Zhu Zhuqing

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Zhu Family and Arranged Engagement

Zhu Zhuqing grew up within the Star Luo Empire’s succession struggle, which placed her and her elder sister, Zhu Zhuyun, on opposing sides. After Zhuqing awakened her Martial Soul, Zhuyun began suppressing her openly and covertly to slow her cultivation and prevent her from becoming a rival 35.

Her engagement to Dai Mubai was a political arrangement rather than a relationship she chose. A year after their engagement banquet, they barely interacted, and she had already lost faith in his willingness to support her 36.

Lu Shiyuan’s Intervention

While fleeing Zhu Family guards in Star Luo City, Zhuqing accidentally collided with the exhausted Lu Shiyuan. Despite her own danger, she stood between him and the guards and insisted that innocent outsiders not be involved 35.

Lu offered to help her leave the family and city. She nearly accepted, but withdrew when the guards warned that the imperial family could retaliate against the Zhu household. Lu respected her decision and instead used Yun Qingluo and Xiao Feiyu’s Titled Douluo backing to force the Spirit Cat Duke to promise her better treatment 36.

She refused a second offer to leave because another Zhu Family daughter might be made to bear her fate. Nevertheless, she told Lu she might seek his help when ready, and he promised to support her 38.

Training Under Ye Youying

After watching Lu leave Star Luo City, Zhuqing resolved to become strong enough that their next meeting would be different. Ye Youying appeared, demonstrated her Titled Douluo strength, and offered to teach her. Zhuqing immediately accepted 39.

Her training included a new cultivation method, daily sparring with her teacher, and extensive arena combat. An Immortal Herb later evolved her Martial Soul. Her family continued sending resources, although these were far less valuable than what Ye Youying provided 42 43 45.

Zhuqing and Lu maintained correspondence throughout their four-year separation. Through her letters, he learned that Dai Mubai had fled Star Luo, further destroying her trust in him 40.

Suotuo Reunion and Shrek Academy

Zhuqing reunited with Lu at the Rose Hotel in Suotuo City. When Dai Mubai accused her of dishonoring their engagement, she confronted his double standards and insisted on fighting him herself. She defeated him decisively, then publicly declared their engagement void 41 42 43 44.

She moved into a villa near Shrek Academy with Lu and Xiao Wu and enrolled alongside them. Rather than live in the academy’s dormitories, the group remained at their nearby residence 46 48 55.

At Suotuo’s Great Soul Arena, she partnered with Ning Rongrong as the Seven Treasure Spirit Shadow Combination. Their first documented match ended in under five seconds, with Zhuqing defeating both opponents under Rongrong’s speed enhancement 61 62.

During the subsequent journey toward the Star Dou Forest, she revealed her level-40 breakthrough. The expedition’s plans were expanded to include her fourth Soul Ring hunt 68 69.

Appearance

Zhu Zhuqing is described as cool and aloof in public, though she smiles warmly when reunited with Lu Shiyuan 41.

• Childhood injuries: Visible facial scars when she first meets Lu 35.
• Usual clothing: Leather jacket and pants 64.
• Expression: An icy gaze during combat, contrasting with her shy demeanor when asking Lu’s opinion of a new dress 43 64.

Personality

Zhuqing is stubborn, compassionate, and unwilling to purchase her own freedom at someone else’s expense. She protects strangers from her guards and twice declines escape when she believes others could suffer the consequences 35 36 38.

Her reserved manner conceals strong affection and lingering insecurity. She remains devoted to Lu during their separation, but later briefly mistakes his criticism of a dress’s fabric for criticism of her appearance 40 42 63.

Training gives her the confidence to confront obligations she once felt powerless to resist. She chooses to settle the engagement herself rather than let Lu fight for her. Even after victory, she exercises more restraint than Ye Youying recommends because Dai Mubai remains a prince 42 44 45.

