Old Huai

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Service to the Pagoda God

Old Huai guarded the pagoda before Nan Feng’s ancestor, the Pagoda God, achieved godhood. Despite that long service, he says he never entered the Immortal Dao himself during that period 132 175.

He remembers the Pagoda God arriving in the Douluo Plane from the Primordial World, planting the Soul-Suppressing Azure Lotus beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and carving the Divine Oracle Stele when it still stood beside Dragon God Lake. He later identifies the Tower Soul Stone as another provision deliberately left for the future inheritor 80.

Meeting Nan Feng

Old Huai first speaks to Nan Feng during his Martial Soul awakening, telling him that he has waited three lifetimes. He explains that the pagoda accompanied Nan Feng through two previous lives: in one, Nan Feng was killed immediately after touching it; in the other, he never had the opportunity to awaken it 3.

He guides Nan Feng to inspect the Primordial World Imprint in his soul and explains why the pagoda recognized him. Nan Feng’s Earth-born soul shares the treasure’s origin, rather than having been selected merely through accidental contact 3 4.

Old Huai becomes his first instructor in the pagoda’s cultivation system. He supervises meridian training, transmits the Primordial World Qi Refining Art, and warns that opening additional floors will alter Nan Feng’s physique and energy fluctuations, making concealment increasingly difficult 4.

Guiding the Inheritor

Old Huai selects the 920-year-old Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf for Nan Feng’s First Soul Ring and makes the risk explicit: failure to suppress its backlash would destroy his meridians, and neither Old Huai nor the pagoda could save him 10.

His later guidance includes locating an underground cultivation chamber, explaining how meteoric iron can awaken Treasure-Appraising Spirit Light, and directing Nan Feng toward resources needed for the pagoda’s evolution 14 25 42 44. During the journey through Slaughter City and Hell Road, he explains the dangers of the arena, monitors fragment resonance, and insists that divine abilities be cultivated step by step 56 61 62 65.

At the Divine Oracle Stele, his usual gruffness gives way to open emotion. He recognizes his former master’s preparations and quietly acknowledges that the awaited inheritor has arrived 80.

Rebirth in the Immortal Wood

After Old Huai’s remnant soul dissipates, Nan Feng plants the seed he leaves behind and nourishes it with Three Lights Divine Water. It sprouts after the nine trials at Jialing Pass and eventually grows into a great tree whose roots and crown intertwine with the Ancient Tree of Life 131.

Old Huai’s soul gradually reforms inside the tree as a complete true spirit. When he awakens, more than ten years have passed within the Tower Spirit Space, but only a little over a year outside. He initially scolds Nan Feng over his cultivation progress, then sincerely praises him for pursuing the Immortal Dao beyond the God Kings 131.

He resumes his place as guardian, reunites with Shifang, and continues supervising Nan Feng’s training 131 132 154 155.

Abyssal Investigation

Old Huai later identifies the golden pattern on Holy Mother White Lotus’s communication token as an Abyssal tracking mark. He researches its origin overnight and recommends reconstructing the envoy’s movements before she entered the temple 180.

Using the suspect’s description, he examines Heaven Dou City’s resident records and helps locate Old Scar’s secondhand business. Before departing for the Far North, Nan Feng asks him to watch over affairs in Heaven Dou City and report anything urgent 180.

Appearance

• Initial manifestation: A blurry elderly upper body with skeletal hands, long unruly eyebrows, a bushy beard, sparse teeth, and cloudy eyes reflecting azure-gold light 3.
• Remnant-soul form: Translucent, with his face becoming progressively clearer and more solid as his condition improves 66 80 97.
• Restored form: Deep wrinkles retaining the grain of bark, a shaggy beard, broad callused hands, and thick knuckles. He stands half a head shorter than Nan Feng 131.
• Scars: A forging burn crosses the web between his thumb and forefinger; a later restoration reveals an old scar extending from his brow toward the corner of his mouth 131 175.
• Immortal tree: Five zhang tall at his awakening, with a trunk too broad for three people joining hands to encircle. Blue-gold immortal patterns cover its bark, and light shines through its vertical cracks 131.
• Voice: Initially rough enough to resemble sandpaper scraping iron; after rebirth, it remains raspy but becomes clearer and more substantial 3 131.

