Di Jun

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Di Jun (帝俊)
Alias(es)	Demon Emperor; Heavenly Emperor
Species/Race	Three-legged Golden Crow (true form) 94
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Demon Clan Heavenly Court / Demon Court
Occupation/Role	Founder and ruler of the Demon Court; leader of the Demon Clan 38 62
Status	Alive; slain by Qing Xuan, then restored through a Golden Crow after his Nascent Soul was taken to the Sun Star. He later returns to command the Demon Clan in the Witch-Demon war 94 96 104
First Appearance	Chapter 31 31

Appearance

Di Jun normally appears in humanoid form, but his true form is a Three-legged Golden Crow. When Qing Xuan kills him, he reverts to this form before his Nascent Soul is drawn back to the Sun Star 94.

• Three-legged Golden Crow true form.
• Wields and emits Solar True Fire 78 104.
• His Golden Crow body and remnant soul are merged into one of the Golden Crows on the Fusang Tree during his restoration 94 96.

Personality

Di Jun is intensely ambitious and politically calculating. He seeks legitimacy for the Demon Race from Hong Jun, founds the Demon Court, defeats the Immortal Court, and aims to extend Demon Clan control over the entire Primordial Great Land 38 62 63.

His pragmatism becomes ruthlessness during the conflict with the Witch Clan. He authorizes the secret capture and slaughter of humans to forge a weapon against the Witches, later escalating into an attempted extermination of the Human Race when the original plan fails 78 91. He openly defends this outlook as the “law of the jungle,” only to have the same logic turned against him when he is defeated 94.

Despite this cruelty, Di Jun is not reckless in every conflict. He avoids committing the Demon Clan against multiple future Saints for Kunpeng’s sake and recognizes the danger posed by Nuwa’s support for Qing Xuan 48 62. He also values the Demon Clan’s survival over his own life when facing Qing Xuan and Nuwa 94.

Abilities & Skills

River Diagram and Luo Book

Di Jun uses the River Diagram and Luo Book to form and control powerful arrays.

• Manifested the Primordial River Luo Array, immediately collapsing thirty percent of the Immortal Court’s formation during the battle with East Prince 62.
• Used the array to gain the upper hand against Di Jiang before being surrounded by the other Ancestral Witches 92.
• Attempted to block Qing Xuan’s Hongmeng Liangtian Ruler with the treasures, but was disarmed; Fu Xi took possession of them afterward 94.

Myriad Stars Array

Di Jun coordinates the Demon Clan’s Myriad Stars Array while Tai Yi occupies its central array eye with the Eastern Emperor Bell.

• The completed formation summons 365 star pillars and draws down destructive Star Power capable of collapsing mountains and evaporating rivers 77.
• Used alongside Tai Yi to defend the Heavenly Court from Nuwa’s assault 92.
• The formation was shattered by Hong Jun during the conflict over the Demon Clan’s massacre of humanity 92.

Witch Slaying Sword

Di Jun oversees the refinement and later wields the Witch Slaying Sword, a weapon forged from human resentful spirits specifically to threaten the Witch Clan.

• Its creation depends on the slaughter of humans whose souls contain sufficient grievance and resentment 78 82.
• The completed sword can severely injure or kill Witches despite their formidable physical bodies 104.
• Di Jun severely wounds Qiang Liang, cuts off one of Xi Zi’s arms, and nearly kills She Bi Shi with the weapon 104.

Solar True Fire

As a Three-legged Golden Crow, Di Jun commands Solar True Fire.

• Solar True Fire erupts from him after Nuwa strikes him with the Red Embroidered Ball 78.
• His grief and rage over the deaths of eight Golden Crows cause Solar True Fire to erupt violently across the battlefield 104.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• River Diagram and Luo Book — Former primary treasures used to deploy the Primordial River Luo Array; taken by Fu Xi after Di Jun’s death 62 94.
• Witch Slaying Sword — Anti-Witch weapon refined through human resentful spirits and used to devastating effect in the Witch-Demon war 78 104.
• Myriad Stars Array — Demon Clan grand formation coordinated by Di Jun and centered on Tai Yi’s Eastern Emperor Bell 77.

