Kong Jiao

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Kong Jiao (孔艽)
Alias(es)	Rising Dragon Halberd; Ice Soul Young Master; Immortal Daoist; Hermit Beneath the Pines 173 363 605 652
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Cangwu Sect; Moon Palace 457 564
Occupation/Role	Cultivator; chief disciple of Cangwu Sect Master Huangfu Ying; Moon Palace disciple 457 526 564
Status	Active; ascended the Immortal Road 657 664
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Wheel-Nourishing Realm, third stage	11	Nearing the fourth stage after cultivating at a Spirit Spring and repeatedly exhausting and restoring his spiritual power through pest removal. 7 11
Wheel-Nourishing Realm, fourth stage	15	Reached the fourth stage after defeating Jiang Kui while still at the third stage. 15
Fourth stage, minor accomplishment	22	Advanced while recovering from life-and-death combat at Frostmoon Altar. 22
Wheel-Nourishing Realm, fifth stage	42	Absorbed Frostsnow Essence during a month of seclusion; his spiritual power underwent a qualitative transformation and gained precise ice control. 42
Wheel-Nourishing Realm, sixth stage	85	Reached the sixth stage through sustained cultivation and Qi-Nourishing Pills. 85
Wheel-Nourishing Realm, seventh stage	102	Awoke after a year-long unconscious period with a new “momentum” capable of greatly amplifying his halberd art. 102
Wheel-Nourishing Realm, late stage	115	Cultivated the Moon Palace Taiyin Scripture and Golden Chime Soul-Refining Art concurrently; divine consciousness gained a twenty-zhang sensory range. 115
Wheel-Nourishing Realm, peak eighth stage	159	Stabilized his cultivation after the Western Radiance Blessed Land and prepared to use a Minor Realm-Breaking Pill for the ninth stage. 159
Wheel-Nourishing Realm, peak ninth stage	179–180	Broke through without a Minor Breakthrough Pill, then used a high-efficacy Minor Realm-Breaking Pill to directly reach the ninth stage’s peak. 179 180
Wheel-Ascension Realm	261	Survived the Dragon-Shedding Tribulation and condensed a peak Profound-rank Ice-Soul Foundation. 261
Foundation Establishment, peak	319–333	Demonstrated Foundation Establishment combat power sufficient to kill a Nether Essence witch cultivator and an Embryonic Light cultivator; later reached its peak. 319 333
Embryonic Light Realm, peak	340	Formed the earth-grade Frostsky Immortal Foundation, completed the Moon Wheel Seal, and advanced successively to peak Embryonic Light. 340
Nether Essence Realm	380	Confirmed to have entered Nether Essence following secluded cultivation. 380
Bright Spirit Realm, late stage	450	His Frostsky Immortal Foundation drove his cultivation from early to late Bright Spirit during enlightenment. 450
Soul Transformation Realm	450	His three souls fused into a golden core after enlightenment in an ice-and-snow world. 450
Life Dominion Realm, early stage	538	Absorbed Lunar Essence and formed the heaven-grade Clear Moon Shining Dao foundation and divine soul. 538
Life Dominion Realm, middle stage	588	Reached the middle stage after a year of seclusion; his Clear-Moon Divine Soul and immortal arts allowed him to contend with peak Life Dominion cultivators. 588
Life Dominion Realm, late stage	612	His surviving divine soul advanced after the destruction of his physical body and gained the ability to form a flawless spirit body. 612
Zao Xuan Realm	654	Awoke after twenty years in seclusion, manifesting the Great Daos of Eternal Silence and Lunar Yin. 654

Background / History

Kong Jiao began as a financially strained Cangwu Sect outer disciple. While working around the sect’s spirit fields, he discovered that repeatedly draining and replenishing his spiritual power refined it and accelerated his growth. He paired this unconventional training with nightly cultivation at a Spirit Spring, establishing the tireless routine that defined his early progress. 1 7

His first major opportunity came through Frostmoon Altar. There, he survived a calamity that killed disciples from more than ten sects, acquired the Moon Palace Taiyin Scripture and a Moon Palace disciple token, and emerged with frost-white spiritual power. His experiences at the altar also cemented his reputation for surviving crises that should have killed him. 33 35 305 572

After accepting Xianyu Yanhe’s inheritance, Kong Jiao became a practitioner of the Gu Frontier’s Golden Chime Soul-Refining Art and Divine Puppet Manipulation. He inherited the Soul-Calming Bell along with Xianyu Yanhe’s karma, then began building a force of refined puppets while cultivating both his body’s spiritual power and his divine consciousness. 113 115

