Martial Soul

Biodata

Power Progression

Awakening and Forms

Martial Souls manifest through a spirit-awakening ceremony, generally performed when a child reaches six years old. Awakening stones and a spirit-power array are used to draw out the Martial Soul and test innate Soul Power. 1

A Martial Soul may take the form of a beast, an item, or a more unusual inherited power.

Twin Martial Souls

Twin Martial Souls are an exceptional awakening in which one wielder possesses two distinct Martial Souls. Tai Yi’s pair consists of the Three-Legged Golden Crow and Donghuang Bell. 1

• Tai Yi can manifest and use both Martial Souls at the same time, a trait treated as highly unusual even among twin-Martial-Soul wielders. 1 67
• The Three-Legged Golden Crow is cultivated first after awakening, while the Donghuang Bell later receives Soul Beasts intended to become Tai Yi’s “Ten Great Demon Marshals.” 2 70
• Tai Yi can activate both Martial Soul Avatars simultaneously in battle, manifesting the Great Sun Golden Crow behind him while wielding the Donghuang Bell. 170
• Tang San is another documented twin-Martial-Soul wielder, possessing Blue Silver Grass—later evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor—and the Clear Sky Hammer. 58 103

Soul Rings and Soul Skills

Spirit Rings are absorbed to increase Soul Power and grant Soul Skills. Tai Yi’s early rings demonstrate that a Martial Soul’s skills may reflect the nature of its source and its wielder’s divine compatibility. 3 4

Tai Yi’s Spirit Rings can also undergo extraordinary growth through his divine trials. By the Seventh God Trial, all but the unusual third and seventh rings among his sixteen displayed rings have become hundred-thousand-year crimson rings; he subsequently absorbs a million-year ninth ring. 194

Three-Legged Golden Crow Skills

• Holy Light Illumination — Emits holy light that heals injuries and restores Soul Power; at greater strength, it may cure ailments. 4
• Solar Flare — Turns Tai Yi into a small humanoid sun, strengthening his attacks and weakening those of enemies within range. Its heat scales with his Soul Power. 4
• Golden Crow Flame Devouring Strike — Single-target Ultimate Fire attack derived from the Fire Dragon King’s power. 15
• Golden Crow Ice Breaking Strike — Single-target Ultimate Ice attack derived from the Ice Dragon King’s power. 15
• Extreme Cold Prairie Fire — Domain skill that combines extreme cold and scorching heat, reproducing an environment akin to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. 15
• Great Sun Golden Crow Avatar — A Martial Soul Avatar that transforms Tai Yi into a Three-Legged Golden Crow, grants immunity to fire, commands heavenly flames and the sun star, and unleashes Golden Crow Great Sun True Fire. 69
• Golden Crow Sun-Piercing Divine Light — Tai Yi’s eighth Three-Legged Golden Crow Soul Skill. It is a large-scale offensive technique capable of killing enemies incapacitated by Soul Vibration. 170

Donghuang Bell Skills

• Soul Vibration — Bell chimes assault opponents’ souls; it can incapacitate ordinary soldiers and disrupt their Martial Souls. 99 170
• Donghuang Bathing Melody — A single-target healing skill that restores wounds and Soul Power, detoxifies poison, and removes negative effects. 120
• Myriad Life Bell Chime — A large-scale healing bell chime that treats internal injuries, restores allies’ Soul Power, and blocks spiritual attacks within its range. 120 170
• Soul Beast Preservation — A Soul Beast sacrificed to the Donghuang Bell can retain its memories, physical form, and former combat strength. Its attacks instead consume Tai Yi’s Soul Power. 68
• Demon Marshal Summoning — Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and later sacrificed ferocious Soul Beasts can manifest from the Donghuang Bell in human or Soul Beast forms. Tai Yi intends for its ten Spirit Rings to house his Ten Great Demon Marshals. 68 69 120

Spirit Bone Skills

• Dragon King Break — The Fire Dragon King’s right arm bone and Ice Dragon King’s left arm bone can respectively condense a Fire Dragon King or Ice Dragon King for Tai Yi to command. 17
• Extreme Heat Domain — The Fire Dragon King spirit bone’s Ultimate Fire domain, accompanied by fire-dragon attacks. 17
• Extreme Cold Domain — The Ice Dragon King spirit bone’s Ultimate Ice domain, accompanied by ice-dragon attacks. 17

Origin Abilities

At level 70, the origin of Donghuang Taiyi within Tai Yi fully awakens and grants abilities beyond ordinary Spirit Ring skills. 69

• Golden Crow Rainbow Transformation Technique — Enables near-instantaneous travel across the Douluo Continent; its future potential extends to the God Realm. 69
• Ten Thousand Demons Submission — Causes demon clans, Spirit Beasts, and Soul Beasts to instinctively submit to Tai Yi; it can forcibly suppress their cultivation. 69 117
• Lord of the Celestial Stars — Mobilizes celestial stars for offense or healing, but expends all of Tai Yi’s Soul Power when used. 69
• Imperial aura — Following the origin’s awakening, Tai Yi carries a domineering presence that Qian Daoliu considers more imposing than that of the continent’s emperors. 76
• Heavenly flame authority — Through the awakened origin and the Great Sun Golden Crow Avatar, Tai Yi can command heavenly fires, wield Golden Crow Great Sun True Fire, and remain immune to flames. 69

Divine Inheritance

Tai Yi’s Three-Legged Golden Crow is judged compatible with both the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life. Its supreme yang power embodies destruction through overwhelming solar fire, while the sun’s capacity to bring hope and life aligns it with the Goddess of Life. 2

• Tai Yi receives a purple-and-green Divine Position inheritor mark on his forehead. 2
• The God of Destruction and Goddess of Life leave three uses of their combined divine power within the mark to protect Tai Yi from serious harm. 2
• His two inheritances are combined into the Joint Nine Trials of Destruction and Life because he inherits both positions through a single Martial Soul. 69
• The first joint trial requires him to create a self-created Soul Skill; its reward includes a divine-artifact refining method and a 5,000-year increase to all of his Spirit Rings. 69
• Tai Yi bases his intended self-created skill on Donghuang Taiyi’s Truth-Shattering Sun Eye, seeking an ocular ability that can pierce illusions, see through formations, and identify opponents’ weaknesses. 79
• During his work on the self-created skill, Tai Yi learns to attach Soul Power to his eyes and emit divine light. 84
• The Seventh God Trial requires both of Tai Yi’s Martial Souls to possess ninth Spirit Rings of at least one million years each. 194

Martial Soul Evolution

Martial Souls can evolve when their latent potential is awakened by suitable resources.

• Leng Qianqiu — Her Ice Snake Martial Soul, whose evolution had remained incomplete, becomes the Frost Saint Dragon after she consumes an Immortal Herb supplied by Tai Yi. 62 72
• Ning Rongrong — Her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda evolves into the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda after consuming the Aromatic Silk Beauty Immortal Herb. 78 79
• Tang San — His Blue Silver Grass evolves into the Blue Silver Emperor during the God of Plants’ first trial. 103
• Tai Yi — The Donghuang Taiyi Origin cannot be further purified by Immortal Herbs, but it becomes increasingly active as his Soul Power rises and fully awakens at level 70. 13 59 69