Fang Yuan

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Fang Yuan (方元)
Alias(es)	Supreme Elder; Teacher
Gender	Male
Martial Soul	Supreme Immortal Embryo / Sovereign Immortal Fetus, a body-type Martial Soul 1 114
Affiliation	Heaven and Earth One Family Great Love Academy (founder and principal); Tang Sect (Supreme Elder) 98 153
Occupation/Role	Soul master, teacher, academy principal, Soul Tool researcher, Tang Sect leader
First Appearance	Chapter 1: Poaching Tang San, Yu Xiaogang Need Not Apply 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Six-ring Soul Emperor	1	Reveals two yellow, two purple, and two black soul rings while recruiting Tang San. 1
Level 69 → threshold of Level 70	14	Refining a pill made from the Velvet Sky-Piercing Chrysanthemum and Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma strengthens his Martial Soul and raises his Soul Power to the next major bottleneck. 14
Seven-ring Soul Sage	16	Kills the White-Eyed Demon Tiger King, absorbs its seventh soul ring, and gains his Martial Soul True Body. 15 16
Eight-ring Soul Douluo	41	Absorbs a blood-red hundred-thousand-year soul ring from the Myriad Beast Demon Spirit; its skills are Fixed Immortal Travel and Star Eyes. 41 43 52
Level 84 Soul Douluo	68	His combat power after the hundred-thousand-year ring and soul bone is estimated to match a level-98 strength-type Super Douluo while using Incomplete Freedom Transformation. 68
Approximately Level 86–87 Soul Douluo	128	Consumes the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, completing Ice-Fire Golden Body Tempering and approaching Titled Douluo. 128

Background / History

Fang Yuan is a reborn otherworldly cultivator pursuing immortality as the means to obtain freedom. In his previous world, the Supreme Immortal Embryo was bestowed upon him by a fellow Daoist, while his Supreme Immortal Aperture was destroyed alongside his body when that world collapsed. Reborn in Douluo Continent, he adapted to its cultivation system by awakening the Supreme Immortal Embryo as his Martial Soul and converting Gu worm powers from his former life into soul skills. 1 17

He recruited Tang San before Yu Xiaogang could take him as a disciple, then guided Tang San through his first soul-ring hunt and into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Fang Yuan used As Before to reverse Tang San's poisoning and deliberately preserved Tang San's Ice-Fire Golden Body Tempering opportunity, believing Tang San's eventual ascension could be crucial to Fang Yuan's own path into the God Realm. 6 13

At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Fang Yuan refined pills from immortal herbs, strengthened his physique, helped Dugu Bo's Martial Soul mutate, and acquired his seventh soul ring from the White-Eyed Demon Tiger King. Completing his Martial Soul unexpectedly restored the Supreme Immortal Aperture, which he began developing as a self-sustaining internal world. 13 15 18 24

Over the following years, Fang Yuan trained Tang San and Xiao Wu, acquired further disciples from Shrek Academy, and founded Heaven and Earth One Family Great Love Academy. He also organized the Tang Sect around Soul Tool research, development, and trade, securing major support from the Heaven Dou Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. 52 58 70 98 153

His growing influence brought him into direct conflict with Spirit Hall. Fang Yuan openly refused to kneel before Pope Bibi Dong, escaped the Papal Hall through Fixed Immortal Travel, and later arrived on the battlefield during Spirit Hall's invasion of the Heaven Dou Empire. 160 163

Appearance

When Fang Yuan activates Martial Soul Possession, his long hair moves without wind and his appearance becomes more striking. His nose becomes high and straight, his eyes change into deep emerald pools, and his lips take on a healthy rosy color. 1

• Fair, delicate-looking skin concealing a body compared to refined steel. 13
• His body Martial Soul produces almost no visible change when activated, making his Martial Soul Possession difficult for opponents to detect. 114 160
• Incomplete Freedom Transformation manifests as a blood-red cape and radically intensifies his aura. 8

Personality

Fang Yuan is calculating, patient, and relentlessly focused on immortality. He prefers long-term gains over immediate rewards, such as storing the Blue Silver Emperor's right-leg soul bone rather than absorbing it and risking disruption to his plans involving Tang San. 13 24 26

