Qingche Sword

Qingche Sword, also rendered Green Ruler Sword, is the Li Family's ancestral spirit sword. Chejing's nurturing raised it to the Foundation Establishment Realm and left Celestial Moon Sword Intent within it; Yuanjiao later exhausted that stored intent in battle. The physical sword continued through the family as a weapon and a relic of its predecessors. (Chapters 127, 167, 610, 369, and 1360)

History

Chejing's sword brought home

The master of Yuanwu Peak forged Qingche from seven feet of Qingming Copper and thirty-two spirit ingredients. It was not initially a Foundation Establishment Realm artifact. Chejing nurtured it day and night, aligning its sword intent and physical body until it advanced and accumulated pure Celestial Moon Sword Intent. He used it to counter Chi Zhiyun's techniques and asked that it eventually be returned to his family. (Chapters 127 and 167)

Xiao Yuansi carried out that request and gave it to Tongya. When Tongya drew it, the sword hummed with cold brilliance and the word Annihilate appeared at its tassel. The transfer brought the family a rare Foundation Establishment treasure at a time when even its strongest cultivator had little comparable equipment. (Chapters 167, 169, and 251)

Tongya's weapon and Yuanjiao's inheritance

Tongya kept Chejing's stored sword intent as a reserve against threats to the family. Against a wolf demon he could instead rely on the blade to execute his own sword techniques, suppressing the creature without exhausting that inheritance. In his battle against Fahui, the sword carried destructive Celestial Moon attacks, but the awakened Wrathful Maha's strength still overwhelmed his defenses and inflicted mortal injuries. (Chapters 269, 287–288, and 324–326)

Tongya briefly left the sword on the family's main seat, where it buzzed reluctantly, but carried it again during his final affairs. After his death, Yuanjiao lifted it from the bed and became its principal family wielder. He wore it openly in place of Dragon Coiling Pillar, making the inheritance visible. The family also allowed Wang Xun to extract part of its sword intent; he returned it after taking only one-tenth. (Chapters 331, 343, 346, 358, 364, and 373–374)

Surviving the grotto and serving later generations

Yuanjiao offered the sword to Xuanfeng before the Green Pine expedition, but Xuanfeng declined that proposed handover. Yuanjiao therefore still wielded it during the grotto conflict. In his strike against Yu Muxian, he draws on the Celestial Moon Sword Intent stored in Qingche. The first strike exhausts that charge: when Yuanjiao attempts to call on it again, no stored intent remains, though the physical blade survives. After Yuanjiao dies, Xuanfeng recovers the sword, wears it at his waist, and places it on the family's mirror altar upon returning. (Chapters 581, 609–610, 613, and 619)

Xijun later summoned Qingche and used it to cleave Yu Mujian's Copper Cache. The aftermath led him to suspect that a sword immortal's remnant or inheritance remained inside it, although the complete nature of that residue was not explained. Zhouwei also carried the ancestral treasure and eventually returned it in a jade box to Ximing, apologizing for using the family spirit sword without rites. Ximing rejected the idea that its use to preserve the family deserved punishment. (Chapters 764, 1170–1172, and 1360)

Abilities and properties

Qingche has a translucent green-white blade and a blue tassel. It possesses substantial spirituality and responds to its holders' emotions. Chejing's nurturing left Celestial Moon Sword Intent stored in it, but Yuanjiao exhausted that charge against Yu Muxian in chapter 610. The sword's ability to carry a cultivator's techniques is distinct from that finite reserve: Tongya could use the weapon without spending the stored intent on every lesser opponent. (Chapters 167, 169, 288, 318, 418, and 610)

Its Foundation Establishment construction gives it a decisive advantage over lower-grade defenses and can carry powerful sword arcs and Celestial Moon attacks. The stored intent is finite: Wang Xun extracts part of it, and Yuanjiao later exhausts the remainder in one strike. Tongya's battle against Fahui also demonstrates that the treasure does not make its holder invulnerable to a stronger opponent. (Chapters 324–325, 373–374, 417, and 610)

Beyond combat, it is a family ritual instrument. Its custody is determined by family responsibilities and emergencies rather than unbroken exclusive personal ownership. Zhouwei's concern over using it without offerings shows how seriously that ancestral role is treated. (Chapters 369 and 1360)

Ownership and custody