Nickname：Tao Master
Name：Tianhong

Image description Tian Hong was born into a family that blended martial arts with medicine. From childhood, he and his brother Wu Ji trained in these twin disciplines.

Tian Hong was steady and reserved—like the still waters of a deep pool, undisturbed and methodical, pursuing mastery through gradual accumulation. In contrast, Wu Ji was impulsive and fierce, immensely gifted yet unruly. His fighting style was a raging wildfire, unstoppable in its fury.

Master Sanfeng was rigorous and favored Tian Hong’s steady temperance, yet he did not heavily reprimand the defiant Wu Ji. He believed all currents would find their own course in time. Decades of experience had taught him that forcing one’s will upon another’s path often bred greater discord.

During a clan tournament, relying on solid fundamentals and unshakable composure, Tian Hong defeated the overeager Wu Ji. Humiliated and enraged, Wu Ji left their homeland in full view of the clan. This victory brought Tian Hong no joy, only sorrow for the rift between brothers. As his final close-range strike sent Wu Ji to the ground, Tian Hong saw not a defeated rival, but a lost soul.

When the World Integration War erupted, the flames of conflict soon reached Tian Hong’s once-peaceful home. After his father stepped down, Tian Hong, as the new head, shouldered the duty of protector.

He rallied neighboring communities and clans to form a united defense. Amidst the chaos, he demonstrated remarkable resolve and leadership, becoming a cornerstone of the resistance. Through brutal campaigns, he came to understand that the highest purpose of martial arts was not in defeating foes, but in using strength to end conflict and secure peace.

After the Juggernaut Descent, anomalies plagued the world. While gathering herbs in the mountains, Tian Hong’s father discovered a peculiar stone within a cliff fissure. It seemed to harbor an unusual energy. Drawing on his family’s dual heritage, the elder sensed this power was not for ordinary people to bear—to meddle with it would invite self-destruction. He sealed it in a secret casket, warning Tian Hong it was an ill omen, never to be used lightly.

Yet, innocence means little when you possess a treasure others crave. A band of desperados, mutated marauders and raiders, caught wind of the Void Stone’s existence and descended upon them. Tian Hong and his father led their kin in defense.

Though they fought fiercely, the outlaws were numerous and ruthless. Tian Hong and his father were soon overwhelmed.

“Go! Take the Void Stone and leave! Survive!”

His father’s voice was hoarse and urgent. He shoved the casket into Tian Hong’s arms and, with his last strength, pushed him toward safety. Tian Hong could only watch as his father was swallowed by the advancing tide.

As Tian Hong faced his end at the cliff’s edge, Wu Ji, long absent, suddenly appeared. His moves were merciless, refined in mercenary bands for killing. In moments, he slaughtered every last raider.

When silence returned, the reunited brothers stood in confrontation amid the carnage. Tian Hong wished for Wu Ji to return home. Wu Ji’s eyes held only greed and craving for the Void Stone.

“Tian Hong, hand it over. I saved your life. You owe me.”

But their father’s warning echoed in Tian Hong’s mind. For Wu Ji’s own sake, he refused.

“Then we have nothing more to say.” Before the words faded, a vicious strike was already aimed at Tian Hong’s face. Brothers crossed hands again after years, but this was no sparring match—it was a fight to the death.

Exhausted in their final clash, as both gathered for one last effort, their combined energies shattered the casket. The Void Stone’s power erupted like a torrent. Tian Hong strained to channel and integrate a portion of it through disciplined breathing and energy control. Wu Ji violently seized and devoured the alien energy.

In the end, Wu Ji, enslaved by the power, vanished in a blaze, leaving behind scorched earth and a gravely wounded Tian Hong.

During his recovery, with Master Sanfeng’s guidance, Tian Hong gradually absorbed and tempered the stone’s energy, slowly harmonizing it with his own life force. Later, a message from Frigga brought news of Wu Ji’s brutal rampage. To sustain his own life, Wu Ji now hunted fleets possessing [Ember Omnicores] with flaming fists, leaving only scorched devastation in his wake.

To halt his brother’s atrocities and end the suffering he caused, Tian Hong resolved to embark on a journey. For him, this path was not mere pursuit. It held a dual purpose: to stop Wu Ji’s reign and prevent deeper calamity for the world, and to seek, beyond the battle and strife, the spark of buried conscience within Wu Ji that might yet be reclaimed…