Ji Family
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- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background and History
- 3.1Founding and Continental Supremacy
- 3.2The Li Family Feud
- 3.3Overseas and Cosmic Expansion
- 4Organization and Governance
- 4.1Leadership Structure
- 4.2Notable Members
- 4.3Main Lineage and Branch Lineages
- 5Cultivation and Secret Arts
- 5.1Ji Bloodline
- 5.2World-Destroying Millstone Technique
- 5.3World-Destroying Millstone Fist
- 5.4Forbidden Blood Millstone Physique
- 5.5Dragon Refining
- 6Territory, Facilities, and Assets
- 6.1Bases and Cultivation Sites
- 6.2Cultivation Chambers
- 6.3Treasures and Military Forces
- 7Major Story Arcs
- 7.1Testing Ji Wuchang
- 7.2Succession and Purge
- 7.3Retaliation Against Infiltrators
- 7.4War with the Nine Nether Lineage
- 7.5Evacuation and Return
- 8External Relationships
Contents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background and History
- 3.1Founding and Continental Supremacy
- 3.2The Li Family Feud
- 3.3Overseas and Cosmic Expansion
- 4Organization and Governance
- 4.1Leadership Structure
- 4.2Notable Members
- 4.3Main Lineage and Branch Lineages
- 5Cultivation and Secret Arts
- 5.1Ji Bloodline
- 5.2World-Destroying Millstone Technique
- 5.3World-Destroying Millstone Fist
- 5.4Forbidden Blood Millstone Physique
- 5.5Dragon Refining
- 6Territory, Facilities, and Assets
- 6.1Bases and Cultivation Sites
- 6.2Cultivation Chambers
- 6.3Treasures and Military Forces
- 7Major Story Arcs
- 7.1Testing Ji Wuchang
- 7.2Succession and Purge
- 7.3Retaliation Against Infiltrators
- 7.4War with the Nine Nether Lineage
- 7.5Evacuation and Return
- 8External Relationships
Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Ji Family (季家) |
| Alias(es) | Ji lineage; described as the Heavenly Chen Continent’s foremost aristocratic clan 1059 1382 |
| Organization Type | Cultivation family comprising a main lineage and numerous branch lineages 1308 |
| Founder | An unnamed ancestor who came from outside the Heavenly Chen Continent bearing the World-Destroying Millstone 1059 |
| Family Head | Ji Yuan 505 1315 |
| Young Master | Ji Wuchang; authorized to manage the family when its head is absent or in seclusion 1315 |
| Main Base | The capital of the Heavenly Chen Imperial Dynasty; its ancestral grounds occupy a separate, secret location 1269 |
| Controlled Power | Heavenly Chen Imperial Dynasty, whose territory encompasses half the continent 1031 |
| Signature Treasure | World-Destroying Millstone, identified as the continent’s strongest Emperor Weapon 1059 |
| Status | Active; retains its position as the continent’s foremost clan after the great war 1382 |
| First Appearance | A Ji household led by Ji Ping appears in Muye City; its precise relationship to Ji Yuan’s continental lineage is not established in the supplied passages 3 5 |
Power Progression
The following milestones track breakthroughs among the family’s highest-ranking combatants.
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Half-Saint — Ji Yuan | 1277 | Appears at the imperial competition accompanied by the three highest-ranking elders, each at the Supreme Realm ninth-level peak. |
| Half-Saint — First Ancestor | 1345 | Completes a lightning tribulation lasting two days and nights; returns with a rejuvenated appearance. |
| Half-Saint — Ji Wuchang | 1345 | Undergoes a stronger lightning tribulation lasting five days and nights, increasing the family’s reverence for its young master. |
| Saint King — Ji Yuan | 1363 | Successfully breaks through after committing his accumulated resources to the attempt. Before the continent’s revival, he had been at the Supreme Realm ninth-level peak. |
| Half-Saint — Seventh Ancestor and Fourth Elder | 1372 | Both are reported to have recently advanced. They deploy to defend the capital alongside a Half-Saint guardian beast. |
Background and History
Founding and Continental Supremacy
The Ji Family did not originate on the Heavenly Chen Continent. According to Heavenly Chen Academy’s records, its founding ancestor arrived with the World-Destroying Millstone, defeated the continent’s leading experts, and established the family. His original homeland is unknown 1059.
The family’s genealogical records attribute its rise to the founder’s ability to communicate with the millstone while it was hidden in the cosmos. He later wielded it to kill a Great Emperor, grinding away even the emperor’s essence. The lineage is also described as having produced a Saint 61 457.
Several major lineages challenged Ji supremacy. Academy records list the Li, Tian, Xiao, and Lin families among those destroyed by it. The Li Family survived in a severely diminished state after losing numerous Supreme Realm experts and abandoning its ancestral home 616 1059.
