Zhu Zhuqing

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Zhu Zhuqing (朱竹清)
Alias(es)	“Aristocratic cat,” a teasing nickname used by Lin Yuan 65
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Star Luo Zhu Family by birth; formerly Shrek Academy; later Linyuan Pavilion and Linyuan Academy’s team 28 49 64 106
Occupation/Role	Agility-attack Soul Master; tournament fighter for Linyuan Academy 62 78
Martial Soul	Hell Spirit Cat → Dark Night Spirit 52
Highest Documented Rank	Level 52 Soul King 73 78
Soul Rings	Two yellow, one purple, and two black; her fourth ring is already ten-thousand-year 78
Status	Alive; publicly ended her engagement to Dai Mubai 106 121
First Appearance	Rescued by Little Moon in the Star Dou Great Forest 23

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 27	34	Declares her Soul Power during Shrek Academy’s entrance assessment; still uses the Hell Spirit Cat.
Martial Soul evolution; level 30 threshold	51 52 54	Consumes three Immortal Herbs. Her Hell Spirit Cat becomes the humanoid Dark Night Spirit, gaining destruction power, greatly increased speed, and stronger mental perception. The herbs bring her to the threshold for her third ring.
Body strengthened with Whale Rubber	54	Melted Whale Rubber strengthens her muscles and bones enough to withstand Soul Rings below ten thousand years.
Third Soul Ring; level 40	54	Defeats a nine-thousand-year Dark Moon Nightshade Beast. Absorbing its ring releases residual medicinal power, raising her from level 30 to 40 and granting Dark Night Void Shadow.
Fourth Soul Ring; Soul Ancestor	55	Survives the Soul Shock of a ten-thousand-year Shadow Demon Spider’s ring. Gains Dark Night Clone, producing four full-strength copies able to use Soul Skills.
Level 43 Soul Ancestor	62	Introduces herself at Linyuan Pavilion’s team gathering and displays two yellow rings, one purple ring, and one black ring.
Level 50 threshold	70	After a two-year interval, announces that she has reached level 50 and joins the next Star Dou Great Forest expedition to obtain her fifth ring.
Fifth Soul Ring; level 52 Soul King	73	Kills a roughly fifteen-thousand-year Shadow Netherwolf using clones, stealth, and spatial movement. Its ring grants Dance of the Dark Night.

Background / History

Zhu Zhuqing is the Star Luo Zhu Family’s second daughter. Her family has intermarried with the imperial Dai Family for generations, and she describes Zhu daughters as tools for continuing the imperial White Tiger bloodline. She was betrothed to Dai Mubai, who fled to the Heaven Dou Empire without taking her. Her older sister, Zhu Zhuyun, had protected her before her Martial Soul awakened, but their relationship changed afterward 28 49 97.

Her first encounter with Lin Yuan occurs when Little Moon saves her from a Hell Spirit Cat. Lin Yuan recognizes her but leaves without speaking to her 23. Years later, he finds her fleeing five Zhu Family pursuers—three Soul Ancestors and two Soul Kings—after two days without food or sleep. He catches her when she falls, intimidates the pursuers into withdrawing, and has Starry Guga heal her shoulder. Zhu Zhuqing accepts his offer to travel together to Heaven Dou 28.

She accompanies Lin Yuan through Nuoding City and onward to Suotuo City, intending to attend Shrek Academy. When Dai Mubai confronts her at the Rose Hotel, she regards him coldly rather than acknowledging his claim over her. She passes Shrek’s entrance assessment and participates in the final test against Zhao Wuji 30 31 32 34.

After Xiao Wu’s apparent abduction, Lin Yuan leaves Shrek to pursue faster growth. Zhu Zhuqing chooses to follow him because he has repeatedly protected her when no one else would. When Dai Mubai invokes their betrothal, she reminds him that he abandoned her first 49.

Appearance

• Before evolution: Black hair, delicate features, a cool expression, and a pronounced figure; usually wears close-fitting black clothing 28 29 33.
• After evolution: Long silver-gray hair, more refined features, nearly translucent pale skin, and violet starlight in her pupils 52 55 59.
• Dark Night Spirit phantom: A tall, slender woman resembling Zhu Zhuqing, with a gray halo and translucent silver-gray wings 52.
• Cat-themed clothing: Wears a black hooded sweatshirt with cat ears and later appears in cat pajamas 65 70.

