Yuhong

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Background / History

Protector of the Li Household

Yuhong attained the Dao on White Jade Mountain, established his seat there, and constructed a Purple Mansion grand array using the mountain’s natural jade marrow. For hundreds of years, he personally defended the Li Household’s territory of three mountains, one river, and one pass. By the time Li Zhengjun called him “Grandfather,” more than two hundred years had passed since anyone had addressed him by a term of kinship rather than “True Person” 4 8 25.

When the spiritual atmosphere began turning against the Three Yang Dao Lineages approximately a century earlier, Yuhong overruled opposition and directed younger clansmen toward Frozen Water cultivation. This preserved the household’s cultivation continuity, although it left its successors dependent on resources outside its original Bright Yang inheritance. He spent thirty years nurturing the Thawing Ice Bright Jade, a Frozen Water spiritual object that increased the chance of attaining Purple Mansion by five percent 4 26.

His family suffered repeated calamities. His eldest son died competing for treasures in a grotto-heaven, his second son Li Chenwei was dismembered by Devil Cultivators, and his third son—Li Zhengjun’s father—was cursed to death by a shaman. His fourth son, Li Chenjun, remained active. Yuhong later explained that the Bright Yang fate known as Solitary Ruler exposed a cultivator’s children to calamities, particularly when their father’s fate weakened 47 48 50.

Crimson Firmament Mountain and the Lesser Cold River

Yuhong was the only nearby Purple Mansion cultivator to answer True Person Zhaohuan’s appeal when Crimson Firmament Mountain came under attack. Their shared Three Yang affiliation and Yuhong’s desire to secure a future ally for his household motivated his intervention. Together they repelled two veteran Purple Mansion attackers, but Yuhong was wounded and expended three trump cards 4.

Upon discovering that Li Chenwei had crushed his soul jade to summon aid, Yuhong returned without treating his injuries. He reached the Lesser Cold River too late to prevent Chenwei’s mutilation, but stabilized his surviving true spirit and killed the remaining Immortal Foundation tormentors. He then located Li Zhengjun and recovered the Thawing Ice Bright Jade 4.

Initially mistaking Zhengjun’s unexplained disappearance for another Purple Mansion cultivator’s interference, Yuhong sealed the surrounding Great Void and questioned him through Entering the Bright Hall. The ability revealed no possession or coercion, but could not recover memories of Zhengjun’s time in the other world 4.

Establishing the Two-Realm Enterprise

At Chongming Hall, Li Zhengjun demonstrated travel between the Yuyu Realm and the Great Scarlet Realm. Yuhong recognized that the opportunity exceeded his understanding. Once he confirmed that Yuyu cultivation methods worked there and that native-born descendants could potentially be brought back, he committed the household’s resources to Zhengjun’s cultivation and the conquest of the other realm 5.

Yuhong arranged the first expedition of ten clansmen, ordered that unwilling candidates must not be forced to participate, and personally reforged Zhengjun’s body with nine Immortal Foundation spiritual items. He entrusted Zhengjun with the seventh-tier high-grade Double Radiance Bright Yang Breathing Scripture, explaining that its practitioner needed a ruler’s position—something Zhengjun could establish in the Great Scarlet Realm without exposing himself at home 6 7.

He subsequently assembled nine veteran advisers, commissioned suitable talismans and formations, and equipped Zhengjun for the campaign against Daoist Lu. After the expedition eliminated all thirty-eight Devil Cultivators without losing a warrior, Yuhong entered the ten pioneers’ names into the Radiant Brightness Pavilion and ordered support for their families 12 13 15 25.

Securing the Succession

Yuhong authorized Li Zhengchen to organize divisions for conquest, logistics, and intelligence as the two-realm operation expanded. With a new source of Frozen Water resources available, he also instructed Zhengchen to stop yielding to the Luo Household and Hundred Fei Sect’s economic pressure 27.

He later admitted that the household’s supposedly hidden Purple Mansion seed had never existed: the story was a bluff intended to mislead rivals and shield Li Chenjun. He proposed raising a genuine candidate among the Great Scarlet Realm’s descendants to draw attention away from Zhengjun and Chenjun 48.

