Kitten

Biodata

Power Progression

No named cultivation realm is given for Kitten. Her documented development centers on spell learning, improved Spirit Qi absorption, and increasingly effective combat magic.

Appearance

Kitten’s natural form is a small orange cat. She can transform into a little girl, appearing with braids, hair buns, or loose hair depending on the occasion 630 640 665.

• Eyes: Amber, described as bright and crystalline in sunlight 668 699.
• Belly scar: Caused by a rock when she rolled down a mountain with Old Ox. She claims publicly that it came from fighting a Demon Sage for ten days and nights 729.
• Cold-weather clothing: Wears hats and protective clothing; during the northern journey, she rides in a cotton-lined basket fitted with warming talismans 592 613.
• Human-form grooming: Usually relies on Old Ox to arrange her hair and occasionally asks Li Ping'an to comb it 640.

Personality

Kitten is proud, affectionate, and eager to be recognized as capable. She regularly calls herself “Fairy” or “Cat Immortal,” seeks praise after successful hunts, and enjoys the respect shown to her at Floating Jade Gate. She imitates Li Ping'an’s dignified posture, walking with her hands behind her back and her head raised 603 653 778.

Her pride often exceeds her judgment. She insists that her failed warming spell works, struggles onward during a mountain climb to preserve her image, and eats undercooked crabs rather than admit Li Ping'an was right. She also becomes jealous when he pets another cat and demonstrates a head-spinning trick to prove her superiority 612 694 719 745.

Despite her boasts about independence, Kitten places being with Li Ping'an and Old Ox above their destination. She worries about their meals, waits anxiously during their absences, and ultimately decides against venturing into the Jianghu alone because she believes they need her care 630 677 692 711.

She is unusually protective of her earnings. Mouse-catching money represents her contribution to the household, and she treats unnecessary spending as a serious loss. Nevertheless, she spends money rewarding fellow cats and exchanges a jar of sugar for ordinary colored stones after seeing the pleasure it gives several children 696 729 736.

Abilities & Skills

Shapeshifting

Kitten can change between her orange-cat form and that of a little girl 630 640.

• Uses transformation to conceal her identity, including hiding from a boy who recognizes only her human appearance 665.
• Alternates forms out of sight of Zhang Hai and his brother, leaving them unaware that the girl and cat are the same person 765.
• Can change form during combat, becoming a girl before summoning an earth-and-stone figure 630.

Hunting and Feline Senses

Her speed, claws, and sense of smell make her an effective hunter 602 603.

• Catches more than thirty ordinary rats during one outing 602.
• Locates the Rat Demon commanding a swarm by scent 602.
• Catches fish with her paws and subdues them with repeated slaps 677.
• Earns substantial copper coin payments through mouse catching 729.
• Can be overwhelmed by sheer numbers; Old Ox rescues her after she becomes stuck in a rat hole 602 603.

Construct Magic

Kitten summons figures made from different materials for combat and practical work 630 719.

• Wooden Armor Puppets: Flank enemies, restrain a wolf demon, and help carry loot 630.
• Earth Armor Puppets: Guard her during battle and strike groups of rats 734.
• Larger earth-and-stone figures: Form from surrounding rubble and soil; one delivers the finishing blow against a burning wolf demon 630.
• Water People: Three constructs help push a boat toward an island 719.
• Climbing assistance: Uses three summoned figures to push and pull one another up a snowy mountain 694.
• Limit: The gale preceding the greater demons’ arrival disperses an Earth Armor Puppet and nearly blows away her wooden one 630.

Elemental Magic and Talismans

Her spell repertoire includes warming talismans, fire, wind, and protective magic 612 630 734 799.

• Breathes flame after forming a seal 630.
• Combines wind and fire with hostile black smoke to produce an explosion 734.
• Casts a spell to protect valuable shop objects when Demon-Suppressing Pass rises into the air 799.
• Remains vulnerable to severe cold and turbulent Spirit Qi, sometimes requiring Li Ping'an’s talismans 613 692.
• Has an innate fear of heavenly lightning and hides beneath the covers during Pill Tribulation Lightning 662.

Cooking and Household Work

Kitten can cook, wash clothes, and weave baskets 614.

• Prepares soups, flatbreads, seafood, and New Year’s meals for the group 692 729 765.
• Her cooking improves enough that Li Ping'an sincerely praises her crisp flatbread and flavorful fish soup 729.
• Serves as the Faraway Inn’s head chef while also helping with other work 777.
• Learns herb identification and medicinal preparation from Li Ping'an while he treats Zhou Wu 779.

Organization and Business

Kitten develops from a paid mouse catcher into a capable organizer and innkeeper 729 731 814.

• Mobilizes the city’s cats to gather information, rewarding them according to its importance 731.
• Leads cats into battle against the rats at the Maiden Temple 734.
• Helps with cooking and bookkeeping at the reopened inn, though Li Ping'an and Old Ox must share the workload 777.
• Is later praised for her business sense and tireless work ethic 814.

Literacy and Arithmetic

Reading is considerably harder for Kitten than learning spells 612.

• Initially writes “rat” with missing strokes, which Li Ping'an supplies 600.
• Learns that ten plus thirty equals forty after being challenged by the Dragon Lord 614.
• Eventually keeps a kitty diary among her treasured possessions 775.

