Xiao Ping'an

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Origins and the Tyrant Body Lineage

Xiao Ping'an transmigrated into the Mythological Era with knowledge of the original story and the wider trilogy. Born a First-Generation Heavenly Tyrant Body, he initially cultivated scriptures assembled by his parents, both ordinary Saint-realm cultivators without special physiques. They sealed him in Divine Source before traveling the Starry Sky Ancient Road, where a Dark Supreme killed them during a Dark Turmoil 3.

After leaving his clanspeople’s protection, he endured pursuit and repeated battles on the Starry Sky Ancient Road. His rivalry with the First-Generation Sacred Body continued into the Quasi-Emperor realm. Knowing the original Tyrant Body’s fate, he sealed himself after reaching great accomplishment rather than immediately attempting Alternative Dao Attainment 3 21.

He created the Tyrant Body Lineage’s scriptures, cultivation arts, and Tyrant Fist. Unlike the original history, he did not establish a bloodline oath of mutual extermination against Sacred Bodies. His marriage to Sacred Body twins instead helped turn the two lineages into relatives 3 10 11 166.

Emperorhood and Revenge

After achieving Alternative Dao Attainment, Xiao Ping'an killed the attacking Carefree Heavenly Venerate and seized his weapon and techniques. He then proved his Dao as Overlord Heavenly Venerable without merging with the Heavenly Heart Imprint 4 5.

To avenge his parents, he destroyed the four Dark Supremes of Beast God Mountain. He renamed Beast God Star the Tyrant Body Ancestral Star, renamed its forbidden mountain Heavenly Pillar Mountain, and relocated his clanspeople there. His wedding subsequently drew Heavenly Venerables, Dark Supremes, and representatives from across the universe 8 12.

Pursuit of Immortality and the Underworld

Xiao Ping'an made Red Dust Immortal Ascension his principal goal rather than immediately attempting to eliminate every Dark Supreme. He investigated divine medicines, longevity essence, formations, reincarnation, and immortal remains as possible routes to successive lifetimes 12 20 21.

His transition into a third lifetime nearly failed. After fighting Dark Supremes at the end of his life, he was ambushed by an injured Fallen Phoenix True Immortal. He ultimately slew twelve Dark Supremes and the wounded immortal in one day, refined the phoenix’s origin, and completed his renewal 26 27 28 29.

Emperor Venerable later entrusted him with the Underworld for at least two thousand years. Xiao Ping'an accepted both to study its longevity formations and to obtain resources for Yongsheng, his faith-born incarnation. His Heavenly Court position resembled that of an allied guest elder rather than a subordinate 33 34.

Forbidden Zones and Cultivation Inheritances

Xiao Ping'an accumulated cultivation grounds including the Undying Mountain, Mount Sumeru, the Phoenix Nest, and a share of the Primordial Ancient Mine. He also collected more than thirty Heavenly Venerable and Supreme scriptures 65 72.

He investigated Emperor Venerable’s corruption, destroyed a blood-sacrifice world beneath the Kunlun Secret Realm, and restored the cleansed realm to Earth. Later, he publicized the Saint Spirit Transformation Method after witnessing Ancient Emperor Xuanwu’s successful transformation 82 110.

After becoming a Chaos Body, he continued developing methods of renewal. He also opened a passage to the Strange World for eighteen Dark Supremes, Chuan Ying, Cult Master Tongtian, and Xiao Fuyun, while choosing to continue his own immortal path in the mortal universe 114 122 126 127.

Dharma-Ending Age and Red Dust Immortality

Xiao Ping'an arranged a collective Dao-proving attempt for family and allies, undertaking to break the Heavenly Heart Imprint’s restrictions and bear the backlash himself. He reserved carefully calculated positions for them and prevented outsiders from taking advantage of those arrangements 142 144.

