Pangu

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Pangu
Alias(es)	Zhen Yuanzi; Pangu of the Primordial Era
Species/Race	Chaos Demon God
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Primordial Era; allied with Senior River God’s forces against the Gate of Taboo
Occupation/Role	Creator of the Primordial Era; founder of the Blood Essence Martial Path; strategist against the Gate of Taboo
Status	Active
First Appearance	56

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Martial Dao System becomes the No. 1 High-tier System	145 146	Pangu merges the Blood Essence and divine-ability runes, elevating the combined Martial Dao System above the mythological system and gaining the means to break the seals on his memories.
Peak of the Heavenly Dao domain	159	He retrieves the Origin integrated into the Primordial Continent, recalls his heart from Buzhou Mountain, and draws on the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ Dao imprints to restore his peak state.
Great Dao Realm	161	Pangu breaks through amid the counterattack against the Gate of Taboo.

Background / History

During the Chaos Era, Pangu was the foremost Chaos Demon God, capable of overpowering the other Chaos Demon Gods alone and standing only a step from the Great Dao Realm. Despite initially caring only for his own survival, he was bound by the Great Dao’s karma and the unavoidable Great Trend to carry out World Creation. 57 138 146

Foreseeing the Gate of Taboo as a threat he could not defeat directly, Pangu prepared a contingency during the opening of the heavens. He split himself, deliberately intensified the Chaos Great Tribulation to create an opening for the Gate of Taboo, and allowed a counterpart—later called the Foreign Pangu—to emerge. Pangu then suppressed and exchanged places with that counterpart, severing their connection and concealing their shared identity. 147

After World Creation destroyed his physical body, a wisp of Pangu’s True Spirit entered the Primordial Era and assumed the identity of Zhen Yuanzi. From Wanshou Mountain’s Wuzhuang Temple, he acted as Shi Chen’s subordinate while covertly observing the Gate of Taboo and advancing his own plans. 63 104

Tang Xuan eventually exposed Zhen Yuanzi as Pangu. Pangu then ceased concealing his identity from Tang Xuan’s allies, though he continued using deception against Shi Chen, the Gate of Taboo, and other hostile forces. 61 104

Appearance

Pangu usually conceals himself through the elderly, jovial appearance of Zhen Yuanzi. Once exposed, his bearing shifts sharply from deferential restraint to the confident and imposing presence associated with the former strongest being of Chaos. 61 63

• Zhen Yuanzi guise — an aged, smiling, seemingly harmless cultivator based at Wuzhuang Temple. 63
• True form — vast enough that his feet tread the Earth while his head reaches into the universe; even the Primordial Continent barely contains him. 157
• Staged corrupted state — while feigning control by the Gate of Taboo, his true form was covered in black energy, flesh buds, and strange runes, with blood-red eyes. 157 159

Personality

Pangu was notoriously arrogant during the Chaos Era, treating the other Chaos Demon Gods as beneath him and leaving many of them with lasting hostility. 61

Behind that arrogance, he is highly patient, suspicious, and calculating. He refuses to underestimate the Gate of Taboo, assumes its apparent weaknesses may conceal deeper contingencies, and willingly spends vast periods preparing layered schemes. 130 147

His primary motivation is survival and resistance to control rather than simple altruism. Although he acknowledges that he and other Primordial beings are pieces in Senior River God’s greater plan, he accepts that role if it gives him a viable path to strike back against the Gate of Taboo. 146 154

Abilities & Skills

World Creation and Primordial Origin

Pangu created the Primordial Era under the Great Dao’s mandate. His body, Dao Fruit, and Origin became integrated with the Primordial Continent after World Creation. 146 159

• Can gather his dispersed Origin from throughout the Primordial Continent. 115 159
• Can use Pangu’s heart, located at Buzhou Mountain, to regulate and restore his Origin. 159
• Can draw upon the ultimate Dao imprints connected to the Twelve Ancestral Witches. 159
• World Creation was not entirely voluntary; Pangu was compelled by the Great Trend and the karma he had accepted from the Great Dao. 146

Avatars, True Spirit, and Concealment

Pangu’s survival plan relies on dividing, disguising, and concealing aspects of himself.

