Zhu Zhuqing

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

Childhood in the Zhu Family

Zhu Zhuqing grew up in a family whose hereditary Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul could combine with the Star Luo Imperial Family’s White Tiger Martial Soul. This compatibility sustained generations of political marriages; Zhu Zhuqing and her older sister, Zhu Zhuyun, were bound to princes from childhood 198.

Her upbringing treated the sisters as rivals rather than family. Zhu Zhuqing recalled being taught that she could survive only by defeating her sister and stepping over her corpse. The first attempt on her life occurred when she was seven; poison, assassination, and direct fighting subsequently became their principal means of interaction. Her parents prioritized producing a future empress over protecting either daughter 198.

After awakening her Martial Soul at six, Zhu Zhuqing received less than one-third of the resources allocated to Zhu Zhuyun. She eventually left Star Luo City without expecting her family to become a source of protection 313.

Shrek Academy and the Great Soul Arena

At Shrek, Zhu Zhuqing concentrated on becoming stronger and repeatedly rejected Dai Mubai’s attempts at familiarity. She openly condemned his womanizing and insisted that he address her by her full name 46 52 56 58.

She partnered with Xiao Yan for two-on-two matches at the Soto Great Soul Arena. Their intended “Xiao-Zhu Combination” was mistakenly registered as the “Little Pig Combination.” An exhausting singles victory left her depleted before their match against the Dragon-Phoenix Combination; Xiao Yan later carried her out because of her injury 50 52 55.

During the Star Dou Great Forest expedition, Xiao Yan shielded her from the Titan Giant Ape’s attack. Later, against the Imperial Fighting Team, she intervened against the Shi Brothers but was caught between their coordinated attacks. Their gravity effect prevented her escape with Oscar’s Mushroom Sausage, and a blow to her abdomen left her unable to continue fighting 65 98.

Despite her guarded demeanor, Shrek gave Zhu Zhuqing her first experience of genuine teamwork. She earned a Silver Soul Badge, while the team obtained gold-level recognition 153.

Caring for Xiao Yan and Leaving Shrek

Zhu Zhuqing remained close to Xiao Yan during his prolonged unconsciousness. She helped Ning Rongrong bathe him during a toxin-purging treatment and continued watching over him as her own cultivation advanced from level 29 to level 32 127 131.

When Xiao Yan asked her to take him away from Shrek immediately, she complied. Carrying him out of Heaven Dou City, she evaded crossbow fire and recognized the weapon as a Zhuge Repeating Crossbow issued to Shrek’s members. Her earlier suspicions about Grandmaster helped her identify their pursuer 136.

She hid Xiao Yan beside a tree and confronted Grandmaster, who admitted stealing his Second Martial Soul. Dai Mubai subsequently attacked the pair and brutalized Zhu Zhuqing, revealing to Xiao Yan that she was his fiancée in name 137 139.

After their departure, Dai Mubai and Grandmaster promoted a false account portraying Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing as traitors. Zhu Zhuqing retained affection for her former teammates but expected that their next meeting might be as enemies 140 141 153 228.

Spirit Hall Academy and the Tournament

With Xiao Yan’s help, Zhu Zhuqing hunted the Ghost Tiger that supplied her fourth Soul Ring. At Spirit Hall Academy, she used her new clones to mislead Long Lan and attack him from behind. Against Yan, however, his powerful defense and sustained flames blunted her agility-based offense; she continued fighting despite injuries and dwindling Soul Power 145 146 154 155 157.

Her evolved Martial Soul later allowed her to defeat an Angel opponent created by a Six-Winged Angel statue. During Spirit Hall’s selection competition, she reached fifth place on the displayed rankings and received Soul Power recovery support from Han Yueyue’s Rejuvenation Domain 196 210.

Zhu Zhuqing represented Spirit Hall Academy in the tournament finals as a Soul King, having advanced ahead of Dai Mubai. After she and Xiao Yan returned as champions, they agreed to assist Qian Renxue in the Star Luo Empire as friends rather than simply accept a mission 247 260.

Return to the Star Luo Empire

Their work in the Star Luo Empire involved consolidating Spirit Hall’s intelligence network. Zhu Zhuqing supplied local knowledge about its political structure, influential families, and military leadership 270 306 316.

While Xiao Yan absorbed a Soul Ring, she defended him against Lu Zhi’s five-man party. She used a crossbow, clone decoys, corrosive attacks, and a Soul Bone shield to defeat the intruders without allowing them to interrupt him 263 265 266.

Her return also brought a confrontation with her father, Zhu Xiaotian, and second brother, Zhu Zhuming. She rejected their demand that she return to the family and obtain Xiao Yan’s pill formulas. Before her father could finish declaring her expulsion, Xiao Yan intervened 313.

The resulting agreement gave the Zhu Family Blood Coagulation Powder sales rights in three southern provinces. In exchange, Zhu Xiaotian ended the family’s grievances against Zhu Zhuqing, promised resources equal to its leading young disciples, and agreed not to force her choices 314.