During the Heaven and Earth Great Tribulation, he forged the Great Red Heaven Blade. After the catastrophe killed more than ninety percent of living beings, he adopted young beggars on Earth and taught them Qi Refining. Nearly a hundred thousand years of exploration developed the technique into an immortal scripture capable of establishing Dao laws through the cultivator’s own body 152.

By his ninth lifetime, he had become a Red Dust Immortal. Fuxi and Nüwa, now Heavenly Emperors, continued to acknowledge him as their master 163.

Immortal King and the River of Time

Before leaving the mortal universe, Xiao Ping'an forged the Kunlun Mirror and sent it to Earth to protect and teach Ye Fan after his birth. In the Strange World, he freed Emperor Venerable—now Heavenly Emperor Yu Feng—from an invading Red Dust Immortal soul, then studied the local Great Dao and became an Immortal King 200 203 204.

His later journeys took him through fragmented Immortal Domains, the Boundary Sea, and the River of Time. He captured a peak Dark Immortal King for research, fought a deliberately corrupted avatar, and investigated how cultivation systems themselves could transmit darkness 220 221 223 248.

In the River of Time, he killed the Red King with assistance from the Ash Jar and endured the resulting karmic backlash. He declined Shi Hao’s request to resolve the darkness threatening the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, identifying himself as a traveler from another era 235.

Appearance

• Usual human form: Tall and handsome, with an outwardly ordinary appearance concealing an imposing bearing 49.
• Renewed youthful form: Appears around twenty, with long hair, jade-like skin, and abundant vitality 21.
• Tyrant Body radiance: Long black hair, purple mist-like light, and immortal divine radiance surround him after renewed Dao attainment 80.
• At the end of a lifetime: Can become thin and withered, with white hair and depleted blood Qi, while retaining formidable combat power 24.

Personality

Xiao Ping'an is primarily driven by survival, cultivation, and control over his own fate. His knowledge of the original story helps him plan, but his near-fatal third-lifetime crisis forces him to recognize that foreknowledge does not eliminate unexpected dangers 3 29.

His generosity is selective. He considers emperors who never unleashed Dark Turmoil worth helping and supports promising cultivators with scriptures, weapons, and guidance, but rejects the obligation to act as everyone’s protector. He initially prefers to leave dangerous public work to his other selves 1 71 73.

He is also ruthless and possessive. He arranges Wang Bo’s fate to benefit Yongsheng, kills witnesses to conceal the circumstances surrounding his phoenix sons, and coerces the Divine Race heavenly maiden’s marriage to Xiao Tianshu by threatening her entire race 52 90 103 198.

Despite this, he remains deeply attached to his parents and family. He hopes to resurrect his parents upon reaching a sufficiently high realm and risks heavenly backlash to help relatives and allies attain emperorhood 12 142.

Long life eventually makes him recognize the emotional detachment that can lead ancient rulers to treat living beings coldly. Although he does not excuse Dark Supremes, he deliberately returns to ordinary society to preserve his humanity 84 111.

Abilities & Skills

Heavenly Tyrant Body and Tyrant Fist

• Created the lineage’s foundational scriptures and the Tyrant Fist, later incorporating Saint Spirit techniques into the fist art 3 6.
• Studied the Beast God’s Nine Great Divine Forms as the basis for understanding the forms associated with later Tyrant Bodies 6.
• Fused the Tyrant Fist with the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist, producing manifestations of six worlds with altered time and space 94.

Nine Secrets: Ba and Spacetime Manipulation

• Controls time with one hand and space with the other; combines them to sever spacetime, collapse space, and imprison enemies 6 18 19.
• Developed the technique using inspiration from the Gu Ancestor Treasured Technique described in the trilogy 6.
• Shattered Dao-transformation fire to preserve True Immortal remains and severed dangerous tribulation lightning 33 41.

