Li Xuanyi

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Li Xuanyi (李玄一) 77
Alias(es)	Sword Scion of the Heavenly Sword Sect 76 77
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Heavenly Sword Sect 77
Occupation/Role	Sword Scion; maintains order in Heavenly Sword City during the grand competition 77
Status	Active 92
First Appearance	Chapter 77

Appearance

Li Xuanyi is an ordinary-looking young man who carries a longsword on his back; the weapon is later identified as the Heaven's Question Sword 77 81.

• Calm, unassuming outward appearance despite his status as a Sword Scion 77.
• Fights with the Heaven's Question Sword, though he can overwhelm opponents without drawing it 80 81.

Personality

Li Xuanyi is even-tempered, principled, and direct. He enforces Heavenly Sword City's prohibition against private fighting regardless of a visitor's standing, threatening to expel Beast Maniac and revoke his tournament qualification when he attempts to coerce Lin Ye 77.

He values character and proven capability over factional convenience. After dueling Lin Ye, he recognizes the difference in their paths rather than treating it as hostility, then chooses Lin Ye as an ally for Falling Star Valley because he considers him trustworthy and uninterested in abandoning righteousness for profit 81 82. During later crises, he acts decisively to organize survivors, distribute aid, and direct reinforcements 92.

Abilities & Skills

Sword Dao

Li Xuanyi possesses exceptionally refined sword intent, capable of condensing into threads that sever techniques, space, and an opponent's spiritual defenses 80.

• Split Lin Ye's combined Domain Suppression and Magnetic Vortex force field with a casual slash 80.
• Defeated Li Gang of Vajra Temple without drawing his sword, cutting apart his golden palm seal and striking at his sea of consciousness with sword intent 80.
• His sword intent overpowered Blood Blade in their clash, forcing the latter back and splitting the web of his hand 91.
• His sword path naturally restrains Ghost Nine Nether's ghost-path divine arts when fighting alongside Ye Guyun 91.

Heaven's Question Sword

The Heaven's Question Sword is Li Xuanyi's longsword and the focus of his strongest displayed sword techniques 81.

• Sword One: Sever Dust — A sword-line that warps and tears space, opening rifts of nothingness in its path 81.
• Li Xuanyi drew the sword against Lin Ye only after Lin Ye's destructive counterattack injured him, regarding Lin Ye as worthy of that response 80.
• Lin Ye's final finger strike erased Sever Dust on contact, leaving the Heaven's Question Sword dimmed and crying mournfully 81.

Forbidden Secret Art

Li Xuanyi used a forbidden secret art to help protect Lin Ye, Ye Guyun, Yan Tian, and Hua Wuying from the descending Guixu Lord 84.

• Joined the others' combined defense against the Guixu Lord's destructive torrent 84.
• Was injured and rendered unconscious when the group's defenses failed to withstand the attack 84.

Leadership and Tactical Judgment

Li Xuanyi repeatedly takes command in group survival situations within Falling Star Valley 89 92.

• Helped gather surviving cultivators in a formation-protected safe zone and lead their resistance 89.
• Led the pursuit after the Nine Nether Soul-Locking Grand Formation was broken 92.
• Ordered wounded cultivators to remain at the valley shelter while splitting himself, Lin Ye, and Ye Guyun into reinforcement parties 92.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Heaven's Question Sword — Li Xuanyi's longsword; used to perform Sever Dust 80 81.
• Heavenly Sword Sect secret communication art — Used to issue a special signal and gather scattered allies in Falling Star Valley 92.
• Healing pills — Distributed to wounded survivors, including Liu Ruyan's group 92.

Relationships

• Lin Ye — Initially protects him from Beast Maniac's coercion in Heavenly Sword City; later duels him to a draw, develops mutual respect, and invites him to travel together in Falling Star Valley 77 81 82.
• Ye Guyun — Fellow Heavenly Sword Sect representative and combat ally. They jointly helped resist the Guixu Lord and later fought beside Lin Ye during the escape from Blackwind Gorge 82 84 91.
• Beast Maniac — Confronted him after he attempted to force Lin Ye to sell a jade pendant; Li Xuanyi compelled Beast Maniac to withdraw by invoking Heavenly Sword Sect authority 77.
• Liu Ruyan — Provided her and her injured companions with healing pills after they reached the survivors' shelter 92.
• Blood Blade — Opposed him during the Blackwind Gorge breakout, suppressing him in direct combat after Ghost Nine Nether's death 91 92.
• Ghost Nine Nether — His enemy during the Blackwind Gorge battle; Li Xuanyi's side ultimately prevailed after Lin Ye and Ye Guyun created the opening that killed Ghost Nine Nether 91 92.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Heavenly Sword City

Li Xuanyi first appears at Knowledge Studio when Beast Maniac attempts to forcibly acquire Lin Ye's jade pendant. He stops the confrontation, enforces the city's rules, warns Lin Ye of Beast Maniac's vindictive nature, and offers assistance at Heavenly Sword Peak if needed 77.

Hundred Sects Rising Talents Tournament

Li Xuanyi faces Lin Ye in the top-twenty round. He easily cleaves through Lin Ye's force field and injures him, but Lin Ye's Origin Power of Destruction forces Li Xuanyi to draw the Heaven's Question Sword 80. Their duel ends in a draw after Lin Ye neutralizes Sever Dust with an instinctive finger strike; both fighters are left incapacitated 81.

Falling Star Valley Alliance

Recognizing Lin Ye's strength and temperament after their duel, Li Xuanyi proposes that they travel together through Falling Star Valley. He agrees to Lin Ye's rules: opportunities belong to their first claimant, cooperative gains are divided by contribution, and disputes must be discussed rather than settled through betrayal 82.

At the Star God Palace Inheritance, Li Xuanyi works with Lin Ye, Ye Guyun, Yan Tian, and Hua Wuying to open the inheritance's barrier. When Guixu corruption triggers the descent of a True Essence Realm Guixu Lord, he uses a forbidden secret art in the failed attempt to protect the group 83 84.

Resistance in Falling Star Valley

After surviving the initial disaster, Li Xuanyi helps organize resistance among the remaining cultivators 89. He is trapped with other disciples in the Nine Nether Soul-Locking Grand Formation at Blackwind Gorge, but Lin Ye's sabotage creates an opening for Li Xuanyi and Ye Guyun to shatter the formation and lead a breakout 90 91.

Following Ghost Nine Nether's death and Blood Blade's retreat, Li Xuanyi organizes the surviving cultivators, provides aid to the wounded, and divides the strongest members into teams to reinforce endangered allies 92.

Notable Quotes

“This is territory of Heavenly Sword Sect. The rules are set by Heavenly Sword Sect. If I say it concerns us, then it concerns us.” 77

“There is no higher or lower Dao—only the heart. Fighting you showed me another possibility beyond the sword Dao.” 82