Li Qiu

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Li Qiu (李秋) 1
Alias(es)	A Leaf Knows Autumn, his chat-group name 1
Affiliation	Shrek Academy; owner of the Past and Present Chat Group 1
Occupation/Role	Shrek student, healer, and later captain 1 25
Martial Souls	Five Elements Pearl, evolved from the Ice-Wood Pearl; Demon Armor 1 15
First Appearance	Chapter 1 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Soul Power level 18	2	Li Qiu states his level shortly after regaining his clarity at Shrek Academy.
Soul Power level 19	3	Advances through Spirit Medicine, Soul Beast meat, and a Meditation Method supplied by young Bibi Dong.
Soul Power level 20	6	Takes a pill refined by the Five Elements Pearl from Spirit Medicine.
Soul Power level 24	6	Receives a two-thousand-year Second Soul Ring and the Copy Soul Skill through a chat-group draw; the reward raises his level.
Soul Power level 26	14 15	Demonstrates his new strength by defeating Ma Hongjun and Oscar.

Background / History

Li Qiu arrives on the Douluo Continent and joins Shrek Academy after Flender promises him free tuition and living expenses, plus pay for suppressing Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire. He receives no pay and spends his time healing injuries and running errands. When he emerges from a twelve-year mental haze, he resolves to conceal his resentment until he is strong enough to fight back 1 2.

A system evolves his Ice-Wood Pearl into the Five Elements Pearl, grants him Demon Armor as a second Martial Soul, and makes him owner of a chat group that connects people across time. Its first invited member is fourteen-year-old Bibi Dong, more than thirty years in his past. Her medicine, food, coins, and Meditation Method help him begin advancing rapidly 1 2 3.

Li Qiu first takes revenge on Ma Hongjun while hidden inside the Demon Armor, then continues to challenge how his classmates treat him. After Oscar and Ma Hongjun try to take money Ning Rongrong gave him, he defeats both openly. He later beats Dai Mubai in a one-on-one contest and becomes Shrek’s captain 5 14 25.

Personality

Li Qiu is calculating about resources and secrecy: he describes his mistreatment to win Bibi Dong’s help, trades chat-group rewards for cultivation supplies, and refuses to explain how he obtained his unusual Second Soul Ring. He is also openly playful in the group chat, frequently teasing Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue 2 15 16 19.

His resentment toward Shrek’s bullying drives much of his conduct. He stays at the academy intending to damage its reputation, attacks Ma Hongjun in disguise, and later uses his growing strength to refuse demands from his classmates. He nevertheless repays Bibi Dong’s assistance with pills, techniques, inventions, and information about a future she may be able to change 3 4 5 10 14.

Abilities & Skills

Five Elements Pearl

Li Qiu’s evolved First Martial Soul has metal, wood, water, fire, and earth forms. It also contains a hidden Five-Element Space 2 4 15.

• Wood: Releases Life Energy to heal wounds; its healing improves after the evolution 1 4 5.
• Water and ice: Suppresses Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire. Li Qiu estimates that his improved ice could suppress it for at least two and a half months, rather than three days 1 4.
• Fire: Produces explosive fireballs capable of blasting a crater into rock 4.
• Metal: Forms a growing projectile that Li Qiu can hurl at an opponent 4.
• Earth: Allows him to travel twenty meters underground 4.
• Five-Element Space: Conceals him even from a Peerless Douluo and automatically processes stored Spirit Medicine. The system states that it works twice as fast and increases medicinal effectiveness by ten percent; leftover medicinal power can become pills 2 3.

Demon Armor

Li Qiu’s Second Martial Soul manifests as black-and-gold armor with a full-face helmet and violet flames. It greatly increases his physical strength: an early test punch snaps a large tree 4.

• The armor hides his identity during his first attack on Ma Hongjun 5.
• While wearing it, he withstands Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Fire Line and defeats him in close combat 5.
• It has no Soul Ring attached when Li Qiu first tests it 4.

Copy

Li Qiu’s Second Soul Skill comes from a two-thousand-year Soul Ring awarded by a chat-group draw. It copies another person’s Soul Skill and can change the copied skill’s attribute; its power is limited to that of the two-thousand-year ring 6.

• Li Qiu initially describes being able to copy five times a day, once for each attribute. He later tells classmates he can hold five copied skills and reset them every seven days 6 22.
• He copies Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Fire Line and uses a stronger version against him 21.
• Against Dai Mubai, he uses copied White Tiger Vajra Transformation to strengthen a fire-based attack 25.

Movement and spiritual cultivation

• Shrinking Earth to an Inch: A movement technique Bibi Dong trades to Li Qiu. He uses it to evade Ma Hongjun at close range 13 14.
• Spirit Refining Art: A chat-group draw that strengthens spiritual power. Li Qiu notes that its first layer doubles divine sense, but that stalled cultivation risks putting soul and body out of balance. He eats Whale Rubber to strengthen his body before practicing it 13.

Past and Present Chat Group

• Li Qiu can invite members from different times and exchange messages and items with them. Group activity unlocks draws and features, including photos and an additional invitation slot 1 6 13.
• He uses the group to trade resources and techniques and to advise young Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue with knowledge of possible future events 10 13 15 22.

Equipment & Items

• Soul Guidance Furnace: A draw reward that manufactures Soul Tools from Li Qiu’s designs and supplied metals. Li Qiu relies on the device rather than knowing how to forge the tools himself; after a production run, it needs two days to recover 13 19.
• Soul-Guide Bees: Reconnaissance devices controlled by mental power that transmit what they see. Li Qiu makes ten; his stated scouting radius is 800 meters 18.
• Laser Swords: Level-three Soul Tools whose blades appear when supplied with Soul Power and can extend up to twenty meters. Li Qiu sends them, along with bees, to Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue 18 19.
• Medicinal pills: The Five Elements Pearl refines surplus Spirit Medicine into pills. An early pill raises Bibi Dong’s Soul Power by half a level, though repeated use becomes less effective 3 4 15.

Relationships

• Young Bibi Dong — His first chat-group member and a close friend across time. She supplies his early cultivation resources; he shares pills, techniques, Soul Tools, and warnings about her possible future 1 3 10 13 19.
• Qian Renxue — A younger chat-group member who trades him resources and receives the Spirit Refining Art and Soul Tools. Li Qiu comforts her when she speaks of her mother’s rejection 14 15 19.
• Ma Hongjun — Formerly relied on Li Qiu to suppress his Evil Fire while bullying him. Li Qiu later defeats him both in disguise and openly 1 5 21.
• Dai Mubai — A former dominant figure at Shrek who becomes hostile as Li Qiu grows stronger and draws Zhu Zhuqing’s attention. Li Qiu defeats him for the captaincy 1 12 25.
• Ning Rongrong — Thanks Li Qiu for warning the new students about an entrance test, gives him 100 Gold Soul Coins, and later supports him in a fight against Ma Hongjun 14 21.
• Zhu Zhuqing — Receives Li Qiu’s advice during Shrek’s admissions and supports his challenge to Dai Mubai 9 24 25.
• Zhao Wuji — Initially treats Li Qiu as a healer to call upon; after seeing his improved strength, he offers support and helps pay wages Flender had withheld 8 15 16.

Notable Quotes

“I'm going to repay them properly. They want their academy's name to ring throughout the world? I'll make sure it stinks for ten thousand years.” 3

“Secret!” 16