Qi and Blood Realm

Biodata

Power Progression

Cultivation Hierarchy

Characteristics

Breakthrough

Advancement requires a cultivator to break through the Qi and Blood Heavenly Gate. Successful entrants undergo a qualitative increase in strength and can externalize their Qi and Blood power. 1 403 406

• A successful breakthrough may produce a visible crimson aura, bloody mist, halo, or ring of Qi and Blood. 403 406
• Li Xinge's entry into the realm manifested as scarlet Qi and Blood forming a ferocious lion phantom. 1
• Body Cultivation Grand Perfection is the final known threshold before the Heavenly Gate; many cultivators remain stuck there for years or decades. 405
• Qi and Blood Pills can greatly improve a Body Realm cultivator's chance of a breakthrough. The aged First Elder estimated his chance would rise from less than one percent to forty percent with such a pill. 8
• The Nine-Layered Spirit Gathering Tower's fourth through sixth floors are cultivation grounds for Qi and Blood cultivators, where breakthroughs are easier than outside. 340
• A cultivator must consolidate their realm immediately after breaking through; failure to do so may jeopardize the breakthrough. 406

Power and Pressure

Qi and Blood cultivators possess overwhelming superiority over those below their realm; the saying “below the Qi and Blood Realm, all are ants” is repeatedly treated as a practical reality. 5 47

• Their released pressure can suppress weaker cultivators, hinder breathing, and create the sensation that internal organs are about to rupture. 1 24
• Qi and Blood power can be concentrated into attacks, weapons, or bodily techniques. 43 431
• Minor substages represent substantial gaps in strength. A Qi and Blood Minor Accomplishment cultivator's power is treated as fundamentally different from that of an Initial Stage cultivator. 16 32
• A newly entered Qi and Blood cultivator may still have a shallow foundation compared with long-established practitioners and realm geniuses. 406
• Great Perfection cultivators are regarded as extremely close to the Innate Realm and are generally important members of their own bloodlines rather than ordinary retainers. 124
• Without major disparities in cultivation methods or martial skills, fighting across Qi and Blood substages is considered exceptionally difficult. 418

Lifespan

Resources

• Qi and Blood Pill — Helps Body Realm cultivators attempt the Heavenly Gate and can advance the cultivation of existing Qi and Blood practitioners. 12 432
• Blood Spirit Fruit — Advances Qi and Blood Realm cultivation; Body Realm cultivators cannot safely consume one directly, as it would cause them to explode and die. 40
• Blood Gathering Spirit Pill — A high-grade pill capable of raising a Qi and Blood cultivator by one minor substage. 739
• Blood-Replenishing Pill — Restores depleted Qi and Blood; the Li Family's version uses the essence blood of nine Innate Great Demons and is highly effective for cultivators below Divine Mansion. 669
• Demonic beast flesh and blood — Used as nourishment for cultivating Qi and Blood, particularly among Li Family disciples. 405 521
• Nine-Layered Spirit Gathering Tower — Its fourth through sixth floors provide Qi and Blood cultivators with Spiritual Qi five to ten times denser than the outside world, accelerating cultivation and making breakthroughs easier. 340 341

Otherworldly Qi and Blood Martial Arts

On the Heavenly Martial Continent, a distinct Qi and Blood martial system arose after the world's Spiritual Qi dried up. Survivors who drank from a blood-red lake generated violent Qi and Blood power without needing to absorb Spiritual Qi, allowing them to establish a new path of Qi and Blood martial arts. 765

• The blood-red lake was created by the fall of a terrifying otherworldly existence and derived its properties from the Otherworldly Sacred Relic at its bottom. 765
• The lake became the Heavenly Martial Continent's sole sacred cultivation ground until Xiao Yuan initially refined the relic, causing the lake's extraordinary blood-red properties to disappear. 765 816
• This lower-realm Qi and Blood martial path is not explicitly established as identical to the Great Zhou cultivation hierarchy's Qi and Blood Realm. 50 765

Risks and Limitations

• Blood Burning Pills forcibly raise strength by burning Qi and Blood and overdrawing lifespan. In Su Changqing's case, the effect was expected to leave him with fewer than fifteen minutes to live. 16
• Burning one's own Qi and Blood can temporarily increase combat strength, but may cripple or kill the user. 206
• Cultivators who have only just entered the realm remain vulnerable to more experienced Qi and Blood practitioners. 406
• The incomplete Blood Demon True Technique can rapidly seize external power, but this creates an unstable foundation and may erode the user's sanity; its fragment is only capable of cultivation to the Qi and Blood Realm. 24
• Despite its importance, the realm remains far below Innate and Divine Mansion cultivation; even a Qi and Blood Great Perfection cultivator is only near the Innate threshold. 124 393

Social Significance

• A single Qi and Blood cultivator can serve as the decisive foundation of a county-level family or sect. 1 196
• The loss or gain of one such cultivator can alter the balance between local powers, as seen when the Li Family's newly revealed Qi and Blood practitioner deterred its rivals. 1 7
• In Baihe County, the Zheng Clan's three openly known Qi and Blood cultivators establish it as a foremost great family. 7
• The Yang Province Governor's Demon Purging Army was to draw one hundred Qi and Blood cultivators from each prefecture, recognizing them as essential high-level combatants. 196
• Over seventy Qi and Blood cultivators could be assembled from local families during the Ascending Dragon Prefecture council, demonstrating their importance as regional military assets. 196
• Qi and Blood Realm forces are rare enough that their arrival is announced separately at major gatherings. 139
• Their loss in war is treated as a severe strategic blow: Ascending Dragon Prefecture lost twenty-seven Qi and Blood cultivators during the Lion Tiger Pass conflict. 80
• A family gaining even one additional Qi and Blood cultivator can decisively upset the balance among local rivals and expose weaker families to annihilation. 622 632

Notable Practitioners

• Li Xinge — Broke through at seventeen, later advancing through Minor and Great Accomplishment before reaching higher realms. 1 32 65
• Li Xuantong — The Li Family First Elder; used a Qi and Blood Pill to successfully enter the realm despite declining Qi and Blood, later awakening the Fire Spirit Body during his pursuit of Great Accomplishment. 13 17 192
• Zheng Cangfeng — A Qi and Blood Great Perfection expert who protected the Qi Family before later advancing to the Innate Realm. 123 262
• Li Wuyou — Reached the realm at ten years old, with strength beyond ordinary cultivators of the same stage; at Minor Accomplishment, she could contend with Qi and Blood Great Accomplishment opponents. 147 169
• Li Xingzong — Temporarily surged through the realm to Innate through Blood Spirit Fruits and a blood lake, but ultimately stabilized at Qi and Blood Great Accomplishment. 254
• Li Qingshi — Reached the realm at seventeen and was noted for his solid, vigorous foundation. 407
• Li Qinglin — Broke through after consuming a top-grade Qi and Blood Pill and cultivating in the Nine-Layered Spirit Gathering Tower. 403
• Li Xuanzong — Reached Qi and Blood Minor Accomplishment while awakening the Savage God Body, a combat physique that substantially amplifies physical strength and power. 160
• Jiang Dao — A Li Family enshrined guest who entered the realm before advancing to Qi and Blood Minor Accomplishment. 65 130
• Li Xingdong — An Ancestral Land steward and Qi and Blood Great Perfection cultivator whose cultivation and speed impressed the Stone County branch. 407
• Li Xuanyong — The Li Family Third Elder, a Qi and Blood Great Perfection cultivator who later faced the limits of his lifespan. 622