Pan Xuan

Biodata

Power Progression

Background

Pan Xuan transmigrated into the Primordial World and awakened as a Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon in Pangu Hall. Houtu had discovered him while he was gestating in a hidden concentration of Profound Yellow qi near Mount Buzhou and brought him back after sensing that they shared the same origin 1.

Initially, Pan Xuan concealed his sentience out of fear of the Twelve Ancestral Witches. After his aura fluctuations exposed him, he identified himself as a being born from Pangu's noble righteous qi rather than Pangu's essence blood or primordial spirit. The Ancestral Witches verified his shared origin and accepted him as their younger brother 2 3.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches jointly taught him their laws of heaven and earth, then each contributed a drop of essence blood to accelerate his transformation. Pan Xuan refined the twelve blood essences and emerged from his dragon form with an innate Dao body 6 7 8 9.

During his later ascent of Mount Buzhou, Pan Xuan encountered Pangu's consciousness in a separate space from the Twelve Ancestral Witches. Pangu immediately recognized that his soul came from another world but expressed no hostility. Instead, he repeatedly showed Pan Xuan the creation of heaven and earth and entrusted him with protecting the Witch Clan 27 28.

After this encounter, Pan Xuan sensed that the trace marking him as an anomaly had been completely erased. His memories of his previous life remained, but he now regarded himself as a true member of the Primordial World rather than an outsider 28 311.

Appearance

After taking form, Pan Xuan appears as a refined young man in his early twenties, with an outwardly gentle bearing tempered by an innate aura of righteousness 9.

• Fair, jade-like complexion and refined facial features 9
• Long black hair falling down his back 9
• Faint golden radiance circulating around his body 9
• Long, fair hands with distinct knuckles 8
• His original body is a Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon wrapped in Profound Yellow qi 1 8
• Later wears purple-gold robes and carries the steady, mountain-heavy bearing of Mount Buzhou's mountain god 116
• His Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon Law Deity develops purple patterns on its golden scales and purple-gold eyes after his breakthrough through the Ziwei Emperor Star's essence 80
• His escape light, initially golden, is later described as purple-gold 75 184

Personality

Pan Xuan is cautious and survival-minded, initially pretending to be an inert treasure while surrounded by the Twelve Ancestral Witches. Once forced to reveal himself, he relies on calm explanations and diplomacy rather than confrontation 2 3.

He is deeply grateful toward the Ancestral Witches for accepting and supporting him. Their protection and gifts lead him to vow to safeguard them and alter the Witch Clan's future rather than permit its decline 6 8 12.

Pan Xuan also displays strategic patience. He opposes immediately expanding the Witch Clan, arguing that the clan should quietly absorb baleful qi, recover battlefield corpses for the Pangu Blood Pool, and wait for the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans to exhaust one another 14 15.

His caution does not prevent him from accepting personal risk. He insists on leaving Pangu Hall to temper his abilities, volunteers to test the mountain god system himself, and later pledges his own primordial spirit to guarantee Di Jun's safety during negotiations 16 95 275.

He favors building durable institutions and shared interests over relying only on conquest. His Divine Dao proposal allows other mighty beings to participate in governing the world, making potential enemies into allies without requiring them to abandon their original cultivation paths 95 187.

Pan Xuan adapts his diplomacy to the person before him. With Randeng, he chooses direct disclosure rather than elaborate probing, openly acknowledging that Fuxi has divined Randeng's secret origins. He also respects Nuwa's refusal to join the Divine Dao and leaves the invitation open 187 196.

Despite his attachment to his family, he restrains immediate retaliation when it would endanger the clan's larger position. After surviving Di Jun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng's attack, he argues against pursuing them into their own territory while the Divine Dao's foundations remain unstable 134.

Abilities & Skills

Righteous Vitality Formula

An innate divine ability founded on Pangu's righteous vitality. It suppresses evil entities and keeps Pan Xuan in peak condition unless he dies and his Dao is extinguished 4.