He habitually plans for failure before planning for victory. This caution informs both his decision to preserve key events from the original timeline and his development of the Supreme Immortal Aperture as a resource base independent of the outside world. 13 17 24

Despite his pragmatism, Fang Yuan is an attentive teacher. He protects Tang San from poison, aids Meng Yiran and Tang San through dangerous soul-ring absorptions, and helps Xiao Wu overcome her reluctance to accept soul bones. 6 45 65 152 He can also be mischievous and provocative, particularly toward Yu Xiaogang and Spirit Hall. 47 58 160

Abilities & Skills

Supreme Immortal Embryo Physique

Fang Yuan's Martial Soul is a special body-type Martial Soul derived from the Supreme Immortal Embryo of his previous life. Its soul skills retain the effects of selected Gu worms rather than being determined by the age or species of absorbed soul rings. 1 41 114

• Can absorb soul rings without rejection. 41
• Grants extraordinary physical strength and defense even without obvious external transformation. 13 114
• His seventh-ring Martial Soul True Body allows him to form Martial Soul Fusion Skills with any person, regardless of Martial Soul type, cultivation level, or species. 16
• His physical constitution becomes immune to poison and impervious to ice- and fire-attributed attacks after Ice-Fire Golden Body Tempering. 128

As Before

As Before is Fang Yuan's first soul skill, originating from a rank-six time-path Gu worm. It rewinds a target to the state they were in several breaths earlier. 6

• Reverses poisoning and physical injuries. 6
• Can restore catastrophic bodily damage, including severed limbs or fatal wounds. 6
• Can revive a recently killed target, as demonstrated on the Evil Orca King. 141
• Fang Yuan relies on its restorative power to outlast opponents stronger than himself. 41

Attitude

Attitude is a soul skill used for concealment and influence. 8 47

• Conceals Fang Yuan from spiritual detection, causing observers to perceive only a blur. 47
• Helps him evade Spirit Hall experts after appearing atop the Papal Hall. 47
• Assists in influencing others' attitudes and helping Xiao Wu accept soul bones. 98 152
• Forms part of Incomplete Freedom Transformation. 8

Mutation and Adaptation

Mutation and Adaptation are Fang Yuan's third and fourth soul skills. Together with Attitude, they form Incomplete Freedom Transformation. 8

• Adaptation can stabilize dangerous soul-ring absorption and process excess soul-ring energy. 45 65
• Fang Yuan used Adaptation to save Meng Yiran during her absorption of the Man-Faced Demon Spider's soul ring. 44 45
• Forms part of Incomplete Freedom Transformation alongside Attitude and Mutation. 8

Incomplete Freedom Transformation

An immortal killer move created by simultaneously activating Attitude, Mutation, and Adaptation. It grants Fang Yuan the power to pursue freedom rather than freedom itself. 8

• Vastly increases strength and defense; Dugu Bo judged Fang Yuan's defense to be at Titled Douluo level after a single exchange. 8
• Allows him to disperse Dugu Bo's poisonous beam unharmed. 8
• Enables thunder breath and the ability to contain objects within his body. 41
• Raises his combat strength beyond ordinary Titled Douluo level; at higher cultivation, Fang Yuan estimates it at roughly level-98 strength-type Super Douluo. 41 68
• Lets him withstand the crushing water pressure at the depths of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. 129

Myriad Self

Fang Yuan's fifth soul skill creates intelligent combat phantoms of himself. 32

• Phantoms can speak, coordinate, and form formations. 32
• Each phantom has only a fraction of Fang Yuan's strength and cannot use his other soul skills. 32
• Their large numbers allow Fang Yuan to overwhelm multiple opponents while his true body remains stationary. 32
• At level 84, individual phantoms possess physical combat strength comparable to a Martial Soul Avatar-using Battle Soul Sage. 72
• Phantoms disappear if Fang Yuan stops supplying Soul Power or moves too far away. 73
• A phantom can persist independently when supplied with the Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus. 73

Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus

Fang Yuan's sixth soul skill manifests as a white-jade and emerald-green lotus. It is based on a legendary Immortal Gu that continuously supplies Immortal Essence. 72 73

• Gives Fang Yuan effectively inexhaustible Soul Power and unmatched endurance. 73
• Can be transformed into a physical object and handed to another person or a Myriad Self phantom. 73
• Allows a phantom carrying it to become nearly indistinguishable from a real human, even to spiritual perception. 73

Fixed Immortal Travel

One of Fang Yuan's eighth soul skills, Fixed Immortal Travel enables strategic long-distance teleportation. 43 47

• Teleports Fang Yuan across immense distances, including from the Star Dou Great Forest to Spirit Hall. 47
• Lets him block enemies' escape routes or appear unexpectedly on a battlefield. 43 163
• Can transport companions, as demonstrated when he takes Yang Wudi and Bai He to the ocean. 140
• Allows him to escape Spirit Hall's council chamber before Bibi Dong can stop him. 163

Star Eyes

The second skill granted by Fang Yuan's eighth soul ring, Star Eyes transforms starlight into a means of remote observation. 47

• Uses the stars as Fang Yuan's eyes to scout distant locations. 47
• Allowed him to observe the sea and discover islands, spirit-beast territories, and the Sun-Moon Continent. 47 48
• Located powerful targets for soul-ring hunts, including the Evil Orca King. 140

Supreme Immortal Aperture

The Supreme Immortal Aperture is Fang Yuan's internal world, restored after he completed his Martial Soul with the seventh ring. 17

• Contains approximately fifty million mu of land divided into five regions and nine colored heavens. 16
• Operates at a time ratio of roughly one day outside to sixty days within. 17
• Can store corpses, resources, soul beasts, and other physical objects. 17 24
• Is intended to become a self-sustaining world populated by farmers, soul masters, and settlers. 17 24
• Contains separated spaces such as Little White Heaven and Little Black Heaven. 132
• Houses the two immense dragon skeletons in isolation after their disturbance threatens the aperture's stability. 132

Soul Bone Skills and Killer Moves

Fang Yuan has acquired multiple soul bones and uses their power to develop additional Gu abilities and killer moves. 16 41 128 131

• Turning the Tide Immortal Gu — manipulates water and is used to relocate the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well into the Supreme Immortal Aperture. 128 130
• Year Gu — grants control over time within the Supreme Immortal Aperture. 128
• Yin-Yang Reincarnation Gu — an ability from Fang Yuan's first hundred-thousand-year soul bone; he used it once on Yu Xiaogang. 58 128
• Regret Gu — another ability from his first hundred-thousand-year soul bone; Fang Yuan has not yet found a use for it. 128
• Dragon Claw Strike — a killer move developed from one dragon arm bone, based on techniques Fang Yuan remembers from Duke Long. 134
• Chaotic Dragon Fist — a second dragon-arm-bone killer move based on Duke Long's techniques. 134
• In battle, he used Dragon Claw Strike and Chaotic Dragon Fist to dominate Holy Dragon Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Spirit Kite Douluo simultaneously. 164

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• White-Eyed Demon Tiger King's soul bone — obtained after killing the White-Eyed Demon Tiger King. 16
• Myriad Beast Demon Spirit torso soul bone — acquired alongside a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring. 41
• Eight Spider Lances — secretly acquired while helping Meng Yiran absorb the Man-Faced Demon Spider's soul ring. 43 45
• Blue Silver Emperor right-leg soul bone — discovered at Ah Yin's sacrifice site and stored in the Supreme Immortal Aperture rather than absorbed. 26
• Dragon arm bones — absorbed from the immense dragon skeletons beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well; used to create Dragon Claw Strike and Chaotic Dragon Fist. 131 134
• New Testament Creation Stele — grants Fang Yuan a faith-based method of pursuing godhood. 52

