Zhu Zhuqing

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Zhu Zhuqing (朱竹清) 1
Alias(es)	Second Miss 12 13
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Spirit Hall; disciple of Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo; formerly Shrek Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy 15 16 60 110 111
Occupation/Role	Soul Master; disciple under Spirit Hall's Titled Douluos 110 111
Status	Alive; residing in Spirit City while Huo Yuhao prepares to enter seclusion and Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo oversee her cultivation 107 110 111
First Appearance	Chapter 1 1

Power Progression

Stage	Soul Power / Soul Rings	Advancement
Soul Grandmaster	Two yellow soul rings	An advanced Soul Grandmaster while studying at Heaven Dou Royal Academy; she was nearing the Soul Elder rank. 60
Soul Elder	Two yellow soul rings and one black soul ring	Huo Yuhao provides a twenty-thousand-year Snow Lotus soul ring as her third ring, making her black third ring unprecedented among those present. 94 107 110
Control-path development	Three soul rings	Chooses to explore a darkness-oriented control path for the Hell Spirit Cat rather than exclusively following its traditional agility-attack route. 94

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 Hell 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

Following Darknorth Substitution, Zhuqing is transported to the border of the Sylvester Kingdom and cannot immediately return to Huo Yuhao. She enters Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the hope of encountering Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, whose token she found after the substitution. 33 60

At the academy, Xue Beng harasses her, prompting Qian Renxue, then acting as Xue Qinghe, to discipline him and privately question Zhuqing about the token and Huo Yuhao. Zhuqing protects the details of her journey with Huo Yuhao, though she inadvertently reveals that she knows the name Qiu Xue. 60 61

Zhuqing is later imprisoned in Heaven Dou Palace's water dungeon after Xue Beng rises to power. Suspended by chains through her shoulder blades and weighed down in foul water, she endures severe injuries until Huo Yuhao infiltrates the dungeon and rescues her. 85 86 87

During their recovery after the rescue, Zhuqing and Huo Yuhao confess their feelings for one another. Huo Yuhao reveals his name to her, explains his partial Evil-Eyed White Tiger bloodline, and confirms that he protected her initially because of the kindness she had shown Huo Yun'er. 88 89

Huo Yuhao subsequently brings Zhuqing into his Undead Demiplane for her protection. There, she helps care for the mentally regressed Bibi Dong, receives gifts from the Immortal Herbs, and absorbs a twenty-thousand-year Snow Lotus as her third soul ring. 90 91 93 94

After traveling with Huo Yuhao and Qian Renxue to Spirit City, Zhuqing is accepted as the disciple of Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo. Huo Yuhao arranges the tutelage so that she can continue developing while he enters seclusion. 106 107 110 111

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

Following her rescue from Heaven Dou Palace, Huo Yuhao notes that she has grown since their separation. Her previously silver-white-haired companion has also changed significantly, making the reunion especially striking to her. 87

• Delicate brows 1
• Cold, stern expression while on guard 11
• Nimble, catlike movement when using her martial soul 11
• Possesses dark eyes associated with her Hell Spirit Cat martial soul. 11 89
• Often wore the Light Goddess Butterfly pendant at her chest until it was exhausted and shattered. 15 31 33
• Was left filthy, feverish, and severely wounded after her imprisonment in Heaven Dou Palace's water dungeon. 86 87

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 65 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

Zhuqing is capable of enduring extreme suffering without surrendering. Even while imprisoned and gravely injured by Xue Beng, she retains the presence of mind to warn Huo Yuhao about the dungeon's soul-power suppression and trusts him when he tells her to rely on him. 86

Though she sometimes feels insecure over Huo Yuhao's past and the other women important to him, Zhuqing chooses openness rather than withdrawal. She accepts his honesty about Qiu'er, Xue'er, and Liya, and resolves to cultivate diligently rather than consider herself unworthy of standing beside him. 89 100 105

She wants to be more than someone Huo Yuhao must protect. This desire leads her to choose the unfamiliar control path for the Hell Spirit Cat and to accept Spirit Hall tutelage during his seclusion. 94 107 111

Abilities & Skills

Hell Spirit Cat

Zhuqing's Hell Spirit Cat 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
• Traditionally suits the agility-attack path, though Zhuqing has begun developing it toward a darkness-oriented control path. 94

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
• She later identifies Huo Yuhao's Evil-Eyed White Tiger bloodline and double pupils as the likely basis for their extraordinary compatibility. 89
• Although Zhuqing believes they could possess a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Huo Yuhao declines to test the fusion further. 89 90 107

Snow Lotus Third Soul Ring

Huo Yuhao provides Zhuqing with a black third soul ring originating from a twenty-thousand-year Snow Lotus. 94

• Snow Lotuses possess strong abilities to seal and release origin energy. 94
• The ring supports Zhuqing's decision to develop the Hell Spirit Cat along a darkness-oriented control path. 94
• Its true-black coloration confirms a soul beast age exceeding ten thousand years, astonishing Ghost Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Hu Liena. 110

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

White Tiger Dagger

Zhuqing carries the White Tiger Dagger entrusted to her by Huo Yuhao.

