Xu Sanshi

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Xu Sanshi (徐三石)
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Mysterious Underworld Sect; formerly Shrek Academy; later Tang Sect 118 193
Occupation/Role	Defense-type Soul Master; Shrek Reserve Team member 91
First Appearance	Chapter 25

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Soul Elder, Level 33	25	Reached the Soul Elder realm after entering Shrek and became known alongside Beibei as one of the Outer Court Twin Stars. His cultivation was hampered by Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Fire training. 25
Level 44	51	Became the Shrek Reserve Team's strongest member through intensified training, Black Tortoise Power, and pressure from both his father and Xu Tinglan. 51
Yin-Yang Fusion Awakening	65	Underwent the Mysterious Underworld Sect's normally low-success-rate awakening ahead of schedule, allowing him to access greater Black Tortoise bloodline power; the exertion heavily damaged his body. 65
Black Tortoise manifestation	99	Fully manifested the tortoise-and-snake form of the Black Tortoise and used the bloodline skill Black Tortoise Descent during his finals match against Xu Tinglan. 99
Early Black Tortoise Shield mastery	194	Advanced his defensive technique through training with Xu Leye, achieving a level of control ordinarily associated with the Soul Saint realm. 194

Background

Xu Sanshi and his cousin Xu Tinglan were both born with Innate Full Soul Power and were regarded within the Mysterious Underworld Sect as potential candidates for young sect master. Although Xu Tinglan was more diligent and had the higher cultivation level, the elders favored Xu Sanshi because his father was the sitting sect master. 49

He enrolled at Shrek Academy, where he quickly gained notoriety through his Mysterious Underworld Turtle Shell Shield. Upon becoming a Soul Elder, he and Beibei were celebrated as the Outer Court Twin Stars. 25

His time at Shrek became painful after Ma Xiaotao forced him into joint cultivation to suppress her Phoenix Fire. The fire damaged his body, slowed his cultivation, and required medicinal pills to prevent lasting injuries. When he appealed to his father, the sect master instead rebuked him for being unable to endure hardship. 25

Appearance

Xu Sanshi is a handsome young man with light-golden hair, worn with a small braid at the back. 49

• Light-golden hair.
• Small rear braid.
• Carries a Mysterious Underworld Shield when using his martial soul. 98
• His Black Tortoise manifestation combines a dark tortoise shell with an emerald-green serpent bearing scarlet eyes. 99

Personality

Xu Sanshi is openly boastful, fond of taunting opponents, and less subtle than Beibei in provoking others. He often wants his mockery heard directly and loudly. 193 His confidence is tempered by repeated comparisons with Xu Tinglan; discovering that his cousin had reached Soul King while he remained Level 44 left him embarrassed and driven to improve. 56

He is also persistent. Despite the pain of Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Fire cultivation, he endured it for the gradual improvement to his physical constitution and hoped to eventually prove his progress to Xu Tinglan. 25 During later battles, he repeatedly placed himself in front of his teammates even when he knew the odds were poor. 194

Over time, Xu Sanshi began questioning Shrek's treatment of its students and accepted that Xu Tinglan had been right to reject the academy. 106 He ultimately chose to leave the Mysterious Underworld Sect and join the Tang Sect. 118 193

Abilities & Skills

Mysterious Underworld Turtle Martial Soul

Xu Sanshi possesses the Mysterious Underworld Turtle martial soul and a comparatively concentrated Black Tortoise divine beast bloodline. Only he and Xu Tinglan are noted to have achieved a meaningful degree of such atavism within the Mysterious Underworld Sect. 65

• Materializes a Mysterious Underworld Shield for close-range defense and offense. 98
• Grants powerful defensive potential through the Black Tortoise bloodline. 65
• His Black Tortoise form is a tortoise-and-snake union representing yin and yang. 99

Mysterious Underworld Tremor

A close-range control skill that activates through contact with an opponent.

