Li Boyang

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Transmigration and Rebirth

Li Boyang originally came from twenty-first-century Earth. After his first transmigration, his physical body died, exposing his unusual soul to an unnamed old man. Unable to destroy the otherworldly soul through ordinary refinement, the old man fused it with a tiny golden sword using a pill furnace and three-colored flame. The process fragmented Li Boyang’s memories and severely dulled his emotions 1.

He next became conscious inside Chen Yun’s womb, with his soul housed in a semitransparent Sword Pill in his Dantian. He did not know how he had escaped the old man or become an unborn child. While learning the local language by listening to conversations, he discovered his Heavenly Eye and began experimenting with Innate Qi 1.

Xiluo supplied Chen Yun with spirit-creature meat, allowing him to cultivate without exhausting his mother’s nourishment. This accelerated his development but also influenced his body. At birth, he concealed his Heavenly Eye and controlled the Sword Pill, yet could not hide his scarlet hair. His failure to cry earned him the nickname Non-Crying Child 3 4 5.

Improving Life in the Mountains

The hunger of Big Girl, his young caretaker, confronted Li Boyang with the difference between historical descriptions of poverty and actually living among starving people. He later stated that he could not bear watching people starve when he had the means to help 8 61.

He expanded cultivation alongside practical improvements to village life. A borrowed Fang Boar helped reclaim farmland, while Big Black Dog assisted with seed selection and accelerated breeding. Fields planted with seeds borrowed from his family yielded ten to twenty percent more grain, encouraging villagers to exchange seeds with them 48 49.

His influence extended beyond agriculture to sanitation, breathing exercises, medicinal support, education, and industry. He favored improvements that communities could maintain themselves rather than benefits dependent on his personal presence. When regulating Mountain Hollow Village’s earth veins for bamboo cultivation, he explicitly rejected making the villagers reliant on powers only he possessed 138 200 288 434.

Teaching and Reforming the Gods

Li Boyang constructed a cultivation system from his own unusual experiences, although he initially could not reproduce the coincidences that had awakened his Primordial Spirit. He distinguished self-derived Divine Abilities from Law Techniques that drew on external divine power 47 65 199.

His dealings with Big Black Dog combined instruction, experimentation, and bargaining: she cultivated improved seeds, while he taught her cultivation. Despite her assistance, he refused to undo her seal 49.

In Yunmeng Marsh, he held monthly Dao discourses for ghosts and gods who had performed their work well. These teachings formed part of an effort to reform them sufficiently to leave the marsh. His authority eventually extended far beyond the reputation of a local mountain god’s son 236 242.

Floods and Divine Conflicts

During the flooding unleashed by Wuzhiqi, Li Boyang organized flood control, disaster relief, and emergency responses among the mountain communities. To change the weather, he sought the Heaven-Eroding Lord, entering the shadow-infested sealing ground alone while Xiluo waited outside 207 242.

He later fought Buyan Huyu’s living jade statue and four regenerating Heavenly Deity incarnations. Destroying the statue outright would have collapsed the South Sea’s sea eye, so he fought under the restriction of preventing a catastrophic flood. Afterward, his plans for reclaiming submerged land also included opening routes throughout the Hundred Lands Mountain Range 308 311.

Against Wu Xian, he used his Heavenly Eye and God-Binding Cords while examining the opponent’s Netherworld-like domain. Single Horn Si observed that Li Boyang was withholding his strongest treasures and would become more dangerous as he learned his enemy’s methods 337.

Reshaping Souls and Worlds

Li Boyang used Soul Jade, Wu Yao’s skeleton, his blood, and the Heavenly Mandate Bone Plastron in an unconventional resurrection experiment. He distinguished the emerging personality from the original Wu Yao while developing an explanation of the Life Soul and Seven Corporeal Souls that could support reincarnation 467.

His exploration of Wangshu’s dream uncovered the Sea of Alaya Consciousness, a shared subconscious connected to living beings and all things. His later intervention helped turn Great Sovereign Heaven from a secret realm into a world seed, intended to provide a buffer between the increasingly interconnected mortal world and Netherworld 527 544.

