Xuan Zi

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Xuan Zi (玄子)
Alias(es)	Gluttonous Douluo; Taotie Douluo 15 52
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Shrek Academy; Shrek Inspection Corps 38 39
Occupation/Role	Shrek Academy elder, instructor, and leader of Inspection Corps missions 38 39
Status	Alive 65
First Appearance	Chapter 12
Soul Power	Rank 98 Super Douluo 41 51
Martial Soul	Taotie Divine Bull 42

Appearance

Xuan Zi is a burly old man who often appears in tattered clothes, with a wine gourd at his waist and food in hand. He is usually seen eating chicken legs and drinking wine even while supervising students. 12 15 36

• Carries a wine gourd, which he also uses to warm a student suffering from extreme cold. 15 38
• His Taotie Divine Bull form is a colossal, horned creature with a goat-like body, eyes beneath its armpits, tiger fangs, human claws, and massive bull horns. 13 42
• His transformed body exceeds thirty meters in height. 13 42

Personality

Xuan Zi is outwardly carefree, eccentric, and impulsive. He drinks, eats, and frequently acts without much ceremony, including abandoning a search party to investigate alone and transporting students at a speed that leaves them vomiting. 12 39 His carelessness has had severe consequences, particularly during missions involving the Shrek Seven Monsters.

Despite his faults, Xuan Zi is deeply protective of Shrek students. He is devastated by Xixi's crippling injury, refuses to trade Ye Ming to the Holy Spirit Cult, and repeatedly places himself between his students and enemies far stronger than they can face. 16 41 59 He can also be politically shrewd, exploiting the Star Luo Empire's fear of Shrek to secure substantial compensation after Cheng Gang attacks Ye Ming's group. 51 53

Abilities & Skills

Taotie Divine Bull Martial Soul

Xuan Zi can transform into the Taotie Divine Bull, greatly increasing his physical presence and combat power. 13 42

• Manifests a massive Taotie Divine Bull phantom when releasing his power. 42 51
• Uses brute force to overwhelm opponents, including repeatedly punching the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. 13
• Fought without using his martial soul when personally punishing Cheng Gang. 52

Gravity Control

Xuan Zi's signature control ability manipulates gravity over a wide area. 13 42

• Suppressed Ma Xiaotao while she was rampaging. 13
• Restrained Zhongli Wu, Netherworld Douluo, and Myriad Souls Douluo simultaneously during the Mingdou Mountains battle. 42
• Combines the technique with his giant transformed body to control the battlefield. 42

Defensive Soul Power

As a Rank 98 Super Douluo, Xuan Zi can shield groups of students and resist attacks from other Titled Douluo. 41 59

• Created an earthen-yellow barrier around fourteen Shrek students when confronted by five Holy Spirit Cult Titled Douluo. 41
• Protected Ye Ming, Gu Yuena, and Di Ruiqiu behind his body while reinforcing a barrier against a Level Nine Fixed Soul Cannon. 59
• His Godly Taotie Bull phantom intimidated several Star Luo Titled Douluo into accepting his demands. 51

Equipment / Items

• Wine gourd — Constantly carried at his waist; its wine helped ease Gongyang Mo's internal cold after Ye Ming's Ice God Phantom. 15 38
• Food provisions — Commonly carries and eats chicken legs or wings. 12 36 52

Relationships

• Mu En — Senior Shrek figure who reprimands Xuan Zi for wanting to leave after Xixi's injury and relies on him as one of the academy's indispensable top combatants. 16
• Xian Lin'er — Fellow Shrek elder who angrily blames him for the harm suffered by two generations of Shrek Seven Monsters. 16
• Ma Xiaotao — Student under his supervision; Xuan Zi's absence during the forest mission leaves her team vulnerable, and he later suppresses her rampage with Gravity Control. 12 13
• Xixi — Her permanent injuries leave Xuan Zi overwhelmed by guilt. 16
• Ye Ming — A student Xuan Zi initially protects, trusts in battle, and supports during the Soul Dueling Tournament; Ye Ming later reveals his soul beast identity and parts from him as a future enemy. 41 46 63
• Wang Dong — Student Xuan Zi tries to save after her unexplained collapse, injuring his spiritual avatar when he investigates her sea of consciousness. 65
• Cheng Gang — Star Luo Titled Douluo whom Xuan Zi forces to compensate Shrek's students before personally beating him as further retribution. 51 52
• Zhongli Wu — Holy Spirit Cult leader and major enemy whom Xuan Zi battles during the Mingdou Mountains ambush. 41 42

