Dai Yu

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Dai Yu (戴钰)
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Shrek Academy; Soul Tool Department core disciple
Occupation/Role	Soul Master; Soul Tool Department core disciple; special-training team leader
Status	Active
First Appearance	1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Innate Soul Power Level 1	1	Initially possessed the mutated, non-combat Little White Cat Martial Soul.
First Soul Ring; Sacred Beast White Tiger awakened	2 4	A Million-Year Sacred Beast White Tiger sacrificed itself; its energy remodeled the Little White Cat into the Sacred Beast White Tiger and raised the first ring to 500 years.
Level 14	17	Advanced after refining a Marrow Cleansing Pill.
Level 17	25	Converted five free attribute points into Soul Power; Yao Lao had awakened by this point.
Level 20	29	Awakened the Flame Pupil and prepared to obtain a second soul ring.
Second Soul Ring; Level 23	31 32	Personally killed and absorbed the 2,100-year Crimson Gold Lion Tiger Beast's soul ring; later gained a system increase to Level 23.
Level 28	43	Received two levels after defeating Dai Huabin in the Fated Duel.
Level 30	45	Reached Level 30 after absorbing a 25,000-year White Tiger Right Arm Bone.
Level 32	51	Gained two effective levels following his victory over Ma Xiaotao; the increase would fully manifest upon obtaining a third ring.
Level 35	54	Reached peak Soul Grand Master after the New Student Assessment championship rewards.
Level 37	55	Continued advancing through Soul Ascension Pills.
Level 40	56	Used 18 Soul Ascension Pills to force a breakthrough and began seeking an Extreme Thunder soul beast.
Third Soul Ring; Level 44	60	Received the 53,000-year Silver Moon Thunder Dragon's willing sacrifice; gained Extreme Thunder, Thunder Emperor Descent, and Thunder Dragon Wings.
Level 47	67	Rose two levels after killing a 50,000-year Azure Flood Dragon and assigning its ring to Huo Yuhao.

Background / History

Dai Yu was born into a remote collateral branch of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. At age six, his inherited White Tiger Martial Soul underwent a reverse mutation into the palm-sized Little White Cat, leaving him with only Level 1 Innate Soul Power and no meaningful combat ability. The Duke's Mansion treated him as a joke, while Dai Huabin and other young masters and ladies humiliated him for five years. 1 41

A transmigrator aware of Huo Yuhao's future importance, Dai Yu chose to remain close to him rather than compete for his opportunities. His Background Suppression System rewards him for establishing ties, displaying dominance, and overwhelming important figures. 1 3 17

In the Star Dou Great Forest, a Million-Year Sacred Beast White Tiger voluntarily sacrificed itself to Dai Yu. The sacrifice transformed his Little White Cat into the Sacred Beast White Tiger, granted Extreme Gold and extreme slaughter attributes, and left him with a 500-year first soul ring. He also received Yao Lao's Storage Ring and remnant soul. 2 4

Dai Yu enrolled at Shrek Academy alongside Huo Yuhao, where he entered Freshman Class One. After Zhou Yi attempted to kill him, Vice Dean Qian Duoduo intervened, recognized him as a grandson figure, and became his strongest institutional protector. 14 21

Appearance

Dai Yu is a handsome youth with a lean, trained physique. Though only eleven during his early Shrek Academy period, his body is notably strong and streamlined rather than bulky. 18

• Broad shoulders, taut abdominal muscles, and a distinct V-line. 18
• His physique has a faint jade-like sheen, reflecting deliberate body training from a young age. 18
• The Flame Pupil manifests as a vertical pupil on his forehead; after obtaining his third ring, silver-white lightning patterns appeared within it. 29 60
• Through the Eight-faced Exquisite, he can become a two-meter-tall, burly man with altered facial structure and an Earth-attribute aura. 21

Personality

Dai Yu is calm, calculating, and intensely ambitious. He sees strength as essential to survival and deliberately pursues high-risk cultivation opportunities, including soul rings vastly beyond normal age limits. 27 30 67

He is domineering toward enemies and those who threaten his companions, often using overwhelming force to inflict lasting psychological defeat. His revenge against Dai Huabin was motivated by both Dai Yu's own mistreatment and the Duke's Mansion's abuse of Huo Yuhao. 16 41 43

Despite his pragmatism, Dai Yu is protective and generous toward people he accepts as his own. He repeatedly supports Huo Yuhao with guidance, resources, cultivation methods, and opportunities within the Soul Tool Department. 30 38 62

Abilities & Skills

Sacred Beast White Tiger

Dai Yu's primary Martial Soul evolved from the Little White Cat after the sacrifice of a Million-Year Sacred Beast White Tiger. It carries Extreme Gold and slaughter attributes. 2 34