Ambush and the Dark Hall

In Star Chasing City, a White Tiger claw-print letter lured Xiao Yan away while six Soul Kings and a level-67 Soul Emperor ambushed Zhu Zhuqing. Outnumbered and injured, she used her clones to seek an opening and severed two of the Soul Emperor’s fingers with a strengthened clone. She was nevertheless overwhelmed and struck into the courtyard’s stone ground 331 332.

After waking, she helped assess their situation and pointed out that Xu Mu had removed the hall’s Soul Masters partly by forging an order in Xiao Yan’s name 340.

When Xiao Yan later traveled alone to Spirit City, Zhu Zhuqing remained behind to safeguard their network. During his extended absence, she used his remaining Qi Gathering Pills to secure Dai Wusi’s cooperation. He concealed Dark Hall members and helped them escape Spirit Hall’s searches; a coded letter eventually directed Xiao Yan to Heaven Dou City 350 465.

By their reunion, Zhu Zhuqing had developed the Dark Hall into an organization with twelve core members, forty-eight peripheral members, and a secret underground headquarters. She introduced Xiao Yan to its assembled leadership as their true master 477.

Soul Emperor and Divine Inheritance

While traveling toward Slaughter City, Zhu Zhuqing reached level 60. She personally hunted a Shadow Spirit Cat by restricting its escape routes with clones and switching places to avoid its corrosive Shadow Breath. After absorbing its ring and taking a Three Yang Blazing Fire Pill, she reached level 62 488 489.

Chosen as the Netherworld Extreme Shadow God’s inheritor, she began a trial requiring seven days and nights of evasion through a passage filled with pursuing Soul Beast apparitions. Clones could pass through the apparitions safely, allowing her to switch positions, but her true body could not touch them. Exhaustion and a moment’s distraction led to her first failure, after which she was returned to the starting point 503.

Appearance

• Expression and bearing: Frequently described with a cold, beautiful face and an emotionally restrained expression 52 79.
• Eyes: Violet in her ordinary appearance in one later passage; golden-red during evolved Martial Soul possession 196 347.
• Clothing: Wears a dark purple outfit during the journey toward Slaughter City 488.
• Evolved Martial Soul: A feline with dark purple fur, golden-red pupils, and faintly pink claws 163.
• Possession effects: Golden-red eyes, pink light on her claws, a faint red mist, and ripples beneath her steps 163 196.

Personality

Zhu Zhuqing is reserved, blunt, and intensely focused on cultivation. She has little interest in provocative slogans or needless disputes when they do not serve her goal of becoming stronger. Her dislike of Dai Mubai’s and Ma Hongjun’s behavior is expressed directly rather than concealed for the sake of politeness 52 56 58.

Her loyalty is deliberate rather than submissive. She protects Xiao Yan while he is incapacitated, guards his Soul Ring absorption, and refuses to exchange his secrets for her family’s approval. Even when her father questions whether Xiao Yan will always remain with her, she insists that staying with him is her own choice 136 263 313.

Although outwardly cold, she values companionship. She remembers Shrek’s teamwork fondly, maintains warmth toward Ning Rongrong, and accepts Qian Renxue’s request on the basis of friendship 153 239 260.

Abilities and Skills

Agility, Concealment, and Tactical Combat

Zhu Zhuqing specializes in fast movement, close-range claw attacks, ambushes, and misleading opponents 52 155 265.

• Uses trees and uneven terrain to reposition while leaving little or no sound 145 488.
• Exploits clone decoys to expose an opponent’s back or separate a group’s strongest members from vulnerable targets 155 265 266.
• Can be constrained by small arenas, broad-area attacks, durable defenses, and coordinated control skills 52 155 157 331.

Serene Moon Love Shadow Cat

Lovesick Heartbreak Red transforms her hereditary Hell Spirit Cat at the level of bloodline and soul 163.

• Movement interference: Ripples beneath her feet disrupt an opponent’s mental lock and judgment of her position 163 196.
• Reduced presence: Her presence diminishes as she moves, strengthening concealment 223.
• Marks of Love’s Sorrow: Claw wounds become difficult to heal and continuously erode the target’s Soul Power 163.
• Emotional interference: Her attacks can disturb an opponent’s emotions and consciousness 163 196 223.
• Emotional dependency: Xiao Yan serves as the emotional anchor of the transformation. The narration identifies a possible loss of strength or cultivation if the object of those feelings changes 163.

First Soul Skill: Hell Stab

A high-speed approach followed by a sharp claw strike 61 155.

• Used to exploit openings at the head, chest, or neck 61 89 196.
• Can follow an emotion-disrupting attack to finish an impaired opponent 196.

Second Soul Skill: Netherworld Hundred Claws

Unleashes hundreds of claw strikes in a very short interval and possesses an armor-breaking effect 79.

• Rapidly weakens Xiao Yan’s Cold Flame Soul Armor during training 79.
• Remains part of her finishing combinations after her Martial Soul evolves 196.

Third Soul Skill: Netherworld Slash

Delivers a powerful cutting attack; she uses repeated strikes along an existing wound to kill the Ghost Tiger 145.

