Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Soul Beast (魂兽) |
| Species/Race | Soul Beast race / clan |
| Affiliation | Submitted to humanity under a binding contract; protected and controlled by the Sun Moon Federation and its successor institutions 125 128 |
| Status | Extant; established in the Fifth Minor Plane and reproducing under Gu Yuena's management, though every Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast except Gu Yuena was later eliminated or removed from the clan 127 202 233 |
| First Appearance | Soul Beasts held within the Blue Lightning Overlord Dragon Family estate react uneasily to the Central Legion's siege 8 |
Power Progression
| Stage | Development |
|---|---|
| Ancient prosperity | The Soul Beast race once possessed tens of thousands of species and stood at the center of the former Divine Dragon Domain. 126 198 |
| Pre-submission decline | After millennia of war, only a few hundred clan varieties remained, concentrated around the depleted Star Dou Great Forest. 126 |
| Submission under Chen Yu | The race was forced to acknowledge humanity as its master after Chen Yu demonstrated power far beyond Di Tian and the other Great Beasts. 122 123 124 |
| Fifth Minor Plane settlement | The remaining tribes gained access to a complete minor plane with forests, rivers, lakes, and sufficient space to reproduce, although Chen Yu retained ownership and control. 125 126 127 |
| God King-level contract restraint | Chen Yu secretly infused the contract with broken-plane origin power and Federation faith, raising its restraint to the God King level while concealing the upgrade from the Soul Beasts. 125 128 |
| Loss of the old high-level leadership | Di Tian died after defying Chen Yu, and Chen Yu subsequently eliminated the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, leaving Gu Yuena as the sole surviving member of that level within the clan. 196 198 200 202 |
| Managed recovery | Under Gu Yuena's leadership, the remaining Soul Beasts continued reproducing and became the biological basis for expanding Artificial Soul Spirit varieties. 202 233 |
| Future God Realm representation | Chen Yu began preparing a Soul Beast faction for the New God Realm, including the possible appointment of Xie Xie, who possessed the inheritances of the Time Dragon King and Space Dragon King. 235 |
| God King-era representation | Xie Xie later became a God King, creating a potential future divine representative for the dragon-descended Soul Beasts after Chen Yu removed the restriction preventing Soul Beasts from becoming gods. 238 245 |
Background / History
The Soul Beast race once possessed tens of thousands of species across the continent, but wars against humans and among Soul Beasts reduced it to only a few hundred surviving varieties concentrated around the Star Dou Great Forest. The forest's depleted life energy and exhausted resources left the remaining population close to extinction. 126
Before Chen Yu's intervention, humans and Soul Beasts maintained a fragile territorial balance: humans occupied cities and settled lands, while Soul Beasts held forests and domains. Shrek Academy historically presented itself as a restraint on humanity and a deterrent against beast tides. 122 129
Chen Yu entered the Star Dou Great Forest and offered the race only two choices: submit to humanity or be exterminated. He justified the demand by citing humanity's artificial Soul Spirit technology, which could allow Soul Beasts to survive without continued reliance on Soul Ring hunting. 123
Di Tian and the other Great Beasts prepared to resist, but Gu Yuena accepted submission after judging that the race could not overcome humanity's advantage or the Dragon God's restrictions on Soul Beast godhood. She also recognized that open access to human society could help her seek a future for her people. 124
In exchange for submission, Chen Yu offered the Soul Beasts residence in a minor plane and agreed that humans would cease indiscriminate slaughter of Soul Beasts. Gu Yuena and Chen Yu established the agreement with their blood essence through a Book of Contract. 125
The race relocated through a Space Rift to the Fifth Minor Plane, a world with favorable ecology, forests, rivers, lakes, and room to reproduce, though limited mineral resources. 126
Although Gu Yuena favored survival, cooperation, and coexistence with humanity, Di Tian continued to oppose the race's reduction to a human-dependent population. He believed that the Soul Beasts should regain the glory they had possessed during the era of the Divine Dragon Domain, even if that required destroying humanity. 196 198 233
After Di Tian broke Chen Yu's agreement and attempted to shelter the Clear Sky Sect in another minor plane, Chen Yu declared that the Soul Beast race could either be exterminated entirely or surrender every Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Gu Yuena accepted the latter condition to preserve the rest of the race. 200
