Su Bai

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Su Bai (苏白)
Alias(es)	Drunken Swordsman; Yan Xiao / 003 (Second True Self); Azure Mountain Saint Emperor (avatar) 271 724 1174
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Founder and Sect Master of the Heavenly Dao Sect / Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect 3 601
Occupation/Role	Sect master, cultivator, system host, alchemist, artifact refiner, and formation master
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 3

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Seventh-Level Qi Refinement	22	His cultivation rises through the sect-feedback system as his disciples advance; his strength is stated to be ten times their combined strength.
Foundation Establishment	51	Breaks through after Zhuge Feng advances with the Nine-Turn Creation Immortal Pill.
Second-Level Foundation Establishment	53	His disciples’ rapid growth raises him another level.
Ninth-Level Foundation Establishment	64	Reaches the realm after the sect’s expanding disciple base continuously feeds back cultivation.
Golden Core Sixth Layer	86	Breaks through consecutively from Golden Core Fourth Layer as more than ten thousand sect members advance.
Nascent Soul Realm	97	Leaves the Heavenly Dao Sect’s Unbeatable Domain to test his new strength and gains rudimentary spatial manipulation.
Spirit Transformation Realm	126	Adopts All Beings Intent, drawing strength from the faith and fate of ordinary living beings.
Void Refinement Second Layer	161	Defeats Venerable Xuan Ba despite being only at the second layer of the realm.
Integration Grand Venerable Realm	251	Enters the realm as the Heavenly Dao Sect expands to 3.61 million disciples.
Heavenly Venerable-level combat power	182 183	Uses the Future Pill to reach Heavenly Venerable-equivalent combat power, immobilizing Great Venerables and destroying the Chaos Heavenly Venerable’s manifested finger.
Supreme Realm	366	Advances after Han Feiyu and Zhuge Feng enter the Integration Grand Venerable Realm.
Six-Ring Immortal Venerable	621	Reveals Divine Rings of Space, Time, Life, Death, Ultimate Fire, and Ultimate Sword Dao.
Eight-Ring peak combat state	630	Uses his Second True Self and clones to manifest Ultimate Speed and Extremity Guardian rings, reaching twentyfold combat power.
Nine-Ring Immortal Venerable	701	No longer needs to “borrow” two of his Divine Rings; his strength increases more than tenfold.
Ten-Ring Immortal Venerable	707	Opens the Ultimate Penetration Divine Ring and chooses the Immortal Venerable Path over the Half-Step King Path.
Fifteen Divine Rings	726	Continues gaining power through the advancement of his disciples.
Ninety-Nine Divine Rings	801	Possesses ninety-nine Ultimate-Origin Divine Rings; remains unable to form a hundredth due to the Heavenly Dao Chasm.
Fifth Epoch King-level strength	1044	Can travel freely between the Ninefold Firmament and the New Immortal Realm.

Background

Su Bai began as the struggling founder of a small Heavenly Dao Sect, recruiting disciples with the practical promises of food, lodging, and immediate access to immortal arts. His first prospective disciple, Zhuge Feng, initially suspected him of fraud but chose to gamble on the possibility that Su Bai could offer a genuine path to cultivation 3.

His early sect-building philosophy centered on accepting people rejected by conventional cultivation society. He took in Xiao Lingxi after protecting her from the Lingxiao Sect, offered Ye Qingyao cultivation despite her Mortal Body and lack of a Spirit Root, and gave Xiao Yan a body-refinement path despite his Heaven-Abandoned Body 8 14 16 18. The sect’s expansion directly strengthened Su Bai through a system that feeds disciples’ cultivation back to him 10 22.

As the Heavenly Dao Sect grew, Su Bai transformed it from an obscure mountain sect into a regional power. He defeated hostile sects, expanded its territory, established systems for missions and cultivation resources, and protected disciples while demanding accountability for their mistakes 25 31 63. His growth eventually extended beyond the mortal continent into the Immortal Realm and the Myriad Heavens, where the Heavenly Dao Immortal Sect became a force capable of challenging Immortal Kings 486 777 802.

