Li Xiang

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Li Xiang (李想) 1
Alias(es)	Li Family Ancestor; Ancestral Patriarch; Li Ancestor 60 322
Species/Race	Human; a transmigrator from a world once like Blue Star 1
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Li Family; later supports the Immortal Court from behind the scenes 12 892
Occupation/Role	Ancestor and protector of the Li Family; appointed head of the present-world Li Family 12
Status	Soul imprisoned within the World Core; his body is controlled by the Heavenly Dao 1089
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
False Core Stage	53	Reached after using Incense to acquire the descendants’ insights into Phantom Heavenly Cluster Steps and Hundred Shadow Sword Radiance; his Yin-Yang spirit root and Yin-Yang Diagram were recorded on his status panel. 53
Peak Golden Core Stage	104	Absorbed extensive offerings of pills, heavenly materials, and earthly treasures from the Li Family’s centennial grand sacrifice. 104
Nascent Soul Realm	180	Had reached Nascent Soul by the time he emerged from a decade of secluded law-comprehension cultivation. 180
Primordial Spirit Realm	328	His Primordial Spirit cultivation let him perceive the destruction of his body and soul in extreme detail while detonating antimatter within himself. 328
Pseudo-Void Refinement	377	Broke through using the Void Soul Path-Swapping Mystic Spirit Art and gained the ability to contend with Daoist White Brow. 377
Initial Void Refinement Realm	448	Reached initial Void Refinement and acquired the spatial law of Mirror, allowing him to travel through mirrors and imprison targets. 448
Integration Realm	594	Broke through, opened the Gate of Dao: Taiji, and gained a clearer understanding of his unique Dao path and spatial laws. 594
Dao Integration Realm	699	Survived a hundred days of slaughter in the imperial capital and departed after reaching Dao Integration. 699
Dao Enlightenment Realm	700	Reported as having reached Dao Enlightenment upon returning to Azure Cloud Prefecture. 700
Heavenly Dao Authority	1058	A later account states that, at the dawn of creation, Li Xiang became a prophet and seized the position of the Heavenly Dao; this is an authority rather than a conventional cultivation realm. 1058

Background and History

Early life and the simulator

Li Xiang transmigrated three years before the story begins and attended the First Cultivator Academy of California. A direct descendant of the powerful Li Family, he nevertheless grew up in Jixian Manor under Yuexian’s care, distant from the main household because of his poor aptitude and his missing parents’ strained relationship with the family. 1

He acquired the Cultivation Family Simulator, a cheat-like game originating from an ancient tomb. Through it, he discovered the Li Family’s ancestral line in another world and began acting as its unseen ancestor. His first major bestowal was a Qi Refiner Cultivation Manual sent to Li Dalong, allowing the latter to cultivate and establish the family’s future. 2

When the present-world Li Family transferred its assets and abandoned Earth, Li Zhengdao appointed Li Xiang as family head because he was the last Li bloodline left on the planet. The appointment left him without his allowance or family backing, forcing him to rely increasingly on the simulator, his descendants’ offerings, and trade with Boss Qi. 12 45

Rise as the Li Family’s ancestor

Li Xiang guided the early Li Family through Bestowal, Ancestral Blessing, and Incense-powered skills. He equipped Li Dalong with cultivation knowledge, rewarded capable descendants such as Li Yaowen, and recognized that even a basic cultivation textbook could become a foundational inheritance in the game world. 2 7 20

As the family expanded, Li Xiang began sending cultivation techniques, artifacts, array diagrams, and resources to his descendants. He also used Incense to absorb their combat insights, allowing him to learn arts without personally training through the same ordeals. 21 33 53

He eventually gained a physical form within the game world, cultivated alongside his descendants, and granted the entire clan the Ancestor’s Grace trait, improving their cultivation speed and comprehension. 64

Defender of Qingyun and the Li Family

Li Xiang became the Li Family’s decisive combat force during its wars in Qingyun Prefecture. Using Fight, My Dear Ancestor! and the Tianshu spear, he descended directly into battle, defeated Golden Core enemies, and protected the family from hostile clans and assassins. 60 89

After the Li Family was destroyed by Venerable Tianxing’s schemes, Li Xiang fell into despair for five years. Li Xinghuo’s plea for guidance restored his will, prompting Li Xiang to seek out surviving clansmen and rebuild the family from scattered remnants. 211 214

