Hongjun picked up a very stupid dog who was shamelessly disloyal to him.
The dog was great at wrecking the place. When Hongjun woke from meditation to find the Purple Cloud Palace in ruins, Haotian and Yaochi were the ones who suffered.
The dog fell for a certain jade rabbit and lounged around Guanghan Palace every day, refusing to leave. The rabbit and Chang'e suffered for it, and even the pressure of Dao Ancestor Hongjun made them want to cry.
The dog had a friend named Xiaotian. Whenever Yang Jian teased Xiaotian, the dog would tag along and bite the plates.
Calmly, Hongjun pulled a jade plate from his sleeve and tossed it... a little too hard by accident. It flew far away, piercing through the primordial world. Smiling, he said to the dog, "Didn't you want to play the plate-tossing game?"
The dog ran all over the primordial world with tears in its eyes. Hongjun threw the plate again, and the dog went to fetch it. Again and again, until its legs nearly gave out.
"Will you behave now?"
The dog flopped onto the ground, panting with its tongue out. "I'll never run off again, Dao Ancestor!"
"Good dog. Here's a bone as a reward." Hongjun finally got to pet his dog.
Theme: Dogs are important companions to humankind.
