Futu Yun

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Futu Yun was born an orphan on the Futu Continent. His father had died before his birth, while his mother died in childbirth, and his family was not considered part of the Pagoda Ancient Clan’s main line. He originally possessed neither Spiritual Veins nor Divine Veins. 3

After transmigrating into the world of The Great Ruler, Futu Yun resonated with the Pagoda Ancient Clan’s Primordial Dharma Body, the Endless Light Body. He entered the body and slept there for more than a decade, after which the clan named him Futu Yun and appointed him young clan leader. 2 3

Futu Yun possessed knowledge of the original storyline and deliberately entered the Spirit Road to seize opportunities that originally belonged to Mu Chen. He defeated Mu Chen, took his Nine Divine Veins, and absorbed the Eight Divine Veins that Qing Yanjing had used to conceal her son’s bloodline. He then refined those Eight Divine Veins into a seal capable of suppressing Qing Yanjing’s cultivation. 3

His rise rapidly changed the balance within the Pagoda Ancient Clan. He used Qing Yanjing’s dependence on Mu Chen’s safety to force her cooperation, publicly made her his spiritual-array teacher, and used her return to strengthen the declining Qing Lineage against the Xuan and Mo Branches. 5

When the Qing Lineage itself threatened to become dominant, Futu Yun changed course. After Qing Yanjing was suppressed beneath the Ancestral Pagoda, he demoted the Qing Lineage to a criminal branch and reorganized the clan around individual Heavenly Sovereigns rather than the old bloodline divisions. 24

At the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, Futu Yun concealed his identity under the name Ye Yun. He seized first place on the Spirit Ranking, suppressed Fusion Heaven Realm experts while still at the Peak Divine Soul Stage, and formed a relationship with Luo Li. 16 17 18 19

Futu Yun later became a Plane Master by refining the Plane Spirit of the White Dragon Continent. He then developed an expedition system that drained Lower Planes, merged them into the Great Thousand World, recruited their surviving experts, and used their resources to strengthen both himself and the Pagoda Ancient Clan. 35 37 43

His cooperation with the Martial Ancestor eventually extended to the Heavenly Profound Continent. He inherited its Plane Spirit, integrated the continent into the Great Thousand World, and remained in the Martial Realm to study Reincarnation Insights. 61

During the Black Divine Lightning Tribulation, he moved the tribulation into Extraterrestrial Evil Clan territory and used it to destroy the Blade Demon Clan and kill the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor. This earned him the title of Demon-Slaying King and the reputation of the Great Thousand World’s “First Killing God.” 49 50 51 70

Futu Yun later inherited the Ancient Heavenly Palace from the Heavenly Emperor. He received the Heavenly Emperor Sword, the Heavenly Emperor’s Dharmakaya origin, the Heavenly River, the Scripture Repository, and the Peerless Divine Ability One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones. Refining the Immortal Golden Body Origin also caused a mysterious tree trunk to appear within his Supreme Sea. 70

After intervening for the Luo God Clan, Futu Yun forcibly refined the Western Heaven War Emperor through the Ancestral Pagoda despite Qin Tian’s intervention. He then ordered the elimination of the Western Heavens Continent’s Earthly Sovereigns outside the Luo God Clan and opposing Heavenly Sovereigns other than Qin Tian. The continent changed hands, and Futu Yun gave all of its Continental Power to Luo Li. 80 85

Futu Yun fulfilled his promise to rescue the Flame Emperor by replacing the compressed space imprisoning him with intact space. The freed Flame Emperor destroyed five Heavenly Demon Emperors, whose remnant souls Futu Yun claimed for his companions. 84

His subsequent struggle with the Maha and Tai Ling Ancient Clans escalated into a world-spanning conflict. Through bounties, political manipulation, and military force, he compelled the Tai Ling Ancient Clan to accept an alliance while pursuing the Maha Ancient Clan to destruction. The Pagoda Ancient Clan and its allies also annihilated the Maha Ancient Clan’s ally, the Black Heaven Ancient Clan. 92 93 95 96 104

During the final conflict with the Heavenly Evil God, Futu Yun fought alongside the Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor, attained Heavenly Sovereign and Saint-grade cultivation, and ultimately sacrificed his three bodies to transform the Firmament Ledger into the Pagoda Ledger. His son Futu Xi returned to defend the Great Thousand World. Futu Yun subsequently revived in his Internal World, returning only after the war had ended. 118 121 122 125 126

Appearance

Distinguishing features include:

• Nine Divine Veins refined into his own body. 2 3
• A Chaos Spirit Wheel capable of converting external attributes into independent Seals. 6 11
• A golden body marked by eight Golden Dragons integrated into his Eight Extraordinary Meridians. 33
• A Dragon-Phoenix Half-Blood appearance and a Saint-grade heart after the Physical Body Tribulation. 54 55
• Purple hair and a purple eye during one transformed battle state, both of which later returned to normal. 28
• Three visually identical bodies after cultivating One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, initially distinguished by the colors of their robes. 70
• Ancient inscriptions appearing on his skin while he absorbed Ancestral Qi within the Ancestral Pagoda. 52

