Flender

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Flender (弗兰德)
Alias(es)	Four-Eyed Cat-Eagle; “Cat-Eagle Eager to Educate” (initial Chat Group name); “Old Miser” (nickname used by his companions) 1 2 15
Gender	Male 47
Affiliation	Tianxing Academy; Educating People Chat Group; leader of a five-man Spirit Master squad 1 39 43
Occupation/Role	Founder and headmaster of Tianxing Academy; Spirit Master; teacher; Chat Group initiator and leader 2 40 103
Martial Soul	Cat-Eagle → Wind Eagle, a top-tier beast Martial Soul with the Ultimate Wind attribute 6 15
Cultivation	Spirit Saint; later demonstrates combat power comparable to an ordinary Titled Douluo without a documented breakthrough to that realm 53 71
Base of Operations	Tianxing Academy, in a village south of Suotuo City, Balak Kingdom 1 39
First Appearance	Chapter 1, “The Four-Eyed Cat-Eagle Prepares to Build a School” 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Spirit Saint threshold; seventh Spirit Ring still missing	1	Breaks through during nighttime cultivation. His Cat-Eagle manifestation bursts into the sky, disturbing the village. Subsequent chapters describe him as a “half-Spirit Saint” awaiting his seventh ring.
Essence enhancement and Wind Eagle evolution	5 6	Receives a Basic Gift Pack after his fate line changes. His innate Soul Power improves, his Martial Soul evolves, and he gains Ultimate Wind, a Wind Domain, temporary Martial Soul Avatar access, and forbidden knowledge concerning godhood.
Seventh Spirit Ring; completed Spirit Saint advancement	20 21	Absorbs a 90,000-year Royal Griffin ring over two days and subdues its invading soul. His wind-based awareness range nearly doubles afterward.
Further Soul Power improvement	49 52	Enters seclusion after distributing Immortal Herbs. Returns with improved Soul Power and a new, unnamed Soul Skill; no numerical level is given.
Combat power comparable to an ordinary Titled Douluo	71	Demonstrates greatly increased wind control and strength. This is a combat-power comparison, not a confirmed Titled Douluo realm advancement; obtaining his eighth ring remains a future plan.

Background / History

Past-Life Memories and the Academy Dream

Flender possesses the cognition and soul of an ordinary person from twenty-first-century Earth. He understands this as awakening a previous life’s wisdom rather than straightforward transmigration or rebirth. Memories of compulsory education inspire him to establish an academy open to everyone, regardless of class, gender, or species 2.

Before founding the school, he spends years traveling with Zhao Wuji, Li Yusong, Lu Qibin, and Shao Xin as their squad leader. After settling near Suotuo City, he arranges regular, free Martial Soul awakenings for local children. He argues that becoming a Spirit Master is already a meaningful success for a commoner and that the academy itself can supply resources poor families lack 1.

Chat Group Establishment

After reaching the Spirit Saint threshold, Flender unlocks the Chat Group and begins communicating with Dumbledore and Samuel Oak. He shares information about his world and uploads his memories of the Harry Potter story. He wants the group to prevent tragedies, support open discussion, and provide educational experience for his own school—not merely reward him for revealing information 2 3.

Changes to the founding members’ fate lines trigger Basic Gift Packs. Flender’s reward transforms his Martial Soul and gives him ancient knowledge, allowing him to pursue a much stronger seventh Spirit Ring than originally planned 5 6 7.

Sunset Forest Expedition

Flender initially intends to hunt in Star Dou Forest, but switches to Sunset Forest to reduce the risk of attracting an unbeatable Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. With all four old companions accompanying him, he uses his Ultimate Wind aura to attract a powerful wind-aligned opponent. He defeats a Royal Griffin through evasive tactics and a temporary burst of Titled Douluo-level power, then absorbs its 90,000-year ring 7 14 15 18 19 20 21.