To strengthen Zhengjun’s foundation and secure his branch’s descendants, Yuhong sought True Person Dayu’s help. He obtained pills and bodily refinement for his grandson while negotiating an agreement to cultivate her Clear Heart Spirit Fruit trees, with seventy percent of the harvest guaranteed to the Li Household 49 50.

Zhaohuan’s Final Battle

When the gravely injured Zhaohuan sought refuge, Yuhong treated him and used his mystic stele’s inscription to explain the Temporal Sequences governing the rise and decline of related Dao Lineages. He concluded that Sunset Rosy Clouds had appeared prematurely and suspected a deliberate campaign against the Three Yang 67.

Yuhong agreed to preserve Zhaohuan’s grandson, Gao Yuning, through the Li Household’s secret access to the Great Scarlet Realm. After witnessing Zhaohuan’s death and the early manifestation of the Radiant Bright Blessed Land, he staged Yuning’s death before the Sunset Rosy Clouds cultivators. Zhengjun had actually transported the boy and his true spirit to safety. Back at White Jade Mountain, Yuhong suspected that the attackers were acting for Falling Sunset Mountain 67 68 69.

Personality

Yuhong deliberately cultivates a reputation for ferocious retaliation. With his lifespan nearly exhausted and neighboring powers probing for weakness, he presents himself as someone willing to drag an opponent down with him. This posture is calculated deterrence rather than proof that he has become helpless or irrational 4.

Toward his descendants, his imposing manner conceals considerable tenderness. Zhengjun’s expedition leaves him unable to eat or sleep peacefully, and he repeatedly places the explorers’ lives above supplies, secrecy, or immediate gains. He also insists that service receive proper recognition, rejecting Li Zhengchen’s concern that honoring Li Yuankai might appear to favor his own son 8 12 15 25.

He is pragmatic about his limitations: he considers himself better at fighting than detailed administration and delegates accordingly. His caution extends even to trusted friends—he inspects Dayu’s pills because confidence in the refiner does not guarantee control over everyone handling the ingredients 12 50.

Abilities & Skills

Bright Yang Cultivation

Yuhong is a Purple Mansion True Person with three Divine Abilities; his Bright Yang lineage is particularly feared for its killing power 4.

• His willingness to fight to mutual destruction deters two Purple Mansion observers from obstructing his return to the Lesser Cold River 4.
• He manifests a dharma form and annihilates the area within his Law Treasure’s reach while sparing Li Zhengjun 4.
• He uses Bright Yang power to dispel most of an old Quail Fire injury affecting Zhaohuan, though he can only stabilize the latter’s condition 67.

Entering the Bright Hall

His life-bound Divine Ability manifests an imperial immortal court whose authority suppresses those brought inside 4.

• Discerns cause and effect, distinguishes truth from falsehood, and traces the past 4 25.
• Can suppress even a Purple Mansion cultivator of the same stage; Yuhong restrains its force when questioning Zhengjun 4.
• Cannot inspect Zhengjun’s experiences in the Great Scarlet Realm or calculate the expedition’s affairs there 4 25.

Great Void Travel and Concealment

Yuhong crosses the Great Void unaided and transports others within his sleeve 4 6 49.

• Conceals companions’ presences and blocks attempts to spy on their fate 6.
• Shelters juniors from the lethal spillover of Purple Mansion combat and enables them to observe it 68.
• Cannot enter Zhaohuan’s final battlefield once its surrounding Great Void has been sealed 68.

Bodily Refinement and Cultivation Instruction

Yuhong uses penetrating dawnlight and spiritual materials to cleanse and reconstruct Zhengjun’s body before teaching him the household’s Bright Yang inheritance 6 7.

• Reforges flesh, bones, and meridians using nine Immortal Foundation spiritual items 7.
• Explains the scripture’s requirement for sovereign authority and guides Zhengjun through difficult passages 7.
• Advises on sword nurturing, cultivation foundations, fate, and the preparations needed before Qi Ingestion 13 27 52.

Formation Knowledge

Yuhong can create large numbers of simple Fetal Breath formations with little effort, but recognizes that a formation must also be usable by its intended operators 12.

