Xu Jiujiu

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Xu Jiujiu (许久久)
Alias(es)	Princess of the Star Luo Empire
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Star Luo Imperial Family; Starlight Auction House
Occupation/Role	Princess; royal representative and recruiter
First Appearance	Chapter 97

Appearance

Xu Jiujiu is a slender, beautiful young woman who initially conceals her identity behind a gold-trimmed mask. She removes the upper-face mask once Huo Yuhao demonstrates that he already knows she is the princess. 98 99

• Wears a gold-trimmed mask while greeting guests at the Star Luo Auction House. 98
• Carries herself with royal poise even in private negotiations. 99
• Uses stand-ins who can publicly appear in her place at less important events. 99

Personality

Xu Jiujiu is politically observant and direct when valuable talent is involved. Having watched Huo Yuhao's tournament conduct and investigated his history, she quickly recognizes his limited attachment to Shrek Academy and tries to recruit him for the Star Luo Empire. 99

Her urgency stems from concern over the Empire's decline and the Sun Moon Empire's technological and material advantages. Although Huo Yuhao's proposal excites her, she regains her composure quickly and treats the discussion as a negotiation rather than an act of charity. 99 100

She also has a pragmatic view of people: she considers those with ordinary desires easier for the imperial family to control and therefore safer to employ. 101

Xu Jiujiu remains attentive to the long-term value of her agreement with Huo Yuhao. Although she grants him substantial support, she views the establishment of his force within Star Luo City as functionally close to recruiting him, since its presence would tie him to the Empire and its imperial family. 105

Political Resources

Royal Invitations and Auction Access

Xu Jiujiu personally arranges Huo Yuhao's access to the Zero Auction Hall, the Starlight Auction House's most prestigious hall. Entry is restricted to holders of royal invitations personally issued by a core royal-family member. 98

• Her invitation to Huo Yuhao is unusually ornate, with luminous pearls embedded among its gold-powder stars. 97 98
• She can pause an auction when evaluating an item offered by Huo Yuhao. 101
• She offers favorable access to her idle properties should Huo Yuhao establish a faction in Star Luo City. 101
• She later permits Huo Yuhao to select a plot of land in Star Luo City for his future force and personally brings him to inspect the chosen site. 105
• Her auction house provides Huo Yuhao with specially arranged reception rooms and staff whenever he returns to conduct business with her. 105 128

Stand-ins

Xu Jiujiu maintains female stand-ins to represent her when she must appear in multiple places at once. One such stand-in publicly presides over the auction while Xu Jiujiu meets Huo Yuhao in private. 99

Negotiation and Recruitment

Xu Jiujiu uses the Empire's wealth, territory, and auction holdings to cultivate potential allies.

• Offers Huo Yuhao peaceful settlement in Star Luo City if his future faction does not oppose the imperial family. 101
• Offers him the final auction item as a demonstration of the Star Luo Empire's sincerity in recruiting him. 101
• Accepts Huo Yuhao's Flesh Alchemy Weapon-Forging Art for expedited evaluation and potential payment. 101
• Purchases Huo Yuhao's flesh-and-blood weapons and associated forging method for thirty-eight million Gold Soul Coins after accounting for their military value and the desensitization training required to use them. 102
• Trusts Huo Yuhao's warning that a ten-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion Clan left arm bone is dangerous for anyone lacking an ultimate ice attribute; she removes it from auction and offers to sell it to him at cost. 102
• Arranges for Huo Yuhao's teammates to be delayed so that he can privately escort the ice-blue-haired final auction item back to his hotel. 103
• Agrees to seek her imperial brother's approval to lend Huo Yuhao eight pure-gold ritual altars for a special ceremony, with the gold to be returned afterward. 128
• Explains that her auction houses do not retain exceptionally poor-quality ten-thousand-year soul bones; such bones have their energy drained to supplement superior soul bones instead. 129
• Has the requested cone-shaped golden altar prepared for Huo Yuhao's Flesh Alchemy forging ritual. 131

