Xu Fangyuan

Biodata

Power Progression

• Terminology varies: the narration already calls him a Supreme God before the lightning incident, later returns to “Supergod Third Tier,” and also uses “Supreme God Realm Third Order.” These descriptions do not establish separate additional breakthroughs 18 31 43 44.

Background / History

Xu Fangyuan belonged to the primordial Four Supergods alongside Sea Emperor Chen Dao, Fire Emperor Feng Xian, and Heaven Emperor Li Guixian. In the great battle ten thousand years earlier, he suffered grave injuries and lost comrades he regarded as brothers. Feng Xian and Li Guixian disappeared in connection with that conflict 24.

Approximately two hundred years before Qian Fan’s arrival, Xu Fangyuan stopped Giant-Toothed Shark’s retaliatory massacre at its twenty-eighth city. Rather than kill the defeated shark, he brought a leading physician to treat it, then confined it as the guardian of the Atlantis Secret Realm and permanently sealed its cultivation at Supergod Second Tier 11.

Xu Fangyuan raised Xu Yuan'er after his son, Xu Xingnian, left her in his care before she was a year old. He devoted his affection to her to compensate for her father’s neglect, although his responsibilities as Domain Lord often prevented him from providing the companionship she needed 18.

Appearance

• Elderly features: a beard, gaunt fingers, forehead wrinkles, and increasingly white hair 7 18 19.
• Build: tall and imposing in battle 23.
• Clothing: a plain white robe whose sleeves leave faint stellar trails across jade flooring 8.
• Signs of exhaustion: a progressively gaunt face and lines around his eyes associated with overwork and chronic lack of sleep 18.

Personality

Xu Fangyuan is fiercely protective of Xu Yuan'er. He initially forbids her from leaving the Star God Palace with Qian Fan and intervenes even when the two embrace. Nevertheless, her anger and tears repeatedly soften him, and he eventually accepts their relationship after she explains that she fell for Qian Fan first 8 9 11 27 34.

His concern for the domain can override his family’s immediate wishes. He sends Qian Fan into dangerous trials because he believes the young man’s strength may determine the Seven Star Domain’s survival. When Xu Yuan'er disappears, he refuses to launch a personal attack on the Phoenix Domain because doing so would plunge his own domain into war 11 44.

He enjoys teasing Qian Fan and trading insults with Chen Dao. After deciphering the Jade Tube, he smugly refuses to explain its contents to Qian Fan. As a cultivation mentor, however, he stresses steady accumulation, combat experience, and improvement of one’s state of mind rather than shortcuts 24 27 30.

Abilities & Skills

Star Martial Soul

His martial soul draws stellar power from the depths of the universe, forming a vast, luminous star behind him 29.

• Overwhelmed Giant-Toothed Shark despite the shark temporarily possessing a higher cultivation tier 11.
• Supported his defense against the tribulation lightning unleashed during the Seven Star Sword incident 29.
• Accompanies immense pressure capable of threatening the leaders of the domain’s major factions 31.

Spatial Power and Restraint

Xu Fangyuan can cross space and immobilize opponents through spatial power 7 43 44.

• Arrives at Spirit City through a spatial rift 7.
• Tears open a rift and teleports to the Eternal Secret Realm after sensing an abnormal disturbance 43.
• Restrains Qian Fan after easily blocking his Requiem of the Dead, then knocks him unconscious 44.
• Creates a chamber whose door opens upon Qian Fan reaching level ninety; he states that even a God King could not otherwise open it 45.

Star Eyes and Divine Sense

Star Eyes allows him to observe targets through barriers that obstruct ordinary mental probing 18.

• Ignores Atlantis’s mental immunity and looks directly into the Abyss Domain to locate Qian Fan 18.
• Uses divine sense to penetrate the golden Jade Tube’s safeguards after increasing his power 27.
• Searches for Xu Yuan'er’s aura after her disappearance but cannot sense her nearby 44.
• Admits that some of Qian Fan’s secrets remain beyond his perception 11.

Starlight and Star Chains

He uses stellar energy for precise restraint and separation 8 9.

• Sends a blade-like streak of starlight between Qian Fan and Xu Yuan'er, separating them by half a meter 8.
• Coils an icy Star Chain around Qian Fan’s ankle and drags him forward 9.
• Invades Qian Fan’s sea of consciousness with icy energy before sending him into the Yasentaya Chasm 9.

Heavenly Lightning

Xu Fangyuan can withstand and manipulate heavenly lightning 29 30.

• Erases an incoming bolt with a sweep of his hand while defending the two younger cultivators 29.
• Gathers lingering lightning around his fingertips and disperses it after the incident 30.

Ancient Knowledge and Cultivation Guidance

• Reads the Jade Tube’s ancient writing and claims to be the only person in God Star Hall who understands it 27.
• Identifies Qian Fan’s bloodline as the key to activating a formation in ancient ruins, while warning that his current strength is insufficient 26.
• Advises Qian Fan to combine daily cultivation with sparring against experts and cultivation of his state of mind; makes his study’s texts available during his own seclusion 30.

