Zhu Zhuqing

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Zhu Zhuqing (朱竹清) 1
Alias(es)	Second Miss 12 13
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Shrek Academy 15 16
Occupation/Role	Soul Master; Shrek Academy student 15 16
Status	Alive; last seen at the Sylvester Kingdom border after being teleported from the Star Dou Great Forest 33
First Appearance	Chapter 1 1

Background / History

In the Divine Realm era, Zhu Zhuqing was associated with Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er. Huo Yuhao later recalls both Zhuqing's care when he first ascended and her protection of his mother as kindness he cannot ignore. During the confrontation involving Dai Hao, Huo Yun'er clings to Zhuqing's arm while supporting Huo Yuhao's decision. 1 12

After Huo Yuhao leaves Killing City and returns to the Radiant Continent, he encounters a younger Zhu Zhuqing fleeing through a forest. She is being hunted by successive groups of assassins, apparently connected to Dai Weisi's camp, while attempting to reach the Heaven Dou Empire. 11 12

Zhuqing refuses to accept the fate imposed on her by the connection between the Evil-Eyed White Tiger and Netherworld Spirit Cat. Though overwhelmed by Ling Feng and Shi Yue, she chooses to remain with Huo Yuhao after he reveals himself to save her, insisting that she must repay his kindness rather than flee. 12 13

After Huo Yuhao is poisoned in the battle, Zhuqing tends to him, carries him away from the battlefield, seeks treatment, and deliberately uses their unusually compatible soul-power fusion to restore herself so she can continue helping him. 13 14

Appearance

Zhu Zhuqing is a youthful girl whose features Huo Yuhao immediately recognizes despite the difference from her Divine Realm appearance. During her flight from Star Luo, travel leaves her disheveled, while her demeanor is notably colder and harder than before. 11

• Delicate brows 1
• Cold, stern expression while on guard 11
• Nimble, catlike movement when using her martial soul 11
• Often wears the Light Goddess Butterfly pendant at her chest until it is exhausted and shattered 15 31 33

Personality

Zhuqing is resolute and resistant to fatalism. When trapped by Ling Feng, she refuses to believe that her fate has already been decided and resolves to fight even if the outcome is death. 12

She strongly values repaying kindness. Despite being injured and facing a Soul King, she refuses Shi Yue's offer to leave because Huo Yuhao saved her and secretly cleared dangers from her path. 13

Her outward manner is cold and guarded, particularly toward Dai Mubai. She rejects his familiarity, orders him not to call her by name, and keeps her distance from him. 16 Beneath that reserve, she is compassionate and deeply concerned for Huo Yuhao's safety, repeatedly exhausting herself to protect and treat him. 14

Meeting Huo Yuhao changes how she evaluates herself. She recognizes that cultivation rank and practical combat strength are not the same, becoming more humble about her own abilities. 15

Abilities & Skills

Netherworld Spirit Cat

Zhuqing's martial soul grants her feline agility, stealth, and night vision.

• Moves through forests with light landings and minimal sound. 11
• Can see clearly in darkness through the martial soul's natural night vision. 11
• Uses martial soul possession to increase her mobility during combat. 12 13

Nether Hundred Claws

Her second soul skill is an offensive claw technique.

• Used as her strongest attack against the Titan Giant Ape. 30
• Could not damage the hundred-thousand-year soul beast, demonstrating the vast difference in their strength. 30

Soul Power Fusion

Zhuqing's soul power possesses unprecedented compatibility with Huo Yuhao's.

• Her soul power merges with Huo Yuhao's rather than merely suppressing his poison. 13
• Initial fusion drains her soul power and causes her to collapse, before energy flows back into her body. 14
• She later initiates the fusion willingly to accelerate her own recovery, doubling her soul-power circulation speed. 14
• Zhuqing believes that becoming accustomed to Huo Yuhao's higher compatibility would make fusion with Dai Mubai impossible. 14

Red Dust Blessing

The Light Goddess Butterfly pendant given to Zhuqing by Huo Yuhao functions as the defensive soul tool Red Dust Blessing. 15 16

• Creates a crimson-gold defensive barrier that can protect her while she fights. 13
• Activated during Shrek's entrance examination to block Zhao Wuji's attack long enough for her to counterattack. 15 16
• Can manifest Invincible Golden Body, granting complete all-direction defense for fifteen seconds. 16
• Shielded Zhuqing and Xiao Wu from the Titan Giant Ape's shockwave. 30

Darknorth Substitution

The pendant's final life-saving function exchanges Zhuqing's position with Huo Yuhao across an immense distance.

