Soul Hall

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Feature	Information
Name	Soul Hall
Original Name	魂殿
Type	Soul master faction / sect; later a pavilion
Founder	Xiao Jinchen 19
Key Figure	Xiao Jinchen, the Young Hall Master 26 27
Affiliation	Supported and defended by the Body Sect; later renamed into the Falling Star Pavilion, which incorporated Jia Nan Academy 73 95 139
Headquarters	A purple-gold stronghold in the northern hills of the Heaven Dou Empire, near the Body Sect 73
Status	Renamed to Falling Star Pavilion on Xiao Yan's order; subsequently annexed the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect and incorporated Jia Nan Academy 95 106 139
First Appearance	Chapter 19

Background

Soul Hall was founded by Xiao Jinchen after the Body Sect rejected his proposal to adopt soul guidance devices. He argued that an independent sect could develop soul tools while supplying the Body Sect with intelligence and medicinal pills, without forcing Body Sect disciples to abandon their traditional cultivation path. Du Busi ultimately permitted the plan but withheld direct sect support. 19

Xiao Jinchen named the faction after the soul-centered terminology of the Douluo Continent, including soul masters, soul beasts, soul power, spirit bones, and soul guidance devices. Jin Peng and the Ice Empress both felt that “Soul Hall” sounded more like an organization that collected souls than an ordinary sect. 19 95

To fund its establishment, Xiao Jinchen targeted the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect. The Ice Empress's Limit Douluo pressure shut down Nine Treasures City's soul-guided signs and overwhelmed the sect's defenses; Soul Hall seized two hundred million gold soul coins, an incident that quickly spread its name across the continent. 19 21

Purpose and Development

• Soul guidance device development — Soul Hall was created to pursue soul tools despite the Body Sect's resistance to them. Xiao Jinchen considers martial souls and soul tools separate expressions of power that can develop together. 19 49
• Intelligence and pill support — Xiao Jinchen intended the faction to provide the Body Sect with intelligence and medicinal pills as part of their mutual development. 19
• Pill Tower — Xiao Jinchen planned to separate the two fields: Soul Hall for soul tools and Pill Tower for pill refinement. Pill Tower was later active enough to seek approval to enter the Second Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament. 27 49 154
• Recruitment of powerful soul beasts — The faction used Humanoid Transformation Pills to recruit soul beasts while preserving their strength and freeing them from Heavenly Tribulation. 72 73 76
• Expansion through incorporation — After becoming Falling Star Pavilion, the faction expanded by annexing the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect and incorporating the renamed Jia Nan Academy. 106 139
• Far North recruitment — Xiao Jinchen had the Ice and Snow Empresses summon powerful soul beasts from the Far North Lands for Falling Star Pavilion. 160

Known Members and Supporters

• Xiao Jinchen — Founder and Young Hall Master; publicly declared his identity after defeating Changning Academy alone. 26
• Ice Empress — Ultimate Ice Limit Douluo associated with Soul Hall and one of its foremost protectors. 21 35 65
• Snow Empress — Accompanies the Ice Empress in defending Xiao Jinchen and Soul Hall. She later helped summon Far North soul beasts for Falling Star Pavilion. 63 73 160
• Xiao Feng — The transformed Blue Silver Emperor; introduced as a Soul Hall Heavenly Venerate and a level 97 Super Douluo. 76
• Nine Treasures Glazed Sect — Annexed into Falling Star Pavilion after Ning Jingshu accepted Xiao Jinchen's conditions. 106
• Jia Nan Academy — The former Shrek Academy, officially renamed Jia Nan Academy and incorporated under Falling Star Pavilion. 139
• Du Busi and the Body Sect — Though Soul Hall began independently, the Body Sect intervened when Clear Sky Sect's Niu Tian and Titan threatened its headquarters. 73

Headquarters

Soul Hall's first headquarters was a luxurious purple-gold palace in the northern hills of the Heaven Dou Empire. Its location near the Body Sect was chosen for defensibility and ease of mutual support. 73

• The headquarters was destroyed when clashes between top-level fighters tore open space and reduced the structure to ruins. 77
• Xiao Jinchen later entrusted the Ice Empress with its reconstruction, while the Body Sect allocated seventy percent of the Clear Sky Sect's seized resources to fill the reconstruction shortfall. 83

