Zhang Hong

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Zhang Hong (张虹)
Alias(es)	Senior Sister Zhang Hong; Fairy Zhang 74 707
Species/Race	Human 451 1920
Gender	Female 184
Affiliation	Heavenly Dao Sect; Heavenly Capital Peak 84 707
Occupation/Role	Cultivator; Liu Yulan’s disciple; Li Xiaoya’s dual-cultivation partner 84 462
Spiritual Roots	Dual spiritual roots, also described as dual immortal roots 793 1920
Primary Element	Fire 1741 2353
Highest Confirmed Cultivation	Peak of Mighty One Stage Great Perfection; subsequently survives the final lightning strike of her Immortal Tribulation Stage breakthrough, with completion still approaching in the supplied account 2347 2353
Status	Alive; later appears in battle wielding the Vermilion Bird Fire Spirit Sword 2419
First Appearance	Chapter 74, “Zhang Hong” 74

Power Progression

Early cultivation ages are reported retrospectively. The final Immortal Tribulation entry records an ongoing breakthrough rather than a confirmed completed realm.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Begins cultivation	1190	Starts cultivating at eight years old.
Core Condensation Stage	1190	Reaches the realm at twenty-seven; already holds this cultivation while Li Xiaoya is still a child 364.
Core Condensation Great Perfection	411 466	Advances during the Southwestern Ancient City period; her strengthened flame technique can heat the chamber’s metal wall continuously for more than three days.
Peak Core Condensation	462	Liu Yulan confirms her cultivation and credits Li Xiaoya with helping her advance.
Golden Core Stage	581 1190	Condenses her core at eighty with Liu Yulan and Dongfang Yi’s assistance, then stabilizes her cultivation in seclusion.
Golden Core ninth-layer peak	793	Reaches a bottleneck while cultivating under Fairy Qingxia with support from Liu Xian’er and Li Xiaoya’s elixirs.
Golden Core Great Perfection, then its peak	793	Breaks through after leaving the mountain to gain experience. Her subsequent Nascent Soul attempt fails because of a passion demon.
Nascent Soul Realm	896 1190	Successfully reaches the realm at two hundred and ten; her Nascent Soul ceremony precedes the announcement of the trio’s Dual Cultivation Ceremony.
Late Nascent Soul, ninth level	1099	Uses the Water-Fire Combined Strike with Liu Xian’er against King Ten-Thousand-Zhangs, though she remains the weaker partner.
Nascent Soul Great Perfection	1190	Holds this cultivation immediately before her Spirit Communion breakthrough.
Spirit Communion Stage	1190	Advances on Treasure Mountain. High Person Qianshan’s intervention at the critical moment prevents severe harm to her cultivation.
Spirit Communion peak / Great Perfection	1502 1725	Heavenly materials strengthen her body and magic power during her unconsciousness. After awakening, her soul and vitality are also stronger than before.
Great Void Stage	1743 1744	Survives the tribulation using the Vast-Heaven Treasure Armor and supplied spirit herbs. Her companions expel a subsequent heart-demon invasion; after more than a month, she fully stabilizes the realm and attains “false immortality.”
Heaven-and-Earth Realm	1894	Advances during prolonged seclusion within the Immemorial Heaven-and-Earth Spiritual Qi Formation, which suppresses the tribulation and celestial phenomena. Liu Xian’er guards her breakthrough.
Early Heaven-and-Earth, third layer	1894	Continues cultivating after entering the realm and reaches its early third layer.
Heaven-and-Earth Great Perfection	1902	Reaches Great Perfection during another lengthy cultivation period, benefiting from dual cultivation with Li Xiaoya.
Peak Mighty One Stage Great Perfection	2347	Already holds this cultivation when Li Xiaoya returns after spending nearly three hundred years trapped in ancient ruins. Her initial Mighty One breakthrough is not shown in the supplied passages.
Immortal Tribulation Stage breakthrough — approaching completion	2349 2352 2353	Attempts advancement after more than two centuries of preparation. Survives the final red lightning strike with her sword and Fire God Space Bracelet, then absorbs auspicious five-colored spiritual light.