His projects also included the Star God Network. Tokens connected artificial heavenly palaces and Circumstellar Constructs to the Mystic Garden Barrier, supplying users of the God-Control Law with primordial Qi and stellar power. He hoped the mountain folk would discover uses beyond cultivation and spellcasting 749.

Time Travel and the Pursuit of Transcendence

Li Boyang’s use of the Kunlun Mirror repeatedly carried him and Xiluo through different eras. He concluded that Wu Jun had deliberately left a mirror as bait, anticipating that Li Boyang would investigate it and eventually travel through spacetime 691.

Although he could have merged with the Jade Disc of Creation to become the Lord of Time, he continued pursuing Refining Emptiness and Uniting with the Dao instead. His aim was not simply to return to Earth: he remained attached to both lives, but his decisive motivation was discovering what lay beyond the cultivation path 743 960.

When Xiluo discovered that he had already begun, she opposed his willingness to risk his existence. Li Boyang insisted that someone had to explore the uncertain route, while refusing to let those close to him follow before its feasibility was established 944.

As he severed karma, even Li Jingshu and Li Xuandu began forgetting him. He ultimately asked the Netherworld Lord to take on the concept of his death, eliminating his chance of resurrection. In the supplied finale passage, he returns to his companions for a farewell rather than allowing their last meeting to remain a quarrel 945 967 976 979.

Appearance

• Scarlet hair: Present from birth because of the spirit-creature nourishment Chen Yun received. It can burn with actual flames, which he has used to illuminate a cave 4 8 48.
• Heavenly Eye: A vertical third eye between his brows; when closed in infancy, it resembles a narrow crack 4 19.
• Crimson skin and fangs: Distinguishing traits visible alongside his increasingly muscular physique 11 14 236.
• Build and height: Exceptionally robust by fourteen; later described as approximately two meters tall 236 643.
• Ordinary Yang God manifestation: Can appear as a solid-looking youth without his combat form’s simian fangs, retaining his flame-like red hair 260.
• Red-Haired Ghost God form: A formidable combat manifestation whose image becomes a symbol of fear within the collective subconscious 176 528.

Personality

Li Boyang’s early detachment is an imposed condition rather than simple composure. The Sword Pill’s refinement leaves him unable to feel normal anger, hatred, or guilt; he recognizes with unease that killing does not produce the empathy or reverence for life he expects from his previous upbringing 1 19.

His practical compassion centers on giving others the means to live and develop. He works to eliminate hunger, spread knowledge, and cultivate independence rather than demand moral perfection from impoverished people. He also welcomes the prospect that future generations might surpass his understanding 61 502 520 602.

He is cautious without being passive. Divination, observation, and tailored treasures let him study enemies before committing his strongest methods. He prefers avoiding unnecessary escalation, but does not reject violence or military development: possessing force remains essential even when he hopes not to use it 337 377 379 419 434.

Affection remains central to his private life. He apologizes for worrying his parents, jokes with familiar companions, and opens his heart particularly freely to Li Jingshu. Nevertheless, his determination to explore the Dao can override his loved ones’ objections, leading him to conceal the beginning of his final cultivation attempt 288 821 877 944.

Abilities & Skills

Swordsmanship and Body-Protecting Sword Qi

• Lucid Sword Heart: Rapidly masters sword techniques, improves perception and accuracy, and enters a state of unity with the Divine Firmament Sword 41.
• Splitting Light and Transforming Shadows: Creates disposable Sha Qi swords that reproduce the original sword’s hardness and sharpness 41.
• Automatic protection: The Sword Pill’s defensive Sword Qi becomes passive during his prenatal development 3.
• Combined offense and defense: His Body-Protecting Sword Qi is unusually complete; even Jinjiao and Yinjiao inherit only one of its two properties each 642.
• Formation-breaking: Shatters the Three-Legged Golden Toad’s Big Dipper Seven Stars Great Formation 484.

Heavenly Eye

• Perceives prenatal nourishment and the movement of Qi 1.
• Examines internal organs, muscles, and meridians closely enough to identify a living talisman incantation 107.
• Reads minute combat movements and supports anticipation of enemy attacks 308.
• Inspects materials and latent artifact potential during refinement 286 478.
• Assists attempts to penetrate interference in divination and historical investigation 613.

