Soul Ring

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Soul Ring
Occupation/Role	Power source that grants Soul Skills and contributes to a Soul Master's cultivation
First Appearance	6

Overview

Soul Rings are formed from Soul Beasts and fused with Martial Souls. They strengthen the Soul Master and provide Soul Skills; a Martial Soul without suitable rings is considered incomplete regardless of its inherent quality 216 607.

A Soul Beast has a guaranteed chance to produce a Soul Ring upon death, but an unabsorbed ring will eventually dissipate 216 25.

Acquisition and Absorption

Standard absorption

A Soul Master generally kills a suitable Soul Beast, draws out its ring with Soul Power, then meditates while merging the ring's energy with their body and Martial Soul 671 711.

• The Soul Beast's age must be within the user's physical limits; exceeding those limits can cause absorption failure or death 633 676.
• Compatibility between a Martial Soul and Soul Beast can make fusion notably smoother, as seen when Lin Yuchun absorbed a Blazing Tiger ring for his Mad Tiger Martial Soul 670.
• The absorbed ring forms around the Soul Master before withdrawing into the body when not in use 678 712.
• Excess energy from a completed fusion can raise cultivation and improve the user's physical constitution 678 712.

Soul Beast sacrifice

A Soul Beast may voluntarily sacrifice itself to empower a Soul Master. This produces a smoother absorption process without the usual risk of harm or backlash 15.

• The System can force dormant Soul Beasts to sacrifice themselves for Du Bai 15.
• The Hell White Tiger's willing sacrifice allowed Zheng Datong to form his second ring and produced an arm Soul Bone that readily fused with him 682 684.
• The Nine-Headed Fire Qilin's sacrifice granted Du Bai a Million-Year Soul Ring, four Soul Skills, and a third Martial Soul 544.

Ring Age and Color

Color	Documented age range / example	Notes
White	Ten-year Grass Carp ring	Chen Zhen's third ring was a white ten-year ring 659
Yellow	400–700 years	Du Bai's temporary Barrett rings included 400-year and 700-year yellow rings 15
Purple	1,000–3,200 years	Zheng Datong's first two rings were thousand-year purple rings; his third came from the 3,200-year Fire Demon Lord 678 711 712
Black	Tens of thousands of years	Du Bai's 70,000-year Doom Predator ring and 80,000-year eighth ring were black 569
Red	Hundred-thousand-year	Du Bai's third and fourth Fire Qilin rings were 105,000 and 110,000 years old 565
Dark gold	Million-year	A normal Million-Year Soul Ring is described as dark gold 544
Red-and-gold	1,040,000 years	Du Bai's second Fire Qilin ring is an anomalous dual-colored Million-Year ring created by the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin's sacrifice 544 565

Soul Ring Configurations

Soul Master / Martial Soul	Ring configuration	Details
Du Bai — Barrett Destroyer	Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black	A temporary Soul Douluo set received from the System; its rings ranged from 400 to 70,000 years 15
Du Bai — Fire Qilin AK-47	Black, gold-and-red, red, red	The first four displayed rings were 85,000, 1,040,000, 105,000, and 110,000 years old 565
Zheng Datong — Night-Shaking Ink Brush	Purple, purple, purple	His first two rings came from the Golden Scaled Flood Dragon and Hell White Tiger; the third came from the 3,200-year Fire Demon Lord 678 682 711 718
Meng Yiran — Serpent Cane	Second ring: yellow	Obtained from a 700-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent 26

Perishable Soul Rings

The System can award temporary Soul Rings that detach and vanish after their duration ends 14.

• Du Bai's Soul Douluo set for the Barrett Destroyer lasted fourteen days after use 14 16.
• The set permitted Du Bai to use his second Martial Soul before reaching Titled Douluo, an arrangement normally too dangerous for a Twin Martial Soul owner 15.
• A Soul Ring Extension Card can prolong the duration of these temporary rings; Du Bai used one card for a ten-day extension and another for a seven-day extension 332.
• Though temporary, the rings gave Du Bai access to a balanced set of damage, control, debuff, mobility, and transformation abilities 16.

Notable Soul Skills Granted by Rings

Destructive Strike

Du Bai's first Barrett Destroyer skill, granted by the 400-year Junjun Ant ring, puts him in a dominant state for three seconds and fires a highly penetrating bullet dealing 300% damage 16.

Poison Bullet

Granted by the 700-year Poison Fighting Rat ring, this skill fires a bullet that releases poison mist on impact 16.

• Slows the target's movement and Soul Power recovery.
• Drains Soul Power and life force after poison inhalation 16.

Illusion Ring Bird Skill

The Illusion Ring Bird ring leaves behind an identical phantom that fires at the target while Du Bai becomes invisible and gains 200% movement speed for three seconds 16.

Luan Bird's Wrath

Granted by the Flame Kill Ice Snow Luan ring, this skill provides three seconds of rapid flight and bombards targets with firebomb and ice bomb shells 16.

Wrath of the Berserk Ape

Du Bai's sixth Fire Qilin skill delivers explosive short-term damage, but consumes an enormous amount of Soul Power 25.

Doom Judgment

Du Bai's ninth Barrett Destroyer skill came from the 70,000-year Doom Predator. It requires a charging period before activation 569.

Notable Examples

• Du Bai's original 400-year first Fire Qilin ring was stripped away during his Martial Soul Second Awakening and converted into Soul Power 6.
• His 45,000-year sixth ring resisted removal, absorbed his Soul Power, and evolved beyond 50,000 years, enabling the awakening to continue 8 9.
• Zheng Datong set an unprecedented example by making a thousand-year Golden Scaled Flood Dragon ring his first ring; he then absorbed a second thousand-year ring from the Hell White Tiger 678 682.
• Meng Yiran gained Ensnaring Profundity from her 700-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent ring, creating a serpent phantom that binds a target and propels her backward 26.