Xiao Qing

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Xiao Qing (萧青)
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Shrek Academy
Occupation/Role	Soul Master; Beast Controller
Status	Alive
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Innate Soul Power Level 7	1	Awakens the Prism Ball Martial Soul at age six.
First spirit ring	4	Contracts the dying Wind Shadow Wolf, later named Xiao Feng; the ring initially appears white, but can grow as the contracted beast gains experience.
Soul Power Level 20	10	Reaches the second-ring threshold after two years in the Star Dou Forest, largely through feedback from Xiao Feng's growth.
Soul Power Level 22	17	Flender notes that Xiao Qing has already reached level 22 despite being under ten years old.
Soul Power Level 23	24	Advances following Xiao Feng's evolution into a Storm Wolf King; his contracted-beast operating range expands to 2 km.
Third spirit ring / third contracted soul beast	31 36	Contracts the Wind-Thunder Falcon, Thunder Feather. By Chapter 36, Xiao Qing displays three purple thousand-year soul rings.
Soul Power Level 40	53	Reaches level 40 after Xiao Feng breaks through to the ten-thousand-year level.
Fourth spirit ring / fourth contracted soul beast	56 57	Captures the ten-thousand-year Phantom Cat, gaining Mental Interference and Thousand-Body Phantom Domain.
Soul Power Level 44	77	Dugu Bo observes that Xiao Qing has reached level 44.

Background / History

Xiao Qing was an orphan in Clear Spring Village. His future changed when he awakened the Prism Ball Martial Soul and Innate Soul Power Level Seven. Village chief Chang Feng initially treated him as a village hope, but intended to sell him to a powerful clan or use him to secure benefits from the Martial Soul Hall 1 2.

After discovering Chang Feng's plan, Xiao Qing deliberately created trouble at Chang Feng's home while waiting for a chance to escape. When Martial Soul Hall inspector Matthew arrived to recruit him, Xiao Qing refused the offer, triggered a soul-beast riot, and fled through a tunnel built by his father into the Star Dou Forest 2 3.

In the forest, the Prism Ball revealed its true nature: it could capture living soul beasts as companions, summon them in battle, and allow them to gain experience and increase the age of Xiao Qing's spirit rings. His first companion was a dying Wind Shadow Wolf, whom he named Xiao Feng 4 5.

Xiao Qing survived in the Star Dou Forest for years by hunting, setting traps, studying poisons, and developing coordinated tactics with his soul beasts. While living there, he became the target of a 100,000 Gold Soul Coin bounty tied to Clear Spring Village and Matthew's wanted notice 4 12 13.

After Flender rescued him from the Shadow Wolf Pack and warned him that bounty hunters were closing in, Xiao Qing accepted enrollment at Shrek Academy. There, he received training from Zhao Wuji, formed connections with the other students, and continued expanding his contracted soul-beast team 16 17 18.

Appearance

Xiao Qing is first described as a young child with a faint scar on his left cheek. Time spent surviving and fighting in the Star Dou Forest gives him a more severe, murderous bearing than his wanted portrait suggests 4 13.

• Faint scar on his left cheek 4
• Often carries a cloth bag containing supplies, herbs, tools, and materials 3 9
• Uses a long blade or short blade in close combat 3 13
• Usually remains calm and unreadable even under pressure 3 26

Personality

Xiao Qing is cautious, calculating, and strongly independent. Rather than submit to Chang Feng or the Martial Soul Hall, he chooses the far more dangerous path of escaping into the Star Dou Forest and building his own strength 2 3.

He is highly pragmatic in combat and survival. He studies enemy habits, prepares maps, makes traps, uses poison and terrain, and evaluates the value and risk of every opportunity. He does not rely solely on cultivation level, instead treating strategy, information, and coordinated companions as decisive advantages 10 13 14.

Despite his ruthlessness when necessary, Xiao Qing cares deeply for his contracted soul beasts. He treats Xiao Feng and A'Man as companions, tends their injuries, shares food with them, and prioritizes their safety during training 5 10 11 24.

Abilities & Skills

Prism Ball Martial Soul

The Prism Ball allows Xiao Qing to capture living soul beasts, store and summon them, and form spirit rings through their continued growth rather than conventional killing and absorption 4 54.

