Daoist

Biodata

Power Progression

History

Li Yi enters the Primordial World through the National Destiny Trial and awakens in the body of a surviving Chaos Demon God. Injured and diminished by the Creation Tribulation, he first withdraws to recover. He later claims Penglai Island as his abode and obtains the Pure World White Lotus there 1 2 4 5.

During the Beast Calamity, his lotus’s purification power lets him destroy fierce beasts, including Qiongqi. The victory establishes his reputation as the Heaven-Earth Daoist. He subsequently joins Yuanfeng against Beast Emperor Shen Ni and receives a share of the calamity’s Heavenly Dao Merit 5 7 9 11.

He joins Hongjun, Yang Mei, and Yin-Yang Daoist in the Dao-Devil War, but distrusts Hongjun and bargains for treasures before committing. Against Luohou, he uses his defensive lotus and killing formation to survive and seize swords from the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation. After the war, he claims the formation and receives a greater share of Merit than Hongjun 14 16 17 19 20.

Before dying, Yin-Yang Daoist entrusts Li Yi with his Chaos Demon God body and treasures, identifies Hongjun as responsible for his death, and asks Li Yi to avenge him if possible. Li Yi accepts the inevitability of his own Dao struggle with Hongjun and preserves the body, recognizing its potential as an External Incarnation 19 20.

Li Yi later competes with Hongjun for Heavenly Dao Authority by preaching at Yingzhou Island. Tongtian and Nuwa become his personal disciples, and Hong Yun later joins them. When Nuwa creates the Human Race, Li Yi swears a Great Dao Oath with her to establish the Human Dao; both become its Sovereigns. He subsequently defeats Hongjun in a duel, though the Heavenly Dao restores his rival 25 34 46 75 78 79.

Preaching and the Demon Court

Li Yi’s accessible explanations attract an increasingly large audience, reaching nearly thirty thousand attendees for his second gathering. His teaching and his disciples’ progress draw Heavenly Dao Authority away from Hongjun; by the time Tongtian and Nuwa become his disciples, Li Yi holds six-tenths of that authority 32 34.

Even Hongjun’s disciples secretly attend through their Kind Corpses. Li Yi recognizes the incarnations of Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti but does not expose them. During his Sage Dao lecture, he identifies the Law Dao as the orthodox but most difficult path and criticizes the Three Corpses Severing Dao as a dead end for cultivators other than Hongjun 44.

Di Jun and Taiyi later attempt to place Li Yi beneath their authority by inviting him to become the Demon Court’s Demon Master. Li Yi repels Taiyi’s Chaos Bell, deliberately tests the Miniature Zhou Heavenly Star Formation, and leaves it after identifying its flaws. He then traps the Demon Court’s Quasi-Saints in his own Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation 56 58 59.

The confrontation ends with Di Jun, Taiyi, and the surviving Demon Sages kneeling and pleading for mercy. Li Yi refrains from killing them, while their defeat reasserts his superiority over the Demon Court’s leaders. Nuwa also severs her dependents’ ties with the Demon Court in response to its actions against her teacher 62.

Establishment of the Human Dao

Li Yi intervenes in the Human Race’s creation by contributing his Essence Blood, becoming its father alongside Nuwa as its mother. His intervention prevents the Heavenly Dao from monopolizing humanity through Nuwa’s intended Heavenly Dao Sage position. Together, teacher and disciple establish the Human Dao under the Great Dao’s witness, vowing to protect rather than control it and to guide rather than enslave humans 74 75.

The Great Dao bestows Merit equally upon them, making both Great Dao Merit Sages and Human Dao Sovereigns. Li Yi’s superior foundation and law comprehension give him the stronger aura. His Essence Blood also raises the first ten thousand humans to the Heavenly Immortal Realm at birth and grants them the potential to reach Great Firmament Golden Immortal 75.

After Li Yi defeats Hongjun, he sends his Yin-Yang incarnation among the humans under the name Huang. Using Yin-Yang Daoist’s preserved Chaos Demon God body, the incarnation develops human civilization without drawing on Li Yi’s main-body power. He establishes writing, rites, construction, farming, animal husbandry, and other foundations of human society 19 20 79 82 138.

