Zhu Zhuqing

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Zhu Family Succession Struggle

Zhu Zhuqing belongs to the direct line of the Star Luo Empire’s Zhu Family. Its descendants compete for the position of heir, with unsuccessful candidates facing confinement or death. Her elder sister, Zhu Zhuyun, is stronger and more talented, and Zhuqing grows up experiencing exclusion and oppression within the family 42 56.

Betrothed to Dai Mubai since childhood, Zhuqing initially believes that finding him and developing their compatible Martial Souls together offers her best chance of surviving the succession struggle. After he flees to Shrek Academy, she leaves Star Luo to search for him 42.

Rescue and Break with Dai Mubai

Yan Zu, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong find Zhuqing fighting two Soul Elders and a Soul Ancestor in a forest. They drive off her attackers, help treat her wounds, and discover that she has become lost and already traveled past Suotuo City. She agrees to accompany them back toward Shrek 42.

During their journey, Yan Zu challenges her belief that Dai Mubai is her only way out. Using the story of the frog in the well, he urges her to recognize her own survival skills and seek a future beyond the engagement 42.

In Suotuo City, Zhuqing encounters Dai Mubai accompanied by twin women. His lewd remarks, possessiveness, and hostility toward Yan Zu destroy her remaining hopes for him. After Yan Zu defeats him, she states that she has given up on her fiancé completely 43 44.

Shrek Academy and Early Arena Training

Zhuqing passes Shrek’s entrance trial alongside Yan Zu, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong. During the fight against Zhao Wuji, she attacks from the flanks and targets joints and acupoints, repeatedly returning to battle after Yan Zu’s support heals her injuries 47.

Her early academy life includes further confrontations with Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun. She claws Ma Hongjun’s shoulder after he ignores her demand for respect, then rejects Dai Mubai’s attempt to reconcile. Yan Zu intervenes when Dai Mubai uses his superior Soul Power to pressure her 49.

At the Great Soul Arena, her eagerness to prove herself leads her into Wind Leopard’s close-range paralysis trap. She loses her first individual match despite adjusting her tactics after being injured. Yan Zu identifies impatience and inexperience—not a lack of talent—as the main causes of her defeat 51 52 53.

Training with Xiao Wu helps her become more composed. By the end of five days, her recorded results are one individual victory, two individual defeats, and three doubles victories. She credits watching Yan Zu and Xiao Wu with teaching her to control a fight’s pace and attack weak points 54.

Glazed Tile Residence and Departure from Shrek

Zhuqing initially hesitates to move into Ning Rongrong’s new residence, feeling uncomfortable imposing on the others. Their assurances that she belongs with the team persuade her to accept a room next to the main house 56.

There, she learns that Yan Zu is Wen Yansheng, the author whose books sustained her during her lonely years in the Zhu Family. Her gratitude and admiration begin developing into romantic affection, though she conceals it because of his closeness with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong 56.

Zhuqing supports Yan Zu’s objections to Shrek’s conduct, including its students’ mistreatment of Canghui Academy. When Yan Zu leaves Shrek, she rejects Dai Mubai’s claim that their engagement determines her future and chooses to depart with Yan Zu, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar 61 62 70.

Dawn Team

After leaving Shrek, Zhuqing receives the Nine Yin Manual and Nine Yin Divine Claw from Yan Zu. He also admits her to his Martial Soul Mimicry Training Ground, where accelerated time, concentrated Soul Power, personal instruction, and sparring help her develop rapidly 71 72.

She becomes a founding member of the five-person Dawn Team and partners with Ning Rongrong as Netherworld Glazed Tile. Their doubles strategy combines Zhuqing’s speed and attacks with Rongrong’s precisely timed boosts 73.

Against the Imperial Fighting Team, Zhuqing uses Oscar’s illusion clones to conceal her approach. She strikes Ye Lingling with Nine Yin Divine Claw and knocks the opposing healer off the platform less than five seconds into the match 76 77.

Martial Soul Evolution and Third Soul Ring

At Blue Tyrant Academy, medicinal pills strengthen Zhuqing’s body and spiritual perception. The Universe Creation Pill subsequently evolves her Martial Soul into the Star Netherworld Spirit Cat. Overcome with gratitude, she embraces Yan Zu alongside Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong 110 111.

During the later Soul Hunting Operation, Zhuqing selects a five-thousand-year-old Shadow Leopard, confident that her strengthened body and mind can withstand its ring. She delivers the killing blow with Netherworld Hundred Claws, then successfully absorbs the ring with Yan Zu channeling its power through Nine Yin True Qi 127.

Her subsequent training includes adapting elements of Wind God Legs into her footwork. By the latest account, she is progressing toward level 39 140.

Appearance

• Build: Tall for her age, with long, slender legs and a full figure 42 59.
• Hair and eyes: Black hair, sharp catlike eyes, and purple eyes described during her final confrontation with Dai Mubai 42 70.
• Clothing: Usually wears fitted black fighting clothes or a simple black outfit 42 43 55.
• Martial Soul possession: Sharp Hell Claws extend from her fingertips 42.
• Evolved Martial Soul: Its phantom has dark-purple, star-like fur, purple-gold eyes, faint energy wings, and a tail split into two ribbon-like lengths 111.

