Hongjun

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Hongjun
Gender	Male
Race	Chaos Demon God; Immortal Demon God
True Form	Nine-Segment Earthworm 8 39
Birth Rank	2,998th among the three thousand Chaos Demon Gods; later also described as 2,999th. 8 47
Titles	Dao Ancestor; Daoist Sage; founder of the Mysterious Gate
Residence	Yujing Mountain; Purple Heaven Palace
Affiliations	Mysterious Gate; Primordial World; follows Dao Venerable Shichen and the Chaos Dao Court's plans
Disciples/Attendants	Haotian and Yaochi; teacher of the Sages, including the Three Pure Ones. 91 118 199
Status	Active; seventy percent of his Origin of the Great Dao and all his emotions have been extracted. 218

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Power Progression

Stage	Advancement / Revelation	Chapters
Second Level Primordial Unity Realm	Born as a late-arriving Chaos Demon God, initially near the bottom of the Demon God hierarchy.	8
Peak Ninth Heaven Primordial Unity Realm	After consuming a Chaos Origin Fruit, stabilized his cultivation at the peak of the ninth heaven while waiting for the Primordial World's Heavenly Dao to form.	20
Fifth Level Hunyuan Realm	Revealed this portion of his cultivation to resist Shen Ni and the replica World-Extinguishing Millstone during the Fierce Beast Calamity.	25 26
Peak Ninth Heaven Hunyuan Realm	Revealed his true cultivation to Luo Hou, then later to Five Elements and Yin-Yang; this far surpassed the strength he had publicly displayed.	36 43
First Level Heavenly Dao Realm	Had entered the Heavenly Dao Realm before his first Purple Heaven Palace sermon; later confirmed at the first level before the completion of the Immortal Dao's propagation.	47 50 60
Third Level Heavenly Dao Realm	Advanced two consecutive levels after distributing Hongmeng Purple Qi, Sage positions, and spiritual treasures, completing the Primordial World's propagation of the Immortal Dao.	60
Divine Ability Inheritance	Received three great divine abilities from Shichen, containing insights from the Chaos Realm's Seventh Heaven, to comprehend with the Pseudo-Creation Jade Disk. No new cultivation level was specified.	193
Origin and Emotional Extraction	Seventy percent of his Origin of the Great Dao and all his emotions had been extracted, leaving him markedly indifferent. The passage does not specify a resulting cultivation level.	218

Cultivation Notes

• In primordial Chaos, the realm system was originally divided into the nine levels of Primordial Unity, followed by the Heavenly Dao Realm and Chaos Realm. Later immortal-cultivation terminology emerged only after Hongjun's teachings in the Primordial World. 2
• The Hunyuan Realm is the Chaos-era designation used for power comparable to later immortal realms, though its strength and cultivation system differ from the Immortal Dao. 25
• Hongjun operates in the Primordial World with his original Demon God body, unlike several rivals who entered through expendable Dao bodies. Shichen therefore judged him unsuitable to merge with the Heavenly Dao and assigned that role to his own Dao body instead. 36 52
• During the completion of the Immortal Dao's propagation, Hongjun received forty percent of the converging worldly fortune, which raised him from the first to the third level of the Heavenly Dao Realm. 60
• Shichen later predicted that Hongjun would obtain much of the Primordial World's fortune, but no immediate breakthrough was recorded in that exchange. 193

Appearance

Hongjun appears as a refined, white-haired old Daoist with three long strands of beard, a Daoist crown, immaculate robes, and a horsetail whisk. Though he usually presents a peaceful and sage-like bearing, his bright eyes carry a calculating shrewdness. 8 118

When confronting the Jun Clan Divine Son alongside Creation and Order, Hongjun revealed his towering Demon God true form, overwhelming the world's inhabitants with his presence. 121

After the extraction of his emotions and most of his Great Dao origin, his eyes displayed pronounced indifference. 218

Personality

Hongjun is cautious, calculating, patient, and exceptionally adept at weighing advantages against risks. He habitually conceals his true strength, maneuvers opponents into useful positions, and bears grudges against those who slight him. 8 28 36 42

