Contents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background / History
- 4Appearance
- 5Personality
- 6Abilities & Skills
- 6.1System Panel and Energy Points
- 6.2Body Refinement
- 6.3Saber and Blade Arts
- 6.4Transformation and Concealment
- 6.5Movement and Spatial Techniques
- 6.6Dao Infant and Yin Spirit
- 6.7Golden Body and Divine Cultivation
- 6.8Heavenly Human and Soul Perception
- 7Equipment / Weapons / Items
- 8Relationships
- 9Story Role / Major Arcs
- 9.1Dongsheng Town and Early Cultivation
- 9.2Yunlu County and the Demon Suppression Department
- 9.3Fan Yan’s Disciple
- 9.4Rise Through Great Qi
- 9.5Grandmaster and Imperial Conflict
- 9.6Stabilizing Great Qi and Beyond
- 10Notable Quotes
- 11Trivia
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Luo Yi (罗燚) |
| Alias(es) | Xiao Yi; Little Luo Brother |
| Species/Race | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Affiliation | Demon Suppression Department; later associated with the Great Qi Dynasty |
| Occupation/Role | Martial artist; demon slayer; Demon Suppression Department officer; Lieutenant General; Vice Inspector of the Yanbei Sixteen Provinces |
| Status | Active |
| First Appearance | 2 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mortal | 10 | System panel records Luo Yi as a sixteen-year-old mortal with Basic Archery at Mastery. |
| Skin Refining — Entry | 15 | Enters martial cultivation through the Fierce Tiger Skin Refining Technique; his strength more than doubles and he can fully draw a Three Stone Bow. |
| Skin Refining — Minor Accomplishment | 27 | Advances while training the Fierce Tiger Skin Refining Technique. |
| Flesh Refining — Great Accomplishment | 57 | Reaches Great Accomplishment after nearly a month; possesses poison immunity and several body-refining traits. |
| Flesh Refining — Perfection | 70 | Uses 44 Energy Points to break through; merges Tiger Back and Bear Waist into Tiger Back Bear Waist and begins the Azure Crane Flesh Refining Technique. |
| Muscle Changing — Initiated | 86 | Learns the Shadow Bee Muscle Changing Method, White Ape Piguadao, and Shape Changing Technique. |
| Muscle Changing — Limit | 115 | Reaches the realm’s limit; gains the Two Dragons Form trait and a medium-grade martial bone. |
| Bone Forging — Initiated | 120 | Enters the final body-refining realm through the Dragon Elephant Technique. |
| Bone Forging — Great Completion | 131 | Spends 110 Energy Points to advance from initial stage to Great Completion within one week. |
| Bone Forging — Perfection | 142 | Attains Perfection and receives the Eight Treasures Golden Body technique from Fan Yan. |
| Five Viscera — Initial Stage | 169 | Begins cultivating Five Spirits Force and gains spiritual-energy-based cultivation. |
| Five Viscera — Three Essences | 179 | Reveals his Five Viscera cultivation while cutting through a demon dog’s hide with spiritual energy. |
| Five Viscera — Six Unifications | 187 | Advances through repeated nourishment of the Five Viscera with Five Spirits Force. |
| Six Viscera — Initial Entry | 224 | Enters the Six Viscera Realm and cultivates the Five Elements Technique and Ghost God Blade. |
| Six Viscera — Completion | 242 | Reaches Completion; upgrades Ghost God Blade to Minor Accomplishment. |
| Six Viscera — Limit | 247 | Perfects the Five Elements Technique and gains the Great Heavenly Cycle Body. |
| Jade Liquid — 50 Acupoints | 262 | Opens fifty acupoints through the Wind and Thunder Five Elements Scripture. |
| Jade Liquid — 96 Acupoints / Late Stage | 267 | Uses 2,100 Energy Points to open forty-two further acupoints; completes Ghost God Blade and gains Power of Gods and Ghosts. |
| Jade Liquid — All Acupoints Opened | 316 | Completes the realm; perfects Shape Changing Technique and gains Thirty-Six Transformations. |
| Completed Pill | 355 | Advances through the Devouring Heavens and Dao Technique. |
| Martial Dao Grandmaster | 429 | Breaks through using over ten thousand Energy Points; forms a Dao Infant and Yin Spirit, gains the Swallowing Heaven Demon Body, and learns to control ambient spiritual energy. |
| Martial Dao Grandmaster — Yin Spirit Sixth Level | 472 | Cultivates the Nine Revolutions Ascension Technique to the seventh revolution; possesses an Innate Holy Physique. |
