Soul Skill

Biodata

Mechanics

• A Soul Skill is activated by circulating Soul Power through the meridians contained within a Soul Ring; the ring functions as an external appendage with its own meridian structure. 28
• The meridian pathways inside a Soul Ring transform and amplify the Soul Power passing through them, producing the skill's specific effect. 28
• Some skills also consume Spiritual Power. Jiang He's Stomp, for example, channels both Soul Power and mental energy into its ring before releasing a wide-area shockwave. 28
• Soul Ring age is theorized to affect a Soul Skill's quality: older rings possess more numerous, thicker, and more complete meridians, allowing stronger effects. This is an Auxiliary System deduction rather than established doctrine. 29
• A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring is theorized to be capable of supporting two Soul Skills through two separate sets of meridians. 29
• Soul Skills are not limited to ring-granted abilities; the same meridian principles can be studied to create Self-Created Soul Skills. 29

Soul Ring Skills

Self-Created Soul Skills

Self-Created Soul Skills are techniques developed by circulating Soul Power through the user's own meridians rather than relying on a Soul Ring. They require a usable framework, careful experimentation, and extensive control; Jiang He's Auxiliary System assists by analyzing and refining possible pathways. 29 30

Proposed Marine Six Styles

The Auxiliary System developed preliminary methods for several additional Self-Created Soul Skills based on Jiang He's past-life knowledge. 30 35

• Iron Body — Compresses Soul Power into an invisible armor beneath the skin and muscles. 35
• Tempest Kick — Converts compressed Soul Power and rapid kicks into flying Soul Power blades. 35
• Finger Pistol — Concentrates Soul Power at the fingertips for a high-penetration strike. 35
• Paper Drawing — Attempts to use Spiritual Power to sense air currents, killing intent, and Soul Power fluctuations for evasive movement; the system considers full replication nearly impossible with available information. 35
• Life Return — Seeks complete control over body, Soul Power, and spirit by combining Spiritual Power, Soul Power, and flesh through meditation and extreme introspection. 35

Limitations

• Ring-granted Soul Skills can consume large amounts of Soul Power, particularly Ten-Thousand-Year skills; Jiang He's two early skills were considered unsuitable for prolonged combat if used repeatedly. 27
• At the time of his analysis, Jiang He could use Stomp approximately three times; using it twice still left enough Soul Power to fight for about ten minutes with only Berserk. 28
• Replicating a ring skill through the body's own meridians is inefficient because the body's branch meridians are narrower and allow Soul Power to dissipate. 28 29
• Jiang He's body-based imitation of Berserk reached only a 40% enhancement on its first successful circulation and 60% with increased output, while consuming up to twice as much Soul Power as the original ring skill. 28
• The second-ring skill is even harder to imitate because it requires Spiritual Power alongside Soul Power, further increasing consumption and weakening the result. 29

Relationship to Martial Soul Avatar

• The Auxiliary System theorizes that the Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, integrates the meridians of the previous six Soul Rings into a more complete system acting upon the Martial Soul. 29
• This integration is proposed to increase Soul Skill power and reduce consumption, but incomplete ring meridians may cause post-Avatar weakness and temporarily seal the seventh skill. 29
• At the Title Douluo realm, nine fully developed Soul Rings are theorized to allow unrestricted Soul Skill use until Soul Power is depleted, without the same weakness. 29