Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Divine Bell (神铃) |
| Alias(es) | Sacred Bell; Hope Sacred Bell 241 243 |
| Species/Race | Sentient divine artifact 194 237 |
| Affiliation | The Young Disciple's group; the Guardians; the Inheritors 186 193 209 |
| Occupation/Role | Purification, protection, sealing, and combat support for the Immortal and Mortal Realms 184 194 226 |
| Status | Active; continues to aid the First Generation Inheritor and his allies 256 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 180 180 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Divine Bell | 180, 184 | Produces Purifying Light and sound capable of dispelling evil and weakening Demon Monsters. |
| Righteous-Power Resonance | 186 | Resonates with a ground Magic Array and absorbs its residual righteous power when its own light is failing against the Super Ice Demon. |
| Crystal-Enhanced Divine Bell | 189 | A crystal obtained from a Guardian's transformed treasure chest is merged into the Bell, increasing its power severalfold. |
| Awakened Divine Bell | 193 | Having silently accumulated power through countless battles, it awakens to pierce a distorted spacetime domain and help destroy the true Evil Spirit. |
| Hope Sacred Bell | 241 | Evolves through the group's accumulated faith and courage, transforming alongside the Divine Sword into the Hope Sacred Bell and Eternal Sacred Sword. |
History
The Divine Bell is wielded by the Young Disciple during the campaign against evil forces. It initially manifests as a purifying artifact: its chime merges with the wielder's Spiritual Energy to create light that dispels evil, while its power weakens Demon Monsters in direct combat 180 184.
During the battle against the Ice Demon Venerable, the Bell focuses its light into an attack on the Venerable's blue chest crystal. When the transformed Super Ice Demon overwhelms the group, the Bell resonates with a Magic Array and receives its remaining righteous power 186.
The Bell later resonates with the runes sealing a restricted box, allowing the Young Disciple to break the restriction and recover an Ancient Tome. After the group defeats a Guardian, they obtain a crystal specifically capable of enhancing the Bell; merging it with the artifact greatly increases its strength 188 189.
Passed down through generations, the Divine Bell awakens when the Guardians are trapped by the true Evil Spirit's spacetime distortion. Its accumulated power breaks the barrier, allowing the Guardians to combine their remaining Spiritual Energy with its light for the decisive attack 193.
The Bell increasingly acts on its own will in later conflicts. It flies into the air without being summoned to disrupt an assault on the Sect, and its resonance amplifies the Guardians' counterattack in the Dark Fortress 194. After repeated battles alongside the Divine Sword, it absorbs the group's faith and courage, evolving into the Hope Sacred Bell 241.
Abilities & Skills
Purifying Sound and Light
The Bell releases chimes, sound waves, and radiance that suppress, weaken, or disperse evil influences.
- Emits Purifying Light that weakens Demon Monsters and can be concentrated against a target's vulnerable core 184 186.
- Binds Ghost Demons with an invisible force and produces light that dispels illusions 184 187.
- Drives back darkness, Mo Beasts, black flames, and evil tentacles 189 191 194.
- Produces a Purifying Sound Wave capable of suppressing the Dark Vortex long enough for the Divine Sword to destroy its central orb 228.
Resonance and Energy Amplification
The Bell responds to external spiritual, righteous, and emotional power, converting it into greater output.
- Resonates with righteous power remaining in a Magic Array to recover strength during the Super Ice Demon battle 186.
- Resonates with the restricted box's runes, weakening its seal and enabling the Young Disciple to open it 188.
- Amplifies combined Spiritual Energy when used with the Ancient Tome and the group's ultimate Magic Spell 188 189.
- Absorbs the collective hope of living beings, joining the Divine Weapons to form the Sword of Hope against the ghost army 216.
- Evolves through accumulated faith and courage into the Hope Sacred Bell 241.
Sonic Stabilization
The Bell can alter its frequency to counter specific distortions or stabilize unstable phenomena.
- Shatters the Rock Monster Leader's otherwise impenetrable rock shield with a special-frequency sound wave 215.
- Stabilizes normal time by absorbing the power of ordinary temporal flow and striking at a time vortex 225.
- Produces sound waves that stabilize elements, gravity, space, and tactile sensation 226 227 229.
- Uses sonic interference to disrupt enemy mechanisms, including a crystal ball's defenses and the King of Blood Demons' focus 256.
Defensive Support and Sealing
The Bell can shield allies, disrupt enemy attacks, and support large-scale sealing efforts.
- Forms a protective shield with the Ancient Tome and the group's Spiritual Energy against a dark vortex 189.
- Protects the Guardians during the mysterious organization's attacks and boosts their morale through its residual resonance 194.
- Calms the unstable core of a Black Vortex so that Divine Weapons and Ancient Tome energy can establish a seal around it 194.
- Creates sonic shields against concentrated attacks, including blood-red projectiles 251.
Cooperation with the Divine Sword
The Bell commonly creates openings or stabilizes conditions so that the Divine Sword can destroy an enemy's core.
- Suppresses the Hypnotic Sound Demon's conch shell with an anti-hypnotic wave, allowing the Divine Sword to destroy its sound-emitting hole 227.
- Stabilizes virtualized space long enough for the Divine Sword to shatter the Space Virtualization Demon's Core Gem 227.
- Covers the Divine Sword's destruction of the Dark Vortex's central orb and the gravity-controlling sphere 228 229.
- Its final roar opens an opportunity for the Divine Sword to destroy the Golden Aberrant Demon's Sacred Crystal 236.
Autonomous Will
The Bell displays independent awareness and initiative beyond responding to a wielder's commands.
- Flies into the air and attacks on its own to interrupt the mysterious organization's assault on the Sect 194.
- Is described as possessing a will of its own while fighting beside the Divine Sword 237.
- Responds to the intentions, hope, courage, and determination of its allies 216 241.
Limitations
- Its ordinary sound waves cannot penetrate the stone bodies of Rock Monsters 215.
- It is initially ineffective against the ghost army until empowered by the hope of living beings 216.
- Its sound can be distorted, scattered, swallowed, or drowned out by hostile effects such as chaotic elements, Dark Vortices, hypnotic sound, and alarm waves 226 227 228.
- Extended combat can exhaust or damage the Bell; it has repeatedly relied on the Divine Sword, Ancient Tome, formations, or collective Spiritual Energy to continue fighting 191 205 228.
Relationships
- Young Disciple — Early wielder who studies the Bell, channels its purifying power, and discovers its resonance with the restricted box's runes 184 188.
- Guardians — Later inheritors who combine their Spiritual Energy with the Bell to defeat the true Evil Spirit and defend the Sect 193 194.
- Inheritors — Successive protectors who wield the Bell against demons, spatial crises, and attacks on the Immortal and Mortal Realms 209 215.
- First Generation Inheritor — Strategic commander who directs the Sacred Bell to target enemy runes, mechanisms, and defensive weak points 254 256.
- Ancient Tome — Resonates with the Bell, provides battle methods and runes, and joins it in creating shields and sealing forces 188 189 194.
- Divine Sword / Eternal Sacred Sword — Primary combat counterpart; the Bell suppresses, stabilizes, or exposes targets so the Sword can destroy their cores 227 241.
- Seven Ancient Spirit Pearls — Complement the Sacred Bell's sonic waves in battles against dimensional creatures and black miasma 250 251.