Li Ming

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

Li Ming arrived at Nuoding Primary Academy as a working student after recognizing Douluo Continent as the world of his previous knowledge. He deliberately gave Xiao Wu spare bedding to prevent her early closeness with Tang San, hoping to avert Xiao Wu’s future sacrifice and Tang San’s grief. Although he presented himself as a weak student with rank-three Soul Power, he had already begun launching his Satellite Martial Soul into orbit 1.

Over six years at Notting Junior Spirit Master Academy, Li Ming expanded his constellation to roughly a thousand satellites across the Heaven Dou Empire and nearby regions. The network mapped Soul Beasts, mineral deposits, Spirit Masters, criminals, and powerful figures. He used this intelligence to collect bounties and guide his father, Li Yuan, toward profitable iron and silver mines, making the Li family prosperous in Notting City 2.

After obtaining the Sunflower Soul Ring, Li Ming discovered that its weak sunlight-absorption effect became extraordinary when applied through thousands of satellites. He rapidly reached level 20, moved with his family to Heaven Dou City, and enrolled in the Blue Tyrant Academy Intermediate Soul Master Branch after more prestigious academies rejected his low talent and unusual Martial Soul 4 5.

Seeking protection for his second Soul Ring hunt, Li Ming infiltrated Blue Tyrant Academy and manipulated Liu Erlong through information about Yu Xiaogang. Liu Erlong accepted him as Yu Xiaogang’s “half disciple,” gave him an academy token, and personally escorted him into Sunset Forest. There, Li Ming acquired the Nightmare Beast’s Dream Soul Skill—the foundation for his planned Star Network 7 8 9.

He developed Dream Space into Purple Heaven City, a shared Dream realm connected through his satellites. What began as experiments on ordinary people and influential Soul Masters grew into an intelligence service, cultivation platform, commercial hub, and political power center. Li Ming used the city to gather rulers, sect leaders, and elite Soul Masters while concealing his real identity behind City Lord avatars 12 14 16 24.

While pursuing a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, Li Ming acquired Soul Bones and hired the Red Tiger Mercenary Group as guards. During the absorption of a Ten-Thousand-Year Unicorn Soul Ring, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion secretly transferred Fate Power and half of the Star Dou Great Forest’s fortune to him. This bound Li Ming’s fate to the forest, mutated his Soul Bones, strengthened his abilities, and eventually created Fate AI within his Martial Soul system 23 30 31 36 42.

As Purple Heaven City expanded, Bibi Dong attacked banks supporting its Dream Coupon system. Li Ming retaliated with orbital Thousand-Fold Pulse Beams, killing the attackers while preserving his concealed location. He then used Fate AI’s analysis of Clear Sky Sect techniques to develop Thirty-Six Swift Blades and improve his orbital weapons, while recruiting the Red Tiger Mercenary Group as a permanent contracted force 50 51.

After stealing Immortal Herbs from Dugu Bo’s Medicinal Garden through the Red Tiger Mercenary Group, Li Ming consumed the Tulip of Encompassing Glory. The herb raised him from level 36 to 38 and transformed his Satellite Martial Soul into a more advanced Space Station Martial Soul with multiple technological sectors 52 56.

The awakened Martial Soul granted Spatial Power and transformed his existing satellites into space stations. Li Ming began using their laboratories, storage spaces, and manufacturing systems for biological research. After reaching level forty, he postponed his fourth ring and launched the Space Soul Beast Project, investigating mutations in space-raised Soul Beasts and the possibility of generating Soul Rings from cultivated cells 57 58.

Li Ming negotiated a five-year wager with Di Tian: increasing the Star Dou Great Forest’s fortune by ten percent would earn the forest’s full cooperation, while failure would require him to remain sealed inside the forest forever. With the Auspicious Beast as witness, he also obtained Di Tian’s blood for research. During this period, he reunited with Xiao Wu and Tang San after Shrek’s arrival at Blue Tyrant Academy 61.

Dai Mubai’s attempts to embarrass Li Ming led to two sparring matches. Li Ming won the first through Thirty-Six Swift Blades without displaying his Martial Soul, then defeated Dai Mubai’s unrestricted rematch through Nightmare and a single punch. He concealed his true third ring behind a purple-ring disguise and politely rejected Yu Xiaogang’s implied offer of discipleship by claiming to regard the Purple Heaven City Lord as his teacher. He subsequently declined an invitation to fill in for Shrek’s team because he lacked time 62 63 64 65 67 68.

His research expanded into artificial Soul Beast organs, Immortal Herb medicine, and controlled sacrifice. Di Tian and Gu Yuena offered him Life Gold and explained how a Mental Sea and Eye of Destiny could deepen his integration with destiny-related power. Li Ming later recruited three low-level Soul Masters to verify his artificial-ring experiments before risking his own fourth ring, while beginning the Wandering Universe Project as a potential means of escaping divine pursuit 88 91.

