Zhu Zhuqing

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Star Luo Succession Struggle

Zhu Zhuqing’s engagement to Dai Mubai places them in a life-or-death succession contest against her elder sister, Zhu Zhuyun, and Dai Weisi. Losing pairs are generally imprisoned or killed to prevent future conflict within the Star Luo Empire. After Dai Mubai flees to the Heaven Dou Empire, Zhu Zhuqing is left facing her family’s pressure and her rivals’ suppression alone 39.

After learning that Dai Mubai is at Shrek Academy, she secretly leaves the Zhu Family and crosses the Star Dou Great Forest. She initially believes their Martial Soul Fusion Skill is her only chance to defeat her sister 39.

Meeting Jiang Che

In a forest cave, an injured and poisoned Zhu Zhuqing attacks Jiang Che. He defeats her, treats her wounds and poison, and releases her after receiving three thousand Gold Soul Coins as compensation. Soon afterward, another enraged Wind Ape attacks her, forcing Jiang Che to rescue and treat her again 36 37 38 39.

Jiang Che challenges her dependence on Dai Mubai and offers to teach her. His training replaces her family’s fusion-oriented approach with a path built around personal speed, bodily conditioning, and control of Martial Soul Possession. By the end of her special training, she sincerely calls him her teacher and leaves determined to defeat Dai Mubai 39 40 41 42 43 44.

Shrek Academy

At Shrek, Zhu Zhuqing becomes close to Ning Rongrong and supports her when Flender reprimands her. The two form the Seven Treasure Spirit Cat Combination, defeating the higher-ranked Ironblood Combination in their first two-person match 56.

Zhu Zhuqing increasingly prioritizes Jiang Che’s instruction over the academy’s arrangements. She considers Shrek’s theory classes redundant and rejects Yu Xiaogang’s criticism of her speed-based fighting style. Without being allowed to use Dark Night, she nevertheless fights the Soul Elder Tang San to a draw 72 73 79.

By the time Shrek faces the Heaven Dou Royal Team, Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong largely train separately from the other students. During the match, she refuses Tang San’s poisoned hidden weapons, attempts to attack the enemy support, and returns to protect Ning Rongrong when Tang San leaves her exposed as bait. Her duel with Osler ends in a draw 129 138 139 141 142.

After her Martial Soul evolves, Zhu Zhuqing leaves Shrek with Ning Rongrong. When Dai Mubai warns that she cannot survive without the Hell White Tiger, she declares that she can handle her sister without him 147 148.

Dragon Hall and Sunset Forest

Jiang Che entrusts Zhu Zhuqing with Dragon Hall in Heaven Dou City. Its established operating system and experienced staff leave her enough time to cultivate. After reaching level forty, she arranges the business’s affairs before joining Jiang Che and Liao Wenliang on a Soul Ring hunt in Sunset Forest 159 160.

There, she obtains her fourth ring, but Zhu Family agents track the group. Faced with two Soul Kings and a peak rank-79 Soul Saint serving her sister, she briefly considers returning with them to spare Jiang Che. He refuses to abandon her and kills the two Soul Kings; Zhu Zhuqing catches him and carries him away using her speed-enhancing skills 160 163.

An allied Soul Saint intervenes against their pursuer, allowing them to escape. Zhu Zhuqing and Jiang Che subsequently reunite with Liao Wenliang and return safely to Heaven Dou City. Their romantic relationship is openly acknowledged afterward, despite the hostility it risks provoking from Star Luo 164 165.

Appearance

• Build and features: Slender and graceful, with very fair skin, finely sculpted features, and long eyelashes 36.
• Early clothing: Wears black clothing, protective armor underneath, and a face covering during her first encounter with Jiang Che 36 37.
• Hell Spirit Cat possession: Gives her feline eyes and a more catlike physical form, alongside enhanced senses and movement 42.
• After evolution: Her skin becomes noticeably finer and fairer. Activating her evolved Martial Soul produces black energy and the image of a muscular leopard surrounded by purplish-black vapor 147.

Personality

Zhu Zhuqing is reserved in public, but her defining trait is diligence. She trains relentlessly and attends Soul Fighting matches daily; even Flender acknowledges that her effort is beyond reproach. After victories, she reviews the fight for possible improvements rather than simply celebrating 56 71.

She is also receptive to evidence and quick to apply new ideas. Practical demonstrations convince her to abandon inherited assumptions about agility combat, and she independently recognizes how Soul Power restriction could improve Martial Soul Possession 41 70.

Her cold manner softens around trusted companions. In private she is warmer with Ning Rongrong, whom she comforts and protects, while her trust in Jiang Che develops into romantic affection. She initially suppresses a confession because her engagement could expose him to criticism and pursuit from the Star Luo Empire 63 64 65 90.

Abilities & Skills

Martial Soul: Shadow Saint Leopard

Her original Hell Spirit Cat evolves into the Shadow Saint Leopard after immortal-herb treatment 147.

