Li Shuyu

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Li Shuyu (李漱玉)
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Celestial Pivot Sword Sect; former Earth-rank Divine Maiden of the Goddess Palace; later Bai Yu's attendant and ally 406 426 1097
Occupation/Role	Sword cultivator; former master of the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect; combatant among Bai Yu's companions 425 1097

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Eighth level of Tribulation Transcendence	407 425	Held this cultivation during the Holy Snake Mountain conflict; despite the gap against the Black Feather King, she could draw on the Vast Sword Emperor's inheritance to challenge stronger opponents.
Ninth level of Tribulation Transcendence	479	Reached this level in a remarkably short time; Pei Yueshen suspects her rapid advancement is connected to dual cultivation with Bai Yu.
Fifth level of the Integration Realm	799 801	Awakened from Chang Yuexi's inheritance with a reforged body, lunar radiance, and this cultivation; she subsequently defeated two fifth-level Integration Realm cultivators with a single sword strike.
Seventh level of the Integrated Body / Fusion Realm	829 852	Recognized as having entered the ranks of top experts; her true cultivation is stated to be seventh level before activating her combat transformation.
Ninth level of the Integration Realm	850	Temporarily reached through her “Second Transformation” during battle; the effect appears to have no evident side effects.
Integrated Body Peak Stage	1028	Stood alongside Pei Yueshen to protect Bai Yu during his refinement of the Heavenly Desire Mirror.
Mahāyāna Realm	1097	Broke through amid a vast heavenly phenomenon, condensed a sword Dao Fruit, repaired her swords, and became a Sword Immortal-level powerhouse.

Background / History

Li Shuyu was targeted by Wu Xi, who first encountered her, then used Zhou Xinxin to gradually gain her trust and ultimately entered the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect as a disciple. The scheme and its memories were later exposed before Li Shuyu and others, leaving her on the verge of collapse 526.

Before joining the Goddess Palace, Li Shuyu was taken from a mortal slum by her master and brought to the declining Celestial Pivot Sword Sect. Her master hoped she would restore the glory of the Vast Sword Emperor, whose legacy formed the foundation of the sect; his death during a mountain expedition ultimately led to Li Shuyu obtaining her own opportunity to rise 425.

The Beast Emperor had targeted Li Shuyu from the beginning, intending to obtain her primordial yin and turn her into a tool for winning over others and serving the Wild Beast Domain. Wu Xi's infiltration of the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect was part of this larger scheme 426 526.

At some point, Li Shuyu and Pei Yueshen were both captured by Bai Yu. While Pei Yueshen later questioned why Bai Yu had chosen Li Shuyu over her, Li Shuyu’s cultivation rapidly surpassed Pei Yueshen’s through Bai Yu’s support 479.

Li Shuyu was defeated by the Black Feather King during the Holy Snake Mountain conflict and imprisoned in Bai Yu's Dayless Mountain grotto-heaven alongside Pei Yueshen. After Bai Yu exploited her fear of public humiliation and the destruction of her dignity, she submitted to him, accepted a Slave Gu, and swore a Heavenly Dao oath 408 426.

Li Shuyu remained attached to the survival of the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect. When Bai Yu proposed using the Feather Spirit Dynasty’s improved dragon vein and territory to accommodate its remnants, she realized that the sect could potentially be relocated and rebuilt there rather than remaining in the Wild Beast Domain 449.

Abilities & Skills

Sword Intent and Swordsmanship

Li Shuyu is a powerful sword cultivator whose sword intent is feared even by high-level cultivators.

• Her sword intent was strong enough to leave surrounding powerhouses terrified after battle 852.
• She intends to remain a combat-focused source of support for Bai Yu 799.
• She has inherited the legacies of Qin Zun and Chang Yuexi, including Eternal Sword Intent 810.
• Qin Zun bestowed the Eternal Sword Canon and his complete swordsmanship inheritance upon her, leaving her with no inherent bottlenecks in her future cultivation beyond comprehension and tempering her own sword path 488.
• Her Eternal Sword Intent was powerful enough to suppress and fracture Huyan Yanhuo's weapon without directly drawing her sword 756.
• She later incorporated the Turbid Sword Venerable's residual inheritance, further strengthening and repairing her sword path 1046 1097.

Vast Sword Emperor Inheritance

Li Shuyu possesses the inheritance of the Vast Sword Emperor, the legacy associated with the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect.

• She could draw upon the Vast Sword Emperor's power through a sealed violet orb within her dantian and her connection to Holy Snake Mountain 407 408.
• She wielded the Vast Sword and employed the Vast Sword Art's “Slay Immortal” move against the Black Feather King 408.
• Her pursuit of the final sword moves of this inheritance was a central goal before her capture by Bai Yu 408.
• The Vast Sword Emperor's legacy, along with her sect's survival, remained deeply tied to the promise she made to her late master 425.

