Di Jiang

Biodata

Name	Di Jiang (狄姜)
Alias(es)	Ancestral Witch of Space and Speed; Eldest Brother / Big Brother
Species/Race	Ancestral Witch; Innate Divine Saint
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Twelve Ancestral Witches; Witch Clan
Occupation/Role	Leader of the Twelve Ancestral Witches; founder and leader of the Witch Clan; aspiring ruler of the Earthly Dao
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 1, “I, Di Jiang!” 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Taiyi Golden Immortal (Primordial Spirit)	1	The Earthly Dao Treasured Mirror shields his Primordial Spirit from baleful-energy erosion; its cultivation rises to Taiyi Golden Immortal within moments.
Mid-Stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal (physical body)	1	Reaches this realm after absorbing Pangu Blood Pool energy for 100,000 years and taking human form.
Peak Taiyi Golden Immortal (Primordial Spirit)	2	Further cultivation under the Earthly Dao Treasured Mirror raises his Primordial Spirit while his body remains at Mid-Stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.
Late-Stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal (physical body); Early-Stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal (Primordial Spirit)	4	Advances over a thousand years while cultivating with the Earthly Dao Treasured Mirror; begins seeking the Nine-Turn Origin Technique to keep both paths aligned.
Perfected Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal (body and Primordial Spirit)	9	Combines the Nine-Turn Profound Technique with the seized Nine-Turn Origin Technique, allowing both cultivations to advance together.
Early Primordial Golden Immortal / Chaos Golden Immortal	16	The restored Nine-Turn Profound Origin Technique drives a breakthrough beyond Perfected Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal; Di Jiang explicitly rejects the Three Corpses route.
Middle Primordial Golden Immortal	20	Deepened comprehension of the Law of Space raises him from Early to Middle Primordial Golden Immortal in one thousand years.
Late Primordial Golden Immortal	22	Advances after comprehending the Netherworld Primordial Purple Qi with the Earthly Dao Treasured Mirror.
Perfected Primordial Golden Immortal	25	Breaks through while cultivating at the Netherworld Blood Sea, reaching the threshold needed for Sage ascension.
Mid-Stage Primordial Golden Immortal (reported)	30	The chapter summary records this stage after another thousand years, despite earlier chapters placing him at Late and then Perfected Primordial Golden Immortal.
Sage Realm	34	Uses the Netherworld Primordial Purple Qi and his comprehension of the Earthly Dao Treasured Mirror to enter Sagehood.
Sage Seventh Heaven	36	His confirmed Sage level; his ascension shocks the Primordial World and grants him mastery of the Twelve Capitals Gods-Fiends Formation.

Background

Di Jiang was originally an ordinary Earth wage earner and online writer who particularly enjoyed Primordial World novels. He transmigrated into the body of Di Jiang, one of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, in the era after the Dao-Demon War and before the Witch-Demon Calamity. Accepting his identity, he resolved to change the Witch Clan’s doomed future. 1

After spending 100,000 years absorbing energy in Pangu Hall’s Blood Pool, he became the first of the Twelve Ancestral Witches to take form. He soon discovered that baleful energy was eroding his Primordial Spirit—then found the Earthly Dao Treasured Mirror, a treasure left by Pangu that protects and preserves it. 1

The Mirror gives Di Jiang a path fundamentally different from the traditional Ancestral Witch route. Rather than abandoning the Primordial Spirit in favor of physical cultivation and laws, he safeguards both body and soul, intending to use the Earthly Dao, the Netherworld, and the Six Paths of Reincarnation to overturn the Heavenly Dao’s control. 2 3 4

Appearance

In his true form, Di Jiang resembles a yellow sack as red as burning fire, with six legs and four wings but no face or fixed shape. He is the Ancestral Witch associated with Space and Speed. 1

In human form, he is a handsome, powerfully built man with sharp features and a gentle smile.

• Wears a crimson Daoist robe. 1
• Keeps his hair bound with a jade hairpin. 1
• Wears a green jade pendant at his waist. 1
• Can manifest four wings surrounded by spatial turbulence in battle. 6 12

Personality

Di Jiang is calculating, ambitious, and unusually informed for an Ancestral Witch because of his memories from Earth. He consistently plans several moves ahead: securing cultivation methods, founding the Witch Clan only when conditions favor it, arranging future Netherworld Sages, and preparing separate paths through his avatars. 7 10 41 42

As the eldest of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, he is stern but protective. He chastises Zhurong and Gong Gong for their constant brawling, guides his siblings’ cultivation, shares resources with them, and places the Witch Clan’s survival above immediate gratification. 1 4 19 40

He is also ruthless toward enemies. He orchestrates the seizure of the Nine-Turn Origin Technique, coerces Mosquito Daoist and Ming He into discipleship, takes powerful treasures from opponents, and is willing to kill powerful foes when he judges the karmic consequences acceptable. 9 18 19 25 37

Abilities & Skills

Dao of Space and Speed

Di Jiang’s innate law grants him exceptional spatial movement, battlefield control, and offensive power.