Despite his scheming nature, he is committed to preserving the Primordial World and advancing Shichen's larger plan for the survival and prosperity of Chaos. He teaches the Immortal Dao openly, even to anomalies and beings who may become future threats. 18 50 118

Hongjun's pragmatism is tempered by consideration for innocents caught in the schemes surrounding anomalies. After Hongyun's body was possessed, he safeguarded the original primordial spirit rather than destroying it, and later accepted the true Hongyun's wish to enter the Investiture of the Gods. 50 152

His concern for living beings does not prevent him from engineering destructive conflicts when ordered to advance the Dao Court's plans. Although he asked whether the Myriad Realms calamity's casualties should be limited, he accepted Shichen's instruction to spare no cost and later actively intensified wars across the Cosmic Sea and the Primordial World. 148 193 194

Hongjun also possesses a teasing streak, unsettling Di Xin by exposing his former-world identity number before reassuring him and offering assistance. When Shichen suggested pursuing an interest beyond cultivation, Hongjun expressed a desire to establish and teach at the future Chaos Academy. 193 199

By the later conversation with Heavenly Dao Shichen, all of Hongjun's emotions had been extracted. His resulting indifference represents a change from his earlier mixture of ambition, loyalty, humor, and concern. 218

History

Birth and Alliance with Shichen

Hongjun was born late in Chaos as the Immortal Demon God, initially ranked 2,998th among the three thousand Chaos Demon Gods. Shortly after his birth, he was approached by Dao Venerable Shichen, who informed him of the Heaven-Opening Calamity and the Great Dao's intention to refine Chaos anew. 8

Recognizing both the danger and the opportunity, Hongjun pledged to follow Shichen. He proposed that the Demon Gods condense Dao bodies to participate in opening Heaven while preserving their true bodies, becoming one of Shichen's earliest and most capable planners. 8

Hongjun identified two principal difficulties with the plan: persuading the proud Demon Gods to sacrifice portions of their origins and obtaining the Great Dao's acceptance. After joining Shichen, he cultivated the Law of Immortality in the Time Domain and benefited from Shichen's instruction. Two hundred Chaos Eras later, he passed on Chaos's violent newcomer-welcoming tradition by beating the newly emerged Star Demon God, venting his lingering frustration over his own welcome. 8 9

Entrusted with the Primordial World

After the Primordial World formed from the Dao bodies of the Chaos Demon Gods, Shichen entrusted Hongjun with preaching the Dao of Immortality and securing the newly born world's providence. Shichen had already imprinted the Immortal Dao into the Primordial World because its gradual and universal nature was suitable for all living beings. 18

Hongjun established himself on Yujing Mountain, cultivated in seclusion, and began preparing to contend with the contingencies left behind by other Demon Gods. 20 22

Fierce Beast Calamity

Shichen restored Hongjun's incomplete Pseudo-Creation Jade Butterfly to the level of a Chaos Spiritual Treasure and ordered him to monitor Taotie, an anomaly carrying a system connected to the Chaos World's origin crisis. 22

Hongjun concealed his identity under the name Luo Hou, manipulated the three innate clans into opposing Shen Ni and the Fierce Beast Clan, and secretly placed an immortal mark within Taotie. 22

During the war in the Far West Lands, Hongjun used the Pseudo-Creation Jade Butterfly to protect Zulong, Yuanfeng, and Shi Qilin from the replica World-Extinguishing Millstone. When Shen Ni prepared an attack capable of exterminating most life in the Primordial World, Hongjun revealed fifth-level Hunyuan cultivation and bound the millstone with the combined light of the three thousand Great Dao laws. 25 26

After Shen Ni's fall, Hongjun received fifty percent of the Heavenly Dao's merit, regarding it primarily as recognition necessary to his eventual control of the Primordial World. He then captured Taotie and extracted the anomaly's memories, learning of the original future in which he would become the Dao Ancestor and govern the Primordial World. 27 28

