Xiao Chenyu

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Xiao Chenyu (萧尘宇)
Alias(es)	Boss Xiao
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Notting Academy; City Lord's Manor
Occupation/Role	Noble student; leader among several upper-year students
Status	Active
First Appearance	14

Power Progression

Stage	Development	Chapter(s)
Near Rank 11	Is reported to be nearly level eleven before his confrontation with Tang San. His wolf martial soul grants him superior speed and physical strength relative to the newly enrolled Tang San.	15
Soul Power Impairment	After the academy tournament incident, Ji Yuan attaches a hidden spore near the meridians linked to his wolf martial soul. Xiao Chenyu begins finding that the soul power he gathers disperses before it can properly circulate.	23 24
Dark Web Conduit	Becomes one of Ji Yuan's steady Notting Academy energy nodes. The spore covertly siphons a portion of his cultivation while preserving his usefulness as a connection to upper-year students and the City Lord's Manor.	24 27

Background / History

Xiao Chenyu is the city lord's son and a noble student at Notting Academy. He leads a group of upper-year students and uses both his family status and their social position to intimidate work-study students. His first conflict with the Seventh Dormitory begins when he throws meat onto the cafeteria floor and offers it as a “reward” if they pick it up. 14

He challenges Tang San after Tang San intervenes for the work-study students. Although Xiao Chenyu initially holds superior physical strength and speed, Ji Yuan's hidden hallucinogenic toxin disrupts his reactions and causes his lackeys to fight one another. Tang San defeats and publicly humiliates him, leaving Xiao Chenyu determined to retaliate. 15 16

After his failed tournament scheme is exposed, Xiao Chenyu receives a severe warning and is suspended from the remaining matches. His family status appears to spare him harsher punishment, but the incident damages his standing among the academy's students. 23

Following the cafeteria confrontation, Ji Yuan leaves residual poison near Xiao Chenyu's meridians before later establishing a deeper spore node in the pathways of his wolf martial soul. Xiao Chenyu remains unaware that his growing difficulty with cultivation is caused by parasitism rather than ordinary fatigue or an injury. 16 24

Personality

Xiao Chenyu is arrogant, class-conscious, and reliant on the influence of the City Lord's Manor. He treats the work-study students as beneath him and expects his status to shield him from consequences. 14 15

He is also vindictive and opportunistic. After Tang San's collapse, he sees the weakened student as an opening for revenge, later bribing a registration teacher to replace Tang San's scheduled tournament opponent with Zhou Ming. 21 22

Though he publicly tells Liu Qiang not to cause trouble at the tournament, he covertly arranges for Zhou Ming to take Tang San's place on the roster and attack him with poisoned arrows. This demonstrates his preference for indirect retaliation when a direct challenge could expose him to punishment. 22 23

Despite his bluster, Xiao Chenyu backs down when confronted by Spirit Hall's Ma Xiunuo and cannot substantiate his accusations against Tang San after Zhou Ming's attack fails. 16 23

Following the tournament scandal, he becomes noticeably more restrained in public and ceases openly provoking Tang San, though he remains resentful over his repeated humiliation. 27

Abilities & Skills

Wolf Martial Soul

Xiao Chenyu possesses a wolf martial soul. When he activates martial soul possession, a gray wolf shadow appears behind him; his nails lengthen and his features become more bestial. 15

• Was described as nearly level eleven during his confrontation with Tang San. 15
• His martial soul grants him notable speed and physical strength, allowing him to break portions of Tang San's Blue Silver Grass bindings. 15
• He is able to summon his wolf martial soul quickly in an attempted evasive response when Zhou Ming's poisoned arrows are redirected toward him. 23
• His combat performance was severely hindered by Ji Yuan's hallucinogenic toxin, which weakened his reactions and distorted his vision. 15

Parasitic Soul Power Drain

Unbeknownst to Xiao Chenyu, Ji Yuan has seeded spores in his body, including along the meridians associated with his wolf martial soul. These spores covertly disperse a portion of the soul power he gathers, producing unexplained difficulty in cultivation rather than an immediately visible illness. 23 24

