Li Changsheng

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Early Life

Li Changsheng arrived in the world without parents and was adopted by Rousi, the chief of Soul King Village. After Rousi’s death, he lived alone, taking commissions to fund Luo Sanpao’s diet of Soul Beast meat. Upon reaching rank thirty-five at eighteen, he qualified as an official teacher at Nuoding Academy 1.

His knowledge of the original story influenced his decisions before his system appeared. Anticipating Tang San’s enrollment, he waited near the academy gates and intercepted the boy’s Martial Soul certificate when Old Jack brought him to register 1.

Teaching at Nuoding Academy

Li Changsheng won Tang San’s respect by arguing that ambition mattered more than whether a Martial Soul was considered worthless. Tang San requested discipleship, activating Li Changsheng’s system, and became his first student. Li Changsheng then provided bedding, toiletries, food, money, theoretical instruction, and guidance through his first Soul Ring hunt 2 3 4 6 10.

Yu Xiaogang repeatedly attempted to recruit Tang San, bringing the two teachers into open conflict. When Yu Xiaogang proposed wagering Tang San’s discipleship on a duel, Li Changsheng refused to treat his student as something to trade and offered his theories instead 7 8.

Xiao Wu became his second disciple. Over the following years, he supervised both students’ cultivation and body tempering, supplied refined whale rubber, and developed individualized Self-Created Soul Skill plans 14 16 18.

Joining Shrek Academy

Li Changsheng initially distrusted Shrek Academy’s poor conditions and its philosophy of encouraging students to cause trouble. He reconsidered after receiving a Shrek area template conversion reward and unlocking a system-mediated connection with Flender, giving him an opportunity to reform the academy 15 19.

At Shrek, he donated twenty Gold Soul Coins, became the theory and practical combat teacher, and conducted an entrance assessment against Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong. He later supplied the academy’s operating permit and renovation certificate and urged the assembled Shrek Seven Devils to build trust rather than cling to personal airs 22 24 28.

Ah Yin and Specialized Training

Li Changsheng revealed that Tang San’s mother was Ah Yin, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor who had sacrificed herself for Tang Hao. He took Tang San to meet her, recovered her hidden right leg bone for him, and later transplanted her into a flowerpot so they could take her away 34 37 38 39.

Back at Shrek, Flender and Zhao Wuji entrusted him with the students’ education and training. His specialized program emphasized precise Soul Power control, individual weaknesses, teamwork, medicinal baths, and the development of Self-Created Soul Skills 41 43.

Appearance

• Hair: Medium-length, pale white hair worn loose over his shoulders 1.
• Face: Handsome features, prominent brow bones, and long, narrow eyes with a melancholy, experienced look 1.
• Clothing: A dark blue, high-collared robe with a broad, light-colored scarf; Xiao Wu later describes a blue-gray standing-collar coat and light blue scarf 1 12.
• Bearing: Resembles a learned bard and physically resembles the manga version of Yu Xiaogang 1 2.
• Apparent age at Shrek: Ning Rongrong judges him to look no older than twenty-five despite his rank-fifty-five cultivation 24.

Personality

Li Changsheng combines practical generosity with strong protectiveness toward his students. He buys Tang San high-quality necessities without begrudging the expense, encourages him to use gifted money for his own needs, and promises both disciples protection from mistreatment. He explicitly rejects treating Tang San’s future as a wager 3 8 10 14.

As a teacher, he values aspiration, comprehension, and independent judgment over innate talent alone. He recognizes Tang San’s emotional attachments as a strength, credits the boy’s achievements to his own understanding, and refuses to force students into mechanically attempting Self-Created Soul Skills without first thinking through their principles 2 11 18 36.

His gentle manner does not prevent him from being stern. During Shrek’s special training, he directly identifies wasteful habits and demands persistence. He also maintains a courteous public manner because he considers himself a representative of Nuoding Academy outside its grounds 15 43.

Privately, he is more irreverent and calculating. He mocks Yu Xiaogang’s claims, considers how plot developments can generate system rewards, and keeps a powerful emergency card ready when Tang Hao visits unexpectedly 7 17 34.

Abilities & Skills

Luo Sanpao

Luo Sanpao is a detached Martial Soul capable of acting separately from Li Changsheng. Its Light Dragon King evolution gradually changes its body, combat abilities, and Soul Rings 2 19 24.

• Independent combat: Can pressure several opponents while Li Changsheng remains elsewhere on the battlefield 24.
• Flash Thunder Breath: Strikes Yu Xiaogang’s Luo Sanpao before it can complete its opening attack 8.
• First Soul Skill — Light Dragon Armor: Gathers light around Luo Sanpao’s body, enhancing attributes including strength and speed 24.
• Martial Soul Avatar Armor: Manifests a knight-like helmet and greaves on Luo Sanpao 24.
• Self-Created techniques: Uses attacks beyond its ring skills, including a gigantic manifested tail sweep 24.
• Perception: Detects Xiao Wu’s movements when she goes to condense Soul Rings 21.
• Soul Power manipulation: Can form hands from Soul Power, making Li Changsheng’s proposed use of firearms physically possible 42.
• Dragon form: Becomes airborne after the twenty-percent transformation, though Li Changsheng still wants it to grow larger before riding it 50.

Template System and Scholar Aura

His system grants templates, resources, techniques, and progress rewards tied to discipleship, student growth, and major plot changes 2 6 17 36.

• Scholar Aura: Improves disciples’ knowledge absorption and gives them a small chance of inventing Self-Created Soul Skills. It evolves when he joins Shrek’s teaching staff 2 22.
• Evolution milestones: Every ten percent of template progress produces a Martial Soul transformation and corresponding Soul Ring improvements 16.
• Character templates: Rewards include manga versions of Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong 6 22.
• Relationship control: Template-linked connections depend on his intentions rather than being automatically imposed 4.
• Area conversion: The Shrek area template reward can apply manga templates and corresponding setting changes to major characters who have joined that area 19.