She also rejects power for its own sake. When Lu offers to make the Zhu Family Star Luo’s royal family, she refuses, reasoning that the existing struggle over the empress’s position has already caused enough harm 66.

Abilities & Skills

Profound Soul Spirit Shadow

Her evolved Martial Soul combines greatly enhanced agility with the ability to overcome defenses that previously countered her fighting style 43 45.

• Manifests as a cat covered in dark-purple crystals, with blade-like ears, golden slit pupils, nine shadow tails, ghostly blue particles, and energy claws 43.
• Grants speed comparable to an Agility Attack Soul Ancestor while she is still a level-39 Soul Elder 43.
• Supports close-range attacks strong enough to contest Dai Mubai’s enhanced physique 43.

Thousand Illusory Afterimages

Produces three identical figures that can coordinate attacks and confuse opponents about her real position 43.

• The copies can physically block attacks and inflict wounds; they are not merely visual illusions 43.
• Enables simultaneous attacks from multiple directions 43.
• A destroyed copy explodes across an area more than ten meters wide, without injuring Zhuqing’s real body 43.

Soul-Rending Gold-Piercing Strike

Her second Soul Skill coats her claws in an eerie purple sheen and leaves purple trails behind her attacks 43.

• Pierces Dai Mubai’s defenses even under White Tiger Vajra Transformation, leaving wounds deep enough to expose bone 43.
• Comes from a Thousand-Year second Soul Ring, made possible by the physique developed through her improved cultivation method 69.

Combat Training and Resilience

• Spars with a Titled Douluo daily, giving her substantially more practical experience than Dai Mubai 43.
• Uses real arena matches to refine her skills; her longest reported winning streak is twenty-nine matches 45.
• Earns Purple-Gold rank through numerous matches despite repeated interruptions to her streaks 45.
• Possesses the physical foundation and apparent mental resilience to attempt a Ten-Thousand-Year fourth Soul Ring, though the attempt remains pending 69.

Equipment / Items

• Purple-Gold Soul Fighting Badge — Demonstrates an arena rank already beyond Flender’s Silver Badge assignment 45 60.
• Unnamed Immortal Herb — Supplied by Ye Youying; consumed to improve her physique and evolve her Martial Soul 42 45 69.
• Improved cultivation method — Taught under Ye Youying; strengthens her body enough to support an unusually old second Soul Ring 42 69.

Relationships

• Lu Shiyuan — Protector and romantic partner. His intervention changes her circumstances; their continued correspondence and reunion deepen her affection and trust in him 36 40 42 66.
• Ye Youying — Titled Douluo teacher. Provides training, cultivation guidance, and the Immortal Herb responsible for Zhuqing’s Martial Soul evolution 39 42 45.
• Dai Mubai — Former arranged fiancé. His neglect and flight destroy her trust; she defeats him and publicly terminates their engagement 36 40 43 44.
• Zhu Zhuyun — Elder sister and succession rival. Suppresses Zhuqing’s development after her Martial Soul awakening 35.
• Spirit Cat Duke — Head of her family household. Promises to prevent further mistreatment after Lu and Xiao Feiyu confront him 36.
• Xiao Feiyu — Protective ally who helps secure better treatment from the Zhu Family and considers arranging suitable mentorship for her 36 37.
• Yun Qingluo — Protective ally who reveals her Titled Douluo strength during the guards’ confrontation and informs Zhuqing of Lu’s departure 36 39.
• Xiao Wu — Friend, housemate, and fellow student. Shares her closeness with Lu, though Xiao Wu sometimes feels jealous of Zhuqing’s place beside him 44 46 64.
• Ning Rongrong — Friend, housemate, and arena partner. Zhuqing supports her request to live at the manor and agrees to their 2v2 partnership 56 61 62.

Notable Quotes

“Don't drag innocent people into this!” 35

“I'm not fighting you because I still care about our engagement. I'm fighting you to make it clear to everyone that you were never worthy of me. I'm the one rejecting this marriage!” 42

“Dai Mubai, you lost.” 43