Xuan Zi

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Xuan Zi (玄子)
Alias(es)	Taotie Douluo; “Loves Eating Chicken Legs” in the system-linked chat 16 28
Species/Race	Human 10
Gender	Male 1
Affiliation	Lin Xiao; Spirit Pagoda 1 16
Occupation/Role	Lin Xiao’s Dao Protector; Grand Elder of the Spirit Pagoda 1 16
Cultivation	Level 99 Peerless Douluo 7 9
Martial Soul	Godly Taotie Bull; also called Taotie Black Bull during tunneling 1 10
Height	Approximately 1.8 meters 1
Status	Alive and serving as Lin Xiao’s protector in his latest documented appearance 43
First Appearance	Chapter 1, “Choose Three from Five System” 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 98 Super Douluo	1	Summoned as the system-modified “reliable version 3.0.” Already possesses nine soul rings, including a hundred-thousand-year ninth ring, and defeats the injured Tang Hao.
Level 99 Peerless Douluo	7 9	Reports breaking through after absorbing the earth dragon golden melon given by Lin Xiao. His exact level is confirmed when he releases his aura before the Shui Family.

Background / History

Xuan Zi enters the story as a reward from Lin Xiao’s Choose Three from Five System. After Lin Xiao selects a Dao Protector, the system summons him directly into Lin Xiao’s room. He immediately kneels and awaits orders 1.

This incarnation is explicitly designated “system-modified reliable version 3.0.” The system prevents his drinking and fondness for chicken drumsticks from interfering with his duties, instead granting exceptional vigilance and reflexes. His memories have been completely altered, while his combat skills and common knowledge remain intact 1 6.

Appearance

• An elderly man approximately 1.8 meters tall, wearing tattered clothing 1.
• First appears with a wine flask in his left hand and a chicken drumstick in his right 1.
• Retains his ragged clothing in Skywater City, despite an aura that Granny Sha describes as overwhelmingly powerful 8.

Personality

Xuan Zi is deferential toward Lin Xiao, addressing him as “Master” or “Young Master” and carrying out his instructions promptly. His protectiveness is particularly evident against the Titan Giant Ape: rather than prolong the fight, he uses his strongest burst attack because even incidental crossfire might scratch Lin Xiao 1 3.

He remains fond of food and wine without neglecting his work. During the Shui Family negotiations, he stands quietly beside Lin Xiao rather than giving in to the temptation of fine food. He is also composed under pressure, responding more calmly than Dugu Bo when the Dragon Kings’ auras erupt from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well 6 8.

His loyalty includes a ruthless, mischievous streak. He severely injures Tang Hao on command, recruits prisoners for Lin Xiao’s scheme against Yu Xiaogang, and chuckles after completing footage of Yu Xiaogang’s manipulated romance. With allies, he can be more playful: he smiles through the Ice Empress’s resentful glaring and sheepishly apologizes after his tunnel drops dirt onto Lin Xiao 1 10 13 17 30.

Abilities & Skills

Godly Taotie Bull and Taotie True Body

His beast martial soul provides powerful earth-attribute attacks and an enormous Taotie True Body 1 3.

• Uses earth-attribute strikes to overpower Tang Hao despite the latter activating Clear Sky True Body 1.
• Possesses nine soul rings, with the ninth being a hundred-thousand-year ring 1 3.
• Activates Taotie True Body to end the Titan Giant Ape’s attack before Lin Xiao can be caught in the crossfire 3.

Ninth Soul Skill: Taotie Devours the Heavens

Taotie True Body gathers earth-attribute soul power inside its mouth, compresses it into a gigantic orb, and fires it at the target 3.

• Throws the Titan Giant Ape hundreds of meters backward and knocks him unconscious 3.
• Used as a decisive subduing attack; Er Ming survives the strike 3.

Soul Power Pressure and Barriers

Xuan Zi can suppress opponents with his aura and use soul power to protect travelers or conceal activity 3 9 29.

• Pins down the Titan Giant Ape and forces back the level 91 Dugu Bo’s pressure 3 5.
• Clears poisonous mist from the approach to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well 5.
• Shields Lin Xiao during flight into the Far North and projects his aura over the surrounding twenty to thirty meters to deter soul beasts 9.
• Presses Flender to the ground without a physical attack 16.
• Seals the surrounding space to prevent his conversation with Zhang Lexuan from being overheard 29.

Documented limits:

• Lin Xiao’s first soul skill, Pierce, penetrates a shield formed with thirty percent of Xuan Zi’s level 98 strength and leaves a shallow scratch on his palm 4.
• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ god-level pressure forces him backward and makes him cough blood 6.
• His aura is slightly stronger than the Ice Empress’s, but weaker than the Snow Empress’s 10 11 14.

Detection and System-Linked Communication

His vigilance combines conventional sensing with communication functions shared by Lin Xiao’s summoned Dao Protectors 1 14 28.

• Detects the movements of Er Ming and Da Ming deep in the Star Dou Great Forest 3.
• Senses several life forces beneath the Lake of Life and recognizes that they are stronger than himself 3.
• Can sense Lin Xiao’s approximate location 14 28.
• Shares a remote communication channel with Lin Xiao and Zhang Lexuan, allowing them to coordinate missions and exchange information 28.