Relationships

• Tang San — His first disciple. Fang Yuan protects, trains, and deliberately cultivates Tang San's future potential, including preserving opportunities that may lead Tang San to the God Realm. 6 13 65
• Xiao Wu — His disciple. Fang Yuan promises not to harm Daming or Erming, protects Xiao Wu's secret, and helps her accept her human identity. 22 34 69 152
• Dugu Bo — Initially an opponent, later an ally and acquaintance. Fang Yuan helps mutate Dugu Bo's Martial Soul and repeatedly demonstrates strength that forces the Titled Douluo to take him seriously. 8 15 80
• Dugu Yan — Dugu Bo's granddaughter and a member of Fang Yuan's academy team. Fang Yuan offers to assist with her Martial Soul mutation. 15 17 137
• Ning Rongrong — Former Shrek Academy student who joins Fang Yuan's academy; she and her father later support his Soul Tool initiatives. 58 60 98
• Zhu Zhuqing — Former Shrek Academy student who becomes Fang Yuan's disciple in pursuit of strength. Fang Yuan values her talent and unyielding temperament. 58 53
• Meng Yiran — Fang Yuan saves her during the Man-Faced Demon Spider soul-ring absorption and later accepts her into his academy. 44 45 137
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang — The Unrivaled Dragon Snake couple initially distrust Fang Yuan but later appreciate his help to Meng Yiran and support his academy. 43 45 137
• Xue Qinghe — A major political supporter who funds Fang Yuan's academy and Soul Tool Department; Fang Yuan also uses him to facilitate moving the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. 98 128
• Ning Fengzhi — Supports Fang Yuan's Soul Tool plans and cooperates with the Tang Sect's Soul Tool trade. 98 153
• Yu Xiaogang — A rival resentful of Fang Yuan for taking Tang San and Xiao Wu as disciples. Fang Yuan later humiliates and secretly marks him with a soul bone skill. 57 58
• Bibi Dong — The Pope of Spirit Hall. Their relationship begins as a hostile political confrontation, but Bibi Dong senses an unexplained connection between Fang Yuan's Martial Soul and the Rakshasa God's inheritance. 160 162

Story Role / Major Arcs

Recruitment of Tang San and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well

Fang Yuan takes Tang San as his disciple, enters Sunset Forest, neutralizes the Jade Phosphor Snake Poison with As Before, and claims immortal-herb resources from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He also helps Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan while preserving Tang San's destined opportunities. 1 6 13 18

Seventh Ring and the Restored Aperture

After reaching level 70, Fang Yuan kills the White-Eyed Demon Tiger King for his seventh ring. His completed Martial Soul restores the Supreme Immortal Aperture, giving him an internal world that becomes central to his long-term plans. 14 17

Shrek Academy Conflict and New Disciples

Fang Yuan defeats Shrek Academy's strongest combatants with Myriad Self, then recruits Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing away from the academy. He establishes Heaven and Earth One Family Great Love Academy and begins assembling the Seven Monsters of Great Love. 32 33 58 60 137

Hundred-Thousand-Year Ring Hunt

Fang Yuan lures and defeats the Myriad Beast Demon Spirit, absorbs its hundred-thousand-year soul ring and torso bone, and acquires Fixed Immortal Travel and Star Eyes. He subsequently uses these powers to infiltrate the Papal Hall roof and survey distant continents. 41 43 47 48

Academy, Tang Sect, and Soul Tool Development

Fang Yuan creates an academy and Tang Sect faction to spread influence, collect faith, and develop Soul Tools. With funding from Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi, he establishes a Soul Tool Department and begins supplying Soul Tools to the Heaven Dou Empire. 70 98 153

Ice-Fire Tempering and Dragon Bones

Fang Yuan undergoes Ice-Fire Golden Body Tempering himself, becoming immune to poison, ice, and fire. He investigates the depths of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, relocates its waters, absorbs dragon arm bones, and develops Dragon Claw Strike and Chaotic Dragon Fist. 128 134

Spirit Hall Confrontation

Fang Yuan refuses to submit to Bibi Dong in the Papal Hall, escapes with Fixed Immortal Travel, and later joins the Heaven Dou battlefield. He fights four Titled Douluo-level opponents at once without falling into disadvantage. 160 163 164

Notable Quotes

“How rude. This is true love.” 58

“And in my hands, anyone has the potential to become a true genius.” 60