Hai Bodong

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Hai Bodong (海波东)
Alias(es)	Ice Emperor; Senior Hai Bodong
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Mittel Auction House; formerly proprietor of the Ancient Map shop in Desert City 35 174
Occupation/Role	Mapmaker, ice-attributed expert, and Mittel Auction House elder 35 174
Status	Alive; physically transformed into a child by a tampered Calamity-Breaking Pill 122 199
First Appearance	Chapter 35

Cultivation & Sealing Status

Stage / Condition	Chapter	Notes
Former high-level expert	35 36	Huo Yuhao identifies him as a sealed expert formerly around the Dou Huang realm; later accounts describe him as a former Dou Emperor.
Sealed to Dou Ling	35 36	His seal restricts his usable Dou Qi to the Dou Ling level, though his experience and physical body remain far stronger than an ordinary Dou Ling's.
Sealed again to Dou Zhe	37	After losing to Huo Yuhao, he is bound and further sealed, leaving him able to use only Dou Zhe-level Dou Qi.
Child-sized body, strength retained	122	A tampered Calamity-Breaking Pill shrinks his body, but does not remove his formidable combat strength; he manifests ice wings and confronts attacking snake people.

Background / History

Hai Bodong operated Desert City's Ancient Map shop, where he drew maps and guarded fragments of the Demon Flame Map. Huo Yuhao recognized that the apparently ordinary shopkeeper was a sealed ice expert before entering the store. Hai Bodong refused to sell the fragment, became hostile when Huo Yuhao examined his seal, and attempted to seize the map from Xiao Yi Xian. 35

He fought Huo Yuhao throughout Desert City, using his superior realm, combat experience, ice techniques, and Mystic Ice Dragon Flight. Huo Yuhao ultimately turned Hai Bodong's own technique against him with the Ice-Sealing Dragon Transformation Art, then captured and resealed him. 36 37

Faced with death, Hai Bodong revealed that he possessed the other half of the Demon Flame Fragment Map. He later offered Heavenly Flame intelligence from the Tagor Desert in exchange for help lifting his seal. The two sides agreed that Huo Yuhao's group would seek an ingredient and refine a Calamity-Breaking Pill for him, while Hai Bodong would provide his cultivation method and Dou Techniques and remain an honored guest in Stone Desert City. 38

The pill arrangement went wrong: a tampered Calamity-Breaking Pill reduced Hai Bodong to a child's body. He initially blamed Yao Chen and Xiao Yan, then joined Xiao Yan in searching for Heavenly Flames despite the transformation. 122

By the later Jia Ma Empire arcs, Hai Bodong serves as an elder of the Mittel Auction House. He uses the auction house's resources freely to support Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian's pill refinement, even emptying the medicinal storeroom despite Mittel Tengshan's despair. 171 174

Appearance

Hai Bodong's appearance differs sharply between his original and transformed bodies.

• Original appearance — A blue-green-haired old man with a monocle, aged eyes, and a surprisingly crisp, full voice. 35
• Child form — A small boy with blue-green eyes, short limbs, and a mature voice inconsistent with his appearance. 122 158
• Distinguishing marks — Has a scar on his face in child form. 122
• Common accessories — Frequently carries or eats lollipops after being reduced to a child. 158 174

Personality

Hai Bodong is proud, impatient, and highly protective of his dignity. His initial response to Huo Yuhao's interest in the Demon Flame Map is open hostility, and even after defeat he refuses to cooperate until his survival and hope of recovering his strength are placed at stake. 35 37 38

Despite his arrogance, he is pragmatic when cornered and gradually develops respect for Huo Yuhao's strength. During the journey to Stone Desert City, he no longer treats himself as an outsider and openly banters with the group. 39

His childlike body makes his temper and competitiveness more comedic, but it does not remove his underlying fierceness. When snake people invoke a painful subject from his past, he reacts with immediate icy fury. He is also protective of a snake-human hybrid girl threatened by prejudice in Stone Desert City. 45 122

Hai Bodong is notably carefree with Mittel resources. He readily gives away enormous quantities of medicinal ingredients to help Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, showing little concern for Mittel Tengshan's financial distress. 174

Abilities & Skills

Ice-Attributed Dou Qi

Hai Bodong is an ice-attributed combatant whose control over cold allows him to form weapons, defensive constructs, wings, and formations from Dou Qi. 36 122