Kong Jiao’s rise accelerated through the Western Radiance Blessed Land, where he killed Hidden Dragon Ranking genius Lu Wenji and claimed the twentieth rank under the title Rising Dragon Halberd. His later battles against the Mountain-Settling Sect, the Imperial Guard, otherworldly cultivators, and the Gu Frontier Saint Child established him as one of the First Cloud Realm’s foremost younger cultivators. 157 310 440 457

Following his ascent to Life Dominion, he entered the Ice Palace to pursue immortal methods and puppet inheritances. He later fought in the war against the Azure Abyss Realm, became a target of its major sects, and eventually annihilated Jade Court Sect alongside Roc in repayment for its blood debt against the First Cloud Realm. 539 580 582 650

After undergoing the Misty-Wave Tribulation and twenty years of seclusion, Kong Jiao reached Zao Xuan with two Great Daos. Once a Dao-Transformation Immortal began hunting him, he reunited with Huangfu Wuqin, bid farewell to Cangwu Sect, and ascended the Immortal Road. 652 654 657

Appearance

Kong Jiao is tall and slender, with black hair usually tied casually behind his back and lively eyes that suggest constant calculation. His appearance and bearing changed markedly as his ice-aspected cultivation deepened, becoming increasingly cold, distant, and ethereal. 8 341

• Long eyelids and a notably handsome face. 8
• Frost-white spiritual power and a cold aura that can freeze his surroundings. 33 42
• His hair grew past his hips during the year he spent unconscious. 102
• Possesses heterochromatic eyes after replacing his left eye with Liu Che’s unusual pupil. 578
• When empowered by Lunar Yin and Ancient Moon Chant, his black hair, skin, and Dragon Spring Sound become silver. 662

Personality

Kong Jiao is calculating, cautious, and adaptable. He studies his opponents’ strengths before committing to battle, uses disguises and puppets to avoid unnecessary risks, and consistently favors positioning and preparation over straightforward confrontation. 122 159 160 229

His pragmatism does not prevent loyalty. He protects Zhou Tingyu because she showed him kindness when he first entered Cangwu Sect, rewards Feng An for his aid, supports Mu Xiaoye’s cultivation, and risks himself to rescue Huangfu Wuqin from Ling Xi. 15 114 257 229

Kong Jiao can also be ruthless when he considers it necessary. He tortured Zhou Yufeng’s divine soul into submission before refining him as Day-Tiger One, and later destroyed Jade Court Sect while preparing to pursue the Prajna Sect for its role in the First Cloud Realm’s suffering. 473 650

Despite his growing reputation, he remains personable with trusted companions and has little interest in sect authority. Huangfu Ying repeatedly implied that he wanted Kong Jiao to assume greater administrative responsibility, but Kong Jiao declined because he preferred a carefree life. 179 572

Abilities & Skills

Moon Palace Taiyin Scripture

Kong Jiao’s principal cultivation method transformed his spiritual power from deep blue to frost-white and made ice-and-snow Dao arts the foundation of his combat style. 33 42

• Produces extreme cold capable of freezing caves, terrain, and spiritual energy. 42 440
• Enabled the formation of the Ice-Soul Foundation, Frostsky Immortal Foundation, and ultimately Clear Moon Shining Dao foundation. 261 340 538
• Grants exceptional concealment; at Soul Transformation, he could evade the notice of many Life Dominion cultivators when deliberately hiding himself. 485

Moon Wheel Seal

A core Moon Palace Dao art that functions as Kong Jiao’s principal temporary amplification method. 35 340

• Consumed Human Spirit Essence to replenish and raise his cultivation on one occasion. 64
• Raises his spiritual power to the threshold of Wheel-Ascension or beyond his normal realm in battle. 229 260
• Enhanced his Other Shore Divine Ability enough to contend with three combined divine abilities. 501
• Reached great completion by the time he returned to Frostmoon Altar. 473

Halberd Arts

Kong Jiao’s strongest offensive path is the halberd, centered on the Moon-Soul Citybreaker Halberd. 260

• Momentum — Multiplies the power of the Moon-Soul Citybreaker Halberd; its first use allowed Kong Jiao to draw against Yuan Xiao. 102
• Peerless Dance — Summons dragon phantoms or a giant snow dragon for decisive attacks. 229 260
• Halberd Splits the River / Dao-Entering Halberd — Ice-and-snow halberd techniques used against lightning tribulations and Zao Xuan opponents. 260 643
• Return to Silence — A halberd strike associated with his later Life Dominion battles. 535

Other Shore Divine Ability

Kong Jiao’s innate divine ability emerged from his Frostsky Immortal Foundation and ice-aspected cultivation. 356 461

