Li Yuanchao

Biodata

Background / History

Confirming Contact with Another World

Li Yuanchao initially regarded immortals, gods, and transmigration as incompatible with his materialist and atheist beliefs. After local police brought him a fish-shaped jade pendant carrying Lu Li’s voice, he ordered an investigation into the young man’s disappearance and demanded conclusive verification of the signal’s origin. Surveillance confirmed that Lu Li had vanished after touching the pendant, while an agency-wide investigation established that the signal originated beyond Blue Star 2.

Accepting the evidence, Li told Lu Li that the nation believed him. He arranged the first supply transfer: a handheld mining drill and a Desert Eagle with twenty-eight rounds, including three spare magazines. After the transfer succeeded, he instructed Lu Li to remain safe, gather information, and contact Great Xia again when possible. He then departed for Jinghai to report the discovery 2 3.

Establishing Group 749

Following instructions from the highest level, Li placed the General Administration on level-one alert. The building entered lockdown, and the pendant was moved to an underground control hall for continuous monitoring. During their next communication, he assured Lu Li that Great Xia would unconditionally support his survival and development in the cultivation world 5.

After learning about Lu Li’s precarious position under Bai Sheng, Li tasked the Battle Command Department with finding a safer course of action. He also ordered immediate research into the Azure Gold Spirit Ore and cultivation manual Lu Li transmitted. These efforts developed into Group 749, which consolidated personnel and resources to study the otherworldly cultivation civilization 6 7 8.

The Southern Heavenly Gate Mission

Li warned Lu Li against rashly testing the researchers’ theoretical improvements to the Five Elements Instruction. When Lu Li chose to proceed, Li respected his decision but emphasized caution and the importance of recording his experiences 10 11.

He also authorized a white-mouse experiment to investigate living-body transmission through the pendant. Only the glass box crossed worlds; the mouse remained on Blue Star. When researchers suggested that returning home might require an immortal’s power, Li encouraged Lu Li not to abandon hope, proposing that his family might eventually cultivate and live long enough to await his return 11 12.

Li announced the Southern Heavenly Gate mission: investigate otherworldly civilizations, support Lu Li in becoming an immortal, and ultimately bring immortal cultivation to Great Xia. Lu Li, as its pioneer, was promised access to the country’s resources 12.

National Mobilization and Family Protection

To expand the project, Li ordered outstanding personnel requisitions fulfilled unconditionally. For urgently needed custom machinery, he directed officials to prioritize state-owned suppliers and requisition qualified private companies when necessary, with the state paying twice the price. He subsequently rallied researchers and engineers to accelerate spirit-ore research 18 19.

After Ma Liu’s discovery of Lu Li’s communication exposed the danger of his circumstances, Li pressed Group 749 to work faster. He also ordered officials to formalize Lu Li’s status and reassure his family. The resulting support included a one-million-yuan payment and a Household of Merit plaque for his parents, along with educational support for his sister, Lu Yao 22 23 24 25.

Li supervised the seventh purification experiment, which successfully produced spiritual liquid with 80% purity. A subsequent attempt to activate the jade pendant from Great Xia’s side using the liquid failed 26.

Bureau 749 and Cross-World Artifact Refining

When Lu Li resumed voice contact after entering the Azure Pool Sect’s outer sect, Li first asked about his safety and immediate needs. He relayed the strategy team’s recommendations: choose safe missions, acquire cultivation resources and practical skills, and avoid unnecessary travel outside the sect. He later advised postponing the purchase of a Spirit Testing Stone so that Lu Li’s resources could remain devoted to his own cultivation 30 33.

Li secured approval to reorganize Group 749 into Bureau 749 and relocate its research operations beneath Mount Baiwang. Wang Zhiwen became research group head, while Lu Li received an honorary leadership position in the Pioneer Group. Li subsequently sent Lu Li organizational documents and a report confirming that his family was doing well 38 43.

During the first cross-world artifact-refining experiment, Li gave the signal to begin and promptly authorized sending the apparently inert machine-made armor to Lu Li. The armor activated upon entering the cultivation world. When Lu Li later proposed sending a Spirit Vein to Blue Star, Li insisted that he attempt it only when his safety was assured. He also recommended cultivating trustworthy disciples who would become genuinely loyal supporters 45 46.

Appearance

• Build and posture: Described as sturdy and upright; he stands ramrod straight during important communications 5 23 26.
• Bearing: Often observes laboratory work with his hands behind his back 8 45.
• Voice: His authoritative but reassuring Mandarin helps calm Lu Li during their conversations 16.

Personality

Li is evidence-driven rather than inflexibly skeptical. Although he begins as a committed atheist, he accepts the cultivation world’s existence once the investigation produces conclusive results. His insistence on certainty is explicit: he rejects assessments framed merely as “suspected” or “possible” when verifying the pendant’s signal 2.

His concern for Lu Li repeatedly takes precedence over potential scientific gains. He discourages unsafe experimentation, prioritizes Lu Li’s cultivation resources over testing Great Xia’s population, and insists that acquiring a Spirit Vein must wait until it can be attempted safely. He also rejects the distant form of address “leader,” inviting Lu Li to call him Director Li or comrade instead 3 10 33 46.

Despite his military experience and usually controlled manner, Li openly shows anxiety and relief over Lu Li’s situation. His composure falters during dangerous research setbacks and when Lu Li unexpectedly resumes voice contact after months of restricted communication 23 26 30.

Abilities & Skills

Command and Resource Mobilization

Li coordinates security personnel, military analysts, researchers, and industrial support for the cross-realm project 2 6 18.

• Activates the agency’s worldwide equipment network and overseas covert forces to verify the pendant’s signal 2.
• Establishes heightened security and continuous monitoring around the pendant 5.
• Directs recruitment, equipment procurement, and urgent industrial support 18 19.
• Secures approval for Bureau 749’s reorganization and relocation 38.

Operational Risk Management

Li uses specialist assessments to guide Lu Li’s actions rather than presenting himself as a cultivation expert 6 16 43.

• Relays the recommendation to delay outer-sect promotion for at least six months to reduce suspicion 16.
• Communicates mission-selection and resource-gathering priorities 30.
• Keeps communications short when prolonged contact could endanger Lu Li 43.
• Acknowledges his limited understanding of scientific research while maintaining safety as the overriding priority 43 46.

Relationships

• Lu Li — Great Xia’s otherworldly pioneer and Li’s principal cross-realm contact. Li supplies material assistance, conveys strategic advice, protects his family, and repeatedly urges him to survive 3 7 12 24.
• Wang Zhiwen / Elder Wang — Scientific counterpart in the cultivation research project. Li coordinates resources and operational decisions while Wang leads the research work 7 24 26 38.
• Lu Dahai and Liu Xiulan — Lu Li’s parents. Li promises to look after them and later arranges official recognition and assistance for the family 7 24.
• Lu Yao — Lu Li’s younger sister. The family-support arrangements initiated by Li extend to her education and daily life 24 25.

Notable Quotes

“In other words, the nation believes you.” 2

“You are one of the people of Great Xia, and even if you've ended up in another world, you still have the right to protection.” 3

“Do everything you can, no matter the cost, to stay alive!” 7