Chi Qiu Bai

Chi Qiu Bai, known as the Eternal Wind Knight, is the dean of Eternal Wind Academy, the leading Transcendent of Tranquil Sun Province before Dong Bo Xue Ying's rise, and one of the Xia Clan's most gifted space-oriented cultivators. He begins as a distant provincial standard against which talent is measured, but becomes Dong Bo Xue Ying's protective senior, teacher, battlefield partner, and self-described brother. His two names consistently identify the same man. The supplied corpus preserves his rise from the top of the Saint ranking to Demigod status and his apparent death after refusing to betray the clan, but the intervening chapters are damaged; later fragments establish that he returns and remains part of Xue Ying's household circle without preserving how that reversal occurs. (Chapters 7, 77, 92–219, 382, and 673)

Biography

Snow Eagle Territory and Black-Wind Cliff

Chi Qiu Bai is introduced through the institution he leads. Eternal Wind Academy is described as the greatest academy and strongest force in Tranquil Sun Province, while its dean is already regarded as the province's strongest person. That reputation makes the academy an obvious possible destination for the young Xue Ying, though the two do not yet meet. At this stage Chi Qiu Bai functions in the surviving narrative as the province's distant martial summit: his name carries enough weight for others to use admission to his academy as proof of Xue Ying's prospects. Nothing in the early passage establishes why Chi Qiu Bai founded or led the academy, so his private purpose there remains unstated. (Chapter 7)

Their first preserved encounter is indirect and grim. After Xue Ying falls into Black-Wind Abyss and is presumed lost, the matter passes upward through the Transcendent authorities until Chi Qiu Bai personally visits the cliff. He first confirms that Si Liang Hong has executed Cui Jin Peng, who caused the crisis, and allows her to leave rather than extending the punishment. He then crosses above the abyss in a step, suppresses its violent black wind, and questions the outer black-dragon guardian about the fallen mortal. The guardian cannot confirm Xue Ying's survival, and Chi Qiu Bai can neither see through the powers concealing the cavern nor force the palace open. He asks that Xue Ying be sent out if he is found alive, then withdraws when no further intervention is possible. (Chapter 77)

The scene establishes both the reach and the limit of Chi Qiu Bai's position. He regrets that the province may have lost a rare future Transcendent, treats the death as a waste rather than a private grievance, and still makes the journey when lesser Transcendents regard the abyss as intractable. At the same time, he accepts that he cannot yet defeat even the palace's first guardian. The black dragon recalls their previous battle, tells him that his power remains insufficient to conquer the site, and nevertheless considers him a plausible future inheritor. Chi Qiu Bai's choice is therefore neither a triumphant rescue nor an empty ceremonial visit: he investigates, imposes what accountability he can, requests mercy for Xue Ying, and recognizes the boundary beyond which another attack would achieve nothing. (Chapter 77)

Transcendence and the Xia Clan

When Xue Ying survives and becomes a Transcendent, Chi Qiu Bai is the clearest contemporary measure of exceptional advancement. He entered Transcendence at thirty-one, reached first place on the Saint ranking, and became its only human representative among the top five. His recorded achievements include defeating the Demigod Ghost Deity Knight Feng Dong, killing the Aboriginal Demigod Feng Hou Wang, and defeating the second-ranked Lord Beirut after an hour-long fight. These victories come from a path that began with the Wind of Myriad Existences and developed into the grade-three True Meaning of Void Cleavage. The ranking describes him as difficult to perceive and able to appear suddenly anywhere in a fight, while the Xia Clan expects his relatively young age and high-grade True Meaning to carry him into the Demigod realm. Chi Qiu Bai does not treat Xue Ying merely as a rival to that record. He stays at Snowrock Castle under the stated purpose of protecting the new Transcendent, and his warmth helps Xue Ying choose the Water Daoist Faction over organizations with richer resources or more restrictive inheritances. Once the decision is made, Chi Qiu Bai invites him to use the familiar address “Brother Eternal Wind,” gives him a Transcendent communication wristband and two ordinary bands for his family, and explains how to call for emergency Xia Clan assistance. At the welcoming feast in his own mansion, he places the youngest newcomer within the province's close fraternity of Transcendents. He also warns Xue Ying that their long lives and common allegiance do not eliminate selfish or dangerous individuals, and that the Infernal Palace cannot punish crimes it never uncovers. His welcome thus combines affection, practical integration, and a sober lesson about the society Xue Ying has entered. (Chapters 87, 92, 95–96, and 104–106)