• Contracts soul beasts as loyal companions.
• Re-summons contracted beasts from the Prism Ball.
• Grants experience points to contracted beasts through combat; opponents do not necessarily need to be killed 6.
• Increases the age of Xiao Qing's spirit rings as his companions grow 4.
• Provides Xiao Qing with soul-power feedback when contracted beasts increase their cultivation 10.
• Allows communication and coordinated orders with contracted soul beasts 5 24.
• Initially limits summoned beasts to a 1 km radius; this expands to 2 km after Xiao Qing reaches level 23 5 24.

Wind Shadow

A skill borrowed from Xiao Feng after the wolf becomes a century-level soul beast 7.

• Creates a wind-attribute Phantom Shadow.
• If the phantom is struck, it explodes and grants Xiao Qing a 50% speed increase for five minutes.
• Can be used three times in short succession at Xiao Feng's then-current strength.
• Lets Xiao Qing disguise his unusual fighting style as that of a more conventional spirit master 7.

Rock Armor

A defensive soul skill gained through A'Man 13.

• Increases Xiao Qing's defense by 70%.
• Reduces his speed by 30%.
• Can be combined with Wind Shadow's speed boost to offset its movement penalty 13.
• Withstands attacks that Zhu Zhuqing's Hell Stab cannot penetrate 37.

Lightning Flash

Xiao Qing's third soul skill, used for sudden movement and battlefield disruption 37.

• Performs a straight-line dash within 100 meters.
• Moves at near-teleportation speed.
• Can rapidly close distance on enemy controllers or support soul masters 37.

Mental Interference

A fourth-ring skill gained from the Phantom Cat 56.

• Creates illusions that confuse enemies about the true direction and distance of attacks.
• Supports deception, misdirection, and ambush tactics 56.

Thousand-Body Phantom Domain

A domain-type ability obtained after Xiao Qing subdues the Phantom Cat and expands his spiritual space 57.

• Manifests after the fourth contracted soul beast is incorporated into his spiritual space.
• Builds upon his illusion-based fighting style 57.

Wind-Thunder Break

A self-created combined attack involving Xiao Feng and Thunder Feather 68 70.

• Fuses wind- and lightning-attribute soul power for a rapid combined strike.
• Used to kill Meng Li and Third Brother in the Soul Fighting Arena 68.
• Its offensive power is described as comparable to a fifty-thousand-year offensive soul skill 70.

Tactical Command

Xiao Qing commands his companions as a coordinated combat unit rather than using them as independent summons 14 23.

• Assigns specialized roles: Xiao Feng for offense and scouting; A'Man for defense; Thunder Feather for aerial mobility and lightning attacks 11 31.
• Uses traps, ropes, poison darts, terrain, and ranged interference to control engagements 14.
• Directs formations, retreats, and target priorities under pressure 24 51.
• Can identify tracks through Xiao Feng and Thunder Feather's cross-confirmed senses 42.

Contracted Soul Beasts

• Xiao Feng — Originally a Wind Shadow Wolf; Xiao Qing's first contracted beast. Evolves into a Storm Wolf King and later reaches the ten-thousand-year level 4 23 53.
  • Gains Wind Shadow, Wind Messenger, Vacuum Jade, and later Wind Controller 7 24 51 53.
• A'Man — An Iron Armor Bear captured as Xiao Qing's second contracted beast; serves as the team's primary defensive fighter 11.
  • Reaches the thousand-year level after combat training with Xiao Feng 25.
• Thunder Feather — A Wind-Thunder Falcon and Xiao Qing's third contracted beast; provides aerial scouting, high speed, and lightning-attribute attacks 31 36.
• Phantom Night — A ten-thousand-year Phantom Cat captured as Xiao Qing's fourth contracted beast 56 61.
  • Adds illusion and spirit-type capabilities to Xiao Qing's team 56 57.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Cloth Bag — A storage soul tool once given by Dugu Bo to Dugu Xin; Xiao Qing uses it to carry supplies, materials, herbs, and tools 3 9.
• Long blade / short blade — Used for close-range survival and combat 3 13.
• Slingshot — Crafted from Golden Horned Deer tendons; used for ranged hunting and interference 7 14.
• Poison supplies — Includes Jade Phosphorus Throat-Sealing Poison and Rage Mushroom powder 10 13.
• Maps and notes — Records local soul-beast habitats, approximate cultivation, and behavioral habits 10.

