Huli

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Huli (胡狸)
Alias(es)	Demon Fox Girl; Nine-tailed Demon Fox
Species/Race	Nine-tailed Demon Fox
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Yu Sheng and the Otherworld Inn's companions
Occupation/Role	Combatant; Yu Sheng's ally in Otherworld incidents
First Appearance	Chapter 14

Background

Huli was found starving in the ruins of a dilapidated temple within Nightfall Valley. Isolated for years and reduced to scavenging rotten vegetable leaves, she was startled to encounter Yu Sheng and initially questioned whether he was truly human. After he shared his food, she introduced herself by name. 14

She had previously witnessed the awakening of the Dark Angel in Nightfall Valley, an event that killed her parents. Her memories of her original home are incomplete due to both her youth when she left and the long torment she endured in the Otherworld. 51 68

After being rescued from Nightfall Valley, Huli was brought to Yu Sheng's home. Yu Sheng offered her a place to stay and asked her to help confront Otherworld entities; she accepted, trusting his ability to open the “Netherworld Passage” and protect her from being trapped again. 58 60

Huli later confirmed that she came from outside the world. Her scattered memories describe a homeland shaped by powerful “Heavenly Beings,” with starships, artifact spirits, regulated flight paths, and an Order of the Stars advocating a particularly forceful version of “peaceful coexistence.” 68 157 214

Appearance

Huli is a beautiful fox girl with silver-white hair, fluffy white fox ears, golden-red eyes, and multiple silver-white tails. She is approximately 1.6 meters tall in human form. 14 60 67

• Can conceal or reveal her ears and tails. 60 67
• Her tails are large, fluffy, and strong enough to inadvertently throw Eileen across a room. 60
• Her true form is a giant Nine-tailed Demon Fox, often surrounded by blue fox fire. 192 345
• Can also transform into a smaller fox form. 687

Personality

Huli is straightforward, sincere, and initially naïve about modern human life. Having spent years trapped and hungry, she approaches safety, warm food, and ordinary domestic life with intense appreciation. She eagerly learns table manners, bathroom use, shopping customs, and other unfamiliar habits. 58 67 68

She is deeply loyal to Yu Sheng, whom she calls “Benefactor,” and readily places herself in danger to protect him and their companions. Her usual gentleness and food-focused nature contrast sharply with her decisive combat behavior. 50 60 665

Despite often seeming muddled or slow to consider complicated matters, Huli can show perceptiveness and maturity. She recognizes Eileen's childlike mental age beneath her unusual history, notices Luna's unspoken concerns, and accepts that the wrecked immortal shuttle should be studied rather than preserved solely as a link to her past. 214 595 596

Abilities & Skills

Nine-tailed Demon Fox Transformation

Huli can assume a massive Nine-tailed Demon Fox form for high-speed movement and combat. 192 345 398

• Runs at extreme speed, including through outer space. 344 345
• Leaves blue flames and sonic booms while accelerating. 192 345
• Battles demonic beasts directly in her true form. 398
• Can expand her fox-fire form to a much larger scale in near-Earth orbit. 418

Refined Tails

Huli’s tails have distinct practical and combat functions gained through refinement. 67

• One tail serves as a storage space for objects. 61 67
• Other tails can provide warmth, function as blankets, or manipulate and carry objects. 67
• Can be launched as blue-fire projectiles; one such tail forced a flesh-and-blood behemoth into Yu Sheng’s gate. 50
• Can act as escort “Fox Cannon Drones” for White Cut and Salt Baked. 686
• Her tails are durable enough that Eileen cannot bite through them. 561

Fox Fire and Spiritual Energy

Huli wields blue fox fire and spiritual energy for offense, detection, and material work. 50 285 396

• Charged her tail with blue spirit fire before firing it as a projectile. 50
• Melted Profound Iron during the construction of Eileen’s new body. 285
• Reacts quickly to threats, spreading fox fire through the surrounding air. 396
• Uses divine sense to scan for unstable energy fields. 593
• Launches spiritual-light signals and deploys White Cut and Salt Baked as aerial scouts. 686

Healing Arts

Huli can heal injuries through runes and golden-red energy. 186 188

• Healed an Angel Cultist’s severe injuries at a visible speed. 186
• Is capable of accidentally injuring an opponent with overwhelming force before clumsily healing them. 188
• Notes that Yu Sheng’s rapid deaths and Eileen’s doll nature usually leave little need or time for her healing. 186

