Gangzi

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Gangzi (刚子); formerly Yu Xiaogang
Alias(es)	Rose; “Noble Bus”; Grandmaster Yu; Rabbit Lord
Gender	Male; later transformed into a female rabbit-person by Qian Xunji’s curse; subsequently reincarnated or transferred into the body of a sow 188 189 349
Affiliation	Formerly Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan; later associated with the Golden Iron Triangle and Shrek Academy; his soul was later among the spirits housed within Shrek Academy’s Golden Ancient Tree 50 77 348
Status	Active as an undying sow in the later-era storyline. Rose Gangzi’s original soul was devoured by Bibi Dong’s Soul-Eater Spider Emperor, while the reborn Yu Dashī’s will remained within the body and continued using Gangzi’s identity 189. In a later era, Gangzi’s soul was placed into a white sow and afflicted with Qian Xunji’s Undying Curse, granting endless regeneration and preventing permanent death 349 356. In an early-era Spirit City sequence, Qian Xunji also personally kills Gangzi and removes his corpse after entering his room 438.
First Appearance	Chapter 50 50

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
One-ring Soul Master	50	Possessed 0.5 innate spirit power and relied heavily on medicinal resources to cultivate.
Level 10 Soul Master	61	Obtained his first spirit ring from a thunder-attribute sub-dragon; the resulting skill released foul-smelling gas.
Soul Grand Master	77	Advanced after Flender and Liu Erlong helped him obtain a second spirit ring; their three-in-one Martial Soul Fusion Skill defeated Scar Brother’s pursuing team.
Level 29 Soul Grandmaster	151 178	Despite being over fifty years old and retaining memories from a previous life, he remained at level 29 and lacked the strength to challenge powerful sect disciples.
Cursed rabbit-person	188 189	His martial soul and Soul Power were sealed, leaving him physically helpless despite an endlessly regenerating body.
Undying sow	349 352 356	Qian Xunji placed Gangzi’s soul in a white sow and bestowed the Undying Curse, reducing him to powerless immortal livestock with extreme regenerative ability.
Executed by Qian Xunji	438	During an early-era Spirit City sequence, Qian Xunji kills Gangzi with a golden Soul Power longsword and places the corpse in a Storage Spirit Tool.

Background

Born Yu Xiaogang, Gangzi was the son of Yu Yuanzhen, the Thunder Douluo and sect master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. He awakened only 0.5 innate spirit power and a Pig-Dolphin martial soul, which was regarded as incapable of meaningful combat. His poor cultivation results, excessive consumption of clan resources, and reliance on medicinal baths made him a target of ridicule within the clan 50.

As a child, he was repeatedly assaulted and robbed of cultivation supplies by his grandniece Yu Ruowan, who was stronger than him despite being younger. Gangzi concealed these beatings because of his concern for his reputation 50.

Following Yu Yuanzhen’s death, Yu Luomian engineered Gangzi’s expulsion from both the Blue Lightning Jade Clan and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. He was stripped of the Yu surname and sold to the noble spirit master Scar Brother, who gave him the name “Rose” 52 53.

Gangzi later manifested memories and a competing will from a previous life as Grandmaster Yu, also called Yu Dashī. This reborn will regretted failing to become a god alongside Tang San in its former life and attempted to alter its fate by using Long Yeyue to bind Tang San to it 149 151 178.

After Rose Gangzi’s soul was devoured, Yu Dashī’s reborn will continued to inhabit and act through Gangzi’s body. In a later era, a soul identified as Gangzi’s was among the deceased Shrek ancestors residing in the Golden Ancient Tree before Qian Xunji transferred it into a white sow 189 348 349.

In an early-era Spirit City sequence, Gangzi believed that Bibi Dong’s attachment to him gave him a chance to reclaim the identity and prestige of Grandmaster Yu. Before he could pursue this ambition, Qian Xunji entered his room and killed him in a single strike 437 438.

Appearance

Gangzi is described as petite. After being stripped of his clan identity and sold to Scar Brother, he became publicly known under the name “Rose” 53 107.