During Xue Ying's Transcendent Battle of Life and Death, Chi Qiu Bai acts as escort, interpreter, and enthusiastic supporter. He leads Xue Ying to meet the faction head, explains that the Infernal Palace and Bloodshed Tavern will use the matches to reassess his potential and the cost of targeting him, and repeatedly encourages him as the opponents become stranger and more dangerous. Chi Qiu Bai speaks from experience: as a Sky Realm Transcendent he reached the sixth match only after breaking through under pressure in the fifth, and his later reputation rests on repeatedly refining himself through actual combat. When Xue Ying wins nine matches, Chi Qiu Bai immediately organizes a celebration. His understanding of the Realms also lets him see more than the public result; from the Water and Fire Flood Dragon Attack he identifies Xue Ying's genuine prospect of comprehending a True Meaning, and he is openly delighted that another formidable cultivator has arisen from their province. (Chapters 101, 106, 110–128)

Chi Qiu Bai becomes a Demigod in Dragon Mountain Calendar Year 9661, bringing the Xia Clan a second living Demigod with a grade-three True Meaning alongside the Beast Clan's Great Elder Ao Lan. Because Void Cleavage is built for direct combat, other Transcendents immediately estimate Chi Qiu Bai at top-ten Demigod strength and expect him eventually to contend for first place. He then spends half a year teaching the candidates in the Crimson Cloud Mountain World. This appointment exposes the principle behind his own cultivation: a path is the convergence of a person's insight and life, so a senior may advise but should not compel someone to abandon a freely chosen direction. He publicly opposes Si Kong Yang's attempt to redirect Xue Ying and says he would rather remain mortal than possess Transcendent power without freedom of choice. A brief recollection of Chi Qiu Bai laughing mournfully with a saber during a thunderstorm, his hair having turned white overnight, shows that this conviction is rooted in a painful past, but the supplied passage does not explain the event. (Chapters 147–148)

His instruction follows that philosophy in practice. Chi Qiu Bai tests each spatial cultivator personally, diagnoses technical weaknesses, and labels every recommendation a choice for which the student must accept responsibility. He tells Zhang Peng to make Space Edge more overbearing, urges Pu Yang Bo to pursue the teleportation he genuinely loves instead of forcing himself toward attack power, and advises Yu Feng to merge more completely with Shadow Space. With Situ Hong, he identifies a deeper conflict: Situ Hong covets a powerful spatial Dao without loving it, while his cruel and calculating nature clashes with what Chi Qiu Bai understands as that Dao's upright suppressive character. Chi Qiu Bai does not simply dismiss him; he offers two difficult remedies—begin again on a path he loves, or discipline and broaden his heart until it can support his present one. Situ Hong later remembers the prediction as rejection and uses it to rationalize joining the Demonic Faction, but the original exchange shows Chi Qiu Bai giving an unwelcome diagnosis while leaving the final decision to the student. Xue Ying receives the other side of the same honesty. After exchanging moves, Chi Qiu Bai declares him the rightful first-ranked candidate, recognizes that his unconventional fusion may become a grade-two True Meaning, and encourages him precisely because neither of them reached insight by copying an ancestor. When Xue Ying later demonstrates the embryonic True Meaning of Extreme Piercing, Chi Qiu Bai helps verify it for Palace Head Chen, analyzes its ability to drive aside energy, space, and even the local flow of time, and supports granting Xue Ying the clan's protective treasures. He also suggests the Hundred Battles Chamber but approves Xue Ying's decision to wait for greater certainty. Their bond has now moved beyond provincial hospitality: Chi Qiu Bai defends Xue Ying's intellectual independence, tests his art seriously, and uses his authority to ensure that unprecedented talent receives protection without dictating its direction. (Chapters 148–159 and 237)