Appearance

Su Bai is a handsome young man commonly seen in white robes. His calm, refined bearing often causes opponents to underestimate him before they discover the scale of his strength 11 724.

• Usually maintains a composed, faintly smiling expression even during confrontations.
• Often stands with his hands behind his back when observing battles or addressing enemies.
• Can conceal his identity through avatars, aliases, and Second True Selves 271 724.
• His presence can become overwhelmingly oppressive when he releases his cultivation, Divine Rings, or Word-Manifestation Law 621 703.

Personality

Su Bai is confident, pragmatic, and unusually protective of those who choose to follow him. He rejects the belief that talent, birth, or Spirit Roots should determine a person’s future, repeatedly giving cultivation opportunities to mortals, outcasts, and people discarded by stronger factions 14 18 956.

As a master, he balances generosity with discipline. He provides his disciples with techniques, weapons, homes, pills, and protection, but also criticizes their failures in battle and expects them to learn from mistakes 25 28 31. He treats the Heavenly Dao Sect as a home rather than a hierarchy built on fear.

Su Bai is ruthless toward enemies who attempt murder, oppression, or betrayal. He often turns their weapons, treasures, bodies, or formations into resources for the sect rather than wasting them 104 164 777. Despite this pragmatism, he distinguishes between entire races and individual wrongdoing, declaring that his Wooden Sword targets those who bring calamity rather than indiscriminately killing demons or humans 180.

Abilities & Skills

Sect Feedback System

Su Bai’s cultivation is intrinsically linked to the growth of the Heavenly Dao Sect and its disciples.

• Initially gains strength equal to ten times the combined cultivation of his disciples 10 22.
• Receives cultivation feedback when disciples break through or when the sect expands 51 86.
• Gains further strength from territory, reputation, public faith, and All Beings Intent 126.
• His Divine Ring progression later becomes tied to disciples mastering new Dao Origins 707.

Unbeatable Domain

Within recognized Heavenly Dao Sect territory, Su Bai possesses overwhelming authority.

• Can suppress invaders regardless of normal realm differences 34.
• Forced a Nascent Soul Fire Qilin to kneel with a command and sealed surrounding space to prevent Gao Kepan’s escape 62.
• Seized an attacking Venerable through a void rift, forcing him to sever his own arm to escape 63.
• Can return to the sect instantly when necessary 281 707.

Spatial and Word-Manifestation Techniques

Su Bai developed spatial power unusually early and later attained authority over laws through spoken commands.

• Distorts trajectories, redirects attacks, seals space, and interferes with teleportation talismans 97 101 103.
• Uses the Word-Manifestation Law to suppress enemies or reverse their techniques and formations 704 763.
• Commanded the First Slaughter Formation to reverse against its sixteen controllers with a single word: “Reverse” 763.
• Can freeze Great Venerables in place with “Still” 182.

Divine Rings and Origins

Su Bai possesses an unprecedented number of Origin Divine Rings.

• His six-ring configuration includes Space, Time, Life, Death, Ultimate Fire, and Ultimate Sword Dao 621.
• His peak eight-ring combat state adds Ultimate Speed and Extremity Guardian power through his divided selves 630.
• He chooses the Immortal Venerable Path to continue accumulating Origins through his disciples rather than stopping at the conventional nine-ring limit 707.
• By Chapter 801, he possesses ninety-nine Divine Rings, each containing an Ultimate Origin 801.

Sword Dao

Su Bai’s swordsmanship combines precision, overwhelming force, and moral judgment.

• Sword Dao Mastery automatically raises sword techniques within two major realms of his cultivation to Grand Perfection 274.
• The Wooden Sword responds to his qualification as one who holds all living beings in his heart 175.
• Its power targets those judged evil or calamitous, allowing Su Bai to kill Heavenly Severance Ancestor with a single strike 180.
• He later reforges the Slaughter Swords into thirteen swords embodying both slaughter and protection 802.

Alchemy

Su Bai is an unparalleled alchemist whose ability derives partly from Xiao Yan’s Flame Emperor Domain.

