Contents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background / History
- 4Appearance
- 5Personality
- 6Abilities & Skills
- 6.1Scholar Profession
- 6.2Martial Artist Profession
- 6.3Divine Sense
- 6.4Blade Arts
- 6.5Fracture Edge Gold Sha Method
- 6.6Nine Heavens Divine Body
- 6.7Spiritual Techniques
- 6.8Universal Domain
- 6.9Telekinesis
- 7Equipment / Weapons / Items
- 8Relationships
- 9Story Role / Major Arcs
- 9.1Qingshi No.3 High School
- 9.2Flying Star Class and Provincial Exams
- 9.3Xinhuo University Assessment
- 9.4Nine Heavens Peak
- 9.5Demon Race War
- 9.6Marquis of Changning and King Ascension
- 9.7Academic Forum
- 9.8Venerable Path and Star Domain Training
- 10Trivia
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Li Wen (李文) |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 40 (most recently stated) 315 |
| Occupation/Role | Scholar; martial artist; defender against Demon Race incursions; Marquis of Changning; King of Changning; Venerable-level powerhouse; Human Race protector |
| Affiliation | Qingshi No.3 High School; Flying Star Class; Xinhuo Hall; Xinhuo University; Nine Heavens Peak; Changning City defense forces; Human Race; Limit Martial Arena |
| Status | Alive |
| First Appearance | Chapter 1 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Physical Level 6.0; Unranked | 1 | Tested at Qingshi No.3 High School; initially far below the martial-university threshold. |
| Scholar Lv1; Physical Level 6.1 | 2 3 | Chooses the Scholar profession after awakening past-life memories; Absolute Focus markedly improves cultivation efficiency. |
| Advanced Blade Art, Mastery | 4 | Breaks through in the Tiger Guard Blade Art after soul fusion and focused practice. |
| Scholar Lv2 | 8 | Gains a 20% comprehension increase and improved bodily control while applying for Flying Star Class selection. |
| Scholar Lv3 | 11 | Gains a major increase in comprehension and mental capability, which he applies to blade-technique analysis. |
| Advanced Blade Art, Perfected | 12 | Perfects the Tiger Guard Blade Art through sustained practice under Lv3 Absolute Focus. |
| Top-tier Blade Art, Entry | 27 | Uses Rainbow Light Blade Art against a virtual opponent of the same level and defeats him with Piercing Sun. |
| Scholar Lv5 | 37 | Reaches Lv5 while training at Xinhuo Hall, gaining substantially greater mental clarity. |
| Physical Level 6.8; Blade Art Minor Success | 43 | Achieved after half a month of strenuous cultivation and recovery management. |
| Scholar Lv6; Blade Art Major Mastery: Peak | 48 | Scholar advancement breaks his blade-art bottleneck during the Flying Star Class selection period. |
| Fracture Edge Gold Sha Method, Perfected | 54 | Breaks through during a virtual battle while maintaining Lv6 Absolute Focus. |
| Physical Level 7.5; Peak Blade Art 99% | 56 | Flying Star Class resources, virtual combat, and Fang Chengwu's guidance propel his cultivation and blade art forward. |
| Divine Sense awakened | 60 | Gains perception capable of seeing through walls, sensing living beings within one li, and analyzing minute movements. |
| Scholar Lv7; Physical Level 7.9 | 67 | Develops stronger mental power and Primordial Spirit; body-control rate reaches 75%. |
| Physical Level 8.0 | 69 | Advances through cultivation immediately after the Provincial Mock Exam’s cultural tests. |
| Scholar Lv8; Unity Realm, 100% physical control | 86 87 | Tests his improvement in the Infinite Arena and reaches Great Perfection in bodily control. |
| Force Realm; Blade Force formed | 91 | Breaks through during a battle with Ryuukawa Shippuu after perfecting a decisive Shadow Sweep strike. |
| Blade Force 60%; Physical Level 9.6 | 114 115 | Continues refining the Force Realm while preparing for martial-university applications. |
| Initial Warrior; Force Realm 99%; Scholar Lv9 | 117 | Crosses Level 10 and perfects all five Flowing Rainbow styles. |
| Blade Intent; Intent Realm | 141 | Forms Blade Intent and begins cultivating the Dawn Long Rainbow Chapter. |
| Intermediate Super Warrior; Physical Level 25.6; Scholar Lv11 | 147 | Advances to Super Warrior and forges a God and Devil Foundation with eight precious treasures. |
| Advanced Super Warrior; Nine Heavens Divine Body, Fifth Layer | 152 | Reaches Level 27.4 after six months of cultivation. |
