Yu Xiaogang

Biodata

Background / History

Spirit Hall and His Theories

In his youth, Yu Xiaogang gained access to Spirit Hall’s restricted library through Bibi Dong. Using the token she provided, he consulted records concerning martial soul inheritance, soul beast classifications, soul ring limits, and cultivation paths. After leaving Spirit Hall, he compiled this material into works credited to himself, establishing his reputation as Grandmaster 27 30.

Qian Daoliu later displayed memory images confirming that much of Yu Xiaogang’s published work came from those records. He distinguished between the accurate information inherited from Spirit Hall and Yu Xiaogang’s own largely unverified conjectures 30.

The Golden Iron Triangle and Liu Erlong

Yu Xiaogang fought alongside Flender and Liu Erlong as the Golden Iron Triangle. Their compatible martial souls allowed them to transform Luo Sanpao into the Golden Sacred Dragon through a three-person fusion skill 23 28.

His planned wedding to Liu Erlong was halted after their blood relationship became known: she was his younger paternal cousin. Yu Xiaogang left alone, while Liu Erlong continued waiting for him and established Blue Tyrant Academy for his sake 27 29.

His unresolved attachment to Bibi Dong later became central to their estrangement. Qian Daoliu exposed that he had sought comfort in Liu Erlong without letting go of Bibi Dong, and Yu Xiaogang repeatedly avoided answering Liu Erlong’s questions about it 27 28 30.

Appearance

Yu Xiaogang is described with a stiff facial expression. By his final confrontation, his face looks older and his temples have begun to gray 66.

• Clothing: Wears robes, including black robes during his final appearance 29 66.
• Major injury: Qian Daoliu severs his right arm during their confrontation 29.
• Divine mark: Receives golden runes on his forehead when Qian Daoliu records his memories 29.
• Servant clothing: Is issued coarse gray clothes when assigned to the Thunder Pool 43.

Personality

Yu Xiaogang places considerable importance on his reputation as a theorist. Even while publicly subdued, he insists that his cultivation cannot represent his worth and claims that no one can match his understanding of martial souls. He also presents Tang San’s achievements as evidence supporting his theories 43 66.

His confidence collapses when the Golden Sacred Dragon is defeated. He begs for mercy, offers compensation, and admits that he would never have attacked had he known Qian Daoliu’s strength. Although outwardly submissive, he privately hopes that a mature Tang San will eventually repay his humiliation 29.

His treatment of close companions becomes the clearest expression of his self-preservation. He offers Liu Erlong to Qian Daoliu in exchange for his life, then reacts to Flender’s fatal intervention with relief and immediately asks whether that sacrifice has earned his release 29 30.

Abilities & Skills

Luo Sanpao

Luo Sanpao is a plump, pale-purple, piglet-like martial soul with upright ears. Its defects are associated with Yu Xiaogang’s inability to advance beyond rank 29 27 28 43 66.

• Manifestation: Appears as a separate creature beside him 28.
• Soul rings: Uses two yellow rings 28 66.
• Attack preparation: Can gather yellow soul power in its mouth; Qian Renxue destroys it before its final attack can be completed 66.
• Backlash: Damage to its manifestation causes Yu Xiaogang to suffer physical injury and disrupted soul power 28 29.
• Final destruction: Angel Divine Light disperses Luo Sanpao and shatters both soul rings immediately before Yu Xiaogang’s death 66.

Golden Sacred Dragon Fusion

Yu Xiaogang combines his martial soul with Flender’s Cat Owl and Liu Erlong’s Fire Dragon to produce the Golden Sacred Dragon 28.

• Activation: The three form a triangle, link their soul power, and gather their soul rings around Luo Sanpao. Yu Xiaogang invokes “Great Sun Golden Turn” during the process 28.
• Contributions: Flender supplies flight power, while Liu Erlong continuously channels her Fire Dragon soul power into the formation 28.
• Strength: The fusion is described as capable of contending with a Titled Douluo 23 28.
• Limit: Qian Daoliu shatters it with a single flick of holy light, inflicting backlash on all three participants 28.

Martial Soul Knowledge

Yu Xiaogang possesses extensive familiarity with cultivation records and teaches Tang San martial soul theory and soul ring planning 27 30.

