Kunpeng

Biodata

Power Progression

History

Birth and Origins

The Heavenly Dao arranged for Yuanfeng to conceive Kunpeng and Kong Xuan after the disappearance of the Great Dao of Yang. It used a small amount of Chu Feng’s Extreme Yang Power, making the sisters his children. Although the Heavenly Dao intended them to take male forms, the supplied power was insufficient to support Kunpeng’s transformation 24 78.

The sisters were born as two spiritual eggs amid Five-Colored Divine Light and dim Mystic Light. Their birth depleted Yuanfeng’s origin but fulfilled a requirement of the Heavenly Dao, easing its suppression of the Phoenix Clan and allowing its members to leave their territory without the previous cultivation penalty 35.

Losing the Purple Heavens Palace Seat

Kunpeng seized the fifth cushion at Hongjun’s first lecture through her exceptional speed. After Hong Yun surrendered her own cushion to Zhunti, Zhunti and Jieyin demanded Kunpeng’s seat. She refused, but their combined attack injured her and knocked her from the cushion, which Jieyin then occupied 38 39.

Kunpeng blamed Hong Yun for establishing the precedent that allowed the theft. Hongjun’s subsequent decree that attendees retain their seats at future lectures made the loss permanent. Once the cushions’ connection to sainthood became clear, Kunpeng regarded Hong Yun as the person who had destroyed her opportunity 39 45.

Her resentment persisted through the second lecture. When she openly stared at Hong Yun with killing intent afterward, Zhurong threatened her and Dijiang ordered her away; Kunpeng fled rather than confront the Twelve Ancestral Witches 55 56.

Joining the Demon Clan

Bai Ze recommended Kunpeng as a powerful recruit whose desire for revenge could overcome her preference for independence. Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi visited the Northern Darkness and offered her the position of Demon Master, access to the clan’s fortune, and assistance against Hong Yun. Kunpeng accepted 64.

Hong Yun’s receipt of the final strand of Primordial Violet Qi intensified Kunpeng’s hatred. She joined Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi in attacking Hong Yun at the Treasure Distribution Cliff, but Dijiang and Zhurong intervened and forced the demon leaders to withdraw 66 67.

Kunpeng later participated in a larger ambush supported by the Demon Clan army, Jieyin, and Zhunti. She attacked Hong Yun directly, declaring that their feud could end only in death. Chu Feng and the Twelve Ancestral Witches defeated the attacking forces 78 80.

Settlement and Sainthood

After the battle, Chu Feng attempted to end the feud by revealing that he was Kunpeng’s father. Kunpeng contacted Yuanfeng, who confirmed his claim, although Yuanfeng herself did not understand the Heavenly Dao’s role in the sisters’ conception. Kunpeng remained unwilling to abandon her lost chance at sainthood merely because of their family connection 78 80.

Chu Feng then offered her a strand of Primordial Violet Qi in exchange for settling her karma with Hong Yun. Kunpeng accepted and left to comprehend it, but still refused to acknowledge Chu Feng as her father 81.

Unable to find her breakthrough opportunity, Kunpeng became anxious while watching humanity’s fortune flourish. Cangjie’s achievement inspired her to gather demons and create Demon Script from the forms of the sun, moon, stars, birds, and beasts. The resulting merit enabled her to become a Saint and increased the Demon Clan’s fortune 91.

The Golden Crow Scheme

Despite her lingering hostility toward Jieyin and Zhunti over the stolen cushion, Kunpeng agreed to cooperate with them after they promised to support her ascent to the Heavenly Emperor’s Throne. Their plan required her to lure Di Jun’s ten Golden Crow daughters away from the Sun Star 137.

Kunpeng approached the princesses with a kindly manner and encouraged them to explore the Primordial World. Their departure led to widespread destruction, including the burning of Kuafu’s tribe, and ultimately to nine Golden Crows being killed by Hou Yi. Di Jun held Kunpeng responsible 138 140 150.

Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti later persuaded Di Jun to reconcile with Kunpeng because the Demon Clan needed her strength. Kunpeng initially refused to return, but Zhunti privately suggested that she could inherit the Heavenly Court if the witches and demons destroyed one another. Tempted by becoming Demon Emperor, she accepted 149 150.

Removal from the Demon Clan

Yuanfeng summoned Kunpeng home and condemned her involvement in the approaching calamity. Kunpeng defended her position as Demon Master and dismissed her mother’s warnings. Chu Feng forced her to kneel under his pressure and ordered her to remain at the Volcano of Immortality 150 151.

