Zhu Zhuqing

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Zhu Zhuqing (朱竹清)
Gender	Female
Origin	Star Luo Empire 2 4
Affiliation	Shrek Academy; Shrek Seven Devils; Qin Ye’s circle 9 19 23
Occupation/Role	Student; agility-type Soul Master 7 9
Martial Soul	Hell Spirit Cat, also called Nether Civet 20 26 44
Soul Power	Level 27 at admission; approaching level 30 during the Star Dou Great Forest expedition 4 44
Family	Zhu Zhuyun — older sister 2
Partner	Qin Ye 16
Status	Alive; returning from the Star Dou Great Forest with Shrek 50
First Appearance	2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 27	4	Her admission test qualifies her to skip Shrek’s second and third testing rounds.
Mutated Hell Spirit Cat	20	Qin Ye secretly corrupts her martial soul while she sleeps. Its fur darkens, its claws sharpen, and its eyes gain a bewitching quality. The resulting enhancement is later stated to be threefold 26.
Accelerated cultivation	39	Joins Qin Ye, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong in linked cultivation. She reports cultivating twice as fast as usual; no new numerical level is stated.
Approaching level 30	44	Asks Qin Ye for further cultivation help after Xiao Wu reaches level 30. Zhu Zhuqing has not yet reported reaching that threshold.

Corruption Value

Corruption value measures Qin Ye’s influence, not Zhu Zhuqing’s soul-power level.

Value	Chapter	Trigger / Consequence
10	3	Qin Ye plants a demon seed through physical contact; her loss of faith in Dai Mubai increases his influence.
25	12	The Heart Demon encourages a private meeting with Qin Ye while intensifying her resentment toward Zhu Zhuyun.
50	16	Confesses her feelings and agrees to become Qin Ye’s partner.
85	20	Secret overnight corruption mutates her martial soul. This exceeds the threshold of 80 at which Qin Ye can forcibly draw power from a heart demon servant 27.

Background / History

Zhu Zhuqing comes from the Star Luo Empire, where she endured assassination attempts, humiliation, and abuse. Her ambition is to return and defeat her older sister, Zhu Zhuyun. Despite her determination, she fears that she cannot challenge her family alone 2 4 12.

She also learned wound-treatment techniques in the empire. At Shrek, she uses that knowledge to remove an arrow from Qin Ye’s chest and keep his wound from becoming infected 18.

Appearance

• Black hair falls over her shoulders 20.
• Slender waist and long, black-clad legs are noted during her interactions with Qin Ye 20 44.
• Feline features include cat ears, claws, and a movable tail; she uses her tail to tease Qin Ye 20 39 44.
• Mutated martial soul: darker black fur, sharper claws, and alluring feline eyes 20.

Personality

Initially cold, guarded, and wary of intimacy, Zhu Zhuqing is easily embarrassed by Qin Ye’s flirting. Her wish to defeat Zhu Zhuyun makes his apparent strength and protection especially appealing. The Heart Demon repeatedly exploits that ambition, her loneliness, and her fear of losing Qin Ye to other women 3 4 12 16.

In battle, she is decisive and willing to take risks. When testing Zhao Wuji’s defenses injures her, she admits that she ignored Qin Ye’s warning and apologizes rather than defending her mistake. Later, she shows a much harsher side in the arena, killing an opponent and responding to the dying fighter without sympathy 7 8 26.

She is protective toward Xiao Wu and sincerely devoted to Qin Ye, comforting the former after Tang San strikes her and tending the latter through the night. Her growing affection also becomes openly playful and jealous, though this change accompanies Qin Ye’s concealed supernatural influence 16 17 20 23 50.

Abilities & Skills

Hell Spirit Cat / Nether Civet

An agility-focused martial soul suited to rapid movement and close-range claw attacks 7 26.

• Moves fast enough to leave afterimages while attacking 7.
• Climbs trees to scout approaching soul beasts 44.
• Receives a threefold enhancement after Qin Ye’s corruption, producing a qualitative increase in her overall strength 20 26.
• Recognizes that Qin Ye’s greater combat experience allows him to outperform her even when using the same martial soul and skills 48.

First Soul Skill: Hell Stab

A swift claw attack used to strike from an opponent’s flank 7.

• Uses it against Zhao Wuji during the admission assessment 7.
• Combines it with Netherworld Hundred Claws during coordinated attacks after Qin Ye disables Zhao Wuji’s defense 8.

Second Soul Skill: Netherworld Hundred Claws

A rapid claw assault used in close-range combinations 8.