• Can wield seven kinds of Heavenly Fire at Invincible Heavenly Venerable-level combat power 274.
• Reconstructed an eighth-grade Soul-Returning Pill formula from furnace ash and ingredient remnants 274.
• Refined a ninth-grade Sacred Soul Pill that restored the Pill Sect ancestor’s withering soul 278.
• Produced ultra-supreme Heavenly Immortal and True Immortal pills on an industrial scale through his Second True Self and clones 437 506.

Artifact Refining and Formations

Su Bai is both a master artifact refiner and a formation expert.

• Seized Immortal Dao’s First Slaughter Formation and its sixteen killing swords from sixteen Half-Step Kings 763.
• Melted the sixteen Slaughter Swords together with three Immortal King Artifacts and other supreme materials 801.
• Reforged them into thirteen superior immortal swords and rebuilt the flawed First Slaughter Formation as the Heavenly Dao Sword Formation 802.
• The Heavenly Dao Sword Formation can create an internal slaughter realm while forming an external barrier capable of enduring a King’s attack 802.

Second True Self and Clones

Su Bai can divide, disguise, and reunite aspects of himself.

• His Second True Self operates under the identity Yan Xiao / 003 and can independently confront Heavenly Palace experts 271.
• He can merge with another self to double his combat power 281 282.
• His “Divine Ring Lending” conceals the fact that supposed allied Divine Rings are drawn from his own Second True Self and clones 630.
• Uses clones for warfare, administration, and mass pill refinement 483 506.

Equipment & Treasures

• Wooden Sword — Former weapon of the Peerless Heavenly Venerable; accepts Su Bai because of his compassion for living beings and becomes devastating against evil opponents 175 180.
• Purple Thunder Spear — Top-grade spirit artifact seized from Di Buyu after Su Bai redirected the weapon with spatial power 101 102.
• Venerable Broadsword — Venerable-grade blade seized from Venerable Zhenyang and later used alongside the Purple Thunder Spear in battle 105 119.
• Star River Disc — Venerable Xuan Ba’s former natal weapon, surrendered after Su Bai defeated him 160 161.
• Heavenly Venerable Palace — Ancient inheritance palace that recognizes Su Bai and can be held in his palm 179.
• Immortal Dao’s First Slaughter Formation — King-threatening formation taken from its original controllers and later reforged into the Heavenly Dao Sword Formation 761 763 802.
• Thirteen Heavenly Dao Swords — Reforged from the sixteen Slaughter Swords; each bears Su Bai’s principles of destruction against enemies and protection for allies 802.
• Flat Peach Tree — Sect treasure planted in Heavenly Dao Immortal City; its peaches grant cultivation, lifespan, and realm-advancement benefits 453.
• Eternal Immortal Tree — Supreme sapling capable of converting Chaos into Primordial Immortal Spirit Qi, improving Dao comprehension, and nurturing an Eternal Realm 1044.

Relationships

• Zhuge Feng — First disciple and eldest direct disciple. Su Bai recruited him when the Heavenly Dao Sect was still unknown and later guided him into becoming a powerful cultivator and sect administrator 3 63 67.
• Xiao Lingxi — Second disciple. Su Bai rescued her from the Lingxiao Sect, accepted her as a disciple, and later received Sword Dao Mastery through her loyalty and growth 8 274.
• Xiao Yan — Third disciple. Su Bai gives him the Primordial Body Refinement Art, a custom black-iron ruler, and later gains the Flame Emperor Domain through him 16 28 274.
• Ye Qingyao — Fourth disciple. Su Bai accepts her despite her Mortal Body and lack of Spirit Roots, providing the chance that allows her to pursue the Immortal Dao 14 18.
• Mu Lingxian — Disciple rescued from Black Wolf Stronghold. Su Bai identifies her Heavenly Demon Physique and suppresses the Nine Nether Demon Flame threatening her life 31 42.
• Han Feiyu — Sixth disciple. A cautious cultivator who conceals his real strength; his loyalty reaches 100 219.
• Su Ling’er — Tenth disciple. Su Bai gives her his surname, calls her family, and raises her into one of the sect’s greatest prodigies 431 435.
• Chen Fan — Later disciple. Su Bai supports his independent Dao heart and gives him a supreme Foundation Establishment Pill containing nine strands of world origin 577.
• Wu Wushuang — Disciple and sword-cultivation ally. He rushes to save Su Bai during the First Slaughter Formation ambush and breaks through to Half-Step King in the battle 761 763.
• Nameless — Powerful elder and ally whose hidden strength protects the sect; he helps turn Di Buyu into a Nascent Soul Battle Puppet 103 104.
• Fire Qilin — Formerly enslaved divine beast freed by Su Bai. It becomes a loyal Heavenly Dao Sect guardian and companion 62 96.
• Ye Ziyao — Ye Qingyao’s elder sister and Mortal Heaven Sect Master. She pledges herself to Su Bai after witnessing what he did for Ye Qingyao; her Sect Favorability reaches 100 642.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Founding the Heavenly Dao Sect

