Ju Zi

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Ju Zi (橘子)
Title(s)	Chief Ju Zi; Pavilion Master; Empress Dowager Regent in her previous life 5 111 114
Species/Race	Human 5 114
Gender	Female 1
Age	Reborn at six; ten when she brings Huo Yuhao to her side; fifteen during the Divine Machine Hall experiments 5 114
Affiliation	Sun Moon Empire; Spirit Medicine Pavilion; Divine Machine Hall; Minghuang Academy 5 113 116
Occupation/Role	Soul Engineer, organizational leader, academy founder, and former imperial regent 5 14 113 114
Cultivation	Level 36 Soul Elder 114
Status	Reborn; active during the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament 5 171
First Appearance	Introduces herself to Huo Yuhao as his future wife 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Physical foundation strengthened	8	Consumes Huo Yuhao’s Red Jade Pill, experiencing its body-strengthening effects firsthand.
Level 17	16	Recorded during the first Milk Bottle measurement experiment; her reserves fill 3.5 bottles under the original measurement standard.
Level 36 Soul Elder	114	Her recorded cultivation at fifteen. Her authority over senior Soul Engineers rests on expertise and leadership rather than overwhelming personal strength.

Background / History

Previous Life

Ju Zi rose to become the Sun Moon Empire’s Empress Dowager Regent before handing power to her son, Xu Yunhan. Under his rule, the empire consolidated its resources and prospered, but continental unification remained impossible. Shrek Academy, the Tang Sect, and the three opposing empires survived with interference from gods of the upper realm 5.

Huo Yuhao had been a source of hope in her earlier life, but their relationship never became the complete family she wanted. Their time together amounted to fewer than one hundred days, and he eventually ascended to godhood. Ju Zi died alone in the imperial palace approximately a century after his ascension 5 6.

Xu Yunhan’s disputed conception and succession left a lasting concern for her. Although she and her son suppressed opposition, she wanted a second chance to give him an unquestioned throne and a family with both biological parents present 5.

Rebirth and Early Preparations

Ju Zi returned to the eve of her Martial Soul awakening at six. Using remembered Soul Tool technology, she saved her father and established herself as a Soul Tool prodigy. By ten, she already commanded guards and had begun building a power base near the Sun Moon Empire’s border 3 5.

Rather than allow Huo Yuhao to follow his former hardships, she sent men to abduct him and bring him to her household after his mother’s death. She arranged his first Soul Ring, provided shelter and nutrition, and recruited Ye Guyi as both an ally and a future sister figure for him 1 2 3 4 5.

Her ultimate objective is to unify Douluo Continent under the Sun Moon Empire. She intends to intercept exceptional talents before they join the Tang Sect, eliminate the threat of Evil Soul Masters, and prevent the old continental powers from rebuilding their former advantage 3 5.

Appearance

• Early appearance: A delicate, fair-skinned girl around ten, with slender hands and a maturity strikingly at odds with her youthful face 2 5.
• Hair: Described with long black hair casually braided behind her head at the Spirit Medicine Pavilion; a later tournament appearance describes orange-red hair cascading down her back 24 150.
• Clothing: Usually appears in clean, simple everyday clothes or plain, light-colored dresses 24 68 150.
• Bearing: Her intellectual air, cool elegance, and practiced composure reveal the habits of someone accustomed to high status 24 114.
• Scent: Huo Yuhao notices a faint orange fragrance when she is nearby 6.

Personality

Ju Zi is composed, secretive, and strongly goal-oriented. She rarely explains her entire strategy, even to Huo Yuhao, and can negotiate with experienced merchants without losing her calm. Their partnership develops an unspoken division of labor: she handles planning and resources while he concentrates on growth and research 3 25.

Her affection for Huo Yuhao blends romantic possessiveness with habits retained from motherhood. She strokes his hair, feeds him, arranges his daily care, and repeatedly seeks physical closeness. Although suspicious by nature, she eats his unfamiliar Red Jade Pill without hesitation because he gave it to her 2 6 8 13.

