Zhu Zhuqing

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Zhu Zhuqing (朱竹清)
Gender	Female
Age	Over one month younger than Ning Rongrong, who has just turned twelve 24
Origin	Star Luo Empire 11 21
Affiliation	Zhu Family; traveling companions of Chu Sheng and Ning Rongrong 11 12 13
Occupation/Role	Agility-attack-type Battle Soul Master; scout for her traveling group 19 24
Social Standing	Star Luo noble 21
Martial Souls	Hell Spirit Cat, also called Nether Civet; Evil-Eyed White Tiger 17
Highest Documented Rank	Rank 39 Soul Elder 24
Status	Alive; accompanying Chu Sheng and Ning Rongrong 26
First Appearance	Rose Hotel, Suotuo City 11

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Agility-attack Soul Grandmaster	13	Her soul power is one rank above Ning Rongrong’s, and her physical fitness greatly exceeds the support-type Soul Master’s.
Level 28, before immortal-herb gains	20	Retrospectively identified as her level when she took the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
Level 30 threshold; second martial soul awakened	16 17	Refines the Lovesick Heartbreak Red. Her Hell Spirit Cat remains unchanged, but she gains the Evil-Eyed White Tiger. She cannot yet determine her exact accumulated level.
Level 38 Soul Elder	20	Obtains her third soul ring in the Star Dou Great Forest under Chu Sheng’s protection. The herb and ring together raise her soul power by ten levels from level 28.
Rank 39 Soul Elder	24	Advances again during the journey. Displays three rings—yellow, yellow, purple—before the Imperial Fighting Team; her rank equals Yu Tianheng’s.

Background / History

Zhu Zhuqing comes from the Zhu Family of the Star Luo Empire. The Zhu and Dai families have intermarried for generations because their inherited martial souls complement one another. Chu Sheng attributes her later awakening of the Evil-Eyed White Tiger to the Dai bloodline within her 11 17 21.

After Dai Mubai fled, her life became increasingly isolated: others avoided her, and she believed that failing to grow stronger quickly would lead to her death. She hoped he had left to concentrate on cultivation. Finding him at the Rose Hotel with twin sisters destroyed that hope and prompted her to seek a different means of controlling her fate 11.

Appearance

• Clothing: Introduced wearing a black top and black trousers 11.
• Build: Has a youthful face contrasted with a pronounced bust 11.
• Expression: Usually cool and aloof, though her happiness becomes visible after her martial-soul awakening 17 22.
• Other features: Crimson lips and hair that Chu Sheng describes as silky when patting her head 11 20.

Personality

Zhu Zhuqing is reserved but stubbornly determined. Even when she admits that she is too weak to control her fate, she refuses to surrender an opportunity to improve. Her desire for strength outweighs her interest in leisure; when Chu Sheng replaces a proposed outing with training, she welcomes the prospect of personal instruction 11 15.

She accepts considerable risk in pursuit of survival. Before eating the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, she privately resolves that she would try it even if it were poisonous. Her trust in Chu Sheng later becomes equally uncompromising: she follows his order to rob their defeated opponents and is prepared to die alongside him if neither can escape danger 16 26.

Her companionship with Chu Sheng and Ning Rongrong changes her outlook. Rather than merely wanting to survive, she begins wanting to live well. She expresses affection through quiet gestures, including holding Chu Sheng’s hand and resting her head on his shoulder, but can also act boldly enough to kiss him in gratitude 15 17 22.

Abilities & Skills

Hell Spirit Cat

Her original martial soul supports her agility-attack specialization. It is also referred to as the Nether Civet in the explanation of her fusion potential 13 17.

• Moves quickly enough that Ning Rongrong cannot follow her approach with her eyes after the herb transformation 17.
• Demonstrates Martial Soul Possession and a yellow, yellow, purple ring configuration at rank 39 24.
• No individual soul-skill names are documented in the supplied chapters.

Evil-Eyed White Tiger

The Lovesick Heartbreak Red awakens this second martial soul without replacing or evolving her original Hell Spirit Cat 17.

• Gives her both inherited martial souls associated with the Dai–Zhu families’ fusion 17.
• Its separate ring configuration and individual skills are not shown.

Potential Self-Fusion: Hell White Tiger

Chu Sheng proposes that Zhu Zhuqing fuse her two martial souls herself, potentially producing the Hell White Tiger with 100% compatibility 17.

• Would allow her to perform the fusion alone rather than requiring a second Soul Master 17.
• Could avoid the need to synchronize two people’s intentions and soul power 17.
• Remains a proposed ability; no successful self-fusion is demonstrated in the supplied chapters.

Pursuit and Scouting

Zhu Zhuqing develops practical combat awareness through travel training and forest exploration 13 19.

• Practices catching Ning Rongrong without using her martial soul, improving her pursuit tactics while Rongrong learns to evade attacks 13.
• Scouts ahead in the Star Dou Great Forest, reporting soul-beast types, approximate ages, and distances 19.
• Chooses safer routes and directs Ning Rongrong away from nearby threats 19.

Equipment / Items

• Lovesick Heartbreak Red — Immortal herb supplied by Chu Sheng to transform her talent. He forces it to bloom through his control of its Small World rather than using the usual heart-blood method. Zhu Zhuqing consumes and refines it, gaining substantial soul-power growth and a second martial soul 16 17 20.
• Looted Storage Soul Tools — Helps Ning Rongrong seize the tools belonging to Dugu Bo and the defeated Imperial Fighting Team. The division of the loot is not specified 26.

Relationships

• Chu Sheng — Instructor, protector, and romantic attachment. His offer to teach her restores her hope; his herb enables her transformation. His system declares her heart “won over” after she rests against his shoulder, and she later kisses him in thanks 11 16 17.
• Ning Rongrong — Traveling companion, training partner, and friend whom Rongrong calls her sister. They cooperate in the forest and form an alliance rather than compete over becoming Chu Sheng’s official girlfriend, though Rongrong still protests when Zhu Zhuqing kisses him first 13 15 17 19 24.
• Dai Mubai — The person she seeks in Suotuo City. His flight worsened her circumstances in Star Luo, and discovering his indulgent lifestyle leaves her devastated. He recognizes her but departs with the twin sisters instead of confronting Chu Sheng 11 12.
• Qin Ming — Recognizes her exceptional talent and warns his students not to underestimate her strength 22 23.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Leaving Suotuo City

• Arrives at the Rose Hotel seeking Dai Mubai and is caught in Chu Sheng’s Spatial Cage despite being a passerby 11.
• Accepts Chu Sheng’s offer of instruction and quietly follows him after everyone is released 11 12.
• Travels toward Nuoding City with him and Ning Rongrong instead of joining Shrek Academy 13 14.

Transformation and Soul Hunting

• Enters Chu Sheng’s Special Space for training and refines the Lovesick Heartbreak Red 15 16.
• Awakens her second martial soul, learns of possible self-fusion, and openly expresses gratitude through a kiss 17.
• Scouts during the group’s Star Dou Great Forest expedition and obtains her third soul ring, reaching level 38 19 20.

Journey toward Heaven Dou

• Accompanies Chu Sheng toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy, although her noble status belongs to Star Luo rather than Heaven Dou 21 22.
• Displays her rank-39 cultivation when Ning Rongrong challenges the Imperial Fighting Team’s claims of superiority 24.
• Helps strip the defeated team and Dugu Bo of their Storage Soul Tools on Chu Sheng’s orders 26.

Notable Quotes

“I... I'm too weak. I can't control my own fate.” 11

“Thank you.” — After kissing Chu Sheng following her transformation 17