Hongxuan

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Hongxuan (鸿宣道人)
Alias(es)	Li Hongxuan; Daoist Hongxuan; Emperor Ziwei
Species/Race	Postnatal Human; later develops a high-tier Chaos God and Demon foundation 4 355
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Jie Sect; Heavenly Court; Mount Wuyi lineage
Occupation/Role	Cultivator; disciple of Lord Tongtian; Emperor Ziwei of the Heavenly Court; master and founder of a Mount Wuyi lineage
Status	Living
First Appearance	Chapter 3

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Mortal cultivator / Tribulation Transcendence	6	Reaches the point of immortal ascension at age eighteen after the Three Xiao Sisters deliberately suppress his realm to temper his foundation; completes the second and third turns of his Body Refinement Art. 6
Body Refinement Art — First Turn	6	Perfects the first turn through Heaven-Defying Comprehension; his skin, bones, sinews, marrow, and organs undergo a further baptism. 6
Desolate Celestial	9	Survives the Nine-Nine Immortal Ascension Tribulation and receives an immortal ascension baptism. 9
Body Refinement Art — Fourth Turn	9	His mortal body transforms into a low-grade Innate God foundation. 9
True Immortal	12	Breaks through while comprehending formations, Life and Death laws, and refining Life Fruits. 12
Profound Immortal	17	Advances after a millennium studying the Destiny Compass. 17
Body Refinement Art — Fifth Turn	17	The breakthrough brings substantial transformations to his physical body and Innate Soul. 17
Mid-stage Profound Immortal	19	Advances during two thousand years on Three Immortals Island and departs to temper himself on the Great Desolation continent. 19
Body Refinement Art — Sixth Turn	23	Deduces a more complete sixth turn by combining his self-created art with the Supreme Purity Great Dao. 23
Peak Golden Immortal	30	Reaches the peak of Golden Immortal within ten thousand years of his earlier True Immortal stage. 30
Grand Golden Immortal	33	Recognizes that his current realm remains inadequate for protecting the Three Xiao Sisters and carrying out his plans. 33
Late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal	40	Integrates the Water, Fire, and Wood Spirit Pearls into his kidneys, heart, and liver to form three primal energies. 40
Grand Luo Golden Immortal	72	Successfully advances after enduring tribulations on the River of Destiny. 72
Mid-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal	78	Perfects the Flower of Essence among his Three Flowers after fifty thousand years in seclusion. 78
Grand Luo Golden Immortal perfection	111	Becomes the destined candidate for Emperor Ziwei and influences the operation of the star system. 111
Body Refinement Art — Eighth Turn complete	108	Resonates with the starry sky, causing a stellar anomaly noticed throughout the Great Desolation. 108
Early-stage Quasi-Sage	127	Creates a path of the Great Dao after extensive preparation and ten thousand years of breakthrough. 127
Body Refinement Art — Ninth Turn complete	131	Completes the transformation to a top-tier Innate God foundation. 131
Mid-stage Quasi-Sage	157	Comprehends sixty percent of Destiny, Creation, Space-Time, and Karma; his physical body reaches the mid-stage of the ninth turn. 157
Late-stage Quasi-Sage	173	His breakthrough shocks Great Desolation powerhouses, who consider the speed of his progress extraordinary. 173
Body Refinement Art — Ninth Turn, late stage	180	Advances his Grand Dao law pillar and reaches the late stage of the ninth turn. 180
Sub-Sage, First Level	236	Remains at the first Sub-Sage level while preparing the tenth body-refinement turn and the Heavenly Human Five Declines trial. 236
Body Refinement Art — Tenth Turn	237	Achieves an immortal, indestructible physical transformation and begins the Decline of Flesh trial. 237
Sub-Sage, Seventh Level	335	Stabilizes his cultivation after successive breakthroughs; Houtu considers him capable of surpassing her. 335
Body Refinement Art — Eleventh Turn, initial stage	355	His foundation rises from mid-tier to high-tier Chaos God and Demon level. 355
Heavenly Dao Realm	396	Has newly advanced to the Heavenly Dao Realm, yet already bears an aura associated with the Grand Dao Realm. 396
Heavenly Dao Realm, Grand Perfection	409	Corrects instability in his state of mind and gains complete control over his Heavenly Dao Realm cultivation. 409
Grand Dao Supreme Realm	468	Reaches a realm far beyond the Heavenly Dao Realm before reuniting with Houtu and the Three Xiao Sisters. 468

