Xu Sheng

Biodata

Power Progression

Background

Xu Sheng enters Soul Domain after a half-hour Martial Soul matching process. His in-game body initially resembles his real body closely enough to retain a childhood scar on his palm. He already knows elements of the original story and intends to seek out Spirit Hall before encountering its medicine carriage by chance 1.

Outside the game, Xu Sheng remains in contact with both parents. His mother worries about his training injuries, while his father becomes interested in videos of his wings and swordsmanship. Xu Sheng exchanges part of an early bounty for money and sends it home for household purchases 6.

Appearance

Xu Sheng’s Martial Soul possession gives him a pair of snow-white feathered wings, golden hair, and a sacred presence. Yue Guan notes that this appearance resembles—but does not establish a shared origin with—the Six-Winged Angel 2 14.

• Palm scar: Retains a scar acquired during childhood 1.
• Field disguise: Wears a mask or faceplate while operating as White Wings; it accumulates scratches through repeated assignments 6 11 45.
• Soul Skill effects: Crimson-gold light coats his empowered attacks, while matching patterns appear along his wings during his Second Soul Ring absorption 5 12.

Personality

Xu Sheng is ambitious and practical about securing cultivation resources. He actively asks for instruction, Soul Ring assistance, equipment, and permanent accommodation rather than waiting for offers. Even when leaving for Spirit City, he seeks reassurance that he will still have somewhere to stay if he returns to Soto 2 11 13.

He values dependable companions over filling recruitment quotas. When Bibi Dong offers him a team allowance, he is relieved that he need not recruit everyone immediately. He also prefers continued fieldwork with his existing friends to a training arrangement that would separate him from them 16.

His concern for others appears in both emergencies and routine decisions. He returns for the trapped Du Wenhe after the children escape, insists that all eight contributors receive credit after the Luo Xiao battle, and reassures Mo Yifan that delivering a message was a legitimate assignment rather than a failure to fight 9 10 23.

Xu Sheng distinguishes evidence from suspicion. He does not report people who withdrew from the medicine-cart robbery as though they had participated, and he answers Bibi Dong’s questions without inventing information he does not know 3 16.

Abilities & Skills

Archangel Sanguinius

An angel-type Martial Soul that manifests white wings and strengthens Xu Sheng’s physique 1 2.

• Physical enhancement: In his initial training test, his strike tears a sandbag and breaks the wooden stick used to hit it 2.
• Early mobility: Before obtaining his Second Soul Ring, he uses his wings to change position, cross obstacles, and make short movements rather than sustain prolonged flight 6 7.
• Vulnerability: His wings can be injured. Zhuo Yuan’s heated saber attack singes his left wing and transmits pain through the Martial Soul 45 46.
• Classification: Spirit Hall initially lacks a matching precedent and cannot identify its angel branch from its wings alone 11.

First Soul Skill: Crimson Holy Judgment

Obtained from the Golden Feather Falcon. The skill boosts strength and sharpness through crimson-gold energy 5.

• Weapon reinforcement: Coats his sword to improve cutting power, including against weapons and armor 5 7 9.
• Unarmed application: Can also empower his fists and feet; a test punch dents hardwood and cracks it through to the back 5.
• Defensive use: Allows him to cut apart Luo Xiao’s incoming Black Feather Blades 20.
• Limit: Does not remove differences in Soul Power; stronger opponents can still overpower him in direct clashes 21 45.

Second Soul Skill: Firmament Holy Wings

Obtained from the Gale Eagle. It upgrades his short wing-assisted movements into sustained flight and aerial acceleration 12.

• Aerial combat: Supports diving sword strikes, changes of direction, and attacks from above or behind 12 13 15.
• Transport and rescue: Carries Ji Juechen across a gorge and transports Lu Song during the team contest 30 31.
• Tactical repositioning: Lets him bypass attacks that cannot turn to follow him, notably Zhuo Yuan’s saber beam 45.
• Training requirement: Flight control, particularly turning and landing, still requires practice after the skill is acquired 12 14.

Swordsmanship

Xu Sheng develops his swordsmanship through frequent sparring with Ji Juechen, combining conventional blade work with wing-assisted movement 5 6 13.

