Su Hai Tao

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Su Hai Tao (素海涛)
Alias(es)	Uncle Tao 31
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Spirit Transmission Tower, Donghai City
Occupation/Role	Loan officer; addressed as Supervisor Su during martial-soul testing 1 31
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Ability	Details	Chapters
Lone Wolf Martial Soul	Su possesses a Lone Wolf martial soul, of which he is personally proud. During Lin Yan's seven-elemental manifestation, however, it is suppressed into fear and cannot resist the dragon's bloodline pressure. 32
Confirmed Cultivation	Su's exact Soul Power rank, soul rings, and combat abilities have not been disclosed.	—

Background / History

Su Hai Tao personally oversaw Lin Yan's martial-soul awakening two years before Lin's loan application. Because neither Space nor Time produced observable phenomena, he classified Lin Yan's martial soul as useless and remained certain that assessment could not be wrong. He also claims direct descent from the Su ancestor who helped Sea God Tang San awaken his martial soul twenty thousand years earlier. 1

When Lin Yan applied for a loan to buy a soul spirit, Su rejected the request because the claimed god-tier spatial martial soul lacked verifiable documentation and approving the loan would violate Federation procedures. He believed Lin's claims resulted from mushroom poisoning, pointing to a newspaper report about Lin's hospitalization. 1

Despite dismissing the application harshly, Su gave Lin 200 yuan from his own wallet after seeing the boy's circumstances. 1

Lin returned after acquiring a ten-year soul ring and demonstrating teleportation. Su was initially alarmed by the impossible-looking ability, then personally brought him to the testing room for a formal assessment. Even after Fang Min's high-grade evaluation, Su warned that Lin's 500,000-yuan debt, lack of assets, and poor credit record made approval of a new loan highly unlikely. 30 31

When Lin Yan later awakened his world-destroying dragon martial soul, causing a massive elemental uproar across Eastsea City, Su witnessed the terrifying display and rushed to handle Lin's loan paperwork, realizing the immense and uncontrollable nature of Lin's true power. 35 Following orders from Ultimate Douluo Leng Yaozhu, Su was later tasked with bringing Lin Yan back to the Spirit Pagoda and approving his loan. 40 41

After reporting that Lin was seeking work at the talent market near Eastsea City's university district, Su accepted Leng Yaozhu's instructions to approach Lin peacefully, approve the loan, and watch his mental state. He privately regarded correcting his original misjudgment as his responsibility. 41

Personality

Su Hai Tao is rigidly procedural and highly confident in his professional judgment. He refuses to approve an undocumented loan under surveillance and invokes both Federation recordkeeping and his own awakening experience to support his decision. 1

His blunt skepticism is tempered by empathy. After initially mocking Lin Yan's claim as mushroom-induced delusion, he privately gives him money for food; when Lin returns, Su's concern reflects rumors that Lin has been abandoned by his indebted mother and may still be endangering himself with poisonous mushrooms. 1 30

He is capable of revising his view when presented with evidence. Lin's teleportation shocks him, and he arranges testing rather than simply dismissing the claim again. After witnessing Lin Yan's true martial soul awakening and receiving direct commands from higher-ups like Leng Yaozhu, Su shifts from skeptical rejection to anxious compliance and personal guilt, recognizing both the terrifying depth of Lin's background and his own responsibility for having misjudged him. 30 31 35 40 41

Story Role / Major Arcs

Lin Yan's Initial Loan Application

• Rejects Lin Yan's request for funds to purchase a soul spirit, judging his alleged god-tier martial souls unproven and his file unsuitable for approval. 1
• Gives Lin 200 yuan personally after the failed application. 1

Reassessment at the Spirit Transmission Tower

• Recognizes Lin upon his return and is stunned by his ten-year soul ring and silent spatial teleportation. 30
• Takes Lin to Fang Min for a second martial-soul test focused on the spatial soul skill. 30 31
• Accepts a high-grade martial-soul recommendation as the most defensible official classification, but identifies Lin's outstanding debt and credit flag as major barriers to loan approval. 31

Awakening of the God-Tier Martial Soul

• Witnesses the cataclysmic awakening of Lin Yan's World-Destroying Dragon martial soul and the subsequent seven-element uproar that shakes Eastsea City. 32 33 35
• Panics upon realizing the true terror behind Lin Yan's martial soul and hastily rushes to approve and process his loan paperwork. 35
• Ordered by Deputy Tower Master Leng Yaozhu to bring Lin Yan in, keep an eye on his mental state, and ensure his loan is approved. 40 41
• Reports that Lin is searching for work at the talent market and resolves to properly handle the consequences of his former assessment. 41

Relationships

• Lin Yan — Loan applicant whom Su initially considers delusional after mushroom poisoning; nevertheless, Su gives him 200 yuan, facilitates formal testing after witnessing his teleportation, and later scrambles to process his paperwork out of fear and orders from above. Su subsequently feels responsible for his initial misjudgment and is assigned to approach and assist Lin. 1 30 31 35 41
• Fang Min — Spirit Pagoda testing official who conducts Lin's second martial-soul assessment at Su's request. 31
• Leng Yaozhu — Spirit Pagoda Deputy Tower Master and Ultimate Douluo who orders Su Hai Tao to locate Lin Yan, ensure his loan is approved, and monitor his mental state. Su reports Lin's location at the talent market to her. 40 41

Notable Quotes

“The Federation is governed by law now. Every loan has to be put on record.” 1

“This two hundred is from me personally. Go buy yourself something good to eat.” 1

“A god-grade Martial Soul is impossible. Every god-grade and top-grade Martial Soul is registered at the federal Spirit Hall headquarters.” 31

Trivia

• Su's surname is treated by him as proof of his professional pedigree; he claims a direct ancestral connection to the man who awakened Tang San's martial soul. 1
• His initial refusal is not purely personal: the loan counter is under surveillance, and he states that an unrecorded or improper approval could cost him his job. 1
• His Lone Wolf Martial Soul is utterly suppressed by the bloodline pressure released during Lin Yan's seven-elemental dragon manifestation. 32