Primordial Spirit and Yang God

• Combines extraordinary spiritual learning with the accumulated memories of his previous life 40.
• Manifests outside his physical body and gathers primordial Qi into a spiritual form 83 260.
• Scatters and reassembles his Yang God to evade attacks; assumes forms including Three Heads and Six Arms and Heaven and Earth Dharma Form 308.
• Gains light-speed thought and reaction after entering Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness 407.
• Uses Roaming Spirit and Controlling Qi to investigate dreams and divide into countless manifestations, especially within Great Sovereign Heaven 527 544.

Black and Yellow Qi

• Retains the functions of life primordial Qi while integrating him into nature in a way that frustrates ordinary fate-based divination 89.
• Gives his Divine Abilities and Law Techniques unique effects rather than merely increasing their strength 164.
• Supports concealment of his presence, karma, and destiny, beyond ordinary invisibility 164.
• Forms the substance of the Heaven and Earth Black and Yellow Exquisite Pagoda 406.

Divination and Spiritual Perception

• Uses the Heavenly Mandate Bone Plastron to assess danger and terrain before entering hazardous locations 48.
• Receives personal premonitions through his Primordial Spirit without needing the plastron 90.
• Studies methods including the Nine Chapters on the Secrets of Divination and Nine Chapters of the Lower Mysteries 146 164.
• Remains skeptical of treating fate as infallible, warning Xiluo that Heavenly Mandate abilities can influence their users 573 593.

Transformation and Shadow Manifestations

• Thousand Transformations · Earthly Fiend Transformation: Alters bodily structure and assists the regeneration of bones bearing talismanic inscriptions; initially requires the Imprisoned Soul Cauldron to stabilize the patient’s new form 115.
• Complete biological transformation: Becomes a genuine Longbo Giant with the species’ traits, rather than merely imitating its appearance 643.
• Shadow Baleful Intent Dharma Aspects: Fight shadow creatures, carry poison, and supplement attacks on body and mind 207 308.
• Specialized shadow forms: Develops housekeeping, artifact-refining, pill-refining, and training manifestations 398.
• Control over hostile shadows: Seizes Huoji’s unfinished Dharma Aspect because Huoji cannot fully command a shadow that is not his own 397.

Movement Techniques

• Riding Clouds and Driving Mist: Flight properties depend on the Yuan Qi used. His Earth Sha baleful cloud has exceptional endurance near the ground but limited altitude 65 122.
• Five Elements Escape Techniques: Provide faster travel under suitable conditions, but turbulent Yuan Qi outside the Hundred Lands Mountain Range initially prevents their proper use 313.

Medicine, Talismans, and Artifact Refinement

• Sets broken bones and uses anatomical observation to improve a living talisman’s structure 107 115.
• Supplies healing and cultivation pills to villagers and family members 200 288.
• Produces equipment tailored to individuals, including treasures that let Li Jingshu and Deception Rabbit challenge stronger opponents 286.
• Favors inexpensive, reproducible tools over exclusively unique divine artifacts 286.
• Can design highly targeted Law Treasures when given enough information and preparation 337.
• First refines a Law Treasure entirely without the Imprisoned Soul Cauldron when creating the Purple-Gold Red Gourd 357.
• Summarizes his cultivation and abilities in the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Divine Abilities 568.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Sword Pill / Divine Firmament Sword — The Sword Pill houses his soul in infancy; the Divine Firmament Sword supplies sword-control properties and grows alongside him 1 40 41.
• Heavenly Mandate Bone Plastron — Divination implement used for travel, danger assessment, and seed-breeding research; later placed within Wu Yao’s skeleton during her reconstruction 48 49 467.
• Imprisoned Soul Cauldron — Assists transformation and artifact refinement, including tempering matter and imbuing it with spirituality 115 357.
• God-Binding Cords — Capture divine beings and restrain transforming opponents; multiple cords can emerge from the void 199 337.
• Taiji Diagram — A personally used Law Treasure associated with his formation work 313 339.
• Purple-Gold Red Gourd — Marks his first independent Law Treasure refinement without the cauldron’s assistance 357.
• Heaven and Earth Black and Yellow Exquisite Pagoda — Forged during his breakthrough. Its defense theoretically endures while his thoughts and principles remain intact; later supports a temporary simulation of the Lord of Time’s power 406 407 743.
• Heaven and Earth Ring — Reaches and restrains the Three-Legged Golden Toad and gathers its seven stars into coins 484.
• Sun and Moon Pot — Merged with the Dragon Transformation Platform obtained from the Water Mother Primordial Lady 632.
• Kunlun Mirror — Used for spacetime travel and other interventions; entrusted to Li Jingshu when he investigates the Nether Spring eruption 691 749 821.
• Scarlet fur coat / Red-Skinned Silk Fur Robe — Chen Yun makes his scarlet coat from the Silk Fur Robe and his hair; his later robe changes along with his Longbo Giant transformation 90 643.
• Chen Yun’s protective charm — Worn since childhood and ordinarily kept on his person even after he becomes the Dao Ancestor 669.

