Hongjun

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Hongjun (鸿钧) 4
Alias(es)	Daoist Hongjun; Heavenly Dao Saint 4 158
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Purple Cloud Palace; allied with the Heavenly Dao 10 24
Occupation/Role	Saint, Dao preacher, architect of the Heavenly Dao's greater trend 10 53
Status	Active 270
First Appearance	Chapter 4 4

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Quasi-Sage	4, 7	Possessed advanced Three Corpses cultivation and sought to merge the Three Corpses before proving the Dao; his corpse incarnation was already at the early Quasi-Sage stage. 4 7
Saint	10	Took advantage of the weakened Heavenly Dao after surviving Cheng Yue's attack, proved the Dao, and announced a sermon at Purple Cloud Palace. 10

Background / History

Hongjun cultivated at Jade Capital Mountain beneath the damaged Jade Plate of Creation. While meditating, he sensed that an unidentified opportunity had been taken from him. His calculations revealed only that the loss concerned events after his future sainthood; unable to pierce the obscured heavenly secrets, he dispatched his Evil Corpse to investigate the Primordial World. 4

The investigation led to Cheng Yue's South Sea island. Hongjun's corpse incarnation was caught in Cheng Yue's formation and forcibly expelled, prompting Hongjun to investigate personally. Unable to perceive Cheng Yue's cultivation and warned of danger by the Heavenly Dao, he treated Cheng Yue as a possible Chaos Demon God. Cheng Yue's subsequent attack nearly killed him and injured the Heavenly Dao. 6 8 9 10

Seeing opportunity in the Heavenly Dao's weakened state, Hongjun immediately returned to Jade Capital Mountain and proved the Dao as a Saint. He established Purple Cloud Palace in Chaos and invited those with destiny to hear his lecture three thousand years later. 10

Hongjun later learned that Yangmei had already reached Primordial Unity and was capable of effortlessly brushing away his Spiritual Treasures. Despite this setback, Hongjun resolved to continue his plan of using the Heavenly Dao to replace the Great Dao. 12 13

Appearance

Hongjun appears as an elderly Daoist with a solemn, traditional bearing. During cultivation, purple energy surrounds him and a golden halo of merit rotates behind his head. 4

• White hair and a long white beard. 4
• Usually seen seated on a prayer mat at Jade Capital Mountain. 4
• Keeps the damaged Jade Plate of Creation suspended above his head while cultivating or calculating. 4
• His corpse incarnation resembles him, but wears black robes and has a black beard. 4

Personality

Hongjun is intensely ambitious. Before becoming a Saint, he explicitly sought to unify the Primordial World and pursue his Great Dao; afterward, he continued planning to perfect the Heavenly Dao and ultimately advance further. 4 24

He is calculating and opportunistic, as shown when he exploited the Heavenly Dao's injury to prove the Dao and when he repeatedly manipulated the Witch-Demon conflict to maintain a desired greater trend. 10 50 128

Despite his authority, Hongjun is deeply wary of Cheng Yue. Cheng Yue's formation, the Wooden Tokens held by Cheng Yue's disciples, and Cheng Yue's ability to disrupt established destiny all make Hongjun reluctant to escalate their conflict directly. 8 101 128

Abilities & Skills

Dao Calculation

Hongjun can deduce heavenly secrets through the Jade Plate of Creation, though major variables and Cheng Yue-related events can obscure his calculations.

• Identified that his stolen opportunity was connected to post-sainthood events, but could not determine its nature. 4
• Calculated Nuwa's great luck and her broken master-disciple fate with him after catching her taking treasures from Purple Cloud Palace. 14
• Failed to identify the force altering the trajectories of the stars and disrupting Di Jun's Heavenly Emperor authority. 37

Three Corpses Incarnations

Before proving the Dao, Hongjun practiced the Three Corpses method and could separate incarnations from himself.

• Sent his black-robed Evil Corpse to investigate his lost opportunity. 4
• Reabsorbed the injured Evil Corpse after hearing its report on Cheng Yue's South Sea island. 8
• Sought to merge the Three Corpses before becoming a Saint in order to begin sainthood at a higher realm. 4

Saint Authority

As a Saint, Hongjun can impose large-scale restrictions on cultivators and reshape the battlefield.

• Froze the Witch Clan and Demon Race during their war, forcing both sides to cease fighting. 76
• Divided the Witch Clan into twelve sealed regions and confined the Demon Race within the Heavenly Court for ten thousand years. 92
• Opened a Spatial Rift to remove Yuanshi from Nuwa's incoming Wooden Token attack. 22
• Used a seized Wooden Token to interrupt the formation of the Pangu Axe, though Pangu Phantom still severely injured him. 49

Heavenly Dao Manipulation

Hongjun works with the Heavenly Dao to direct the Primordial World's development toward his intended outcome.