• Resists curses, toxins, inner demons, and other negative forces 4
• Protects him from battlefield baleful qi 16
• Maintains his condition without fatigue while others face corrosive baleful qi 19 20
• Purified the Destruction Stele to test it for hidden dangers 21
• Combined with the Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler to break an ancient innate restriction 19
• Guides merit expenditure during his deduction of the Intent Refinement Method 43
• Supports the refinement of the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin through the affinity between righteous impartiality and fair exchange 64
• Keeps his divine sense at peak perceptiveness when examining formations 66
• Combines with the Merit Profound Yellow Dharma Aspect and Imperial Dao Power to protect him from the Sun Star's flames 77
• Regenerates his protective qi as Kunpeng's wind blades damage it during the three-against-one battle 129

Its ability to sustain his condition does not mean every battle is costless. After the assault by Di Jun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng, Pan Xuan reports substantial mana consumption and expects several days of recuperation, despite having maintained his peak state during the fighting 134.

Merit Profound Yellow Dharma Aspect

A divine ability formed from Pan Xuan's foundation, using merit as its source and Profound Yellow qi as its framework. Its growth has no stated upper limit: his cultivation and physical body strengthen as he acquires merit and Profound Yellow energy 4.

• Forms Profound Yellow merit protection throughout his flesh and blood 9
• Resonates naturally with the Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler 13 14
• Deepens his comprehension of merit, Profound Yellow qi, and the Dao of rules through the ruler's refinement 14
• Can manifest behind him as a brilliant golden or purple-gold radiance intertwined with Profound Yellow qi 80 97
• Stores merit that he can expend through the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin as the price for a transaction 130 134
• Expands dramatically during his breakthrough to mid-stage Primordial Origin Golden Immortal 178

Heavenly Enlightenment Wisdom Light

An enlightenment ability that awakens a target's existing potential, improving intelligence, comprehension, and capacity to understand the Great Dao 5.

• Improved Zhu Rong's comprehension during its first trial 9
• Helped Houtu awaken a primordial spirit by opening a path in her soul and dispersing the obstruction within it 10 11
• Does not produce identical results in every target; the other Ancestral Witches did not awaken primordial spirits 11
• May allow ordinary witches, who have absorbed less baleful qi, to develop primordial spirits 12
• Requires substantial recovery time after use and cannot be used frequently 12
• Its existence is kept secret within the Witch Clan to avoid attracting calamity 6
• Undergoes a qualitative transformation after his encounter with Pangu atop Mount Buzhou, incorporating the resonance of the world-opening axe stroke, creation and destruction, and enlightenment 32
• Sharpens the comprehension of all Twelve Ancestral Witches before he shows them Pangu's creation of the world 32 33
• Can be used on Pan Xuan himself; he applies it before the Pangu Phantom to deepen his understanding of Pangu's power 97

Pangu's World-Creation Diagram

An imprint inherited directly through Pangu's consciousness. By repeatedly witnessing Pangu cleave Chaos, Pan Xuan gains an experience that feels less like observation and more like personally wielding the world-opening axe. The imprint contains Pangu's understanding of the Great Dao of Strength, his resolve, and his compassion for living beings 27 28.

• Preserves the scene of Pangu's axe stroke and the separation of heaven and earth within Pan Xuan's soul 27 28
• Can be projected for others to view repeatedly 32 33
• Helps the Twelve Ancestral Witches perceive the origins of their natal laws within the Great Dao of Strength 33
• Resonates with Heavenly Enlightenment Wisdom Light and the Pangu Phantom, allowing progressively deeper comprehension 97

Martial Dao and Intent Refinement

Pan Xuan proposes the Martial Dao as a cultivation path suited to the Witch Clan's powerful bodies, abundant vital blood, and steadfast wills. Rather than depending upon primordial spirits, it develops the body and will so that cultivators can commune with heaven and earth and comprehend laws 33.

He establishes its initial framework and leads the Ancestral Witches in developing it. Its first step, Body Refining, uses blood and qi to strike the major acupoints of the heavenly circuit 34.

• Uses merit earned from restoring the western earth veins to deduce the Intent Refinement Method 43
• Completes the deduction after the Twelve Ancestral Witches contribute their own merit 43
• Discovers that intent refinement condenses intangible will into a tangible Manifestation capable of communing with heaven and earth 43
• Condenses his own Manifestation as a Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon, expressing righteousness, compassion, reverence for heaven and earth, and devotion to justice 44
• Pursues Dao Refining by harmonizing his righteous qi, merit, and Profound Yellow power while contemplating the fusion of his Dao with his body 46
• Continues to follow his own Martial Dao path when breaking through to Primordial Origin Golden Immortal 75

Law Deity and Imperial Dao Power

Pan Xuan's Law Deity takes the form of a Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon coiled within his divine soul. It is an extension of his will and a connection to the Heavenly Dao, integrated with his Vast Righteous Qi and Merit Profound Yellow Dharma Aspect 60.