Equipment / Items

• Storage Ring — stores the Soul Ring and Soul Bone he later gives Qian Fan 24.
• Voice Transmission Jade Talisman — carries his message summoning the older experts 30.
• World Map — compiled from years of intelligence gathering and marked with locations potentially connected to Li Guixian; given to Qian Fan 24.
• Seven Star Beast spoils — an attributeless hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and hundred-thousand-year left-leg Soul Bone, obtained from a beast he killed years earlier. He gifts both to Qian Fan; they provide Void Domain, Soul Impact, and Teleportation upon absorption 24.
• Recording Stone — explains Qian Fan’s confinement until he reaches level ninety 45.
• Phoenix Domain route map and star-coin card — supplies Qian Fan with directions and 1,000 star coins for the rescue journey 45.

Relationships

• Xu Yuan'er — granddaughter and the child he raised. Her safety is his greatest personal concern, although his restrictions frequently provoke her resistance 9 18 44.
• Xu Xingnian — son and Xu Yuan'er’s father; left her in Xu Fangyuan’s care during infancy 18.
• Qian Fan — abducted guest, prospective successor, cultivation pupil, and future grandson-in-law. Their relationship develops from coercion and hostility into practical support and conditional familial acceptance 7 11 17 30 34 48.
• Chen Dao — old comrade among the Four Supergods and rival for Qian Fan’s succession. They fight and exchange insults but cooperate on ancient secrets and threats to the domain 23 24 27 32.
• Feng Xian — former fellow Supreme God whom he denounces as a traitor. After he drives her away, she plots to capture Xu Yuan'er in retaliation 32.
• Li Guixian — missing Heaven Emperor and former comrade; Xu Fangyuan provides Qian Fan with accumulated intelligence for the search 24.
• Xu Weiran — accompanies him to Spirit City and helps overpower Spirit Hall before they leave with Qian Fan and Tang San 7.
• Tang San — brought to the Seven Star Domain alongside Qian Fan; later welcomed back to God Star Hall and assigned to accompany the rescue party 7 26 45.
• Giant-Toothed Shark — defeated enemy whom he healed, imprisoned, and made guardian of Atlantis 11.
• Spirit Devouring King — previously defeated opponent whose fear of Xu Fangyuan causes him to apologize to Qian Fan and guide the rescue party through Taotie Forest 48.
• Chen Tianyi — Xu Fangyuan knows his whereabouts but states that his position as Domain Lord prevents him from intervening in Tianyi’s conflict with Xu Weiran 26.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arrival at Spirit City

• Overpowers Qian Daoliu with a glance and forcibly draws Qian Fan toward him 7.
• Demands Qian Fan and Tang San while pledging to protect their realm for one hundred years 7.
• Recognizes that Qian Fan’s twin martial souls possess power capable of making the Seven Star Domain’s laws tremble 7.

Preparing a Successor

• Orders Qian Fan to teach Xu Yuan'er cultivation, then sends him into the Yasentaya Chasm with instructions to survive there for five years 8 9.
• Explains privately that accelerating Qian Fan’s growth may give the domain a chance against an approaching attack 11.
• Retrieves Qian Fan after Xu Yuan'er repeatedly demands his return, then explains Atlantis’s broken time laws: roughly fifty days inside corresponded to more than five years outside 18 19.
• Supports the investigation into Li Guixian’s disappearance with intelligence and cultivation resources 24.
• Warns that the Demon’s ancient seal is weakening and that Qian Fan’s bloodline is essential to an important ruin 26.

Eternal Secret Realm Expedition

• Announces the congress-approved expedition for Soul Masters under twenty and above level fifty, despite considering the plan dangerously reckless 31.
• Orders the faction leaders to prioritize survival and threatens punishment for verified killings between explorers 31.
• Drives Feng Xian away outside the gate 32.
• Appears through a spatial rift when the explorers reach the exit, then escorts the Seven Star Domain group back to Star Treasure City for a banquet 43.

Xu Yuan'er’s Disappearance

• Mobilizes the elders and orders a domain-wide search after Xu Yuan'er vanishes during the celebration 44.
• Prevents Qian Fan from rushing toward the Phoenix Domain, confines him until level ninety, and sends covert agents to gather intelligence 44 45.
• Honors the breakthrough condition when Qian Fan reaches level ninety, but insists that Tang San, Chen Sixue, and a Divine God Realm expert accompany him 45.
• Equips the party and remains behind, awaiting Xu Yuan'er’s safe return 45.

Notable Quotes

“Star Emperor is merely a title the common people gave me.” 18

“All I can do now is raise that boy Qian Fan's strength as quickly as possible, so that in the future, when—they—attack, our Seven Star Domain will have a slim chance of survival...” 11

“The Supreme God realm is indeed this powerful. But it is not my destination. I will pursue an even higher realm.” 30

Trivia

• Xu Yuan'er threatens to expose his failed attempt to woo the Phoenix Female Emperor from “the year before last” if he continues insulting Qian Fan 12.
• Chen Dao calls him “Brother Si Zhuang,” startling him into spitting out his tea; the nickname’s meaning is not explained 27.
• Drunk God Wine can intoxicate him despite his Supreme God cultivation if he does not deliberately resist it with Soul Power 44.