Yuan Dongzhi

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Yuan Dongzhi (袁东芝)
Alias(es)	Principal Yuan
Species/Race	Human; water-attribute Gene Fusionist
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Shanhai University; Provincial Education Headquarters; Yuan Family
Occupation/Role	Shanhai University principal; provincial education leader; Shen Qinghan's master
Biological Rank	Rare Tier 3 191
Status	Alive 307
First Appearance	Chapter 97

Background / History

Yuan Dongzhi served as a provincial education leader before becoming Shanhai University's principal. She governs with a strict rewards-and-punishments approach: she threatens Haiyuan City's education leader with reassignment to Source Land No. 36 if its Gene Fusion advancement rate does not reach her demanded standard, while promising greater funding to Qianzhen City for strong results 97.

After Shen Qinghan's retest produces an unprecedented 21% Gene Fusion Compatibility, Yuan reduces the public score to 16% to prevent Heretic Cult attention. She then unilaterally accepts Shen as her disciple and secures her place at Shanhai University 99. Unable to explain Shen's compatibility through physical examination or family background, she begins investigating both Shen and Lin Zichen's origins 100.

Initially, Yuan considers Lin's Pure-Blood Human Path a waste of his talent. His performance during military special training—especially his physical strength and Body Tempering progress—forces her to reconsider; she begins supporting his path, conceals parts of his true condition, and offers herself as a reliable connection 168 170.

During the Coastal Forest incident, Yuan secretly follows the trainees because she expects the Divine Plant Cult to target Lin. She fights the cult's Ninth Elder, protects Lin and Shen Qinghan, and rejects recruitment into the cult despite the promise of greater resources 185 191.

Yuan later supplies Lin and Shen with rare cultivation resources, supervises Shen's Gene Enslavement experiments, and permits Shen to join the Heavenly Human Pavilion while remaining her disciple 198 200. She also reveals that she found her eldest disciple, Luo Qianxue, poisoned and near death in the Origin Land when the girl was eight years old 200.

During the war for City No. 36, Yuan fights despite an incompletely healed Consciousness Sea. She is severely injured by a Rare Tier 2 Exotic Beast, saves Liu Chuanwu from a Fire Tiger Beast, and is subsequently captured alongside him by an Epic-tier Exotic Human. Shen Qinghan's ten-thousand-meter Water Dragon frees them, while Lin provides a Blood Bath Pill to save Liu 305 307.

Appearance

Yuan Dongzhi is a poised woman with a cold, authoritative bearing. She commonly wears fitted qipao and high heels, and is noted for her narrow, phoenix-like eyes 100 200.

• During water-based combat, she may stand atop pillars or waves of water 181 185.
• When heavily activating her Flood Dragon gene, she develops enlarged Dragon Horns, thickened scales, yellow slit-pupiled eyes, and a dragon tail 188.
• Her WeChat avatar depicts a solitary green lotus growing on water 101.

Personality

Yuan is decisive, overbearing, and difficult for subordinates to challenge. Her demands on regional education officials are severe, but she also visibly rewards good performance with additional funding 97.

She values exceptional talent and invests heavily in people she believes can shape humanity's future. This drives her rapid recruitment of Shen Qinghan, her protection of Lin Zichen's secrets, and her willingness to provide the pair with rare evolution resources 99 170 200.

Despite her imposing demeanor, Yuan is protective of her disciples and allies. She refuses the Divine Plant Cult's invitation, risks permanent Flood Dragon gene alienation to protect Lin and Shen, and attempts to sacrifice herself to let Liu Chuanwu escape an Epic-tier opponent 185 188 306.

Abilities & Skills

Water Manipulation

As a water-attribute Gene Fusionist, Yuan uses mental power to manipulate water on a massive scale.

• Created and rode a wave dozens of meters high outside a research base 98.
• Forms Water Blades, water arrows, defensive membranes, and enormous water constructs in battle 185.
• Can draw groundwater to replenish her available water supply 185.
• Creates Water Dragons ranging from one hundred to three hundred meters long for battlefield suppression 305.
• Possesses exceptional underwater movement speed; she carried Lin nearly ten thousand meters while escaping a stronger Rare-tier opponent 187.

Flood Dragon Gene

Yuan has fused with the genes of a Flood Dragon, granting her draconic traits and enhancing her water affinity.

