Contents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Properties and Use
- 3.1Rarity and Value
- 3.2Fusion
- 3.3Devouring and Enhancement
- 4Documented Spirit Bones
- 4.1Yao Xuan's Equipped Set
- 4.2Devoured Specimens
- 5Abilities & Skills
- 5.1God Eight Spider Lances
- 5.2Wan Yao Wang Right Leg Bone
- 5.3Dark Dreadclaw Bear Left Arm Bone
- 5.4Sky Dream Ice Silkworm Cranium
- 5.5Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Right Arm Bone
- 5.6Titan Snow Demon King Bone
- 5.7Deep Sea Demonic Whale King Torso Bone
- 6Story Role
- 7Trivia
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Spirit Bone (魂骨) |
| Alias(es) | Soul Bone |
| Occupation/Role | Treasure originating from soul beasts; fused by spirit masters to strengthen cultivation and obtain skills, or devoured by Yao Xuan for cultivation 5 10 52. |
| Status | Yao Xuan completes a set of seven fused spirit bones and eventually raises all of them to god level 135 184. |
| First Appearance | Mentioned as the object of Yu Xiaogang's greed 5; the first physically recovered specimen is the Crystal Bear Left Arm Bone 10. |
Power Progression
The documented progression includes naturally fused specimens and the later evolution of Yao Xuan's equipped bones.
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 50,000-year Emperor Eight Spider Lances | 52 | External spirit bone obtained from the Man Faced Demon Spider Emperor; identified as having high evolutionary potential and fused into Yao Xuan's human form. |
| 100,000-year Qianjun Ant Emperor Torso Bone | 61 | Three 90,000-year ant emperors' life essences resonate and fuse, creating a higher-aged torso bone. |
| 60,000-year Emperor Eight Spider Lances | 80 | Listed at this age in Yao Xuan's attributes; the intervening increase is not explained in the supplied passages. |
| Million-year, god-level Deep Sea Demonic Whale King Torso Bone | 129 | Two 900,000-year torso bones from the Whale King and Demon Queen merge with assistance from Yao Xuan's bloodline power. |
| Million-year, god-level God Eight Spider Lances | 183 | A God-Level Spirit Bone Promotion Stone evolves the 60,000-year lances, unlocking three exclusive skills. |
| Million-year, god-level Titan Snow Demon King Left Leg Bone | 184 | A promotion stone strengthens its two existing skills and unlocks Frozen Realm. |
| God-level Wan Yao Wang Right Leg Bone | 184 185 | Upgraded from 520,000 years; gains Eye of Ten Thousand Demons. |
| God-level Dark Dreadclaw Bear Left Arm Bone | 184 185 | Upgraded from 460,000 years; gains Sky-Rending Claw. |
| God-level Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Right Arm Bone | 184 185 | Upgraded from 820,000 years; its three existing skills become substantially stronger. |
| God-level Sky Dream Ice Silkworm Cranium | 184 185 | Upgraded from 990,000 years; its three existing skills are enhanced rather than supplemented. |
Properties and Use
Rarity and Value
- Even a century-old spirit bone is an exceptionally valuable treasure. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect grants them only to its most outstanding younger members 5.
- Spirit bones can serve as heirlooms; the Crystal Bear Left Arm Bone is described as priceless and sought by billions of spirit masters 10.
- External spirit bones are comparable in rarity to legendary hundred-thousand-year spirit rings 52.
- An ancient scroll states that an Emperor Auspicious Beast is guaranteed to drop a spirit bone when killed, regardless of cultivation age 5.
- Age alone does not determine quality. Di Tian's 820,000-year bone is assessed as comparable in quality to god-level bones, while the artificially formed Qianjun Ant Emperor bone has no remaining evolutionary potential 62 109.
Fusion
- Fusion provides a direct cultivation boost, strengthens the user's physique, and can grant spirit bone skills 5 75 130.
- The user channels spirit power into the bone until it becomes ethereal or transforms into energy, then absorbs it into the body 52 75 129.
- A beast's residual soul can attack during fusion. Failure may cause severe injury or death by bodily explosion 52.