Mind Link Method

The Mind Link Method connects Li Changsheng’s mind with his external Martial Soul 14.

• Improves mutual understanding and allows Luo Sanpao to communicate thoughts to him 18.
• Lets Luo Sanpao absorb Soul Power independently, improving Li Changsheng’s cultivation speed 18.
• Supports joint cultivation alongside the Enhanced Mysterious Heaven Skill 49.

Martial Soul Theory and Teaching

The Four-in-One Divine Tome places extensive knowledge of Martial Souls, Soul Beasts, Soul Rings, and herbs directly into his mind. He also consults its separated volumes and distributes theory books to his students 2 4 29.

• Selects a life-oriented development path for Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass to stimulate its Blue Silver Emperor bloodline 4.
• Rejects a universal first-ring age limit, arguing that individual physiques affect what a Soul Master can withstand 6.
• Designs Blue Silver Thread Pull for Tang San and Rabbit Shadow Sweep for Xiao Wu 18.
• Identifies weaknesses such as Xiao Wu’s lack of ranged attacks, Dai Mubai’s limited attack options, and Ning Rongrong’s need to manage multiple enhancements 29.
• Advises Oscar to adjust Soul Power flow so his flight food can support longer gliding 36.
• Demonstrates precise control by reducing a porcelain bowl to falling fragments without scattering them outward 43.

Enhanced Mysterious Heaven Skill

The system grants him a teachable enhanced version of the Mysterious Heaven Skill when Tang San decides to share his cultivation method. Li Changsheng nevertheless follows Tang San’s instruction, then demonstrates proficient circulation and identifies ways to improve efficiency 39 40.

Other Skills

• Light Divine Dragon Transformation: Unlocked at twenty-percent template progress; offers a dragonman transformation, but is not demonstrated in the supplied chapters 50.
• Hidden weapons: Receives system-granted hidden-weapon understanding at level sixty 50.
• Pill refining: Receives a pill-refining method alongside the Enhanced Mysterious Heaven Skill 39.
• Cooking: Prepares meals praised by students and teachers alike 39 45.
• Go: Defeats Tang San and teaches the game to Shrek’s other teachers 48.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Four-in-One Divine Tome — Records the continent’s Martial Souls, Soul Beasts, Soul Rings, herbs, and immortal herbs; separated into study volumes for teaching 2 4.
• Peak Strike Experience Card — Allows one strike at his template’s peak below god level. He keeps it ready as protection during Tang Hao’s nighttime visit; its actual combat strength remains untested 10 17.
• Refined whale rubber — Supplies it to Tang San and Xiao Wu to strengthen their constitutions and improve the ages of rings they can absorb 11 16.
• Concealment Pill — A discipleship reward later taken by Xiao Wu to prevent discovery of her transformed Soul Beast identity 14 19.
• Storage ring — Received from the system and given to Xiao Wu with her theory book 14.
• Template Relationship Network — Can display the relationships belonging to his template; he initially keeps it unused because he already knows Yu Xiaogang’s connections 17 18.
• Self-Created Soul Skill Fragments — System rewards requiring five fragments for completion 28 29.
• Soul Tool Version Pistol Blueprint — Given to Tang San to study; Li Changsheng also considers eventually arming Luo Sanpao 28 30 41 42.
• Medicinal-bath herbs — Distributed to students and Zhao Wuji for physical conditioning and recovery 34 43.
• Life Spider Spear External Soul Bone — Received after Oscar’s third-ring breakthrough and subsequently given to Tang San 36 39.
• Transformation Pill — Received at the level-sixty breakthrough; its use remains undecided at the end of Chapter 50 50.

Relationships

• Rousi — Adoptive father and chief of Soul King Village. His death left Li Changsheng living alone 1.
• Tang San — First disciple. Li Changsheng’s sustained care leads Tang San to regard him as a father figure and envision him as supreme elder of a future rebuilt Tang Sect 2 37 39.
• Xiao Wu — Second disciple. Li Changsheng knows her Soul Beast identity, covers for her ring-condensation trips, and safeguards her ability to remain beside Tang San 14 19 21.
• Luo Sanpao — Martial Soul and close companion. Their mental link supports communication and cultivation; Li Changsheng hopes eventually to ride him as a dragon 18 49 50.
• Yu Xiaogang — Rival teacher and fellow Luo Sanpao owner. Their disputes concern Martial Soul cultivation, theoretical credibility, and Yu Xiaogang’s attempts to take Tang San as a disciple 1 7 8 27.
• Flender — Shrek’s dean and teaching collaborator. Their connection unlocks through the template system; Flender welcomes his reforms and entrusts him with training 19 22 28 41.
• Zhao Wuji — Fellow Shrek teacher who comes to respect his instructional ability, humility, and Soul Power training methods 36 41 43.
• Tang Hao — Tang San’s father. His threatening nighttime visit reinforces Li Changsheng’s determination to become stronger 17.
• Ah Yin — Tang San’s mother. Li Changsheng facilitates their reunion, recovers her Soul Bone for Tang San, and helps move her to a better environment 37 38 39.
• Shrek Seven Devils — His students at Shrek. He provides individualized instruction while emphasizing mutual trust, fundamental control, and practical cooperation 28 29 43.

Notable Quotes

“As I see it, even someone unable to cultivate can have their own aspirations, whether they become a doctor or a cook.” 2

“Tang San is my student, not something to trade. If you want to make a wager, stake something else!” 8

“A true grandmaster should always keep an apprentice’s heart. I’m merely an ordinary teacher.” 22

“Make your decisions without worry. I’ll always stand behind you!” 37