• Freezes and erodes targets through overwhelming cold. 461
• Dissolved Helmsman Ming’s Azure Wave Realm and matched the combined divine abilities of three half-step Life Dominion opponents when amplified by the Moon Wheel Seal. 501
• Its power is strengthened by Kong Jiao’s cultivation realm and Dao foundation. 461 501

Arrow and Void Arts

Kong Jiao inherited Yu Xianqi’s Void-Hidden Arrow Soul and gained powerful mobility and long-range killing methods. 184

• Void-Escape Arrow and Roaming the Void — Arrow and movement techniques gained through Yu Xianqi’s inheritance. 184
• Void-Annihilating Arrow — Used in an attempted rescue of Huangfu Wuqin against Ling Xi. 229
• Dying Sun Arrow Intent — Reached minor mastery. 473
• Waning Sun Arrows — Among his strongest killing tools, though less effective than the Soul-Calming Bell against injured souls. 490

Golden Chime Soul-Refining Art and Puppet Dao

Kong Jiao cultivates divine consciousness through the Golden Chime Soul-Refining Art while controlling corpses and refined puppets through Divine Puppet Manipulation. 113 115

• His divine consciousness grants perception over a twenty-zhang radius, even with his eyes closed. 115
• Can perceive a puppet’s surroundings as though seeing through its eyes. 115
• Uses the Soul-Calming Bell to strengthen puppet control, calm the mind, resist soul attacks, and launch divine-consciousness attacks. 115
• Later acquired Great Thousand Divine Mechanism and Spirit Transformation’s Hundred Refinements, methods connected to controlling the Ice Palace and refining higher-level puppets. 539

Grand Void Spirit Wander

An immortal method taught to Kong Jiao by Han Xi. 575

• Soul-Splitting Chapter — Divides the divine soul in two, allowing one half to survive if the other is destroyed. 575
• Spirit Wander Chapter — Allows the formation of a flawless spirit body from heaven-and-earth spiritual energy. 575 612
• His separated divine souls share cultivation gains, allowing one soul’s advancement to benefit the other. 633

Immortal Eye Arts

Kong Jiao replaced his left eye with Liu Che’s heterochromatic pupil and cultivated Penetrating the Hidden, Illuminating the Far. 578

• Candlelight Insight Eye Art — Identifies the fortune of cultivators and helped him select targets during the Endless Sea war. 580
• Penetrating the Hidden, Illuminating the Far — Pierces concealment and illusions; by mid-Life Dominion, Kong Jiao believed it could counter Crimson Mirage True Person’s mist art. 588
• World-Observing Eye — Used to examine the five divine weapons of Five Elements Heaven. 638
• At Zao Xuan, his Eternal Silence eye can fire destructive rays. 664

Fortune and the Cloud-Pattern Stele

Kong Jiao possesses the Cloud-Pattern Stele, which identifies opportunities and records his changing fortune. 35 114

• His fortune changed from gray to pure white after Yan Jinchang’s death, granting the ability to sense fortune and calamity within buildings. 140 141
• His fortune later became golden liquid, then advanced to third-grade after devouring most of Qiao Zhitu’s fortune. 159 522
• Gained the ability to control the Cloud-Pattern Stele and suppress others’ fortune. 522

Alchemy

Kong Jiao is a highly accomplished alchemist whose expertise impressed Cangwu Sect’s Lu Pingchang. 271

• Refined a divine-grade Ascendant Wheel Pill. 271
• Produced top-grade Moon-Embracing Pearls after a failed batch of Soul-Restoring Pills. 547
• Refined Question Divine Ability Pills and advised Ting Yanke on selecting the Shadow-Binding Ghost divine ability. 547

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Dragon Spring Sound — A blue-green battle halberd restored as a Spirit-Infusion Heavy Artifact; its artifact spirit was born from Kong Jiao’s halberd aura and amplifies that aura by nearly fifty percent. 541 542
• Soul-Calming Bell — Xianyu Yanhe’s spirit-infused heavy artifact, later restored with its artifact spirit and acknowledged as Kong Jiao’s quasi-immortal artifact. 113 601
• Cloud-Pattern Stele — An opportunity-granting treasure linked to Kong Jiao’s fortune perception and fortune suppression. 35 522
• Myriad Transformations, Thousand Traces — A disguise treasure that changes Kong Jiao’s appearance and aura, though not his height or bones. 159 428
• Yuan Zhai Ring — Wei Jingtai’s storage ring containing puppet materials, ancient scriptures, and mechanical puppets. 539
• Quasi-immortal sword — A sealed crimson sword left to Kong Jiao by Crimson Sun True Person. 565
• Xianyu Yanhe — An Ascending Wheel refined puppet created from Kong Jiao’s inheritance master’s corpse. 115 354
• Day-Tiger One — Zhou Yufeng’s corpse, refined into a powerful puppet carrying his divine soul. 473
• Mao Mao — A puppet bird left at Cangwu Sect for communication. 547 572

