Zhu Zhuqing

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Zhu Zhuqing (朱竹清)
Gender	Female
Age	12 47 48
Martial Soul	Hell Spirit Cat; later evolved into the Nine Nether Shadow Cat 47 75
Affiliation	Formerly Shrek Academy; core disciple of Divine Radiant Academy / Divine Radiant Sect 27 48
Occupation/Role	Agility Attack System Soul Master; Divine Radiant Sect tournament combatant 48 78
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 15

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 27 Soul Grand Master	47	Enrolled at Divine Radiant Academy as a twelve-year-old with the Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul and two century-old Soul Rings.
Level 28	51	The Divine Radiant Pill improved her cultivation and more than doubled her perception of her Martial Soul.
Level 29	52	Reached the next level after enduring double- and triple-gravity training, which fully stimulated the pill's residual medicinal power.
Level 38	75	Consumed the Nether Shadow Flower; her Hell Spirit Cat evolved into the Nine Nether Shadow Cat and her Soul Power rose several levels.

Background

Zhu Zhuqing is the legitimate daughter of the Nether Duke Mansion of the Star Luo Empire and was bound by a family engagement to Dai Mubai. She left the empire hoping that cooperation with Dai could offer a way to resist their families' imposed fate, but came to view him as a coward who abandoned her while indulging himself elsewhere 46 74.

While travelling with Shrek, Zhuqing kept her distance from the group. When Huang Yan humiliated Dai Mubai, she refused to intervene despite their engagement, judging that Dai deserved the consequences of his own conduct 17. Shrek's retreat from the Star Dou Great Forest further convinced her that it could not protect its students; she and Ning Rongrong left the academy together 27.

Appearance

Zhu Zhuqing is described as a cold, aloof young woman who often wears a cloak while travelling. During the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, she wears a black combat suit 46 79.

• Cold, clear eyes and an outwardly restrained expression 46 48.
• Her Martial Soul manifests as a spirit-cat phantom 47.
• After absorbing the Nether Shadow Flower, a bewitching purple tint appears in her eyes, matching the evolved Nine Nether Shadow Cat 75.

Personality

Zhuqing is fiercely independent and driven by a need to control her own fate. She rejects Shrek once she concludes that its teachers and students cannot offer safety or strength, and she joins Divine Radiant Academy specifically because it promises the power she seeks 27 48.

In battle, she is composed, direct, and exceptionally decisive. Her resolve is evident when she accepts Huang Yan's order to make her first kill rather than retreat from the reality of combat 53. Following her break with Dai Mubai, this resolve becomes personal: she seeks to prove that the Star Luo Empire's rules no longer govern her life 75.

Abilities & Skills

Hell Spirit Cat

Zhuqing's original Martial Soul is the Hell Spirit Cat, supporting high-speed agility-attack combat 47 48.

• Hell Stab — Transforms her into a black afterimage for a rapid, direct claw strike; she used it to pass through Li Feng's Wind Blade Array and threaten his throat 48.
• Hell Hundred Claws — Creates a barrage of claw shadows that pressured Li Feng into continuous defense 48.
• Combat intuition — Vice Dean Meng Chen considers her a natural assassin because of her sharp instincts and ability to exploit openings in combat 48.

Nine Nether Shadow Cat

The Nether Shadow Flower evolved Zhuqing's Hell Spirit Cat into the Nine Nether Shadow Cat, greatly improving her strength and Soul Power 75.

• Possesses extreme speed and attack power, particularly when enhanced by Ning Rongrong's Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda 79.
• Produces a dark-purple mist that corrodes and breaks Tang San's Blue Silver Grass before it can restrain her 79.
• Allows her to evade Tang San's hidden weapons while moving with ghostlike speed 79.
• Its evolved power lets her overwhelm Dai Mubai with Hell Hundred Claws and injure Xiao Wu in the tournament final 79.

Endurance Training

Under Huang Yan's training, Zhuqing endured escalating gravity-field exercises and continued pushing herself even after collapsing from exhaustion 52.

• Withstood triple gravity by circulating Soul Power through her body 52.
• Helped Ning Rongrong continue the exercise despite suffering under the same pressure 52.
• Used the ordeal to consolidate her advance to level 29 52.

Relationships

• Huang Yan — Sect Master and source of Zhuqing's rise after she joined Divine Radiant Academy. He supplied the Divine Radiant Pill and Nether Shadow Flower; Zhuqing later pledged unwavering loyalty to him and became his woman 49 57 74 75.
• Ning Rongrong — Close friend and fellow former Shrek student. They left Shrek together, enrolled together, trained side by side, and fought as teammates in the Divine Radiant Sect 27 46 52 79.
• Dai Mubai — Former fiancé. Zhuqing condemns his flight from the Star Luo Empire and his failure to protect her; she formally rejects their engagement and seeks to defeat him herself 27 74 75.
• Shrek Academy — Former academy. Zhuqing leaves after its inability to protect students and later faces its team as a Divine Radiant Sect representative 27 79.
• Li Feng — Divine Radiant Academy senior whom she fought during her core-disciple assessment; Huang Yan stopped the spar after judging Li Feng had already lost 48.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Departure from Shrek

Zhuqing remains aloof during Huang Yan's conflict with Shrek and refuses Dai Mubai's plea for help. After Zhao Wuji retreats from Meng Shu's pressure, she leaves Shrek with Ning Rongrong, declaring that an academy unable to protect its students is not worth remaining in 17 27.

Divine Radiant Academy Enrollment

Zhuqing enrolls as a level 27 Soul Grand Master and earns core-disciple status after displaying superior combat instincts against the level 29 Li Feng. She openly states that she will serve the Divine Radiant Sect if it grants her the absolute power she desires 47 48.

Training and First Kill

The Divine Radiant Pill and Huang Yan's gravity training raise Zhuqing from level 27 to level 29. During the Divine Radiant Sect's retaliation against the Elephant Armor Sect, she carries out her first kill against a crippled Spirit Emperor and begins embracing the sect's ruthless combat doctrine 51 52 53.

Break with Dai Mubai

Conflicted by her Star Luo engagement but unwilling to return to a life controlled by her family, Zhuqing chooses Huang Yan's protection and formally renounces Dai Mubai. Huang Yan gives her the Nether Shadow Flower, evolving her Martial Soul and raising her to level 38 69 72 74 75.

Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament

Zhuqing represents the Divine Radiant Sect against Shrek. In the final, she overwhelms Dai Mubai, destroys Tang San's attempts at restraint with her dark-purple mist, injures Xiao Wu, and helps crush Shrek's team before the assembled audience 78 79.

Divine Radiant Sect Operations

Zhuqing continues to serve at Huang Yan's side after Shrek disbands. She gathers intelligence on Oscar for Huang Yan's schemes and later discusses the Divine Radiant Sect's strategy against Spirit Hall 85 96 97 103.

Trivia

• Zhuqing's first Martial Soul evolution adds “Nine” to the name, changing the Hell Spirit Cat into the Nine Nether Shadow Cat 75.
• Her first kill occurs during the conflict with the Elephant Armor Sect 53.
• She initially entered Divine Radiant Academy at level 27, but her cultivation reached level 38 within the same general period through the sect's pills, training, and immortal herb 47 52 75.