Moon Goddess Power

Li Shuyu possesses power inherited from the Moon Goddess, which complements her Eternal Sword Intent.

• The Moon Goddess’s power and Eternal Sword Intent do not conflict; they reinforce one another 810.
• Chang Yuexi reforged Li Shuyu's body with lunar radiance and embedded a jade tree containing moonlight and destiny power within her 798.
• She gained a pure strand of lunar radiance within her Eternal Sword Intent and can manifest a silver-moon phantom while fighting 799 849.
• Her strengthened state makes her capable of offering Bai Yu significant assistance in seeking fortune and opportunities 799.
• She can convert surrounding Sha Qi into lunar radiance and gather it into fortune 799.

Primordial Void Source-Skeleton Dao Body and Dao Fruit

Li Shuyu's body was remolded through Chang Yuexi's legacy, allowing her to shed her mortal frame and establish an exceptional foundation.

• She condensed the Primordial Void Source-Skeleton Dao Body after Chang Yuexi reforged her physical body 798 799.
• This body is associated with a unique sovereign of an era; Chang Yuexi's attempted corpse dissolution had failed because Li Shuyu already possessed the requisite foundation 795.
• Upon entering the Mahāyāna Realm, she condensed a seven-colored jade sword Dao Fruit that fused the powers of Eternity, Reincarnation, the Moon Goddess, and the Turbid Sword 1097.

Panic Gu Conversion

The Panic Gu helps Li Shuyu develop, regulate, and balance her immense power.

• Its conversion effect is one factor behind her extraordinary cultivation progress 810.
• It supports the balance of her inherited powers alongside Bai Yu’s Desire God Body and their established coordination 810.
• During her battle with Feng Xiaotian, its empowerment allowed her to sense true Eternal Sword Intent and unleash the power she sought at her stage of cultivation 852.

Dragon Elephant Zen Sutra

Bai Yu enabled Li Shuyu to comprehend the Dragon Elephant Zen Sutra during dual cultivation.

• The technique was given to further improve her already exceptional combat power 850.
• Her use of a cultivation-raising secret art was believed by observers to be connected to a method Bai Yu had passed on to her 850.

Second Transformation

Li Shuyu can invoke a transformation that dramatically raises her cultivation for battle.

• Upon activating “Second Transformation,” the Primordial Beginning and Plain Questions swords resonated with her power 850.
• The transformation elevated her cultivation to the ninth level of the Integration Realm 850.
• Afterward, her silver hair gradually returned to black 852.
• She used this state to reduce Feng Xiaotian, whose cultivation had risen to the ninth level of the Fusion Realm through Evil Emperor corruption, to ashes 850 852.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Blood Tiger Golden Sword — Mid-grade immortal artifact given to Li Shuyu by Bai Yu after the Black Feather King handed it over. It was forged from the spinal bone of a Nine-Headed Heaven-Suppressing Tiger ancestor and can increase its wielder's strength by three hundred percent 479.
• Vast Sword — Immortal artifact connected to the Vast Sword Emperor's inheritance; Li Shuyu used it while confronting the Black Feather King 408.
• Primordial Beginning Sword — One of the two swords that resonated when she activated her Second Transformation 850.
• Plain Questions Sword — Her other named sword, which resonated alongside the Primordial Beginning Sword 850.
• Moon Goddess Sword — One of the four Imperial weapons under Li Shuyu's control after her Mahāyāna breakthrough 1097.
• Turbid Sword — An eight-sided black Han sword empowered by the Turbid Sword Venerable's inheritance; it resonated with and repaired her other swords 1097.
• Panic Gu — Assists in converting and balancing her power 810.

Relationships

• Bai Yu — Her former captor, later master, ally, and cultivation partner. He subdued her through a Slave Gu and Heavenly Dao oath, supports her advancement, gives her the Blood Tiger Golden Sword, helps her comprehend the Dragon Elephant Zen Sutra, and offers a path to rebuild the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect in the Feather Spirit Dynasty 426 449 479 850.
• Pei Yueshen — Fellow captive and rival in cultivation progress. Pei Yueshen repeatedly compares herself to Li Shuyu and envies how quickly Li Shuyu advanced under Bai Yu’s support; despite this rivalry, the two later acted together to protect Bai Yu from the Blood God Sect 479 548 829 1028.
• Wu Xi — Manipulated Li Shuyu’s trust as part of a long-term scheme to enter the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect 526.
• Zhou Xinxin — Was used by Wu Xi as part of his plan to approach Li Shuyu 526.
• Beast Emperor — Orchestrated the larger plot against Li Shuyu, intending to exploit her primordial yin and turn her into a tool of the Wild Beast Domain 426.
• Qin Zun — Source of one of Li Shuyu’s inherited legacies, including the Eternal Sword Canon and its associated swordsmanship 488 810.
• Chang Yuexi — The Cold Palace Fairy and source of Li Shuyu's lunar-radiance inheritance; she reforged Li Shuyu's body and entrusted her remaining legacy to her 798 799.
• Turbid Sword Venerable — Ancient peak Mahāyāna sword cultivator whose inheritance was exceptionally compatible with Li Shuyu's sword path 1046 1097.
• Feng Xiaotian — Opponent repeatedly defeated by Li Shuyu; their final battle ended with his annihilation after he was empowered by the Evil Emperor's corruption 801 849 852.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Celestial Pivot Sword Sect and Wu Xi’s Scheme

