Zhan Hongxiu

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Zhan Hongxiu (展红袖)
Alias(es)	Peach Immortal; Qiujin; Ninefold Year-Spirit Pure Radiance Primordial Sovereign 642 644
Species/Race	Human cultivator; daughter of fortune of Primordial Beginning Heaven 642
Gender	Female
Spiritual Root	Heavenly-grade wood spiritual root 117
Affiliation	Three Origins Island; formerly a disciple of Greenwater Wanderer; Myriad Stars Alliance Master; authority-holder of the Four-Moon Orthodoxy 134 448 644
Occupation/Role	Cultivator; Myriad Stars Alliance Master; former master of Three Talents Market; Lunar Yin True Lord 380 448 642
Status	Active; Lunar Yin True Lord holding a Guest Position; later bound by the Nether Bureau Lord 642 644 647
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	453 498	Reached the late stage after recovering from the Divine Ray Palace conflict and receiving further assistance and opportunities connected to Fang Qing's pill refinement.
Spirit Transformation	573	Advanced as wood-element spiritual power condensed into divine light; no heavenly tribulation appeared following the disappearance of tribulations from the realm.
True Lord, Lunar Yin Guest Position	642 644	After cultivating four Lunar Yin divine abilities, she burned her accumulated cultivation in a Gold-Seeking rite and attained the Lunar Yin Guest Position. She took the title Ninefold Year-Spirit Pure Radiance Primordial Sovereign, gained Emperor's Flowing Essence, and seized authority over the Four-Moon Orthodoxy.

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.

Following her Core Formation, Zhan Hongxiu was repeatedly hunted through the Eastern Sea, including after the exposure of her identity at Heavenly Spring Island and the death of Heartless Daoist. She concealed herself, cultivated in isolation, and used a portion of Ten-Thousand-Year Skyblue Essence to reach Foundation Establishment Perfection before forming her high-grade true core 243 244.

After returning to Three Origins Island as a Core Formation cultivator, Zhan Hongxiu was immediately acknowledged by local cultivators as their former alliance leader. Although Turtle Elder encouraged her to use her new strength to conquer the Lesser Vast Sea, she declined to create unnecessary bloodshed and instead focused on the All-Heaven Star Palace opportunities still ahead of her 292.

During the Void Ruins Secret Realm expedition, Zhan Hongxiu concealed her identity as Peach Immortal and repeatedly avoided exposing her strongest treasures. She was pursued by You Yuanzi, later nearly killed by the Garbed Spirit Demon after Turtle Elder exhausted himself, and was ultimately rescued by Fang Qing; together, they escaped through Long Rampart and sealed the pursuing demon outside 319 323 328.

After becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator, she resumed acting openly and consolidated authority as the Myriad Stars Alliance Master. Her victory over the Flood Dragon God-General during the beast tide enhanced her prestige and supplied crucial flood-dragon materials for her future Spirit Transformation preparations 448 454.

Zhan Hongxiu was gravely injured while confronting the Divine Ray Palace Master. She survived after the intervention of the Spirit Transformation cultivator Shide—later inferred by her to be Fang Qing—and subsequently agreed to provide the Flood Dragon God-General's essence blood and inner core for the Five Sacred Origin Pill project 453 454.

As Myriad Stars Alliance Master, Zhan Hongxiu sought to use the post-beast-tide instability to settle old scores with Water-Moon Palace and Thunderclap Temple. She planned to use Turtle Elder's knowledge of the Ten-Thousand Buddhas Homing Formation to ambush their leading figures and establish the alliance's dominance over the Eastern Sea 431 455.

After attaining Spirit Transformation, she began studying the Lunar Yin path through Peach Blossom Island's Lunar Yin cultivators. Her desire to escape the increasingly closed Qi Refinement Way ultimately drove her to seek Gold and obtain a Lunar Yin Guest Position as a True Lord 624 627 642.

During her Gold-Seeking rite, the Qi Refinement Way itself aided her as a daughter of fortune. Although her breakthrough triggered the world's rejection and should have sent her toward ascension, Fang Qing's Primordial Dragon-Tiger World-Fusing Method prevented the two worlds from intersecting and left her trapped within her native world 642.

Fang Qing later revealed that Zhan Hongxiu's originally ordained path was to attain the [Profound Thunder] position and ascend to the Breath-Nourishing Dao. His and the Kitchen Lord's interventions altered that fate, leading her instead to the [Lunar Yin] Guest Position 642.