After Immortal Herb pills raised his physical strength to level ninety, Li Ming initiated the programmed sacrifice of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Artificial Whale Stomach at a secluded base near the Star Dou Great Forest. Fate AI took control of the AI entity embedded in the ring and guided its Soul Power, allowing the absorption to succeed. Li Ming advanced directly from level forty to fifty and gained Whale Siphon and Demon King Annihilation Cannon 93 94 95.

At level fifty, Li Ming turned toward cultivating an older fifth-ring candidate and establishing a Moon Base for artificial Di Tian Hearts. He also introduced Soul Masters from the Sun Moon Continent to Purple Heaven City. After the forest’s fortune rose by ten percent, Di Tian acknowledged the original wager and offered the forest’s cooperation; Li Ming instead requested demonstrations of spatial techniques, which he rapidly reproduced and improved through Fate AI 96 98 104 106 107.

Spatial Logistics enabled controlled intercontinental trade, while auctions for additional Purple Heaven City access brought Li Ming rare metals and Soul Engineer users. He directed their research toward Heat Soul Tools and personally completed his first Storage Ring. Although his Soul Power remained stalled at level fifty, his lunar facilities and Immortal Herb Project continued advancing; by the latest developments, five enlarged Di Tian Hearts were operating on the moon alongside one in Sunset Forest, and artificially cultivated Immortal Herbs had matured 107 108 109 110.

Appearance

Li Ming is initially perceived as a somewhat handsome but youthful boy whose calm, composed demeanor does not match his age. He regularly conceals his identity through Dream Space avatars rather than revealing his true appearance 1 26.

• His primary Dream Space persona is a white-bearded, immortal-like old man known as the Purple Heaven City Lord 13 38.
• He also uses a handsome young-man avatar in Purple Heaven City 23.
• As City Lord, he removes his real-world data from his Dream avatar, making himself appear ordinary and difficult to read or trace 48.
• His original Martial Soul resembles a small metal satellite with a circular body and solar wings; after its Secondary Awakening, it resembles a complex space station with additional solar wings 1 56.
• The Space Station Martial Soul has a cross-shaped structure assembled from cylindrical sections, with long solar wings attached at multiple points 56.
• During his rematch with Dai Mubai, he displays two yellow rings and an apparently purple third ring. Fate AI creates the purple appearance as camouflage for his genuine Ten-Thousand-Year ring 65.
• After his fourth-ring absorption, his actual Soul Ring configuration is two yellow, one black, and one red. The Space Station Martial Soul also develops a compact cannon muzzle at its front 95 96.

Personality

Li Ming is patient, calculating, and intensely future-oriented. He consistently hides the true scale of his capabilities, allowing others to dismiss him as weak while he builds intelligence networks, financial resources, political influence, and combat power in secret 1 2 19.

He is also opportunistic and manipulative. He exploited Liu Erlong’s longing for Yu Xiaogang to secure a powerful protector, used the promise of future employment to control the Red Tiger Mercenary Group, and treats powerful Soul Masters as sources of data for his cultivation systems 7 17 27.

Despite his caution, Li Ming can become arrogant when his preparations succeed. He regards satellite surveillance, Fate AI concealment, and Purple Heaven City’s rules as means to challenge people vastly stronger than himself, though he remains wary of beings such as Di Tian, Bibi Dong, Demigods, and Deities 12 40 48.

His scientific curiosity is accompanied by a strong preference for controlled experimentation. He studies biological samples, compares control groups, and tests unfamiliar environments before committing himself. Even when Fate AI predicts extremely low failure rates, he prefers others to verify new Soul Ring procedures before risking his own limited opportunities to advance 58 67 91 104.

Li Ming maintains composure under social provocation and uses reputation as a tactical weapon. Against Dai Mubai, he accepts condescending seniority without embarrassment, then prevents his opponent from breaking the agreed strength restriction by invoking Shrek’s reputation. He also avoids unwanted obligations through polite refusals rather than direct confrontation 62 63 64 68.

His commercial ambition increasingly centers on controlling infrastructure and access. He monetizes spatial transportation, restricts Dream Coupon exchange, and uses competitive bidding to obtain precious metals and encourage rivalry among foreign empires 107 108 109.

Abilities & Skills

Satellite / Space Station Martial Soul

Li Ming’s Martial Soul began as a Satellite Spirit capable of launching satellite copies into orbit. Its constellation functions as an extensive surveillance, communication, cultivation, and combat system 1 3.