• His appearance and notoriety as “Rose” spread throughout the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires 61.
• He later underwent an unnatural pregnancy and survived a twenty-four-hour cesarean section 107.
• In later life, he is described as a short, petite man with a flat-top haircut 145 150.
• An unknown deity later altered his body into that of a rabbit-like female humanoid, giving him rabbit ears, a tail, and other rabbit characteristics 188 189.
• In a later era, his soul was placed in a little white sow by Qian Xunji, leaving him able to speak but physically reduced to immortal livestock 349.
• As a sow, he was subsequently treated as expendable livestock, including being placed in a boiling pot while his Undying Curse continually restored him 356.

Personality

Gangzi is proud, resentful, and intensely concerned with proving that he is not worthless. As a child, he vowed to overcome his weak beginnings, yet he repeatedly sought shortcuts through medicine and clan resources rather than disciplined cultivation 50.

He is deeply jealous of those more talented or powerful than himself, particularly Yu Luomian and Yu Ruowan. Yu Ruowan’s evolution into a Radiant Sacred Dragon Spirit Douluo is especially unbearable to him because it represents the strength and dragon martial soul he desired 52 113.

Despite repeated humiliation and mistreatment, Gangzi remains defiant. After witnessing Bibi Dong murder and devour the souls of his parents, he swore vengeance against her 83 84.

Gangzi’s reborn Grandmaster will is calculating and opportunistic. Believing Tang San’s future godhood could provide him access to the God Realm, he sought to arrange Long Yeyue’s engagement to Tang San regardless of her wishes 151 178.

After being subjected to an immortality curse and continual abuse in rabbit-person form, Gangzi’s ambitions collapsed. He came to desire only the destruction of his soul and ordered Bibi Dong to kill him with her Soul-Eater Spider Emperor 189.

Even after later becoming an undying sow, Gangzi retained his arrogance and self-image as a “master of the gods,” protesting his treatment as livestock despite being unable to escape Qian Xunji’s curse 356.

In the early-era Spirit City sequence, he again displayed his characteristic self-importance, imagining that Bibi Dong’s affection would let him restore his status as Yu Xiaogang and return triumphantly to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan 437.

Abilities & Skills

Pig-Dolphin Martial Soul

Gangzi’s martial soul is a Pig-Dolphin, which the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan considered an embarrassing failure compared with its inherited Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul 50 61.

• Awakened with only 0.5 innate spirit power 50.
• His first spirit ring came from a thunder-attribute sub-dragon 61.
• His resulting spirit skill produces foul-smelling gas rather than a useful combat technique 61.

Three-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill

Gangzi can participate in a three-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Flender and Liu Erlong, known collectively as the Golden Iron Triangle 77.

• The fusion skill enabled the trio to defeat Scar Brother’s team when they attempted to recapture Gangzi 77.
• Its use depended on Liu Erlong retaining access to her martial soul and soul power 107.

Rebirth and Dual Wills

Gangzi’s body became host to both Rose Gangzi’s original will and the will of the reborn Grandmaster Yu, or Yu Dashī. The latter retained memories from a prior life and eventually seized control of the body, though Rose Gangzi’s will initially endured within his Mental Sea of Consciousness 149 189.

• Qian Xunji identified Yu Dashī’s inability to fully erase Rose Gangzi’s original will as another sign of his weakness 189.
• Rose Gangzi’s soul was ultimately devoured by Bibi Dong’s Soul-Eater Spider Emperor, leaving Yu Dashī’s reborn will behind 189.
• In a later era, Gangzi’s soul was among the deceased souls inhabiting Shrek Academy’s Golden Ancient Tree before Qian Xunji extracted and transferred it into a sow 348 349.

Cursed Immortality

Gangzi’s rabbit-person body was cursed by Qian Xunji, rather than the Rakshasa God, so that it regenerated endlessly and could not die through ordinary physical harm 188 189.

