Jing Hongchen

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Jing Hongchen (镜红尘)
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Hongchen Family; Mingde Hall; Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy; Sun Moon Empire's royal Consecration Hall
Occupation/Role	Master of Mingde Hall; dean of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy; royal Consecration Hall offering; Duke; ninth-rank Soul Engineer
Status	Alive
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Rank 94	109	Yan Hongchen uses the heart martial soul's first soul skill with a ten-thousand-year snow lotus to cleanse and nourish Jing Hongchen's body, enabling his breakthrough.

Background / History

Jing Hongchen is the patriarch of the Hongchen Family and grandfather of Xiao, Meng, and Yan Hongchen. He had accompanied Xiao and Meng on their second soul-ring hunt before returning for Yan's delayed martial soul awakening. 1 4

He manages Mingde Hall while holding multiple public responsibilities, including leadership of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, a position in the royal Consecration Hall, the Hongchen Family's hereditary ducal title, and ninth-rank soul engineering work. 6 43 109

He had begun transferring the family’s hereditary noble burden to Yi Hongchen, while Yue Hongchen’s emergence as a Titled Douluo and consecrated elder allowed him to share part of his workload. 37 41 43

Appearance

Jing Hongchen is depicted as an older but vigorous man whose demeanor combines visible travel-weariness with sharp, alert eyes.

• Often wears a dark robe. 42
• Retains a steady, composed presence even while handling extensive family and institutional affairs. 6 37
• His aged eyes are described as gentle when speaking to Yan Hongchen. 129

Personality

Jing Hongchen is methodical, politically cautious, and deeply family-oriented. He handles piles of Mingde Hall business without haste, arranging future expeditions and specialized Soul Tool production while keeping track of the needs of every member of his household. 6 37

Although Yan Hongchen repeatedly surprises him with dangerous secrets and unconventional methods, Jing Hongchen responds first with concern rather than rejection. He supports Yan’s plans, supplies resources, and insists on safeguards when the child acts independently. 32 67 91 129

He avoids committing Mingde Hall to imperial factionalism, accepting Yan Hongchen’s advice to focus on managing the institution and preparing the younger generation for the Soul Fighting Tournament. 32

Abilities & Skills

Golden Toad Martial Soul

Jing Hongchen possesses a metal-attributed Golden Toad martial soul with substantial metal-control capability. 13

• Can manifest his Martial Soul True Body through his seventh soul skill. 13
• Favors large-scale, long-range combat rather than direct one-on-one exchanges. 37
• His combat style influenced Xiao Hongchen’s own long-range artillery approach. 37

Metal-Binding Barrier

His sixth soul skill creates a massive dark-golden grid marked by geometric patterns. 13

• Deploys scattered spheres around the battlefield before activation. 13
• Establishes battlefield coverage that restricts an opponent’s available avenues of attack. 13
• Uses metal-based binding and area control. 13

Soul Tool Engineering

As a ninth-rank Soul Engineer and master of Mingde Hall, Jing Hongchen oversees advanced Soul Tool research, crafting, procurement, and deployment. 6 43 109

• Arranged production of specialized Extreme North Soul Tools through high-level Mingde Hall laboratories. 6
• Provided cultivation resources, pills, academy identification cards, and Soul Tools to his grandchildren. 37 43
• Gave Su Tong an attribute-suppressing Soul Tool to restrain her near-ultimate-ice power. 129
• Provided Yan Hongchen with the class-nine Soul Tool Red Dust Blessing, secretly modified to track him for safety. 129

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Spirit Devouring Carving Knife — Obtained and safeguarded for Yan Hongchen despite its corruptive history and sealed gloomy aura. 37 43
• Red Dust Blessing — A class-nine Soul Tool given to Yan Hongchen; Jing Hongchen had it altered for tracking. 129
• Second-level Soul Engineer badge — Awarded to Yan Hongchen. 92
• Soul-ring simulation bracelet — Given for Yi Hongchen’s use. 92
• Academy identification cards — Distributed to his grandchildren before their enrollment. 43
• Cultivation pills and resources — Supplied according to each family member’s needs. 37