Major Events

Rise during the Continental Tournament

Xiao Jinchen used the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament to turn Soul Hall into a public power. He defeated all seven members of Changning Academy alone, then announced himself as the Young Master of Soul Hall before the Star Luo audience. 26

The display gave Soul Hall a fearsome reputation: spectators linked it to the robbery of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect and to the Limit Douluo backing Xiao Jinchen. 26

Conflict with Shrek Academy

Soul Hall became an open enemy of Shrek after Xiao Jinchen killed Ma Xiaotao. The Ice Empress openly dismissed Shrek's status and threatened that she could destroy its ten-thousand-year legacy. 35 41

The faction later descended on Shrek Academy and took one billion gold soul coins. Shrek blamed Soul Hall for further incidents, including Dai Yueheng's death and Xuan Zi's disappearance, though its elders admitted they lacked evidence concerning Xuan Zi. 61 65

Defense against Clear Sky Sect

Niu Tian and Titan arrived at Soul Hall intending to capture Xiao Jinchen and threatened to destroy the headquarters when the Ice and Snow Empresses refused to yield him. 73

Du Busi answered the attack with Body Sect reinforcements, declaring that he would defend Soul Hall regardless of Clear Sky Sect's status. The confrontation demonstrated that Soul Hall could call upon the transformed Body Sect's highest-level forces. 73

Renaming

Xiao Yan objected to the name “Soul Hall” and ordered Xiao Jinchen to rename the faction Falling Star Pavilion. Xiao Jinchen sent a clone back to carry out the change, and later approached the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect under the Falling Star Pavilion name. 95 105

Annexation of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect

Falling Star Pavilion returned to the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect not to take more money, but to absorb it. Xiao Jinchen pressured Sect Master Ning Jingshu into accepting annexation while offering pills to evolve the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda into the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda, raise the sect's soul power, and assist its guardian Douluo in reaching Rank 99. 106

Incorporation of Jia Nan Academy

After Shrek Academy's defeat, Xiao Jinchen announced that it had been officially renamed Jia Nan Academy and incorporated under Falling Star Pavilion. 139

Far North Recruitment

At Xiao Jinchen's request, the Ice and Snow Empresses summoned powerful soul beasts from the Far North Lands. Snow Empress further declared her intention to pursue higher secluded cultivation and return with a means of freeing soul beasts from Heavenly Tribulations, while A-Tai was ordered to organize the clans' arrangements. 160 162

Relationships

• Body Sect — Soul Hall's closest supporting faction. Xiao Jinchen remained a Body Sect disciple after founding Soul Hall, and Du Busi personally defended its headquarters. 19 73
• Nine Treasures Glazed Sect — Initially robbed of two hundred million gold soul coins to finance Soul Hall; later coerced into joining the renamed Falling Star Pavilion. 19 21 106
• Shrek Academy — Hostile relationship following Ma Xiaotao's death and Soul Hall's later robbery of Shrek. Shrek was ultimately renamed Jia Nan Academy and incorporated under Falling Star Pavilion. 35 41 65 139
• Jia Nan Academy — The successor institution to Shrek Academy and a subordinate academy of Falling Star Pavilion. 139
• Mingde Hall — Prospective soul-tool partner. Xiao Jinchen negotiated for ninth-grade soul tools in exchange for pills granting ultimate attributes. 49 71
• Clear Sky Sect — Its agents Niu Tian and Titan attacked Soul Hall while pursuing Xiao Jinchen. 70 73
• Far North soul-beast clans — The Ice and Snow Empresses mobilized powerful Far North soul beasts at Xiao Jinchen's request, with the prospect of eventual freedom from Heavenly Tribulations serving as a major incentive. 160 162

Trivia

• The Ice Empress immediately associated the name “Soul Hall” with an evil organization dedicated to collecting souls. 19
• Soul Hall's earliest notoriety came from a robbery that Xiao Jinchen described as “borrowing money.” 19
• Although Soul Hall was originally intended to develop soul tools, Xiao Jinchen planned to eventually hand its management to the Ice Empress while he focused on establishing the Pill Tower. 27