Lu Yi

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Lu Yi (陆奕)
Martial Soul	Magikarp; evolves into Gyarados after absorbing the Ice and Fire Dragon King souls 1 26
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Nuoding Academy; Seventh Dormitory
Occupation/Role	Soul Master; Seventh Dormitory chief
Status	Alive
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Innate Soul Power Level 2	1	Awakened Magikarp, a detached beast martial soul dismissed as a “waste spirit.”
Level 3 Soul Master	3	Reached within three months of receiving a meditation method; could share Magikarp’s Water Ball, Tackle, and Leap abilities.
Level 4	7	Accelerated cultivation by having Magikarp cultivate through a copied meditation method and consuming Thousand-Year Whale Rubber.
Level 10	10	Reached after one and a half years of training, self-created soul-skill development, medicinal support, and feeding Magikarp dragon-beast materials.
First-Ring Battle Soul Master, Level 14	14 18	Absorbed an 860-year Mysterious Cang Armor Carp soul ring; later certified at Level 14 and cultivated to Level 15.
First-Ring Battle Soul Master, Level 15	18	Defeated Xiao Wu using Waterfall.
Level 20	21	Reached Soul Grand Master threshold after three further years of cultivation; prepared to absorb a 4,500-year second soul ring.
Second soul ring / Gyarados evolution	26 27	The Ice and Fire Dragon King souls merged into Magikarp, evolving it into Gyarados and granting a god-rank second soul ring with four soul skills.

Background

Lu Yi transmigrated into the Douluo Continent and spent six years fearing that he would awaken without soul power, which would leave him unable to become a soul master. He instead awakened Innate Soul Power Level 2 and a detached Magikarp martial soul. Though others regarded Magikarp as a waste spirit, Lu Yi knew it could evolve into Gyarados and pursued that possibility from the beginning. 1

Su Yuntao did not recruit him into the Martial Soul Hall, unlike Wang Shu, because of prejudice against detached beast martial souls. Lu Yi instead secured a meditation method and began cultivating three months before entering Nuoding Academy. 1

At Nuoding Academy, Lu Yi became leader of the Seventh Dormitory after defeating Xiong Kui. He protected the work-study students from bullying, defeated Yang Li despite the latter already possessing a soul ring, and became known as the academy’s “Chief.” 3 6 7

His research into martial soul evolution brought him into contact with Yu Xiaogang. Their experiments on Luo Sanpao and dragon-beast materials developed into a teacher-disciple relationship; Yu Xiaogang provided Lu Yi with cultivation methods, medicines, equipment, and support for his soul hunts. 8 11

While trapped at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye by Dugu Bo, Lu Yi consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot before entering the spring. The Ice and Fire Dragon King souls merged into Magikarp, evolving it into Gyarados. 25 26

Appearance

Lu Yi is a young boy whose body develops noticeably after his first soul-ring absorption, causing his existing clothes to become tight and too short. 14

• Has messy hair after an experiment involving Luo Sanpao’s sudden flatulence; he claims it was caused by jumping too high. 10
• His physique is strengthened repeatedly through Whale Rubber, medicinal baths, soul-ring absorption, and cultivation. 5 10 12
• Gyarados is a giant dragon-form evolution of Magikarp. 26

Personality

Lu Yi is resilient, pragmatic, and intensely focused on overcoming his low innate soul power and the stigma around his martial soul. He actively seeks cultivation methods, medicinal resources, soul-beast knowledge, and opportunities to strengthen both himself and Magikarp. 1 4 8

He is strategic in both combat and relationships. He sells observation rights to his self-created soul skills, plans soul-ring combinations years in advance, and uses his knowledge of Dugu Bo’s inherited poison as leverage when his life is threatened. 7 12 24

Although he can be blunt and calculating, he consistently protects people he considers his own. He leads the work-study students, assists Wang Shu, provides Tang San with bedding and guidance, and offers ideas that improve Tang San’s martial soul and forging path. 3 6 15 17 20

Abilities & Skills

Martial Soul: Magikarp / Gyarados

Magikarp is a detached beast martial soul capable of cultivation, growth, and sharing its talents and skills with Lu Yi. It evolves into Gyarados after absorbing the Ice and Fire Dragon King souls. 2 10 26

• Magikarp grew to approximately ten meters long and four meters wide before evolving. 10
• Its increasing size strengthens Lu Yi’s water-control talent. 6 10
• Gyarados can use Flamethrower against Dugu Bo. 26
• Gyarados can be enlarged and massively empowered by Extreme Realm Dragon Emperor Descent. 27

Water Control

Lu Yi shares Magikarp’s water-control talent, allowing him to create, manipulate, and shape water for offense, defense, and restraint. 2 6 17

• Condenses and launches Water Balls against opponents. 3 6
• Creates water shields; mixed realgar wine into one to repel Dugu Bo’s poison mist. 23
• Restrained Tang San’s sleeve dart and poison powder with a stream of water. 17
• Forms Water Blades capable of cutting down a willow tree. 10

Self-Created Soul Skills

Lu Yi develops combat techniques by combining shared Magikarp abilities, soul-power control, and ideas drawn from his previous life. 7 10

• Tackle / Charge — A body-charge technique that sends opponents flying; later developed into Tackle – Iron Fist, concentrating soul power into a powerful punch. 3 7 10
• Leap — Enables high jumps, including a three-meter leap used to evade Yang Li’s charge. 6
• Water Blade — A condensed water cutting attack. 10
• Charges observation fees rather than personally teaching his techniques; their adaptable soul-power routes make them more versatile than fixed soul-ring abilities. 7

First Soul Skill: Oath of Cang Lan

Granted by the 860-year Mysterious Cang Armor Carp soul ring. 14

• Increases all attributes and abnormal-status resistance by 80% for 30 minutes.
• Deploys a Water Wave Field upon activation.
• The field disrupts enemy soul power.
• The next attack gains a water-flow shock impact.

