Dou Saint

Biodata

Power Progression

Overview

Dou Saints stand at the pinnacle of the Dou Qi Continent’s power hierarchy. Ordinary factions consider them unreachable figures, and even major events rarely draw one in person 147.

The gap between a Dou Saint and a Half-Saint is described as a “bottomless chasm”; intermediate Half-Saints can be killed in moments by a sufficiently powerful Dou Saint 190. Dou Zun experts fare even worse, as their cultivation can be crushed by a Dou Saint’s pressure alone 129.

Abilities & Characteristics

Spatial Power

A defining trait of the realm is direct influence over space.

• A newly advanced Dou Saint can shatter space with a flick of the finger, leaving black spatial cracks behind 94.
• Dou Saints can tear open spatial rifts to bypass terrain, defensive barriers, and conventional routes 111.
• Their pressure alone can break spatial barriers protecting a Soul Hall branch 111.
• Their Dou Qi causes surrounding space to ripple even when they merely stand still 125.

Dou Saint Pressure

The aura of a Dou Saint is itself a weapon against weaker cultivators.

• In the aftermath of Xiao Ze’s breakthrough, stronger observers are forced to one knee while weaker ones collapse 94.
• The pressure can shatter floor tiles, strain pillars, and make Dou Zun cultivation seem “as fragile as paper” 129.
• It can incapacitate or kill weaker enemies without direct physical contact; Xiao Ze’s seven-star pressure kills beasts that approach within ten feet of him 186.
• A Dou Saint avatar can exert enough pressure to terrify Flower Sect elders and destabilize the Dou Qi of weaker opponents 134.

Combat Superiority

Dou Saints possess overwhelming superiority over lower realms.

• A Half-Saint’s defense is destroyed instantly by a Dou Saint palm strike 185.
• Xiao Ze kills an intermediate Half-Saint with one palm and quickly eliminates another mid-stage Half-Saint afterward 190.
• A Dou Saint can defeat groups of Dou Zun experts in a single attack 129.
• Even a life-force-consuming formation, such as the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Blood Phoenix Sacrifice, is only intended to delay a Dou Saint briefly 125.

Avatars and Clones

Some Dou Saint-level practitioners can manifest independent projections of their power.

• Xiao Ze manifests an avatar to answer Yun Yun’s Spatial Jade Slip summons 133.
• The avatar kills Hua Jin and the Demonic Flower Evil Lord with a gesture, compelling the Flower Sect elders to recognize Yun Yun as Sect Master 134.
• Xiao Ze is also stated to be capable of manifesting a clone with power equal to his own 102.

Known Practitioners

• Xiao Ze — Reaches the realm through the Nine-Colored Lightning Tribulation and later advances from an uncertain initial stage to peak Nine-Star Dou Saint 94 232.
• Zi Yan — Dragon Emperor who reaches Three-Star Dou Saint by the conflict against the Three Dragon Kings 143.
• Xiao Yan — Breaks through to One-Star Dou Saint during the Nine Heavens Alliance’s war preparations 202.
• Soul Hall Great Heavenly Venerable — Mid-stage Three-Star Dou Saint who confronts Xiao Ze 202.
• Soul Hall Deputy Hall Master — Five-Star Dou Saint killed by eight-star Xiao Ze 209.
• Saint Guyou — A Half-Saint of the Hun Clan; his death demonstrates the severe disparity between Half-Saint and Dou Saint realms 185.

Notable Incidents

• Xiao Ze’s breakthrough is triggered by the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning accompanying the creation of a Grade Nine Heavenly Pill 93 94.
• Xiao Ze tears through the Dead Soul Mountain Range’s mist and the Soul Hall branch’s spatial defenses during his assault 111.
• He destroys the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members who attempt to seize the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, despite their attempt to use a sacrificial formation to delay him 125 126.
• In the Ancient Ruins, Xiao Ze claims ten Heavenly Rank Dou Techniques and kills dozens of challengers with his Dou Saint power 128 129.
• Xiao Ze’s seven-star aura allows his group to cross a massive beast tide unharmed while other alliance teams struggle to survive 186.
• After attaining peak Nine-Star Dou Saint, Xiao Ze begins seeking a path beyond the realm to become a Dou Di 232 241.