The hidden node also makes him a stable source of energy for Ji Yuan's Notting Dark Web. Ji Yuan deliberately limits the drain, preserving Xiao Chenyu's status and social access rather than consuming him outright. 24 27

Relationships

• Tang San — Rival and target of Xiao Chenyu's bullying and retaliation. Tang San defeats him in the cafeteria, after which Xiao Chenyu engineers a dangerous tournament matchup against him. 15 22 23
• Xiao Wu — Adversary who openly defends the Seventh Dormitory and repeatedly mocks Xiao Chenyu after his defeats. 14 15 16 23
• Wang Sheng — Work-study student whom Xiao Chenyu attempts to intimidate for speaking against him. 15 16
• Zhou Ming — Hired accomplice in Xiao Chenyu's attempt to injure Tang San during the academy tournament; Zhou Ming exposes Xiao Chenyu's involvement. 22 23
• Liu Qiang — One of Xiao Chenyu's lackeys. Liu Qiang inadvertently reveals that Xiao Chenyu ordered the attack on Tang San while under the effect of Ji Yuan's poison. 15
• Ji Yuan — Unbeknownst to Xiao Chenyu, Ji Yuan plants spores near his wolf martial soul and preserves him as a useful conduit to upper-year students and wider City Lord's Manor circles. Ji Yuan steadily siphons his soul power while ensuring that the impairment remains concealed. 23 24 26
• City Lord's Manor — Xiao Chenyu's family position gives him social protection and makes his circle valuable to Ji Yuan. Ji Yuan uses spores on Xiao Family personnel to open a route into the manor's wider network. 24 26

Story Role / Major Arcs

Conflict with the Seventh Dormitory

Xiao Chenyu provokes the work-study students in the academy cafeteria and challenges Tang San when Tang San refuses to let the others be humiliated. He loses the ensuing fight and threatens to involve his father. 14 15

Ji Yuan uses the confrontation to test hallucinogenic toxin on Xiao Chenyu and his followers. The poison causes Xiao Chenyu's attacks to miss and makes the upper-year students mistake one another for enemies, contributing to his public humiliation. 15

Academy Tournament Retaliation

Hearing that Tang San is weakened, Xiao Chenyu plans revenge. He pays Zhou Ming and a registration teacher to alter the tournament roster, placing Zhou Ming against Tang San with poisoned hidden arrows. 21 22

The scheme collapses when Ji Yuan's interference causes Zhou Ming to shoot at Xiao Chenyu instead. Zhou Ming identifies Xiao Chenyu as the person who sent him, resulting in Zhou Ming's disqualification and Xiao Chenyu's suspension from the remaining matches. 23

Unwitting Host of the Notting Dark Web

Ji Yuan leaves spores within Xiao Chenyu and siphons his soul power over time. Xiao Chenyu becomes increasingly unable to gather soul power properly, though neither he nor the academy identifies the true cause. 23 24 25

Ji Yuan later exploits Xiao Chenyu's household connections by planting spores on a City Lord's Manor guard, opening a path for the parasite's influence to spread beyond the academy. Ji Yuan also uses a spore on Xiao Chenyu's attendant to manipulate the circulation of coins and help create the appearance that the Xiao Family is framing Tang San. 26

As Ji Yuan's Notting network stabilizes, Xiao Chenyu outwardly stops causing trouble for Tang San. However, his continued presence as the city lord's son leaves him a useful long-term link between Ji Yuan's academy hosts and the City Lord's Manor. 24 27

Trivia

• Xiao Chenyu's public defeat leaves him covered in spilled meat broth. 15 16
• Ji Yuan considers Xiao Chenyu too useful to discard because his position as the city lord's son can connect the parasite to more people. 16 24
• Although he attempts to use Zhou Ming's poisoned arrows against Tang San, Xiao Chenyu is nearly struck by the same arrows after Ji Yuan disorients Zhou Ming. 22 23
• Xiao Chenyu initially tries to mock Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, but Tang San's hundred-year Soul Ring forces him to take the fight more seriously. 15
• His attempt to invoke his father's influence ends abruptly when Ma Xiunuo of Spirit Hall appears at the academy. 16