Soul Power

Biodata

Power Progression

Soul Realm Classification

Properties and Cultivation

• Soul Power is tied to a person's soul attribute and natural soul perception, making it essential for an Alchemist's fire control and pill-refining potential. 39
• High-grade alchemy demands both sufficient Soul Power and precise fire control; refining Sixth-grade pills requires simultaneous management of multiple medicinal essences. 34
• Gu He's Nameless Mantra senses Spiritual Energy, while his Devouring Flame refines and absorbs it to strengthen his Soul Power. 33 37
• Gu He estimated that absorbing roughly ten wisps of Spiritual Energy could increase his soul strength by five percent. 37
• Continuous Spiritual Energy absorption can drain an area of vitality; plants near Gu He's cultivation site withered after prolonged Devouring Flame use. 178
• A complete soul without a body is difficult to sustain: Soul Power recovers slowly after exhaustion, and a detached soul is vulnerable to specialized soul hunters such as Soul Hall. 277
• Gu He's later soul cultivation method can draw Spiritual Energy automatically, but maintaining it while active requires most of his mental focus. 410 411

Abilities & Skills

Soul Perception

Soul Power allows its user to sense living auras, hidden energy, terrain, and Spiritual Energy beyond ordinary sight.

• Gu He spreads his Soul Power across a ten-mile radius to search the Tagor Desert for underground passages and Heavenly Flame-related disturbances. 63
• It can distinguish the heat of fire-attributed Fighting Qi and the coldness of ice-attributed Fighting Qi. 165
• A nascent corporeal soul is difficult for weaker soul perceptions to detect, allowing Gu He to investigate guarded locations covertly. 220
• High-level use can identify hidden presences, though probing another cultivator's space may be considered intrusive. 545

Alchemy Control

Soul Power provides the fine control required to manipulate flames, medicinal essences, and pill formation.

• Gu He uses it to open his Medicine Cauldron and retrieve finished pills without physical contact. 11
• Sixth-grade refinement requires controlling multiple groups of medicinal essence and fusing them simultaneously, an intensive test of Soul Power. 34
• Spiritual Realm Soul Power can guide Spiritual Energy into Heavenly Flames, accelerating ingredient refinement and giving the refined materials faint spirituality. 401
• During an exceptional refining state, Gu He's expanded perception lets him control every trace of medicinal energy and improve a pill's Pill Lightning quality beyond its expected limit. 412
• Gu He can observe another Alchemist's hand seals, flame changes, and Spiritual Energy fluctuations inside a cauldron through Soul Power. 439

Soul Pressure and Direct Combat

Soul Power can be projected as an offensive or defensive force independent of ordinary Fighting Qi.

• Gu He forms barriers and iron-like fists from Soul Power to obstruct and attack Queen Medusa while maintaining distance. 78
• A compressed soul sphere can intercept attacks carrying Dou Zun-level force, though the collision can still injure its user. 211
• Gu He temporarily injects Soul Power into his body as Fighting Qi, raising his apparent cultivation from Five-star to Nine-star Dou Zong. 225
• His soul-enhanced shout shatters Yellow Springs Demon Saint's Yellow Springs Palms and Fingers. 617
• At the Emperor Realm, Soul Power can command heaven-and-earth energy within the range of its perception. 639

Soul Heart Seal

A Low-grade Profound Soul Skill that condenses Soul Power into a seal-shaped attack. 405 410

• Bai Zhong's Soul Heart Seal is comparable to the full-force attack of a three- or four-star Dou Zun. 405
• Gu He learns and counters the technique after seeing it once. 405
• He reinforces the seal by layering several soul barriers together. 405

Soul Clone

A High-grade Profound Soul Skill that creates a duplicate from a wisp of extracted soul origin wrapped in Soul Power. 164 165

• The clone requires hand seals and a Soul Gauze Robe to imitate a living person and conceal its abnormal soul nature. 164 165
• It can pass through solid matter, travel underground, and perceive energy invisible to ordinary sight. 165
• Gu He receives an additional field of vision through his clone and cannot actively sever their soul link at his current realm. 176
• Extracting soul origin weakens the main body substantially; Gu He initially loses more than half of his combat power while forming a clone. 165
• The technique has range limitations, and Gu He avoids creating numerous clones because multiple sensory inputs would overwhelm him. 164 176
• A clone can possess a prepared body, but Gu He determines that his current limit is a Dou Wang-level vessel. 176

Known Users

• Gu He — The primary documented user; cultivates Soul Power from the Mortal Realm to the Emperor Realm and applies it to alchemy, combat, spatial seals, Soul Clones, and Spiritual Energy refinement. 178 278 639
• Xiao Yi Xian — Uses Soul Power to create layered defenses around her soul against the remnant soul of a Purple Cloud Eagle; her Soul Power is comparable to that of a Second-grade Alchemist after absorbing a Soul Awakening Pill. 21
• Heavenly Fire Venerable — Possesses a Mortal Realm soul despite having reached Six-star Dou Zun in life, illustrating that cultivation level alone does not guarantee advancement in soul realms. 332

Trivia

• Soul Power may affect reality directly; Gu He's projection of it distorts the surrounding air while he places a soul imprint on Zi Jing. 63
• Gu He's unusually rapid Soul Power growth outpaces both his alchemy experience and his collection of pill formulas, a disparity he acknowledges himself. 179 440
• Pills that summon Seven-colored Pill Lightning possess substantial spirituality and can transform into living Pill Beasts. 481