Fang Xiong

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Fang Xiong (方雄)
Alias(es)	Red River Blade Maniac 56
Species/Race	Biohuman 6
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Jiangcheng No. 2 High School Martial Arts Class; former Huaying Martial University student 1 60
Occupation/Role	Martial arts instructor; Chen Yu's teacher and mentor 1 59
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Limit Break Fourth Turn	49	Reached this realm in his youth through the Invincible Path; despite spending another two years attempting it, he failed to attain Limit Break Fifth Turn. 97

Background / History

Fang Xiong is a Biohuman who overcame the limited resources and discrimination associated with his background to leave Crimson Radiance Star and establish a name for himself in the Demon Mountain Starfield. There, he earned the title Red River Blade Maniac through decades of combat. 6 56 59

At the height of his rise, Fang Xiong provoked a powerful force within the Demon Mountain Starfield. According to Huaying principal Mo Peifeng, the consequences effectively turned Crimson Radiance Star into Fang Xiong's prison; his enemies could potentially determine the planet's fate with a single decision. 56 59 The Wang Family serves an unnamed lord as a watchdog against Fang Xiong, making the family one of the threats connected to his past. 127

Despite this confinement, Fang Xiong became an instructor at Jiangcheng No. 2 High School. He repeatedly selected Chen Yu as a sparring partner for individual instruction, recognizing potential in the impoverished Biohuman student before Chen Yu's rise. 1 2 After Chen Yu defeated Xiao Feng, Fang Xiong became increasingly invested in his development, offering cultivation resources, employment connections, practical guidance, and protection from the Enforcement Bureau. 6 13 18 19

Fang Xiong initially avoided becoming Chen Yu's official mentor because their similar backgrounds and saber talent risked drawing the attention of his enemies. When Huaying Martial University refused to assign Chen Yu a mentor over those fears, Fang Xiong accepted responsibility and formally took Chen Yu as his student. 56 59

Personality

Fang Xiong is blunt, observant, and deeply protective of talented Biohumans. His own experience makes him especially sympathetic to Chen Yu's lack of resources, while Xiao Feng's open discrimination against Biohumans earns Fang Xiong's clear dislike. 1 6

He combines a casual, teasing manner with serious caution. Fang Xiong regularly deflates Chen Yu's confidence by stressing the vastness of the starry sky, but his warnings are rooted in concern: he repeatedly advises Chen Yu not to overreach in Limit-Breaking cultivation or bind himself to exploitative factions for short-term gain. 28 48 107 152

Fang Xiong deliberately respects Chen Yu's secrets, refusing to force explanations for the latter's extraordinary growth. He expects the same discretion in return and openly maintains secrets of his own. 27 108 184 Beneath his restraint, he remains proud of his former reputation and hopes Chen Yu can surpass the limits that stopped him. 59 97

Abilities & Skills

Blade Technique Grandmaster

Fang Xiong possesses the Blade Technique Grandmaster talent, which grants extraordinary saber comprehension and the special ability Blade Eye. Chen Yu's replicated version of the talent amplified blade-technique comprehension two hundredfold and allowed him to perceive the flow of force. 1 3

• Earned the title Red River Blade Maniac through his saber arts in the Demon Mountain Starfield. 56 59
• Can identify flaws in a student's techniques and provide combat-specific corrections during sparring. 1
• Recognizes the signs of an Innate Blade Bone and can teach methods to suppress its visible blade-like aura. 183 185 186

Blood Battle Nine Transformations

Fang Xiong possesses and teaches the Blood Battle Nine Transformations, a Limit-Breaking cultivation technique whose ultimate limit is Ninefold Limit Break. 36 50

• Taught the technique to Chen Yu after warning him of its risks and requiring secrecy. 36
• Understands the escalating difficulty and resource demands of each additional Limit Break turn. 48
• Repeatedly cautions Chen Yu that pursuing Ninefold Limit Break without sufficient prospects can waste a martial artist's best years. 48 152

Blood Thunder Three Slashes

After formally accepting Chen Yu as his student, Fang Xiong passed down the blood-and-qi saber art Blood Thunder Three Slashes. 59

• Thunderous Fury — the first slash taught to Chen Yu upon his formal apprenticeship. 59
• Flash Thunder — the second slash; a faster, more concealed attack that can be used for silent assassination, but requires substantial qi and blood. 97
• Blood Thunder — the final slash and its associated Martial Intent; Fang Xiong explains that its core insight cannot be conveyed through words alone. 108
• Warned Chen Yu that cultivating incompatible blood-and-qi martial arts could require comprehending mutually repelling Martial Intents. 98

Cultivation Insight

Fang Xiong has extensive knowledge of cultivation methods, martial realms, talent, and the wider starry sky. He can perceive Chen Yu's concealed cultivation foundation through physical contact and claims that no one else on Crimson Radiance or New Moon can see through Chen Yu's disguise. 96 107 108

• Recognized Chen Yu's Limit-Breaking progress and advised him to conceal any advancement beyond the publicly known Fourth Turn. 107 108
• Passed on the Heavenly Circuit Stellar Aperture Guide, an inheritance capable of opening up to 10,800 Stellar Apertures. 150 151
• Retained the guide's Inheritance Jade for nearly a century while attempting to fulfill its previous owner's condition of finding someone with a Heavenly Circuit Body. 151
• Explained the existence and hierarchy of Mortal Weapons, Spirit Treasures, Mystic Treasures, and Grand Treasures. 185

Invincible Path

Fang Xiong previously walked the Invincible Path himself, using its accumulated momentum to reach Limit Break Fourth Turn. 97 107

• Devised the same route for Chen Yu as a way to accelerate his breakthrough. 97
• Personally sought approval from Scarlet Radiance's thirty-six Martial Universities. 98 99
• Persuaded thirty-one universities to support Chen Yu by emphasizing the threat posed by Xiang Longyin and the strategic value of controlling the Star Realm. 99

Equipment / Items

• Dragon-Tiger Grand Pill — A rare New Moon medicinal treasure Fang Xiong received from Luo Tianming after doing him a major favor; he gifted it to Chen Yu when Chen Yu publicly reached Limit Break Fourth Turn. 107
• Heavenly Circuit Inheritance Jade — A single-use jade containing the complete Heavenly Circuit Stellar Aperture Guide. 151

Relationships

• Chen Yu — Student and eventual formal disciple. Fang Xiong supports his cultivation, shields him from political dangers, and entrusts him with multiple high-level techniques and inheritances. 6 59 150 185
• Xiao Feng — Former student. Fang Xiong openly disciplines Xiao Feng and is pleased when his discriminatory behavior toward Biohumans results in humiliation. 1 6
• Mo Peifeng — Huaying Martial University's principal. Mo Peifeng assisted Fang Xiong in convening the meeting needed to establish Chen Yu's Invincible Path. 56 98
• Luo Tianming — New Moon's Luo Ming's father. Fang Xiong once did him a major favor, for which Luo Tianming gave him a Dragon-Tiger Grand Pill. 107
• Wang Beixuan — Adversarial connection through the Wang Family, which serves a mysterious lord assigned to monitor Fang Xiong. 127

Notable Quotes

“This starry sky is vast enough to accommodate every genius and every secret.” 108

“You can be arrogant, but at crucial moments, you must know what to give up.” 48

Trivia

• Fang Xiong considers Red River Blade Maniac an impressive title, while Chen Yu finds it overly foolish-sounding. 59
• Chen Yu's Talent Insight failed to assess Fang Xiong's talent quality, leading Chen Yu to infer that Fang Xiong possesses at least one talent above Red quality; this remains unconfirmed. 204