Demonic War and Crimson Rock Mountain

When a large-scale demon invasion becomes apparent, Chi Qiu Bai is absent from the anxious provincial gathering because he is already acting with the senior forces. His message tells the others to remain calm until reliable news arrives, and Xue Ying serves as temporary leader in his and Peng Shan's absence. After the Xia Clan distributes war resources, Chi Qiu Bai uses a battleship and his spatial attainment to return Transcendents and Legend rankers rapidly to their home regions. Before Xue Ying disembarks, he privately warns him not to confuse courage with recklessness: surviving to deepen his True Meaning matters more than seeking every immediate fight. That concern does not keep Chi Qiu Bai away from danger himself; it defines the disciplined way he expects both of them to enter the war. He soon joins Xue Ying in investigating the ruins of a Demonic God's altar. Chi Qiu Bai reports the discovery to the Infernal Palace, helps remove the ruins, identifies signs of an array that distorts both space and light, and probes its barrier until they expose a hidden Devil's Well. He is quick to acknowledge the limits of his newly acquired Demigod experience and calls in Chao Qing when neither he nor Xue Ying recognizes the structure. Once Chao Qing explains its value, Chi Qiu Bai presses for a fair estimate of Xue Ying's contribution points and answers teasing about his enthusiasm with a plain declaration that Xue Ying is his good brother. The investigation displays his usual mixture of spatial expertise, practical escalation, and personal investment in Xue Ying's success. (Chapters 160, 169, and 182–185)

The deaths within their provincial circle turn that investment into grief and fury. When Cheng Ling Shu is killed, Chi Qiu Bai follows the residual spatial ripples through the layer between realms but loses the killer's trail. His face pales, his eyes show killing intent, and he vows to find the demon responsible. At the ruined site he gives Ling Shu a quiet farewell rather than disguising the loss as an abstract military cost. He later suspects the space-wielding demon Wu Lang, but the preserved chapters do not show him confirming or completing that revenge. The same bereavement frames his silence after Xue Ying destroys a demon base: Chi Qiu Bai can explain the terrible soul modifications that let Heart-Linking Demons communicate between worlds, but the mention of Ling Shu and other sacrificed Transcendents leaves him and the other leaders without celebration. (Chapters 193–194, 197, and 208)

Chi Qiu Bai's own war role rests on mobility, containment, and high-level interception. With Chao Qing, he attacks General Yan Ze's Demonic Avatar while a Deity warrior holds it, and he later explains that even with his newly issued Deity weapon and that assistance he can only fight the avatar to a standstill. During Xue Ying's secret attacks on the minor Transcendent Worlds, Chi Qiu Bai joins Si Kong Yang and Mountain Lord He in the chaotic layer outside. They guard likely exit positions, capture demons who tear through the world membrane, and wait for Xue Ying's reports because the world's restrictions prevent them from entering to help. Chi Qiu Bai repeatedly prioritizes Xue Ying's life over marginal gains, warning him not to become careless after early successes and agreeing that he should withdraw if a prepared countermeasure makes the mission too dangerous. When the bases fall, he publicizes the scale of Xue Ying's service and shares the clan's relief without claiming the victory as his own. (Chapters 201–211 and 219)

The surviving text then breaks across the decisive part of Chi Qiu Bai's fate. Chapters 239–364 are not preserved as a continuous narrative, Chapter 365 ends mid-sentence after merely placing him among the Xia Clan leaders, and Chapter 382 is itself only an opening fragment. That fragment states that Chi Qiu Bai is dead and that he chose to betray the Great Demonic God rather than betray the Xia Clan. Xue Ying remembers him as an older brother who had cared for him from the moment he entered the Transcendent community, while projections of Si Kong Yang, Chao Qing, Mountain Lord He, Palace Head Chen, and others gather around his unauraed body. Their grief is intensified by the expectation, held even before Xue Ying's rise, that Chi Qiu Bai would become the clan's strongest member. The corpus does not preserve the coercion, choices, or immediate acts that led to this death, so they cannot be reconstructed beyond the fragment's explicit account of his final loyalty. (Chapters 365 and 382; intervening source text incomplete)

Deity World and Bloodshed God Palace

The next preserved reference is separated from Chi Qiu Bai's death by another large source gap. In Chapter 572, the Howling Devil Cult Leader has acquired portions of the memories belonging to nine souls with exceptional willpower; Chi Qiu Bai is named among the memories available to him. From Chi Qiu Bai's knowledge, the cult leader learns that the now-famous Xue Ying originated in the same Xia Clan world. This establishes that Chi Qiu Bai's memories and resistance remain relevant in the Deity World conflict, but the local chapter cuts off in the middle of the explanation and does not show Chi Qiu Bai himself. It does not preserve how his soul reached that setting, what condition it was in, or what he chose while there. (Chapter 572; source text incomplete)