Personality

Futu Yun is calculating, opportunistic, and highly knowledgeable about long-term consequences. His foreknowledge of the original storyline allows him to identify valuable inheritances before others recognize their importance, but he does not rely on knowledge alone. He repeatedly prepares techniques, resources, alliances, and escape routes before acting. 3 35 67

He is ruthless toward obstacles and treats bloodlines, Plane Spirits, cultivation resources, and even entire Lower Planes as tools in a larger strategy. His manipulation of Mu Chen, Qing Yanjing, the Tai Ling Ancient Clan, and the Pagoda Ancient Clan reflects this pragmatic outlook. 5 43 56

Despite his ambition, Futu Yun is cautious about unstable advancement. He repeatedly suppresses breakthroughs, consolidates his foundation, and refuses to absorb power faster than his body can safely withstand. 3 16 35 36

His confidence is unusually strong. Zi Yan’s refusal to meet him does not anger or humiliate him because he regards reaching the summit as a matter of time. 12 He also refuses to depend on marriage or family ties to secure Lin Dong’s cooperation, insisting that he will help even without becoming Lin Jing’s husband. 44

Futu Yun can show consideration and gratitude, particularly toward the Flame Emperor, Luo Li, Wen Qingxuan, and Xiao Xiao. However, his feelings for Luo Li are initially shallower than Mu Chen’s original feelings because he is partly imitating the original protagonist’s actions. 17 19

His public defense of Wen Qingxuan after she lost her cultivation contrasts with the opportunism of her own relatives. He refused the clan’s demand to annul their engagement and warned the Wen Family that mistreating her would provoke him and the Pagoda Ancient Clan. His decision also served his political interests by preserving relations with the Wen Family and the Five Great Academies. 40 41 46

His willingness to use war as a tool extends to his own subordinates. During the conflict with the Tai Ling Ancient Clan, he allowed entrenched guest elders and unwanted factions to suffer losses before intervening. Later, he destroyed neutral mediators who approached on the Maha Ancient Clan’s behalf to deter other powers from supporting it. 55 96

Within his Internal World, he views even independently conscious inhabitants as manifestations of his spiritual energy. Their kingdoms, rulers, and conflicts are objects he can shape, although the emergence of resistance to his authority exposes a limit to his control. 97 98

Abilities & Skills

Primordial Dharma Body and Endless Light Body

Futu Yun resonated with and gained the recognition of the Endless Light Body, one of the Primordial Dharma Bodies, before reaching the Sovereign Stage. This made his fate impossible to divine and allowed him to safely cultivate techniques that would destroy ordinary practitioners. Full use of its Supreme Dharma Body power nevertheless required him to become a true Sovereign. 3 4 66 70

• Supports the Light Meridian Refining Method.
• Allows him to withstand the power of nine Void Great Sun Fruits.
• Provides the foundation for refining Spiritual Veins and bloodlines.
• He later chooses to abandon the Endless Light Body in favor of the Great Solar Undying Body. 71
• By the time he absorbs the Immortal Emperor’s legacy, his three bodies collectively possess the Endless Light Body, Tai Ling Sacred Body, and Ancestor Body. These respectively provide exceptional defense, abundant spiritual energy, and physical enhancement. 121 122

Nine Divine Veins and Light Meridian Refining Method

Futu Yun took Mu Chen’s Nine Divine Veins and refined Qing Yanjing’s Eight Divine Veins into a sealing weapon. He later developed the Light Meridian Refining Method, an improved form of the Phoenix Clan’s Nine Revolutions Saint Art. 3 4

• Can elevate Earth-grade Spirit Veins to Heaven-grade.
• Can bring Heaven-grade Spirit Veins close to the level of Divine Veins.
• Can improve Earthly Sovereigns’ chances of reaching the Heavenly Sovereign Realm.
• Is difficult to steal because misuse without the Endless Light Body can cause deadly deviation and bodily explosion. 4
• Forms the basis of Meridian Refining Loans, which fund cultivators’ advancement in return for service to the Pagoda Ancient Clan and offer a route to becoming “Sons of Light.” 5
• His refinement of Mu Chen’s Nine Divine Veins allows him to locate Mu Chen when the latter emerges from the Void. 56

Chaos Spirit Wheel and Seal

Futu Yun’s Chaos Spirit Wheel treats “having no attribute” as an attribute. It can break down external qualities and convert them into independent Seals, allowing him to reproduce the characteristics of different powers without directly copying another cultivator’s path. 6 11

