Li Qingshan

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Rebirth and the Stone Gate

Li Qingshan’s previous life ended when a truck struck him on his way home from overtime work. Reborn as the son of engineer Li Guoqiang and mathematics teacher Su Wan, he initially retained only a sense that something was missing from the world. From childhood, he perceived nature as dormant and depleted, leading him to search scientific works and ancient texts for an explanation 1.

On the eve of his fifteenth birthday, an encounter with a mysterious stone gate restored his previous-life memories. His subsequent travels exposed him to mental cultivation and historical records connected to Dragon Snake Romance, including the unfamiliar martial legend “Shura Qing” 1 2.

Martial Training and the Shura Reputation

In the Dragon and Snake World, Li Qingshan sought genuine Guoshu instruction rather than commercial demonstrations. Tang Zichen guided him for six months, helping him grasp internal martial arts. In gratitude, he offered her his method of mental cultivation before their separation 7 8 11.

After becoming involved in Cao Yi’s raid on drug smugglers, he declined a police combat-instructor position. He then traveled to Jinmen, defeated ten schools using their own specialties, and reached Transformation Jin. The local masters chose friendship over hostility, turning his challenges into exchanges of martial knowledge 12 14 15.

His later campaign targeted telecom-fraud compounds and the forces protecting them. The resulting bloodshed made “Shura Qing” notorious internationally. Despite that reputation, he returned to ordinary martial practice and reunited with Tang Zichen, becoming Wang Chao’s senior brother and occasional instructor before the Stone Gate summoned him home 18 25 27.

Earth Cultivation and Departure for Big Dipper

Back on Earth, Li Qingshan developed the Divine Seed and pursued the hidden potential of the human body. With Xiaobai’s help, he discovered a sword-control inheritance and obtained the Sun True Scripture. He rapidly completed the Sea of Bitterness and Dao Palace paths, then continued through Four Extremes and Dragon Transformation 30 36 37 39 40 55 59.

He also taught the young people who would later reach Big Dipper, including Ye Fan and his classmates. After two years in Jiangcheng, he left to seek conditions capable of supporting advancement beyond Dragon Transformation’s Fifth Layer. He entrusted his parents’ safety to Xiaobai and promised to return in a little over twenty years 32 72 77.

Big Dipper and Jade Pool

After reaching Big Dipper, Li Qingshan stayed temporarily at Spirit Ruins Paradise before departing to seek his own Dao. He found Jiang Tingting, recognized that her dormant Taiyin origin was consuming her life, and offered to take her as his disciple 77 82 84.

In Purple Mountain, Jiang Taixu taught him the complete Battle Saint Method. Li Qingshan’s first rescue attempt failed against the seal’s Great Emperor-level markings, but he later returned and freed the God King in repayment for that instruction 100 103.

Jade Pool accepted him as its Holy Son and granted him Qingwei Blessed Land. When his attempt to combine Taiyin and Taiyang proved unworkable without Great Emperor authority, the Queen Mother of the West gave him the complete Western Emperor Scripture. He rebuilt his cultivation rather than force the incompatible origins together 117 118 119.

Divine Tomb World and Demonic Tribulation

The Divine Tomb World initially rejected Li Qingshan’s foreign cultivation. Through discussions with Chen Zhan, he learned to adapt to its laws, form an Inner World, and devise the Eight-Nine Profound Art. His first Demonic Embryo nearly dissolved his entire existence 140 141 142 143.

After Chen Zhan’s departure, battle drove the Demonic Embryo deeper into him. Under demonic impulses, he rampaged east across the Western Heaven Realm, destroyed Divine Race factions, and devoured opponents’ power. These events established his reputation as the “Great Demon” 148 149 210.

Following prolonged demonic tribulation, he awakened and advanced to Immortal Two Ninth Heaven. He later healed Yu Xin and spent nearly three years refining a safer Eight-Nine Profound Art, which he taught her. His subsequent search for the Primordial Great Demon’s sealed remains brought him into conflict with the Destruction Sect and Nine Heavens Sacred Land 172 182 188.

Purple Mountain Inheritance and the Eastern Exalt

Li Qingshan protected Ye Fan and Yan Ruyu’s faction, overpowering the Peacock King and Azure Flood Dragon King when they mistook him for Yan Ruyu’s captor. He nevertheless warned his students not to become dependent on his protection 227 230 232.

