Dai
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| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Dai (戴) |
| Affiliation | Star Luo Empire 56 244 |
| Occupation/Role | Imperial family of the Star Luo Empire 56 244 |
| Martial Soul | White Tiger among members of the ruling family 71 191 |
| Associated Family | Zhu family, whose compatible members can perform the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Dai family members 56 239 252 |
| Divine Inheritance | Dai Mubai receives the Rakshasa God's inheritance; his eventual attainment of godhood is not established by his attack on Gangzi 347 367 398 |
Martial Soul and Succession
- The Dai family's White Tiger Martial Soul is a Beast Martial Soul. Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi both possess it 71 242.
- The White Tiger is considered a top-tier Beast Martial Soul, only slightly inferior to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. The family's military strength supports its control over the Star Luo Empire 56 216.
- Some Dai men and Zhu women can achieve Martial Soul resonance and perform the Hell White Tiger fusion skill. Matching Martial Souls alone do not guarantee compatibility 241 252.
- The fusion's effectiveness also depends on the participants' emotional connection. Dai Mubai's deteriorating relationship with Zhu Zhuqing slows their fusion and weakens its power; Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun's Hell White Tiger proves substantially stronger in their tournament confrontation 194 213 243.
- The strength of the ruling line matters to the succession: Dai Weisi fears that a successor with permanently limited cultivation could encourage collateral branches to seek the throne 244.
- The family's succession system encourages lethal competition among princes. Dai Weisi kills his second brother during an ostensibly friendly duel, frightening Dai Mubai into planning his escape 56.
- Dai Tianfeng values both cultivation potential and political ability. Although Mubai's innate Soul Power is later specified as level 9.5, compared with Weisi's level 8, Weisi's seniority, political competence, and the empire's established rules favor his position as Crown Prince 285.
- The Golden Roc Duke argues that killing Weisi would leave Mubai as Tianfeng's only surviving direct descendant and make him a prospective heir despite his damaged potential. His plan also depends on Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing producing a child who could eventually inherit the throne 283.
- Mubai's later castration further undermines his dynastic prospects. Weisi believes Tianfeng would prefer a collateral heir over a son unable to father children, although Mubai's subsequent revelation of a divine inheritance wins renewed imperial support 346 347.
Inherited Soul Skill Research
Generations of Dai emperors have researched suitable Soul Skills for the White Tiger. Dai Mubai departs from their established choices under Gangzi's guidance, while Dai Weisi demonstrates a more traditional combination during their tournament battle 189 242 243.
| Soul Skill | Established Use or Significance |
|---|---|
| White Tiger Protective Barrier | Defensive First Soul Skill used by Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi 63 242. |
| White Tiger Fierce Light Wave | Second Soul Skill used by both brothers to release a projectile of Soul Power 63 242. |
| White Tiger Earthquake | Dai Weisi's Third Soul Skill disrupts the ground. Its second form, White Tiger Rising from the Earth, raises earthen walls to trap an opponent 242. |
| White Tiger Vajra Transformation | Dai Mubai's strengthening Third Soul Skill. Weisi criticizes it for overlapping with the White Tiger's preferred Fifth Soul Skill 136 242. |
| White Tiger Spirit Annihilation | The family's researched choice for the Fourth Soul Skill, obtainable from a Sky-Raging Tiger over four thousand years old. It allows physical strikes to inflict mental damage; Weisi uses it to disorient Mubai 189 243. |
| White Tiger Meteor Shower | Mubai's alternative Fourth Soul Skill, obtained from a Black-Striped Evil Tiger on Gangzi's recommendation. Its broad coverage divides its power among many weak strikes, making it poorly suited to the White Tiger's close-combat strengths 189 213 242. |
| White Tiger Demon God Transformation | A highly suitable Fifth Soul Skill that boosts all attributes. Weisi combines it with his other skills, and Mubai also possesses it by the time he reaches Soul Emperor 242 312 354. |
Power Progression
The following milestones concern individual members of the Dai ruling family rather than a shared cultivation level.