| Scholar Lv12; Primordial Spirit Third Layer | 154 155 | Scholar advancement triggers a Primordial Spirit breakthrough associated with King-level powerhouses. |
| Nine Heavens Divine Body, Ninth Layer perfected | 158 | Completes the Divine Body’s ninth layer before entering the Flying Star Realm. |
| Flying Star Realm, Mid Stage; Blade Intent near peak | 159 | Reaches Level 35.4 and claims a leading position on the Blue Star Flying Star Ranking. |
| Scholar Lv13; Blade Soul Realm | 160 | Scholar advancement supplies the final comprehension needed to enter the Blade Soul Realm. |
| Bright Moon Realm, Late Phase | 163 | Reaches Level 47.0 after three years of cultivation. |
| Scholar Lv14; Bright Moon Realm Peak | 171 | Reaches Level 49.9 while his Blade Soul Realm mastery rises to 70% and Spirit Piercing Thorn reaches its sixth layer. |
| Great Sun Realm | 172 | Breaks through after returning to Qingshi County and subsequently receives a transfer to Rock Underground Pass. |
| Great Sun Realm, Mid Stage | 175 | Advances while defending a critical Changning City node; blade art stands at the peak of the Soul Realm. |
| Blade Dao; Dao Realm | 177 | Completes the decisive comprehension needed to enter the Dao Realm in blade arts. |
| Primordial Spirit Fourth Layer; Day Travel Realm | 179 | Scholar Lv15 enables a Primordial Spirit breakthrough after his blade art enters the Dao Realm. |
| Great Sun Realm, Late Stage; Dao Realm 30% | 188 | Reaches Level 59.8 while continuing his defense against Demon Race threats. |
| Marquis-level; Marquis of Changning | 191 | Attains Marquis-level cultivation and is assigned emergency reinforcement responsibility across a ten-thousand-mile area centered on Changning City. |
| Dao Realm 88% | 192 | Continues sharpening his Blade Dao over the following five years while serving as a Marquis-level guardian. |
| Dao Realm: Peak | 202 | Reaches the pinnacle of the Blade Dao, leaving only the final step before the Domain Realm. |
| Domain Realm | 209 | Completes the transition to a blade Domain capable of harmonizing with the laws of heaven and earth. |
| King-level; Universal Domain | 216 | Condenses the Universal Domain in one month, breaks the historical record, and officially becomes King-level. |
| Scholar Lv16; Primordial Spirit at Venerable standard | 220 | Gains a 160% comprehension increase and can maintain full-body Primordial Spirit fusion for three minutes. |
| Scholar Lv17; Primordial Spirit Sixth Layer | 226 | Spiritual power surges dramatically, multiplying his combat abilities and extending full-body fusion to nearly eight minutes. |
| Blade Art 60% | 227 | Lv17 Absolute Focus and a 170% comprehension boost raise his blade-art progress from 34% to 60%, bringing him closer to a Venerable-level technique. |
| First among Kings | 240 | Kills the Golden Winged Roc King and four other peak Great Demon Kings with Spirit Piercing Thorn. |
| Venerable-level | 247 | Successfully breaks through in the Primordial Origin Cave, becoming a Venerable-level powerhouse. |
| Scholar Lv18 | 249 | Reaches Scholar Lv18 and begins the process of advancing beyond its former maximum. |
| Scholar Lv20; Martial Artist Lv1 | 265 | Unlocks and begins cultivating the Martial Artist profession alongside his Scholar profession. |
| Martial Artist Lv5 | 276 | Physical strength gains an astonishing enhancement of over one-fifth, driving True Gang and blood-qi to surge. |
| Eighth Floor of Heaven-Piercing Tower; Saint Realm competence | 310 314 | Clears high-level tower trials against Saint Realm opponents by combining Primordial Spirit power with his physical body. |
| Martial Artist Lv7 | 315 | Reaches Level 7 in his second profession while training in the Time Tower, pushing his combat capabilities further. |
Background / History
Li Wen was born into a financially struggling family in Qingshi County. His parents spent 50,000 Huaxia dollars to secure his admission to Qingshi No.3 High School, where he entered the extra Senior Class 21 despite not meeting the normal cutoff. At eighteen, his physical composite level was only 6.0, and his scarce supply of three Rank-1 Blood Qi Potions per month produced little improvement 1 3.
