Xia Shi

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Xia Shi (夏石)
Alias(es)	North Mystic Black Tortoise; Beiming Xuanwu 6 15
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Sea God Island (formerly); Martial Soul Hall (formerly); Xia Family; Mystic Tortoise; Xuanjia Mercenary Group 178 189
Occupation/Role	Head of the Xia Family; Sea Soul Master; captain of the Mystic Tortoise; leader of the Xuanjia Mercenary Group 2 81
Martial Soul	North Mystic Black Tortoise — evolved from the mutated Ice Turtle 335
First Appearance	Chapter 2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Innate Soul Power Level 5	335	Awakened the mutated Ice Turtle Martial Soul on Sea God Island.
Martial Soul evolution: Ice Turtle → North Mystic Black Tortoise	335	Passed the first two Purple Grade Sea God trials; their rewards evolved his Martial Soul.
Soul King	337, 338	Reached Soul King alongside Huo Yang; their Martial Soul Fusion Skill could threaten a Soul Sage.
Level 56 Sea Soul Master	1	Established as a renowned Sea Soul Master and captain of the Mystic Tortoise.
Soul Emperor	35, 81	Xia Shi and Huo Yang had both advanced to Soul Emperor.
Soul Sage	188	Became one half of the “Dual Soul Sage” pair with Huo Yang following their successful soul hunt.

Background / History

Xia Shi was born on Sea God Island to ordinary residents whose Martial Souls were common Sea Turtles. At his awakening, however, he manifested a blue-white Ice Turtle and Innate Soul Power Level 5, giving him a path to cultivation despite his family’s humble background 335.

At eighteen, he received the Sea God Island Purple Grade Three Tests. He passed a reef-crossing trial and a hunt against three designated Sea Soul Beasts, causing his Martial Soul to evolve into the North Mystic Black Tortoise. He failed the third trial and was required to leave the island, though he retained his connection with Sea Spear Douluo, who had guided him in his youth 335 189.

After leaving Sea God Island, Xia Shi remained on the west coast of the Heaven Dou Empire, first working as a maritime combatant and escort before acquiring his own ship at age twenty. He eventually became a pirate captain, but imposed rules on his crew: no killing prisoners, robbing poor fishermen, or harming the elderly, weak, women, or children 336.

His fleet expanded into a major force on the West Coast, aided by the healing Soul Master Liu Feng, whom Xia Shi hired as ship doctor. As his influence grew, he shifted from plundering toward escort work, protection fees, and maritime trade 336.

Martial Soul Hall later recruited Xia Shi during the construction of Xiling Harbor. Huo Yang, then a Deacon, was originally assigned to win him over through a honey trap, but their relationship became genuine. Xia Shi abandoned piracy, submitted to the Hall, and joined Huo Yang in building Xiling Harbor’s maritime trade and local defenses 336 338.

The couple established a legitimate merchant fleet under the Xiling Harbor Martial Soul Branch Hall, with the Mystic Tortoise as its flagship. Xia Shi later became father to Xia Yang at age forty and arranged his son’s early betrothal to Zhao Yanran, daughter of Xiling Harbor’s City Lord 337 338.

Appearance

Xia Shi is a tall, straight-built middle-aged man with short, dense black hair. He is commonly seen in a black robe embroidered with azure patterns; his usually expressionless demeanor contrasts with small gestures that reveal his concern, such as tapping his fingers against a railing while waiting for news of Xia Yang 2.

• In his younger pirate years, he had dark, sea-weathered skin and sharp eyes. 338
• His North Mystic Black Tortoise Martial Soul manifests as deep-blue energy and markedly improves his speed in water. 25
• He has a sturdy physique befitting a veteran Sea Soul Master. 25

Personality

Xia Shi is protective of his family, especially Xia Yang. He repeatedly supports his son’s unconventional cultivation path, provides training resources, personally accompanies him on soul hunts, and arranges real combat experience aboard the Mystic Tortoise 10 14 18.

As a leader, he is practical and perceptive. He recognized the hidden connection among Zhang Feng, Sun Chuanjun, and Li Zhishu, but judged them by their conduct rather than exposing them immediately. He also accepted their past once Zhang Feng explained it 339.

His tolerance has limits. Xia Shi reacted fiercely when Zhao Tianba broke Xia Yang’s engagement and later led the assault on the Zhao manor after Zhao Tianba’s death. He was likewise deeply wounded by Sun Chuanjun’s betrayal, having regarded him as an old friend rather than merely a subordinate 5 31 35.