Background / History

Early Life and Sect Training

Zhang Hong’s parents were rogue cultivators who sent her to the Heavenly Dao Sect because of her good aptitude. Despite sharing the surname, she has no connection to the Zhang Household associated with Sky-Pillar Market 451.

She first encounters Li Xiaoya at night while he is trying to return to his quarters without clothes. She teases him, but his retaliatory remark about her figure leaves her furious. Afterward, she wonders whether he is the mortal disciple recently accepted by Supreme Patriarch Daoling 74.

Liu Yulan later accepts Zhang Hong as her disciple. Because Liu Yulan is Li Xiaoya’s Fourth Senior Sister, the appointment complicates his understanding of how to address Zhang Hong; cultivation realm, rather than lineage alone, determines seniority among cultivators 84.

Ma Weiqi and the Southwestern Ancient City

After Zhang Hong falls in Liu Yulan’s esteem and her master repeatedly leaves to search for Li Xiaoya, Ma Weiqi begins pursuing her. Knowing his bad reputation but fearing Snow Jade Peak’s influence, she feigns affection and tries to delay his proposed dual-cultivation arrangement until she can consult her master 399.

During a confrontation with Fire Dragon Palace cultivators, she initially ignores Ma Weiqi’s demands for help but ultimately places herself between him and Sun Xing. She rejects Sun Xing’s offer to make her his concubine by attacking him. His counterattack leaves her exposed to incoming talismans, and a newcomer rescues her at the last moment 316.

Zhang Hong and Li Xiaoya become dual-cultivation partners during their experiences in the Southwestern Ancient City. Their time together includes prolonged confinement, cultivation, and treasure hunting. Their relationship initially centers more on physical intimacy than an established emotional partnership 384 411 460 462.

Recognition and the Search for Li Xiaoya

Zhang Hong wants Li Xiaoya to introduce her to Heavenly Venerable Daoling so their relationship can be acknowledged. His request that she keep it secret makes her feel used, and she leaves in tears. He pursues her, admits fault, and eventually finds her despite her concealment from his divine sense 456 458.

After returning to the sect, Li Xiaoya formally asks Liu Yulan to bless their relationship. She agrees and tells him to treat Zhang Hong well. Zhang Hong then enters seclusion to form her golden core, supported by her master, Dongfang Yi, and treasures from Li Xiaoya 462 466.

Following her successful breakthrough, Zhang Hong learns that Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong disappeared during a battle with the Devil Race’s Sting Demon General. She leaves the mountain that same day and spends more than a decade searching. Zhang Facai reassures her that Li Xiaoya is alive, but she cannot find him because he is on another continent 581.

She continues sending occasional safety messages to Liu Yulan. Even after learning that Li Xiaoya has returned, unresolved obligations delay her own return for years. Their eventual reunion is openly affectionate 699 704 705.

During her travels, she clashes with Zhou Xiaoya over questions about Li Xiaoya. Their fighting lasts more than half a month before Zhou reveals information concerning the treasure map and the Primordial Chaos Golden Cauldron and Pill 706.

Romantic Conflict and Enforced Separation

Li Xiaoya’s reluctance to acknowledge their relationship in front of Liu Xian’er renews Zhang Hong’s insecurity. She resents comparisons with Liu’s beauty, aptitude, and backing, and firmly refuses his suggestion to invite Liu on their expedition 707 708.

When Li Xiaoya admits that he wants both women to remain with him, Zhang Hong cannot accept sharing him but also does not want him to abandon either woman. She eventually leaves a note wishing him and Liu Xian’er happiness, believing that she would hold him back. Both pursue her and find her helping another cultivator against six Demonic Path attackers 773 775.

Heavenly Venerable Daoling and Fairy Qingxia subsequently order Zhang Hong and Liu Xian’er to separate from Li Xiaoya for the sake of his greater responsibilities. The two women become confidantes and agree to obey. During the long separation, their letters encourage Li Xiaoya’s cultivation 785 790.

Failed Nascent Soul Breakthrough and Recovery

Fairy Qingxia brings Zhang Hong to Rainbow Rosy Peak, provides elixirs, and guides her cultivation alongside Liu Xian’er. Diamond grass, Li Xiaoya’s supplied pills, and regular sparring help her progress to peak Golden Core Great Perfection 793.

