Li Xingtian

Biodata

Power Progression

The following records his current-life progression; his previous-life cultivation reached Nascent Soul 5.

Background / History

In his previous life, Li Xingtian entered the Clearwind Sect with ordinary aptitude and endured repeated humiliation. Obtaining a supreme treasure changed his fortunes, allowing him to rise from the Southern Jambu Continent to the Great Thousand Central Province, where he became a recognized prodigy. However, the Divine Ability he possessed did not properly match his cultivation method 5.

A woman from the Demonic Sect subsequently deceived him and drained the Nascent Soul he had cultivated. After returning to an earlier point in his life with his memories intact, he resolved to take revenge and reject romantic attachments. His first objective was to retrieve the Millennium Bone Jade from the Mountain God Temple at Ten-Mile Slope earlier than he had in his original life 5.

Appearance

• Early appearance: Short hair, a somewhat thin frame, and composed eyes even with a sword at his throat 6.
• Condition upon arriving at Ten-Mile Slope: Worn-through straw sandals and bloodied feet from traveling 5.
• Later appearance: Described as a cold-faced, burly man wearing ordinary black clothes during the temple fair 46.
• Cultivation effects: Appears blood-covered and red-eyed after intensive cultivation; later emerges from the mine surrounded by demonic flames and blood energy 17 22.

Personality

Li Xingtian is decisive, ruthless toward enemies, and willing to strike first when delay threatens his survival. Chu Xingchen’s system identifies him with the gold Regressor, purple Decisive and ruthless, and blue Devoted and loyal traits. His aggression is tempered by practical caution: he monitors his surroundings, conserves spiritual energy, and withdraws when further fighting would expose him to ambush 6 7 38 39.

His loyalty develops from gratitude into genuine attachment. Initially, he refuses recruitment because he distrusts sect restrictions and still has personal goals to pursue. After joining, Chu Xingchen’s trust and generosity convince him that the three-person Heavenly Dao Alliance is a family rather than merely an obligation to his rescuer 6 10 12 21.

He draws a firm distinction between people who deserve gratitude and those who deserve revenge. For him, cultivation should leave the heart unburdened. His decision to rescue the mine workers reflects both this belief and his memory of a close childhood friend who died there 12 23.

His previous-life betrayal leaves him deeply suspicious of women and feminine charm, particularly when his master visits a brothel or attracts female admirers. Nevertheless, he honors his promise to care for Li Yingling and cooperates with Zhao Wanqing during an investigation 13 33 38 46.

Abilities & Skills

Regression and Previous-Life Knowledge

• Retains memories of cultivation techniques, opportunities, and the wider cultivation world after restarting at Qi Refining 5 7 12.
• Knows the location and purpose of the Millennium Bone Jade 5.
• Uses retained combat knowledge to pierce a fifth-level Qi Refining disciple’s palm while only at the second level 7.
• His knowledge does not guarantee predictable outcomes: after nearly dying at the inn, he recognizes that changing events can disrupt the course he remembers 7.

Heavenly Demon Dao Body

• Obtains the constitution by refining the Millennium Bone Jade; the Primordial Chaos Demon Bone Body-Refining Divine Art fully awakens it 5 12.
• Dramatically improves his physique and cultivation potential despite his original ordinary aptitude 11 19.
• With a properly matched cultivation art, his Qi Refining cultivation speed rivals Li Yingling’s genius-level progress 19.

Primordial Chaos Demon Bone Body-Refining Divine Art

• A blood-based body-refining art given to him by Chu Xingchen, specifically intended for use with the Heavenly Demon Dao Body 10.
• Uses blood offerings during Qi Refining. Chu Xingchen explains that unintelligent demonic beasts can substitute for human sacrifices 10.
• After Foundation Establishment, he can refine his own flesh and blood rather than continue hunting for blood food 19.
• Interacts with the Clearwind Sect’s ritual blood pools and takes precedence over the evil cultivators’ blood arts 21 23.
• Drains blood power from the severely wounded Mo Chen and supports cultivation using Blood Qi Spirit Stones 23 29.
• Removes the persistent hostile blood energy from Zhao Wanqing’s injured leg with little resistance 38.

Saber Divine Abilities

• Combines the two saber techniques through a pickaxe to kill a Clearwind Sect guard with one blow 21.
• The combined strike consumes nearly half his spiritual energy—approximately twice the consumption of his original Divine Ability 21.
• Later channels a Divine Ability through a nearly destroyed sword, unleashing a dark-red ranged attack that devastates the terrain and drives an evil cultivator away 39.
• That later attack also expends half his spiritual power, forcing him to conserve energy during the retreat 39.

