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Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Martial Soul (武魂) |
| Type | A personal power manifestation awakened in every person on the Douluo Continent at age six 1 |
| Status | Central basis of Spirit Master cultivation, combat, and social standing 1 |
| First Appearance | 1 |
Awakening and Purpose
Martial souls are awakened at a Martial Soul Hall when an individual reaches six years of age. They may take the form of animals, plants, or objects, and can be useful in ordinary life as well as in cultivation and battle. Individuals who wield especially capable martial souls may become Spirit Masters, the continent's most revered profession 1.
- A person with no Innate Soul Power cannot become a Soul Master 2.
- Innate Full Soul Power is represented by level ten soul power at awakening 2.
- A martial soul's apparent combat power does not necessarily reflect its overall value; the Emerald Swan was initially dismissed despite its exceptional vitality and healing potential 2.
- Martial souls may be categorized by combat role, including support-type and assault-type manifestations 2 29.
Soul Rings and Cultivation
| Element | Documented function |
|---|---|
| Soul Rings | Acquired by absorbing the power of soul beasts; attached rings grant soul skills to a martial soul 2 3 |
| Soul Skills | Techniques granted by soul rings, such as the Imperial Power Sword's Armor-Piercing and Eight-Direction Sword Lock 2 3 |
| Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings | Extremely coveted rings represented by red coloration; a hundred-thousand-year soul beast is stated to guarantee a soul bone upon death 4 |
| Soul Beast Sacrifice | A voluntary sacrifice grants a more compatible and comprehensive ring and soul bone than forced hunting, without the soul beast's dying resentment impacting the absorber 137 |
| Domains | Some martial souls can gain domains through soul-ring absorption, such as the Emerald Swan's Life Domain 4 |
| Martial Soul Possession | A wielder may manifest traits of their martial soul onto their body; Xue Hen manifests large wings while using the Emerald Swan 61 |
Twin Martial Souls
Twin Martial Souls are an exceptionally rare configuration in which one person awakens two distinct martial souls.
- Xue Hen awakened both the Emerald Swan and a sword martial soul later named the Imperial Power Sword 2 3.
- Each martial soul can maintain an independent soul-ring configuration. Xue Hen first filled the Imperial Power Sword's nine slots before adding rings to the Emerald Swan 4 8 10.
- This allows a wielder to combine different specializations. Xue Hen's Imperial Power Sword provides assault power, while the Emerald Swan supplies healing and vitality 2 61.
- Tang San is also revealed to possess Twin Martial Souls: Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer 8.
Known Martial Souls
| Martial Soul | Type / Characteristics | Known Wielder(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Emerald Swan | A support-type martial soul with powerful vitality and healing abilities. The Heaven Dou Imperial Family's Swan martial soul is said to have devolved from it 2. | Xue Hen |
| Imperial Power Sword | A top-tier assault-type tool martial soul and the pinnacle of sword-type martial souls; described as a benign mutation evolved from the Royal Power Sword 29. | Xue Hen |
| Sun | A top-tier fire-attribute martial soul possessing Ultimate Fire attributes. Its natural soul-power stimulation demonstrates considerable destructive force even without a soul skill 21. | Yuan Qi/Xue Hen |
| Blue Silver Grass | A plant martial soul initially judged to have little combat utility, despite Tang San awakening it with Innate Full Soul Power 8. | Tang San |
| Clear Sky Hammer | A tool martial soul identified as the legendary number-one tool martial soul under heaven 8. | Tang San |
| Baize | An extremely rare, top-tier martial soul possessed by Zhang San 74. | Zhang San |
| Qiongqi | A rare martial soul regarded as comparable to Taotie in power 74. | Li Si |
| Golden-Winged Great Roc Eagle | A beast martial soul used by Yang Guo; it grants winged flight during Martial Soul Possession 129. | Yang Guo |
Documented Soul Skills
Armor-Piercing
The Imperial Power Sword's first soul skill releases a sharp sword-qi slash with strong penetration against soul-power defenses 2.
- Obtained from a four-hundred-year Armor-Piercing Golden Rhino 2.
- Designed to pierce defenses rather than provide broad-area damage 2.
Eight-Direction Sword Lock
The Imperial Power Sword's second soul skill releases eight sword auras that seal space and restrict an opponent's movement 3.
Life Domain
An innate domain gained by the Emerald Swan after Xue Hen absorbed the Life Giant Whale's hundred-thousand-year soul ring 4.
Blazing Sun: Heart of the Earth
A hundred-thousand-year Sun martial soul skill obtained through the Titan Giant Ape's sacrifice 137.
- Solarizes the user's body for 30 seconds, increasing physical strength by 500% 137.
- Adds Sun True Fire to physical attacks 137.
- Converts the ground within 100 meters into a solar furnace that damages enemies and reduces their movement speed by 50% 137.
- Forms golden armor capable of withstanding a full-force strike from a Title Douluo of the same rank 137.
Sky Screen Reliability
Information about martial souls shown on the Sky Screen is not inherently reliable. Xue Hen's Fictional Sky Screen, Fake-to-Real System can fabricate personas, histories, abilities, and martial-soul details; belief in those claims causes them to manifest into reality 8.
- Rising belief can alter memories, causing people to remember events and encounters that did not originally occur 9.
- Xue Hen's public identity, soul-ring configurations, and feats were partially constructed through this process before becoming real 8 9.
- Claims concerning martial souls displayed by the Sky Screen may therefore be a mixture of pre-existing truth and system-generated fiction 8 20.