• Launches satellites by continuously supplying Soul Power; early launches take several days to reach orbit 1.
• Possesses an apparent innate copying ability that allows him to create one Martial Soul copy per day 1.
• Provides aerial imaging, weather prediction, facial recognition, infrared surveillance, radar detection, mapping, and automated data processing 1.
• Tracks Soul Beast locations, estimated ages, Spirit Master identities, cultivation levels, mineral deposits, military deployments, and hidden routes 2 3 15.
• Allows short-duration flight-like mobility when Li Ming fuses with the Martial Soul 7.
• Undergoes a Secondary Awakening into a Space Station Martial Soul after Li Ming consumes the Tulip of Encompassing Glory 56.
• The awakened Space Station includes upgraded Earth Observation capabilities, a Physical Materials Sector, and a Life Sciences Sector for research and potential manufacturing 56.
• Previously launched satellites also evolve into space stations while remaining connected to his Martial Soul 57.
• Supports metal 3D printing and potentially large-scale manufacturing through thousands of orbital workshops. Divine-weapon development remains a research possibility rather than an established achievement 57.
• Its larger solar wings increase the effectiveness of his solar-energy-based foundation 92.
• Adapts physically to newly acquired Soul Skills, developing a cannon muzzle after he gains Demon King Annihilation Cannon 95.
• Space Stations can leave Douluo Star and cross a boundary that blocks his ordinary Spatial Teleportation. Li Ming suspects his Martial Soul may manifest a law of heaven and earth, but this explanation remains speculative 91 110.
• Can efficiently generate oxygen using Soul Power, supporting Li Ming’s personal exploration of the moon 110.

Spatial Power

The Space Station Martial Soul awakens Spatial Power through its Secondary Awakening. Li Ming initially discovers it through instantaneous storage and retrieval, then develops practical transportation and combat applications 57 106.

• Transfers objects into and out of his Martial Soul and moves them between orbital space stations, providing thousands of linked storage areas 57.
• Uses station surveillance to inspect stored items remotely and places Immortal Herbs inside the station for cultivation research 57.
• Reproduces Di Tian’s spatial-passage technique by using the rotating Space Station and Scorching Beam to guide Spatial Power through a breached spatial wall 106.
• Demonstrates the technique in reality by opening a stable passage from the sea to the Star Dou Great Forest in under five seconds 106.
• Learns and replicates Spatial Folding, Spatial Lock, and Spatial Collapse over several days, with Fate AI recording and developing the techniques 106.
• Spatial Logistics creates stable transport passages using over eighty percent less spatial energy than Di Tian’s method, making intercontinental commerce practical 107.
• His Spatial Teleportation is interrupted when he attempts to cross directly from Douluo’s surface to the moon. He locates the barrier above two hundred kilometers in altitude and attributes it to the God Realm’s laws; his Space Stations can cross it 110.
• Successfully engraves a storage array into a spatial shard and incorporates it into a Storage Ring. Directly applying the array’s principles to his Martial Soul’s Spatial Power remains an ongoing project 109 110.

Satellite AI and Fate AI

Li Ming’s artificial-intelligence systems process satellite data, operate Purple Heaven City, and assist his cultivation research.

• Satellite AI — Builds three-dimensional maps, identifies Soul Beast ages, models Soul Ring absorption limits, monitors threats, manages accounts, and coordinates satellite attacks 3 19 23.
• Fate AI — A more advanced AI created through Fate Power; it appears as a small Three-Eyed Golden Lion and can evolve automatically 42.
• Fate AI helps conceal Li Ming’s identity and fate trajectory, improves Dream Space security, and analyzes recorded Soul Skills and combat techniques 38 46 50.
• Neither system fully explains the hidden regions and powerful beings of the Star Dou Great Forest 36.
• Fate AI can directly deduce suitable Self-Created Soul Skills and regards Soul Rings as structured Soul Power that may eventually be analyzed, copied, or programmed. Full Soul Ring and Soul Skill editing is not yet mature 43 44 65 94.
• Converts Thirty-Six Swift Blades into a reality program, enabling Li Ming’s body to execute the technique precisely without extensive prior practice 51.
• Uses reality programming to alter the visible color of his third Soul Ring without changing its underlying nature 65.
• Gains greatly expanded practical research and production capabilities through the Space Station’s upgraded instruments and laboratories 57.
• Combines Fate Power with applicant screening to identify and reject experimental candidates secretly planted by other factions 91.
• Takes control of the AI spiritual entity within his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and guides its Soul Power during absorption. It records the formation of new Soul Skills without modifying them 94 95.
• Develops improved spatial techniques and guides precise Soul Tool fabrication 107 110.

First Soul Skill — Sunlight Absorption

Granted by the 402-year Sunflower Soul Ring, this skill absorbs solar energy to improve Li Ming’s Soul Power and physical fitness 3 4.