The Li Family Feud
The Ji–Li war drew other major powers into opposing camps. Despite possessing more than a dozen Supreme Realm experts, the Li Family suffered an overwhelming defeat. Ji Boshang’s account attributes its survival to the relationship between the Ji patriarch and a Li Family woman 436 616.
Ancestral rules prohibited marriage between the two enemy families. Yu Gang initially recounted a rumor that the old Ji patriarch had killed a pregnant Li woman and her unborn child after discovering her relationship with a high-ranking Ji lord. Ji Wuchang’s age and lack of visible bloodline power initially made his connection to that story uncertain 265.
Ji Wuchang was later publicly identified as Ji Yuan’s son. After the great war, Ji Yuan returned to the family with Ji Wuchang’s mother, confirming that she had survived 858 1382.
Overseas and Cosmic Expansion
The family’s reach extends beyond its continental territories. Records read by Ji Wuchang reveal that nearly half the main lineage had ventured into the universe to seek other star domains. The Ji Family had already established substantial footholds in several of them 1312.
Supporting numerous branch lineages was partly a response to this dispersal of the main family 1312.
Organization and Governance
Leadership Structure
| Position or Body | Composition and Authority |
|---|---|
| Family head | Ji Yuan directs the family and controls hidden forces not fully known even to prominent family members 1308. |
| Young master | Ji Wuchang holds genuine governing authority, rather than a ceremonial title. He may fully represent the family head during the latter’s absence or seclusion; his standing is comparable to, or slightly above, that of the ancestors 1315. |
| Ten ancestors | At the time of Ji Wuchang’s return, all ten are at the Supreme Realm ninth-level peak. Eight belong to the main lineage and two to branch lineages 1308. |
| Millstone guardians | Five ancestors continually guard the World-Destroying Millstone and rarely involve themselves in ordinary affairs. The other five also spend most of their time in seclusion 1308. |
| Twenty-four senior elders | Sixteen are stationed outside the family, while eight remain with it year-round. Of those eight, four are at Supreme Realm ninth level, two at eighth level, and two at seventh level 1308. |
| Twenty elders | Seventeen attend Ji Wuchang’s appointment ceremony; the three absent elders are the imprisoned branch leaders condemned for treason 1308 1315. |
Notable Members
| Member | Position / Significance |
|---|---|
| Ji Yuan | Patriarch and Ji Wuchang’s father; eventually reaches Saint King 858 1363. |
| Ji Wuchang | Young master and designated successor; receives the World-Destroying Millstone’s inheritance and the Shadow Guard token 1311 1312 1315. |
| Ji Shen | Ji Wuchang’s second uncle; supports his succession and helps administer the family’s affairs in the imperial capital 1308 1346. |
| Ji Wushuang | First Elder; grandfather of Ji Zhengjie 1277. |
| Ji Zhanbo | Second Elder; grandfather of Ji Huacai 1277. |
| Ji Wudao | Third Elder; grandfather of Ji Zongwei 1277. |
| Ji Boshang | Fifth Elder; assesses Ji Wuchang, protects the main lineage’s interests, and later supports him as successor 421 423 537. |
| Ji Yongming | Protects Ji Wuchang, explains the family’s internal crisis, and leads a contingent of the Ji Family Army 885 938. |
| Ji Zhaojin | Elder accompanying Ji Zhiyi; attacks the rebellious branch elder Ji Tongzhen 505 551. |
| Ji Zhiyi | Ji Yuan’s adopted daughter and Ji Wuchang’s partner; possesses the Qilin Bloodline and reaches Supreme Realm seventh layer 421 537 1345. |
| Ji Zhengjie, Ji Huacai, Ji Zongwei | Leading young cultivators who survive Dragon Refining; all reach Supreme Realm fourth level before the imperial competition and fifth level by Ji Zhiyi’s later breakthrough 1277 1345. |
| Ji Qinglan and Ji Yuechen | Ji Wuchang and Ji Zhiyi’s daughter and son 1308 1359. |
Main Lineage and Branch Lineages
Bloodline and main-lineage authority strongly influence succession. Ji Boshang and many elders consider possession of the Ji bloodline essential to leadership, opposing attempts to elevate Ji Zhiyi despite her talent 423.
Branch factions sought greater access to resources and a share in governing the family. Ji Tongzhen repeatedly proposed joint rule by the main and branch lineages, while other branch elders hoped to secure influence through Ji Zhiyi’s future Dao companion 423 551.
The conflict eventually became an internal war that killed many cultivators, including Supreme Realm elders. Ji Yongming explained that these threats were one reason Ji Yuan had not brought Ji Wuchang home earlier: even the patriarch could not guarantee his son’s safety 885.
