Spirit Hall

Biodata

Background

Spirit Hall was founded by the Six-Winged Angel Qian Family and has long been centered in Spirit City. It conducts free Martial Soul awakenings for commoners, maintains branch halls across the continent, and previously rescued Gu Han from an Evil Soul Master's lair before placing him in a Spirit City orphanage 1.

The organization possesses extensive institutional resources, including restricted libraries, records on Soul Beasts, detailed Soul Hunting Forest maps, cultivation facilities, and enforcement teams that hunt Fallen and Evil Soul Masters 8 11 17. Its influence was historically divided between the Qian Family's veteran power base and Pope Bibi Dong's faction. Although Bibi Dong held the papacy, Qian Daoliu retained greater authority among Spirit Hall's established members, affiliated families, and internal factions 115 305.

Bibi Dong's attempt to use Evil Soul Masters to assassinate Gu Han exposed the depth of the internal conflict. Qian Daoliu publicly deposed her for repeatedly harming Gu Han and failing Spirit Hall, then named Gu Han the new Pope 167 309. Gu Han's coronation followed the All-Continent Soul Master Academy Elite Exchange Tournament 316.

Leadership

Resources and Institutions

• Spirit City academies — Spirit City contains junior, intermediate, and advanced Soul Master academies. The junior academy teaches continental language, mathematics, history, geography, and introductions to continental factions 13.
• Central Library — Its restricted third floor holds organized materials on continental powers, Soul Beast habitats, cultivation years, characteristics, and distributions 8.
• Soul Hunting Forest records — Spirit Hall maintains detailed terrain maps and records of resident Soul Beasts, including rare light-attribute dragon Soul Beasts 11.
• Branch halls — Local halls conduct or oversee Martial Soul awakenings and report to Spirit Headquarters. The Suotuo City branch hall is one documented example 100 102.
• Martial Soul evolution resources — Under Gu Han, Spirit Hall gains access to pills refined from Immortal Herbs and Spirit Medicines that evolve Martial Souls and raise cultivation 105 139 146.
• Earth Technology Research Center — Develops products and infrastructure including soap, refined salt and sugar, steam engines, steam-powered machinery, railways, and steam trains 323.
• Steam forging and armaments — Produces armor, weapons, flintlock guns, grenades, cannons, mortars, and other firearms used by Spirit Hall forces 293 334 339.

History

Bibi Dong's papacy

Bibi Dong accepted Gu Han as her disciple despite his initially poor Innate Soul Power, drawing resentment from Soul Masters and teachers throughout Spirit City 4 13. She supplied him with research materials, Spirit Medicines, light-attribute dragon Soul Beasts, Soul Hunting Forest escorts, and a Pope's Token 6 8 10.

Her administration became increasingly compromised by her attachment to Yu Xiaogang. She brought Yu Xiaogang and Tang San to Spirit City, offering them cultivation facilities and resources despite opposition from Qian Daoliu 112 115. She later ordered an Evil Soul Master faction to kill Gu Han, using the Holy Light Angel Enforcement Team's crisis as part of the plot 165 167.

Gu Han's succession

Qian Daoliu moved openly against Bibi Dong after her repeated attempts on Gu Han's life. He deposed her before Spirit City's Soul Masters and announced Gu Han as the new Pope 309. Spirit Hall formally crowned Gu Han after the academy tournament final, with the ceremony attended by major Soul Master figures and foreign guests 316.

Reform and expansion

Under Gu Han, Spirit Hall distributed interest-free farming tools and taught composting, crop rotation, and intercropping. These measures greatly improved its standing among commoners, while its stewards quietly replaced local nobles in village administration 323.

Spirit Hall also used industrial goods and advanced technology to expand its wealth and strategic power. Its Soul Master Legion received specialized artillery training and industrially produced equipment, giving it a major advantage over conventional armies 323 334.

Major Operations

Relationships

• Six-Winged Angel Qian Family — Spirit Hall's founding family; Qian Daoliu remains its most influential internal authority 115 273.
• Qian Daoliu — Grand Enforcer, former Pope, and Gu Han's chief institutional backer during Bibi Dong's deposition 309 316.
• Bibi Dong — Former Pope whose conflict with Gu Han caused a major internal rupture; she was deposed after repeatedly attempting to harm him 167 309.
• Heaven Dou Empire — Formal political and military ally under Emperor Qian Renxue; together they wage war to unify the continent 333 334.
• Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect — Allied sect whose cooperation strengthens Spirit Hall's political position and reduces the cost of continental unification 273 333.
• Soul Beast clans — Gu Han seeks to transform their relationship with Spirit Hall through the Soul Tamer System and Soul Spirit contracts 293 370 371.
• God Realm — Becomes hostile after Spirit Hall's unification and planned Soul Tamer System threaten the existing order between humans and Soul Beasts 373 374.

Name Conflict

An unrelated Evil Soul Master organization is also referred to as Spirit Hall in accounts of the Evernight Forest incident. Led by the Spirit Hall Master and two vice hall masters, it accepted Bibi Dong's order to kill Gu Han; its leader was later killed after attempting to possess Gu Han's body 167 168 170.

Notable Declarations

“I will certainly devote myself to developing Spirit Hall, making Spirit Hall even bigger and stronger, and leading Spirit Hall to even greater heights.”
— Gu Han after becoming Pope 318