At the decisive moment of her Nascent Soul attempt, a passion demon destabilizes her mind. Ordinary magic power and divine abilities cannot save her. Fairy Qingxia sacrifices decades of cultivation to freeze her in ten-thousand-year mystic ice, preserving her life while the others seek a cure 793.

High Person Qianshan later agrees to examine her condition. Zhang Hong awakens after treatment, initially attacks Li Xiaoya in confusion, then recognizes him and embraces him. Though her cultivation has fallen, she resolves to rebuild it and try again; Li Xiaoya gives her another Primordial Chaos Pill 882 887.

After she successfully reaches the Nascent Soul Realm, Li Xiaoya announces a Dual Cultivation Ceremony with both Zhang Hong and Liu Xian’er. The ceremony is held a month later. Their shared relationship becomes more comfortable gradually, while sparring improves the women’s cooperation 896.

Immortal-Devouring Dagger Injury

Black Skeleton stabs Zhang Hong in the chest with the Immortal-Devouring Dagger. It drains the blood and magic power used to sustain her, and she loses all detectable vitality even after her wound closes. The Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma identifies Upper Realm diamond grass as a possible reason her body has not died and explains that Upper Realm treasures may save her 1300.

Li Xiaoya takes her with him upon ascending. He protects her body with the Vast-Heaven Treasure Armor and passes her off as a puppet when strangers question her presence 1315 1743.

Life Flowers stabilize her aura and buy another one or two hundred years, but further flowers cease to improve her condition. Other medicines provide only partial relief. Li Xiaoya refuses a proposed treatment that might restore her soul at the cost of her memories and cultivation 1331 1379 1483.

A Soul-Restoring Purple Vitality Pill produces her first visible responses: she opens her eyes and moves a finger but remains unconscious. Later, seven pills fully repair her damaged soul and allow her to awaken 1503 1724.

Amnesia and Upper Realm Cultivation

Zhang Hong recognizes Li Xiaoya but has lost many later memories. Her recollections largely reach back to their Core Condensation days, before his intimacy with Liu Xian’er. She is astonished to learn that they are in the Upper Realm and that more than a thousand years of history have passed 1725 1729.

Li Xiaoya patiently recounts their shared past. Although her earlier jealousy returns, her underlying affection for Liu Xian’er has not entirely disappeared 1729.

Distressed by Liu Xian’er’s higher realm, Zhang Hong pushes toward the Great Void Stage soon after awakening. She survives the tribulation but suffers another heart-demon invasion, which Li Xiaoya, Liu Xian’er, and Dong Santong jointly expel 1743.

After reaching Heaven-and-Earth Great Perfection, she again wants to advance quickly. Li Xiaoya persuades her to delay a Mighty One attempt because her foundation, body, and divine abilities are not yet sufficient. She apologizes and resumes strengthening herself 1904 1920.

Immortal Tribulation Preparation

Zhang Hong eventually reaches peak Mighty One Great Perfection. Her mental cultivation improves greatly through the Fire God Space Bracelet, and she withstands fifteen minutes of Li Xiaoya’s oppressive force and terrifying visions. Nevertheless, she remains concerned that her body and abilities cannot survive the next tribulation 2347 2348.

Li Xiaoya spends more than two centuries gathering resources and refining advancement elixirs. Zhang Hong attempts her breakthrough inside the Miniature Immortal Court’s protective Jade Towers, supported by spiritual energy from the Human Realm Star Realm 2349.

A Divine Ice Eagle Beast approaches to devour her during advancement, but Li Xiaoya intercepts and defeats it. Zhang Hong continues facing the tribulation herself. Her Fire God Space Bracelet shields her from most of the final strike, after which she survives and begins absorbing the descending spiritual light 2350 2352 2353.

Appearance

Zhang Hong is repeatedly described as exceptionally beautiful, with an exquisite face and delicate hands and feet 74 184 1502 1725.

• Prominent figure: Li Xiaoya’s remarks and glances at her chest provoke both anger and embarrassment 74 184 190.
• Expressive face: She readily blushes during intimate exchanges, while displeasure can make her expression turn icy 184 705 707.
• Red clothing: She is identified by her red outfit during the Demonic Path ambush 775.
• Later battle attire: Appears in the Red-Flame Myriad-Beast Armor, surrounded by a powerful red flame aura 2419.