On his eighteenth birthday, he awakened memories of another eighteen-year life and received a personal status panel. He selected the Scholar profession, then used knowledge from his past-life game memories to recognize its potential: raising Scholar levels would improve Absolute Focus, comprehension, bodily control, and ultimately his martial-arts progress 1 2 3 4.
Initially an overlooked student whose only notable strength was hard-earned blade training, Li Wen rapidly rose through the school’s martial assessments. He entered the Flying Star Class, earned scholarship support, and gained access to Qi-Blood Potions, Super Warrior instruction, virtual combat, and Xinhuo Hall facilities 31 48 56.
His provincial-exam victories and Force Realm breakthrough made him Qingshi County’s most prominent student. He later earned the top rank in Jiangnan Province, completed Xinhuo University’s entrance assessment in first place, and received a preliminary evaluation of A, A+, Peerless across strength, mental fortitude, and spiritual perception 97 117 126 134.
At Xinhuo University, Li Wen joined Nine Heavens Peak, cultivated the Nine Heavens Divine Body, and continued advancing his blade path through Blade Intent, Blade Soul, and Dao Realm. After leaving the university, he became a frontline defender against Demon Race invasions, protecting Qingshi County, Nanzha County, Xilin City, and Changning City 141 154 160 165 175 179.
Li Wen later attained Marquis-level power and was named Marquis of Changning, taking responsibility for rapid emergency reinforcement across the broader Changning region. After completing his Universal Domain, he became the King of Changning, a title he regards as both an honor and an obligation to protect humanity 191 216.
Even while serving as one of humanity’s foremost combatants, Li Wen maintains his scholarly work. His published papers, forum lecture, and support for Wei Wu’s research demonstrate that he treats scholarship as integral to both his personal advancement and the Human Race’s future 227 230 231. Later in his career, he travels beyond Blue Star, engages in high-level stellar training environments such as the Limit Martial Arena and Time Tower, and establishes himself among elite intergalactic powerhouses 296 314.
Appearance
Li Wen is described as a lean but upright young man whose early lack of resources left him thin-framed. As his cultivation progresses, he develops a well-proportioned build and a calm, restrained presence 4 118.
- Deep, steady eyes described as resembling a starry abyss 118
- Usually maintains a calm, expressionless, or composed demeanor under scrutiny 100 108 115
- Often wears plain black martial clothing at Xinhuo University 126
- Uses a Standard Quick Blade as his preferred weapon type 84 121
Personality
Li Wen is intensely diligent, practical, and self-disciplined. Before gaining his panel, he was already consistently the first to arrive at training and the last to leave; after awakening, he converts that perseverance into a highly structured routine of study, cultivation, rest, and combat practice 4 67 152.
His poverty makes him acutely conscious of resources, but not reckless. He pursues scholarships, free potions, Xinhuo Hall access, and contracts as concrete ways to improve his family’s circumstances. He also understands the need to balance exertion with recovery rather than train blindly 6 36 43 87.
Despite his fame, Li Wen remains restrained and humble. He declines to boast about his achievements, responds politely to others, and treats his growing power as a responsibility—whether directing wounded soldiers to receive aid or handling a relative’s misconduct without favoritism 97 115 156 188.
His mental resilience is exceptional. During Xinhuo University’s illusion trial, he rejects visions exploiting his desires, fear for his parents, and memories of hardship, reaching 190 steps before being expelled by the formation 123.
Li Wen’s sense of duty remains central even after attaining King-level and Venerable status. He prioritizes cultivation and humanity’s defense over marriage or political office, believing his greatest contribution is to keep becoming strong enough to face future threats 246 258.
