Li Hao

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Li Hao (李浩)
Alias(es)	Councilor Li; Family Head Li; Leader Li; City Lord Li
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Luo City Council; Li Family; Hell's Blood God lineage; Seventy-Third Settlement; Nine Nether Immortal City
Occupation/Role	Chairman of the Luo City City Council; head of the Li Family; former leader of the Seventy-Third Settlement; City Lord of Nine Nether Immortal City
Status	Active; last seen governing Nine Nether Immortal City 208
First Appearance	Chapter 146

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Peak Foundation Establishment	150	Identified as head of the White Furnace Li Family; he united eleven cultivation families to establish Witch Mountain Market.
Peak Mara Realm	178	Became the Li Family's strongest member and Luo City's foremost expert in the Demon Version.
Eighth-Order Extraordinary	194	Held this rank in the Apocalypse Version, though he was rendered helpless after two months of imprisonment and severe torture.

Background / History

As chairman of the Luo City City Council, Li Hao directed the investigation into the clash between Yin Soldiers and Ancient Battlefield Souls. When a peach pit containing Spiritual Qi was recovered, he tried to suppress the news and seize control of the discovery, but other councilors forced him into a joint search for the spiritual-peach tree in Mount Mang of the North 146 147.

Li Hao led the expedition into the Bei Mang Forbidden Ground, deploying Mechanical Dogs and drones to locate spiritual objects. There, he encountered Lu Yan posing as the Blood God. Terrified by the apparent Ghost God's power, Li Hao withdrew the operation and offered his services in exchange for a chance at power and longevity 148 149 150. He publicly pledged himself as Lu Yan's “subordinate dog,” only for Xu Shaolin to betray him and bring Federation and corporate representatives to Mount Mang 151.

With the Blood God's backing, Li Hao defied the Federation's demand to surrender the expedition's gains and became Hell's recognized spokesman in Luo City. His association with Hell elevated his political standing enough that major forces began courting him, while he supervised the joint development of the Bei Mang Spirit Vein on the Blood God's behalf 152 154 162.

In the Demon Version, Li Hao led the Li Family as a peak Mara Realm expert. Internal conflict arose when the family's other branches promoted a false Hell Envoy; after Lu Yan appeared as the genuine envoy, Li Hao obeyed orders to destroy the demon-affiliated Listening Wind Pavilion and later executed Li Kuang and Li Qie, the elders behind the unrest 178 179 183. He subsequently stabilized the Li Family, supplied Lu Yan with its collection of True Law texts, and used the family's influence to search for He Dongsheng 184 185.

In the Apocalypse Version, Li Hao had once secured leadership of the Seventy-Third Settlement before being overthrown and imprisoned. He endured captivity for two months in the expectation that Hell's Envoy would eventually rescue him; Lu Yan's return saved him and eliminated the forces controlling the settlement 194 195.

By the Xianxia Version, Li Hao served as City Lord of Nine Nether Immortal City. He received Golden Core True Persons seeking ties to Hell, balancing intimidation with a deliberately conciliatory stance to avoid creating enemies for Hell 208.

Appearance

Li Hao's appearance changes markedly between versions.

• Urban Version — Appears as a middle-aged man 179.
• Demon Version — An aged man in a worn Daoist robe, with abyss-black eyes, a long beard like smoke, and a dark-red vine-entwined staff; his shadow twists with an eerie aura 178.
• Apocalypse Version — Appears to be in his forties due to the lifespan benefits of the Extraordinary system 195.
• Xianxia Version — Wears a dark-blue robe as City Lord of Nine Nether Immortal City 208.

Personality

Li Hao is ambitious and intensely pragmatic. The discovery of Spiritual Qi immediately drove him to attempt to monopolize the peach pit, and the prospect of spiritual objects pushed him to risk entering the Bei Mang Forbidden Ground despite its dangers 147 148.

He adapts quickly to overwhelming power. After recognizing Lu Yan's apparent authority as the Blood God, Li Hao abandoned pride, made an openly humiliating pledge of service, and treated his new status as Hell's subordinate as a path to prestige and survival 150 151 154.

He is also politically calculating. Li Hao used the threat of Hell to protect his interests against the Federation, framed his forbidden-ground expedition as a service to humanity, and later presented his family's internal conflict as a matter requiring Hell's judgment 152 179. While forceful when backed by Hell, he remains cautious enough not to provoke potential allies needlessly 208.

Abilities & Skills

Mara Realm True Law Cultivation

As a peak Mara Realm expert, Li Hao was the strongest member of the Li Family and the most powerful figure in Luo City during the Demon Version 178.

• Destroyed the Luo City Listening Wind Pavilion with a single palm strike and killed the Squid Demon within it 179.
• His specific True Law is not identified in the provided context.

Ghost Domain

Li Hao can deploy a Ghost Domain in combat.

• Used it to capture Li Kuang and Li Qie after they defied Hell's authority 183.
• Killed the two elders and offered their souls to Lu Yan as proof of loyalty 183.

Political and Operational Leadership

Li Hao is an experienced organizer of personnel and resources.

• Directed the Luo City battle-site investigation and ordered the peach pit transferred for research 146 147.
• Led the Mount Mang expedition using Mechanical Dogs, drones, soldiers, and specialist teams 148.
• Founded Witch Mountain Market by uniting eleven cultivation families 150.
• Stabilized the Li Family after its internal conflict and coordinated the search for He Dongsheng 184 185.

Relationships

• Lu Yan / the “Blood God” and Hell Envoy personas — Li Hao unknowingly encountered Lu Yan disguised as the Blood God in the Bei Mang Forbidden Ground and submitted himself to Hell's service. He later obeyed Lu Yan as Hell's Envoy and relied on Hell's prestige to consolidate power 149 151 178 183.
• Li Family — Its head and strongest member in the Demon Version. Li Hao's main branch struggled against the other two branches until Hell's intervention helped him reassert control 178 183.
• Li Kuang and Li Qie — Li Family elders who participated in the family's unrest. Li Hao captured and executed them on Lu Yan's orders 183.
• Xu Shaolin — A Luo City councilor who betrayed Li Hao by exposing the Mount Mang operation to the Federation and other major forces 151.
• Vice Councilor Geng and the Luo City councilors — Political rivals who challenged Li Hao's attempt to monopolize the peach-pit discovery, forcing cooperation in the search for spiritual resources 147.
• Shi Zhiyuan — Federation commissioner who threatened Li Hao over the Bei Mang expedition; Li Hao resisted by invoking his connection to Hell 152.
• He Dongsheng — Li Hao mobilized the Li Family's influence to locate him after receiving Lu Yan's instruction 184 185.

Notable Quotes

“I am willing to be your subordinate dog!” 151

“Being a dog isn't so bad after all!” 154