She is capable of restraining jealousy for larger goals. Rather than separate Huo Yuhao and Ye Guyi, she joins their peaceful companionship. Later, she plans to turn the talented women attracted to him into a support network while retaining the position of principal wife—a position she claims, rather than a documented marriage 10 69.

Her desire for control is tempered by trust. When Huo Yuhao insists on entering the Far North alone, she permits him to pursue the opportunity despite her anxiety, but establishes escorts, a response team, and a search deadline 70.

Abilities & Skills

Past-Life Knowledge

• Retains memories of future talents, political developments, cultivation methods, and Soul Tool technology 5 6 171.
• Uses that knowledge to recruit allies and bring inventions into existence ahead of their previous timeline 5 16.
• Limit: Her knowledge is incomplete; she does not know the details of Huo Yuhao’s early acquisition of his second Martial Soul 70.
• Limit: Altered events make her predictions increasingly unreliable, including her attempt to obtain the Far North’s Soul Beast Embryo 108 112.

Soul Tool Engineering

• Possesses extensive familiarity with high-level blueprints, core formations, and theoretical formulas, although she never truly reached ninth-rank Soul Engineer in her previous life 14.
• Teaches Huo Yuhao basic formation engraving, then recruits Xuan Ziwen when his talent calls for a more capable specialist 14.
• Proposes the Soul Power storage-and-restoration device that Huo Yuhao and Xuan Ziwen develop into the Milk Bottle 16.
• Identifies the original measurement system’s lack of precision, prompting the refined HL Soul Power scale and tester 17.
• Directs the early development of Exoskeleton Soul Fighting Armor, combining remembered technological concepts with Huo Yuhao’s industrial and material research 171.

Cultivation Planning

• Adapts the training system she previously assembled for Xu Yunhan from the Sun Moon Empire’s great-family methods 6.
• Calculates exercises to push the body toward its limits without damaging its foundation 6.
• Combines training, nutrition, Whale Rubber, and medicinal support to strengthen Huo Yuhao and Ye Guyi 6 7 11.
• Recognizes that inexpensive, effective pills can create a loyal force of exceptional Soul Masters, not merely commercial profit 9 11.

Administration and Recruitment

• Manages accounts, medicinal prices, trade routes, intelligence operations, and negotiations for the Spirit Medicine Pavilion 25 69.
• Recruits specialists through material support and recognition of their work, including helping Xuan Ziwen overcome his cultivation bottleneck 14.
• Coordinates three major organizations while overseeing research, expansion, security, and tournament preparations 116.
• Emphasizes teamwork, tactical judgment, and complementary Soul Skills when selecting Minghuang Academy’s tournament team 116.

Medical Treatment

• Treats Dugu Yu’s Soul Power allergy through methods that do not rely on Soul Power, stabilizing a condition that defeats conventional healing 111.
• Her ability to help Dugu Yu is a central reason for Dugu Ling’s loyalty 111.

Organizations

Organization	Ju Zi’s Role	Purpose and Activities
Spirit Medicine Pavilion	Pavilion Master; also addressed as its young miss 111 62	Pill commerce, resource procurement, trade, and intelligence. Its network extends into Shrek City 25 69.
Divine Machine Hall	Chief 114	Advanced Soul Tool research in an underground border laboratory; conducts Soul Ring studies, material-transformation experiments, and armor development 114 116 117 171.
Minghuang Academy	Secret founder and directing authority 113 116	Public academy in Mingkun Commandery City, Heaven Dou Empire. Recruits native Douluo talents and cultivation knowledge to address the Sun Moon Empire’s weaknesses 113.

• Minghuang Academy accepts students regardless of birth, shares core cultivation knowledge, and provides free Martial Soul awakenings in villages. These policies alarm nobles and sect leaders who see them as a threat to inherited privilege 180.

Equipment / Items

• Flying Soul Tool — Uses it to travel from Minghuang Academy toward the Sun Moon Empire’s border 113.
• Long-distance Soul Tool communicator — Coordinates enrollment and tournament matters with Ye Guyi and Dugu Ling 113 116.
• Cultivation resources — Procures high-grade herbs, soul beast flesh, Whale Rubber, Soul Ascension Pills, and Profound Water Pills for Huo Yuhao’s development and research 7 9 10.
• Protective Soul Tools — Gives Huo Yuhao numerous defensive devices before the Jingyang Mountains expedition 17.

