Zhu Zhuqing

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Zhu Zhuqing (朱竹清)
Alias(es)	Zhuqing; Sister Zhuqing; “Master’s maid”
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Notting Academy; Du Hao’s group; Shrek Academy freshman team
Occupation/Role	Soul Master; Du Hao’s childhood sweetheart and self-proclaimed maid
First Appearance	Chapter 2
Martial Soul	Nether Spirit Cat
Spirit Power	Innate Full Soul Power; officially recorded as level 7 at awakening due to system interference 2 12

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Innate Full Soul Power / Spirit Power 10	2	Her system-rationalized identity grants Innate Full Soul Power and the Nether Spirit Cat Martial Soul.
Officially registered at level 7	12	Although privately testing at full spirit power, her official awakening result registered as level 7.
First spirit ring acquired	27	Absorbs a 700–800-year Black Panther spirit ring after its compatibility resonance with her martial soul.
First Soul Skill: Nether Shadow Strike	28 43	A stealth-based skill used to vanish from sight; described as dealing critical damage.
Level 29 Soul Grand Master	42	Reaches level 29 alongside Tang San and Xiao Wu after years of intensive soul-power control and purification training.
Second Soul Skill: Nether Hidden Kill	43	Appears from concealment to strike Zhao Wuji hard enough to break his defense and leave a scratch.

Background

Zhu Zhuqing enters the story when Du Hao’s system draws her as a potential Martial Soul. Rather than forcibly converting a living being, Du Hao chooses to preserve her personhood; the system then rationalizes her existence as his childhood sweetheart, a girl he took in during winter when he was four years old 2.

The implanted history establishes that she had already lived with and cared for Du Hao for years, including a period before his memories awakened. Her origins are connected to the royal family, though she has little memory of her early life and no contact with the main Zhu Clan 2 32.

She accompanies Du Hao to Notting Academy, where she insists on retaining her maid identity despite his concern that it could harm her reputation 4 6. She later joins him on a Soul Hunting Forest expedition, where her martial soul resonates with a Black Panther and guides her to her first spirit ring 25 27.

Appearance

Zhu Zhuqing is a black-haired girl with a cold, elegant bearing. At Notting Academy, she alternates between a maid uniform, a fitted black short-sleeved outfit, and tight leather clothing 2 5 9.

• Her Nether Spirit Cat possession manifests cat ears and sharp claws 6 43.
• She is slightly taller than six-year-old Du Hao when first introduced 2.
• She commonly maintains a calm, cool expression, even in tense situations 9 14.
• She wears a black bracelet-style Storage Soul Tool chosen from Flender’s collection 37.

Personality

Zhu Zhuqing is reserved, disciplined, and highly capable. She often responds to Du Hao’s antics with disdainful remarks, calling him a “disgusting master” or a pervert, but consistently takes responsibility for his safety and daily life 2 6 7.

Despite her cool exterior, she is protective and affectionate toward Du Hao. She searches for him when he is late, carries heavy luggage for him voluntarily, trains alongside him, and becomes visibly jealous when Xiao Wu grows close to him 3 4 7 9.

She is focused during cultivation and practical training, refusing to let Du Hao’s jokes distract her while practicing advanced soul-power control 17. In combat, she is patient and precise, preferring to remain hidden until an opening appears 43.

Abilities & Skills

Nether Spirit Cat

Zhu Zhuqing’s martial soul enhances her feline combat traits and has shown compatibility resonance with a Black Panther spirit beast.

• Manifested cat ears during martial soul possession 6.
• Grants her the strength to seize an attacker and throw both him and his club through a dormitory window 6.
• Produced a strong craving and resonance toward the Black Panther that became her first spirit ring 26 27.

Precise Soul Power Manipulation

She trains with Du Hao using Spirit Power Manipulation: From “Entry” to “Burial”.