Personality

Zhu Zhuqing is reserved, guarded, and economical with words. She often maintains a cool expression even while embarrassed, with reddening ears revealing what she does not say. Teasing about sleeping on Lin Yuan’s back or forming an arena pair with him readily flusters her 29 33 41.

Her determination is expressed through action rather than declarations. She silently endures the violent effects of Immortal Herbs, insists on testing her evolved Martial Soul herself, and accepts the danger of a ten-thousand-year fourth ring because she wants to protect and support Lin Yuan instead of depending entirely on him 51 54.

With friends, she becomes quietly affectionate. She encourages Bai Chenxiang after defeating her, helps Xiao Wu settle into Linyuan Pavilion, and comforts both Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong during crises. Her feelings toward Zhu Zhuyun remain complicated: she retaliates against her sister’s cruelty but cannot separate that anger from memories of being protected by her 58 62 97 105 115 116.

Abilities & Skills

Dark Night Spirit

Her evolved Martial Soul replaces the Hell Spirit Cat’s beast form with a humanoid spirit and adds destructive energy to her attacks 52.

• Speed: More than doubles her already high speed, allowing her to outmaneuver Bai Chenxiang 62.
• Perception: Sharply increases her mental strength and expands her perception range severalfold 52.
• Weapons: Produces two dark-purple daggers during Martial Soul Possession; their blades carry destructive energy 54 78.

First Soul Skill: Darkness-Destroying Hundred Slashes

Releases more than a hundred intersecting destructive slashes in an instant 54.

• Finishes the wounded Dark Moon Nightshade Beast during her third-ring hunt 54.
• Blasts four Blazing Academy fighters off the tournament stage 83.
• Combined with her four clones, creates a barrage exceeding a thousand slashes 55 87.
• Also called Dark Annihilation Hundred Slashes during her fight with Dai Mubai 87.

Second Soul Skill: Eternal Night Stealth

Allows her to become a shadow and melt silently into the night; in tournament combat, both her figure and presence disappear 54 98.

• Enables repeated attacks against an opponent’s flank or back without a direct exchange 54.
• Can be used by all four clones simultaneously, concealing five attackers 73 99.
• Helps her evade opponents before repositioning for another strike 98.

Third Soul Skill: Dark Night Void Shadow

A spatial leap acquired from the Dark Moon Nightshade Beast 54.

• Demonstrates an immediate leap to a rock twenty meters away 54.
• Combines with stealth to appear behind Osler and eliminate him before he can react 64.
• Allows her clones to surround a target while she attacks from above 73 87.

Fourth Soul Skill: Dark Night Clone

Creates four copies with the strength of her original body. Each can use her Soul Skills 55.

• Produces coordinated attacks from five directions 98.
• Demonstrates enough combined destructive force to shatter a huge boulder 55.
• Sustained use consumes Soul Power; she is left nearly depleted after her Shadow Netherwolf hunt 73.
• Later passages also name this skill Shadow of the Dark Night 73 87 98.

Fifth Soul Skill: Dance of the Dark Night

Her dagger strikes place dark-purple marks on enemies. As the marks accumulate, her movement becomes progressively faster 73 99.

• Final Dance of the Dark Night: Doubles all her attributes and detonates the accumulated marks; ten marks trigger this effect against the Hell White Tiger 73 99.
• Area damage: Exploding marks can injure nearby unmarked enemies 73.
• Formation disruption: Breaks Elephant Armor Academy’s Seven Luminaries Rock Armor Formation by severing its linked Soul Power structure 79.
• Limit: A ten-mark detonation wounds the Hell White Tiger but does not dissolve the fusion 99.

Self-Created Skill: Dark Annihilation: Heaven’s Punishment

A decisive attack developed beyond her numbered Soul Skills. She uses clones and Eternal Night Stealth to disappear, surrounds the target with dark-purple lights, and attacks with beams from every direction 99.

• Breaks Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger fusion and leaves both unconscious 99.
• Used as a final gamble after her fifth skill fails to end the fight and roughly half her Soul Power remains 99.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Dark-purple daggers — Manifested through Dark Night Spirit possession rather than carried as ordinary weapons 54.
• Dark Abyss Star-Shattering Flower — Consumed for its destruction attribute during her Martial Soul evolution 51.
• Evernight Orchid — Supplies Netherworld-aligned power during the same transformation 51.
• Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone — Balances the other two herbs’ violent medicinal forces; without it, she could not withstand them 51.
• Melted Whale Rubber — Strengthens her body and raises the age limit of the Soul Rings she can absorb 54.

