Li Shimin

"*In time, you will know.*"
—Li's catchphrase

**Li Shimin**, known mononymously as **Li**, was the Second Emissary of Alan Xian, and mentor to Peter Yan early on in *Autistic Adventures*. He would later become a minor antagonist in *Actually-Good Shippuden*, and the main antagonist in *Beter.*

## Biography

Li was born roughly six hundred thousand years ago as an Ancient Human, the ancestors of modern humans who possessed magic, and eventually became a Guardian. As a result of the First Dark Lord War, ancient humanity went nearly extinct, with only Alan, Divya Veda, and himself surviving. After Alan's discovery of the Wizard Realm, the three migrated to the alternate universe and left the Normal Realm. For the next thousands of centuries, Li aided Alan in governing the Wizard Realm, and contributed in the battles against the Greatbug. Following the declaration of the Second Dark Lord War by Keyonne Greyson, Li was tasked by Alan to recruit as many powerful people as possible. He eventually recruited Nimrod Raven, Michael Hitler, Aiden Higora, and Peter Yan to join Alan's forces.

Following the pivotal Battle of the Holy Library, Li guarded the Holy Library in Alan's absence. About a month before the start of *Actually-Good Shippuden*, the Holy Library was invaded by Keyonne's army, which was renamed the Nigaboos. Understanding that the Nigaboos were far more powerful than his allies and that he would have the best chance of obtaining more power that way, Li defected from Alan's side and served under Keyonne as one of his Seraphs, and adopted the alias "Bojan", in hopes of gaining more power than before. He was directly responsible for the death of Aiden Higora during the latter's last stand against all the Seraphs at the Battle for the Holy Grail. Later on, Li would discover the Absorption Mango and consume it in secret.

Near the end of *Actually-Good Shippuden*, Li successfully deduced that the Empyrean Embers would attack the Nigaboos base of operations as a diversion for their real intention of taking back the Holy Library, and lured most of its members into an ambush where he and the other Seraphs successfully acquired the remaining Legendary Weapons and used them to fully heal Keyonne through the Holy Grail. This indirectly lead to the Battle of the Wizard Realm later on, during which Li fought "valiantly" against Elysapiens and died. After being resurrected by his Spirit Magic, Li disguised himself with magic to appear as a Nigaboos soldier, and stole Nimrod Raven's Frank Magic, Sarah Cheng's Anime Magic, and many more Intrinsics from the fallen. After stealthily stealing the other four Archangels' Intrinsics from their remains, Li transformed a random corpse into his likeness and escaped from the Wizard Realm by teleporting himself to the Training Realm, leading everyone to believe he was deceased.

After studying his Intrinsics for thousands of years in the Training Realm (two years in reality), Li arrived at Normal Realm Earth and quickly became the ruler of the magic-less planet, attaining influence and power over its residents. By bestowing some of his magic to his followers, Li quickly amassed a large group of magic users. His seven closest and strongest subordinates, which he dubbed "The Seven Deadly Sins", were each assigned a region on Earth to oversee while Li himself ruled from the shadows. Li, along with his subordinates, would continue to bestow magic onto more loyal subjects, who would awaken their own Intrinsics, to further increase their power. After gaining enough power, Li began sending his underlings to the Wizard Realm every few years to wreak havoc and kidnap residents for their magic and Intrinsics all the while posing as Elysapien forces that conquered the Normal Realm. To prevent his subjects from leaking the truth about the Normal Realm and information of him if they were captured and interrogated, Li placed a curse on the magic he distributed that would activate and kill them if they have the slightest intention of betraying him.

Li would eventually father a daughter named Wu, who he trained to become a powerful fighter since her childhood. He would later send her to the Wizard Realm and enrol her in North Point to act as his spy, allowing him to gather intel on Beter Yan's generation of warriors.

