Guan Feibai

Guan Feibai is the proud, severe fourth member of Mount Li Sword Sect's Divine State's Seven Laws. His early hostility toward the Orthodox Academy grows from loyalty to Qiushan Jun and confidence in southern sword cultivation, but long study, war, and repeated cooperation with Chen Changsheng turn that rivalry into a dependable if still abrasive alliance. (Chapters 52–83, 206–267, 554, 712–713, 822–830, and 1183)

Biography

The Capital and the Orthodox Academy

Guan arrives in the capital celebrating the expected marriage of Qiushan Jun and Xu Yourong, an event he regards as both his eldest senior's happiness and the South's honor. Chen's engagement therefore feels to him like a public injury to Qiushan. When Luoluo challenges the southern delegation, Guan accepts the match with characteristic pride and presses her hard through dozens of exchanges, convinced that her current cultivation cannot safely sustain the sword forms she uses. (Chapters 52, 63, 69, and 79–82)

Luoluo's true essence proves that her Wind and Rain Sword could have pierced his heart, while Chen's guidance exposes the assumptions in Guan's technique. Guan concedes the material result but insists that cultivation limits still matter, preserving a real technical point inside his wounded pride. His anger toward Chen remains rooted less in personal injury than in devotion to Qiushan, establishing a rivalry that is fierce because Guan treats his sect brother's concerns as his own. (Chapters 82–83 and 111)

The Grand Examination

At the Grand Examination, Guan shares the Mount Li disciples' dislike of manipulated or dishonorable contests. He is drawn against Zhexiu in the third round, a match between two of the highest-ranked young fighters, and faces the prospect without complaint or visible fear. Although the supplied evidence does not detail the entire duel's outcome, the pairing reinforces Guan's place among the examination's most dangerous swordsmen and his preference for direct competition. (Chapters 107, 154, and 164)

Guan's reputation is founded on breadth as well as force: he can use more than one hundred sword arts, knowledge approached among his generation only by Gou Hanshi and Chen. That learning does not make him ornamental or dependent on a famous weapon. Following Su Li's example, he carries an ordinary steel sword, making austere practice and the wielder's understanding—not the prestige of an artifact—the basis of his standing. (Chapters 164, 267, and 326)

The Heavenly Tome Mausoleum

Guan hurries toward the Mausoleum because the opening of the Garden of Zhou requires a timely breakthrough, but once inside he shares his seniors' responsibilities. He follows Gou Hanshi to Xun Mei's final challenge, helps carry the dying cultivator away, and exhausts mental strength searching the hut Xun Mei leaves behind. When others become complacent, Guan argues that jealousy can prove one has not accepted mediocrity, then continues touching and studying the monoliths. (Chapters 198, 206–223, and 232)

He remains at the Mausoleum for months, accepting salted fish, raw vegetables, rough sleeping, and continuous cultivation rather than returning to comfort. Later he becomes an administrator among Mount Li's third generation, enforcing discipline with frightening severity, and breaks into Star Condensation on the snowy battlefield. When an assassin threatens Chen, Guan stands in front of him and uses the Sword's Tip despite likely backlash, showing how competitive respect has matured into a readiness to risk his life for a former rival. (Chapters 326, 438, 554, 712–713, 822, and 830)

Appearance and personality

Guan's most consistent physical impression is his cold, rigid expression, at times compared to a corpse or a face covered in frost. He wears the practical dress of a Mount Li disciple and carries an unadorned steel sword rather than a celebrated artifact. His stillness can conceal intense emotion, especially anger connected to danger facing his fellow disciples. (Chapters 154, 326, 585, and 830)

He is arrogant, irritable, and exceptionally direct, but his pride is inseparable from discipline and loyalty. Guan celebrates Qiushan's happiness, enforces Mount Li's standards harshly, and meets danger without retreat. He can hold back murderous anger when duty requires it, and his rivalry with Tang Thirty-Six or Chen does not stop him from recognizing skill or protecting them when a larger threat appears. (Chapters 63, 82–83, 554, 585, 822–830)

Abilities and cultivation

Guan is one of the finest sword talents of his generation, ranked fourth among the Seven Laws in youth and credited with command of more than one hundred sword styles. He later enters Star Condensation on the northern battlefield and reaches its middle level. His strength remains grounded in practiced technique, fighting resolve, and a coherent Mount Li inheritance rather than unusual blood or a superior weapon. (Chapters 52, 164, 267, 814, and 830)

Sword's Tip

The Sword's Tip is a mighty Mount Li battlefield technique derived from an earlier sect master's comprehension of the Frost God Spear. It turns a sword thrust into a sky-breaking charge with force suited to opposing many enemies. Guan can wound an exceptionally durable assassin with it, but at middle Star Condensation he is still too young to use it safely; the resulting sword-intent backlash makes immediate continued combat dangerous. (Chapter 830)

Righteous Sword and final forms

Even after his steel sword is destroyed, Guan can condense sharp, formless Qi along his arm as a Righteous Sword. He is also prepared to use Mount Li's final, mutually destructive form, exchanging wound for wound when Chen is behind him and cannot safely retreat. These methods let him continue after disarmament, but poison and an enemy of superior cultivation mean that courage alone would not guarantee survival. (Chapter 830)

Sword learning and discipline

Guan's knowledge of more than one hundred sword arts lets him recognize technique, limits, and tactical openings with unusual speed. His months before the Heavenly Tome Monoliths deepen that analytical foundation, while his ordinary weapon prevents reliance on artifact advantages. The same severity extends to sect governance: as an administrator, he is willing to maim rule-breakers to restore discipline, revealing both the force and harshness of his applied authority. (Chapters 82–83, 164, 214–232, 267, 326, and 554)

Power progression

Relationships

• Qiushan Jun: Guan's earliest conflict with the Orthodox Academy comes from fierce loyalty to his eldest senior and outrage over the broken engagement. Even after years of war, he remains concerned with Qiushan's choices and returns too late to question him about a final letter. (Chapters 63–83 and 1183)
• Gou Hanshi: Guan accepts Gou's leadership at the Grand Examination and Mausoleum, joining him in study and shared responsibility for their younger disciples. Gou's composure balances Guan's sharper temper. (Chapters 107, 154, and 204–232)
• Chen Changsheng: Chen first defeats Guan indirectly by guiding Luoluo, creating a long rivalry. Shared ties to Su Li and later conflicts turn that rivalry into trust, culminating when Guan places himself between Chen and an assassin and accepts backlash to protect him. (Chapters 79–83, 267, 712–713, and 822–830)
• Tang Thirty-Six: Guan and Tang maintain an abrasive competitive relationship expressed through insults, challenges, and constant comparison. Beneath it lies mutual recognition that keeps their hostility within the bounds of rivalry rather than enmity. (Chapters 438, 585, and 1183)
• Qi Jian: Qi Jian is Guan's youngest fellow Law and part of the Mount Li family he instinctively defends. Their shared training and dangers reinforce his belief that a sect's disciples should test one another fiercely without surrendering solidarity. (Chapters 52, 154–155, and 204–232)
• Liang Banhu: Liang Banhu studies and campaigns beside Guan as another of the Seven Laws. News of Liang's death darkens Guan's mood near the war's end, showing the personal cost beneath Mount Li's military discipline. (Chapters 154–155, 204–232, and 1150–1180)

Items

• Ordinary steel sword: Guan deliberately carries an inexpensive sword from the town below Mount Li, following Su Li's example. Its lack of prestige does not diminish his status, and its destruction in battle does not end his ability to form a sword from Qi. (Chapters 326 and 830)