Abilities & Skills

North Mystic Black Tortoise

Xia Shi’s evolved Martial Soul is a maritime-oriented defensive Martial Soul with ice-based control abilities. It grants him an overwhelming advantage in water and supports both direct defense and battlefield control 25 336.

• Greatly increases his swimming speed when activated underwater. 25
• Can freeze surrounding seawater and create ice paths across a water surface. 187
• Its defensive and crowd-control capabilities helped Xia Shi complete Sea God Island’s second trial. 335
• Gives him a pronounced advantage in sea combat, though he considered land unsuitable for his abilities. 336

Northern Darkness Spirit Spring

Xia Shi’s Fourth Soul Skill creates an ice-blue water sphere that emits intense cold 10.

• Enveloped overheated Xia Yang after his first consumption of Whale Rubber, cooling him down. 10
• Forms a human-sized bubble around its target. 10

Profound Ice Prison

Xia Shi’s Fifth Soul Skill is an ice-based control technique 25.

• Used while driving millennium-old Azure Life Turtles from deep water during Xia Yang’s second soul-ring hunt. 25

Profound Ice Spike

Xia Shi’s Sixth Soul Skill produces a large-scale barrage of ice spikes 31 178.

• Shattered Sun Chuanjun’s Golden Prison and impaled him against a cabin door. 31
• Overwhelmed the Soul King Wang Lufei through repeated ice-cone attacks. 178
• Can be used in coordinated long-range attacks with Xia Yang and Liu Erlong. 178

Martial Soul Fusion Skills

Xia Shi and Huo Yang possess fusion skills derived from the interaction between the North Mystic Black Tortoise and Blazing Flame Tiger Martial Souls 17 337.

• Icefire Cage — Their signature fusion skill during their Soul King period; its power was sufficient to make a Soul Sage wary. 337 338
• Hard Armor Battle Turtle - Top — Xia Shi and Huo Yang merge into an icy-blue, turtle-shell-like spinning top that freezes water in its path and restrains enemies. 187

Equipment / Assets

• Storage Soul Tool — Used to carry letters, supplies, and recovered soul bones. 5 30
• Mystic Tortoise — Flagship of the Xiling Harbor merchant fleet and Xia Shi’s primary vessel. 2 338
• Xuanjia Mercenary Group — An elite mercenary group focused on soul hunts and selling hunted soul beasts. 81

Relationships

• Huo Yang — Wife and longtime partner. Their relationship began during Martial Soul Hall’s recruitment of Xia Shi and developed into genuine love; they jointly built Xiling Harbor and wield powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skills. 336 338
• Xia Yang — Son. Xia Shi supports his cultivation, protects his secrets, trains him through sea voyages and real combat, and takes pride in his achievements. 15 18 19
• Liu Feng — Former ship doctor and later Xia Family butler. Xia Shi valued Liu Feng’s medical skill, steady temperament, and reliability. 336 337
• Sea Spear Douluo — Former mentor and old acquaintance from Sea God Island. Sea Spear guided Xia Shi’s cultivation and helped him pass his first two Sea God trials. 335 189
• Zhao Tianba — Former friend of more than ten years whose handling of Zhao Yanran’s broken engagement turned them into enemies. 5
• Zhang Feng — Loyal Mystic Tortoise crewman and close drinking companion who once risked his life to protect Xia Shi. 339
• Sun Chuanjun — Former first mate whose betrayal over a soul bone deeply affected Xia Shi. 31 339

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Xia Yang’s awakening and early cultivation — Returns late from sea due to a storm, anxiously awaiting his son’s Martial Soul awakening. He later funds and oversees Xia Yang’s physical training, Whale Rubber use, and soul-ring hunts. 2 10 14
• Mystic Tortoise voyages — Takes Xia Yang to sea, uses pirate encounters as controlled combat training, and monitors the concealment of his son’s true soul-power level. 18 19
• Sun Chuanjun’s rebellion — Personally kills Sun Chuanjun after the first mate refuses surrender and betrays the crew for a five-hundred-year soul bone. 31
• Zhao Family purge — Joins Huo Yang and Xia Yang in attacking Zhao Tianba’s manor, bringing the long-running conflict between the families to a violent end. 35
• Exile and reunion in Vast Sea City — Becomes a target of Qian Xunji alongside Huo Yang, lives in hiding after leaving Precious Sword City, and later reunites with Xia Yang when pirates attack their home. 96 178
• Return to Sea God Island — Escorts Xia Yang, Tang Yuehua, and Liu Erlong to Sea God Island, relying on his past connection with Sea Spear Douluo to help them gain access. 189

Notable Quotes

“The men of our Xia Family can lose, but they cannot admit defeat.” 15