- Yao Xuan's Emperor Auspicious Beast Martial Soul allows his human form to ignore the Emperor Eight Spider Lances' cultivation restrictions and suppress the originating beast's remnant soul 52.
- Ordinary soul beasts cannot fuse spirit bones. Yao Xuan instead equips them through his human form or consumes them with his system 10 79.
Devouring and Enhancement
- Devour Evolution converts a spirit bone into cultivation rather than preserving it as equipment 10.
- Yao Xuan favors fusion when a bone offers valuable skills or long-term evolutionary potential; he devours the Qianjun Ant Emperor bone because its potential is exhausted 62 79 109.
- God-Level Spirit Bone Promotion Stones, obtained through Selection Treasure Chests, evolve his equipped bones to god level 183 184.
- Enhancement can increase soul power purity and combat strength without increasing cultivation level. Upgrading the Eight Spider Lances raises Yao Xuan's human-form strength from mid-tier to high-tier Third-Class God 183.
- Completing the remaining upgrades raises his human-form strength to Perfect Third-Class God 184.
Documented Spirit Bones
Yao Xuan's Equipped Set
| Spirit Bone | Original documented age | Fusion result | Skills before god-level promotion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emperor Eight Spider Lances | 50,000 years | Human-form spirit power rises from level 26 to 32 52. | Incredibly sharp external lances with high evolutionary potential 52. |
| Wan Yao Wang Right Leg Bone | 520,000 years | Human-form spirit power rises from level 44 to 49 75. | Millennium in an Instant; Grasp of Corrosive Burning 75. |
| Xiong Jun / Dark Dreadclaw Bear Left Arm Bone | 460,000 years | Human-form spirit power rises from level 49 to 54 79. | Dark Gold Dreadclaw Slash; Dark Gold Dreadclaw Break 79. |
| Sky Dream Ice Silkworm Cranium | 990,000 years | Human-form spirit power rises from level 58 to 63 87. | Mental Amplification; Soul Shock; Life Reflection Shield 86. |
| Di Tian / Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Right Arm Bone | 820,000 years | Human-form spirit power rises from level 67 to 72 110. | Black Dragon Sword; Myriad Dragon Flame; Black Dragon World Destruction 109. |
| Titan Snow Demon King Bone | 240,000 years | Human-form spirit power rises from level 78 to 80 122. | Titan's Wrath; Extreme Freezing Point 123. Later equipment lists identify it as a left leg bone 135. |
| God-Level Deep Sea Demonic Whale King Torso Bone | 1,000,000 years | Human-form spirit power rises from level 83 to 88; combat power reaches Demigod level 130. | Dark Tide; Extreme Grudge Magic Bullet; Black Abyss Devouring Prison 130. |
Devoured Specimens
| Specimen | Cultivation gained | Circumstances |
|---|---|---|
| Thousand-Year Crystal Bear Left Arm Bone | 70 years | Recovered from the Crystal Bear's corpse and consumed with Devour Evolution 10. |
| Hundred-Thousand-Year Qianjun Ant Emperor Torso Bone | 800 years | Formed from three ant emperors; devoured rather than equipped because it lacked further evolutionary potential 61 62. |
| Martial Soul Hall treasury spirit bones | Combined contribution not individually specified | More than a dozen bones are devoured alongside rare treasures, helping Yao Xuan reach 80,500 years of cultivation 95 96. |
Abilities & Skills
God Eight Spider Lances
- Void Pierce — Adds spatial power to the lances, allowing surprise attacks through space that ignore armor and inflict piercing damage 183.
- Ten Thousand Poison Thousand Slashes — Coats the lances in toxins and delivers more than a thousand high-speed slashes within one second 183.
- Collapse Poison — Can collapse a deity's divine body, erode divine power, and contaminate the divine soul upon contact 183.
Wan Yao Wang Right Leg Bone
- Millennium in an Instant — A skill involving laws of time; its precise operation is not described in the supplied passage 75.
- Grasp of Corrosive Burning — Summons corrosive substances around an enemy to bind and attack them. Its venom is described as at least ten times stronger than Dugu Bo's poison 75.