Flight and Covert Operations

• Carries Lin Xiao and Xiao Wu out of Nuoding City and repeatedly transports Lin Xiao between destinations 2 4 8 19.
• Suppresses his aura and digs a tunnel into the Ice Empress’s guarded lair 10.
• His tunneling is imperfect: collapsing soil lands on Lin Xiao’s head 10.
• Recruits operatives, gathers intelligence, and records events from multiple angles using Image Recording Stones 17 18 29.

Equipment / Items

• Wine flask — regularly carried and used during otherwise uneventful guard duty 1 8 13.
• Chicken drumsticks — keeps additional drumsticks in storage space and eats while recording surveillance footage 29.
• Image Recording Stones — used to document Lin Xiao’s schemes against Yu Xiaogang 17 18 29 30.
• Earth dragon golden melon — earth-attribute immortal herb provided by Lin Xiao; absorbing it enables his breakthrough to Peerless Douluo 5 7.

Relationships

• Lin Xiao — Master and protected charge. Xuan Zi’s system-modified reliability centers on responding immediately to threats against him 1 3.
• Zhang Lexuan — Fellow summoned Dao Protector and operational partner. He assists her with faction work and coordinates surveillance through their shared communication channel 14 28 29.
• Dugu Bo — Fellow subordinate of Lin Xiao. Initially confronts him at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then watches over Lin Xiao alongside him during the Dragon Kings’ blessing 5 6.
• Xiao Wu — Frequently transported alongside Lin Xiao. Xuan Zi recognizes her possible use as a soul ring, though Lin Xiao rejects that intention 2 19.
• Ice Empress — Initially a threat to Lin Xiao, later an ally with whom Xuan Zi exchanges playful, antagonistic stares outside the Ice God Palace 10 13.
• Tang Hao — Target of Xuan Zi’s first assignment. Xuan Zi leaves him with broken ribs, a dislocated right arm, and shattered left-forearm bones, then warns him to behave 1.
• Yu Xiaogang — Target of a sustained deception and recording operation carried out on Lin Xiao’s orders 17 18 29 30.
• Lang Yi, Scarface, and Rose — Recruited operatives offered freedom and one hundred Gold Soul Coins each for satisfactorily performing the staged encounter with Yu Xiaogang 17 18.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Protection and Soul-Ring Journey

• Holy Soul Village: Defeats the already-injured Tang Hao, dodges his Ring Detonation attack, and identifies himself as Lin Xiao’s Dao Protector 1.
• Star Dou Great Forest: Transports Lin Xiao and Xiao Wu, subdues Er Ming, and detects stronger beings beneath the Lake of Life 2 3.
• Sunset Forest: Serves as the test target for Gungnir’s newly unlocked Pierce skill before accompanying Lin Xiao to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well 4 5.
• Dragon Kings’ blessing: Waits with Dugu Bo while Lin Xiao receives the inheritance, then discusses Lin Xiao’s gains after his return 6.

Faction Building and the Far North

• Reveals his Titled Douluo aura to secure a respectful reception in Skywater City, then displays his level 99 strength during negotiations for the Shui Family’s allegiance 8 9.
• Tunnels into the Ice Empress’s lair and accompanies Lin Xiao to meet the Snow Empress 10 11.
• Waits below the Ice God Palace while Lin Xiao and the Snow Empress enter 12 13.
• Remains at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to help Zhang Lexuan develop Lin Xiao’s organization 14.
• Is later identified as having stolen Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Emperor plant, which is recovering at the well; the theft itself occurs off-page in the supplied account 20.

Spirit Pagoda Debut and Yu Xiaogang Scheme

• Publicly introduces himself as the Taotie Douluo and Grand Elder of the Spirit Pagoda after suppressing Flender at Shrek Academy 16.
• Organizes the staged ambush that establishes Lang Yi’s connection with Yu Xiaogang and supplies the resulting recordings to Lin Xiao 17 18.
• Films the conflict involving Liu Erlong and Lang Yi, followed by Lang Yi’s confession and Yu Xiaogang’s acceptance. He declares the second volume of Yu Xiaogang: The Movie complete 29 30.

Qian Daoliu’s Challenge

• Acts as referee for the Snow Empress’s duel with Qian Daoliu and protects the level 65 Lin Xiao from their battle’s shockwaves 43.

Notable Quotes

“I am Lin Xiao’s Dao Protector. I came today to teach you a lesson. Behave yourself!” 1

“I am Xuan Zi, the Taotie Douluo and Grand Elder of the Spirit Pagoda.” 16

Trivia

• Lin Xiao’s initial thought about the “Holy Spirit Cult’s supreme elder” is his reaction to recognizing Xuan Zi, not an established affiliation of this system-summoned incarnation 1.
• His tunnel-digging is humorously labeled the Body Sect’s exclusive secret technique, “Tunnel-Digging!” 10.
• His chat nickname, “Loves Eating Chicken Legs,” preserves his defining food preference even after the system removes its interference with his duties 1 28.