Personality

Zhang Hong combines a sharp temper with playful affection. Initially cold toward male cultivators, she enjoys teasing Li Xiaoya but reacts strongly when he turns the joke on her. Their later exchanges retain this mixture of mock anger, flirtation, and humor 74 384 407.

Her attachment to Li Xiaoya is wholehearted and unusually intense. Long absences, concealed commitments, and comparisons with Liu Xian’er make her fear abandonment. This vulnerability affects her cultivation: jealousy contributes to qi instability, and prolonged longing culminates in a passion-demon crisis 456 708 773 793.

She is also practical and cautious, warning Li Xiaoya against unnecessary trouble in Demonic Path territory and against revealing their identity. Despite their disagreement, she protects Ma Weiqi when he is wounded, and she later joins an outnumbered cultivator against attackers 316 441 447 775.

Her desire to keep pace with her companions sometimes leads her to rush advancement. However, she can accept criticism, apologize, and return to disciplined preparation when convinced that the risk is too great 1743 1920 2348.

Abilities & Skills

Fire-Element Cultivation

• Uses powerful flames for combat and sustained heating; her technique transforms much of a metal wall over more than three days 411.
• Personally burns away incoming lightning during her Great Void tribulation 1741 1743.
• Later releases an enormous red flame fist with considerable destructive force 1941.
• Her fire-element cultivation shapes the red lightning and predominantly red spiritual light associated with her Immortal Tribulation breakthrough 2349 2353.

Water-Fire Combined Abilities

• Combines her fire techniques with Liu Xian’er’s water abilities, improving their coordination through repeated sparring 896 999.
• Uses the Water-Fire Sky-Piercing Pearl to form vast interwoven water-and-fire attacks and counter explosive lightning spheres 1032.
• Trains specifically against enemies concentrating attacks on one partner to break their combined technique 1099.
• Their joint strength becomes difficult even for Li Xiaoya to overcome and exceeds Dong Santong’s combat ability at that point 1096.
• Remains less effective at close-range offense than at long-range attacks 1003.

Dual Cultivation

• Advances through sustained dual cultivation with Li Xiaoya, who provides cultivation methods and direct guidance 462 1902 2331.
• Their synchronized practice in an Artifact Refining Room absorbs spiritual energy at more than twice their usual rate, although neither immediately breaks through 1558.
• Li Xiaoya does not know where she learned the unusual technique used in that chamber 1558.

Body Tempering

• Diamond grass improves her constitution and resilience, allowing her to stand after the White-Headed Golden Eagle’s attack when her companions expect worse injuries 749 793.
• Supplements, body-tempering practice, and defensive treasures strengthen her endurance in later battles 1096.
• Begins practicing the Blood Power Cultivation Method under Li Xiaoya’s influence 1880.
• Can practice body-tempering abilities that Liu Xian’er cannot, although their effects are weaker than when Li Xiaoya uses them 1904.
• Later cultivates the Dragon-Devouring God-Reversal Art, making her physical strength exceptional among cultivators of her level 1941.

Divine Sense and Mental Cultivation

• Learns the Sleep God Art from Li Xiaoya and cultivates on the Spirit-Transforming Beast Hide, though her early divine-sense gains remain limited 413.
• Can conceal herself from Li Xiaoya’s divine sense during their reconciliation pursuit 458.
• Strengthens her mental resilience substantially with the Fire God Space Bracelet 2348.
• Earlier emotional instability leaves her vulnerable to heart demons, making mental preparation a major concern before advancement 793 1743.