• The Datura Flower Seal can reproduce power derived from Mandala’s spiritual energy.
• The Undying Thunder Seal is formed from Black Divine Lightning and the Immortal Bird Bloodline.
• The number of Seals he can form is apparently unlimited.
• His chaos energy initially presents a potential difficulty in developing the spirituality required for higher Sovereign advancement because it dismantles external attributes instead of normally merging with them. His later development of Myriad Things Spiritual Energy addresses his need for a suitable spiritual-energy foundation. 11 59 60
• The Forest of Death Seal was forged with Mandala’s Black Divine Lightning and used to capture the wounded Nine Nether Sparrow’s essence soul. Additional Death Seals suppressed its resistance. 7
• Seals can be recondensed after destruction, allowing repeated use in formations. 59
• His Emperor Flame Seal remains vulnerable to the Flame Emperor’s superior control over flame. 84

Myriad Things Spiritual Energy

After surviving the Spiritual Energy Tribulation, Futu Yun cultivated Myriad Things Spiritual Energy through the Five Elements Give Birth to All Things. It can refine nearly any ordinary energy into more of itself. 59 60

• Absorbs and refines energy from Lower Planes, even when that energy is inferior to Great Thousand World spiritual energy.
• Can use Supreme Spiritual Liquid without sacrificing the purity of his cultivation.
• Cannot freely refine special energies that transcend the Five Elements, such as certain time- or space-attributed powers.
• Supports his large-scale Plane Master cultivation system. 43 60
• Accommodates the ancient immortal power within the Immortal Emperor’s legacy without the assimilation and backlash an ordinary Heavenly Sovereign would risk. 122
• Can refine Extraterrestrial Evil Clan demonic energy into pure cultivation energy as long as it remains within the scope of the Five Elements. 123

Dragon Soul Thunder Spirit

Futu Yun refined the Netherworld Heart Demon Thunder into a beast spirit and evolved it through the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame and Azure Dragon Divine Seal. It ultimately became the Dragon Soul Thunder Spirit, making Futu Yun himself a transformed form of the Netherworld Heart Demon Thunder. 16 44

• Attacks the mind through thunderous sound and inner demons.
• Can ignore many conventional defenses.
• Contributes dragon aura and lightning power to his Divine Soul.
• Provides the foundation for his later dragon transformation and Black Divine Lightning Tribulation. 13 44
• After the Threefold Divine Soul Tribulation, his Divine Soul possesses five attributes: dragon aura, lightning, sword intent, killing intent, and battle intent. 68 69
• Its battle-intent and lightning attributes later support consecutive breakthroughs to Fifth- and Sixth-grade Sovereign. 86

Four Divine Beasts Constellation Scripture

Futu Yun cultivates the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Vermilion Bird Divine Seals through the Five Elements cycle. 15 16

• The White Tiger Divine Seal provides metal-attributed killing power.
• The Black Tortoise Divine Seal provides water-attributed defense and suppression.
• The Azure Dragon Divine Seal strengthens wood-attributed life force and dragon power.
• The Vermilion Bird Divine Seal provides fire, light, and yang power.
• The combined Four Divine Beasts Sealing Heaven Seal can suppress the elemental energy of an entire Lower Plane. 15 16 35
• In the Greatlaw Golden Pool, their respective grades are identified as Minor Divine Ability, Greater Divine Ability, Quasi-Peerless Divine Ability, and Peerless Divine Ability. 33
• His method of forcing out the White Dragon Continent’s Plane Spirit suppresses metal, water, wood, and fire, leaving earth dominant and provoking an elemental imbalance rather than overpowering the whole plane through raw strength. 35

Divine Seal Spiritual Formation Method

Futu Yun compensates for his mediocre natural formation talent by using his Divine Ability Seals as spiritual seals. His formations possess vastly greater explosive power than ordinary formations. 55 58 63

• Failed formations leave the Seals intact rather than causing backlash.
• Low-level formations can kill Earthly Sovereigns.
• Fifth-level formations can approach grandmaster-level destructive power.
• He combines formations with the Dao of Space to attack and escape before the full detonation.
• He cannot reproduce a true grandmaster’s ability to seal heaven and earth or create independent domains. 63
• He develops a Spirit-Gathering Formation that filters gathered energy through successive Divine Ability Seals, strengthens it, and passes it to him for refinement. 58 59
• Before entering the Sovereign Stage, he uses these formations to kill Demon Emperors comparable to Spirit-grade Heavenly Sovereigns. A distant attack from a Heavenly Demon Emperor nevertheless gravely wounds him and disrupts his teleportation. 63

Combat Technique and Space

Futu Yun’s combat technique is refined enough to defeat cultivators with much higher realms. He defeated Wen Qingxuan, who was at the Heavenly Reaching Realm, while he remained at the Peak Divine Soul Stage. 30

• Uses precise technique rather than relying only on spiritual-energy pressure.
• Masters the Dao of Space.
• Can deploy completed formations and immediately relocate.
• Uses strategic positioning to turn tribulations and battlefield conditions against his enemies. 30 49 63
• Rescues the Flame Emperor by exchanging the compressed space imprisoning him with an intact region. 84
• His early unity with heaven and earth allows attacks to be diverted into the linked region, reproducing a protective principle normally associated with Heavenly Sovereigns. 38
• His techniques are not initially sufficient to defeat the Flame Emperor or Martial Ancestor: Lin Dong counters his dual-Seal attacks through layered body-refining abilities, while the Flame Emperor controls his Emperor Flame Seal. 84
• Later kills Jiang Ya, a Middle Saint Grade Evil Spirit Clan chief, with a single punch and overwhelms the Ancestor Body-bearing Huang Qiu. 111 121