• Planned to delay dealing with the “thread of vitality” until the Heavenly Dao was complete, then absorb it into the Heavenly Dao. 24
• Targeted Houtu's transformation into Reincarnation to prevent the Witch Clan from assembling the Twelve Capital Celestial Evil-Slaying Formation. 50 67
• Created and sent Lost Souls into the Six Paths of Reincarnation to influence the Human Race's development. 113
• Helped the Demon Race bypass its seal so Taiyi Golden Immortals could descend and hunt Humans for souls to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword. 128

Dao Preaching and Sect Leadership

Hongjun uses Purple Cloud Palace as the center of his teachings and the distribution of Heavenly Dao opportunities.

• Preached the Quasi-Sage method and later explained three paths to proving the Dao: force, merit, and severing the Three Corpses. 53
• Accepted the Three Pure Ones as disciples and granted them Primordial Violet Qi. 53
• Accepted Zhunti and Jieyin as nominal disciples because of the West's karmic debt. 53
• Appointed Eastern King Duke and Western Queen Mother as leaders of the male and female Immortals, respectively. 37

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Jade Plate of Creation — damaged jade plate used for cultivation and deduction of heavenly secrets. 4
• Wooden Tokens — tokens originally seized from Nuwa; Hongjun used them to counter Cheng Yue-derived attacks and disrupt the Pangu Axe's formation. 22 49 101
• Immortal-Slaying Four Swords — wielded against Yangmei before later being distributed to Tongtian. 12 111
• Kongtong Seal — Spiritual Treasure bestowed upon a Human Race Divine Infant intended to become a Human Race leader. 113

Relationships

• Cheng Yue — feared adversary and disruptive variable. Cheng Yue's formation injured Hongjun's corpse incarnation, nearly killed Hongjun himself, and repeatedly derailed his plans. 8 10 178
• Heavenly Dao — collaborator and source of guidance. Hongjun seeks to perfect it, use its authority, and eventually leverage it toward replacing the Great Dao. 24 50 259
• Nuwa — intended disciple whose master-disciple fate was broken; later an outspoken opponent who repeatedly threatens Hongjun with Cheng Yue's Wooden Tokens. 14 101
• Yangmei — old acquaintance and superior rival in the Space Dao; Yangmei exposed Hongjun's schemes and effortlessly neutralized his Spiritual Treasures. 12 13
• Yuanshi, Laozi, and Tongtian — the Three Pure Ones, accepted as Hongjun's disciples and granted Primordial Violet Qi. 53
• Zhunti and Jieyin — nominal disciples accepted because the destruction of the Western earth veins created karmic debt. 53
• Di Jun — Heavenly Emperor and useful piece in Hongjun's arrangements; Hongjun repeatedly intervenes in the Demon Race's war with the Witch Clan. 37 48 128
• Pingxin — opponent in the struggle over the Six Paths of Reincarnation and the Earthly Dao; she rejects Hongjun's demand to control her path. 100 101
• Hongyun — newly ascended Saint whom Hongjun unsuccessfully attempted to recruit as a disciple. 158
• Haotian and Yaochi — attendants at Jade Capital Mountain who benefited from Hongjun's proving of the Dao. 8 10

Story Role / Major Arcs

Lost Opportunity and Cheng Yue's Emergence

Hongjun's story begins with the loss of an unknown opportunity, later linked to Nuwa's broken fate as his disciple. His search introduces him to Cheng Yue, whose power and hostility become the central obstacle to Hongjun's designs. 4 8 14

Establishment of Purple Cloud Palace

After becoming a Saint, Hongjun opens Purple Cloud Palace in Chaos, lectures on cultivation, accepts disciples, distributes saintly opportunities, and builds a hierarchy of Immortal leadership to shape the Primordial World. 10 37 53 111

Witch-Demon War Interventions

Hongjun repeatedly interrupts the Witch-Demon War to preserve the broader Heavenly Dao plan. His first intervention is defied and ends with his severe injury by Pangu Phantom; later interventions freeze, partition, and seal the warring factions. 48 49 76 92

Reincarnation and the Three Paths

After Houtu transforms into Pingxin and establishes the Six Paths of Reincarnation, Hongjun attempts to consolidate the Heavenly, Earthly, and Humanity paths. Nuwa and Pingxin resist, forcing him to retreat rather than risk the destruction of Reincarnation. 100 101

Human Race and Demon Race Schemes

Hongjun attempts to influence the Human Race through reincarnated souls and the Kongtong Seal, while also aiding Di Jun's Demon Race in its plan to forge a Witch-Slaying Sword from Human souls. 113 128

Later Heavenly Dao Expansion

As the Primordial World expands into myriad worlds, Hongjun accepts Cheng Yue's proposal to accelerate the Heavenly Dao's growth through an organization that draws other worlds and their inhabitants into the Primordial World. 259 260

Notable Quotes

“I, Hongjun, shall be the first Saint of this Primordial World!”
— Hongjun 4

“I am Hongjun. Today, I have become a Saint. Three thousand years from now, I will begin preaching the Great Dao in the Purple Cloud Palace in Chaos.”
— Hongjun 10

“Everything, don't rush for a moment. I have persisted for so many years in order to Prove the Dao, so I don't lack this time.”
— Hongjun 101