• Her Dragon Horn can draw immense amounts of underground water to the surface 185.
• Over-activation causes visible alienation, including scales, enlarged horns, slit pupils, and a tail 188.
• Excessive activation risks permanently fusing the Flood Dragon gene with her primary genes, preventing future fusion with other Exotic Beast genes and limiting her evolutionary potential 187 188.

Mental Power

Yuan possesses Rare-tier mental strength, enabling flight and long-range control of water constructs.

• Can fly through mental power 190.
• Uses mental power to examine other organisms' bodies and Gene Fusion states 100 125.
• Can slow her own fall and pull Liu Chuanwu to safety while falling from high altitude 307.
• Her Consciousness Sea can be damaged; severe soul injuries once left her unconscious, and incomplete recovery later restricted her ability to sustain Water Dragon control 271 305.

Gene Enslavement Research

Yuan is Shen Qinghan's principal mentor in studying Gene Enslavement.

• Identified that Shen's genes could force the Deep Blue Jellyfish King gene to express without conventional fusion 144.
• Trains Shen in water control, Mental Tempering, remote Blood Qi control, and the enslavement of water-attribute genes 145 200.
• Prepared rare Water Butterfly and Narcissus Fish genes to strengthen Shen's mental and illusion abilities 200 236.

Equipment / Items

• Water-attribute Gene Fusion traits — Flood Dragon gene and Dragon Horns used to control large volumes of water 185 188.
• Mental Power recovery pill — restores much of a sub-Epic being's mental power within minutes 305.
• Rare cultivation resources — includes Century-Old Blood Ginseng, Six-Flavor Rehmannia Fruit, and Blood-Sworn Demon Flower, supplied to Lin and Shen for Body Tempering 200.

Relationships

• Shen Qinghan — Master and disciple. Yuan protects Shen's exceptional compatibility score, trains her Gene Enslavement, and provides rare genes and resources for her development 99 145 200.
• Lin Zichen — Her disciple's fiancé and a talent Yuan chooses to protect and support. She removes damaging news about him, hides aspects of his strength, and urges him to seek a powerful backer 110 170 191.
• Liu Chuanwu — Former husband and father of her children, Yuan Xusheng and Yuan Xiaoyi. Their ideological split contributed to their divorce, though they continue to work closely and protect one another in battle 104 198 305.
• Luo Qianxue — Yuan's eldest disciple, whom she found poisoned and near death in the Origin Land before raising her at an Origin Land stronghold 200.
• Yao Heling — A military commander and longtime acquaintance. Yuan openly criticizes her after learning the trainees were used as bait in an operation against heretics 190.
• The Hunchbacked Masked Man / Ninth Elder — Divine Plant Cult opponent who attempts to recruit Yuan; she refuses him and fights to keep Lin out of the cult's hands 185 188.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Shen Qinghan's Recruitment

Yuan arrives at the research base on a towering wave to retest Shen Qinghan's Gene Fusion Compatibility. After confirming the unprecedented result, she conceals Shen's true score and makes her an apprentice 98 99.

Pure-Blood Human Path Reassessment

Yuan initially expects Lin to abandon the Pure-Blood Human Path. After witnessing his strength during military training, she changes her position, recognizes the path's potential, and becomes one of Lin's key supporters 168 170.

Coastal Forest Incident

Yuan covertly shadows the special trainees, battles the Divine Plant Cult's Ninth Elder, and attempts to protect Lin and Shen from capture. Her fighting style is disadvantaged in the forest but overwhelmingly mobile in water 185 187 191.

Shen Qinghan's Development

As Shen's master, Yuan oversees the discovery and development of Gene Enslavement, provides high-grade water-attribute genes, and supplies both Shen and Lin with extensive Body Tempering resources 144 145 200.

City No. 36 War

Still recovering from earlier soul damage, Yuan joins the defense of City No. 36. She controls Water Dragons to clear enemy forces, survives a surprise attack, protects Liu Chuanwu, and is ultimately rescued when Shen Qinghan manifests a ten-thousand-meter Water Dragon 305 307.

Trivia

• Yuan's father is nearly two hundred years old 144.
• She is associated with the Yuan Family, whose resources allow her to supply rare evolution materials in large quantities 185 200.
• Her eldest disciple Luo Qianxue was later strongly implied to be Bai Xue, Shen Qinghan and Lin Zichen's childhood friend 236.