• The curse reduced his transformation and immortality into a source of continuous suffering rather than power 188 189.
• Because the Soul-Eater Spider Emperor could consume and refine souls beyond even a deity’s ability to fully restore, Gangzi regarded soul-devouring as his only escape 189.
• Qian Xunji later used the Creation Godhead to impose the Undying Curse upon Gangzi’s sow body, again granting him perpetual regeneration and making conventional death impossible 349.
• The curse allows him to survive even treatment that would kill normal livestock, including being boiled alive 356.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Expulsion and “Rose”

After Yu Yuanzhen’s death, Gangzi loses his surname, clan membership, and family protection. Yu Luomian sells him to Scar Brother, beginning his public life as “Rose” 52 53.

Bibi Dong’s Obsession

Bibi Dong develops an obsessive attachment to Gangzi and takes him from his noble owner, causing a major scandal for Martial Soul Hall. Although she arranges treatment for his injuries and impotence, Gangzi does not reciprocate her feelings 61 62 107.

Golden Iron Triangle

Gangzi escapes Scar Brother’s control with Flender and Liu Erlong’s assistance, gains a second spirit ring, and becomes a Soul Grand Master. He later marries Liu Erlong 77 78.

Repeated Punishment

Qian Xunji, Yu Luomian, and Yu Ruowan repeatedly target Gangzi after learning that he is living freely with Liu Erlong and Flender. Yu Ruowan beats him at his wedding and again at Shrek Academy, while Yu Luomian has him returned to Scar Brother’s custody 80 81 111 112.

Revenge Against Bibi Dong

Gangzi witnesses Bibi Dong torture and kill Yu Yuanzhen and Yan Dongpin to complete her first Rakshasa God Trial. Learning that their souls were devoured and could not be restored, he vows to kill her at any cost 83 84.

Father of Long Yeyue

Gangzi becomes pregnant under unexplained divine circumstances and gives birth to a daughter after a twenty-four-hour cesarean section. He names her Long Yeyue, hoping she will someday stand at the pinnacle of the Spirit Master World 107.

Fourth Rakshasa God Trial

To complete Bibi Dong’s fourth Rakshasa God Trial, the Rakshasa God forces her to deliver Gangzi to Scar Brother for forty-eight hours of special training and personally witness the entire ordeal. Bibi Dong completes the trial but becomes increasingly unstable, while Gangzi is driven further into depravity and madness 147 148.

Rebirth and Long Yeyue’s Engagement

After recovering memories of his prior life as Grandmaster Yu, Gangzi attempts to use Long Yeyue’s engagement to Tang San as a means of securing his own future ascent to the God Realm. At Shrek Academy, however, Yu Ruowan again violently beats him, and Long Yeyue’s resentment toward her weak and manipulative father becomes increasingly apparent 151 178.

Rabbit Curse and Soul Devouring

Gangzi is later transformed into a rabbit-like female humanoid and cursed with an immortal, endlessly regenerating body. When Bibi Dong receives a Rakshasa God Trial requiring her to kill him, Gangzi willingly demands that she use the Soul-Eater Spider Emperor to devour his soul and free him from the curse 188 189.

Qian Xunji subsequently takes control of Bibi Dong’s body and forces her to pierce Gangzi’s heart and consume Rose Gangzi’s soul. The reborn Yu Dashī’s will remains in the body under the name Gangzi 189.

Golden Ancient Tree and Sow Curse

In a later era, Gangzi’s soul is found among the spirits of Shrek Academy ancestors residing within the Golden Ancient Tree. Qian Xunji removes the soul, places it into a little white sow, and uses the Creation Godhead to bestow the Undying Curse 348 349.

The curse gives Gangzi limitless regeneration while stripping him of meaningful agency. He is subsequently treated as immortal livestock, including being used as a sow and boiled alive without being permitted to die 352 356.

Spirit City Execution

In an early-era Spirit City sequence, Gangzi imagines exploiting Bibi Dong’s affection to restore his identity as Yu Xiaogang and elevate the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Qian Xunji abruptly enters, kills him with a golden Soul Power longsword, takes his corpse, and eliminates the witnesses before leaving Spirit City 437 438.

