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Original Name:魂兽Gender:NeutralScope:Novel-specificStatus:ActiveSource:AIOccurrences:552Chapters:94
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Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Soul Beast |
| Alias(es) | 魂兽 |
| Species/Race | Any non-human living being possessing Soul Power, including animals and plants |
| Occupation/Role | Neutral character type; source of Soul Rings, potential Soul Bones, and cultivation resources for Soul Masters |
| First Appearance | 3 |
Nature and Identification
Soul Beasts are defined by Soul Power rather than animal classification: animals, plants, and other non-human lifeforms qualify if they produce a Soul Ring upon death. 8
| Cultivation | Soul Ring Color | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ten years | White | Lowest documented Soul Ring tier. 8 |
| Hundred years | Yellow | Commonly sought for early Soul Rings. 8 23 |
| Thousand years | Purple | Considerably more dangerous; their presence can threaten Soul Ring absorption sites. 8 18 |
| Ten thousand years | Black | Many possess human-comparable thought and are particularly common as solitary predators in forest core areas. 8 52 |
- Cultivation can be estimated through physical size, characteristics, and the color of Soul Power flowing inside a Soul Beast's body. 86
- A Soul Beast's displayed attack color may vary, but its internal Soul Power color remains a more reliable indicator of cultivation. 86
- Soul Beasts of sufficient age can display high intelligence, tactical movement, and the ability to evade Soul Master attacks. 109
- Forest habitats contain threats beyond the intended prey, including hidden Soul Beasts, groups, ambushes, and traps such as spiderweb prisons. 14 52
Soul Rings and Soul Bones
Soul Rings
A Soul Master must personally kill a Soul Beast to absorb the Soul Ring it produces. 18 Soul Ring selection is treated as a long-term cultivation decision: a compatible beast can alter a Martial Soul's form, attributes, and available Soul Skills. 15 20
- Strength- and defense-oriented Soul Beasts can provide corresponding assault or defensive skills. 15
- Soul Beast knowledge is vital when selecting rings, since an unsuitable ring can waste a Soul Master's limited Soul Skill slots. 8 12
- High-grade Soul Rings can substantially increase the absorber's Soul Power upon breakthrough. 20 48
- A Soul Beast's habitat may need to be cleared or abandoned after combat, as battle noise can attract stronger beasts and herds. 18
Soul Bones
Soul Beasts may also leave behind Soul Bones when they die, though this is not guaranteed. 3
| Soul Beast tendency | More likely Soul Bone type |
|---|---|
| Power and defense types | Arm Bones 3 |
| Speed types | Leg Bones 3 |
| Spiritual or highly intelligent types | Head Soul Bones 3 |
- Soul Bones may appear as ordinary-looking bones that emit Soul Power fluctuations. 27
- Xia Liang theorizes that unusually discolored bones in a living Soul Beast's skeleton can be nascent Soul Bones. 109
- A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast is stated to guarantee a Soul Bone to its killer, provided the killer does not already possess that body-part slot. 109
- External Soul Bones can emerge independently of the six standard Soul Bone positions, such as the Bone Dragon Left Palm Bone and the Red-Eyed Treant King's spinal bone. 67 89
Habitats
| Location | Soul Beast conditions |
|---|---|
| Soul Hunting Forest | An artificial forest built by the Heaven Dou Empire. Its raised Soul Beast populations are largely determined by the Soul Ring requirements of major noble families. 15 |
| Soul Hunting Forest core area | Contains Soul Beasts with Soul Power and, in some cases, hundred-year cultivation or stronger Soul Skills; hunters can be watched from the darkness. 14 |
| Sunset Forest | A public Soul Beast resource rather than territory exclusive to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Its core area contains many solitary ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts. 36 52 |