He later fought Tianxing and Lin Wudao, absorbed Tianxing’s avatar, acquired new domains and Primordial Spirit arts, and helped the Li Family reclaim Qingyun Prefecture. 267 274

Sacrifice, expansion, and war

During the assault on King Qian’s city, Li Xiang implanted antimatter bombs into his own body and detonated them against the city’s grand formation. The act severely damaged him but broke the formation and allowed the Li Family and its allies to advance. 322 328

He continued to lead the clan through conflicts with the Qiu Family, the imperial court, the Blood Moon of the Western Border, and Old Lord Valley. His victories increased the Li Family’s influence while drawing greater attention from powerful cultivators, imperial factions, and immortals. 541 564 605 630

After surviving a hundred-day campaign in the imperial capital, Li Xiang left as a legendary and feared figure. 699

Journey through the ancient past

Li Xiang later traveled through a spacetime tunnel into the world’s distant past. Stranded among primitive humans and early immortals, he used his knowledge of future cultivation methods to survive, study the origins of humanity and immortals, and attempt to alter history at the Human Emperor’s request. 782 786

He endured a two-hundred-year transformation caused by purple qi given to him by A Li, suffering repeated bodily destruction and reconstruction while pursuing a more perfect foundation. 801

During this journey, Li Xiang encountered an immortal born from phoenix flames, whom he called Fire Bro. He concluded that newly born immortals were fundamentally pure and formed their natures from their environment, then began considering how to direct Fire Bro’s development to his advantage. 789

After entering the Thunder-Fire Demon Cave in the ancient era, Li Xiang realized that he might have created or influenced the future site through his own actions. He also began to discern the Human Emperor’s law of causality and question how much of the Li Family’s future had been shaped by his presence in the past. 802

By the end of his reconstruction, Li Xiang’s physical body had surpassed the Unorthodox Artifact Body he had once admired. Although his cultivation in that era remained at Spirit Transformation, he believed his body and foundation gave him the ability to contend with ordinary Void Refinement cultivators and immortals of the Qing Imperial Dynasty. 808

Immortal Court and the World Core

Aware of a predetermined fate, Li Xiang later made a final attempt to change it. He refined the Innate Void Origin, acquired further Great Dao authorities, and supported Deer Treasure’s growing Immortal Court from behind the scenes while traveling among ancient races and immortals with Aba. 892 893

Li Xiang’s later reflections reveal that he had accompanied generations of descendants through their lives and intentionally allowed them room to grow despite recognizing that greater forces treated them as pieces in schemes directed against him. 995

During the conflict surrounding the World Core, the Heavenly Dao took control of Li Xiang’s body while his defeated soul was imprisoned within the Core. The World Core contains the foundations of the Azure Cloud Li Family’s immortality, along with the world’s laws, cultivation methods, and spiritual energy; the Li Family is compelled to remain within it to guard it. 1089

Appearance

Li Xiang’s appearance changes with his cultivation state and manifestation.

• His early ancestral manifestations appear as a mysterious figure shrouded in black mist within a Yin-Yang Diagram. 61
• After enduring purple-qi reconstruction, his body becomes flawless and white as jade. 801
• A portrait drawn from the era when heaven and earth first opened depicts him as an exceptionally handsome young man with an arrogant, detached bearing. 855
• His eyes have been described as containing a primordial universe when he commands spatial and temporal power. 790

Personality

Li Xiang is calm under pressure, practical with resources, and unusually adaptable. Even after losing his family’s support in the present world, he quickly focused on building strength through the simulator rather than remaining dependent on others. 2 12

He is deeply protective of his descendants. He values their survival over prestige, repeatedly intervenes when they are threatened, and is willing to spend Incense, Family Will, artifacts, or his own life to preserve the clan. 97 322 378

Despite his authority, Li Xiang remains blunt and irreverent. He often reacts to the Li Family’s eccentric descendants with exasperation, yet he recognizes their individual strengths and supports paths that differ from his own expectations. 104 414 995

His experiences with betrayal, mass death, and the destruction of the Li Family made him more suspicious and ruthless toward enemies. However, he remains melancholic about the fact that his descendants must cultivate and fight instead of living ordinary, peaceful lives. 129 603 892

Li Xiang’s awareness of his apparent predestination made him increasingly introspective. Rather than passively accept the future, he chose to make a final effort to defy it, even while distancing himself from those close to him in the hope that they might not be harmed by his fate. 892

Abilities & Skills

Ancestral Authority

Li Xiang can influence the Li Family through the Cultivation Family Simulator, ancestral tablets, Incense, and Family Will.

