Contents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background
- 4Appearance
- 5Personality
- 6Abilities & Skills
- 6.1Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda
- 6.2Distraction Control
- 6.3Divine Abilities
- 7Relationships
- 8Story Role / Major Arcs
- 8.1Opposition to Tang San and Yu Xiaogang
- 8.2Departure from Shrek Academy
- 8.3Alliance with Tang Chuan
- 8.4Evolution into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda
- 8.5Loss of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect
- 8.6Qingdi Sect Member
- 8.7Redemption and Repentance
- 8.8Divergent Future Legacies
- 9Notable Quotes
- 10Trivia
Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Ning Rongrong (宁荣荣) 14 |
| Alias(es) | Rongrong 57 |
| Gender | Female 82 |
| Affiliation | Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; formerly Shrek Academy; Qingdi Sect in the comparison video's White World future 80 284 |
| Occupation/Role | Support-type soul master; daughter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's sect master 57 426 |
| Martial Soul | Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda; evolves into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in both the depicted original future and the White World timeline 90 133 509 |
| Status | Alive; survives the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's destruction in the comparison video's future 283 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 14 14 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda → Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda | 90 133 509 | In the comparison video's original future, Tang San gives her the Aromatic Silk Beauty, allowing her martial soul to evolve. In the White World timeline, Tang Chuan later gives her the herb, enabling the same evolution. |
| Level 71 Soul Saint | 420 431 | Breaks through after receiving support for her cultivation bottleneck and absorbing God-Bestowed Soul Rings alongside the other women. |
| Deity Ascendance (Auxiliary-type Deity / Nine-Colored Goddess) | 498 | In the comparison video's original future, she successfully passes the Divine Nine Trials of the Nine-Colored Goddess, ascending to become the first auxiliary-type Deity alongside Oscar. |
| Level 80 Soul Douluo | 509 | After her cultivation had reached level 79 through prior rewards, consuming the Aromatic Silk Beauty evolves her martial soul and allows her to break through the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's inherent level-79 limit. |
Background
Ning Rongrong is Ning Fengzhi's daughter and is closely protected by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo. Her privileged upbringing makes her confident in both her family status and the protection afforded by the sect's three major powerhouses. 14 57
While at Shrek Academy, she becomes increasingly disillusioned with its training and management after the Comparison Sky Screen reveals its conduct in another world's history. She accepts Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong's decision to bring her home, admitting that she had grown tired of staying there. 78 80
She accompanies her father and Gu Rong to Dugu Manor, where she learns that Tang Chuan is present and meets him for the first time. Her family subsequently forms an alliance with Tang Chuan after he offers the Aromatic Silk Beauty, which can evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. 82 83
After Tang Chuan returns to Qingdi Sect with the revived Ah Yin, he fulfills this prospect by personally giving Ning Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty. She successfully refines the herb, evolves her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and breaks through to level 80. 509
Following the Black World Comparison Video revealing her past ungrateful behavior regarding the deaths of Sword and Bone Douluo, she returns to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in the current timeline, tearfully kneels before her father, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo, and desperately admits her mistakes, vowing to remain loyal and become the pride of the sect. 477
Appearance
Ning Rongrong is repeatedly described as delicate, beautiful, and noble, with sky-blue eyes and an aristocratic bearing. 22 93
- Exudes a refined and confident presence associated with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. 14 22
- In the future following her sect's destruction, she wears plain white mourning clothes and appears pale, frail, and grief-stricken. 283
- Her eyes become red and swollen after learning of her father and the sect's fate. 283
Personality
Ning Rongrong is outspoken, sharp-minded, and unwilling to defer to status alone. She repeatedly questions Yu Xiaogang's theories, challenges his choices regarding Tang San's soul rings, and openly identifies contradictions in his Martial Soul Mimicry Theory. 22 25 36
Although initially proud of her sect background, she possesses a strong sense of fairness. She argues that Tang Chuan has no obligation to remain devoted to Tang Hao after being neglected by him, framing gratitude around genuine care and upbringing rather than blood alone. 15