• Detects innate restrictions and fluctuations beyond ordinary divine sense 64 66
• Serves as a bridge when refining and nurturing the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin 64
• Gains an imperial character after he absorbs the Ziwei Emperor Star's essence 75 80
• Later bears purple-gold scales whose patterns embody the authority of the Lord of the Divine Dao 184

Imperial Dao Power arises when Ziwei's imperial qi merges with his righteous qi. Described as power that commands all things, it completes his Dao sufficiently for his first Primordial Origin Golden Immortal breakthrough. He also uses it to command the power of Ziwei, the Sun, and the Moon while deducing the Zhoutian Star Dou Great Array 75 79.

Formations and Restrictions

Pan Xuan specializes in analyzing restrictions rather than relying solely on brute force. He combines the Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler, righteous qi, his Law Deity, and knowledge of the Heavenly Dao's operating patterns to locate structural weaknesses 54 55 65 66.

• Severs the weakest nodes of the restriction surrounding the Four Symbols Banana Tree 54
• Studies the flow of Heavenly Dao power within the stronger seal surrounding the Innate Gourd Vine 55
• Recognizes and breaks a life-force restriction by severing its closed cycle 65
• Identifies the Three Immortal Islands' formation as a balanced circulation of Heaven, Earth, and Man 66
• Uses the Heaven-Measuring Ruler, simulated star circulation, and Imperial Dao Power in deductions of the Zhoutian Star Dou Great Array 79
• Helps establish a Blood Sea purification network by linking secondary array eyes and scattered turbid fiend nodes to a main formation 145
• Helps organize the Three Powers Return to the Origin Formation used to unite the three Daos against Hong Jun 291

Transaction Law and Wealth Dao

Through the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin, Pan Xuan discovers that exchanges of goods, strength, lifespan, karma, and even fate fall under Transaction Law. Such exchanges establish covenants witnessed by the Heavenly Dao and endorsed by the Great Dao 64.

• Understands treasure-dropping as an exchange in which the coin's power purchases another treasure's temporary loss of effectiveness 64
• Trades spiritual treasures for passage through the Sun Star's restrictions 76 77
• Uses merit and fortune as bargaining chips when attempting to affect Taiyi's Chaos Bell 130 134
• Offers the origins of Transaction Law and the Postnatal Wealth Dao to the Heavenly Dao, repairing gaps in its framework 250
• Integrates the resulting authority and merit into the Divine Dao Network so its gods can regulate exchanges and distribute resources more effectively 250
• Later envisions a broader circulation system encompassing mortal exchange, immortal treasures, incense offerings, merit, and divine offices 320

The effectiveness of treasure-dropping depends on the price paid and the opposing treasure's power. Against Taiyi's Chaos Bell, Pan Xuan nearly disrupts its control but does not seize it; Taiyi withdraws the bell after recognizing the danger 134.

Divine Dao Governance and Sagehood

Pan Xuan develops the Divine Dao System as an order in which divine offices govern the world's mountains, waterways, and other domains. He prioritizes mountain gods because mountains and earth veins support spiritual energy and provide the foundation for other divine offices 95.

• Receives the Twelve Ancestral Witches' support to lead the system's implementation 95
• Recruits other clans and mighty beings while allowing divine authority to complement their existing cultivation 111 187
• Appoints Fuxi Mountain God of Phoenix Perch Mountain 187
• Coordinates a world-spanning proclamation through the Divine Dao Network with the Ancestral Witches and Three Pure Ones 203
• Oversees selections and appointments for the Netherworld's judicial, administrative, and enforcement offices 256
• Attains Sagehood when the perfected Divine Dao's fortune converges upon him in Great Luo Heaven 301
• Uses his Sage's perspective to perceive a breach in the Heavenly Dao Origin and trace it to the Investiture of the Gods List 302
• Wields Divine Dao Chains in combat against Hong Jun 332

Refining and Combat

Pan Xuan uses the Creation Cauldron in both treasure production and later ritual preparations 57 203 230.