| Martial Dao Grandmaster — Mid-level, Eight-zhang Golden Body | 518 | Develops an eight-zhang Golden Body Divine Form through the Buddha God Phase Cultivation Technique and Refining Void Swallowing Heaven Technique. |
| Martial Dao Grandmaster — Upper Realm | 550 | Advances the Refining Void Swallowing Heaven Technique to the Upper Realm. |
| Heavenly Human — Early Stage | 613 648 | Achieves a Divine Body and Divine Heart, merges spirit and body with the world, and can draw on worldly spiritual energy. |
| Heavenly Human — Middle Stage | 655 | Reaches Middle Heavenly Human while retaining a thirty-three-zhang Golden Body Divine Appearance. |
| Heavenly Human — Upper Heaven Realm | 682 | Advances the Swallowing Heavens Evolution Divine Art to the Upper Realm. |
| Refining Void — Initial Stage | 815 | Possesses a Celestial Spiritual Root and begins the Void Heaven God Dao Technique. |
Background / History
Luo Yi transmigrated into a martial world after dying from overwork in his previous life. Having inherited the body of a hunter’s son in Dongsheng Town, he resolved to pursue the highest peak of martial arts rather than repeat the constrained life he had once lived 2.
He recovered under the care of his younger sister, Luo Xi, then discovered a system panel that tracked skills, traits, and Energy Points. He initially trained archery, hunted to support the household, and used the system’s gains to begin body-refining cultivation 2 7 15.
Luo Yi’s early motivation was inseparable from protecting Luo Xi. He declined Deputy Master Long’s offer to become a White Ape Martial Hall disciple, but arranged for Luo Xi to train there under Long instead 40. Seeing Luo Yunzhan and the Yun Province Demon Suppression Department later strengthened his ambition to join the organization and gain access to higher cultivation paths 60 61.
He entered the Demon Suppression Department, repeatedly hunted demons for Energy Points, and rose through its ranks. Despite his advancement, he often concealed his strength, used disguise techniques, and avoided claiming public credit when exposure would threaten his freedom of action 90 304.
Fan Yan later accepted Luo Yi as a personal disciple after Luo Yi, still at Bone Forging, held his own against the Five Organs Realm Fan Wenxuan 140. Luo Yi’s subsequent breakthroughs carried him beyond Yun Province: he became a Martial Dao Grandmaster, clashed with Great Qi’s Temple and imperial forces, stabilized territories for Great Qi, and eventually advanced into the Heavenly Human and Refining Void realms 429 575 613 687 815.
Appearance
Luo Yi is a handsome, sharp-featured young man with deep, piercing eyes, a resolute expression, and a sturdy, tiger-like build 7 10.
- His body becomes increasingly imposing through body-refining cultivation 10 423.
- He can alter his face, physique, aura, gender, and apparent realm through his transformation techniques 316.
- His Golden Body Divine Appearance reaches eight zhang by the mid-Martial Dao Grandmaster stage and thirty-three zhang by the Heavenly Human stage 518 648.
Personality
Luo Yi is disciplined, practical, and intensely focused on self-improvement. He routinely chooses training over leisure, refuses excessive drinking and decadent social behavior, and treats unused Energy Points as wasted potential 74 106 305.
He is cautious about power structures and reluctant to bind himself to others without clear benefit. He declined recruitment attempts by Luo Yunzhan and Pu Yi, remained skeptical of the Luo Family Army, and concealed his strength whenever publicity could create future complications 90 113 304.
Despite his pragmatism, Luo Yi consistently prioritizes family and uses his authority to protect others when he can do so without sacrificing his goals. He supports Luo Xi’s cultivation, helps Father Luo begin martial training, protects his subordinates, and intervenes against the exploitation of refugees 61 180 283 286.
Abilities & Skills
System Panel and Energy Points
Luo Yi possesses a system that displays his attributes, cultivation, skills, traits, bone frame, and Energy Points 2 10.
- Energy Points can accelerate skill mastery and realm advancement 70 131 267.
- He primarily gains Energy Points by slaying demons 188 266.
- The system can merge compatible traits, such as Tiger Back and Bear Waist 70.
