Li Qiye

Li Qiye's History

Li Qiye was born at the beginning of the Desolate Era[67] to a peasant family. He was named Qiye (七夜: Seven Nights) because he cried for seven days and seven nights after birth.[1]

At the age of seven, Li Qiye started his life as a shepherd. When he was thirteen one of his sheep got lost. To find it, Li Qiye entered the Immortal Demon Grotto. The Immortal Demon Grotto's Master captured him and imprisoned his soul in the body of the immortal Dark Crow.[1]

Li Qiye then spent millions of years trapped inside the body of the Dark Crow. He traveled across the Nine Worlds going into all 12 Burial Grounds, spent time in the Immortal Land, and fallen into the Forbidden Ghost Realm, the most dangerous place in this world. He experienced countless dangers and mysteries of the world and trodden through lands that even an unbeatable Virtuous Paragon would stray from.[67][78]

He had spent many tortuous years in each eras to go into the most dangerous places, and had fell in the hands of many masters and had to surpass many tribulations. But because of this, Li Qiye was able to see many Merit Laws,[79] including Immortal Emperor Merit Laws, Heaven's Will Secret Laws and even some of the legendary Nine Grand Heavenly Scriptures and Nine Grand Heavenly Treasures.

Every once in a while he was involuntarily summoned back to the Immortal Demon Grotto, and his memories were read by the the Immortal Demon Grotto's Master.[80]

Li Qiye was unwilling to stay eternally a slave to the Immortal Demon Grotto and formulated a grand plan in order to cut off all the immortal spirit seals and formations within his soul. In order to escape from the Grotto and regain his own freedom and original body, he continuously led many geniuses on the road of cultivation,[67] including Alchemy God, Immortal Emperors Xue Xi, Fei, Tun Ri, Bing Yu and others.[1]

Eventually Li Qiye was able to successfully escape from the Immortal Demon Grotto, but his situation was not stable and sometimes he was still affected by the Grotto. Whenever he felt like this, he immediately sealed himself and caused his soul to fall into a deep slumber.[79]

Li Qiye was afraid that one day he wouldn't be able to control himself and would be summoned back to the Immortal Demon Grotto, so he always removed all of his memories regarding the methods and techniques he had learned, to prevent them falling into the hand of the Grotto.[79] Alchemy God and Immortal Emperor Xue Xi developed a mysterious method that allowed Li Qiye to regain his memories the moment he saw these techniques again.[79]

He even went so far as to ask Immortal Emperor Min Ren, Immortal Emperor Xue Xi, Immortal Emperor Tun Ri, Immortal Emperor Ba Mie and Black Dragon King to protect his mind.[81]

Even after he freed himself from the Immortal Demon Grotto, Li Qiye continued to guide many geniuses on the road of cultivation. As Dark Crow he was unable to cultivate, but his knowledge and influence were limitless due to his countless experiences and immortality. He became known as Imperial Teacher, because he trained several Immortal Emperor, and also as Dark Hand behind the curtains, because he was in control of the Nine Worlds' development for millions of years, but preferred to stay in the shadows. He also trained his Four Legions that were widely acknowledged to be the strongest force in the Nine Worlds, stronger even than Immortal Emperor's legions.[?]

Millions of years later, at the end of the Emperors Era, he went into his last slumber and slept through entire Difficult Dao Era.[1]

Li Qiye awakened at the start of the Current Era; finally in his original mortal body.[1]