Hong Jun

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Hong Jun (鸿钧)
Alias(es)	Dao Ancestor; Dao Master; Heavenly Dao Incarnation; spokesperson for the Heavenly Dao 64 175
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Heavenly Dao; Purple Cloud Palace 64 175
Occupation/Role	Dao Ancestor, teacher of the Zixiao Palace listeners, and overseer of major Primordial World arrangements 22 177
Status	Alive 175 177
First Appearance	Proves the Dao and becomes a Saint 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Saint	1	Proves the Dao, becoming a Saint; the resulting Merit Spirit Rain threatens Qing Xuan.
Combined with Dao / Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin	64 67	Combines with Dao and declares himself distinct from, yet bound to, the Heavenly Dao. Qing Xuan identifies the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin as Hong Jun’s current level and the ceiling of merit-based sainthood.

Background

Before his sermons at Purple Cloud Palace, Hong Jun slew Luo Hou and shattered the Western Spirit Vein, leaving himself indebted by karma to the West. He later cites that debt when creating two additional prayer mats for Jie Yin and Zhun Ti. 22

Appearance

Hong Jun is depicted as an aged Daoist with white hair and beard, a thin face, and eyes deep enough to seem to contain the universe. His incarnation confronting Qing Xuan wears a purple robe and carries an austere, sea-deep gaze. 137 175

• White hair and beard. 175
• Thin-faced, with a natural and unforced bearing. 175
• Often seated on a cloud bed or cushion in Purple Cloud Palace. 96 175
• His incarnation manifests in purple robes. 137

Personality

Hong Jun usually speaks with controlled calm, even when confronted or defied. He frames his decisions around long-term stability: he refuses to let Di Jun be permanently destroyed because the Demon Race’s fate would collapse and bring wider chaos to the Primordial World. 93 96

He is also authoritative and calculating. He arranges treasures, appointments, lectures, and tribulations to shape the conduct of cultivators, while enforcing his will when the Saints dispute the Investiture of the Gods. 39 177 His composure can give way to open hostility when Qing Xuan’s growth threatens the Heavenly Dao and Pangu’s possible return. 135 138

Abilities & Authority

Dao Exposition

Hong Jun’s sermons at Zixiao Palace transmit profound Dao principles capable of advancing the cultivation of his listeners.

• His first three-thousand-year sermon causes many cultivators to bloom their Human and Earth Flowers and reach the Mid- or Late-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm. 22 23
• He teaches the Dao of the Origin and the Method of Severing Three Corpses as the path toward the Quasi-Saint Realm. 31
• He reserves a final thousand years of teaching for Qing Xuan’s group because they return to express gratitude after seeking treasures. 40
• He considers gratitude a prerequisite for receiving his highest teachings. 40

Heavenly Dao Authority

After Combining with Dao, Hong Jun acts as the Heavenly Dao’s spokesperson and can directly influence the Primordial World’s order.

• He halts the battle at the Demon Clan Heavenly Court, shatters both major arrays, and returns scattered demons to the Heavenly Court. 92
• He can dispatch incarnations across the Primordial World and Chaos. 76 137
• He intervenes to preserve Di Jun’s Nascent Soul and arranges his eventual return. 94 96
• His authority is constrained by the Great Dao; he withdraws when Houtu’s oath to the Great Dao accompanies her transformation of Samsara. 99
• Pangu’s direct intervention prevents him from killing Qing Xuan and forces him to cease targeting Pangu’s disciple. 138

Appointments and Cosmic Governance

Hong Jun assigns positions and establishes institutional arrangements that reshape Primordial World power structures.

• Appoints the East Prince and Queen Mother of the West as heads of the male and female immortals, respectively. 32
• Grants Di Jun permission to establish the Demon Court at Buzhou Mountain. 38
• Distributes Innate Spiritual Treasures through Treasure Distribution Cliff for cultivators to entrust their three corpses. 39
• Presides over the selection of teachers for the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, affirming that virtue and wisdom matter more than origin. 119
• Convened the Saints to establish the Investiture of the Gods and require the submission of names for the Heavenly Court’s divine positions. 176 177

Heavenly Dao Sword

When personally attempting to execute Qing Xuan, Hong Jun’s incarnation gathers purple energy into the Heavenly Dao Sword.