- Eye of Ten Thousand Demons — The god-level upgrade creates mental illusions. It can disrupt divine opponents, though powerful mental strength reduces its effectiveness; against weaker enemies, it can redirect attacks toward allies or destroy their spirits 185.
Dark Dreadclaw Bear Left Arm Bone
- Dark Gold Dreadclaw Slash — An offensive area-of-effect skill 80.
- Dark Gold Dreadclaw Break — A second powerful offensive skill 79 80.
- Sky-Rending Claw — The god-level upgrade combines tearing force with destruction force for a single-target attack. It breaks defenses and leaves an erosion effect that consumes life force and worsens injuries 185.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm Cranium
- Mental Amplification — Consumes mental power to provide a temporary 1.5-fold amplification 87.
- Soul Shock — Attacks a single target or an area with power determined by the user's mental strength. Area attacks distribute the energy, reducing the effect on each target 87.
- Life Reflection Shield — A defensive skill described as capable of reflecting all physical and mental attacks 87.
- Its god-level evolution strengthens all three skills without adding another 185.
Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Right Arm Bone
- Black Dragon Sword — Condenses a weapon using the bone as its foundation; its original strength is comparable to weaker divine artifacts 110.
- Myriad Dragon Flame — Produces destructive dragon-bloodline flames. Extinguishing them is nearly impossible without deity-level cultivation or comprehension of laws 111.
- Black Dragon World Destruction — Summons a black dragon to deliver a devastating strike approaching the power of a million-year spirit skill 111.
- Its god-level evolution enhances the existing three skills 185.
Titan Snow Demon King Bone
- Titan's Wrath — Temporarily increases strength to support a powerful offensive strike 123.
- Extreme Freezing Point — Releases surrounding cold that slows attack and movement speed, obstructs weaker enemies' spirit power, and causes frostbite or lethal freezing with prolonged exposure 123.
- Frozen Realm — The god-level upgrade creates an extremely cold surrounding world 184:
- Instantly freezes entities below Limit Douluo strength to death.
- Imprisons opponents from Limit Douluo through Quasi-God.
- Generally cannot imprison God Officials or stronger opponents, but severely slows their speed, soul power, and thoughts.
Deep Sea Demonic Whale King Torso Bone
- Dark Tide — Forms a massive vortex that pulls enemies inward while inflicting pressure and damage 130.
- Extreme Grudge Magic Bullet — Fires numerous powerful spirit-power bullets in rapid succession against a target 130.
- Black Abyss Devouring Prison — Allows the user to flash behind an enemy and establish a divine-power-controlled area that suppresses the opponent while greatly strengthening the user 130.
Story Role
Spirit bones first motivate Yu Xiaogang's interest in killing the infant Yao Xuan. Stuck at level 29, Yu Xiaogang believes even a low-grade bone could force his cultivation past its longstanding limit 5.
Yao Xuan initially treats spirit bones as devouring resources, consuming the Crystal Bear bone. After obtaining the Emperor Eight Spider Lances, he begins retaining exceptional specimens for his human form, balancing immediate cultivation gains against skills and future evolution 10 52 62.
His completed seven-bone set culminates in the fused Whale King torso bone, followed by a systematic god-level enhancement campaign. By its completion, the bones support Perfect Third-Class God combat strength in his human form 129 130 184.
Trivia
- Appearance varies by specimen: the Crystal Bear bone resembles a smooth, jade-like arm; the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm bone is a glowing golden skull; A'Tai's bone emits brilliant blue light 10 82 122.
- The Emperor Eight Spider Lances manifest physically as eight sharp, dark-golden, three-meter spears growing from the user's back 52.
- The Titan Snow Demon King's bone has inconsistent anatomical labels: its acquisition passages call it a left arm bone, while later equipment lists and its upgrade identify it as a left leg bone 122 123 135 184.
- Di Tian's bone also has a naming discrepancy: one upgrade passage calls it a right leg bone, while its appraisal, fusion, and later skill descriptions identify it as a right arm bone 109 184 185.