Zhu Zhuqing

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Zhu Zhuqing (朱竹清)
Alias(es)	“Second Miss,” used by her pursuers 23
Species/Race	Human; contracted as a Humanoid Pokémon, with the system designation “Hell Spirit Cat / Human???” 23
Gender	Female 23
Origin	Zhu Family of the Star Luo Empire 23
Affiliation	Zhu Family by birth; Chen Yang’s contracted companion group 23 24
Occupation/Role	Soul Master; Chen Yang’s disciple 23
Martial Soul	Hell Spirit Cat 23
Pokémon Types	Dark / Ghost 23 31
Talent	Above average in her recorded profiles 23 31
Latest Recorded Level	Level 34 40
First Appearance	Chapter 23, “Zhu Zhuqing Takes a Master” 23

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 27 — Soul Grandmaster	23	Introduces herself at level 27. Contracting with Chen Yang gives her access to passive cultivation inside the Master Ball.
Level 33 — system notification	28	Defeating Zhao Wuji awards 2,660 experience; the notification states that she gains six levels, reaching 33.
Level 30 — reported breakthrough	29	Zhu Zhuqing says she has broken through to level 30 after the same fight. This conflicts with the preceding system notification.
Level 31 — Pokédex profile	31	Her scan records level 31, with 15/3,467 experience. No separate advancement event is described.
Level 34	40	Receives 4,326 experience after defeating Zhao Wuji through a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Ning Rongrong.
Third Soul Ring acquired	43 46	Absorbs a purple ring from a Shadow Mantis and gains Shadow Strike. No new numerical level is stated.

Background / History

Star Luo Origins and Discipleship

Zhu Zhuqing belongs to the Zhu Family of the Star Luo Empire. The imperial family imposed a bond between her and Dai Mubai, but he abandoned her and fled alone when danger arose. Reports of his subsequent drinking and womanizing weakened her remaining hopes of relying on him 23 24.

She first appears fleeing through the forest, pursued by several Soul Ancestors and a Soul Emperor. Although their attacks consistently miss, prolonged flight leaves her nearly exhausted. Chen Yang immobilizes the pursuers with Entanglement and Sleep Powder, prompting her to thank him for saving her life 23.

Learning that Chen Yang and Xiao Wu possess extraordinary strength at twelve, Zhu Zhuqing concludes that they must have a special cultivation method. She immediately requests discipleship as a way to change her fate. Chen Yang accepts after requiring loyalty, then contracts her through his Master Ball 23.

Confronting Dai Mubai at Shrek

Zhu Zhuqing asks to visit Shrek Academy so she can verify Dai Mubai’s conduct and abandon her last hopes of him. Chen Yang and Xiao Wu accompany her. After witnessing his behavior, she wants to leave without further involvement; Chen Yang instead proposes that they pretend to be a couple to provoke his jealousy 24 25 26.

While visiting the academy, she joins Ning Rongrong’s combat test against Zhao Wuji to gain experience and try her newly learned techniques. Under Chen Yang’s guidance, she wounds him with Cut, then defeats him with Pulverizing Pancake. The finishing attack breaks her right arm, which Chen Yang heals afterward 27 28 29.

Dai Mubai recognizes her as his fiancée and seeks a private conversation, but Chen Yang refuses to let him take her away. Zhu Zhuqing cooperates with the pretend relationship and takes satisfaction in Dai Mubai’s inability to confront them 29 30.

Training with Chen Yang’s Companions

During their stay, Zhu Zhuqing learns the Everlasting Primordial Essence Art, receives strengthening Pokéblocks, and enters the Distortion World. Her growing attachment to Chen Yang is accompanied by insecurity: she feels she cannot offer the longstanding companionship Xiao Wu provides or the wealth and connections available to Ning Rongrong 30 32 33.

She later combines martial souls with Ning Rongrong to defeat Zhao Wuji again, reaching level 34. Chen Yang subsequently helps her hunt a Shadow Mantis and places her inside the Master Ball during the painful ring absorption. She returns with her third Soul Skill, Shadow Strike 39 40 43 46.

Appearance

• Wears black leather clothing 23 27.
• Has sensitive black cat ears and a slender cat tail during her forest introduction 23.
• Is repeatedly described as having a distinctive, curvaceous figure 23 27.
• Her Glazed Nether Armor fusion form is encased in dark-purple crystal, with multicolored glazed light and nether mist flowing across its surface 39.

Personality

Zhu Zhuqing is aloof, reserved, and economical with words. She normally dislikes physical contact, though she unexpectedly accepts Xiao Wu’s arm around her shoulders after the rescue. Her restraint also appears when she wants to join Ning Rongrong in cuddling Wang Qiu’er but remains too embarrassed to do so 23 28 40 47.

She is tenacious and strongly motivated to cultivate. She offers to endure hardship for strength, continues fighting after discovering that Cut can wound Zhao Wuji, and bears serious injury and ring-absorption pain with little complaint 23 28 43.

Her warmer side emerges through small acts of care, such as serving Chen Yang food. She becomes shy around his praise and increasingly attached to him, while privately worrying that she has little to contribute to his group 33 35.

Abilities & Skills

Hell Spirit Cat

Her martial soul supports an agility-focused style built around rapid approaches and claw attacks 28.