## Appearance

Due to the longevity bestowed upon him by Alan, Li retained his youthful appearance for over six hundred thousand years. He was stated to have straight black hair and black eyes. He was slightly taller than Peter and Keyonne, and roughly the same height as Michael. It was not explicitly stated what Li wore throughout *Autistic Adventures*, though he was known to wear glasses whenever he decided to get serious during combat. After joining the Nigaboos and acting as "Bojan", Li donned a black cloak and constantly wore his glasses to conceal his appearance.

## Personality

Li had a tendency to not explain things thoroughly, leaving his listeners in suspense and ultimately unfulfilled anticipation, hence his catchphrase. This greatly irritated Peter, who Li mentored at the start of *Autistic Adventures*, since the latter tended to mention, but barely delved into details on concepts of the Wizard Realm that the former was unfamiliar with, causing Peter to consider Li an incapable and irresponsible teacher.

Li adapted a cunning and arrogant personality whenever he put on his glasses due to the near-superhuman levels of intelligence he obtained from them, which gradually became his "Bojan" alter-ego due to him constantly wearing them after joining the Nigaboos. While as "Bojan", Li developed a peculiar habit of contradicting his own statements, though it was unknown why.

Li was temperamental and hungry for power, though he never appeared so since he was allied with Alan for most of his life, who was considered the most powerful being before his disappearance after the Battle of the Holy Library. This side of him became apparent after his defection to the Nigaboos, during which he scoured the region he oversaw for fruits containing Intrinsics to increase his power in hopes of eventually overthrowing Keyonne and becoming the second God. After gaining Absorption Magic, his lust for power was amplified even more, and he even resorted to secretly abducting residents within his governed area to take their Intrinsics for himself while blaming the disappearances on human traffickers.

