Huo Yuhao
Starting with the Sky Azure Bull Emperor Python Martial SoulContents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background / History
- 3.1Departure from the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion
- 3.2Sky Dream and Entry into Shrek
- 3.3Failed Ice Empress Recruitment
- 3.4Soul Master Tournament
- 3.5Holy Spirit Cult Interest
- 3.6Inheritable Soul Spirit Research
- 4Appearance
- 5Personality
- 6Abilities & Skills
- 6.1Spirit Eyes / White Tiger Evil Eyes
- 6.2Million-Year Wisdom Soul Ring
- 6.3Holy Necromancer
- 6.4Martial Soul Fusion and Holy King Inheritance
- 6.5Soul Tools and Research
- 7Equipment / Items
- 8Relationships
- 9Notable Quotes
Contents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background / History
- 3.1Departure from the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion
- 3.2Sky Dream and Entry into Shrek
- 3.3Failed Ice Empress Recruitment
- 3.4Soul Master Tournament
- 3.5Holy Spirit Cult Interest
- 3.6Inheritable Soul Spirit Research
- 4Appearance
- 5Personality
- 6Abilities & Skills
- 6.1Spirit Eyes / White Tiger Evil Eyes
- 6.2Million-Year Wisdom Soul Ring
- 6.3Holy Necromancer
- 6.4Martial Soul Fusion and Holy King Inheritance
- 6.5Soul Tools and Research
- 7Equipment / Items
- 8Relationships
- 9Notable Quotes
Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Huo Yuhao (霍雨浩) |
| Gender | Male |
| Affiliation | Shrek Academy; Tang Sect 47. |
| Occupation/Role | Soul Master; core disciple of Shrek’s Soul Tool Department; researcher of Inheritable Soul Spirits 63 107 112. |
| Combat Classification | Dual-system Control and Summoning Soul Master 66. |
| Martial Souls | Spirit Eyes, later evolved into White Tiger Evil Eyes; Holy Necromancer 63 66 76. |
| Cultivation | Reaches rank 30 and subsequently absorbs a Soul Ring; no later numerical rank is provided 78. |
| Titles / Designations | Bearer of the Evil Eye Holy King’s inheritance; called “Holy Son” by Holy Spirit Cult members, without joining the cult 76 90. |
| Origin | White Tiger Duke’s Mansion; descendant of the Dai family 47 73 107. |
| First Appearance | Mentioned 8; appears in person 30. |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| First Soul Ring — Soul Master | 31 | Fuses with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, gaining a Million-Year Wisdom Soul Ring with four Soul Skills. It initially appears white because most of its energy is sealed. |
| Holy Necromancer — Second Martial Soul | 62 | Electrolux grants him a god-tier Martial Soul, occupying the second Martial Soul slot that Sky Dream had reserved for the Ice Empress. |
| Level 28 — Soul Grandmaster | 66 | Publicly identifies himself as a dual-system Control and Summoning Soul Grandmaster. His Holy Necromancer possesses two self-generated gray Soul Rings. |
| Two-ring Spirit Eyes configuration confirmed | 68 | Switches from two gray Holy Necromancer rings to one white and one purple ring while providing spiritual support. The acquisition of the purple ring is not shown. |
| Evil Eye Holy King’s inheritance | 73 76 | Accepts the Holy King’s offer of power despite Electrolux’s advice to concede. Later confirms that he received the inheritance. |
| Spirit Eyes → White Tiger Evil Eyes | 76 | Notices the evolution after awakening from the tournament battle. Xuan Zi later confirms that Mu En had detected his concealed heterochromatic pupils 107. |
| Rank 30; subsequent Soul Ring absorption | 78 | Absorbs the Wisdom Skull Soul Bone and reaches rank 30, then absorbs a ring from a Soul Beast prepared by Shrek. Its age and skill are not specified. |
Background / History
Departure from the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion
Huo Yuhao leaves the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion carrying a deep grievance against its household. He later insists that he must personally kill his enemy so that his mother can rest in peace. Childhood malnutrition had also degraded his original White Tiger Evil Eyes Martial Soul into Spirit Eyes 47 63 107.
