Hongjun

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Hongjun (鸿钧)
Alias(es)	Dao Ancestor; Spokesperson for the Heavenly Dao
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Heavenly Dao (spokesperson, though he seeks to transcend its restraints); Mystic Gate Immortal Path; Zixiao Palace; Heavenly Court
Occupation/Role	Dao Ancestor; founder and beneficiary of the Mystic Gate Immortal Path; controller of the Six Sages
First Appearance	1

Power Progression

Stage	Advancement / Status	Details
Sagehood	First Sage of the Primordial World	Hongjun fused his Three Corpses and ascended to Sainthood, becoming the first Sage after the Dragon-Han Tribulation. His creation and transmission of the Innate Merit Cultivation Method established his status as Dao Ancestor. 477
Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal / Primordial Chaos Saint	Post-Sage advancement	After several eras of cultivation, tribulations, and enlightenment, Hongjun is described as having reached the Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, while later accounts also identify him as a Primordial Chaos Saint. 466 477
Zenith Heaven Boundless Golden Immortal	Unattained objective	Hongjun has not yet reached the Zenith Heaven Boundless Golden Immortal realm. He has spent multiple eras seeking a route to this realm, which would allow him to transcend the Heavenly Dao’s restraints. 466 477

Background / History

Hongjun resided in Zixiao Palace as the Heavenly Dao’s spokesperson. When Gu Xi was born as an Innate Divine Saint, Hongjun attempted to deduce his origins but found the Heavenly Dao had personally concealed Gu Xi’s Heavenly Secrets from him—an unprecedented affront to his authority. 1

After becoming the first Sage, Hongjun passed down the Mystic Gate Immortal Path. Its pre-immortal stages were divided into Refining Essence into Qi, Refining Qi into Spirit, Refining Spirit into Void, and Refining Void into Dao. His transmission of the Innate Merit Cultivation Method also earned him recognition as the Dao Ancestor. 12 477

As the Dao Ancestor of the Mystic Gate Immortal Path, Hongjun receives Destiny/Fortune from its practitioners. The emergence of Gu Xi’s Martial Way therefore immediately concerned him as a potential rival cultivation system. He initially dismissed it after judging that it could only reach the Heavenly Immortal realm. 41

Hongjun’s hostility intensified as Gu Xi repeatedly created independent paths of cultivation and Dao Proving. He developed killing intent toward Gu Xi, yet Heaven’s Will repeatedly intervened to restrain him. 205 217 244

Unable to kill Gu Xi directly after the Eye of Heaven’s Will intervened, Hongjun ordered the Six Sages to demand that Gu Xi permanently guard the Netherworld Underworld, intending to restrict Gu Xi’s development and influence. 206 208

After Gu Xi’s physical-body path threatened the Mystic Gate’s influence, Hongjun established the Heavenly Court to govern the gods and consolidate the Primordial World’s Destiny/Fortune. He appointed his attendants Haotian and Yaochi as Heavenly Emperor and Empress, respectively. 225 226

Hongjun later attempted to stop Four Seasons Daoist—Gu Xi’s incarnation—from attaining Sainthood, ordering the Six Sages to intercept him when he could not overcome the Eye of Heaven’s Will directly. 245 Following the failed interception, he punished the Six Sages while granting them greater power to preserve his control. 253

When Gu Xi and his allies attacked the Great Dao Shackles, Hongjun repelled them with the Jade Plate of Creation. He subsequently offered to accept Gu Xi as a disciple and make him Deputy Leader of the Mystic Gate, intending to absorb Gu Xi and his forces into his own system; Gu Xi declined. 255

Hongjun’s subsequent attempt to kill Gu Xi and Four Seasons Daoist was obstructed by Chaos Divine Thunder and the Eye of Heaven’s Will, leaving him severely wounded. He then resolved to usurp the Heavenly Dao rather than remain constrained by it. 256 257

Hongjun’s injuries damaged the origin of his Primordial Spirit and forced him into recuperation. Before entering seclusion, however, he resolved to mobilize the Mystic Gate against Gu Xi and prevent the Human Dao Sacred Court from developing freely. 257 260

Hongjun later revealed that the Human Dao Sacred Court was Gu Xi’s hidden force, comprising the Sky God, Earth God, and Nether God systems. He subsequently declared open war on Gu Xi and the Sacred Court, rallying the Six Sages, Haotian, Yaochi, and the Mystic Gate’s followers. 258 260

After ten thousand years of war failed to decisively weaken Gu Xi’s forces, Hongjun devised the Nine Provinces Barrier scheme. He isolated a Human Race territory, erased its inhabitants’ records and memories of Gu Xi and the human gods, and redirected its worship and fortune toward the Mystic Gate and Heavenly Court. 264 265 266