Equipment & Personal Items

• Shoulder pouch: Holds copper coins, silver, collected stones, a cloth ball, and her diary. Its loss causes her considerable distress; Old Ox retrieves it despite returning scorched and wounded 775.
• Storage Ring: Given by Li Ping'an after she gathers more demon treasures than she can carry 630.
• Cloth ball: A favorite toy made by Li Ping'an. She gives it to her barbarian friend and later finds it in the Cave-Heaven Paradise 697 702 775.
• Stone waist knife: A farewell gift from the barbarian girl. Its special stone blade is described as extremely sharp and comparable to iron 697.
• Osmanthus leaf: A gift from an osmanthus tree in the Cave-Heaven Paradise. She later buries it with Li Ping'an, and its light melts nearby snow as spring reaches the Eastern Snowfield 701 712.

Relationships

• Li Ping'an — “Big Ping'an.” Her traveling companion, caregiver, and teacher. He teaches her writing and herbs, praises her achievements, and refuses to sell her because she is not his to sell. She cooks for him and repeatedly worries about his well-being 569 600 729 764 779.
• Old Ox — “Niu Niu.” Her protector and principal spell teacher. He rescues her from the rat hole, usually tends her hair, gives her the name Cat Aotian, and recovers her treasured pouch 603 612 640 729 775.
• Qingfeng — Friend and playmate. Initially intimidates her, but the two become close while playing with a cloth ball. Qingfeng encourages her to drink at their farewell gathering 660 663.
• Barbarian girl — Friend. Teaches Kitten to ride White Fur Giant Beasts. They exchange Kitten’s favorite ball and the girl’s stone knife when parting 697.
• Dragon Lord — Traveling acquaintance. Chats with Kitten during a three-day visit but repeatedly dismisses her accomplishments as “nothing special,” provoking her indignation 614.
• Third Young Master — Dragon companion. Carries her through the clouds on his head and coaches her to appear fierce during negotiations 668.
• Yanzhou’s cats — Allies and informants. Begin as territorial rivals who injure her, then become friends after she brings Old Ox along. She later organizes their intelligence gathering and anti-rat campaign 728 731 734.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Travels and the Enan Wang Family

During the group’s peaceful stay in July, a representative of the Enan Wang Family offers increasingly large payments for Orange Cat. Li Ping'an refuses. The family’s eldest daughter suspects Kitten might be the offspring of a Cat Demon associated with a Secret Treasure, but this remains a suspicion rather than an established account of her origins 569.

Wind and Snow City

Kitten enthusiastically takes up rat hunting after learning that a Rat Demon carries a bounty. Ordinary rats do not qualify for payment, but she remains pleased that she can eat her catches. After a swarm overwhelms her, she follows Li Ping'an’s advice to find its leader 601 602.

Her pursuit briefly goes wrong when her head becomes stuck in a rat hole. Old Ox pulls her free and blocks the demon’s escape route. Kitten eventually returns carrying the captured Rat Demon intact, deliberately preserving it for the reward rather than eating it 603.

Spell Training and Yong Province

Travel through the northern snowfields exposes her limited resistance to cold. She begins learning talismans from Old Ox but still needs protective clothing, a padded basket, and Li Ping'an’s help 612 613.

By the confrontation with Yong Province’s demon coalition, she can combine several spells effectively. While Li Ping'an fights the greater demons, Kitten kills a wolf demon with puppet assistance, fire, and an earth-and-stone figure. Her enthusiastic collection of spoils prompts Li Ping'an to give her a Storage Ring 630.

Snow Mountain and the Eastern Snowfield

Kitten’s snowy mountain climb marks a clear increase in endurance and Spirit Qi absorption. Unlike her earlier northern journey, she can proceed using her own summoned figures rather than remaining in Li Ping'an’s basket 694.

She later befriends a barbarian girl during a three-month stay with a tribe. Finding their farewell gift—the cloth ball—in the Cave-Heaven Paradise leaves her worried that her friend discarded it. Wang Xie’s explanation that he found it in the mountains reassures her, though the supplied account does not establish what happened to her friend 697 702 703.

After the Eastern Snowfield stabilizes, she helps bury the osmanthus leaf before departing with Li Ping'an and Old Ox 712.

Yanzhou and the Maiden Temple

Kitten’s efforts to earn money bring her into conflict with local cats over hunting territory. After two defeats, she takes Old Ox with her; the dispute ends, and the cats become her friends 728.

Adopting “Cat Aotian” and “Scarface,” she becomes an organizer among the city’s cats. She pays for information and leads their attack on the rat-infested Maiden Temple. She returns before dawn exhausted and wounded after the cats’ victory 729 731 734.

Demon-Suppressing Pass and the Faraway Inn

Kitten accompanies Li Ping'an into dangerous territory despite his warning. Frightened by the demon army, she hides in his arms while insisting she is not afraid. During their escape, she loses her shoulder bag and its accumulated treasures; Old Ox later brings it back 774 775.

At Demon-Suppressing Pass, the companions reopen the Faraway Inn. Kitten takes on cooking and other duties while continuing to study under Li Ping'an 777 779.

When the pass rises into the air, she is thrown into a pickling vat but quickly acts to protect valuable belongings. Later, after days of sleepless worry over the fighting and casualties, she rushes to greet Li Ping'an and checks Old Ox’s wounds when they return 799 803.

Final Account

An innkeeper later remembers Kitten as a remarkably hardworking business owner. Before dawn every day, she would run to the pass, apparently waiting for someone, then return to work. She never missed a day, regardless of the weather 814.

The innkeeper speaks of her life as having ended too soon and believes that, given more time, she might have dominated the pass’s inn business. The supplied passage does not describe her death 814.

Notable Quotes

“Even if Ping'an and Niu Niu become this small, this fairy can still protect you.” 700

“You mustn't say that outside. This is a blade scar this fairy received after battling a Demon Sage for ten days and ten nights.” 729

“Fairy wants to hear what's on Big Ping’an's mind.” 764