Water Bullet

A Magikarp-derived ranged attack obtained after Lu Yi’s first soul-ring absorption. 14

• Condenses and fires water at range.
• Power increases with the amount of water condensed.
• Lu Yi believes a river-scale volume could rival a ten-thousand-year soul skill. 14

Waterfall

A close-combat Magikarp-derived skill obtained after the first soul-ring absorption. 14

• Condenses a large volume of water around a body part during an attack.
• Injects water flow into the target, causing internal damage.
• Disrupts the target’s soul-power flow.
• Defeated Xiao Wu with a single abdominal strike. 18

Reverse Scale Ice Fire Nirvana

Lu Yi’s second soul skill, granted after Gyarados evolves. 27

• Fires an ice-fire beam with a 500% attack-power increase.
• Clears all negative statuses from Lu Yi.
• Restores 80% of his soul power and heals 50% of his injuries.
• Limited to once per day.
• Dugu Bo judged that non-defense-type soul masters below Soul Saint level would die if struck directly. 27

Dragon Might Absolute Domain

Lu Yi’s third soul skill. 27

• Creates a 200-meter-diameter Ice Fire Bipolar Domain centered on Lu Yi.
• Expands by one meter for every level of his soul power.
• Increases Lu Yi’s attributes by 30% and reduces enemies’ attributes by 30%.
• Enemies fewer than 20 levels above Lu Yi cannot use ice- or fire-attribute soul skills within the domain.

Extreme Realm Dragon Emperor Descent

Lu Yi’s fourth soul skill. 27

• Doubles Gyarados’s size.
• Increases all of Gyarados’s attributes by 500% for 60 seconds.
• Has no side effects, but can only be used once per day.
• Considered comparable to a Martial Soul Fusion Skill performed alone. 27

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night — Storage Soul Tool given by Yu Xiaogang; contains 24 jade storage spaces of one cubic meter each. 11
• Three-Bow Bed Crossbow — Heavy crossbow used to kill the Mysterious Cang Armor Carp; fires spear-sized armor-piercing bolts. 14 18
• Meditation Method — First obtained from Su Yuntao before enrollment. 1
• High-level meditation method — Later received from Yu Xiaogang. 10
• Whale Rubber — Uses Thousand-Year and Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber to improve physical fitness and cultivation potential. 5 7 16
• Realgar wine — Used with a water shield to block Dugu Bo’s poison mist. 23

Relationships

• Wang Shu — Closest companion and follower from Daoxiang Village; Lu Yi protects, trains, and hunts soul rings alongside him. 2 3 21 23
• Yu Xiaogang — Teacher and collaborator in research on detached beast martial souls; provides Lu Yi with resources, training methods, and the Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night. 8 12
• Tang San — Junior brother; Lu Yi acts as a guide and mentor while exchanging ideas on martial souls, hidden weapons, and forging. 15 17 20
• Xiao Wu — Seventh Dormitory student and repeated challenger; Lu Yi defeats her in battle and leaves her discipline to Tang San after Tang San recognizes her as his sister. 18 21
• Flender — Yu Xiaogang’s friend and Lu Yi’s “Uncle Flender”; assists with soul hunts and attempts to recruit Lu Yi to Shrek Academy. 10 13 21
• Dugu Bo — Initially an enemy who repeatedly threatens Lu Yi and Wang Shu; later forced to negotiate after Lu Yi gains the power to harm him and promises treatment for Dugu Yan’s poison. 23 27
• Dugu Yan — Dugu Bo’s granddaughter; her inherited poison gives Lu Yi leverage in negotiations with Dugu Bo. 24 25

Story Role / Major Arcs

Nuoding Academy

Lu Yi enters Nuoding Academy as a work-study student, becomes Seventh Dormitory chief, and establishes himself as protector of the academy’s work-study students. He develops and monetizes his self-created skills while seeking resources to improve his body and martial soul. 2 7

Martial Soul Evolution Research

Lu Yi’s theories about martial-soul desires, bloodlines, and evolution draw Yu Xiaogang out of his stagnation. Their work helps Luo Sanpao show dragon-like changes and establishes Yu Xiaogang as Lu Yi’s teacher. 8 11

First Soul Ring

Lu Yi hunts and absorbs an 860-year Mysterious Cang Armor Carp soul ring beyond the expected age limit. He gains Oath of Cang Lan, Water Bullet, and Waterfall. 12 14

Tang San’s Senior Brother

Lu Yi becomes Tang San’s senior brother at Nuoding Academy. He guides Tang San away from relying solely on hidden weapons, identifies the likely special bloodline of Blue Silver Grass, and inspires Tang San’s development of spiritual metal and Thousand Forging. 15 20

Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye

While confronting Dugu Bo, Lu Yi uses poison knowledge to bargain for survival. After being poisoned, he consumes two immortal herbs and enters the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, triggering Magikarp’s evolution into Gyarados and obtaining a god-rank second soul ring. 23 27

Trivia

• Lu Yi was the second known person on the continent to possess a detached beast martial soul. 1 15
• He intentionally planned to prioritize enhancement-type spirit skills before obtaining a ten-thousand-year soul ring. 12
• His stated name for the storage Soul Tool, Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night, references its 24 jade stones “reflecting twenty-four bright moons.” 11
• He initially recognized Yu Xiaogang as his teacher partly because Yu Xiaogang persistently supplied him with gifts and resources. 10