Soul Beast
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| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Soul Beast (魂兽) |
| Classification | A broad category encompassing animal-, plant-, and elemental-type creatures that cultivate over time 10 31 |
| Disposition | Neutral; behavior ranges from territorial aggression to avoidance, depending on species and circumstances 13 32 48 |
| Habitats | Soul Hunting Forests, natural Soul Beast gathering grounds, volcanic and magma-rich regions, forests, and elemental environments such as Blazing Sun Valley 12 13 32 48 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 10 10 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Hundred-year cultivation | 96 | The Blood-Devouring Nether Fang was originally only a hundred-year Soul Beast before being controlled and cultivated by Black Demon. |
| Thousand-year cultivation | 10 31 | Thousand-year Sun Vines begin producing an additional branch vine every hundred years; a thousand-year Demon Spirit can contend with an ordinary ten-thousand-year Soul Beast. |
| Ten-thousand-year cultivation | 10 31 | A ten-thousand-year Sun Vine can possess nine hundred branch vines. Demon Spirits reaching this threshold evolve Ultimate Attributes such as Ultimate Fire or Ultimate Wind. |
| Fifty-thousand-year cultivation | 96 97 | The Blood-Devouring Nether Fang reached the limit of fifty thousand years and sought to break through to sixty thousand years; its strength approached that of a Soul Douluo. |
| Hundred-thousand-year cultivation | 48 | The Blazing Sun Beast Emperor rules Blazing Sun Valley's Core Area. Its control of the valley's fire-vein energy grants exceptional defense and recovery, allowing it to defeat repeated Martial Soul Hall hunting operations. |
Appearance
Soul Beasts have no single appearance. They may resemble ordinary animals, giant beasts, plants, or near-pure elemental lifeforms; even a blade of grass or a distant hill may potentially be a Soul Beast 10.
- Animal-type examples include wolves, bears, rats, turtles, snakes, birds, elephants, and whales 12 13 20 32 90 91.
- Plant-type examples include Sun Vines, Green-Veined Peach Trees, Mysterious Water Lotuses, and Clear Spirit Trees 10 31 49.
- Demon Spirits are composed almost entirely of elemental force but retain a Crystal Core within their bodies 31.
- The Blood-Devouring Nether Fang is a six-meter Evil Soul Beast covered in dark-gray bone armor, with black horns, bone claws, a barbed bone-whip tail, and corrosive black mist 96.
Representative Types
| Soul Beast | Documented traits |
|---|---|
| Crimson Blood Wolf | A rare solitary wolf that inhabits volcanic regions and scorching, magma-rich mountains. It feeds on fire toxins and minerals, giving its blood a lava-red color and immense fire-elemental energy. Its bloodline traces to the Crimson Moon Wolf Clan, wolf-kind royalty 12. |
| Earth Fire Rat | A fire-attribute rat that lives beneath areas rich in fire veins. Its exceptionally sensitive hearing lets it detect movement above ground and ambush prey from below 13. |
| Flame Armored Bear | A top-tier fire-attribute bear with brutal territorial instincts. Its innate Flame Armor Transformation greatly improves its strength, speed, and defense 32. |
| Blazing Sun Beast | A crimson, long-tailed species unique to Blazing Sun Valley. It survives by absorbing the area's dense fire-attribute soul power and is hostile toward humans 48. |
| Sun Vine | A plant-type Soul Beast that grows under intense sunlight and cultivates by absorbing solar energy. Its core contains its accumulated cultivation and essence 10. |
| Demon Spirit | An exceptionally rare elemental lifeform that does not reproduce naturally, instead spawning where elemental energy is extremely dense. Demon Spirits are classified as Super Soul Beasts 31. |
| Blood-Devouring Nether Fang | A rare Evil Soul Beast that increases its cultivation by slaughtering other Soul Beasts. Its innate Nether Shadow Concealment can erase its aura, Soul Power fluctuations, and physical outline within black mist 96 97. |
Ecology and Behavior
- Soul Beasts inhabit both managed hunting grounds and untamed gathering places. Martial Soul Hall maintains specialized environments within Soul Hunting Forests to support Soul Beasts of different attributes 13.
- Many species are strongly shaped by their environment. Crimson Blood Wolves thrive near magma, Earth Fire Rats live around underground fire veins, and Blazing Sun Beasts depend on the fire-attribute energy of Blazing Sun Valley 12 13 48.
- Territorial species may attack intruders immediately. The Flame Armored Bear treats any creature entering its territory as prey or a threat to be torn apart 32.
- Blazing Sun Beasts reproduce and cultivate rapidly within their native valley, though their common bloodline makes them less desirable as Soul Ring targets for most Soul Masters 67.
- Evil Soul Beasts cultivate through large-scale slaughter of their own kind. Because they threaten surrounding ecosystems, other Soul Beasts ordinarily besiege and kill them before they can grow powerful 96.
Relationship with Soul Masters
- Soul Masters hunt compatible Soul Beasts to obtain Soul Rings. The choice of species, age, bloodline, and attribute can determine the Soul Skill gained from a ring 12 14.
- Martial Soul Hall requires hunters entering its Soul Hunting Forests to hold permits and report both the hunted Soul Beast and absorbed Soul Ring, keeping its records current 12.
- Soul Beast remains may yield Spirit Bones. A first-time absorption of a Spirit Bone can provide an additional Soul Power increase that may help a Soul Master overcome a bottleneck 20.
- Plant-type Soul Beast cores and Demon Spirit Crystal Cores can serve as valuable cultivation materials. A three-thousand-year Sun Vine Core increases the cultivation speed of fire-attribute Soul Masters, while a Fire Demon Spirit Crystal Core can strengthen a fire-attribute Martial Soul 10 31.
- The Fallen Spirit Master Black Demon controlled the Blood-Devouring Nether Fang by placing a spiritual mark in its Sea of Consciousness when it was still a hundred-year Soul Beast. He then directed its growth through systematic massacres of Soul Beasts in hunting forests and gathering grounds 96.
Notable Soul Beast-Derived Abilities
Crimson Blood Body
Obtained from a Crimson Blood Wolf Soul Ring, this augmentation skill raises all attributes and fire-attribute damage by 50% for ten minutes 14.
- Costs approximately one-tenth of the user's Soul Power per activation 14.
- Turns surrounding flames from orange-red to dark red and substantially raises their temperature 14.
Flame Armor
Obtained from a thousand-year Flame Armored Bear, this defensive skill increases strength and defense by 100%, reduces received damage by 50%, and grants abnormal-status resistance 33.
Elemental Control
The innate ability gained from a five-thousand-year Fire Demon Spirit Soul Ring allows complete manipulation of fire-attribute Soul Power 56.
- Can control the user's own flames and nearby fire-attribute Soul Power 56.
- Allows the creation of flame-made weapons such as spears, bows, and whips 56 59.
- Fire-attribute attacks ignore 50% of an enemy's physical and energy defenses 56.
Blazing Flame Domain
A domain-type skill granted by a Fire Demon Spirit External Soul Bone 56.