• Activates when Er Ming attempts to crush her to death. 31
• Transfers Zhuqing to a horse near the Sylvester Kingdom border while bringing Huo Yuhao to her former location. 31 33
• Exhausts the pendant completely; its butterfly wings shatter and lose their luster after activation. 33

Equipment / Items

• Light Goddess Butterfly pendant / Red Dust Blessing — Defensive soul tool given by Huo Yuhao; later destroyed after activating Darknorth Substitution. 15 16 33
• Portable storage soul tool — Used to carry supplies and a map during her travels. 33
• Heaven Dou crown prince's token — Found in the horse's luggage after Darknorth Substitution; she recognizes it as Xue Qinghe's personal token. 33

Relationships

• Huo Yuhao — Former Divine Realm acquaintance and protector. He secretly eliminates her pursuers, saves her from Ling Feng and Shi Yue, gives her Red Dust Blessing, and later rescues her from Er Ming through Darknorth Substitution. Zhuqing cares for him through his poisoning and develops a growing attachment to him. 11 15 31 33
• Huo Yun'er — Zhuqing protects Huo Yuhao's mother during the Divine Realm confrontation; this is one reason Huo Yuhao feels obligated to protect Zhuqing in the past. 1 12
• Dai Mubai — Connected to the fate of the Evil-Eyed White Tiger and Netherworld Spirit Cat. Zhuqing rejects his attempts at familiarity and remains cold and distant toward him. 13 16
• Tang San — Zhuqing notices similarities between Tang San's fighting methods and Huo Yuhao's. Tang San privately regards her as expendable to his plans and covets the defensive soul tool she carries. 16 23
• Xiao Wu — Initially a Shrek companion, but Xiao Wu later orders Er Ming to kill Zhuqing out of jealousy over Tang San's attention and a mistaken belief that Zhuqing possesses a Soft-Boned Rabbit soul bone. 30 31 34
• Ning Rongrong — Ning Rongrong seeks closeness with Zhuqing, viewing her as the most approachable potential ally on the Shrek team. 24
• Er Ming — The Titan Giant Ape captures Zhuqing and Xiao Wu, later attempts to crush Zhuqing on Xiao Wu's order, and inadvertently triggers her pendant's substitution effect. 30 31
• Ling Feng and Shi Yue — Pursuers connected to Dai Weisi's side. Ling Feng wounds Zhuqing before Huo Yuhao intervenes; Shi Yue attempts to suppress her and dismiss her from the battle. 12 13

Story Role / Major Arcs

Flight from Star Luo

Zhuqing flees toward the Heaven Dou Empire while assassins pursue her. Huo Yuhao shadows her route, quietly killing multiple groups of pursuers before revealing himself when Ling Feng threatens her life. 11 12

Battle Against Ling Feng and Shi Yue

After Huo Yuhao saves her, Zhuqing refuses to abandon him against Shi Yue. Protected by Red Dust Blessing, she battles Ling Feng while Huo Yuhao confronts Shi Yue; afterward, she helps Huo Yuhao survive the poison left by the battle. 13 14

Shrek Academy Enrollment

Zhuqing enters Shrek Academy and uses Red Dust Blessing to survive Zhao Wuji's attack, gaining enough time to threaten him with a dagger. Her success reveals the soul tool's extraordinary defensive power to the other applicants. 15 16

Star Dou Great Forest Incident

When Er Ming appears, Zhuqing draws its attention by attacking under the golden barrier. She and Xiao Wu are taken to Er Ming's lair, where Xiao Wu orders her execution. Darknorth Substitution saves Zhuqing at the cost of destroying her pendant. 30 31 33

Separation from Huo Yuhao

Transported nearly two provinces away, Zhuqing realizes that returning to Huo Yuhao immediately would be impossible with her current strength. After finding Xue Qinghe's token, she considers going to the Heaven Dou Empire to wait for him. 33

Trivia

• Zhuqing initially mistakes Huo Yuhao's hidden protector for Dai Mubai after Ling Feng refers to a “Third Prince.” 12
• She does not know Huo Yuhao's name when he first gives her the pendant. 15
• The pendant's true final function is stronger than the fifteen-second Invincible Golden Body she initially believes to be its limit. 16 33