Kadula
Summon NightmareContents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background / History
- 4Appearance
- 5Personality
- 6Abilities & Skills
- 6.1Thousand-Hand Manipulation
- 6.2Consumption and Assimilation
- 6.3Regeneration
- 6.4Xie Yige's Mage Eyes
- 6.5Cloning and Impersonation
- 6.6Form Alteration
- 6.7Soul Connection with Lin Sheng
- 6.8Martial Arts Instruction
- 7Relationships
- 8Notable Quotes
- 9Trivia
Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Kadula (卡都拉) |
| Alias(es) | Thousand-Hand Kadula; Envoy Kadula; Commander Kadula |
| Species/Race | Otherworldly summoned creature; a composite being formed from countless absorbed life forms |
| Gender | Male; frequently adopts female appearances and identities |
| Affiliation | Iron Fist Society; Shadow Temple; Holy Spirit Palace |
| Occupation/Role | Special Envoy, summoned general, Temple commander, First Vanguard Officer of the Temple Expeditionary Army |
| Status | Active |
| First Appearance | Chapter 162 (Memory Fragments); summoned in Chapter 163 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Suppression-level | 167 | Bolu identifies Kadula as a Suppression-level powerhouse after witnessing his overwhelming arm-based attacks and defenses. |
| Peak Four-Wing; brief Five-Wing lethality | 184 | Elba assesses his ordinary combat strength as peak Four-Wing, while his transformed state can briefly unleash Five-Wing-level lethality. |
| Strength increased through mass consumption | 192 | After devouring hundreds of Redon soldiers, Kadula becomes stronger and can maintain a soul link with Lin Sheng across a greater distance. |
| Five-Wing combat presence | 252 | He intimidates Silver Gray with Five-Wing-level pressure, though splitting himself into more than a thousand bodies reduces his actual direct-combat strength to roughly Four-Wing. |
| Beyond Five-Wing | 303 | Lin Sheng recognizes Kadula as the weakest of his three great commanders, yet still an existence surpassing the Five-Wing level. |
Background / History
Kadula's recovered memories depict him as a beautiful child with a predatory craving for arms. In one memory, he drains a woman's life force; the Court Mage Xie Yige then offers his own arm to him. Xie Yige ultimately becomes fused into Kadula's body, granting him mage-derived sensory abilities. 163 164
Lin Sheng summons Kadula through the Spirit Descent Array and initially treats him as a controllable soul avatar. Kadula is installed as a special envoy of the Iron Fist Society and rapidly establishes his reputation by hunting Bolu, confronting Elba, and displaying his transformed arm-based forms. 163 166 167 168
As Kadula gains autonomy, Lin Sheng imposes more than a dozen behavioral rules to curb his impulses. The restrictions prove insufficient to suppress Kadula's desire to consume others; he devours hundreds of Redon soldiers, later claims to have absorbed more than three thousand people, and repeatedly pursues enemies as potential “collections.” 185 192 216
Kadula is severely injured in battles against Maham and Reni, then nearly destroyed by the King of Steel during a rescue mission. The two summoned generals develop a lasting mutual hostility: the King of Steel regards Kadula as irredeemably evil, while Kadula harbors intense hatred for him. 197 199 227
After adopting a female form, Kadula becomes increasingly involved in the Shadow Temple's operations. He rescues Youling, escorts Lin Sheng's relatives from Celine, trains Adolf, maintains surveillance through distributed clones, and captures infiltrators by replacing them with disguised copies of himself. 215 221 233 248 251
In later years, Kadula serves as a major Holy Spirit Palace commander. His clones occupy administrative, military, intelligence, and judicial roles across multiple worlds, while Kadula himself oversees large-scale conversion campaigns and announces policy before the Palace's commanders. 687 866
Appearance
Kadula's default summoned body is an unnervingly beautiful white-haired boy, approximately eight or nine years old, with delicate androgynous features and vacant amethyst-colored eyes. He can freely alter his form, commonly appearing as a young girl in white dresses or adopting alternate identities. 163 210 243
- White hair, pearl-like skin, and flawless doll-like features. 163
- Bright amethyst eyes in his original child form; his eyes can darken into hollow black voids in battle. 163 168
- Often dresses in ornate child-sized boots, long dresses, white stockings, or other deliberately alluring outfits. 166 210
- Can dissolve into and reform from black smoke. 173 221
- His true form is a gargantuan pale human face composed of countless arms. 197
- Can assume a six-meter Xie Yige centipede form, with masses of arms serving as bladed appendages. 227
Personality
Kadula is capricious, cruel, and driven by an instinctive hunger for arms, essence, and “collectibles.” He enjoys frightening opponents, toys with vulnerable enemies, and reacts with anger and agony when his manifested arms are destroyed. 164 167 227 597
Despite this brutality, Kadula is deeply attached to Lin Sheng, whom he calls “Brother” or “Master.” He openly flirts with him, treats their shared soul connection as a source of intimacy, and gradually resolves to make himself useful rather than remaining passive. 210 246 247
Kadula is intelligent and highly adaptable. He recognizes strategic uses for intimidation, surveillance, impersonation, and political leverage, even if he is often bored by ordinary administration and distracts himself with role-playing or folding paper stars. 233 243 252
Abilities & Skills
Thousand-Hand Manipulation
Kadula manifests and commands countless pale arms, each formed from his own flesh and energy.
