Ning Rongrong

Biodata

Power Progression

Background

Ning Rongrong is a direct descendant of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the most talented member of her generation. Ning Fengzhi intends to groom her as his successor, making knowledge of the continent’s major factions a compulsory part of her childhood education. Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong both treasure and heavily indulge her 6 25.

She secretly leaves home to attend Shrek Academy, although Ning Fengzhi subsequently tracks her whereabouts. Her enrollment makes her a target of Zhao Su’s investigation: he hopes her especially close relationship with Gu Rong will provide clues about the Bone Douluo’s mysterious origins 6 9 43.

Appearance

• Has a delicate face and initially presents herself as sweet and well-behaved when approaching Zhao Su 10.
• Develops a sturdier physique during Grandmaster’s two months of intensive training, despite being a support-type soul master 29.
• Wears a matching outfit and mask with the other Shrek Seven Devils during their Suotuo City arena training 30.
• Is described as having become an increasingly beautiful young woman after the five-year time skip 33.

Personality

Rongrong combines a spoiled upbringing with curiosity and a taste for gossip. Her apparently docile manner does not prevent her from firmly questioning Zhao Su about his Seven Kill Sword, then speculating that he might be Chen Xin’s illegitimate son. Her temper also earns her a reprimand from Flender 10 13.

She is clever and politically informed. After learning about Zhu Zhuqing’s betrothal, she quickly deduces Dai Mubai’s imperial background and recognizes the danger of breaking the marriage alliance. Her affectionate treatment of Zhao Su is initially strategic: she wants to recruit him or secure martial soul upgrades for her father and elder brothers, rather than pursue a romance 22 24 25.

Her friendship with Zhu Zhuqing includes both encouragement and interference. She urges Zhuqing to choose her own future and says she will not compete with her for Zhao Su, but also reports Zhuqing’s private feelings to him as part of their bargain 25 29.

Abilities & Skills

Glazed Tile Pagoda

Her inherited Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is described as the continent’s strongest support martial soul. Zhao Su’s divine essence and an immortal herb enable it to evolve beyond the form her family had possessed for generations 19 20 40.

• Attribute enhancement: Provides allies with different attribute boosts according to their individual needs 22.
• Eight Treasure evolution: Its transformation demonstrates that her constitution and vitality have strengthened, contradicting Yu Xiaogang’s claim that Zhao Su’s methods burn vitality 27.
• Nine Treasure evolution: Removes the original seven-soul-ring restriction 40.
• Battlefield protection: During the forest battle, Ma Hongjun and Zhu Zhuqing protect her and Oscar while the other students engage the enemy 21.

Teamwork and Physical Conditioning

• Trains against four Soul Kings alongside the other Shrek students, with Zhao Su directing their coordination 21 22.
• Gains improved physical conditioning and more seamless teamwork through Grandmaster’s intensive training 29.
• Partners with Ma Hongjun in two-person soul fights; Grandmaster chooses him partly because he can protect her better than Zhu Zhuqing 30.

Knowledge of Major Factions

• Uses her childhood political education to identify the connection between the Zhu Family’s marriage alliances and the Star Luo Imperial Family 25.
• Possesses greater familiarity with other support martial souls than most people because of her sect background 34.

Equipment / Items

• Aromatic Silk Beauty — Immortal herb given to her by Zhao Su and consumed to evolve her Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure form 40.
• Arena outfit and mask — Worn with the Shrek Seven Devils to avoid attracting unnecessary trouble during soul fighting 30.

Relationships

• Ning Fengzhi — Father and sect master. Plans to make her his successor; she seeks Zhao Su’s help to evolve his martial soul. After learning about her Nine Treasure Pagoda, he personally asks Zhao Su whether more Aromatic Silk Beauty herbs exist 22 25 44.
• Gu Rong — Affectionately called “Grandpa Bone.” Pampers her more than anyone else; she knows a secret about him but refuses to disclose it directly to Zhao Su 6 11.
• Chen Xin — Affectionately called “Grandpa Sword.” One of her doting protectors; her familiarity with his Seven Kill Sword prompts her first questioning of Zhao Su 10 25.
• Zhao Su — Teacher, benefactor, and bargaining partner. She calls him “Brother Su” after he evolves her martial soul. He later describes her as a classmate and someone like a younger sister 20 25 44.
• Zhu Zhuqing — Close friend and confidante. Rongrong encourages her to pursue her own future, but also supplies Zhao Su with information about her feelings and movements 25 29.
• Oscar — Fellow support-type student and persistent admirer. Her closeness to Zhao Su discourages him; after the time skip, she continues rejecting his advances 22 33.
• Ma Hongjun — Two-person arena partner. She enthusiastically accepts their pairing, preventing Zhu Zhuqing from switching partners to avoid Zhao Su 30.
• Elder brothers — Rongrong wants Zhao Su to upgrade their inherited Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagodas alongside their father’s 22 25.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Gu Rong Investigation

Rongrong questions Zhao Su about his sword martial soul and speculates about his connections to her two protectors. Her refusal to explain “Grandpa Bone’s secret” nevertheless supplies enough information to complete Zhao Su’s system mission to approach her and draw out clues about Gu Rong 10 11.

Agreement with Zhao Su

Following her first martial soul evolution, Rongrong seeks benefits for her family as well as herself. She agrees to help Zhao Su win Zhu Zhuqing over in exchange for his help evolving her own pagoda to Nine Treasure, while he also promises to visit her sect and assist her father and brothers 22 25.

She subsequently reports Zhuqing’s nighttime remarks and private trip to Suotuo City. At the arena, she supports the pairing of Zhao Su and Zhuqing and tells Dai Mubai to give up his pursuit 29 30 31.

Arena Training and Heaven Dou City

Rongrong’s visible Eight Treasure Pagoda leads spectators to suspect that the masked Shrek team belongs to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. She sits out the Mad Battle Team match when Zhao Su takes her place, without losing the team points awarded to her 31.

During the move toward Heaven Dou City, she notices renewed tension between Zhao Su and Zhuqing and reaffirms her promise to help him. Later, she invokes Zhang Ying’s closeness to Zhao Su to persuade Zhuqing not to reject the Lovesick Heartbreak Red 34 39.

Sect Succession and Spirit City

After completing her Nine Treasure evolution, Rongrong returns home and brings Ning Fengzhi back to the academy. Zhao Su also considers helping her become sect master as an alternative to persuading her father to align with Spirit Hall; the narration identifies her future succession as another agreement between them 40 42 43.

During the confrontation over Xiao Wu in Spirit City, Rongrong pulls the distracted Zhuqing away so she leaves with the rest of Shrek after Zhao Su orders Spirit Hall’s forces to let them pass 50.

Notable Quotes

“I can't tell you. That's Grandpa Bone's secret.” 11

“You have to choose your own future. When an opportunity comes, make sure you seize it.” 25