Jiu Huo

Biodata

Power Progression

Jiu Huo’s technique grade, mastery, cultivation multiplier, and enhancement level are separate measures. His advances inside the Cycle Tower belong to its simulation and do not carry outside 80 94 168 171.

Appearance

• Original avatar: A transparent, featureless humanoid with flickering, flame-like eyes 20 27.
• Concealment clothing: Initially wears a black robe and pure black mask to hide his transparent body. During business visits, a hood and long robe leave no skin exposed 20 35.
• Earth Grade form: Becomes more than a head taller than Su Zhan, with a more dangerous aura and pronounced savage hostility 95.
• Internal Network form: Appears as a transparent mental-consciousness figure without his physical body, clothing, or cultivation powers 148.

Personality

Jiu Huo is enthusiastic and openly devoted to Su Zhan, whom he calls “Boss.” On receiving his name, he drops to one knee and salutes. He regards carrying out Su Zhan’s orders as an honor and eagerly accepts his first hunting mission 20.

His appetite centers on weapons and compatible cultivation methods. He becomes excited at the prospect of consuming Spirit Weapons, impatient when other methods receive resources first, and effusively grateful when Su Zhan prepares a feast for him 4 45 60.

He enjoys testing stronger opponents but can recognize when cooperation is necessary. He welcomes the challenge of C-grade beasts, calls for a joint attack against an Advanced Martial Artist, and later volunteers to hunt immediately after a simulated grade advancement 35 39 159.

Abilities & Skills

Saber Techniques, Fire, and Lightning

• Initially channels flames along his saber, leaving beast wounds charred 21.
• After his Earth Grade evolution, combines weapon cultivation with distinct Fire and Lightning attributes 94.
• His reinforcement improves attack strength, saber-drawing technique, striking angles, power release, and elemental control; it provides proficiency rather than new moves 126.
• Techniques associated with his cultivation method include Nine Heavens Thunder Roar: Mountain Suppression and Overlord Saber: Nine Layers Shattering Mountains and Rivers. Su Zhan uses these in strength tests reaching 99.48 tons and 6,439 tons, respectively, with other cultivation methods also contributing 71 126.

Avatar Combat and Cultivation Sharing

• Initial strength: Uses 100% of Su Zhan’s base strength plus Nine Fire Saber’s own bonus; the initial test excludes Jade Body’s bonus 20.
• Pain immunity: Can be injured but feels no pain. Death is described as disappearing early rather than suffering an additional penalty 20.
• Sustained output: Maintains steady Qi and Blood output while fighting an Advanced Martial Artist alongside Frenzy Blood 39.
• Full synchronization: After reaching Earth Grade, reproduces Su Zhan’s complete strength through the available shared cultivation effects 92 95.
• Manifestation limits: Early avatars have limited active durations. When summoned again, they reappear where they previously disappeared 22 27 28.
• Flight: Gains the ability to fight airborne monsters after Su Zhan attains Tier 5 Transcendence in the Cycle Tower 165.

Weapon and Technique Devouring

• Can consume Spirit Weapons regardless of type, including swords and armor, despite being a saber method 4.
• Weapon consumption increases cultivation acceleration; compatible cultivation manuals can trigger grade evolution 27 39 92.
• Lower-grade resources become less effective as his grade rises. At Elite Grade, some High-grade Spirit Weapons provide only 0.5× additional acceleration 45 46.
• A sufficiently suitable higher-grade method can enable a multi-grade leap, demonstrated by his Earth Grade-to-King Rank evolution 176.

Shared Space and Remote Perception

• Collects spoils into Shared Space by touching them, allowing Su Zhan to withdraw them immediately without waiting for delivery 21.
• Retrieves equipment placed in Shared Space by Su Zhan 27.
• Shares his visual perspective with Su Zhan, enabling remote direction and observation 20 21.
• Senses nearby beast auras and detects cultivation-method auras, including a manual hidden beneath an enemy’s clothing 21 39.

Weapon Repair

• Originally unlocks a Repair Clone that restores damaged weapons and armor by spending its Qi and Blood 65.
• Makes damaged loot profitable and supplies restored equipment for the avatars or for his own consumption 65 71 101.
• His 2,000× Stage Two upgrade permanently halves repair costs. This differs from Blood Consumption’s Stage Two reward, which creates a clone with twice Su Zhan’s Qi and Blood 80.
• His later 4,000× Stage Three upgrade raises repair Qi and Blood capacity to four times the host’s value rather than granting another cost reduction 112.

