Zhan Hongxiu

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Zhan Hongxiu (展红袖)
Alias(es)	Peach Immortal 319
Species/Race	Human cultivator
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Three Origins Island; formerly a disciple of Greenwater Wanderer; Myriad Stars Alliance Master 134 448
Occupation/Role	Cultivator; former master of Three Talents Market 380
Status	Active; Nascent Soul Late Stage 498
First Appearance	Chapter 116

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Qi Refinement, around Level 7	134	Arrived at Supreme White Island seeking pill refinement for her master, accompanied by her Longevity Tortoise.
Qi Refinement, Level 9	147	Advanced through the slow but life-nurturing Tortoise-Crane Longevity Formula; her Longevity Tortoise had also developed the aura of a high-grade first-rank demon beast.
Foundation Establishment	153	Established her foundation with Fang Qing's support and a second-rank demon core; gained a two-hundred-year lifespan and physical flight.
Foundation Establishment, Late Stage	178	Entered the Heavenly Heart Island secret realm after receiving a place from Supreme White Island.
Foundation Establishment Perfection	243	Reached perfection after refining half of a piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Skyblue Essence.
Core Formation, High-Grade True Core	243	Formed a high-grade true core whose auspicious manifestation reached nine li; successfully resisted Heartless Daoist's interference.
Core Formation, Middle Stage	319 323	Entered the Void Ruins Secret Realm as Peach Immortal; her combat ability exceeded that of an ordinary late-stage Core Formation cultivator.
Nascent Soul, Early Stage	379 380	Overcame her heart-demon tribulation and passed all nine layers of lightning tribulation with the aid of prepared treasures.
Nascent Soul, Middle Stage	448	Advanced using the Myriad-Year Peng Blood Fruit; slew the Flood Dragon God-General through the Big Dipper Life-Slaying Formation.
Nascent Soul, Late Stage	498	Broke through with Fang Qing's assistance and received the coordinates of ascension nodes.

Background / History

Zhan Hongxiu and her grandfather were caught in a Jiang Family plot at Three Talents Market. Fang Qing intervened under the guise of a righteous swordsman, which initially led her to admire him as an upright senior; unbeknownst to her, he placed a tracking mark on her and later treated her as a source of opportunities 116 117.

She became a disciple of Greenwater Wanderer of Three Origins Island. After her grandfather died during their years of wandering and conflict with remnants of the Jiang Family, she acted ruthlessly against those remnants, carrying both old and new grudges against them 135. She later sought a Mystic-Soul Restoration Pill from Supreme White Island for her master, demonstrating both caution in dealing with powerful cultivators and determination to pay any price for his sake 134 135.

After establishing her foundation, Zhan Hongxiu publicly accused her senior brother Lu Lingfeng of betraying and murdering Greenwater Wanderer, then fought the Jiang Family ancestor for control of Three Origins Island. Though initially checked by the island's defensive formation and an ambush, she eventually returned with Merfolk Clan support and reclaimed her sect's foundation 155 166.

When Zhong Lingxiu seized Supreme White Island, Zhan Hongxiu chose to submit Three Origins Island to him, prioritizing Fang Qing's safety over open resistance 175. Her later explorations of the Heavenly Heart Island secret realm brought her into contact with Turtle Elder, a tortoise spirit connected to the All-Heaven Star Palace, beginning a partnership that greatly expanded her inheritance and ambitions 180.

Appearance

Zhan Hongxiu is commonly depicted in a green or azure Dharma robe with bright crimson cuffs. When concealing her identity in the Eastern Sea, she adopts the persona of Peach Immortal and wears peach-red robes with deliberately ordinary features 134 319.

• Green or azure robes with crimson sleeve cuffs 134 178
• Often travels atop or alongside her Longevity Tortoise 134 293
• Uses Peach Immortal as a disguised identity while wanted in the Eastern Sea Cultivation Realm 319 323

Personality

Zhan Hongxiu is cautious, decisive, and strongly motivated by both survival and advancement. She weighs the risks of treasure hunting and avoids exposing decisive trump cards when doing so would attract stronger enemies or reveal her identity 246 323. Repeated pursuit and conflict have made her particularly capable at retreating, disguising herself, and seeking temporary alliances.

She is ambitious without being blindly reckless. She negotiated for Golden Core resources, sought the inheritances necessary for future Spirit Transformation, and later pursued the Five Sacred Origin Pill as her chosen route toward that realm 182 431. Despite opportunities for immediate gain, she chose not to report Fang Qing after receiving a Golden Core Pill, influenced by Zhong Lingxiu's past kindness 184.

Abilities & Skills

Tortoise-Crane Longevity Formula

A top-tier wood-element, life-nurturing cultivation art associated with Zhan Hongxiu's bond to the Longevity Tortoise.

• Cultivation speed is comparatively slow, but her progress remained comparable to sect prodigies 147.
• Greatly extends her lifespan; after her spirit beast reached the third rank, her lifespan rose to roughly six or seven hundred years 247.
• Her Foundation Establishment benefited the Longevity Tortoise's advance to the second rank, allowing the pair to contend with Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivators 153.
• The formula's Spirit Transformation portion was among the inheritances left by Divine Lord Fuyu 251.

Turtle Elder's Guidance

Turtle Elder, also called Gui Ling, resides in Zhan Hongxiu's sea of consciousness and supplies knowledge from the All-Heaven Star Palace.

• Identified as the tortoise spirit of an ancient Longevity Tortoise whose physical body had crumbled 180.
• Guides Zhan Hongxiu through secret realms, restrictions, cultivation techniques, and All-Heaven Star Palace history 180 295.
• Assists her in battle with divine-sense techniques and emergency secret arts, including a diversion that enabled her escape from the Nine-Soul Demon Infant 296.
• Encourages her pursuit of Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and eventually Spirit Transformation 251 431.