• Produces four high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures embodying earth, water, wind, and fire 57
• Forges the Heaven-Worshipping Jade Bi, Earth-Suppressing Square Cong, and Soul-Calming Bell for Pangu's funeral 203
• Refines the Innate Gourd Vine after its seven gourds transform 230
• Endures the combined assault of Di Jun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng while at early-stage Primordial Origin Golden Immortal, surviving until assistance arrives 129 134
• Helps Nuwa and Di Jun conceal a sealed, fused Demon Sovereign within isolated spacetime in Chaos 316
• Combines refining power and order-based power with the Three Pure Ones' abilities to destroy Hong Jun's defenses around the Chaos Divine Domain 332

Strategic Planning

Pan Xuan uses knowledge from his previous life and observation of the Primordial World to direct Witch Clan policy 15 25.

• Warned that rapid expansion would attract the attention of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans 14 15
• Proposed collecting fallen warriors and baleful qi to strengthen the Pangu Blood Pool and the clan's foundation 15 16
• Advocated avoiding direct participation in the three clans' war until their forces were depleted 15
• Urged immediate withdrawal after the group discovered the Destruction Stele, anticipating that its seal's maker could notice the disturbance 21 22
• Developed the Divine Dao as a way to convert possible opponents into participants in a shared order 95
• Identified the threat posed by Hong Jun's support for Di Jun, Taiyi, unaffiliated cultivators, and Xuanmen, and proposed expanding both the Witch population and Divine Dao 135
• Recognized the danger of Houtu's resonance with embryonic reincarnation and sought a substitute before she could sacrifice herself to become it 145
• Exposed the Three Corpses method as a source of primordial-spirit fragmentation and hidden control, encouraging the Three Pure Ones to establish independent paths 166
• Negotiated cooperation with Di Jun against Chaos despite their earlier enmity 275 277
• Refrained from directly stopping Hong Jun's flood because intervention risked freeing Hong Jun, instead allowing the Human Race and gods to resolve it through Yu the Great 291
• Proposed separating immortal and mortal life through an Earth Immortal Realm and later advocated carrying the war into the foreign Divine Domain 316

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler — An Acquired Merit Supreme Treasure entrusted to Pan Xuan by Houtu and the Twelve Ancestral Witches. It acknowledged him quickly, was refined without resistance, and resides in his Niwan Palace when not in use 13 14.
  • Measures heaven and earth, weighs right and wrong, and suppresses evil 14
  • Amplified his ability to break the ancient restriction in the western abyss 19
  • Conceals his aura beneath a curtain of Profound Yellow Merit Light during travel 63
  • Helps overcome the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin's rejection through its authority over standards and measurement 64
  • Protects him against Taiyi's Chaos Bell during the three-against-one battle 134
• Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin — An innate treasure claimed at Wuyi Mountain and nurtured in his dantian with righteous qi and his Law Deity. It embodies Transaction Law rather than merely countering other treasures 63 64.
  • Temporarily deprives another treasure of effectiveness through an exchange 64
  • Can purchase passage through restrictions when an adequate price is offered 76 77
  • Accepts merit and fortune as transaction costs 130 134
  • Serves as the vessel through which he offers Transaction Law and the Postnatal Wealth Dao to the Heavenly Dao 250
• Creation Cauldron — An Innate Supreme Treasure kept in Pangu Hall after the expedition to the Three Immortal Islands. Pan Xuan uses it for refining projects, including Pangu's funeral vessels and the Innate Gourd Vine 72 203 230.
• Star Divine Dao Seal / Star Seal — A seal associated with his Divine Dao work. He gives Houtu an emergency jade talisman linked to the Star Seal and is later shown examining the Star Divine Dao Seal after the gourd children's transformation 145 230.
• Spirit Jade containing star essence — Used to store a thread of Ziwei Emperor Star essence and the Sun Origin needed for deductions of the Zhoutian Star Dou Great Array 75 77.
• Li Fire Banner — Exchanged through the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin for entry through the Sun Star's restrictions 76.
• Mysterious Water Banner — A high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure previously left unused, later exchanged for passage out of the Sun Star 77.
• Funeral ritual vessels — The Heaven-Worshipping Jade Bi, Earth-Suppressing Square Cong, and Soul-Calming Bell, forged by Pan Xuan from rare spiritual materials for Pangu's funeral 203.

