Little Crimson

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Little Crimson (小赤) 221
Alias(es)	Bei Gong Hong Shi; Northern Darkness Red Lion 221 350
Species/Race	Flame Radiance Crimson Ancient Lion; a surviving member of the extinct Grave Guardian Clan 614
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Chen Xun's traveling family; Five Elements Sect; Garbage Recycling Plant 223 998
Occupation/Role	Scout, resource-gatherer, array support, and combat companion
Status	Alive; briefly passed away while traveling with Chen Xun, then later awakened after rebuilding what was lost 2308 2415
First Appearance	Chapter 221

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Nascent Soul Realm	221	First documented as a Nascent Soul spirit beast; its unusually strong physical body contrasted with comparatively weak spells and its self-developed Flame Radiance Divine Control. 221
Nascent Soul Middle Stage	244	Reached this stage after Chen Xun and Big Black Ox fed it Thousand Year Spiritual Herbs. 244
Nascent Soul Late Stage	317	A ten-thousand-year Facing Origin Crimson Treasure Fruit loosened its bottleneck, strengthening both its body and divine sense. 317
Spirit Transformation Realm	350	Successfully broke through after discovering a route to enhance its divine sense through yin cold aura and Extinguishing Divine Stones; Chen Xun then recognized it as Fourth Brother. 288 350
Late-Stage Spirit Transformation	420	Advanced rapidly through Facing Origin Crimson Treasure Fruits and pills supplied by Chen Xun. 420
Immortal	1738	Completed Immortal Realm Sublimation in the Ghost River after enduring the Becoming Immortal Tribulation and absorbing ancestral souls. 1737 1738

Background

The Flame Radiance Crimson Ancient Lion Clan was persecuted during the human–spirit beast conflict in Great Li. Its conspicuous bloodline and racial gifts made it a target, and the clan was nearly exterminated; later accounts identify the clan as the extinct Grave Guardian Clan and attribute its destruction to its powerful racial talent and the Grand Micro Purple Immortal Fruit. 222 614 923

Unlike the clan's traditional path of emphasizing its physical body, Little Crimson survived by cultivating divine sense, using it to steal spirit herbs and other resources. This deviation left it with a mutated smaller dog-like form and weaker conventional spells, but gave it exceptional Flame Radiance Divine Sense. 221 223

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox named it Bei Gong Hong Shi and began treating it as a younger brother. Their generosity, including food, cultivation resources, and a divine-sense-concealing artifact, transformed its initial fear of abandonment into enduring loyalty. 221 223 244

Its ancient bloodline preserves inherited memories, an ability Chen Xun later learns is unique to its race. Those memories can temper its Dao Heart, but also made its race exceptionally valuable and vulnerable to persecution. 318

Appearance

Little Crimson usually appears as a mutated red dog-like spirit beast, despite being a Flame Radiance Crimson Ancient Lion. It can return to its true lion form when fighting or advancing, and its immortal ascension revealed the full majesty of its bloodline. 350 1738

• A faint red Flame Radiance mark sits between its brows. 231
• Its true battle form can become a hundred-zhang-long ancient lion. 277
• Its immortal body expanded to a million li during ascension. 1738
• Its immortal form has a blazing crimson mane, golden pupils threaded with purple light, pillar-like limbs, immense golden claws, and an ancient immortal pattern on its brow. 1738
• It frequently hides beneath a tattered cotton quilt when frightened by overwhelmingly powerful enemies. 620 881

Personality

Little Crimson is timid, sly, and intensely practical. Its early life of scavenging, theft, and isolation made it wary of strangers, protective of resources, and quick to seek safety beneath its quilt; it prefers raiding stores of treasure to facing a large frontal battle. 223 684 881

Beneath its opportunistic habits, it is deeply affectionate and loyal. It regards Chen Xun, Big Black Ox, and He Ling as its true family rather than defining itself by bloodline. It repeatedly chooses to remain with them, protects their reputation, and is willing to fight despite fear when they are threatened. 320 467 620 634

It has retained a strong fear of death from its days of struggling to survive. Before its passing, it confessed that it had secretly saved family assets because it feared leaving Chen Xun and wanted to stay beside him forever. 2308

Abilities & Skills

Flame Radiance Divine Sense

Little Crimson's defining ability is a divine-sense path cultivated for survival rather than inherited through its clan's usual physical-body focus. 222 223

• Spreads its perception like a web to probe dangerous locations and identify hidden threats or illusions. 238 239
• Locates spirit beast eggs, herbs, ores, and other resources across the Heaven Severing Great Plains. 313
• Strengthens and controls Five Elements Array Flags during high-pressure travel through the Black Earth Land. 342
• Detected the descent of a Peerless Strong One before its companions sensed the approaching pressure. 974
• Can be enhanced through the interaction of Extinguishing Divine Stones and yin cold aura; this discovery opened its path toward Spirit Transformation. 288

Ancient Lion Bloodline and Inherited Memory

Little Crimson possesses the purest known Flame Radiance Crimson Ancient Lion bloodline among the Northern Border survivors. 319

• Inherits ancient memories that temper its Dao Heart and extend its potential on the immortal path. 318
• Its clan's racial gift is associated with resisting or suppressing Extinguishing Divine Power. 222 319
• Its inherited cultivation technique emerged after its Spirit Transformation breakthrough, giving it a route toward later advancement. 387
• Its bloodline was later exchanged and reforged with Myriad Races Essence Blood, allowing it to endure the strain of absorbing ancestral souls during its Becoming Immortal Tribulation. 1737

True Lion Transformation

Little Crimson can abandon its small altered form and manifest the body of a Flame Radiance Crimson Ancient Lion. 277 350