Practical Knowledge

• Understands the Heavenly Dao Sect’s market-shop network for gathering intelligence and relaying messages 453.
• Helps identify the significance of the treasure map associated with the Primordial Chaos Golden Cauldron and Pill 706.
• Does not consider herself suited to studying formations, despite envying Liu Xian’er’s proficiency 1947.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Blazing Flame Divine Whip — A top-grade magic treasure given by Li Xiaoya. It helps her fight Zhou Xiaoya to a draw; a fire-serpent whip also destroys a Fire Dragon Palace cultivator’s bronze mirror during her travels 581 706.
• Vermilion Bird Fire Spirit Sword — An offensive treasure that flies out to her while she chooses equipment; she believes Daode Daoist Patriarch prepared it for her. Produces a fiery Vermilion Bird manifestation during her Immortal Tribulation 1978 2352 2353.
• Vast-Heaven Treasure Armor — A Heaven-Opening Treasure formerly belonging to the Great Qian Devil Lord. Li Xiaoya binds it to her while protecting her unconscious body; it later withstands her Great Void tribulation 1315 1743.
• Red-Flame Myriad-Beast Armor — Worn in a later battle in Chaos Space 2419.
• Fire God Space Bracelet — A genuine divine artifact given by Second Better. Improves her mental cultivation and activates independently to block most of her final Immortal Tribulation lightning strike 2348 2353.
• Water-Fire Sky-Piercing Pearl — Used jointly with Liu Xian’er to generate large-scale combined elemental attacks 1032.
• Supreme-grade ancient wings — Refined by Second Better after Li Xiaoya gathers the materials 896.
• Spirit-Transforming Beast Hide — A cultivation aid used to strengthen divine sense and focus the mind; Li Xiaoya lends it for her Golden Core breakthrough 413 466.
• Ten-Thousand-Year Agarwood Buddhist Beads — Given alongside the beast hide to calm her mind before condensing her golden core 466.
• Heavenly Dao Pill — A black-and-white pill given by Dongfang Yi after her relationship with Li Xiaoya receives Liu Yulan’s blessing 462.
• Primordial Chaos Pill — Used in her failed Nascent Soul attempt; Li Xiaoya supplies another after her recovery for a future breakthrough 793 887.
• Soul-Restoring Purple Vitality Pills — Repair her gravely damaged soul and eventually awaken her 1503 1724.
• Myriad Tribulations Spirit Immortal Herb — The principal ingredient in the advancement elixirs Li Xiaoya prepares for her Immortal Tribulation attempt 2348 2349.

Relationships

• Li Xiaoya — Dual-cultivation partner and central emotional attachment. Their relationship survives jealousy, prolonged separation, two major medical crises, and her memory loss; he swears a blood oath never to lie to her again 462 773 1729.
• Liu Xian’er — Romantic rival who becomes a confidante, joint cultivation partner, and sister-like companion. Liu helps care for her through both incapacitations; Zhang Hong’s amnesia temporarily disrupts their closeness 785 999 1300 1725.
• Liu Yulan — Master. Accepts her as a disciple, approves her relationship, and arranges assistance for her Golden Core breakthrough 84 462 466.
• Fairy Qingxia — Later cultivation guide and lifesaver. Provides instruction and elixirs, then sacrifices decades of cultivation to preserve her in mystic ice 793.
• Dongfang Yi — Senior sect relative and benefactor. Assists her Golden Core attempt and gives her the Heavenly Dao Pill 462 466 581.
• Dong Santong — Companion who rescues her during the White-Headed Golden Eagle battle and later guards her tribulation and helps expel her heart demons 749 1741 1743.
• High Person Qianshan — Healer and cultivation benefactor. Treats her passion-demon crisis and assists at a critical point in her Spirit Communion advancement 887 1190.
• Second Better — Initially resents her for tying him up; later gives her the valuable Fire God Space Bracelet because of his bond with Li Xiaoya 458 2348.
• Ma Weiqi — Unwanted suitor whose pursuit places her under pressure from Snow Jade Peak. She nevertheless protects him when he is wounded 316 399.
• Zhou Xiaoya — Contentious acquaintance and treasure-map contact. Their extended fight ends in the disclosure of information that helps launch the expedition 706 711.
• Li Xiaoya’s mother — Receives her respectfully and gives her an ancient treasure, though Zhang Hong senses her preference for Liu Xian’er. Later helps prepare and guard her Nascent Soul attempt 708 793.
• Black Skeleton — Attacker responsible for her catastrophic Immortal-Devouring Dagger injury 1300.

Notable Quotes

“You heartless man! You left me all alone. Where did you run off to? You made me search everywhere for you!” 705

“I'm still here...!”
— Her explanation for trusting that Li Xiaoya will keep the enemy demon beasts away from Illusory Spirit Island 1934.

“I've been itching to fight!” 2419