Before he could depart with Taotie, Luo Hou attacked him for impersonating him. Hongjun maintained his fifth-level Hunyuan facade despite possessing greater cultivation, deliberately accepted an injury, and escaped with Taotie through spatial techniques and the Pseudo-Creation Jade Disk. 27

Taotie's memories also revealed an original future in which Hongjun merged with the Heavenly Dao and lost his emotions and desires. Hongjun recognized this as the world's former course rather than an unavoidable outcome of the changed history. 28

Dao-Demon Conflict

Hongjun formed a covert alliance with Luo Hou during the Dragon-Han Calamity. He proposed ending the Three Clans' war, drawing out Five Elements and Yin-Yang, and using Luo Hou's Immortal-Execution Sword Array to eliminate their Dao bodies. 36

He personally persuaded Zulong, Yuanfeng, and Shi Qilin to halt their conflict, warning them of outsiders and systems that threatened the Primordial World's origin. 37

Hongjun feigned defeat against Luo Hou to lure Five Elements and Yin-Yang into acting. Once they were caught in the Immortal-Execution Sword Array, he revealed his peak ninth-heaven Hunyuan cultivation and turned against them. 39 42 43

He defeated their Dao bodies with Immortal Dao Divine Punishment and the Five Decays of Heaven and Man. When Luo Hou subsequently betrayed him within the array, Hongjun manifested his Three Corpses alongside his true self to break it. Shichen then intervened to prevent Luo Hou from detonating the Western earth veins, and Hongjun acknowledged that his own planning had nearly caused a disaster. 43

Following the conflict, Hongjun established the Mysterious Gate and declared his intention to preach the Immortal Dao throughout the Primordial World. 43

Purple Heaven Palace and the Immortal Dao

Hongjun opened Purple Heaven Palace and gave sermons on the Dao of the Great Luo Golden Immortal. He openly explained the paths of law cultivation, the Method of Slashing the Three Corpses, the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal, Quasi-Sage, and Sage realms rather than concealing the stronger path of proving the Dao through laws. 50

During his first sermon, Hongjun noticed an outsider soul taking possession of Hongyun's body. He secretly preserved the original Hongyun's primordial spirit, intending to restore him after extracting the possessed body's anomalous value. 50

After Lu Renjia tore down Purple Heaven Palace's gate and obtained Zhun Ti's Seven Treasures Tree through his system, Hongjun confronted him and exposed his anomalous identity. Shichen's Dao body subsequently intervened, reversed Lu Renjia's attempted escape, and erased him and his system. In the ensuing conversation, Hongjun accepted that Shichen's Dao body, rather than Hongjun himself, would merge with the Heavenly Dao. 50 51 52

Following the second lecture, Fuxi and Di Jun separately sought Hongjun out to confess their identities as transmigrators. Hongjun received their revelations calmly, already aware of their unusual origins. 58

During his later sermon, Hongjun distributed Hongmeng Purple Qi, Sage positions, and spiritual treasures. The widespread adoption of the Immortal Dao caused the Primordial World's fortune to converge upon him, raising his cultivation to the third level of the Heavenly Dao Realm. 60

He announced forty-nine seats of sainthood while distributing six wisps of Hongmeng Purple Qi to the Three Pure Ones, Fuxi, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti. He also appointed Eastern Duke and Queen Mother of the West as leaders of male and female immortals, respectively, and opened the Treasure Distribution Cliff to the assembled cultivators. Karma Threads attached by the Karma Demon God influenced his decision to grant the two Western cultivators their Purple Qi. 60

He also entrusted a captured system to his attendant Haotian, ordering him to report any task harmful to the Primordial World. 45

Later Calamities and Myriad Realms

Hongjun intervened at the end of the Three Clans' final war, compelling Zulong, Yuanfeng, and Shi Qilin to swear atonement for the devastation they had caused. 73

He later sent Haotian and Yaochi with a decree ending the confrontation involving Hongyun and the Heavenly Court. Di Jun and Hongyun accepted the decree, allowing the Heavenly Court's forces to withdraw. 87 88