Later accounts reveal that Hongjun monopolized the Primordial Violet Qi needed for conventional Sainthood, ensuring that only his six chosen disciples could become Sages through that route. He has continued pursuing a grand scheme to reach the Zenith Heaven Boundless Golden Immortal realm and escape the Heavenly Dao’s limitations. 466 477

Personality

Hongjun is highly possessive of his position as Dao Ancestor. He views new cultivation systems not merely as philosophical developments, but as threats to the Destiny/Fortune that sustains the Mystic Gate Immortal Path. 41 225

He is calculating and controlling, preferring to bind powerful figures to his order rather than leave them independent. He embedded measures within the Primordial Violet Qi fused by the Six Sages, allowing him to control them, and chose Haotian as Heavenly Emperor partly because Haotian was less likely to escape his grasp. 258

Hongjun is willing to employ indirect and long-term schemes when direct force is unavailable. Rather than openly deprive the Human Race of its status as the protagonists of Heaven and Earth, he used the Nine Provinces Barrier to seize a portion of its fortune, rewrite a population’s history, and redirect its worship. 265 266

Despite his authority, Hongjun is deeply unsettled by Gu Xi. Gu Xi’s favor from Heaven’s Will, creation of new Dao paths, and knowledge of Foreign Domain worlds provoke both resentment and reluctant admiration. 252 281

His ultimate ambition extends beyond preserving his current authority. Hongjun seeks to repair the Jade Plate of Creation, advance beyond his present realm, and free himself from the Heavenly Dao’s restraints. 465 466 477

Abilities & Skills

Heavenly Dao Authority

As the Heavenly Dao’s spokesperson, Hongjun possesses immense authority within the Primordial World.

• He can mobilize the Six Sages and the Mystic Gate’s forces through divine decrees. 245 260
• He ordered Gu Xi to permanently guard the Netherworld Underworld through the Six Sages, attempting to limit Gu Xi’s ability to expand his forces and cultivation paths. 208
• Heaven’s Will can also restrain his actions, particularly when he attempts to act against Gu Xi. 205 244
• His status lets him benefit from the Destiny/Fortune generated by practitioners of the Mystic Gate Immortal Path. 41

Jade Plate of Creation

Hongjun wields the Jade Plate of Creation, an incomplete Chaos Supreme Treasure that records the Three Thousand Great Daos. 245 257

• He used it to destroy attacks from the Book of Civilization, World-Destroying Millstone, Four Epochs power, and God-Slaying Spear. 255
• He used it to stabilize and restore the Great Dao Shackles after Gu Xi, Four Seasons Daoist, and Luohu cracked them. 255
• He attempted to use it to deduce Gu Xi’s whereabouts, but the attempt triggered world-ending Chaos Divine Thunder against Zixiao Palace. 219
• He employed it against Gu Xi and Four Seasons Daoist during their confrontation. 256
• Fully repairing the incomplete treasure is one of Hongjun’s major long-term objectives. 465

Control Through Primordial Violet Qi

Hongjun placed hidden measures inside the Primordial Violet Qi fused by the Six Sages.

• The measures grant him leverage over the Six Sages. 258
• This control compelled the Sages to follow his order to block Four Seasons Daoist’s path to Sainthood. 245
• Hongjun can loosen restrictions within the Sages’ true spirits, temporarily restoring power and increasing their command over Great Dao Laws as a reward for obedience. 253
• Hongjun retained all Primordial Violet Qi under his control and arranged for only his six chosen disciples to obtain the conventional opportunity for Sainthood. 466
• The Six Sages remain a potential liability, as Hongjun acknowledges they could theoretically find a way to break free. 258

Great Dao Shackles

Hongjun maintains the Great Dao Shackles located in the Great Dao Torrent, which obstruct the latter stages of conventional Dao Proving.

• He intervened personally when Gu Xi, Four Seasons Daoist, and Luohu nearly shattered the shackles. 255
• The Jade Plate of Creation allowed him to repair the cracks created by their combined assault. 255
• The shackles help preserve Hongjun’s control over the path toward higher realms and prevent independent challengers from easily transcending his order. 183 219

Strategic Manipulation

Hongjun uses institutions, worship, and Destiny/Fortune as tools of control.

