Mingde Hall

Biodata

Organization and Facilities

Mingde Hall operates under a strict clearance hierarchy. Its personnel include researchers, research assistants, and ordinary soul masters; researchers may apply for funding, lead teams, and direct dedicated research projects. Prospective members must first pass an assessment period before becoming ordinary soul masters. 59

• Its soul tool technology is highly advanced; differences in its core-array designs can improve a Milk Bottle's effectiveness by twenty percent. 23
• Its underground laboratories contain secret chambers, Level 9 soul engineers, Level 9 Soul Cannons, and heavy defensive systems. 64
• The Hall can initiate a spatial lockdown to disrupt spatial escape techniques. 64 65
• Its external Aperture Soul Tool laboratory outside Tiandou City covers more than one thousand square meters, with half of the complex underground. Its perimeter is defended by Level 7-or-higher soul cannons, including fixed-position cannons. 93

Technology and Research

Soul Tool Development

Mingde Hall develops both combat and civilian soul tool technologies. Its communications network and access to specialized technical documents allow it to quickly support high-priority research. 49 95

• Its defenses include Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells, weapons capable of threatening even a Limit Douluo and devastating cities or military encampments. 64 65
• It developed soul tools designed to interfere with Space Jump after Su Fan exposed that ability during the Soul Master Tournament. 27
• Its authentication technology can recognize a soul master's soul power signature and use it for access control. 93

Aperture Soul Tool Project

After Qin Jing presented Su Yue's proposal, Hall Master Jing Hongchen authorized a Hall-wide Aperture Soul Tool project. The initial team consisted of three researchers and was to receive greater investment if it produced results. 61

• The project seeks to reproduce aperture functions through implanted soul tools rather than direct aperture cultivation. 61 94
• The first-generation Aperture Soul Tool is a metal sphere implanted into a user's meridians through surgery. 94
• Jing Hongchen later allowed Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to lead the research, assisted by a Level 7 soul engineer. 93
• Su Fan proposed linking multiple Aperture Soul Tools into a larger shared space, allowing more Core Array inscriptions and potential spatial compression. 94 95
• Mingde Hall supplied its latest Linkage Technology documents to support this direction. 95

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Su Family infiltration — The Body Sect identifies Mingde Hall as the location of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo and plans to use Su Yue's future admission to infiltrate it. 45
• Aperture research expansion — Su Yue's Aperture Soul Tool proposal earns Mingde Hall's institutional backing. While participating in the core research area, she maps the Hall's layout and identifies the embryo's location. 61
• Attack on Mingde Hall — Du Busi leads a Body Sect raid through tunnels into the underground laboratory while Elder Qilin retrieves the embryo. Mingde Hall's defenses cause extensive destruction and activate a spatial lockdown, but the attackers ultimately escape. 64 65
• Post-raid cooperation — Despite the raid, Mingde Hall later seeks cooperation with Su Fan on Aperture Soul Tool research. It builds a high-standard laboratory on Snow Demon Mountain and agrees to provide Crimson Sun Divine Iron as payment. 91 92

Relationships

• Jing Hongchen — Hall Master; authorizes the Aperture Soul Tool project and directs the Hall's defense during the Body Sect raid. 61 64
• Sun Moon Royal Family — Political and financial backer of Mingde Hall's research; approves the Crimson Sun Divine Iron payments for cooperation with Su Fan. 92
• Su Yue — Prospective member whose Aperture Soul Tool proposal launches the Hall's major research project; secretly uses her access to locate the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo. 61
• Qin Jing — Researcher and Su Yue's mentor; presents Su Yue's findings to Jing Hongchen and joins the Aperture Soul Tool project. 60 61
• Body Sect — Former enemy responsible for the theft of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo; later becomes a research partner through Su Fan. 64 91
• Su Fan — Raiding adversary turned collaborator; provides concepts for improving Aperture Soul Tools but refuses to expose his Aperture Martial Soul for direct study. 64 93 94
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen — Jing Hongchen's grandchildren and leaders of the later Aperture Soul Tool research team. 92 93