After receiving Great Emperor Wushi’s inheritance, he gained mastery of the Beginningless Bell and became Purple Mountain’s new master. Gu Tianshu pledged to guard his Dao. Li Qingshan subsequently survived his Dao-Severing tribulation, established Yuanshi Dao, and rallied other factions against the assassin organizations Hell and Human World 258 277 288.

His later actions included exploring Saint Cliff, subduing a Three-Legged Golden Crow, confronting the Ruthless One Lineage, and defending Ye Fan at the Yaochi Grand Gathering. He also entered the Blood Moon Clan’s ancestral land and killed six Ancestor Kings and its Saint King, the Blood Moon King 303 311 312 320 332.

Sainthood and the Yang God World

Li Qingshan’s Saint tribulation included battles against an older echo of himself, youthful Great Emperor imprints, and a lightning-formed Mythological Era battlefield. He reached the deserted Central Heavenly Palace but could not resolve the identity or meaning of the familiar figure he glimpsed there. Completing the tribulation brought him to Saint Fifth Heaven 348 349.

In the Yang God World, he obtained the Great Zen Temple’s Universe Bag and studied local scriptures, spirits, and cosmological laws. After examining the Tathagata Kasaya, he formed a preliminary Primordial Cause Dao Fruit. He chose not to intervene in Hong Yi’s approaching political struggles and prepared to depart 368 378 379.

Appearance

• Build and features: Slender as a teenager; later upright and well-proportioned, retaining the handsome appearance of a young man around twenty 1 172.
• Eyes: Bright, clear, and unusually deep from early cultivation; after his demonic tribulation, fleeting visions of chaos, stars, and world creation appear within them 4 172.
• Hair: Black, worn streaming behind him in later appearances 329.
• Clothing: Wears a gray tracksuit during his Jinmen journey, a purple robe at his Jade Pool audience, and black robes in many later appearances 14 117 132.
• Bearing: His affinity with the Dao gives him a tranquil, transcendent presence that observers compare to an incarnation of the Dao itself 111 296.

Personality

Li Qingshan approaches cultivation as an investigation. His childhood search spans science, medicine, ancient texts, and mythology; later, he compares different worlds’ systems rather than treating any one inheritance as unquestionable. He can abandon an unsuitable approach and rebuild his foundation when a deeper understanding demands it 1 3 119 141.

His calm manner coexists with ruthless violence. He deliberately targets criminal networks, kills decisively in battle, and retaliates overwhelmingly against threats. Demonic corruption exposes a more dangerous loss of restraint, driving him through slaughter and devouring rather than his usual measured judgment 18 21 148 149.

He repays instruction, values promises, and protects those under his care. He offers Tang Zichen a complementary cultivation method, rescues Jiang Taixu out of gratitude, and honors his offer of shelter to Yan Ruyu’s faction. As a teacher, however, he insists that protection and opportunities cannot replace a disciple’s own will and effort 11 103 232 263.

Abilities & Skills

Mental Cultivation and Perception

His Crystal Visualization Method establishes the inward awareness underpinning his early progress 3.

• Observes breathing, circulation, heartbeat, and cellular metabolism with exceptional precision 3.
• Detects flaws in martial artists’ force coordination and rapidly understands the intent behind techniques 7 8.
• Later uses divine sense to inspect libraries, reconstruct historical information, and perceive others’ mental reactions 77 186 356.

Guoshu and Martial Integration

Li Qingshan builds his martial system by learning during actual exchanges and combining different schools’ principles 15.

• Uses Baguazhang, Xingyi Fist, Taijiquan, Bajiquan, and techniques learned from other Jinmen schools 10 15.
• Defeats masters using the martial arts in which they specialize 15.
• Integrates Guoshu footwork and striking with solar secret arts, divine power, and Dao laws 37 49 214.

Divine Seed Abilities

The chaos-colored Divine Seed produces innate abilities rather than merely supplying additional energy 30.

• Crossing the Void in Midair: Floats and flies through subtle interference with local laws.
• True Illumination of Inner Vision: Examines the body and its hidden divine treasures at a deeper level than his earlier inward perception.
• Heaven-Human Resonance: Attunes him to surrounding energy and Dao principles.
• Gathering and Refining Solar True Force: Draws on solar power, including the innate Qi associated with sunrise.
• These abilities initially rely more on mental strength and spiritual perception than on bodily energy reserves 30.