• Its direct effect is weak, dependent on strong sunlight, and reduced by clouds or poor lighting 4.
• Li Ming bypasses this weakness by having thousands of satellites absorb sunlight simultaneously in orbit 4.
• Satellite-assisted absorption rapidly raised him from rank 13 to rank 20 and continuously strengthens his body 4.
• The Sunflower Soul Ring later mutates through the Star Dou Great Forest’s fortune, greatly improving its cultivation and body-strengthening effects 36.
• Additional increases in forest fortune further improve the skill’s effects 85.
• By his level-forty bottleneck, Li Ming judges its transformed effectiveness to exceed that of a Ten-Thousand-Year ring, although its precise equivalent age remains unknown 92.
• Continues accumulating Soul Power and improving his physique while his cultivation is blocked by a missing Soul Ring 92 95.

Second Soul Skill — Dream / Nightmare

Granted by a roughly 700-year Nightmare Beast, Dream pulls targets into a Dream and autonomously creates Dream content 9. Li Ming also invokes its combat application as Nightmare 65.

• Forms the basis of Dream Space and Purple Heaven City, allowing real people to meet across vast distances 9 14.
• Supports Dream bodies, communication, virtual interfaces, combat simulations, commerce, and the Personal Cultivation Assistant 16 17 24.
• Can be repeatedly cast through satellites against distant targets; Ning Fengzhi resisted it more than a hundred times before choosing to observe its purpose 12.
• Forced Dream uses approximately one hundred satellites to create a powerful mental shock against resistant targets 22.
• Its effectiveness improves substantially alongside Li Ming’s spiritual power; he believes it can trap Spirit Ancestors after his later growth 36.
• Traps Dai Mubai in a nightmare despite his White Tiger Vajra Transformation, leaving him vulnerable to a physical attack in reality 65.
• Triggers the Artificial Whale Stomach’s programmed sacrifice during Li Ming’s fourth-ring experiment 93.
• Satellite-mediated Dream invitations eventually reach Soul Masters on the Sun Moon Continent across the ocean 98 99.

Third Soul Skill — Scorching Beam

Granted by the Ten-Thousand-Year Unicorn Soul Ring, Scorching Beam stores solar energy and releases it as a destructive beam 31.

• Can be cast directly with Soul Power or fueled by stored sunlight 32.
• Each satellite can store a separate reserve of solar energy, producing Li Ming’s “Thousand-Fold Energy” advantage 32.
• Stored sunlight can be shared across the unified satellite network 32.
• The emitted beam travels at the speed of light; orbital application requires compensation for targeting and atmospheric attenuation 33.
• Forms the basis for pulsed orbital beam weapons, including the Thousand-Fold Pulse Beam 39 40.
• A fully charged satellite weapon can threaten a Title Douluo, though Li Ming recognizes that stronger opponents remain dangerous 40.
• His Thousand-Fold Pulse Beam destroys a test island and later kills Spirit Hall attackers targeting Dream Coupon banks. Buildings reduce its effectiveness, prompting further penetration research 40 50.
• At the time of the bank attacks, the weapon’s energy requirements limit firing to once every three days 50.
• Fate AI’s analysis of Great Sumeru Hammer improves pulse-beam charging speed and increases the Martial Soul’s energy capacity 51.
• Also serves as a precision tool for manipulating spatial passages and engraving storage arrays 106 110.

Fourth Soul Ring — Whale Siphon and Demon King Annihilation Cannon

Li Ming’s fourth ring is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring generated through the programmed sacrifice of an Artificial Whale Stomach associated with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s power. It grants two Soul Skills and raises him directly from level forty to fifty 93 94 95.

• Whale Siphon — Absorbs opponents’ Soul Power across an area and stores it temporarily. It can retain up to five times Li Ming’s own reserves for three seconds; performance depends on spiritual strength and physical resilience 95.
• Li Ming believes his unusually strong physique and spiritual power allow Whale Siphon to reach its full potential. He considers using it through more than a thousand Space Stations to accumulate energy for a combined attack, but this large-scale application is presented as a tactical possibility 95 96.
• Demon King Annihilation Cannon — Adds a cannon muzzle to the Space Station Martial Soul and fires a Devouring Wave capable of consuming objects, living beings, Soul Power, and Soul Skills that cannot resist it 95.
• A focused test shot pierces a tree and bores deeply into the ground, while a broader blast removes a large section of an island 96.
• Unlike Scorching Beam, its primary effect is devouring rather than extreme heat or a shockwave 95.
• Travels more slowly than light, but Li Ming believes additional Soul Power can increase its propulsion, speed, and strength 96.
• Li Ming regards it as more versatile against unusual defenses than his heat-based beam weapons, though its ultimate limits remain untested 96.

