Huo Yuhao

Biodata

Power Progression

Background

Huo Yuhao is the son of White Tiger Duke Dai Hao and a maid identified in the sky screen’s account as Dai Yun’er. His mother has no recognized status in the household and suffers years of abuse from the Duchess after his birth. They live in severe poverty, with inadequate shelter, food, and clothing; his mother is beaten even for taking bread to feed him 46 63.

His mother eventually dies. Huo Yuhao’s memories of hunger, hard labor, and her inability to obtain treatment later shape both his hostility toward the Duke’s household and his ambition to protect commoners from powerful families 46 59 61.

By the time Lin Feng takes him from his original spacetime, Huo Yuhao has become a prominent figure in Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect. He has just reached level eighty and is preparing to attend the Sea God Matchmaking Convention 44 58.

Personality

Huo Yuhao is fiercely protective of the Soul Beasts who share his spiritual world. He treats the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as both mentor and father figure, and immediately attacks the earlier Tang San after hearing him demand the Ice Empress’s and Snow Empress’s sacrifices 44.

His reverence for the legendary Tang San erodes as he encounters the man behind the historical image. He becomes increasingly determined to choose his own future, explicitly rejecting the God King’s claim that he must return to fulfill a predetermined destiny 46 51 57.

He is capable of pragmatic bargaining and severe retaliation, but remains conflicted about cruelty. Although he dislikes Rhinedottir’s experiments and initially rejects indiscriminate punishment, the chance to revive his loved ones persuades him to surrender the White Tiger Duke’s nine familial branches to her. He refuses other punishments proposed by the Star Luo Emperor, including selling the Duchess to a brothel and making Dai Huabin a eunuch 64 65.

His growing interest in political power is tied to reform rather than prestige alone. He wants a society where ordinary people—and the future daughter he imagines having with Wang Dong’er—can live without fearing abuse by the powerful 61 65.

Abilities & Skills

Soul Power and Combat

• Defeats Ice Bear King Xiaobai before his displacement through time 44.
• Overwhelms the earlier, Hilichurl-transformed Tang San and beats him unconscious; this opponent is distinct from the God King Tang San of Huo Yuhao’s own spacetime 44.
• Displays several red Soul Rings when proving his identity to the Star Luo Emperor 61.
• Judges his strength sufficient to suppress resistance in the earlier Star Luo Empire, where no Titled Douluo-level experts are openly present 61 67.

Spiritual World and Soul Beast Support

• Houses the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress within his spiritual world 42.
• Travels into the earlier spacetime with the future versions of these companions 51.
• Receives transferred power from the Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and others during his intervention at Shrek Academy 66.

Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track

• Uses the movement technique to escape the Clear Sky Sect after its elders respond to his fight with Tang San 44.

Life-Force Expenditure

• Burns a small portion of his life to reach Shrek Academy before Xuan Zi attacks Klee 66.
• Estimates the expenditure will cost him a few months of lifespan 66.

Leadership and Administration

• Forces Shrek Academy’s leaders to accept his orders by threatening to leave if they refuse 66.
• Chooses the earlier Star Luo Empire as a reform base because his Dai ancestry gives him a legitimate claim and its weaker opposition makes implementation easier 67.
• In the foretold future, chairs the Great God Realm committee, with authority to convene meetings, represent the realm externally, coordinate daily affairs, and make nominations 42.

Equipment & Items

• Buddha’s Fury Tang Lotus — A golden, nine-petaled Tang Sect weapon. Its petals destroy both kidneys of the earlier Tang San, whose attempt to repair them with Sea God Divine Power fails 44.
• Ten-thousand-year Profound Ice Marrow — Absorbed to reach level eighty before his displacement 44.
• Teyvat Fried Eggs — Accepts Rhinedottir’s offer of two resurrection items in exchange for the White Tiger Duke’s nine familial branches. Uses one to revive the Duchess for punishment 64 65.
• Cultivation resources — Supplies Zhu Zhuqing with resources that help her secure freedom from forced marriage arrangements by the Star Luo Empire and Zhu Family 65.

Relationships

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm / Tian Meng — Brother, master, and father-like mentor. His future self accompanies Huo Yuhao across time, advises him against becoming Tang San’s son-in-law, and supports his reform ambitions 42 44 51 65.
• Ice Empress — Life-and-death companion and major contributor to his foretold godhood. Her future self favors remaining in the new spacetime and seeking a way to revive Dong’er 42 51.
• Snow Empress — Goddaughter and spiritual-world companion; shares his life-and-death bonds and helps supply power during the Shrek confrontation 42 44 66.
• His mother — The central figure behind his revenge and concern for impoverished commoners. The account primarily calls her Dai Yun’er, with one passage using Huo Yun’er 46 63.
• Dai Hao — Father and target of his resentment. Huo Yuhao arranges for the earlier Star Luo Emperor to punish him as an unfilial descendant 59 65.
• White Tiger Duchess and Dai Huabin — Members of the household he confronts over his mother’s abuse. He revives the deceased Duchess, strips her of noble status, and surrenders the punished group to Rhinedottir 63 65.
• Wang Dong’er — Beloved whom he hopes to resurrect. Imagining a daughter with her strengthens his resolve to create a safer society 51 64 65.
• Tang Wutong — Wife in the future shown by the sky screen. The displaced Huo Yuhao states that he does not know her at his current point in life 42 51.
• Tang San — Foretold father-in-law and supporter of his divine advancement. Huo Yuhao attacks the earlier version and later refuses the future God King’s attempt to take him home by force 42 44 57.
• Hu Tao — Protector and contractual business partner. He offers funeral business from his affiliated institutions in exchange for her protection, and she accompanies him afterward 58 59 61.
• Star Luo Emperor — Distant ancestor who accepts him as crown prince and later helps punish Dai Hao and the Duchess 61 65.
• Zhu Zhuqing — Paternal ancestress recruited for his return to the Duke’s mansion. He treats her well and gives her cultivation resources 59 63 65.
• Lin Feng — Transports him ten thousand years into the past without consent. Huo Yuhao later considers seeking his patronage but does not secure it in the supplied account 43 44 51.
• Rhinedottir — A transactional ally whose experiments he detests. He nevertheless accepts her resurrection-item bargain 64 65.
• Jiang Nannan — Firmly supports his plan to reform the earlier Star Luo Empire 67.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Foretold God King and Soul Beast Advocate