• Travels through space instantaneously and shields allies while crossing Chaos. 5
• Forms Spatial Blades capable of overwhelming Zhun Ti, Dijun, and Taiyi. 6 17
• Creates spatial turbulence and black holes that absorb or destroy enemy attacks. 12 37
• His control of space steadily improves through combat and ordinary use of law-based abilities. 12 15

Dual Body and Primordial Spirit Cultivation

Unlike ordinary Ancestral Witches, Di Jiang cultivates both his physical body and his protected Primordial Spirit.

• The Earthly Dao Treasured Mirror prevents baleful energy from eroding his Primordial Spirit. 1
• The Nine-Turn Profound Technique cultivates the body, while the Nine-Turn Origin Technique cultivates the Primordial Spirit. 9
• The Earthly Dao Treasured Mirror restores both techniques into the Nine-Turn Profound Origin Technique, which cultivates body and soul together. 10
• Using law-based divine abilities also accelerates the technique’s cultivation, making battle and practice mutually reinforcing. 15
• The technique offers a path toward the Primordial Great Firmament Golden Immortal realm rather than relying on the Three Corpses Method. 10 16

Earthly Dao Treasured Mirror

A Pangu-given treasure bound to Di Jiang’s true spirit and described as the embodiment of the Earthly Dao. 1

• Protects and strengthens Primordial Spirits against baleful energy. 1 3
• Conceals heavenly secrets, preventing the Heavenly Dao from easily discovering the Ancestral Witches’ Primordial Spirits. 6
• Restores divided techniques or objects to their original form, including the Nine-Turn Profound Origin Technique. 10
• Suppresses cultivators and spirit treasures through the authority of the Earthly Dao. 24 25
• Cleanses ownership imprints and can erase a spirit treasure’s intelligence; Di Jiang uses it to claim the Chaos Bell. 19
• Places restrictions on disciples that allow Di Jiang to detect betrayal and destroy their true spirits at will. 18
• Contains seven strands of Netherworld Primordial Purple Qi, intended to create Di Jiang and six additional Netherworld Sages. 3 19

Avatar-Slaying Method

Di Jiang uses the Mirror’s Avatar-Slaying Method to sever three independent avatars that remain obedient to his original body. 10

• Di Hai — first avatar; assigned to pursue a Heavenly Dao Sage path and examine Hongjun’s Dao lineage. 10 42
• Di Liu — second avatar; initially intended for a Human Dao Sage path, later described as focusing on physical-body laws and Pangu’s foundational Dao base. 10 42
• Third avatar — remains unformed and reserved for the future emergence of the Human Race. 10 42

Sage Power and Twelve Capitals Gods-Fiends Formation

After becoming a Sage, Di Jiang’s power surpasses the combined resistance of multiple Quasi-Sages and allows him to wield Primordial Supreme Treasures at their full potential. 36 37 38

• Defeats the Three Pure Ones, Jie Yin, Zhun Ti, Dijun, and Taiyi with a single Sage-level strike. 37
• Activates the Twelve Capitals Gods-Fiends Formation with all twelve Ancestral Witches. 38 39
• Summons Pangu’s True Body, which wields the Heaven-Opening Axe and cleaves the Heavenly Dao’s incarnation apart. 39
• Uses the Pangu Banner, Chaos Bell, and Taiji Diagram together to block the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment. 38

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Earthly Dao Treasured Mirror — Pangu’s treasure and the embodiment of the Earthly Dao; Di Jiang’s central cultivation aid and means of suppressing treasures and opponents. 1 19
• Nine-Turn Profound Origin Technique — restored dual-cultivation method combining the Nine-Turn Profound and Nine-Turn Origin Techniques. 10
• Book of Humanity — Primordial Spirit Treasure surrendered by Mosquito Daoist; Di Jiang plans for it to become the Book of Life and Death and the Judge’s Brush after the Netherworld is established. 18 19
• Chaos Bell — formerly Taiyi’s companion treasure; its imprint is cleansed and replaced by Di Jiang’s. 19
• Pangu Banner — seized from Yuan Shi and wielded by Di Jiang to draw Chaos power beyond the Primordial World. 37 38
• Taiji Diagram — seized from Tai Shang during Di Jiang’s Sage-level battle. 37
• Five Primordial Gourds — collected and refined by Di Jiang following the emergence of the Primordial Gourd Vine. 31 33
• Netherworld Primordial Purple Qi — Earthly Dao Hongmeng Violet Qi used for Di Jiang’s Sage ascension and reserved for six future Netherworld Sages. 22 26 42

