Nine Yang True Qi

Biodata

Power Progression

Origin and Nature

• Li Yifan produces Nine Yang True Qi by converting to the Yellow Grade Upper Nine Yang Burning Heaven Technique after the Xuntian Guard selection. Drawing in yang energy during conversion causes severe burning pain in his meridians; the technique can damage them if cultivated improperly 14.
• Its first visible thread is a scorching, pale-gold airflow. Later use produces red-gold light and radiating heat 14 18 39.
• Nine Yang True Fire is a separate, acquired exotic fire that the technique can nurture. Li Yifan develops its nascent form after his near-death battle with Li Heng; he later uses its intent to enhance the circulation and purification of his true qi 38 39.

Abilities & Skills

Suppression of Yin and Evil Energy

Nine Yang True Qi’s supreme-yang nature counters yin-cold and sinister forces 14 15.

• Disrupts yin-cold poison techniques and scatters an opponent’s Yin-Cold True Qi 15.
• Burns through corpse-puppet and Water Ghost Hag defenses when channeled into finger strikes or a saber 17 21.
• Floods an Iron Corpse’s core and destroys its evil qi, though an earlier saber strike barely penetrates the creature’s body 18.
• Counters an evil cultivator’s profound-yin techniques, helping Li Yifan win a cross-realm fight 25.
• Limit: An evil cultivator whose qi is greater in volume and purity can still force Li Yifan back despite the attribute advantage 18.

Protection and Recovery

• Nourishes Li Yifan’s body and bones, supports cultivation, and helps refine medicinal power 15 19 22.
• Accelerates recovery from internal injuries and helps neutralize invading cold or corrosive energy 14 34 38.
• Shields him from severe environmental cold in the Icy Abyss 28.
• Clears soul-stirring whispers from his mind; its righteous-yang nature also gives him high resistance to an evil cultivator’s mental attack 25 33.
• Limit: A foul energy lodged near a comatose man’s sea of consciousness resists dispersal and threatens to counterattack along the true qi, forcing Li Yifan to withdraw it 49.

Martial Applications

• Powers the Scorching Sun Finger and Burning Wood Saber Technique, adding scorching, evil-dispelling force to their strikes 14 17 25.
• Can be compressed into a concentrated Scorching Sun Finger attack that breaks Nie Wuya’s concealment 45.
• Can be directed through the leg meridians for Netherworld Ghost Shadow Steps, although its forceful nature initially makes that technique’s circulation sluggish 41.