The relationship is nevertheless meaningful in the narrow form the fragment supports. Information travels from Chi Qiu Bai to an enemy because his memories have been taken, not because the text depicts him willingly betraying Xue Ying. The identification also shows that his history with Xue Ying remains legible even outside their mortal world: Xue Ying's origin is basic knowledge in Chi Qiu Bai's mind, and the cult leader uses that connection to recognize the agent acting against him. Any fuller account of captivity, rescue, restoration, or cultivation during this period would require the missing portions of the supplied corpus and is therefore left unresolved here. (Chapter 572; source text incomplete)

Lake Heart Island and the Cosmos

Chapter 673 establishes a later state that the surviving chapters do not explain. At a gathering in the Black Fog Sea, Chi Qiu Bai appears alive with his wife among Xue Ying's parents, children, descendants, and old Xia Clan companions. He laughs that Xue Ying has been absent too long, joining the family and friends who welcome him after an eight-million-year separation in that location. The fragment begins to identify Chi Qiu Bai with the words “stage three Worl...” before the local chapter cuts off. That incomplete phrase indicates a later stage-three cultivation description, but it does not preserve the full realm name or any mechanics of his advancement, so the last complete cultivation state available for detailed treatment remains his Demigod realm and True Meaning of Void Cleavage. (Chapter 673; source text incomplete)

This appearance confirms survival or restoration after the death reported in Chapter 382, marriage, and continued intimacy with Xue Ying's circle. It does not preserve the means by which any of those changes occurred. Chi Qiu Bai is no longer presented only as a lost Xia Clan hero or a memory exploited by an enemy; he is physically included with the old friends and family who have endured into Xue Ying's much later life. Because the remaining local text ends mid-sentence, his latest combat power, current institutional role, and subsequent activities cannot be established more precisely. (Chapter 673; source text incomplete)

Appearance and personality

Chi Qiu Bai is a handsome man with long, flowing snow-white hair. At Black-Wind Cliff he wears green robes, stands in the air, and has enough presence to make Si Liang Hong immediately nervous. Later, at a feast in his mansion, his loose white hair and manner appear carefree and uninhibited even as an inexplicable sadness clings to him. His Demigod aura is described as nimble yet faintly terrifying, matching the elusive movement of Void Cleavage rather than Si Kong Yang's direct overbearing pressure. A recollection says his hair turned completely white overnight and associates that transformation with a saber, a thunderstorm, and mournful laughter, but the event's cause and any earlier hair color are not preserved. (Chapters 77, 105, 148, and 203)

He is frank, warm, and socially confident. Chi Qiu Bai teases rival organizations, welcomes younger Transcendents as provincial family, celebrates their achievements, and does not conceal either delight or grief. His fondness for Xue Ying appears in gifts, protective stays, practical warnings, public defense of his choices, and pride when the younger man surpasses expectations. Toward Ling Shu's death he responds with visible pain and a vow of pursuit; toward Situ Hong he is severe but diagnostic, offering possible remedies rather than demanding obedience. His instruction is therefore compassionate without being flattering: he tells students what he believes is wrong, insists that they choose for themselves, and refuses to take ownership of decisions only they can live with. (Chapters 96, 128, 148–149, 185, and 193–194)

Freedom of conscience is the clearest through-line in his personality. Chi Qiu Bai believes cultivation should follow the heart, regards forced direction as worse than remaining mortal, and teaches through testing and suggestion rather than command. That same value gives context to the last intact statement about his death: when forced to choose, he refuses to betray the Xia Clan even at the cost of betraying the Great Demonic God and dying. The source gap prevents a detailed account of that decision, but the choice is consistent with the independence he earlier defended for Xue Ying and every student under his care. (Chapters 148–149 and 382)