Dugu Bo subsequently threatens him for his knowledge and holds his companions hostage. Flender requests Chat Group support, counters poison with Phoenix Tears, and confronts Dugu Bo using his Martial Soul Avatar. Their relationship later improves enough for Dugu Bo to insist they address each other as peers 22 23 38.

At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Flender harvests Immortal Herbs, including the Hunyuan Immortal Herb. Although he considers relocating to Sunset Forest, he returns to his original village rather than abandon the children he has promised to educate. He also secures Dugu Bo’s agreement to join his group 27 38.

Founding Tianxing Academy

Before the expedition, Flender entrusts half his life savings to Qin Ming for construction. Qin Ming completes the school in one week. Flender inspects its facilities, names it Tianxing Academy, and begins teaching Chu He and three village children whose Martial Souls would normally attract little interest from established schools 39 40.

He expands their education beyond Soul Power cultivation, consulting the Chat Group about age-appropriate martial arts training and introducing Rokushiki. He distributes carefully selected Immortal Herbs to students and teachers, then reviews teaching reports to ensure the original children are not neglected while the academy recruits more talented pupils 47 48 49 52.

Recruitment and Expansion

Flender takes in seven-year-old Oscar, awakens his Food God Martial Soul, and helps restore his underdeveloped body. He then recruits the abandoned Ouyang Sun and identifies his unusual, simultaneously summonable twin Martial Souls. Both children return to Tianxing Academy as his disciples and are subsequently placed under the care of the entire teaching staff 53 54 55 56 57.

The Dugu family, Nine Heart Begonia lineage, and Phoenix lineage later join the academy. Flender demonstrates its unusual teaching methods and offers Immortal Herbs as concrete assurances that the children will receive serious cultivation support 67 68.

Student Spirit Ring Hunts

After two months of physical conditioning, Flender leads Oscar and Ouyang Sun into Star Dou Forest with Zhao Wuji and Dugu Bo providing support. He defeats Plant Academy’s hidden Spirit Saint, Hu Qing, during a dispute over a Fire Giant Sequoia, securing Oscar’s first ring. He then guides Ouyang Sun through obtaining rings from a Golden Iron-Eating Beast and a Three-Headed Three-Eyed Ape 88 92 93 94 96 98 100.

During the expedition, he captures powerful Spirit Beasts for future student sparring and approximately thirty Iron Reckless Oxen for breeding or meat. After returning, he entrusts the children’s continuing training to Qin Ming 99 100.

When Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire Phoenix awakening causes problems, Flender seeks a better remedy than simply feeding him an Immortal Herb. Following Yao Chen’s awakening, he asks the alchemist to examine whether the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower can be refined into a more effective pill 103 105.

Appearance

• Everyday appearance: A middle-aged man in a black robe, with shoulder-length hair, square glasses, and a styled beard. His otherwise unremarkable appearance carries a sharp, hawk-like intensity 47.
• Martial Soul transformation: His original Cat-Eagle changes into a Wind Eagle whose form more closely embodies wind itself 6.
• Bone Armor True Form: Appears as dazzling emerald-green and azure-blue armor surrounding his body 5.

Personality

Flender is committed to educational opportunity without pretending that innate talent does not matter. He frankly explains his students’ weak Martial Souls, then gives them practical ways to improve. Recruiting geniuses does not replace his responsibility toward the academy’s less gifted children 1 40 47 52 54.

His companions repeatedly call him an “old miser,” and he jokes that treating them to a meal is unlikely. Nevertheless, he finances the school with his savings, provides nutritious food, and shares rare Immortal Herbs. His thrift does not prevent substantial investment in people he intends to nurture 20 39 47 49.

He balances ambition with contingency planning. He targets an unusually old seventh ring but brings his entire squad, chooses the less dangerous forest, and readily calls for help against Dugu Bo. He likewise advises Zephyr to accumulate resources and allies before attempting political change 7 22 28.

