Hongjun

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Hongjun (鸿钧)
Alias(es)	Dao Ancestor; Heavenly Dao Incarnation; Heavenly Dao Saint 437 484
Species/Race	Ancient Chaos Godfiend 692 722
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Heavenly Dao; Purple Heaven Palace; Heavenly Dao Camp
Occupation/Role	Dao Ancestor, Heavenly Dao spokesperson, Dao lecturer, master of the Heavenly Dao Saints 1 954
Status	Active 954
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Saintly Position	1	Attains the Great Dao and declares himself a Saint while holding the Jade Plate of Creation. His announcement shakes the entire Primordial World. 1
Merged with the Heavenly Dao	32	Combines with the Dao to “perfect the Heavenly Mechanism,” becoming the Heavenly Dao’s incarnation rather than an independent worldly cultivator. 31 32

Background / History

Attainment of the Dao and the Purple Heaven Palace lectures

Hongjun announces his attainment of the Great Dao and Saintly Position, inviting those with fate to hear his teachings at Purple Heaven Palace after three thousand years. His proclamation blankets the Primordial World in auspicious phenomena and compels all living beings to submit. 1

During his lectures, he establishes much of the era’s cultivation framework. He explains that Saints entrust their Primordial Spirits to the Heavenly Dao, teaches three paths to Sainthood—Slaying the Three Corpses, attaining Dao through strength, and attaining Dao through merit—and distributes Primordial Violet Qi to chosen cultivators. 14

Hongjun appoints East King Duke as chief of male immortals and West Queen Mother as ruler of female immortals, granting each a fortune-suppressing treasure. 5 At the final lecture, he announces that six disciples are destined to enter his tutelage, while later refusing further applicants, including Tongtian. He nevertheless bestows the Immortal Slaying Four Swords and their formation diagram upon Tongtian. 30 31

Combination with the Heavenly Dao

Hongjun reveals that his three lectures are necessary to repair the incomplete Heavenly Dao before merging with it. He states that afterward, “the Heavenly Dao will be Hongjun,” and he will withdraw from ordinary worldly affairs unless the great trend changes. 31

He completes this union three thousand years later, calling for the Heavenly Dao to unify with him. The merger vastly expands his authority, but eventually becomes a source of constraint: he must preserve the Heavenly Dao’s operation, guard the chaos beyond the Primordial World, and contend with the loss of his personal freedom. 32 137

Conflict with the Earthly Dao

Hongjun attempts to suppress newly risen Earthly Dao Saints, ordering Zhenyuanzi into permanent exile in Chaos when Zhenyuanzi refuses to abandon the Earthly Dao. He threatens Wuzhuang Temple with heavenly punishment and a world-ending palm strike. 483 542 543

Empress Pingxin repeatedly intervenes on behalf of the Earthly Dao. Her rise, along with Zhenyuanzi’s merit, exposes an important limitation on Hongjun: the Heavenly Dao possesses an autonomous will and does not wholly obey him. In the face of the Earthly Dao’s revival, Hongjun withdraws rather than trigger a catastrophe that could destroy the Primordial World. 484 485 545

Exposure of his schemes

Hongjun secretly supports Heavenly Dao Saints against Li Tian and, at times, personally descends through their bodies. He uses Zhunti’s body as an incarnation, refining a fallen Saint’s body into a vessel for his own power. 520 527 747

Li Tian publicly exposes this act, leading Jieyin to denounce Hongjun for seizing Zhunti’s body. The resulting loss of faith damages Hongjun’s connection to the Heavenly Dao; its origin begins stripping away the marks he imposed upon it. 749 750 751

Despite this setback, Hongjun continues to pursue control of the Three Realms. He manipulates Haotian, attempts to undermine the Human Dao, and revives Demon Emperors Dijun and Taiyi as pieces in a larger conflict between the Human Race and Demon Race. 636 788 809 810 845

Appearance

Hongjun is generally portrayed as an austere Daoist of immense and oppressive presence. He commonly appears in plain white robes, seated upon a cloud platform or lotus seat, with a jade fly whisk in hand. 590 787 808

• Long beard and an ancient, inscrutable gaze. 437
• White Daoist robes and a jade fly whisk. 590 808
• Surrounded by a pressure that causes Saints and ordinary beings alike to fear or submit. 483 527
• Retains a lofty, detached bearing even when his schemes or authority are challenged. 787

Personality

Hongjun is patient, calculating, and intensely pragmatic. He rarely acts without considering the balance of authority, the Heavenly Dao’s response, and the long-term consequences for his own position. When Haotian appeals to their past bond, Hongjun makes clear that usefulness—not sentiment—determines his favor. 788

He presents himself as an impartial Dao Ancestor, but his conduct increasingly reveals an authoritarian need to keep the Heavenly Dao, the Three Realms, and all living beings under his control. He treats capable figures as assets, subordinates as pieces, and dissenters as threats to be removed. 497 752 856

Hongjun also possesses a genuine desire to surpass his limits. He resents the shackles imposed by the Heavenly Dao and seeks a higher realm beyond the Primordial World, believing that continued stagnation will eventually destroy his path. 137 748

Abilities & Skills

Heavenly Dao Authority

As the Heavenly Dao’s incarnation, Hongjun can invoke the Primordial World’s laws and authority on a scale far beyond ordinary Saints.

