Zhu Zhuqing

Biodata

Power Progression

Appearance

Zhu Zhuqing has black hair, delicate features, and clear, cold almond-shaped eyes. Her tightly pressed lips convey a stubborn refusal to admit defeat 56 61.

• Clothing: Usually wears a fitted black combat outfit 55 61 128.
• Early hairstyle: A high ponytail during her childhood appearance in Star Luo City 55 56.
• Later hairstyle: Hair falling over her shoulders, with two wisps beside her cheeks 61.
• Martial Soul possession: Gains cat ears and a long, slender tail 69.
• External Soul Bone: Eight ink-black, sharply pointed spider lances emerge from her back 72.

Personality

Zhu Zhuqing is outwardly cool, guarded, and resilient. She openly confronts Dai Mubai over his womanizing and rejects his attempts to dictate her behavior through their engagement. Her determination extends to Shrek Academy, where she insists that the captaincy should belong to the strongest and challenges him for it directly 56 61 73.

Around Gu Wuchen, her reserve often gives way to nervousness, blushing, and delight. She initially doubts that he could take an interest in her, but her gratitude develops into firm loyalty after he helps her grow stronger and offers a way out of her family’s control 57 68 119 125.

She defends Xiao Wu against Tang San’s accusations and later condemns his treatment of her. During the Skywater Academy match, she also orders Tang San to stop draining opponents once Shrek has gained the advantage. Despite having defeated him previously, she acknowledges when his growing power may have surpassed her own 75 118 161 162.

Abilities & Skills

Hell Spirit Cat / Nether Civet

Her Martial Soul supports rapid movement and claw-based close combat. After absorbing the Water Jade Muscle Immortal Bone, she becomes noticeably lighter, faster, and more agile 69.

• Evades Dai Mubai’s charge with ghostlike movement 73.
• Uses speed to close on opponents and strike through openings in their defenses 128 153.
• Combines Martial Soul possession with the Eight Spider Lances 72 73.

First Soul Skill: Hell Stab

A high-speed claw thrust that turns her movement into a black shadow or afterimage 73 153.

• Cuts Dai Mubai’s arm deeply enough to expose bone 73.
• Used to initiate her attack against Tang San’s Dark Blue Silver Grass 153.

Second Soul Skill: Netherworld Hundred Claws

Unleashes a rapid barrage of claw strikes 72 73.

• Delivers the finishing attack on the Man Faced Demon Spider after Gu Wuchen wounds it 72.
• Shatters Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Protection Barrier 73.
• Breaks Dark Blue Silver Grass by striking the same point more than a hundred times in succession 153.

Third Soul Skill: Netherworld Slash

Forms black-purple cutting power around her claws; against Tang San, it manifests as a half-meter-long black blade shadow 73 153.

• Shatters Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Fierce Light Wave 73.
• Cuts through several layers of Tang San’s Dark Blue Silver Grass 153.
• Breaks Skywater Academy’s weakened ice-and-snow barrier to conclude Shrek’s victory 163.

Fourth Soul Skill: Netherworld Shadow Clone

Creates seven identical clones that attack from different positions 153.

• The clones launch claw attacks and Netherworld Slashes.
• Destroyed clones are replaced during the exchange.
• Forces Tang San to defend on multiple fronts while her real body moves through an opening in his grass 153.

Eight Spider Lances

An External Soul Bone obtained while absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring. Zhu Zhuqing quickly learns to extend and retract its eight lances at will 72.

• Piercing attacks: Adds eight sharp weapons to her close-range offense 72 73.
• Venom: Injects dark green venom that leaves Dai Mubai numb and unable to move 73.
• Restraint: Wraps around Dai Mubai’s limbs and hurls him away 73.
• Precision: Holds a lance against Tang San’s throat after defeating him in training 118.
• Limited suppression: Helps her defeat Tang San’s Dark Blue Silver Grass, but Gu Wuchen rejects the idea that it is a permanent counter. Zhu Zhuqing later admits Tang San had been holding back and testing her lances 153 160 161.

History

Star Luo Family Conflict

Zhu Zhuqing grows up within the Star Luo Empire’s succession system, which pits siblings against one another and treats them as instruments of their families. She later leaves the empire to escape that fate 125.

She first meets Gu Wuchen during his negotiations with the Dai and Zhu family heads. When Dai Mubai accuses him of seducing the Zhu sisters, Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun rebuke him together. Zhu Zhuqing exposes Dai Mubai’s drinking and womanizing, then watches Gu Wuchen’s departure with visible reluctance 55 56 57.

