Banner Bro

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Banner Bro (幡子哥)
Alias(es)	Fan Zi; Ninth Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult 148 184 185
Species/Race	Clone of Jiang Hao 17 31
Gender	Male 6 71
Affiliation	Jiang Hao’s Clone collective; Thirty-Person Group; Soul Hall; Fatui; Cassell College. Infiltrates the Holy Spirit Cult 32 47 68 161 181
Occupation/Role	Undead practitioner; combat instructor; undercover operative. Becomes a Holy Spirit Cult elder and Ye Xishui’s intended successor 47 183 186
Martial Soul	Soul-Refining Banner, later upgraded into the Myriad Souls Banner 7 58
Highest Documented Rank	Level 70, Seven-Ring Soul Saint 128 167
Status	Alive; maintaining his Holy Spirit Cult cover in the latest direct account 186
First Appearance	Chapter 6 6

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
First Soul Ring; Undead Hymn	7	Chooses an undead-attribute ring. His First Soul Skill strengthens and solidifies the souls controlled by his banner.
Further Soul Power advancement	18	Gains another level while cultivating independently. Jiang Hao expects recalling him to raise the collective to level sixteen; Banner Bro’s exact level is not stated.
Level 20	24	Announces his breakthrough through the mental link, prompting Jiang Hao to arrange a reunion.
Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster; Nether King’s Servant	31	Demonstrates his Second Soul Skill on the defeated Mud Old Ghost, branding him for compulsory service.
Myriad Souls Banner upgrade	58	While Jiang Hao borrows his Martial Soul, it absorbs Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire. The blackened pole reveals white bone, and the banner develops flame inscriptions and a purple aura. The passage identifies this as its second upgrade.
Level 30	64	Breaks through during preparations to rescue Jiang Hao from Shrek. Estimates that merging with the main body would raise Jiang Hao’s combat strength by at least thirty percent.
Peak three-ring cultivation	68	Announces this rank while attacking Shrek’s forces with undead during the rescue operation.
Level 70; Seven-Ring Soul Saint	128	Absorbing Electrolux’s soul remnant accelerates his growth until he overtakes Ma Xiaotao. Incorporates Electrolux’s phantom into the banner and demonstrates combined undead and sacred-light powers.

Background / History

Forest debut and isolation

Banner Bro’s first major contribution comes during the forest battle involving Shrek Academy. He collects the souls of ten Soul Kings, seven Soul Emperors, and a Soul Saint, storing their bodies inside his Martial Soul for refinement. He then strengthens the captured spirits with Undead Hymn and helps restrain the Wolf King so Zhang Lexuan can finish it 6 7.

His inability to conceal leaking Demonic Qi forces him to remain apart from the others. Living in a cave near the Star Dou Great Forest, he complains of hunger, cold, and surviving on raw flesh and blood. Despite resenting the arrangement, he continues cultivating quickly enough to become an important source of shared advancement for Jiang Hao’s Clones 17 18 24.

Mud Old Ghost and the beast tide

The Five-Ring Soul King Mud Old Ghost pursues Banner Bro, intending to refine his undead for power and eventually turn Banner Bro himself into a Qi-Blood Pill. Banner Bro escapes toward Jiang Hao, helps spring an ambush, and uses the captured enemy to test Nether King’s Servant. He subsequently seals Mud Old Ghost’s Spiritual Sea, creating his first living puppet 30 31 32.

During the ensuing beast tide, Banner Bro uses Mud Old Ghost’s terrain skills before switching to mass corpse refinement and undead explosives. The emergency method helps relieve pressure on the other Clones, but forces him to absorb excessive impure Soul Power. His body reaches its limit, temporarily obstructing further cultivation; Jiang Hao later gives him a Black Tortoise Divine Pill to aid recovery 32 33 35.

Soul Hall and the Shrek rescue

Once Jiang Hao gains a means of purifying the evil aura left by contact with him, Banner Bro can travel with the group again. Under the Soul Hall organization, he receives responsibility for training promising fighters and occasionally controlling Soul Beasts for Master’s Bro’s experiments 37 47 48.

