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Biodata
| Feature | Information |
|---|---|
| Name | Soul Ring (魂环) |
| Alias(es) | Spirit Ring |
| Role | A cultivation resource obtained from Soul Beasts that can increase a Soul Master's power and grant Soul Skills. |
| Status | Central component of Soul Master cultivation |
| First Appearance | Discussed as Song Ye's immediate cultivation priority in Chapter 4. 4 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Song Ye — First Soul Ring: Thousand-Year | 8 9 | Absorbed from a psychic avian Soul Beast after 30,000-year Whale Glue body tempering. His first ring is purple and raises him to level 17; it grants Prosperous Country and Strong Army. |
| Song Ye — Second Soul Ring: 6,000-Year | 25 | Absorbed from a mental-power-specialized monkey Soul Beast. Combined with the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, it raises him to level 25 and grants Reward and Punishment. |
| Song Ye — Third Soul Ring: Ten-Thousand-Year | 34 35 | Absorbed from an Ice-Fire Dual-Attribute Tiger after strengthening his body and spiritual power with immortal herbs. It grants Civil Governance and Martial Achievement and gives him offensive ice-and-fire capabilities. 61 |
Acquisition and Absorption
Soul Rings emerge after a Soul Beast is killed and are then absorbed by a Soul Master. Song Ye obtains his first ring after killing a severely wounded psychic avian Soul Beast, while his third comes from a Ten-Thousand-Year Ice-Fire Dual-Attribute Tiger. 8 34
Song Ye argues that a Soul Ring's absorbable age is determined primarily by the user's physique and spiritual power rather than by their number of existing rings. His Thousand-Year first ring, 6,000-year second ring, and Ten-Thousand-Year third ring are presented as proof against Yu Xiaogang's fixed absorption-limit theory. 7 12 25 34
High-aged rings impose severe burdens during absorption. Song Ye takes roughly two hours to absorb his second ring and five hours to endure the violent will contained in his third ring. 25 34
Soul Skills Granted to Song Ye
Prosperous Country and Strong Army
Song Ye's first Soul Skill enhances himself and allows him to produce items he has seen. 8
- Raises Song Ye's spiritual power and speed by 50% when activated. 8
- Can reproduce resources, including Whale Glue, soul bones, and immortal herbs once their properties have been recorded. 25 27 31 70
- Production is time-consuming; a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor soul bone initially requires ten months, decreasing to nine months after Song Ye gains his second ring. 25
- Production efficiency improves as Song Ye acquires more Soul Rings. 9 25
Reward and Punishment
Song Ye's second Soul Skill is designed for mental suppression and recruitment. 25
- Raises his mental power by 50% and continuously interferes with an opponent's mind. 25
- Rewards increase a recipient's respect and gratitude toward Song Ye, while punishments increase fear. 25
- Once respect or fear reaches a sufficient level, the target can submit naturally. 25
- Song Ye uses the skill to bring Dugu Bo under his influence; he states that those who pledge complete loyalty through it will not betray him. 31
Civil Governance and Martial Achievement
Song Ye's third Soul Skill combines growth-oriented imperial authority with direct offensive power. 34 61
- Enhances his learning ability, research capacity, comprehension, and potential. 34 61
- Allows him to wield ice and fire offensively. 61
- Because Song Ye refined his body with the Blazing Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, the ice and fire he releases carry Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire attributes. 31 61
Documented Soul Ring Configurations
| Soul Master | Documented Soul Ring(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Song Ye | Two Thousand-Year rings and one Ten-Thousand-Year ring | His purple-purple-black configuration is revealed alongside the Imperial Seal Martial Soul. 34 50 |
| Tang San | First ring: approximately 400-year Datura Snake | Grants the Entangle Soul Skill and adds poison to his Blue Silver Grass. 14 |
| Bai Chenxiang | Second ring: Thousand-Year | Her unusually high-aged second ring is noted during the confrontation with Yan. 59 |
| Dugu Yan | Fourth ring: Ten-Thousand-Year | Her first Ten-Thousand-Year ring is obtained with Song Ye's assistance after he produces Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew for her. 52 59 |
| Bai He | Ninth ring: 70,000-Year | The ring enables him to reach level 91 after evolving his Martial Soul into the Wind Spirit Swift. 71 73 |
Trivia
- Song Ye's Thousand-Year first ring publicly disproves Yu Xiaogang's claimed maximum first-ring limit of 423 years. 12 13
- Song Ye deliberately chose mental-type Soul Beasts for his first two rings to build the spiritual power needed to withstand the soul shock of a Ten-Thousand-Year ring. 7 25 34
- The color of Song Ye's first two Thousand-Year Soul Rings is purple, while his Ten-Thousand-Year third ring is black. 12 34