Yun He
Swallowed Star: Rewards for Every Level-UpContents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background / History
- 3.1Arrival and martial artist training
- 3.2Solo hunting and the Luo family
- 3.3No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins
- 3.4Qiu Long Star and the Peak Genius Tournament
- 4Appearance
- 5Personality
- 6Abilities & Skills
- 6.1Cultivation and system enhancements
- 6.2Swordsmanship and force application
- 6.3Laws of light, space, and time
- 6.4Mixed hole
- 6.5Foreknowledge
- 7Equipment / Weapons / Items
- 8Relationships
- 9Notable Quotes
Contents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background / History
- 3.1Arrival and martial artist training
- 3.2Solo hunting and the Luo family
- 3.3No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins
- 3.4Qiu Long Star and the Peak Genius Tournament
- 4Appearance
- 5Personality
- 6Abilities & Skills
- 6.1Cultivation and system enhancements
- 6.2Swordsmanship and force application
- 6.3Laws of light, space, and time
- 6.4Mixed hole
- 6.5Foreknowledge
- 7Equipment / Weapons / Items
- 8Relationships
- 9Notable Quotes
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Yun He (云河) |
| Alias(es) | Yun Monster 11; Councilor Yun 31; Light Sword Yun He 50 |
| Species/Race | Human, Earthling 35 37 |
| Gender | Male 8 |
| Age | Twenty at his introduction; twenty-one during his early War God period 1 16 19 |
| Affiliation | Limit Martial Hall, as a free martial artist; War God Palace; Meteorite Star; Ganwu Universe Country’s Peak Genius Tournament delegation 19 26 31 45 |
| Occupation/Role | Sword-wielding warrior; War God Palace councilor; Peak Genius Tournament contestant 9 31 39 |
| Residence | Originally Building 158, Mingyue Residential Area, Yangzhou City, Jiangnan Base City; later Qiu Long Star 3 38 48 |
| Last documented cultivation | Star Level, sixth stage 39 |
| Status | Alive; competing in the Peak Genius Tournament trials 49 50 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 1, “Yun He” 1 |
Power Progression
Physical cultivation and amplified attack strength are distinct: Yun He can strike above his bodily realm through force-application techniques 10 13 17.
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Quasi-Warrior assessment passed | 1 | Records 912 kg punching force, 25.8 m/s speed, and excellent Beginner Warrior nerve reactions; receives the Genetic Origin Energy Cultivation Method. |
| Intermediate Warrior physique | 1 2 | Successfully absorbs cosmic energy on his first attempt. Punching force reaches 2,050 kg, speed reaches 41.8 m/s, and nerve reactions pass the Intermediate Warrior standard. |
| Intermediate Warrior improvement | 3 | After a month of fundamental training, reaches 2,600 kg, 49.2 m/s, and excellent Intermediate Warrior nerve reactions. |
| System aptitude enhancement | 7 8 | The beginner’s gift pack improves physical aptitude and comprehension; marrow cleansing is followed by automatic cosmic-energy absorption during sleep. |
| Junior War General | 8 | Post-enhancement testing records 8,825 kg punching force and 96 m/s speed. |
| Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, first layer | 9 | Masters its force application on his tenth day of practice, gaining a 1.4× multiplier. |
| Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, second layer | 9 10 | Masters the second layer on day twenty-five. By August 30, raw force is 12,204 kg, amplified to 25,634 kg through its 2.1× multiplier. |
| Micro-level movement technique | 11 | Reaches the micro-level within days of intensive monster combat in 0210 County Town. |
| Intermediate War General | 12 | Testing after his wilderness training records 20,137 kg raw force and 42,305 kg amplified force. |
| Advanced War General; Thunder Blade third and fourth layers | 13 | Raw punching force reaches 33,069 kg. The fourth layer’s 3.5× multiplier produces 115,802 kg, a War God-level strike. |
| Beginner War God; Thunder Blade fifth layer | 17 | Reaches 72,658 kg raw force and 305,152 kg with the fifth layer’s 4.2× multiplier. His movement has also advanced through perfect-level technique to a light-based artistic conception. |
| Intermediate War God physique | 18 | Consuming a millennium willow heart raises him from peak Beginner War God through Intermediate War God, passing approximately 128,000, 182,000, and 250,000 kg during the transformation. |
| High-level War God physique | 18 | The willow heart’s transformation carries him into High-level War God; even a casual punch exceeds his previous full-power strike. |
| Thunder Blade sixth layer; Invincible War God combat strength | 21 22 | Raw strength exceeds 500,000 kg. The sixth layer’s 4.9× multiplier produces attacks above two million kg, demonstrated against Lord-level monsters. |
| Peak High-level War God; Thunder Blade eighth layer | 24 | Uses a 512,000 kg physique and 6.3× power output to destroy an Elite Passage guardian. |
