Zhu Zhuqing

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Zhu Zhuqing (朱竹清)
Gender	Female
Age	12 during her confrontation with Dai Mubai 143
Affiliation	Zhu Clan of the Star Luo Empire by birth; travels with Li Han and Xiao Wu 134 166
Occupation/Role	Agility-type Battle Soul Master 143
Martial Soul	Hell Spirit Cat 131
Soul Power	Rank 36 (documented) 137 143
Known Soul Rings	Two yellow rings and one purple ring 143
First Appearance	Chapter 131

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Rank 26 Soul Grandmaster	131 137	Her recorded level shortly before meeting Li Han; she was fleeing Soul Masters sent by Zhu Zhuyun.
Rank 27	135	Broke through after refining the Yellow Dragon Pill and Golden Marrow Pill with the Inverted Phoenix Nurturing Origin Art.
Rank 30	136	Reached the third-ring barrier after taking the Jade Bone Pill; excess medicinal power remained stored in her body until she could obtain another ring.
Rank 36 Soul Elder	137	Absorbed a two-thousand-year Shadow Sabertooth Tiger as her third soul ring; the stored power from the Jade Bone Pill was released.

Background / History

Zhu Zhuqing was born into the Zhu Clan of the Star Luo Empire. Under the clan’s marriage custom, its legitimate daughters are paired with princes of the imperial family whose Evil-Eyed White Tiger Martial Souls are compatible with the Hell Spirit Cat. Zhu Zhuqing was betrothed to Dai Mubai, while her elder sister, Zhu Zhuyun, was chosen for Dai Weisi. She resented being used as a sacrifice in the imperial family’s succession conflict. 134

She escaped the Star Luo Empire intending to cross the Star Dou Great Forest and find Dai Mubai in the Heaven Dou Empire. Zhu Zhuyun sent Soul Masters after her, and Zhu Zhuqing was injured while escaping their Wind Blade Rain. Rather than surrender, she entered an approaching beast tide and hid in a tree hollow. 131

Li Han dispersed the beast tide after knocking over a thirty-thousand-year Earth King, discovered Zhu Zhuqing, and treated her wounds with an Essence Nourishing Pill. After learning of her circumstances, he offered cultivation guidance and the Inverted Phoenix Nurturing Origin Art. Zhu Zhuqing accepted his terms—including a mental restriction preventing her from speaking of him—and chose to gamble on the chance to control her own fate. 132 134 135

Under Li Han’s guidance and with his pills, Zhu Zhuqing rapidly rose from rank 26 to rank 36. She acquired her third soul ring from a two-thousand-year Shadow Sabertooth Tiger and received the Shadow Gloves, a Dharma Artifact forged for her from a far stronger Shadow Sabertooth Tiger’s fangs. 137 141

In Suotuo City, Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Mubai and found him indulging himself rather than preparing for their shared political fate. She defeated him despite being one rank lower, declared their engagement dissolved, and set a goal of becoming a Soul King before the final battle that would determine their futures. 143 144 145

Later, she accompanied Li Han and Xiao Wu into the Star Dou Great Forest. After taking the Singular Velvet Sky Pill, she agreed to challenge a ten-thousand-year Ghost Tiger as her prospective fourth soul ring. Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu killed the beast through coordinated attacks. 166 167 168

Appearance

Zhu Zhuqing is a black-haired girl with a cat-like appearance associated with her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul. She initially appears in fitted black clothing while fleeing through the Star Dou Great Forest. 131

• Shoulder-length black hair. 131
• Hair styled into prominent cat-ear shapes. 131
• Usually wears black, close-fitting clothing. 131
• Her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul manifests with a feline combat style and black Soul Power claws. 131

Personality

Zhu Zhuqing is initially cold, melancholy, and deeply distrustful of the fate forced upon her. Repeated failed escape attempts and Dai Mubai’s abandonment leave her resentful, but they also make her exceptionally determined to survive. 131

She is decisive when offered a genuine path forward. Despite having known Li Han only briefly, she accepts his dangerous conditions because she sees strength as her only means of escaping the Zhu Clan and imperial family’s control. 134 135

After gaining power, Zhu Zhuqing becomes more confident and openly defiant. She no longer expects Dai Mubai to save her, instead pursuing her own cultivation and the ambition to surpass both him and Zhu Zhuyun. 138 143 145