## Battle Prowess

### Magic

* **Spirit Magic**: Li used this Arcana-type Intrinsic to manipulate the souls of the recently deceased. He primarily used this Intrinsic to gather the souls of several powerful warriors throughout the history of the Normal Realm within himself. He later discovered the Intrinsic's true potential to partially revive others, and fully revive himself upon deaths.
	+ Life Posséder: This technique allowed Li to channel the souls of deceased human warriors he has amassed, replicating their appearances, personalities, combat techniques, and weapons at times of need as long as he has enough magic to sustain it. Whenever a warrior was channeled, a one hundred and sixty-eight hour interval was required to re-channel the same warrior after they were discharged voluntarily or forcibly after taking too much damage.
		- Lu Bu: A Chinese warrior who lived during the Three Kingdoms Period of Normal Realm China. He was famed as the "Flying General" due to his unchallenged strength and temperamental behavior that consisted of constantly switching allegiances and betraying allies. By channeling this warrior, Li was able to replicate his immeasurable strength and his powerful techniques with his prized halberd "Heaven Splitter", but also his arrogant and treacherous attitude. Uniquely, Lu Bu seemed to have a conscious of his own despite being a soul, as he was able to repress Li's own will and forcibly take control of his body when the latter channeled him to fight Charles. Due to these reasons, Li refrains from channeling Lu Bu while fighting alongside allies, although he used it more frequently after his defection.
		- Jiang Wei: A Chinese warrior who lived during the Three Kingdoms Period of Normal Realm China. He was the successor of Zhuge Liang, one of the most famous strategists of all time. By channeling this warrior, Li was able to replicate his tactical knowledge and prowess with a spear.
	+ Soul Revivre: Li's death during the Battle of the Wizard Realm caused him to discover this technique. This spell allowed Li to revive himself and others upon death by manipulating souls. Using this technique on himself caused Li's body to instantly recover from any healable injuries, although he must sacrifice one of his amassed souls, while using it on others required the person's soul and a body made purely from the person's genetic material. Due to the limitations of magic, the resurrected individuals are not completely alive; they cannot heal from any injuries, their physical and magical capabilities are reduced greatly compared to when they were alive, and they permanently die once Li cancels the spell. These weaknesses did not apply to Li since he was the caster. However, if Li were to ever run out of souls to substitute for him, he will no longer be able to use this technique.
* **Rope Magic**: After consuming the Rope Melon he obtained from Charles Clerk's reanimation that was stored in the Holy Library over the time-skip, Li gained the Intrinsic: Rope Magic. This Intrinsic allowed him to create, control, and transform into ropes at will. The size of the ropes created from this Intrinsic could be freely altered by Li, allowing him to transform them in nigh-invisible strings or gigantic whips of yarn. By turning into ropes, Li was able to become intangible, allowing most attacks to pass through him.
* **Leaf Magic**: After consuming the Leaf Banana he obtained after Aiden Higora's death following the Battle for the Holy Grail, Li gained the Intrinsic: Leaf Magic. This Intrinsic allowed him to create, control, and transform into leaves at will. By turning into leaves, Li was able to become intangible, allowing most attacks to pass through him. He was also able to manifest razor-sharp leaves to shred things.
* **Absorption Magic**: After consuming the Absorption Mango he obtained while searching for fruits containing Intrinsics in his overseen territory, Li gained the Intrinsic: Absorption Magic. This Intrinsic allowed him to steal other people's Intrinsics and wield these stolen powers as his own or to transfer them to someone else through touch, provided the target is alive. People who have their Intrinsics stolen instantly die, while people who receive an Intrinsic through Absorption Magic become capable of using its abilities, akin to a forceful Intrinsic transferral between animals with Li as the medium. This Intrinsic allowed Li to use the full power of any of his stored Intrinsics, contrasting the typical result where the user's power is divided among their multiple Intrinsics.
* **Guardian Abilities**: Li was a Guardian roughly six hundred thousand years ago. It was unknown what other skills he possessed, but one of the techniques he learned and frequently used was the **Five Finger Mountain**.
	+ Five Finger Mountain: By gathering magic into one of his hands, Li can enlarge the respective hand proportionally to the amount of magic used, then slam the hand down on his opponents, trapping them under it and crushing their bodies in the process.
* **Dimensional Travel**: An ability bestowed upon Li by Alan that allowed him to travel to the Wizard Realm, the Training Realm, or the Normal Realm at will through incantations that create portals. Following the Battle of the Wizard Realm that marked the end of the Second Dark Lord War, Li was the last known person possessing this power due to the absence of Alan, and the death of Divya and the Elysapien Archangel Shuwartz. He later exploited this ability to send his troops into the Wizard Realm from the Normal Realm to abduct and attack its habitants.

### Stolen Intrinsics

* **Arithmetic Magic**: Stolen from the remains of Thaumiel, this Intrinsic allows the user to alter their surroundings through the four arithmetic properties: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in a variety of ways.
* **Dimension Magic**: Stolen from the remains of Thaumiel, this Intrinsic allows the user to create warping portals to teleport across indefinite distances, but only if the destination is somewhere the user can see, has exact coordinates for, or has visited before. It can also be used to travel to other dimensional planes, teleport attacks back at the attacker, phase the user or others out of space and turning them intangible as a result, and forcibly teleport enemies to a vulnerable position.
* **Temporal Magic**: Stolen from the remains of Thaumiel, this Intrinsic allows the user to manipulate the time for anything they recently touched, including flash-forwarding or rewinding objects and people to their future states or past states, as well as pausing their time to restrain them. It can also be used to manipulate the user's own time and enhance their reflexes, heal their injuries, accelerate their movements, and stop them from ageing. This magic cannot revive the dead, nor alter time in general.
* **Word Magic**: Stolen from the remains of Thaumiel, this Intrinsic allows the user to manipulate their surroundings through speech, such as manifesting objects with nouns, commanding magic and beings through verbs, and applying properties onto things through adjectives. This magic is unable to directly kill a non-plant organism, nor alter reality and mess with natural laws.