• Sends cultivation methods, artifacts, pills, and array diagrams to descendants through Bestowal. 2 21 85
• Uses blessings such as Love from the Ancestor and Ancestral Patriarch’s Warmth to heal, encourage, and strengthen clan members. 3 69 155
• Learns descendants’ techniques and accumulated insights by spending Incense. 33 53
• Grants clan-wide benefits, including Ancestor’s Grace, which improves cultivation speed and comprehension. 64
• Uses Ancestral Punishment to assist Li Yaowen in gathering the souls of scattered Li clansmen. 213
• Evolved Patriarch, Please Possess Me into a tablet-based skill that grants descendants temporary ancestral power at different cultivation realms. 378
• Can appear and act anywhere within the range of his ancestral authority, using his expanding range to observe his descendants and uncover secrets without directly manifesting. 548
• Can expend Family Will to borrow techniques inherited by descendants, including Earth-rank spells and Primordial Spirit arts. 561

Yin-Yang Diagram and Taiji Dao

Li Xiang’s core cultivation is based on yin-yang, later developing into the Taiji Dao.

• The first layer, Heaven Earth Human Realm, allows him to move between the two sides of his Yin-Yang Diagram without fixed distance. 61
• Uses Yin-Yang power to reposition instantly and launch lethal spear attacks against stronger opponents. 89
• Developed the divine ability Yin-Yang Transforms All Methods, which gathers and neutralizes enemy laws through the mutually generating and restraining nature of his own laws. 594
• Developed All-Encompassing Myriad Phenomena, which combines Taiji Dao methods into a Dao-breaking bombardment. 594

Spatial and Temporal Laws

Li Xiang specializes in spatial movement and later gains command over time-space techniques.

• Escapes powerful enemies through teleportation and spatial movement. 604
• Uses spatial laws to evade attacks while infiltrating hostile territory. 520
• Employs Time-Space Freeze in battle against Heavenly Pool Holy Mother. 756
• His spatial and temporal laws allow him to evade or outmaneuver opponents even above his normal combat realm. 684
• Acquired the Mirror spatial law, enabling travel through mirrors and the confinement of targets within them. 448

Great Dao and Heavenly Dao Authority

Li Xiang’s later power extends beyond his personal Taiji path into broad Great Dao and Heavenly Dao authority.

• Refined the Innate Void Origin and gained additional Great Dao authorities while preparing to oppose his predetermined fate. 892
• Was described as possessing mastery of more than a thousand Great Daos, including space and time, during the battle involving Li Yaowen’s avatars and the Heavenly Dao. 1089
• A later account states that he became a prophet and seized the position of the Heavenly Dao at the dawn of creation. 1058
• The Heavenly Dao subsequently controlled Li Xiang’s body after his soul was defeated and confined within the World Core. 1089

Primordial Spirit Techniques

Li Xiang possesses multiple Primordial Spirit arts acquired through cultivation, battle, and Tianxing’s power.

• Yin-Yang Meteor — a Primordial Spirit technique used against Lin Wudao, though it was deflected by a defensive bead. 267
• Qilin Ascension Art — temporarily accommodates vast quantities of borrowed power, making it particularly compatible with the Li Family’s Ancestral Spirit Array Diagram. 274
• Created an unnamed Primordial Spirit technique after comprehending annihilation through the destruction of his body and soul. 328
• Can use techniques inherited by descendants through Family Will, including Li Yaozu’s Shadowless Sky-Crossing Sword, Li Dalong’s Yin Spirit, and Li Zhiheng’s Heart-Slaying. 561

Ancestral Descent and Survival

Li Xiang can personally descend into the game world and continue fighting through ancestral artifacts.