Huang wins the allegiance of the ten human tribes and establishes the Human Divine Dynasty under the Great Dao’s witness. The incarnation becomes the Human Emperor and a Great Dao Merit Sage. He subsequently abolishes Laozi’s Human Sect and presents cultivation methods whose value the Great Dao acknowledges with further Merit, defeating Laozi’s attempt to secure humanity’s Fortune through his Golden Core Dao 84 85 86 87 88.

Expansion of the Human Dao

The flourishing Human Race supplies Fortune that advances both Li Yi’s true body and his Human Emperor incarnation. His incarnation also uses Heavenly Dao Fortune to reach the middle Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal stage. Tongtian later establishes the Interception Sect through a vow to the Human Dao and attains Sagehood through its Merit, further expanding the Human Dao’s influence 92 94 95 97 98.

Zhunti and Jieyin join the Divine Dynasty and pledge allegiance to the Human Emperor. Li Yi later deceives Heavenly Dao Hongjun into absorbing Human Dao karmic retribution disguised as Fortune, costing Hongjun thirty percent of his Fortune and erasing his hidden contingency within the Human Dao Fortune. When Hongjun pursues the two Sages with Purple Cloud Divine Thunder, Li Yi appears in humanity’s heartland and intercepts the attacks 92 101 102.

Earthly Dao and the Final Struggle with Hongjun

Li Yi does not attempt to prevent the Wu–Yao conflict, regarding it as a resource struggle ordained by the Great Dao rather than merely a product of Hongjun’s interference. Instead, he prepares to support Houtu’s establishment of the Earthly Dao and prevent Hongjun from monopolizing its authority 106 121.

He gives Houtu the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk, Netherworld Book of Life and Death, and Fengdu Seal, treasures he has refined to assist reincarnation and lessen her burden. Li Yi stands before her against Heavenly Dao Hongjun while she makes her Great Dao Oath and establishes the Earthly Dao 125 126.

Hongjun then attacks with Dutian Divine Thunder, which Li Yi welcomes as nourishment for the Chaos Gourd. The treasure’s appearance also allows the Guto observers to identify Heaven-Earth Dao Ancestor as Li Yi by matching it to his National Destiny Ranking weapon. His separate identity as the Human Emperor is later exposed as well, revealing the extent of his long-term planning 128 129 138.

Li Yi destroys Hongjun’s Kind Corpse, Evil Corpse, and Self Corpse, grinding away their remnants and feeding their power into the Human Dao. He identifies these killings as repayment of his debt to Yin-Yang Daoist. The absorbed power strengthens the Human Dao and brings Li Yi another cultivation breakthrough 139.

In the final confrontation, Li Yi makes a Great Dao Oath and chooses the position of Heavenly Dao Overseer rather than Heavenly Dao Representative. The Great Dao strips Hongjun of his representative authority, reducing him to the Sage realm. Li Yi then obliterates Hongjun together with the Heavenly Dao’s desires carried in his mind, conclusively ending their rivalry. With only minor karmic ties remaining, Li Yi turns his attention toward settling them before pursuing the Great Dao Realm 141.

Appearance

Li Yi takes a human-shaped Dao Body after awakening in his Demon God body 2.

• Wears a Spirit Treasure robe after transforming; he is later depicted as a green-robed Daoist 2 4 7.
• Rides the Pure World White Lotus in battle 16 19.
• His Human Emperor incarnation, Huang, has broad shoulders and a commanding presence. Huang’s face is less striking than Heaven-Earth Dao Ancestor’s, helping distinguish the incarnation’s public appearance from his original identity 86.

Abilities & Skills

Formation Dao

Li Yi can detect flaws in formations, navigate their array eyes, and construct killing formations of his own 1 17 19.

• Creates the Twenty-Four Star Lodge Killing Formation to confine Luohou 16 19.
• Later modifies the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation; its disorienting and offensive power overwhelms the Demon Court’s Quasi-Saints 60 61.
• Uses an Innate Spiritual Vein to supply his killing formation with sustained power, preventing Luohou from exhausting him through attrition 19.
• Detects and enters the concealed Innate Formation surrounding the Five-Colored Gourd Vine through a Spirit Treasure Avatar 26.
• Identifies the flaws in the Miniature Zhou Heavenly Star Formation and leaves it after deliberately testing its attacks 58 59.

