Zhu Zhuqing

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Zhu Zhuqing belongs to the Star Luo Empire’s noble Zhu Family, whose members have married into the imperial Dai Family for generations. The alliance is maintained because their Nether Civet and White Tiger martial souls can combine into the Hell White Tiger, a powerful martial soul fusion skill. Her engagement to Dai Mubai is part of this family arrangement rather than her own choice 12 16.

The families’ ruthless sibling competition places her under pressure from Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi. She survives repeated assassination attempts while traveling from the Star Luo Empire to Shrek Academy. Dai Mubai’s departure leaves her facing that pressure without his support 12 23.

Although she rejects the obligations imposed on her, Zhu Zhuqing does not simply hate her family. She later identifies the Zhu Family’s weaker position relative to the Dai imperial family as the underlying problem, and remains concerned about her parents 40 47.

Appearance

• General bearing: Usually described as cool, beautiful, and aloof; she becomes visibly more relaxed around trusted companions 12 39.
• Clothing: Appears in black gauze clothing early in her travels and a light dress during the Heaven Dou City stay 13 49.
• Human-beast form: Develops powerful limbs, sharp feline claws, pointed cat ears, nine tails, and black flames surrounding her body 14.
• Mutated martial soul: Has purple fur, deep, brilliant eyes, and enlarged wings covered in purple patterns 37.

Personality

Zhu Zhuqing is reserved and initially suspicious of Chen Xuanqing’s motives. When he reveals her identity, she assumes he intends to use her against the Zhu Family and refuses to cooperate on those terms. She accepts his offer only after he presents strength as a means of resisting her prescribed fate 12 13.

Her central motivation is independence. She objects to being treated as something men can compete over and explicitly rejects the idea that her family’s marriage arrangement determines her wishes. Even after gaining powerful protectors, she insists on cultivating so that she can fight beside her companions rather than remain dependent on them 16 38.

She retains sympathy for defeated enemies despite her willingness to fight decisively. Family considerations lead her to request that Dai Mubai be spared, and Ma Hongjun’s suffering prompts her to question Chen Xuanqing’s treatment of him 29 30.

Abilities & Skills

Nether Civet / Hell Spirit Cat

• The Zhu Family’s feline martial soul is compatible with the Dai Family’s White Tiger martial soul, enabling the Hell White Tiger fusion skill. Zhu Zhuqing does not perform that fusion in the supplied chapters 12.
• The Purple Dragon Core strengthens her connection to her martial soul and triggers visible changes to its fur, eyes, and wings 37.
• The passage describes its altered eyes as appearing capable of seeing through truth and illusion, but does not demonstrate a corresponding ability 37.

Nine-Tailed Nether Cat Devil Fruit

• Transformation: Allows her to choose between a fully human form, a human-beast hybrid, and a complete beast form 14.
• Physical enhancement: According to Chen Xuanqing, the fruit substantially improves speed, strength, perception, and other physical capabilities 14.
• Recovery: Chen Xuanqing states that it grants rapid recovery from severe injuries, provided the user is not killed outright; this is explained rather than tested in the supplied passages 14.
• Undeveloped powers: Additional special abilities must be discovered through training. Black flames appear during her initial transformation, but their combat function is not explained 14.
• Consumption: Only one bite is needed to obtain its power, despite its extremely bitter taste 14.

First Soul Skill: Hell Stab

• Uses a sudden burst of movement to pass Dai Mubai, turn, and attack his back 29.
• Follows the strike with a kick that breaks his leg and forces him to his knees 29.

Second Soul Skill: Netherworld Hundred Claws

• Spins rapidly while delivering repeated, precise slashes with her feline claws 31.
• Uses the skill against younger Soul Beasts while helping hold back the beast tide 31.

Agility and Close-Quarters Combat

• Keeps Dai Mubai on the defensive despite his greater soul power and additional Soul Skill 28.
• Targets vital points with fast, changing attacks; her transformed movement becomes particularly difficult to predict in the Star Dou Great Forest 28.
• Uses claw-like strikes to fell trees with clean cuts while helping build the group’s wooden house 35.

Equipment / Items

• Longevity-Extending Pills — Receives a bottle from Chen Xuanqing after asking for pills for her parents in the Star Luo Empire. Their delivery to her parents is not shown 47.
• Azure Gleam Sword access — Uses Chen Xuanqing’s sword to refine her soul power; the weapon remains his rather than becoming her equipment 39.

Relationships

• Chen Xuanqing — Initially her employer and source of promised strength; becomes her protector, cultivation benefactor, and romantic partner. She credits him with giving her the opportunity to resist her family’s demands 12 14 22 27.
• Dai Mubai — Her family-arranged fiancé, whom she personally rejects. His abandonment, womanizing, possessiveness, and threats destroy her trust in him. She defeats him but asks Chen Xuanqing to spare his life 15 16 23 27 29.
• Xiao Wu — Traveling companion and fellow cultivator. Their early relationship includes jealousy over Chen Xuanqing, but Xiao Wu later comforts her about her progress and joins her pursuit of greater strength 14 22 38.
• Meng Yiran — Companion and cultivation partner. Zhu Zhuqing initially worries about receiving less attention after Meng Yiran joins, but the three women agree to support one another 34 38 39.
• Zhu Zhuyun — Family rival whose pressure helps drive Zhu Zhuqing’s determination to become stronger 12 23.
• Her parents — Remain important to her despite her rejection of the family’s marriage system; she requests longevity medicine for them 40 47.
• Da Ming and Er Ming — Hosts during the group’s stay at the Lake of Life. Zhu Zhuqing expresses appreciation for living there and promises that the group will return 34 40.
• Qian Renxue — Temporary traveling companion whose identity as Xue Qinghe she learns. Zhu Zhuqing helps comfort her after Chen Xuanqing exposes her secret and admires her transformation 43 44.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Leaving Shrek Academy

• Meets Chen Xuanqing during his demonstration of Soul Saint power and accepts his offer to become his maid in exchange for a chance to change her fate 12.
• Leaves with Chen Xuanqing and Xiao Wu rather than remaining with Dai Mubai 13.
• Receives the Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit and commits herself to developing its abilities 14.

Confrontation in the Star Dou Great Forest

• Accompanies Chen Xuanqing into the forest, where he intends to help her develop her new powers 23.
• Rejects Dai Mubai’s claim that her marriage is not hers to decide, then fights him in her nine-tailed beast form 27 28.
• Breaks his leg and requests that his life be spared after his defeat 29.
• Helps Chen Xuanqing, Xiao Wu, Dragon Duke, and Snake Granny hold back a beast tide while protecting Meng Yiran 31.

Lake of Life Cultivation

• Helps construct the group’s wooden house near the Lake of Life 35.
• Undergoes martial soul mutation, obtains a new Soul Ring, and refines her soul power through the Azure Gleam Sword 37 38 39.
• Remains for six months of cultivation before leaving for Heaven Dou City. Her final level after that training period is not stated 39 40.

Heaven Dou City

• Travels with Qian Renxue’s party and later receives medicine intended for her parents 43 47.
• Accompanies Chen Xuanqing and Xiao Wu to the city’s Spirit Hall, identifying him to an attendant as Golden Crocodile Douluo’s disciple 48.
• Joins Xiao Wu in inviting Chen Xuanqing to go out with them the following morning 49.

Notable Quotes

“You two, stop treating me like a stake in your wager. I'll make my own decisions.” 16

“I want to work hard and grow stronger. Only then can I fight alongside you and earn the right to say no to my family!” 38

“But I don't regret it, at least now I can live freely.” 35