Minghe

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Minghe (明河)
Alias(es)	Holy Ancestor; Sage Minghe 108 116
Species/Race	Human; identified as one of Styx’s Blood God Doppelgangers 71 133
Gender	Male 71
Affiliation	Human Race; Human Dao 109 110
Occupation/Role	Holy Ancestor of the Human Race; spokesperson of the Human Dao; founder of the Path of Sentience 109 159
Status	Alive; injured and relocated to the Blood Sea to recover in the latest explicitly documented account 249
First Appearance	Chapter 71, “Human Race Development,” as the human Minghe 71

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
No cultivation	72 108	Gives away the Merit earned through his civilizational achievements. Di Jun still senses no cultivation when Minghe emerges during the massacre.
Grand Dao Golden Immortal — revealed	109	Releases his full power after establishing the Path of Sentience and blocking the Demon Clan with Merit. The intervening cultivation process is not shown.
Human Dao Sage	109 110	Reveals Primordial Purple Qi and attains Sagehood through the Human Dao rather than the Heavenly Dao. His newly enlightened aura is described as Grand Unity First Stage.
Grand Unity Fifth Stage — Human Dao empowerment	110	The newly born Human Dao raises his aura from First Stage to Fifth Stage, enabling him to confront five Heavenly Dao Sages. This is explicitly an external empowerment.
Approximately Sage Fourth Stage — combat estimate	155	Jie Yin estimates Minghe’s attack at Fourth Stage. His growth is attributed to Styx’s cultivation experience and assistance from the Human Dao; no separate breakthrough scene is given.

Background / History

Origin and the Human Race’s First Achievements

Minghe is introduced as the only human created by Styx and the son of Styx’s Blood God Doppelganger. Later narration identifies Minghe and Nether Bamboo themselves as Styx’s Blood God Doppelgangers. The human Minghe operates separately from Styx’s main body, and their connection remains concealed from other powers 71 133 150 180.

Before humans have names, Minghe repeatedly attempts to drill wood into fire. Others initially regard him as strange and eventually stop approaching him. His success produces the Human Race Fire Seed, which receives Merit and becomes an everlasting flame 71.

He subsequently establishes housing and clothing, then creates 3,000 human characters to preserve civilization. He distinguishes the pronunciations associated with his name and Styx’s name so that people will not immediately connect them 71 72.

Rather than absorb the resulting Merit, Minghe distributes it to Suirenshi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi. By the completion of the writing system, the three have reached the peak of Great Luo Golden Immortal while Minghe remains outwardly without cultivation 72.

The Massacre and the Birth of the Human Dao

During the Demon Clan’s massacre, the Human Race receives no answer to its appeals to Nüwa and Laozi. Minghe emerges from the ruined depths of the Human Race Ancestral Land and announces a cultivation path based on human emotion. Styx supplies enough Merit to protect him from Di Jun without taking over the Human Race’s struggle 108 109.

Minghe’s teaching turns the survivors’ grief, anger, and hatred into cultivation comprehension. When Di Jun orders their extermination, Minghe raises a wall of Merit, reveals his Grand Dao Golden Immortal power, and uses Primordial Purple Qi to become a Sage. The Human Race also severs its connection with Nüwa 109.

His Sagehood brings forth the Human Dao, placing it alongside the Heavenly and Earthly Daos. Minghe’s share of Human Race luck rises to 50%, and the Kongtong Seal comes into his possession. Five Heavenly Dao Sages attempt to suppress him and the new Dao 110.

Minghe resists their attacks and shatters Yuanshi Tianzun’s array with the seven emotions. When Hongyuan intervenes, Minghe uses the Grand Unity Golden Brick to seal him. Nether Bamboo’s departure from the Western Sect then supplies additional luck to the Human Dao, completing its establishment 111 112 113.

Afterward, Minghe confronts Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi over the massacre, which has left fewer than ten thousand humans alive. He takes the Slaughter Witch Sword and allows the Demon Clan to retreat, but promises that the Human Race will seek revenge 115.

Building the Human Dao’s Alliances

Minghe negotiates with Zhen Yuanzi for the Earth Book, offering the Mystic Origin Venerable Tower and an opportunity to become a Human Dao Sage. Zhen Yuanzi accepts the exchange 116 117.

He later proposes that Zhen Yuanzi harmonize with the Human Dao while retaining his individuality. Zhen Yuanzi improves upon this proposal by using his Good and Evil Corpses rather than sacrificing his main body’s freedom. Minghe defends his attainment when the Heavenly Dao Sages challenge his abandonment of the Three Corpses Severing Method 134 164.

Minghe also secures a Human Emperor’s Teacher position for Buddhism and grants Hong Yun the Eastern Green Flower Great Emperor position to strengthen his alliances 133 149.

