Li Wangxu

Biodata

Power Progression

Personality

Li Wangxu accommodates talented cultivators rather than forcing them into administrative work. When Qin Lian prioritizes secluded cultivation, he arranges staff for the Taibai Sword Sect and gives him a Library Pavilion appointment suited to studying cultivation texts 15 17.

His judgment of others can change sharply with evidence. After their first six-hour discussion, he privately doubts Qin Lian can attain Divine Intent within a year or two and suggests starting a family instead. A month of daily instruction reverses that assessment: he becomes convinced Qin Lian can reach Second Grade within that period 22 23 25.

He is cautious without advocating inaction. He supports fighting the Heavenly Martial Bureau’s influence in Sword Province to keep the battlefield away from the sect’s home territory, but rejects a direct escalation that would attract the Bureau’s full attention. In personal competition, he readily concedes defeat when Qin Lian matches him without using Blood Burning 33 48.

Abilities & Skills

Great Void Visualization Diagram

• Comprehended Divine Intent through this visualization method and can explain its principles in detail 22.
• Gives Qin Lian four to six hours of daily guidance over a month, substantially accelerating his progress 25.
• Recognizes that Qin Lian’s proposed round world, surrounded by boundless emptiness, could greatly expand the visualization method’s conceptual limits. No resulting breakthrough for Li Wangxu is documented 23 24.

Swordsmanship

• Great Void Sword Qi: Has perfected this sect-defining sword art. Qin Lian requires his Swordsmanship trait to keep pace despite having a lower level of mastery in the technique 47.
• Void-Heaven Sword: Attacks from an unexpected angle with precisely directed force, shattering Qin Lian’s specially made wooden sword during their spar 47.
• Combat experience: Combines keen Divine Intent with extensive experience to anticipate an opponent’s movements 47.

Movement and Defense

• Nine Heavens Embracing the Moon: Executes the movement technique with elusive, drifting grace. Qin Lian cannot gain a speed advantage even with perfected Chasing the Wind and Pursuing the Sun reinforced by Swiftness 47.
• Protective True Astral Qi: Stops a broken wooden blade that Qin Lian directs toward his brow 47.
• Unidentified burst technique: Acknowledges possessing a secret method for a sudden increase in power, though he does not demonstrate it in the spar 48.

Sect Leadership

• Organizes personnel, funding, cultivation texts, territorial acquisitions, and resource-sharing agreements 15 17.
• Coordinates simultaneous operations across Jiangzhou, Qing Province, and Sword Province 33.
• Distinguishes between threats the sect can confront locally and actions that risk provoking the Heavenly Martial Bureau’s superior leadership 48.

Cultivation Limitations

• Lacks a Dao Body. After witnessing Fairy Yunshang’s departure aboard a Treasure Artifact Flying Boat, he laments his inability to pursue the same Spirit Refining path and further relinquishes his hope of becoming a True Person 29.

History

Establishment of the Taibai Sword Sect

After Qin Lian receives recognition as a Heaven Ranking grandmaster, Li Wangxu offers the Pure Yang Sword Sect’s support for founding a new sect. The offer includes manpower, money, material resources, and copies of cultivation methods other than each peak’s sect-guarding Dharma. He also promises elders to protect Qin Lian from challengers while he cultivates 15.

Li Wangxu approves Mount Tai Prefecture as the new sect’s territory and proposes taking control of Taibai Mine Mountain. Under his arrangement, Pure Yang will capture and guard the mine, with its refined gold divided equally between the two sides. When Qin Lian declines heavier responsibilities, Li Wangxu appoints him to the Council of Elders as Library Pavilion Master 15.

At Cloudmist Peak’s succession ceremony, he presents three experienced Third Grade cultivators as candidates for deputy sect master. Qin Lian leaves the decision to him, and Li Wangxu selects Xu Hailong to administer the Taibai Sword Sect 17.

Guiding Qin Lian

Li Wangxu visits Qin Lian to report that Xu Hailong has killed Xue Li in a duel over Taibai Mine Mountain. During the visit, he offers guidance on the Great Void Visualization Diagram. Their first discussion becomes a six-hour question-and-answer session, ending with his suggestion that Qin Lian marry and start a family 22.

