Tuotuo

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Tuotuo (坨坨)
Alias(es)	Prime Minister Tuotuo; Imperial Advisor; Terrestrial Deity; “Immortal Tuotuo”
Species/Race	Human; later a Ghost Cultivator and martial cultivator
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Great Yuan Dynasty; Imperial Guards
Occupation/Role	Prime Minister, imperial advisor, Grandmaster martial artist
First Appearance	529

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Grandmaster	529 531	Identified as a Grandmaster second only to one man in the Great Yuan Dynasty. His self-created footwork sharply accelerates him over short distances and raises his combat ability.
Ghost Cultivator	534 536	After Lan Ye's Silver Needle floods him with death qi, Ye Liang refines the artifact for him. Tuotuo subdues it in his Sea of Consciousness, gains control of death qi, and begins cultivation.
Terrestrial Deity	570	After his ghost cultivation is crippled by the needle's original owner, he returns to the martial path and breaks through its final shackle. This realm is stated to rival an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator.
Deity Transformation	572	Advances during the battle against True Lord Haotian, enabling him to attack the Haotian Mirror and free the True Dragon.

Background

Prime Minister of Great Yuan

Tuotuo served as the Great Yuan Dynasty's capable and upright prime minister, leading the suppression of martial artists involved in rebellion. He was aware of immortals and cultivation affairs, but initially doubted Ye Liang's warning that the Diancang Sect and Xuanhu Sect were preparing the Dragon Slaying Feast. Once he investigated the arrested martial artists, he accepted that the state religion's involvement threatened the dynasty itself. 529 530

He refused Lan Ye's demand to release Dieyi from Sky Prison, maintaining that every prisoner held there was a court criminal—even if Dieyi was True Person Qionghua's granddaughter. His refusal led to a duel with Lan Ye, whose hidden Silver Needle seriously wounded him. 531 532

Entry into Ghost Cultivation

The Silver Needle's death qi penetrated Tuotuo's bones, marrow, and inner force. Removing it outright would have crippled him, so Ye Liang offered him a choice: accept ghost cultivation or lose his martial arts. Tuotuo agreed. 533 534

Within his Sea of Consciousness, he endured the Silver Needle's attacks and gradually weakened it until it accepted him as its master. The process gave him command of death qi and made the needle his Lifebound Magic Treasure. 535 536

Tuotuo used ghostly black qi to defend the imperial palace from rebels. His attacks killed several infiltrating leaders, intimidated the remaining rebels, and ultimately led to Lan Ye's death when the Silver Needle turned against its former user. 538

Return as a Terrestrial Deity

After the fall of Great Yuan, Tuotuo disappeared from the former capital. During that absence, the Silver Needle's original owner found him searching for Ye Liang; Tuotuo refused to reveal Ye Liang's whereabouts, and the Ghost Cultivator crippled his cultivation. Tuotuo later rebuilt his strength through the martial path and became a Terrestrial Deity. 544 570

He returned to defend Bai Louxie and the mortal realm against Xuanhu Sect cultivators and Rogue Cultivators seeking the mortal dragon aura. His body withstood a top-grade Magic Tool without injury, and he repelled a Nascent Soul cultivator's flying sword with a gesture. 570

During the conflict around Kyoto, he summoned the Nascent Soul Ghost Cultivator sealed within the Silver Needle to lock down the surrounding void and counter spatial attacks. He then attempted to evacuate Bai Louxie before the emperor merged with the True Dragon. 571

Tuotuo and the True Dragon briefly fought True Lord Haotian together. He broke through again during the battle and damaged the Haotian Mirror, freeing the True Dragon, but could not prevent the Dragon Slaying Feast from succeeding. 572

Appearance

Tuotuo is bald and retains a youthful appearance despite having served the fallen Great Yuan Dynasty long before his return. He carries an aged, dignified bearing that makes him recognizable even when he has not visibly aged. 570

• Bald-headed.
• Appears young despite the passage of years.
• Projects the composed bearing of a senior statesman and martial master. 529 570

Personality

Tuotuo is composed, observant, and politically resolute. Even when Ye Liang isolates him in Amenominaka and threatens him, he quickly reasons that Ye Liang has another purpose for bringing him there. His composure breaks only when confronted with power far beyond mortal understanding. 529

