Li Yao

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Li Yao (李耀)
Species/Race	Human 68
Gender	Male 68
Affiliation	HR Alliance; Yan Hai’s discipleship 120 121
Occupation/Role	Advanced War God; Yan Hai’s formal disciple 68 121
Status	Beaten to the brink of death by Luo Feng; subsequently sentenced to death 129
First Appearance	Chapter 68, “Li Yao’s Troubles” 68

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Advanced War God	68	Ranked among the strongest Advanced War Gods. Previously cleared the Trial Tower’s third floor after half a year of attempts, but remained stuck on the fourth. Yan Hai considered him a promising candidate to advance beyond War God; no successful breakthrough is documented.

Background / History

Ambition to Become Yan Hai’s Disciple

Li Yao had long sought instruction from Councilor Yan Hai and already regarded himself as his disciple before being formally accepted. He believed Yan Hai’s guidance could substantially improve his chances of becoming a councilor 68.

Bai Yang’s rapid rise threatened that ambition. When Bai Yang cleared the Trial Tower’s third floor in thirty-seven minutes, Li Yao feared Yan Hai would lose interest in taking him as a disciple. The concern stemmed from Yan Hai’s bitter rivalry with Jia Yi, whose close relationship with Bai Yang was widely known 68.

Revenge for Li Wei

Following their son Li Wei’s death, Li Yao and his wife offered 100 billion Huaxia dollars for information identifying the killer 92.

Hong’s accidental disclosure that Luo Feng was a Spirit Reader allowed the couple to identify their target. Li Yao organized an expedition to Australia with laser cannons, War God subordinates, and his longtime companions Wang Tong and Li Kan. During their confrontation, his Black God Set resisted Luo Feng’s throwing knives, and his counterattack injured Luo Feng and forced him to retreat 110.

Targeting the Luo Family

After Luo Feng was presumed dead inside Ruins No. 9, Li Yao and his wife turned their revenge toward his relatives. An earlier attempt had been stopped by the chairman of the HR Alliance’s Underground Council; their renewed plan used hired agents to psychologically torment the family into breakdown or suicide while avoiding direct blame 120.

Their conversation was secretly recorded through cameras carried by Wang Tong and Li Kan. Bai Yang obtained the footage and deployed Mount Hua’s Ninth Group to protect the family. Yuan Jingfu stopped hired women from assaulting Gong Xinlan, while Bai Yang also intercepted a staged car accident targeting Luo Hongguo 120 125.

Bai Yang publicly exposed the scheme and its financial trail without naming the couple, then warned that anyone who touched the Luo family would die. Terrified of retaliation, Li Yao and his wife fled Jiangnan Base City for Europe 120 121.

Formal Discipleship and Defeat

In Paris, Li Yao pleaded for Yan Hai’s protection. Yan Hai formally accepted him as a disciple and gave him a cultivation journal containing his methods and breakthrough experience. The public ceremony became a political challenge to Bai Yang, supported by Fifth Speaker Atkin 121.

The ceremony was overshadowed by Bai Yang’s livestreamed sixth-floor Trial Tower challenge. More than two-thirds of the guests withdrew to watch, leaving Li Yao largely ignored even on the day celebrating his discipleship 122.

Li Yao remained hidden in Yan Hai’s villa afterward. Having witnessed Bai Yang’s performance, he found his teacher’s journal unimpressive by comparison and struggled to concentrate on it 126.

When Luo Feng returned and learned what had happened to his family, he attacked the villa with Bai Yang accompanying him. Luo Feng’s throwing knives critically injured Li Yao and killed his wife. The couple were subsequently sentenced to death for attempting to harm a War God’s family; Li Yao was described as having been beaten to the brink of death 125 126 129.

Personality

Li Yao was proud of his standing among Advanced War Gods. He asserted that Jia Yi’s disciples Jiang Long and Lu Ting were no match for him, particularly when he wore the Black God Set. Nevertheless, Bai Yang’s achievements made him anxious about his own prospects and Yan Hai’s opinion of him 68.

His grief over Li Wei developed into calculated cruelty toward Luo Feng’s family. Rather than merely ordering an attack, he sought to make them destroy themselves through psychological torment so that responsibility could not be pinned on him 120.

Despite his confidence against weaker opponents, he feared Bai Yang’s retaliation enough to flee and seek protection. He readily accepted Yan Hai’s suggestion that Bai Yang’s restraint indicated stalled cultivation—a mistaken interpretation of Bai Yang’s decision to leave the couple to Luo Feng 121.

Abilities & Skills

Advanced War God Combat Strength

Li Yao stood near the top of the Advanced War God ranks and had reached a threshold from which a further breakthrough might become possible 68.

• Trial Tower performance: Cleared the third floor, but could not clear the fourth 68.
• Combat effectiveness: Injured Luo Feng during their Australian confrontation 110.
• Limit: Luo Feng’s later throwing-knife assault overwhelmed him despite his earlier confidence in his defenses 126 129.

Operational Resources

Li Yao could mobilize substantial support for his revenge campaigns 110 120.

• Recruited War God fighters and secured laser cannons for the Australian pursuit 110.
• Hired agents through the HR Alliance to harass Luo Feng’s family 120.
• His operations were compromised by Bai Yang’s surveillance and the hidden recording equipment carried by his trusted companions 110 120.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Black God Set — Defensive equipment that resisted Luo Feng’s telekinetically controlled throwing knives during their Australian battle 68 110.
• Protective suit — Worn alongside the Black God Set, providing a second defensive layer 110.
• Laser cannons — Obtained for the expedition intended to kill Luo Feng in Australia 110.
• Yan Hai’s cultivation journal — Contained his teacher’s cultivation methods and experience of breaking through beyond War God 121.

Relationships

• Vinina Polenas / Venina — Wife and partner in the revenge campaign against Luo Feng and his family; killed by Luo Feng in Paris 68 120 126.
• Li Wei — Son whose death motivated the couple’s bounty and pursuit of Luo Feng 92 110.
• Yan Hai — Patron and eventual formal master. Provided protection, a cultivation journal, and a public discipleship ceremony 68 121 122.
• Wang Tong and Li Kan — Life-and-death companions of many years who joined his Australian expedition. Their hidden connection to Bai Yang compromised Li Yao’s plans 110 120.
• Luo Feng — Target of his revenge and eventual opponent who critically injured him after discovering the attacks on his family 110 125 126 129.
• Bai Yang — Initially an unwelcome rival in cultivation prospects, later the protector who exposed and thwarted his campaign against the Luo family 68 120 121.

Notable Quotes

“Make them break down on their own, even... commit suicide in agony! Then no one can blame us.” 120