Lian Daofei

Lian Daofei is a prince of the celestial imperial bloodline, remembered in the cave world as the cheerful but immensely powerful “madman.” After taking Wang Lin as his teacher, he becomes someone Wang repeatedly tries to rescue; his Celestial Ancestor inheritance ultimately turns him into a Grand Empyrean, suppressor of the seventy-two spirits, and later Celestial Emperor. (Chapters 1544–2082)

Biography

The madman and his new teacher

Wang Lin meets Lian Daofei trapped far from home and initially tries to frighten him into revealing celestial spells. Lian instead kneels, swears by the Celestial Ancestor never to betray his new teacher, and asks to learn how Wang tamed the Nether Beast. Although he possesses techniques far beyond ordinary cultivators, he dismisses every advanced spell Wang demonstrates and becomes delighted only by the basic Attraction Spell, using it to stage battles between armies of stones. His madness is childlike and erratic rather than simply violent. (Chapter 1544)

The ancient invasion of the Seven Dao Sect

Long before that meeting, Fan Shanmeng lured Lian Daofei into the Seven Dao Sect with news of the fragment taken by the Seven-Colored Celestial Sovereign. He fought four generals and many disciples alone, severely injured them, and forced the already-wounded sovereign from seclusion. Lian says he wants the fragment rather than another man's dao partner, despite Fan Shanmeng's attempt to use his interest in her. (Chapters 1694–1695 and 1723–1728)

The Seven-Colored Celestial Sovereign releases the Heavenly Dao. Lian seriously wounds it but is wounded and devoured in turn. His Immortal Celestial Body prevents true death, leaving him sealed and mentally damaged inside the cave world. When Wang later witnesses the old battle and recognizes the “madman,” their apparently comic teacher-disciple bond acquires the weight of a lost celestial prince's unfinished history. (Chapters 1695 and 1723–1728)

Captive of the forbidden palace

On the Immortal Astral Continent, Lian is chained within the Celestial Ancestor's head. The imperial court has cultivated a seed and partial ancestral inheritance in him, while the Celestial Emperor plans to possess his immortal body as a final refuge. Wang Lin enters the forbidden palace intending first to rescue him and intercepts the emperor's damaged soul before it can take control. He carries the unconscious Lian out and declares both man and ancestral head his. (Chapters 1916–1917 and 1954–1998)

Jiu Di, Gemini, and Hai Zi explain the larger cost. The damaged Celestial Ancestor head can no longer suppress the seventy-two spirits whose stability preserves the celestial continents. Lian's bloodline and planted inheritance can replace that function, but only if he remains asleep. Wang Lin offers to abandon the head instead, then yields when taking Lian would endanger the entire celestial clan and force Gemini to oppose him. He swears that a future return to the palace will be the day he rescues his disciple. (Chapters 1998–1999)

Hai Zi activates the inheritance. A complete Grand Empyrean sun forms around Lian, his body becomes a golden mountain, and the forbidden palace repairs around him. He later remains the living seal and is eventually identified as Celestial Emperor. His elevation carries a profound limitation: the power preserves a civilization while his own conscious freedom remains suspended. (Chapters 1999, 2048, and 2082)

Appearance and personality

Lian Daofei first appears as an adult man whose animated expressions, rolling eyes, and delight in games make him seem childlike. Earlier battle visions show the same recognizable voice and laughter in a proud celestial prince. His personality combines immense innate authority with damaged memory, impulsive affection, and simple loyalty; once he calls Wang Lin teacher, the oath is sincere. (Chapters 1544 and 1723–1728)

Abilities and cultivation

Immortal Celestial Body

Lian's celestial body survives damage that should cause ordinary death. The Heavenly Dao can devour and imprison him but cannot erase him, making the body valuable enough that the Celestial Emperor selects it as a possession target. Immortality does not mean freedom or consciousness: severe injury leaves him mad, chained, unconscious, and usable as a vessel. (Chapters 1695 and 1954–1999)

Celestial Ancestor inheritance

As an imperial descendant, Lian inherits part of the Celestial Ancestor's cultivation and absorbs a deliberately planted seed over many years. Hai Zi can activate that foundation into a fully formed Grand Empyrean sun. The transformation supplies power to suppress seventy-two spirits, but locks him into sleep and a mountain-like sealing role; it is institutional power with the loss of personal agency. (Chapters 1954–1999)

Battle strength and Nine Celestial Vanishing Dao

Before being devoured, Lian can fight the four generals and numerous Seven Dao disciples alone, seriously wound them, and defeat an already injured Seven-Colored Celestial Sovereign in direct exchanges. He names Nine Celestial Vanishing Dao as his strongest art but refuses to reveal its formula because of an oath, so the corpus supports its importance but not invented mechanics. (Chapters 1544 and 1694–1728)

Attraction Spell

Wang Lin's introductory Qi Condensation technique becomes Lian's favorite spell. He immediately manipulates tens of thousands of stones as opposing armies. His enormous cultivation magnifies the scale, but the mechanic remains simple telekinetic attraction; the scene emphasizes playful control rather than a new supreme dao. (Chapter 1544)

Relationships

• Wang Lin: Lian swears to him as teacher. Wang later risks the forbidden palace to prevent his possession and tries to carry him out, leaving only to avoid catastrophe. (Chapters 1544 and 1954–1999)
• Hai Zi: Hai Zi helps explain and activate the ancestral inheritance that turns Lian into the sleeping Grand Empyrean seal. (Chapters 1954–1999)
• Xuan Luo: Both stand within the upper Ancient and celestial history surrounding Wang Lin, though the corpus does not establish a close private relationship. (Chapters 1694 and 1760)

Items

• Lian's crimson fire dragon, “Little Red,” once carried his possessions and fought beside him. The creature later survives as a separate former servant encountered by Wang Lin. (Chapters 1686 and 1723–1728)