Father Li

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Background / History

Preparing Li Wangxian’s Foundation

During the three years before Li Wangxian formally began cultivating, Father Li personally sealed his son’s Bitter Sea. He feared that automatic cultivation through heaven-and-earth essence, without an understanding of scripture, would produce an unstable foundation. He initially intended to regulate his son’s essence daily, but an unexplained process instead transformed it into nourishment. Neither he nor the other elders discovered the Yin and Yang Immortal Seed responsible 2.

When formal cultivation began, he gave Li Wangxian the Lesser Yang Scripture and the incomplete Sun Remnant Scripture. Later, he approved a trip to study ancient bells, summoned Uncle Jiang as an escort, and supplied several Profound Jade Platforms. After the travelers escaped an ambush, he and Mother Li deliberately withheld reassurance to strengthen their son’s resolve 2 5 6.

Restoring the Sun Lineage’s Inheritance

Father Li recognized Li Wangxian’s golden transformation as ancestral reversion of his imperial bloodline. He and the elders sold assets to purchase spiritual medicines and treasures, accepting even small improvements to the transformation 7.

Li Wangxian subsequently presented him with restored Wheel Sea and Dao Palace sections of the Sun Scripture. Father Li confirmed their value but corrected the elders’ excitement: the sections had improved from roughly seventy or eighty percent completeness to over ninety percent, rather than becoming fully restored emperor scriptures. He ordered secrecy and supported delaying their transmission until Li Wangxian could withstand threats from Ziwei’s major sects 9 10.

The Father–Son Duel

Father Li initially refused Li Wangxian’s request to travel to Reed Continent because the boy was only five and a half. After his son demonstrated a disguise and a means of concealing his youthful aura, Father Li insisted on a guardian and demanded that Li Wangxian defeat him before leaving 10 11.

For the duel, he suppressed his divine power to the Four Extremes Realm while retaining his higher-realm Dao comprehension. Li Wangxian shattered his Innate Dao Diagrams, knocked him into a mountain, and eventually broke through his miniature-world seal. Father Li sustained a minor wound and conceded; this was a victory over his suppressed strength, not his full Immortal Two cultivation 11 12.

After Mother Li scolded both combatants, Father Li acknowledged that his son’s talent and comprehension surpassed his own. He asked Li Wangxian to become strong enough that no one could oppress the Sun lineage, linking that hope to the aspirations of Li Wangxian’s grandfather. The journey proceeded with Uncle Jiang protecting the boy from the shadows 12 13.

Accepting a Dangerous Cultivation Path

When Li Wangxian returned with the Taiyin True Scripture and two flawless Saint Weapons, Father Li struggled to accept his explanation of their transformation. His delight immediately turned to fierce opposition when his son announced that he would cultivate Taiyin and Taiyang together 36.

Faced with Li Wangxian’s unwavering resolve, he relented and urged him to pursue his decision while prioritizing safety. Later, he watched his son swallow tribulation lightning through an evolved application of the Four Extremes Seal. When Elder Lin speculated that Li Wangxian might be a Saint Emperor’s reincarnation, Father Li calmly insisted that he was, above all, his son 37 41.

Independent Travel and the Imperial Invitation

By Li Wangxian’s next departure, Father Li anticipated that he intended to recover the missing Sun Scripture sections. He offered both Saint Weapons and accepted the decision to take only the Moon Disc, leave the Treasure Wheel guarding the sect, and travel without Uncle Jiang 43.

He subsequently received Ziwei Divine Dynasty envoys bearing Princess Yueshi’s invitation. Despite one envoy’s accusation that he was rejecting the princess’s goodwill, Father Li remained courteous and explained that his son had already left. The envoys left the invitation behind; their later suspicion that he was hiding Li Wangxian for protection was their own interpretation, not his stated reason 44.

Personality

Father Li is usually mature and steady, but his son’s achievements repeatedly break through that reserve. He celebrates the ancestral bloodline awakening with open pride, enjoys seeing the normally composed Li Wangxian embarrassed, and comes to believe that his son will eventually complete the Sun Scripture after attaining the Dao 9 10.

