Kuiqi

Kuiqi was a senior Daoist Master who turned a request for aid into a practical alliance between the Supreme Yang lineage and Li Ximing. In the northern campaign, he took on a Grand Daoist Master so the coalition could strike elsewhere, accepting the danger he had earlier weighed in his negotiations. (Chapters 1337–1342, 1428–1448)

Biography

Defending the Supreme Yang lineage

Kuiqi arrived at Mount Xiaoshi with Zhugong to locate Tinglan and Ning Wan, but he saw a wider danger than their immediate rescue: Zipei’s earlier seizure of Metallic Essence had angered Maha Zhelu and could draw multiple northern factions into the conflict. Proud of the Supreme Yang lineage and initially dismissive of Zhugong, he nonetheless joined the fight against Maha Daisi while five Merciful Ones pressed her. His Great Kui Convergence Bronze Sword and spell arts checked Daisi’s advance; Kuiqi eventually withdrew after Zhugong escaped the worst of the encirclement. (Chapters 1337–1339)

At Moongaze, Kuiqi argued for aid in terms of shared interests and personal ties rather than relying on Supreme Yang prestige. He explained that helping Tinglan would keep the Li family clear of Jiangbei’s wider troubles, while the Supreme Yang lineage would remember the support. He then offered Li Ximing a Bright Yang Purple Mansion spirit pill to nourish his dharma body and suppress curse injuries, and lent him the lineage’s Surging Yang Star Command Treasure Disk for the coming battle. These commitments made their relationship a working alliance and drew Kuiqi himself into the campaign. (Chapters 1339, 1342)

A costly northern campaign

Kuiqi first faced Tuoba Ci, another mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivator. When Hengzhu Dao joined the battle, its intervention broke the pressure on him and he managed to free himself; Wei Xuanyin then appeared unexpectedly. Kuiqi chose to hold the Grand Daoist Master while Hengli, Ling Mei, and the others attacked the northern forces. He had gathered fourteen Purple Mansion cultivators for this campaign, not to seize territory but to strike the Buddhist forces while the coalition still had strength. His Merging Owl Dao specialized in spell transformations and entangling opponents, the role he judged himself best suited to fill. (Chapters 1428–1429)

Kuiqi moved among projections to disrupt Wei’s attacks and invoked Oblivion Subduing Light by pressing two fingers against his bronze sword, but Wei’s stronger cultivation and faster casting overwhelmed it. The five talismans on Kuiqi’s vital points then burst as his Body Divine Ability carried him away, leaving a false image to receive the attack; Owl Chasing the Fox, the Fate Divine Ability that had long enveloped him, dispersed at the same moment. Wei’s Veiled Yin destroyed the flesh of one arm. After Kuiqi escaped badly wounded, Changxiao intercepted him and struck with a twelve-sided glazed lantern; its shifting light forced the sword to strain against it and turned Kuiqi’s black qi to ash. (Chapters 1429–1431)

By the time Li Ximing reached him, Kuiqi was dying beneath a separate talisman meant to suppress his bodily transformation. He acknowledged Ximing’s losses, kept the symbolically important command disk within the lineage, and asked Ximing to help the Kong family if it rose again. He ordered the withdrawal from Mount Tangdao, then died as the talisman failed and his body transformed. While he lay dying, his sword trembled and cried out; his final manifestation lamented, “Supreme Yang Bright Light ends here!” In the aftermath, his martial nephew Houfu carried out Kuiqi’s final order to withdraw to Jiangnan. Hengxing, grieving and angry, argued that Xiukui could have saved him with blood essence or Purple Mansion spirit items; Houfu answered that Kuiqi had fallen for the Supreme Yang Dao lineage and what he considered the greater good. (Chapters 1447–1448)

Appearance and personality

Kuiqi first appears in brown robes with pale gray eyes, walking on dark light formed by divine ability. He is proud of the Supreme Yang lineage and initially looks down on Zhugong, yet acts pragmatically when coalition support serves its interests. His negotiations with Ximing lead to concrete trust, and his final campaign accepts personal risk for the alliance and lineage he had urged others to support. (Chapters 1337, 1339, 1340–1342, 1429)

