Tao was created by scientists but no one ever knew why. He was left in a base with other things like him until Savant and Mr. Majestic came looking for people to replace the WildC.A.T.s when everyone thought they were dead. He manipulated a worker at the base to let him out so he could join the team. When he became a WildC.A.T. he started manipulating the other members into attacking enemy groups in a way that would eventually cause a Gang War. When his teammates found out what he had done they tried to kill him. To escape, he tricked a shape shifter named Mister White into pretending he was him. Tao had gotten three members of his team hospitalized and had blown up a nuke in Mr. Majestic's face in his escape, so when Mr. Majestic found Tao (the shape shifted Mister White) he didn't hesitate to kill him.

With Tao presumed dead he was able to leave and start a new life. He started the criminal organization that the comic [[Sleeper: Sleeper:vol:11346]] is focused on. He recruited Miss Misery, Holden Carver and another super powered being to be his Prodigals, three bosses that controlled all the underlings and completed various tasks for him. With his organization, Tao was able to meet the group of people who controlled the world. He became one of them and started going to their meetings, using his powers to manipulate and maneuver them into doing what he wanted. Eventually deciding he didn't like what they were doing, he turned the group to his own ends, namely destruction and chaos whenever possible.