### Abilities

* **Immense Magic Power**: Li possessed a tremendous amount of magic power. He was capable of enlarging his hand to the size of a hill when performing the **Five Finger Mountain** technique on Hamdan Sheik. He was also able to perform several miscellaneous combative Extrinsics due to his large magic reserves.
* **Expert Martial Artist**: Li was quite an accomplished martial artist himself. Without the use of weapons, he was able to hold back and eventually subdue a raging Peter who had his Intrinsic activated. With the aid of his Silver Baton, which boasted destructive power with minimal weight, Li's combat abilities were boosted even further.
* **Summonings**: As a benefit from his immense amount of magic power, Li was capable of forming multiple summoning pacts with different powerful beings.
	+ Mega Bear: A thirty-feet tall brown bear that occasionally appeared wearing a red undersized t-shirt. It was decently fast in spite of its size, being able to run at roughly the same speed as a normal car.
	+ Chengguans: Seven hundred Asian men dressed in police uniforms that were usually summoned along with their rusty white minivan. Each one of them possessed incredibly high levels of physical power, as they were able to dent the hulls of tanks with their fists, launch concrete bricks at the speed of ground-to-air missiles, and even stagger Judah by throwing bricks at him and pummelling one of his paws. Andrei Krakowski has frequently skirmished with Chengguans while conquering territories under Li's control in the past, and has come to fear them greatly as a result of seeing their displays of strength. Five Chengguans were able to hold off Andrei's army for three days and cause the loss of five hundred soldiers, three battle jets, and thirty tanks.
* **Longevity**: An ability bestowed upon Li by Alan that allowed him to retain his youth and live indefinitely. This did not make him immune to injuries that could cause death, nor boast any accelerated healing capabilities.
* **Enhanced Endurance**: Li possessed a high level of endurance. He was able to withstand a Roast from a clone of Keyonne at point-blank range, and an explosive punch in his face from Hamdan and continue fighting. He was also able to resist death by suffocation from Charles for a decent amount of time before counterattacking.

### Equipment

* **Bronze Baton**: One of the five Legendary Weapons created by Alan and given to his Emissaries. Despite being called a baton, this weapon took the form of and functioned similarly to a water bottle. It possessed an incredibly durable outer shell made out of bronze, and was capable of generating shockwaves through contact with any medium, even air itself. The power of the shockwaves was proportional to the user's strength when using it: a slight tap on the palm was able to clear out dust within the general vicinity, while a powerful swing could easily obliterate brick buildings through wind pressure alone. This weapon could be telekinetically controlled by its user's magic to fly at high speeds. Due to its resemblance with a water bottle, this weapon could also store water within it, which slowly gained healing properties after a given amount of time, and could be used by pouring it onto an injured being.
	+ **Silver Baton**: The evolution of the Bronze Baton that occurred as a result of Li's strong desire to survive and his centuries worth of usage with it. Physically, it was almost identical to its predecessor, with the only difference being that it possessed a silver shell due to the bronze outer shell shattering upon the weapon's evolution. The Silver Baton shared the durability, the shockwave-inducing and healing abilities of the Bronze Baton, but also gained additional abilities as a result of its evolution. One of the Silver Baton's new abilities was its newfound malleability due to the destruction of its brittle bronze layer, which allowed it to reshape itself into different weapons that can deal various forms of damage. Another power the Silver Baton gained was the ability to become selectively intangible, allowing the user to manipulate where it damages as well as bypass the intangibility of others, as seen when Li pierced himself with the Silver Baton in its sword form while he was being suffocated by Charles, which phased through him and fatally injured the latter who had transformed into intangible ropes.
* **Glasses**: A pair of ordinary glasses that made Li concentrate intensely whenever he wore them, allowing him to simulate and see images of countless strategies and countermeasures to fight his opponents with in the span of a second, almost akin to seeing the future. Although his intellect and intuition were greatly enhanced while wearing these glasses, they did not prevent Li from miscalculating and making wrong decisions.
* **Chopsticks**: A pair of chopsticks that Li occasionally wielded. They could be thrown, or used similarly to daggers.