- Rapid advancement causes Luo Yi to periodically pause and stabilize his control rather than recklessly continue 135 613.
Body Refinement
Luo Yi cultivated through Skin Refining, Flesh Refining, Muscle Changing, Bone Forging, Five Viscera, and Six Viscera before proceeding into higher realms 15 57 83 120 169 224.
- His early techniques include the Fierce Tiger Skin Refining Technique, Berserk Bear Flesh Refining Technique, Azure Crane Flesh Refining Technique, and Shadow Bee Muscle Changing Method 15 57 74 86.
- The Dragon Elephant Technique grants Dragon Elephant Force 136.
- The Eight Treasures Golden Body addresses his lack of hard-body defense 142.
- His body later evolves through the Swallowing Heaven line into the Undying Swallowing Heavens Body, granting immortality so long as his Soul remains 684.
Saber and Blade Arts
Luo Yi develops several high-level offensive techniques.
- White Ape Piguadao — His early primary offensive art; perfected before Bone Forging 117 142.
- Ghost God Blade — A powerful blade art that culminates in Power of Gods and Ghosts, which can disorient opponents 242 267.
- Li Kong Saber Technique — Perfecting it grants comprehension of the Space Law 434.
- Jie Mie Reincarnation Halberd — Raised to Great Accomplishment; grants the Annihilation Law 815 836.
Transformation and Concealment
Luo Yi’s Shape Changing Technique is central to his covert operations 179 304.
- Changes his appearance into an ordinary, unremarkable face 86.
- Conceals his aura and cultivation level 304 585.
- At Perfection, becomes Thirty-Six Transformations, allowing changes to body shape, appearance, aura, and gender 316.
- Later evolves into Seventy-Two Transformations of the Earthly Fiends 682.
Movement and Spatial Techniques
Luo Yi possesses exceptional speed and spatial mobility.
- Shadowless Escape provides evasive movement 169.
- Swift as Thunder grants speed comparable to or exceeding Luo Yunzhan and Zhang Ji’s combat movement 180.
- Space Law enables teleportation and spatial manipulation 434 460.
- He uses Space Law to intercept enemies, evade pursuit, and travel without being noticed 461 553 574.
Dao Infant and Yin Spirit
After reaching Martial Dao Grandmaster, Luo Yi develops a Dao Infant and Yin Spirit 429.
- His Yin Spirit can operate independently in combat and merge back into his main body 460 461.
- The Yin Spirit’s combat ability becomes comparable to a tenth-tier demon 461.
- The Nine Revolutions Ascension Technique strengthens the Yin Spirit through successive revolutions 450 467.
Golden Body and Divine Cultivation
Luo Yi cultivates a Golden Body Divine Appearance through Incense Wish Power and the Buddha God Phase Cultivation Technique 472 518.
- Reaches an eight-zhang Golden Body before confronting Great Qi’s Temple forces 518 561.
- Expands to thirty-three zhang during his conflict with Great Qi’s old masters 573.
- Forms a Divine Body and Divine Heart before entering the Heavenly Human realm 613.
Heavenly Human and Soul Perception
As a Heavenly Human, Luo Yi unifies spiritual energy with the world 613.
- Can draw on ambient world spiritual energy in battle 613.
- His Soul can perceive an area spanning 30,000 li, including multiple provinces and half of Great Qi 684.
- He can sense hidden threats and assess formations before acting 628.
Equipment / Weapons / Items
- Bow and arrows — Luo Yi’s first trained weapon; Basic Archery provides significant physical improvement 7 10.
- Silver Bell — Stores items, including jade boxes and cultivation resources 283.
- Great Halberd — Instantly pierces and kills a Refining Void Realm Nine-Tailed Fox Demon; greatly enhances Luo Yi’s combat power 677.
- Jie Mie Reincarnation Halberd — High-level halberd technique later cultivated to Great Accomplishment 815 836.
- Demon Hunting Token — Issued in connection with Demon Suppression Guard selection 74.
- Demon Suppression Department cloak and jade-inlaid belt — Rewards received upon promotion to Lieutenant General 226.
Relationships
- Luo Xi — Younger sister. Luo Yi’s earliest and most enduring priority; he funds her cultivation, worries about her special physique, and seeks strength partly to protect her 2 61 148.
