Gu Rong

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Gu Rong (古榕)
Alias(es)	Bone Douluo
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect
Occupation/Role	Sect elder; Titled Douluo
Cultivation	Rank 95 Super Douluo 48 49
First Appearance	Chapter 22

Background / History

Gu Rong is one of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's two Titled Douluo guardians alongside Chen Xin. He and the sect master, Ning Fengzhi, closely monitor Ning Rongrong's enrollment at Shrek Academy and react with relief when they learn she entered safely 22.

When a sect scout reports that Ning Rongrong accepted Yang Xing as her master—and that Yang claims knowledge of evolving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda—Gu Rong immediately treats the situation as a possible plot against the sect. His released aura destroys a gold-inlaid chair, and he presses for decisive action against the unknown master 23 26.

Gu Rong later confronts Yang Xing personally over Ning Rongrong and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He attempts to intimidate him with Titled Douluo pressure, then challenges him after Yang Xing reveals nine soul rings, including a hundred-thousand-year ring 47 48.

The confrontation becomes an aerial battle over Suotuo City. Gu Rong's spatial abilities and Bone Dragon True Body prove ineffective against Yang Xing's superior spatial control and elemental attacks. He is severely injured by Yang Xing's final attack but survives and withdraws to recover 49 50 51.

Appearance

Gu Rong is an exceptionally tall, skeletal man whose appearance is frequently compared to that of a corpse.

• Nearly two and a half meters tall 22.
• Withered face, deeply sunken eye sockets, sparse white hair, and long skeletal limbs 22.
• Possesses a gaunt, frightening smile and a hoarse voice likened to wind through dead leaves 47.
• His Bone Dragon True Body is a gigantic skeletal dragon with violet ghostfire burning in its eye sockets 49.

Personality

Gu Rong is fiercely protective of Ning Rongrong, referring to her as “our Rongrong” and viewing threats to her as threats to the sect itself 47 49. He is impatient, hot-tempered, and quick to suspect hostile schemes, especially where the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's evolution is concerned 22 23 26.

Despite his aggression, Gu Rong does not retreat when faced with Yang Xing's overwhelming strength. After suffering repeated defeats, he maintains enough resolve to leave on his own and continues to intend to address matters involving Shrek Academy 51.

Abilities & Skills

Bone Dragon Martial Soul

Gu Rong possesses the Bone Dragon martial soul, which grants him immense physical presence, spiritual pressure, and exceptional spatial affinity.

• Releases a spiritual-domain-like pressure mixed with spatial fluctuations 48.
• Can traverse space, a defining strength of his martial soul 49.
• His spatial senses are highly developed, making Yang Xing's undetectable relocation of him especially shocking 49.
• His martial soul aura is cold and eerie, with a distinctive dark magnetic quality 56.

Bone Dragon True Body

Gu Rong's seventh soul skill transforms him into a gigantic Bone Dragon.

• Creates a massive skeletal dragon body with wings spanning dozens of meters 49.
• Greatly enhances his resilience and combat capacity in aerial battle 49 50.
• Retains the ability to use spatial traversal and launch dragon-breath attacks while transformed 50.

Spatial Traversal

Gu Rong can vanish into the void and reappear at another position during combat.

• Used to evade Yang Xing's follow-up attack after being struck in the air 50.
• Was outclassed by Yang Xing's spatial control, which relocated him without warning and later immobilized him in midair 49 50.

Dragon Breath

In Bone Dragon form, Gu Rong can fire a concentrated purple dragon-breath flame.

• The attack is powerful enough to severely injure an ordinary Titled Douluo 50.
• Yang Xing deconstructs the attack into its original Soul Power, nullifying it before it can explode 50.

Bone-Transformed Divine Dragon

Gu Rong's strongest soul skill allows him to regenerate after catastrophic damage.

• Activated after Yang Xing's massive light-sphere attack 51.
• Enables him to survive, though Yang Xing defeats and severely injures him afterward 51.

Relationships

• Ning Rongrong — Protective elder figure. Gu Rong reacts explosively to the news that she accepted Yang Xing as her master and confronts Yang Xing to defend her interests 23 47 49.
• Ning Fengzhi — Fellow leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Gu Rong follows Ning Fengzhi's decision to investigate Yang Xing rather than act blindly 22 26.
• Chen Xin — Fellow Titled Douluo of the sect. The two share concern for Ning Rongrong, though Chen Xin openly calls Gu Rong reckless 23 26.
• Yang Xing — Initially regarded as a suspected enemy who plotted against Ning Rongrong and the sect. Gu Rong challenges him, but is decisively defeated in their aerial battle 47 49 51.
• Tang Hao — Another Rank 95 Super Douluo whose aura Yang Xing explicitly compares with Gu Rong's 56.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Investigation of Ning Rongrong's Master

Gu Rong joins Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin in receiving reports about Ning Rongrong's enrollment and her unexpected master-disciple relationship with Yang Xing. He suspects that Yang Xing's claims about the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda are part of a larger scheme 22 23 24.

Investigation of Tang San

After hearing Tang San's claim that Qiluo Tulip can evolve Ning Rongrong's martial soul, Gu Rong dismisses the idea as implausible. Nevertheless, Ning Fengzhi sends him to investigate Tang San and his background 26.

Confrontation with Yang Xing

Gu Rong visits Yang Xing to demand answers over Ning Rongrong. He escalates from intimidation to a direct challenge after discovering that Yang Xing is a Titled Douluo with a blood-red hundred-thousand-year soul ring 47 48.

Aerial Battle over Suotuo City

Yang Xing relocates Gu Rong over a thousand meters above Suotuo City, where Gu Rong transforms into his Bone Dragon True Body. Gu Rong withstands an elemental barrage and attempts spatial evasion and dragon breath, but Yang Xing eventually freezes him in place and leaves him severely injured 49 50 51.

Trivia

• Gu Rong's uncontrolled Soul Power once pulverizes a jade grandmaster's chair after he hears Yang Xing may know how to evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda 23.
• He is over ninety years old 26.
• His nearly two-and-a-half-meter frame is large enough to make a gold-inlaid chair creak beneath him 22.