Fang Yu

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Family and Early Training

Fang Yu grew up in Wuling City as the eldest of three children. His grandfather, Fang Zhiyuan, and a nanny helped raise the siblings while their mother cultivated away from home and their father ran his business. His mother, Bai Qing, disappeared on Primordial Star nine years before his university transfer; her body was never recovered 6 11 24.

Despite showing talent for martial technique from middle school, Fang Yu failed to awaken a Void Star Aspect in high school and entered a martial arts junior college. Fang Ping’an continued funding his training despite advice to abandon the costly pursuit. Fang Yu supplemented that support with scholarships and part-time work, consistently placing among the top ten students in a year of roughly five thousand 1 11 13.

His family’s hope of returning to New Moon originated with his great-grandfather, Fang Tiankuo. Fang Yu’s name and Fang Long’s reflected the idea of a python undergoing tribulation and becoming a dragon. Although Fang Yu did not share his father’s deep attachment to that ancestral goal, he wanted to repay his family’s sacrifices 10 13.

Assistant Instructor and University Transfer

After reaching Subtlety in his second college year, Fang Yu used Dong Xin’s connections to become an assistant instructor at the Iron Mountain Martial Arts Society. Teaching both financed his cultivation and helped him reconsider his own technique; he earned over 100,000 star coins in a year 8.

When he discovered that Manager Huo Yun and Supervisor Gao were selling inferior potions as genuine products, he used their suspicions to secure compensation and leave. His full-time application was officially rejected on educational grounds, but he had already intended to focus on transferring into an undergraduate program 1 2 4.

With his family’s support, he spent a month strengthening his body while teaching his younger siblings. He returned to college at life level 20.1 and earned perfect technique and practical-combat scores. His absence from the ordinary admission lists initially alarmed him, but the school subsequently announced his direct admission to Huguang Martial Arts University 14 16 17 20 21.

Elite Contract and Sponsorship

Fang Yu accepted the university’s Elite Contract after weighing its compulsory Primordial Star combat requirement. Jiang Wei, a martial uncle through his mother’s lineage, promised preparatory materials and a suitable squad. The contract provided one million star coins in annual training funds, alongside access to advanced manuals and cultivation facilities 23 28 30.

His admission also changed his bargaining position outside the university. He negotiated a one-year local endorsement with his former employer and later reached a sponsorship agreement with Shengchuan Group. For the latter, he sought university witnesses rather than relying on a local institution that might be vulnerable to the company’s influence 27 34 38.

Primordial Star Combat Training

Jiang Wei introduced Fang Yu to the Crimson Flame Squad. Captain Bai Chen initially doubted a junior-college transfer student’s suitability, but Fang Yu’s level 21 physique and Subtlety-level saber technique won his approval. Bai Chen judged that practical experience was Fang Yu’s main remaining weakness 37 38.

At Iron Wall Base’s No. 12 Sub-base, Fang Yu equipped himself and began safe-zone hunts with Xia Yao. Within hours, he learned to conserve Dark Force, maintain vigilance, and use weaker beasts to refine his footwork. His rapid recovery let him fight for five or six hours with only one substantial break 40 41 44.

The squad entered the wilderness on August 20. Fang Yu helped Bai Chen restrain a level 24 Leaping Flying Bear, creating an opening for Qin Yang’s killing arrow. His Coefficient Score rose to 1.2, placing him third among the new students; continued wilderness fighting subsequently improved his Dark Force control 48 49 50.

Appearance

• Build: Approximately 1.85 meters tall, with sharply chiseled features and a distinctive masculine bearing; the narration does not describe him as conventionally handsome 1.
• Instructor attire: Wore an instructor’s uniform while teaching at the Iron Mountain Martial Arts Society 1.
• Combat attire: Uses blackish-green armor, helmet, and boots, with a saber and shield carried across his back 41.

Personality

Fang Yu is disciplined because he genuinely enjoys martial arts, not merely because he forces himself to endure training. He has maintained an early-morning routine since middle school and habitually combines other duties with cultivation, even circulating qi and blood while teaching a class 1 13 31.

He is composed and calculating without being reckless. He avoided openly confronting Huo Yun when exposure would bring little benefit, and he resisted surrendering too much of his future for immediate sponsorship money. His mother’s influence helped establish his habit of planning his path in advance 2 4 12 30 34.

Family responsibility strongly motivates him. He offered to surrender his own living allowance for his siblings’ training and carefully supervised their summer foundations. His protectiveness is tempered by practicality: when they tried copying his three-in-the-morning schedule, he sent them back to bed and set an age-appropriate routine 10 14.

His instinctive self-reliance initially makes accepting help difficult. After Bai Chen and Xia Yao explain that refusing support duties undermines squad cooperation, he acknowledges his mistake. He also remains open to friendship and love, though he considers martial training his immediate priority 20 41.

Abilities & Skills

Devour

An innate divine ability active before his Void Star Aspect fully awakens. It accelerates digestion and improves the benefits obtained from swallowed medicines, food, and treasures 4 11.

