Li Family
The Supreme God of All Realms
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Li Family (李家) |
| Organization Type | Cultivating family lineage with a patriarch, elders, disciples, and guards 14 19 |
| Location | Flame Dragon City; maintains a family estate 8 19 |
| Leader | Li Yan, patriarch; killed by Ning Chuan 14 48 |
| Allies | Chen Lin, Black Dragon Stronghold, and Shen family traitors Shen Ruzhuo and Shen Zhong 32 39 |
| Principal Rivals | Shen Family and Ning Chuan 2 14 27 |
| Status | Defeated at the Spirit Stone Mine; Li Yan and Li Zhenfei killed, surviving guards fled 48 49 |
| First Appearance | Named in the conflict over Shen Qianxun’s treatment and marriage 2 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Li Zhenfei — eighth level of the Spirit Sea Realm | 21 | Revealed his cultivation at the Spirit-Seizing Battle, one level above Shen Qianxun at that time. |
| Li Zhenfei — ninth level of the Spirit Sea Realm | 44 | A spirit pill supplied by Chen Lin healed his injuries and raised his cultivation after his tournament defeat. |
| Li Yan — third level of the Dao Foundation Realm | 47 | His established cultivation during the battle at the Spirit Stone Mine. |
| Li Yan — temporarily comparable to the fourth level of the Dao Foundation Realm | 48 | Consumed a Blood-Burning Spirit Pill to increase his power against Ning Chuan; this was a temporary enhancement, not a confirmed breakthrough. |
Members and Hierarchy
| Member / Group | Position | Documented Strength and Fate |
|---|---|---|
| Li Yan | Family head; father of Li Zhenfei and Li Yunfei | Dao Foundation Realm saber cultivator; killed by Ning Chuan at the mine 14 47 48. |
| Li Hu | Grand Elder; Li Chengliang’s grandfather | Second-level Dao Foundation Realm cultivator; participated in the forest ambush. Ning Chuan later reported killing the experts sent against him 39 42 45. |
| Li Zhenfei | Eldest Young Master; Black Tortoise Academy disciple | The family’s strongest tournament contestant; defeated in the arena and later killed at the mine 15 21 27 48. |
| Li Yunfei | Second Young Master | Sought the Purple Spirit Spring to open his spirit sea; killed by Ning Chuan before the Spirit-Seizing Battle 10 11 14. |
| Li Chengliang | Spirit-Seizing Battle contestant | Fifth-level Spirit Sea Realm saber wielder; defeated by Ning Chuan 21 23. |
| Three unnamed contestants | Spirit-Seizing Battle team members | Each possessed first-level Spirit Sea Realm cultivation; all were defeated by Ning Chuan 21 23. |
| Two unnamed guards | Li Yunfei’s escorts | Spirit Sea Realm warriors whose bodies were recovered alongside Li Yunfei’s 11 14. |
History
Rivalry with the Shen Family
The Li Family sought control of a spirit stone mine contested with the Shen Family. The two lineages agreed to settle ownership through the Spirit-Seizing Battle, with five family members under twenty competing on each side. Shen Wan maintained that this agreement had prevented the Li Family from simply seizing the mine 5 15 16.
Li family disciples fatally beat the original Ning Chuan during a brothel dispute over Zhang Xiaoxiao. After Shen Qianxun fell unconscious from fire poison, Li Yunfei offered the family’s Spirit-Nurturing Pill only if she divorced Ning Chuan and married him. Ning Chuan suspected a connection between the beating, her failed pill refinement, and Li Yunfei’s conveniently timed offer, but the family’s responsibility for her poisoning was not established 2.
Ning Chuan cured Shen Qianxun without the pill, defeating Li Yunfei’s attempt to force the marriage. Li Yunfei then threatened retaliation at the approaching Spirit-Seizing Battle 5.
Li Yunfei’s Death
Li Yunfei allied with Shen Ruzhuo in a scheme to have Ning Chuan treat City Lord Zhao’s poisoned granddaughter and bear the blame if she died. Their intended rewards were Shen Qianxun’s marriage to Li Yunfei and leadership of the Shen Family for Shen Ruzhuo 8.
Before the tournament, Ning Chuan followed Li Yunfei into the Great Wilderness Mountains and killed him and his two guards near the Purple Spirit Spring. After recovering their bodies, Li Yan and the elders blamed the Shen Family without evidence. Li Yan initially dismissed Ning Chuan as a possible killer because he believed Ning Chuan still lacked cultivation 9 11 14.
Spirit-Seizing Battle
The Li Family fielded five Spirit Sea Realm contestants, exceeding the Shen Family’s expectations. Li Zhenfei immediately eliminated Shen Qian, Shen Feng, and Shen Lei, but Ning Chuan defeated Li Chengliang and the other three Li contestants before overcoming Li Zhenfei. Zhao Songzhai declared the Shen Family the winner and awarded it the mine 21 22 23 27.