Cultivation and Secret Arts
Ji Bloodline
- The family descends from a lineage that produced a Saint, giving it formidable inherited bloodline power 61.
- Bloodline purity is treated as a central qualification for leadership by the main-lineage faction 400 423.
- Ji Wuchang’s bloodline mark combines a millstone associated with the Ji Family and a golden sword associated with the Li Family 616.
- The World-Destroying Millstone’s staircase tests both bloodline and soul strength. Those without Ji blood may suffer severe injuries merely by stepping onto it 1310.
World-Destroying Millstone Technique
The family’s most feared combat technique requires communion with its ancestral treasure.
- Practitioners normally travel to the ancestral grounds to comprehend it 457.
- Receiving the second form requires communicating with the millstone and obtaining its recognition 457.
- Ji Wuchang’s use of the second form, Grinding Thunder and Fire, shocks Ji Boshang and Ji Yongming because he had not physically visited the ancestral grounds 457.
- His earlier use of Grinding Yin and Yang, a secret not taught to outsiders, first prompts Yu Gang to suspect a connection to the Ji Family 249.
World-Destroying Millstone Fist
- Advanced cultivation requires condensing destructive power, making later stages increasingly difficult 569.
- At the time of Ji Wuchang’s early displays, only the patriarch and a few clan elders have reached complete mastery; Ji Boshang has reached major mastery 569.
- Ji Wuchang later combines the fist with lightning origin to kill a Supreme Realm sixth-level opponent in the Void Arena 1300.
Forbidden Blood Millstone Physique
- Also called the world-destroying blood demon physique, it is said to originate from communion with the millstone’s negative emotions 555.
- Its users risk being overwhelmed by murderous Qi and becoming indiscriminate killers 555.
- More than twenty incidents occurred within the family. The worst killed several Supreme Realm experts and severely injured the ancestor needed to stop the rampaging practitioner 555.
- The cultivation method was sealed and forbidden. Ji Yunshu’s use of it exposed secret instruction from within the family 555.
Dragon Refining
- Selected descendants are sent to exceptionally harsh environments to grow independently, without family cultivation resources 1277.
- Ji Yunshu states that no more than thirty percent return alive 509.
- Ji Zhengjie, Ji Huacai, and Ji Zongwei reach the Dao Severing Realm through their own efforts before returning to learn the family’s stronger techniques 1277.
- Ji Yunshu speculates that Ji Wuchang is another Dragon Refining participant; this is his interpretation, not a confirmed explanation of Ji Wuchang’s upbringing 509.
Territory, Facilities, and Assets
Bases and Cultivation Sites
| Site | Function / Features |
|---|---|
| Imperial capital | Recognized public base of the Ji Family, guarded by multiple Supreme Realm ninth-level experts and the State Preceptor 1269. |
| Family estate | An immense complex of buildings, mist-covered mountains, and clear waters 1309. |
| Ancestral grounds | Secret, distant birthplace of the family’s rise. A dedicated teleportation formation connects them to the estate; they serve as the family’s final refuge 1372. |
| Blood Pool | Used to awaken bloodline power; Ji Zhiyi returns to complete the activation of her Qilin Bloodline there 576. |
| Marrow-Cleansing Pool | A family cultivation site visited by Ji Wuchang after his return 1314 1315. |
| Hundred Treasures Pavilion | Ji Family commercial establishment in Kaiyuan City 920. |
Cultivation Chambers
| Chamber Grade | Spiritual-Power Density Relative to Outside |
|---|---|
| A | Approximately 25 times 1323 |
| B | 15 times 1323 |
| C | 9 times 1323 |
| D | 3 times 1323 |
- Millstone cultivation site: Time is described as flowing at one-tenth the outside rate, while cultivators must endure the World-Destroying Millstone’s pressure 1323.
Treasures and Military Forces
- World-Destroying Millstone — The family’s defining Emperor Weapon. Ji Wuchang discovers a nearly full-length crack in its true form; the crack later disappears, and he refines the restored treasure 1359 1372.
- Shadow Guards — A hidden force represented by the command token Ji Yuan gives Ji Wuchang 1312.
- Ji Family Army — A military force whose deployed contingents include one led by Ji Yongming 938.
- Guardian dragons — At least two possess strength comparable to the Supreme Realm ninth-level peak and transport the family’s expeditionary forces 1319.
- Half-Saint guardian beast — Deployed to help defend the imperial capital against Myriad Souls Hall 1372.
- Soul-Illuminating Mirror — Used to screen family members during the investigation of enemy infiltration 1317.
- Lightning Punishment Platform — Execution site used during the purge preceding the family’s retaliation 1317.