Human Sovereigns and Imperial Succession

Possession of the Kongtong Seal gives Minghe authority over Human Emperor enthronement and deposition. He refuses to guarantee Fuxi the throne merely because Nüwa requests it, granting him only the qualification to compete 125 126.

At Xuanyuan’s completion ceremony, Minghe uses the seal to appoint him Heavenly Emperor, the first of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. The ceremony brings Merit to Xuanyuan and those who assisted him 149.

For the later succession contest, Minghe names Fuxi and Chi You as candidates and offers the Son of Heaven Sword rather than unsealing the Slaughter Witch Sword. The competition comprises civil skills, martial skills, and a third round whose nature is initially withheld 171 172.

Minghe subsequently supports Cangjie because Fuxi and Chi You place their allegiance to the Chan Sect and Witch Clan above their identification with humanity. When Nüwa and Yuanshi object, he maintains that he promised Fuxi an opportunity—not the throne—and offers to return the treasures exchanged for teaching positions 180.

The Dragon Clan and Heavenly Court Conflict

Minghe intervenes when the Western Sect and Dragon Clan scheme against the Human Race. He rejects demands that humanity simply endure the insult and fights Jie Yin. After the plot against the Human Emperor’s daughter is exposed, he pursues Zhu Long despite Haotian’s intervention 155 156 157.

Drawing on Human Race luck, Minghe binds Jie Yin and overpowers Haotian. Laozi attempts a rescue, but Yuanshi’s threat provokes Minghe into killing Haotian with the Kongtong Seal. Hongjun then negotiates a settlement 158 159.

Settlement term	Outcome
Death of Ao Guang, Ao Run, and Ao Feng	Minghe personally kills all three 159 160.
Half of the Dragon Race’s luck	Included in the demands accepted by Hongjun 159 160.
Ten Golden Immortal dragons	Required to provide favorable weather without harming human production through floods or other disasters 159.
Protection against retaliation	The Dragon Race and Heavenly Court must not trouble the Human Race over the incident 159.
Zhu Long	Spared under the settlement and taken away by Hongjun 160.
Western Sect compensation	Includes the East Azure Lotus Precious Color Flag, which Minghe sends to Styx 160.

Minghe restores Shen Nong’s daughter to human form and names her Jingwei 160.

Later Sectarian Struggles

Minghe permits multiple sects to teach among humans, arguing that this provides more cultivation choices. He nevertheless cautions against powerful protectors solving every difficulty, which would make humanity dependent and lazy 133.

During the approach to the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, Styx shares relevant memories with Minghe. Minghe receives Yang Jian at the Human Race Ancestral Land and questions whether he understands the truth of his family’s circumstances, while also considering how the matter might weaken the Chan Sect 207.

By the later confrontation with Hongjun, Minghe is injured. Styx moves him, Nether Bamboo, and the Human Race’s people to the Blood Sea so they can recover using its resources 249.

Personality

Minghe values humanity’s collective strength over his own immediate advancement. He repeatedly gives away Merit that could raise his cultivation, explaining that strengthening a few individuals is insufficient for the entire race. His aim is a Human Race capable of defending itself rather than surviving through appeals to stronger beings 71 72 133.

He is diplomatic but refuses to trade away decisions that directly concern humanity’s future. He offers compensation during disputes over imperial succession, yet does not accept external pressure to install an unsuitable ruler. He responds better to kindness than threats; Yuanshi’s attempt to intimidate him turns a possible ransom of Haotian into an execution 159 180.

His protectiveness extends to historical memory. He seals the Slaughter Witch Sword because it embodies humanity’s darkest period, refusing to let its victims’ suffering become a convenient weapon in a later succession struggle 171 172.

Abilities & Skills

Path of Sentience

Minghe establishes a human cultivation path based on joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love, hatred, and desire 109.

• Comprehending one emotion leads to Heavenly Immortal; two to True Immortal; three to Profound Immortal 109.
• Comprehending and unifying all seven can lead to Grand Unity, also rendered as Hunyuan 109.
• Collective suffering allows the Human Race to make rapid advances through comprehension of grief, anger, and hatred 109.
• Seven emotion-words combine to destroy Yuanshi Tianzun’s magic array 111.
• The seven emotions can merge into the Seven Emotions Flowing Colors Treasure Sword, which overpowers Haotian’s sword 158.

Human Dao and Human Race Luck

As its spokesperson, Minghe draws strength from the Human Dao and the Human Race’s accumulated luck 110 158.