One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones

After receiving the Heavenly Emperor’s inheritance, Futu Yun created two fully independent incarnations. Each possesses his appearance, strength, potential, physical body, Divine Soul, and abilities. 70

• The three bodies share one mind and coordinate perfectly.
• Even Mandala initially could not distinguish the true body from the incarnations.
• The incarnations’ foundations were initially unstable and required cultivation beneath the Heavenly River. 70
• His initial attainment is the Three-Division Realm. The standard Three-Unity Realm would merge the incarnations into the original body to increase cultivation. 83
• Combining the technique with the Three Beasts Desolate Art produces an enhancement greater than the ordinary Three-Unity Realm’s boost even while he remains at Three-Division. 83
• His two incarnations later each cultivate a Primordial Dharma Body, while his main body no longer retains a Supreme Dharma Body of its own. 121
• He ultimately sacrifices all three bodies to enter the Unity Realm and transform the Firmament Ledger into the Pagoda Ledger. 125 126

Body Refinement and Dragon-Phoenix Scripture

Futu Yun treats his physical body as a Supreme Dharma Body and tempers it through the Greatlaw Golden Pool, cultivating the Boundless Golden Body and integrating eight Golden Dragons into his Eight Extraordinary Meridians. 32 33

• Absorbs Ancestral Qi to purge impurities and rebuild his physical foundation before the Sovereign Lesser Three Trials. 51 52
• Opens Dragon-Phoenix Heaven and cultivates the Dragon-Phoenix Body and Dragon-Phoenix Scripture to their limits before the Physical Body Tribulation. 54
• The tribulation’s blood fire becomes Dragon-Phoenix Blood Demon Flame, transforms his bloodline, and raises his heart’s physical grade to Saint Grade without immediately granting equivalent overall strength. 55
• His Dragon-Phoenix Half-Blood provides recovery sufficient to heal severe injuries while stranded in a Lower Plane. 63
• Unlike Mu Chen in the original storyline, his cultivation of the Dragon-Phoenix Scripture does not produce two additional clones. 121

Great Solar Undying Body and Immortal Origins

Futu Yun obtains the cultivation method for the Great Solar Undying Body through a mysterious black sheet acquired on the Spirit Road. He later chooses this path despite already having the Endless Light Body’s recognition. 14 71

• Replaces the usual Immortal Divine Leaf with the Immortal Divine Tree growing inside his Supreme Sea. 100
• Incorporates the origins of several Immortal Golden Bodies, creating a Great Solar Undying Body that exceeds normal limits. 82 100
• Produces six Great Sun Crystals by Seventh-grade Sovereign. 88
• Uses Nine Yang Power to make even a Minor Spirit Formation more destructive than his earlier Divine Seal Spiritual Formations. 88
• Requires a sacrifice beyond an ordinary perfected Great Solar Undying Body to advance, leading him to seek the pseudo-Myriad Ancient Immortal Body within the Eternal Pagoda. 100
• Ultimately absorbs the Myriad Ancient Immortal Body into his own power instead of retaining it as a separate Supreme Dharma Body. 121

Battle Will and Three Spirit Battle Formation

The slaughter surrounding Futu Yun’s Threefold Divine Soul Tribulation awakens his potential as a battle formation master despite his ordinary aptitude for conventional Spiritual Formations. 68

• Studies the Western Heaven War Temple’s Three Spirit Battle Formation, which is exceptionally compatible with his three perfectly coordinated bodies. 86
• Can use the formation without first cultivating a separate will-training method, while gradually deriving such a method through comprehension. 86
• Combines Battle Will comprehension with his Divine Soul’s innate battle-intent attribute to reach Fifth-grade Sovereign. 86
• Refines the Profound Dragon Army before reaching Seventh-grade Sovereign. 88

Internal World and Rebirth

The Immortal Divine Tree first appears as a tree trunk when Futu Yun refines the Heavenly Emperor’s Immortal Origin. It subsequently grows a dense canopy while his Supreme Sea’s spiritual energy solidifies into an island. Microorganisms and moss emerge there, and he discovers that he can control its flow of time. 70 86

• Develops into an Internal World populated by independently conscious beings and civilizations. 97 98
• Its laws can reconstruct his body after death, although his first actual rebirth takes long enough that the final war ends before he returns. 98 126
• Produces Great Thousand Creation Liquid from the collective consciousness of its living beings, allowing the resource to accumulate repeatedly. 106
• Absorbs the Night God Ancient Body as part of his breakthrough to Heavenly Sovereign. 121
• Its inhabitants’ cultivation ceiling rises with his own advancement: from Peak Divine Soul Stage after his initial Heavenly Sovereign breakthrough, to below Sovereign at peak Immortal Grade, and then to Sovereign after he reaches Saint Grade. 123
• Its accelerated history eventually becomes more ancient than the present Great Thousand World. Beings born within it remain manifestations of his condensed spiritual energy regardless of their eventual cultivation. 123

