Soul Power

Biodata

Power Progression

Mechanics

Awakening and Innate Soul Power

Soul Power is tested during Martial Soul awakening. A person’s innate amount determines their starting potential for cultivation; most children in Gemstone Village display very low amounts, while Ye Han possesses Innate Full Soul Power 1.

• Innate Full Soul Power does not guarantee a respected Martial Soul; Ye Han is initially dismissed because the Golden Key is mistaken for a Waste Martial Soul 1.
• A child with no Innate Soul Power cannot cultivate until their innate level is raised by external means 309.
• Potions distributed in Bamboo Village raise each child’s Innate Soul Power by one level, including raising level-zero children to level one 309.

Consumption

Soul Power is expended to activate Martial Soul abilities and project Noble Phantasms.

• Merely connecting to the Gate of Babylon consumes very little Soul Power, while using its Noble Phantasms consumes an amount based on their rank 1.
• At the beginning of his cultivation, Ye Han can project only a limited number of C-rank Noble Phantasms 1.
• Higher-ranked Noble Phantasms impose greater costs; Ye Han can force stronger projections, but at a severe price 34.
• Todo’s Body Enhancement remains active only while supplied with Soul Power and deactivates when his reserves are depleted 3.
• Soul Power exhaustion ends Ye Han’s group spar with Dugu Bo despite their refined combat skills and coordination 27.

Restoration and Storage

Soul Rings and Soul Skills

Soul Rings are required to advance past major Soul Power thresholds and provide Soul Skills upon absorption.

• Reaching a bottleneck prompts the need for another Soul Ring; Ye Han reaches Level 20 before seeking his second ring 13.
• Soul Beast age remains relevant even with the Soul Ring Liberation Device; the device cannot bypass a killed Soul Beast’s age limit 6.
• The Soul Ring Liberation Device converts acquired Soul Rings into the most suitable skills for summoned characters rather than creating Soul Rings from nothing 6.
• The Soul Bone Release Device performs a comparable function for Soul Bones and can fuse with the Soul Ring Liberation Device 47.
• Soul Power may continue accumulating after a Soul Ring bottleneck is reached, then raise a user’s level once the restriction is removed 27 34.

Soul Power and Noble Phantasms

Ye Han’s Gate of Babylon depends heavily on Soul Power because its weapons and their true abilities require continuous expenditure.

• Control reduces the cost of projecting Noble Phantasms and improves Ye Han’s command over the Gate of Babylon 14.
• Detonate injects Soul Power into a projected Noble Phantasm to explode it; higher-ranked weapons produce stronger explosions and consume more energy, while top-tier Noble Phantasms cannot be detonated 14.
• True Name Release allows a Noble Phantasm to use its original ability, but Soul Power remains Ye Han’s principal limitation 34.
• King’s Order is a particularly costly conceptual Soul Skill that gathers the power of Uruk’s people into an attack 51 173.
• Ye Han cannot fully use certain Divine Tools early on because their activation or resurrection effects would drain all of his Soul Power 198.

Conversion into God Power

Soul Power becomes relevant to independent godhood through its conversion into God Power.

• A wooden board discovered by Ye Han converts Soul Power into God Power through faith; its effectiveness varies according to each user’s popularity and reverence 306.
• The independent path to godhood requires using an Ancient Imprint to convert all Soul Power in the body into God Power and filling the Final Key with faith 308.
• The conversion must be completed before Level 100, requires ownerless divinity within the user, and cannot be undertaken by someone who already possesses a divine inheritance 308.
• At Level 99, Ye Han’s incoming Soul Power competes with his God Power before the latter resumes converting it; excess Soul Power is redirected into his Soul Rings 315.

Trivia

• The Soul Ring Liberation Device manifests as a bracelet bearing the Second Dimension Academy emblem, but its wearers can change it into accessories such as necklaces, rings, or earrings 6.
• Honjou Kaede’s game Martial Soul includes an experience-bar system: meditation and combat both grant experience without an immediate bottleneck, though the summoned characters cannot exceed Ye Han’s maximum level 6.