| Warrior Secret Basic 312 Forms: 10× output | 25 | One month of study inside the ruins raises his force multiplier beyond the Thunder Blade’s sevenfold limit. |
| Warrior Secret Basic 312 Forms: 15× output | 25 | Reached after two months inside the ruins. |
| Warrior Secret Basic 312 Forms: 20× output | 25 | Reached after three months inside the ruins. |
| Complete Warrior Secret Basic 312 Forms: 36× output | 25 | Masters all 312 forms after one year, shatters his crystal confinement, and completes the death assessment. His mind and will are ready for Planetary Level. |
| Planetary Level | 27 | Forms a miniature planet in his dantian, gains flight and a light-absorbing ability, and receives a system reward increasing his gene level tenfold. Begins comprehending the Law of Light. |
| Planetary Level, third stage | 34 | Reached after months of cultivation; continues studying the laws. |
| Planetary Level, sixth stage | 34 | Reached by June 1, 2060, while cultivating through large-scale sunlight absorption. |
| Planetary Level, ninth stage | 38 | His documented realm immediately before the Star Level breakthrough on Qiu Long Star. |
| Star Level | 38 | Breaks through in his cultivation chamber. The system grants space-time law talent, sharpening his perception of space and time. |
| Star Level, sixth stage | 39 | His registered cultivation level for the Peak Genius Tournament. |
| Nascent time-stop law comprehension | 48 | Immortals recognize an incomplete trace of time stop in his evasions during the Trial Tower competition. |
Background / History
Arrival and martial artist training
Yun He was a twenty-first-century shut-in and longtime Swallowed Star fan before arriving in its world. By the opening chapter, he had been there for almost a month. His body’s previous owner had possessed ordinary aptitude and only become an advanced martial hall student at twenty. Yun He suspected that their souls merging had improved his mind and physical potential, though this remained his own explanation 1 3.
After passing the Quasi-Warrior Assessment, he earned early recruitment by the Limit Martial Hall and moved alone into Building 158 of Mingyue Residential Area, opposite Luo Feng’s future home. He rebuilt his movement, fist, and sword fundamentals through daily training, initially fearing that his progress would never let him follow Luo Feng into the wider universe 3.
His first combat assessment exposed his lack of experience with violence. He struggled to regain composure during monster encounters and later vomited after seeing human casualties. He nevertheless passed with eight monster kills; that night, his previously silent system finally delivered its beginner’s gift pack 6 7.
Solo hunting and the Luo family
Yun He refused to join a martial artist squad, preferring to choose his own wilderness trips. During a month in 0210 County Town, he used weaker monsters as sparring partners before killing them, developing practical combat experience and earning nearly thirty million Huaxia Currency. His enormous daily hauls prompted supply-base staff to nickname him the Yun Monster 9 11.
His friendship with Luo Feng grew into a close bond with the entire Luo family. He told Luo Feng about the Water of Life’s ability to restore Luo Hua’s legs, promised to protect the family during Luo Feng’s conflict with Li Yao, and rescued Luo Hua after his plunge into a frozen lake 4 14 15 16.
At the Huangpu River War Base, Yun He helped repel a marine beast tide and killed eight Lord-level monsters, including two High-level Lords. Selling the latter’s materials to the Limit Martial Hall earned approximately thirty billion Huaxia Currency and raised his contribution rating to four stars, allowing him to purchase the final two Thunder Blade layers 22.
No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins
Yun He entered the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins seeking warrior cultivation methods from the wider universe. His enhanced physical aptitude qualified him for the Elite Passage, where he escaped a group of eighteen black-robed guardians before becoming confined in a crystal chamber 18 24 25.
He spent a year mastering the Warrior Secret Basic 312 Forms and broke out by destroying the chamber wall. The ruins’ Crystal Man identified him as the first Meteorite Star member to pass the elite trial in more than five thousand years, rewarded him with equipment and cultivation material, and warned him not to disclose Meteorite Star information 25 26.
He emerged on September 30, 2058, shocking staff and factions that had received reports of his death. His subsequent Planetary breakthrough produced a large light-devouring phenomenon that drew the world’s major powers. He dispersed the gathered forces with a repulsive explosion, concealed his involvement, and later declined Hong’s offer to become a Limit Martial Hall Inspector 26 27 30.