• He founded the Heavenly Court to govern the gods and suppress the spread of Gu Xi’s Martial Way. 225
• He ordered the construction of the Nine Provinces Barrier around a human territory, seeking to redirect the Human Race’s fortune and erase the enclosed humans’ memories of Gu Xi and the human gods. 265 266
• He sought to recruit Gu Xi as a disciple so that Gu Xi’s power and followers would contribute to the Mystic Gate rather than challenge it. 255
• He restricted Gu Xi through an order to permanently guard the Netherworld Underworld after Heaven’s Will prevented a direct attack. 206 208
• He declared war on the Human Dao Sacred Court and mobilized the Mystic Gate, the Six Sages’ sects, and the Heavenly Court to comprehensively suppress it. 260

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Jade Plate of Creation — Incomplete Chaos Supreme Treasure recording the Three Thousand Great Daos; Hongjun’s principal means of overwhelming opponents, repairing the Great Dao Shackles, and deducing Heavenly Secrets. 219 245 255 257
• Primordial Violet Qi — Retained and distributed by Hongjun as the conventional basis for Sainthood; contains hidden measures through which he controls the Six Sages. 258 466

Relationships

• Gu Xi — Principal rival. Hongjun sees Gu Xi’s Martial Way, physical-body path, and influence over Heaven’s Will as existential threats to the Mystic Gate order. 205 225 252
• Four Seasons Daoist — Gu Xi’s incarnation and a target of Hongjun’s attempted suppression during his breakthrough to Sainthood. 244 245
• The Six Sages — Disciples or subordinate Saint-level forces controlled through the Primordial Violet Qi; Hongjun commands, punishes, and rewards them to preserve loyalty. Their conventional Sainthood was made possible by Primordial Violet Qi that Hongjun controlled. 245 253 258 466
• Haotian — Registered disciple and appointed Heavenly Emperor. Hongjun favors him as a ruler who is unlikely to escape his control. 226 258
• Yaochi — Registered disciple and appointed Heavenly Empress alongside Haotian. 226
• Heaven’s Will / Eye of Heaven’s Will — The source of Hongjun’s authority but also a limiting force that repeatedly blocks his attempts to kill Gu Xi. Hongjun ultimately seeks to escape its restraints. 205 245 256 477
• Luohu — Enemy and one of the attackers of the Great Dao Shackles; Hongjun repelled him with the Jade Plate of Creation. 255 257

Story Role / Major Arcs

Rise of Gu Xi’s Martial Way

Hongjun notices Gu Xi’s creation of the Martial Way and worries that a new Dao Ancestor may compete with the Mystic Gate for Destiny/Fortune. He initially underestimates the system’s potential. 41

Suppression of Gu Xi’s New Paths

As Gu Xi opens increasingly powerful cultivation and transformation paths, Hongjun’s concern turns into killing intent. His attempts to act are repeatedly checked by Heaven’s Will. 205 217

Attempted Restriction of the Netherworld Sovereign

After Heaven’s Will prevents him from personally attacking Gu Xi, Hongjun has the Six Sages order Gu Xi to permanently guard the Netherworld Underworld. The decree is intended to confine Gu Xi and slow the development of his independent paths. 206 208

Establishment of the Heavenly Court

Hongjun responds to the threat of Gu Xi’s Thirteen Realms of the Physical Body by founding the Heavenly Court. He appoints Haotian and Yaochi over the objections of the Six Sages. 225 226

Conflict over Four Seasons Daoist’s Sainthood

Hongjun attempts to prevent Four Seasons Daoist from proving Dao without Primordial Violet Qi. Unable to directly defeat the Eye of Heaven’s Will, he deploys the Six Sages to obstruct the breakthrough. 244 245

Failed Recruitment and Battle with Gu Xi

After repelling Gu Xi, Luohu, and Four Seasons Daoist at the Great Dao Shackles, Hongjun offers Gu Xi discipleship as a means of control. Gu Xi refuses, and Hongjun’s later assault leaves him gravely injured when Heaven’s Will intervenes. 255 256

War Against the Human Dao Sacred Court

Hongjun identifies the Human Dao Sacred Court as a major hidden force and issues a Divine Decree declaring war against it and Gu Xi. 258 260 After ten thousand years of conflict, he changes strategy and targets Gu Xi’s influence over the Human Race through the Nine Provinces Barrier. 264 265

Discovery of Foreign Domain Worlds

When the Smiling, Proud World merges with the Primordial World, Hongjun realizes that worlds exist beyond the Primordial Universe. Alarmed that Gu Xi discovered and exploited this opportunity first, he decides to involve himself in Foreign Domain exploration. 281

Pursuit of Transcendence

Hongjun’s long-term scheme is to repair the Jade Plate of Creation, attain the Zenith Heaven Boundless Golden Immortal realm, and become free of the Heavenly Dao’s restraints. His monopoly over Primordial Violet Qi and control of the Six Sages are central parts of preserving his authority while pursuing this objective. 465 466 477