• Evolves into Love Threads Severing Moon Slash after her Martial Soul mutation 196.
• The evolved crescent-shaped attack disrupts consciousness and emotions as well as dealing damage 196.
• Used to weaken her Angel opponent before a close-range finishing combination 196.

Fourth Soul Skill: Netherworld Shadow Clone

Obtained from the Ghost Tiger’s Soul Ring. Initially creates three combat-capable clones, each possessing thirty percent of her combat power 146.

• Clones can make real attacks, coordinate assaults, and conceal the location of her true body 146 155.
• The skill is described as gaining one additional clone and ten percentage points of clone combat power per realm advanced 146.
• Clones can be destroyed by stronger opponents and do not provide a reliable escape against a prepared encirclement 331.

Fifth Soul Skill: Netherworld Shadows Linked

Allows Zhu Zhuqing to switch places with a Netherworld Shadow Clone 266 489.

• Avoids attacks while repositioning her true body for a counterstrike 266 489.
• Can abruptly increase a clone’s threatening presence and offensive strength, as demonstrated against the level-67 Soul Emperor 331.
• Lets her cross sections of the divine trial by exchanging places with clones that have already passed through the apparitions 503.

Sixth Soul Skill: Shadow Kill

Obtained from a twenty-thousand-year Shadow Spirit Cat 489.

• Instantly merges her into shadows and launches a lethal strike from an opponent’s shadow 489.
• Unlike ordinary traversal to a chosen shadow, it can emerge directly beneath the target’s feet 489.

Soul Bone Skill: Tiger Baleful Protection

Creates a dark purple shield of evil Soul Power 266.

• Absorbs damage and retaliates against close-range attackers by disrupting their Soul Power circulation 266.
• Protects her from Lu Zhi’s strike while she drives her claws through his heart 266.

Intelligence and Organization

Zhu Zhuqing combines familiarity with Star Luo politics with practical experience maintaining a clandestine organization 270 316 465 477.

• Identifies political risks involving the imperial family and Spirit Hall officials 306 340.
• Trades scarce pills for protection, transportation, and concealment during the Dark Hall’s persecution 465.
• Oversees recruitment, an underground headquarters, and a core leadership that includes intelligence and alchemy personnel 477.

Equipment and Items

• Lovesick Heartbreak Red — Immortal Herb responsible for her eight-rank advancement, subsequent stored medicinal power, and Martial Soul evolution 133 146 163.
• Crossbow — Used to suggest a false firing position while defending Xiao Yan from Lu Zhi’s party 265.
• Soul Bone — Grants Tiger Baleful Protection; its anatomical location is not identified in the supplied passages 266.
• Silver Soul Badge — Earned through her Great Soul Arena participation 153.
• Qi Gathering Pill recipe and stock — Entrusted to her by Xiao Yan. Her own refining ability is limited, so her negotiations with Dai Wusi rely on pills Xiao Yan prepared beforehand 465.
• Three Yang Blazing Fire Pill — Raises her cultivation to level 62 after she obtains her sixth Soul Ring 489.

Relationships

• Xiao Yan — Romantic partner and closest companion. She cares for him through his unconsciousness and protects him during their escape from Shrek; he supports her right to choose her own future 131 136 141 198 313.
• Dai Mubai — Fiancé in name through a family marriage arrangement, later an enemy. His womanizing alienates her before he attacks and abuses her outside Heaven Dou City; she subsequently fights alongside Xiao Yan against him 56 139 326.
• Zhu Zhuyun — Older sister and childhood succession rival. Their relationship is shaped by assassination attempts and their family’s lethal competition; hostility remains when they meet again as adults 198 313 319.
• Zhu Xiaotian — Father and Zhu Family head. She confronts him over childhood neglect and refuses to surrender her independence; their dispute ends in an agreement to respect her choices 313 314.
• Zhu Zhuming — Second brother. He mocks her relationship with Xiao Yan, while she condemns his dependence on family resources and abuse of its influence 313.
• Qian Renxue — Friend and political ally. Qian Renxue admits feeling at ease around her and Xiao Yan, and both agree to assist her in Star Luo as friends 260.
• Ning Rongrong — Close friend from Shrek. Rongrong doubts Dai Mubai’s account of their departure and openly expresses relief when they meet again 228 239.
• Xiao Wu — Former teammate and friend who helps her after an ankle injury. Xiao Wu later shows happiness at her advancement to Soul King 56 247.
• Grandmaster / Yu Xiaogang — Former instructor turned enemy. His training improves her early combat ability, but she confronts him after he attacks Xiao Yan and admits stealing his Second Martial Soul 86 137.
• Dai Wusi — Transactional ally of the Dark Hall. She exchanges Qi Gathering Pills for his cooperation; he subsequently protects its members from Spirit Hall searches 465.

Notable Quotes

“We’re not that close. Please address me by my full name.” 52

“As for Xiao Yan, no matter what happens in the future, this is my own choice. I’ll never regret it.” 313

“It’s not severing ties. It’s a choice, my own choice.” 313