A Soul Tool, as the name implied, was a device powered and operated by Soul Power.
It was an artificial item created by engraving core formations onto rare metals or gemstones.
Soul Tools could roughly be divided into three major categories—Melee Soul Tools, Ranged Soul Tools, and Fixed-Projectile Soul Tools.
Besides those,
there were other types of Soul Tools as well, such as Storage Soul Tools.
Generally speaking, Spirit Masters themselves did not need additional weapons. Their combat strength was usually expressed through the abilities of their Martial Souls.
Ordinary weapons and equipment provided Spirit Masters with only minimal assistance.
Soul Tools, however, were different.
Powered and operated by a Spirit Master's Soul Power, they could greatly enhance a Spirit Master's combat strength.
That was the true power of Soul Tools.
The origins of Soul Tools could no longer be traced, but their history could be traced back to an era before the birth of the God of Angels.
Legend had it that before the Dark Age of the God of Angels, Douluo Continent had once been home to a mighty Soul Tool Empire. Soul Tools were products of that empire.
Yet for reasons unknown, the immensely powerful Soul Tool Empire had suddenly collapsed and vanished into the river of history. Even the crafting techniques for Soul Tools had been lost along with it.
After the Soul Tool Empire's destruction, Douluo Continent entered the Dark Age, when evil forces ran rampant.
The turmoil of the Dark Age lasted for more than ten thousand years. Only when the God of Angels emerged, founded Spirit Hall, and suppressed those evil forces did Douluo Continent return to order and peace.
Yet during that dark upheaval, with the crafting techniques lost, the Soul Tools left behind by the Soul Tool Empire gradually dwindled