Chaos Demon God Body

• Fiendish Qi that weakens other cultivators does not hinder him 6 7.
• His body can nevertheless be pierced by an Immortal-Slaying Sword 17.
• His Chaos Demon God origins impose no Heavenly Dao ceiling on his growth, leaving the Heavenly Dao Realm and Great Dao Realm within his potential 2.
• His Essence Blood elevates the first humans’ foundations, allowing them to be born as Heavenly Immortals with the potential to become Great Firmament Golden Immortals 75.

Dao Teaching

• His step-by-step sermons help listeners advance, including Tongtian and Nuwa 29 34.
• He teaches the Law Dao and Formation Dao, adapting the latter lecture to include listeners who cannot cultivate through Primordial Spirits 32 36.
• His teaching forges karmic connections that grant him Heavenly Dao Authority and weaken Hongjun’s monopoly over the position of Dao Ancestor 34.
• Through Huang, he teaches practical civilization-building skills as well as cultivation, enabling the Human Race’s transition from primitive tribal life to an organized Divine Dynasty 82 83 84 85.
• Develops multiple cultivation paths for humans, including an adaptation of the Shrouding the Heavens Method remembered from his previous life. He remains dissatisfied with approaches that benefit only those with strong cultivation aptitude 83.
• His later teachings to humanity receive the Great Dao’s recognition and Merit, undermining Laozi’s claim to deserve the Human Race’s allegiance through the Golden Core Dao 87 88.

Laws and Cultivation

• Possesses an innate affinity for the Heaven and Earth Law, also described as the Dao of Qiankun 8 29 75.
• Gains substantial insight into the Space Law through discussion with Yang Mei 8.
• Uses the Yin-Yang Law to grind away the remnants of Hongjun’s Kind Corpse before feeding its power into the Human Dao 139.
• Great Dao Merit Sagehood does not cap his future cultivation or prevent him from pursuing the Law Dao. His plan is to increase his realm through Fortune before fully comprehending the Heaven and Earth Law and pursuing Force-Proving Dao 75 92.

Avatars and Incarnations

• Refines more than a dozen Spirit Treasure Avatars from Mid-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures after the Dao-Devil War. Each reaches Peak Great Firmament Golden Immortal, with arts and supernatural powers sufficient to defeat opponents below Quasi-Saint 26.
• Creates the Yin-Yang incarnation from Yin-Yang Daoist’s preserved Chaos Demon God body. As Huang, it independently enlightens humanity and becomes the Human Emperor 19 20 82 85 138.
• Severs karmic ties with the Yin-Yang incarnation and conceals its Primordial Spirit within the Demon God body. Even Nuwa initially fails to recognize Huang as her teacher’s incarnation 84.
• Both his original body and Human Emperor incarnation can cultivate through Human Dao Fortune 92.

Dao Authority and Fortune

• As Human Dao Sovereign, draws upon the Human Dao’s Fortune and power 75 92 128.
• Uses the Chaos Gourd to suppress and stabilize immense Fortune, supporting the elevated potential of the first humans 75.
• Disguises Human Dao karmic retribution as Fortune to deceive Heavenly Dao Hongjun, inflicting a major loss of Fortune on his rival 101.
• Converts the power of Hongjun’s destroyed Three Corpses into nourishment for the Human Dao and his own advancement 139.
• Becomes Heavenly Dao Overseer without accepting the Heavenly Dao Representative position, retaining his ambition to advance beyond the Heavenly Dao Realm 141.

