Green Steel Sword

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Green Steel Sword
Alias(es)	青釭剑; Green Steel Sword Martial Soul
Type	Tool-type Martial Soul; sword weapon
Wielder	Ling Chen
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Temporary manifestation	2	Martial Soul Origin briefly manifests the lost Green Steel Sword before Ling Chen's formal awakening; it is already exceptionally sharp.
Initial Origin infusion	2	Martial Soul Essence makes the blade tremble and slightly increases its weight.
First two Origin enhancements completed	11	The Dragon Pillar Space records two completed Martial Soul enhancements before Ling Chen invests additional Origin.
Third Origin enhancement	11	The blade becomes thicker, longer, and wider. Its immense inherent mass breaks weapons on contact, while Ling Chen can wield it without bearing its full weight.
First Soul Ring: 999 years	21	A 400-year Hundred Shadow Demon Crow ring is stacked with six 99-year rings and one 10-year ring, reaching the 999-year limit.
Fourth Origin enhancement completed	35	The Dragon Pillar Space records four completed enhancements before Ling Chen begins the next strengthening process.
Fifth Origin enhancement	35–36	Thunder Tribulation cracks the sword; it forges a new blade through the fissures and emerges substantially heavier.
Second Soul Ring: 999 years	50–51	An 876-year Hundred-Blade Centipede ring grants Execution Sword Formation; three white rings raise its age to 999 years.
Soul Ring evolution: 99,999-year limit	55	Ring stacking evolves the sword formation into Heaven-Execution Sword Formation and upgrades other sword-based skills.
Fifth Soul Ring: 99,999 years	66	A Demon Soul Great White Shark ring grants Sword Washing, permanently increasing sharpness and attack power through contact with liquids.
Six Soul Rings: 999,999 years each	68	A God-Bestowed Soul Ring raises all six existing rings to 999,999 years and grants Heaven-Splitting Sword Rain.
Ninth Soul Skill: ten-million-year tier	82	Sword Wheel forms layered wheels from vast numbers of Green Steel Swords and tears through Bo Saixi's seawater defense.
Seventh Origin enhancement	84	The sword reaches a condensed weight of one hundred thousand jin, with greatly increased hardness, density, and sharpness.
Fourth Soul Ring: ten-million-year tier	92	The fourth ring's completion evolves Demon Spider Sword Armor into Immortal-Demon Sword Armor.

Background

Ling Chen originally lost the legendary Green Steel Sword while trying to retrieve it, then fell into a whirlpool and arrived in Slaughter City as a child 1. Within the Dragon Pillar Space, he discovers that the sword has become his Martial Soul and can be temporarily manifested through Martial Soul Origin before his awakening 2.

The sword becomes Ling Chen's primary means of survival in Slaughter City. Its sharpness lets him cut flesh and ordinary bone with ease, though a Lion-Man's torso Spirit Bone stops the blade and leaves it lodged in the creature's neck 4 5. The embedded sword repeatedly reopens the Lion-Man's wound as it struggles to remove it, ultimately contributing to its death by blood loss 5.

After escaping Slaughter City, Ling Chen formally awakens the Green Steel Sword as a tool-type Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power 19. Chen Xin later seals the Martial Soul for a year so Ling Chen can develop his sword fundamentals with an ordinary iron sword instead 23.

Repeated Origin enhancements, Soul Ring stacking, and Sword Washing progressively turn the weapon into Ling Chen's defining source of offense. Its seventh enhancement gives it a one-hundred-thousand-jin fixed weight, enough for an unassisted drop to destroy half a mountain 84.

Appearance

The Green Steel Sword is an archaic longsword with a dark-green blade. During major Origin enhancements, blue-gold sword light flows across its surface and the weapon emits an intense sword cry 19 84.

• Begins as a blade proportioned for six-year-old Ling Chen's small frame 2.
• Becomes thicker, longer, and wider after its third documented enhancement 11.
• Can appear outwardly manageable despite carrying extreme condensed mass 84.
• Develops a crystalline translucent film across its blade after sustained Sword Washing with seawater 67.

Abilities & Skills

Extreme Sharpness and Condensed Weight

The sword combines a cutting edge capable of slicing through iron with a weight that is largely borne by opponents rather than Ling Chen.

• Ling Chen uses it to break weapons through casual parries after its Origin enhancement 11.
• Tang San struggles to lift the dropped sword one-handed, while Hu Liena cuts her finger merely by touching its blade 12.
• Gu Rong measures its weight at one hundred catties during its earlier stage 21.
• Chen Xin damages Gu Rong's Bone Armor through brute force alone while wielding it 23.
• At its seventh enhancement, its condensed weight reaches one hundred thousand jin; Ling Chen still finds it light and effortless to wield 84.
• The sword can be obstructed by exceptional skeletal defenses such as the Lion-Man's torso Spirit Bone 4 5.

Martial Soul Origin Enhancement

Martial Soul Origin absorbed through the Dragon Pillar Space can strengthen the Green Steel Sword.

