Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear

Biodata

Appearance

A young bear-like soul beast with dark-gold fur and three sharp claws. It was found eating honey beneath a tree in Sunset Forest. 8

• Dark-gold coat.
• Bear-shaped body.
• Three prominent claws.
• Its yellow soul ring contained streams of dark-golden light after its death. 8 9

Background & History

She Long and Yun Chen encountered the bear on their third day searching Sunset Forest for Yun Chen's first soul ring. She Long identified it as a roughly four-hundred-year-old cub and noted that its mother should ordinarily have been nearby. 8

She Long ambushed and severely wounded the bear by throwing his serpent spear through its body, then knocked it unconscious with a punch. Yun Chen killed it by driving a dagger through its eye socket, allowing its soul ring to form. 8 9

The bear's ring proved far more difficult to absorb than expected. Its residual will and violent soul power ravaged Yun Chen's meridians, leaving blood seeping from his pores before he gradually overcame and absorbed it. 9

While Yun Chen and She Long dissected the corpse, its right paw produced a Darkgold Dreadclaw external soul bone. She Long declined to take it, and Yun Chen absorbed it into his right hand. 10

Abilities & Traits

Darkgold Dreadclaws

The bear possessed the eponymous Dreadclaws; She Long's ambush nearly allowed it to use them against him. 9

• Its species is described as a super soul beast.
• A thousand-year Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear is said to be capable of contending with a ten-thousand-year soul beast. 9
• Even as a cub, its body endured She Long's spear strike and powerful punch before Yun Chen delivered the killing blow. 8

Violent Residual Will

The soul ring retained an exceptionally fierce will after the bear's death. 9

• Its energy felt sharp and scorching while Yun Chen absorbed it.
• The four-hundred-year ring was considered sufficient to serve as an ordinary soul master's third soul ring. 9
• Yun Chen ultimately subdued its remaining power through a prolonged internal struggle. 9

Remains & Legacy

• First soul ring — Yun Chen absorbed the bear's four-hundred-year yellow soul ring. 9
• Lion Mastiff's Fury — Yun Chen's resulting first soul skill increases all of his attributes by 300%; it grants tearing properties to his left hand and crushing properties to his right hand. 10
• Darkgold Dreadclaw external soul bone — The bear's right paw yielded an external soul bone, which reforged Yun Chen's right hand and gave it a golden appearance. 10
• Dark Gold Terrorclaw — Yun Chen later manifested five golden claws from his right hand to shatter a rock wall. 31

Relationships

• Yun Chen — Killed the bear, absorbed its soul ring, and inherited its external soul bone. 8 9 10
• She Long — Located, ambushed, and subdued the bear for Yun Chen's first soul ring; later supervised the dissection of its remains. 8 10