Dai Heng

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Dai Heng (戴衡)
Title	Star Luo Emperor 2
Gender	Male 2
Affiliation	Star Luo Empire; Star Luo Imperial Family, Dai family 2 6
Occupation/Role	Emperor of the Star Luo Empire 2
Cultivation Rank	Soul Douluo 8
Children	Dai Weisi, an unnamed second prince, Dai Mubai, and Dai Xuanyu 2 6
First Appearance	Dai Xuanyu’s Martial Soul Awakening ceremony 2

Background / History

Reign and Succession

Dai Heng has governed Star Luo for decades. Earlier in life, he read imperial records describing the legendary Evil Eyes Saint King, but regarded the account as a myth and gradually forgot it while attending to government 6.

Before Dai Xuanyu’s awakening, Dai Heng favored his youngest son’s diligence, intelligence, and unusual Evil Eyes and Double Pupils. Nevertheless, he doubted that Xuanyu could overcome his older brothers’ advantage in age and strength. Dai Weisi had already killed the second prince, while Dai Mubai’s fearful refusal to resist had deeply disappointed the emperor 2 6.

Xuanyu’s Awakening and Secret Appointment

Xuanyu’s awakening forces Dai Heng to reconsider the imperial succession. Recognizing the Evil Eyes Saint King Martial Soul, he immediately seals the awakening chamber and has imperial deathsworn detain its occupants. He views the revelation as a possible turning point in Star Luo’s ambition to unite the continent 3.

After Xuanyu’s Innate Soul Power is confirmed at level twenty, Dai Heng secretly names him Crown Prince. He orders the trusted imperial relatives to support and protect Xuanyu while publicly maintaining the appearance of the princes’ succession contest. Anyone who exposes the secret risks implicating their entire branch family 4 5.

Dai Heng also accepts Xuanyu’s explanation that the Saint King represents a deeper inheritance within the Dai bloodline and might strengthen other family members. Impressed by his son’s political analysis, he grants him a Golden Token carrying authority to mobilize the empire’s armed forces 6 7 8.

Belief in the Divine Trial

Xuanyu claims that the Battle God has chosen him as a potential successor and will begin testing him once he becomes a Soul Master. Dai Heng believes the claim after seeing a luminous sword-shaped forehead mark whose aura exceeds his understanding of Titled Douluo power. The trial is actually fabricated through Xuanyu’s Second Martial Soul; Dai Heng has never witnessed a genuine Divine Trial 8.

Convinced that divine inheritance will secure Star Luo’s eventual supremacy, Dai Heng urges Xuanyu to obtain a Soul Ring quickly. His belief subsequently becomes a powerful justification for supporting the prince’s independent activities 8 13 27.

Protection and Marriage Arrangements

Dai Heng assigns ten elite deathsworn to protect Xuanyu and determines which imperial relatives can be trusted with sensitive work. For the prince’s secret Soul Ring hunt and recruitment journey, he additionally sends Dai Long and Zhu Xuan, a Soul Douluo couple capable of confronting a Titled Douluo through their fusion skill 9 13.

He cancels Dai Weisi’s engagement to Zhu Zhuyun and transfers it to Xuanyu. Zhu Zhuqing, formerly promised to Dai Mubai, is also betrothed to the new Crown Prince. Dai Heng considers further marriage alliances, particularly with the Star Crown Sect, both to strengthen Xuanyu’s position and to increase the likelihood of exceptional descendants 10 12.

Counterintelligence and Heaven Dou Cooperation

To explain the awakening’s citywide disturbance, the imperial family publicly claims that Dai Heng’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill has improved. Suspicious foreign agents continue investigating, prompting a crackdown in Star Luo City. Dai Heng tells Xuanyu to delay his return while the authorities clear out spies, preserving the cover that the prince is secluded at his residence 11 23.

Following Ghost Douluo’s intrusion into the imperial palace, Dai Heng advances Xuanyu’s proposal for cooperation with Heaven Dou. The agreement establishes mutual embassies, expanded border trade, student exchanges, and limited intelligence-sharing concerning Spirit Hall. Dai Heng seals it with his imperial mark 26 27.