Su Bai begins by recruiting people who lack status, resources, or conventional cultivation talent. His first major disciples—Zhuge Feng, Xiao Lingxi, Xiao Yan, and Ye Qingyao—establish the sect’s central ideal: no one is inherently useless if given a path and the resolve to walk it 3 8 14 18.

Rise in Southern Ridge

After destroying the Jade Spirit Sect and resisting the Lingxiao Sect, Su Bai upgrades the Heavenly Dao Sect and develops its mission, point, and reputation systems. The sect becomes known for superior techniques, generous resources, and rapid cultivation progress 22 25 27.

Conflict with the Heavenly Palace

Su Bai’s defeat of Gao Kepan, Di Buyu, and multiple Heavenly Palace factions establishes the Heavenly Dao Sect as a threat to the existing order. He gains the Fire Qilin, defeats Di Buyu twice, and converts Di Buyu’s body into a Nascent Soul Battle Puppet after the assassination attempt 62 101 104.

Southern Mystic Province Expansion

Su Bai rises from Spirit Transformation to Integration Grand Venerable, defeats Venerables who challenge him, and wins the Southern Mystic Province Immortal Alliance Assembly. The Heavenly Dao Sect expands across the continent and becomes a major political force 161 164 251.

Heavenly Venerable Inheritance

At the Great Desert inheritance site, Su Bai obtains the Peerless Heavenly Venerable’s recognition, draws the Wooden Sword, claims the Heavenly Venerable Palace, and uses the sword to annihilate hostile Great Venerables 175 179 180.

Immortal Realm Expansion

After entering the Immortal Realm, Su Bai strengthens the Heavenly Dao Sect through alchemy, the Spacetime Tower, world unification, and a network of branches. He uses the sect’s wealth and infrastructure to elevate entire generations of disciples rather than focusing solely on personal advancement 486 506 508.

King-Level Wars

Su Bai conquers Immortal Dao’s First Slaughter Formation, defeats Immortal Kings, refines the Transmigration King into a pill, and reaches an unprecedented ninety-nine Ultimate Divine Rings. He then reforges the Slaughter Swords into weapons intended to protect the Heavenly Dao Sect and its disciples 763 777 801 802.

Notable Quotes

“My Heavenly Dao Sect never forces any living being. If you are willing to stay, then stay. If you wish to leave, please do as you please.” 102

“My wooden sword slays only demons and evil.” 179

“Do not employ those you suspect; do not suspect those you employ.” 1044

“Where the Heavenly Dao points, all beings are equal!” 984

Trivia

• Su Bai is notably enthusiastic about claiming Storage Rings, weapons, formation diagrams, and other spoils from defeated enemies 63 161 164.
• He accepted the crude-looking Wooden Sword only after it judged him worthy through his concern for all living beings 175.
• His system-driven growth eventually becomes so abnormal that he chooses an Immortal Venerable Path capable of theoretically encompassing all three thousand Great Dao Origins 707.
• Though he is feared for his ruthlessness in battle, Su Bai’s sect rules explicitly prohibit bullying the weak, oppressing fellow disciples, and betraying the sect 956.