Fuyun Immortal Monarch

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Fuyun Immortal Monarch (浮云仙君)
Alias(es)	Taibai Star Lord; Metal Virtue Taibai Star Lord; Western Qi Emperor Tianhao; Floating Cloud Immortal Lord
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Zhenxiao Dao Sect; Heavenly Court
Occupation/Role	Mahayana Immortal Lord; lord of the western guarding star and one of the Five Town Stars; chief minister of the Heavenly Court's Metal Department; representative and subordinate of Xiaoyun Longevity Great Emperor, also rendered as the Southern Imperial Longevity or Changsheng Great Emperor 1279 1286 1301 1320 1398
Status	Active; the mortal-world divine office he temporarily held was later taken by Jiang Sheng 1291
First Appearance	Chapter 1279

Power Progression

Period / Stage	Development
Established Great Vehicle cultivation	Fuyun is already a Great Vehicle Immortal Monarch of the Zhenxiao Dao Sect and a contender for the Sun Fruits at the Fruition Dharma Banquet. 1279 1286
Fruition Dharma Banquet	He competes through the banquet's later stages alongside other Great Vehicle cultivators. He is eliminated in the seventh stage and is accused by Zhenhe Venerable of deliberately losing to avoid further competition. 1286 1294
Mortal-world divine-path episode	While cultivating through a mortal-world identity and divine office, Fuyun is shocked to discover Jiang Sheng's genuine Spirit Transformation cultivation. Jiang defeats him in three breaths and takes his divine office and register. 1291
Heavenly Court service	Fuyun continues to function as an active Great Vehicle Immortal Monarch and resumes his prominent Heavenly Court role as Metal Virtue Taibai Star Lord and chief minister of the Metal Department. 1308 1320 1398

Background / History

Fuyun is an established Great Vehicle Immortal Monarch of the Zhenxiao Dao Sect. He is one of the sect's senior representatives and maintains an especially prominent position through his relationship with the Southern Imperial Longevity Great Emperor. 1279 1286

Under arrangements by Dao Lord Qiongyun and with the support of the Southern Imperial Longevity Great Emperor, Fuyun became the western guarding star's lord. He was enfeoffed as the Metal Virtue Taibai Star Lord and Western Qi Emperor Tianhao, placing him among the Five Town Stars of the Heavenly Court. 1301 1320

He resides in the western Taibai Mansion of the Seven-Layered Heavenly Palace. The mansion's Xianyun Hall is an elaborate immortal sanctuary used to host political guests and conduct private negotiations. 1348 1349

Fuyun first appears as a participant in the Fruition Dharma Banquet, where he competes for the banquet's rewards and the rare Sun Fruits. Unlike Great Vehicle figures who attend because they were summoned by the Heavenly Court, Fuyun is primarily interested in the rewards from the earlier stages. 1279 1286

During a later mortal-world phase, Fuyun presents himself as an idle cloud and wild crane, establishes a Daoist temple, and draws worship from civil and military officials. He eventually confronts Jiang Sheng, who has cultivated to Spirit Transformation without relying on a divine office. Jiang defeats Fuyun, shatters his divine office, and takes his divine register. This defeat concerns only the office and register used in the mortal-world episode; Fuyun remains active as an immortal and Heavenly Court official afterward. 1291 1308 1320

When Residual Poison of Dao Transformation spread through middle-thousand worlds connected to the Zhenxiao Dao Sect, Fuyun recalled sect disciples, ordered inspection arrays and purification spirit pools prepared, and sought Jiang Sheng's aid through the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion. 1349 1351

Personality

Fuyun presents himself as an amiable elder: he is habitually smiling, addresses juniors respectfully as “young friend,” and does not rely on seniority or cultivation to bully others. Jiang Sheng considers his outward character genuinely excellent despite recognizing his calculations. 1351

Behind this approachability is a shrewd broker with a strong appetite for profit. He carefully cultivates connections across factions, uses favors and gifts to secure cooperation, and openly pursues the Dragon Palace Market's immense commercial value. His greed occasionally makes him overplay his hand, including when Jiang Sheng notices his interest in the market and begins avoiding him. 1381 1391 1393