As a teacher, he respects a student’s autonomy when the chosen path is sound. He also accepts that students can improve their teacher’s understanding: Ouyang Sun’s suggestion of barbecue prompts him to rethink Oscar’s Food God development around cooking techniques rather than ingredients alone 90 94.

Abilities & Skills

Wind Eagle and Ultimate Wind

His evolved Martial Soul is a top-tier wind-attribute beast Martial Soul 6 15.

• Grants flight, high-speed movement, and the ability to carry others through the air 15 54 56.
• Naturally suppresses wind-aligned Spirit Masters and Spirit Beasts 14.
• Uses surrounding wind to sense living creatures and monitor terrain 15 21.
• Produces cutting wind blades and restrains opponents through wind pressure 92 99.
• Can exploit wind generated by an enemy’s own attacks to aid his movement 18.

Wind Domain

The initial domain extends over a 100-meter radius, automatically reduces enemy speed by 20%, and allows Flender to exert 150% of his normal speed. These ratios can improve as his Martial Soul and Soul Power grow 6.

• Provides early warning and evasive advantages against the Royal Griffin 18.
• Slows Dugu Bo and helps disperse toxin-bearing Soul Power during their confrontation 23.
• Overwhelms Hu Qing despite both fighters being Spirit Saints 92.

Spirit Skills and Temporary Power Bursts

Ability	Applications and limits
Sixth Spirit Skill: Soaring Ten Thousand Miles Body	Enables a high-speed counterattack against the Royal Griffin and doubles his speed when used against Dugu Bo 18 23.
Seventh Spirit Skill: Martial Soul Avatar	Used to confront Dugu Bo after obtaining his seventh ring 22.
Temporary Titled Douluo-level power	Kills the older Royal Griffin in one strike and severely wounds the younger one. Exhausts his Soul Power, requiring meditation afterward 19 20.
King of Raptors Spirit Bone Skill	Used to survey Star Dou Forest while accompanying his students 90.

Forbidden Divine Knowledge

The Basic Gift Pack grants inheritances from an era before the continent’s gods, including knowledge of the steps toward godhood 5.

• Understands how Spirit Rings nourish Spirit Bones and how the seventh ring affects the eventual Bone Armor True Form 7.
• Knows methods for artificially creating Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones, although materials restrict what he can produce 20.
• Knows that Martial Soul mutations can be artificially induced and directed positively; he considers using this knowledge for his companions 20.
• Controls his sea of consciousness sufficiently to subdue and absorb the Royal Griffin’s invading soul 20.

Martial Arts and Cross-World Techniques

Flender learns most of Zephyr’s Rokushiki almost seamlessly because explosive movement, air-walking, air blades, and claw-like attacks already overlap with his expertise. Tekkai is the exception: his fighting style avoids directly enduring blows 48.

• Adapts Rokushiki instruction to each child’s physique rather than requiring everyone to master all six techniques 48.
• Combines breathing methods from Bang, Master Shifu, and Uncle Chan with Soul Power cultivation into student training methods 48 94.
• Teaches Pokémon-derived techniques as Self-Created Soul Skills, including Glare for Dugu Yan and Heal Bell for Ye Lingling 69 70.

Teaching and Academy Management

• Selects Spirit Rings for long-term Martial Soul compatibility, not merely immediate strength 40 41 89.
• Requires support-type students to develop physical fitness and self-protection 69.
• Conditions students’ bodies before ring absorption through nutrition, training, and, in Oscar’s case, direct Soul Power nourishment 54 88.
• Reviews teaching logs and expects instructors to improve their academic competence 52.
• Intends Qin Ming to succeed him as dean, with Zhao Wuji serving as vice-headmaster 52.

Chat Group Access and Foreknowledge

His Earth memories let him recognize members and explain events from their worlds. The group can refine shared stories into members’ true destiny trajectories 2 11 43.