| Chapter | Member | Level or Advancement | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Dai Tianfeng | Level 89 Soul Douluo | His Hell White Tiger with Empress Zhu can contend with a level-95 Titled Douluo 56. |
| 71 | Dai Mubai | Level 25 Soul Grandmaster | At twelve years old, he possesses two yellow Soul Rings and identifies himself as a Power Attack System Battle Soul Master 71. |
| 136 | Dai Mubai | Level 37 Soul Elder | Uses White Tiger Vajra Transformation alongside his first two Soul Skills 136. |
| 179, 180 | Dai Kunlun | Level-95 Super Douluo; reanimated combatant | The former emperor is reanimated under Orochimaru's control. His nine-ring configuration is two yellow, two purple, and five black, but his Ninth Soul Ring is dim because the living sacrifice limits the reanimation's strength 179 180. |
| 185 | Dai Mubai | Level 39 Soul Elder | Recorded after his release from his second imprisonment 185. |
| 189, 203 | Dai Mubai | Soul Ancestor | Obtains White Tiger Meteor Shower as his Fourth Soul Skill; his four rings are two yellow and two purple 189 203. |
| 242 | Dai Weisi | Soul King | Demonstrates five Soul Rings and White Tiger Demon God Transformation against Mubai 242. |
| 242 | Dai Mubai | Level 45 Soul Ancestor | Faces Weisi in the tournament, but remains outmatched in direct combat 242 243. |
| 252 | Dai Mubai | Cultivation potential damaged | Soul-Breaking Grass leaves him unable to advance beyond Soul Emperor under the limitations identified by Weisi 252. |
| 347 | Dai Tianfeng | Titled Douluo | Identified as a Titled Douluo when Mubai displays his divine mark; the mark still places him under considerable pressure 347. |
| 347 | Dai Mubai | Rakshasa God inheritance confirmed | Displays a purple, scythe-shaped divine mark and reveals the Rakshasa divine sense within his Sea of Consciousness 347. |
| 354 | Dai Mubai | Soul Emperor | Uses both White Tiger Vajra Transformation and White Tiger Demon God Transformation while attacking Tang San 354. |
| 397 | Dai Mubai | Attempt to seize his divine opportunity | Pierces Gangzi's chest with a tiger claw during Gangzi's vulnerable ascension process; this passage does not confirm Mubai's attainment of godhood 398. |
Notable Members
- Dai Tianfeng — Star Luo Emperor and father of Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai. He chooses Mubai to represent the empire at the Genius Tournament, but later condemns his attempted coup 56 285. He subsequently supports Mubai's pursuit of godhood after witnessing the Rakshasa divine mark 347.
- Dai Weisi — Crown Prince and Dai Mubai's elder brother. Their rivalry extends from tournament competition to a struggle over the throne 56 242 283. He maintains a close alliance with Mitsuki, who repeatedly helps him against Mubai 57 284 341 347.
- Dai Mubai — Third Prince and White Tiger Soul Master. His cultivation is level 25 at age twelve; he later joins Shrek Academy 56 71 99. After losing his original succession prospects and surviving repeated imprisonment, he reveals a Rakshasa God inheritance and plots to kill Gangzi to obtain the godhood 252 346 347 367.
- Dai Kunlun — Former Star Luo Emperor and level-95 Super Douluo 179. He is Dai Tianfeng's father, whose remains Orochimaru uses for Impure World Reincarnation and an attack on the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace 57 180 184.
- Unnamed Second Prince — Brother of Weisi and Mubai, killed by Weisi in a supposedly friendly duel at Star Luo Royal Academy 56.
Associated Imperial Consorts
- Zhu Tiancai — Empress of Star Luo and mother of Dai Mubai. She can perform Hell White Tiger with Dai Tianfeng 290 347.
- Zhu Zhuyun — Dai Weisi's fiancée and Hell White Tiger fusion partner. She retrieves Zhu Zhuqing's body after her sister dies in prison 239 285.
- Zhu Zhuqing — Dai Mubai's fiancée and Hell White Tiger fusion partner. She participates in the White Tiger Gate coup and takes her own life on her first night in the Heavenly Prison 283 285.
History
The succession struggle places Dai Mubai under threat early on: he fears Dai Weisi after witnessing him kill their second brother in a purportedly friendly duel. Dai Tianfeng nevertheless selects Mubai, rather than the stronger Weisi, for the Genius Tournament because of Mubai's combat training 56.
The imperial family also suffers the desecration of its ancestral graves. Dai Tianfeng discovers opened coffins and stolen bodies, including interference with his father's remains. He angrily demands an investigation but punishes the minister who suggests White Snake Douluo Orochimaru might be responsible 57.