In the Star Dou Great Forest, he struggles against a ten-year Wind Baboon until Chu Qing kills it with an arrow. Although embarrassed by Chu Qing’s criticism, Huo Yuhao remains determined to become a Soul Master, even if he can obtain only a white Ten-Year Soul Ring. He gratefully accepts an offer of help finding a suitable spiritual-type beast 30.
Chu Qing’s assistance conceals an attempt to interfere with Huo Yuhao’s encounter with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. The Will of the Plane prevents Chu Qing from attacking him and pressures Chu Qing into abandoning a plan to lead him away 30.
Sky Dream and Entry into Shrek
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm chooses Huo Yuhao for his mental attribute and becomes his First Soul Ring. During their fusion, a fragment of Electrolux’s divine consciousness enters Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Spirit and settles into a gray bead 31.
When Tang Ya and Bei Bei mistake the unconscious Huo Yuhao’s situation for an attack, they fight Chu Qing. Huo Yuhao intervenes on their behalf and supports them with Spiritual Sharing. Afterward, Tang Ya offers him the Tang Sect’s examination-free admission place at Shrek Academy, with conditions attached 32 33. He subsequently joins the Tang Sect and attends Shrek, where the Soul Tool Department takes an interest in him 47.
Failed Ice Empress Recruitment
Sky Dream takes Huo Yuhao to the Far North to obtain the Ice Empress as his Second Martial Soul. After discovering Sky Dream’s concealed intentions, Huo Yuhao accuses his companion of deception and fears being made into a puppet. Their argument delays their escape when the Snow Empress approaches 47.
Forced to abandon the captured Ice Empress, they flee her pursuit. Electrolux awakens and shelters them in his Undead Demiplane 47. Electrolux later grants Huo Yuhao the Holy Necromancer Martial Soul instead; the Ice Empress does not become his Second Martial Soul 62.
Soul Master Tournament
Huo Yuhao competes as a member of Shrek’s reserve team. Wang Yan values his judgment, team loyalty, and understanding of the bigger picture, but considers his cultivation too low for the captaincy 61. Huo Yuhao proposes using the reserves to investigate Chu Qing’s abilities and volunteers to draw lots, claiming at least a ninety-percent chance of obtaining a team battle 65.
Against Qianling Academy, he combines spiritual support with undead summons and blood sacrifices. Unable to secure victory, he accepts power from the Evil Eye Holy King despite Electrolux’s warning that conceding would do him no real harm. The agreement includes helping the Holy King slaughter the Dai family—a condition Huo Yuhao accepts without moral hesitation 67 69 73.
Following the battle, he helps Ma Xiaotao stimulate her Evil Fire so that she can contribute more against Chu Qing. He warns that her next Martial Soul activation will transform her Evil Fire Phoenix into an Evil Fire Black Phoenix 76. Shrek supplies Huo Yuhao and several teammates with further cultivation resources, but the academy ultimately loses the final 78 87 90.
Holy Spirit Cult Interest
On Shrek’s return journey, Holy Spirit Cult members address Huo Yuhao as their “Holy Son.” Long Xiaoyao seeks to take him away, arguing that his unusual Martial Soul could offer hope for Evil Soul Masters. He promises to make Huo Yuhao his personal disciple and protect him, but Mu En refuses to surrender him 90.
As Mu En’s condition deteriorates, he warns Huo Yuhao that the cult will try again after his death. He advises him to hide with Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu if war breaks out and remain concealed until they reach Limit Douluo. Huo Yuhao, unwilling to lose his master, offers to turn him into an undead being; Mu En instead intends for his soul to return to Shrek’s Golden Tree 91.
Inheritable Soul Spirit Research
Chu Qing requests Huo Yuhao’s assistance in developing Inheritable Soul Spirits. Huo Yuhao initially resists visiting Star Dou because Di Tian killed Ma Xiaotao and Yan Shaozhe. Electrolux nevertheless supports the project’s potential to transform the Soul Master world and believes it could allow Huo Yuhao to gain faith power 98.