Background

Hongxuan was born Li Hongxuan, a postnatal human child raised in the Hengshan Tribe while the Three Xiao Sisters—Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao—temporarily resided there. Their spiritual-energy cleansing accelerated his growth: he spoke after one month, walked after two, recited scriptures at three months, and understood them by six months. By age three, he resembled a child of eight or nine. 3

His early cultivation was defined by an extraordinary comprehension talent. While studying the Supreme Clarity Immortal Arts, he created and perfected the first turn of the Hongxuan Body Tempering Art. The Three Xiao Sisters then trained him through repeated demon-beast hunts around the tribe, both to repay its hospitality and to build real combat experience. 6

Although the sisters had raised and taught him for nearly a century, Lord Tongtian determined that their connection was not truly one of master and disciple. He nevertheless accepted Hongxuan into the Jie Sect, where Hongxuan became Tongtian's disciple. 14 223

Hongxuan never abandoned the Hengshan Tribe after leaving it. His protection and teachings helped transform it from a vulnerable settlement into a major human tribe with Martial Dao practitioners and cultivators, and he continued to shield it from later dangers. 9 94 100

Personality

Hongxuan is intensely ambitious but methodical. As a young cultivator, he resolves to pursue immortality, Golden Immortal realms, Quasi-Sagehood, and ultimately Sage-level power rather than accept a limited path. 6 He tempers his foundation rather than rushing breakthroughs, even when his talent would allow faster advancement. 6 15

He is cautious with alliances, hidden schemes, and karmic entanglements. He conceals his aura and heavenly secrets, investigates potential threats through deduction, and avoids becoming deeply involved in Heavenly Court factional struggles. 20 36 110 154

Despite his calculating nature, Hongxuan is deeply loyal to those who helped him. He protects the Hengshan Tribe, seeks to change the Three Xiao Sisters' tragic future, and repeatedly prioritizes Houtu's safety and success. 33 143 237 His relationships with Houtu and the Three Xiao Sisters keep him from becoming indifferent to others as his strength rises. 335 381

Hongxuan recognizes that cultivation without attention to one's Dao heart is dangerous. After rapid progress leaves him with an unstable desire to challenge enemies beyond his realm, he deliberately returns to studying the Eternal Dao Tome to restore his mental balance. 409

Abilities & Skills

Heaven-Defying Comprehension

Hongxuan's defining talent allows him to rapidly understand scriptures, laws, treasures, formations, and combat techniques, often creating or upgrading arts from a single observation.

• Perfected the first turn of his Body Tempering Art while reading the Body Forging Chapter of the Supreme Clarity Immortal Arts. 6
• Comprehended the Sword Intent of Clouds immediately upon receiving a Spirit Sword. 6
• Uses the Yellow Court Scripture, Eternal Dao Tome, Destiny Compass, Creation God Tree, and Chaos Pearl to deepen his talent, fate, Dao heart, and law comprehension. 116
• Can quickly bring incomplete laws to completion after his later cultivation advances. 328
• His comprehension continues to improve alongside his cultivation, rather than remaining fixed. 23

Hongxuan Body Refinement Art

A self-created body-cultivation art that evolves alongside Hongxuan and systematically transforms his foundation.

• Progresses from mortal body refinement to an Innate God foundation, then a top-tier Innate God foundation, and eventually a Chaos God and Demon foundation. 9 131 355
• Integrates physical cultivation with Dao-law comprehension and the Supreme Purity Great Dao. 23
• The tenth turn grants an aura of immortality and indestructibility, allowing him to condense indestructible divine light throughout his body. 237 238
• Advancement beyond the tenth turn requires enduring the Five Signs of Decay, including the painful Decline of Flesh. 237 238

Grand Dao Arts

Hongxuan cultivates multiple law-based divine abilities, particularly Destiny, Creation, Space-Time, and Karma.