Reincarnation and Longevity Research

• Studied the Netherworld Venerable’s Nine-Lifetime Reincarnation Seal methods, the Yellow Springs, and formation-based renewal 20 76.
• Devised methods involving internally cultivated longevity essence, Chaos Body transformation, and flame nirvana 21 52 114 122.
• Combined time, space, and reincarnation into a Great Dao Treasure Wheel to examine Daode Heavenly Venerable’s seals and true-spirit continuity 100.
• Developed Qi Refining into an immortal scripture suitable for a Dharma-ending environment 152.

Other Secret Arts and Precious Techniques

• Third Supreme Technique: Raises his presence and attack power tenfold 17.
• Nine Secrets: Possesses Xing, Zu, and Zhe; later finds Emperor Venerable’s complete scripture and Jie inheritance in Kunlun 18 73.
• Heaven-Mending Technique: Teaches the fundamental mysteries of Saint Spirit origins and helps immature Saint Spirits approach perfection 65 66.
• Ancient Ten Fiends techniques: Possesses techniques taught by the Desolate Heavenly Emperor; gains further insight through Nine Nether Ao and Phoenix experiences 247 260.
• Lightning Emperor’s Precious Technique: Produces his second wisp of Quasi-Immortal Emperor Light and opens additional Gates of Potential 249.

Incarnations and Independent Selves

• Creates avatars from individual hairs and receives their experiences after exploration 45.
• Refines accumulated faith into Yongsheng, then severs their connection to grant the incarnation an independent life 29.
• Uses a Demonic Seed to seize the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s body secretly 52 67.
• Manifests three figures embodying time, space, and reincarnation; uses them with the Sixth Secret Realm to burn an invading immortal soul out of Yu Feng 203.

Formations, Divination, and Refining

• Combines the Source Heaven Great Dao, Nine Secrets: Zu, and his formation knowledge to unravel dangerous Dao formations 53.
• Uses the Heavenly Heart Imprint and other treasures to investigate hidden identities and locations, though his divination is not infallible 26 29 52.
• Forges Extreme Dao Weapons and Immortal Artifacts, including the Great Red Heaven Blade and Kunlun Mirror 73 152 200.
• Establishes Five-Colored Altars across nearly every Life Source Land to enable interstellar travel 122.

Darkness and Karma Research

• Expels and refines Dark Weird Substance, studies corrupted avatars, and investigates corruption transmitted through cultivation systems 221 223 248.
• Can temporarily restore a corrupted Immortal King’s senses, but the victim later succumbs again 248.
• Survives karmic backlash from killing the Red King across time; studying and eliminating that backlash advances his cultivation 235 236.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Overlord Heaven Bell / Tyrant Bell — His Dao-proving weapon, originally forged from Divine Mark Purple Gold. Strengthened with Immortal Tear Green Gold, faith, Supreme remains, immortal runes, and later Light Platinum 5 45 52.
• Great Dao Treasure Bottle — Seized from Carefree Heavenly Venerate; later used to collect the God-Slaying Insect’s True Immortal essence 4 33.
• White Bone Saber — An offensive Immortal Artifact; devoured the Bronze Immortal Palace’s former weapon spirit and became stronger 45.
• Bronze Immortal Palace — Claimed after replacing its weapon spirit. Contains a small chaos world rich in rare metals, Mother Qi of All Things, and other refining resources 45.
• Heaven-Penetrating Nether Treasure — An Underworld Immortal Artifact whose deity he subdued; subsequently accompanied him in the search for the Undying Mountain 37 52 53.
• Great Red Heaven Blade — Immortal Artifact forged from Heaven’s Will Blade fragments, nine Immortal Golds, Hundun Essence, Mother Qi of All Things, and divine fire, bearing his three supreme laws 152.
• Kunlun Mirror — Immortal Artifact forged from chaos, stars, and other treasures, then assigned to protect and instruct Ye Fan 200.
• Ash Jar — Helps destroy the Red King, grind away a Quasi-Immortal Emperor bone weapon, and neutralize karmic backlash; it cannot always remove the backlash quickly enough to spare him injury 235.
• Immortal Divine Medicines — Holdings include the Ginseng Fruit Tree, White Turtle Bearing an Immortal, Divine Phoenix Immortal Medicine, Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree, Humanoid Undying Divine Medicine, and Bodhi Tree 65 72.

