Ning Rongrong

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Ning Rongrong is the Ning family's favored daughter. Before arriving on Survival Island, she competed against Shui Bing'er and Skywater Academy in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament. Shui Bing'er's team tied hers in the preliminary round before losing to it later 2 11.

Chu Xiu selects Rongrong as one of the island's first three fellow survivors because her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda offers powerful support abilities. On arrival, she loses access to her Martial Soul and Soul Power, like the others, and must survive without equipment 2.

Personality

Rongrong is proud, outspoken, and quick to challenge Qian Renxue. She initially doubts Chu Xiu's usefulness but acknowledges his contribution after learning that he found drinking water and food. She also insists on joining a forest expedition despite warnings, an impulsive decision that ends in a dangerous snakebite 3 6 7.

She contributes to camp life by identifying straw, making leaf shoes, gathering shellfish, and finding the Colorless Glazed Stone that the group turns into a fire-starting lens 6 12 13 22. Her growing attachment to Chu Xiu often shows through teasing and jealousy, though she also voices hesitation about becoming intimate with him 17 21 23.

Abilities & Skills

Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda

• Rongrong's evolved Martial Soul specializes in support. Chu Xiu copies it when their Bond Value reaches 100 2 24.
• Chu Xiu's tests of the copied pagoda show that its first, second, and fourth Soul Skills increase strength, speed, and defense respectively by 50 percent. Each skill can support up to seven people 24.
• Its third skill boosts Soul Power, but Chu Xiu cannot use it on himself during his test 24.
• Rongrong cannot use her Martial Soul, Soul Power, or soul skills while on Survival Island 2.

Relationships

• Chu Xiu — Fellow survivor who saves her from snake venom. Her feelings for him deepen, reaching the island system's maximum Bond Value of 100. She says she is not ready for intimacy before he persists despite her protests 8 21 23 24.
• Qian Renxue — Fellow survivor and frequent rival in arguments. Their disputes range from tournament results to each other's mistakes on the island 2 6 18.
• Shui Bing'er — Former tournament opponent who looks after Rongrong and repeatedly mediates her quarrels with Qian Renxue. Tension develops as both women grow close to Chu Xiu 2 7 17 19.
• Oscar — Pursued Rongrong for ten years before the island events; she had not agreed to be with him 10.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Early survival: Rongrong guards the beach while the others search for supplies. After insisting on a later forest trip, she suffers a venomous snakebite; Chu Xiu finds a mutated herb that neutralizes the venom 4 7 8.
• Building the camp: She helps make leaf garments and shelter, gathers seafood, and presents the group's finished Netherworld Wolf bone dagger 9 13.
• Owl expedition: Rongrong helps mask Chu Xiu's footsteps during an attempt to approach a ten-thousand-year owl. After the fight, she gathers and feeds him healing Spirit Rice, then helps bring the harvest back to camp 15 16 17 18.
• Fire and shelter: She discovers the unusually pure Glazed Stone that the group polishes into a lens to start its first fire. She later gathers straw for a heated earthen bed 22 23.
• Maximum bond: Her Bond Value rises from 30 after the snakebite treatment to 90 during the island stay, then reaches 100 after a night with Chu Xiu. He consequently gains a copy of her Martial Soul, Soul Power, rings, and skills 8 22 24.