Spirit Ring

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Properties

• Spirit Rings are attached to a Martial Soul and can raise the bearer’s Soul Power upon absorption. Zhou Tao’s first millennium ring raised him from level 10 to level 19. 10
• A Spirit Master with one Spirit Ring is considered below level 20. 18
• Ring age indicates its quality; documented categories include millennium, ten-thousand-year, hundred-thousand-year, and million-year Spirit Rings. 10 33 43 118
• Multiple Martial Souls can each receive their own Spirit Rings. Twin Martial Souls can eventually obtain eighteen Spirit Skills through their rings. 82
• Adding rings to a second Martial Soul can directly increase Soul Power; Tang San expects five ten-thousand-year rings to raise him from level 53 to level 60. 89
• Rings may be acquired by killing a Soul Beast, by a Soul Beast’s voluntary sacrifice, or as a god-bestowed reward. 10 118 119

Documented Ring Progression

Acquisition Methods

Soul Beast Hunting

A Spirit Master may kill a compatible Soul Beast and absorb the ring it leaves behind.

• Zhou Tao kills the Undying Thunder Vine before absorbing its millennium ring. 10
• He gains his second ring from the Lightning Devouring Savage Bear. 22
• He absorbs the Magic Thorn Tree’s ten-thousand-year ring as his third ring. 33
• He kills the Evil Orca King with Thunder God Verdict before taking its ring. 170

Voluntary Sacrifice

A Soul Beast can willingly become a Spirit Ring, retaining an interest in the arrangement.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm agrees to sacrifice himself after Zhou Tao promises him a future godhood. 118
• Its sacrifice creates Zhou Tao’s first million-year Spirit Ring and awakens the Eye of Destruction. 118

Divine Bestowal

Gods can grant Spirit Rings without a conventional hunt.

• The Thunder God bestows Zhou Tao’s hundred-thousand-year sixth ring during a trial. 43
• The Destruction God King grants a million-year thunder-attribute ninth ring as a reward for Zhou Tao’s trials. 119
• Zhou Tao gains two additional hundred-thousand-year rings upon inheriting the Sea God position. 172

Known Ring-Granted Skills

• Undying Thunder — Zhou Tao’s first Spirit Skill; it kills a century-old Mandala Snake with ease. 10
• Thunderbolt Lightning Release — gained from the Lightning Devouring Savage Bear. 22
• Thorn Thunderstorm — releases hundreds of explosive Lightning Balls at once. 33
• Ninefold Thunder Tribulation — acquired with Zhou Tao’s god-bestowed sixth ring. 43
• Blue Silver Avatar — Zhou Tao’s seventh Spirit Skill. 64
• Spirit Detection — detects movement across tens of thousands of meters. 118
• Spirit Sharing — transmits detected information directly to allies’ minds. 118
• Sky Dream Domain — disrupts mentally active life forms, causing attacks to miss and interrupting Spirit Skill activation. 118
• Soul Shock — directly damages an enemy’s mind. 118
• Evil Mirror Annihilation — Zhou Tao’s eighth Spirit Skill, obtained from the Evil Orca King. 170
• Abyss Devour — Zhou Tao’s ninth Spirit Skill, obtained from the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. 172

Trivia

• Zhou Tao’s first recorded ring is pale purple, identified as a millennium Spirit Ring. 10
• Before acquiring his ninth ring, Zhou Tao possesses eight rings: three black and five red. 118
• A million-year Spirit Ring can grant several Spirit Skills at once; Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s ring grants four. 118