His protectiveness is tempered by a willingness to let Li Wangxian prove himself. He initially imposes safeguards against premature cultivation, dangerous travel, and conflicting scriptures, yet revises his decisions when his son demonstrates sufficient ability or determination. Preserving the Sun lineage matters deeply to him, but he does not reduce Li Wangxian to a sect asset or a possible emperor’s reincarnation 2 11 12 37 41 43.

Abilities & Skills

Cultivation and Sun Saint Power

Father Li is a Saint Lord-level cultivator at Immortal Platform’s second level, ranking alongside Uncle Jiang among the sect’s strongest and most talented senior members 10 12.

• Channels Sun Saint Power throughout his body, appearing like a radiant Sun Deity 11.
• Uses a Dao shout to produce waves capable of confronting Li Wangxian’s massed golden rays 11.
• Can suppress his divine power to the Four Extremes Realm without losing his higher-level Dao comprehension 12.

Dao Diagrams and Dao Palm

He links Dao laws with heaven and earth to form Innate Dao Diagrams—tangible traces of the Dao used to press down on an opponent 12.

• Combines Sun Saint Power with Dao laws through his palms and fingers 12.
• Uses a “Dao Palm” in close combat 12.
• His diagrams and palm strike were overcome by Li Wangxian’s Sun Emperor Fist during their restricted spar 12.

Four Extremes Seal

Father Li obtained this incomplete technique during earlier travels and spent years deducing and refining it until its power rivaled formidable sacred techniques 16.

• Links the four extremes of heaven and earth into enclosing domains, then joins them into a miniature world to seal a target 12 16.
• Taught the technique to Li Wangxian, who mastered it within a day or two and subsequently developed more advanced applications 23.
• His own miniature-world seal was forcibly broken during the father–son duel 12.

Bitter Sea Sealing

He can seal another person’s Bitter Sea, using this ability to restrain Li Wangxian’s involuntary cultivation during childhood 2.

• Intended to prevent rapid advancement from undermining scripture comprehension and future cultivation 2.
• The seal did not reveal the concealed Yin and Yang Immortal Seed 2.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Lesser Yang Scripture and Sun Remnant Scripture — Supplied to Li Wangxian at the start of his formal cultivation 2.
• Profound Jade Platforms — Gave his son several platforms refined by Elder Lin; each could carry its user eight thousand li through the void 5.
• Restored Sun Scripture scrolls — Received the Wheel Sea and Dao Palace sections from Li Wangxian and restricted their disclosure 9 10.
• Transformation medicines — Helped acquire Phoenix Blood Grass, Profound Origin Pills, Heavenly Sun Flowers, and other resources through asset sales 7.

Relationships

• Li Wangxian — Son and the Sun God Sect’s Divine Son. Father Li oversees his early cultivation, tests his combat readiness, and entrusts him with the hope of protecting their lineage 2 11 12.
• Mother Li — Wife and fellow parent. They coordinate their son’s upbringing; both obediently endure her scolding after their fierce spar 6 12.
• Uncle Jiang — Senior sect cultivator and Li Wangxian’s protector. Father Li calls on him to escort his son and consults him when assessing the restored scripture 5 10.
• Elder Lin and Elder Chen — Sect elders who cooperate with him in supporting Li Wangxian’s transformation and safeguarding the recovered inheritance 7 10.
• His father — Li Wangxian’s grandfather. Father Li regards the restoration of the Sun lineage as an unfulfilled family aspiration that his son may finally accomplish 12.

Notable Quotes

“You must keep growing stronger, until no one dares oppress you, until no one can ever oppress our Sun lineage again. Can you do that?” 12

“Since you've already decided, then give it your all! Don't disappoint us, but put your own safety first.” 37

“Who can say anything for certain about reincarnation? Right now, he is simply Li Wangxian, my son.” 41