Jun Wu/History

## Jun Wu

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## Crown Prince of Wuyong

Two thousand years ago, Jun Wu was born as the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Wuyong. He was revered and admired, said to be exceedingly glorious and esteemed. He ascended early and appointed his four vassals, one of which was Mei Nianqing, to the heavens as his deputy gods.

*"Without any exaggeration, even within the sea of gods in the heavenly realm, he was also like the sun, shining so brightly that others next to him would lose their colors."*

In his dreams, Jun Wu foresaw the volcano erupting and destroying the kingdom of Wuyong, so him and his vassals started to make plans for how to save the people. They couldn't stop the volcano, so the only option for the people was to migrate somewhere else. Jun Wu forbid the army to invade and slaughter other kingdoms for the sake of Wuyong's people, but the kingdom still dispatched troops. He was enraged when he found out and descended to the battlefield to punish the soldiers. This angered Wuyong's nobles, and they began to call for the burning of his temples and desecration of his status.

### Heaven Crossing Bridge

Jun Wu remained loyal to his kingdom and would defend it no matter what, but he asked the people to wait with war until he had built the Heaven Crossing Bridge. The bridge would let the people to the heavens to shelter them from the volcano eruption. He was met with opposition, but he was convinced he could accomplish this task. The bridge required an enormous amount of time and spiritual powers. Jun Wu stopped doing anything, including answering prayers, and fully concentrated on building the bridge. At first people supported him, but they soon felt like he wasn't as powerful and dedicated as before. They started to worship other gods, causing the decrease of Jun Wu's own spiritual powers.

Mei Niangqing and the other vassals tried to convince the people to believe in Jun Wu and although some returned to their faith in him, the majority prayed to other gods as Jun Wu couldn't fulfill their individual wishes due to constructing the bridge. Jun Wu asked his vassals to cease trying, and he continued to support the bridge with his own powers. This ordeal took a mental toll on him, and he became more closed off and silent.

Three years after starting the construction, the volcano erupted and the people fled to the bridge. At first, it was stable, but as more masses rushed onto the bridge and because of his deplenished spiritual powers, Jun Wu grew weaker until the bridge finally collapsed. Jun Wu watched all the people who had been on the bridge fall into the sea of flames, while others were engulfed by the lava and ashes. The people went mad and burned his temples, toppled his statues, pierced his heart to mush with blades and cursed him. He questioned Heavenly Officials as to why they didn't help him but in the end, he was banished from the heavens.

### Descent into Madness

After banishment, Jun Wu tried to cultivate and ascend anew, but it was difficult for him to do so as he had lost all his devotees and was met with hate and rejection. He tried to help the people of Wuyong during the crisis after the volcano outbreak, but he couldn't compare to the Heavenly Officials that lended aid.

The only people to still support him were his four vassals, but when he told them the method of sacrificing lives to stop the volcano, they had a huge fight. Jun Wu wanted to throw bad citizens into the Kiln to pacify the fire, thus three vassals left him. They were still worried however and returned to him right as he was guiding people to the Kiln. They tried to stop him, but Jun Wu killed them and threw them down the Kiln along with the other people.

The resentful spirits of the vassals took his body as a host and the faces of the three vassals grew on his own face, thus he started to cover his face and became the first case of the Human Face Disease.

In front of Mei Nianqing and the public however, he simply conducted a ritual near the Kiln. As the volcano started to calm due to the sacrifice, the people believed it was him who tamed the volcano, and they started to worship him again and his cultivation became successful again. Mei Nianqing found the covering of his face as well as his extreme mood swings odd. He also started to hear voices until one day he discovered Jun Wu's face and the truth about what happened to the vassals. Jun Wu had become incredibly emotionally unstable at that point, but still let Mei Nianqing run away.

Soon, the volcano erupted once again and destroyed the entire kingdom of Wuyong.

## Martial God Heavenly Emperor

Jun Wu managed to wipe out all Heavenly Officials to eradicate the existence of Wuyong from history. He took the position of Heavenly Emperor and created a new Heavenly Court, as well as a fake name and legend about his own origin.

### Legend of Origin

According to the made up legend, one thousand and five hundred years ago he was a famed general of a warring era who later proclaimed himself king and ascended after ruling for some time. It is said that a few hundred years before his birth, the gods caused a great calamity and eradicated themselves in a chaotic battle. Jun Wu created a new dynasty of gods and formed a new stable Heavenly Court.

### White No-Face

Jun Wu took interest in Xie Lian due to their similarities, but during Xie Lian's first ascension, his phrase "Body in abyss, heart in paradise" offended Jun Wu deeply, so much so that he decided to start haunting and manipulating Xie Lian under the disguise of White No-Face.

As White No-Face, he caused the fall of Xianle Kingdom and terrorized Xie Lian to convince him that a heart can't remain pure under horrible and traumatizing circumstance. However, he failed and Xie Lian remained unchanged, thus Jun Wu grew extremely vexed.

## Xie Lian's Third Ascension

### Banyue Incident

When Xie Lian discovers Pei Xiu's crimes, Jun Wu calls him to the Great Martial Hall to report what happened in Banyue. After the trial, he concludes Pei Xiu will be exiled for 200 years and he will look into the matter of Hua Cheng's involvement of the Banyue Pass incident at Pei Ming's request.

Jun wu sends every heavenly official outside, only leaving him and Xie Lian alone. Jun Wu then sends Xie Lian out on a mission to Ghost City to investigate an Ascending Fire Dragon Spell that was cast by a Heavenly Official as a call for help.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Novel, Book 5, Chapter 217: Hundred Years of Pain; Thousand Years of Suffering
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Novel, Book 5, Chapter 218: Hundred Years of Pain; Thousand Years of Suffering II
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Novel, Book 5, Chapter 219: Hundred Years of Pain; Thousand Years of Suffering III
4. ↑ Novel, Book 3, Chapter 151: Panic Left and Right; East or West Undecided
5. ↑ Novel, Book 5, Chapter 220: The White Emperor Sets Life and Death Riddles in Secret
6. ↑ Novel, Book 1, Chapter 32: In the Great Martial Hall; Crown Prince Meets Crown Prince
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Novel, book 1, Chpater 33: In the Great Martial Hall; Crown Prince Meets Crown Prince II
8. ↑ Novel, Book 1, Chapter 34: In the Great Martial Hall; Crown Prince Meets Crown Prince III