• Hell Stab — first Soul Skill: Turns her advance into a pitch-black afterimage, allowing her to close distance rapidly and strike with her claws 28.
• Netherworld Hundred Claws: Produces a dense barrage of black claw shadows. Its repeated strikes initially fail against Zhao Wuji’s defensive barrier 28.
• Shadow Strike — third Soul Skill: Lets her merge into shadows, approach an enemy, and emerge to attack. It increases attack power by 150% and provides some armor-piercing effect 46.

System Traits

Trait	Recorded Effect
Keen Eye	Increases the chance of striking an enemy’s weak point 23 31.
Tenacious	Increases resistances by 10% 23 31.
Hardworking	Increases experience gained by 0.2% 23 31.

Techniques Taught by Chen Yang

• Cut: Compresses Soul Power into a fast, defense-piercing slash. Combining it with Hell Stab and speed boosts allows her to wound Zhao Wuji despite the level gap. Its short range requires close engagement, and repeated use consumes substantial Soul Power 27 28.
• Throat Chop: A transferred Self-Created Soul Skill that negates an opponent’s healing moves. Chen Yang advises combining it with Hell Stab, but no successful use by Zhu Zhuqing is shown 23 27 28.
• Light Energy Barrier: Transferred to Zhu Zhuqing alongside Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong; its specific performance is not demonstrated in the provided events 34.
• Everlasting Primordial Essence Art: Learned through Chen Yang’s explanation and guided circulation route. She successfully completes the circulation after one lesson 30.

Master Ball Contract

• Passive cultivation: Chen Yang’s fifth Soul Skill, Soul Power Enhancement, gradually increases the cultivation of companions inside the Master Ball 23.
• Telepathic communication: Allows her to communicate with Chen Yang and other contracted companions, including Ah Yin and Ning Rongrong 24 26 40.
• Recovery support: Chen Yang recalls her after the fusion battle and during difficult Soul Ring absorption 39 43.
• Fusion compatibility: Chen Yang states that members of his contracted group can fuse by holding hands and blending Soul Power, without the usual compatibility requirements 37.

Pulverizing Pancake

A Z-Move performed through synchronization with Chen Yang and his Normal-type Z-Crystal 28.

• Shatters Zhao Wuji’s defensive body and throws him through three wooden houses, knocking him unconscious 28.
• Channels her Soul Power into a single finishing punch 28.
• Inflicts severe recoil, breaking the bones of her right arm during its demonstrated use 28.

Glazed Nether Armor

A Martial Soul Fusion Skill combining Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell Spirit Cat with Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda 39.

• Produces a crystal-armored warrior with exceptional speed, claw attacks, and the ability to disappear without detectable Soul Power fluctuations 39.
• Netherglaze Instant-Kill Formation: Marks the target with rainbow glimmers before delivering more than one hundred strikes in a second 39.
• Zhao Wuji’s wide-area gravity techniques force the concealed form to reveal itself 39.
• The demonstrated battle completely drains both participants’ Soul Power, ending the fusion 39.

Evolution Potential

Her Pokédex profile records one evolution route. Neither evolved form is attained in the provided chapters 31 34.

Form	Requirement
Hell Spirit Cat	Current form; friendship recorded at 60 31.
Dark Night Monarch	First evolution requires 70 friendship 31.
Nether Shadow Ruler	Second evolution requires 100 friendship 31.

Equipment / Items

• High-Grade Special Attack Pokéblocks: Supplied by Chen Yang; permanently increase the damage of her Soul Skills 24 28.
• Special Defense Pokéblocks: Fed to her alongside Special Attack Pokéblocks to strengthen her 32.
• Purple Shadow Mantis Soul Ring: Absorbed as her third ring, granting Shadow Strike 43 46.

Relationships

• Chen Yang — Rescuer, master, and contract holder. Their public romance begins as a deception aimed at Dai Mubai, while her personal attachment develops through training, protection, and everyday care 23 25 29 30 35.
• Dai Mubai — Fiancé through a bond imposed by the Star Luo Imperial Family. His abandonment and later conduct drive her to seek independence; she rejects his attempts to reclaim her attention 24 25 29 30.
• Xiao Wu — Companion who supports her break with Dai Mubai and rushes to help after her arm injury. Their friendship is complicated by Xiao Wu’s jealousy over her closeness to Chen Yang 25 28 32 33.
• Ning Rongrong — Fellow disciple and fusion partner. Ning supports her rejection of Dai Mubai; Zhu Zhuqing later challenges her to consider whether she would side with Chen Yang or her sect in a conflict 33 39 40.
• Ah Yin — Contracted companion who initially frightens her. Zhu Zhuqing learns that they can communicate telepathically and later joins meals Ah Yin prepares 24 35.
• Zhao Wuji — Combat-test opponent and subsequent training partner. Fighting him provides experience for her rapid advancement 27 28 38 39 40.
• Wang Qiu’er — Newly introduced companion whom Zhu Zhuqing admires, though her reserve keeps her from joining Ning Rongrong’s enthusiastic cuddling 47.

Notable Quotes

“Please take me as your disciple! I'm not afraid of hardship. As long as I can gain strength, I'll do anything!” 23

“That's why I want to see for myself and completely sever the last thread of hope in my heart. After that, I'll devote myself to cultivation and follow you wholeheartedly, Master.” 24