Yu Hong

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Yu Hong (于宏)
Alias(es)	Zheng Rou; Yu Hu; Yu Huzi; “Hong” 254 530
Species/Race	Human; later an Ermosha–human mixed blood with Moon God-derived traits 508 525 573
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Black Wind Camp; Pure Dust Temple; Ten Thousand Snow Palace lineage; Mutual Aid Alliance / Spirit Light Alliance; Hope City allies 304 328 376 530
Occupation/Role	Cultivator, safe-house builder, researcher, and founder of the Mutual Aid Alliance 201 328
Status	Active 619
First Appearance	Chapter 9 9

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Advanced Physical Training Method	26	Circulates internal cool currents through exercise, sharply reducing fatigue.
Full physical enhancement	82	His body repeatedly expands and contracts; his height increases from roughly 1.7 m to 1.8 m, and a black vortex mark appears on his abdomen.
Inner Qi combat use	190	Imbues a Wolf Tooth Club with Inner Qi, allowing it to shatter Eerie Shadows with light contact.
Observe Self Art, first layer	288	Completes its fear-confrontation requirement, strengthening his will and Heavenly River.
Observe Self Art, sixth level / Taiyuan Orthodox Method, third level	300	Reaches the sixth level of Observe Self Art and the Blue Sun’s third level.
Inferior Moon God Bloodline — Divinity	380	Gains enhanced physique and durability; most damage is reduced to roughly half effectiveness.
Disorder God Heavenly Eye Art, eighth layer	500	Integrates the Immortal General’s Eye; his Inner Force rises substantially and he gains the Disorder God ability.
Qi Refining, fourth layer	518	Advances in the Clear Distant Heavenly River Mystical Art after mastering Heavenly Thunder Palm.
Qi Refining, fifth and sixth layers	520	Uses a vitality-rich well and a Small Dustless Array to advance rapidly.
Foundation Establishment	530	Swallows a Foundation Establishment Pill and formally enters the stage.
Golden Core	542	Forms a Golden Core in half a year; Sculpting Patterns and Binding Thoughts are completed in seconds.
Moon’s Glory / Primal Star God Essence	552	Fuses Divinity further; Moon’s Glory raises his physique by 600% and his height reaches about three meters.
Golden Core Completion	556	Completes final tempering with Carmen Beast Fire, undergoes Core Shedding and Heavenly Tribulation, and reaches completion.
Saint Tiger Form	556	Trait fusion grants ninefold physique enhancement, elevenfold melee destructive power, body-spirit integration, and a foundation for continued growth.
Late Nascent Soul breakthrough pending	574	States that only Heavenly Tribulation remains before entering late Nascent Soul.
Transformation Spirit Stage	579	Identifies himself as a Transformation Spirit cultivator while assessing his greatly enhanced physique and eye techniques.
Return to Emptiness	585	Breaks through amid Purple Thunder Spear tribulation.
Great Vehicle Stage	609	Describes his true cultivation as being at the Great Vehicle Stage, despite his exceptional bloodline-derived power.

Background

Yu Hong first appears as an isolated survivor around White Mound Village. Lin Yi Yi had rescued him, and he initially lived near her while building a safer residence of his own. He kept the Black Mark secret, believing that neither Yi Yi nor Doctor Xu possessed a comparable ability. 10 26

He used the Black Mark to strengthen supplies, training methods, defenses, and later entire cultivation systems. His Enhanced Glowstone work drew the attention of military groups, but he rejected offers to join them because sharing its creation method risked exposing his secret. 21 22

His background is difficult to verify. Hope City’s investigators could only establish that he had suddenly appeared in White Mound Village, while Taizhou police later found no identity record for him in their internal database. 128 283

Appearance

Yu Hong is defined by an increasingly abnormal physique produced by repeated enhancement, cultivation, and trait fusion. He began at roughly 1.7 meters tall, reached 1.8 meters after early full-body enhancement, later measured around 2.2–2.3 meters, and eventually grew to approximately three meters. 82 465 552

• Originally described as a young man in his twenties, about 1.7 meters tall and 67 kilograms. 128
• Possesses a black vortex-shaped mark on his abdomen after full enhancement. 82
• Developed a Golden Small Eye beside his right eye; it carries an erosion and weakening effect. 466
• Uses a one-eyed-dragon-style eyepatch to contain the danger posed by his right eye technique. 431
• His body becomes so dense that powerful binding techniques and high-level spells struggle to restrain or damage him. 423 578

Personality

Yu Hong is cautious, private, and highly pragmatic. He habitually conceals the Black Mark, understates his strength, and uses alternate identities when necessary. Even after becoming a dominant force in Taizhou, he publicly attributed major victories to luck or favorable circumstances. 22 314 327

He is capable of genuine loyalty and protectiveness, especially toward Lin Yi Yi. He repeatedly supports her with medicine and supplies, investigates her disappearance, accepts the USB drive she entrusts to him, and continues to regard her as the person he trusts most. 60 240 439

His compassion is selective rather than naïve. He gives Spirit Light to aging rogue Sorcerers and seeks methods to protect humanity from Eerie Shadows, but he also coerces defeated enemies into his alliance and treats exploitation as a debt to be repaid once he has sufficient power. 304 328 376 497

Abilities & Skills

Black Mark

Yu Hong’s defining secret ability is the Black Mark, which strengthens objects, techniques, medicine, tools, and traits over a set countdown.