The sky screen first presents Huo Yuhao as a future chairman of the Douluo Great God Realm, a realm formed through collisions with other Divine Realms and containing twelve God Kings. He succeeds the Light God King, who previously succeeded Tang San 42.

His close Soul Beast ties make this revelation politically significant. Bibi Dong and Gu Yuena reason that he could use lawful recommendations, appointments, habitat proposals, and protection to improve the clan’s standing. These are their assessments of his potential influence, not a record of policies he has already enacted 42 43.

Displacement and the Clear Sky Sect Fight

After the earlier Tang San invokes his future relationship with Huo Yuhao to demand sacrifices from Tian Meng, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress, Lin Feng reaches across time and deposits Huo Yuhao before him 43.

Believing the Hilichurl-transformed man is impersonating the revered Tang San, Huo Yuhao attacks him with the Buddha’s Fury Tang Lotus and then beats him unconscious. He escapes the Clear Sky Sect and learns through the sky screen that he has arrived ten thousand years before his own era 44.

Reassessment of History and Destiny

While traveling through the Heaven Dou Empire, Huo Yuhao discovers that Spirit Hall provides free Martial Soul awakenings and financial subsidies. Remembering his mother’s poverty and death, he questions the historical portrayal of Spirit Hall and Tang San 46.

After reuniting with the earlier versions of his Soul Beast companions, he also begins to suspect that the God King Tang San of his own spacetime has influenced his life. He decides to remain in the earlier era for the time being, hoping it may offer a way to revive Dong’er 51.

The future Tang San follows the still-open spatial tunnel and attempts to retrieve him. Huo Yuhao refuses, then gains Hu Tao’s protection by promising her thousands of funeral-service orders and signing a contract 55 57 58 59.

Claim to the Star Luo Succession

Inspired by the Heaven Dou Empire’s abolition of slavery, redistribution of land, tax reductions, and law-enforcement reforms, Huo Yuhao decides to seek power in Star Luo 61.

He fights into the imperial palace, identifies himself as Dai Yuhao, and demonstrates his Soul Rings. The emperor accepts his ancestry and agrees to replace Dai Weisi with him as crown prince, promising an immediate investiture ceremony 61.

Revenge at the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion

Huo Yuhao returns to his native spacetime with Hu Tao, Zhu Zhuqing, and the earlier Star Luo Emperor. Learning that the Duchess is already dead complicates his revenge, until Rhinedottir offers resurrection items in exchange for the Duke’s nine familial branches 63 64.

He accepts, resurrects the Duchess, and forces the household’s abusers to kneel before his mother’s memorial tablet. The earlier emperor whips Dai Hao and the Duchess, while Huo Yuhao has her reduced to commoner status. He then allows Rhinedottir to take the group away for experimentation 65.

Taking Control of Shrek Academy

When Bei Bei reports that Klee has destroyed Shrek’s Sea God Island and Xuan Zi intends to retaliate, Huo Yuhao rushes back at the cost of some lifespan. He strikes Xuan Zi and explains the danger posed by Klee’s connection to Lin Feng 65 66.

He orders an assessment of the academy’s losses, removal of the statues honoring Tang San and the others, and Xuan Zi’s confinement. Shrek’s leaders accept rather than risk losing him or provoking retaliation. Subsequent information reinforces their decision to comply 66 67.

Cross-Spacetime Reform Plans

Huo Yuhao brings the Shrek Seven Devils to the earlier Douluo spacetime to begin reforming Star Luo. In his native era, the Star Crown Xu Family has held the throne for over four thousand years, leaving him without a convincing claim to seize it 67.

He therefore plans to establish successful reforms under the earlier Dai dynasty first, then gradually introduce them into the Peerless Tang Sect spacetime. Jiang Nannan immediately commits herself to supporting the project 67.

Notable Quotes

“I’m not going back. To hell with destiny. All I know is that my fate is mine to decide.” 57

“Of course, it’s carrying out reforms in the Star Luo Empire on the Douluo Continent and in the Peerless Tang Sect. So that the common people of the world will never again have to suffer bullying at the hands of the powerful.” 65