Relationships

• Parents — Saint-realm cultivators killed during Dark Turmoil. Their deaths motivate his revenge and his hope of eventually mastering resurrection 3 12.
• Sacred Body twin sisters — His two wives, both Great Accomplished Sacred Bodies with Alternative Dao Attainment. Their marriage helps reconcile the Sacred Body and Tyrant Body lineages 10 11 20.
• Yongsheng / Hundun Heavenly Venerable — His independent Body of Faith. Xiao Ping'an supplies resources and arranges the seizure of Wang Bo’s fate to help Yongsheng become a flawless Chaos Body and Heavenly Venerable 29 52 56.
• Undying Heavenly Emperor — Secretly seized through Xiao Ping'an’s Demonic Seed; later operates as another of his selves and guards the Life Source Lands during the collective tribulation 67 71 142.
• Netherworld Venerable — Fellow researcher in longevity and reincarnation who shares his methods with Xiao Ping'an 2 20 82.
• Emperor Venerable / Heavenly Emperor Yu Feng — Ally who entrusts him with the Underworld. Xiao Ping'an remains wary of his corruption and later frees him from an invading immortal soul 29 33 203.
• Ancient Emperor Xuanwu — Initially his servant; their relationship develops into one of teacher, friend, and future ally 41 74.
• Fuxi and Nüwa — Disciples whom he equips with scriptures, divine medicines, weapon materials, and cultivation guidance. Both later become Heavenly Emperors 73 163.
• Taichu — Disciple taught the Heaven-Mending Technique to develop his Saint Spirit origin 64 65.
• Female bodhisattva of Mount Sumeru — A Saint Spirit peacock whom he spares and teaches after taking her treasures; they later cultivate together 66 67.
• Bai Feng'er — Former Undying Heavenly Empress, renamed by Xiao Ping'an. Bears Great Phoenix and Little Phoenix after the Undying Heavenly Emperor secretly uses Xiao Ping'an’s essence blood 90 198.
• Xiao Moling and Xiao Yungui — Sons summoned to participate in his collective emperorhood attempt 142.
• Xiao Xingyao and Xiao Xuanyuan — Daughter and fourth son respectively; he reunites with his children in an Immortal Domain fragment after a separation exceeding one and a half million years 219 220.
• Xiao Tianshu — Descendant whose marriage to the Divine Race heavenly maiden Xiao Ping'an forces through threats 103.
• Xiao Fuyun — Descendant whom he rewards, sends to the Strange World, and later instructs there 126 204.
• Ye Fan — Future cultivator for whom he leaves the Kunlun Mirror as a protector and teacher 200.
• Desolate Heavenly Emperor / Shi Hao — Cultivation role model. Xiao Ping'an encounters his imprint and later meets the young Shi Hao while traveling through time 201 235.

Notable Quotes

“Though I bear the name of Overlord, I don't have so many schemes in mind. I only want to devote myself to studying the method of Red Dust Immortal Ascension and become an immortal in this mortal world.” 30

“This is the result of many years of deductions. My strength has now reached a critical point. Breaking the Heavenly Heart Imprint and suppressing the myriad Daos of heaven and earth are no longer difficult for me.” 142

Trivia

• His parents named him Ping'an because they hoped he would live in peace and safety 4.
• His intervention prevents the original history’s deadly Sacred Body–Tyrant Body feud. Not every later Tyrant Body is his biological descendant; some are independently born First-Generation Tyrant Bodies 166.
• He sometimes invokes the Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable’s name while doing something wicked 52.
• By his Immortal King breakthrough, he has witnessed nearly five million years of emperors, clans, and holy lands rising and falling 205.