• Strengthened the Comprehensive Physical Training Method into a Human Limit Training Method, though the full process would have required 678 days. 21
• Can reduce a strengthening target’s requirements, as demonstrated when he changed the target to Advanced Physical Enhancement and completed it in nine hours. 21
• Produces altered cultivation manuals, including the Water Condensation Art. 220
• Can merge acquired traits, but trait fusion cannot occur simultaneously with item strengthening. 520
• Allows him to develop abilities and equipment far beyond his apparent cultivation level. 551

Physical Combat

Yu Hong’s close-quarters ability is his most consistently recognized strength. He combines exceptional mass, reinforced durability, martial techniques, and explosive movement.

• Withstood Ge Shenghao’s coordinated assault without losing balance; a heavy wooden stick shattered against his body. 100
• Defeated Chen Qidong and another powerful Strengthened Person with one palm strike each. 233
• Uses Seven Feather Fist to rapidly defeat Dao Seed Class disciples. 293
• Uses Thunderclap Leg, powerful punches, and martial skill to defeat Qing Huang’s Undying Triple Body technique. 328
• Saint Tiger Form multiplies his physique and melee destructive power, while integrating body and spirit. 556

Movement Traits

Yu Hong supplements his raw strength with martial traits that improve mobility and burst speed.

• Thunder Speed — Gained from Heavenly Thunder Palm; increases movement, attack speed, Inner Force circulation, and burst speed to 1.7 times normal. 518
• Light Body — Reduces his body weight to 20% of normal, improving movement and explosive speed while reducing impact force. 546
• Cloud Hand — Allows his hands and forearms to disperse into controllable cloud-like gas, extending his reach and sensory feedback through the surrounding area. 546
• Fierce Tiger Form — Increases destructive power fivefold when simulating tiger attacks. 531

Daoist Arts, Fear Shadows, and Spirit Light

Yu Hong cultivates Daoist methods while adapting them for practical combat and large-scale survival.

• Developed a revised Observe Self Jade Spirit Art that produces Spirit Light and prevents ordinary Eerie Shadows from reviving after defeat. 304
• Uses Fear Shadows to extract Grievance Qi from haunted objects. 301
• Commands a fifth-level terror shadow resembling a small Black Giant. 306
• Shares Spirit Light with rogue Sorcerers through the Mutual Aid Alliance, giving aging practitioners a way to survive their declining powers. 328
• Can forcibly fuse defeated Sorcerers into the Spirit Light Alliance; he used this to seize the Seven Fiends Alliance headquarters and absorb more than one hundred elite members. 376

Disorder God Heavenly Eye

His eye cultivation became one of his greatest sources of mental, sensory, and suppressive power.

• Void Finger — Points at a target within one kilometer to impose Spiritual Pressure equal to five times his own Spiritual Power; each use consumes one-fifth of his Spiritual Power. 453
• Myriad Spirits Attraction — Passive art style obtained with the External Eye. 453
• Golden Small Eye — An auxiliary eye near his right eye that applies erosion and weakening. 466
• Disorder God — After reaching the eighth layer of the Heavenly Eye Art, gains the ability to see through falsehoods and control living beings. 500
• Piercing Eye — Raises the piercing effect of eye-based attacks by 500%. 579

Bloodlines and Physique

Yu Hong’s body has evolved through Moon God and Ermosha-related traits.

• Ancient Moon God Divinity — Reduces ordinary damage by 10% and extraordinary damage by 20%, grants authority over Moon God dependents, and provides Moonlight Blessing. 525
• Moon’s Glory — Raises his physique by 600% and removes innate growth limitations through Primal Star God Essence. 552
• Ermosha Body — Gives him one-tenth of a full Ermosha’s strength over time, permanently raises his physique fourteenfold, and hardens his skin against attacks below the Golden Immortal level. 573
• His physical density eventually becomes tougher than top-tier alloys even before further reinforcement effects are considered. 609

Research and Languages

Yu Hong is an adaptive researcher who uses technology and the Black Mark to solve problems outside conventional cultivation.