• Human Dao empowerment temporarily raises his aura to Grand Unity Fifth Stage 110.
• Human Race luck blocks Haotian’s descending white light and strengthens Minghe during battle 157 158.
• He summons the Human Dao Luck Golden Dragon, which absorbs the world’s luck to help stabilize the new Dao 111.
• Through the Kongtong Seal, he binds Jie Yin with a Luck Golden Dragon that resists the Six Roots of Purity Bamboo 158.

Merit Protection

Minghe can use Merit as a defensive resource rather than merely absorbing it for cultivation 109.

• Styx’s donated Merit prevents Di Jun from killing him before his path is established 109.
• He converts gathered Merit into a wall protecting the Human Race 109.
• The Demon Clan’s accumulated slaughter-karma prevents it from breaking that defense 109.

Civilization and Governance

Minghe combines practical invention with control over humanity’s political institutions 71 72 125.

• Establishes fire-making, housing, clothing, and a 3,000-character writing system 71 72.
• Allocates Human Emperor’s Teacher positions among sects 125 133.
• Uses the Kongtong Seal to preside over enthronement and deposition 125.
• Evaluates imperial candidates by governance, combat ability, and commitment to the Human Race 172 180.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Kongtong Seal / Human Emperor Seal — Human Dao Supreme Treasure carrying humanity’s destiny. Its power grows with the Human Dao’s prosperity; initially, the newly born Dao cannot bring out its full strength 110 125.
• Grand Unity Golden Brick — Exotic treasure supplied by Styx, made using energy from a Ten Thousand Realms Ancient Tree branch and a Spiritual Treasure Embryo. Minghe seals Hongyuan with it, then returns it to Styx because he cannot maintain suppression of the captive himself 112 113 165.
• Slaughter Witch Sword — Taken from Di Jun. Minghe removes the human resentment, sends the trapped souls to reincarnate, and seals the sword away 115 171.
• Son of Heaven Sword — Top Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure usable only by emperors; offered as the prize for the Human Emperor competition 172.
• Earth Book — Acquired from Zhen Yuanzi in exchange for the Mystic Origin Venerable Tower and a Human Dao Sage opportunity 117.
• South Leaving Earth Flame Light Flag — Received from Laozi in return for assisting the Three Pure Ones in the Chaos Bell dispute 121 122.
• Human Race Merit Spiritual Treasures — Borrowed from Youchao Shi and Ziyi Shi to block Yuanshi Tianzun’s Chaos Qi attack 110.
• East Azure Lotus Precious Color Flag — Obtained as Western Sect compensation and transferred to Styx for completion of the Innate Five Directions Flags 160.

Relationships

• Styx — Main body and concealed backer; provides Merit, cultivation experience, the Grand Unity Golden Brick, and knowledge of the Investiture of the Gods Calamity 109 112 133 155 207.
• Suirenshi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi — The Three Human Ancestors; receive Minghe’s Merit and assist in leading and defending humanity 72 108 157.
• Nether Bamboo / Mingzhu — Fellow Blood God Doppelganger and allied Buddhist leader. Their public exchanges conceal their shared connection to Styx 133.
• Zhen Yuanzi — Trading partner and Human Dao ally; Minghe secures his Earth Book, guides his Dao attainment, and defends him against the Heavenly Dao Sages 117 134 164.
• Hong Yun — Human Race ally whom Minghe grants the Eastern Green Flower Great Emperor position 149.
• Pingxin — Allied Earthly Dao authority; helps secure the Human Dao’s emergence and coordinates with Styx over Chi You’s candidacy 113 180.
• Nüwa — Rival over humanity’s independence and Fuxi’s succession prospects. Her lack of intervention during the massacre contributes to humanity severing its ties with her 109 115 126 180.
• Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi — Enemies responsible for the Demon Clan’s massacre; Minghe defeats and confronts them after attaining Sagehood 109 115.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti — Western Sect opponents whose schemes against humanity lead to battle and compensation demands 155 160.
• Fuxi, Chi You, and Cangjie — Human Emperor candidates. Minghe favors commitment to humanity over inherited prestige or backing from outside factions 172 180.
• Haotian — Heavenly Emperor killed by Minghe after intervening in the Dragon Clan dispute 157 159.
• Yang Jian — Human visitor whose understanding of his family’s tragedy Minghe challenges during preparations for the Investiture of the Gods Calamity 207.

Notable Quotes

“I want every member of the Human Race to be like a dragon, I want the Human Race to constantly strive for self-improvement, I want the Human Race to be free from the threat of other races, and I want the Human Race to stand proudly between heaven and earth!” 71

“The Heavenly Dao is without emotion, but my Human Race has sentiment. Today, I shall establish the Path of Sentience, forging another path for my Human Race!” 108

“Since you know we are in the right, just take the beating obediently!” 155