Relationships

• Li Yu — Father. Defends the newborn Li Boyang against the midwife’s accusation that he is a freak and later recognizes his son’s intentions with ease 4 289.
• Chen Yun — Mother. Gives him his childhood nickname and remains a source of affection after his rise. He worries about her neglecting cultivation and giving away her pills 5 288.
• Li Jingshu / Big Girl — Childhood caretaker and elder-sister figure; one of the few people to whom he opens his heart completely. Houtu identifies love as the basis of his unconditional trust in her 8 61 821 969.
• Xiluo — Prenatal benefactor, protector, cultivation companion, and lifelong confidante. Their bond survives disputes over imprisoned gods, Wu Yao, and his dangerous pursuit of transcendence 4 5 821 944 979.
• Heaven-Eroding Lord / Big Black Dog — Seed-breeding collaborator, cultivation experimental subject, and eventual old friend. Later agrees to help preserve what Li Boyang leaves behind during Dao Merging 49 210 955 956.
• Netherworld Lord — Early protector, peer, and friend. His kindness creates a particularly difficult karmic bond; he ultimately accepts Li Boyang’s concept of death to help him take the final step 587 975 976.
• Lu Huaijin — Disciple whose natural talent makes the mind-communication Divine Ability easier to learn 236.
• Wangshu — Disciple and dream companion. He comforts her younger dream-self and later praises her mastery of the Celestial Star Gods’ Dao even as she moves to stop him 527 944.
• Li Xuandu — Direct disciple, known as the Primordial Beginning Heavenly King. Li Boyang removes karmic traces associated with him across different eras during his pursuit of transcendence 595 967 968.
• Li Xi / Xiao Xi — Younger adoptive sister. He carries her on his back, spends time with her, and arranges help for her vulnerable early development 425 427.
• Wu Yao — Subject of his resurrection research and a warning against unquestioning obedience to Heavenly Mandate. Her reconstructed personality retains the intelligence and rebelliousness of the original 467 468 593.
• Pure Yang Primordial Spirit — A self-aware being for whom he creates a body; regards Li Boyang as its “father” but deliberately rejects resembling him 840.

Notable Quotes

“Ah, I just don't like watching people starve to death in front of me!” 61

“You help me cultivate seeds, and I teach you cultivation.” 49

“You'll remember me again. I promise!” 945

“The road ahead is unknown, and the Great Dao is my constant companion.”

“But you were the ones who accompanied me along the roads I've already traveled.” 979

Trivia

• “Non-Crying Child” predates his formal local name: Mountain custom forbids formally naming children before five; Chen Yun instead names him for his failure to cry at birth 5.
• “Son of the Mountain God” is an honorific, not his parentage: Outsiders adopt it because they consider “Red Boy” and “Non-Crying Child” insufficiently respectful 91.
• His fearsome image acquires a separate existence: A Demon King in the Sea of Alaya Consciousness resembles his Red-Haired Ghost God form because living beings associate that appearance with fear 528.