• Efficient cultivation: Extracts unusually strong effects from resources; Fang Yu estimates one Ice Heart Marrow-Cleansing Fruit benefits him as much as two or more would an ordinary user 14.
• Toxin breakdown: Allows effective use of basic medicines while breaking down their toxins 8.
• Star Power intake: Lets him absorb Crimson Star Pills without their usual side effects despite his dormant Aspect 31.
• Recovery: Faster absorption of high-energy food supports exceptional physical and mental recovery during prolonged combat 44.
• Limits: Does not eliminate the need for training, suitable resources, or bodily readiness for further pill consumption 20 31 46.

Sleeping Void Star Aspect and Aspect Observer

His dormant Aspect conveys information about his body and soul. The Aspect Observer is explicitly described as a scanner-like function, not a system that directly grants power 4 5.

• Reports life level, martial skill, soul level, and awakening status 4 31 47.
• Identifies Devour while leaving a second innate divine ability unknown 4 31.
• Remains unidentified and unawakened at life level 21.6 47.
• Fang Yu estimates that first-stage awakening may occur around level 22 or 23; this remains his prediction, not a confirmed threshold 48.

Bodily Control and Dark Force

Greater Mastery of Minute Subtlety allows Fang Yu to coordinate his body, circulate qi and blood, and release explosive Dark Force 11 31.

• Uses the Twenty-Four Basic Fist Forms, particularly Open the Dragon Spine, to temper his body and draw out medicinal effects 8 14.
• Applies Subtlety-level movement control to evade attacks and refine footwork during live combat 12 44.
• Holds the Zhoutian Star Stance under gravity increased to six times Blue Star’s gravity 46.
• Dark Force rapidly consumes stamina and blood qi, so he learns to reserve it for necessary bursts 44.
• Rapid physical growth can temporarily disrupt his fine control, requiring further practice to recalibrate 32 35.

Saber Techniques

Fang Yu practices two complementary saber styles and reaches weapon Subtlety by his transfer assessment 12 17.

• Weapon Subtlety requires unity of body, mind, and weapon, distinct from mastery of bodily control alone 12.
• Both styles contain secret techniques requiring further refinement after entering Subtlety 48.
• He has not yet mastered those secret techniques in the supplied chapters 47 50.

Instruction

• Teaches stance training, breathing coordination, and the Twenty-Four Basic Fist Forms to beginners 1.
• Attracts thirty-three enrolling families through a trial lesson, earning over 9,000 star coins in commission 1.
• Trains Fang Siyue and Fang Long throughout the summer, improving their diligence and martial foundations 14 15.

Equipment / Items

• Saber and shield — Purchased for Primordial Star combat; uses the shield to knock a level 24 Leaping Flying Bear into a tree 41 49.
• High-quality intermediate martial artist set — Costs 75 Primal Points and serves as his main combat equipment 41.
• Ordinary backup equipment set — Costs 30 Primal Points 41.
• Communication star ring — Provides Civilization Warrior identification, Primal Network access, rankings, and notifications 39 40 44.
• Crimson Star Pills — Major cultivation resource after reaching intermediate rank; Devour substantially increases their effectiveness 31 47.

Relationships

• Fang Ping’an — Father and principal financial supporter. Fang Yu’s determination to relieve his burden drives his university ambitions 10 11 13.
• Bai Qing — Mother; a level 28 martial artist who disappeared on Primordial Star. Her martial lineage provides Fang Yu with important mentors and connections 11 24 28.
• Fang Zhiyuan — Grandfather who helped raise him and contributed retained inheritance toward the children’s cultivation 6 11 13.
• Fang Siyue — Younger sister. He affectionately supervises her training and diet, while she objects to sacrificing his resources for her benefit 9 10 14.
• Fang Long — Younger brother, also called Xiaolong. Respects Fang Yu’s authority and learns martial fundamentals from him 9 10 14.
• Wang Mo — Close friend and roommate of three years. Encourages Fang Yu to pursue his potential without accepting unfavorable business terms out of friendship 24 35.
• Dong Xin — Senior martial brother through his mother’s lineage; helps him obtain teaching work and advises him on cultivation and professional affairs 8 24 26 27.
• Jiang Wei — Senior martial uncle and university mentor. Helps secure his Elite Contract, arranges his squad introduction, and gives him 200 Primal Points 23 24 38 41.
• Yan Fu — Junior-college homeroom teacher. Advises him on scholarships and warns him about combat obligations before he signs the Elite Contract 21 22.
• Bai Chen — Crimson Flame Squad captain. Moves from skepticism to respect after evaluating Fang Yu’s strength and later fights alongside him 37 38 49.
• Xia Yao — Squad support who introduces him to base procedures, equipment purchases, and field logistics 41 44.
• Xiong Meng and Qin Yang — Squad shield and archer respectively; Fang Yu learns coordinated combat alongside them 38 47 49.
• Wang Xundao — Wang Mo’s father and Shengchuan Group sponsor; views Fang Yu as both an investment and a potential future ally for his son 33 34 35.
• Ye Zhiyin — College acquaintance whose romantic interest he declined while prioritizing martial arts 20.

Notable Quotes

“A master can show you the door, but cultivation is up to you.” 15

“No matter how many medicines and treasures I have, I still need to train persistently.” 31

“Captain, I was wrong.” 41