Kong Deming

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Kong Deming (孔德明)
Alias(es)	Elder Kong; Great Enshrined 6 13
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Sun Moon Empire; Offering Hall, also called the Worship Hall 6
Occupation/Role	Leading imperial consecrator; the Sun Moon Empire’s strongest expert; the continent’s first Level 10 Soul Engineer 6
Cultivation	Rank 94 Titled Douluo 6 13
Status	Alive; severely depleted spiritually after fighting Du Busi, though his shield prevented bodily injury 14 15
First Appearance	Offering Hall meeting following the imperial coup 6

Background / History

Kong Deming previously worked with Ye Xishui to help create the Death God Tower, a Level 9 Soul Tool. This collaboration exposed him to a Limit Douluo’s power, giving him a benchmark against which he later assessed Du Busi’s attacks 14.

Before the coup, Kong examined Xu Yan’s martial soul and concluded that the prince would not survive beyond the Soul Elder stage. He identified a lethal cycle: stronger cultivation would strengthen Xu Yan’s body, but also intensify the ultimate-yang fire burning him from within. Kong believed survival required a fundamental bodily transformation, potentially through an immortal herb or the Body Sect’s secret second-awakening method. He consequently considered Xu Yan an unsuitable investment despite his exceptional talent 7.

Kong himself remained at Rank 94, unable to overcome his bottleneck through conventional methods. His shortage of life essence later contributed to his interest in Xu Yan’s extraordinary vitality 11 14.

Personality

Kong ordinarily exercises authority through restraint. During the Offering Hall meeting, he remains composed despite the bloody coup and defends the institution’s nonintervention as an established rule. When Liao Mengkai and Ye Yulin nearly fight, he stops them and insists that disagreements be settled through reasoned debate rather than emotional outbursts 6.

His composure breaks under Du Busi’s taunts and the humiliation of defeat. He unleashes his turret arsenal in anger and later threatens retaliation against the Body Sect. Nevertheless, he angles his attacks away from Mingdu’s civilians and refuses an impractical pursuit when Xu Tianyuan is abducted 13 15.

Abilities & Skills

Level 10 Soul Engineering

Kong is identified as the continent’s first Level 10 Soul Engineer, despite possessing only Rank 94 cultivation 6.

• Assisted Ye Xishui in creating the Level 9 Death God Tower 14.
• Operates numerous high-grade Soul Tools simultaneously, combining offensive turrets with a Level 10 defensive shield 13 14.
• Controlling his arsenal and maintaining his shield place substantial demands on his spiritual power 14.

Soul Guidance Turret Barrage

Kong deploys approximately twenty to thirty airborne turrets, with the lowest-ranked weapons at Levels 7–8 and two central cannons at Level 9 13.

• Fires dozens of concentrated Soul Guidance Rays in a coordinated barrage 14.
• A Level 9 ray penetrates Du Busi’s defense, wounds his arms, and knocks him hundreds of meters backward 14.
• Directs the barrage diagonally upward to avoid destroying Mingdu and harming civilians 13.
• The hastily charged shots do not reach their full potential 14.

Silver Moon Enhancement

Kong manifests a radiant silver moon during combat. Activating his seventh soul ring multiplies his soul power, defense, strength, and other attributes severalfold 12 14.

• Uses the enhancement while reinforcing his shield against Du Busi’s Fist Shakes the Firmament 14.
• Even with this amplification, he cannot match the Rank 98 Du Busi in their direct confrontation 13 14.

Martial Soul and Vitality Analysis

Kong recognizes the relationship between Xu Yan’s sunlight-dependent power and his increasingly dangerous noon backlash 7.

• Identifies Xu Yan’s emerald healing flame as life force condensed to extreme purity and fused into his flesh 10.
• Immediately questions whether this vitality has invalidated his earlier prognosis 10.
• Recognizes Du Busi’s rapid recovery as the deliberate consumption of life essence 14.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Silver Moon Divine Light Shield — A Level 10 Soul Tool with an innate spatial attribute that absorbs most of Du Busi’s attacks. It has not yet been fused into Kong’s Life-Bound Soul Tool, and its full power requires advance coordination with numerous Soul Engineers. It survives Fist Shakes the Firmament and the subsequent impact with the ground, but does not stop the attack’s spiritual component from striking Kong’s Sea of Consciousness 13 14.
• Airborne Soul Tool turrets — His offensive arsenal includes Level 7–8 weapons and two Level 9 Soul Cannons 13.

Relationships

• Xu Yan — A former imperial prince whose survival Kong initially dismisses. Witnessing his regeneration renews Kong’s interest; the narrative later confirms that Kong needs life essence for his own bottleneck, but does not establish precisely how he intended to obtain Xu Yan’s vitality 7 10 14.
• Du Busi — Enemy and battlefield rival. Du Busi overpowers him in close combat and inflicts severe spiritual damage, but cannot break his shield 12 13 14.
• Liao Mengkai — Fellow consecrator who challenges Kong’s acceptance of the coup and disputes the dismissal of Xu Yan’s potential 6 7.
• Ye Yulin — Fellow consecrator who supports the Offering Hall’s position and later arrives with reinforcements to protect Kong 6 14.
• Yun Jin — Fellow consecrator whose demand to rescue Xu Tianyuan Kong rejects after the prince’s abduction 15.
• Ye Xishui — Previous collaborator on the Death God Tower 14.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Imperial Coup and Reassessment of Xu Yan

Kong presides over the Offering Hall after Xu Jingyao’s death without intervening in the succession struggle. His prognosis supplies the elders with a reason to favor Xu Tianran over Xu Yan. Watching Xu Yan regenerate a ruined arm through Ye Yulin’s detection screen, however, prompts Kong to leave immediately and investigate 6 7 10.

The other consecrators disagree about his intentions. Liao Mengkai expects him to retrieve Xu Yan, while Ye Yulin considers both eliminating the prince and exploiting his vitality possible. These are their interpretations, not confirmed plans 11.

Battle with Du Busi

Kong confronts Du Busi when the Body Sect master intervenes against Xu Tianyuan. Their battle escalates from a clash of soul power to Kong’s full turret barrage. Du Busi answers with Fist Shakes the Firmament, driving Kong into a crater more than a hundred meters across and exhausting his spiritual reserves 12 13 14.

Ye Yulin and the other consecrators arrive with Level 9 Soul Tools, prompting Du Busi to withdraw with Xu Yan’s group. Although Kong loses the exchange, his shield’s survival forces Du Busi to reconsider his contempt for Soul Tools 14.

Aftermath and Strategic Warehouse Raid

When Du Busi returns to abduct Xu Tianyuan, Kong orders the consecrators to withdraw rather than attempt a rescue. He argues that the captive will probably be used to bargain for resources 15.

Xu Yan subsequently exploits Kong’s weakened condition: he expects the imperial consecrators to gather around Kong, leaving the strategic warehouse vulnerable. That assessment helps motivate the Body Sect’s successful raid 16 17 18 19.

Notable Quotes

“If you disagree, debate your principles. The Worship Hall is not a place for venting your emotions at will.” 6

“Sooner or later, I will wipe out your Body Sect!” 15