Huo Yuhao later reports that he has developed a version that does not require Soul Bones. He withholds its introduction while Shrek benefits from the stronger Soul Bone-dependent version and while he prepares an unspecified backup plan 107. His successful development of the technology is subsequently acknowledged within Shrek 112.
Xuan Zi praises the decision to designate him as a Sea God Pavilion successor two generations ahead. Huo Yuhao later rejects the prospect of becoming Pavilion Master, recommending Xuan Zi and then Bei Bei instead. He also asks permission to leave Shrek to search for Tang Ya, recognizing Bei Bei’s unspoken distress over her absence 107.
Appearance
- Eyes: His evolved Martial Soul manifests heterochromatic pupils, which he attempts to conceal 107.
- Holy Necromancer possession: Wears a magnificent black robe marked with golden runes beneath a large, hooded white cloak 66.
- Manifested staff: Taller than he is, with intertwined black, white, and gold metal and a large white skull-shaped crystal at its tip 66.
Personality
Huo Yuhao begins with pronounced inferiority and timidity, but remains determined to cultivate despite his weakness. Receiving the Million-Year Soul Ring gradually strengthens his confidence. His gratitude is sincere: even after Chu Qing defeats his companions, he defends Chu Qing as someone who saved his life 30 33.
Shrek becomes a home to him, and protecting its reputation increasingly drives his decisions. He supports teammates, attempts to rally them after defeat, and earns Wang Yan’s approval for his sense of collective responsibility 61 67 90. That loyalty can also become self-destructive: he sacrifices his blood and teeth in battle and accepts dangerous external power rather than concede 69 73.
His compassion coexists with deep resentment. He wants to ease conflict between humans and Soul Beasts, yet privately intends to avenge his mother and accepts the prospect of slaughtering the Dai family 73 107. He refuses Mu En’s proposed intervention against his enemies, both because he wants revenge personally and because he does not want his teacher’s reputation stained 107.
Abilities & Skills
Spirit Eyes / White Tiger Evil Eyes
A spiritual Martial Soul descended from the Evil-Eyed White Tiger. Its original White Tiger Evil Eyes form deteriorated through childhood malnutrition before later evolving again 63 76.
- Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Sharing: Provide detailed battlefield perception and transmit it to allies. His early sharing reveals fine details within thirty meters and beyond 33 68.
- Team coordination: Helps allies evade attacks, judge openings, and continue fighting when outside observers cannot see the battlefield 33 69.
- Stamina limit: During the Qianling battle, he cannot spare enough stamina to share his perception with the referee 70.
- Fine spiritual perception: Can sense Bei Bei’s unspoken pain and proposes using his spiritual abilities to help search for Tang Ya 107.
Million-Year Wisdom Soul Ring
Sky Dream’s fusion gives Huo Yuhao a First Soul Ring containing four Soul Skills, although most of its power must initially be sealed to accommodate his weak body 31.
- Gradual release: Sky Dream’s origin energy unseals as Huo Yuhao’s capacity increases, improving his Soul Rings 31.
- Disguised appearance: Initially appears as an ordinary white ring despite its Million-Year origin 31.
- Resident consciousness: Sky Dream remains within his Sea of Spirit and provides guidance and spiritual assistance 31 63.
Holy Necromancer
Electrolux’s god-tier inheritance combines death, sacred light, and summoning. Unlike ordinary Martial Souls, it generates its own gray Soul Rings carrying Electrolux’s inherited power 62 66.
- Gate of the Undead: An innate ability connecting to the Undead Demiplane and allowing undead creatures to be summoned into battle 67.
- Undead command: Directs the Dark Gold Skeleton King, Six-Winged Fallen Angel, and Headless Knight 68 69 71.
- Blood sacrifices: Supplements summoning with his own blood and teeth, leaving him pale and close to collapse 67 69.
- First Soul Skill — Curse of Blood: Marks a target so that subsequent attacks worsen its injuries 69.