• The weapon is formed from converging purple energy in Chaos. 137
• Hong Jun wields it against the weakened Qing Xuan after demanding that he submit to the Heavenly Dao. 137
• The attack is interrupted by Pangu’s appearance. 138

Equipment / Items

• Jade Plate of Creation — Used to observe the Three Lights Divine Water Pool on Fangzhang Island. 140
• Heavenly Dao Sword — A purple longsword manifested by Hong Jun’s incarnation during his attempt on Qing Xuan’s life. 137
• Purple Cloud Palace — His seat of sermons, judgment, and meetings with Saints and Heavenly Court figures. 22 175 177

Relationships

• Qing Xuan — Initially a listener whom Hong Jun permits to receive the final thousand years of Dao teachings; their relationship turns adversarial as Hong Jun sees Qing Xuan as a threat to the Heavenly Dao and Pangu’s successor. 40 135 138
• Nuwa — Disciple and one of the figures Hong Jun considers vital to the Primordial World; he gives her treasures to aid her severing of the Good Corpse, but later clashes with her over justice for humanity and Qing Xuan’s survival. 32 93 138
• Pangu — Hong Jun fears that Qing Xuan’s connection to Pangu could lead to Pangu’s rebirth. Pangu decisively overpowers Hong Jun’s position and warns him not to harm Qing Xuan again. 138
• Haotian — His disciple and subordinate at Purple Cloud Palace; Hong Jun directs Haotian to prepare a companion spiritual treasure for Di Jun and supports his authority in the Investiture of the Gods. 96 175 177
• Di Jun — Grants him the legitimacy to establish the Demon Court, then later saves his Nascent Soul to preserve the Demon Race’s destiny. 38 94 96
• Houtu — Opposes Houtu’s transformation of Samsara until Qing Xuan invokes her Great Dao oath; later recognizes the Earth Dao’s authority over Netherworld investiture while retaining Heavenly Dao oversight. 99 178
• Sanqing and the Two Sages of the West — His leading disciples and principal participants in his sermons, saintly arrangements, and Investiture of the Gods deliberations. 31 38 117 177

Story Role / Major Arcs

Zixiao Palace Sermons

Hong Jun begins teaching the Great Dao at Zixiao Palace, where his words create heavenly flowers and golden lotuses while advancing the cultivation of the assembled cultivators. He also rearranges the foremost prayer mats and creates two new ones to repay his karmic debt to the West. 22 23

During the second lecture, he explains the Dao of the Origin and the Method of Severing Three Corpses. At its conclusion, he appoints the East Prince and Queen Mother of the West to manage the Primordial World’s male and female immortals. 31 32

At the final lecture, he accepts Jie Yin and Zhun Ti as registered disciples, refuses Nuwa’s request to accept Fu Xi and Qing Xuan because of the six-disciple limit, and distributes treasures through Treasure Distribution Cliff. 38 39

Combining with Dao

After completing the three sermons, Hong Jun announces his union with the Heavenly Dao and closes Purple Cloud Palace. He declares that the Heavenly Dao is Hong Jun, but Hong Jun is not the Heavenly Dao. 64

Preservation of Primordial Balance

Hong Jun repeatedly acts to maintain the balance among the major races and forces. He initially stops Nuwa from killing Di Jun after the Demon Clan’s slaughter of humanity, citing Di Jun’s destiny and the dangers of destabilizing the Primordial World. 92 93

Although he publicly withdraws from Di Jun’s punishment, Hong Jun secretly rescues Di Jun’s Nascent Soul, explains that the Demon Race’s fate cannot be allowed to collapse, and arranges a spiritual treasure for Di Jun’s return. 94 96

Conflict with Qing Xuan and Pangu

As Qing Xuan survives Heavenly Punishment and fuses the Thirty-six-grade Creation Green Lotus, Hong Jun recognizes that Qing Xuan has exceeded his expectations. 135

Hong Jun personally descends through an incarnation, offers Qing Xuan a chance to submit to the Heavenly Dao, and attempts to kill him when he refuses. He reveals that Qing Xuan bears Pangu’s aura and could awaken Pangu through the Primordial Great Land. 137 138

Pangu appears, accepts Qing Xuan as his personal disciple, and warns Hong Jun never to harm him again. 138

Three Sovereigns, Five Emperors, and Investiture of the Gods

Hong Jun convenes the Saints to determine the teachers of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. He supports Qing Xuan’s argument that candidates should be judged by virtue and wisdom rather than origin, and agrees that the Human Race should participate in selecting its leaders. 119

Later, he establishes the Investiture of the Gods process to fill the Heavenly Court’s three hundred sixty-five divine positions and resolve accumulated karma. He warns the Saints that refusing the list does not guarantee their disciples’ safety from calamity. 176 177

Notable Quotes

“Without a grateful heart, one is unqualified to hear these thousand years of Dao.” 40

“I will Combine with Dao. From now on, the Heavenly Dao is Hong Jun, but Hong Jun is not the Heavenly Dao.” 64

“Tribulations are the means by which heaven and earth cleanse themselves.” 177