Dong Dong

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Dong Dong (董董)
Alias(es)	Blood-Refining Female Demon; Immortal-Reversing Demon 227 240
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Heavenly Sword Manor; founder of the Ancient Sword Immortal Domain; later Tan Shuchang's disciple 101 228 266
Occupation/Role	Sword cultivator, alchemist, artifact refiner, and later pill merchant 77 168 289
Status	Active 313
First Appearance	42

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Sword Heart Encompassing the Universe	77 84	Her sword intent draws inward around her body; this realm suppresses the Sword Tower's hostile Sword Qi and the broken immortal sword's vicious spirit.
Sword Spirit Encompassing the Universe	101	Her aptitude is recognized as extraordinary despite having neglected sword cultivation for three years to study alchemy.
Comprehension of the broken demon sword	134	Her realization produces a heaven-surging sword aura and greatly increases her confidence.
Full compatibility with Heaven's Sword	160	Dipping Heaven's Sword into Tan Shuchang's heart-blood fulfills its third compatibility condition, allowing its sword spirit to teach her the sword's proper use.
First Proof of Longevity / Green-tier ghostly spiritual power	213 221	Her cultivation is sealed in the confined world, but her longevity physique remains. Her Weird Game panel records her at the First Proof.
Compatible bearer of the Law of Cease War	228	The law recognizes her and she establishes the Ancient Sword Immortal Domain; the Earth-Destroying King's soul acknowledges her as its new king.
Earthly Fiend True Method True Immortal	265	She has reached the True Immortal level and begins considering a shift toward devil-path cultivation.
Ancient Sword Immortal Realm	289	Her pill-assisted cultivation and sword Dao reach the point where she can attempt the Second Attestation.
Three Attestations	308	She ascends directly into Tan Shuchang's True Immortal World through a special ascension method.
Three Certifications Immortal Path — Leaving a Name	309	Her progress finally reaches the Three Certifications realm.
Heavenly Secretary Orthodox Law True Immortal	313	After obtaining an Immortal King's sword Dao inheritance and prolonged cultivation, she reaches the same broad realm Tan Shuchang claims to occupy.
Attainment of the Dao	313	She continues cultivating past the Heavenly Overseer Pinnacle and attempts to challenge Tan Shuchang after attaining the Dao.

Background / History

Heavenly Sword Manor

Dong Dong is a young member of the Dong family at Heavenly Sword Manor and the niece of Sword Young Master. Though her general cultivation talent is not considered exceptional, her sword Dao aptitude is described as something that should not exist in her world. Even early on, her sword intent had reached a realm where ordinary unity of person and sword was insignificant by comparison. 77

She also studied alchemy for three years, temporarily neglecting sword cultivation without losing her extraordinary edge. At the imperial succession gathering after Diyi Era's death, she represented Heavenly Sword Manor alongside delegates from the other leading immortal sects. 101

Early Dealings with Tan Shuchang

Tan Shuchang recognizes Dong Dong through her disguise when she attempts to persuade him to rob her uncle, Young Master Jian. Their early interactions are marked by games, manipulation, and mutual attempts to gain the upper hand. 42

Dong Dong later participates in distributing Tan Shuchang's Cultivation Diary, calculating the profits and planning to share them with him. She recognizes Tan's ruthlessness toward immortal-sect disciples and considers him more audacious than Blackheart Elder. 77

As their association deepens, she becomes both an informant and a frequent correspondent. Her pill-shaped communication artifact allows them to exchange information over distance, including intelligence on major sects, patriarchal incarnations, and cultivation methods. 107 128 168

Blood Pool and Heaven's Sword

Dong Dong locates the final component of the Nine-Aperture Martial Demon's body and gives it to Tan Shuchang. After he refines the demon, he rewards her with a spiritual treasure in the shape of an ear of grain. 155

At Tan Shuchang's heart-blood pool, Heaven's Sword fulfills its final compatibility condition and its sword spirit begins teaching Dong Dong how to wield it. She subsequently uses Heaven's Sword and her Sword Heart Encompassing the Universe to suppress and kill three Sword Disciple Mountain patriarchs. 160

Weird Game and the Ancient Sword Immortal Domain

When Dong Dong enters the Weird Game-linked ghost-path world, she adapts quickly to its Yin Virtue system. She gains the divine ability Ghost Path Impermanence through the Red-Horned Ghost King's manifested bestowal and later receives the Red Spring Dao Immortal Treasure from Tan Shuchang. 219 221