• Grand Destiny Art — Originates from his study of the Destiny Compass; eventually reaches the fourth level during his Quasi-Sage breakthrough and becomes central to his deductions and destiny-based plans. 17 127
• Grand Karma Art — Developed through the 36 Karma Stone Tablets; by mastering thirty percent of the Law of Karma, Hongxuan can contend with Quasi-Sage opponents through karma alone. 116
• Grand Creation Art — Developed through his comprehension of creation laws and later used in large-scale creation and cultivation. 42 73
• Grand Space-Time Art — One of his Grand Dao-level arts, developed through the Eternal Dao Tome, Chaos Pearl, and later the Time Treasure Mirror. 73 116 167
• Grand Lightning Art (Nascent Form) — Created after surviving the Nine-Nine Immortal Ascension Tribulation and comprehending a sliver of the Law of Lightning. 8
• Grand Death Art (Prototype) — Created after sensing the deathly aura within a grand formation. 12

Sword Dao and Combat Arts

Hongxuan combines sword intent, movement techniques, palm arts, and law-based abilities into a versatile combat style.

• Azure Lotus Sword Scripture (Basic) — Created after he comprehends ten percent of the Sword Dao laws and refines the Qingping Sword. 78
• Cosmos Reversal Step — A movement art that eventually allows him to cross a million miles in a single step. 19 73
• Thirty-Six Waves Palm / Surging Wave Palm — A palm technique originally powerful enough to threaten the Three Xiao Sisters; later advances to the twenty-fourth wave. 10 73
• His early demon-beast hunts give him extensive combat experience and allow his techniques to enter the Dao realm. 6
• He improves significantly through life-or-death combat, including battles against weakened Hunyuan and Evil Race opponents. 215 409

Formations, Concealment, and Avatars

Hongxuan is a highly capable formation master and uses concealment to avoid deduction by stronger beings.

• Gains formation insights while trapped in a grand array and later claims Mount Wuyi after bypassing its hidden formation. 12 28
• Creates the Chaos Return Origin Formation on Ziwei Star to restore its Star Origin and strengthen his control over the starry sky. 143 144
• Improves the Great Heavenly Stars Formation so that no one else can control the stars through it. 330
• Uses Illusion-Breaking Divine Eyes, Heavenly Secret Concealment Art, Grand Transformation Art, and concealment arrays to evade detection. 20 83
• Creates a divine avatar to manage Heavenly Court matters without compromising his cultivation; later creates additional clones with the Chaos Pearl. 111 157

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Eternal Dao Tome — Hongxuan's embryonic book spirit treasure; the Destiny Compass enters it and reveals information about both treasures. 11
• Destiny Compass — A mysterious compass carrying a fateful aura and serving as a foundation for his Destiny-law comprehension. 11 17
• Qingping Sword — A supreme treasure bestowed by Lord Tongtian; Hongxuan refines it and uses it to develop his Sword Dao. 78
• Twelfth-Grade White Lotus of Purification — A major defensive and purification treasure used alongside the Qingping Sword. 27 167
• Chaos Pearl — Used in his comprehension and to create a clone after reaching the mid-stage Quasi-Sage realm. 116 157
• Time Treasure Mirror — A Chaos Supreme Treasure that fuses with his treasures after his time-distorted secret-realm experience. 167
• Karma Jade Tablet — A treasure employed alongside the Qingping Sword and White Lotus during his later Dao-proving efforts. 353
• Purifying Meditation Cushion — One of the treasures discovered at Mount Wuyi and used during his body-refinement trials. 28 237
• Cosmos Fan — A Mount Wuyi treasure later used while Hongxuan instructs Shennong. 28 124
• Hongmeng Measuring Ruler — An innate treasure acquired during his travels. 27

