Hong Su-ryeong | Regressor's Tale of Cultivation Wiki

"If our lives bloom and wither in an instant, isn't even this short moment before imminent destruction part of my life? As a cultivator who has studied the Lightning Path Method for hundreds of years, as a sword cultivator, I! Even if it's just the form of death, I want to entrust it to you, not the heavens!"

Hong Su-ryeong was a Grand Elder of the Golden Divine Heavenly Thunder Sect at the Heavenly Being stage. She was Seo Eun-hyun's Dao Companion while he was in the sect.

Overview

In the 17th cycle, she surreptitiously arranged for Seo Eun-hyun to be assigned as her dual cultivation partner. Their relationship bloomed over their unexpected shared love for martial arts, which eventually developed into feelings for each other.

Besides Lightning Path Methods, she also practiced sword formations using 16 flying sword dharma treasures named Extinguishing Lightning Inner Heavenly Temple. It worked by imprinting the principles of the Eight Trigrams into the flying swords and operating them based on the 14 stars of Qi Refining. Her mastery over flying sword techniques reached the martial realm of Five Energies Converging at the Origin, and with Seo Eun-hyun's guidance, she reached Ultimate Pinnacle at the end of her life.

History

In the 17th cycle, Seo Eun-hyun failed to seal the Heavenly Lightning Banner, Zhengli, in the Head Realm. A punitive force led by Jeon Myeong-hoon recovered the stolen Banner. Seo Eun-hyun and Hong Fan were sealed during the conflict.

Eight years later, the Owner of Heavenly Punishment used Zhengli's attraction force to target the Bright Cold Realm to retrieve their Immortal Treasure. Zhengli cast judgement on the Golden Divine Heavenly Thunder Sect, dooming every person affiliated with the sect to calamity.

During this calamity, Hong Su-ryeong began to lose her sanity. Before her fated end, she wished for a final duel with Seo Eun-hyun. Rather than dying to heaven, she wished to die to his blade. Seo Eun-hyun drew out his 3000 Colourless Glass Swords. Hong Su-ryeong burned her cultivation and lifespan, temporarily reaching Four-Axis in strength. Their duel destroyed the mountainside, and Hong Su-ryeong died there.

Upon reascension to the Bright Cold Realm in a later cycle, Seo Eun-hyun discovered that his regression point had changed. Hong Su-ryeong, along with those who died during the calamity, are irrevocably dead.

Relationships

Love Interests

Seo Eun-hyun (Dual Cultivation Partner)

Prowess

Peak Cultivation Heavenly Being (천인/天人)

Peak Martial Realm Ultimate Pinnacle (등봉조극/登峰造極)

References

Chapter 227 - "As expected. It was a good decision to coerce Senior Brother Jin into making you my dual cultivation partner."
Chapter 260 - Final duel with Seo Eun-hyun.
Chapter 263 - Zhengli's judgement.
Chapter 261 - "If we cannot overcome fate, can't we at least make choices within fate's confines?"