Fuyun is also highly sociable and comfortable crossing factional boundaries. At the Flat Peach Dharma Banquet, he moves freely among Daoists, Buddhists, demons, gods, and Immortal Monarchs, treating old acquaintances and potential allies alike with practiced warmth. 1396

He is competitive where the reputation of the Zhenxiao Dao Sect is concerned. He worries that Zhenxiao's fence-sitting during the Xuanmen Great Calamity left the sect with a weaker reputation than Chixiao and Yaochi, and he wants the Six Sects Grand Competition to restore its standing. 1469

He is also pragmatic rather than purely selfish. While pressuring Jiang Sheng to accept Ao Shu, he argues that rejecting the dragonborn could condemn her to a miserable fate; he later relinquishes half of his newly acquired Changyuan Sea Realm treasures to enlist Jiang Sheng's assistance against Qingde Divine Lord. 1403 1408

Influence & Skills

Mahayana Cultivation

Fuyun is a Mahayana Immortal Lord and a senior figure of the Zhenxiao Dao Sect. 1279 1286 1381

• Holds a major Heavenly Court divine office as the Metal Department's chief minister. 1397 1398
• Commands the status of Taibai Star Lord and Western Qi Emperor Tianhao. 1301 1392
• Was considered powerful enough to contend with other Great Vehicle cultivators for the Sun Fruits at the Fruition Dharma Banquet. 1286
• His influence is sufficient for demon venerables and immortals of varied origins to accept guests on his personal assurance. 1383

Political Brokerage

Fuyun operates as an intermediary between Heavenly Court officials, sects, dragon palaces, demons, heterodox immortals, and rulers of middle-thousand worlds.

• Assists Xiaoyun Longevity Great Emperor with the Heavenly Court's day-to-day affairs. 1320 1383
• Maintains a small circle of long-standing associates including a demon-race grand elder, a heterodox sect ancestor, an immortal sect master, a Heavenly Court star monarch, and an emperor of a middle-thousand world. 1381 1383
• Broke the ice between otherwise separated Eastern Heaven Daoists, Buddhists, and demon venerables at the Flat Peach Dharma Banquet. 1396
• Possesses detailed knowledge of the Heavenly Court's Thirty-Six Departments, their competing authorities, and the factions behind major divine officials. 1407 1398
• Understands the political rivalry between Southern Imperial Longevity Great Emperor and Nine Firmaments Huangtian Great Emperor, and takes particular interest in opportunities that may strengthen his own patron's faction. 1407

Negotiation and Resource Management

Fuyun routinely leverages treasures, intelligence, and personal favors to secure cooperation.

• Offered Jiang Sheng the damaged Pure Yang treasure Ziwei Jade Tablet as compensation for intervening in the Dao Transformation poison crisis. 1351
• Proposed one hundred high-grade immortal pills, then had to raise his offer when Jiang Sheng pointed out the scale and danger of the operation. The final demand became three thousand Five-Pattern Immortal Pills, five thousand cubic units of Three-Profound Immortal Source, and payment of all operational expenses by the Zhenxiao Dao Sect. 1352
• Sought to use Jiang Sheng's status to gain a share of Dragon Palace Market, ultimately proposing a four-to-three division of seventy percent of the market's proceeds. 1403
• Paid half of the treasures received from Changyuan Sea Realm in exchange for Jiang Sheng's help in arresting Qingde Divine Lord. 1408

Divine-Path Maneuvering

Fuyun is capable of concealing his identity and cultivating influence through the Divine Path.

• Took on the guise of an idle cloud and wild crane in the mortal world, established a Daoist temple, and gathered worship from officials. 1291
• Obtained a mortal-world divine office and register, but lost both when Jiang Sheng defeated him and seized them. 1291
• Uses his knowledge of Heavenly law and the division of authority among the Heavenly Court's departments to arrange punishments, favors, and interventions. 1407 1408