• Its hundred-zhang lion form can enter battle and wield Flame Radiance at large scale. 277
• Its body, blood, and qi became far stronger than those of ordinary spirit beasts after repeated consumption of Facing Origin Crimson Treasure Fruits. 420
• During its immortal ascension, its true body reached a million li and manifested immortal flames, ancient patterns, and immense physical force. 1738
• Its original cultivation path was constrained by its race's limitations in body-refinement techniques, forcing it to prioritize divine-sense growth. 253

Scouting, Theft, and Cleanup

Little Crimson's survival skills became an established part of Chen Xun's group's operations. 223

• Takes the infiltration role in the group's jokingly described “robbery strategy.” 223
• Searches ruins and ships for corpses, Storage Rings, and useful materials while Chen Xun and Big Black Ox hold off major threats. 239
• Copies sea charts, gathers enemy Storage Rings, and clears traces after battles. 235 236
• Helps destroy evidence while the group refines or evacuates valuable locations. 679
• Records major events with Image Recording Stones, including the thousand years Chen Xun and Big Black Ox spent in the Immortal Prison. 509

Equipment / Items

• Thousand Silk Spiritual Vine — Artifact given by Chen Xun to conceal Little Crimson from divine-sense detection. 223
• Bandit Set — Protective gear that mitigates the Forbidden Sea's will-targeting pressure; Little Crimson had not initially refined it as a Natal Magical Artifact. 238
• Tattered Cotton Quilt — Its habitual shelter when frightened, overwhelmed, or attempting to avoid trouble. 620 881
• Image Recording Stones — A personal favorite used to preserve memories, scenery, and important events for the family. 509 1963

Relationships

• Chen Xun — Eldest brother and protector. Chen Xun named him, supplied his cultivation resources, recognized him as Fourth Brother, and promised to protect him to the end. 221 253 350 2307
• Big Black Ox — Second brother and closest fellow spirit beast. Big Black Ox helped raise Little Crimson's cultivation, worked with it on arrays and resource collection, and shares a teasing sibling dynamic with it. 244 288 342
• He Ling / Little Crane — Third Sister. Little Crimson finds peace in her care, supports her without reservation, and is fiercely protective of her. 345 438 620
• Northern Border Beast King — A distant bloodline relative who initially mistook Little Crimson for an ancestor. Little Crimson refused to let bloodline replace the family it chose. 318 320
• Song Heng — A competitive associate and frequent target of Little Crimson's pranks; they also share ambitions for treasure hunting and wealth. 380 417 923
• Gu Li Sheng — Partner in pranks, expeditions, and resource ventures, including the planned exploration of the Heaven Tomb Ancient Mausoleum. 417 923
• Qian Shan — An ally Little Crimson helped rescue from a battlefield of overwhelming cultivators. 975

Story Role / Major Arcs

Great Li and the Forbidden Sea

Little Crimson joins Chen Xun and Big Black Ox after revealing the history behind the Heaven Severing Great Ravine and the persecution of spirit beasts. It becomes the group's scout and infiltrator during their Forbidden Sea expeditions, including the investigation of an ancient wrecked ship. 221 223 238 239

Realm Battlefield and Northern Border

It initially remains behind to guard the Giant Ship during the Black Earth Land fighting, but later supports the group's formations directly. Its search for a way to strengthen its divine sense leads to its Spirit Transformation opportunity. 277 288 342

Upon returning to the Qian Kingdom's Northern Border, Little Crimson encounters surviving mixed-blood descendants of its clan. It acknowledges their shared history but chooses Chen Xun, Big Black Ox, and He Ling as its real family. 318 320

Garbage Recycling Plant

After entering the Taiyi Great World, Little Crimson embraces the Garbage Recycling Plant's scavenging work, viewing discarded artifacts and materials as the first true family fortune of the Northern Darkness Red Lion. 360

It grows into a Late-Stage Spirit Transformation cultivator, seeks a dharma manifestation before entering Void Refinement, and eventually leaves Spotless Immortal Ridge to establish a lair and pursue greater strength. 420 445

Separation, Reunion, and Wider Expeditions

Chen Xun leaves Little Crimson behind during a dangerous journey because, unlike Chen Xun and Big Black Ox, Little Crimson cannot rely on their revival contingency. It accepts the duty of remaining with He Ling, then reunites with Chen Xun after a thousand years and presents recordings of everything that occurred during their absence. 467 509

It later participates in extraterritorial battles, cleansed Star Fragments, ruins expeditions, and rescues of allies while continuing to favor resource acquisition and careful retreat over reckless confrontation. 677 679 923 975

Immortal Ascension and Return

Little Crimson undergoes its Becoming Immortal Tribulation in the Ghost River, accepting the power of its ancestral souls and completing Immortal Realm Sublimation. Its ascension forces witnesses to reconsider the limits of immortal-body refinement. 1737 1738

Much later, it passes away beside Chen Xun after revealing the assets it had saved for the family, but eventually awakens and resumes traveling with Chen Xun and He Ling. 2308 2415

Notable Quotes

“Since I have already boarded the flying vessel of my two big brothers, I, Bei Gong Hong Shi, will never regret it!” 223

“Wherever you go... I go.” 320

“Brother Xun, your little brother isn't going anywhere. I'm following you!” 467

Trivia

• Little Crimson considers Image Recording Stones one of the greatest creations in the Cultivation World. 1963
• It became highly frugal after growing up with Chen Xun and Big Black Ox, often treating any free item or discarded material as valuable family property. 647 650
• Although normally timid, it has a reputation for charging into danger to protect Chen Xun. 634