Zhu Zhuqing

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Zhu Zhuqing (朱竹清) 11
Gender	Female 11
Affiliation	Star Luo Zhu Family; Su Wu’s school; Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Skyreach Class 11 12 22
Occupation/Role	Agility-type Soul Master; disciple of Su Wu 12 46
Status	Level-30 Soul Elder with three Soul Rings; Moon Nether Cat martial soul 45 46
First Appearance	Chapter 11 11

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 20 Soul Grandmaster	11	At age nine, she has two yellow Soul Rings and escapes three pursuers despite serious injuries.
Level 22 Soul Grandmaster	20	Reveals her Hell Spirit Cat martial soul during Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s admission assessment.
Level 24 Soul Grandmaster	39	Reaches this level through daily training while Jiang Baiyu is away.
Level 30 Soul Elder	41	Advances from level 24 through Jiang Baiyu’s repeated combat, healing, and recovery training; still needs a third Soul Ring.
Third Soul Ring acquired	45 46	Absorbs a 3,800-year-old Hell Spirit Cat ring. Her martial soul evolves into a Moon Nether Cat, and she gains Moon Nether Shadow Split.

Background and History

Zhu Zhuqing grew up amid the Star Luo Zhu Family’s infighting. While searching for her second Soul Ring, she used the ensuing chaos to flee, but three killers sent by her elder sister’s faction pursued her into the Star Dou Forest. Jiang Baiyu shielded her from an attack, and Su Wu’s strength forced the pursuers to withdraw. Baiyu then treated her wounds and unstable Soul Power 11 12.

Seeking the strength to protect herself, Zhuqing asked Su Wu to become her master. He accepted, making her Jiang Baiyu’s junior fellow disciple. During her recovery, she studied medicinal plants, tended the household garden, and sparred with Baiyu before traveling with them to Heaven Dou City 12 13. She later enrolled in the academy’s Skyreach Class alongside him 20 22.

Zhuqing and Baiyu challenged the seven-member Imperial Fighting Team together. She held off Osler to protect Baiyu and drove him from the arena, earning his respect after the match 26 27. Following further training, she reached level 30. In the Star Dou Great Forest, she fought and killed a compatible Hell Spirit Cat while her companions blocked its escape, then absorbed its ring 41 45.

Appearance

Zhuqing has dark hair, fair skin, and a usually cool, reserved expression. Her agility-type movements are light and controlled 11 19 20 45.

• Martial Soul Possession: Cat ears, vertical pupils, black claws, and a shadowy aura appear when she summons her original martial soul 20.
• After her third ring: A pale crescent mark appears on her brow. Her evolved cat martial soul bears lunar markings and a faint silver sheen 45 46.

Personality

Guarded by her experiences within the Zhu Family, Zhuqing initially questions why Jiang Baiyu would help her. She nevertheless accepts his treatment, thanks both rescuers sincerely, and commits herself earnestly to Su Wu’s school and its rules against needless killing 11 12.

She is disciplined and prefers developing her own abilities to relying on equipment: at an auction, she declines speed-boosting boots because she believes training can make her faster 16. Though usually restrained, she acts decisively when threatened, including scratching Prince Xue Beng when he grabs at her 21.

Abilities and Skills

Moon Nether Cat

Zhuqing’s original Hell Spirit Cat, also called the Nether Civet, specializes in speed, shadows, and stealth. It evolves into the Moon Nether Cat after she absorbs her third Soul Ring 23 45 46.

• Under moonlight, her speed, stealth, and ability to hide in shadows double; moonlight also sustains her Soul Power and improves recovery 46.
• The evolution awakens a weak spatial attribute 46.
• Before the evolution, she identifies Extreme Speed Stealth and Shadow Hunt as her existing abilities 46.

Moon Nether Shadow Split

Her third Soul Skill creates three solid duplicates that are difficult to distinguish from her. Each acts independently, can use Soul Skills, and has 60% of her combat strength 46.

• Temporal Space Swap: Zhuqing can instantly exchange places with a duplicate; she demonstrates a swap across roughly one hundred meters 46.
• Destroying a duplicate costs her 10% of her Soul Power and causes it to detonate its stored lunar Nether Soul Power 46.

Agility Combat

Zhuqing fights with speed, stealth, and claw attacks. She intercepts Osler during the academy match despite their Soul Power gap, aided by Baiyu’s Medicine Flame. Against the Hell Spirit Cat, their shared martial-soul origin helps her anticipate the beast’s movements 26 45.

Medicinal Study

Under Su Wu’s instruction, Zhuqing learns to identify, gather, and prepare herbs, including judging their age, strength, and growing habits. Su Wu later reminds her that she must continue those studies alongside cultivation 13 21.

Equipment and Items

• Ice Silkworm Silk — bought for her by Jiang Baiyu at a Heaven Dou auction; she accepts it as material for clothing 16.
• Whale Rubber — taken to strengthen her physique; its unexpected aphrodisiac effect causes an embarrassing incident 13.

Relationships

• Su Wu — master who gives Zhuqing a safe home and teaches her medicinal arts and the rules of his school 11 12.
• Jiang Baiyu — senior fellow disciple who rescues and trains her. Their closeness develops into mutual affection, though his relationship with Qian Renxue complicates it 11 19 21 39.
• Qian Renxue — Baiyu’s girlfriend. After noticing Zhuqing’s feelings, she privately proposes that they cooperate in staying close to him; Zhuqing agrees despite mixed feelings 18 21.
• Xiao Lan — the Blue Silver Emperor initially regards Zhuqing warily, then welcomes her with life-giving energy 12.
• Osler — an opposing agility-type fighter whom Zhuqing drives from the arena; he later acknowledges her strength and fights alongside her on a Soul Beast hunt 26 27 43.
• Mi Ya — Jiang Zheng’s wife treats Zhuqing with maternal warmth during the group’s stay in Notting City 14.
• Dai Mubai — described as Zhuqing’s fiancé; Jiang Baiyu criticizes him for leaving for Heaven Dou while she faced pursuit in the Star Luo Empire 11.

Notable Quotes

“My Soul Power may be low, but I’m willing to train hard. Please accept me.” 11

“From this day on, I enter Su Wu’s school. I will honor my master, uphold the Dao, and never betray my duty.” 12