• Exerts powerful pressure over soul beasts; the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm judged its bloodline to be at least million-year level and potentially above his own. 3
• Its extreme gold power is sharp, unyielding, and capable of crushing stronger opponents through direct physical attacks. 16
• Dai Yu's White Tiger bloodline reached 59% evolution and can potentially evolve to God Tier at 100%. 43 67
• White Tiger · Emperor's Might passively suppresses feline and tiger-type soul beasts and Martial Souls, reducing their combat strength by 30%. 43

Flame Pupil

Dai Yu's second Martial Soul is a forehead eye aligned with Extreme Fire. 29 34

• Enables the use of pure Extreme Fire, which can instantly defeat opponents and destroy defenses. 44 45
• Its pure fire naturally suppresses impure or mutated flames, allowing Dai Yu to devour Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire despite their massive cultivation gap. 50 51
• After the Silver Moon Thunder Dragon sacrifice, it gained Extreme Thunder patterns and became the point at which Extreme Fire and Extreme Thunder coexist. 60

Blazing Art

A cultivation method taught by Yao Lao, designed to control and evolve through the devouring of flames. 27 50

• Devours compatible fire energy, including Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire. 50
• Its evolution progress reached 20% after the Azure Flood Dragon incident. 67
• Supports Flame Domain, though the domain remained inactive at Level 44. 54 61
• Fire-attribute opponents are particularly vulnerable due to Dai Yu's primordial Extreme Fire; other attributes still require direct strength to overcome. 51

Soul Skills

• White Tiger · Town Mountain Guard Heart — Forms White Tiger Sacred Armor; improves defense, physical resistance, Soul Power resilience, resistance to mental shock and pressure, and reflects a small amount of received damage. 34
• White Tiger · Sky-Splitting Fury — Raises attack power, attack speed, and burst output; attacks gain tearing and armor-piercing effects and briefly ignore some defenses. 34
• White Tiger · Star Radiance Divine Body — Enhances strength, speed, Soul Power, and perception while slowly restoring Soul Power and injuries; suppresses lower-tier beast Martial Souls and evil Soul Masters. 34
• White Tiger · Myriad Beasts Pilgrimage — Team-leader amplification skill that increases Dai Yu's attributes and raises allies' attack, defense, and morale while reducing enemy morale and speed. 34
• White Tiger · Fierce Light Sha — Second soul skill obtained from the Crimson Gold Lion Tiger Beast; a long-range, single-target burst attack. 31 34
• Thunder Emperor Descent — Third soul skill gained from the Silver Moon Thunder Dragon. 60 61
• Thunder Flame — Fusion of thunder and flame attributes; melted Xu Sanshi's Xuanming Turtle Shell Shield. 53
• Thunder Flame: Extreme — Used to kill a 50,000-year Azure Flood Dragon in one strike, though the full-power technique strained Dai Yu's body. 67
• Three-Attribute Fusion: Introductory — Can preliminarily fuse three ultimate attributes for a 300% power increase, at a significant bodily cost. 67

Movement and Spiritual Techniques

• Instant Step — Instantly teleports Dai Yu anywhere within ten meters; has a ten-second cooldown. 49
• Heart Separation Control — Allows one mind to handle multiple tasks; Dai Yu mastered it before the special-training mission. 62 63
• Extreme Spiritual Power — Dai Yu reached this level by the special-training period and can combine his perception with Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection Share. 61 63

Dragon Might: Pseudo

A passive ability gained through Gu Yuena's protection. 60

• Suppresses dragon-type soul beasts and Martial Souls, reducing their combat strength by 50%.
• May force affected targets into submission. 60

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Yao Lao's Storage Ring — A bound Storage Soul Tool containing Yao Lao's remnant soul. 2 4
• Eight-faced Exquisite — Rank 8 growth-type Soul Tool mask that changes Dai Yu's face, bones, body shape, and aura; cannot be seen through by those whose Spiritual Power is less than two major realms above his. 21
• Thunder Emperor Bracers — A level-nine Soul Tool gifted by Qian Duoduo. It stores and releases lightning-attribute Soul Power, can produce attacks comparable to a Soul Emperor's full force, and may evolve to God Tier. 56 59
• Thunder Dragon Wings — External soul bone obtained through the Silver Moon Thunder Dragon's sacrifice. 60 61
• White Tiger Right Arm Bone — First absorbed as a 25,000-year bone; later received a Ten Thousand Year White Tiger Right Arm Bone synthesized from fragments. 45 43
• Flood Dragon Pearl — Obtained after the Azure Flood Dragon's death; can refine pills or enhance spiritual attributes. 67