Abilities & Skills
Scholar Profession
Li Wen’s unique profession grows through sustained study and provides the foundation for his exceptional rate of improvement.
- Absolute Focus — Greatly enhances concentration, comprehension, cultivation efficiency, and later bodily control; prolonged use can cause mental exhaustion 2 3 54.
- Once Proven, Forever Proven — Knowledge he truly understands is permanently retained, allowing rapid academic and technical learning 6 13.
- Scholar level-ups strengthen his mental power and Primordial Spirit, enabling breakthroughs in both martial skill and spiritual cultivation 67 154 179.
- At Scholar Lv16, Li Wen receives a 160% comprehension increase, allowing rapid advancement in his blade techniques 220.
- At Scholar Lv17, his comprehension increase reaches 170%, while his Primordial Spirit advances to its sixth layer 226 227.
- Li Wen ultimately reaches Scholar Lv20, maximizing the profession's potential and granting up to a 200% comprehension boost 249 259.
Martial Artist Profession
Li Wen later cultivates the Martial Artist profession as a second profession alongside Scholar, leveling it up to Lv7 through strenuous combat and training 265 315.
- Martial Artist Class Traits — Provides experience through dedicated martial practice and improves his control over his body, strength, and energy circulation 265.
- Unyielding Combat State — Integrates with his Scholar-derived wisdom and Primordial Spirit power, allowing him to maintain peak combat effectiveness while ignoring injuries, weakening effects, and interference 266.
Divine Sense
A perception ability awakened after his foundational method reached perfection.
- Can perceive minute details and integrate with normal sight 60.
- Can see through walls and detect living beings within approximately one li, though clarity declines with distance 60.
- Allows him to assess stronger fighters, including Fang Chengwu’s Super Warrior-level power 60.
- Its effectiveness grows with his Primordial Spirit, eventually enabling broad-area surveillance and precise observation across Changning City 176.
Blade Arts
Blade cultivation is Li Wen’s principal combat specialty. His skill path advances from basic school blade arts to the Five Radiance Heavenly Rainbow Art and its later chapters.
- Rainbow Light Blade Art — A speed-oriented top-tier blade art; its ultimate secret, Piercing Sun, enabled him to defeat an equal-level virtual opponent 27.
- Five Styles of Flowing Rainbow — Includes Shadow Sweep, Overlapping Wave, Guardian Gap, Sky-Hanging, and Mountain-Piercing; perfecting all five supports the formation of Blade Intent 100 101 116.
- Dawn Five Styles — Blade techniques centered on extreme speed and developed after he enters the Intent Realm 141 147.
- Mystic Sky Five Forms — Later blade-art system practiced after entering the Blade Soul Realm 161 175.
- Blade Force — Formed in the Force Realm; can be released as restrained gray-white blade light capable of overwhelming opponents and cutting through defenses 91 108.
- Blade Intent / Blade Soul / Dao Realm — Successive higher states of blade mastery that dramatically increase the power and depth of his techniques 141 160 179.
- Domain Realm — Li Wen’s Blade Dao ultimately forms a Domain that harmonizes with the laws of heaven and earth, marking his transition beyond the peak Dao Realm 202 209.
- Venerable Saber Arts — At the Venerable level, his completed techniques include Space Severance, Falling Star, Thunder Prison, Imperial Extremity, and Instant Light 249 315.
Fracture Edge Gold Sha Method
Li Wen’s early metal-attributed foundational cultivation method.
- Improves his physical body and blood-energy circulation 2 14.
- Reaches the Perfected Realm during virtual combat, strengthening the foundation beneath his blade techniques 54.
- Serves as his primary method before he later transitions to the Nine Heavens Divine Body 56 147.
Nine Heavens Divine Body
A high-level body-forging method cultivated after Li Wen enters Xinhuo University.
- Enhances physical strength, blood-energy purity, and affinity for thunder and fire energy 147.
- Progresses through nine layers; Li Wen completes the Ninth Layer before advancing to the Flying Star Realm 152 158.
- Produces a Purple Firmament Divine Chain powerful enough to dominate the New Year’s Eve contest at Nine Heavens Peak 154.