Abilities and cultivation

Chi Qiu Bai's fully preserved progression runs from the Wind of Myriad Existences to the grade-three True Meaning of Void Cleavage, first at Saint rank and then at the Demigod realm. His later Chapter 673 description is truncated immediately after “stage three Worl...,” so it cannot support a complete latest-realm profile. Within the intact material, his power comes from the interaction of spatial insight, battle-driven refinement, Demigod Qi, and a clan-issued Deity weapon rather than from any one of those elements alone. (Chapters 92, 147, 197–202, and 673; Chapter 673 source text incomplete)

Wind of Myriad Existences and battle-driven insight

Chi Qiu Bai began with the ordinary Profound Mystery of Wind and initially looked less remarkable in his own Transcendent Battle of Life and Death. Under pressure in the fifth match he reached the second level of the Realm of Myriad Existences, then won a sixth. He belongs to the kind of cultivator who refines technique through life-and-death exchanges: repeated combat supplies the experience from which he finds weaknesses and deepens comprehension. This explains both his later rise and his skill as an evaluator. By watching Xue Ying fight or exchanging moves directly, he can distinguish the structure and potential of unfamiliar arts, estimate the grade of an embryonic True Meaning, and identify how a student's temperament affects technical progress. These judgments are cultivated perception, not a separate supernatural ability. (Chapters 101, 106, 117, 128, and 148–159)

True Meaning of Void Cleavage

Void Cleavage is a grade-three True Meaning derived from Wind and oriented toward extreme offense. Its spatial component lets Chi Qiu Bai cross or tear through space, appear suddenly at another position, and move so elusively that Saints struggle to capture his figure. In combat, it adds more than speed: the ranking treats even other Saints as unable to resist its cleaving force, and his victories over Demigod-level opponents while still a Saint show how sharply its offensive law can overcome the weaker Qi and body of that realm. The technique is not invincible. The Black-Wind Palace's outer dragon defeats Saint-level Chi Qiu Bai through raw power comparable to a peak Demigod, and Chi Qiu Bai himself accepts that he cannot then reach the inner guardians. (Chapters 77, 92, and 222)

Its non-dueling applications are equally important. Chi Qiu Bai can suppress the violent wind over Black-Wind Abyss, transport groups rapidly by driving a battleship through spatial routes, follow residual spatial ripples into the layer between realms, and stand guard in the chaotic void outside a minor Transcendent world. He helps conceal a sensitive gathering and can intercept enemies as they break through a world membrane. These feats all depend on access to space, but the corpus shows limits: concealment arrays can block his sight, a skilled opponent can cut off a trail in the inter-realm layer, and General Yan Ze notices Chi Qiu Bai trying to trace him before the search reaches the true body. His movement and perception therefore exploit spatial structure without making him omnipresent or all-seeing. (Chapters 77, 169, 183, 193, and 201–211)

Demigod advancement and Deity weapon

Becoming a Demigod strengthens Chi Qiu Bai's body and fills it with Demigod Qi, removing a major disadvantage he carried as a Saint. His breakthrough in Chapter 147 immediately places his projected combat power within the top ten of the Demigod rankings even before later refinement. The clan then gives him a Deity weapon because of his potential; it is institutional equipment that must remain with the Xia Clan when its bearer eventually departs for the Deity World, not a personally identified relic. With the weapon under control, Chi Qiu Bai is confirmed at ranking-list combat strength, and the narrative predicts that reaching stage three in Void Cleavage could move him to first or second place. The preserved chapters do not state that he reaches that True Meaning stage before his apparent death. (Chapters 147, 197, and 202)

His clash with General Yan Ze clarifies the boundaries of this enhanced strength. Chi Qiu Bai can combine his Deity weapon with a Deity warrior's pressure to hold Yan Ze's Demonic Avatar to a standstill, but says that he would be disadvantaged without the warrior and cannot kill the avatar before help or escape changes the battle. Demonic assessments likewise treat him as a dangerous future enemy rather than the Xia Clan's unchallenged present strongest. The weapon and Demigod realm make his Void Cleavage far more dangerous, but neither erases disparities in realm comprehension or turns every interception into a victory. (Chapters 184 and 201–202)

