Zhu Zhuqing

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Zhu Zhuqing was born into the Zhu family, whose Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul could fuse with the imperial Dai family’s White Tiger. The families arranged competing prince-and-consort pairs: when the elder prince reached twenty-five, the winners became crown prince and crown princess, while the losers faced lifelong imprisonment with crippled Soul Power or death 44.

Her engagement to Dai Mubai was arranged when she was six, and they had met only once at that time. He fled the Star Luo Empire when she was eight, leaving her to face the succession struggle alone. Zhu Zhuqing neither wanted the crown princess position nor wished to harm her elder sister; her priority was survival 47.

At eleven, she encountered Ye Qinghe’s group while fleeing Zhu Zhuyun and four subordinates. Although badly wounded, she tried to turn away rather than involve the strangers. Ye Qinghe defeated the pursuers, then allowed Zhu Zhuyun to treat her sister. He later explained that the pursuit had been staged to force Zhu Zhuqing to leave, not to kill her 43 44 45.

Zhu Zhuqing initially intended to join Shrek Academy. Dugu Yan challenged that decision, criticized Shrek’s training and graduation requirements, and offered admission to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Dugu Bo’s protection against her forced engagement. Zhu Zhuqing accepted and enrolled with Ye Qinghe’s companions 45 47 48.

Appearance

• Hair and complexion: Long black hair draped over her shoulders and fair skin 43.
• Face and build: A cold, beautiful expression, slender and well-proportioned limbs, and a notably curvaceous figure 43.
• Evil Spirit Cat Possession: Dark green light surrounds her body, her limbs become stronger, and her claws are densely covered in black scales resembling demonic talons 214.

Personality

Zhu Zhuqing is reserved, usually speaking briefly and maintaining an icy expression. Her stubbornness and exceptional willpower allow her to keep fleeing despite blood loss and embedded arrows. Even in danger, she refuses to drag uninvolved strangers into her conflict 43 54.

Freedom from the Star Luo succession struggle makes her visibly more relaxed. Rather than pursuing political power, she focuses on growing stronger and hopes to return home openly after becoming a Titled Douluo 47 52.

She is affectionate beneath her cold exterior but reluctant to betray Dugu Yan’s trust. Her feelings for Ye Qinghe deepen after their souls mingle through Martial Soul Fusion, yet she initially keeps them unspoken. She firmly rejects his suggestion that she become a secret lover and later publicly repudiates Dai Mubai 57 112 117.

Abilities & Skills

Evil Spirit Cat Martial Soul

The Evil Spirit Cat is a top-tier agility-attack Beast Martial Soul created by converting her original Martial Soul’s nether attribute into an evil attribute 107 110.

• Its evil energy can corrode an opponent’s flesh and Soul Power 215.
• Its evolution also transforms her first and second soul skills rather than merely increasing their strength 122.
• Her later absorption of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Soul Ring evolves it into the Dark Demon Evil God Cat; no new skill effects are specified in that passage 318.

Soul Skills

Martial Soul Fusion: Dark Demon Evil God Tiger

Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell Spirit Cat and Ye Qinghe’s Evil Tiger combine into an enormous, transparent black tiger. Their initial fusion is an incomplete Dark Demon Evil God Tiger possessing strength and evil attributes 53.

• Power: Their first demonstration produces Soul Power fluctuations approaching the Soul King realm, exceeding those of the level-forty-seven Dugu Yan 53.
• Control: Ye Qinghe controls the fused creature and uses its speed and claws to knock back the level-sixty-two Qin Ming twice 53.
• Cost: The demonstration completely exhausts Zhu Zhuqing’s Soul Power, leaving her unable to remain standing without support 54.
• Soul mingling: The fusion intertwines their souls and deepens her feelings for Ye Qinghe 53 54 112.
• Compatibility after evolution: Becoming an Evil Spirit Cat strengthens rather than severs her resonance with Ye Qinghe 107 110.

Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record

Ye Qinghe teaches Zhu Zhuqing cultivation methods and martial arts from the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, helping her overcome the limitations of her early two-ring cultivation 73 79.

• Mysterious Heaven Skill: Supports cultivation and prepares her to draw out the immortal herb’s medicinal effects 95 101.
• Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track: Makes her movements and attack approaches less predictable, reducing an agility-type Soul Master’s vulnerability to counters 79.
• Mysterious Jade Hand: Combines with her cat claws to substantially improve attack power 79.
• Purple Demon Eye: Enhances her perception and targeting. She uses it to lock the Evil Spirit Bloodthirsty Spear onto the Ice Phoenix’s vulnerable point 139 215.