Planning, Investigation, and Deception

• Helps devise the mine rescue after assessing Chu Xingchen’s available Golden Core-level strength 17.
• Infiltrates the mine disguised as a worker and uses Ning Qianqian’s token to identify himself to her father 20.
• Detects a stone-bead disorientation formation and guides Zhao Wanqing out of it 38.
• Memorizes ritual traces and draws formations to demonstrate the shared origin of the village sacrifice and the Clearwind Sect’s practices 38 40.
• Impersonates a black-robed evil cultivator during a staged confrontation with Chu Xingchen, successfully avoiding Zhao Wanqing’s suspicion 44.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Millennium Bone Jade — Treasure retrieved from beneath a table leg in the ruined temple and refined to transform his constitution 6 7 11 12.
• Primordial Chaos Demon Bone Body-Refining Divine Art manual — Blood-red cultivation manual supplied by Chu Xingchen 10.
• Two Thousand-Mile Teleportation Talismans — Emergency escape items marked so Chu Xingchen can locate him and Li Yingling afterward 12.
• Protective Talisman — Can withstand attacks from Golden Core cultivators; entrusted to him before Chu Xingchen scouts the mine 12.
• Random Teleportation Rune — Additional escape measure carried during the mine operation 22.
• Blood Qi Spirit Stones — Cultivation resources obtained from the Clearwind Sect mine; Chu Xingchen conceals his room with a formation while he uses them 23 29.
• Improvised weapons — Uses chopsticks at the inn, a miner’s pickaxe inside the mine, and a shattered short sword against an evil cultivator 7 21 39.
• Demon Mask — Worn with his black-robed disguise during the staged dockside encounter 44.

Relationships

• Chu Xingchen — Master and lifesaver. Gives him the bone jade, rescues him from Shangguan Hong, supplies his cultivation art and defensive items, and earns his wholehearted loyalty 6 8 10 12 21.
• Li Yingling — Eldest senior sister. Initially detains him at swordpoint, later gathers beast blood and flesh for his cultivation while he helps build her cabin. He remains protective despite her teasing and forceful personality 5 13 33 37.
• Zhao Wanqing — Investigation partner. He removes hostile blood energy from her leg, helps her escape a formation, and brings her to Chu Xingchen for treatment after their encounter with an evil cultivator 38 39 40.
• Ning Qianqian and Ning Kun — Mine-rescue beneficiaries. Qianqian helps him swallow his breakthrough medicine; he later locates her father while infiltrating the mine 19 20 23.
• Shangguan Hong — Clearwind Sect second elder who gravely injures him and threatens to turn him into a human sky lantern 7 8.
• Mo Chen — Clearwind Sect elder whose blood power Li Xingtian drains after Chu Xingchen defeats him, advancing his own cultivation in the process 23.
• Unnamed childhood friend — A close companion from his village who died at the mine; remembering him contributes to Li Xingtian’s desire to save the other workers 23.
• Unnamed Demonic Sect woman — Previous-life betrayer who drained his Nascent Soul and became the source of his hostility toward romantic entanglements 5.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Recruitment into the Heavenly Dao Alliance

• Arrives at Ten-Mile Slope seeking the bone jade, but encounters Li Yingling and Chu Xingchen instead. Refuses the initial recruitment offer and leaves with the treasure 5 6 7.
• Clearwind Sect disciples recognize him from their Red Name List. His preemptive attack draws Shangguan Hong’s intervention, leaving his organs and meridians severely damaged 7 9.
• Chu Xingchen rescues and treats him. He accepts discipleship once assured that the Heavenly Dao Alliance will allow him to pursue his goals freely 8 9 10.

Clearwind Sect Mine Rescue

• Supplies intelligence about the spirit-stone mine and helps plan the operation to free its workers 12 17.
• Discovers that the mine’s ritual drains workers’ Spiritual Roots and blood energy, then fights his way out of the underground altar 21 22 23.
• Drains Mo Chen and offers the miners escape through an unpredictable teleportation formation, urging them to help others when they have the opportunity 23.
• Evacuates the ruined temple with his master and senior sister to avoid retaliation; the sect relocates to Yuzhou City 25.

Yuzhou Evil-Cultivator Investigation

• Investigates ritual sites with Zhao Wanqing, discovers a massacred village, and repels a black-robed attacker 37 38 39.
• Links the village ritual to the Clearwind Sect’s formation and urges Chu Xingchen to exploit the opportunity to act 40.
• Disguises himself as an evil cultivator, kills Guan Quan, and stages a pursuit with Chu Xingchen. The encounter prompts Zhao Wanqing to report evidence that a sect has already been sacrificed 43 44.

Temple Fair and Dharma Assembly

• Accompanies Li Yingling through the fair while carrying her candied hawthorns. At her urging, he refrains from warning Chu Xingchen that Yaoqin is approaching 46 47.
• Joins the group’s temple visit and meets the Buddhist Child Yuankong while waiting for the Dharma Assembly 48 50.

Notable Quotes

“As long as we make a proper, detailed plan, it shouldn't be particularly difficult.” 17

“You don't need to thank me. Just don't stand by with your hands tucked into your sleeves when you have a chance to act.” 23

“An opportunity must not be missed. When it's time to make the cut, don't hesitate.” 40

Trivia

• Li Yingling calls his cooking “Dead Chicken Bathwater”; Li Xingtian considers it bland, tough, and gamey, but still edible 13.
• After enduring Chu Xingchen’s medicine, he suggests using the pills to extract confessions rather than making disciples consume them 19.
• A Yuzhou property broker mistakes him for Chu Xingchen and Li Yingling’s guard 25.