Qin Lian renews his interest by describing a round world within an immeasurably larger Great Void. Li Wangxu returns to reconsider the idea and agrees to further discussions. These become daily sessions, and Qin Lian’s progress soon persuades him to set aside important sect affairs for continued instruction 23 24 25.

When Gao Qianchi challenges the sect over the mine, Li Wangxu and the elders choose to protect Qin Lian’s cultivation rather than make him fight. They plan to compensate him for lost mining income, preserving his opportunity to attain Divine Intent 25.

Tang Yao’s Stay

Li Wangxu shelters Tang Yao in his courtyard after she arrives with the late Tang Yue’s token seeking help. Although he recognizes her extraordinary Dao Body, he believes Pure Yang’s declining Spirit Refining lineage cannot properly nurture her. He also fears the consequences of exposing her to the Three Pure Ones Temple, which treats exceptional Dao Bodies within Great Shang as its preserve 24.

He asks Qin Lian to look after her alongside their daily Dao discussions. When Fairy Yunshang arrives to collect Tang Yao, Li Wangxu treats her respectfully and accompanies the girl to bid Qin Lian farewell 24 29.

Sword Province Campaign

Li Wangxu convenes the Council of Elders to consider Ye Wuji’s request for aid against Ye Yingxiong. The proposed rewards include Sword Province’s six southeastern commanderies and the Heavenly Extreme Sword 32.

He argues that intervention offers a chance to contest the Heavenly Martial Bureau’s influence away from Shouyang Mountain. He assigns Lu Jianping to sweep Jiangzhou and Qing Province while Song Huangting leads the Sword Province campaign. The six peaks receive responsibility for the six commanderies, with no sect levy on their initial captured resources 33.

For Qin Lian, he selects Spirit Radiance Commandery, whose Heavenly Splendor Fruit may help him comprehend Divine Intent. He describes its weakened defenses but warns the assembled forces against underestimating any opponent 33 34.

Sparring and the Bureau’s Offensive

When Qin Lian returns after attaining Second Grade, Li Wangxu personally welcomes him and requests a spar under Song Huangting’s supervision. They exchange hundreds of blows before simultaneously landing attacks stopped by protective True Astral Qi. Although Qin Lian calls it a draw, Li Wangxu declares himself the loser because Qin Lian never used Blood Burning 47 48.

Afterward, he helps assess Blood-Blade Luo Chong’s infiltration of Jiangzhou and Qingzhou. He explains the Bureau’s trap: bandits and refugees will generate unrest, forcing Pure Yang either into vulnerable suppression operations or into allowing court intervention. His response is to locate Luo Chong and dismantle Fang Tianqian’s offensive incrementally, buying time without provoking the Bureau’s full strength 48.

Equipment

• Specially made wooden sword — Uses one for his supervised spar with Qin Lian and supplies Qin Lian with an identical weapon. His Void-Heaven Sword shatters Qin Lian’s blade during the final exchange 47.

Relationships

• Qin Lian — Sect member, cultivation pupil, and eventual peer in combat. Li Wangxu supports his independent sect, guides his Divine Intent cultivation, and later accepts him as a partner in defending Pure Yang 15 25 48.
• Song Huangting — Supreme Elder and the sect’s foremost fighter. Li Wangxu coordinates the Sword Province campaign with him and asks him to supervise the spar with Qin Lian 33 47.
• Xu Hailong — Selects him as deputy sect master of the Taibai Sword Sect and monitors his struggles over Taibai Mine Mountain 17 22 25.
• Tang Yao — Temporary ward whose unusual Dao Body he helps keep discreet while awaiting her relatives 24.
• Lu Jianping and Mu Xingchui — Senior colleagues involved in territorial security, protecting Qin Lian’s cultivation, and investigating the Heavenly Martial Bureau’s operations 25 33 48.

Notable Quotes

“A fight to the death has never been a dinner party. To underestimate your opponent is to disrespect life.” 34

“Even without you using Blood Burning, the outcome was still mutual destruction. Naturally, I lost this sparring match.” 48