Back home, he reassured the Luo family that Luo Feng was still alive in the ruins. Rather than immediately confronting Li Yao’s harassment, he arranged for the government’s special department to record the provocations for Luo Feng to address upon returning 31.
Qiu Long Star and the Peak Genius Tournament
Yun He offered Luo Feng a gravely injured Golden Horned Beast cub in exchange for space-law books and related movement techniques. He explained that the beast’s clone ability could preserve Luo Feng’s Earthling body as a clone, addressing Luo Feng’s reluctance to abandon it 35.
After leaving Earth, Yun He settled on Qiu Long Star. He deliberately avoided returning before the Genius Tournament: Virtual Universe login records could link another outstanding native genius to Earth and expose its unusual nature before Earthlings had the power to protect their interests 37 38 39.
In the tournament preliminaries, he stayed inconspicuous for more than twenty days before hunting powerful survivors. He secured first place in World Zone 66 with nearly 150 million points and represented Ganwu Universe Country in the universe-wide competition 41 43 45.
His Trial Tower performance revealed his time-stop comprehension to the observing Immortals and attracted the Qian Wu Country Lord’s attention. After discovering that his mixed hole could swallow a Zerg Mother Emperor’s soul attacks, he killed her and advanced to the second tower. By the next documented chapter, he stood fourteenth in total points across the universe, and a promotional video popularized the name Light Sword Yun He 48 49 50.
Appearance
- Short black hair and a youthful appearance; his suppressed aura can make him seem entirely ordinary even to dangerous opponents 42.
- Commonly wears loose training clothes at home and black casual clothing when traveling 13 31.
- Emerges from his year-long ruins trial with a full beard and accumulated grime, but notably bright, star-like eyes 25 26.
Personality
Yun He combines intense cultivation discipline with a strong preference for safety and privacy. He trains obsessively when pursuing a breakthrough but dislikes squads, official duties, factional courtship, and unnecessary social obligations. He willingly lets others underestimate him if it allows him to cultivate undisturbed 3 9 16 19 30 31.
His caution is deliberate rather than timid inactivity. He rejects reckless cross-level battles, prefers overwhelming weaker opponents, and treats knowledge of the original story as a tool for avoiding danger. Possible changes to that story unsettle him because they threaten his ability to anticipate events 4 14 15.
He is mischievous and blunt with Luo Feng, enjoying opportunities to tease or humble someone he knows will eventually become extraordinarily powerful. Beneath the jokes, he refuses to betray a friend and comes to regard the Luo family as his own 4 14 15.
His early fear of blood gradually gives way to battlefield composure. After the preliminary tournament’s prolonged slaughter, he consciously settles his killing intent and emerges with a more resolute, confident outlook. Lord Thirteen’s presence later reminds him how far he remains from the universe’s truly powerful beings 6 10 43 45.
Abilities & Skills
Cultivation and system enhancements
Yun He cultivates genetic origin energy through cosmic-energy absorption, supplemented by the Ninefold Hunyuan guidance technique 1 9.
- His system grants major rewards at documented milestones rather than responding continuously to his requests 7 27 38.
- Its rewards improve physical aptitude and comprehension, increase his gene level tenfold, and grant space-time law talent 7 27 38.
- Planetary cultivation gives him flight, freedom from the need to breathe, and a thousand-year lifespan 27.
Swordsmanship and force application
Although the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade is a blade manual, Yun He adapts its force-application principles to sword strikes and punches. He also uses its movement and guidance techniques 8 9 10.
- His swordsmanship and movement emphasize extreme speed, developing into a light-based artistic conception 17.
- The Warrior Secret Basic 312 Forms fills gaps in his foundational knowledge and improves control over his body’s strength 25.
- His transparent sword beams can kill tournament opponents and Trial Tower targets with precise thrusts 41 48 50.
Laws of light, space, and time
Yun He studies all three laws and works to combine his insights rather than treating them as isolated abilities 31 38.
- Forms individual light, space, and time patterns, then attempts to fuse them into a single diagram 38.
- Incorporates fused law insights into his mixed hole 31.
- Uses an incomplete trace of time stop to make incoming attacks pause just long enough for narrow evasions 48.
- His time-stop comprehension is formidable but not absolute; observers identify Bolan and a handful of other tournament contestants as potential threats 48.
Mixed hole
The mixed hole develops from the light-absorbing ability gained during his Planetary breakthrough 27 30.
- Initially grows to ten meters across, with a pull extending over a thousand meters 27.