Soul Bone Skills

Li Ming possesses a Skull Bone, Left Leg Bone, and Right Arm Bone. All three mutated into stronger, crystal-clear forms after he received the Star Dou Great Forest’s fortune 23 30 31.

• Swift Wind Thrust — Granted by his Skull Bone; propels Li Ming forward rapidly and grants an even greater dash distance when applied to a satellite 23.
• Soul Power Explosion — Granted by his Left Leg Bone and used as the basis for Planetary Devastation 23.
• Planetary Devastation — A costly satellite self-destruction attack; paired with Swift Wind Thrust, it can accelerate satellites into difficult-to-evade explosive strikes 23 32.
• His mutated Soul Bones increase spiritual power, Soul Power quality, storage capacity, and the power of Swift Wind Thrust and Planetary Devastation by roughly twenty times 31 32.
• After mutation, a satellite using Swift Wind Thrust crosses approximately two hundred meters at high speed before exploding 32.
• Further growth in forest fortune produces additional Soul Bone evolution 85.

Physical Combat

Satellite-assisted sunlight absorption gives Li Ming exceptional physical development despite his low innate Soul Power.

• By level 30, he can kill hundred-year Soul Beasts without Soul Skills, cut through thick trees, shatter boulders, and outrun ordinary people 19.
• He uses a saber in close combat and personally delivered the finishing blows against the Nightmare Beast, a five-thousand-year Soul Beast, and the Ten-Thousand-Year Unicorn 9 23 29.
• His rapid increase in strength initially leaves him unable to fully control his grip, causing him to crush a carriage doorframe accidentally 36.
• Thirty-Six Swift Blades is a Self-Created Soul Skill derived from Fate AI’s analysis of the Chaos Cloaking Hammer Technique. Each slash builds momentum and speed, culminating in an exceptionally fast and powerful thirty-sixth strike 51 64.
• Uses Thirty-Six Swift Blades to shatter Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Barrier and finish their restricted spar with a deep but nonfatal chest wound, without displaying his Martial Soul or conventional Soul Skills 63 64.
• Defeats Dai Mubai’s unrestricted rematch by combining Nightmare with a punch, noting that a blade attack would have been fatal 65.
• While still at level forty, his physical resilience reaches a level comparable to a Soul Douluo above eighty; Fate AI distinguishes this from overall combat strength 92.
• Immortal Herb medicines raise his physical strength to level ninety before his fourth-ring absorption, which subsequently strengthens his body further 93 95.

Fate Link with the Star Dou Great Forest

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion transferred half of the Star Dou Great Forest’s fortune into Li Ming during his Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring absorption 30.

• Satellite AI calculates that Li Ming contains 50% of the forest’s fortune 36.
• His prosperity and decline are tied to the Star Dou Great Forest’s prosperity and decline 35 36.
• The connection grants protection and growth potential but risks drawing the attention of powerful Soul Beasts such as Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King 36.
• His Soul Bones may continue evolving if the forest’s fortune increases 36.
• His wager with Di Tian makes the forest’s full cooperation conditional on a ten-percent fortune increase within five years; failure would require permanent confinement in the forest 61.
• Increased fortune demonstrably improves his Soul Bone and first Soul Skill. His Fate Power also strengthens as the Auspicious Beast’s own Fate Power grows 85.
• Gu Yuena explains that Life Gold can help form a Mental Sea and Eye of Destiny, enabling fuller integration with Destiny Power and fortune. Plane protection, improved cultivation, and a larger share of Soul Beast fortune are described as potential benefits 88.
• By the time he reassesses Purple Heaven City after his fourth-ring breakthrough, he has opened his Mental Sea and fully integrated the Power of Destiny 97.
• Fate Power and Life Gold conceal his connection during the Artificial Whale Stomach’s sacrifice from ordinary spiritual perception, although Gu Yuena and Di Tian still observe the event 94.
• Di Tian later confirms that the forest’s fortune has risen by ten percent and acknowledges Li Ming’s right to its cooperation. Li Ming is described as the forest’s second-ranking figure 104.

Biological Research and Artificial Soul Rings

Li Ming uses the Space Station’s Life Sciences facilities, Fate AI, and collected biological material to investigate Soul Beast growth, power, and Soul Ring formation 57 58.

