Hu Yanbo
Swallowed Star: Huyan Bo's Ascension on CreditContents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background / History
- 3.1Original Hu Yanbo
- 3.2Transmigration and Survival
- 3.3Fortune and Chaos City
- 3.4Rescue in the Nether God Secret Realm
- 3.5Inheritance Opportunity and Combat Trials
- 4Appearance
- 5Personality
- 6Abilities & Skills
- 6.1Advance System
- 6.2Void Tower
- 6.3Undying Body
- 6.4Spatial Laws and Teleportation
- 6.5Abyssal Seal
- 6.6Void Lotus
- 6.7Soul Enslavement and Adventuring
- 7Equipment / Weapons / Items
- 8Relationships
- 9Notable Quotes
Contents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background / History
- 3.1Original Hu Yanbo
- 3.2Transmigration and Survival
- 3.3Fortune and Chaos City
- 3.4Rescue in the Nether God Secret Realm
- 3.5Inheritance Opportunity and Combat Trials
- 4Appearance
- 5Personality
- 6Abilities & Skills
- 6.1Advance System
- 6.2Void Tower
- 6.3Undying Body
- 6.4Spatial Laws and Teleportation
- 6.5Abyssal Seal
- 6.6Void Lotus
- 6.7Soul Enslavement and Adventuring
- 7Equipment / Weapons / Items
- 8Relationships
- 9Notable Quotes
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Hu Yanbo (呼延博) |
| Previous Identity | Xiao Feng, an Earth-born transmigrator who takes over Hu Yanbo’s body and merges with his memories 1 2 |
| Alias(es) | Lord of Yunmo Planet; called the “second Mengsui King” by other Immortals, but declines an officially bestowed King title 2 28 29 |
| Species/Race | Human; possesses two forehead antennae 1 27 |
| Gender | Male |
| Affiliation | Yunmo Star; Universe Mercenary Alliance Core Layer; Yuan Huang’s disciple lineage 2 21 31 |
| Occupation/Role | Lord of Yunmo Planet, soul master, former lone adventurer and Four-Star Mercenary 2 5 17 |
| Cultivation | High King Immortal with complete mastery of Teleportation 39 |
| Status | Alive; the original Hu Yanbo dies before Xiao Feng takes over his body 1 2 50 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 1 1 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Immortal Army Lord | 4 | Historical stage. Successfully enslaves a Marquis Immortal, attracting attention in human Immortal circles. |
| Barely qualified Marquis Immortal | 1 5 | His comprehension of Space Resonance allows an undying body, but it remains unstable. Demon Hand King’s soul attack kills the original Hu Yanbo and threatens Xiao Feng after possession. |
| Seventh level of the Void Tower | 1 2 | Obtained through the Advance System. Completely suppresses and neutralizes Demon Hand King’s lingering soul attack. |
| Early Marquis Immortal | 5 | Advances a stabilized undying body, integrating his soul imprints throughout every cell. His soul-master combat strength becomes comparable to a High-level Marquis. |
| High-level Marquis law comprehension | 15 16 | Advances his spatial-law understanding, especially insights into Teleportation. His divine body initially remains below the corresponding realm. |
| High-level Marquis Immortal | 17 | After several hundred years of absorbing cosmic energy in Chaos City, his divine body catches up with his law comprehension. |
| Initial King spatial-law insights | 23 24 | Takes another advance. His subsequent breakthrough outside the Nine Universes Chaos Stele appears to observers as an epiphany, and his divine body begins another prolonged strengthening process. |
| King Rank Immortal | 27 | Completes his divine body after extended cultivation in Chaos City and is welcomed as a new human King Rank expert. |
| Abyssal Seal integration | 31 32 | Yuan Huang’s teachings unify his scattered spatial-law insights and provide more effective combat applications without immediately establishing a new rank. |
| Eighteenth Layer of the Nine Universes Heavenly Bridge | 33 | Qualifies for permanent residency in Chaos City and receives permission to establish a school based on the Nine Universes Chaos Stele. |
| High King; complete Teleportation mastery | 39 | Advances the entire Teleportation mystery, then uses rare treasures to bring his High King divine body to its ideal state. Yuan Huang later confirms his recognition by the space-law origin. |
| Void Lotus creation | 41 | A combat epiphany produces a top-tier soul-attack technique that gravely wounds Blood Fang King and forces him to flee. |
| Void Lotus refinement | 50 | Centuries of combat bring the technique close to the limits of the top tier. Hu Yanbo believes it can crush an ordinary Initial King, but has not yet demonstrated that victory. |
Background / History
Original Hu Yanbo
Hu Yanbo comes from an ordinary star region in the Ganwu Universe Country, without a powerful teacher or clan backing. Through solitary exploration, dangerous secret-realm expeditions, and combat, he reaches Marquis Immortal within sixty million years. His earlier enslavement of a Marquis while still an Immortal Army Lord earns him a reputation among human Immortals 4 17.