• Reading attacks: Watches an opponent’s shoulders and wrists rather than relying solely on the visible blade, helping him counter Ye Xiao’s concealed weapon 9.
• Feints: Defeats Wen Zhao narrowly by disguising the direction of a diving attack and reaching his shoulder from behind 15.
• Close-range adaptation: Uses kicks, sword-hilt strikes, and sudden changes of angle when a straightforward slash would be ineffective 45.

Leadership and Field Tactics

Xu Sheng organizes complementary abilities into coordinated plans, both within his own team and alongside other groups 7 28 29.

• Team combinations: Uses Lu Song’s shield as a launch platform during the fight against Luo Xiao, supported by Ren Yu’s vines and Cen Zhao’s chain 21.
• Rescue coordination: Arranges rope anchors, stretcher crossings, aerial transport, and food support during the Bluestone Gorge evacuation 31.
• Terrain selection: Draws the Man Faced Demon Spider into an old quarry instead of fighting on slippery riverside rocks or near the mountain road 33.
• Information gathering: Uses player channels to uncover the medicine-cart robbery and keeps his informant role secret to preserve access to future information 2 3.

Pioneer and Kindness

His initial Pioneer benefits improve his starting attributes and social access 2.

• Slightly enhanced physique and spirit.
• Five hundred initial reputation.
• Kindness: Adds thirty initial affinity upon first contact with natives.

Premonition

His Martial Soul description states that he can occasionally sense incomplete fragments of the future 2.

• Xu Sheng finds no instructions for activating it.
• His initial attempt produces no identifiable vision, so he sets it aside.

First Arrival Protection

A temporary protection effect active immediately after entering Soul Domain 1 2.

• Allows him to withstand the opening robbery encounter without the expected pain from his initial impacts.
• Has forty-eight seconds remaining when he first checks his interface.
• Is exhausted by the time he begins training with Shen Zhaolin.

Equipment & Items

• Steel sword — His principal physical weapon, reinforced with Crimson Holy Judgment. He replaces an earlier sword during his time in Soto 5 11.
• Mask/faceplate — Worn during outside assignments under the White Wings identity; also shields his face from dirt thrown by Zhuo Yuan 6 45.
• Golden Recruitment Tokens — Uses one earned for being the first otherworlder in the current Soto batch to officially join Spirit Hall to summon Ji Juechen. Later uses another to recruit Xu Lizhi 3 4 25.
• Storage wristband — Supplied through Yue Guan after the Bluestone Gorge rescue. Holds approximately one cubic meter of inanimate objects; belongs to Red Pine Courtyard, with Xu Sheng responsible for its contents 36.
• Soul Beast references — Receives Du Wenhe’s handwritten catalog and uses illustrated guides and route maps to prepare ring hunts 4 11.
• Carriage-company token — Given by Lu Yi in thanks for saving him during the forest incident 46.

