Soul Beast

Biodata

Cultivation & Status

Intelligence & Society

Soul Beasts are not inherently a unified people. Predator and prey species may still regard one another as food even when ordered to fight together, making the idea of a single “Soul Beast race” imprecise in practice 36.

According to Golden Tortoise, intelligence is what distinguishes a true member of Soul Beast society from an instinct-driven creature. It was offered the chance to develop intelligence when it reached a thousand years; Soul Beasts without intelligence are treated by Beast Kings as food or slaves rather than kin 86.

Beast King Rule

• A Beast King maintains territory through force, but requires subordinate Soul Beasts to remain a king rather than a solitary predator 71.
• Only Beast Kings are permitted to approach the Ice God Throne during major assemblies in the Far North 121.
• Snow Empress commanded the entire Extreme North, including more than thirty Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and the Beast Kings of its major clans 119 122.
• Di Tian rules the Star Dou Great Forest as the Beast God; his aura alone is sufficient to discipline Beast King-level conflicts in the Mixed Zone 132.

Relationship with Humans

Humans traditionally hunt Soul Beasts for Soul Rings and Soul Bones. Repeated harvesting has reduced the number of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, while human activity and Beast King influence can eliminate Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts from entire regions 71 197.

Soul Beasts also face Heavenly Tribulations. A Soul Beast that reaches the Hundred-Thousand-Year level may face its first tribulation roughly a thousand years later, and many cannot survive it even after the Far North's tribulations are reduced by thirty percent 122 174.

Soul Spirit Technology

Soul Spirit technology provides an alternative to killing a Soul Beast for a ring.

• A contracted Soul Beast enters a Soul Master's Sea of Consciousness as a Soul Spirit, preserving its soul, bloodline, and power rather than reducing it to a dead ring 194 225.
• A Soul Spirit can remain in its host's Soul Ring, use the Magic Net, or emerge to fight alongside its host 225.
• A single Soul Spirit can provide multiple Soul Rings because its power is retained, though this limits the number of Soul Spirits a Soul Master can accommodate 194 388.
• Contract Release allows a Soul Beast to end a contract when its host nears death and continue existing through Dream Coins 197.
• By the time Spirit Pagodas spread across most cities, Soul Spirits had become the standard method by which new Soul Masters advanced 388.

Soul Beast Reform

Notable Soul Beasts

• Golden Tortoise — A Hundred-Thousand-Year Destiny Soul Beast and Beast King. It sacrifices itself to become Huo Yuhao's second Soul Ring and Skull Soul Bone, while most of its Spiritual Origin is preserved in his Sea of Consciousness 35 44 45.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm — A Million-Year Soul Beast who becomes Huo Yuhao's first Soul Ring in pursuit of a path beyond the normal limits of Soul Beast cultivation 38 111.
• Snow Empress — Former King of the Extreme North. She becomes Huo Yuhao's second Martial Soul through sacrifice and later yields her throne to him 113 122.
• Di Tian — The Beast God and ruler of the Star Dou Great Forest. He leads the Fierce Beasts into cooperation with the Spirit Pagoda 130 226.
• Gu Yue Na — The Silver Dragon King, inheritor of the Dragon God's wisdom, and acknowledged Soul Beast Sovereign 130.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion — The Star Dou Great Forest's Imperial Beast and an exceptionally powerful destiny-bearing Soul Beast 45 200.
• Godzilla — A colossal Soul Beast created by Huo Yuhao from the Demon Empress's remains. It becomes the dominant Soul Beast of the New Continent and later subdues the ocean as its Beast Emperor 369 380 386.

Known Types