Chen Yu subsequently killed or refined the remaining high-level Great Beasts. Bi Ji, the Ten Thousand Demon King, Bear Lord, and other Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were eliminated, while Scarlet King was captured and reduced for Spirit Pagoda research into Artificial Soul Spirits. 201 202
The surviving population continued to reproduce under Gu Yuena's management. Their recovery became increasingly tied to Federation research, with new Soul Beast species studied to diversify Artificial Soul Spirits. 202 233
Later developments connected the race to the New God Realm. Chen Yu considered Xie Xie, who possessed the inheritances of the Time Dragon King and Space Dragon King, a possible future leader of the Soul Beast side of the divine order. Chen Yu also stated that the ancient restriction preventing Soul Beasts from becoming gods could be removed. 235
Condition and Governance
| Aspect | Details |
|---|---|
| Residence | The Fifth Minor Plane is allocated for Soul Beast habitation, but remains under Chen Yu's control. 127 |
| Plane ownership | The Soul Beasts possess only the right to reside there; Gu Yuena's attempt to refine the plane was repelled by its planar power and Chen Yu's split soul. 127 |
| Contract | The contract initially displayed the power of a first-rank god and imposed death for violation unless the race produced a first-rank god. 125 |
| Hidden restriction | Chen Yu later strengthened the contract with the origin power of broken planes and Federation faith, elevating its restraint to the God King level while concealing the change from the Soul Beasts. 128 |
| Federation value | Chen Yu intends for the recovering population to restore Soul Beast diversity, enabling more varied Artificial Soul Spirits and strengthening Federation Soul Masters. 126 |
| Leadership | After Di Tian's death, Gu Yuena became responsible for managing the remaining Soul Beast population. Chen Yu warned her that he would intervene again if she failed to maintain order. 196 202 |
| High-level population | Following Chen Yu's purge, no Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts remained in the clan apart from Gu Yuena. 202 |
| Land and sea Soul Beasts | Gu Yuena's contract originally represented the land Soul Beasts rather than the sea Soul Beasts, whose sovereignty remained associated with the Sea God. Certain individual sea and land Soul Beasts were nevertheless bound by the contract if they violated its conditions. 175 |
| Reproductive recovery | Soul Beasts continued multiplying in the Fifth Minor Plane, while the Spirit Pagoda studied their descendants to expand the range of Artificial Soul Spirits. 233 |
| Future divine role | Chen Yu planned for a Soul Beast faction to exist within the New God Realm and sought a suitable dragon-linked representative to lead it. 235 |
| Current political orientation | Gu Yuena ultimately chose coexistence and cooperation with humanity over restoring the race's former dominance. 233 |
Major Events
- Central Legion siege — Soul Beasts kept by the Blue Lightning Overlord Dragon Family grow uneasy amid the Central Legion's artillery, Title Douluo guards, and mech patrols. 8
- Submission ultimatum — Chen Yu confronts the Great Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest and demands submission or extinction. 122 123
- Gu Yuena's agreement — Gu Yuena accepts submission on behalf of the race after securing the promise of a minor-plane refuge and an end to indiscriminate killing. 124 125
- Migration to the Fifth Minor Plane — Remaining tribes begin passing through the Space Rift from the Star Dou Great Forest into their new habitat. 127
- Di Tian's defeat — When Di Tian protests Chen Yu's retained ownership of the plane, Chen Yu gravely wounds him with a single plane-amplified punch. 127
- Public declaration — Chen Yu broadcasts the Soul Beast race's submission nationwide, prompting celebration among Federation citizens and undermining Shrek Academy's claimed role in human–Soul Beast relations. 128 129
- Demon Plane obligation — Chen Yu later orders Gu Yuena to contribute to the defense against the Demon Plane invasion, arguing that the Soul Beast race must bear obligations in exchange for Federation protection. 134
- Di Tian's final defiance — Di Tian attempts to destroy the Clear Sky Sect before accepting the contract's backlash, but instead escapes with the sect into another minor plane. Chen Yu subsequently announces his death and transfers responsibility for the race to Gu Yuena. 196 200
- Purge of high-level dissenters — Following Di Tian's betrayal, Chen Yu offers extermination or the death of all Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts as the only alternatives. Gu Yuena submits to save the rest of the population. 200
- Elimination of the Great Beasts — Chen Yu kills or refines Bi Ji, the Ten Thousand Demon King, Bear Lord, and other high-level Soul Beasts. He captures Scarlet King for research into Artificial Soul Spirits rather than leaving him with the clan. 201 202