Relationships

• Ji Juechen — Recruited companion, swordsmanship instructor, and regular sparring partner. Their repeated practice shapes Xu Sheng’s combat style and later aerial techniques 3 4 5 13.
• Du Wenhe — Spirit Hall deacon who teaches him meditation, documents his Martial Soul and rings, and assists with recruitment and hunting arrangements. Xu Sheng returns to rescue him at the quarry 2 10 12 41.
• Shen Zhaolin — Early mentor and field leader. Arranges his first ring hunt, supports the original team courtyard, and helps organize later expeditions 2 11 41.
• Lu Song — Founding teammate and shield bearer. Their shield-launch combination becomes a decisive part of the Luo Xiao fight 7 11 21.
• Ren Yu — Founding teammate whose vines support restraint, rescue, and team maneuvers 7 9 21.
• Mo Yifan — Founding teammate and fellow winged Martial Soul user. Helps with scouting and flight practice; Xu Sheng supports him after his delayed messenger mission 7 12 23.
• Wen Zhao — Initially a sparring opponent, later a courtyard resident and field ally whom Xu Sheng increasingly entrusts with assignments 15 17 23.
• Cen Zhao and Bai Ji — Otherworlders welcomed into Red Pine Courtyard. Xu Sheng encourages Cen Zhao to demonstrate teamwork rather than repeat her former team’s treatment of her as a packhorse 17.
• Xu Lizhi — Recruited food-type Soul Master. Xu Sheng integrates his restorative and weight-reducing buns into team operations and promises to watch for news of Ye Xinglan 25 28 31.
• Yue Guan — Senior evaluator and supporter who examines his Martial Soul, helps secure Red Pine Courtyard, and rewards the group’s rescue work 14 16 36.
• Bibi Dong — Authorizes his otherworlder team and its use of Red Pine Courtyard, with up to ten reviewed members 16.
• Yu Cheng — Player friend whom Xu Sheng warns away from Zhou Xiang’s robbery plan and later helps approach Spirit Hall for ring-hunting support 2 3 6.
• Meng Xingzhou — Fellow team leader who becomes a collaborator after their five-on-five contest. Shares route knowledge and joins the support expedition under Xu Sheng’s road command 28 29 36.
• He Zheng — Clear Sky Hammer user seeking to join Spirit Hall. Forms the Flying Hammer pair with Xu Sheng and helps retrieve hunters from Zhuo Yuan’s party 36 39 43.
• Parents — Maintain contact with him outside the game. Xu Sheng shares his progress with them and sends home part of his earnings 6 23.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Joining Spirit Hall

• Helps Uncle Liang repel a robbery, captures Yu Duo, and escorts the medicine carriage to Soto’s Spirit Hall 1.
• Reports Zhou Xiang’s planned interception and helps arrange a decoy operation while concealing his own involvement 2 3.
• Officially joins Spirit Hall and uses his recruitment reward to summon Ji Juechen 3 4.

Forming the Holy Blood Angel Team

• Chooses Lu Song, Ren Yu, and Mo Yifan after testing their cooperation in a bell-guarding exercise 7.
• Helps free Tang Heng, a mother, and eight children from the quarry, then returns for the trapped Du Wenhe 9 10.
• Secures an unused training courtyard for the five companions and establishes the Holy Blood Angel team 11.
• Gains his Second Soul Ring and receives an assessment summons to Spirit City; successfully requests permission for all four companions to accompany him 12 13.

Establishing Red Pine Courtyard

• Demonstrates his Martial Soul to Yue Guan and narrowly defeats Wen Zhao in a training match 14 15.
• Obtains Bibi Dong’s approval to continue fieldwork with his companions and use Red Pine Courtyard as a team base 16.
• Restores the courtyard, welcomes additional residents, and registers it as his second settlement point 17.
• Protects Jiang Shi’s ring hunt from Yue Zheng’s interference, then helps kill the three-ring Luo Xiao through coordinated attacks 19 20 21.
• Ensures every contributor is credited and later recruits Xu Lizhi to strengthen the team’s support capabilities 23 25.

Bluestone Gorge Rescue

• Wins a team contest against Meng Xingzhou’s group and is assigned command of their joint road expedition 28 29.
• Coordinates the evacuation of stranded herb gatherers, Zhao Feng, and a cart driver while teammates hold off a Man Faced Demon Spider 31.
• Moves the subsequent battle to a quarry and helps expose and attack the spider’s vulnerable underside and eye 33 34.
• Receives the courtyard’s storage wristband afterward and advances to level twenty-three during the following training period 36.

Return to Soto and the Hunting-Party Conflict

• Works with He Zheng as the Flying Hammer pair, defeating Fang Zhu and prompting Jin Yuan to concede 39.
• Rejects Zhuo Yuan’s poorly specified ring-hunting offer and organizes a separate group with Spirit Hall support 40 41.
• Gives Qi Luo and nine others the choice to leave Zhuo Yuan’s party; all ten choose his group 43.
• Defeats Zhuo Yuan after he attacks Qi Luo, then helps Ji Juechen and He Zheng restrain Chu Heng 44 45 46.
• Keeps injured hunters clear of further fighting and withdraws with the expedition. His burned wings require treatment afterward 46.

Notable Quotes

“I want to stay in Spirit Hall.” 16

“Showing them the way takes a knife to hurry them along?” 9

“Before, I only ever saw other people's. None of them are as pleasing to look at as my own.” 5