Tyrant Dragon Possession

Her 70,000-year Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Left Leg Bone grants an enhancement skill that supplies the dragon’s lightning abilities, strength, defense, and related traits 164.

• Functions like an additional Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, but cannot receive soul rings 164.
• Can operate simultaneously with her Evil Spirit Cat Martial Soul 164.

Equipment / Cultivation Resources

• Narcissus jade muscle bone: A crystalline white immortal herb gifted by Ye Qinghe. Its refinement brings her to level thirty; the remaining medicinal energy raises her to level thirty-seven after she obtains her third ring 73 112 122.
• 70,000-year Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Left Leg Bone: Gifted by Ye Qinghe; grants Tyrant Dragon Possession and advances her cultivation to level forty 162 164.
• Adaptive soul rings: Ye Qinghe supplies her third and fourth rings, which she raises to 1,900 and 12,000 years respectively 122 164.
• Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Soul Ring: A ring Ye Qinghe had replaced from his own configuration. Its absorption triggers her evolution into a Dark Demon Evil God Cat 318.

Relationships

• Ye Qinghe — Martial Soul Fusion partner, cultivation benefactor, and romantic partner. He publicly introduces her as his girlfriend and protects her when Dai Mubai insults her 53 73 117.
• Dugu Yan — Friend and protector who persuades her to avoid Shrek and seek a safer future. Zhu Zhuqing hesitates to pursue Ye Qinghe because of her promise to Dugu Yan; they later cooperate in keeping watch over his romantic behavior 47 112 119.
• Zhu Zhuyun — Elder sister and former succession rival. Zhu Zhuqing forgives her after learning the pursuit was intended to protect her, and their reunion reveals her continuing concern for her sister’s unhappiness 45 229 230.
• Dai Mubai — Former arranged fiancé. His abandonment and debauchery destroy her respect for him; she publicly annuls their engagement 47 57 117.
• Dugu Bo — Protective patron whose influence allows her to escape the threat of the Star Luo marriage arrangement. He confronts Dai Weisi over any possible attempt to threaten her 47 229.
• Liu Erlong — Godmother. After hearing Zhu Zhuqing’s experiences, she adopts her as a goddaughter and threatens anyone who might harm her 229.
• Ye Lingling — Close teammate and friend; they grow comfortable together during their months with the Imperial Fighting Team 62.
• Bibi Dong / Ye Dong’er — Protects her by beating Dai Mubai while inhabiting Ye Qinghe’s body. Her body swaps also explain the alternating weakness in Zhu Zhuqing’s resonance with Ye Qinghe 57 85.
• Dai Weisi — Announces that the Star Luo imperial family and Zhu family support her relationship with Ye Qinghe and permit her to return home 229.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Imperial Fighting Team

• Joins the team alongside Ye Qinghe and Dugu Yan. Qin Ming regards her Martial Soul Fusion with Ye Qinghe as a possible key to winning the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament 52 53.
• Partners with Ye Qinghe in two-on-two soul fighting. Training in the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record helps her catch up despite initially lacking a third ring 79.
• Celebrates with the team after earning Gold Soul Fighting Badges in Heaven Dou City 132.

Soul Master Tournament

• Helps Yu Feng, Osler, and the Shi Brothers defeat Thunder Academy without Ye Qinghe or Dugu Yan entering the fight 215.
• Leads the attack against Skywater Academy, frees her teammates from Ice Seal, defeats three power-attack Soul Masters, evades the Repelling Ice Ring, and kicks Xue Wu off the platform 215.
• Defeats Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er’s Ice Phoenix fusion by striking an unstable Soul Power pathway identified by Ye Qinghe. Shui Bing’er concedes defeat 215 216.
• Receives official approval for her relationship with Ye Qinghe from both the Star Luo imperial family and the Zhu family, ending their threat against her 229.
• Reveals her Soul King cultivation in the finals and restrains Huo Wushuang with one hand after closing on him with enhanced footwork 230 232.

Later Developments

• Waits with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling for Ye Qinghe’s return to Dugu Bo’s cave after his prolonged cultivation 316.
• Absorbs the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Soul Ring and evolves her Martial Soul into the Dark Demon Evil God Cat 318.
• Her relationship with Ye Qinghe ensures the Zhu family’s preservation during the continent’s unification, while the Dai family is destroyed 336.

Notable Quotes

“Don’t you dare. If you dare treat me like that, I promise I’ll make you regret it for the rest of your life.”
— Rejecting Ye Qinghe’s suggestion that she become his secret lover 112

“Dai Mubai, you disgust me. From today onward, our engagement is annulled. I won’t be returning to the Star Luo Empire.”
— Publicly ending her arranged engagement 117