Spatial analysis, instruction, and tactical knowledge

Chi Qiu Bai applies spatial reasoning outside direct attacks. At the ruined demonic altar he recognizes concealment, light distortion, long-distance spatial distortion, and a barrier, then recommends calling Chao Qing when the discovered structure exceeds his knowledge. He can read the broad behavior of Xue Ying's Extreme Piercing because it penetrates the laws he understands, even though it is a higher-grade and previously unfamiliar True Meaning. In the demon-base campaign, he knows the rare Heart-Linking Demons' souls are modified into cross-world communication instruments and warns that even successful survivors suffer injuries that make cultivation extremely difficult. This knowledge helps the Xia Clan estimate whether its secret raids have been exposed. (Chapters 156–158, 183, and 203–208)

His most distinctive non-combat application is teaching. Rather than hand students a fixed sequence, he has them attack, reads how their chosen Profound Mystery behaves, and proposes changes that preserve the student's own affinity. The method produces actionable technical advice—greater force for Space Edge, deeper merging with Shadow Space, exclusive focus on teleportation for Pu Yang Bo—but it also has a limit: Chi Qiu Bai cannot manufacture sincere attachment to a Dao for Situ Hong or decide Xue Ying's path on his behalf. He treats alignment of Dao and heart as increasingly important for high-grade True Meanings and eventually for a stable True Deity Heart. The corpus presents this as Chi Qiu Bai's considered cultivation doctrine, not as an exhaustive universal proof. (Chapters 148–149)

Power progression

Relationships

• Dong Bo Xue Ying: Chi Qiu Bai progresses from a provincial senior investigating Xue Ying's presumed death to his welcoming elder, teacher, protector, and battlefield partner. He defends Xue Ying's right to choose his own cultivation, recognizes his higher-grade insight early, and repeatedly describes or treats him as a brother; Xue Ying in turn remembers Chi Qiu Bai's care as that of an older brother. (Chapters 77, 96–159, 169–219, and 382)
• Si Kong Yang: Both are leaders of the Water Daoist Faction and fight together for the Xia Clan, but Chi Qiu Bai openly challenges Si Kong Yang's prescriptive approach to Xue Ying's cultivation. Their disagreement is principled rather than a lasting rupture: Si Kong Yang accepts Chi Qiu Bai's teaching authority, campaigns beside him, and later mourns at his body. (Chapters 147–149, 201–211, and 382)
• Chao Qing: Chao Qing is an older source of expertise whom Chi Qiu Bai calls when the Devil's Well exceeds his knowledge. The two cooperate in spatial interception and the attack on General Yan Ze's avatar, then appear together among the mourners at Chi Qiu Bai's apparent death and among Xue Ying's later gathering of old friends. (Chapters 183–185, 193–208, 382, and 673)
• Mountain Lord He: Mountain Lord He is initially the stronger established Demigod whom others expect Chi Qiu Bai eventually to surpass. During the demon war they coordinate the secret base attacks, guard the void outside minor worlds, and place the clan's survival above competition over rank. (Chapters 92, 147, 184, and 202–219)
• Cheng Ling Shu: Ling Shu belongs to Chi Qiu Bai's close Tranquil Sun Province circle. Her death makes him visibly pale and furious; he traces the killer through space, vows to identify the demon, and offers her a quiet farewell when the trail fails. (Chapters 105, 193–194, and 197)
• Peng Shan: Peng Shan and Chi Qiu Bai are the two senior Saints around whom the province's Transcendents gather, with Xue Ying acting as temporary leader only when both are absent. They share the work of welcoming and supporting younger provincial members. (Chapters 96, 104–128, and 160)
• Situ Hong: Chi Qiu Bai sees that Situ Hong's pursuit of spatial power conflicts with his character and warns that his progress will become increasingly difficult. He offers alternatives rather than coercion, but Situ Hong later converts the accurate prediction of his stagnation into resentment and cites it while justifying his betrayal. (Chapters 148–149 and 237)
• Wife: An unnamed wife accompanies Chi Qiu Bai at the Black Fog Sea gathering in the latest preserved appearance. The supplied corpus gives no intact account of their meeting, marriage, or her abilities. (Chapter 673; source text incomplete)

Items

No character-specific notable item is sufficiently established for a dedicated entry in the supplied corpus. Chi Qiu Bai receives and uses an unnamed Xia Clan Deity weapon after becoming a Demigod, but the text does not preserve its name, form, mechanics, or an independent history. (Chapters 197 and 202)