Relationships

• Huangfu Ying — Kong Jiao’s master and the Cangwu Sect’s sect master; Kong Jiao is his sole disciple and chief disciple. 271 457
• Huangfu Wuqin — Close companion and eventual love interest; Kong Jiao risked his life to save her from Ling Xi and later confessed his feelings before ascending the Immortal Road. 229 657
• Thunder Venerable — Senior benefactor and mentor figure who gifted Kong Jiao Dragon Spring Sound; Kong Jiao later sought to heal him with the Elixir of Longevity. 541 571
• Eastern Immortal — Cangwu Sect’s senior sword cultivator who relays Kong Jiao’s intelligence to Huangfu Ying and recognizes Ning Shuang’s origin. 480
• Shangguan Yuzhou — Senior brother, sparring companion, and longtime friend; their cultivation paths developed in parallel through battle and insight. 13 544
• Zhou Tingyu — Early friend who aided Kong Jiao in the outer sect; he continues to support her cultivation despite their widening difference in strength. 11 472
• Mu Xiaoye — Junior sister-like disciple whom Kong Jiao guides, protects, and supplies with cultivation resources. 257 472
• Feng An — Fellow survivor and friend; Kong Jiao shared loot with him, gave him the Yin-Gathering Corpse Aura, and entrusted Chu Jianghe’s burial to him. 114
• Han Xi — Senior brother who teaches Kong Jiao the Grand Void Spirit Wander and travels with him after their reunion. 575 588
• Long Shu / Evergreen True Person — Azure Lake benefactor who guided Kong Jiao through his Wheel-Ascension breakthrough and later helped him confront major threats. 261 535
• Roc — Kong Jiao’s Cloud-Climbing Lark spirit beast; mischievous but fiercely loyal, it serves as his mount, companion, and battle partner. 573 588 650
• Xianyu Yanhe — Deceased inheritance master whose karma, cultivation arts, corpse, and Soul-Calming Bell passed to Kong Jiao. 113 114
• Ting Yanke — Demon-beast ally and Cangwu Sect pillar; Kong Jiao advises him on divine abilities and maintains a familiar friendship with him. 547 572

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Outer Sect and Frostmoon Altar — Develops his spiritual-power tempering method, defeats Jiang Kui, enters Frostmoon Altar, and gains the Moon Palace inheritance. 7 13 33 35
• Xianyu Yanhe’s Burial Ground — Accepts the Golden Chime inheritance, Soul-Calming Bell, and the danger of Xianyu Yanhe’s karma. 113 115
• Western Radiance Blessed Land — Enters under a disguised identity, kills Lu Wenji, rises to twentieth on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, and becomes known as the Rising Dragon Halberd. 157 173
• Azure Lake and Heavenly Qi — Survives Wheel-Ascension tribulation, enters Heavenly Qi, and helps defeat the Imperial Guard commanders alongside Shangguan Yuzhou. 261 310
• Emperor-Worship Ancient City — Fights otherworldly geniuses, opposes the Gu Frontier Saint Child, and gains fame across the four seas and one region. 437 440 457
• Life Dominion and Ice Palace — Forms the Clear Moon Shining Dao foundation, studies Wei Jingtai’s puppet arts, and returns to Cangwu Sect as its fifth Life Dominion expert. 538 539 544
• Endless Sea War — Enters the conflict against the Azure Abyss Realm, kills enemy Life Dominion cultivators, and becomes a major target of the Azure Abyss sects. 580 582 652
• Zao Xuan Ascension — Chooses the Eternal Silence Path, survives the Misty-Wave Tribulation through his divided soul, reaches Zao Xuan, and ascends the Immortal Road. 650 652 654 657

Notable Quotes

“This disciple treads on thin ice every day and cultivates diligently without pause, afraid of failing Senior Yi-Twelve's high expectations.” 251

“You are the firefly. I am the bright moon!” 662

Trivia

• Kong Jiao slept for an entire year after first using his “momentum” against Yuan Xiao. 102
• He reached the Life Dominion Realm at twenty-nine, becoming Cangwu Sect’s fifth Life Dominion expert. 544
• Although many expected him to become Cangwu Sect’s next sect master, Kong Jiao has repeatedly shown little interest in the position. 457 572