After refining Ghost Kings for sword-forging materials, she becomes known as the Blood-Refining Female Demon. The Law of Cease War subsequently selects her as its compatible bearer, enabling her to establish the Ancient Sword Immortal Domain. 227 228

Immortal and Devil Paths

Dong Dong's purple fortune develops toward purple-gold and gold-purple fortune, repeatedly drawing rare treasures, powerful opponents, and encounters with True Immortals toward her. Tan Shuchang deliberately relies on this fortune to locate Immortal Clan cultivators and True Immortals. 239 240 264

After Tan explains devil cultivation as accepting fate rather than defying Heaven, Dong Dong becomes interested in changing paths, though she is dissatisfied with his concise explanation that devil cultivation means “lying flat.” She eventually becomes his disciple and undertakes long periods of secluded cultivation. 265 266

Appearance

Dong Dong is consistently depicted as a petite little girl with exquisite features, a small face, and large clear black-and-white eyes. Her expression is frequently described as wooden or blank even when she is angry, embarrassed, delighted, or plotting something. 101 227 282

• A small, delicate build that remains visually childlike even after major cultivation advances. 205 264
• Clear black-and-white eyes, described as bright and water-sheared. 227 282
• Often maintains an expressionless “wooden” face. 77 128
• Can surround herself with condensed Sword Qi and inward-drawing sword intent. 77
• Wields the sentient sword Heaven's Sword, later transformed into an immortal treasure. 160 264

Personality

Dong Dong is resourceful, proud, and intensely competitive. She is willing to bargain, distribute cultivation diaries for profit, seek out opportunities, and use her fortune to confront Immortal Clan cultivators. 42 77 241

Her outward composure contrasts with a stubborn and rebellious temperament. She dislikes being talked down to, refuses to bow to a Ghost King merely for a possible reward, and openly resents Tan Shuchang whenever he treats her as a child or uses her as part of one of his schemes. 219 264

She is also persistent to an extreme degree. Her repeated defeats in spars with Tan do not discourage her; instead, each loss becomes motivation for centuries of further cultivation, driven by her ambition to one day defeat him. 313

Abilities & Skills

Sword Dao

Dong Dong's greatest talent lies in sword cultivation. Her sword Dao reaches realms that allow her to suppress sword spirits, Sword Qi, and even spirit-aware treasures.

• Possesses Sword Heart Encompassing the Universe, under which swords and Sword Qi are heavily suppressed. 77 84
• Comprehends a broken demon sword, producing a heaven-surging sword aura. 134
• Uses Heaven's Sword to suppress and kill Sword Disciple Mountain patriarchs. 160
• Obtains an Immortal King's sword Dao inheritance centered on Only Change Is Unchanging, a sword transformation capable of encompassing all things within a single strike. 313

Heaven's Sword

Heaven's Sword is Dong Dong's sentient sword and principal weapon. Its sword spirit considers her its master and instructs her once all compatibility conditions are met. 160

• Becomes fully compatible after being immersed in Tan Shuchang's heart-blood. 160
• Evolves from a sentient treasure into an immortal treasure. 264
• Can be empowered by the ear-of-grain treasure with ten thousand years of cultivation for a single overwhelming strike. 264
• Its sword spirit can communicate directly with Dong Dong. 160 264

Ghost Path Abilities

Dong Dong adapts to the ghost-path cultivation system after entering the Weird Game-linked world.

• Ghost Path Impermanence — gained through the Red-Horned Ghost King's manifested bestowal after she spends Yin Virtue on divine-ability slots. 219
• Summon the Lord of the Serpent Desire Realm — listed on her Weird Game panel, though she initially cannot activate or understand it. 221
• Has A-1 ratings in malice, corruption, destruction, and transcendence resistance according to the Weird Game's panel. 221

Law of Cease War

The Law of Cease War chooses Dong Dong as its compatible bearer, making her a new king within the Weird Game world. 228

• Establishes the Ancient Sword Immortal Domain. 228
• Receives recognition from the Earth-Destroying King's soul, which is attached to the law. 228
• The law's principle is “use slaughter to cease war.” 228

Fortune

Dong Dong possesses unusually powerful fortune that develops from purple toward purple-gold and gold-purple.

• Her fortune attracts rare pills, treasures, True Immortals, and Immortal Clan cultivators. 239 264
• Tan Shuchang uses her fortune as bait to draw out enemies and opportunities. 239 240
• Her fortune guides her to Tan Shuchang after she runs away from home in the altered past. 282

Alchemy and Artifact Refinement

Dong Dong studies alchemy despite her sword Dao talent and is capable of refining both pills and artifacts.