Relationships

• Tai Yi — Younger brother and closest military partner. They jointly establish and lead the Demon Court; Tai Yi defends Di Jun, retrieves his body after his death, and governs the Demon Clan during his absence 38 62 94 95.
• Hong Jun — Dao Ancestor who approves Di Jun’s Demon Court and later preserves his Nascent Soul because Di Jun carries the Demon Race’s destiny 38 83 96.
• Nuwa — Hostile relationship. Nuwa condemns Di Jun’s slaughter of humans, attacks him, and later attempts to kill him at the Heavenly Court 78 79 92.
• Qing Xuan — Potential enemy whose ties to Nuwa and the Witch Clan make Di Jun wary. Qing Xuan ultimately kills Di Jun over the Demon Clan’s crimes against humanity 62 94.
• Bai Ze — Demon Saint and adviser. Bai Ze assists with refining soul-forged weapons and urges Di Jun to gather human souls through overwhelming force 78 91.
• Kunpeng — Demon Master under Di Jun. Kunpeng advocates expanding Demon Clan control and serves as Di Jun’s messenger to Qing Xuan 63.
• Xi He — Di Jun’s wife, who remains on the Sun Star and tends the Golden Crows after his death 94 95.
• Di Jiang — Leader of the Ancestral Witches and major battlefield opponent; Di Jun battles him while attempting to escape to Zixiao Palace 92.

Background / History

Establishment of the Demon Court

Di Jun and Tai Yi resent Hong Jun’s appointment of the East Prince and Queen Mother of the West as leaders of the male and female immortals, viewing the new offices as obstacles to their effort to unify the Demon Race 32. During the final Zixiao Palace proceedings, Di Jun formally requests permission to unite the Demon Race and establish a Demon Court. Hong Jun grants him a space atop Buzhou Mountain as its site 38.

Di Jun later confronts the East Prince’s Immortal Court in the East Sea. After the Immortal Court launches its attack, Di Jun deploys the Primordial River Luo Array and helps rout its forces; Tai Yi kills the East Prince, allowing the Demon Clan to absorb many surrendered Immortal Court members 62.

Campaign for Demon Clan Supremacy

After the Immortal Court’s fall, Di Jun seeks greater control over the Primordial Great Land. He leads the Demon Clan against the western Demonic Calamity and displays the Myriad Stars Array’s destructive power 63 64 77.

To prepare for the eventual war with the Witch Clan, Di Jun orders the Demon Clan to refine weapons using human souls. Testing proves that the resulting blades can pierce Witch bodies with ease, leading him to expand the capture and killing of humans in secret 78.

When the Demon Clan cannot gather enough resentful souls, Di Jun accepts Zhun Ti’s proposal: he provides five thousand Golden Immortal demons in exchange for a means to complete Demon Clan fortune. He then seeks Hong Jun’s support for a Heavenly Marriage with the Tai Yin Immortals and for Nuwa’s required role in officiating it 82 83.

War Against Humanity and Death

Concerned that Nuwa and Qing Xuan will obstruct his plans, Di Jun chooses indiscriminate violence against human tribes. He offers rewards for humanity’s extermination after the Three Ancestors of Humanity swear an oath that burdens the Demon Race with karmic debt 91.

Nuwa, Qing Xuan, Fu Xi, and the Witch Clan retaliate. With the Heavenly Court under attack, Di Jun fights Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches using the River Diagram and Luo Book, but is eventually confronted by Qing Xuan after Hong Jun withdraws from the dispute 92 93.

Qing Xuan defeats Di Jun, strips away the River Diagram and Luo Book, and kills him with the Purple White Gourd’s white light. Hong Jun secretly saves Di Jun’s Nascent Soul by drawing it into the Sun Star, where it merges with a Golden Crow and begins a hundred-year restoration 94 96.

Return and the Witch-Demon War

Di Jun returns by the time of the Witch-Demon decisive battle. After witnessing the deaths of eight Golden Crows, he joins Tai Yi in declaring war on the Witch Clan 104.

Once the Witch Slaying Sword is completed, Di Jun uses it to inflict crippling losses on the Ancestral Witches, transforming the conflict into a severe crisis for the Witch Clan 104.

Notable Quotes

“Issue the order—capture humans in secret. Do not let the Wind Sound leak.” 78

“The law of the jungle has always been the iron rule of the Great Desolation. The Human Race was feeble and deserved to be slaughtered by my Demon Clan.” 94