Martial Soul

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Martial Soul (武魂)
Alias(es)	Xueli
Species/Race	Externalized, independent beast Martial Soul
Affiliation	Chen Yumo
Occupation/Role	Chen Yumo's sentient Martial Soul and combat partner
Status	Active; evolved into the Eternal Divine Emperor form
First Appearance	2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Ice Silkworm	2	Chen Yumo awakens it as a rank-one innate Martial Soul. It can feed itself on suitable herbs, storing energy and feeding spirit power back to Chen Yumo.
Frost Illusion Butterfly	23	First evolution. Gains Metamorphosis, allowing it to store energy, form a cocoon, and repeatedly undergo further metamorphoses. Combat rating: C-High; potential: A-Medium.
Golden White Tiger	36	Second evolution, supported by the Divine Silkworm bloodline. Gains White Tiger Transformation and the ability to possess Chen Yumo as a beast-type battle Spirit Master. Combat rating: B-Mid; potential: A-High.
Earth Qilin	63	Third evolution. Gains Qilin Transformation and can fuse with Chen Yumo as the Qilin Martial Soul Avatar Armor. Combat and potential ratings: A+.
Flame True Phoenix	118	Fourth evolution. Gains True Phoenix Transformation; Xueli acquires a human form comparable to a Beast King. Combat and potential ratings: A-.
Wood Azure Dragon	150 151	Fifth evolution, completing Five Elements Reincarnation. Gains Azure Dragon Transformation and ultimate-attribute metamorphosis. Combat and potential ratings: A+.
Nine-Tailed Sky Fox	203	Sixth evolution. Gains Sky Fox Transformation and Sky Fox Illusion Domain, specializing in spiritual and illusion-based power. Combat and potential ratings: A+.
Eternal Divine Emperor	230	Seventh evolution. Gains Divine Emperor True Form, a Martial Soul Avatar that manifests the Divine Silkworm's true body and permits the fusion of multiple combat forms. Combat and potential ratings: God-level.

Background / History

Chen Yumo initially awakened the Martial Soul as an Ice Silkworm, a weak beast Martial Soul with rank-one innate soul power. Rather than treating it as a dead-end talent, he chose a long-term plan based on silkworm metamorphosis: one transformation for each Spirit Ring, with a possible ninth transformation before godhood 2 3.

Unlike ordinary Martial Souls, it manifests externally as an independent beast, comparable in nature to Luo Sanpao. It can act on its own, consume food and attribute-aligned medicinal materials, and convert nourishment into stored energy and feedback spirit power for Chen Yumo 8 9 12.

Its first cocoon-breaking evolution transformed it into the Frost Illusion Butterfly. This confirmed that its metamorphosis ability could repeatedly replace its form rather than merely strengthen a single bloodline 23.

During the second evolution, the Martial Soul's growth also awakened and solidified Chen Yumo's Divine Silkworm bloodline. This made the metamorphosis path inheritable by his descendants, provided they could safely complete the cocoon-breaking process 36.

By the White Tiger stage, Chen Yumo began calling the Martial Soul Xueli. Its consciousness steadily developed from instinctive obedience into emotions, preferences, simple communication, and independent thought 41. It later gained a human form as the Flame True Phoenix and became a Dragon Maiden after the Azure Dragon transformation 118 150 151.

Appearance

Its appearance changes completely with each metamorphosis, but it consistently remains an external entity that can manifest independently or fuse with Chen Yumo.

• Ice Silkworm — Initially little-finger-sized; later grows to the size of a middle finger. Its icy-white body becomes increasingly crystalline, with faint sky-blue light flowing under its skin 17.
• Frost Illusion Butterfly — Ice-blue butterfly with beautiful wings; after the White Tiger evolution, it can manifest with an approximately two-meter wingspan 23 36.
• Golden White Tiger — A sharp and ferocious metal-primary, light-secondary white tiger. It can expand into a three-meter-long beast form 36.
• Earth Qilin — A mythical form bearing dragon, deer, horse, eagle, and bull traits 63.
• Qilin War God Armor — Its fusion form includes Qilin-head pauldrons, hoof-like bracers and greaves, scaled breastplate, golden mane around the neck, and a cape bearing a gilded Qilin pattern 63.
• Flame True Phoenix — A form that grants Xueli a humanoid appearance 118.
• Dragon Maiden — Xueli's Azure Dragon-stage human form; described as serene and ethereal 150 151.