• Neglected sword cultivation for three years to learn alchemy. 101
• Created the flat, pill-shaped communication artifact used to contact Tan Shuchang. 168
• Later becomes a renowned pill merchant and refines pills to accelerate her own Dao attainment. 289

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Heaven's Sword — Dong Dong's sentient sword, later an immortal treasure. 160 264
• Ear-of-grain spiritual treasure — a treasure born from Tan Shuchang's blood pool; grants immunity to negative effects and can lend its bearer one-tenth of Tan's cultivation. 155 173
• Red Spring Dao Immortal Treasure — a bead containing eight thousand Blood Gods; its full potential can overwhelm even the five peak Ghost Kings who once escaped through feigned death. 221
• Pill-shaped communication artifact — Dong Dong's own proud creation, used for long-distance communication with Tan Shuchang. 168
• Sword Grass — a precious herb gifted by Tan Shuchang to help her transcend her current sword Dao realm. 193

Relationships

• Tan Shuchang — Early adversary and ally whose schemes regularly irritate her; he later becomes her master and protector, while she becomes determined to surpass him in sword cultivation. 42 160 266 313
• Sword Young Master — Her uncle and a leading figure at Heavenly Sword Manor. He oversees the printing of Tan Shuchang's diaries and recognizes Dong Dong's exceptional sword talent. 77
• Poet Fairy — Dong Dong's master; Dong Dong shares rumors concerning Poet Fairy's possible relationship with Blackheart Elder. 107
• Heaven's Sword — Her sentient sword and sword spirit, which recognizes her as its master and teaches her its use. 160
• Ye Tianqi — An enemy she defeats easily despite his stolen fortune and the Purple-Gold Immortal Sword; he later seeks revenge against her. 236 239
• Ghost Mother — A sword-Dao benefactor who teaches Dong Dong and gives her the map leading to an Immortal King's sword Dao inheritance. 313
• Earth-Destroying King's soul — Attached to the Law of Cease War; recognizes Dong Dong as the new king after the law chooses her. 228

Story Role / Major Arcs

Sword Tower and Righteous Path Affairs

Dong Dong accompanies Tan Shuchang into Sword Tower, where her Sword Heart Encompassing the Universe suppresses the thirteenth floor's controlled Sword Qi and exposes the broken immortal sword behind the attacks. 84

She later represents Heavenly Sword Manor in deciding the Zixuan Dynasty's succession after Diyi Era's death. Her agreement to the Crown Prince's succession is motivated by her belief that any successor will eventually die. 101

The Nine-Aperture Martial Demon

Dong Dong retrieves the final component needed to assemble the Nine-Aperture Martial Demon. Tan Shuchang rewards her with the ear-of-grain spiritual treasure after refining the demon. 155

At his heart-blood pool, she tests Heaven's Sword, fulfills its final compatibility requirement, and receives the sword spirit's instruction. 160

Blood-Refining Female Demon

After spending three years refining Ghost Kings for sword-forging materials, Dong Dong becomes the target of cultivators and players. Her repeated Ghost King refinement earns her the title Blood-Refining Female Demon. 227

She then becomes the bearer of the Law of Cease War and creates the Ancient Sword Immortal Domain. 228

Immortal-Reversing Demon

Dong Dong's fortune draws Immortal Clan cultivators toward her. As Tan Shuchang uses this to hunt Immortal Clan enemies, the Immortal Clan issues a kill warrant against Dong Dong and names her the new Immortal-Reversing Demon. 240

She actively begins seeking out Immortal Clan cultivators rather than waiting for them to find her, rapidly encountering targets due to her violet-gold fortune. 241

Ascension and Dao Attainment

Dong Dong ascends through a special path prepared for her and arrives directly in Tan Shuchang's True Immortal World at the Three Attestations realm. 308

Her continued attempts to defeat Tan Shuchang drive millennia of cultivation. After finding an Immortal King's sword Dao inheritance, she eventually reaches the Heavenly Secretary Orthodox Law realm and attains the Dao. 313

Notable Quotes

“I only refined three Ghost Kings to forge a sword. Why are they all so worked up?” 227

“That name sounds awful. I don't want it!” 228

“A mere six steps. Surely, after cultivating for another few hundred years, she would catch up.” 313