Communication and Network Access

• Initially cannot speak aloud and communicates through the Cultivation Method Chat Group 20.
• Writes characters in the air using flames when dealing with outsiders 35 36.
• Can enter Dragon Martial’s Internal Network as a mental consciousness. Summoning him there leaves his physical body motionless until Su Zhan dispatches him back 148.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Refined-iron long saber — Weighs over one hundred kilograms; used for his first strength test 20.
• Black robe and mask — Conceal his transparent body during hunting and public appearances 20.
• High-grade Spirit Weapon set — Includes a long saber, helmet, armor, bracers, and boots; supplied to improve hunting speed and survivability 27.
• Cloud Above Tower VIP Token — Used to obtain private-room service when selling beast materials 35.
• Advanced Spirit Artifact — Receives one of Su Zhan’s first successfully repaired artifacts of this grade for personal use 101.
• Advanced Spirit Treasures — Equipped alongside the other six cultivation avatars during the Cycle Tower simulation 164.

Relationships

• Su Zhan — Master, namer, and “Boss.” Directs Jiu Huo’s missions, provides equipment and food, and benefits from his cultivation and repair functions 20 27 60 65.
• Blood Consumption — Fellow veteran addressed as Big Brother. Reminds Jiu Huo to prioritize Su Zhan’s safety over his appetite; their differing Weapon Repair upgrades complement one another 45 80 131.
• Frenzy Blood — Frequent combat partner. Together they force an Advanced Martial Artist to retreat before the other avatars join the pursuit 39.
• Sanyu — Fellow veteran and Third Brother. Jiu Huo congratulates Sanyu’s Elite Grade advancement and helps identify materials needed for enhancement 43 79 131.
• Lei Yin — Fellow avatar and Fifth Sister. Relies on Jiu Huo’s repair function to restore damaged loot and later joins him and Sanyu in killing Advanced Martial Generals 65 103 118.
• Qianlong — Fellow avatar who compares his Dark attribute with Jiu Huo’s combined Fire and Lightning attributes, crediting Jiu Huo’s potential despite their grade difference 94.
• Meng Household — Major enemy faction whose outposts, strongholds, and headquarters become targets of his missions 46 50 95.

Story Role / Major Arcs

First Hunting Missions

Su Zhan names Jiu Huo after his physical manifestation and sends him outside the city in disguise. Jiu Huo’s first White Wolf hunt reveals Shared Space, allowing spoils to reach Su Zhan instantly. In an early half-hour session, he kills nearly twenty-five wolves and obtains four drops of blood worth twelve gold coins—less than Su Zhan’s initial twenty-five-gold estimate 20 21 22.

With better equipment and increased strength, Jiu Huo progresses to C-grade beasts, including a Star Sand Python. He also returns to the city as Su Zhan’s representative, selling materials at Cloud Above Tower under the name Qiu 27 35 36.

Meng Household Campaign

Jiu Huo joins the coordinated attacks on Meng Household outposts. When Martial Masters intervene and Sanyu is killed in one strike, Su Zhan orders him to change strongholds rather than continue the same assault 46 50.

The campaign funds increasingly expensive resources for the methods. Jiu Huo’s repair function further increases the value of their spoils by making damaged equipment reusable or saleable. After reaching Earth Grade, he is assigned a new target: the Meng family headquarters rather than another A-grade stronghold 60 65 95.

Cycle Tower Simulation

Inside the Cycle Tower, Su Zhan invests Reincarnation Stones in Jiu Huo because a weapon method offers the most direct increase to the group’s damage output. Jiu Huo reaches Spirit Grade, enhancement +15, and eventually +20, with shared effects boosting the other methods and accelerating their resource gathering 159 164 168.

The Ancient Ancestor of Samsara rewards Su Zhan with Extreme Fire Death Blade, a King Rank original technique that strongly attracts Jiu Huo. Su Zhan delays feeding it to him because simulated cultivation gains cannot be taken outside the tower 171.

King Rank Evolution and Mental Awakening

Outside the tower, Su Zhan tests whether Jiu Huo can skip intermediate grades by consuming Extreme Fire Death Blade directly. The attempt succeeds, releasing a King Rank aura across Heaven City and restoring Su Zhan to strength comparable to early Martial Marquis level. The resulting cultivation demands are severe: Jiu Huo estimates more than 568 years merely to reach Primary mastery 176.

Later, a special burial chamber enables the system to bestow mental attributes on the cultivation methods. Jiu Huo senses the newly accessible power and joins the avatars in absorbing it, making their forms more solid 256.