- Gains stronger attraction after incorporating the three laws; Yun He can reverse that pull into a violent repulsive blast 30.
- Can be maintained as a small phenomenon above his palm while he cultivates using moonlight 31.
- His large-scale sunlight absorption cools Jiangnan Base City enough to alter its seasonal climate 34.
- A mixed hole formed in his sea of consciousness absorbs the Zerg Mother Emperor’s soul attacks. Before discovering this application, he explicitly recognizes his lack of soul defenses 49.
Foreknowledge
As a reader familiar with the original story, Yun He anticipates opportunities and dangers that other characters do not know about 1 4 15.
- Avoids disrupting the chain of events leading to Luo Feng’s Spiritualist awakening 4.
- Watches for Luo Hua’s anticipated suicide attempt so he can intervene 15 16.
- Requests cultivation resources before Luo Feng’s Australian expedition and warns him to consider laser weapons when facing Li Yao 17.
- His predictions depend on events continuing to resemble the story he remembers 15.
Equipment / Weapons / Items
- Sharp Edge/Ruifeng A6 longsword — Early personal weapon with a 98-centimeter blade and approximately 120-kilogram total weight including its scabbard; capable of penetrating advanced beast general defenses 9.
- Shields — Initially trains with a diamond-shaped shield and later carries a hexagonal shield into the wilderness; abandons shield use during close-quarters training against weaker monsters 3 10 11.
- D5-series Combat Uniform — Withstands intermediate beast general attacks, allowing him to practice against beast soldiers with little risk of injury 11.
- S-Class Combat Suit — Worn beneath his banquet clothes before the marine beast tide; withstands High-level Lord attacks. His S-Class gloves crack under his own full-power punch 19 21.
- Black God Set — Armor awarded for completing the No. 9 ruins trial 26.
- Flowing Light Sword — Additional trial reward; a top-tier Tier 3 Force Weapon intended for use through Universe Level alongside the Flowing Light attack method 26.
- Flowing Light attack method — Warrior attack inheritance received from the ruins’ Crystal Man 26.
- Auxiliary Optical Computer — Trial reward used to access the Virtual Universe. Its assistant follows instructions but cannot think independently 26 38.
- Meteorite Star entry token — Awarded upon completion of the elite trial 26.
- Wood Bud Crystals — Receives approximately one hundred from Luo Feng by June 2060 34.
- Trial Tower loadout — Chooses a tier-two Force Battle Suit and tier-three longsword, without additional equipment 47.
Relationships
- Luo Feng — Close friend who regards him as an older brother. Their relationship includes teasing, mutual trust, cultivation gifts, and Yun He’s protection of the Luo family 4 12 14 17 18.
- Luo Hua — Treats Yun He as “Brother Yun.” Yun He rescues him from the frozen lake and later discusses Li Yao’s harassment with him 15 16 31.
- Luo Hongguo and Gong Xinlan — Treat him as family and regularly invite him to meals. Gong Xinlan explicitly regards him as her nephew 13 31.
- Yang Wu — Fellow martial hall acquaintance and assessment participant; Yun He celebrates his Quasi-Warrior qualification alongside Luo Feng’s 4 7.
- Jiang Nian — Instructor who recognizes his early talent, promotes his achievements, and introduces him to headquarters personnel 1 2 3.
- Wu Tong — Chief instructor who oversees his early martial artist activities and unsuccessfully encourages him to join a squad 5 9.
- Hong — Limit Martial Hall leader who questions him about the ruins and offers him an Inspector position, which Yun He declines 30.
- Thunder God — Fellow Earth warrior; Yun He admires his authorship of the Thunder Blade manual and later reunites with him before the tournament 9 39.
- Babata — Accepts the proposed exchange of space-law material for the Golden Horned Beast cub 35.
- La Bei and La Lei — Dream Shell Clan twins purchased as household slaves on Qiu Long Star; Yun He tells them their main duties will be cooking and cleaning 38.
- Lord Thirteen — Ganwu delegation leader who initially overlooks Yun He, then recognizes his time-stop comprehension and reports it to the Country Lord 45 48.
- Qian Wu Country Lord — Takes an interest in Yun He after judging his tournament potential no worse than Rong Jun’s 48.
- Li Yao — Threat to the Luo family whose provocations Yun He has secretly documented for Luo Feng 31.
Notable Quotes
“Although I, Yun He, am not a person of lofty morals, I am still not one to betray my own brother, so you don't need to test me.” 14
“Remember, don't go spreading word about what happens today. I don't like showing off.” 15
“Is dating anywhere near as satisfying as comprehending the laws?” 32