- Its Body Transformation technique grants Li Wen explosive travel speed sufficient to cross ten thousand miles in little more than a minute, though at considerable cost 191.
Spiritual Techniques
- Spirit Piercing Thorn — A rune-based spiritual technique that reaches its seventh layer, allowing Li Wen to kill opponents through Primordial Spirit attacks at extreme range 156 175 240.
- Myriad Phenomena Return-to-Void Finger — A peak Primordial Spirit technique whose second layer creates catastrophic regional destruction and bypasses conventional defenses 263 315.
Universal Domain
Li Wen’s King-level domain formed after his Blade Dao reaches the Domain Realm.
- Condenses in one month, establishing a new historical record for the breakthrough 216.
- Its formation causes a King-level phenomenon of seven-colored light, spatial tremors, and surging energy tides 216.
Telekinesis
Li Wen can manipulate objects remotely after reaching the Force Realm.
- Retrieved a fallen warrior’s blade during the Swift Wind Demon Wolf attack 97.
- Later summons a practice blade directly into his hand as a habitual action 161.
Equipment / Weapons / Items
- Standard Quick Blade — Li Wen’s preferred blade type for training, assessments, and combat 84 121 147.
- Blood Qi Potions — Initially scarce due to his family’s poverty; later supplied through family gifts, scholarships, and Flying Star Class resources 10 56.
- Five Radiance Heavenly Rainbow Art — His major blade-art inheritance, including the Flowing Rainbow, Dawn Long Rainbow, and Mystic Sky Rainbow Silence chapters 100 141 160.
- Nine Heavens Divine Body foundation treasures — Eight precious treasures used to forge his God and Devil Foundation 147.
- Xinhuo Hall contract privileges — Provide access to private training areas, virtual combat, and other cultivation resources 94 101.
- Four Symbols Heaven-Sealing Disk — A Xinhuo Hall heavy artifact used by the Cloud Dragon King during the pursuit and killing of the Snake Tribe Leader connected to Li Wen’s assassination attempt 170.
- Time Token — Grants access to accelerated cultivation environments such as the Time Tower 314.
Relationships
- Wang Juan — Mother; consistently supports Li Wen’s cultivation and worries for his safety 1 68 97.
- Li Hong — Father; works to support the family, gives Li Wen Blood Qi Potions despite their poverty, and later relies on his son during hospitalization 1 10 61.
- Wang Hu — High-school martial arts teacher and mentor; privately gave Li Wen extra guidance, training resources, and financial support opportunities. Li Wen later discreetly arranges for Wang Hu’s daughter, Wang Xi, to enter Changning City’s First Experimental Primary School 4 136 176.
- Fang Chengwu — Flying Star Class teacher; provides high-level martial guidance and supports Li Wen’s advancement 54 67 136.
- Wei Wu — Classmate and deskmate; culturally gifted but weak in martial arts, and one of Li Wen’s earliest friendly peers. Years later, Li Wen reunites with him at an academic forum and personally secures support from prominent scholars for Wei Wu’s fundamental-physics work 3 6 11 231.
- Xue Jun — Classmate and skilled observer of Li Wen’s blade-art development; recognizes his real-combat improvement 27 48.
- Deng Yuefei — Classmate whose reactions shift between shock, envy, and competitive concern as Li Wen rapidly advances 26 48.
- Jiang Lingyun — Former leading student of Qingshi County and later a rival; struggles to accept Li Wen’s rapid rise into the Force Realm 100.
- Chu Feng — Provincial prodigy who develops mutual respect with Li Wen through competition 118.
- Nangong Xue — Provincial prodigy who shows particular curiosity and scrutiny toward Li Wen 118 123.
- Ling Feng — Senior whose departure deepens Li Wen’s resolve to become a guardian; his departure precedes Li Wen’s Blade Soul breakthrough 160.
- Sun Rui — Fellow Nine Heavens Peak disciple and one of the only other Xinhuo University disciples to reach the Blade Soul Realm after Ling Feng’s departure. The two are known as the Nine Heavens Twin Prodigies 159 161.
- Li Yue — Younger cousin who first recognizes that the celebrated Qingshi County prodigy is Li Wen. She later reunites with him as an adult with her husband Zhang Yu and their son Yuanbao 95 225.