During the Witch-Demon conflict, he grew suspicious of certain decisions made by Heavenly Dao Shichen, particularly where they might endanger the Twelve Ancestral Witches. Nevertheless, he continued to coordinate with Shichen while discreetly preparing contingencies of his own. 95 97

When Pangu prepared to strike Taiyi with the Pangu Axe, Hongjun persuaded him to stop to avoid destroying the Primordial World. Hongjun then executed Taiyi himself with Immortal Dao Divine Punishment, while preserving Taiyi's true spirit origin for a future rebirth. 98

Hongjun later spread the Mysterious Gate's lineage into other worlds, including Xiao Fen's world, where he granted Xiao Fen the Immortal Dao and the Method of Slashing the Three Corpses. 118

When Haotian's system-influenced arrogance caused him to covet Xiao Fen's opportunity, Hongjun arranged tribulations to discipline his attendant. Hongjun subsequently joined Creation and Order in confronting the Jun Clan Divine Son, whose arrogance and false claim to be the Lord of Time had provoked the Demon Gods. 120 121

While representing Shichen's interests, Hongjun later negotiated ownership of a world with Luo Hou and maneuvered him into accepting a sixty-forty division. 122

During the Myriad Realms Investiture Calamity, Hongjun proposed establishing the Heavenly Court of Order under Haotian to govern the myriad realms alongside Di Jun's Ancient Heavenly Court. 125

When replicas of Chaos Demon Gods caused confusion during the Chaos war, Hongjun and Luo Hou revealed the means of distinguishing authentic Demon Gods: genuine Demon Gods possess Hearts of the Origin of the Great Dao and Chaos Supreme Treasures that replicas cannot duplicate. 138

During the struggle for Hongyun's Hongmeng Purple Qi, Hongjun requested the Demon God of Disaster to induce Hongyun's tribulation. When the original Hongyun's true spirit asked to enter the Investiture of the Gods rather than be restored to a perilous mortal existence, Hongjun accepted his choice and dispatched Haotian with a decree halting the battle. 150 152 155

The original Hongyun also asked him to spare the transmigrator occupying his body, explaining that the outsider was not wicked and had not harmed the Primordial World. Hongjun sent the true spirit to Haotian, who admitted him into the Investiture and promised a high-ranking divine position. Hongjun's subsequent decree threatened continued combat with Violet Firmament Divine Thunder, giving the Ancestral Witches a means to withdraw. 152 155

Haotian's Reincarnation Trials and the Calamity's Acceleration

Hongjun subjected Haotian to more than 120,000 tribulations and sealed the Jiahao System within him to reform his arrogant personality. The attempt did not produce the intended dignity: Haotian's reincarnated self instead displayed an even more theatrical and boastful manner, embarrassing the Order Demon God, whose lineage he also inherited. 178

After the World Demon God and Destruction Demon God were suppressed, Shichen summoned Hongjun and explained that the dormant World Dao had weakened the barriers between worlds. He instructed Hongjun to accelerate Haotian's reincarnation trials so that the Investiture of the Gods Calamity could conclude sooner. As compensation for his service in controlling the Primordial World, Shichen granted him three great divine abilities to study with the Pseudo-Creation Jade Disk. 193

Hongjun sent incarnations across the Cosmic Sea to intensify disputes among factions and worlds. He also manipulated Haotian's successive lives into brief, miserable existences: a Golden Immortal was killed after being mistaken for a murderous fiend, while other lives ended as a starving orphan, a slaughtered piglet, and a blade of grass eaten by a cow. None of these reincarnations survived beyond ten years of age. 193

He continued fomenting conflict in the Primordial World. An avatar impersonating a Dragon Clan elder encouraged Zulong to pursue the Chaos Origin held by the Three Teachings and Shi Hao, invoking the prospect of the Dragon Clan being surpassed by its old rivals. Zulong consequently mobilized against Mount Sumeru, escalating the existing religious conflict into a war with the Dragon Clan. 194 195