• Can adhere to surfaces to climb trees and walk on walls 17.
• Achieved unusually rapid cultivation alongside Du Hao, Tang San, and Xiao Wu through sustained control and purification of soul power 42.
• Finds the book mentally hazardous; its knowledge is portrayed as overwhelming for readers 17.

Nether Shadow Strike

Her first soul skill grants stealth and critical-strike potential.

• Allows her to disappear from view during combat 28 43.
• Used at the beginning of the Zhao Wuji assessment to conceal herself from both allies and opponents 43.
• Is described as her critical-damage soul skill 43.

Nether Hidden Kill

Her second soul skill is an ambush attack delivered after remaining concealed.

• She emerges from stealth with sharpened claws to attack a vulnerable opening 43.
• Damages Zhao Wuji through his defenses, leaving a visible scratch despite his Soul Saint durability 43.
• The skill is announced as “Nether Intercepting Shadow” in the same encounter, while the narration identifies her second skill as “Nether Hidden Kill” 43.

Equipment / Items

• Modified Zhuge Crossbow (“Gun-Bow”) — Du Hao guides her hands while using it to kill the Black Panther that provides her first spirit ring 26 27.
• Black bracelet Storage Soul Tool — Chosen from Flender’s collection 37.
• Black club — Used while accompanying Du Hao and Tang San during their alley ambushes on harassers 21.

Relationships

• Du Hao — Childhood sweetheart, master, training partner, and eventual romantic partner. She cares for his daily needs, protects him in battle, and shares a strong but frequently bickering bond with him 2 3 7 25 28.
• Xiao Wu — Close companion whom Zhu Zhuqing treats as a younger sister. They share living space, coordinate around Du Hao, and fight on the same team 8 9 29 38 43.
• Tang San — Fellow student and ally. He initially questions her maid relationship with Du Hao, but later fights alongside her in group operations 3 4 21 43.
• Flender — Mentor and expedition guide who assists her spirit hunt and later invites her and Du Hao to join his academy 25 29.
• Ning Rongrong — Teammate in the assessment against Zhao Wuji; Ning Rongrong is unable to buff Zhu Zhuqing because Zhu Zhuqing remains hidden 42 43.
• Zhu Zhuyun — Older half-sister who may be one of the few members of the Zhu Clan to remember Zhu Zhuqing’s existence 32.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arrival at Notting Academy

Zhu Zhuqing reunites with Du Hao after the system establishes her as his childhood sweetheart and maid. She enrolls at Notting Academy with him, demonstrates her physical strength by ejecting Wang Sheng from a dormitory window, and refuses to stop identifying herself as Du Hao’s maid 2 5 6.

Dormitory Life

She moves into Du Hao’s private villa dormitory, handles much of the household work, and forms a close bond with Xiao Wu. Her jealousy becomes increasingly apparent as Xiao Wu and Du Hao grow closer 7 10 13 14.

Soul Power Training

Zhu Zhuqing trains with Du Hao in advanced soul-power manipulation, mastering tree climbing and wall walking through carefully controlled adhesive force. She remains serious about practice even when Du Hao attempts to distract her 17.

Soul Hunting Forest

She accompanies Du Hao and Flender into the Soul Hunting Forest. Her martial soul identifies a Black Panther as an ideal target, and she helps operate Du Hao’s modified crossbow to kill it before absorbing its 700–800-year spirit ring 25 27.

Shrek Assessment

As part of the freshman team against Zhao Wuji, Zhu Zhuqing begins concealed, avoids support buffs, and waits for the team’s coordinated opening. She then uses her second soul skill to pierce Zhao Wuji’s defense, proving the effectiveness of her stealth-and-assassination combat style 42 43.

Trivia

• Zhu Zhuqing’s existence is created through the system’s “identity rationalization” rather than a normal encounter 2.
• Her official awakening result was deliberately obscured, registering her full innate spirit power as level 7 12.
• She carried roughly four hundred pounds of luggage into the private dormitory while Du Hao carried only a small bag 7.
• She was the first person used as bait in Du Hao’s hypnosis-based money-making scheme 21.