Relationships

• Huo Yuhao — Close friend and sworn-brother figure. Dai Yu guides, protects, equips, and creates opportunities for him; Huo Yuhao's loyalty eventually reaches “Diehard Loyalist/Faith.” 17 30 38 62 67
• Wang Dong — Roommate, teammate, and close companion. Initially confrontational and intimidated by Dai Yu, Wang Dong becomes trusting, dependent, and emotionally drawn to him. 16 22 55 67
• Qian Duoduo — Vice Dean of Shrek's Soul Tool Department who regards Dai Yu as his grandson and offers powerful protection, resources, and core-disciple status. 21 56 61
• Yao Lao — Bound remnant soul and mentor. After awakening, Yao Lao teaches Dai Yu body refinement, Blazing Art, and alchemy. 25 26 27 45
• Dai Huabin — Nominal second young master of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion and Dai Yu's former tormentor. Dai Yu crippled his right arm in a one-punch victory, leaving him traumatized. 41 42 43
• Ma Xiaotao — Initially an opponent whose Evil Fire Dai Yu devoured; later agrees to protect Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong in the Inner Court in exchange for Dai Yu suppressing her Evil Fire weekly. 50 51 55
• Gu Yuena — Her divine consciousness recognizes Dai Yu as someone fated with the Dragon God's legacy and provides protection while he remains weak. 60
• Mu En — Shrek elder who monitors Dai Yu's potential, approves of his growth, and offers guarded support. 24 44 60
• Jiang Nannan — Expressed admiration after Dai Yu's victory over Dai Huabin and helped stop Xu Sanshi from harassing Huo Yuhao's grilled-fish stall. 43
• Xie Huanyue — Former assessment opponent who later accepts Dai Yu's superiority and joins his special-training group. 45 63
• Ximen Ao — Former opponent defeated in three seconds; later becomes fully convinced of Dai Yu's strength during special training. 49 63 67
• Yin Shuang — Silver-haired special-training teammate who follows Dai Yu's leadership with awe and fear. 63 67

Story Role / Major Arcs

White Tiger Sacrifice and Shrek Enrollment

Dai Yu's life changes after the Sacred Beast White Tiger's sacrifice evolves his Martial Soul. He accompanies Huo Yuhao to Shrek Academy, where both enter Freshman Class One. 2 4 14

Establishing His Position at Shrek

Dai Yu instantly defeats a three-ring Soul Elder, confronts Wang Dong, and gains Qian Duoduo's protection after Zhou Yi attempts to kill him. His new backing and Eight-faced Exquisite disguise substantially expand his freedom within the academy. 16 21

Second Soul Ring and New Student Assessment

After reaching Level 20, Dai Yu personally kills the 2,100-year Crimson Gold Lion Tiger Beast and obtains his second soul skill. He then leads Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong through the New Student Assessment, crushing Dai Huabin, Xu Sanshi, Ning Tian's team, the Four Great Families' team, Ma Xiaotao, and the Top 32 opposition. 29 31 42 46 49 50 53

Championship and Extreme Thunder Hunt

Dai Yu's team wins the New Student Assessment after their final opponent surrenders. Dai Yu reaches Level 40, receives the Thunder Emperor Bracers, and enters the Star Dou Great Forest in search of an Extreme Thunder soul ring. 54 56

Silver Moon Thunder Dragon Sacrifice

Using his connection to Gu Yuena and a promise to protect its egg, Dai Yu secures the willing sacrifice of a 53,000-year Silver Moon Thunder Dragon. He gains his third soul ring, Thunder Emperor Descent, Thunder Dragon Wings, and advances to Level 44. 59 60

Core Disciple Special Training

Named a Soul Tool Department core disciple, Dai Yu leads a seven-day special-training team in the Star Dou Great Forest. He kills a 50,000-year Azure Flood Dragon, gives its soul ring to Huo Yuhao, and advances to Level 47. 61 63 67

Notable Quotes

“As long as I'm here. Even if I bring a dog... cough, bring an ordinary person, I can still win the championship.” 33

“Dai Huabin, come. Let me see how much ‘talent’ you, this ‘genius’, have gained over the years. If you're Trash, then kneel!” 41

“In the face of absolute strength, cooperation... is useless.” 49

Trivia

• Dai Yu's original Martial Soul was a snow-white cat whose only notable trait was sharper hearing. 1
• His first soul ring is only 500 years old in age despite originating from a Million-Year Sacred Beast sacrifice. 2 34
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was so intimidated by Dai Yu's Martial Soul that it chose to remain with Huo Yuhao rather than consider Dai Yu as a host. 2 3
• Dai Yu intends to one day crush the White Tiger Duke's Mansion through absolute strength. 11