Chi Menghong

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Chi Menghong is a descendant of the Red King and the leading figure among his lineage’s younger generation. His emergence earns him recognition as one of the Six Little Emperors. The Red King Clan’s ancestral land is the nearest Emperor Clan territory to the Crane Clan, making him He Xian’s first chosen opponent after leaving seclusion 1 2.

First Duel with He Xian

He Xian visits Red King City seeking a fight. Chi Menghong initially recognizes only that the challenger is not He Ziming, then takes offense at what he considers disrespect toward his lineage. Their auras clash inside the residence before Chi Menghong’s uncle intervenes and arranges a public arena duel 2.

The opening exchanges leave both fighters uninjured. Chi Menghong then deploys his Time Domain, a technique with which he has killed many renowned experts. He Xian breaks free using the Indestructible Scripture and nearly destroys Chi Menghong’s right arm in their next fist clash 3.

Chi Menghong escalates through the Red King Furnace, Time Stop, and finally the Time Incense Candles. Despite the resulting power increase, he is overwhelmed after the hundred and eighth exchange. His attempt to sacrifice his blood, soul, and life for one final attack is interrupted by a kick that leaves him unconscious. He Xian refrains from killing him in the Red King Clan’s own ancestral land 4 5.

Title Competition and Rematch

The Red King Lineage uses rare treasures and the assistance of a powerful clan expert to restore Chi Menghong. His subsequent blood-pool transformation greatly strengthens him and gives him a new furnace-based secret art 21 23.

He enters the Title Competition seeking both its highest honor and revenge. On finding He Xian severely Dao-injured, he initially postpones his challenge and stands beside him while he heals, with Heavenly Blade guarding the other side. Chi Menghong regrets that defeating such a weakened opponent would not provide the satisfying revenge he wanted 21.

During the Fourth Arena’s battles, Ming Si attacks him. Chi Menghong later abandons that fight when he sees He Xian still capable of combat after killing Qing Kun. Their rematch begins immediately, and Chi Menghong transforms his body into the Red King Furnace 22 23.

He Xian breaks the furnace and its corpse-born manifestation. Chi Menghong restores the furnace and produces a stronger, weapon-bearing phantom, but He Xian destroys that as well. Because Chi Menghong’s art and Dao are linked to the figure, its destruction causes severe backlash. Defeated again, he laughs bitterly at his inability to overcome even a grievously injured opponent 24.

Enlightenment Tea Gathering

Chi Menghong later arrives at Enlightenment Mountain as an Escape One Realm cultivator. His renewed aggression vanishes when He Xian looks at him: he senses that another provocation could cost him his head and obediently takes the assigned seat 41.

He competes for Enlightenment Tea leaves, using his lineage’s Ancestral Arts against the altar’s formation. By the time He Xian asks him to surrender three leaves for He Ziming, Hua Lan, and Mo Xian, he has obtained more than a dozen. He complies reluctantly, then complains; He Xian explains that he chose Chi Menghong rather than Gu Rong or Heavenly Blade because Chi Menghong is the weakest of them 43 44 49.

Appearance

• Humanoid form: A robust, handsome young man with a tall, straight figure, loose long hair, and crimson eyes compared to rubies or blood-colored suns 2 21.
• Armor: Wears crimson armor that clangs like trembling scarlet dragon scales 21.
• Bearing: Heroic and martial, with a sharp, oppressive aura and a savage edge to his expression 2 21.
• True form: A Time Beast with a flood dragon’s head, a lion’s body, and crimson bone spikes instead of fur or scales. His primordial spirit displays this form as a fist-sized blood beast 3 4.

Personality

Chi Menghong’s pride is inseparable from the Red King Lineage’s reputation for invincibility. He treats perceived condescension as an insult to his entire clan and considers his own defeat a threat to that inherited prestige. His competitive drive pushes him to continue fighting through catastrophic injuries and ultimately to attempt a life-burning final attack 2 4 5.