• Attacks Zhao Wuji from the opposite direction to Xiao Wu, exploiting their shared speed advantage 8.
• Participates in the coordinated strike against the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s crest 44.

Combat Perception and Precision

Her enhanced speed and perception allow her to follow both a fighter and the fighter’s doubles without needing to identify the original first 26.

• Tears apart a masked opponent’s shadow doubles and lands a fatal strike through the real fighter’s chest 26.
• Explicitly lacks mental-type soul skills; her victory comes from reading movements rather than mentally detecting the real body 26.
• Cannot penetrate Zhao Wuji’s Immovable Bright King Body unaided and suffers reflected damage when she tests it 8.

Wound Treatment

• Removes the arrow embedded in Qin Ye’s chest 18.
• Applies techniques learned in the Star Luo Empire to prevent infection 18.

Heart Demon Connection

Her corruption creates a power link that Qin Ye can exploit through Heavenly Demon Transformation 27.

• Qin Ye can forcibly absorb power from servants whose corruption values reach at least 80 27.
• His first use against Zhu Yan drains Zhu Zhuqing until she collapses into Xiao Wu’s arms. She reports being unharmed but senses a connection to him 27.
• Qin Ye can borrow her martial soul; during one arena match, he deliberately avoids doing so because she is still competing 31.

Relationships

• Qin Ye — Romantic partner and source of her martial-soul enhancement. She believes in mutual protection, while he secretly manipulates her emotions, drains her power, and plans to bind his second soul ring to her 16 20 27 49.
• Zhu Zhuyun — Older sister and intended target of revenge. Her image is used by the Heart Demon to frighten Zhu Zhuqing and revive memories of persecution 2 12.
• Dai Mubai — A man she loses faith in after witnessing his apparent indulgence and cowardice. He later abandons his claim to her in exchange for Qin Ye’s help pursuing the Star Luo throne 2 3 14.
• Xiao Wu — Friend and combat partner. Xiao Wu intervenes to protect her during the admission test; Zhu Zhuqing later comforts her after Tang San’s violence and supports the mission to rescue her 7 8 16 17 47.
• Ning Rongrong — Teammate, cultivation companion, and occasional romantic rival. Rongrong enhances her in battle, but their closeness to Qin Ye also prompts jealousy 7 11 23 39.
• Tang San — Increasingly antagonistic fellow student. She condemns his treatment of Xiao Wu and joins the others in rejecting his challenge to an exhausted Qin Ye 17 19 37.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Shrek Admission

• Becomes an early target of Qin Ye’s Heart Demon, which stages visions of Zhu Zhuyun, assassins, and Dai Mubai before Qin Ye appears as her rescuer 2 3.
• Passes the soul-power test at level 27 and teams with Qin Ye and Ning Rongrong against Zhao Wuji 4 7.
• Adapts after suffering reflected damage, coordinating with Xiao Wu once Qin Ye suppresses Zhao Wuji’s defensive skill. Flender subsequently approves her enrollment 8 9.

Partnership and Secret Corruption

• Meets Qin Ye by the river after the Heart Demon encourages her to arrange a private encounter. She accepts his proposal to become partners 12 15 16.
• Treats his arrow wound and watches over him overnight; while she sleeps, he secretly mutates her martial soul 18 20.
• Joins Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong in a pledge to support one another and become the continent’s strongest Soul Masters 19.

Great Soul Arena and Cultivation

• Demonstrates her enhanced strength by killing an agility fighter despite the opponent’s shadow doubles 26.
• Experiences the draining effect of Qin Ye’s Heavenly Demon Transformation firsthand 27.
• Urges Qin Ye to stop fighting when his winning streak leaves him exhausted, then defends him against Tang San’s challenge 33 37.
• Benefits from linked cultivation without knowing that Qin Ye controls the distribution of their accumulated power 39.

Star Dou Great Forest

• Scouts and helps subdue the thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent intended for Oscar’s third soul ring 44.
• Joins the group’s commitment to rescue Xiao Wu after the Titan Giant Ape carries her away 47 48.
• Takes over the forward scouting position during the return journey when Qin Ye stays behind with Xiao Wu 50.

Notable Quotes

“We're partners. You watch over me, and I protect you. Our hearts will always be together.” 20

“We'll become the continent's strongest soul masters and stand together at the pinnacle of the Douluo Continent.” 19

“I didn't distinguish between you. Your movements were simply too slow. I saw through the movements of both your real body and your doubles.” 26