Relationships

• Houtu — Elder sister and Pan Xuan's original discoverer. She advocates for him, teaches him, gives the first drop of her essence blood, and entrusts the Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler to him 1 3 7 8 13.
  • Her primordial spirit awakens through his Heavenly Enlightenment Wisdom Light 10 11.
  • They work together on the Blood Sea purification network. Concerned that reincarnation's call may lead to her sacrifice, he asks her to consult him before acting and gives her an emergency talisman 145.
  • They jointly test the Dao Cultivation system, with both achieving breakthroughs 178.
  • Netherworld enforcement officers later serve under both Pan Xuan and Houtu 256.
• Di Jiang — Eldest brother and leader of the Ancestral Witches. He accepts Pan Xuan as kin, organizes his Dao instruction, supports his strategic proposals, and acts on his advice concerning the Destruction Stele 3 6 15 21 22.
  • Supports his leadership of the Divine Dao project and later guarantees the Ancestral Witches' full backing for negotiations with Di Jun 95 275.
• Zhu Jiuyin — Elder brother whose Law of Time cannot clearly discern Pan Xuan's future. He supports Pan Xuan's claims and confirms that Houtu's future changed after her primordial spirit awakened 1 6 11.
  • Detects a noble purple streak in Pan Xuan's changed future after his Ziwei-related breakthrough and later accompanies him to the Blood Sea 76 135.
• Zhu Rong — Elder brother who initially doubts Pan Xuan's abilities but becomes one of his most vocal protectors. He is the first recipient of the Heavenly Enlightenment Wisdom Light 5 6 9 16.
• Gong Gong — Elder brother and frequent rival of Zhu Rong. He supports Pan Xuan's protection and later recognizes the strategic value of Pan Xuan's plan 6 15 16.
  • Relies on Pan Xuan's diplomacy during negotiations with the Dragon Clan, while providing authority as the Water Ancestral Witch 109 111.
• Xuan Ming — Elder sister whose reserved manner conceals concern for Pan Xuan. She protects his rest, repeatedly clarifies Dao teachings for him, and supports keeping his enlightenment ability secret 6 7 16.
  • Reacts with particularly cold anger upon learning of Di Jun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng's attack on him 134.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches — Pan Xuan's elder siblings. They recognize his Pangu-derived origin, provide him with their instruction and blood essence, and treat his arrival as a major opportunity for the Witch Clan 3 6 7 8.
  • Contribute all their western restoration merit to help him complete the Intent Refinement Method 43.
  • Continue to insist upon his protection even after he becomes the Witch Clan's strategist and Lord of the Divine Dao 134 135.
• Pangu — Source of Pan Xuan's body and innate foundation. Pangu's consciousness recognizes his otherworldly soul, accepts him, grants him the World-Creation Diagram experience, and entrusts the Witch Clan's protection to him 27 28.
• The Three Pure Ones — Fellow descendants of Pangu whom Pan Xuan helps reconcile with the Witch Clan. After joining the Divine Dao and abandoning Hong Jun's Three Corpses method, they recognize him as their brother 150 163 166 171.
  • Laozi offers the Three Pure Ones' assistance whenever he needs it; they later cooperate in funeral preparations, protecting the gourd children, and the Chaos campaign 171 203 230 332.
• Ziwei, Sun, and Taiyin — The principal-star members of the Star Witch Clan. All three emerge at early Daluo Golden Immortal cultivation with complete primordial spirits and salute Pan Xuan as their Father God 84.
  • Pan Xuan teaches them that sharing the stars' origin is insufficient without understanding their motions, interactions, and laws 87.
• Ancestral Dragon and the Dragon Clan — Negotiating partners brought into the Divine Dao as Water Gods and River Earls under Gong Gong. Pan Xuan agrees to personally invest the Four Seas Dragon Kings and later returns for the prepared ceremony 111 122.
• Phoenix Clan — Supporters whose Azure Luan and Fire Phoenix intervene with the Yuanfeng Pearl during the attack on Pan Xuan. He credits them with restraining Kunpeng and reducing the pressure on him 134.
• Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters — Guests whom Pan Xuan brings to the Three Immortal Islands to recover. He arranges their residence through Kuafu and gives Yunxiao a Divine Dao passage talisman 122.
• Minghe — A prospective Divine Dao ally whom Pan Xuan approaches through the Blood Sea project. Pan Xuan proposes offering him authority as Lord of the Netherworld or God of the Blood Sea; Minghe later guards the netherworld within the broader Divine Dao order 135 163.
• Fuxi — Recruited into the Divine Dao and appointed Mountain God of Phoenix Perch Mountain. Pan Xuan encourages him to investigate the Divine Dao Network through divination and later uses his divination of Randeng's origins to prepare a proposal 187 196.
• Nuwa — Initially declines his invitation because of her bond with Hong Jun. Pan Xuan respects her decision; she later cooperates with him in the formation against Hong Jun and in sealing the Demon Sovereign 187 291 316.
• Randeng — Invited into the Divine Dao through a candid discussion linking his coffin origin and annihilation cultivation to a major undertaking. He is later recovering in Pangu Hall while preparations for Pangu's funeral are completed 196 203.
• The Four Pole Sages — Azure Dragon, Zhuque, Baihu, and Xuanwu agree to Pan Xuan's request to station avatars at the Netherworld's four poles when it opens 213.
• The Seven Gourd Children — Chi Yan, Jin Chen, Huang Yue, Bi Luo, Qingxiao, Lan Yuan, and Zixiao. Pan Xuan helps protect their transformation, names them, and is addressed by them as Grandpa 230.
• Di Jun — Initially a major opponent who attacks Pan Xuan alongside Taiyi and Kunpeng 129 134.
  • Pan Xuan later guarantees his safety for private negotiations and establishes cooperation between the Divine Dao and Heavenly Court against foreign Chaos powers 275 277.
  • After attaining Sagehood, Pan Xuan warns him that Hong Jun created the Investiture of the Gods List to preserve control over the Heavenly Court and its bound True Spirits 302.
  • They later cooperate with Nuwa in concealing the sealed Demon Sovereign 316.
• Hong Jun — A principal adversary whose cultivation methods and Heavenly Dao interventions Pan Xuan repeatedly exposes. Pan Xuan helps drive him into Chaos and later fights him alongside Laozi 166 291 302 332.
• Zhen Yuanzi — Pan Xuan helps him recognize that opening the Earth Immortal Realm with the Earth Book can fulfill his Dao, and agrees to assist with Divine Dao power 316.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Recognition and Transformation