When Jiang Hao faces public punishment at Shrek, Banner Bro initially demands immediate action rather than more machinery work. He joins the coordinated rescue effort and arrives aboard the modified Train with undead reinforcements 62 64 68.

During the escape, his improvised claim that belief could make the banner a Body Martial Soul accidentally inspires Du Busi to name him the founding disciple of the Body Sect’s “Idealist Faction.” Du Busi’s enthusiasm turns into an alarming physical examination, leaving Banner Bro regretting his attempt to show off 71.

Fatui operations and Electrolux

Banner Bro supports Owl Bro’s offer of refuge to Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiaotao, rejecting the idea that Xiaotao’s dangerous flames necessarily make her evil 72.

He remains active in Fatui operations: he extracts a sixty-thousand-year Blood Tiger’s soul during the assault on Duke Minghuo’s estate, gives the resulting torso Soul Bone to Nether Bro, and later helps break into the dungeon where the mutilated Ning Zhiyuan is imprisoned 90 109.

Banner Bro and Ice Crystal Bro subsequently carry out a dangerous operation involving Electrolux, after which Banner Bro collapses. By his next documented academy spar, he has absorbed Electrolux’s remnant, reached Soul Saint, and developed a banner combining death, undead, and sacred light 117 128.

Holy Spirit Cult infiltration

Near Red City, Banner Bro attempts to intercept the fleeing Zhongli brothers. Instead, they seize him and carry him away, apparently believing they are rescuing a fellow Evil Soul Master. Jiang Hao stops the pursuit and turns the abduction into an infiltration opportunity 148.

Operating as Fan Zi, Banner Bro impresses the cult’s leaders with the purity of his Evil Martial Soul. While distracted by news of the Fatui’s airship, he accidentally agrees to enter the Holy Son selection. Ye Xishui later treats him as her intended heir; subsequent accounts identify him as the cult’s Ninth Elder 161 165 184 186.

Ye Guyi and the Mingdou portal

During the cult’s soul-gathering competition, Ye Guyi ambushes Banner Bro and stabs him through the chest. He sends her into the Undead Demiplane before Ye Xishui can reach her, then keeps her there to investigate her Angel bloodline. His methods include forced combat, blood extraction, and replenishing her Soul Power so she can continue training 165 166 167.

After half a month, he arranges her release and discovers how Jiang Hao’s borrowed Martial Soul can turn the demiplane into a long-distance passage. The resulting portal allows Star Luo troops to prepare a surprise attack inside the Mingdou Mountain Range, although transferring control temporarily leaves Banner Bro powerless 181 182.

Xiaocui and Ye Xishui’s war scheme

Banner Bro searches for his missing maid Xiaocui and attacks cult disciples abusing captive women. When Xiaocui returns alive, he comforts her and forbids her from leaving his tent again 182 183.

Ye Xishui then exposes Xiaocui as the agent 9527, involved in espionage between the cult and Xu Tianran. Banner Bro takes away the dangerous Bloody Mary she wants to drink, questioning her desperation for power. After Xiaocui’s death, Ye Xishui disposes of her body and admonishes him for showing sympathy 184 185 186.

Ye Xishui also reveals that she intends to prolong the war so casualties on both sides feed the Death God Tower. Banner Bro recognizes that knowing the original story is no protection against her strategic ability 186.

Appearance

• Early aura: Billowing black smoke and uncontrolled Demonic Qi make his powers difficult to conceal 6 17.
• Eyes: Displays blood-red pupils when turning on Mud Old Ghost during the ambush 31.
• Clothing: Wears black robes during covert operations and a black hood while overseeing Ye Guyi’s training 108 181.
• Disguises: Tree Bro alters his face for operations where his identity must remain hidden 108.

Personality

Banner Bro is boastful, competitive, and theatrical. He celebrates collecting powerful souls, resents Hoe Bro’s claims to top-tier status, and enjoys sinister laughter. His bravado weakens quickly when confronted by someone he cannot handle: he fears Zhang Lexuan’s reaction to his powers, panics while hunted by Mud Old Ghost, and begs for help when Du Busi takes his improvised theory seriously 6 7 17 30 71.

