Xiao Wu

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Soul Beast Identity

Xiao Wu is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast living in human form. Unlike human Soul Masters, she does not need to hunt Soul Beasts or absorb their Soul Rings to advance. This makes Ning Rongrong’s ability to acquire a Soul Ring without a nearby Soul Beast particularly startling to her, although Rongrong still undergoes absorption 24.

The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python are her powerful Soul Beast friends. In the Star Dou Great Forest, she moves with the ease of someone returning home and explains the surroundings to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing 31 62.

Entering Shrek Academy

Xiao Wu participates in the final entrance test alongside Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing. Tang San assigns her the frontal attacking role while he restrains Zhao Wuji and Zhu Zhuqing distracts him. Rongrong strengthens all three with attack and speed boosts 3 4.

Despite their coordinated assault, Zhao Wuji knocks Xiao Wu unconscious with a palm strike. Rongrong subsequently wounds him, and he declares that all four applicants have passed. Xiao Wu awakens afterward and is soon active again, though still somewhat pale 4 5 9.

Rongrong chooses to room with Zhu Zhuqing rather than Xiao Wu. Nevertheless, the three girls become friendly, sharing a hotel suite during their journey toward the Star Dou Great Forest and playing together while supported by Rongrong’s flight ability 8 26 30 31.

Star Dou Great Forest Expedition

Before entering the forest, Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing fight Canghui Academy’s students while Rongrong occupies their teacher, Ye Zhiqiu. The girls overpower the students, but their attacks cannot penetrate Ye Zhiqiu’s defenses; his Black Water Ice Seal repels and slows them 28.

During the hunt for Oscar’s third Soul Ring, Xiao Wu refuses to help kill a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. She challenges Tang San’s justification for hunting it, objecting to the contradiction between his earlier sympathetic words and his willingness to kill for a Soul Ring. Rongrong encourages the confrontation, and Tang San releases the serpent 31.

Rongrong then mortally wounds it so Oscar can obtain its ring. Xiao Wu clarifies that her disappointment concerns Tang San’s dishonesty rather than simply his desire to kill the beast. She leaves alone, and Tang San follows 31.

The Titan Giant Ape later carries Xiao Wu away after overpowering members of the group. She returns unharmed and reunites with Tang San. Learning that he risked his life trying to rescue her deepens her feelings beyond affection for an older brother 33 39 40.

Back at Shrek, Xiao Wu asks Yu Xiaogang whether Soul Masters can raise their Soul Power without hunting Soul Beasts. Rongrong’s unusual Soul Ring acquisition exposes a contradiction in his explanation 43.

Great Soul Arena

After roughly two years at Shrek, Xiao Wu partners with Tang San for two-person matches under the name Three-Five Combination. At Level 45, she is one level above him when they face Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing’s Zhu Rong Combination 51 52 58.

Their coordinated attacks fail against Rongrong’s teleportation, flight, and control removal. Xiao Wu uses Invincible Golden Body to withstand attacks and rescue Tang San, but Rongrong’s Glazed Wind-Breaking Stance eventually throws him from the arena. Xiao Wu loses the desire to continue, is swept out as well, and immediately rushes to his side despite her own injury 59 60.

Discovery of Alluring Spirit Cat

Against the Imperial Fighting Team, Xiao Wu exploits Dugu Yan’s distraction with Waist Bow and Eight-Stage Throw. She later teleports close to Dugu Yan and throws her toward Zhu Zhuqing’s Netherworld Hundred Claws. Their coordination unexpectedly produces a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, incapacitating Dugu Yan and ejecting her, Yu Tianheng, and Tang San from the arena 77 78 79.

The pair initially cannot reproduce the skill without an opponent. After Rongrong identifies the need for a target, Zhao Wuji volunteers to test it. Their successful demonstration shatters his defenses, batters him for a full minute, and sends him flying nearly five hundred meters through multiple walls 79 80.

Personality

Xiao Wu is playful and sociable around Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing. She eagerly draws them into shared activities and privately finds their company happier than spending time with Tang San’s frequently gloomy demeanor 26 30 31.