He declines Ganwu’s invitation to become one of its Three Hundred Kings and Marquises, believing that joining a largely stagnant group would limit his future. Much of his wealth goes into combat investments, including the Yunmo Star Ship and plant-type Immortals 3 22.
Transmigration and Survival
Demon Hand King strikes Hu Yanbo with a full-power soul attack before the Yunmo Star Ship escapes into the Dark Universe. Although his divine body remains intact, his soul imprints dissolve. Xiao Feng takes over after the original Hu Yanbo’s death and initially plans to leave an inheritance for Luo Feng, hoping his future disciple will eventually resurrect him through Reverse Time and Space 1.
The Advance System grants the seventh level of the Void Tower and saves him. Under the system’s protection, Xiao Feng absorbs Hu Yanbo’s memories, emotions, law comprehension, and combat instincts without losing his independent will. He accepts Hu Yanbo as his identity and inherits his determination to rise beyond obscurity 2.
To repay the first advance, he anonymously posts a six-star commission offering three million Hunyuan Units for Void True King’s instruction, plus a 100,000-unit referral reward. The resulting lesson fulfills the system’s requirement and establishes contact with the technique’s creator 3 4 5.
Fortune and Chaos City
Using his knowledge of Luo Feng’s future opportunities, Hu Yanbo has Panxi captured and obtains a silver plaque containing a lake of Locke Divine Water worth 6.3 billion Hunyuan Units. He spares Panxi, orders him to release his slaves, and offers him a chance to cultivate in Hu Yanbo’s Divine Kingdom 6 7.
After finding no suitable Initial Universe entry slots at upcoming auctions, Hu Yanbo seeks Void True King’s help and discreetly sells the water in small batches. Void True King secures a referral, allowing him to travel to the Virtual Universe Company Headquarters and enter Chaos City 8 10 11 12.
His rapid breakthroughs attract recruiters from humanity’s major powers and the scrutiny of the Chaos City Lord. Hu Yanbo chooses the Universe Mercenary Alliance, becomes a provisional Core Member, and signs a special-grade King Rank prospect contract 16 19 21 22.
The contract provides:
- Venerable guidance and a customized secret technique 22.
- King Rank equipment and 300 million Hunyuan Units 22.
- A palace site in the King Rank district of Glory Sacred Mountain; he chooses an innermost location among established Peak Kings 22.
After reaching King Rank, he becomes Yuan Huang’s direct disciple and receives the Abyssal Seal. He subsequently passes the Eighteenth Layer of the Nine Universes Heavenly Bridge, gains permanent-resident privileges, and commissions a secluded palace in Chaos City 27 30 31 33 34.
Rescue in the Nether God Secret Realm
A farewell message from Marquis Glorious Light interrupts Hu Yanbo’s preparations for further seclusion. Void True King identifies Glorious Light and Marquis Rock’s dangerous mission in the Nether God Secret Realm, prompting Hu Yanbo to leave Chaos City to rescue them 34 35 36.
Before reaching them, he advances complete Teleportation mastery and strengthens his High King divine body with stored treasures. During the confrontation with Blood Fang King, he creates Void Lotus, wounds the enemy’s soul, and forces him to retreat. Hu Yanbo refuses to pursue, recognizing the danger of provoking a King-level enemy into self-destruction 39 41.
He rescues Marquis Rock and revives the gravely injured Glorious Light with rare healing treasures. Their plight convinces him to abandon dependence on Luo Feng’s future protection and pursue strength for himself, with the eventual goals of entering the Outer Domain Battlefield and becoming a Universe Venerable 42 43.
Inheritance Opportunity and Combat Trials
Glorious Light and Rock give Hu Yanbo their dangerous Inheritance Crystal in gratitude for saving them. He accepts it and promises to arrange and fund their cultivation in Chaos City 45 46.
Yuan Huang offers either thirty billion points or a Divine General Inheritance opportunity for the crystal. Hu Yanbo chooses the inheritance, and Yuan Huang spends a valuable favor to secure a suitable opening in two thousand years. By Chapter 50, the arranged opportunity is identified as the Void Evolution Divine General inheritance; Hu Yanbo still needs to return to Chaos City and turn in the crystal 48 50.
While waiting, he spends several hundred years fighting in the Nether God Secret Realm, reviewing battles, and refining Void Lotus. After overwhelming Marquis-level enemies, he considers entering more dangerous territory to test himself against an Initial King 50.