Heavenly Dao Shichen's Identity and the Human Race

When Hongjun sensed the Heavenly Dao rapidly absorbing laws, he suspected that it might be preparing to rebel against the Chaos Dao Court. Shichen's answer, “Time is everywhere,” led him to understand that Heavenly Dao Shichen was Shichen's divine Dao incarnation and part of a far-reaching plan across time. Hongjun chose to conceal this realization and continue acting suspicious of the Heavenly Dao to preserve the plan's cover. 197

Hongjun subsequently appeared before Human Emperor Di Xin and exposed his identity as a transmigrator, even producing the eighteen-digit identification number from his previous life. Rather than destroy him, Hongjun recruited him to protect humanity, strengthen Human Dao fortune, and reveal the Heavenly Dao's schemes to the other races without confronting it directly. 199

He offered Di Xin either a legitimate identity in the Primordial World or a return to his original world with his memories intact. He also granted a reward-based aid whose mission charged Di Xin with protecting the Human Race, upholding its dignity, and increasing its fortune. Di Xin accepted and mobilized the Shang army to suppress the rebellion personally. 199

Extraction of Origin and Emotions

By the time Heavenly Dao Shichen sensed a brief loss of connection with Shichen and a disturbance in the dormant Dao of Time, seventy percent of Hongjun's Origin of the Great Dao and all his emotions had already been extracted. Seated nearby, Hongjun opened his eyes and calmly asked what had happened, then questioned why Heavenly Dao Shichen was scrutinizing him. The passage does not identify the extraction's method or responsible party. 218

Abilities

Immortal Dao

Hongjun is the creator and foremost exponent of the Immortal Dao, a cultivation system designed to be accessible to the living beings of the Primordial World. His teachings established the later terminology and paths of immortal cultivation. 18 50 60

He can directly transmit cultivation methods into another being's sea of consciousness and initiate their circulation. His transmission to Xiao Fen immediately drew in surrounding spiritual energy, cleansed his body, and brought him through the Tribulation Transcendence stage toward immortality. 118

Method of Slashing the Three Corpses

Hongjun derived the Method of Slashing the Three Corpses from the Immortal Dao. He can manifest the Good Corpse, Evil Corpse, and Self Corpse, allowing four Hunyuan-level entities—including his true self—to act simultaneously. 43

Immortal Dao Divine Punishment

Hongjun can summon purple qi and violet lightning infused with the Laws of Immortal Dao to strike enemies. He used this technique against Luo Hou and later to execute Taiyi. 39 98

Its Violet Firmament Divine Thunder destroyed Taiyi's Great Sun Heaven-Burning Formation and defensive treasures despite his ninth-heaven Primordial Great Golden Immortal cultivation. Hongjun also invoked the threat of this punishment through the decree delivered by Haotian to halt the later struggle involving Hongyun and the Ancestral Witches. 98 155

Immortal Dao Five Decays of Heaven and Man

Hongjun used the Immortal Dao Five Decays of Heaven and Man against the Dao bodies of Five Elements and Yin-Yang after striking them with divine lightning inside the Immortal-Execution Sword Array. The technique contributed to their defeat and the destruction of their Dao bodies. 43

Three Thousand Great Dao Binding

Using the Pseudo-Creation Jade Butterfly, Hongjun can invoke the phantoms and laws of the three thousand Great Daos. He used this power to create a massive net of laws that restrained the replica World-Extinguishing Millstone. 22 26

Investiture and Primordial Spirit Preservation

Hongjun can preserve and shelter primordial spirits displaced by anomalous possession, as he did for the original Hongyun. He also possesses the authority to approve willing entrants into the Investiture of the Gods and assign them a stable divine path. 50 152

He preserved Taiyi's origin true spirit after destroying the anomaly and his system, leaving the Golden Crow able to take form again after tens of thousands of yuanhui. 98