Secret Realms and Myriad Selves as One

His cultivation opens the body’s divine treasures and links them into an increasingly unified foundation 40 53 119.

• Uses heart fire to temper divine power and burn impurities, and lung-metal power to generate Geng Metal Sword Qi 40 46.
• Develops five elemental Departed Selves and forms a Dao Self during recultivation 119.
• Advances his phenomenon into Myriad Selves as One, Illuminating the Heavens, Dao Resonance Returning to the Origin 119.
• Reunites his Present Self, Departed Self, and Dao Self during the establishment of Yuanshi Dao 277.

Eight-Nine Profound Art

His self-created art combines principles from different cultivation worlds to temper a will capable of surviving destruction 143 182.

• Its original design proceeds through Demonic Embryo, Divine Embryo, and reincarnation cycles 143.
• Its ultimate ambition is return through will alone, even after complete destruction; this is a stated goal, not a confirmed achievement 143.
• The refined version integrates the Western Emperor Scripture, Demon Summoning Scripture, Supreme Forgetfulness Record, and his existing art 182.
• Its early form risks Dao dissolution and the loss of identity to demonic instincts 143 149.

Nine Secrets

• Dou — Battle Saint Method: Learned in full from Jiang Taixu; used to manifest powerful combat techniques and weapon forms 100 348.
• Bing: Used at full strength during his Saint tribulation’s mirrored battle 348.
• Qian: Used to calculate a thread of truth amid the Feathered Divine Dynasty ancestral temple’s calamity-filled environment 337.
• Jie: Combined with the Divine Forbidden Domain to achieve temporary Saint King-level battle strength 311.
• Movement secret art: Used for rapid travel to Heaven-Absolving Mountain 368.

Divine Forbidden Domain

This state releases restrictions on his combat strength, allowing him to fight far above his ordinary level 146 311.

• In the Divine Tomb World, resonance between his Secret Realm cultivation and profound art raises his temporary combat strength to late God Emperor level, approaching its peak 146.
• His initial successful use of Jie takes seventy-two circulations and sustains Saint King-level strength for several breaths 311.
• These are combat enhancements, distinct from permanent realm advancement 146 311.

Yuanshi Dao and Seals

Li Qingshan establishes his own Dao by severing dependence on others’ Dao, his existing methods, and the myriad Dao 277.

• Completes six seals during his Dao-Severing tribulation: Wuji, Four Symbols, Void, Yin-Yang, Heaven-Overturning, and Heaven-Opening 277.
• Tempers the Seven Seals of Yuanshi with ancient Dao inheritances after becoming a Saint 349.
• Forms a preliminary Primordial Cause Dao Fruit and considers it a foundation for the unfinished Dao Yi Seal 379.

Other Dao Arts

• Light-Splitting Shadow-Manifesting Sword Control Technique: Combines divine-sense sword control, sword-intent cultivation, and misleading afterimages 36 48.
• Source Heaven arts: Reads terrain and earth veins, predicts escape routes, and places obstacles through dragon Qi 133.
• Five-Colored Divine Light: Destroys the Destruction Sect’s Ten Thousand Demons God-Slaying Grand Formation 214.
• Nirvana power: Heals the Dao wounds suffered in a major battle 135.
• Dao Domain: Erases the Peacock King’s attack and suppresses both him and the Azure Flood Dragon King 230.
• Great Sun Seal: Overcomes and subdues Saint Cliff’s Three-Legged Golden Crow 303.
• Spatial and soul techniques: Seizes a concealed opponent from a thousand li away, immobilizes him, and searches his soul 311 312.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Stone Gate — Soul-bound means of travel between worlds; restores his previous-life memories and later signals when a return is approaching 1 27 186.
• Dao Bell → Purple Gold Bell — Initially a three-inch bell nourished in his Bitter Sea. Reforged with Star River Purple Sand, bonded to his bloodline, and refined with earthfire and Sun True Fire; its markings develop into a star chart through resonance with Kunlun’s earth veins 39 59.
• Beginningless Bell — Great Emperor Wushi’s bell, which Li Qingshan masters upon completing his Purple Mountain inheritance 258.
• Central Wuji Apricot-Yellow Flag — Refined in the Chaos Sea during the completion of his Saint tribulation 349.
• Pangu Banner — Refined alongside the Apricot-Yellow Flag during the same tribulation 349.
• Broken sword and beast-hide inheritance — Treasures containing Great Luo silver essence and the complete Light-Splitting Shadow-Manifesting Sword Control Technique 36.
• Holy Son Token and Qingwei Blessed Land control token — Grants access to Jade Pool privileges, resources, and his residence 118.
• Universe Bag — Great Zen Temple treasure surrendered by Monk Jingren; made from a Human Immortal’s skin and tendons 368.
• Tathagata Kasaya — Its spirit permits him to study the engraved scriptures and mysteries that lead to his Cause-and-Effect insight 379.
• Family keepsakes — Carries childhood belongings given by his father and a cloth doll depicting the family made by Xiaobai 72.