Personality

At awakening, Xueli possesses only beastlike instincts and follows Chen Yumo's commands. Its sentience develops alongside each transformation, becoming capable of simple emotions as the Frost Illusion Butterfly and eventually of communicating, expressing dissatisfaction, and maintaining independent preferences 41 63.

It is cooperative and protective toward Chen Yumo. When he consumes Whale Glue, it autonomously deploys Ice Mist to cool him and assist his absorption, demonstrating awareness of his condition without being directed 31.

As it becomes more sentient, it also shows individual tastes: it dislikes chewing Sword Bamboo and sometimes requires ordinary food to adjust its palate 41.

Abilities & Skills

Autonomous Feeding and Energy Feedback

The Martial Soul can independently consume herbs and other suitable materials.

• Absorbs nourishment to accumulate energy for future metamorphoses 9 17.
• Feeding it attribute-aligned materials can guide its next evolutionary direction 9.
• Its consumption increases Chen Yumo's spirit power as feedback 12.
• Initially grows through Cold Mulberry Leaves; later consumes materials such as Sword Bamboo 12 31 41.

Metamorphosis

Its defining ability is repeated cocoon-based evolution.

• First obtained as the Frost Illusion Butterfly's first Soul Skill 23.
• Stores energy, forms a cocoon, and undergoes repeated metamorphosis 23.
• Enables a distinct form and transformation skill at each major Spirit Ring stage 36 63 118 151 203 230.
• The Divine Silkworm bloodline stabilizes the broader evolution route, reducing the risk of deviating from the intended path 37.

Bloodline Skills

Through the Bloodline Cultivation Method, Chen Yumo develops abilities carried by its successive bloodlines.

• Simulation — Disguises Chen Yumo's appearance and aura; he can imitate Xiao Chenyu 25.
• Ice Mist — Creates a roughly thirty-meter radius freezing mist zone that lowers temperature, slows movement, obstructs vision, and supports spiritual techniques 25.
• Bloodline skills can be used independently of the manifested Martial Soul 25.
• Spiritual Detection — Its documented detection range improves from 100 to 105 meters through practice 41.
• The Ice Silkworm bloodline also has potential for Spiritual Sharing, Spiritual Interference, and Soul Shock, though Chen Yumo does not initially prioritize developing them 23 25.

Form Transformations

Each major evolution grants a new combat posture.

• White Tiger Transformation — Changes the Martial Soul into the Golden White Tiger; a second activation permits Martial Soul Possession 36.
  • Switching between butterfly and tiger forms initially takes about three seconds 36.
  • The tiger form emphasizes metal and slaughter attributes, with light as a secondary attribute 36.
• Qilin Transformation — Changes it into an Earth Qilin; a second activation fuses it with Chen Yumo into Qilin War God Armor 63.
  • Greatly enhances defense and strength.
  • Slightly reduces speed due to the heavy armor 63.
• True Phoenix Transformation — Changes it into the Flame True Phoenix and grants Xueli a human form 118.
• Azure Dragon Transformation — Manifests the Azure Dragon after the completion of Five Elements Reincarnation 151.
• Sky Fox Transformation — Manifests the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox and grants access to the Sky Fox Illusion Domain 203.
• Divine Emperor True Form — Its Martial Soul Avatar form, manifesting the Divine Silkworm's true body 230.
  • Can eventually switch forms without wind-up or recovery time, depending on mastery.
  • Can combine multiple combat postures for flexible responses 230.

Spiritual and Illusion Power

The Frost Illusion Butterfly and Nine-Tailed Sky Fox stages provide a strong mental-combat foundation.

• Ice Mist enhances the effectiveness of spiritual techniques 25.
• Simulation can be combined with Ice Mist for deceptive battlefield effects 25.
• The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox form grants Sky Fox Illusion Domain and exceptional spiritual specialization 203.
• Xueli later learns to use charm abilities more effectively 202.

Relationships

• Chen Yumo — Owner, counterpart, and primary partner. As an external beast Martial Soul, Xueli is described as another version of him, but develops into an increasingly independent life form 35 41.
• Ultimate Evolution System / Brother System — The system evaluates each evolution, rewards the completed metamorphoses, and assists in stabilizing or preserving the Martial Soul's evolutionary potential 23 36 63.
• Chen Yumo's descendants — The Divine Silkworm bloodline allows Xueli's metamorphosis potential to be inherited, enabling descendants to potentially follow the nine cocoon-breaking transformations 36.