Relationships

• Yan Hongchen — Grandson. Jing Hongchen supports Yan’s cultivation, political caution, Soul Tool research, and independent plans, though he persistently worries for his safety. 32 37 109 129
• Xiao Hongchen — Grandson. He nurtures Xiao’s Soul Engineer path and assigns metal forgers to teach him after Yan proposes a new direction in metal development. 32 59
• Meng Hongchen — Granddaughter. He supports her cultivation and acknowledges the danger posed by her Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad poison. 37 60
• Yi Hongchen — Son and successor to the Hongchen Family’s ducal responsibilities. Jing Hongchen cooperates with him in protecting and raising the next generation. 5 43
• Liu Yueming — Daughter-in-law. They coordinate discreetly regarding Yan Hongchen’s exceptional martial souls and cultivation secrets. 4 5
• Yue Hongchen — Nephew. Jing Hongchen helps him seek a suitable ninth soul ring and brings him into Mingde Hall as a consecrated elder after his breakthrough. 37 41
• Kong Deming — Professional associate. Kong permits Jing Hongchen to manage Mingde Hall because the Hongchen Family has historically avoided imperial political struggles. 44
• Su Tong — Yan Hongchen’s associate placed under Jing Hongchen’s care at the academy; Jing Hongchen arranges her support and gives her an attribute-suppressing Soul Tool. 109 129
• Ma Rulong — Academy competition-team captain. Jing Hongchen oversees Yan Hongchen’s introduction to the team and stresses that its established members must not become dependent on Yan’s support. 114 115

Story Role / Major Arcs

Yan Hongchen's Martial Soul Awakening

Jing Hongchen returns from Xiao and Meng Hongchen’s soul hunt for the family reunion and learns that Yan possesses innate full soul power, the Phantom Water Spirit Toad, and a heart body martial soul. 4 5

Extreme North Expedition

He accompanies the family into the Extreme North, where Yan negotiates their safe departure with the Snow Empress. Jing Hongchen chiefly witnesses the confrontation and later departs with the family. 18 27

Family Development and Tournament Planning

After Yan advises neutrality in the Sun Moon Empire’s political struggle, Jing Hongchen commits the family’s resources to cultivating Xiao, Meng, and Yan for the future Soul Fighting Tournament. 32

He supplies cultivation resources, seeks the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife, plans Yue Hongchen’s ninth soul-ring hunt, and enrolls the three grandchildren in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. 37

Guardian and Patron of Yan Hongchen

Jing Hongchen secures the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife, equips Yan for dangerous journeys, and continues to support him even after discovering that Yan fused with the purified knife and gained a new brow sea of spirit. 43 67 93

He secretly uses Red Dust Blessing to monitor Yan’s location, explaining that the family cannot help worrying while Yan repeatedly travels alone. 129

Breakthrough to Rank 94

After Yan returns home with a Silver-rank second awakening of his body martial soul, Jing Hongchen discusses the burden of his many offices with him. Yan then uses a ten-thousand-year snow lotus and his first soul skill to assist Jing Hongchen’s breakthrough to Rank 94. 108 109

Academy and Competition Team Support

Jing Hongchen facilitates Yan’s meeting with the academy teams, watches the siblings’ battles with pride, and supports tactical coordination while warning against allowing the main team to depend entirely on Yan’s abilities. 114 115 116

Trivia

• Jing Hongchen once managed Mingde Hall affairs that were described as documents “piled high as mountains,” yet remained unhurried. 6
• Yan Hongchen regards Jing Hongchen’s unresolved issues—breaking through to Titled Douluo, humanoid Soul Tool research, and winning the Soul Fighting Tournament—as difficult problems requiring opportunity, time, and favorable conditions. 60
• Jing Hongchen’s tracking modification to Red Dust Blessing was made at Liu Yueming’s request. 129