- Nine Nether Tower — Ji Wuchang agrees to return it to the family after Ji Yaoguang sacrifices his remnant soul to reinforce its seal for ten years 1055.
Major Story Arcs
Testing Ji Wuchang
Ji Boshang sends eleven young family members into the Hundred-City and Thousand-City Battles to test Ji Wuchang. The assessment also offers those participants an opportunity to become core disciples. Ji Xiao later explains that the family remains divided over allowing Ji Wuchang to return 388 421.
Ji Wuchang’s performances gradually win Ji Boshang’s support. Meanwhile, Ji Yunshu’s ambitions and forbidden physique reveal the seriousness of branch-lineage opposition 537 555.
Succession and Purge
Ji Yuan suppresses opposition to his son’s return, killing a branch expert at Supreme Realm eighth layer and arranging a powerful escort. The imperial competition becomes a further test of Ji Wuchang’s qualifications for succession 1267 1269.
After returning, Ji Wuchang reaches the millstone trial’s ninety-ninth step. The treasure appears above him, grants him its techniques and activation method, and draws approval from all ten ancestors 1310 1311.
Ji Wuchang is formally appointed young master with full governing authority. At the same ceremony, the First Ancestor announces the execution of the branches led by Ji Feng, Ji Tong, and Ji Chengshan for centuries of collusion with Myriad Souls Hall and the leaking of family secrets 1315.
Retaliation Against Infiltrators
A sweeping investigation uncovers more than a hundred compromised individuals across the family and the Heavenly Chen Imperial Dynasty. The largest identified infiltrating groups belong to the Nine Nether Lineage, Myriad Souls Hall, and the Zhan Clan 1317.
Ji Wuchang selects the Zhan Clan as the first target. Ji Yuan approves its destruction, and the family mobilizes ancestors, elders, guardian dragons, and more than a thousand disciples for the expedition 1317 1319.
During the campaign, the Sixth and Eighth Ancestors also support Ji Wuchang’s intervention on behalf of Ji Yaoyao, helping her confront Ji Yourong and take control of her separate Ji Clan 1321 1322.
War with the Nine Nether Lineage
When rebellion erupts in the imperial capital, Ji Wuchang identifies support from the Nine Nether Lineage and Myriad Souls Hall. He orders Ji Boshang to reveal his presence while concealing Ji Wuchang’s arrival, hoping to draw enemy forces together for destruction 1346.
After more than forty implicated families are wiped out, Ji Wuchang issues the family’s declaration of war against the Nine Nether Lineage. With Ji Yuan and the ancestor in seclusion, the young master’s orders represent the family’s will 1351.
Ji Yuan later fights alongside the allied army for more than twenty days. He kills the Nine-Headed Nether Beast with Chu Tianheng’s help but suffers grave injuries. Meanwhile, Ji forces reinforce the capital against a Myriad Souls Hall assault 1372.
Evacuation and Return
With much of the family’s strength deployed elsewhere, Ji Wuchang learns that a Chaos Vicious Beast is approaching the estate. He orders an evacuation to the ancestral grounds and remains behind with the restored World-Destroying Millstone 1372.
After the war ends, the family returns from its refuge. It remains the Heavenly Chen Continent’s foremost aristocratic clan, and opposition within the family can no longer prevent Ji Yuan from bringing Ji Wuchang’s mother home 1382.
External Relationships
- Heavenly Chen Imperial Dynasty — Controlled by the Ji Family; its imperial Qi nourishes the lineage 1031 1059.
- Qing Shiwei / State Preceptor — Anchors the dynasty’s fortune through a powerful formation and serves as one of the pillars deterring open attacks against the family 859 885.
- Li Family — Former rival for continental supremacy and ancestral enemy; also Ji Wuchang’s maternal family 616 1351.
- Nine Nether Lineage — Principal military enemy. Its members blame the Ji Family for preventing their southward expansion 1127.
- Myriad Souls Hall — Infiltrates the family through collaborating branch elders and later attacks the imperial capital 1315 1372.
- Zhan Clan — Participates in infiltration and becomes the target of the Ji Family’s retaliatory expedition 1317.
- Yu Clan — Recognizes the Ji Family’s superior strength. Its ancestor orders protection for Ji Wuchang after learning of his parentage and Yu Ling’s attachment to him 920.
- Heavenly Chen Academy — Repeatedly seeks closer ties with the Ji Family, partly to counterbalance the Zhan Clan and Myriad Souls Hall within the academy 1010 1044.
- Ji Yaoyao’s Ji Clan — A separate lineage in Great Yan City; receives Ji Family backing during Ji Yaoyao’s recovery of its leadership 1321 1322.