Concealment and Escape

Zhan Hongxiu has repeatedly survived opponents beyond her cultivation level through artifacts, disguises, and retreat techniques.

• Uses the Jingfeng Pearl, which contains an Illusory Scenery Wind spirit capable of concealing tracks; in its damaged state, it can summon a wind spirit with early Core Formation-level strength 248.
• Can assume the Peach Immortal identity to travel without exposing her wanted status 319 323.
• Possesses wing-shaped treasure armor that can raise her escape speed to that of a late-stage Core Formation cultivator 296.
• Has demonstrated exceptional evasive ability while pursued by You Yuanzi, despite being outmatched in direct combat 323.

Big Dipper Life-Slaying Formation

A life-consuming formation technique inherited through the All-Heaven Star Palace.

• Lured the Flood Dragon God-General away from Kaiyang Island before activating the formation 448.
• Reduced the Flood Dragon God-General's lifespan to zero, killing it and routing the surrounding beast tide 448.
• Its threat was sufficient that the Merchant Clan ancestor feared Zhan Hongxiu could kill him in a single breath if she paid the required price 479.

Alchemy

Zhan Hongxiu is not a natural alchemist, but she deliberately developed enough skill to pursue opportunities linked to pill refinement.

• Possesses a wood spiritual root and learned a secret art that uses wood to generate fire, allowing her to pose as a fire-art alchemist 217.
• Received short-term instruction from Fang Qing under the identity Alchemist Du Huo 219.
• Her foundation in technical alchemy remained weak, and she suffered repeated furnace explosions during training 219.
• Her later cultivation plans depend heavily on rare pill formulas and the Five Sacred Origin Pill 431 454.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Longevity Tortoise — Zhan Hongxiu's bonded spirit beast; advanced to the third rank and possesses the innate ability Size at Will 247 293.
• Fourth-rank tortoise shell — A high-grade defensive treasure refined into a black shield; used to withstand Nascent Soul lightning tribulation and powerful attacks 328 380.
• Thunder-Repelling Talisman — A lightning-warding treasure used during her Nascent Soul tribulation 380.
• Jingfeng Pearl — A damaged former fourth-rank high-grade wind treasure used for concealment and summoning a wind spirit 248.
• Seven-Star Lamp — A treasure obtained from Divine Lord Fuyu's secluded dwelling 251.
• Myriad Transformations Thunder Pearl — A top-grade third-rank thunder pearl whose force rivals a late-stage Core Formation cultivator's full strike 244.
• Star Palace Token — Grants entry to the Void Ruins Sea Eye and can shelter multiple Core Formation cultivators 294 321.
• Green wooden nail — A wood-attributed magic treasure used against the Flood Dragon God-General 448.

Relationships

• Fang Qing — Her first apparent savior and later a recurring patron, bargaining partner, and concealed manipulator. He assisted her breakthroughs, secret-realm expeditions, and Nascent Soul Late Stage advance, while secretly monitoring her through planted methods 153 246 479 498.
• Turtle Elder / Gui Ling — Tortoise spirit and advisor residing in her sea of consciousness; provides All-Heaven Star Palace inheritances, strategy, and cultivation guidance 180 183.
• Longevity Tortoise — Her bonded spirit beast and primary combat partner; its advancement substantially increases both her strength and lifespan 153 247.
• Greenwater Wanderer — Her master on Three Origins Island; Zhan Hongxiu sought a Mystic-Soul Restoration Pill to aid him 134 135.
• Lu Lingfeng — Her eldest senior brother; Zhan Hongxiu accused him of defecting to demonic cultivators and murdering their master 155.
• Zhong Lingxiu — Supreme White Island's ruler to whom she submitted Three Origins Island; he honored his agreement to provide a Golden Core Pill after her secret-realm gains 175 182.
• Crippled Immortal — Nascent Soul ally who explored a secret realm with her and shared Profound Fiend Origin Crystals 397.
• Merfolk Clan — Allies who helped her reclaim Three Origins Island and later cooperated with her in deep-sea trade 166.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Three Origins Island and Foundation Establishment

Zhan Hongxiu rises from a Qi Refinement disciple burdened by her master's condition and her grandfather's death into a Foundation Establishment cultivator determined to reclaim Three Origins Island. Her conflict with the Jiang Family and Lu Lingfeng establishes her as the island's leading figure 134 153 155.

Heavenly Heart Island Inheritance

Her entry into the Heavenly Heart Island secret realm introduces Turtle Elder and reveals her connection to the All-Heaven Star Palace. She acquires major resources, conceals a fourth-rank tortoise shell, and begins pursuing Golden Core opportunities 178 180 182.

Core Formation and Eastern Sea Exile

After forming a high-grade true core, Zhan Hongxiu becomes a target in the Eastern Sea and relies on concealment, superior treasures, and Fang Qing's intervention to survive. She adopts the Peach Immortal identity while navigating the Void Ruins Secret Realm 243 244 319 323.

Nascent Soul and Myriad Stars Alliance

Zhan Hongxiu successfully forms a Nascent Soul, gains the position of Myriad Stars Alliance Master, and leads resistance during the beast tide. Her defeat of the Flood Dragon God-General establishes her as a force capable of overpowering ordinary Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators 380 448.

Pursuit of Spirit Transformation

Following her injuries during the Divine Ray Palace conflict, Zhan Hongxiu cooperates with Fang Qing to gather materials for the Five Sacred Origin Pill. She later reaches Nascent Soul Late Stage and receives ascension-node coordinates, positioning her for a future attempt at Spirit Transformation and ascension 453 454 498.

Notable Quotes

“For Master's sake... I'm willing to do anything.” 134

“I have no desire at all to become famous in the East Sea.” 323