- Li Changjie — Cousin whose early envy of Li Wen gradually gives way to maturity, regret, and sincere admiration. Li Wen assists him when he faces harassment and later remains concerned for his work and family 96 202 225.
- Cloud Dragon King — King-level powerhouse who rescues Li Wen’s defense team from a demon ambush and later kills the Snake Tribe Leader pursuing Li Wen 170 171.
- King Tianwu — Fellow King-level powerhouse who recognizes Li Wen as humanity’s new pillar and defends his academic focus against criticism 232 240.
- Ye Qin, Xingxuan, and Gu He — Venerables who recognize Li Wen’s importance to humanity and later invite him to assume broader leadership responsibilities 216 258.
- Isabel — High-level observer and instructor figure in advanced stellar training domains who recognizes Li Wen's dual-path mastery 318.
Story Role / Major Arcs
Qingshi No.3 High School
Li Wen begins as an impoverished student with a physical level of 6.0 and limited prospects. His past-life awakening, Scholar profession, and Absolute Focus transform his approach to study and cultivation, allowing him to rise from obscurity during school assessments 1 3 27 31.
Flying Star Class and Provincial Exams
Motivated by the class’s free Qi-Blood Potions and Super Warrior instruction, Li Wen targets the Flying Star Class and becomes one of its leading students. He advances through Unity and Force Realm, wins provincial mock-exam recognition, and receives a special Xinhuo University application form 6 56 91 115.
Xinhuo University Assessment
Li Wen enters the university assessment as Jiangnan Province’s top student. Though his physical foundation is considered weaker than many elite candidates’, he earns exceptional marks through technical skill, mental fortitude, and spiritual perception, ultimately ranking first overall 121 123 126 134.
Nine Heavens Peak
At Xinhuo University, Li Wen cultivates the Nine Heavens Divine Body and deepens his blade path. He forms Blade Intent, reaches Super Warrior, completes the Divine Body’s nine layers, and becomes a major figure in the Flying Star ranking system 141 147 158 159.
Demon Race War
After achieving the Blade Soul Realm and advancing beyond the Flying Star Realm, Li Wen becomes a frontline combatant against Demon Race forces. He saves civilians and soldiers, kills demon generals, defends strategic city nodes, and continues to advance while carrying the responsibility of protecting millions 165 175 179 188.
Marquis of Changning and King Ascension
Following his Marquis-level breakthrough, Li Wen is assigned to respond to regional emergencies centered on Changning City. He reaches the peak of the Dao Realm, forms his blade Domain, and then condenses the Universal Domain to become the King of Changning 191 202 209 216.
Academic Forum
As King of Changning, Li Wen publishes influential academic papers and accepts an invitation to address the Annual Frontier Interdisciplinary Forum. His lecture on energy-particle manipulation and spatial curvature inspires scholars across disciplines, while his reunion with Wei Wu allows him to support his old friend’s research career 227 230 231.
Venerable Path and Star Domain Training
After spending time in the Star Domain, Li Wen returns to his family before preparing to enter the Venerable Realm in Xinhuo University’s Primordial Origin Cave. He succeeds in the breakthrough, advances his professions, unlocks the Martial Artist profession, and travels to advanced external training networks like the Limit Martial Arena and Time Tower to test his might against universal elites 247 265 296 314.
Trivia
- Li Wen’s eighteenth birthday is December 28 1.
- He studies for six hours at a time with unusual regularity, using study both to gain Scholar experience and to stabilize his mind 3 168 176.
- He is highly sensitive to the value of Qi-Blood Potions because of his family’s early inability to afford cultivation resources 3 6.
- During Xinhuo University’s entrance assessment, he was initially underestimated as a late-awakening Skill Awakener from a small county 118.
- He privately arranged for Wang Hu’s daughter to enter the First Experimental Primary School, without revealing his involvement 176.
- He publishes high-quality academic papers even after becoming King of Changning and delivers a keynote lecture at the Annual Frontier Interdisciplinary Forum in Yanjing City 227 230.
- Li Wen repeatedly declines his parents’ suggestions that he marry, citing his duty to humanity and the long road of cultivation still ahead 171 246.