• Fight, My Dear Ancestor! allows him to descend for five minutes, with one additional second for every Li Family member present. 60
• Can manifest through ancestral tablets in distant locations where his descendants establish altars. 104
• Survived Heavenly Pool Holy Mother’s attack by relying on a spirit tablet after his body and divine soul were severely wounded. 755
• Resurrected by an unknown method shortly afterward and continued fighting a Daluo Golden Immortal. 756
• His purple-qi reconstruction created a body whose durability surpassed the Unorthodox Artifact Body and enabled him to contend with enemies above his nominal cultivation realm in the ancient past. 808

Equipment and Assets

• Cultivation Family Simulator — the game interface from an ancient tomb through which Li Xiang oversees, develops, and assists the Li Family. 2
• Ancestral spirit tablets — mediums for communication, manifestation, Bestowal, protection, and possession of descendants. 104 378
• Tianshu Spirit-Suppressing Spear / Tianshu Spirit-Breaking Spear — top-grade magic treasure used to instantly kill Golden Core opponents and suppress powerful enemies. 60 61 89
• War Puppet — a puppet Li Xiang can manually control to interact more directly with the game world. 23
• Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin — a Li Family spiritual treasure that provides endless spiritual energy, heals injuries, and permits sustained combat training. 33
• Antimatter bombs — weapons Li Xiang implanted into his own body to destroy King Qian’s grand formation. 322
• Mysterious Spear — a sealed weapon associated with the ancient site where the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin was discovered. 5 33
• Li Clan Battle Armor — armor forged by Li Yaotie which Li Xiang wore during his interstellar journey beyond Earth. 369
• Magic-artifact shovel — a multipurpose artifact gifted by Li Changsheng, capable of extremely rapid tunneling, concealment, formation deployment, and divine-soul suppression. 788

Relationships

• Yuexian — His AI caretaker and assistant at Jixian Manor. She handles household matters, relays information, and remains with him after the present-world Li Family abandons him. 1 12
• Li Dalong — His earliest documented game-world descendant and the founder of the Li Family’s initial prosperity. Li Xiang entrusted him with the Qi Refiner Cultivation Manual and consistently recognizes his endurance and responsibility. 2 44
• Li Yaowen — A descendant whose schemes and literary Dao cultivation earn Li Xiang’s admiration. She helps direct the family’s long-term strategies and assists in reuniting scattered Li souls. In the World Core conflict, her powerful avatars oppose the Heavenly Dao while it controls Li Xiang’s body. 20 213 1089
• Li Yaoqing — Apothecary descendant whom Li Xiang is especially determined to protect. He respects her self-sacrificing devotion to the family while worrying about her willingness to spend her lifespan. 97 155
• Li Xinghuo — The descendant whose plea for guidance ends Li Xiang’s five-year despair after the Li Family’s destruction. Li Xiang regards him with both gratitude and concern. 211 241
• Li Xinnian — A highly talented descendant and later family head. Li Xiang supports him despite concerns over his Fated Villain trait and closely observes his increasingly ruthless methods. 340 377 480
• Boss Qi — Business partner who sells Beast Blood Fruits, medicines, and other goods for Li Xiang in the present world. 23 45
• Grandma Ling — Artifact refiner who initially handled Li Xiang’s Mysterious Spear. Their relationship deteriorated after his family’s fall, but they later reached an understanding. 5 12 104
• Xiao Qingluo — Li Xiang’s teacher, later acting principal of his school. Xiao Qingluo recognizes Li Xiang’s talent and assists him in obtaining cosmic alien species. 104
• Miss Five — Senior cultivator who teaches Li Xiang the Void Soul Path-Swapping Mystic Spirit Art and advises him on reaching Void Refinement. 367 368
• A Li — An ancient immortal who gave Li Xiang the purple qi responsible for his two-hundred-year destruction and reconstruction. 801
• Fire Bro — An immortal born from phoenix flames whom Li Xiang named and studied as an example of an immortal whose nature could be shaped by its surroundings. 789
• Deer Treasure — Leader of the Immortal Court. Li Xiang supports her court from behind the scenes, though he later keeps his distance because of his foreknowledge and concern for her safety. 892
• Aba — Li Xiang’s follower and disciple during his journey through the ancient past. Aba witnesses his teacher’s power and accompanies him in visiting distant peoples and immortals. 892 893
• The Heavenly Dao — The force that later controls Li Xiang’s body after his soul is defeated and imprisoned in the World Core. 1089

Notable Quotes

“I only want my descendants to multiply and thrive.” 603

“I accompanied many clansmen through their entire lives. I watched them grow with my own eyes.” 995

“I am the first person in this world to cultivate. The Three Thousand Great Daos are mine to take as I please!” 782