- Launches overwhelming swarms of arms to seize, crush, dismember, or surround targets. 168 197
- Layers arms into barriers capable of withstanding powerful explosions and energy attacks. 167
- Combines countless smaller arms into enormous limbs more than ten meters long. 168
- Can produce arms from the ground, his body, or his true form's mouth. 168 197
- Destroying an arm damages Kadula directly, as every arm is part of his body. 227
Consumption and Assimilation
Kadula absorbs victims through his arms, draining their essence, blood, life force, and souls.
- Consumed individuals become integrated into Kadula rather than simply disappearing; their life wills remain as components of his collective body. 216 248
- His consumption increases his strength and can expand the range of Lin Sheng's soul link to him. 192
- He can rapidly wither a victim to death by channeling their essence into his arms. 206 226
- Kadula's hunger is difficult for Lin Sheng to restrain, even through direct soul control. 192
Regeneration
Kadula can recover from catastrophic damage as long as an arm remains intact.
- A surviving arm can regenerate his body, though distance and available energy affect recovery. 197
- Area-of-effect attacks are especially dangerous because they can dissolve many arms simultaneously. 197
- His recovery is slowed after severe injuries, including those inflicted by Reni and the King of Steel. 199 233
Xie Yige's Mage Eyes
After acquiring Xie Yige's arms, Kadula gains magical perception through hundreds of Mage Eyes formed around his body.
- His original body lacks ordinary senses beyond those supplied through his arms. 164
- Mage Eyes enable him to collect and analyze information throughout his surroundings. 164
- The Xie Yige-derived form greatly improves his situational awareness in combat. 164 227
Cloning and Impersonation
Kadula can divide himself into numerous independently operating clones.
- He deploys a thousand clones with approximately Single-Wing strength for surveillance and defensive work. 248
- Clones can assume alternate identities, infiltrate communities, and replace captured spies without detection. 243 251
- By later campaigns, Kadula possesses more than ten thousand clones distributed across multiple worlds. 687
- Splitting into too many bodies weakens his main body's immediate combat power. 252
Form Alteration
Kadula can change both his appearance and physical structure.
- Shifts between childlike male and female appearances, using different identities for social interaction and role-playing. 210 243
- Transforms into black smoke for movement, concealment, and perimeter defense. 173 216
- Can assume massive combat forms, including the arm-made human face and the Xie Yige centipede form. 197 227
Soul Connection with Lin Sheng
Kadula is a summoned general and a fragment of Lin Sheng's soul, allowing information and commands to pass between them.
- Lin Sheng originally controls Kadula as a temporary avatar through their summoning connection. 163
- As Kadula becomes more autonomous and distant, Lin Sheng can sometimes observe him but cannot directly restrain his actions. 192
- The connection allows them to communicate mentally and share memories when contact is restored. 199 226
- Kadula's emotional surges can feed back into Lin Sheng's consciousness. 766
Martial Arts Instruction
Kadula possesses martial knowledge from his former status as a prince.
- Trains Adolf's physical conditioning and martial arts. 233
- Oversees Temple trainees, using harsh disciplinary methods during instruction. 242
Relationships
- Lin Sheng — Summoner, soul counterpart, and the person Kadula addresses as “Brother” or “Master.” Kadula is intensely attached to him and serves as one of his major summoned commanders. 163 210 247
- Xie Yige — Elderly Court Mage whose arms and Mage Eyes become fused with Kadula, fundamentally expanding Kadula's perception. 163 164
- King of Steel — Fellow summoned general and bitter enemy. Kadula saves his daughter Youling, but the two remain mutually hostile after the King of Steel nearly consumes Kadula. 199 215
- Adolf — Temple disciple trained by Kadula in martial arts; Adolf fears Kadula after witnessing his consumption of Old Jain. 206 233
- Chen Minjia — Protected associate of Lin Sheng whom Kadula escorts from Celine to Xilun; Chen Minjia is impressed by Kadula's power but frightened by his cruelty. 221 224 226
- Elba — Redon suppressor who battles Kadula and later provides intelligence estimating his power. 168 184
- Maham — Blazing Star Family suppressor who traps and critically injures Kadula during their battle. 197
- Reni — Opponent who defeats Kadula aboard a warship using Judgment Scale. 227
- Kadula 1131 — A clone formerly serving as a royal head maid and deputy defense officer; later assigned as the King of Night's adjutant. 410
Notable Quotes
“Do you like me? Offer me your arms.” 164
“But why are you resisting? I am so beautiful; aren't you happy to become my collection?” 167
“To me, you are my final and only light. Goodbye, Brother.” 255
Trivia
- Kadula's original form is male, but he repeatedly adopts female forms because he considers them more effective and popular. 210
- He becomes obsessed with playing every member of an invented “Kara Family,” including the identities Kajila, Kadiula, Kameila, Kafeila, and Kasila. 243
- Kadula folds colorful paper stars when bored and gives them to Lin Sheng. 233
- His later “Kadula Beauty Salon” converts criminals through Temple cleansing techniques, making its name a feared warning among Holy City residents. 530