Relationships

• Lin Yuan — Rescuer, cultivation guide, and trusted companion. She follows him out of Shrek and seeks strength to protect him in return. Their bond includes physical closeness, affectionate teasing, and her embrace after he reassures her about Star Luo 28 31 49 54 65 97.
• Dai Mubai — Former fiancé. His abandonment undermines their relationship; she rejects his attempts to invoke their betrothal, later publicly ends the engagement, and defeats him in the tournament 49 87 106.
• Zhu Zhuyun — Older sister and adversary. Zhuqing remembers her childhood kindness but carries years of hurt from their later relationship. She defeats Zhuyun and Dai Weisi together 97 99.
• Dai Weisi — Star Luo prince and tournament opponent. He mocks her escape and reliance on Lin Yuan before losing to her alongside Zhu Zhuyun 97 98 99.
• Xiao Wu — Close friend and neighboring resident at Linyuan Pavilion. Zhuqing reassures her that her Soul Beast identity does not change their friendship and repeatedly comforts her 55 58 105 106 116.
• Ning Rongrong — Friend and teammate. Rongrong supplies combat enhancements, joins in teasing her about Lin Yuan, and receives Zhuqing’s support after Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin are exhausted in battle 34 41 87 115.
• Bai Chenxiang — Teammate and sparring rival. Zhuqing defeats her both before and after her herb-assisted advancement, while encouraging her to improve 62 63.
• Little Moon — Saves her during their first forest encounter and again from Zhao Wuji’s attack at Shrek’s entrance test 23 34.
• Starry Guga — Heals the shoulder wound she suffers while fleeing her family’s pursuers 28.
• Yang Wudi — Selects the three Immortal Herbs suited to her Martial Soul evolution 51.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Linyuan Pavilion and Team Formation

After leaving Shrek, Zhu Zhuqing undergoes her herb-assisted evolution and acquires unusually powerful third and fourth Soul Rings. She then joins Lin Yuan’s new team, defeats Bai Chenxiang in training, and eliminates Osler during Linyuan Academy’s exhibition against Heaven Dou Royal Academy 51 52 54 55 62 63 64.

Continental Tournament

Her level-52 Soul King rank and ten-thousand-year fourth ring contradict Yu Xiaogang’s asserted absorption limits. His disbelief also shakes Tang San’s confidence in his teacher’s theories 78.

• Elephant Armor Academy: Destroys the entire team’s defensive formation with Dance of the Dark Night, securing Linyuan’s victory 79.
• Blazing Academy: Eliminates four opponents with Darkness-Destroying Hundred Slashes 83.
• Shrek Academy: Overwhelms Dai Mubai with a coordinated clone barrage and walks away without answering his threats 87.
• Star Luo Royal Academy: Insists on facing Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun herself, then defeats their Hell White Tiger with her self-created technique 98 99.

Defiance of Star Luo

Before the Star Luo match, Zhuqing and Lin Yuan ambush Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun in retaliation for their public taunts. Afterward, she confides her fear that the imperial family will pursue her for fleeing and breaking the engagement. Lin Yuan assures her that Linyuan Pavilion and its allies can protect her 97.

A later report confirms that she tore up the marriage contract publicly. Her transformation, affiliation with Linyuan Pavilion, and solo victory become sources of anger for Emperor Dai Tianfeng 106.

Support for Xiao Wu

When Xiao Wu’s identity is exposed, Zhuqing steps forward alongside Lin Yuan. Back at the Pavilion, she explicitly affirms their friendship, comforts Xiao Wu as threats mount, and advocates preparing for Spirit Hall’s attack 102 105 106 107.

Notable Quotes

“I haven't forgotten. Don't you forget that you were the one who ran away first.”
— To Dai Mubai when he invokes their betrothal 49

“Leave Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun to me.”
— Before facing Star Luo Royal Academy’s leading pair 98

“Whatever you are, you'll always be our friend.”
— Reassuring Xiao Wu after her Soul Beast identity is exposed 105