Soul Master

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Soul Master
Original Name	魂师
Occupation/Role	Practitioner who cultivates soul power, awakens a spirit, and employs Soul Skills, Soul Rings, and Soul Bones
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Classification and Cultivation

A Soul Master’s path begins with the awakening of a Spirit Core/spirit, performed through a Spirit Core stone and a soul-power crystal ball. Soul power determines whether an individual can pursue this path; Luo Mo regards even a small amount as sufficient to change one’s fate. 1

Milestone	Documented example	Notes
Spirit awakening	Su Xing conducts children’s awakenings using a Spirit Core stone arranged as a hexagram and a soul-power crystal ball. 1	Tang San’s awakening of the Great Wasteland Spirit Core causes alarm among the other children. 1
Becoming a Soul Master	Luo Mo becomes a Soul Master after Tian Meng is absorbed. 4	He immediately notes increased height and strength in his hands and feet. 4
First Soul Ring	Tian Meng reaches level 10 and receives a first Soul Ring that improves cultivation. 36	Soul Rings grant or strengthen abilities and are subject to absorption limits. 8 12
Level 11 Soul Master	Old San identifies himself as a level 11 Soul Master. 31	He manifests the Hidden Spirit and a faint golden Soul Ring described as a thousand-year ring. 31
Higher-rank advancement	Luo Mo reaches the thirtieth rank, then breaks through to the fortieth rank with Xiao’s assistance. 40	Advancement becomes more difficult after the thirtieth rank. 40

Soul Rings

Soul Rings are obtained or condensed through soul power and Soul Beasts. Their age is a major measure of rarity and risk; an individual’s physique and soul-power limit affect what they can safely absorb. 12 22

• A stated first-Soul-Ring limit is roughly one thousand years when matched with a sufficiently strong physique. 12
• A 423-year limit is cited during a discussion of ordinary Soul Ring endurance. 22
• Luo Mo condenses a purple Soul Ring after absorbing power from a thousand-year Hidden Spirit grass. 27
• Luo Mo later absorbs thousand-year Soul Rings and is recognized as a thousand-year Soul Master. 30 33
• Luo Mo’s first Soul Ring is identified as a ten-thousand-year ring during Jade Cauldron Academy’s selection, an exceptionally rare feat. 42
• A Soul Ring’s age can affect associated space: in the Hidden Spirit’s case, every additional 100 years increases the space’s height by one meter. 24

Soul Skills

Soul Skills are the primary techniques used by Soul Masters. They may originate from a spirit, Soul Ring, Soul Bone, inherited ability, or refined power. 2 8 24

Spiritual-Sense Skills

Tian Meng’s inherited spiritual system includes four documented Soul Skills. 8

• Spiritual Sense Exploration — Performs spiritual detection and can share spiritual knowledge with others. 8
• Spiritual Sense Modeling — Disguises spiritual presence or appearance. 8
• Spiritual Sense Embodiment — Materializes spiritual power into tangible objects for attack. 8
• Spiritual Sense Control — Influences emotion and spirit; its effects can penetrate the sea of consciousness and enhance illusion-based techniques. 8
• All four have cooldown periods. 8

Soul Bone

Luo Mo masters a Soul Bone skill that allows him to absorb and use other people’s Soul Bones. 8

• His left-eye Soul Bone, Revenge Plot, can secretly extract a target’s origin when the target is not vigilant. 8
• His right-eye Soul Bone, Exchange Authority, can forcibly bind and transfer souls; it may also destroy the target’s soul. 8
• Soul Bone skills have relatively short cooldowns and may be transformed by divine power. 8
• A ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring’s Soul Bone skill allows Luo Mo to fly. 44
• Luo Mo also uses a Soul Skill to repair the group’s dilapidated dormitory. 49

Wandering Soul

The wandering-soul ability permits the soul to travel without drawing attention or provoking attacks unless another party deliberately initiates conflict. 2

Gift of the Soul

A technique associated with the Limited Finger creates full-body equipment with instant-wear, shape-shifting, and self-healing functions. 2

• Its shape-shifting armor is limited to cutting armor and cannot serve as a weapon. 2

Nine Phoenix Soul Devouring Art

The Nine Phoenix Soul Devouring Art refines Soul Rings and is described as a Phoenix divine skill. 36

• It must be used with one heart, a stated drawback. 36
• It can be used to assist with Soul Ring absorption. 36

Soul Bones

Soul Bones are powerful soul-related items that may carry unique skills and can be absorbed or fused. 8 23

• Luo Mo absorbs a thousand-year Soul Bone, substantially increasing his strength. 8
• Tang San absorbs the Rock Giant’s Soul Bone despite concern over the risks. 23
• Soul Bone age can be converted into Three-Leaf Grass at a rate of one unit per absorbed year; the grass may then be exchanged for Soul Rings or reconverted into Soul Bone age. 35
• Soul Bones can be fused, though Tang San refuses He Siyuan’s proposal to fuse theirs. 39

Academy Standards

Jade Cauldron Academy’s elder uses unusually strict selection benchmarks. 42

Requirement	Standard
Age / soul power	Under 13 years old or spirit power below 21 42
First Soul Ring	At least 20 years old 42
Second Soul Ring	At least 1,000 years old 42
Examination threshold	Candidates whose Soul Power exceeds 27 may proceed directly to the fourth examination. 44