Hongjun

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Hongjun (鸿钧)
Alias(es)	Old Ancestor Hongjun; Immortal Path Alliance Leader; Immortal Ancestor; Dao Ancestor; Heavenly Dao Spokesperson; Merciful Saint; Limitless Primordial Supreme Saint
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Immortal Path Alliance; Mystic Gate; Heavenly Dao
Occupation/Role	Founder of the Mystic Gate; propagator of the Immortal Dao; Heavenly Dao’s spokesperson and later its ninth Saint
Status	Merged with the Heavenly Dao; later ascended as the Limitless Saint
First Appearance	Chapter 19

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Grand Unity Eleventh Heaven	19	Revealed while wielding the Pangu Banner against Zhuzhao.
Half-step Hunyuan Grand Unity (empowered)	80	Used the Jade Plate of Creation to borrow Heavenly Dao Power against Shen Ni and the Heaven Suppressing Coffin.
Ashen Saint	114	Broke through at Wuxiang Mountain, surpassing Yin Yang and Qiankun.
Hunyuan-level combat power	200	United his Three Corpses and wielded Hun Yuan Order Power through the Jade Disc of Creation to battle Luohu.
Hunyuan Grand Unity / Saint	211	Proved the Order Dao Fruit with Heavenly Dao support, refined Hongmeng Purple Qi, and became the Heavenly Dao’s spokesperson.
Merged with the Heavenly Dao	266	His main body fused with the Heavenly Dao Wheel; thereafter, he became the Heavenly Will and did not ordinarily appear in the world.
Limitless Saint	655	Reunited his three corpse primordial spirits and fused with the ninth Saint Position, becoming the Limitless Primordial Supreme Saint.

Background

Hongjun was among the Five Elder Lords during the early Primordial Era. By the time of the conflict involving the Three Emperors and Chaos Demon Gods, he had already reached Grand Unity Eleventh Heaven and possessed the World-Opening Supreme Treasure, the Pangu Banner. Its World-Opening Air Blades allowed him to suppress Zhuzhao through the principles of destruction, establishment, sealing, and annihilation 19.

He sought to promote the Qi Cultivation Path and restrain the Divine Dao, believing the Immortal Path required a path beyond Taiyi Golden Immortal to truly spread. His connection to the Jade Plate of Creation allowed him to borrow Heavenly Dao Power, but every use incurred karma with the Heavenly Dao; during his first comprehension of its laws, he nearly lost himself 36.

After the Myriad Gods Conference, Hongjun preached throughout the Star Realm and later the Twelve Heavens. He spent fifteen hundred years teaching across three Great Thousand Worlds in the Star Realm, then ultimately spread the Taiyi Golden Immortal path throughout the Twelve Heavens before returning to Yujing Mountain in seclusion 51 83 84.

Following the Fierce Beast Tribulation, Hongjun sought to establish the Hunyuan path and free himself from his position as the Heavenly Dao’s representative. He later deduced the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm from the Jade Plate of Creation, founded the Mystic Gate, and constructed nine Heavenly Dao Grand Altars to disseminate its path 82 174 176 180.

The Calamity of Dao and Demon forced Hongjun into direct opposition with Demon Ancestor Luohu. He united his Three Corpses, renamed the Immortal Path Grand Array the Myriad Immortals Diagram, and entered the decisive battle at Mount Sumeru with Yang Mei, Yin Yang, and Qiankun 199 200. After dispelling his karma, he proved the Dao as a Saint with overt support from the Heavenly Dao 211.

Five epochs later, Hongjun merged with the Heavenly Dao. His main body became the Heavenly Will while his Three Corpses continued to act in the world, including through the cultivation and deployment of Haotian 266 331. In the later era, he pursued a renewed position of authority over Heaven and Earth, eventually ascending as the ninth Saint and fusing with the Limitless Saint Position 650 655.

Personality

Hongjun is calculating, restrained, and deeply committed to order. He is willing to use indirect methods—including withholding information, leveraging karmic obligations, and spreading rumors—to advance the Heavenly Dao’s interests or secure a desired outcome 85 375.