Personality

Old Huai is gruff, impatient, and sparing with praise. He frequently yawns, snorts, and insults Nan Feng while teaching him, but his instruction is precise: he corrects individual meridian routes and explains the consequences of failure without softening them 4 10.

His caution is especially evident after rapid breakthroughs. He repeatedly recommends long consolidation periods rather than allowing Nan Feng to keep absorbing rings and bones, and he objects strongly to approaching opponents beyond Nan Feng’s strength 76 83 84 88 90 97.

Affection usually appears beneath complaints or teasing. His praise after awakening as a true spirit is unusually restrained and sincere, with his trembling beard betraying his emotion. He also reassures the revived Bibi Dong that she need not hide from Tang San and offers to scold him if he brings up old grievances 131 158.

He enjoys commenting on Nan Feng’s romantic entanglements and trading insults with Shifang. The prospect of grilled fish quickly draws him out of his tree, and he specifically requests plenty of chili 53 131 132 177.

Abilities & Skills

Cultivation Instruction

Old Huai possesses extensive practical knowledge of meridians, Soul Rings, divine abilities, and Immortal Dao cultivation.

• Transmits the Primordial World Qi Refining Art directly through a touch between Nan Feng’s eyebrows; the transmission reorganizes his circulation routes and reduces resistance by nearly half 4.
• Explains the Circulation Acceleration Method, which can increase Soul Power flow by twenty to thirty percent 14.
• Evaluates Nan Feng’s physical limits when selecting Soul Rings and warns when advancement has outpaced his foundation 10 76 83 90 97.
• Explains the nine principal Immortal Dao realms and identifies Hunyuan with World Creation, the step the Pagoda God failed to reach 155.

Spiritual Perception and Appraisal

Old Huai can examine energies and conditions beyond the pagoda’s interior.

• Recognizes Tang San as an outsider through his unusual cultivation circulation 5.
• Identifies Xiao Wu as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast despite the suppression concealing her demonic Qi 6.
• Detects Ye Lingling’s near-contact with Nan Feng’s soul imprint and assesses Hu Liena’s unusually strong spiritual power 15 46.
• Diagnoses the duration and extent of Abyssal erosion affecting the Ice Empress and Snow Empress 84.
• Uses his own Treasure-Appraising Spirit Light to locate the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s arriving carriage 156.

Immortal Wood Manifestation

His restored true spirit inhabits the immortal tree within the Tower Spirit Space.

• Projects his face and upper body through the bark and can emerge to walk within the space 131 132.
• Manipulates branches; he pulls Nan Feng out of the Big Dipper Formation after its suppression nearly traps him 155.
• Receives substantial restoration when the tree absorbs Three Lights Divine Water 175.
• Remains affected by local Space-Time conditions: uneven time flow distorts his beard and causes different parts of his tree to grow at different rates 154.

Primordial World Lore and Investigation

Old Huai combines memories of the Pagoda God with technical knowledge of ancient treasures.

• Deciphers the significance of the Divine Oracle Stele’s tower reliefs and recognizes the Tower Soul Stone 80.
• Identifies rare cultivation materials and the uses recorded in the Annotations on the Tower Body Inscriptions 82.
• Explains the body- and soul-restoring properties of Three Lights Divine Water 117.
• Recognizes a Divine Realm token as a one-way communicator and offers to dismantle it for examination 175.
• Traces an Abyssal mark through written research and cross-references city records to help identify its carrier 180.

Relationships

• Nan Feng — Inheritor, student, and current pagoda master. Old Huai guides his cultivation across their shared three-lifetime history; Nan Feng later nurtures the seed that restores him 3 4 131.
• Pagoda God — Former master. Old Huai guarded his tower before his ascension and preserves firsthand memories of the preparations he left for an inheritor 80 132 175.
• Shifang — Familiar companion and frequent target of his grumbling. Their reunion revolves around Shifang’s transformed body and improved fish-grilling skills 131 132.
• Bibi Dong — Fellow resident of the Tower Spirit Space. He teases her closeness to Nan Feng but also defends her right to face Tang San without hiding from her past 154 158 177.

Notable Quotes

“I've waited three lifetimes for you.” 3

“You're the first person to practice a divine ability until you suppressed yourself.” 155

“Two trees. One to guard the tower, one to nourish life.” 131

“You've got someone guarding your tower now.” 131