• Uses thought-based messages to request aid almost instantly 22.
• Receives cross-world resources and support through Red Packets 22.
• Livestreams student fitness tests for consultation with other teachers 47.
• Uses foreknowledge to encourage early intervention in threats and troubled disciples’ development 10 43 44 45.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Martial Soul Bone Armor True Form — First manifests through the Basic Gift Pack despite Flender not yet possessing a Spirit Bone at that time 5.
• Phoenix Tears — Chat Group support used to counter Dugu Bo’s poison 22.
• Poké Balls — Capture the Double-Headed Cyclops, King Two-Headed Giant Ape, and Iron Reckless Oxen for academy use 99 100.
• Hunyuan Immortal Herb — Harvested at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well; can greatly increase Soul Power and assist Soul Core formation 27.
• Immortal Herb stockpile — Shared with Chat Group friends, academy teachers, and students according to their cultivation needs 38 49.
• Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, Life Evergreen Vine, and Snowy Swan Kiss — Presented to incoming families as guarantees of educational support 68.
• Martial Soul awakening tools — Used to awaken Oscar’s Martial Soul and test his innate Spirit Power 53.

Relationships

• Zhao Wuji — Long-standing friend, squadmate, and academy deputy. Their frequent insults and rivalry coexist with trust in Flender’s leadership 1 15 49 52 71.
• Li Yusong, Lu Qibin, and Shao Xin — Old brothers-in-arms who follow him into the academy project. Flender provides each with cultivation resources suited to his Martial Soul 1 49.
• Qin Ming — Disciple and trusted administrator. Handles construction, school affairs, and student training; Flender intends him to become dean 39 52 57 100.
• Dugu Bo — Initially a threatening adversary, later a peer and academy ally. Entrusts his granddaughter’s education to Flender’s institution 22 38 68.
• Dumbledore — Fellow headmaster and Chat Group friend. Offers academy-management advice; Flender provides foreknowledge and challenges his self-blame over Voldemort 3 10 27.
• Samuel Oak — Cross-world friend. Flender warns him about Pryce, recommends gathering allies, and offers emergency assistance 14.
• Zephyr — Fellow educator and strategic collaborator. Supplies Rokushiki instruction and accepts Flender’s advice to prepare patiently before reforming the Marines 28 48.
• Bang — Martial arts adviser. Flender reveals Garou’s dangerous future while emphasizing that the boy can still be guided toward a better path 43 44 48.
• Master Shifu — Fellow teacher. Flender encourages him to visit Tai Lung and address their relationship as both master and father figure 45.
• Uncle Chan — Chat Group colleague whose breathing and martial arts instruction contributes to Flender’s student-training methods 48 94.
• Oscar — Disciple taken in from poverty. Flender nurtures his Food God Martial Soul and guides him toward becoming a food-system Titled Douluo 53 54 89 94.
• Ouyang Sun — Abandoned child recruited as a disciple. Flender supports his chosen cultivation path and guides his first two Spirit Ring hunts 55 56 90 96 100.
• Chu He and the original village pupils — Founding students whose limited aptitude does not diminish Flender’s commitment to their education 40 42 52.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling — Students taught tailored self-defense, physical conditioning, and Pokémon-derived Soul Skills 69 70.
• Ma Hongjun — Student whose mixed-benefit Evil Fire Phoenix mutation prompts Flender to seek specialized medicinal help 103 105.
• Yao Chen — Chat Group member whom Flender identifies before his awakening. Later consulted about refining an Immortal Herb for Ma Hongjun 11 103 105.

Notable Quotes

“Furthermore, once our academy is established, we will be their resources.” 1

“If the soul power at the time of martial soul awakening represents whether one can become a soul master, then the first soul ring represents how far a soul master can go.” 40

“When you are out in the world, you must be polite and well-mannered, but sometimes competition is unavoidable, because this world remains one where the strong prey upon the weak.” 92