• Published work: Is associated with the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul 27.
• Source material: Much of that work derives from Spirit Hall’s accumulated records rather than original discoveries 30.
• Twin martial souls: Claims credit for protecting Tang San from their conflicting effects; Qian Renxue identifies the relevant method as material from Spirit Hall’s Twenty-Seventh Secret Volume 66.
• Recognition: Correctly identifies the Angel Holy Sword and understands that Qian Daoliu’s tenth soul ring exceeds the conventional nine-ring limit 29 66.
• Disputed principle: His claim that there are “no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters” is challenged through his own cultivation bottleneck 27 43 66.

Equipment / Items

• Privately issued Pope Tokens — Bibi Dong provides tokens granting access to restricted Spirit Hall records. Qian Renxue destroys one before the final confrontation and rejects a second as unauthorized: it lacks the required institutional records, seals, and approval. The second token is left shattered after his death 65 66.

Relationships

• Tang San — Disciple whose cultivation benefits from his instruction. Yu Xiaogang hopes Tang San’s future strength will avenge his humiliation and invokes that prospect again before dying 27 29 66.
• Liu Erlong — Younger paternal cousin, former intended bride, and fusion partner. She severs their relationship after his deception and attempt to offer her away, later accompanying Qian Renxue specifically to witness his death 27 29 30 66.
• Flender — Longtime friend and fusion partner. Flender accepts responsibility for their joint attack and dies intervening for him during the earlier confrontation; Yu Xiaogang responds by asking for his own release 30.
• Bibi Dong — Former romantic attachment who enables his access to Spirit Hall’s restricted knowledge. His inability to let go of her undermines his relationship with Liu Erlong 27 30 65.
• Yu Yuanzhen — Father and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan patriarch. He reiterates Yu Xiaogang’s expulsion and later enforces his assignment to Thunder Pool labor 42 43.
• Qian Daoliu — Opponent who exposes his theories’ sources, defeats the Golden Iron Triangle, severs his arm, and imposes restrictions on him 27 28 29 43.
• Qian Renxue — Challenges his claims to scholarly authority and Spirit Hall elder status, then personally executes him 43 66.

Major Story Events

Failed Revenge for Zhao Wuji

After learning of Zhao Wuji’s death, Yu Xiaogang proposes reuniting the Golden Iron Triangle. The three confront Qian Daoliu at a hotel, demanding that he answer for the killing and release Ning Rongrong 23 27.

Qian Daoliu exposes Yu Xiaogang’s use of Spirit Hall records and his treatment of Liu Erlong before defeating their fusion. Yu Xiaogang subsequently appeals to Ning Rongrong’s noble standing to justify her release, prompting further criticism of his unequal standards 27 28.

Defeat and Memory Recording

Following the defeat, Yu Xiaogang begs for his life. Qian Daoliu severs his right arm and records his memories in an Angel Divine Power mark, including his library access, appropriation of texts, and offer to give away Liu Erlong. The mark merges with his Sea of Consciousness; Qian Daoliu warns that forcibly destroying it would ruin his mind 29.

Flender’s intervention fails to free him. Qian Daoliu instead displays the recorded evidence to Liu Erlong, who renounces Yu Xiaogang and submits to Qian Daoliu 30.

Thunder Pool Sentence

Yu Xiaogang attempts to return to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan but is stopped by Spirit Hall personnel. Qian Daoliu takes him there himself, where Yu Xiaogang witnesses Yu Yuanzhen’s defeat and urges his father to submit 41 42.

After the clan’s surrender, Qian Daoliu forces Yu Xiaogang to kneel publicly and orders him assigned to Thunder Pool cleaning under a life-controlling brand. Yu Yuanzhen makes his meals conditional on completing his daily thunderstone haul. Yu Xiaogang accepts, and a subsequent report confirms that he performs the work without leaving the sect 43 44.

Execution

Qian Daoliu assigns Qian Renxue to settle Spirit Hall’s grievances against Yu Xiaogang. At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang attempts to defend himself through his Pope Token, scholarly reputation, Tang San’s accomplishments, and appeals to Liu Erlong. None succeeds 66.

After destroying Luo Sanpao, Qian Renxue pierces his chest with the Angel Holy Sword. Angel God Flame consumes his body completely, leaving no remains and only a shattered Pope Token on the steps 66.

Continuity Notes

• Shrek personnel: Flender dies in Chapter 30, while Zhao Wuji’s death motivates the earlier revenge attempt. Both nevertheless appear alive at Shrek Academy during Yu Xiaogang’s execution, without an explanation in the supplied passages 23 30 66.
• Location and injuries: Yu Xiaogang is last confirmed performing Thunder Pool labor before later appearing at Shrek Academy. No transfer back is shown, and the final confrontation does not explain the status of his previously severed right arm 29 44 66.