Joining Shrek Academy

Four years later, Zhu Zhuqing travels to Suotuo City with Zhu Zhuyun and reunites with Gu Wuchen. At the Rose Hotel, she again rejects Dai Mubai after finding him with two women. Her sister supports her and advises her to take Shrek Academy’s captaincy through strength 61 62.

Zhu Zhuqing chooses to remain at Shrek despite its dilapidated facilities. She wants to transform herself there, and remaining in the Heaven Dou Empire also gives her opportunities to see Gu Wuchen 65.

Gu Wuchen’s Assistance and the Captaincy

As she approaches level thirty, Zhu Zhuqing asks Gu Wuchen for advice on obtaining a stronger Soul Ring. In return for his help, she offers to subordinate the Zhu Family to the Gu Clan if she becomes its head and agrees to follow his instructions 68.

Gu Wuchen supplies an Immortal Herb and Whale Rubber, then helps her hunt the Man Faced Demon Spider that yields her third ring and Eight Spider Lances. Afterward, she challenges Dai Mubai and decisively defeats him. Zhao Wuji appoints her captain of the Shrek Team, while reserving final approval for Flender 69 70 72 73.

Tournament Leadership and the Star Luo Throne

By the reunion at Blue Tyrant Academy, Zhu Zhuqing has become a Soul Ancestor. She later defeats Tang San in training and publicly blames him for driving Xiao Wu away 106 118.

Before the Soul Master Tournament, Gu Wuchen promises to help her ascend the Star Luo throne. She pledges lifelong loyalty and the empire’s future submission to the Gu Clan, while questioning how his ambitions can coexist with Spirit Hall. He reassures her and tells her that he will represent the Spirit Hall Team in the finals 125.

Leading Shrek in the opening match, she defeats the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team in less than three minutes, aided by Ning Rongrong’s enhancements. She later regards reaching the finals or taking second place as a realistic goal because she does not expect to defeat Gu Wuchen’s team 128 154.

Tang San’s Corruption

Zhu Zhuqing defeats Tang San again after his Martial Soul becomes Dark Blue Silver Grass. Although she wins through her Netherworld skills and Eight Spider Lances, she senses that his dark power is abnormal 153.

She subsequently warns Gu Wuchen that Tang San can devour Soul Power, vitality, and even Soul Skills. She reports his black blood, rapid healing, and increasing strength, admitting that another fight might no longer end in her favor 161.

During Shrek’s match against Skywater Academy, Tang San ignores her orders to stop draining the opposing team. Zhu Zhuqing ultimately breaks the weakened defensive barrier and secures the victory. After the individual competition, she again reports his worsening behavior and judges his strength to have surpassed the Soul Ancestor level 162 163 169.

Relationships

• Gu Wuchen — Benefactor, romantic interest, and political sponsor. He provides cultivation resources, helps secure her captaincy, and promises support for her claim to the Star Luo throne. She pledges to follow him for life 57 68 72 125.
• Zhu Qingyan — Mother and matriarch of the Zhu Family. Introduces Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun to Shen Suwei as her daughters 57.
• Zhu Zhuyun — Elder sister and supporter. Their relationship improves after Gu Wuchen’s Star Luo visit; she accompanies Zhu Zhuqing to Suotuo City, shields her from Dai Mubai, and asks Gu Wuchen to help her if trouble arises 61 62 66.
• Dai Mubai — Betrothed fiancé and rival for the Shrek captaincy. Zhu Zhuqing rejects his possessiveness and womanizing, then defeats him to take command of the team 56 70 73.
• Ning Rongrong — Friend, dormitory companion, and teammate. Defends her against Dai Mubai, supports her in combat, and accompanies her on visits to Gu Wuchen 70 119 125 128.
• Xiao Wu — Teammate whom she defends against Tang San’s accusations. Zhu Zhuqing continues to hold Tang San responsible for Xiao Wu’s departure 75 118.
• Tang San — Teammate and recurring opponent. Their clashes develop from disputes over Xiao Wu and Gu Wuchen into concern over his increasingly dangerous Dark Blue Silver Grass 118 153 161 169.
• Zhao Wuji — Shrek teacher who authorizes her challenge to Dai Mubai and appoints her captain, subject to Flender’s final decision 73.
• Liu Erlong — Academy leader who calls her Shrek’s most outstanding student and encourages her to lead the team into the tournament finals 153.

Notable Quotes

“The strong have always stood at the top, haven’t they?” 73

“Tang San! Stop! It’s only a match—stop when you’ve gained the upper hand!” 162