• Modified and used a Translator to decipher Yingshan Text and other unknown scripts. 202 205 209
• Used the Translator to master the pronunciation and scripts of more than fourteen languages in a single day. 284
• Created Three-Dimensional Symbol Boards capable of storing and amplifying radiation energy. 201
• Studies foreign power systems, including Mage spellcasting and basic arcanist meditation methods. 466 497

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Black Black Spirit / Safe House — A mobile safe house used for travel, cultivation, storage, and later large-scale relocation. 500 587
• Black Ship — Used to cross worlds, explore dangerous regions, and transport allies. 201 416
• Dragon Lizards — Controlled scouts that can share their vision with Yu Hong and fight on his behalf. 201 308
• Translator — A Black Mark-enhanced device that scans, learns, and translates unknown languages. 205 209
• Vast Cold — A Profound Rank Dao Artifact enhanced by a black-purple “xing” stone recovered from the Heavenly River. 300 345
• Constantly Hungry — A Dao Artifact whose true power Yu Hong initially conceals. 327
• External Eye — A seven-colored ocular treasure integrated into his eye socket. 453
• Resurrection Necklace — A powerful item useful against injuries, diseases, toxins, curses, and negative effects, though it has limits. 548 551

Relationships

• Lin Yi Yi — Savior, closest friend, and the person Yu Hong trusts most. He supports her materially, investigates her disappearance, and accepts the USB drive she entrusts to him. 60 240 439
• Quan He — Fellow traveler, junior sister in the Ten Thousand Snow Palace lineage, and frequent cultivation companion. She admires and envies his rapid progress, while he respects her comprehension. 530 542 555
• Jade Snow Child — Master of the Ten Thousand Snow Palace lineage. She accepts Yu Hong’s real name and guides his cultivation through Foundation Establishment and Golden Core stages. 530 542
• Bai Sheng — Senior brother who advises Yu Hong on upright conduct and cultivation priorities. 518 527
• Ku Chan — Trusted ally and companion. He remains loyal to Yu Hong but ultimately chooses not to accompany him further, believing he would become a burden. 416 586
• Chen Yaofeng — Hope City’s First Committee Member and a major political ally. He places hope in Yu Hong’s revised cultivation art and cooperates with him against corruption. 240 304
• Qing Huang — Former assassin hired by the Mud Embryo Sect. Yu Hong defeats and captures him, then gains his loyalty and intelligence on the Seven Fiends Alliance. 328 375
• Zhang Kaijing — Daughter of Zhang Kaijun. Yu Hong reluctantly takes responsibility for her after her father’s death and later promises to continue protecting her. 296 354
• Cheng Shu — Taizhou partner and rogue Sorcerer. She attempts to use her association with Yu Hong to improve her own position, while he remains largely indifferent to her advances. 316

Story Role / Major Arcs

• White Mound Village survival — Builds an independent cave safe house, develops Enhanced Glowstone, and resists recruitment by the United Army to protect the Black Mark’s secret. 21 22
• Black Wind Camp and early expansion — Fortifies his residence, acquires equipment through trade, protects nearby survivors, and grows into an increasingly visible local power. 51 81 127
• Aurora City intervention — Defeats Ge Shenghao, saves Lin Yi Yi’s Investigation Team from the Black Blood Human, receives the USB drive, and attacks the Investigation Department headquarters. 101 239 241
• Taizhou and Pure Dust Temple — Enters the Dao Lineage under the name Zheng Rou, rapidly advances in Observe Self Art, defeats Dao Seed disciples, and becomes one of Pure Dust Temple’s most formidable combatants. 288 293 314
• Mud Embryo Sect conflict — Helps dismantle Mud Embryo Sect strongholds, defeats elite Sorcerers, exposes Zheng Hong’s betrayal, and becomes Taizhou’s leading combat force. 316 324 326
• Mutual Aid Alliance — Establishes an alliance for rogue Sorcerers through Spirit Light, then expands it by defeating and absorbing the Seven Fiends Alliance. 328 376
• Hope City protector — Shares revised cultivation methods, supports Hope City’s defenses, relocates Spirit Alliance members, and works with Chen Yaofeng’s Black Light force. 304 416
• Ten Thousand Snow Palace disciple — Joins Jade Snow Child’s lineage, cultivates from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core Completion, and develops increasingly powerful trait fusions. 530 556
• Source Calamity exploration — Continues traveling through increasingly dangerous regions with the Black Black Spirit, searching for a path through the Great Extinction and a way to save Yi Yi. 586 617

Notable Quotes

“Reality treats me with cruelty, and I will repay it with equal cruelty.” 497

“In essence, I am not a Saint. To be able to conveniently save those around me is the limit of my capabilities.” 439

Trivia

• Yu Hong’s lack of an identity record in Taizhou leads police to suspect that he entered the region as a smuggler. 283
• He initially used “Yu Hu” as an assumed name, but later admitted to Jade Snow Child that his real name was Yu Hong. 508 530
• He learned enough Night Text to communicate at a basic level before relying on the Translator for broader linguistic work. 273
• Despite his immense power, he often describes himself as an ordinary person with good luck. 111 578