Relationships

• Huo Yuhao — Fiancé, research partner, and emotional center of her new life. He initially struggles with her possessiveness but later publicly identifies her as family, his prospective bride, and the person he loves most 2 25 49 151.
• Xu Yunhan — Son from her previous life. His upbringing informs her training methods, while his disputed legitimacy motivates her wish to create a complete family and secure throne 5 6.
• Gan Ju and Gan Tian — Father and mother. Their modest household becomes a home for Huo Yuhao and Ye Guyi after Ju Zi brings them in 4 5.
• Ye Guyi — Recruited ally and chosen family. Ju Zi promises support against Evil Soul Masters, oversees her training, and later entrusts her with Minghuang Academy responsibilities 3 6 69 113.
• Xiao Xiao — Protégée who regards Ju Zi as an older sister and lifelong role model. Ju Zi finances the declining Xiao Clan and places Xiao Xiao beside Huo Yuhao at Shrek 24 25.
• Xuan Ziwen — Recruited engineering specialist and Huo Yuhao’s teacher. Ju Zi supports his breakthrough and recognizes the value of his research 14 116.
• Shao Xing — Her first recruited confidant; carries out orders and tests Huo Yuhao’s improved pills 11 62.
• Dugu Ling — Deputy Pavilion Master and Titled Douluo ally, devoted to her because she can treat his grandson 111.
• Bing Hanxue — Powerful recruit whose origins Ju Zi does not fully understand. After enduring her intimidating Extreme Ice aura, Ju Zi chooses diplomacy and arranges her entry into Minghuang Academy 112 113.
• Wang Dong / Tang Wutong — Ju Zi recognizes Wang Dong’s true identity. Her public declarations as Huo Yuhao’s fiancée intensify Wang Dong’s jealousy 150 151.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Building Huo Yuhao’s Support Network

• Obtains rare medicines that Huo Yuhao reverse-engineers into cheaper, more effective pills, accelerating the growth of their household and allies 10 11.
• Recruits Xuan Ziwen to cultivate Huo Yuhao’s engineering talent and helps accelerate the Milk Bottle’s invention 14 16.
• Places Xiao Xiao in Huo Yuhao’s Shrek class as a companion and trusted intermediary 24 25 52.

Opposition to Shrek’s Treatment of Huo Yuhao

• Receives Xiao Xiao’s report of Huo Yuhao’s troubles and orders the Spirit Medicine Pavilion to make matters difficult for Shrek 62.
• Collects Huo Yuhao at semester’s end and publicly embraces him before other students and romantic rivals 68 69.
• Supports his Far North expedition with safeguards, then arranges a comprehensive examination after his transformed return 70 85 87.

Research and Expansion

• Waits in the Far North for a remembered Soul Beast Embryo opportunity, only to encounter an unexpected upheaval that exposes the limits of her foreknowledge 108.
• Recruits Bing Hanxue and arranges her academy enrollment 112 113.
• Oversees an unsuccessful attempt to transform gold into Scarlet Flame Crystal using an Extreme Fire Soul Bone 114.
• Helps complete extensive controlled Soul Ring experiments, establishing baseline enhancement data needed for Soul Guidance Medicine Cauldron technology 116 117.

Continental Tournament

• Assembles Minghuang Academy’s exceptional lineup to challenge both Shrek and the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy 117.
• Visits Huo Yuhao at the Star Emperor Hotel, publicly reasserting their engagement; he openly confirms her importance to him 150 151.
• Watches Ji Juechen conduct the first high-intensity combat test of her organization’s exoskeleton armor 171.
• The academy’s technological and educational achievements provoke a secret investigation by Star Luo’s ruling elite, who identify links between her organizations without identifying the hidden sponsor 179 180.

Notable Quotes

“From now on, with my support. You can eliminate every Evil Soul Master on the Douluo Continent.” 3

“You gave it to me. Why wouldn't I eat it?” 8

“You just use them. Leave everything else to me.” 9

“I'm not here to break you two apart. I'm here to join you.” 10