After attaining the Lunar Yin Guest Position, Zhan Hongxiu took the title Ninefold Year-Spirit Pure Radiance Primordial Sovereign and seized authority over the Four-Moon Orthodoxy. This authority enabled her to gain the upper hand against Great Sun Dragon-Phoenix Fuyu Primordial Sovereign, but she was subsequently seized and bound by the Kitchen Lord in his capacity as Lord of the Nether Bureau 644 647.

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 134 178 573
• 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
• Developed a crescent mark between her brows after gaining the Lunar Yin Guest Position 642
• As a Lunar Yin True Lord, manifests blue-green dharma-power radiance and moonlight-infused authority 642 644

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.

Although capable of ruling the Lesser Vast Sea through force after forming her core, she initially rejected Turtle Elder's proposal to conquer it. Her restraint did not mean passivity, however: as Myriad Stars Alliance Master, she later prepared decisive action against Water-Moon Palace and Thunderclap Temple to secure resources, avenge past persecution, and reshape the Eastern Sea's balance of power 292 431 455.

Her advancement has not erased her pragmatic caution toward karma. When Fang Xianyuan sought her assistance in his dangerous Gold-Seeking rite, she declined to involve herself directly in his Liberation by Violence, but still sponsored him with Pure Yang Heavenly Firmament Gold for his ritual sword 629.

Zhan Hongxiu retains the resolve of a cultivator who rose from a rogue background. After learning that the world's void passages had vanished, she refused to passively accept life in a sealed world and chose to seek Gold before the available positions were claimed by others 642.

After gaining the Lunar Yin Guest Position, she immediately recognized that her outsider status, wood-attribute foundation, and dependence on Moon-Chasing Xuanlin Primordial Sovereign's medicine could all have influenced the flawed nature of her position. This awareness made her more guarded, though it did not spare her from the larger schemes surrounding the Golden Seats 642 644.

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 originated from the Southern Homeland Hall of the All-Heaven Star Palace, though the inheritance Zhan Hongxiu obtained was incomplete 180.
• The formula's Spirit Transformation portion was among the inheritances left by Divine Lord Fuyu 251.
• Its life-for-life secret art can consume an opponent's lifespan at the cost of Zhan Hongxiu's own lifespan 388.

Turtle Elder's Guidance

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

• Identified as the tortoise spirit of an ancient Longevity Tortoise whose physical body had crumbled 180.
• Guided Zhan Hongxiu through secret realms, restrictions, cultivation techniques, and All-Heaven Star Palace history 180 295.
• Assisted 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.
• Encouraged her pursuit of Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and eventually Spirit Transformation 251 431.
• Exhausted his power while aiding her escape from the Garbed Spirit Demon and entered dormancy, leaving her to flee toward Long Rampart alone 328.
• Following the Divine Ray Palace conflict, Fang Qing turned Gui Ling into a covert surveillance piece; Turtle Elder subsequently concealed this compromised status from Zhan Hongxiu 452 479 603.
• Zhan Hongxiu sensed Turtle Elder's abnormality after becoming a True Lord and did not intervene when he died 644.

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.
• Possesses a void-attributed silver bird spirit beast that provides an additional means of rapid travel and escape 480.

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 Shang Clan ancestor feared Zhan Hongxiu could kill him in a single breath if she paid the required price 479.

Lunar Yin Divine Abilities and Gold-Seeking

After reaching Spirit Transformation, Zhan Hongxiu began drawing upon Lunar Yin authority and pursuing a position beyond the conventional Spirit Transformation realm.

• She studied the Lunar Yin path by observing and discussing Dao with the Lunar Yin Scions of Peach Blossom Island 624 627.
• Her Spirit Transformation Primordial Spirit could sense the Lunar Yin Golden Seat in the Great Void 627.
• She cultivated four Lunar Yin divine abilities before seeking Gold 642.
• Her Gold-Seeking success granted her a Lunar Yin Guest Position, marked by a crescent sign between her brows and accompanied by Emperor's Flowing Essence 642.
• She burned her accumulated cultivation as part of the Gold-Seeking rite and took the title Ninefold Year-Spirit Pure Radiance Primordial Sovereign upon success 642.
• The Guest Position gave her authority over the Four-Moon Orthodoxy and dramatically increased her power despite its limitations as an outsider's position 644.
• Her Year-Spirit identity as Primordial Beginning Heaven's daughter of fortune, combined with Lunar Yin authority, gave her a particular advantage when attacking Great Sun Dragon-Phoenix Fuyu Primordial Sovereign 644.
• Her position remains intrinsically limited: as a Lunar Yin Guest, she is not a match for the Nether Bureau Lord and was ultimately captured by him 646 647.