• The dagger can absorb and store one offensive soul skill, then release it during a later strike. 94
• Huo Yuhao charges it with his first Asura Demon Sword soul skill, Asura Azure Annihilation Thunder, so that it can protect Zhuqing in an emergency. 94
• During her rescue from the palace dungeon, Huo Yuhao guides Zhuqing's hand to use the dagger's Annihilation effect against Xue Beng's guards. 86

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
• White Tiger Dagger — A dagger capable of storing a single offensive soul skill; entrusted to Zhuqing by Huo Yuhao. 94
• Portable storage soul tool — Previously used to carry supplies and a map during her travels; her original belongings were later lost during her imprisonment in the water dungeon. 33 109
• Heaven Dou crown prince's token — Found in the horse's luggage after Darknorth Substitution; Zhuqing recognizes it as Xue Qinghe's personal token and later presents it to Qian Renxue. 33 60 61

Relationships

• Huo Yuhao — Former Divine Realm acquaintance, protector, and Zhuqing's lover. He secretly eliminates her pursuers, saves her from Ling Feng and Shi Yue, gives her Red Dust Blessing, rescues her from Er Ming through Darknorth Substitution, and later saves her from Xue Beng's water dungeon. Zhuqing cared for him through his poisoning, eventually confesses her feelings, and learns his true name. 11 12 13 14 15 31 33 86 87 88 89
• 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 Hell Spirit Cat. Zhuqing rejects his attempts at familiarity, remains cold and distant toward him, and continues to forbid him from calling her by name. 13 16 65
• 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
• Qian Renxue / Xue Qinghe — Qian Renxue resolves Xue Beng's harassment of Zhuqing at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, questions her over the stolen crown-prince token, and later travels with her and Huo Yuhao to Spirit City. Their relationship is occasionally strained by Qian Renxue's feelings toward Huo Yuhao, but Zhuqing acts as a considerate mediator between them. 60 61 98 105 106
• Bibi Dong / Dong'er — Zhuqing helps change clothes for and care for the mentally regressed Bibi Dong in the Undead Demiplane. Bibi Dong frequently imitates Zhuqing's speech and mannerisms. 91 93 99 100
• Xue Beng — Harasses Zhuqing at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and later has her brutally imprisoned in the palace water dungeon. Huo Yuhao rescues Zhuqing and gives her the means to take revenge on Xue Beng's guards. 60 86 87
• Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo — Spirit Hall Titled Douluos chosen by Huo Yuhao to guide Zhuqing during his seclusion. Both accept her as a disciple after witnessing her ten-thousand-year third ring. 107 110 111
• Hu Liena — Zhuqing meets Hu Liena in Spirit City when the latter intervenes against a dishonest merchant. Hu Liena later witnesses Zhuqing's exceptional soul-ring configuration during the disciple arrangement. 109 110

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

Heaven Dou Royal Academy

Zhuqing enrolls at Heaven Dou Royal Academy to seek information about Huo Yuhao through Crown Prince Xue Qinghe. Xue Beng harasses her, but Qian Renxue intervenes, disciplines him, and questions Zhuqing about the crown-prince token in her possession. 60 61

Water Dungeon Imprisonment and Rescue

After Xue Beng gains authority, Zhuqing is tortured and confined in Heaven Dou Palace's water dungeon. Huo Yuhao infiltrates the prison, frees her from the chains and weights holding her beneath the water, and brings her to safety to heal her wounds. 85 86 87

Reunion with Huo Yuhao

While recovering at an inn, Zhuqing and Huo Yuhao finally address their mutual attachment. Zhuqing takes the initiative to confess her feelings, and Huo Yuhao reveals that his name is Huo Yuhao rather than Dai Yuhao. They also discuss his White Tiger bloodline, her bond with him, and the women from his past who remain important to him. 88 89

Undead Demiplane and Third Soul Ring

Huo Yuhao brings Zhuqing into his Undead Demiplane for her safety. She assists with Bibi Dong's care, receives the Immortal Herbs' goodwill, and chooses a control-oriented future for the Hell Spirit Cat when she absorbs a twenty-thousand-year Snow Lotus as her third soul ring. 90 91 93 94

Spirit Hall Tutelege

Zhuqing travels with Huo Yuhao and Qian Renxue to Spirit City. Huo Yuhao secures Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo as her teachers, and Zhuqing demonstrates her two yellow and one black soul-ring configuration before they formally accept her as a disciple. 106 107 110 111

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
• Zhuqing first discovers Huo Yuhao's distinctive double pupils while trying to save him after the battle with Shi Yue. 14
• Her black third soul ring is a genuine ten-thousand-year-plus ring rather than a purple ring darkened by age, a distinction that shocks multiple Spirit Hall powerhouses. 110