Zhu Yingjie

Biodata

History

Soul Beast Hunt

Zhu Yingjie entered the Star Dou Great Forest with his uncle, Zhu Xun, and cousin, Zhu Yao, to hunt a One-Horned Fire Tyrant Dragon. Their group wounded and pursued the beast, but Yu Yuanzhen subdued it and Yu Xuan delivered the killing blow before they caught up. Yingjie was displeased at losing his intended prey, but restrained himself when his uncle deferred to Yu Yuanzhen 15.

Yu Yuanzhen proposed a spar between Yingjie and Yu Xuan as a condition for the group’s departure. Zhu Xun initially objected because Yingjie was twenty levels above Yu Xuan, but agreed after learning that Yu Yuanzhen intended to test his son against a Quasi-Soul King. He instructed Yingjie to stop before anyone was hurt 15.

Defeat by Yu Xuan

Yingjie allowed Yu Xuan to attack first, dismissing the younger boy’s warning that he might defeat him in one move. His confidence faltered when Yu Xuan revealed two Thousand-Year Soul Rings and immediately forced him to retreat 15 16.

Yu Xuan caught Yingjie’s flame-blade attack, transformed it with Crimson-Gold Mystic Flame, and hurled it back with greater power. When Yingjie tried to evade, Yu Xuan intercepted him and struck through his spinning claw defense, sending him flying. Yu Xuan attributed the decisive victory to his overwhelming fire-attribute advantage rather than the difference in their Soul Power 16.

Zhu Xun picked up the injured Yingjie, who had blood at the corner of his mouth, and estimated that he would need several days to recuperate before resuming the hunt. The Zhu family then left the forest clearing 16.

Personality

Yingjie is confident in his cultivation advantage. He initially wanted to teach Yu Xuan a harsh lesson over the lost Soul Beast, doubted that a level-thirty Soul Master could absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, and privately scoffed at Yu Xuan’s challenge. Nevertheless, he obeyed his uncle’s instruction to exercise restraint and courteously offered his weaker opponent the first move 15.

He reassessed Yu Xuan after seeing his two Thousand-Year Soul Rings, recognizing that Yu Yuanzhen’s claim about the intended third ring might be genuine 16.

Abilities & Skills

Blazing Fire Spirit Cat

A mutated cat-type Martial Soul that grants Yingjie cat claws and fire-based attacks 15 16.

• Martial Soul Possession: Used immediately when Yu Xuan charged, allowing Yingjie to retreat at speed 16.
• Terrain advantage: The surrounding forest favored cat-type Martial Souls at low and middle cultivation levels 15.
• Attribute limitation: His flames fall below Ultimate Fire and are several grades beneath Yu Xuan’s Crimson-Gold Mystic Flame 16.

Second Soul Skill — Lie Yan Hundred Claws

Yingjie spins rapidly with his cat claws extended, creating a continuous barrage against approaching enemies 16.

• Activated through his yellow Second Soul Ring.
• Used as a close-range defense after Yu Xuan blocked his escape.
• Failed to stop Yu Xuan’s enhanced dragon-claw strike 16.

Third Soul Skill — Lie Yan Slash

Yingjie swings a cat claw to launch a blade of flame toward his target 16.

• Can attack an approaching opponent without direct contact.
• Yu Xuan demonstrated that the flame blade could be caught, assimilated into a superior flame, and redirected against Yingjie 16.

Relationships

• Zhu Xun — His uncle and the Nether Duke of the Star Luo Empire. Accompanied his hunt, instructed him to limit the spar, and carried him away afterward 15 16.
• Zhu Yao — His younger female cousin and a witness to his defeat. She later recalled the encounter when meeting Yu Xuan at Spirit Hall Academy 16 27.
• Yu Xuan — His sparring opponent, who defeated him despite a twenty-level disadvantage 15 16.
• Yu Yuanzhen — An old acquaintance of his uncle who arranged the spar to test Yu Xuan’s strength 15.