- Father Luo — Father. Luo Yi later helps him begin martial cultivation so he can protect himself and Luo Xi 283.
- Fan Yan — Master. Accepts Luo Yi as a personal disciple after recognizing his exceptional potential and provides him with suitable cultivation methods 140 142.
- Luo Yunzhan — Powerful Demon Suppression Department figure and later political ally. Luo Yi initially admires his strength but distrusts his recruitment efforts; Luo Yunzhan later agrees to conceal Luo Yi’s role in clearing Qingzhou’s demons 60 90 439.
- Pu Yi — Black Rider and Demon Suppression Department associate. Guards Luo Yi during his Flesh Refining breakthrough, then later unsuccessfully attempts to recruit him for Luo Yunzhan 70 90.
- Long Zhan — Household manager and supporter who assists with Luo manor affairs 74 434.
- Fan Wenxuan — Fellow disciple and rival. Luo Yi defeats him despite Fan Wenxuan’s Five Organs Realm cultivation 140.
- Niu Xiaoma and Ma Pijing — The Ox-Horse brothers; loyal subordinates whom Luo Yi feeds, equips, and supports in cultivation 180 283.
- Du Hongxing — Demon Suppression General who increasingly recognizes Luo Yi’s strength, though their relationship is strained after she questions him 266 363.
- Qiuyu Qi — Qi Family formation expert and ally. Seeks Luo Yi’s protection and later assists him in the Ten Thousand Demon Lair 628 650.
- Xue Bingxuan — Martial Dao Grandmaster companion during the Southwest Nine Provinces journey; agrees to let Luo Yi take demon kills when possible 477.
- Chen Tai'an — Ally who trusts Luo Yi and considers him the true force behind Great Qi; Luo Yi later fulfills his promise to elevate Chen’s standing at the Temple 681 687.
Story Role / Major Arcs
Dongsheng Town and Early Cultivation
Luo Yi recovers from his transmigration, discovers the system, supports Luo Xi through hunting, and enters Skin Refining within days of obtaining the Fierce Tiger Skin Refining Technique 2 15. His rapid progress gives him the means to resist local threats and pursue opportunities beyond town life 7 21.
Yunlu County and the Demon Suppression Department
After placing Luo Xi in the White Ape Martial Hall, Luo Yi learns about the Demon Suppression Department and resolves to enter it 40 60. He participates in Demon Suppression Guard selection, becomes active in demon-hunting missions, and builds his cultivation through Energy Points and Department resources 74 90 106.
Fan Yan’s Disciple
During Yunlu County’s crisis, Luo Yi meets Fan Yan and becomes his personal disciple 136 140. Fan Yan provides techniques that compensate for Luo Yi’s defensive shortcomings, while Luo Yi advances through Bone Forging and into the Five Viscera Realm 142 169.
Rise Through Great Qi
Luo Yi rises from a Department officer to Lieutenant General and gains recognition across the Yanbei Sixteen Provinces, where he ranks 313th among the top 323 martial artists 226 287. He continues concealing much of his power while expanding his authority and protecting his family 283 304.
Grandmaster and Imperial Conflict
After becoming a Martial Dao Grandmaster, Luo Yi gains the Swallowing Heaven Demon Body, Space Law, and a powerful Yin Spirit 429 434 461. His conflict with Prince Qi’s Mansion, Temple disciples, and Great Qi’s imperial power culminates in his destruction of major opponents in the Capital and the defeat of Old Man Qi 519 520 575.
Stabilizing Great Qi and Beyond
Luo Yi uses his overwhelming power to reclaim Great Qi’s territories and Incense Wish Power from neighboring dynasties 687. He later acts around Demon Suppression Pass, enters the Ten Thousand Demon Lair, advances through the Heavenly Human realm, and becomes capable of defeating Refining Void opponents despite being below that realm himself 613 677 717.
Notable Quotes
“What is the big picture? I am the big picture!” 575
“Since you have successfully broken through to Martial Dao Grandmaster, I believe you can protect yourself if danger arises.” 477
Trivia
- Luo Yi was sixteen when he first entered the Skin Refining Realm 15.
- His lifespan increases dramatically alongside his cultivation, reaching 3,874 years by the Initial Stage Refining Void realm 815.
- He dislikes being in the spotlight and often stands at the back of crowds despite his strength 112 287.
- His stated practical specialty is “practiced martial arts and killed people and demons” 188.