Firmament Ledger and Pagoda Ledger

Futu Yun uses his two incarnations and the Flame Emperor’s and Martial Ancestor’s inheritances to stir the Firmament Ledger and awaken the Immortal Emperor’s imprint during the confrontation with the Heavenly Evil God. He also inherits the Immortal Emperor’s ledger character through the latter’s legacy. 118 122

• Uses the Firmament Ledger’s power to devour the Heavenly Sovereign Tribulation and turn it into cultivation energy. 121
• Moves the characters “Futu” to the summit of the ledger and burns his three bodies into light to inscribe “Yun,” transforming it into the Pagoda Ledger. 125
• Becomes the master of the entire Pagoda Ledger, rather than merely one of the cultivators named on it. 126
• Makes a recognized connection to the Pagoda Ancient Clan a prerequisite for entry. With his approval, his wives can be recognized under the surname Futu and become Half-Step Rulers upon reaching the Later Phase of Saint Grade. 126
• Retains authority above other ledger entrants, including his son Futu Xi. 126

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Ancestral Pagoda — The Pagoda Ancient Clan’s ancestral weapon; Futu Yun gained its recognition and control, granting him Saint-grade combat power. It later forcibly refined the Western Heaven War Emperor. 52 80
• Ancient Heavenly Palace — Inherited from the Heavenly Emperor, along with the Heavenly River and Scripture Repository. 70
• Heavenly Emperor Sword — A Peerless Sacred Artifact used to access and control the Ancient Heavenly Palace. 70
• Great Sumeru Demon Pillar — Former supreme treasure of the Dragon Demon Palace; Futu Yun obtained the White Dragon Spirit Pearl from its summit and developed a connection with the pillar. 25 35
• White Dragon Spirit Pearl — Contains the White Dragon Sovereign’s spiritual consciousness and information about a Lower Plane. 25
• Spirit-Breaking Beads — Powerful artifacts capable of severely injuring a fifth-grade Sovereign and killing Sovereigns below the fifth grade. 28
• Dragon Flood Spirit Rings — Equipment used by his stone statue guard to overpower high-level Heaven Transformation experts. 25
• Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame — A sentient Heavenly Flame gifted by the Flame Emperor. 12
• Dragon-Phoenix Heavenly Sovereign Pill — Refined by the Flame Emperor and used by Futu Yun to support his Threefold Divine Soul Tribulations. 67
• White Dragon Silver Plaque — A treasury relic capable of shrinking and subduing an ancient stone guardian, which Futu Yun subsequently uses as a guard. 24 25
• Fire Spirit Immortal Lotus — A treasure recovered from the depths of the magma lake in the Sovereign Spiritual Treasury. 24
• Golden Nine-Headed Lion — A Heavenly Sovereign-level Super Divine Beast used as his mount during his visit to the Wen Family. 46
• Immortal Divine Tree — Grows within his Supreme Sea after he refines the Heavenly Emperor’s Immortal Origin; later anchors its transformation into land and replaces the Immortal Divine Leaf in his exceptional Great Solar Undying Body. 70 86 100
• Spirit God Liquid — Refined using his Supreme Sea and offered as a highly valuable cultivation resource and bounty reward for Earthly Sovereigns. 92
• Great Thousand Creation Liquid — Generated by the collective consciousness of his Internal World’s inhabitants. He trades half of his supply to the Flame Emperor for refinement into pills intended to strengthen the Great Thousand World before the Great Thousand Covenant. 106
• Eternal Pagoda — Cooperates with Futu Yun against the pseudo-Myriad Ancient Immortal Body and later suppresses the Maha Yin-Yang Bottle. After killing Mu Chen, Futu Yun incorporates the Demon Pagoda Tower into it. 100 104 123
• Myriad Ancient True Seal Ball — Used to overpower the Maha Ancient Clan after its Maha Yin-Yang Bottle was suppressed. 104
• Maha Yin-Yang Bottle — The Maha Ancient Clan’s clan-protecting Sacred Artifact, which becomes Futu Yun’s personal possession after the clan’s defeat. 108
• Pagoda Ledger — The transformed Firmament Ledger, of which Futu Yun becomes master through his three-body sacrifice and Unity Realm breakthrough. 125 126