• Establishes White Jade Mountain’s Purple Mansion grand array, which isolates the Great Void and blocks Divine Sense 4.
• Commissions a reliable palace-sealing formation that only three or four Fetal Breath cultivators need to deploy 12.
• Cannot prevent Zhengjun’s mirror-assisted realm travel, even within the sealed Chongming Hall 4.

Strategy and Statecraft

Yuhong provides the framework for the Li Household’s expansion while leaving detailed administration to specialist elders 7 12.

• Assess the opposition: investigate powerful forces before committing to conquest 7.
• Justify campaigns: give expansion a defensible purpose rather than relying on strength alone 7.
• “Nurture your power with people, and nurture your lands with power”: develop local support and enough personnel to defend acquired territory 7.
• “Nibble away like a silkworm; do not swallow like a whale”: expand cautiously rather than acquiring more than the household can hold 7.
• Uses false succession rumors, controlled public appearances, and staged deaths to protect valuable descendants 48 49 69.

Limitations

• Solitary Ruler: his Bright Yang fate gathers subordinate fortune into himself and exposes his children to recurring calamities 48.
• Limited lifespan: he considers life extension especially difficult for a Bright Yang cultivator and places his hopes in the household’s succession instead 7.
• Mystic Mirror: its golden hall overwhelms his Divine Sense, leaves him unable to resist, and erases his memory of what he perceived 52.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Great Sun Radiant World-Suppressing Mystic Stele — His life-bound Law Treasure. Its inscriptions become a golden barrier capable of sealing the Great Void across dozens of miles; it also records teachings about the twelve Temporal Sequences 4 67.
• Bright Yang armory — A collection of weapons and armor ranging from Fetal Breath to Immortal Foundation grade, stored in Chongming Hall’s rear chamber 13.
• Bright Radiance Evil-Suppressing Mystic Light Armor — Given to Zhengjun for automatic protection, especially against Devil Cultivators. Yuhong withholds a more conspicuous Immortal Foundation-grade suit to avoid attracting attention 13.
• Luminous Brightness — A sword originally forged for his youngest son, then given to Zhengjun alongside the One Qi Luminous Radiance World-Suppressing Instruction. It can grow with its wielder and eventually become a life-bound Law Treasure 13.

Relationships

• Li Zhengjun — Grandson, surviving descendant of Yuhong’s third son, and the central hope of his succession plan. Yuhong becomes his principal patron and cultivation mentor 5 7 50.
• Li Chenwei — Second son. Yuhong stabilizes his true spirit after Devil Cultivators dismember him; Zhengjun vows to find the resources needed to awaken him 4 47.
• Li Chenjun — Youngest son and a gifted Frozen Water cultivator. Yuhong protects his prospects through the fabricated hidden-seed story and consults him on the Frozen Water path 47 48.
• Li Zhengchen — Grandson and current household head. Yuhong entrusts him with expedition resources, administrative expansion, and negotiations with hostile suppliers 5 6 27.
• True Person Dayu — Close friend and pill-refining ally. Their cooperation includes reciprocal assistance, careful negotiation, and treatment for Yuhong’s descendants 49 50.
• True Person Zhaohuan — Fellow Three Yang cultivator whom Yuhong aids in battle and later treats. Yuhong preserves Zhaohuan’s surviving family line after his death 4 67 69.
• Gao Yuning — Zhaohuan’s grandson. Yuhong secures his escape while also recognizing his potential as a capable fighter for Zhengjun’s expedition 67 69.
• True Person Mingxin — Hostile Hundred Fei Sect cultivator who probes Yuhong’s condition and seeks to sever the Li Household’s Bright Yang succession 4.
• Luo Hao — Longstanding acquaintance from the Luo Household. Despite friction between their juniors, Yuhong accepts his apology and preserves the prospect of continued cooperation 68 69.

Notable Quotes

“In that case, from this day forward, my Li Household will devote all its strength to supporting your cultivation and begin the conquest of the other world.” 5

“Spiritual resources are not the issue. Your lives are.” 8

“Zhengjun, as long as you can reach Purple Mansion, as long as the Li Household can continue, I can die without regrets.” 7