Story Role / Major Arcs

Star Dou Great Forest mission

While searching for an evil soul master, Xuan Zi leaves Ma Xiaotao and the Shrek Seven Monsters to investigate ahead alone. During his absence, the team is ambushed by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger; Xixi is critically injured, and Ma Xiaotao is driven into a dangerous state. Xuan Zi returns, kills the tiger, and is consumed by remorse over his negligence. 12 13 16

Xixi survives but suffers a crippled spine, destroyed dantian, and total loss of cultivation. Xuan Zi considers leaving the academy, but Mu En orders him to remain and become more attentive. 16

Formation of the new Shrek Seven Monsters

After Ye Ming, Gu Yuena, and Di Ruiqiu return from seclusion, Xuan Zi oversees their integration into Dai Yueheng's team. He encourages a spar to establish their standing, then observes Ye Ming's overwhelming four-against-one victory without intervening. 36

He later stops Ye Ming's Ice God Phantom before it can seriously harm Dai Yueheng's team, then organizes both the Shrek Seven Monsters and reserve team into the Shrek Inspection Corps. 38

Mingdou Mountains mission

Xuan Zi leads both teams to eliminate the Death Messengers bandit group near the Star Luo–Sun Moon border. After the students clear the bandits' cave, he shields them when five Holy Spirit Cult Titled Douluo reveal themselves. 39 40

Refusing Zhongli Wu's demand to surrender Ye Ming, Xuan Zi resolves that no student will be sacrificed. He uses Gravity Control in Taotie Divine Bull form to hold back the cult's strongest combatants while Ye Ming's group delays the others. 41 42

Soul Dueling Tournament

As Shrek's tournament leader, Xuan Zi delegates lineup authority to Ye Ming and pushes the reserve members to show greater confidence and ambition. 46 48 When Cheng Gang attacks Ye Ming's group, Xuan Zi deliberately allows Ye Ming to prove he can handle the confrontation before pressuring the Star Luo Empire for compensation. 49 51

He ultimately obtains three million Gold Soul Coins, two Rank Eight defensive Soul Tools, and a top-grade Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone for the students. 53

Exposure of the transformed soul beasts

Xuan Zi believes Ye Ming, Gu Yuena, and Di Ruiqiu are innocent of the rumors that they are transformed soul beasts, and supports the use of a Rank 9 detection Soul Tool to clear their names. The tool instead exposes all three, revealing that he had been manipulated by the Star Luo Empire. 57 58

Enraged, he destroys the detection Soul Tool, protects the trio from the surrounding Titled Douluo, and sends them out of Star Luo City. 58 He remains behind to defend civilians and intercept a Level Nine Fixed Soul Cannon, sustaining severe injuries in the process. 59

When Di Tian's group arrives and Ye Ming's identity is no longer deniable, Ye Ming stops Zi Ji and Wan Yaowang from attacking Xuan Zi in repayment for his prior protection. Ye Ming then tells Xuan Zi that they will be enemies if they meet again. 62 63

Wang Dong's collapse

After the Star Luo crisis, Xuan Zi investigates Wang Dong's unexplained unconsciousness. He enters her sea of consciousness, encounters a godly aura, and has his spiritual avatar destroyed by an illusory blue-robed figure. 65

Notable Quotes

“With this old man here, none of you will die today!” 41

“I, Xuan Zi, cannot do something like trading my students' lives for my own!” 41

“What a sin!!” 65

Trivia

• Xuan Zi's repeated failures while leading Shrek teams have given him a notorious reputation among students and observers. 15 16 39
• He is Shrek Academy's second-strongest expert according to Xian Lin'er. 16
• His Rank 98 cultivation makes him a Super Douluo, yet he considers Ye Ming's early hundred-thousand-year soul ring extraordinary even by his own standards. 36 41