His pursuit of order is inseparable from ambition. He repeatedly seeks to consolidate the Immortal Path, establish an independent Mystic Gate lineage, and later unify the Order of Heaven and Earth. This drive alienates allies such as Yin Yang and Qiankun and brings him into conflict with Nuwa and other Saints 175 650.

Despite these ambitions, Hongjun accepts personal sacrifice as the cost of his path. Before the final Dao-Demon battle, he resolves to surrender his freedom and “walk alone” in order to unite the Heavenly Dao 199.

Abilities & Skills

Order Great Dao

Hongjun cultivates the Order Great Dao, which resonates strongly with the Jade Plate of Creation and the laws of the Heavenly Dao.

• Enables him to comprehend and organize the manifestations of the three thousand Great Daos 145.
• Forms the foundation of his Order Dao Fruit and Saintly authority 211.
• Is not inherently combat-focused; Hongjun often relies on supreme treasures to compensate in battle 105.

Heavenly Dao Power

Through the Jade Plate of Creation, Hongjun can draw upon Heavenly Dao Power.

• Temporarily raised his aura to half-step Hunyuan Grand Unity against Shen Ni 80.
• Can borrow the power of the Twelve Heavens of Grand Unity and even Half-step Hun Yuan laws 36.
• Carries a karmic cost: power borrowed from the Heavenly Dao must eventually be repaid 36.
• Was used to construct Heavenly Dao Grand Altars and create lesser Jade Plate cores that transformed local laws into Heavenly Dao Laws 176.

Three Corpse Severance

Hongjun verified the Path of Slaying the Three Corpses after observing the Three Pure Ones’ enlightenment, dividing aspects of himself into Good, Evil, and Self 88.

• His Good Corpse reached Perfection of Hunyuan Golden Immortal and wielded the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit and Green Lotus Treasure Banner 198.
• He severed the Self-Corpse through a Fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation before the final Dao-Demon battle 200.
• His Three Corpses enabled him to confront the four-person Immortal Slaying Sword Formation as “four entities as one” 199 200.
• The Three Corpses later merged into his main body during his fusion with the Heavenly Dao and again during his Limitless Saint ascension 266 655.

Deduction and Formation Mastery

Hongjun is an exceptionally capable deducer and formation specialist.

• Located weaknesses in Kunlun Mountain’s guardian formations by using Heavenly Dao Power 85.
• Guided Taiyuan’s refinement of the Ancestral Vein Origin Eye using Pangu’s divine blood and divine materials 108.
• Established the nine Heavenly Dao Grand Altars and used them to encrypt the laws of heaven and earth 176 177.
• Enhanced the Immortal Path Grand Array into the Myriad Immortals Diagram with Hunyuan-level Heavenly Dao Power 200.

Equipment / Treasures

• Pangu Banner — World-Opening Supreme Treasure and Hongjun’s foremost offensive weapon; releases World-Opening Air Blades embodying destruction, establishment, sealing, and annihilation 19.
• Jade Plate of Creation / Jade Disc of Creation — Heavenly Dao sacred artifact that lets Hongjun borrow Heavenly Dao Power, deduce laws, and later prove his Dao 36 211.
• Green Lotus Treasure Banner — One of the Innate Five Directions Banners; acquired during the Kunlun treasure hunt and later used to protect the Western Monk and equip Hongjun’s Good Corpse 86 105 198.
• Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit — Carried by Hongjun’s Good Corpse during the battle against Luohu’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation 198.
• Myriad Immortals Diagram — The upgraded form of the Immortal Path Grand Array, empowered by Hunyuan-level Heavenly Dao Power 200.