• Condenses ice mist to obstruct and control the battlefield. 36
• Forms a Dou Qi spear and serpent for close-range combat. 36
• Creates crystalline ice wings for high-speed aerial movement. 122
• Can precisely disperse frozen or reversed Dou Qi within another person's dantian. 197

Mystic Ice Dragon Flight

His signature Earth Grade Dou Technique creates a massive dragon from condensed Dou Qi and draws in Heaven and Earth Origin Qi. 36 37

• Can be formed from pure Dou Qi rather than ice to avoid giving an ice-element opponent control over it. 37
• Contains a trace of Hai Bodong's sorrowful Emotion Power, which Huo Yuhao exploits to reverse the technique. 37
• Drains a large portion of his Dou Qi when used. 37

Ice Condensation Mirror

A defensive technique that produces an ice mirror capable of reflecting attacks. 36

• Creates a rectangular ice mirror behind the user as an emergency defense. 36
• Can be turned against Hai Bodong when an opponent seizes control of the construct. 36

Combat Experience

Even while sealed to Dou Ling, Hai Bodong remains a dangerous opponent because of his former realm, physical strength, and battle instincts. 36

• Escapes the center of Huo Yuhao's Eight Extremes Collapse by reacting to danger and using the attack's force to retreat. 36
• Sustains prolonged combat against Huo Yuhao despite repeatedly being disrupted by Spiritual Interference. 36
• Recognizes Huo Yuhao as a formidable opponent after their battle. 39

Cartography and Heavenly Flame Knowledge

Hai Bodong is an experienced mapmaker who possesses information on the Tagor Desert's Heavenly Flame locations. 35 38

• Split a Demon Flame Map fragment into two pieces using his mapmaking knowledge. 38
• Drew routes and likely locations connected to a Heavenly Flame in the Tagor Desert. 38
• Operated the Ancient Map shop and personally drew maps there. 35

Relationships

• Huo Yuhao — Initially his opponent and captor; their hostility develops into mutual respect and cooperation after they negotiate over Hai Bodong's seal, maps, and Heavenly Flame information. 35 38 39
• Xiao Yan — A frequent bickering partner and later ally in the Heavenly Flame search; Hai Bodong assists him with ingredients and encourages his challenge against Gu He. 122 171 174
• Yao Chen — Their relationship is strained after the tampered Calamity-Breaking Pill shrinks Hai Bodong's body; they continue to argue playfully afterward. 122 158
• Xiao Yi Xian — An ally whom he supports through the Mittel Auction House's medicinal resources for her sixth-grade pill attempt. 173 174
• Little Ice Dragon — The spell-created ice dragon formed during his battle with Huo Yuhao develops an independent soul fluctuation and returns to Hai Bodong's side. 37 38
• Mittel Tengshan — Mittel Auction House patriarch who is repeatedly distressed by Hai Bodong giving away the family's medicinal stockpile. 174
• Gu He — An acquaintance from the Jia Ma Empire; Gu He initially mistakes child-sized Hai Bodong for Huo Yuhao and later becomes fascinated by his rejuvenation-like transformation. 141 143

Story Role / Major Arcs

Demon Flame Map Conflict

Hai Bodong is the obstacle guarding the Demon Flame Map fragment in Desert City. His refusal to sell it triggers his battle with Huo Yuhao and exposes the severity of his seal. 35 36

Seal-Removal Agreement

After his defeat, he trades the second map fragment and Tagor Desert Heavenly Flame intelligence for Huo Yuhao's group's assistance with the Calamity-Breaking Pill. 38

Stone Desert City

He travels with Huo Yuhao, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian as an honored guest, becoming integrated into their group through shared travel, banter, and mutual respect. 39 40

Snake-People Conflict

In his child-sized body, Hai Bodong joins Xiao Yan against snake people who blame them for Queen Medusa's failed tribulation. His fury reveals that the accusation touches a deep personal wound. 122

Mittel Auction House Support

As a Mittel elder, he provides immense material support for Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian's pill refinement, treating the family's medicinal vault as a resource for his allies. 171 174

Notable Quotes

“I am Hai Bodong!” 158

“Xiaodie wasn't killed by me!” 122

Trivia

• Hai Bodong's original form is frequently described as elderly, yet his transformed body causes others to mistake him for a child or Huo Yuhao. 141 158 199
• Despite his mature mind and combat ability, he is repeatedly teased with candy and lollipops after his transformation. 158 199
• He contributed all of his Dou Qi to fully charge a reusable invincible-barrier Spirit Artifact for the Mittel Auction House. 180