• Space Soul Beast Project — Raises Soul Beast eggs in controlled space environments. After failed batches, Fate AI establishes viable conditions and finds an increased likelihood of beneficial mutations; spatial or dark-power mutations remain prospective outcomes 58.
• Discovers that Soul Beast cells contain their species’ power and naturally absorb environmental Soul Power, suggesting that cultivated cells could become a source of powerful Soul Rings 58.
• Confirms through comparisons with ordinary Soul Beast cells that Di Tian’s hematopoietic cells have significantly different Soul Power enhancement efficiency and that the artificial blood they produce contains Dark Power 67.
• Space-raised Soul Beasts nourished with Di Tian’s blood mature rapidly. One silver-scaled snake shows partial bloodline awakening, with Fate AI estimating an eighteen-percent chance of full awakening at that stage 68.
• Develops artificial organs and AI-controlled mental entities for programmed Soul Beast sacrifice experiments. He selects three low-level Soul Masters for initial verification and cultivates Hundred-Year experimental rings rather than Ten-Year ones 91.
• Cultivates an Artificial Whale Stomach to the Hundred-Thousand-Year level on a distant Space Station before initiating sacrifice on Douluo Star, where he expects Martial Soul rules to remain applicable 93.
• Fate AI guides the fourth-ring absorption and records both Soul Power flow and Soul Skill formation for future controlled-sacrifice and ring-editing research 94 95.
• The Artificial Whale Stomach’s increasingly responsive brain tissue raises the possibility of its AI spirit eventually developing intelligence; this remains unresolved 93.
• Considers an artificial true dragon derived from Di Tian’s cells and Hearts as a fifth-ring candidate, aiming for at least several hundred thousand years rather than accepting another ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year ring 96.
• Full editing of Soul Rings and Soul Skills, as well as reliable Million-Year ring production, remains a future objective rather than an accomplished ability 94 110.

Lunar Base and Immortal Herb Research

Li Ming’s lunar and medical projects support his cultivation foundation and the production of resources for stronger artificial Soul Beasts 93 96 110.

• Wandering Universe Project — Proposes sending Space Stations in multiple directions through outer space, partly to investigate the wider universe and partly to create an escape route beyond divine tracking 91.
• Moon Base — Uses the moon as a secluded site for enlarged Di Tian Hearts, avoiding the attention and risks associated with large-scale growth on Douluo Star 96 104.
• Tests show a weakened Di Tian Heart grows on the moon at approximately eighty percent of its rate in the outer Star Dou Great Forest. Di Tian’s cells withstand the lack of oxygen, temperature extremes, and radiation 104.
• A culture medium containing Di Tian Heart blood reduces large-heart production time from fifteen days to seven and also supports cultivation of Demonic Whale King cells and Immortal Herbs 104.
• By the latest developments, five enlarged Di Tian Hearts operate on the moon and one in Sunset Forest, together providing six daily portions of heartblood for culture medium 110.
• Fate AI develops safely absorbable pills from Immortal Herbs, including Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, without requiring the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Other pills strengthen his body, vitality, bones, and mental power 93.
• The Lovesick Heartbreak Red Intestine remains difficult to process 93.
• Immortal Herb Project — Successfully matures herbs using heartblood culture medium and natural energies. Their potency is only a fraction of the originals; toxicity, tolerance, and mass-production methods remain under investigation 110.

Equipment and Items

• Long saber — A high-quality blade forged with Soul Skills and rare metals; Li Ming’s principal close-combat weapon 6 9.
• Custom sunglasses — Used by Xiao Wu and Tang San to counter the Sunflower Soul Beast’s blinding light attack 3.
• Liu Erlong’s identity token — Grants him free access to Blue Tyrant Academy 8.
• Satellite constellation — Thousands of orbital Satellite Spirit copies used for surveillance, cultivation, Dream casting, energy storage, communication, and bombardment; the existing constellation later evolves into Space Stations 4 32 57.
• Three Soul Bones — Skull Bone, Left Leg Bone, and Right Arm Bone; all later mutate through Fate Power 23 31.
• Immortal Herbs — Obtained from Dugu Bo’s Medicinal Garden and used for Martial Soul awakening, medicinal research, and cultivation experiments 56 57 93 110.
• High-grade Whale Rubber — Acquired through the Red Tiger Mercenary Group to reinforce his foundation before attempting a Hundred-Thousand-Year ring 58.
• Di Tian biological samples and artificial Hearts — Blood and cultivated tissues support Dark Power research, Soul Beast nourishment, culture-medium production, and prospective artificial-dragon development 61 67 96 104.
• Life Gold — An egg-sized jade-green treasure offered by Di Tian and Gu Yuena, containing a liquid-like interior. It is associated with healing, Mental Sea formation, and destiny integration 88.
• Artificial Whale Stomach — Engineered Soul Beast organ with associated brain tissue and an AI spiritual entity; cultivated to the Hundred-Thousand-Year level and sacrificed for his fourth ring 93 94.
• Storage Ring — His first personally crafted Soul Tool, made from a spatial shard and mithril with an engraved storage array; holds one cubic meter 110.
• Refined metals — Supplies of refined gold, mithril, and other materials acquired through Sun Moon Continent access auctions support Soul Tool experimentation and future production 108 109.