- New God Realm — Chen Yu creates the New God Realm. Gu Yuena observes its radiance from the Fifth Minor Plane as the Soul Beast race enters an era of continued survival under human-dominated divine governance. 231
- Rejection of Dragon God restoration — Chen Yu suggests that Gu Yuena devour Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King Origin to restore herself as the Dragon God, but Gu Yuena rejects the plan and decides that the race's existing coexistence with humanity is satisfactory. 233
- Selection of a future divine representative — Chen Yu identifies Xie Xie, bearer of the Time Dragon King and Space Dragon King inheritances, as a possible future leader of the Soul Beast faction in the New God Realm. 235
- Removal of the godhood restriction — Chen Yu declares that the old restriction preventing Soul Beasts from becoming gods can be broken, opening a possible divine path for the race's future representatives. 235
- Xiao Bai's demonization — Xiao Bai, the Demon Soul Great White Shark King, is controlled by a blood-red force and slaughters nearby Sea Soul Beasts, including her own tribe, raising her cultivation from two hundred thousand to seven hundred thousand years. Chen Yu captures her while investigating the force behind her corruption. 266
Relationships
- Gu Yuena — Leader and representative of the Soul Beast race; negotiated the submission contract and led the decision to endure the Federation's control while seeking a future for her people. She later became responsible for managing the surviving population and favored coexistence over the restoration of ancient Soul Beast supremacy. 124 125 127 202 233
- Di Tian — Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King and chief defender of the race; opposed submission, fought Chen Yu, and was gravely wounded after challenging the conditions of the Fifth Minor Plane 123 127. He later rejected the race's human-dependent future, defied Chen Yu, and died after his attempted escape and breach of the agreement. 196 198 200
- Chen Yu — Federation Speaker who compelled the race's submission, provided the Fifth Minor Plane, bound it through a contract strengthened by humanity's faith, and enforced strict obedience through purges 123 125 128 202. He also planned a future Soul Beast faction within the New God Realm. 235
- Humanity / Sun Moon Federation — The race's acknowledged master under the contract; its prosperity directly increases the contract's backlash against any attempted breach. 128
- Shrek Academy — Previously associated with maintaining the balance between humans and Soul Beasts; its remaining political importance collapsed after the race's submission. 129 130
- Xie Xie — A descendant-linked successor with the inheritances of the Time Dragon King and Space Dragon King. Chen Yu considered him a possible future leader of the Soul Beast faction in the New God Realm, and he later became a God King. 235 238 245
- Da Ming and Er Ming — Soul Beasts who maintained a separate minor-plane refuge and questioned Di Tian's attack on the Clear Sky Sect. Their existence illustrates that not every Soul Beast group was directly housed in the Fifth Minor Plane. 196
- Xiao Bai — Demon Soul Great White Shark King and representative of the sea Soul Beasts. After being demonized and forced to slaughter her own kind, she was captured by Chen Yu while he investigated the power controlling her. 175 266
- Tang Wulin — Human vessel for the Golden Dragon King's Origin whose body and origin became a possible means of restoring Gu Yuena as the Dragon God. Gu Yuena ultimately refused to devour him for the sake of the Soul Beast race. 233 238
Trivia
- The surviving Soul Beast population includes only a few hundred clan varieties, compared with the tens of thousands of species said to have existed in earlier eras. 126
- The contract was publicly presented as a first-rank god-level agreement, leading Gu Yuena and Di Tian to believe it could eventually be broken after her recovery. 125 127
- Chen Yu considers the Soul Beast race a sustainable source of diverse Soul Spirits rather than a slave population. 126
- Gu Yuena and Di Tian held fundamentally different visions for the race: Gu Yuena prioritized survival and coexistence, while Di Tian sought the restoration of the Soul Beasts' former glory through humanity's destruction. 196 198 233
- After Chen Yu's purge, Gu Yuena was the only remaining Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast within the clan. 202
- The sea Soul Beast population was not fully represented by Gu Yuena's original land-Soul-Beast contract, leaving the relationship between the Federation and sea Soul Beasts more complicated. 175
- Xiao Bai's demonization caused the extinction of the Demon Soul Great White Shark Tribe before Chen Yu captured her. 266
- Chen Yu's later reforms opened the possibility of Soul Beasts becoming gods despite the ancient Dragon God restriction. 235