• Issues decrees backed by heavenly punishment, including purple God lightning. 542
• Suppresses Saints through overwhelming Heavenly Dao Pressure. 483 527
• Can intervene through a disciple or incarnation, lending Heavenly Dao might to Zhunti. 520 580
• His authority is limited by the Heavenly Dao’s independent will, which may reject or restrain his intentions. 485 751

Three Corpses

Hongjun created the method of Slaying the Three Corpses and is uniquely noted for severing all three before becoming a Saint. 437 626

• His Three Corpses can manifest independently to fight on his behalf. 624 625
• They freeze time and space, halting the attacks of Zhenyuanzi and Minghe. 625
• They were instrumental in defeating Demon Ancestor Luohu and establishing Hongjun’s reputation as the Dao Ancestor. 626

Divination and Temporal Manipulation

Hongjun’s Primordial Spirit and divine sense allow him to deduce hidden events and inspect the flow of fate.

• Can review vast developments across the Primordial Wilderness within a breath through divination. 723
• Opens the River of Time and uses essence blood as a guide to locate lost true spirits. 809 810
• Successfully retrieves wisps of Dijun and Taiyi’s true spirits for their revival. 810
• His deductions can fail against targets concealed beyond the Heavenly Dao’s reach, leaving only an untraceable void. 437

Daoist Combat and Suppression

Hongjun’s own cultivation remains formidable even without directly wielding the entire Heavenly Dao.

• Condenses Dao laws into an indestructible barrier that blocks Li Tian’s sword momentum. 749
• Can turn an ordinary spiritual treasure into a weapon comparable to an Innate Supreme Treasure through his cultivation. 808
• Fights Pingxin in Chaos with power surpassing the limits of the Primordial World. 530
• His incarnations wield the Heavenly Dao Thunder Sword and other high-level divine abilities. 632

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Jade Plate of Creation — Hongjun’s foundational treasure; its fragmented patterns allowed him to develop the method of Slaying the Three Corpses. 1 437
• Jade Fly Whisk — A mysterious spiritual treasure of unknown origin, wielded against Nuwa. 590 808
• Heavenly Dao Thunder Sword — A weapon manifested by one of Hongjun’s incarnations during the battle with Meng Po. 632
• Diagram of Heaven and Earth — An Innate Supreme Treasure taken from his treasury and prepared for the revived Demon Emperors. 813
• Sun and Moon Divine Wheels — Paired top-tier treasures formerly associated with Dijun and Xihe, later held by Hongjun. 813
• Infinity Bell — One of three exceptional Innate Supreme Treasures Hongjun produces for his revived Demon Race pieces. 813

Relationships

• Heavenly Dao — Hongjun’s source of authority and his greatest restraint. He merged with it to gain supreme power, but its autonomous will can resist his control. 32 485 751
• Tongtian — Initially a cultivator Hongjun watches with interest, later a powerful and unpredictable rival. Hongjun gifts him the Immortal Slaying Four Swords, but later schemes against him and has him imprisoned. 8 31 662
• Li Tian / Daoist Qingping — Principal adversary who exposes Hongjun’s use of Saintly bodies as incarnations and rallies resistance to his rule. 747 752 753
• Empress Pingxin / Houtu — Earthly Dao opponent whose growing authority forces Hongjun to reconsider direct suppression. 484 909 910
• Zhenyuanzi — Earthly Dao Saint whom Hongjun attempts to exile and suppress after his Dao proving threatens Heavenly Dao dominance. 483 542 545
• Haotian — Loyal but expendable subordinate. Hongjun grants him Primordial Violet Qi and promises a Saintly Position in exchange for opposing the Human Race. 636 788 803
• Zhunti and Jieyin — Heavenly Dao Saints who obey Hongjun’s commands out of fear and dependence; Zhunti’s body is later used as Hongjun’s incarnation. 497 747 750
• Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi — Revived by Hongjun through the River of Time to become instruments in his plan against the Human Race. 809 810 845

Notable Quotes

“I, Hongjun, have today attained the Great Dao and achieved the Saintly Position. I possess the Jade Plate of Creation, in accordance with the will of Heaven.” 1

“A Saint's Primordial Spirit is entrusted to the Heavenly Dao, immortal and indestructible. All beneath a Saint are but ants.” 14

“From then on, the Heavenly Dao will be Hongjun, and Hongjun will not be an individual.” 31