Han Li: From a Seven Mysteries Sect servant to the strongest cultivator of the Mortal Realm
Han Li is the protagonist of A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality. Born to a poor farming family in Qingniu Town with a four-element pseudo spirit root missing metal — close to the worst aptitude a cultivator can have — he climbs from a servant in the Seven Mysteries Sect to the apex of the Mortal Realm through the Heavens-Wood Bottle, a honed divine sense, and planning so cautious it borders on cold. The Moulan War now airing is the campaign that makes his name.
Chinese name: 韩立
| Alias | Old Devil Han (nickname) / Li Feiyu (alias) / Er Lengzi (childhood name) |
|---|---|
| Affiliation | Seven Mysteries Sect → Yellow Maple Valley → rogue → Falling Cloud Sect |
| Realm | Nascent Soul (current anime point); ascends in the novel's finale |
| Category | Protagonist |
| Origin | Wuligou, Qingniu Town, Jing Prefecture, Yue Kingdom — fourth child of a poor family |
| Aptitude | Four-element pseudo spirit root, lacking metal (later completed with a metal-attribute beast core) |
| Core arts | Eternal Spring Art as the entry method, later Azure Origin Sword Art, with the Great Evolution Art as support |
| Core advantage | The Heavens-Wood Bottle, which matures spirit herbs — the source of every resource he has |
| Style | Never moves without a margin; plans first, strikes last, famous for playing turtle |
| Anime point | Has formed his Nascent Soul; the Moulan War is where his name spreads (from episode 177) |
Treasures and artifacts
- Heavens-Wood Bottle
- The little green bottle. It secretes a liquid that matures spirit herbs, compressing decades of growth into years — the engine behind everything Han Li can afford.
- Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords
- His natal flying swords, eventually refined into a full set. They are his main weapon from Foundation Establishment all the way to Nascent Soul.
- Gold Cursed Mother Blades
- His natal treasure from the Yellow Maple Valley years, balanced between offence and defence and one of his earliest reliable finishers.
- Divine Devilbane Lightning
- Metal-attribute lightning that hard-counters ghosts and demonic arts, giving him a hard edge against undead and demonic cultivators.
Cultivation arts and abilities
- Great Evolution Art
- Adds no combat power and no realm — it only grinds his divine sense finer. That is precisely why it wins fights: at Yellow Dragon Mountain he intercepted a secret voice-transmission nobody else in the room could hear.
- Azure Origin Sword Art
- The sword art passed down by Li Huayuan; his main cultivation method and the backbone of his sword cultivation.
- Eternal Spring Art
- The entry method Doctor Mo taught him. Ordinary, but it gave him the solid foundation everything else was built on.
- Spirit Refining Art
- Later-stage divine sense and refinement methods (exact acquisition point unverified) that underpin his high-level combat.
Spirit beasts
- Weeping Soul Beast
- A spirit beast that preys on souls and ghosts; one of his quietest and most reliable trump cards.
- Gold Devouring Beetles
- A swarm that eats metal treasures. Against a cultivator who relies on a natal artifact, they simply end the argument.
Relationships
| Character | Relationship |
|---|---|
| Nangong Wan | Dao companion. They bonded slaying the Ink Flood Dragon in the Bloodtrial and formally wed at Nascent Soul. |
| Doctor Mo | His first teacher — and the first person who tried to take his body. |
| Li Feiyu | His closest friend in the Seven Mysteries Sect, whose name he later uses as an alias. |
| Li Huayuan | The master who taught him the Azure Origin Sword Art. |
Key milestones
| Period | Event |
|---|---|
| Seven Mysteries Sect | Enters as a servant, is taken as a disciple by Doctor Mo, sees through the possession plot and takes the Heavens-Wood Bottle. |
| Yellow Maple Valley | Joins the sect with an Ascension Token, survives the Bloodtrial and first shows his edge. |
| Chaotic Star Sea | Leaves to hunt demonic beasts and cultivate for two centuries, then returns. |
| Nascent Soul | Forms his Nascent Soul in seclusion; the Moulan invasion follows, and Yellow Dragon Mountain makes his name. |
FAQ
Why is he called "Old Devil Han"?
It is what others call him. He is ruthless when the moment calls for it and never wastes a move — a stark contrast to his plain looks and humble birth.
Who are Han Li's Dao companions?
Nangong Wan is the one he formally wed. Zi Ling, Yin Yue and Yuan Yao have their own arcs with him and separate entries on this wiki.
How does he keep winning with such poor aptitude?
Resources from the Heavens-Wood Bottle, information from the Great Evolution Art, and a refusal to fight any battle he has not already stacked in his favour.
Profiles are compiled from the published novel and the aired anime. Any detail we could not cross-check against public sources is marked "unverified" rather than guessed. Entries describe settings and abilities only — no passages of the original text are reproduced.
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