Appearance
- Forehead antennae: Two antennae straighten or tense in response to surprise and danger 1 2.
- Battle armor: Wears black battle armor when arriving at the Virtual Universe Company Headquarters 11.
- Aura: His presence grows more restrained and fluid after mastering Teleportation; the human Army Lords he rescues later perceive an abyss-like aura surrounded by faint, flowing flames 39 50.
Personality
Hu Yanbo combines ambition with the caution of a veteran lone adventurer. He conceals the system’s role in his breakthroughs, uses anonymous transactions when vulnerable, and deliberately postpones an available advance to avoid further scrutiny in Chaos City. Even after defeating Blood Fang King, he prioritizes a safe rescue over pursuit 3 8 33 41.
He values strength and earned achievement more than prestige. He declines an alliance-bestowed King title, preferring one established through real deeds, and remains dissatisfied with comparisons to Mengsui King. His rapid gains do not persuade him to stop cultivating or disregard the gulf between himself and stronger beings 11 29 47.
His loyalty is expressed through costly action: he leaves Chaos City to rescue old comrades, spends rare treasures on their recovery, and offers them funded cultivation opportunities. Glorious Light’s condition becomes the turning point in his resolve to control his own fate rather than depend on a future disciple 35 42 43 46.
Abilities & Skills
Advance System
Also called the Prepayment System, it grants cultivation results before Hu Yanbo completes a causally related repayment requirement 5 23.
- Grants fully realized techniques or law comprehension immediately rather than merely accelerating study 2 5 15.
- Protects Xiao Feng’s independent will during memory integration 2.
- Restores an available advance after repayment: Void True King’s instruction repays the Void Tower, Chaos Stele study repays the stabilized undying body, and becoming Yuan Huang’s disciple repays the Initial King advance 5 15 33.
- Offers alternative repayment routes for High-level Marquis comprehension: recognition as a Peak King’s disciple, a life-and-death battle, or ten Chaos Stele sessions 15.
- Treats law comprehension and divine-body strength as separate advances 16.
- Restricts gains according to his foundation: full Teleportation is unavailable at Early Marquis, while Peak King remains unavailable before his rescue expedition 5 37.
- Requires a life-and-death battle to repay complete Teleportation mastery 39.
Void Tower
A top-tier soul-defense technique created by Void True King. Hu Yanbo obtains its seventh level through the system 1 4.
- Suppresses and neutralizes Demon Hand King’s lingering soul attack 2.
- Reacts automatically when a powerful soul-path expert’s gaze disturbs his soul 18.
- Does not itself prevent physical destruction; Hu Yanbo initially remains wary of Demon Hand King burning divine power in an all-out attack 2 5.
Undying Body
His stabilized Marquis body distributes soul imprints throughout its fundamental cells 5.
- Can reconstruct from a surviving cellular fragment if its soul imprint remains intact 5.
- Draws cosmic energy to rebuild at negligible divine-power cost 5.
- Still requires energy and time—or expensive treasures—to strengthen after law-comprehension breakthroughs 16 17 39.
Spatial Laws and Teleportation
Hu Yanbo’s spatial-law cultivation develops from Space Resonance into complete mastery of the Teleportation mystery 5 39.
- Uses precise coordinate jumps, spatial passages, and short-distance combat repositioning 39.
- Teleports to approach enemies, conduct rescues, and retreat from threats 39 50.
- Forms spatial prisons and delivers spatially empowered blade strikes 50.
- Recognizes that teleportation is better suited to combat than crossing hundreds of thousands of light-years 39.
Abyssal Seal
Also called the Yuan seal, this teaching embodies Yuan Huang’s insights into the three mysteries of space law and surpasses the Space-Time Essays in depth 31 32.
- Connects insights from past battles, the Nine Universes Chaos Stele, and Heavenly Bridge guardians 32.
- Teaches fierce, efficient applications of spatial laws in combat 32.
- Contains soul-path insights that contribute to Hu Yanbo’s later creation of Void Lotus 34 41.
Void Lotus
Hu Yanbo’s self-created soul-attack technique emerges during his fight with Blood Fang King, combining Chaos Stele insights with the Abyssal Seal’s soul mysteries 41 50.
- Attacks soul essence rather than relying on destruction of the divine body 41 50.
- Gravely weakens Blood Fang King and drives him into retreat 41.
- Kills a demon High-level Marquis with one strike while leaving its body outwardly unharmed 50.
- Can silently annihilate the souls of enemy squads 50.
- Incorporates spatial cutting and Soul Annihilation through continued refinement, approaching the limits of a top-tier secret technique 50.
- Its claimed ability to crush an ordinary Initial King remains Hu Yanbo’s assessment at the end of the supplied chapters 50.