Her attachment to her family becomes most apparent in the comparison video's future. After the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is destroyed, she abandons her former liveliness and humbles herself before Tang Chuan in pursuit of justice for Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and the sect's dead. 283 284
The exposure of her original-future counterpart's indifference to Sword and Bone Douluo's deaths leaves her horrified and remorseful. She firmly rejects that future self's conduct, swearing that she will never neglect the elders who raised her for Tang San's sake. 477
Her criticism of Shrek Academy's educational culture continues when the Peerless Tang Sect-era footage is shown. She recognizes Zhou Yi's authoritarian training methods as an extension of Flender's own approach and condemns the indiscriminate punishment of students. 550
Abilities & Skills
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda
Ning Rongrong's martial soul is a support-type Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, which she uses to empower allies. After consuming the Aromatic Silk Beauty, it evolves into the stronger Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. 65 426 509
- Can provide amplification support to allies, as demonstrated when she boosts Shui Bing'er during the Sea God Trident trial. 426
- Her family's martial soul has an inherent cultivation barrier: no Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda soul master is stated to have surpassed level 79 without evolution. 83 446
- The Aromatic Silk Beauty can evolve it into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. This occurs in the comparison video's original future through Tang San and in the White World timeline through Tang Chuan. 90 133 509
- After the evolution of her martial soul, she breaks through to level 80, proving that she has overcome the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's inherited limit. 509
Distraction Control
Distraction Control is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's inherited secret technique, associated with precise simultaneous martial-soul manipulation. 133
- Ning Rongrong is instructed to cultivate the technique as part of her sect inheritance. 133
- In the original future, Ning Fengzhi permits her to teach it to Tang San in return for his gift of the Aromatic Silk Beauty. 133
- The technique is treated as a restricted family inheritance rather than knowledge freely shared outside the sect. 3 133
Divine Abilities
- Martial Soul Fusion Skill (Resurrection Light) — In the original future, she and Oscar obtain a powerful fusion skill capable of resurrecting the dead, which they use to bring back Tang San. 453 454
- Nine-Colored Goddess Divine Power — As an ascended Deity, she possesses divine auxiliary abilities that vastly raise the status and influence of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. 498
Relationships
- Ning Fengzhi — Her father and the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; he retrieves her from Shrek Academy and later supports Tang Chuan's alliance for the sect's future. 57 80 83
- Gu Rong / Bone Douluo — Her “Bone Grandpa,” a deeply protective elder who accompanies Ning Fengzhi to bring her home from Shrek Academy. Her future neglect of his death becomes the source of profound remorse, and she vows never to repeat it. 80 477
- Chen Xin / Sword Douluo — Her “Sword Grandpa” and another major protector of the Ning family. Her future neglect of his death likewise drives her repentance and renewed loyalty to the sect. 14 57 477
- Tang San — Shrek classmate and frequent ideological opponent; she challenges his views on filial piety and Yu Xiaogang's teachings, though she acknowledges the future favor of the Aromatic Silk Beauty. 15 90
- Yu Xiaogang — A target of her sustained criticism; she exposes gaps in his martial soul knowledge and mocks the failures of his theories. 22 25 36 90
- Tang Chuan — A prodigy she admires and later meets at Dugu Manor; in the comparison video's future, she joins his Qingdi Sect to seek vengeance for her destroyed sect. He later gives her the Aromatic Silk Beauty, allowing her martial soul to evolve and her cultivation to reach level 80. 40 82 284 509
- Zhu Zhuqing — Former Shrek classmate who brings Ning Rongrong's request for refuge to Tang Chuan; Tang Chuan accepts Ning Rongrong partly for Zhu Zhuqing's sake. 283 284
- Oscar — Fellow Shrek student with whom she develops mutual feelings; Ning Fengzhi later approves their relationship after the sect's destruction, and Oscar follows her into the Qingdi Sect and later achieves godhood alongside her in the original future. 173 284 498
Story Role / Major Arcs
Opposition to Tang San and Yu Xiaogang
Ning Rongrong first stands out as one of the few people willing to dispute Tang San's rigid interpretation of filial piety. She argues that Tang Chuan's years of caring for Tang Hao adequately repaid the neglectful father's debt of upbringing. 15