Ultimate Orbital Bombardment

Huli possesses a powerful technique taught by her mother, usable only when she is well-fed and has open sky above her. 418

• Ascends into orbit in giant fox form and forms complex runes at her nine tails. 418
• Absorbs and manipulates the bombardment’s energy against a target below. 419
• Used the technique to destroy the crystal forest threatening to transmit a signal to Shu Ji. 418 419
• Leaves her extremely hungry, unable to move temporarily, and vulnerable enough to become embedded headfirst in the ground. 418 419 420

Shapeshifting

Huli can alter between human, giant fox, and small fox forms. 60 192 687

• Can hide her ears and tails for public outings. 67
• Cannot alter her height as freely as more powerful demon foxes. 67
• Uses small fox form for nimble exploration and scent-based searching. 687

Equipment & Items

• Spirit Fox Profound Iron — basic material from Huli’s homeland used to forge artifact spirits; an ingot she discarded later developed a machine spirit. 274
• Immortal shuttle — a buried interstellar spacecraft believed to originate from her homeland; Huli allowed others to study its wreckage. 214
• White Cut and Salt Baked — Huli’s rapidly transformed “divine chickens,” which she uses as aerial scouts. 283 686
• Temporary Mobile Immortal Driving License — issued to authorize Huli’s movement through near-space in fox form. 344

Relationships

• Yu Sheng — Her “Benefactor,” rescuer, housemate, and trusted ally. Huli accepts his offer of a home and promises to fight beside him; he remains committed to helping her find her homeland. 14 60 157
• Eileen — Housemate and frequent bickering partner. Their relationship develops into playful, sibling-like scuffles and cooperation in dangerous situations. 60 67 561 593
• Luna — Companion whom Huli quietly supports, including by considering how Luna might reunite with her family. 595 596
• Huli’s parents — Killed during the Dark Angel incident in Nightfall Valley. Huli keeps their canine teeth and regards them as the connection through which she has already “found” them. 51 60
• White Cut and Salt Baked — Her cherished chickens, which she raises, worries over, and later deploys for scouting. 283 686

Story Role & Major Arcs

Nightfall Valley

Huli is introduced as a starving survivor in the ruined temple of Nightfall Valley. Reunited with Yu Sheng when he returns to the Otherworld, she assists the group against a flesh-and-blood behemoth by firing one of her tails into the enemy. 14 47 50

When the Dark Angel awakens, Huli’s history with the valley is revealed: she saw the same disaster claim her parents. 51

Life at Yu Sheng’s Home

After her rescue, Huli begins adapting to ordinary life in Boundary City. She learns to bathe, use household facilities, eat hot meals with chopsticks, wear human clothing, shop, and understand money. 58 67 68

She agrees to remain with Yu Sheng as an ally against Otherworld entities while hoping to learn more about her origin. 60 61

Homeland Clues

The discovery of an “immortal shuttle” gives Huli a tangible connection to her homeland. Though Yu Sheng offers to protect the wreckage from outside study, Huli decides it is only wreckage and allows research to proceed. 214

She later identifies Spirit Fox Profound Iron as a homeland material and studies flight manuals and borrowed reference materials to understand star gates and warp travel. 274 678

Crystal Forest Destruction

Huli offers to deploy her never-before-used ultimate technique against the crystal forest on Shu Ji. From orbit, she conducts a fox-fire bombardment that destroys the threat, but is left exhausted, starving, and buried in the resulting crater. 418 419 420

World Bridge Crisis

Huli joins Eileen and Luna in entering the Shattered Tower/World Bridge. During the ensuing crisis, the Spirit Fox System swaps affected Boundary City blocks with Mist City. 548 549

After the World Bridge mechanism is disabled, Huli helps locate Eileen’s discarded body in the ruined temple. 561

Trivia

• Huli’s first hot meal in years was a bowl of noodles with vegetables, ham, and fried eggs. 67
• She considers “absorbing spiritual energy of heaven and earth” an outdated energy-conversion method and suggests refining an internal reactor instead. 283
• She loves running nearly as much as she loves eating. 344
• Huli makes her own dramatic sound effects when revealing her tails, explaining that a fox must warn nearby people to dodge. 60
• She knitted Yu Sheng a white scarf from her own fur, along with yarn underwear inspired by Eileen. 606