Relationships

• The Eleven Ancestral Witches — Di Jiang is their eldest brother, leader, cultivator-guide, and chief disciplinarian. 1 3 19
• Hou Tu — younger sister and key partner in Di Jiang’s Netherworld plans; he entrusts her with Netherworld Primordial Purple Qi and seeks to prevent her body from being sacrificed to establish reincarnation. 14 24 26
• Di Hai — first avatar, tasked with pursuing the Heavenly Dao Sage path and monitoring Hongjun’s lineage. 10 42
• Di Liu — second avatar, assigned to an independent cultivation path centered on bodily laws. 10 42
• Mosquito Daoist — disciple who submits after Di Jiang defeats Dijun and Taiyi; bound by a restriction against betrayal. 18 19
• Ancestor Ming He — initially resists recruitment at the Netherworld Blood Sea, but becomes Di Jiang’s disciple after being subdued by the Earthly Dao Treasured Mirror. 24 25
• Hong Yun — ally saved by Di Jiang while crossing Chaos and again from Jie Yin and Zhun Ti’s ambush. 5 12
• Zhen Yuanzi — ally and friend of Hong Yun; lends Di Jiang the Earth Book for study and later joins him in defending Hong Yun. 12 14
• Kunpeng — repeatedly rescued from Yuan Shi; repays Di Jiang with Ocean Essence and is promised a future opportunity. 28 29
• The Three Pure Ones — recurring rivals whose Nine-Turn Origin Technique Di Jiang seizes; he later defeats them as a Sage and takes the Taiji Diagram and Pangu Banner. 9 37
• Dijun and Taiyi — hostile Demon Race leaders defeated by Di Jiang, who takes Taiyi’s Chaos Bell. 17 19
• Hongjun / Heavenly Dao — Di Jiang’s principal opposition in the struggle over the Primordial World’s order; their conflict culminates in the destruction of the Heavenly Dao’s incarnation. 38 39

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Cultivation and Zixiao Palace

• Becomes the first Ancestral Witch to take form, discovers the Earthly Dao Treasured Mirror, and preserves his Primordial Spirit. 1
• Leads his siblings to Zixiao Palace, saves Hong Yun during the journey, and refuses to surrender his meditation cushion to Jie Yin and Zhun Ti. 5 6
• Exploits Yuan Shi’s arrogance to disrupt the gathering, then leads the Ancestral Witches in seizing the Nine-Turn Origin Technique from the Three Pure Ones. 7 8 9

Building the Earthly Dao Faction

• Restores the Nine-Turn Profound Origin Technique and creates three avatars to pursue several paths simultaneously. 10
• Saves Hong Yun from a second attack by Jie Yin and Zhun Ti, gaining Zhen Yuanzi’s trust. 12 13
• Studies the Earth Book, identifies its role in establishing the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and locates the Book of Humanity. 14 15
• Defeats Dijun and Taiyi, takes the Chaos Bell, accepts Mosquito Daoist as a disciple, and acquires the Book of Humanity. 17 18 19
• Subdues Ming He at the Netherworld Blood Sea and makes him his second disciple. 24 25

Sage Ascension and War with the Heavenly Dao

• Comprehends the Netherworld Primordial Purple Qi, reaches Perfected Primordial Golden Immortal, and waits for Hongjun’s merger with the Dao before ascending. 22 25 33
• Becomes a Sage at the Seventh Heaven, overturning the belief that Ancestral Witches cannot possess Primordial Spirits or attain Sagehood. 34 36
• Defeats the Three Pure Ones and their allies, claiming the Taiji Diagram and Pangu Banner. 37
• Faces the Heavenly Dao’s incarnation through Hongjun, then leads the Twelve Ancestral Witches in activating the Twelve Capitals Gods-Fiends Formation. 38
• Pangu’s True Body cleaves the Heavenly Dao’s incarnation apart, leaves Di Jiang a mark connected to the Great Dao Realm, and returns the Primordial Supreme Treasures to him. 39

Emergence of the Witch Clan

• Orders the Ancestral Witches to pursue Law Ascension rather than Sagehood and prepares the Witch Clan for future Karmic Tribulations. 41
• Uses the Pangu Blood Pool and origin essence blood to create Great Witches, beginning with Di Shitian. 42
• Expands the Witch Clan through new Great Witches bearing distinct origin-law inheritances, including Hou Yi, Canglan, and Yanlie. 43

Notable Quotes

“Today, I, Di Jiang, and the Witch Clan shall take control of Earthly Dao.” 4

“Hongjun! No, it should be the Heavenly Dao! You know fear as well?” 38

“Ancestral Witches, heed my command! Twelve Capitals Gods-Fiends Formation! Rise!” 38

Trivia

• Di Jiang’s avatar names, Di Hai and Di Liu, form a water-themed sequence with his own name: river, sea, and stream. 10
• He is one of the first beings since Hongjun’s Sage ascension to reach the Chaos Golden Immortal path through law cultivation rather than the Three Corpses Method. 16
• Although he takes the path toward Earthly Dao authority, Di Jiang ultimately seeks the Great Dao Realm, aspiring to follow Pangu’s example. 10 39