Relationships

• Qing Yanjing — His spiritual-array teacher and former captive. Futu Yun stole the Divine Veins she sacrificed for Mu Chen, used them to seal her cultivation, and later relied on her political and cultivation value. She is also the mother of his son Futu Xi. 2 3 4 5 126
• Mu Chen — Direct rival and the original owner of the Nine Divine Veins Futu Yun absorbed. Futu Yun repeatedly exploits Mu Chen’s identity and fate but initially allows him to survive because of Qing Yanjing’s influence. Mu Chen later returns as an Evil Spirit Clan member and gravely wounds Qing Yanjing. Futu Yun eventually kills him and incorporates his Demon Pagoda Tower into the Eternal Pagoda. 3 56 110 111 123
• Mandala — Master-servant contract partner and cultivational ally. Futu Yun helps her mature into a Heavenly Sovereign and promises to locate her true body and the Ancient Heavenly Emperor’s inheritance. Their bond is unequal: his death would kill her, while hers would not kill him. He later senses the Ancient Heavenly Palace through their connection. 6 7 61
• Luo Li — Romantic partner and later wife whose feelings for Futu Yun become sincere. Futu Yun reunites with her and lives with her at the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, though his feelings initially remain less profound than hers. He later wages war for the Luo God Clan’s revival, gives her the Western Heavens Continent’s Continental Power, and supports her connection to the Tai Ling Ancient Clan. 17 19 80 85 93 95 126
• Wen Qingxuan — Political fiancée, former Spirit Road King, and later wife. Futu Yun defeats her despite her higher cultivation and later supports the restoration of her talent. He refuses to annul their engagement after she loses her cultivation and publicly protects her from mistreatment by the Wen Family. 30 40 46 48 126
• Futu Xi — His son with Qing Yanjing. Futu Xi returns after Futu Yun’s sacrifice, declares that his father is not dead, and vows to protect the Great Thousand World. He becomes the first person named on the Pagoda Ledger and the Pagoda Ancient Clan’s young clan chief, while Futu Yun remains the ledger’s master. 125 126
• Futu Xuan — Grand Elder of the Pagoda Ancient Clan. Initially opposed to Futu Yun’s unconventional behavior, he gradually supports him because of his talent and contributions to the clan. 2 6 52
• Flame Emperor — Benefactor and political ally who gave Futu Yun the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame. Futu Yun later agrees to risk entering the Demon Realm to rescue him and successfully frees him through a spatial exchange. Their alliance includes cultivation-resource trading and cooperation against the Heavenly Evil God, although Xiao Xiao’s involvement with Futu Yun’s household causes personal friction. 12 66 67 84 106 118
• Xiao Xiao — Flame Emperor’s daughter and Futu Yun’s former friend. Her plea becomes the decisive reason he accepts the rescue mission for her father. Her later intimate entanglement with Wen Qingxuan provokes the Flame Emperor’s anger toward Futu Yun. 66 67 84
• Zi Yan — Dragon-Phoenix bloodline bearer who rejects Futu Yun’s proposed Bloodline Link and bloodline purification. Her refusal stems partly from her identification as a Void Ancient Dragon rather than a desire to become a Pure-Blood Dragon-Phoenix. 12
• Lin Dong, the Martial Ancestor — Cultivational ally and supplier of Azure Dragon Origin. Futu Yun seeks his assistance but refuses to secure it through marriage to Lin Jing. He later integrates the Heavenly Profound Continent into the Great Thousand World, studies in the Martial Realm, and fights beside Lin Dong against the Heavenly Evil God. 44 48 61 118
• Lin Jing — The Martial Ancestor’s daughter, who shows interest in Futu Yun and conveys his proposal concerning the Heavenly Profound Continent. Futu Yun later claims one of the five Heavenly Demon Emperor remnant souls for her. 44 84
• Qing Xuan and Qing Shuang — Qing Lineage members assigned to serve him as compensation for the clan’s handling of his engagement. Qing Xuan willingly serves him to help reduce Qing Yanjing’s punishment, while the former Qing Lineage young leader Qing Shuang initially struggles with her reduced status. 32
• Qin Tian — Fellow Demon-Slaying King and Great Thousand Palace master. He attempts to stop Futu Yun’s killing of the Western Heaven War Emperor and is wounded in their clash, but later receives Futu Yun at the Great Thousand Covenant. 80 108
• Western Heaven War Emperor — Opponent over the Luo God Clan and Western Heavens Continent. Futu Yun has him forcibly refined by the Ancestral Pagoda. He later appears among the Pagoda Ancient Clan’s forces fighting the Black Heaven Ancient Clan’s Saint-grade experts. 80 104
• Maha Ancient Clan — Principal rival in his pursuit of the Myriad Ancient Immortal Body. Futu Yun rejects its negotiations, destroys its mediators, and defeats the clan despite its alliance with the Black Heaven Ancient Clan. 95 96 104
• Tai Ling Ancient Clan — Initially a target of his territorial pressure and bounty campaign. It later submits to an alliance involving Luo Li, resources, and the transfer of its Primordial Dharma Body, then participates in the destruction of the Black Heaven Ancient Clan. 56 92 93 95 104 121
• Heavenly Evil God — Final major enemy against whom Futu Yun fights alongside the Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor before transforming the Firmament Ledger through self-sacrifice. 118 125

