvised teachings, Xu Yan becomes the pioneer of Li Xuan’s orthodox Martial Dao and the largest source of his feedback. 1 68 282
• Meng Chong — Second disciple and Body Cultivation Martial Dao successor; Li Xuan created the Great Sun Golden Bell Shield for him and personally saved him from Xue Wuxin. 57 75
• Su Lingxiu — Disciple and successor of the Medicinal Dao; Li Xuan recognized her exceptional medical ability, taught her alchemy and cultivation, and gained major Medicinal Dao advancements through her progress. 99 100 320
• Shi Er — Disciple taught Martial Dao Skin Tempering; later serves within Li Xuan’s growing household and cultivation circle. 66 106
• Fang Hao — Disciple and artifact-refining genius; founded and developed Qimen Martial Dao under Li Xuan’s guidance. 248 253 538
• Jiang Buping — Disciple whose cultivation of the Unchanging Spirit Soul elevated Li Xuan’s Extreme Soul Martial Dao to the Heaven and Earth Realm. 407 432
• Red Cat — Beast disciple taught the Great Monster Martial Dao through the Demon Pointing Method. 283
• Old Man Xiao — A powerful Realm Lord who seeks Li Xuan’s guidance after recognizing the flaws in the Taicang Martial Dao. 485 488
• Mu Xiao — Captured True Spirit given the chance to redeem himself through daily service rather than execution. 535

Story Role / Major Arcs

Fabricated Master of the Mountain Village

Li Xuan accepts Xu Yan as a disciple for valuable gifts despite having no genuine cultivation knowledge. His improvised teachings unexpectedly become the foundation of a new Martial Dao. 1 2 27

Establishment of the Disciples’ Martial Dao Paths

After Xu Yan’s success, Li Xuan accepts Meng Chong, Su Lingxiu, and Shi Er. He creates specialized paths instead of forcing them into orthodox Martial Dao. 57 66 100

Rise of the Martial Ancestor

Li Xuan begins using Hundred Martial Divine Shadows to guide young cultivators. Rumors spread that diligent practitioners may receive the Martial Ancestor’s favor and instruction. 187

Canglan Island and the Heaven Punishing Alliance

When the Heaven Punishing Alliance attacks Canglan Island with thousands of martial artists, including Half-step Heavenly Humans and Peak Grandmasters, Li Xuan annihilates their forces alone and permits the survivors to rewrite the event as the suppression of a rebellion. 200

Creation of a New Martial World

Li Xuan supports the spread of alchemy, formations, Body Cultivation Martial Dao, and orthodox Martial Dao throughout the Great Wasteland and Qinghua Realm. These developments transform cultivation, strengthen cities, and reduce casualties against invading forces. 384 385 429

Dao Ancestor

Li Xuan’s power shocks Old Man Xiao, who realizes that Li Xuan surpasses even his mentor, Taicang. Li Xuan becomes recognized as the Dao Ancestor and teaches that the future path for Realm Lords lies in comprehending and cultivating the Heavenly Dao. 485 488

Guidance Beyond the Great Wasteland

As his Martial Dao reaches the Creation and Primordial Chaos Realms, Li Xuan continues to guide powerful figures such as Ao Lie and Tai Miao while preparing to explore the Unchanging Land beyond the Unchanging Divine Palace. 538 568 572

Notable Quotes

“All the unknowns in this world are merely due to insufficient strength. With enough strength, the so-called unknowns and secrets are not worth mentioning.” 568