Chu Feng negotiated her release from the Demon Clan by raising Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi’s cultivation. Di Jun then swore a Heavenly Dao oath stripping Kunpeng of her title and ending all karmic ties between them. The resulting loss of fortune gravely weakened Kunpeng 151.

Chu Feng promised to help her pursue Proving the Dao by Force and attain Hunyuan Grand Unity once her temperament had settled. Kunpeng respectfully accepted and entered seclusion as a Phoenix Clan princess. Much later, the supposedly sealed Demon Master Palace remained a pretext: she was still staying at the Volcano of Immortality 152 269.

Appearance

• Humanoid form: Wears Daoist robes and is described with icy eyes and a cold, unapproachable presence 39.
• True form: An ancient exotic beast capable of taking the forms of a giant kun and a winged peng 64.
• Battle manifestation: Produces the phantom of an enormous bird whose talons tear through the void 78.

Personality

Kunpeng is solitary, proud, and resistant to authority. She initially rejects joining the Demon Clan because she values her independence, and she struggles to accept Chu Feng as her father even after Yuanfeng confirms their relationship 64 80 81.

Her resentment is enduring and often directed at an indirect target. Rather than treating Hong Yun’s surrender and the Western pair’s assault as separate acts, she holds Hong Yun responsible for her humiliation and lost opportunity. Yuanfeng describes her as gloomy and ruthless, while Chu Feng judges her schemes calculating but shortsighted 39 71 78 150.

Ambition repeatedly overrides her distrust. The promise of sainthood persuades her to settle her feud, while the prospect of ruling the Heavenly Court draws her into cooperation with Jieyin and Zhunti despite their earlier treatment of her 81 137 150.

Abilities & Skills

Kun and Peng Forms

Kunpeng’s true body combines immense aquatic and aerial power 64.

• Her giant kun form is described as capable of swallowing the four seas, while her peng form can strike the nine heavens 64.
• Transforms into her true form and beats her wings against Zhurong’s flames during the Treasure Distribution Cliff battle 67.
• Attacks Hong Yun with a giant bird phantom and void-rending talons 78.

Exceptional Speed

Speed is one of Kunpeng’s principal advantages 38 149.

• Seizes the fifth cushion before the other attendees can react 38.
• Zhunti describes her speed as unmatched in the Primordial World and proposes using it against Hong Yun’s spatial divine powers 149.

Demon Script

Kunpeng creates a writing system for the Demon Clan, drawing its characters from celestial bodies and living creatures 91.

• Gathers demons to develop the script after observing Cangjie’s achievement 91.
• Earns sufficient Heavenly Dao Merit to complete her breakthrough to sainthood 91.

Saint Cultivation and Fortune

Kunpeng attains sainthood through merit and Primordial Violet Qi, but her cultivation also benefits from her political position 64 91.

• Her Demon Master appointment connects her to the Demon Race’s fortune 64.
• Losing that fortune severely destabilizes her cultivation 151 152.
• Even as a Saint, she cannot resist Chu Feng’s suppressive pressure 151.
• Chu Feng’s proposed transition to Proving the Dao by Force remains a promise rather than a documented attainment 152.

Relationships

• Yuanfeng — Mother. Worries about Kunpeng’s enemies and intervenes to keep her out of the Witch-Demon Calamity 71 150 151.
• Chu Feng — Father through the Extreme Yang Power used in her conception. Supplies her Primordial Violet Qi and later secures her departure from the Demon Clan 78 81 151.
• Kong Xuan — Sister, born alongside her as another spiritual egg 35.
• Hong Yun — Former target of a killing feud over the stolen cushion and lost Saint opportunity. Their karma is formally settled through Chu Feng’s intervention 39 81.
• Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi — Former rulers and allies who recruit her as Demon Master. Her involvement in the Golden Crows’ deaths ruptures their relationship before a brief reconciliation 64 149 150.
• Jieyin and Zhunti — The pair who forcibly take her cushion, then later exploit her ambition to involve her in the Golden Crow scheme 39 137.
• Dijiang and Zhurong — Protectors of Hong Yun who intimidate Kunpeng after the second lecture and thwart her attack at the Treasure Distribution Cliff 56 67.

Notable Quotes

“Opportunities are fought for, not cried for.” 39

“Risk and opportunity go hand in hand. I have made up my mind, so you need say no more.” 151