Abilities and cultivation

Kuiqi was a mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivator, a Daoist Master of Great Xiukui Temple, and a practitioner of three divine abilities. His Merging Owl Dao specialized in spell transformations and entangling enemies. He was less suited than Ling Mei to destructive attacks, than Hengli to artifact work and purging evil, or than Tinglan to guarding a domain and seeking truth. His techniques delayed stronger opponents without overcoming the gap in cultivation. (Chapters 1339, 1429–1431)

Merging Owl Dao and projections

The full rules of Merging Owl Dao are unknown. Against Wei Xuanyin, Kuiqi formed seals amid layered clouds and sent out black projections, some bearing bronze swords or cords. He moved between them to disrupt Wei’s lock on his true body through “exquisite art techniques.” His black qi also took the form of a one-legged giant ghost before spiraling around him. These transformations and evasions let him keep Wei occupied, but the projections were repeatedly destroyed and could not make up for Wei’s greater cultivation. (Chapters 1429–1430)

Oblivion Subduing Light

Kuiqi invoked Oblivion Subduing Light with his bronze sword: he pressed two fingers against the blade as a point of black light formed within Wei’s white radiance. The technique could contest that attack only briefly. Wei cast faster and possessed far greater cultivation; the white light pressed down on Kuiqi and the sword, bent the blade, and melted his fingers. It failed to stop Wei’s attack, after which Kuiqi used his Body Divine Ability and the remaining talismans to escape. No other activation method or successful use is known. (Chapter 1430)

Owl Chasing the Fox and talisman-assisted evasion

Owl Chasing the Fox, Kuiqi’s Fate Divine Ability, had long enveloped him. This Fate effect dispersed precisely when the five black talismans on his vital points shattered during his escape from Wei; its broader rules are unknown. The talismans released black smoke as Kuiqi dissolved into black qi, leaving a false image to take the descending light. This diversion let him escape that exchange, but he remained badly wounded, and Changxiao’s lantern attack further injured him. The separate chest talisman seen in Chapter 1447 suppressed his bodily transformation; its maker and complete operation are unknown, and it failed as he died. (Chapters 1429–1431, 1447)

Great Kui Convergence Bronze Sword

The bronze sword is a spirit artifact of the Xiukui lineage. Kuiqi drew it from his sleeve at Mount Xiaoshi, and later sword phantoms appeared among his projections. Against Wei, he pressed it into service for Oblivion Subduing Light, but the blade bent under the Grand Daoist Master’s attack and could not prevent the loss of Kuiqi’s fingers and arm. As Kuiqi lay dying, the sword trembled and sounded mournful cries beside him. (Chapters 1337–1338, 1430–1431, 1447)

Power progression

Relationships

• Li Ximing: Kuiqi recruited him into the campaign, gave him a Bright Yang spirit pill, and entrusted him with the command disk. Their alliance culminated in Kuiqi’s dying request that Ximing help the Kong family if it returned. (Chapters 1339, 1342, 1428, 1447)
• Zhugong: He initially regarded her with disdain but fought Maha Daisi to cover her; as he died, he acknowledged her effort at Mount Xiaoshi before separately asking Ximing to support the Kong family if it returned. (Chapters 1337–1339, 1447)
• Houfu: Kuiqi’s martial nephew, who conveyed a portion of essence on his behalf and carried out his final order to withdraw to Jiangnan. (Chapters 1447–1448)

Items

Kuiqi wielded the Great Kui Convergence Bronze Sword, the Xiukui lineage’s spirit artifact. He also lent the lineage-owned Surging Yang Star Command Treasure Disk to Li Ximing for the northern campaign; its diagram could release Bright Yang killing light or, when inverted, disrupt the star arrangement and help its bearer escape danger. Kuiqi later refused to give the disk away because of its symbolic value. (Chapters 1337, 1342, 1447)