As the Comparison Sky Screen exposes Yu Xiaogang's decisions, she becomes an incisive critic of his claimed expertise. She questions his plan to use a ten-year Lone Bamboo for Tang San's first ring, challenges his refusal to bring stronger assistance into the Soul Hunting Forest, and highlights the inconsistency between his theory and Tang Chuan's plant-type development path. 25 26 36
Departure from Shrek Academy
After seeing Shrek Academy's flaws displayed through the comparison footage, Ning Rongrong loses interest in remaining there. Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong arrive to take her back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and she readily agrees. 80
She later continues criticizing Shrek's public image, particularly Flender's notoriously unattractive poop-green academy uniforms. 132 141
When the later Peerless Tang Sect-era footage reveals Zhou Yi's extreme methods, Ning Rongrong compares the teacher to Flender and denounces the academy's practice of subjecting students to unreasonable running punishments. 550
Alliance with Tang Chuan
Ning Rongrong accompanies Ning Fengzhi to Dugu Manor and learns that Tang Chuan is staying there. 82 Her father subsequently pledges the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's support to Tang Chuan in exchange for the Aromatic Silk Beauty and the prospect of evolving their inherited martial soul. 83
Evolution into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda
Tang Chuan eventually gives Ning Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty at Qingdi Sect. Overcome with gratitude, she accepts the herb and refines its medicinal power under his protection. 509
The herb strengthens the origin of her martial soul, transforming the seven-tiered pagoda into a crystalline nine-tiered pagoda suffused with nine-colored radiance. The evolution also lets her pass level 79 and reach level 80. 509
Loss of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect
In the comparison video's future, Martial Soul Hall destroys the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Ning Rongrong survives because she is away at the academy, but receives the devastated Ning Fengzhi and badly wounded Gu Rong when they bring news of the sect's fall. 169 170
Later, she arrives at the Qingdi Sect dressed in mourning clothes and kneels before Tang Chuan, offering to serve in any capacity if he will eventually avenge her family and sect. 283
Qingdi Sect Member
Tang Chuan allows Ning Rongrong to remain in the Qingdi Sect and promises to seek justice for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect if the opportunity arises. Oscar also chooses to stay, and both are registered as Qingdi Sect members. 284
Her determination is renewed when Tang Chuan reaches Title Douluo and gains the 100,000-year Ancient Tree of Life Right Arm Bone, giving her greater hope that the sect's destruction can be avenged. 293
Redemption and Repentance
After watching the Black World Comparison Video expose how her future counterpart coldly ignored the deaths of Sword and Bone Douluo to obsess over Tang San, Ning Rongrong suffers an emotional breakdown. She immediately returns to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, kneels in tears before her father and elders, and swears an oath to never become such an ungrateful person, winning the complete trust and emotional forgiveness of her family. 477
Divergent Future Legacies
In the comparison video's original future, Ning Rongrong and Oscar ascend together after becoming the Nine-Colored Goddess and God of Food. However, they leave no descendants to inherit the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and Sausage martial souls, a fact that deeply concerns Ning Fengzhi. 498 502
By contrast, later White World footage reveals that Ning Rongrong bears Tang Chuan a son, Tang Liufeng. Ning Fengzhi interprets the child's name as reflecting her continued attachment to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and to her father. 524
Notable Quotes
“Parents give us the gift of life, but is the grace of raising us not important as well?” 15
“Rongrong is willing to join the Qingdi Sect! As a slave or a servant, to work like a beast of burden—I am willing to do anything!” 283
“I don't know why the me from the original future became like that. But Dad, Sword Grandpa, Bone Grandpa! Believe me! The real me will absolutely never become like that again!” 477
“Sect Master, I succeeded!” 509
Trivia
- She identifies Yu Xiaogang from his “Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul” and knows his connection to Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen. 22
- She is strongly impressed by Tang Chuan's transformed appearance and openly calls him “good-looking” and “cute.” 40
- Her family treats Hair Crystals and Board Crystals as a major investment in Tang Chuan, sending their substantial stockpile to Dugu Manor after their alliance is made. 83
- Her White World counterpart's evolution to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda fulfills the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's longstanding wish to overcome the seven-treasure limit. 509