Relationships

• Li Guoqiang — Father; a senior engineer who supports his childhood investigations and gives him keepsakes before his departure 1 72.
• Su Wan — Mother; a mathematics teacher who supports his reading and remains among his principal ties to Earth 1 72.
• Tang Zichen — Martial teacher and elder-sister figure. Their relationship includes reciprocal instruction and cultivation discussions 11 27.
• Wang Chao — Junior martial brother; receives guidance from Li Qingshan alongside Tang Zichen’s instruction 27.
• Cao Yi — Police contact who offers him employment and helps arrange identity documents 12 16.
• Xiaobai — Close companion who helps him discover an inheritance, assists with bell refinement, and stays behind to protect his parents 36 59 72.
• Ye Fan — Former student and protected junior. Li Qingshan repeatedly assists him while insisting that he cultivate independently 77 232 320.
• Pang Bo — Student and junior whom Li Qingshan guides alongside Ye Fan 227 232.
• Jiang Tingting — Child with the Taiyin Physique whom he seeks to protect and offers to accept as a disciple 82 84.
• Jiang Taixu — Benefactor who teaches him Dou; Li Qingshan later rescues him in gratitude 100 103.
• Lin Qingyao — Jade Pool Holy Maiden and close cultivation companion. Their exchanges reveal growing affection, concern, and reluctance to part, without an explicitly confirmed partnership 262 263 339.
• Queen Mother of the West — Senior patron who supports his admission to Jade Pool and gives him the complete Western Emperor Scripture 117 119.
• Black Emperor — Traveling companion and ally; Li Qingshan entrusts him with protecting Ye Fan and Pang Bo while warning him against misconduct 113 232.
• Chen Zhan — Senior guide and Dao-discussion partner whose instruction helps shape the Eight-Nine Profound Art 143 144 210.
• Yu Xin — Disciple whose injuries he heals and whose cultivation he redirects through the refined profound art 182 184.
• Yan Ruyu — Protected ally whose faction he promises shelter at Jade Pool; she develops personal interest in him 263 265.
• Gu Tianshu — Great Saint Dao protector, friend across generations, and fellow explorer of dangerous sites 258 303 344.
• Holy Prince — Ally who supports his plan to use the Heavenly Emperor’s Son as a challenge for the younger generation 317.
• Three-Legged Golden Crow — Agrees to follow him after being subdued at Saint Cliff 303.
• Hong Yi — Young cultivator who earns his favorable first impression; Li Qingshan later leaves Hong Yi’s political struggle to its own course 356 379.

Notable Quotes

“Even if ten thousand tribulations lie ahead, I will break them all with my own strength!” 39

“External things and opportunities can lend you strength and hasten your progress, but you must not rely on them or lose yourself in them.” 232

“A true Dao Fruit must be forged through your own will, sweat, and even blood and fire.” 232

Trivia

• His father chooses “Qingshan” with the hope that he will remain grounded and live his own remarkable life regardless of circumstance 1.
• He reads about the historical “Shura Qing” before his own martial exploits establish that name 2 25.
• His previous-life reading includes Dragon Snake Romance and Shrouding the Heavens, giving him knowledge he uses to identify people, dangers, and opportunities 2 77 81.
• Despite his outward composure, he privately jokes that his progress comes from hard cultivation, extraordinary talent, and “every cheat maxed out” 299.