Soul Enslavement and Adventuring
- Enslaves a Marquis Immortal while still an Immortal Army Lord 4.
- Commands five soul slaves who survive Demon Hand King’s attack 1 2.
- Maintains remote coordinates, hidden relay points, and escape routes accumulated during solitary exploration 37.
- Uses detectors, secluded shelters, and detailed post-battle analysis to manage risk and improve his techniques 42 50.
Equipment / Weapons / Items
- Yunmo Star Ship — Personal vessel whose defenses enable his initial escape. Travels at thirty times light speed in the Dark Universe. An alliance craftsman later reinforces it and adds refined law secret patterns 1 11 37.
- Black Battle Armor — Worn during his arrival at the Virtual Universe Company Headquarters 11.
- World Rings — Store his ship, sealed worlds, inheritance crystal, and cultivation resources 7 11 34 46.
- Locke Divine Water — Acquires a lake valued at 6.3 billion Hunyuan Units from Panxi’s silver plaque; sells portions discreetly to fund cultivation 7 8.
- Recovery treasures — Purchases resources for rebuilding his divine body and restoring divine power. Uses Purple Marrow Essence, Three-Turn Soul-Gathering Grass, and Void Soul Crystal to treat Glorious Light 34 43.
- Cloud-Touching Vine — Cultivates it with evolution materials obtained from the alliance treasury; its completed advancement is not documented in the supplied chapters 34.
- Detection equipment — Uses large-scale and smaller scanners to check for pursuers, monitor battles, and secure temporary cultivation sites 37 42 50.
- Sky-Splitting Divine Envoy Inheritance Crystal — Also referred to as the Rift-Splitting Divine Envoy Inheritance Crystal. Receives it from Glorious Light and Rock and plans to exchange it for the Void Evolution Divine General inheritance opportunity 45 46 47 50.
Relationships
- Babata — Intelligent-life companion and assistant. Operates the ship, handles communications, and monitors detection equipment. Hu Yanbo promises him a Mechanical Heart 1 11 22 37.
- Void True King — Creator of the Void Tower, instructor, and influential supporter. Helps Hu Yanbo enter the Initial Universe and later provides the lead needed to locate Glorious Light 4 10 11 35.
- King Qian Cang — Alliance patron who presents his special-grade contract, supports his recruitment, and offers to help arrange a King title 22 28 29.
- Thousand Illusions King — Welcomes him into the Universe Mercenary Alliance and provisionally registers him as a Core Member 21.
- Yuan Huang / Abyssal Emperor — Direct teacher and Universe Overlord. Recognizes Hu Yanbo’s hard-won background, bestows the Abyssal Seal, and secures his inheritance opportunity 30 31 48.
- Hong, Zhu, and Pan — Senior fellow disciples introduced by Yuan Huang; respectively a Universe Overlord, high-level Universe Venerable, and Invincible King 31.
- Marquis Glorious Light / Glory / Radiance — Old comrade. His farewell message prompts Hu Yanbo’s rescue expedition; Hu Yanbo revives him and promises funded Chaos City cultivation 35 42 43 46.
- Marquis Rock — Old acquaintance and Glorious Light’s companion. Hu Yanbo rescues her, gives her recovery treasures, and asks her to retain their familiar form of address despite his new rank 41 42 43.
- Luo Feng — Intended future disciple, not yet taken as a disciple in the supplied chapters. Initially represents Hu Yanbo’s hoped-for resurrection and protection; later becomes someone he wishes to guide through his own strength 1 6 42.
- Wu Ying, Xuan Yi, Jiu Xia, Green Vine, and Yan Yao — Five surviving soul slaves. Hu Yanbo orders them to recuperate after his survival; Wu Ying helps obtain Panxi’s plaque 2 7.
- Demon Hand King — Mortal enemy whose soul attack kills the original Hu Yanbo and drives the reborn Hu Yanbo’s early pursuit of strength 1 2 29.
- Blood Fang King — Enemy who gravely injures Glorious Light and threatens Rock. Hu Yanbo wounds his soul with Void Lotus and forces him to flee 41 42.
- Chaos City Lord — Watches Hu Yanbo’s unusual progress and investigates possible alien infiltration. Ultimately retains a faint favorable impression of a promising, loyal Immortal with secrets 16 36.
- Lord Kandri — Guards Hu Yanbo during his apparent epiphany and offers to share a drink when he reaches King Rank 24.
Notable Quotes
“Here in this universe, I am Hu Yanbo!” 2
“When it comes to titles, I've always felt that earning one through my own fists and feet... through real achievements, is better than having one bestowed on me.” 29
“Depending on others... is ultimately an illusion. Only the strength I hold in my own hands is an eternal, unchanging truth!” 42