Weisi recruits Mitsuki to retaliate against Mubai over the tournament selection. Mitsuki's scheme at Bright Moon Pavilion leaves Mubai severely injured and publicly disgraced when news of his sexual abuse by his followers spreads through Star Luo City. Mubai resolves to use the tournament trip to escape the empire, leaving Zhu Zhuqing behind 57 58. At the tournament, Tianyue's defeat of Mubai and his public pleas for mercy further damage his standing as a representative of the imperial family 71 73.
Orochimaru later reanimates Dai Kunlun and forces him to attack the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace. After his father's defeat, Tianfeng is angered but also disappointed that Kunlun did not kill Xue Ye and his family. He regards Kunlun's destruction of two Heaven Dou Soul Douluo Consecrations and more than half of the Swan troops as a final contribution to Star Luo 180 184.
The brothers later face each other at the Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. Dai Weisi mocks Mubai's White Tiger Soul Skills, but Shrek Academy wins their team match through Hei Ranbai's Seven-in-One fusion technique 242 244.
After Shrek's eventual defeat, Weisi reveals that the Soul-Breaking Grass consumed by Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing has ruined their future cultivation prospects. Mubai kneels and begs for his life; Weisi agrees to spare him because he no longer considers him a threat to the succession 252.
After returning to Star Luo, Mubai gives up competing for the throne under six months of pressure from Weisi. The Golden Roc Duke then persuades Mubai and his fiancée, Zhu Zhuqing, to back an ambush against Weisi at White Tiger Gate. Orochimaru defeats their forces; the Duke flees, and Dai Tianfeng leaves Mubai's punishment to Weisi. Weisi imprisons the conspirators and announces that Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun will be executed in a month 281 283 285.
Mitsuki has already exposed the conspiracy by recording the plotters' meeting through a small white snake carrying a Recording Soul Tool. The failed coup ends with Zhu Zhuqing taking her own life on her first night in prison, after which Zhu Zhuyun carries away her body. Weisi specifies execution by a thousand cuts for Mubai and his surviving accomplices and orders the guards to prevent their suicides 284 285.
Gangzi breaks Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun out of the Heavenly Prison. Mubai immediately asks him to kill Weisi, but their escape instead culminates in a poisonous attack that kills more than a thousand Star Luo soldiers. Tianfeng and Zhu Tiancai attempt pursuit as Hell White Tiger but are driven aside by another attack. Qian Daoliu protects the survivors and compels Tianfeng to promise that Star Luo will not exploit the weakened Heaven Dou Empire by mobilizing against it 288 290.
Weisi later spars alongside Zhu Zhuyun against Sasuke, who traps them in his newly developed Domain Expansion, Amaterasu World-Burning Thunder Prison 312. In a subsequent conflict, Sasuke defeats Tianfeng and Zhu Tiancai, and Tianfeng attacks him from behind after surrendering. Following intervention by Uchiha Itachi and Golden Crocodile Douluo, Ning Fengzhi warns Tianfeng that pursuing Sasuke would damage Star Luo's relations with the Upper Three Sects and Spirit Hall. Tianfeng agrees to abandon the matter 337.
During a visit to Liyue, Weisi encounters Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Flender. Tianyue recognizes the heavily altered Mubai, and Beidou agrees to hand the four over to Weisi. Tianyue then castrates Mubai with a kick 341. Weisi and Mitsuki return the prisoners to the Star Luo Heavenly Prison, where their Soul Power is sealed and Mitsuki summons the Goblin Teachers to torment them 346.
Mubai persuades Weisi to let him see their father. Tianfeng initially fails to recognize his altered appearance and orders him beaten to death as an intruder, but Weisi confirms his identity. Mubai then displays the Rakshasa divine mark, transforming Tianfeng's dismissal into enthusiasm. The emperor promises support for his path to godhood and agrees to investigate Gangzi, whom Mubai claims he must follow to complete it. The revelation alarms Weisi, who fears future revenge; Mitsuki promises to help him 346 347.
Mubai subsequently rejoins Gangzi and later recruits Oscar and Ma Hongjun into a plan to betray him during the Rakshasa ninth trial, promising to take them to the Divine Realm 352 367. During Gangzi's vulnerable ascension process, Mubai uses Oscar's Flying Mushroom Sausage to approach him in the air and drives a tiger claw through his chest 398.