Story Role / Major Arcs

Spirit Road and the Rise of Ye Yun

Futu Yun enters the Spirit Road to claim Mu Chen’s opportunities. He emerges with the Nine Divine Veins and adopts the alias Ye Yun to conceal his Pagoda Ancient Clan identity. 2 3 16

His gains include the mysterious black sheet containing the Great Solar Undying Body’s cultivation method and his encounter with Luo Li, whose life he saves before they agree to enter the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy together. 14

Pagoda Ancient Clan Reforms

He consolidates authority within the Pagoda Ancient Clan, strengthens the Qing Lineage, introduces the Meridian Refining Loan, and develops mass-production methods for improving Spirit Veins. 4 5

He later suppresses the Qing Lineage’s growing dominance and replaces the old bloodline-based branch system with branches centered on individual Heavenly Sovereigns. His control of the Ancestral Pagoda subsequently gives him both Saint-grade combat power and effective leadership of the clan. 24 52 92

Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy

As Ye Yun, Futu Yun takes first place on the Spirit Ranking, suppresses senior students, reunites with Luo Li, and acquires techniques and resources from the academy. 16 17 18 19

His position is unusual: rather than joining solely as an ordinary student, he controls the Thunder Realm and receives the Spiritual Value paid for entry. He gives Luo Li the Myriad Thunder Sword Control Art and free use of the realm. 14 19

White Dragon Continent and Plane Ascension

Futu Yun refines a corrupted Plane Spirit, becomes Plane Master, restores the continent with Supreme Spiritual Liquid, and brings it into the Great Thousand World. 35 36 37 38

The process reveals coordinates of other Lower Planes connected to the Great Thousand World. By seeking ascenders and their tokens, he expands the method into a large-scale expedition system, eventually surrounding Futuo Continent with numerous ascended landmasses. 38 39 45

Demon-Slaying King

He uses the Black Divine Lightning Tribulation to massacre the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan, destroys the Blade Demon Clan, kills the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor, and becomes the Great Thousand Palace’s second Demon-Slaying King. 49 50 51

During a later expedition, he uses Divine Seal Spiritual Formations to kill Demon Emperors before truly entering the Sovereign Stage. A Heavenly Demon Emperor’s distant retaliation gravely wounds him and throws him into a Lower Plane, demonstrating the limits of his otherwise disproportionate destructive power. 63

Ancient Heavenly Palace Inheritance

Futu Yun receives the Heavenly Emperor’s inheritance, gains the Heavenly Emperor Sword, takes control of the Ancient Heavenly Palace, and creates two equal incarnations through One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones. 68 69 70

The inheritance also plants the foundation for his Internal World: refining the Heavenly Emperor’s Immortal Origin produces the tree trunk that becomes the Immortal Divine Tree within his Supreme Sea. 70 86

Expansion of the Pagoda Ancient Clan

With Futu Yun’s control over Lower Planes and the Ancient Heavenly Palace, the Pagoda Ancient Clan expands across the Tianluo Continent and builds a large network of merged continents, recruited experts, and Heavenly Sovereigns. 43 71

His later campaigns remove two of the Five Great Ancient Clans and subordinate the Tai Ling Ancient Clan through an alliance. By the Great Thousand Covenant, his possession of the Maha Yin-Yang Bottle and reputation for annihilating ancient clans make few powers willing to challenge him. 104 106 108

Luo God Clan and Western Heavens Continent

Futu Yun intervenes in the Luo God Clan’s crisis and refuses to spare the Western Heaven War Emperor even when Qin Tian attempts to mediate. He wounds Qin Tian, has the Ancestral Pagoda forcibly refine the War Emperor, and orders a broad purge of the continent’s opposing experts. 74 80 81

After the Western Heavens Continent changes hands, he gives its Continental Power to Luo Li to support her advancement. 85

Rescue of the Flame Emperor

Initially reluctant to enter an unknown and dangerous Demon Realm, Futu Yun reconsiders after Xiao Xiao’s plea and the reminder of his debt to the Flame Emperor. 66 67

He eventually exchanges the sealed space imprisoning the Flame Emperor with intact space, enabling the latter to destroy five Heavenly Demon Emperors with a Buddha’s Fury Lotus. Futu Yun secures their remnant souls for Xiao Xiao, Lin Jing, Luo Li, Wen Qingxuan, and Mandala. 84

Divine Beast Origin and Ancient Saint Abyss

Futu Yun combines the Three Beasts Desolate Art with his three-body technique and rises from First- to Fourth-grade Sovereign. Subsequent comprehension of the Three Spirit Battle Formation and a tribulation lightning bolt carry him through Fifth and Sixth Grade. 83 86

After refining the Profound Dragon Army, he enters the Ancient Saint Abyss as a Seventh-grade Sovereign whose combat power far exceeds his nominal cultivation. His Great Solar Undying Body has already produced six Great Sun Crystals. 88

