Hong Jun

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Hong Jun (鸿钧) 1
Alias(es)	Dao Ancestor; Daoist Hongjun; Teacher 7 190
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Heavenly Dao; Purple Cloud Palace 108 154
Occupation/Role	First Saint of the Great Desolation; Dao preacher of Purple Heaven Palace 1 9
Status	Active; his Unification with the Dao remains incomplete 191
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal / Saint	1	Achieved the Primordial Great Luo Dao Fruit and proclaimed himself the Great Desolation's first Saint.
Unification with the Dao (in progress)	154 191	Accelerated the process to improve his control over the Great Desolation, but had not completed it during his confrontation with Great Immortal Yang Mei.

Background

After the Heaven-Opening Great Tribulation, the Dragon-Han Initial Tribulation, and the Dao-Demon Conflict, the Great Desolation came under Hong Jun's control. He attained the Primordial Great Luo Dao Fruit, became its first Saint, and summoned all beings with destiny to hear his teachings at Purple Heaven Palace. 1

Hong Jun arranged his sermons as three sessions of three thousand years each, separated by one-thousand-year intervals. The lectures covered the Great Luo Dao, the Quasi-Saint Dao, and the Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. 9

Appearance

Hong Jun appears as an elderly Daoist with white hair and a white beard. He carries a bamboo staff and presides over Purple Heaven Palace from an elevated seat. 7 104

• White hair and beard. 7
• Carries a bamboo staff capable of suppressing conflict. 7
• Sits upon white jade steps while delivering sermons. 104

Personality

Hong Jun presents himself as a composed and impartial Dao Ancestor, enforcing strict discipline in his palace and forbidding violence among the attendees. He is able to conceal displeasure behind calm praise, notably after Di Jun refused the Primordial Violet Qi. 7 106

Behind this authority, he is calculating and highly controlling. He leaves traces of consciousness on distributed treasures, seeks to regulate the balance between the Witch Clan and Demon Race, and recruits outside assistance to weaken the Demon Race from within. 108 129 154

Li Mo is a persistent source of frustration for him. Hong Jun repeatedly fails to deduce Li Mo's origins, methods, or role in the Demon Race's sudden gains. 8 102 129 154

Abilities & Skills

Saintly Suppression

As a Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal, Hong Jun can effortlessly suppress the great powers gathered at Purple Heaven Palace.

• A tap of his bamboo staff ended an imminent battle, calmed Di Jun and Tai Yi, and suppressed the hostility of the assembled cultivators. 7
• His purple energy extinguished Di Jun's Solar True Fire when he opened the palace doors for a sermon. 51
• His authority was regarded as beyond the combined strength of Purple Heaven Palace's three thousand guests. 7

Dao Preaching

Hong Jun possesses and imparts cultivation knowledge reaching the Saint realm.

• Explained the progression from Earth Immortal through Great Luo Golden Immortal, Quasi-Saint, and Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal. 9
• Taught methods of becoming a Saint during his third sermon. 105
• Identified the Witch Clan's lack of Primordial Spirits as the reason they could not comprehend his teachings. 10

Divination and Heavenly-Secret Deduction

Hong Jun uses the Jade Butterfly of Creation to investigate hidden events and heavenly secrets.

• Detected that Di Jun's proclamation as Heavenly Emperor occurred earlier than his calculations predicted. 22
• Attempted to trace the Spiritual Treasures stolen from the Treasure Distribution Rock through a fragment of the Jade Butterfly of Creation. 108
• Could sense the erasure of the consciousness he had left on those treasures. 108
• Cannot deduce Li Mo's origins or the source of the Demon Race's unexpected treasures. 8 102 129
• The approaching Witch-Demon conflict and methods that conceal heavenly secrets limit his deductions. 102

Heavenly Dao Manipulation

Hong Jun seeks greater control over the Great Desolation through Unification with the Dao.