Goals

• Control her own fate rather than remain a pawn of the Zhu Clan and Star Luo imperial family. 134
• Surpass her elder sister Zhu Zhuyun, who was rank 43 when Zhu Zhuqing fled the empire. 138
• Reach the Soul King realm before the final battle connected to her arranged marriage. 145
• End her engagement to Dai Mubai. 144 145

Abilities & Skills

Hell Spirit Cat

Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Soul is the Hell Spirit Cat, a feline Martial Soul suited to speed, close combat, and claw-based attacks. 131 143

• Fusing with the Martial Soul increases her speed severalfold. 131
• Allowed her to evade pursuing Soul Masters despite her then-lower Soul Grandmaster cultivation. 131
• Supports her role as an agility-type Battle Soul Master. 143

First Soul Skill: Hell Stab

Hell Stab condenses sharp Soul Power claws for a direct killing strike. 137

• Used to kill the immobilized two-thousand-year Shadow Sabertooth Tiger. 137
• With the Shadow Gloves transformed into claws, it tore through the hide of a ten-thousand-year Ghost Tiger. 168

Second Soul Skill: Netherworld Hundred Claws

Netherworld Hundred Claws produces a barrage of claw afterimages. 131 168

• Forms blackened, elongated Soul Power claws around her hands. 131
• Can create hundreds of claw afterimages in a single attack. 168
• Shattered an incoming wind blade, though the resulting explosion still injured and threw her back. 131
• Tore several wounds into a ten-thousand-year Ghost Tiger’s hide when used with the Shadow Gloves. 168

Third Soul Skill: Hell Sword Slash

Hell Sword Slash is a highly sharp sword-like Soul Power slash derived from her Shadow Sabertooth Tiger third ring. 137

• Its defining trait is extreme sharpness. 137
• Used to cut the ten-thousand-year Ghost Tiger in half after Xiao Wu created an opening. 168
• Repeated use rapidly consumes her strength; using it twice in the Ghost Tiger battle left her panting. 168

Inverted Phoenix Nurturing Origin Art

Li Han imprinted this divine dual-cultivation art into Zhu Zhuqing’s mind as the basis of her accelerated cultivation. 135

• Increases cultivation speed by at least double. 134
• Helps refine medicinal power and absorb soul rings with exceptional efficiency. 135 137
• Enabled her to safely absorb a two-thousand-year third soul ring beyond the normal limit cited for a third ring. 136 137

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Shadow Gloves — High-grade magical gloves forged by Li Han from the sword fangs of a seventy-six-thousand-year Shadow Sabertooth Tiger. They possess formidable defense, increase attack power by 100%, amplify Soul Power output, reduce Soul Power consumption, and can transform into claws or twin swords. 141 168
• Mystic Armor Talisman — A talisman given by Li Han during his battle with the seventy-six-thousand-year Shadow Sabertooth Tiger; it enveloped Zhu Zhuqing in defensive black armor. 138
• Jade Bone Pill — Improved her tendons, bones, meridians, and Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul quality while raising her Soul Power to the third-ring barrier. 135 136
• Singular Velvet Sky Pill — Given by Li Han before the group entered the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain new soul rings. 166

Relationships

• Li Han — Rescuer, cultivation guide, and benefactor. He treated her injuries, taught her the Inverted Phoenix Nurturing Origin Art, supplied pills and equipment, and supports her effort to change her fate. Zhu Zhuqing develops strong admiration and romantic feelings toward him. 132 135 140 141
• Dai Mubai — Arranged fiancé and second prince of the Star Luo Empire. Zhu Zhuqing resents his escape from the empire and his self-indulgent life in Suotuo City; after defeating him, she declares their engagement dissolved. 131 143 144 145
• Zhu Zhuyun — Elder sister. Zhu Zhuyun sent Soul Masters to capture Zhu Zhuqing after her escape from the Star Luo Empire. 131
• Xiao Wu — Close friend and “good sister.” They bond over their personal histories, then demonstrate effective teamwork against the ten-thousand-year Ghost Tiger. 146 168

Notable Quotes

“Now I understand. I can only change my fate by relying on myself.” 143

“I, Zhu Zhuqing, will never marry a worthless man who has fallen so low that he cannot even defeat me!” 144