Items

• Ziwei Jade Tablet — A damaged Pure Yang magic treasure offered to Jiang Sheng; its remaining heavenly might and law intent are said to be compatible with the Judicial Heavenly Monarch's authority. 1351
• Communication Jade Talisman — Used to order the Zhenxiao Dao Sect to establish inspection arrays, prepare purification pools, and recall disciples from affected worlds. 1349
• Emperor Tianhao's palace carriage — An imperial carriage marked with Emperor Tianhao insignia and pulled by Heavenly Court winged dragon-horses. 1392
• Taibai Star Mansion — His Heavenly Court residence in the western Seven-Layered Heavenly Palace; it includes Xianyun Hall for hosting guests. 1348 1349
• Mortal-world divine office and register — A divine position Fuyun used during his mortal-world cultivation. Jiang Sheng shattered the office and took the register. 1291

Relationships

• Xiaoyun Longevity Great Emperor — Fuyun's patron and sect superior; the Great Emperor's authority enables Fuyun's prominent Heavenly Court position. The same patron is also rendered as the Southern Imperial Longevity or Changsheng Great Emperor. 1279 1320
• Dao Lord Qiongyun — Arranged Fuyun's appointment as western guarding star lord. 1301
• Jiang Sheng / Ling Yuan — A cordial but transactional ally. Jiang Sheng once defeated Fuyun and took his mortal-world divine office and register, but their later relationship remains cooperative and marked by mutual bargaining. Fuyun repeatedly seeks Jiang Sheng's help, offers gifts and intelligence, and worries that his pursuit of Dragon Palace Market profits has damaged their relationship. 1291 1351 1381 1393 1408
• Zhenhe Venerable — A Buddhist Great Vehicle competitor at the Fruition Dharma Banquet. Zhenhe accuses Fuyun of deliberately losing to Jiang Sheng to avoid further competition; Fuyun responds by teasing him about his own inability to defeat Jiang Sheng. 1286 1294
• Ye Wenshu — Hosted her at Taibai Star Mansion alongside Jiang Sheng and Shen Yao during discussions concerning Dao Transformation poison. 1348 1349
• Fairy Xiaogong — A fellow Zhenxiao representative and political counterpart. Together they assess Zhenxiao's younger disciples and plan how to improve the sect's reputation at the Six Sects Grand Competition. 1058 1469
• Ao Xuan — Changyuan Sea Realm's dragon prince and a client who relies on Fuyun to mediate with Jiang Sheng and advance claims on Dragon Palace Market. 1391 1393
• Changyuan Dragon Monarch — A patron and business partner whose gifts Fuyun hopes to convert into influence over the Dragon Palace Market. 1392 1393
• Ao Shu — A white-haired, crimson-eyed dragonborn entrusted to Fuyun by Changyuan Sea Realm; he later presents her to Jiang Sheng. 1403 1407
• Fairy Yue Rui and Fairy Yue Ping — Yaochi fairies with whom he maintains friendly relations through gifts, including beautifying immortal pills. 1390

Story Role / Major Arcs

Fruition Dharma Banquet

Fuyun appears among the Great Vehicle cultivators attending the Fruition Dharma Banquet. He is primarily interested in the rewards from the earlier stages, especially the rare Sun Fruits, rather than in the Heavenly Emperor's summons or the Judicial Heavenly Monarch succession. 1279 1286

He competes through the banquet's later stages and is eliminated in the seventh stage. Zhenhe Venerable later accuses him of deliberately losing to Jiang Sheng in order to avoid further competition and preserve his dignity. Fuyun treats the matter lightly, suggesting that the two of them should now simply observe the remaining contests as spectators. 1294

Mortal-World Divine Office

During the banquet's mortal-world cultivation phase, Fuyun disguises himself as an idle cloud and wild crane, establishes a Daoist temple, and earns worship from local officials. He is pleased when he believes Jiang Sheng has failed to establish a divine office, but his confidence vanishes when Jiang Sheng reveals genuine Spirit Transformation cultivation without relying on Divine Path energy. 1291

Fuyun challenges Jiang Sheng and is suppressed in three breaths. Jiang Sheng shatters his divine office, takes his divine register, and receives the titles Divine Lord of Saving Suffering and Punishing Evil and Azure Mystic Pivot Thunder True Person. 1291