• Delivers shock, knockback, and stunning effects. 58
• Becomes more dangerous when Xu Sanshi pulls an opponent onto his shield with Mysterious Underworld Power. 98
• Requires an enemy to engage him in melee, limiting its use against distant opponents. 58

Mysterious Underworld Turtle Shell Shield

Xu Sanshi can shatter his shield into hundreds of smaller turtle shields that form a rotating spherical defense around his body. 98

• Creates layered automatic interception against incoming attacks. 98
• Can withstand attacks at the Soul King level when enhanced by Mysterious Underworld Power. 98
• Was ultimately split apart by Xu Tinglan's Demon-Slaying Sword. 98

Mysterious Underworld Power

A strengthening skill that enhances Xu Sanshi's shield and creates a powerful pulling force. 98

• Augments the Black Tortoise Shield with pitch-black energy. 98
• Draws opponents toward the shield to improve the control effect of Mysterious Underworld Tremor. 98
• Was ineffective against Xu Tinglan when the latter partially activated Sea-Summoning Mountain-Fixing. 98

Mysterious Underworld Displacement

Xu Sanshi's Fourth Soul Skill possesses a Dominator effect. 91

• Intended to reposition targets during team combat. 91
• Failed against Xu Tinglan due to Xu Tinglan's speed and agility. 91

Black Tortoise Bloodline

Xu Sanshi's divine beast bloodline can dramatically raise his physical and defensive capabilities. 65

• His bloodline concentration is stated to be greater than Ma Xiaotao's. 65
• His awakened defensive capability could rival that of a Soul Emperor. 65
• The Black Tortoise Descent bloodline skill transforms his shield into a mass of black water that can envelop an opponent. 99
• Early use of this power was tied to anger and carried considerable physical strain. 98

Relationships

• Xu Tinglan — Cousin, childhood rival, and fellow possessor of the Black Tortoise bloodline. Xu Sanshi initially sought intelligence from him for Shrek, but Xu Tinglan refused; their rivalry culminated in Xu Sanshi's defeat in the tournament finals. 49 56 98 99
• Beibei — Close friend and fellow Shrek Outer Court Twin Star. Beibei defended Xu Sanshi when Ma Xiaotao blamed him for Shrek's failures. 25 97
• Ma Xiaotao — Senior Shrek student who forcibly used Phoenix Fire for joint cultivation with him, causing him prolonged pain and resentment. 25
• Xu Leye — Commoner girl connected to Xu Sanshi's Yin-Yang Fusion Awakening and later training that advanced his Black Tortoise Shield. 98 194
• Mysterious Underworld Sect Master — His father. Although Xu Sanshi expected protection from him against Ma Xiaotao, his father instead demanded that he endure the cultivation hardship. 25
• Tang Sect — Xu Sanshi eventually joined the sect after leaving the Mysterious Underworld Sect and later fought to defend its members against Xu Tinglan. 118 193 194

Story Role / Major Arcs

Shrek Outer Court

Xu Sanshi entered Shrek Academy and quickly gained fame through his shield-based combat style. He and Beibei became the Outer Court Twin Stars, but his forced cultivation with Ma Xiaotao turned his Shrek experience into an ordeal. 25

Continental Tournament

As a Shrek Reserve Team member, Xu Sanshi reached Level 44 and became the team's strongest reserve contestant. 51 He tried to obtain information on the Sun Moon Team from Xu Tinglan, offering a Mysterious Water Pill, but was refused and criticized for attempting to make his cousin betray his own team. 49

His estimate that he and Xu Tinglan were at a similar level was publicly disproven when Xu Tinglan revealed Soul King cultivation. 56 Xu Sanshi later disclosed what he knew of Xu Tinglan's early soul skills to the Shrek Reserve Team. 58

Finals Against Xu Tinglan

Xu Sanshi faced Xu Tinglan in the individual finals. Xu Tinglan initially fought barehanded to assess his cousin's progress, then destroyed Xu Sanshi's Turtle Shell Shield formation with a single Demon-Slaying Sword strike. 98

In anger, Xu Sanshi awakened the Black Tortoise form and used Black Tortoise Descent, but Xu Tinglan countered with Thousand Mountains Return to Ruins and Black Tortoise Abyssal Descent. 99

Tang Sect Membership

After witnessing Shrek's disregard for student safety, Xu Sanshi concluded that Xu Tinglan's rejection of Shrek had been justified. 106 He left the Mysterious Underworld Sect and joined the Tang Sect, later standing at the front of its formation against Xu Tinglan despite recognizing the overwhelming disparity in strength. 118 193 194

Trivia

• Xu Sanshi's Mysterious Water Pill was effectively useless to Xu Tinglan, whose Innate Full Soul Power made the pill's marrow-cleansing benefit irrelevant. 49
• He once believed diligent cultivation at Shrek would allow him to surpass Xu Tinglan; Xu Tinglan's Soul King reveal forced him to reconsider that belief. 56
• His Black Tortoise bloodline is rare even within the Mysterious Underworld Sect; Xu Tinglan states that only the two cousins possess notably decent bloodline concentrations among the sect's members. 65