His complaints about Jiang Hao coexist with strong loyalty. He cultivates a Martial Soul the main body can borrow, becomes openly distressed over Jiang Hao’s impending execution, and willingly shares valuable spoils with Nether Bro 58 62 90.

His compassion is selective rather than consistently gentle. He defends Xiaotao against prejudice and protects Xiaocui from the cult, yet seals an enemy’s mind and treats Ye Guyi as a captive research subject. Her survival matters to him, but so do the experimental value of her bloodline and her potential as an anti-Evil-Soul-Master fighter 32 72 166 167 181 183.

Abilities & Skills

Soul-Refining Banner / Myriad Souls Banner

• Collects souls and stores corpses for later refinement 6.
• Commands spectral undead, including fragments from stronger Soul Masters and undead Soul Beasts 31.
• His refined undead possess a dense Netherworld attribute without the resentment Mud Old Ghost expects 31.
• Absorbs Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire while borrowed by Jiang Hao, triggering an upgrade rather than merely suppressing the flames 58.
• Later combines death, undead, and sacred-light attributes after absorbing Electrolux’s remnant 128.
• By the Holy Spirit Cult selection, contains thousands—possibly tens of thousands—of souls; nearly eighty percent come from Electrolux’s Undead Plane 165.

First Soul Skill: Undead Hymn

• Envelops controlled souls in black chains, making their forms more solid and strengthening them 7.
• Can drive his undead into a frenzy for coordinated attacks 31.
• Spectral attackers can evade ordinary physical attacks, as demonstrated against the Wolf King 7.

Second Soul Skill: Nether King’s Servant

• Brands a living target, strips away its soul, and prevents betrayal 31.
• Grants an additional enhancement to marked undead 31.
• First demonstrated on Mud Old Ghost after the group has incapacitated him; the scene does not establish effortless control over a resisting Soul King 31.

Spiritual Control and Soul Search

• Occlumency: Completely seals a target’s Spiritual Sea and blocks soul or Spiritual Power probing, reducing the victim to a puppet 32.
• Removal limit: Forcibly breaching the seal requires combined Soul Power and Spiritual Power and would leave the victim mentally ruined 32.
• Soul Search: Extracts soul strands to view memories, used to trace Xiaocui’s disappearance 182.
• Helps mentally subdue Soul Beasts for Master’s Bro’s research 47 48.
• Jiang Hao can borrow Soul Search; the shared Spiritual Sea distributes its mental burden among the Clones 189.

Undead Magic and Explosions

• Rapid refinement: Converts nearby corpses into weaker undead quickly enough for emergency battlefield use 32.
• Undead explosives: Sends newly refined spirits into enemy formations to detonate 32 33.
• Undead Blast: Shakes enemy souls and leaves the cult disciples attacking captive women limp on the ground 182.
• Undead Judgment and light powers: Uses undead magic alongside a Sword of Light to defeat Ma Xiaotao in a spar 128.
• Undead Rain-Prayer Art: Summons storm clouds and rain, exploiting Sand Bro’s vulnerability to water 131.
• Cost: Reckless refinement produces a heavier black aura and impure Soul Power accumulation, which can halt his advancement until the impurities are expelled 32 33.

Undead Demiplane and Gate of the Undead

• Controls undead within the demiplane and can move people into it through the Gate of the Undead 165 166.
• Revives corpses as undead, creating another source of strength for the banner 165.
• The realm continually restores its undead; even complete destruction does not permanently remove them from its underlying structure 167.
• Can impose protected areas that nearby undead cannot enter. Ye Guyi is also unable to detonate her Soul Power inside the realm 166 167.
• Uses the realm as a training ground for Ye Guyi, whose Angel bloodline gains Soul Power and growth from killing undead 167 181.
• Long-distance passage: Jiang Hao’s borrowing of the banner transfers authority over the Gate and demiplane, enabling troops to cross between distant locations 181.
• Authority-transfer limit: Banner Bro loses access to his Martial Soul, Soul Power, and demiplane authority during the transfer. They return after the Plane Gate closes 181 182.