| Extreme North Land | Home to ice-attributed Soul Beasts, including Ice Jade Scorpions and the Ice Scorpion King; extended expeditions risk attracting powerful local beasts. 26 30 |
| Death Canyon | A wild Spirit Hall-controlled region inhabited by violent, dark, cunning, and aggressive Soul Beasts. Spirit Hall mainly controls its entrance and outer areas, not its dangerous core. 108 |
| Star Dou Great Forest core area | Contains powerful ancient-bloodline Soul Beasts and fierce beasts that follow a clear internal hierarchy. 133 134 |
Notable Species
| Species | Classification and traits |
|---|---|
| Netherworld Ghost Bear | A high-grade, entirely black bear Soul Beast associated with strength and defense. It appears at night, imitates human waving, favors honey, and has a relatively high chance of producing Arm Bones. 11 15 |
| Bone Dragon | A mutated sub-dragon descended from a Space Dragon and a bone-specialized Soul Beast. It possesses bone defense, a trace of true dragon bloodline, and a powerful Space Attribute; Bone Dragons inhabit Dragon Valley. 36 |
| Death Demon Spider | A giant spider Soul Beast with corrosive Death Poison. A ten-thousand-year individual demonstrated human-like tactical thought and appeared to possess a nascent left-front-leg Soul Bone. 109 |
| Red-Eyed Treant King | An Undead-attributed plant Soul Beast resembling a black, mobile treant with blood-red eyes and a persistent death aura. 86 |
| Shadow Lord | A top-tier Dark Soul Beast with an Ancient Bloodline and at least one known top-tier attribute: darkness. It can control space and draw targets into an Alien Space. 84 114 |
| Dark Demon Evil God Tiger | An Ancient Bloodline Soul Beast associated with the Evil God's power. It possesses an extremely evil attribute and a domain involving time and space. 125 130 |
| Golden Fire Silver Wolf | A hybrid top-tier Soul Beast that inherited the Golden Blood Wolf's physique while retaining the Silver Wolf's Light and Fire Attributes. 133 |
| Crimson King | A Three-Headed Crimson Demonic Mastiff fierce beast with more than 200,000 years of cultivation and a measure of pure-blooded True Dragon lineage. 133 |
| Three-Eyed Golden Lion | A lion-like Soul Beast with dragon-like claws, golden flame, dense scales, and a third vertical eye. It carries the Star Dou Great Forest's providence, doubles nearby Soul Beasts' cultivation rate, and possesses ultimate Light and Fire Attributes. 133 134 |
Role in Soul Master Cultivation
Soul Beasts are simultaneously cultivation resources and lethal adversaries. Their rings can determine the direction of a Martial Soul's evolution, while their meat, bones, corpses, and spiritual remnants may also be used as resources. 15 20 110
| Soul Beast | Resulting acquisition |
|---|---|
| Netherworld Ghost Bear | Xia Liang obtained a five-hundred-year First Soul Ring and the Soul Skill Netherworld Transformation, gaining a skeletal right arm and a fifty-percent increase to strength and defense. 18 19 |
| Bone Dragon | Xia Liang obtained his Third Soul Ring, the Bone Dragon Transformation Soul Skill, and the External Bone Dragon Left Palm Bone. 67 68 |
| Red-Eyed Treant King | Xia Liang obtained his Fourth Soul Ring, an External Spinal Soul Bone, and the Soul Skill Demonic Eye Soul Seizure. 89 90 |
| Shadow Lord | Xia Liang absorbed its fifty-thousand-year Fifth Soul Ring after Dugu Bo helped defeat it, gaining Dark Territory. 114 115 |
| Dark Demon Evil God Tiger | Xia Liang obtained his Sixth Soul Ring and its Life Bead; the absorption elevated the Necromancer Skeleton Martial Soul's Dark Attribute to Ultimate Dark. 130 131 |
- The Necromancer Skeleton Martial Soul can devour a slain Soul Beast's spirit, refining it into its own energy and slightly raising Xia Liang's Soul Power. 110
- Xia Liang recognizes this practice as potentially leading him toward the path of an evil or fallen Soul Master. 110
- In Death Canyon, the Necromancer Skeleton Martial Soul can absorb surrounding dark and death energy alongside natural energy, making such Soul Beast habitats unusually effective cultivation grounds. 108