Concealment and Manipulation

• Hongjun can suppress his cultivation to mislead other powerful beings, maintaining a fifth-level Hunyuan facade while possessing peak ninth-heaven Hunyuan cultivation. 36 43
• He can alter his appearance and impersonate Luo Hou. 22
• He can place undetectable immortal marks within targets, including Taotie and Taotie's system. 22
• He can search souls and memories, using this ability to discover Taotie's original future and the nature of systems. 28
• He possesses advanced spatial techniques, including sealing space and transporting captives. 27 51
• He can send divine projections and incarnations to act apart from his true body. He maintained a projection in the Primordial World while his true body returned to Chaos, and later dispatched incarnations throughout the Cosmic Sea to foment conflict. 137 193
• His avatars can impersonate other individuals, including a Dragon Clan elder used to influence Zulong's decisions. 194 195
• He can manipulate the circumstances of reincarnation trials, arranging repeated early deaths and suffering across Haotian's successive lives. 193

Divination and Anomaly Identification

Hongjun can calculate heavenly workings and identify anomalies through observation and divination. He recognized Duobao's unusual origin after inspecting him and calculating with his fingers, and later divined Di Xin's former-world identification number. 91 125 199

Time Dao Communication

Using the Dao of Time origin bestowed upon him by Shichen, Hongjun can secretly send messages from the Primordial World into Chaos. He used this means to report his concerns about Heavenly Dao Shichen's conduct during the Witch-Demon Calamity. 95 97

Shichen's Divine Ability Inheritance

Shichen bestowed three great divine abilities upon Hongjun as a reward for his service. These contained insights from the Chaos Realm's Seventh Heaven and were intended to be comprehended in conjunction with the Pseudo-Creation Jade Disk; their individual names and Hongjun's degree of mastery were not specified. 193

Reward-Based Guidance

Hongjun granted Di Xin an aid that issued a mission and promised rewards for protecting humanity and increasing its fortune. He also offered to send Di Xin back to his original world with his memories intact if he succeeded. 199

Spiritual Treasures

Treasure	Description
Pseudo-Creation Jade Butterfly / Jade Disk	A restored Chaos Spiritual Treasure containing manifestations of the three thousand Great Dao laws. It can defend against the World-Extinguishing Millstone, create spatial passages, and bind targets with Great Dao laws. Shichen later instructed Hongjun to use it when comprehending three newly bestowed divine abilities. 22 23 25 26 193
Horsetail Whisk	Hongjun's customary Daoist implement, used while wielding and channeling the Laws of Immortal Dao. 39 43
Captured System / Jiahao System	A system seized by Shichen and given to Hongjun for obtaining opportunities without consuming the Primordial World's origin; Hongjun later entrusted it to Haotian. Its influence contributed to Haotian's arrogance and theatrical behavior, and Hongjun subsequently sealed it within him during his reincarnation trials. 45 120 178
Taiyi's System Treasures	Following Taiyi's execution, Hongjun collected the Chaos Bell, Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Linglong Pagoda, and Taiyi's other system rewards. 98
Four Immortal-Slaying Swords	Swords seized from Luo Hou after the Dao-Demon conflict. Hongjun later sensed their trembling during the disturbance caused by Lu Renjia's system. Unlike a Demon God's marked companion supreme treasure, they could remain in Hongjun's possession. 50 52