Her sympathy for Soul Beasts makes her reluctant to kill them, but her dispute with Tang San centers on sincerity: she would rather hear an honest admission of self-interest than a claim of compassion contradicted by action 31.

She remains intensely devoted to Tang San. She defends his character, develops jealousy when he seeks a private conversation with Rongrong, and repeatedly spends her limited defensive ability to protect him in battle 18 40 59 60.

Abilities & Skills

Soul Beast Cultivation and Recovery

Her human form retains cultivation advantages associated with her Soul Beast identity 9 24.

• Independent advancement: Does not need to hunt Soul Beasts or absorb their rings to break through 24.
• Recovery: Recovers quickly after Zhao Wuji knocks her unconscious; the narration attributes this to her Soul Beast constitution 9.
• Early Soul Ring configuration: Displays two yellow Soul Rings during the Canghui Academy confrontation 28.

Waist Bow and Eight-Stage Throw

Waist Bow, her First Soul Skill, supports her close-range lifting and throwing combinations 59.

• Chains into Eight-Stage Throw after closing the distance 59.
• Uses her flexibility to narrowly evade Dugu Yan’s attack 77.
• Throws opponents into other enemies or into Zhu Zhuqing’s attacks 78.
• Requires a target; attempting it without one prevents the pair from reproducing their fusion skill 79.

Teleportation

Her Third Soul Skill allows her to close distance suddenly and initiate melee combinations 59.

• Commonly followed by Waist Bow and Eight-Stage Throw 59.
• Can reposition her beside an ally: she teleports to Tang San while Invincible Golden Body is active to shield him from incoming sword Qi 59.
• Does not guarantee a successful strike; Rongrong counters her approaches through teleportation and flight 59.

Invincible Golden Body

A short-duration defensive skill capable of blocking Rongrong’s powerful attacks 59 60.

• Can be used three times per day 60.
• Allows Xiao Wu to intercept multiple waves of Ten Treasures Ultimate Slash and free Tang San from danger 59.
• Its protection expires: Rongrong deliberately reduces her attack’s power because the final sword Qi could otherwise pierce Xiao Wu after the effect ends 60.

Alluring Spirit Cat

A Martial Soul Fusion Skill performed with Zhu Zhuqing, combining Xiao Wu’s launching attacks with Zhu Zhuqing’s claw assaults inside a purple-black Soul Power barrier 78 80.

• Activation: Requires coordinated attacks and a target for Xiao Wu’s Waist Bow 79 80.
• Assault: The two move like streaks of light, delivering continuous attacks accompanied by countless claw afterimages 80.
• Demonstrated power: Breaks Zhao Wuji’s defensive shields despite his Soul Saint strength 80.
• Control: The girls can regulate its power during the demonstration 80.
• Collateral risk: Its first activation also throws Tang San from the arena and seriously injures him 79.

Relationships

• Tang San — Closest companion and Three-Five Combination partner. Her feelings become explicitly romantic after his attempted rescue, and she remains devoted to him despite their argument over Soul Beast hunting 31 40 52 60.
• Zhu Zhuqing — Friend, teammate, and partner in Alluring Spirit Cat. Their battlefield coordination develops into a fusion skill capable of overwhelming Zhao Wuji 26 78 80.
• Ning Rongrong — Friend and arena opponent. Rongrong encourages Xiao Wu’s criticism of Tang San, but later acknowledges that Xiao Wu’s attachment to him is her own choice 31 60.
• Titan Giant Ape — Powerful Soul Beast friend. Comes looking for Xiao Wu in the forest and carries her away; she subsequently returns safely 33 39 62.
• Sky Azure Bull Python — Identified as another of her formidable Soul Beast friends 62.
• Zhao Wuji — Shrek teacher who knocks her unconscious during admission testing and later volunteers as the target for her fusion skill demonstration 4 80.
• Yu Xiaogang — Instructor who theorizes that her coordination with Zhu Zhuqing achieved momentary “soul balance,” producing their Martial Soul Fusion Skill 79.

Notable Quotes

“I'm hurt because your words and your heart don't match, not because I blame you for wanting to kill the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. I hope you won't blame others.” 31