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.
• Azure Emperor Nail — A wood-attributed nail-shaped magic treasure used against the Flood Dragon God-General and to break formations 295 388 448.
• Water Moon Hook — A magic treasure used alongside her tortoise shell and Azure Emperor Nail during her attempt to escape the Garbed Spirit Demon 328.
• Void-attributed silver bird — A rare fourth-rank spirit beast acquired after Zhan Hongxiu's investigation for Fang Qing 480.
• Moon-colored medicine — A medicine bestowed by Moon-Chasing Xuanlin Primordial Sovereign and used in Zhan Hongxiu's Lunar Yin Gold-Seeking rite 642.

Relationships

• Fang Qing — Her first apparent savior and later a recurring patron, bargaining partner, and concealed manipulator. He assisted her breakthroughs, secret-realm expeditions, Spirit Transformation preparations, and Nascent Soul Late Stage advance, while secretly monitoring her through planted methods 153 246 453 479 498.
• Turtle Elder / Gui Ling — Tortoise spirit and former advisor who resided in her sea of consciousness, providing All-Heaven Star Palace inheritances, strategy, and cultivation guidance. Fang Qing later compromised him as a surveillance piece; Zhan Hongxiu perceived his abnormality after becoming a True Lord and watched him die 180 183 603 644.
• 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.
• Carefree One — A Myriad Stars Alliance elder who participated in discussions and preparations surrounding the Flood Dragon God-General and the alliance's campaigns 448 455.
• Merfolk Clan — Allies who helped her reclaim Three Origins Island and later cooperated with her in deep-sea trade 166.
• Qin Ruxue — A fellow high-level cultivator connected to Peach Blossom Island; Zhan Hongxiu observed Qin's Lunar Yin divine abilities and later attended Fang Xianyuan's Gold-Seeking ceremony alongside her 624 629.
• Fang Xianyuan — Palace of Vast Cold disciple whose Gold-Seeking attempt Zhan Hongxiu chose to observe and materially sponsor with Pure Yang Heavenly Firmament Gold 629.
• Moon-Chasing Xuanlin Primordial Sovereign — Lunar Yin authority who supplied Zhan Hongxiu with moon-colored medicine and guidance for seeking Gold 642.
• Great Sun Dragon-Phoenix Fuyu Primordial Sovereign — A Lunar Yin Guest Position holder whom Zhan Hongxiu attacked after attaining True Lordhood; Zhan Hongxiu's Year-Spirit and Lunar Yin symbolism gave her the advantage in their clash 644.
• Kitchen Lord / Lord of the Nether Bureau — The powerful Nether Bureau ruler who seized and bound Zhan Hongxiu despite her Lunar Yin True Lord status 646 647.
• Water-Moon Palace and Thunderclap Temple — Major hostile powers tied to her past persecution and the collapse of the All-Heaven Star Palace. Zhan Hongxiu planned to seize their resources, settle old grudges, and use their downfall to strengthen the Myriad Stars Alliance 380 431 455.
• Tian Yin — A notorious cultivator associated with the Cloud Prefecture Commerce Association whose death was attributed to the Myriad Stars Alliance Leader 464.

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.

Spirit Transformation and the Five Sacred Origin Pill

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 reaches Nascent Soul Late Stage with Fang Qing's assistance, then subsequently advances to Spirit Transformation after the realm's heavenly tribulations vanish 453 454 498 573.

Lunar Yin Gold-Seeking and True Lordhood

As a Spirit Transformation cultivator, Zhan Hongxiu investigates Lunar Yin divine abilities through Peach Blossom Island and supports Fang Xianyuan's attempted Gold-Seeking. When the world's void passages disappear and the available Golden Seats face eventual occupation, she elects to seek Gold herself, becoming a True Lord with a Lunar Yin Guest Position and authority over the Four-Moon Orthodoxy 624 629 642 644.

Four-Moon Authority and Nether Bureau Capture

As Ninefold Year-Spirit Pure Radiance Primordial Sovereign, Zhan Hongxiu uses the authority of the Four-Moon Orthodoxy to confront Great Sun Dragon-Phoenix Fuyu Primordial Sovereign. Her new power grants her a decisive symbolic advantage in that conflict, but it cannot contend with the Kitchen Lord's authority as Lord of the Nether Bureau, which results in her capture and binding 644 646 647.

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

“I cultivate Qingjing and do not wish to rashly involve myself in another's great karma.” 629

“So this is... Spirit Transformation? It is nothing more than this...” 573

“The void passages had actually vanished—this world had become a prison!” 642