Lie Shan Xiu

Lie Shan Xiu is the first God of Berserkers, a remote historical figure whose surviving presence still terrifies ancient Immortals. Most of his influence is posthumous: his bloodline, hair, and inherited aura give later Berserkers both legitimacy and a weapon against enemies scarred by his former campaigns.

Biography

Legacy in the World of Nine Yin

Lie Shan Xiu had once forced his way through the palaces of the World of Nine Yin, leaving such a reputation that its imprisoned guardian immediately recognizes his presence on a strand of hair carried by Su Ming. Because Su Ming belongs to Lie Shan Xiu's race and bears this remnant, the Spirits of Nine Yin do not treat him as an ordinary outsider. They instead ask him to transfer the inherited power into a Rune capable of awakening their World Spirit, turning Lie Shan Xiu's ancient passage through the realm into leverage for Su Ming's negotiation. (Chapters 495–497)

The same remnant becomes decisive against Di Tian. Its remaining force is faint after passing through the line of Gods of Berserkers, so it cannot crush Di Tian through cultivation. Instead, Su Ming uses it with a monument that magnifies fear. Di Tian had witnessed Lie Shan Xiu's slaughter of Immortals before becoming famous himself; recognition reopens that trauma, briefly blanks his mind, and creates the opening Su Ming prepared. Lie Shan Xiu thus affects a battle centuries later through reputation and memory rather than direct intervention. (Chapter 586)

Death in the fourth Expanse Cosmos

Near the end of Harmonious Morus Alba, Su Ming recalls seeing Lie Shan Xiu kill himself while laughing in the fourth Expanse Cosmos. The recollection accompanies Su Ming's attempt to understand Tian Xie Zi's disappearance and the tangled identities and lives produced by the cosmos. The text connects the two figures in Su Ming's meditation but does not simply declare them identical; Lie Shan Xiu's final recorded act remains his chosen death, and no restoration is shown. (Chapter 1379)

Appearance and personality

The supplied excerpts do not provide a stable physical portrait of Lie Shan Xiu. He is characterized instead through the reactions he causes: ancient guardians respond with nostalgia and respect, while Immortals remember overwhelming slaughter. His decision to force a path through Nine Yin and his laughing suicide suggest defiance and an unwillingness to submit, but the corpus preserves too little direct dialogue to reconstruct a fuller everyday personality. (Chapters 496, 586, 1379)

Abilities and cultivation

As the first God of Berserkers, Lie Shan Xiu possessed power sufficient to invade the Nine Yin palaces and massacre Immortals on a scale that marked survivors for life. The exact techniques and realm behind those deeds are not demonstrated in his dossier, so his active combat mechanics remain unspecified. (Chapters 496, 586)

His posthumous aura is better defined. A remnant in his hair can be transferred into a Rune and confirms racial or inherited affinity. After generations, that presence is weak and does not directly injure or suppress cultivation. Its exceptional effect against Di Tian arises from an external monument and the target's own fear: the more deeply an Immortal dreaded Lie Shan Xiu, the stronger the psychological pressure. It is therefore conditional, target-dependent, and not equivalent to Lie Shan Xiu returning to life. (Chapters 497, 586)

Relationships

• Su Ming: Su Ming inherits Lie Shan Xiu's Berserker legacy and strategically uses a surviving strand of his power. He later witnesses and remembers Lie Shan Xiu's death. (Chapters 495–497, 586, 1379)
• Di Tian and the Immortals: Lie Shan Xiu was their ancient enemy. Di Tian's remembered terror makes the inherited presence tactically effective long after Lie Shan Xiu is gone. (Chapter 586)
• Spirits of Nine Yin: Their guardian remembers his earlier intrusion and regards his power as capable of helping awaken the World Spirit. (Chapters 496–497)

Items

• Strand of hair: A surviving hair bearing Lie Shan Xiu's presence passes through the Gods of Berserkers to Su Ming. It functions as an inheritance token and power source, though its aura has greatly diminished. (Chapters 495–497, 586)
• Fear-amplifying monument: Su Ming, not Lie Shan Xiu, controls the monument that magnifies the hair's psychological effect against Di Tian. It should not be treated as Lie Shan Xiu's personal possession. (Chapter 586)