Background[]
He got the Hongmeng Pagoda and ako si tanggol
later became a waste person that cannot cultivate like Yang Ye was in the past(beginning).
Yang Wudi was the number one genius of the Yang family. It can be said that if he didn’t have become waste, he could be the next patriarch of the Yang family. And before because of Yang Wudi no one of the Yang family dare to compete for the position of patriarch.
Plot[]
He lost the will to live after learning his wife died, he still forced himself to live till Yang Ye becomes powerful enough to fight Ancestors.
He also seeks the Unfettered One to battle him and take revenge on him for planting a seed in Yang Ye to complete his Sword Dao of Heartlessness by devouring Yang Ye's Sword Dao of Love and Emotions. Unfettered One later is confronted by Yang Wudi, where he could have killed Yang Wudi but because of his emotions for his wife and son, he respects Yang Wudi and thus doesn't kill him.
He is also the second person who forcefully changed Yang Ye's Destiny by destroying Unfettered ones Seed and Giving Yang Ye the Pagoda. The first one being Unfettered One by planting his seed in Yang Ye.
When the Cultivation less Age was Beginning to descend onto the Great Dian Qian Universe, several ancestors were going to move and kill Yang Ye before he became too strong, But Yang Wudi stopped them from doing so and thus the Ancestors ganged up on him because he was too powerful for anyone to beat him one-on-one and killed him. But before Dying he severely injured them so they couldn't attack Yang Ye.
While Battling the Ancestors He wasn't at his peak and wouldn't have died if he wanted to, but he had lost his will to live and Yang Ye had grown enough to the point of having equivalent battle power of an Ancestor.