Although reluctant to let Xuanyu travel to Heaven Dou Imperial City, he permits the journey because he believes it is necessary for the God Examination. He promises an elder’s protection and praises Xuanyu’s embassy proposal; Star Luo subsequently sends a construction team to establish its embassy in Heaven Dou 27 36.

Personality

Dai Heng places dynastic interests above personal attachments. He regards the imperial family’s brutal succession system as a means of concentrating authority and producing capable rulers, yet overrides its normal course when Xuanyu’s exceptional potential offers a greater advantage. His reassignment of the Zhu sisters’ engagements likewise treats marriage as an instrument of imperial policy rather than romance 5 10.

His affection for Xuanyu softens his usual imperial demeanor. He welcomes the boy warmly, regrets making him remain a hidden Crown Prince, and worries about the dangers of foreign travel. He is pleased when Xuanyu briefly shows ordinary childhood curiosity instead of his habitual, unnervingly mature composure 2 6 27.

Dai Heng believes that an emperor needs political judgment and strategic vision as well as strength. However, his hopes for Xuanyu and continental unification make him receptive to the fabricated divine inheritance, whose apparent supernatural evidence he cannot independently verify 7 8.

Abilities & Skills

Soul Douluo Cultivation

Dai Heng possesses Soul Douluo-level cultivation 8.

• He resists being forced to kneel by the Evil Eyes Saint King’s awakening aura, though its Martial Soul and bloodline suppression still affects him 3.
• His experience with Titled Douluo-level power lets him recognize that Xuanyu’s fabricated trial mark emits an aura beyond that level 8.

Martial Soul Fusion Skill

A Martial Soul Fusion Skill allows Dai Heng to contend with a Titled Douluo despite his lower cultivation rank 8.

• Its effectiveness against a Titled Douluo is explicitly limited to a short period 8.
• A supposed improvement in this skill serves as the official explanation for the disturbance caused by Xuanyu’s awakening, not a documented advancement in Dai Heng’s power 11.

Imperial Authority

Dai Heng directly controls succession decisions, imperial security measures, and diplomatic commitments 3 5 10 27.

• Commands imperial deathsworn and enforces secrecy around Xuanyu’s talent 3 5.
• Delegates military authority through an imperial token 8.
• Reassigns princely engagements and arranges protection for the Crown Prince’s missions 10 13 27.

Equipment / Items

• Storage Soul Tool — Used to store the Golden Token before presenting it to Xuanyu 8.
• Golden Token — Bears the Star Luo emblem and the inscription “As If the Emperor Were Here in Person.” Dai Heng gives it to Xuanyu, enabling him to mobilize the armed forces; Xuanyu later uses it to substantiate his authority during negotiations with the Breaking Clan 8 17 21.

Relationships

• Dai Xuanyu — Youngest son and secretly appointed Crown Prince. Dai Heng provides protection, resources, military authority, and diplomatic support, unaware that Xuanyu’s Battle God trial is fabricated 5 8 13 27.
• Dai Weisi — Eldest son. His early succession advantage fails to preserve his favored position after Xuanyu’s awakening; Dai Heng cancels his engagement despite his objections 6 10.
• Dai Mubai — Third son. Dai Heng is deeply disappointed by his cowardice despite his promising talent and Evil Eyes 2 6.
• Dai Cang — Imperial elder responsible for Xuanyu’s awakening ceremony. Dai Heng directs him to continue the ceremony and measure the prince’s extraordinary Soul Power 4 5.
• Dai Long and Zhu Xuan — Trusted imperial retainers whom Dai Heng assigns to protect and assist Xuanyu’s secret expedition 13.
• Dai Yuan — Imperial family member entrusted with the Heaven Dou ambassadorship and informed of Xuanyu’s secret Crown Prince status and exceptional talent, but not his supposed God Examination 36.
• Spirit Hall — The power Dai Heng considers Star Luo’s greatest threat, requiring greater caution than Heaven Dou 6 7.

Notable Quotes

“So in public, the princes’ struggle for the throne will continue. But in private, I expect you to understand: Xuanyu is the empire’s Crown Prince!” 5

“The Heaven Dou Imperial Family is nothing to fear. Spirit Hall remains the greatest threat to our Star Luo Imperial Family.” 7

“Come now. There’s no need for so much ceremony between father and son. Get up.” 27