Relationships

• Lord Tongtian — Hongxuan's master in the Jie Sect. Tongtian protects his secrets, grants him the Qingping Sword, entrusts him with saving Jie Sect disciples where possible, and places great expectations on his Path of Destiny. 22 78 223
• Yunxiao — One of his earliest teachers and closest companions. She guides his early cultivation, offers him treasures and protection, and later shares a deep emotional bond with him. 6 19 128
• Qiongxiao — One of the Three Xiao Sisters who raises, teaches, and supports Hongxuan from childhood. 3 14
• Bixiao — One of the Three Xiao Sisters; frequently teases Hongxuan but treats him as family and supports his growth. 9 11
• Houtu — A close companion and eventual love interest. She protects him during cultivation, teaches him the path toward Quasi-Sagehood, and receives his guidance toward understanding her destiny. 50 88 381 414
• Zhao Gongming — The Three Xiao Sisters' elder brother. He becomes acquainted with Hongxuan after Yunxiao explains their history and later cooperates with him as family. 16 18
• Golden Fortune Daoist — A cautious but mutually beneficial ally. Hongxuan helps him recover, and together they establish the foundations of a merchant association and the Eternal Market. 112 135 165
• Shennong / Jiang Lieshan — Hongxuan's eldest disciple. Hongxuan teaches him, provides spiritual treasures, and benefits from the fortune and merit Shennong gains as the Human Race's Earthly Sovereign. 124 126 130
• Hengshan Tribe — Hongxuan's childhood home and a community he continuously protects, teaches, and strengthens through Martial Dao. 9 94 143
• Liufeng and Ziyun — Disciples appointed to manage the daily affairs of Mount Wuyi. 85
• Cangjie — A disciple whose development and Confucian lineage benefit from Hongxuan's support and bestowals. 343 446
• Ao Ling'er — A disciple and Dragon Princess whom Hongxuan saves; she later gives him a mysterious seed from the Eastern Sea Dragon King. 36 40

Story Role / Major Arcs

Hengshan Tribe and Early Cultivation

Hongxuan grows up under the Three Xiao Sisters' care, develops Heaven-Defying Comprehension, creates his first body-refinement art, and protects the Hengshan Tribe through demon-beast extermination. He reaches immortal ascension at eighteen and leaves after helping the tribe become a major human settlement. 3 6 9

Entry into the Jie Sect

After travelling to Golden Ao Island, Hongxuan is accepted into the Jie Sect under Lord Tongtian. Though the Three Xiao Sisters cannot formally take him as their disciple, their familial bond remains central to his development. 14 15

Treasures, Mount Wuyi, and Destiny

Hongxuan discovers the Ancient Tree of Life and Destiny Compass, later claims Mount Wuyi as his future cave-mansion, and begins extensive study of the Laws of Destiny, Creation, Space-Time, and Karma. 10 11 17 28

Emperor Ziwei and the Starry Sky

Following his advancement to Grand Luo Golden Immortal, Hongxuan becomes fated to the Ziwei Star and is officially enfeoffed as Emperor Ziwei. He uses a divine avatar to handle Heavenly Court responsibilities while his main body continues cultivating, restoring star origins, and strengthening his control over the star world. 108 111 143 144

Human Race Legacy

Hongxuan continues supporting the Human Race without controlling its development outright. He teaches Shennong, promotes Martial Dao, protects the Hengshan Tribe, and establishes disciples and subordinate lineages capable of continuing his influence. 105 124 125 134

Quasi-Sage and Sub-Sage Path

Hongxuan creates the Great Destiny Art, advances through the Quasi-Sage realm, and chooses the dangerous path of the nine heavens of Sub-Sage cultivation rather than immediately proving the Dao as a Hunyuan. His body-refinement breakthroughs and survival of the Five Signs of Decay give him an increasingly indestructible foundation. 127 130 237 262

Chaos World and Evil Race Conflict

After entering the Chaos World and later the Chaos Sea, Hongxuan advances beyond the Heavenly Dao Realm. He uses formations, avatars, and overwhelming combat power to hunt Evil Race members, while refusing to sacrifice countless lives merely to create opportunities for other Great Desolation cultivators. 408 409 453 462 468

Notable Quotes

“Even a Quasi-Sage or a Sage, he would chase after them with wild abandon. He would never give up.” 6

“Only then could he do what he wanted and protect those he wished to protect.” 12

“Even if he were to achieve Hunyuan or the Heavenly Dao realm in the future, or even transcend the Heavenly Dao. He wouldn't become like those Sages.” 335