Li Shuyu’s past is tied to Wu Xi’s calculated infiltration of the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect. His manipulation of her trust became central to his successful entry into the sect 526.

The scheme was ultimately part of the Beast Emperor's attempt to control Li Shuyu and exploit her as a cultivation resource. The exposure of Wu Xi's memories revealed that the trust she had placed in her disciple and the hope he had brought to the declining sect had been manufactured from the beginning 426 526.

Goddess Palace, Holy Snake Mountain, and Captivity

As an Earth-rank Divine Maiden, Li Shuyu confronted Bai Yu at Holy Snake Mountain in an attempt to capture him for his skills as a Great Apothecary 406.

She used the Vast Sword Emperor's inheritance, the Vast Sword, and Holy Snake Mountain's power to challenge the Black Feather King. However, the Black Feather King defeated her and sealed the source of her inheritance before Bai Yu imprisoned her in Dayless Mountain beside Pei Yueshen 407 408.

Li Shuyu eventually submitted to Bai Yu under threat, accepting a Slave Gu and a Heavenly Dao oath. Her later development into one of his trusted attendants was shaped by this reversal of her circumstances 426 1097.

Rebuilding the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect

Li Shuyu initially clung to the sect’s place in the Wild Beast Domain. Bai Yu’s proposal to relocate its people to the Feather Spirit Dynasty offered her the possibility of rebuilding the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect under safer and more favorable conditions 449.

Her apprehension over facing her former disciples culminated when Wu Xi's memories exposed the truth of the Beast Emperor's scheme. Bai Yu's promise of a reborn Celestial Pivot Sword Sect became a source of hope after the collapse of her former ties 523 526.

Rise as Bai Yu’s Combat Support

As Bai Yu’s enemies became stronger, Li Shuyu developed into one of his foremost combatants. Though she worried that her cultivation was no longer keeping pace with his, she concluded that combat power was the greatest help she could offer him 799.

Following Chang Yuexi's intervention, Li Shuyu awakened with a reforged Primordial Void Source-Skeleton Dao Body, lunar-radiance power, and fifth-level Integration Realm cultivation. She immediately demonstrated this growth by easily suppressing Blood River Heavenly Buddha and Feng Xiaotian 799 801.

Battle Against Feng Xiaotian

Li Shuyu used her Second Transformation against Feng Xiaotian, raising her cultivation to the ninth level of the Integration Realm. Despite Feng Xiaotian’s powerful bloodline and mutation through the Evil Emperor’s power, he was reduced to ashes by the end of the confrontation 850 852.

Her decision to unleash her full strength was motivated by a desire to establish Bai Yu's prestige and deter hostile cultivators who might otherwise target him 852.

Starry Sky Ancient Road and Sword Immortal Breakthrough

While traveling toward the Starry Sky Ancient Road, Bai Yu and Hongnongzi identified the Turbid Sword Venerable's inheritance as highly compatible with Li Shuyu's Eternal Sword Intent, Reincarnation Sword Intent, Chaos Sword Intent, and Moon Goddess power 1046.

Li Shuyu later received the remaining power of the Turbid Sword Venerable's inheritance, repaired her damaged swords, condensed a sword Dao Fruit, and broke through into the Mahāyāna Realm. Her resulting command of the Taixu, Plain Questions, Moon Goddess, and Turbid Swords marked her emergence as a Sword Immortal capable of suppressing an era 1097.

Trivia

• Li Shuyu’s cultivation rise was so rapid that Pei Yueshen, captured at roughly the same time, believed she had been left far behind 479 829.
• Her inherited Eternal Sword Intent and Moon Goddess power are explicitly described as mutually complementary rather than incompatible 810.
• Li Shuyu's sword path is deeply intertwined with two ancient inheritances: Qin Zun's Eternal Sword Canon and Chang Yuexi's lunar-radiance legacy 488 798.
• Her original master found her in a mortal slum and entrusted her with the hope of restoring the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect and surpassing the Vast Sword Emperor 425.