Defeat fuels his desire for revenge rather than ending his confidence. After his blood-pool transformation, he declares himself unmatched; after reaching Escape One, he again believes he can challenge He Xian. Nevertheless, his confidence gives way to genuine fear at Enlightenment Mountain, where he recognizes the danger of provoking He Xian and submits 21 23 41.

Abilities & Skills

Temporal Arts

Chi Menghong’s Time Beast primordial spirit commands the Great Dao of time 3.

• Time Domain: Immobilizes an opponent within arrested space-time, preventing control over their own body. He Xian escapes through the Indestructible Scripture 3.
• Time Stop: A separate ancestral technique that freezes time during an attempted execution. He Xian’s sword art cuts through the frozen space and ends the attack 4.
• Passage of Time: Releases fragments of time from his palm as a divine rainbow to meet incoming sword light 5.

Time Incense Candles

A temporal secret art that burns the years to release destructive power and draw out Chi Menghong’s potential 4.

• Multiplies his combat power severalfold during the first duel 4.
• Represents a sublimation of Temporal Dao Laws that cultivators below the Supreme Realm can ordinarily scarcely comprehend 4.
• Does not overcome He Xian, who criticizes the enhancement as external rather than intrinsic strength 5.

Red King Furnace

An inherited Ancestral Art empowered by the heart’s blood of the Red King’s descendants. Its initial manifestation is not a physical furnace 4.

• Suppresses enemies and attempts to draw them inside for refinement into bloody sludge 4.
• Manifests the remnant arms associated with the Immortal King refined by the Red King 4.
• Can be repelled and broken by sufficiently powerful attacks, as demonstrated by He Xian 4 24.

Flesh-to-Furnace Transformation and Corpse Spirit

Gained through his blood-pool experience and fusion with the Red King Furnace, this secret art turns Chi Menghong’s own body into a crimson furnace 23.

• Produces a corpse-born figure that reaches from the furnace to seize and seal an enemy 24.
• Can restore the damaged furnace and manifest a stronger, armed phantom carrying a trace of an Immortal King’s past imprint 24.
• The phantom’s intimidating aura does not constitute genuine undying-level combat power; He Xian identifies it as an empty likeness 24.
• Destruction of the phantom inflicts violent backlash because Chi Menghong’s art and Dao have merged with it 24.

Physical Combat and Regeneration

• Possesses highly developed battle instincts, using minute openings to launch lethal close-range attacks 3.
• Rapidly heals his damaged arm and repeatedly rebuilds his pierced body through his lineage’s secret arts 4 5.
• Can attempt to burn his blood and soul for a final life-sacrificing strike, though He Xian interrupts the attempt 5.

Equipment / Items

• Crimson armor — Worn during the Title Competition and his arrival at Enlightenment Mountain 21 41.
• Enlightenment Tea leaves — Seizes more than a dozen leaves; reluctantly gives up three at He Xian’s command 43 49.
• Jade jars — Containers holding his harvested tea leaves, including the three transferred to He Ziming, Hua Lan, and Mo Xian 49.

Relationships

• He Xian — Rival who defeats him twice. Chi Menghong repeatedly seeks revenge before becoming genuinely intimidated and obedient at the tea gathering 5 21 24 41.
• Red King — Ancestor and source of his inherited temporal and furnace arts. The Red King’s purified true blood enables his blood-pool transformation 1 4 23.
• Unnamed Red King Lineage Supreme — His uncle, who summons him to meet He Xian and arranges their first duel 2.
• Ming Si — Arena opponent who regards Chi Menghong as a suitable trophy for his lineage’s head-collecting coming-of-age practice 21 22.
• Heavenly Blade — Fellow challenger to He Xian; stands on the opposite side while the injured He Xian heals before the Fourth Arena battle 21.

Notable Quotes

“I am a descendant of the Red King Lineage! We sit and watch epochs rise and fall while our clan endures, enjoying the name of invincibility in flourishing ages. I will not lose!” 4

“Thanks to the blow you dealt me last time, I was allowed to enter my clan’s blood pool, behold the true form of its supreme treasure, and merge with it to obtain this great secret!” 23

“Hahaha, I almost forgot you have a Dao injury. I couldn’t even conquer a dying man.” 24