His loyalty is directed toward the stability of the mortal realm rather than personal survival. He refuses to release prisoners implicated in rebellion, blocks Lan Ye's uprising, protects the imperial palace, and later risks himself against cultivators seeking to exploit Great Yuan's dragon aura. 531 538 571

He is also adaptable. Rather than reject the stigma and danger of ghost cultivation, he accepts Ye Liang's proposal when it becomes the only way to preserve both his life and his martial ability. 534 535

Abilities & Skills

Grandmaster Martial Arts

Before becoming a cultivator, Tuotuo was already one of Great Yuan's foremost martial artists.

• Uses a self-developed footwork technique that provides a burst of speed and places his body in an agile state. 531
• The technique can increase his combat capability by roughly thirty percent. 531
• Relies on speed and agility rather than Lan Ye's brute-force fighting style. 531
• Retained external martial arts that protected him from burning while imprisoned in Demon Space. 580

Ghost Qi Manipulation

After taming the Silver Needle, Tuotuo gains control over pure death qi.

• Releases black qi in the form of ghostly shadows that pass through and kill enemies. 538
• Uses ghost cultivation methods powerful enough to frighten nearby cultivators into avoiding the conflict. 538
• His ghost cultivation was later crippled by the Silver Needle's original owner. 570

Terrestrial Deity Physique

Tuotuo's return to martial cultivation gives him a body and strength comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator. 570

• Stops a flying sword in midair and sends it back at its wielder. 570
• Takes a strike from a top-grade Magic Tool without even breaking his skin. 570
• Crosses distance in only a few steps, startling nearby cultivators. 570

Dragon Soul Sense

Tuotuo can sense and communicate with dragon souls.

• Guides Ye Liang while tracking the escaped dragon soul to Diancang Mountain. 574
• Understands the Divine Dragon Phantom's messages when it reveals itself as True Person Qionghua's soul fragment. 575

Equipment

• Silver Needle — A magical artifact originally used by Lan Ye to wound Tuotuo. Ye Liang refines it into Tuotuo's Lifebound Magic Treasure; it grants access to death qi and later contains its original Nascent Soul Ghost Cultivator owner. 532 534 536 571
• Paired Silver Needle — Recovered after Lan Ye's death when the original needle turns on him. 538
• Jade pendant — An heirloom from Tuotuo's wife that initially suppresses the death qi within his body. It can also conceal power from demonic perception. 534 581

Relationships

• Ye Liang — Initially an intimidating immortal benefactor, later Tuotuo's healer, cultivation mentor, and ally. Ye Liang refines the Silver Needle for him, teaches him basic cultivation formulas, and repeatedly attempts to protect him in Demon Space. 529 534 536 574 580
• Tuotuo's wife — His wife gave him the jade pendant that saves his life from the Silver Needle's death qi. She begs Ye Liang to treat him when he is gravely injured. 533 534
• Lan Ye — Political and martial opponent. Lan Ye wounds Tuotuo through a hidden-weapon trick, then later dies after the Silver Needle turns against him. 531 532 538
• Bai Louxie — Tuotuo attempts to protect him from cultivators pursuing the dragon aura; Bai Louxie refuses rescue and merges with the True Dragon. 570 571
• True Lord Haotian — Enemy during the Dragon Slaying Feast. Tuotuo attacks Haotian's divine artifact alongside the True Dragon. 572

Impostor in Demon Space

A demon assumes Tuotuo's identity after the real Tuotuo is captured in Demon Space. The impostor is exposed when a senior's Divine Ability reveals him as blood-streaked white bones rather than Tuotuo's body. 577

The genuine Tuotuo is later found alive but mutilated, bound to a wooden post, and sealed by the strongman demons' power. Ye Liang confirms his identity with Spiritual Power, rescues him, and restores his severed limbs with the Mystical Palm Technique. 580 581

The demon impostor continues to use Tuotuo's appearance while communicating with other demons in infrasound. It guides Ye Liang toward the Formation Eye, transfers power to him, and attempts to escape when the seal breaks; Ye Liang ultimately attacks it to stop its escape. 582 583 584