Fan Yu

Biodata

Appearance

Fan Yu is a tall, middle-aged man with sharp, hawk-like eyes. When enraged, his eyes turn blood-red and he becomes visibly short of breath. 63

• Eight soul rings: two yellow, two purple, and four black. 63
• Uses numerous high-level soul tools in battle. 63

Personality

Fan Yu's devotion to his wife, Zhou Yi, repeatedly overrides his judgment. He defended her during her public confrontation with Lin Yan, later attempted to rescue her after her assassination plot was exposed, and threatened Lin Yan rather than addressing the evidence against her. 14 63

He relies on his status as a Soul Douluo and Level 8 Soul Engineer when confronting others, but is unable to maintain a convincing defense when Zhang Lexuan questions his foreknowledge of Zhou Yi's actions. 63

Abilities & Skills

Soul Douluo Cultivation

Fan Yu possesses eight soul rings and Soul Douluo-level Soul Power. 63

• Released the pressure of a Soul Douluo against Lin Yan. 63
• Activated his Martial Soul Avatar in an attempt to survive Lin Yan's fire lotus. 63
• Was defeated despite his cultivation advantage. 63 64

Level 8 Soul Engineering

Fan Yu was one of only two Level 8 Soul Engineers at Shrek Academy. 17

• Deployed a Level 8 Soul Tool Shield, Level 7 Soul Tool Barrier, and Level 8 Soul Tool Armor against Lin Yan. 63
• His defensive soul tools collapsed within moments of the fire-lotus explosion. 63
• His importance to the Soul Guidance Department led Qian Duoduo to object to his demotion. 17

Equipment / Items

• Level 8 Soul Tool Shield — activated during his final battle with Lin Yan. 63
• Level 7 Soul Tool Barrier — deployed alongside his other defenses. 63
• Level 8 Soul Tool Armor — failed to stop Lin Yan's fire lotus. 63
• Metal-attribute left arm soul bone — a dark-gold, at-least-seventy-thousand-year-old left arm bone recovered by Lin Yan after Fan Yu's death. 65

Relationships

• Zhou Yi — husband; shielded and condoned her misconduct, and tried to rescue her after her attempt to have Lin Yan assassinated was revealed. 14 17 63
• Lin Yan — adversary. Fan Yu attempted to attack him over Zhou Yi, later threatened him, and was killed by his fire lotus. 14 63
• Xuan Zi — intervened when Fan Yu tried to attack Lin Yan, kicking Fan Yu away and causing him to vomit blood. 14
• Zhang Lexuan — confronted Fan Yu over his suspiciously timely arrival and accused him of involvement in Zhou Yi's plot. 63
• Qian Duoduo — fellow Soul Guidance Department member who argued against Fan Yu's severe punishment due to his value as a Level 8 Soul Engineer. 17

Story Role / Major Arcs

Zhou Yi Incident

When Zhou Yi was publicly defeated and exposed by Lin Yan, Fan Yu arrived in fury and tried to attack Lin Yan. Xuan Zi stopped him immediately. 14

Shrek Academy determined that Fan Yu bore responsibility for shielding and condoning Zhou Yi. He was stripped of all positions, though he retained the opportunity to make amends and seek future promotion as a researcher. 17 18

Assassination Plot and Death

After Zhou Yi hired assassins to kill Lin Yan, Fan Yu arrived to protect her. Zhang Lexuan's questioning revealed his apparent foreknowledge of the plan; Lin Yan concluded that Fan Yu had known of it and likely supplied the Level 8 soul tools used as payment. 62 63

Fan Yu abandoned argument, demanded Zhou Yi's release, and threatened Lin Yan. Lin Yan answered with a fire lotus formed through Flame Devour, Flame Spirit, Wither-Bloom Calamity Flame Domain, and Emperor Reigns Over the World. 63

Fan Yu's layered soul-tool defenses failed, and the explosion vaporized everything below his abdomen. Lin Yan subsequently reduced Fan Yu's remaining corpse to ash. 63 65