Jade Pool

Biodata

Background and History

Founding and Inheritance

Jade Pool was founded by the Western Emperor, whose Innate Dao Embryo physique became the central symbol of its inheritance. Its disciples inherited her complete Dao lineage rather than descending from her by blood. For countless years, the holy land searched unsuccessfully for another bearer of the same physique 107 110.

Its cultivation tradition emphasizes nature and harmony between the body, heaven, and earth. The Western Emperor’s Dao resonance permeates its grounds, supporting cultivation and comprehension of the Dao 109 111 116.

Recruitment of Li Qingshan

Lin Qingyao and her accompanying elders encountered Li Qingshan undergoing heavenly tribulation in the Northern Region. Recognizing traits associated with their founder’s physique, they invited him to Jade Pool’s Pingyan City outpost. There, Lin Qingyao offered him a guest-elder position and an introduction to the Queen Mother of the West 107 108 110.

The initial agreement was deliberately lenient: Li Qingshan would receive an elder’s stipend, exchange insights with disciples, and assist during a major crisis as circumstances allowed. Jade Pool sought a lasting connection with his potential rather than tightly restricting him 110.

His arrival at the holy land stirred the Western Emperor Pagoda and awakened a hidden Saint. With their approval, the Queen Mother appointed him Holy Son, placing him on equal standing with Lin Qingyao. The decision broke Jade Pool’s longstanding prohibition against accepting male disciples; objections subsided when its leaders explained the approaching calamity and his possible importance to the lineage’s survival 117.

Protection and the Wushi Inheritance

Jade Pool gave Li Qingshan priority access to cultivation resources, a Saint-protected residence, and support from its hidden foundations. During his later year-long tribulation, the Jade Pool Saint wielded the imperial pagoda to block powerful outside wills seeking to approach him 118 120 240.

The holy land declined to join the other major factions’ expedition into Purple Mountain. The Queen Mother’s stated reason was that the time had not arrived and the causes and consequences remained unclear. Li Qingshan subsequently answered the Beginningless Bell’s summons alone and returned with Great Emperor Wushi’s inheritance and the bell 229 240 261.

Refuge for Li Qingshan’s Associates

At Li Qingshan’s request, Jade Pool brought his former students and associates from Earth to Zixia Peak. They received individual residences, cultivation supplies, access to basic texts, and assistance from steward disciples, allowing them to cultivate without their earlier fears over survival 265.

Yan Ruyu and her demon companions also sought its protection. After Human World assassins attacked her while she was staying at Jade Pool, she was moved to Illusory Moon Lake 290 297.

Campaign Against the Assassin Divine Dynasties

Following Li Qingshan’s Dao-Severing tribulation and defeat of thirty-four attackers, Jade Pool convened a gathering to celebrate his rise and confront Hell and Human World. Li Qingshan and the Queen Mother used the assembly to compel the major factions to take a position against the Assassin Divine Dynasties 286 287.

More than a hundred representatives swore an oath, turning the campaign into a joint undertaking of the Big Dipper’s leading powers. After Li Qingshan destroyed the Nine Hells, Jade Pool organized and distributed his intelligence on surviving strongholds, supply networks, and collaborators. The resulting alliance attacks crippled the remaining networks and triggered purges across the Five Regions 288 294 297.

Confrontation with the Primordial Races

At the later Flat Peach Gathering, Jade Pool received a delegation announcing the awakening of thousands of Primordial clans. Their demands included control of the land within a hundred thousand li of each clan’s sleeping place. Li Qingshan subdued the arrogant messenger and suppressed the Blood Moon Clan’s Half-Saint 318 322 323.

He deliberately spared the Half-Saint to provoke an attack, giving Jade Pool grounds to retaliate without immediately drawing the other imperial clans into war. The Jade Pool Saint agreed to fight, while Gu Tianshu offered to wield the Beginningless Bell in secret. The Blood Moon Clan’s subsequent destruction made Jade Pool a deterrent that other ancient factions carefully avoided 324 330 332 334.

Li Qingshan’s Departure

Before returning to Earth, Li Qingshan worried that his absence would leave Jade Pool vulnerable. Gu Tianshu promised to preserve its legacy and wield the Western Emperor Pagoda if necessary. After spending three further months at the holy land, Li Qingshan departed with the Queen Mother’s encouragement, while Gu Tianshu and the Jade Pool Saint watched him leave 338 344.

Leadership and Organization

• Restricted scripture transmission: The Holy Maiden cannot independently grant access to the Western Emperor Scripture; such a decision requires the Queen Mother and the holy land’s hidden powers 110.
• Guest elders: Receive a stipend with comparatively few restrictions, contributing through Dao exchanges and assistance in major crises 110.
• Holy Son privileges: Include access to ancient texts, secret realms, and resources outside core prohibitions, together with a personal residence and identity token 117 118.