Relationships

Character	Relationship
Shichen	Hongjun's earliest patron, ally, and the Dao Venerable he has followed since birth. Hongjun acts to advance Shichen's plans for Chaos, though he later develops doubts concerning Heavenly Dao Shichen's decisions. Shichen rewarded his service with three great divine abilities and entrusted him with accelerating the Investiture Calamity. Hongjun eventually recognized Heavenly Dao Shichen as part of Shichen's concealed divine-incarnation plan. 8 18 95 118 193 197
Heavenly Dao Shichen	Shichen's incarnation that merged with the Primordial World's Heavenly Dao in Hongjun's place. Hongjun initially suspected his increasingly impersonal decisions, but later understood his connection to Shichen and maintained an outward show of distrust to protect the larger plan. He remained beside him after the extraction of his own emotions and most of his origin. 52 95 97 197 218
Luo Hou	Rival, occasional co-conspirator, and fellow Chaos Demon God. Hongjun impersonated him during the Fierce Beast Calamity, later allied with him to eliminate Five Elements and Yin-Yang, and ultimately opposed him in the Dao-Demon conflict. They later negotiated the division of a world while Hongjun represented Shichen's interests. 22 36 39 43 122
Five Elements and Yin-Yang	Dao-body contingencies of powerful Chaos Demon Gods whom Hongjun deceived into entering the Immortal-Execution Sword Array before defeating them. 39 42 43
Haotian	Hongjun's attendant and disciple. Hongjun entrusted Haotian with a system, later selected him to lead the Heavenly Court of Order, and arranged tribulations after his attendant's system-influenced arrogance. These became more than 120,000 tribulations and repeated reincarnation trials, which Hongjun later accelerated under Shichen's orders. 45 120 125 178 193
Yaochi	Hongjun's attendant, enlightened alongside Haotian when he established Purple Heaven Palace. She also accompanied Haotian in delivering his decree to halt the confrontation involving Hongyun and the Heavenly Court. 45 88
Zulong, Yuanfeng, and Shi Qilin	Leaders of the Three Clans whom Hongjun aided during the Fierce Beast Calamity, persuaded into peace during the Dragon-Han Calamity, and later compelled to atone for their clans' destruction. Hongjun subsequently used an impersonating avatar to provoke Zulong into pursuing the Three Teachings' Chaos Origin and renewing large-scale conflict. 25 37 73 194 195
Taotie	An anomaly and system host marked, captured, and investigated by Hongjun because of the system's potential to resolve Chaos World's source exhaustion. 22 27 28
Taiyi	An anomaly whose system Hongjun monitored. Hongjun ultimately executed him but preserved his true spirit origin for eventual rebirth. 36 98
Hongyun (true spirit)	The original owner of Hongyun's body, whose primordial spirit Hongjun protected after an outsider possessed it. Hongjun later honored his voluntary request to enter the Investiture of the Gods and his plea to spare the transmigrator occupying his body. 50 152
Hongyun (transmigrator)	An anomaly Hongjun initially preserved as a source of system-derived opportunities. Hongjun later arranged his tribulation through Disaster, but issued a decree halting the battle after the original Hongyun asked for mercy. 50 150 152 155
Demon God of Disaster	An ally whom Hongjun asked to trigger Hongyun's tribulation by directing calamity qi and hostile circumstances toward him. Disaster later consulted Hongjun when Di Jun's intervention complicated the plan. 150 152
Creation and Order Demon Gods	Fellow Chaos Demon Gods who observed Hongjun's establishment of the Mysterious Gate lineage in Xiao Fen's world and later joined him in answering the Jun Clan Divine Son's provocation. Order also shares responsibility for Haotian's Dao inheritance and was embarrassed by the results of his attempted reform. 118 121 178
Xiao Fen	A follower rather than a formal disciple; Hongjun provided him the Immortal Dao and tasked him with establishing the Mysterious Gate lineage in another world. 118
Pangu	Fellow Dao Venerable whose destructive intervention Hongjun restrained to protect the Primordial World. Pangu allowed Hongjun to punish Taiyi instead and praised the reliability of his methods. 98
Di Jun	Transmigrator who confessed his identity to Hongjun and aligned with the Dao Court. Hongjun questioned the Heavenly Dao's decision to expose his court to tribulation and later returned Taiyi's preserved sun-form to him. Di Jun's protection of Hongyun subsequently complicated Hongjun's planned tribulation. 58 97 98 152
Three Pure Ones	Recipients of Hongjun's Hongmeng Purple Qi and members of his teaching lineage. Tongtian addressed him as Master and sought his guidance concerning Duobao's anomaly status. 60 91
Karma Demon God	Fellow schemer who attached Karma Threads to Hongjun to influence the allocation of Purple Qi to Jie Yin and Zhun Ti. He later praised Hongjun's method of identifying replica Demon Gods and expressed interest in discussing schemes with him. 60 138
Di Xin	Transmigrated Human Emperor whom Hongjun recruited to protect humanity, strengthen Human Dao fortune, and expose Heavenly Dao manipulation. Hongjun supplied a reward-based aid and promised either a legitimate place in the Primordial World or a return to his original world upon success. 199

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