Li Zhenfei

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Li Zhenfei was the Li Family’s eldest young master, the son of patriarch Li Yan and elder brother of Li Yunfei. A renowned martial genius in Flame Dragon City, he entered the Black Tortoise Academy three years before the Spirit-Seizing Battle. His talent was considered no inferior to Shen Qianxun’s, making his return a serious threat to the Shen family’s control of the Spirit Stone Mine 14 15 25 44.

He studied under an unnamed elder of the Black Tortoise Academy and treated fellow disciple Chen Lin as his senior brother. He returned from the capital shortly before the contest, accompanied by Chen Lin 19 31.

Appearance

Li Zhenfei appears as a handsome young man with a cold, sharply imposing presence 19.

• Clothing: Black robes 19.
• Expression: An icy gaze 19.
• Aura: Fiercely sharp and conspicuous even among the Li Family’s gathered elders and disciples 19.

Personality

Li Zhenfei is proud of his talent and academy standing. When Zhao Songzhai and Huo Xiyan arrived at the Spirit-Seizing Battle, he assumed they had come on his account. He initially dismissed Ning Chuan despite seeing him defeat four Spirit Sea Realm fighters 20 24.

His tactics are ruthless and opportunistic. He ambushed the Shen family’s weaker contestants before confronting Shen Qianxun, promised to deliver her to Chen Lin, and later attempted to capture her to restrain Ning Chuan. His desire for revenge intensified after learning that Ning Chuan had killed his younger brother 19 22 31 47.

Abilities & Skills

Movement Technique

An unnamed movement technique lets Li Zhenfei move like a phantom and generate multiple afterimages 22.

• Splits into three afterimages while attacking Shen Qian, Shen Feng, and Shen Lei in rapid succession 22.
• Evades Shen Qianxun’s sword strikes so effectively that she struggles to touch him 22 24.
• Does not prevent Ning Chuan from outmaneuvering him with the Wandering Dragon Movement Technique 24.

Starlight Fist

A low-grade profound-rank martial technique that produces silver, star-like fist attacks 24.

• Releases dozens of punches in succession while he simultaneously attacks with his sword 24.
• At full effort, forms an attack resembling five descending stars 25.
• Is overwhelmed by Ning Chuan’s Great Wind Thunder Palm, including its Hurricane stage 24 25.

Sword Qi Net

A low-grade profound-rank technique that weaves numerous strands of Sword Qi into a wide-area attack 26.

• Uses his Spirit Artifact longsword to cover the entire arena with a net of Sword Qi 26.
• After his pill enhancement, the attack is judged to rival the means of a Dao Foundation Realm cultivator 26.
• Is broken by Ning Chuan’s Wind Thunder Surge after he activates the Star-Shattering Secret Art 26.

Wind Tiger Sword Art

A low-grade profound-rank sword technique that manifests a black tiger through sword light and spiritual energy 44.

• With the Clouds Sky Sword, overpowers Shen Qianxun’s Flame Dragon Break and wounds her 44.
• Fails against Ning Chuan’s Ninefold Thunder Spear, which tears apart the tiger manifestation 45.

Spirit Artifact Combat

Li Zhenfei uses a low-grade Spirit Artifact to strengthen his sword attacks 23 24.

• Cuts through Shen Qianxun’s high-grade Spirit Weapon, the Flame Dragon Sword 23.
• At the eighth level, his artifact-assisted combat strength is estimated as comparable to a peak ninth-level Spirit Sea Realm warrior 24.
• Sustaining the artifact consumes substantial spiritual energy; Ning Chuan’s close-range pressure prevents him from exploiting its full power 24 25.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Low-grade Spirit Artifact longsword — Revealed during the Spirit-Seizing Battle; cleaves Shen Qianxun’s Flame Dragon Sword in two and wounds her arm 23.
• Clouds Sky Sword — A named low-grade Spirit Artifact wielded at the Spirit Stone Mine. Ning Chuan knocks it from his hand before destroying his arm 44 46.
• Blood-Burning Spirit Pill — A two-star pill that temporarily increases cultivation and physical strength by burning vital blood and spiritual energy. Its depletion normally requires at least a month of recuperation 25.
• Chen Lin’s spirit pill — An unnamed pill that heals his injuries, removes the previous pill’s aftereffects, and enables his lasting ninth-level breakthrough 44.
• Chen family token — Received from Chen Lin to secure the Black Dragon Stronghold’s cooperation in the ambush plan 32.

Relationships

• Li Yan — Father and Li Family patriarch. Supports his participation in the Spirit-Seizing Battle and, while dying, urges him to flee 25 31 48.
• Li Yunfei — Younger brother. His death at Ning Chuan’s hands becomes a central motive for Li Zhenfei’s retaliation 31 44.
• Chen Lin — Senior brother and ally. Li Zhenfei follows his ambush plan, promises him half the mine’s spirit stones, and agrees to capture Shen Qianxun for him 19 31 32 44.
• Unnamed Black Tortoise Academy elder — Master. Li Zhenfei proposes requesting his intervention against Ning Chuan, but Chen Lin discourages involving him 31.
• Shen Qianxun — Rival and intended captive. He wounds her in both major confrontations and later tries to use her against Ning Chuan 23 44 47.
• Ning Chuan — Enemy and eventual killer. Defeats him in the Spirit-Seizing Battle and kills him during the fighting at the Spirit Stone Mine 26 48.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Spirit-Seizing Battle

Li Zhenfei led five Spirit Sea Realm contestants against the Shen family. Rather than immediately confronting Shen Qianxun, he eliminated Shen Qian, Shen Feng, and Shen Lei with an ambush that broke their arms and hurled them off the arena 21 22.

After Ning Chuan defeated his four teammates, Li Zhenfei drew his Spirit Artifact, broke Shen Qianxun’s sword, and wounded her. Ning Chuan rescued her and suppressed him through superior movement and close-range palm attacks. Forced to consume a Blood-Burning Spirit Pill, Li Zhenfei briefly gained the advantage before Ning Chuan shattered his Sword Qi Net and struck him unconscious, securing the Shen family’s victory 23 24 25 26 27.

Retaliation and the Mine Ambush

Upon regaining consciousness, Li Zhenfei proposed asking his academy master to avenge Li Yunfei. He instead accepted Chen Lin’s plan to ambush the Shen family at the Spirit Stone Mine with help from the Black Dragon Stronghold 31 32.

He confronted Shen Qianxun at the mine after receiving Chen Lin’s healing pill. Confident that two Dao Foundation Realm experts had dealt with Ning Chuan, he wounded her with the Wind Tiger Sword Art and moved to capture her for Chen Lin. Ning Chuan’s arrival interrupted the attempt 44.

Final Defeat and Death

Ning Chuan broke through Li Zhenfei’s sword attack, disarmed him, and destroyed his arm. While Ning Chuan fought Li Yan, Li Zhenfei again charged at Shen Qianxun, intending to capture her as leverage 45 46 47.

After Li Yan was fatally wounded, Li Zhenfei fled the valley while swearing revenge. Ning Chuan hurled the Purple Thunder Spear through his chest, killing him. The deaths of father and son prompted the remaining Li Family forces and Black Dragon Stronghold warriors to retreat 48 49.