Territory and Facilities

• Main holy land: Immortal mountains, jade towers, floating palaces, spirit springs, medicinal fields, and lotus ponds. Dense essence Qi and the founder’s lingering Dao resonance make it a powerful cultivation environment 116 318.
• Immortal Palace: Ceremonial seat of the Queen Mother and the venue for Li Qingshan’s appointment. Its murals depict the Western Emperor preaching the Dao and suppressing turmoil 117.
• Qingwei Blessed Land: Li Qingshan’s Saint-protected residence, supplied with cultivation resources, halls, equipment, and a control token. It includes access to the Immortal Tears Pool used in his training 118.
• Immortal Pool Secret Realm: A secluded cultivation ground containing liquefied essence Qi and ancient divine lotuses that release life essence and Dao fragments 261 270.
• Ancient Land of Dao Source: A separate space created by Jade Pool’s forebears. Its Dao-stone ground, ancient comprehension sites, and floating peak host the gathering that establishes the anti-assassin alliance 287 288.
• Zixia Peak: A spiritually rich peak outside the main mountain range, used to house Li Qingshan’s associates from Earth 265.
• Illusory Moon Lake: Yan Ruyu’s protected residence after the assassination attempt against her 297.
• Purple Bamboo Forest guest hall: A reception hall built from ten-thousand-year spirit jade, surrounded by purple bamboo 316.
• Pingyan City outpost: Includes the Immortal Stone Workshop and a Dao-infused residential compound. Jade Pool displays nine unusual stones obtained from the edge of the Primordial Ancient Mine here 108 109 110 113.
• Holy City branch: Maintains local disciples and a branch residence; its personnel can provide discreet protection for Li Qingshan’s associates 126 291.

Inheritance, Weapons, and Defenses

Western Emperor Scripture

• Complete imperial inheritance: Preserved by Jade Pool as the foundation of its Dao lineage 108 110.
• Cultivation emphasis: Natural harmony with heaven and earth; Lin Qingyao’s cultivation causes surrounding Dao laws and spiritual Qi to respond to her movements and breathing 111.
• Understanding of the Innate Dao Embryo: Jade Pool maintains ancient records of its founder’s physique and claims unmatched expertise in its cultivation within the Big Dipper 107 110.
• Contribution to Li Qingshan’s path: The scripture’s methods become an important foundation for his later cultivation 240.

Imperial Weapons and Saint-Level Protection

• Western Emperor Pagoda: Jade Pool’s inherited imperial weapon. Its divine will endorses Li Qingshan’s appointment, and the Jade Pool Saint uses it to repel outside interference during his tribulation 117 240.
• Beginningless Bell: Obtained by Li Qingshan with Wushi’s inheritance. Its presence alongside the pagoda gives Jade Pool the deterrence of two imperial weapons, though it remains tied to Li Qingshan rather than being Jade Pool’s original inheritance 261 322.
• Jade Pool Saint: The holy land’s ancient Saint-level guardian 240 288.
• Li Qingshan: Possesses Saint-level combat strength while still a seventh-heaven King 288.
• Gu Tianshu: A Great Saint allied with Jade Pool’s defenders; promises to safeguard the lineage during Li Qingshan’s absence 288 338.

Formations and Communications

• Anti-surveillance formations: The Pingyan compound neutralizes intrusive divine sense and disables spying artifacts brought near it 114.
• Layered defensive restrictions: Generations of sages leave protective formations around Jade Pool’s core. Exceptionally destructive tribulation resonance can still penetrate them and injure weaker disciples 123.
• Secret communication jade: A high-level messaging artifact linked to a core disciple’s identity token. Li Qingshan activates his with his unique bloodline presence and a Jade Pool secret art 136.
• Intelligence network: Collects, organizes, and distributes information across regions, becoming central to the alliance’s destruction of the Assassin Divine Dynasties’ surviving networks 286 297.

Treasures and Cultivation Resources

• Stone Kings: Preserved over generations in a secluded garden associated with the Immortal Pool. Their contents include valuable lifeforms as well as dangerous ancient presences requiring purification 122 317.
• Nine-Aperture Divine Stone: Nurtures a Female Saint Spirit. Li Qingshan’s blood advances its development and grants him insight into the creation of life 122.
• Five-colored Stone King: Contains the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s son’s egg. Its presence carries political danger because harming the descendant could bring hostile ancient races against Jade Pool 122 317.
• Flat peaches: Valuable gifts and banquet offerings; Li Qingshan gives the visiting Ji Family Holy Lord two thousand-year flat peaches 318.
• Cultivation stipends: Include Source, medicinal pills, access to texts, and residences fitted with Spirit-Gathering Arrays 265.

Gatherings and Diplomacy

• Holy Lord reception: Jade Pool reserves a crystalline avenue leading to its floating palaces for guests of Holy Lord standing 318.
• Military diplomacy: Its leadership uses shared oaths, intelligence distribution, and coordinated operations to turn Li Qingshan’s victories into a wider campaign 288 297.
• Caution toward wider war: The Jade Pool Saint prioritizes preserving the lineage and warns that provoking one ancient clan could draw in allied Ancestor Kings or an Ancient Emperor Weapon 324.

Relationships

• Western Emperor — Founder and source of the holy land’s complete Dao inheritance; the lineage is not a blood-descendant clan 107 110.
• Li Qingshan — Recruited as a guest elder, then accepted as Holy Son. Jade Pool supports his growth, while he pledges to share its fortunes and directs his strength against its enemies 110 117 286.
• Gu Tianshu — Allied Great Saint and protector who commits to defending Jade Pool after Li Qingshan’s departure 324 338 344.
• Ye Fan and the Earth companions — Receive refuge, cultivation assistance, and protection through Li Qingshan’s arrangements 265 291.
• Yan Ruyu and her demon companions — Sheltered guests seeking protection amid internal demon conflict and outside threats 264 290 297.
• Hell and Human World — Enemy Assassin Divine Dynasties targeted by the Jade Pool-led alliance; their retaliation includes attacks on Jade Pool disciples and guests 288 291 297.
• Blood Moon Clan — Hostile Primordial royal clan drawn into confrontation with Li Qingshan; its destruction strengthens Jade Pool’s deterrent against other ancient factions 324 330 332 334.