Relationships

• Yu Yuanzhen — Father; provided cultivation resources and protected Gangzi despite his disappointment in his son. Bibi Dong later killed him during her Rakshasa God Trial 50 83 84.
• Yan Dongpin — Mother; killed alongside Yu Yuanzhen by Bibi Dong, who devoured both of their souls 83 84.
• Yu Luomian — Paternal uncle; arranged Gangzi’s expulsion, stripped his surname, sold him to Scar Brother, and later assaulted him 52 80 81.
• Yu Ruowan — Grandniece, often called his niece; repeatedly beat and robbed Gangzi from childhood onward, later attacking him at his wedding and at Shrek Academy 50 80 111 112 178.
• Scar Brother — Former owner; purchased Gangzi after his expulsion and gave him the alias “Rose.” Gangzi was later forcibly returned to Scar Brother’s custody and again delivered to him during Bibi Dong’s fourth Rakshasa God Trial 52 53 81 147 148.
• Bibi Dong — Obsessive admirer and later lover; rescued Gangzi from Scar Brother but murdered his parents for a god trial, causing Gangzi to hate her. She was ultimately forced by Qian Xunji to devour Rose Gangzi’s soul 61 83 84 189.
• Liu Erlong — Wife and Golden Iron Triangle partner; helped Gangzi gain his second spirit ring and supported him after his parents’ deaths. Her relationship with Gangzi later became strained amid Bibi Dong’s obsession, Gangzi’s rebirth, and Long Yeyue’s resentment 77 78 84 147 178.
• Flender — Friend and Golden Iron Triangle partner; helped Gangzi escape Scar Brother’s team and later helps care for Long Yeyue 77 107.
• Long Yeyue — Daughter of Gangzi and Liu Erlong; awakened twin Sacred Dragon martial souls with innate full soul power. She later resents Gangzi’s weakness and rejects his attempt to arrange her engagement to Tang San 107 119 178.
• Tang San — Gangzi’s disciple in his previous life. After rebirth, Gangzi attempts to make Tang San his son-in-law through Long Yeyue in hopes of reaching the God Realm with him 149 151 178.
• Hu Liena — Became hostile toward Gangzi after he humiliated her at Shrek Academy; she vowed to cultivate for thirty years and send him to the Yellow Springs 112.
• Qian Xunji — A recurring tormentor who orchestrates many of Gangzi’s punishments and ultimately controls Bibi Dong to have Rose Gangzi’s soul devoured. In a later era, he extracts Gangzi’s soul from the Golden Ancient Tree, transfers it into a sow, and inflicts the Undying Curse 77 81 112 189 348 349. During an early-era Spirit City sequence, Qian Xunji also personally kills Gangzi and removes his corpse 438.
• Tang Hao — Fellow victim of Qian Xunji’s later punishment; after being transformed into a pig, Tang Hao was forced to ride Gangzi in sow form 349.
• Xuanzi — Another cursed sow who later shares Gangzi’s condition as immortal livestock; both are subjected to ongoing torment during the Ice Age 356.

Trivia

• Gangzi’s childhood nickname was tied to his habit of using large quantities of medicinal resources without proportional cultivation progress 50.
• He was stripped of the Yu surname; “Gangzi” became the name he could use after his expulsion 52.
• His fear of Yu Ruowan becomes instinctive after years of being beaten by her 111.
• Long Yeyue’s twin Sacred Dragon martial souls gave Gangzi and Liu Erlong high hopes for her future 119.
• Gangzi’s notorious “Rose” reputation was widespread enough that most spirit masters across the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires had heard of him 61.
• Although Rose Gangzi’s soul was devoured, Yu Dashī’s reborn will remained in the body and continued to bear Gangzi’s identity 189.
• In a later era, Gangzi’s soul was transferred into a white sow and given an Undying Curse by Qian Xunji 349.
• Gangzi’s regenerative curse is so absolute that he can survive being boiled alive, making immortality a continuing punishment rather than a benefit 356.
• Before his execution in the early-era Spirit City sequence, Gangzi believed that Bibi Dong’s attachment would allow him to restore his name as Yu Xiaogang and return to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan in triumph 437 438.