• Origin infusion increases its weight, destructive force, hardness, and sharpness 2 11 84.
• Each subsequent enhancement requires exponentially greater quantities of Martial Soul Origin 15.
• The fifth enhancement triggers Thunder Tribulation, cracks the blade, and reforges it along the fractures 35 36.
• The seventh enhancement is fueled by Golden Dragon energy and produces a blade approaching the fixed weight of the Sea God Trident 84.

Soul Power Extraction

The Green Steel Sword can extract Soul Power from people it kills.

• Excess Soul Power absorbed from Soul Saints expands both Ling Chen's Martial Soul and body, restoring him to his adult physique 45.
• The surplus does not force premature aging and instead extends Ling Chen's lifespan 45.
• After piercing Chrysanthemum Douluo, the sword rapidly absorbs his Soul Power before his death 88.

Shadow Clone Technique

The sword's clone-type Soul Ring enables Ling Chen to create shadow clones.

• Hundred Demon Shadow Clones can perform corpse-looting work independently, though their existence is limited to roughly half a day 28.
• After Soul Ring evolution, the clones become Ten Thousand Demon Shadow Clones 55.
• Ling Chen later employs Million Demon Shadow Clones as hidden battlefield ambushers 92.

Execution Sword Formation

Ling Chen's second Soul Skill creates a formation of manifested Green Steel Swords.

• Execution Sword Formation initially summons ten swords that continuously shred living targets within the formation until Ling Chen's Soul Power is exhausted 50 51.
• It evolves into Heaven-Execution Sword Formation, expanding from ten blades to one thousand while improving range and attack frequency 55.
• Its later Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation form deploys one hundred thousand swords and produces one million sword shadows; each shadow carries 1% of the main sword's sharpness and attack power after Sword Washing 74.

Storm Nebula Rift

The evolved third Soul Skill uses repeated sword attacks to create a contracting black hole.

• Tornadoes and lightning form around the rift as the Green Steel Sword attacks 55.
• The black hole compresses surrounding enemies, wind, and lightning into one point before detonating 55.

Demon Spider Sword Armor

The fourth Soul Skill creates armor linked to the Green Steel Sword.

• Demon Spider Sword Armor forms black stealth armor that maintains Ling Chen's mobility while increasing the sword's power 55.
• The armor provides concealment and can withstand attacks that would otherwise leave Ling Chen unable to evade 56.
• It evolves into Immortal-Demon Sword Armor after the fourth Soul Ring reaches the ten-million-year tier 92.
• The evolved armor can merge into Ling Chen's flesh and meridians, conceal Soul Power and life aura, and evade even divine-sense detection 92.

Sword Washing

Sword Washing permanently improves the Green Steel Sword through repeated contact with liquid.

• Each cut or attack can wash the blade using water, blood, or similar liquids 66.
• Every washing increases sharpness and attack power, with the accumulated effects permanently retained 66.
• Seawater-washed sharpness allows the sword to split the Sea God's Light and create a protected path up the Sea God's Light stairway 67.
• Underwater currents can continuously improve the sword even when Ling Chen is not actively striking 73.

Heaven-Splitting Sword Rain

Ling Chen's sixth Soul Skill is obtained from a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.

• It is described as exceptionally powerful upon acquisition 68.
• Bo Saixi is impressed by the skill's power 68.

Sword Wheel

The ninth Soul Skill forms massive concentric wheels from Green Steel Sword manifestations.

• Sword Wheels begin with ten swords, then twenty, and continue into tens of thousands of layers 82.
• The wheels follow the main sword into an attack and carve an enormous crater through the seafloor 82.

Notable Feats

• Beheads the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King's three heads with a single horizontal sweep 14.
• Pierces the skull of the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent after Ling Chen and Tang San sever its connection to its internal core 14.
• Chips Chen Xin's Seven Kill Sword during Ling Chen's first duel with Sword Douluo 19.
• Cuts through a Soul Ancestor's Ten Tree Wall and the Soul Ancestor behind it without using a Soul Skill 33.
• Stabs out the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's eye after the Shrek Seven Devils' combined assault 63.
• Severs the head of Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer during their sparring match 87.
• Destroys half a mountain through free fall alone after the seventh Origin enhancement 84.

Relationships

• Ling Chen — Original owner and sole wielder; the lost sword becomes his primary Martial Soul in the Dragon Pillar Space 2.
• Golden Dragon Pillar — Supplies Martial Soul Origin and Golden Dragon energy for the sword's repeated Origin enhancements 2 84.
• Chen Xin — Tests the sword against Gu Rong's defenses, recognizes its exceptional destructive potential, and seals Ling Chen's Martial Soul for training and safety 23 36.
• Tang San — Retrieves the sword from the Hell Road ceiling after it kills the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent 14.
• Gu Rong — Confirms the weapon's extraordinary early weight and witnesses its ability to damage his Bone Armor 21 23.