- Evil Fire manipulation: Can absorb Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire or deliberately stimulate it toward transformation 76.
- Attribute disadvantage: Electrolux states that the Twelve-Winged Blue-Gold Angel’s ultimate sacred attribute counters his necromancy 73.
Martial Soul Fusion and Holy King Inheritance
Huo Yuhao can fuse with Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu to manifest the Evil Eye Holy King. Sky Dream claims responsibility for securing Huo Yuhao’s dominant position in their fusion 63 72.
- Joint cultivation: The three combine their Soul Power while cultivating together 64.
- Holy King Descent: Their final tournament battle features the true Holy King descending and employing Evil Eye Hundred Slashes Rending Holy Kill 87.
- Bloodline significance: His inheritance draws political attention and leads Dai Huabin to suspect that they share the White Tiger Duke as their father 76 87 100.
Soul Tools and Research
Huo Yuhao is a core disciple of Shrek’s Soul Tool Department and demonstrates practical knowledge of equipment stress, damage, and repair costs 63.
- Soul Tool combat: Uses Soul Tools before publicly revealing the Holy Necromancer Martial Soul 66.
- Inheritable Soul Spirits: Develops technology intended to make Soul Spirits transferable and reduce the need to kill Soul Beasts 98 107 112.
- Soul Bone-independent system: Reports completing a version that removes dependence on Soul Bones, but delays releasing it 107.
Equipment / Items
- Wisdom Skull Soul Bone — Received from Shrek; absorbing it helps him reach rank 30 78.
- Soul-tool storage ring — Holds equipment including the fine-steel carving knife used in his blood sacrifice 67.
- Holy Necromancer’s Staff — Manifested with his Martial Soul; used to direct undead and cast Curse of Blood 66 69.
- Gray bead in his Sea of Spirit — The resting form of Electrolux’s divine-consciousness fragment 31 47.
Relationships
- Sky Dream Ice Silkworm — First Soul Ring and resident companion. Huo Yuhao regards him as a teacher and closest friend, though their bond is strained by Sky Dream’s concealed plans for the Ice Empress 31 47.
- Electrolux / Elder Yi — Spiritual mentor and source of the Holy Necromancer Martial Soul. Offers refuge and advice, but cannot persuade him to reject the Holy King’s bargain 47 62 73.
- Mu En — Master and protector. Huo Yuhao tries to preserve his life through undeath and later refuses to let him bear responsibility for his revenge 91 107.
- Bei Bei and Tang Ya — Early friends who help bring him into Shrek and the Tang Sect. He later volunteers to search for Tang Ya for Bei Bei’s sake 33 47 107.
- Ma Xiaotao — Treats him as a younger brother and defends him from Dai Huabin. He helps manage her Evil Fire and later mourns her death 58 76 98.
- Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu — Contentious teammates and essential fusion partners. Their shared cultivation does not erase Dai Huabin’s jealousy or Huo Yuhao’s hostility toward the Dai family 63 64 76.
- Chu Qing — Rescuer, tournament rival, and research collaborator. Their relationship develops from Huo Yuhao’s gratitude into resentment and guarded cooperation 30 33 83 98.
- Wang Yan — Tournament teacher who considers Huo Yuhao the team member with the strongest grasp of collective responsibility 61.
- Xuan Zi — Senior supporter who learns his revenge plans, agrees to support his choice, and praises his value to Shrek 107.
- Evil Eye Holy King — Patron whose inheritance Huo Yuhao accepts in exchange for assisting the slaughter of the Dai family 73.
- Long Xiaoyao — Would-be recruiter who believes Huo Yuhao could change the Holy Spirit Cult’s future; his offer of personal discipleship is blocked by Mu En 90.
Notable Quotes
“I know I’m weak, but I have to become a Soul Master, even if I can only have the simplest white Ten-Year Soul Ring.” 30
“For Shrek’s glory!” 67
“Elder Xuan, I’m sorry, but I have to kill my enemy with my own hands. Otherwise, my mother won’t be able to rest easy in the nine springs below.” 107