Li Yan then accused Ning Chuan of murdering Li Yunfei and attacked him. Shen Wan intercepted the strike; Zhao Songzhai demanded evidence and prohibited further fighting. Huo Xiyan’s announcement that Ning Chuan was an Honorary Elder of the Treasure Pavilion forced the Li Family to withdraw 27 28 29.
Spirit Stone Mine Ambush
Chen Lin proposed attacking the Shen Family at the mine with assistance from the Black Dragon Stronghold. Li Zhenfei pledged the family’s obedience and offered Chen Lin half the mine’s spirit stones; Li Yan promised to capture Shen Qianxun alive for him 32.
The Li Family handed over the mine, then attacked the Shen miners alongside the stronghold and Shen traitors. The assault also served to lure Ning Chuan outside Flame Dragon City, where Li Hu and Yuan Ying led a separate ambush intended to kill him before reinforcements arrived 39 40 41.
Ning Chuan survived and reached the mine, killing numerous attacking warriors. He ultimately killed both Li Yan and Li Zhenfei with the Purple Thunder Spear. Their deaths broke the remaining Li forces’ will to fight, and the guards fled after the retreating Black Dragon Stronghold warriors 43 45 48 49.
Combat Strength
Saber Arts
- Black Tiger Slash — Li Hu’s low-grade profound-rank technique, honed over decades. Its saber light took on the menace of a black tiger, and his strength initially allowed him to block Ning Chuan’s spear attacks 42.
- Raging Waves Saber Art — A fragment of an ancient saber art acquired by Li Yan. Its successive slashes resembled towering waves and pressured Ning Chuan during their duel 47 48.
Sword Arts
- Wind Tiger Sword Art — Li Zhenfei’s low-grade profound-rank technique. With the Clouds Sky Sword, its attack manifested as a black tiger and overwhelmed Shen Qianxun’s Flame Dragon Break 44.
- Movement technique — Li Zhenfei used ghostlike movement to evade Shen Qianxun’s Flame Dragon Sword Technique during the tournament 24.
Joint Military Operations
- The Li Family and Black Dragon Stronghold deployed over one hundred Spirit Sea Realm experts in the mine assault; this figure describes their combined force, not the Li Family alone 44.
- The forest ambush combined two Dao Foundation Realm experts with more than a dozen Spirit Sea Realm archers, attacking Ning Chuan from multiple directions 40 41.
Equipment and Resources
- Spirit-Nurturing Pill — Described as the Li Family’s supreme treasure. Li Yunfei used it as leverage over Shen Qianxun’s marriage despite not being certain it could cure her 2 5.
- Spirit Stone Mine — The central prize of the family’s rivalry with the Shen. After losing ownership through the tournament, the Li Family used its handover to prepare an ambush 27 32 39.
- Clouds Sky Sword — Li Zhenfei’s low-grade spirit artifact; enabled him to suppress Shen Qianxun even after both reached the ninth level of the Spirit Sea Realm 44.
- Li Hu’s battle saber — A high-grade spirit weapon damaged by Ning Chuan’s Purple Thunder Spear 42.
- Blood-Burning Spirit Pill — Consumed by Li Yan as a last attempt to overpower Ning Chuan 48.
- Chen family token — Supplied by Chen Lin to obtain Black Dragon’s cooperation 32.
Relationships
- Shen Family — Rival over the spirit stone mine and target of Li Yan’s threatened extermination campaign 14 15.
- Ning Chuan — Principal enemy; killed Li Yunfei, defeated the tournament team, and killed Li Yan and Li Zhenfei during the mine battle 11 23 27 48.
- Chen Lin — Li Zhenfei’s academy senior and architect of the mine ambush; sought Shen Qianxun’s capture and a share of the mine’s resources 19 32.
- Black Dragon Stronghold — Military ally in the mine attack and the attempt to assassinate Ning Chuan 39 40.
- Shen Ruzhuo and Shen Zhong — Internal collaborators who betrayed the Shen Family in pursuit of Shen Ruzhuo’s leadership 8 39 43.
- Black Tortoise Academy — Li Zhenfei’s cultivation institution. He proposed seeking his master’s intervention, but Chen Lin discouraged involving their master 15 31.
- Zhang Xiaoxiao — Claimed she belonged to the Li Family after Ning Chuan accused her of participating in its scheme against him 35.
- City Lord’s Manor and Treasure Pavilion — Protected Ning Chuan and prevented an open attack in Flame Dragon City; their possible reinforcements drove the conspirators to attempt a rapid assassination outside the city 28 29 41.