Pan Xuan awakens in Pangu Hall, gains acceptance as the Twelve Ancestral Witches' younger brother, reveals his three innate divine abilities, and receives their instruction and blood essence to take human form 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.

Changing the Witch Clan's Potential

He tests the Heavenly Enlightenment Wisdom Light on Zhu Rong and Houtu. Its effect on Houtu leads to the Witch Clan's first known primordial spirit and creates the possibility that ordinary witches could gain primordial spirits in the future 9 10 11 12.

Strategist of the Witch Clan

After refining the Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler, Pan Xuan rejects the plan for immediate clan expansion. He instead establishes the policy of secretly accumulating strength through baleful qi absorption and battlefield recovery while the three dominant clans remain at war 13 14 15 16.

Western Abyss and the Destruction Stele

While accompanying the Ancestral Witches across the battlefields, Pan Xuan witnesses the devastation of the three-clan war. In the western lands, he breaks an ancient restriction, protects Houtu from the released baleful qi, identifies the Destruction Stele as connected to the Ferocious Beast Calamity, and urges the group to retreat to Pangu Hall 18 19 20 21 22.

Mount Buzhou Ascent

After the group ceases battlefield recovery to avoid attention, Pan Xuan proposes climbing Mount Buzhou to temper themselves and honor Pangu. Its pressure strengthens his Righteous Vitality Formula and reveals more of the righteous vitality at the root of his existence 25.

The ascent leads to his private encounter with Pangu's consciousness. Pangu recognizes his transmigration, teaches him through repeated visions of the world-opening axe stroke, and entrusts him with caring for the Witch Clan. Pan Xuan leaves with the imprint embedded in his soul and his anomalous outsider trace erased 27 28.

Establishing the Martial Dao

After his Heavenly Enlightenment Wisdom Light recovers in a transformed state, Pan Xuan uses it on the Twelve Ancestral Witches and shares the World-Creation Diagram. Their resulting insights create an opportunity to develop the Martial Dao, a system designed around the Witch Clan's bodies and wills rather than primordial spirits 32 33 34.

He later uses restoration merit to deduce intent refinement. When his own merit proves insufficient, the Ancestral Witches contribute theirs, enabling him to discover the method. He condenses a Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon Manifestation and advances to Daluo Golden Immortal peak while carefully consolidating his foundation 43 44 46 47.

Wuyi Mountain and Transaction Law

Pan Xuan separates from the Ancestral Witches to seek the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin at Wuyi Mountain while they search for the Three Immortal Islands. After claiming it, he discovers that its true foundation is Transaction Law and begins considering how this authority can shape the world's future order 63 64.