Purple Heaven City

Purple Heaven City is Li Ming’s Dream-based network and power base, created by combining the Dream Soul Skill, satellite infrastructure, and AI systems 9 13.

• Connects users across the continent through Dream bodies without normal distance limitations 14.
• Provides intelligence on people, military deployments, Soul Beast habitats, Soul Ring targets, and hidden locations 15 16.
• Operates the Personal Cultivation Assistant, which evaluates combat strength, recommends cultivation plans, and assists with Self-Created Soul Skill development 16 18.
• Uses Dream Coupons, cross-empire exchange banks, digital payments, shop ratings, and reputation scores to regulate commerce 22 24.
• Expanded from a Closed Beta to a Public Beta capable of admitting 100,000 Soul Masters 38 40.
• Enforces its rules through account suspensions and forced logouts, allowing Li Ming to punish users such as Di Tian without directly fighting them 48.
• Fate Power improves environmental realism and cultivation modeling; Li Ming deliberately reserves the strongest cultivation-assistant functions for himself 40.
• Generates revenue through housing, cultivation-assistant fees, shop rentals, and taxes, supporting Li Ming’s permanent employment of the Red Tiger Mercenary Group 51.
• Later exceeds 100,000 public-beta users and reaches more than 80,000 peak concurrent users, with extensive shops and Dream-linked delivery services 58.
• Li Ming expands his McIntosh fast-food restaurants and Milk Tea Shops, lowering prices from one Dream Coupon to 0.2 and increasing sales and profits 58.
• Establishes an Arena managed by the Great Soul Arena. Li Ming retains most profits and uses participants’ Soul Skill demonstrations as research data 58.
• Gradually admits Soul Masters from the Sun Moon Continent, extending the network across the ocean while Li Ming manages the political and commercial consequences 98 99.
• Spatial Logistics permits a limited barter service exchanging food and medicine for gold, silver, and copper ores. The City Lord’s Mansion collects a ten-percent shipping fee and twenty-percent tax 107.
• Uses restricted Dream Coupon access as leverage in negotiations with the Sun Moon Continent’s Seven Great Empires, eventually accepting precious Soul Tool metals as payment for cultivation-assistant access 107 108.
• Auctions 1,000 additional access slots in batches of one hundred, drawing competitive bids and encouraging cross-continental alliances 108 109.
• Many new foreign users are Soul Engineers. Li Ming directs Fate AI’s recommendations toward Heat Soul Tools to broaden their research beyond cold-weapon designs 109.