Personality

Zhuqing is reserved, vigilant, and fiercely determined to survive. Even while wounded and outnumbered, she refuses to surrender. Her upbringing makes her wary of help and reluctant to impose on others; she initially declines shared accommodation because she is accustomed to living alone 42 56.

Her desire for strength initially becomes impatience in combat. Defeat and instruction teach her to study opponents, conserve resources, and control the pace rather than force an immediate victory 52 53 54.

She values personal autonomy and refuses to be treated as Dai Mubai’s possession. Although she accepts Yan Zu’s guidance, her stated aim is to become strong through her own efforts and escape her family’s control. Around trusted companions, her reserve softens into quiet care, such as preparing food or bringing Yan Zu tea without interrupting him 55 70 139.

Abilities & Skills

Hell Spirit Cat

Her original Martial Soul specializes in speed, surprise attacks, and explosive close-range offense 56 71.

• Grants keen senses capable of detecting people following her through a crowded city 43.
• Produces claws for rapid attacks against vital points and vulnerable joints 47 52.
• Has comparatively weak defense and sustained-combat capability, weaknesses Yan Zu addresses through supplementary techniques 71.

Star Netherworld Spirit Cat

The evolved Martial Soul retains the original’s agility and explosive power while adding star-associated abilities and short-distance spatial jumps 111.

• Allows her to dart between shadows, emerging from one and disappearing into another during training 114.
• Its faint energy wings increase speed and assist changes of direction; sustained flight is not demonstrated 114.

Soul Skills

Nine Yin Manual

Yan Zu teaches Zhuqing four chapters to strengthen her body and compensate for her Martial Soul’s weaknesses 71.

• Bone Forging Chapter: Strengthens muscles, bones, and constitution to withstand high-speed movement.
• Inner Power Chapter: Makes Soul Power circulation more condensed and enduring.
• Healing Chapter: Supports recovery after injury.
• Movement Technique Chapter — Nine Spiral Shadows: Improves evasion, approach, and unpredictable positioning.

She later blends Nine Spiral Shadows with her Martial Soul’s natural speed and incorporates part of Wind God Legs into her footwork 73 140.

Nine Yin Divine Claw

A claw technique focused on unpredictable attacks against vital points. Yan Zu teaches it as a complement to Netherworld Hundred Claws, explaining that combining the two can multiply their power 71.

• Becomes a central part of her individual arena victories 73.
• Enables her decisive strike against Ye Lingling during the Imperial Fighting Team match 77.

Spiritual Perception

Her speed-based fighting style demands precise perception and reactions. Tranquil Heart Tea gradually condenses her spiritual power, while the Universe Mind-Calming Pill provides a more substantial improvement 56 110.

• Improves battlefield awareness and reaction speed.
• Lets her sense an opponent’s intended movements in advance to a limited extent; this is described as anticipation rather than unrestricted foresight 110.

Relationships

• Yan Zu — Rescuer, cultivation mentor, teammate, and romantic interest. His guidance helps her abandon dependence on Dai Mubai, while discovering his identity as Wen Yansheng deepens her affection 42 56 70 71.
• Xiao Wu — Close friend and former Phantom Netherworld doubles partner. She comforts Zhuqing after defeat, helps her settle into shared living, and welcomes her as a sister and trusted cultivation companion 52 53 56 72.
• Ning Rongrong — Close friend, housemate, and Netherworld Glazed Tile doubles partner. Her support boosts complement Zhuqing’s attacks, and her generosity helps Zhuqing feel included in the group 49 56 73.
• Dai Mubai — Childhood fiancé whom Zhuqing rejects. His flight from their family struggle, self-indulgence, and possessiveness lead her to stop treating the engagement as her route to survival 42 43 44 70.
• Zhu Zhuyun — Elder sister and stronger rival in the Zhu Family’s succession competition. Escaping her sister’s shadow is one of Zhuqing’s central motivations 42 56 70.
• Oscar — Fellow Shrek defector and founding Dawn teammate. His Thousand Illusions Clone Sausages supply decoys that support her attacks 70 73 76.
• Ye Lingling — Initially an opponent whom Zhuqing eliminates from an arena match; later joins her at Blue Tyrant Academy as a teammate 77 115.

Notable Quotes

“I'm going to take control of my own destiny. I won't depend on anyone anymore, including you.” 70

“At least I won't regret the choice I made today.” 70

Trivia

• Despite her vigilance, Zhuqing has a poor sense of direction: she passes Suotuo City while trying to reach Shrek and is visibly embarrassed when Ning Rongrong points it out 42.
• She originally imagines Wen Yansheng as a wise, elderly author, not Yan Zu, who is a year younger than her 56.
• Netherworld Hundred Claws is called her First Soul Skill in early battles but her Second Soul Skill during the Shadow Leopard hunt 47 52 127.