When the Ancestral Witches require help with the islands' restrictions, his expertise in formation analysis becomes crucial. He identifies the underlying Three Powers structure through his Law Deity, divine sense, and ruler 65 66.

Star Origins and the Star Witch Clan

Pan Xuan's plans for the Zhoutian Star Dou Great Array take him into the starry sky. Absorbing the Ziwei Emperor Star's essence gives him Imperial Dao Power and advances him to early-stage Primordial Origin Golden Immortal 72 75.

He avoids forcibly breaking the Sun Star's restrictions, which would alert Di Jun and Taiyi, and instead purchases passage with the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin. He returns with star-origin resources and joins the Ancestral Witches in deducing the array 76 77 79.

The project culminates in the emergence of Star Witch Clan members. Ziwei, Sun, and Taiyin possess complete primordial spirits and become the principal-star candidates needed to anchor the array. They recognize Pan Xuan as their Father God, and he subsequently guides their understanding of the stars 84 87.

Founding and Expanding the Divine Dao

Pan Xuan persuades the Twelve Ancestral Witches to support a Divine Dao System that governs the world through divine offices while inviting outside powers to share in its order. He chooses Mount Buzhou as its first trial and volunteers to become its first mountain god 95.

He and Gong Gong negotiate the Dragon Clan's entry as Water Gods and River Earls. The agreement assigns the Dragon Clan responsibility for nominating river and lake deities while preserving the Ancestral Dragon's role in appointing the Four Seas Dragon Kings 111.

Pan Xuan also coordinates the Three Immortal Islands' deities, provides refuge for Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters, and returns to the Dragon Palace for the assembled Water God investiture 122.

Heavenly Court Conflict and the Blood Sea Project

Di Jun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng attack Pan Xuan near the Undying Volcano. Despite his lower cultivation, his defenses, evasions, and treasure-countering methods allow him to hold out until help arrives. The Phoenix Clan's intervention and the Ancestral Witches' arrival prevent a disastrous outcome 129 130 134.

Rather than immediately retaliating, he argues for consolidating the Divine Dao. He then proposes using the Blood Sea's turbid qi and tainted blood to increase the Witch Clan's strength while offering Minghe a place within the system 134 135.

As the purification network expands, Houtu senses the embryonic Six Paths of Reincarnation. Pan Xuan recognizes the danger that she may transform herself into reincarnation and resolves to find an alternative, securing her promise to consult him before acting 145.

Reuniting Pangu's Descendants and Testing a New Cultivation System

Pan Xuan questions the instinctive hostility between the Witch Clan and the Three Pure Ones, arguing that Pangu's essence blood and primordial spirit should not naturally reject one another. Their eventual reconciliation unites the two legacies within the Divine Dao 150 163 171.

He exposes the flaws of Hong Jun's Three Corpses method, prompting Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian to reclaim their severed corpses and rebuild their paths independently. Pan Xuan and Houtu later test the Dao Cultivation system, advancing respectively to mid-stage and early-stage Primordial Origin Golden Immortal 166 178.

Recruitment, Pangu's Funeral, and the Netherworld

Pan Xuan continues recruiting important figures, accepting Fuxi into the Divine Dao while respecting Nuwa's refusal. He subsequently approaches Randeng with a proposal connected to Randeng's origin as the first coffin 187 196.

He forges ritual vessels for Pangu's funeral while the Ancestral Witches and Three Pure Ones complete a nine-tier altar. Once the altar, vessels, and Annihilation Coffin are ready, the group announces that the Primordial World's First Funeral will occur on Mount Buzhou three thousand years later. The Great Dao responds to their proclamation 203.

For the approaching Netherworld opening, Pan Xuan secures avatar support from all Four Pole Sages. Houtu's nearing completion of reincarnation law brings the project closer to realization 213.

Gourd Children and Divine Dao Consolidation

Pan Xuan and the Three Pure Ones protect the seven gourds from the final heavenly lightning, allowing them to transform into children. He names them, accepts their address of Grandpa, and brings them to Pangu Hall, where they are welcomed by the Ancestral Witches and become disciples of the Three Pure Ones 230.

He later offers Transaction Law and the Postnatal Wealth Dao to repair the Heavenly Dao, then directs the resulting merit throughout the Divine Dao Network. This expands its gods' ability to regulate resources and exchanges 250.