Relationships

• Xiao Wu — Former dormitory boss and early protector. She grows close to Li Ming, offers to help him obtain his first Soul Ring, and hints at feelings he rejects because they are children 1 2 3. Their affectionate reunion at Blue Tyrant Academy includes an enthusiastic embrace. She supports his victories over Dai Mubai and later asks him to fill in for Shrek’s team, an invitation he declines for lack of time 61 65 67 68.
• Tang San — Academy peer and uneasy rival. Tang San becomes jealous of Li Ming’s closeness with Xiao Wu and remains suspicious of Li Ming’s maps, Soul Ring choices, and hidden capabilities 1 3 4. Their reunion intensifies his jealousy, and Li Ming’s blade technique and apparent rapid advancement leave him unsettled. His Purple Demon Eyes can partially follow the final blade strike, but he doubts his movement technique could evade it 61 64 65.
• Yu Xiaogang — Teacher in practice but not formally. Li Ming studies Soul Beast knowledge under him for six years and later calls himself Yu Xiaogang’s “half disciple” 2 7 8. Yu Xiaogang continues dismissing the Martial Soul as defective until Li Ming’s sparring performance challenges his assumptions. Li Ming politely refuses his implied discipleship offer by claiming to regard the Purple Heaven City Lord as his teacher 62 64.
• Liu Erlong — Protector and informal teacher. Li Ming uses information about Yu Xiaogang to gain her trust, after which she promises to protect him in Heaven Dou City and escorts him to Sunset Forest 7 8 9. She later defends his privacy when Flender attempts to question the source of his unusually strong spiritual power 65.
• Li Yuan and Li Ming’s mother — Parents who trust Li Ming’s judgment after his intelligence network transforms the family’s financial position 2 5.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion / Auspicious Beast — Secretly transfers Fate Power and forest fortune to Li Ming, establishing their destiny connection 30. She becomes the witness to his wager with Di Tian, expresses complete faith in his success, and collects Di Tian’s blood samples for him. Li Ming gives her ten thousand Dream Coupons to spend freely, and she grows comfortable around him 61 68.
• Xiao Yun / Little Three-Eyed Golden Lion / Fate AI — The small lion-shaped Fate AI created within Li Ming’s Martial Soul system, distinct from the physical Auspicious Beast. Li Ming names it Xiao Yun and treats it as a close research assistant 42 50. Its work enables his saber technique, biological experiments, controlled fourth-ring absorption, spatial improvements, and Storage Ring fabrication 51 57 94 107 110.
• Zhu Qing — Leader of the Red Tiger Mercenary Group. Initially hired to protect Li Ming during his Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring hunt; later recruited as an enforcer for Purple Heaven City 26 29 52. The group’s permanent contract guarantees ten thousand Dream Coupons monthly plus task-based compensation, and it later gathers Soul Beast eggs, Whale Rubber, and other research resources 51 58.
• Guli — Blunt Power Attack Spirit Saint of the Red Tiger Mercenary Group. She initially teases and underestimates Li Ming, then becomes part of his contracted force 26 27 52.
• Zhou Jing — Control Spirit Saint of the Red Tiger Mercenary Group. She treats Li Ming more gently than Guli during their first meeting and participates in the protection mission that becomes the basis of the group’s continued employment 26 29 51.
• Ning Fengzhi — One of Purple Heaven City’s earliest high-profile guests. His interest in Li Ming’s intelligence and cultivation systems helps validate the city’s importance 12 14 18. He later recognizes the economic importance of Spatial Logistics and pursues partnerships with Sun Moon Continent factions 107 108 109.
• Emperor Xue Ye — Political client and early target of Li Ming’s intelligence demonstration. After seeing the empire’s military deployments, he concedes a wager and becomes highly dependent on Purple Heaven City 15 16. He later seeks Li Ming’s explanation of the newly revealed Sun Moon Continent 98.
• Bibi Dong — Hostile adversary excluded from Dream Space because Li Ming expects her Rakshasa God path and destructive goals to threaten his plans 19 40 50. Her attacks against Dream Coupon banks provoke lethal orbital retaliation. Her later disappearance and an incident involving Li Ming’s cannon influence Spirit Hall’s security preparations and Li Ming’s experimental confidentiality threats 50 51 91.
• Di Tian — Initially a suspicious opponent who believes Li Ming may be connected to the Star Dou Great Forest’s fate. Li Ming suspends and forcibly logs him out of Purple Heaven City after he challenges its authority 48. Their relationship develops into guarded cooperation through the fortune wager, biological samples, and shared research benefits 61 68 104. Di Tian acknowledges the original wager’s success and offers the forest’s cooperation, but his pride is undermined when Li Ming reproduces his spatial techniques. He later logs off to avoid honoring a separate wager connected to studying his heart 104 106.
• Gu Yuena / Silver Dragon King — Powerful Soul Beast leader whose identity Li Ming recognizes but deliberately does not expose. She explains Life Gold’s potential and offers spiritual guidance in the Life Forbidden Zone. She later observes his artificial Soul Beast sacrifice and cautions Di Tian against manipulating him 88 94.
• Dai Mubai — Antagonistic Shrek student who attempts to humiliate Li Ming over seniority and cultivation. Li Ming defeats him first under a level-twenty restriction and then in an unrestricted rematch, leaving Dai Mubai resentful and opposed to his joining the team 62 63 64 65 68.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing — Defend Xiao Wu and Li Ming against Dai Mubai’s provocations, gain respect for Li Ming’s strength after his victories, and support inviting him to fill Shrek’s vacant team position 62 65 68.
• Flender — Evaluates Li Ming through the sparring matches and questions the source of his strength. He recognizes Li Ming’s polite refusal of Yu Xiaogang’s mentorship, while Liu Erlong prevents him from prying further into Li Ming’s spiritual power 63 64 65.
• Deep Sea Demonic Whale King — First suspected by Li Ming after the destruction of his test island draws an enormous sea creature to the surface 40. Their later negotiations are strained by the Whale King’s threats, which Li Ming dismisses while safely inside Dream Space. Its devouring power becomes central to his artificial fourth-ring source and subsequent research ambitions 80 94 95 106.
• Qian Daoliu and Spirit Hall’s Worship Hall — Politically cautious counterparts who distinguish Bibi Dong’s actions from Spirit Hall as a whole. Qian Daoliu later tries to ease tensions over the Sun Moon Continent revelation and pragmatically joins the intercontinental trade opportunity 50 98 107.
• Kong Desheng and the Seven Great Empires’ representatives — Foreign Soul Engineer and political clients who seek Purple Heaven City access and the Personal Cultivation Assistant. Li Ming uses payment restrictions and access auctions to secure materials while positioning himself as the intermediary for cross-continental cooperation 100 107 108 109.
• Great Soul Arena — Professional partner entrusted with operating Purple Heaven City’s Arena, while Li Ming retains most of its profits and uses its combat data for Fate AI research 58.