Relationships

• Huo Yuhao — Recruitment target and prospective ally. Xu Jiujiu privately meets him, seeks to draw him and his future faction toward the Star Luo Empire, and develops a businesslike rapport based on mutual benefit. 98 99 101 102 She later fulfills her land promise, supports his resource requests, and continues treating him as a valuable long-term partner whose presence in Star Luo City benefits the imperial family. 105 128 131
• Snow Empress — Xu Jiujiu unknowingly facilitates Huo Yuhao's departure from the auction house with the ice-blue-haired girl, who is later revealed to be the Snow Empress in human form. She delays Huo Yuhao's teammates to give the pair time to return to the hotel privately. 103
• Star Luo Imperial Family — Xu Jiujiu acts in its interests, particularly by seeking talent and policies that could strengthen the Empire against the Sun Moon Empire. 99 100
• His Majesty — The unnamed ruler of the Star Luo Empire has taken an interest in Huo Yuhao; Xu Jiujiu intends to present Huo Yuhao's universal martial soul awakening proposal to him. 98 100
• Her Imperial Brother — Xu Jiujiu must consult her imperial brother before lending Huo Yuhao the large quantity of pure gold required for his ritual implements. 128

Story Role

Secret Meeting at the Zero Auction Hall

Xu Jiujiu personally receives Shrek Academy's group at the Star Luo Auction House, though her attention is fixed on Huo Yuhao. She has him escorted to the Zero Auction Hall for a private audience, explaining that His Majesty is interested in him. 98

After Huo Yuhao identifies her despite her mask, she reveals her face and probes his loyalty to Shrek Academy. His answer—that Shrek is merely an academy he once attended—confirms that he may be recruitable after graduation. 99

Discussion of the Empire's Future

Xu Jiujiu admits that the Star Luo Empire is weakening while the Sun Moon Empire benefits from superior Soul Tool technology and mineral resources. Huo Yuhao responds with a proposal for universal martial soul awakening among commoners at a nominal cost, carried out by Soul Masters supported by the imperial family. 99 100

She recognizes that such a policy could win public loyalty and build a military force bound to the imperial family through gratitude rather than late financial incentives. 100

Deal with Huo Yuhao

Following Huo Yuhao's proposal, Xu Jiujiu promises that his faction may peacefully establish itself in Star Luo City as long as it does not oppose the imperial family. She also offers him favorable terms on properties under her name. 101

During the auction, she displays the Empire's eagerness to recruit him by offering the final lot as a gift and arranging immediate evaluation of the Flesh Alchemy Weapon-Forging Art he provides. 101 She later acts on his judgment regarding the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan soul bone, marking the growth of trust between them. 102

Xu Jiujiu also purchases Huo Yuhao's flesh-and-blood weapons for thirty-eight million Gold Soul Coins, recognizing that the technique could be used to equip the Star Luo Imperial Guard with close-combat weapons that ordinary people can operate. 102

Support for Huo Yuhao's Future Faction

After the auction, Xu Jiujiu discreetly holds Huo Yuhao's teammates back so he can take the ice-blue-haired girl from the final lot to the hotel without attracting attention. 103

When Huo Yuhao returns to claim the territory promised in their agreement, Xu Jiujiu has him provided with a map and allows him to choose his preferred plot. She then takes him to inspect the site, calculating that a force rooted in Star Luo City will naturally have reason to protect the Star Luo Imperial Family. 105

Later, Huo Yuhao again turns to Xu Jiujiu for resources needed to upgrade his Eight-Spider Soul Saber through Flesh Alchemy. She agrees to seek permission to lend him pure-gold altars for the ritual, and subsequently has the requested golden altar prepared. 128 131

Trivia

• The Zero Auction Hall is approximately two hundred square meters and furnished with precious wood, jade, and other luxurious decorations. 98
• Xu Jiujiu describes the auction attended by tournament competitors as primarily a gesture of friendship rather than a major commercial exchange. 98
• She uses a Light-Guiding Screen commissioned from the Sun Moon Empire to watch the auction remotely. 99
• Huo Yuhao's invitation differs visibly from the other Shrek representatives' silver invitations, resembling a star-filled night sky. 97
• Xu Jiujiu finds the appearance of flesh-and-blood weapons physically disorienting despite recognizing their military value. 102