Heavenly Court Rebellion

During Lingyuan's assault on Shenxiao Imperial Palace, Fuyun remains in the western Taibai Mansion with Ye Wenshu. When Ye Wenshu urges him to stop Jiang Sheng before the palace falls, Fuyun responds with calm, almost playful composure, asking what she believes will happen if Jiang Sheng is not stopped. 1308

Residual Poison of Dao Transformation

Fuyun hosts Jiang Sheng, Ye Wenshu, and Shen Yao at Taibai Star Mansion during the crisis involving corrupted middle-thousand worlds. He subsequently makes a private appeal to Jiang Sheng, arguing that the poison threatens not only Zhenxiao disciples but also trapped Heavenly Court officials. 1348 1349 1351

He sends two disciples to wait outside Jiang Sheng's mansion for three days, then negotiates for the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion's intervention. His initial offer—the Ziwei Jade Tablet and one hundred high-grade immortal pills—is judged insufficient for the danger and scale of the task. Jiang Sheng raises the price to three thousand Five-Pattern Immortal Pills, five thousand cubic units of Three-Profound Immortal Source, and full coverage of the operation's expenses. 1351 1352

Dragon Palace Market

Fuyun informs Jiang Sheng that the Taixuan Sword Sheath, a Pure Yang legacy treasure, may be obtainable and escorts him to Dragon Palace Market in Nanxiao Domain Continent. He introduces Jiang Sheng to his wide-ranging circle of associates at Anle Pavilion. 1381 1382 1383

His actual interest gradually becomes clear: he wants to seize Dragon Palace Market's business. He acts as Changyuan Sea Realm's intermediary, but Jiang Sheng realizes Fuyun had been testing whether Jiang Sheng had a prior claim to the market before pursuing it himself. 1391 1393

Flat Peach Dharma Banquet

Fuyun delivers Heavenly Court supplies to Yaochi, ingratiates himself with its fairies, and attempts to repair relations with Jiang Sheng before the banquet. 1390 1391

At the banquet, he freely moves between Eastern Heaven Daoists, Buddhists, and demon venerables, easing the gathering's factional divisions. He sits in the eighth seat as the Metal Department's chief minister and eagerly anticipates the banquet's rare peaches and performances. 1396 1397 1400 1401

He notices Jiang Sheng's concern after Abao is taken by Daji's avatar and uses the opportunity to offer him Ao Shu, the white-haired dragonborn from Changyuan Sea Realm. Fuyun frames the offer as an act of compassion, but his continuing interest in Dragon Palace Market is obvious to Jiang Sheng. 1403

Wanchuan Province Incident

Fuyun brings Jiang Sheng news that Qingde Divine Lord, the corrupt City God of Wanchuan Prefecture, has caused widespread unrest. He seeks Jiang Sheng's help because punishment falls under the Judicial Mansion or Thunder Department rather than the Human Department. 1407 1408

In return for half the treasures he received from Changyuan Sea Realm, Jiang Sheng orders Shen Yao and Heavenly Soldiers to capture Qingde Divine Lord. Qingde is stripped of his divine office, has his Three Flowers severed, and is imprisoned. 1408

Six Sects Grand Competition Preparations

Fuyun and Fairy Xiaogong evaluate Zhenxiao Dao Sect's younger disciples before the Six Sects Grand Competition. He argues that the competition will determine the sects' standing for centuries and that Zhenxiao must overcome the damage to its reputation caused by remaining on the sidelines during the Xuanmen Great Calamity. 1469

Fuyun is optimistic about the sect's promising seedlings, while Xiaogong is more realistic about the gap between them and figures such as Lingyuan. Fuyun nevertheless argues that even if Lingyuan's teaching is too profound for the younger generation, Zhenxiao's disciples must still demonstrate sufficient competitiveness to restore the sect's status. 1469

Notable Quotes

“In the Three Realms, who doesn't know that I, Fuyun, am famously reliable? What's wrong with taking money and doing the job?” 1391

“Whenever I see wealth and goods, I want them. Whenever I see wealth and goods, I want them.” 1393

“Once a person gets old, there are some things he simply cannot bear to witness. Seeing such a beautiful, obedient little child sent back to meet a miserable end, this old man cannot bear it in his heart.” 1403