Equipment & Treasures

• Cosmos Cauldron — companion Innate Supreme Treasure used for attack, defense, and transforming acquired treasures into innate ones; such refinement consumes its origin power 2 5.
• Pure World White Lotus — purifies Fiendish Qi and fierce beasts. Li Yi later refines it with Merit into a twenty-four-petal defensive supreme treasure 5 11 16.
• Twenty-Four Star Beads — refined from the Sea-Calming Pearls into a killing formation 9 13.
• Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation — claimed after the Dao-Devil War and later used against the Demon Court and Hongjun 20 60 78.
• Taiji Diagram — recovered after Yin-Yang Daoist’s death and concealed from Hongjun 20.
• Five Direction Flags — acquired treasures refined through the Cosmos Cauldron. Each can rival a Mid-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, while the full set approaches Supreme-grade Innate Spirit Treasure power; used to seal the fierce beasts’ escape 4 5 6.
• Chaos Gourd — takes first place in the National Fortune Weapon Rankings while still forming. It is a lightning-path supreme treasure that grows by devouring divine lightning and can suppress immense Fortune 42 75 128.
  • Initially equivalent to a low-grade Chaos Spirit Treasure, it grows to middle grade after consuming more than a thousand bolts of Hongjun’s Purple Cloud Divine Thunder 128.
  • Its artifact spirit identifies Dutian Divine Thunder as necessary for further growth, making Hongjun’s later lightning assault an opportunity for advancement 128 129.
• Yin-Yang Daoist’s Chaos Demon God body — preserved after the Dao-Devil War and used as the basis of Li Yi’s Yin-Yang Avatar, which later becomes the Human Emperor 19 20 85 138.
• Six Paths Reincarnation Disk — refined from Yin-Yang Daoist’s former companion treasure by replacing its yin-yang origin with reincarnation origin; given to Houtu to assess souls’ Merit and karmic retribution and assist reincarnation 125.
• Netherworld Book of Life and Death and Fengdu Seal — refined by Li Yi and given to Houtu alongside the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk to support the Earthly Dao’s establishment 125.

Relationships

• Yang Mei — fellow Chaos Demon God and friendly Dao-discussion partner; invites Li Yi to his abode at Mount Kongxuan 7 8.
• Yuanfeng — recruits him to fight Shen Ni and entrusts Yuanling to his care 9.
• Yuanling — pledges loyalty to him and tends the plants on Penglai Island 9 11.
• Tongtian — personal disciple whose breakthroughs strengthen Li Yi’s standing as a teacher. Later founds the Interception Sect through a vow to the Human Dao and becomes a Sage with Human Dao Merit 29 34 95 97 98.
• Nuwa — personal disciple and fellow Human Dao Sovereign. Together they co-create the Human Race and attain Great Dao Merit Sagehood; her ties to Li Yi also lead her to withdraw her dependents from the Demon Court after its attack on him 34 62 74 75.
• Hong Yun — becomes his third disciple after benefiting from his teaching. Establishes a Western abode and following with Kunpeng’s support, weakening Zhunti and Jieyin’s hold over Western Fortune 44 46 53.
• Hongjun — wartime ally turned rival for Heavenly Dao Authority; Li Yi defeats him after both attain Sagehood. Their conflict expands into a struggle over Human Dao and Earthly Dao authority, ending when Li Yi destroys his Three Corpses and kills him after the Great Dao revokes his Heavenly Dao Representative status 14 25 78 79 121 139 141.
• Yin-Yang Daoist — initially disparages Li Yi’s cultivation but entrusts him with his treasures and Demon God body before death. Li Yi uses the body to create his Human Emperor incarnation and later avenges him by destroying Hongjun’s Three Corpses 15 19 20 138 139.
• Houtu — receives three reincarnation treasures from Li Yi and his protection during the establishment of the Earthly Dao, opposing Hongjun’s attempt to seize its authority 106 121 125 126.
• Di Jun and Taiyi — attempt to subordinate him through the Demon Master position but are defeated and forced to plead for mercy inside his sword formation 56 58 59 62.
• Laozi — rival claimant to humanity’s teaching Fortune. Li Yi’s Huang incarnation establishes the Human Divine Dynasty, abolishes Laozi’s Human Sect, and defeats his attempt to secure a Sage path through teaching the Golden Core Dao 82 83 85 87 88.
• Zhunti and Jieyin — initially disciples of Hongjun who secretly listen to Li Yi’s lectures through incarnations. Later join the Human Divine Dynasty, pledge allegiance to the Human Emperor, and receive Li Yi’s protection from Hongjun’s attacks 44 92 101 102.
• Human Race — recognizes Li Yi as its father through his contribution to its creation. His concealed incarnation Huang subsequently becomes its civilizing teacher and Human Emperor 74 75 82 84 85.

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