Dou Qi

Biodata

Power Progression

Cultivation Mechanics

Attributes

Dou Qi attributes determine which cultivation methods can be practiced effectively. Methods of incompatible attributes cannot be forced, while attribute-neutral techniques are especially valuable to large factions with diverse members 146.

• Wind Attribute — characterized by sharpness and extreme speed; Lin Ze values it because mobility allows him to retreat when a battle cannot be won 7.
• Wind is described as one of the most widespread energies between heaven and earth, allowing high-level wind cultivators to gather it on a massive scale 410.
• Lin Ze's Wind Attribute Dou Qi initially appears pale green or pale cyan, but later becomes golden after repeated refinement with wind-attributed treasures 53 232 337.

Cultivation Methods and Refinement

Applications

Dou Techniques

Dou Qi is required to execute Dou Techniques; low-level cultivators generally lack sufficient reserves to repeatedly use high-grade techniques 51.

• Wind Splitting Blade — concentrates Wind Attribute Dou Qi into a saber for rapid, consecutive strikes; Lin Ze uses a Triple Wind Splitting Blade sequence to kill a First Order Grey Wolf 9.
• Forest Piercing Movement Technique — improves agility and obstacle navigation in forest terrain 8.
• Swift Wind Shadow — Xuan Tier High Grade movement technique that lets Lin Ze move like a phantom through the courtyard 53.
• Wind-Riding Robe — support technique that increases speed and can be layered with Dou Qi Gauze 63 71.
• Extreme Wind Slash — Earth Tier Low Grade technique capable of cutting through a large swath of trees with one strike 99 100.
• Golden Wind Void-Shattering Hand — Heaven Tier technique that can shatter surrounding space when used at high levels 317.
• Ten Directions Wind Seal — Heaven Tier Mid-Tier technique that gathers the winds of ten directions into a vast golden wind seal 410.

Defense and Mobility

• Dou Qi Gauze enhances offense, speed, and defense at the Dou Master level 71.
• Dou Qi Armor is a Grand Dou Master application that can be manifested across the body or concentrated on a single area for greater defense 104 108.
• Dou Qi Wings are the defining mobility ability of Dou Kings and allow sustained aerial movement 156.
• Flight Dou Techniques can imitate aerial mobility below Dou King, but consume too much Dou Qi for prolonged flight 200.

Story Role

• Lin Ze's first breakthrough to Dou Practitioner gives his Death Soldiers access to the Proxy function, temporarily allowing them to wield his Dou Qi cultivation. Severe backlash suffered by A-San leads Lin Ze to limit future Proxy use to two minutes 7.
• Lin Ze uses Proxy State to practice Dou Techniques through multiple Death Soldiers, avoiding the usual limit imposed by his own depleted Dou Qi reserves 9 36.
• Each major Dou Qi breakthrough expands the Bronze Mirror's daily Death Soldier projection capacity: eight at Dou Master, sixteen at Grand Dou Master, and sixty-four at Dou King 71 104 156.
• The Mysterious Light Treasure Mirror's Resonance Function provides a cultivation-speed buff that stacks with auxiliary methods and does not decay, accelerating Dou Qi cultivation for Lin Ze and other users 168.
• After becoming a Dou Di, Lin Ze uses his Wind Attribute Dou Qi to overturn the continent's previous Fire Attribute supremacy, establishing Wind Attribute supremacy instead 434.