• Intervened in the Witch-Demon War and decreed that the Demon Race rule the heavens while the Witch Clan governs the earth. 128
• Intended to weaken the Demon Race so neither major race would become overwhelmingly dominant. 129 154
• Hastened his Unification with the Dao after Li Mo's growth and the increasingly chaotic Heavenly Dao disrupted his plans. 154

Equipment / Items

• Bamboo Staff — Used to halt conflict and impose order inside Purple Heaven Palace. 7
• Jade Butterfly of Creation fragment — Used for deducing heavenly secrets and tracing Spiritual Treasures. 108
• Primordial Violet Qi — Hong Jun prepared seven strands to bestow upon those with the highest comprehension. 105
• Treasure Distribution Rock — A site where he prepared Spiritual Treasures for the attendees, each carrying a hidden trace of his consciousness. 106 108
• Primordial Pill — Offered to Great Immortal Yang Mei in exchange for assistance. 129

Relationships

• Li Mo / Mo Huang — An unpredictable anomaly whom Hong Jun cannot deduce. Hong Jun identifies Li Mo as central to the Demon Race's growing strength and becomes increasingly concerned by his rapid development. 8 129 154
• Di Jun — A powerful attendee and political obstacle. Hong Jun ordered Di Jun to surrender his Purple Heaven Palace seat, later offered him Primordial Violet Qi, and was displeased when Di Jun refused it. 7 105 106
• Great Immortal Yang Mei — Former ally in the conflict against Luohu and later a reluctant collaborator. Hong Jun exchanged a Primordial Pill for Yang Mei's aid, but their dispute over Yang Mei's fallen disciples led to the destruction of Purple Cloud Palace. 108 129 190 191
• Luohu — Former adversary from the Dao-Demon Conflict. Hong Jun remains wary of Luohu's return and unsuccessfully attempts to locate him through deduction. 2 35 102
• Nuwa — His disciple, whom he instructs to establish a dojo beyond the Chaos after she becomes a Saint. 190
• Yuqing Yuanshi — His disciple. Hong Jun directs Yuanshi to prioritize becoming a Saint rather than involving himself in the Witch-Demon conflict. 154
• Cang Mingzi and Qing Wei — Disciples of Great Immortal Yang Mei entrusted with undermining the Demon Race from within. 154
• Hao Tian — A subordinate sent to carry out Hong Jun's orders and summon Nuwa. 189

Story Role / Major Arcs

Purple Heaven Palace Sermons

Hong Jun convenes the great powers of the Great Desolation to hear the Dao. When conflicts erupt over seats, he appears personally, forbids fighting, and orders Di Jun and Tai Yi to yield their positions. 7

He later tightens control over the lectures by forbidding anyone from entering or leaving during the third sermon, reacting to earlier disruptions caused by powerful attendees leaving mid-lecture. 104

Primordial Violet Qi Distribution

After teaching the methods of Sainthood, Hong Jun reveals seven strands of Primordial Violet Qi. Di Jun refuses his offered strand, prompting Hong Jun to give it to Hong Yun instead. 105 106

Hong Jun's distribution makes Hong Yun a target for cultivators seeking a path to Sainthood. Di Jun later exposes that Hong Yun alone received Violet Qi without becoming Hong Jun's disciple. 115 116

Treasure Distribution Rock Incident

Hong Jun prepares Spiritual Treasures for the gathered powers, but Luohu steals them and replaces them with ordinary objects. Hong Jun's attempt to deduce their location fails, though he detects that the consciousness he left on them has been erased. 106 108

Witch-Demon Balance

After the Demon Race gains the upper hand in its war against the Witch Clan, Hong Jun halts the conflict by dividing their jurisdictions between heaven and earth. 128

Concerned that the Demon Race has become too powerful, he seeks Yang Mei's help and later tasks Cang Mingzi and Qing Wei with weakening the faction internally. 129 154

Conflict with Great Immortal Yang Mei

The deaths of Yang Mei's disciples escalate into a direct confrontation between the two ancient powers. Their clash destroys Purple Cloud Palace, and Hong Jun admits that he cannot fight Yang Mei to the death while his Unification with the Dao remains unfinished. 190 191

Notable Quotes

“Fighting is forbidden in Purple Heaven Palace. Any violation will result in immediate expulsion.” 7

“I declare that from this day forward, the Demon Race shall rule the heavens, and the Witch Clan shall govern the earth. No further disputes shall arise.” 128