Relationships

• Xiao Feng — First contracted soul beast and closest companion; Xiao Qing raises, protects, and evolves him through careful planning 5 23 53.
• A'Man — Second contracted soul beast; serves as the defensive core of Xiao Qing's team 11 25.
• Thunder Feather — Third contracted soul beast; chosen to provide mobility, aerial offense, and wind-lightning synergy 31 36.
• Phantom Night — Fourth contracted soul beast; a Phantom Cat whose capture grants Xiao Qing illusion-based abilities 56 57.
• Chang Feng — Clear Spring Village chief who attempts to profit from Xiao Qing's talent by selling or exploiting him 1 2.
• Matthew — Martial Soul Hall inspector who offers Xiao Qing recruitment, later places a bounty on him to temper him through danger 3 4.
• Flender — Shrek Academy dean who rescues Xiao Qing, recruits him, and protects him during dangerous breakthroughs 16 17 57.
• Zhao Wuji — Shrek vice dean and combat instructor; trains Xiao Qing, assists Xiao Feng's evolution, and increasingly relies on Xiao Qing's judgment 18 23 51.
• Oscar — Classmate and frequent partner; Xiao Qing's advice helps shape Oscar's cultivation-focused Clear Heart Sausage, while Oscar supports Xiao Qing in arena battles 19 21 61 67.
• Dugu Bo — Poison Douluo who saves Xiao Qing and Xiao Feng from a poison array after recognizing Xiao Qing's storage soul tool 9.
• Yu Xiaogang — Provides soul-beast knowledge and suggestions, though Xiao Qing views him primarily as a useful source of information rather than a guide 54 55.
• Tang San — Fellow Shrek student whom Xiao Qing overwhelms during the freshman assessment; later works with him to rescue Xiao Wu 37 49.
• Xiao Wu — Fellow Shrek student; Xiao Qing helps track and rescue her after Er Ming takes her 48 49.
• Dai Mubai — Classmate who challenges Xiao Qing and is defeated in a single precise strike 29.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Escape from Clear Spring Village

Xiao Qing learns that Chang Feng intends to sell him, rejects Matthew's recruitment offer, incites a soul-beast riot, and escapes to the Star Dou Forest through his father's tunnel 2 3.

Star Dou Forest Survival

Xiao Qing discovers the Prism Ball's beast-contracting ability, contracts Xiao Feng, develops survival tactics, and builds a team with A'Man while evading bounty hunters 4 11 12.

Xiao Feng's Bloodline Evolution

After gathering a Wind-Thunder Falcon egg, Storm Irises, and voluntary wolf king essence blood, Xiao Qing uses an ancient formation to evolve Xiao Feng into a Storm Wolf King 14 15 23 24.

Shrek Academy Enrollment

Flender rescues Xiao Qing from the Shadow Wolf Pack and recruits him into Shrek Academy, where Zhao Wuji begins overseeing his combat training 16 17 18.

Freshman Assessment Proctor

Xiao Qing serves as the examiner for Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing. He displays three thousand-year rings and defeats their coordinated team through speed, defense, and tactical control 36 37 38.

Er Ming Battle

Xiao Qing joins Zhao Wuji and Tang San in rescuing Xiao Wu from the injured Titan Giant Ape. He directs his soul beasts toward Er Ming's weak point, and Xiao Feng's Vacuum Jade helps secure the victory before Xiao Qing orders an immediate retreat from Da Ming 49 51.

Fourth Soul Beast Hunt

Seeking spirit-type abilities, Xiao Qing challenges and captures a ten-thousand-year Phantom Cat with support from Xiao Feng, A'Man, Thunder Feather, and Flender 55 56 57.

Soul Fighting Arena

Using the code name Thousand Light World Breaker, Xiao Qing competes with Oscar and develops combined attacks between Xiao Feng and Thunder Feather. His Wind-Thunder Break becomes a decisive technique in arena combat 61 68 70.

Trivia

• Xiao Qing is described as the first trainer on the Douluo Continent because of the Prism Ball's ability to capture and cultivate living soul beasts 4.
• His spirit-ring configuration appears abnormal because his rings grow alongside his contracted beasts rather than being fixed at the moment of acquisition 4 54.
• He initially planned to remain in the Star Dou Forest until reaching level 30, considering it safer than facing Matthew and bounty hunters outside 6.
• Xiao Qing's true combat power is repeatedly stated to exceed what his soul-power level alone suggests 25 70.