• Specializes in speed, in contrast to the Evil-Eyed White Tiger’s emphasis on strength.
• Zhu Zhuqing judges its Martial Soul strength to be at least equal to the White Tiger’s.
• The evolution raises the possibility that her fusion compatibility with the Star Luo imperial family will disappear; this is not confirmed 147.

Soul Skills

Speed-Based Close Combat

Jiang Che teaches Zhu Zhuqing to use speed itself as offensive power rather than merely as a way to reach clawing range 41.

• Combines explosive acceleration, evasive movement, and precise attacks.
• Uses feline dynamic vision to track opponents and identify openings at close range 76.
• Can stack Spirit Cat Speed Form, Hell Stab, and Ning Rongrong’s enhancements for extreme bursts 56 139 141.
• Requires physical conditioning and control: speed alone is insufficient if her body cannot withstand it or she cannot direct it 41 42.

Cultivation Methods

• Martial Soul Possession Adaptation Method: Maintains possession during cultivation and ordinary training to acclimate to altered strength, speed, senses, and Soul Power flow 42 43.
• Symbiosis Method: Learns it directly from Jiang Che and accepts its restrictions after considering the advantages and drawbacks. She regards the requirement not to harm him as no obstacle 43.
• Soul Power efficiency training: Learns to monitor consumption, redirect excess Soul Power toward speed, and apply controlled supply limits to possession 43 69 70.
• Weighted training: Jiang Che instructs her and Ning Rongrong to obtain weighted ankle bands and other training weights 71.

Swordsmanship

Her sword allows her speed to deliver greater killing power than claw attacks alone 65.

• Dark Night Slash: A self-created, rapid sword-drawing technique. She gathers momentum while the weapon is sheathed, then releases a fine dark slash capable of marking Osler’s neck before his attack reaches her throat 141.
• Documented record: Remains undefeated in individual Soul Fighting after obtaining Dark Night, with few Soul Grandmasters lasting more than several exchanges 76.
• Limit: Stacking multiple enhancements leaves her physically weakened after the Osler duel 142.

Team Combat

• Protects Ning Rongrong while using her mobility to disrupt opponents 138.
• Trains to eliminate enemy support Soul Masters and exploit opponents drawn toward Ning Rongrong as bait 76.
• Acknowledges that Ning Rongrong’s support is essential to the speed she achieves against Osler, rather than claiming the draw as an unaided feat 142.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Cat’s-eye necklace — A Storage Soul Tool that identifies her as a core Zhu Family member. Contains the payment she gives Jiang Che after his initial treatment 37.
• Dark Night — A sword with a blade over three feet long and a dim purple edge. Used for her self-created Dark Night Slash 65 141.
• Purple Night — A dark-purple short blade Jiang Che obtains through fishing and gives her. Can corrode wounds and allow its wielder to teleport through shadows; she binds it with her blood 152.
• Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone — Immortal herbs Jiang Che selects to strengthen her body and support her pursuit of extreme speed. Their absorption precedes her Martial Soul evolution 145 147.
• Potential-unleashing pill — Temporarily increases her speed during the escape from the Zhu Family Soul Saint. Even with her speed-enhancing skills, she cannot initially outrun an agility-type Soul Saint 163.

Relationships

• Jiang Che — Rescuer, teacher, and later romantic partner. His instruction gives her a path independent of Dai Mubai; he protects her against her family despite the political consequences 39 44 163 165.
• Ning Rongrong — Best friend, fellow disciple, and partner in the Seven Treasure Spirit Cat Combination. Zhu Zhuqing defends her against mistreatment and repeatedly protects her in battle 56 62 64 141.
• Dai Mubai — Fiancé through the Star Luo succession arrangement. His flight and subsequent womanizing destroy her trust in him; she eventually rejects his claim that she needs him to survive 39 61 148.
• Zhu Zhuyun — Elder sister and succession rival. Her agents pursue Zhu Zhuqing and attempt to force her return to Star Luo 39 163.
• Dai Weisi — Rival paired with Zhu Zhuyun. Defeating their Hell White Tiger replaces merely surpassing Dai Mubai as Zhu Zhuqing’s goal 39 90.
• Tang San — Former Shrek teammate and sparring opponent. She draws with him without Dark Night, objects to his poisoned weapons, and intervenes when his plan exposes Ning Rongrong 79 138 141.
• Liao Wenliang — Protector during the Sunset Forest expedition. Captures the Wind Blade Wolf for her fourth ring, guards her absorption, and escorts the group home 160 164.
• Dugu Yan — Jiang Che’s other romantic partner. Zhu Zhuqing worries that Dugu Yan’s standing and Dugu Bo’s backing will determine their future marital positions 159 165.

Notable Quotes

“It’s true! The faster I move, the stronger my attacks become!” 41

“Yes! I’ll work hard! Dai Mubai isn’t my target. The Hell White Tiger is!” 90

“I can deal with my sister’s side of things just fine without you!” 148