Wangcai

Biodata

Background

Gu Chensha found Wangcai as a palm-sized cub without fully grown fur. The cub was vicious from the beginning, biting everything it encountered and repeatedly attempting to devour Gu Chensha's soul power. Gu Chensha spent three months subduing it, enduring multiple bites and using repeated beatings and unspecified methods to temper its nature 35.

Gu Chensha gave it the deliberately lowly, auspicious name “Wangcai,” explaining that such a name would be easy to raise and bring wealth and treasure. Wangcai dislikes the name, recognizing Gu Chensha's suppressed amusement whenever it is used 35.

Appearance

Wangcai is a massive black tiger whose presence carries a malevolent, soul-shaking aura.

• Sleek black fur, especially noticeable after bathing in the valley's hot spring 38.
• Massive head and heavy frame capable of carrying Zhu Zhuqing and Gu Chensha 34.
• A barbed tail used in combat 40.
• Can make wet, kitten-like eyes and expose its belly when ordered to appear harmless 35.

Personality

Wangcai is a cruel and territorial predator toward intruders, deciding whether to eat, kill, or drive away those who enter Spirit Spring Hidden Show Valley based on its mood 34. It regards soul-beast sentimentality and racial righteousness as meaningless in the Star Dou Great Forest's survival hierarchy 34.

Around Gu Chensha, however, it is highly obedient and visibly fearful of punishment. It complains internally, sulks, and resents being used as an excuse or given humiliating orders, but invariably complies when Gu Chensha's tone turns threatening 34 37. It is also intelligent enough to perform exaggerated acts of submission, such as playing dead to amuse Zhu Zhuqing 35.

Abilities & Skills

Evil Tiger Aura

Wangcai's aura is sufficient to terrify nearby soul beasts and establish its control over the valley.

• Releasing even a trace of its aura causes soul beasts within roughly ten miles to scatter 34.
• Its presence keeps both soul masters and soul beasts from trespassing into Spirit Spring Hidden Show Valley 34.
• Its fearsome reputation provides a plausible explanation for Zhu Zhuqing's survival in the Star Dou Great Forest; Gu Chensha claims that even a low-level Title Douluo would prioritize fleeing from it 37.

Physical Combat

As a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, Wangcai possesses formidable direct-combat strength.

• Its ten-thousand-year-level strength is described as capable of rivaling an ordinary hundred-thousand-year soul beast 37.
• Attacks with claws, headbutts, charges, and its barbed tail 40.
• Failed to damage Zhu Zhuqing's Invincible Golden Body shield despite escalating from a claw tap to a full-speed charge 40.

Utility and Guard Duty

Wangcai serves Gu Chensha beyond combat.

• Carries injured travelers through the Star Dou Great Forest with near-silent, careful footing 34.
• Guards Spirit Spring Hidden Show Valley and drives out or kills intruders 34.
• Retrieved and excavated five stone chests containing dozens of soul bones overnight at Gu Chensha's command 38 39.

Relationships

• Gu Chensha — Owner and caretaker. Gu Chensha raised Wangcai from infancy, subdued its violent nature, and commands it as both pet and guardian 35.
• Zhu Zhuqing — Initially terrified of Wangcai after its pursuit of her in the forest. Wangcai later apologizes under Gu Chensha's orders, allowing Zhu Zhuqing to overcome her fear and begin treating it affectionately 34 35.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Star Dou Great Forest encounter — Appears as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger that corners Zhu Zhuqing during her mission, leaving her deeply traumatized by the encounter 31 34.
• Spirit Spring Hidden Show Valley — Carries the injured Zhu Zhuqing to Gu Chensha's hidden valley and serves as its resident guardian 34.
• Reconciliation with Zhu Zhuqing — Performs a submissive apology by exposing its belly, enduring Zhu Zhuqing's light taps, and playing dead; this helps dissolve her fear 35.
• Recovery and gifts — Obeys Gu Chensha's instructions during Zhu Zhuqing's treatment, retrieves the soul-bone chests, and tests the Invincible Golden Body shield 36 38 40.

Trivia

• Wangcai's name was chosen because Gu Chensha considered it a lowly but auspicious name that would make the tiger easy to raise 35.
• Despite its fearsome reputation, it behaves like a spoiled pet around Gu Chensha and enjoys soaking in the valley's hot spring 37 38.
• The Iron-back Centipede encountered by Zhu Zhuqing's team had been driven out by Wangcai after it intruded into the valley's territory 34.