Xiao Wu

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Xiao Wu grew up under the care of her mother, Da Wu. When she disliked raw carrot, Da Wu prepared thin strips with wild honey and fed her carefully. During winter, Da Wu wrapped Xiao Wu in her fluffy tail, keeping her warm even while suffering from the cold herself 39.

Spirit Hall later killed Da Wu while she was protecting Xiao Wu and turned her into a Soul Ring. Living among humans afterward, Xiao Wu concealed her own Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast identity to avoid the same fate 23 48.

At Shrek Academy, she formed a close bond with Tang San, whom she called her third brother. Although the sky screen revealed their eventual marriage, the present-day Xiao Wu had not yet sacrificed herself for him, been resurrected by him, or become his wife 12 38 48.

Personality

Xiao Wu’s attachment to her mother remains central to her decisions. Raiden Ei’s loss of Raiden Makoto brings her to tears because it resembles her own bereavement. Learning that Teyvat’s inhabitants can cultivate without hunting Soul Beasts makes her imagine a peaceful life in a small town with Da Wu 7 23.

Her feelings toward Tang San are less settled than his expectations suggest. She grieves over his transformation into a Hilichurl, but understands him primarily as an older brother and has only a vague understanding of romantic love. After his transformation, she no longer considers him a possible lover 38.

She feels guilty when shown her future failure to advocate for Soul Beasts, but protests that nobody taught her such responsibilities or protected her family. Her eventual choice to resurrect Da Wu follows an entire night of hesitation, and she avoids the sky screen afterward because she fears Tang San’s reaction 38 40 48.

Abilities & Skills

Soul Beast Transformation

• Lives in human form despite being a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit 12 15.
• Also appears in her original Soft Bone Charm Rabbit form, including during her capture by the Ferocious Beasts 38 43.
• Her concealed identity becomes dangerous once publicly exposed, since killing her would yield a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring 15.

Cultivation-Based Resistance

• Uses her cultivation to resist the flames while being roasted in rabbit form 39.
• This protection is temporary; she fears being killed and cannot spare attention to answer Tang San’s livestream messages 39.

Cooking

• Prepares meals in the future Divine Realm household. Tang San praises her cooking during a family dinner in the Sea God Hall 15.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Exposure and Return to the Forest

Yu Xiaogang publicly reveals Xiao Wu’s species and exact location—room 512 on the third floor of Shrek Academy’s women’s teaching building—to retaliate against Tang San. Bibi Dong immediately recognizes the value of her soul ring 15 16.

Tang San and Tang Hao seek protection first from Sea God Island and then from Teyvat. Neither appeal secures intervention. Xiao Wu returns to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Teyvat’s cultivation system gives her hope that Soul Beasts might live without being hunted for Soul Rings 17 18 23.

Accused of Betraying the Soul Beast Clan

The screen ranks Xiao Wu eighth and shows her future life as Tang San’s Dao companion. Gu Yuena and the Ferocious Beasts initially condemn her because she enjoys high standing in the Divine Realm without speaking up for the Soul Beast Clan. They capture her and begin roasting her in rabbit form 38 39.

Xiong Jun interrupts after concluding that Di Tian’s leadership is the deeper problem: the clan never taught Xiao Wu collective responsibility or protected her and Da Wu. Gu Yuena accepts this reasoning, punishes Di Tian, and releases Xiao Wu with roast dragon meat as compensation 39 40.

The incident produces concrete changes in clan management. Gu Yuena takes direct control, assigns Bi Ji to educate intelligent Soul Beasts, and makes Xiong Jun responsible for protecting the young 40.

Acclaimed as a Hero

Further revelations reverse the clan’s judgment. Xiao Wu’s future children connect the Soul Beast Clan to several of the Divine Realm’s most influential figures 42 43 46.

Gu Yuena recognizes that Huo Yuhao could protect Soul Beast interests through ordinary governing authority. Xiong Jun and the other Ferocious Beasts consequently celebrate Xiao Wu as a hero, despite her own bewilderment at the reversal 43.

Choosing Da Wu’s Resurrection

At the end of her review, Xiao Wu receives one reward: a resurrection opportunity or removal of the Curse of Immortality. Tang San and Tang Hao insist that she use it to free them from their curse 47.

Xiao Wu instead resurrects Da Wu. Besides her stronger bond with her mother, she has become suspicious of Tang Hao’s long-standing surveillance, wondering whether he originally wanted her Soul Ring and Soul Bones. Tang San’s repeated demands for an explanation receive no answer 48.

Bibi Dong subsequently orders Spirit Hall to leave Xiao Wu and Da Wu alone while pursuing Tang San and Tang Hao 48.

Relationships

• Da Wu — Mother and primary caregiver. Killed by Spirit Hall while protecting Xiao Wu; restored through Xiao Wu’s single sky-screen reward 23 39 48.
• Tang San — Older brother in name in the present timeline; husband in the revealed future. Xiao Wu chooses her mother’s resurrection over removing his curse 38 48.
• Da Ming and Er Ming — Her brothers. In the revealed future, Tang San restores them from two Soul Rings and brings them into the Divine Realm, where Xiao Wu eagerly welcomes them 14.
• Tang Hao — Tang San’s father. Requests her reward as his future daughter-in-law, while Xiao Wu privately questions his motives for following them 47 48.
• Gu Yuena — Soul Beast leader who first orders Xiao Wu’s execution, then acknowledges the clan’s neglect and later recognizes her future contribution 38 40 43.
• Xiong Jun — Initially condemns her as a traitor, but intervenes against her punishment and later enthusiastically hails her as a hero 38 39 40 43.
• Yu Xiaogang — Exposes her identity and location to endanger her and retaliate against Tang San 15.
• Bibi Dong — Initially targets her soul ring, but later orders that Xiao Wu and her resurrected mother be left alone 16 48.

Notable Quotes

“No one ever taught me what I was supposed to do for the Soul Beast Clan!” 38

“The Soul Beast Clan never protected me either.” 40

“Third Brother, I, I'm s-sorry.” 47