Hu Qinglei

Hu Qinglei was an Early-Deity Transformation grand elder of the Heavenly Devil Sect residing within the Great Jin. He is one of the few Human Deity Transformation cultivators residing in the Mortal World. He is renown for his single-handed accomplishment of raising the Heavenly Devil Sect to be the number one sect practicing the Devil Dao within the Great Jin.
Hu Qinglei was not dedicated to the pursuit of the Dao. He indulged in worldly affairs and his own desires. As a result, he pursued and claimed beautiful women that he encountered, making them his concubines. 
== Trapping a Violet Fairy ==
By chance, Hu Qinglei encountered a country-shattering beauty renown as Violet Spirit on one of his journeys. As she was a Nascent Soul cultivator, he considered her a rare specimen and desired to possess her as his concubine. Normally, Hu Qinglei coerced female cultivators into becoming his concubines by showering them with benefits. However, he strongly wanted Violet Spirit to the point of placing restrictions on her body. He forcefully brought her back to the Heavenly Devil Sect to formally cement their union in a ceremony.
== First Meeting ==
Hu Qinglei was elated with his newly acquired concubine. He invited human Deity Transformation cultivators across the Mortal World to attend. As a result, he was introduced to a Han Li who was brought as an acquaintance of another Deity Transformation cultivator named Xiang Zhili. Hu Qinglei was surprised that his other Deity Transformation peers regarded Han Li as an equal despite his Peak-Nascent Soul cultivation. Hu Qinglei learned that Han Li was single-handily dismantled the Yin Sifting Sect killing its two Late-Nascent Soul grand elders and numerous Nascent Soul elders. After learning this, Hu Qinglei outwardly adopted a gentle stance seeking to avoid conflict.
However, Hu Qinglei grew upset when he learned that Han Li had prior history with his beloved concubine to-be. In an attempt to avoid conflict, Hu Qinglei provided his future concubine the opportunity to say goodbye. However, Han Li interfered and directly challenged Hu Qinglei. Wary of conflict between Deity Transformation-like existences, Hu Qinglei provided Han Li with several opportunities to save face and renounce ties with Violet Spirit. Han Li renounced the opportunities.
Upset, Hu Qinglei was ready to risk his lifespan to kill Han Li. However, Hu Qinglei was dissuaded by his Deity Transformation peers after learning that Han Li possessed valuable knowledge of Spirit Streams that connected the mortal world with the Spirit Realm. In a secret negotiation between Hu Qinglei and Han Li, Hu Qinglei was persuaded to release Violet Spirit in exchange for rare cultivation materials and knowledge of the Spirit Streams. Having lost face in front of Han Li, Hu Qinglei agreed only under the condition that Han Li survive one attack. Hu Qinglei intended to inflict lasting harm onto Han Li. 
However, Hu Qinglei was unprepared for Han Li to be able to withstand the attack. Hu Qinglei was enraged at being embarrassed even further by his inability to deal with a Nascent Soul cultivator. Before Hu Qinglei could unleash his fury, the fight was interrupted by Xiang Zhili who intended to protect and befriend Han Li who still possessed invaluable knowledge required to ascend to the Spirit Realm. Having lost, Hu Qinglei reluctantly freed Violet Spirit.
== Ascending to the Spirit Realm ==
Centuries later, Xiang Zhili discovered a promising spatial node connected to the Spirit Realm usable by Early-Deity Transformation stage cultivators. Hu Qinglei joined together with several other human Deity Transformation cultivators to travel through the spatial node to the Spirit Realm. He died when multiple spatial storms hit the spatial node that he was traveling through.
== References ==
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