Relationships

• Li Fan / Heavenly Emperor — Political ally and frequent collaborator, though their relationship is marked by mutual caution. Li Fan supported Hongjun’s final confrontation with Luohu by giving him a Jade Plate fragment, but later rejected Hongjun’s proposals for joint rule 199 651.
• Luohu — Principal rival and opposing spokesperson of the Demon Realm. Their conflict culminated in the Calamity of Dao and Demon and the destruction of the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation 167 200 203.
• Yin Yang — Former fellow Elder Lord and Immortal Path ally. Hongjun protected him during the West Kunlun conflict, but their relationship deteriorated when Hongjun established the Mystic Gate independently 119 175.
• Qiankun — Former fellow Elder Lord and Immortal Path ally. Hongjun sheltered Qiankun alongside Yin Yang, yet later bypassed him in creating the Mystic Gate 119 175.
• Goddess Taiyuan — Ally in opposing Luohu and refining major treasures. She thanked Hongjun for enabling her acquisition of the God Slaying Spear, while also challenging his Heavenly Dao plans 159 174.
• Yang Mei — A powerful associate whom Hongjun consulted regarding Guixu. Hongjun later challenged him after becoming a Saint but was outmaneuvered by Yang Mei’s spatial abilities 164 212.
• Haotian — Disciple and agent. Hongjun cultivated him for the Western Extreme position and dispatched him to retrieve the Ten Thousand Immortals Array 331.
• Yaochi — Attendant created by Hongjun using Pure Yin origin, pure Life Origin, and the Jade Plate of Creation 373.
• Donghua — Early Mystic Gate member who accepted Hongjun’s invitation at Purple Mansion Continent 178 180.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Rise of the Immortal Dao

Hongjun promoted the Qi Cultivation Path as an alternative to the Divine Dao, preaching in the Star Realm and throughout the Twelve Heavens. His work laid the foundation for the later Immortal Path and its Taiyi Golden Immortal advancement 51 83 84.

Immortal Path Alliance Leadership

As leader of the Immortal Path Alliance, Hongjun acted to protect members such as Yin Yang and Qiankun, mediated the West Kunlun conflict, and safeguarded the alliance’s interests against the Three Clans and Luohu 119 123.

Mystic Gate and Heavenly Dao Grand Altars

Hongjun deduced the Grand Unity Golden Immortal path, established the Mystic Gate with Donghua, Xihua, and Qing Yuan, and built nine Heavenly Dao Grand Altars to spread Heavenly Dao Laws across the Primordial World 174 176 180.

Calamity of Dao and Demon

Hongjun became the Heavenly Dao’s vanguard against Luohu. He fought Luohu repeatedly, prepared his Three Corpses, and ultimately joined the battle at Mount Sumeru that shattered the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation 188 198 200 203.

Sainthood and Merger with the Dao

Hongjun proved the Order Dao, became a Saint, and announced a future Purple Heaven Palace lecture for all beings with destiny. Five epochs later, he merged with the Heavenly Dao, becoming its Will and withdrawing his main body from ordinary worldly affairs 211 266.

Limitless Saint Ascension

During the Immeasurable Kalpa, Hongjun attempted to impose a unified order upon the Saints. After meeting opposition, he accepted the role of the Heavenly Dao’s ninth Saint and eventually fused with the Limitless Saint Position 650 651 655.

Notable Quotes

“For the sake of unifying the Heavenly Dao, someone must walk this path.” 199

“I, Hongjun, have proven my Dao and become a Saint today! Sensing the difficulty of cultivation for all beings in the Primordial World, nine Epochs from now, I shall lecture the Dao on behalf of Heaven in the Purple Heaven Palace within the Inner Chaos of the Outer Heaven!” 211

“Heavenly Dao is not Hongjun!” 266

Trivia

• Hongjun’s Yujing Mountain is also called the White Jade Capital and is described as a lofty mountain above a sea of clouds, with purple mist and grand palaces 106.
• He serves White Jade Beans, an Innate Spiritual Bean specialty of Yujing Mountain 106.
• Hongjun initially attempted to conceal the Jade Plate of Creation and monopolize Kunlun Mountain’s treasure opportunities, provoking pressure from Li Fan, Yin Yang, Qiankun, and Taiyuan 85.
• His honorific title “Immortal Ancestor” began to circulate among All Spirits during his promotion of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal path 176.