Shared Clone Connection

• Communicates with Jiang Hao and other Clones across long distances and shares what he sees in real time 58 148 166.
• Merging with Jiang Hao transfers his cultivation progress to the main body and allows the surrounding Clones to advance as well 32.
• Contact carries negative emotions and spiritual corruption into Jiang Hao’s Spiritual Sea, although Jiang Hao easily suppresses them 32.
• The link lets him learn teammates’ plans even while fighting on the opposing sparring team, as demonstrated against Sand Bro 131.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Myriad Souls Banner — His Martial Soul rather than an ordinary weapon. Its upgraded form has a white bone pole, flame inscriptions, ghostly blue blood fire, and a purple aura 58.
• Undead Staff — Held in his left hand during his Soul Saint spar with Ma Xiaotao 128.
• Sword of Light — Held in his right hand during the same match 128.
• Milk Bottles — Places two Soul Power storage devices in the demiplane to extend Ye Guyi’s training time 167.
• Black Tortoise Divine Pill — Given by Jiang Hao after his near-collapse defending the market 35.
• Sixty-thousand-year Blood Tiger torso Soul Bone — Declines it on compatibility grounds and gives it to Nether Bro 90.

Relationships

• Jiang Hao — Main body and commander. Protects Banner Bro from Mud Old Ghost, borrows his abilities, and relies on his rapid cultivation to advance the collective 31 32 58.
• Owl Bro — Fellow organizer and operational partner. Coordinates the Shrek rescue and joins him in defending Xiaotao against prejudice 64 72.
• Hoe Bro — Rival in the Clones’ internal boasting; Banner Bro angrily disputes his claim to top-tier combat strength while isolated in the forest 17.
• Master’s Bro / Dottore — Research collaborator. Banner Bro supplies mental-control assistance and Ye Guyi’s blood samples 47 48 167.
• Nether Bro — Fellow dark-attribute practitioner and trusted companion; receives the valuable Blood Tiger Soul Bone from him 77 90.
• Du Busi — Declares Banner Bro the founding disciple of the Idealist Faction after being persuaded by his fabricated theory. Later shows genuine concern when the Zhongli brothers abduct him 71 148.
• Ma Xiaotao — Ally and sparring opponent. Her Evil Fire upgrades his banner, and he later defeats her using his evolved powers 58 128.
• Electrolux — Source of the absorbed soul remnant that accelerates Banner Bro’s cultivation and expands his undead and light abilities 128.
• Ye Guyi — Initially his attacker, then captive, research subject, and trainee. Eventually apologizes for misjudging him and voluntarily returns to hunt in his demiplane 165 167 181 182.
• Xu Jiujiu — Military collaborator. Organizes troops for his portal operation and vouches for him to Ye Guyi 181 182.
• Xiaocui / Cuicui / 9527 — Maid he protects and becomes attached to; later exposed as a spy involved with Ye Xishui and Xu Tianran 167 183 184.
• Zhongli Wu — Cult leader who supports his Holy Son candidacy because of his unusually pure Evil Martial Soul 161.
• Ye Xishui — Cult superior who heals him and designates him as her intended successor. Her manipulation and war strategy make him increasingly wary 165 184 186.
• Mud Old Ghost — Pursuer turned first living puppet after the Clones defeat him 31 32.

Notable Quotes

“Art is an explosion!” 33

“Of course. What’s mine is yours, isn’t it?” — Giving Nether Bro the Blood Tiger Soul Bone 90

“It feels safer when I’ve got power.” 182

Trivia

• His supposedly royal ancestry, connection to the Ziwei Star, and discovery on a beach are explanations Jiang Hao invents to placate Du Busi—not established facts about his origin 149.
• Likewise, the “father” seen outside the Undead Gate is Jiang Hao using Tree Bro’s elderly disguise. Banner Bro accepts calling the main body his father as part of that cover 181 182.
• Xu Jiujiu’s claim that he has “never harmed anyone” is an in-story defense of his character, not a literal account of his record: earlier chapters show forced puppetry and lethal violence 31 181 183.
• His participation in the Holy Son selection begins with an absent-minded agreement while he is admiring information about a Fatui airship 161.