• A surviving wisp of his True Spirit became the Zhen Yuanzi avatar. 104
• Tang Xuan states that the native Pangu can “appear anywhere,” making his location a matter of choice rather than fixed residence. 58
• He severed his link to the Foreign Pangu and erased the latter’s knowledge of their connection until they met again. 147
• He can disguise his intentions convincingly enough to manipulate Shi Chen while posing as a loyal subordinate. 63

Martial Dao System

Pangu developed the Blood Essence Martial Path, a body-centered cultivation system that treats physical strength as its foundation and uses Qi and Divine Power to command that body. 131 135

• The Blood Essence Martial Path emphasizes essence as its core and Qi as its support. 135
• Pangu merged his system with the Foreign Pangu’s Human Immortal Martial Dao. 131 135
• Their completed Martial Dao System became the highest-ranked High-tier System in the Primordial Era. 145 146
• Its elevated status enabled Pangu to begin breaking the seals obstructing memories related to the Gate of Taboo. 146

Authority and Memory Investigation

Pangu possesses an unspecified Authority capable of interacting with deeply hidden taboo traces.

• He detected a mysterious portal imprint embedded within the Foreign Pangu’s True Spirit. 147
• By suppressing the imprint with his Authority, he began recovering obscured information concerning the Gate of Taboo. 147
• The Foreign Pangu’s incomplete memories are tied to secrets deliberately hidden by the Gate of Taboo. 130 147

Strategic Deception

Pangu repeatedly turns enemy assumptions into traps.

• He used his identity as Zhen Yuanzi to mislead Shi Chen and maintain contact with the Gate of Taboo. 63 104
• He cooperated in a plan that intentionally exposed “Zhen Yuanzi” as Pangu, drawing the Gate of Taboo into mobilizing its controlled forces. 112 113
• He feigned being controlled by the Gate of Taboo, using its attempt to empower him as an opportunity to lure its forces into the Primordial Era. 157 159
• He openly acknowledges that his long-term goal is to retaliate against the Gate of Taboo rather than merely escape it. 147 159

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Pangu Axe — manifested when shadows of the Pangu Banner, Taiji Diagram, and Chaos Bell converged into an axe during Pangu’s resistance at Spirit Mountain. 115
• Wanshou Mountain / Wuzhuang Temple — Pangu’s base while operating under Zhen Yuanzi’s identity and developing his cultivation system. 63 88 103

Relationships

• Tang Xuan / Senior River God — powerful ally and overseer of Pangu’s schemes; Tang Xuan exposes Pangu’s identity, provides protection, and becomes central to Pangu’s decision to counterattack the Gate of Taboo. 61 147 154
• Foreign Pangu — Pangu’s split counterpart, originally allowed to emerge through the Gate of Taboo; the two later cooperate to merge their martial systems and investigate lost memories. 131 135 147
• Shi Chen — believes Pangu’s Zhen Yuanzi guise to be his subordinate; Pangu feeds him information while concealing his real identity and objectives. 63 104
• Hongjun — former Chaos-era enemy who later becomes a strategic ally against the Gate of Taboo; Hongjun recognizes Pangu’s exceptional planning ability. 61 136
• Three Pure Ones — associated with Pangu through projections in their Seas of Consciousness; their report concerns the Foreign Pangu rather than the native Pangu operating as Zhen Yuanzi. 56 57 67
• Twelve Ancestral Witches — their Dao imprints are connected to Pangu and are reclaimed by him during his restoration to peak power. 57 159
• Jie Yin — cooperates with Pangu in the plan to attract the Gate of Taboo, including traveling with him through a spatial channel. 112 117
• Gate of Taboo — Pangu’s central enemy; it seeks to capture or control him, while Pangu seeks its secrets and plots its defeat. 113 146 159

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Hidden Pangu revelation — Pangu’s apparent death, the Foreign Pangu’s infiltration, and the native Pangu’s continued survival create competing accounts of who “Pangu” truly is. 56 57
• Zhen Yuanzi identity — Tang Xuan reveals that Zhen Yuanzi is Pangu, ending his concealment before the Primordial Era’s major powers. 61 104
• Lure for the Gate of Taboo — Pangu deliberately exposes suspicious behavior around Jie Yin, causing the Gate of Taboo to identify and pursue him. 112 113
• Martial Dao unification — Pangu and the Foreign Pangu merge their cultivation systems, creating the Primordial Era’s highest-ranked High-tier System. 131 135 145 146
• Counterattack and restoration — after faking corruption, Pangu reclaims his Origin, returns to his peak Heavenly Dao-domain state, and advances toward the Great Dao Realm to oppose the Gate of Taboo. 157 159 161

Notable Quotes

“Invading my Primordial Era? I've been waiting for this day for a very long time!!!” 159

“The Foreign Pangu was him. And he, was also him!” 147