Within the Netherworld, he organizes trials and appointments for the Ten Halls of Yama, Four Great Judges, seventy-five Merit Officers, and Ten Netherworld Marshals, creating a structured process from judgment toward reincarnation while additional offices remain to be filled 256.

Alliance Against Chaos and Hong Jun's Expulsion

Faced with threats from foreign Chaos rulers, Pan Xuan invites Di Jun to Pangu Hall and pledges his primordial spirit to assure his safety. Their negotiations establish a joint front between the Divine Dao and Heavenly Court, postponing internal competition until the external danger is resolved 275 277.

During Hong Jun's devastating flood, Pan Xuan avoids direct intervention that could free Hong Jun. After Yu the Great and the gods channel the flood away, Pan Xuan gathers the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors at Shouyang Mountain. With the other major powers, they unite the three Daos through the Three Powers Return to the Origin Formation and sever Hong Jun's control over the Heavenly Dao 291.

Hong Jun flees into Chaos. Pan Xuan recognizes that the conflict is not over and prepares for war against him and potential foreign allies 291.

Divine Dao Sagehood and the Heavenly Dao Breach

As the Divine Dao reaches perfection, its fortune converges on Pan Xuan in Great Luo Heaven. Taking the Divine Dao as his path, all beings as his foundation, and the Primordial World as his body, he attains Sagehood 301.

His new perspective reveals a breach in the Heavenly Dao Origin. He traces it to the Investiture of the Gods List, realizing that Hong Jun extracted the list to retain control of the Heavenly Court and its bound True Spirits. He informs Di Jun and proposes returning the list to the Heavenly Dao 302.

Earth Immortal Realm and the Chaos Campaign

After helping Nuwa and Di Jun conceal the sealed Demon Sovereign in isolated spacetime, Pan Xuan warns that the enemy may eventually escape and that the foreign rulers may return. He advocates carrying the war into their Divine Domain 316.

He also visits Zhen Yuanzi and proposes an Earth Immortal Realm where immortals can cultivate without disturbing mortals. Recognizing that this undertaking could fulfill Zhen Yuanzi's Dao through the Earth Book, he agrees to assist with Divine Dao power 316.

Pan Xuan subsequently considers how the Wealth Dao can connect mortal, immortal, and divine exchanges through common rules, summoning Kunpeng and Fuxi as his understanding develops 320.

In the offensive against the Chaos Divine Domain, Pan Xuan and the Three Pure Ones destroy Hong Jun's defensive maze, traps, and Restrictions Net. When the armies clash, he joins Laozi against Hong Jun. Although the Creation Jade Disc dissolves his Divine Dao Chains and blocks much of Laozi's power, their combined attacks gradually gain the advantage 332.

Notable Quotes

“Since he had transmigrated to the Primordial World and become the brother of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, then he would surely live well, protect these brothers and sisters who sincerely cared for him, and carve out a world that belonged to them in this Primordial World.” 3

“We must store grain widely, build high walls, and delay our claim to the throne.” 15

“The Father God did not nurture me so that I could hide in Pangu Hall and cling to a peaceful existence.” 16

“We're family. Why draw distinctions between us?” 33

“From this day forward, the Divine Dao and the Heavenly Court will advance and retreat together against our foreign enemies from Chaos.” 277

“With the Divine Dao as my path, all beings as my foundation, and the Primordial World as my body—” 301

“Today, I, Pan Xuan, attain Sagehood!” 301

Trivia

• Pan Xuan's future cannot be clearly perceived even by Zhu Jiuyin's Law of Time 1 8.
• Pangu Hall conceals his transformation completely, preventing the outside world from sensing it and drawing no heavenly punishment 8.
• He is described as the thirteenth member among the Ancestral Witches, despite not being born from Pangu's essence blood 18.
• He chooses “Pan” from Pangu's name to remember his roots and “Xuan” from Profound Yellow qi to signify his origin 3.
• His physical cultivation initially exceeds his mana cultivation: upon taking form, his body is late-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal while his mana is mid-stage 9.
• His Intent Refinement Manifestation is his own original Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon form rather than a separate creature or object 44.
• Pangu's recognition of his otherworldly soul does not result in rejection; it leads instead to instruction and an explicit entrustment to protect the Witch Clan 27 28.
• Members of the Star Witch Clan call him Father God, while the seven gourd children call him Grandpa 84 230.
• His attempted use of the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin against the Chaos Bell demonstrates that its operation requires an adequate transaction price; he does not automatically acquire every treasure he targets 130 134.