War Against the Ancient Clans

Futu Yun counters pressure from the Maha and Tai Ling Ancient Clans by issuing bounties funded with Demon-Slaying Points and Spirit God Liquid. He manipulates the Tai Ling Ancient Clan’s Holy Maiden succession and demands Mu Chen or Yun Ye’er, knowing that the clan cannot satisfy the demand. 92 93

After a breakthrough in battle and the killing of three Heavenly Demon Emperors who attempt to exploit the conflict, he secures the Tai Ling Ancient Clan’s withdrawal through an alliance and continues targeting the Maha Ancient Clan. He rejects negotiations and destroys the three mediating powers as a warning. 95 96

At the Eternal Pagoda, he pursues the pseudo-Myriad Ancient Immortal Body needed for his exceptional cultivation path. He subsequently overpowers the Maha Ancient Clan while the Pagoda Ancient Clan and its allies annihilate the Black Heaven Ancient Clan’s headquarters. 100 104

Internal World and Great Thousand Creation Liquid

His Supreme Sea evolves into a world with independent civilizations, accelerated time, and laws that can restore him after death. The inhabitants’ collective consciousness produces Great Thousand Creation Liquid. 86 97 98 106

Futu Yun gives half of his liquid to the Flame Emperor, who plans to refine pills to strengthen Heavenly Sovereigns before the Great Thousand Covenant. The trade attracts offers of Peerless Divine Abilities, Peerless Sacred Artifacts, and even Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign corpses. 106

Great Thousand Covenant and Heavenly Evil God

At Northern Wilderness Hill, Futu Yun directs the defense against the Evil Spirit Clan and kills its chief Jiang Ya with one punch. Mu Chen’s appearance among the invaders exposes his transformation and culminates in his attack on Qing Yanjing. 110 111

Futu Yun later fights beside the Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor, using his incarnations and their inheritances to stir the Firmament Ledger. The Heavenly Evil God reveals his recovery through a sacrificed Lower Plane and unleashes attacks powerful enough to break through the other two leaders’ techniques. 118

Futu Yun fuses the Night God Ancient Body into his Internal World, devours his Heavenly Sovereign Tribulation through the Firmament Ledger, and reaches peak Immortal Grade. The acquisition and refinement of the Ancestor Body then carry him into Saint Grade, after which the Immortal Emperor’s legacy and resources gathered by his allies support further consolidation. 121 122 123

Pagoda Ledger and Rebirth

Futu Yun removes the earlier names from the Firmament Ledger, raises “Futu” to its summit, and burns his three bodies into light to inscribe “Yun.” His sacrifice transforms the ledger into the Pagoda Ledger and completes his Unity Realm breakthrough. Futu Xi then returns, denies that his father is dead, and vows to protect the Great Thousand World. 125 126

Futu Yun eventually reconstructs himself within his Internal World, but the process takes longer than expected and the war has ended by his return. He stands as a Dominator-realm cultivator and the Pagoda Ledger’s master, while Futu Xi is its first named entrant. Advancement through the ledger now requires a recognized connection to the Pagoda Ancient Clan. 126

Notable Quotes

“I will never forget Senior’s grace in protecting me.” 12

“I’ll make a trip to the Demon Realm!” 67

“Don’t worry. I will bring the Flame Emperor back.” 67

“A knight always guards the princess from behind, but the princess will ultimately only marry the prince.” 39

Trivia

• Futu Yun uses “Ye Yun” because the surname Futu is too conspicuous. 16
• He became the wealthiest person at the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy through his control of the Thunder Realm’s entrance revenue. 16
• His fate cannot be properly divined because he has mastered a Primordial Dharma Body. 66
• He has mediocre natural talent in ordinary Spiritual Formations but compensates with the Divine Seal Spiritual Formation Method. 55 58
• He is described as the Great Thousand World’s “First Killing God” and is associated with the saying, “Futu Yun only kills, never saves.” 70
• Futu Yun’s cultivation path combines the Endless Light Body, Nine Divine Veins, Chaos Spirit Wheel, Dragon-Phoenix bloodline, five-element cultivation, Divine Ability Seals, Plane Master power, and the Heavenly Emperor’s inheritance.
• His family’s bloodline is so distant from the Pagoda Ancient Clan’s main line that tracing it requires records extending back to the Immortal Emperor’s era. His son Futu Xi has purer clan blood through Qing Yanjing. 3 55 126
• Despite initially choosing to abandon the Endless Light Body, he later possesses its power alongside the Tai Ling Sacred Body and Ancestor Body across his three bodies. 71 121 122
• His first actual resurrection through his Internal World occurs only after his final sacrifice, and its unexpected duration prevents him from returning before the war ends. 126
• The Pagoda Ledger recognizes approved spouses under the surname Futu even if they continue using their original public names. Thus Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan can be recognized as Futu Luo and Futu Wen for ledger advancement. 126
• Futu Yun is not merely the first cultivator named on the Pagoda Ledger: Futu Xi holds that distinction, while Futu Yun is the master of the ledger itself. 126