Passionate Sword

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Passionate Sword (多情剑)
Type	Neutral Character (AI)
Classification	Spiritual-attribute, weapon-type super martial soul 7
Wielder	Jiang Yue
Paired Martial Soul	Unfeeling Sword
Development Path	Control system
Current Soul Rings	Six; the first five are ten-thousand-year rings, and the sixth is a hundred-thousand-year ring 115 160 161
Latest Confirmed Wielder Level	Level 64, Soul Emperor 160
First Appearance	1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Independent awakening	1	Awakens alongside the Unfeeling Sword during the destruction of Jiang Yue’s village. The pair immediately perform the self martial soul fusion skill Emotion Shakes Heaven.
First soul ring	3	Jiang Yue kills a Purple Spirit Jackal and absorbs its hundred-year spiritual-attribute ring. Unlocks Emotion Thread Sword Attachment.
Emotion-Transforming Sword: Joy	3 4	Condenses the red Joy Sword, a tangible sword formed from spiritual power that can influence emotions.
Second soul ring	6 8	Absorbs a thousand-year Nightmare Demon ring. Dream Iceworm later raises the ages of the first two rings, leaving Jiang Yue with a thousand-year second ring.
Emotion-Transforming Sword: Anger	8	Condenses the deep-teal Anger Sword after Dream Iceworm’s fusion and ring-age enhancement.
Third soul ring	9 14	Condenses the brown Sorrow Sword and gains Substitution, which redirects soul-skill targets and can seize self-enhancement effects.
Second soul skill revealed	29	Live and Die Together forms a spiritual connection between targets struck by the Passionate Sword and Sorrow Sword.
Fourth soul ring	45	Absorbs the ten-thousand-year ring of the Sealed Nether Wraith, reaches level 43, and gains Walking Corpse.
Reinforced ring configuration	46	Dream Iceworm’s power raises the configuration to two purple and two black soul rings.
Four emotion swords confirmed	67 84	Jiang Yue controls four Qing Swords. The fourth is identified as the Thought Sword, accompanying Joy, Anger, and Sorrow.
Spirit Abyss Realm spiritual power	78	Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Living Gold, Dream Iceworm, and four over-limit mental-attribute soul rings raise Jiang Yue’s spiritual power to the realm normally required for Titled Douluo advancement.
Further ring-age enhancement	81	Following Ice-Fire Body Tempering, Dream Iceworm raises Jiang Yue’s existing soul rings to the highest ages his strengthened body can withstand. Jiang Yue subsequently reaches level 50 through the Primordial Immortal Herb.
Passionate sword intent	85 86	Studying Di Tian’s sword strike in deep meditation produces an emotional, tender sword intent through the Passionate Sword, alongside an opposing intent through the Unfeeling Sword.
Fifth soul ring / Level 51 Soul King	86 87	Absorbs the ring of a roughly two-hundred-year-old time-attribute bird with a trace of Phoenix blood. Dream Iceworm raises it to the ten-thousand-year level. Unlocks the time-control fifth soul skill, later named Withering and Flourishing of Time.
Sword-intent combat mastery	96 97	Defeats Ji Juechen using passionate sword intent, ambidextrous swordsmanship, and the Thought Sword without activating his soul rings.
Emotion Stripping	113	Merges all five Qing Swords into the Passionate Sword to violently destabilize Di Qiu’er’s emotions before leaving her in absolute calm.
Five ten-thousand-year rings / Destiny-assisted fusion	115	Reveals five undisguised black rings during fusion with Di Qiu’er. The Passionate Sword, Unfeeling Sword, and five Qing Swords participate in their armor-form fusion.
Highest Distraction Control stage confirmed	159	Uses Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart, the highest stage of the Distraction Control Technique, while preparing to resist an Evil Eye’s mental attack.
Sixth soul ring / Level 64 Soul Emperor	159 160 161	Absorbs a spatial-attribute Evil Eye Tyrant ring while fusing an Evil Eye Head Soul Bone. Dream Iceworm raises the ring from black to hundred-thousand-year red; Jiang Yue advances from level 60 to level 64 and gains Myriad Forms Void Domain.
Localized time-space control	169	Channels silver and gray light through the Passionate Sword to halt the turbulent soul power in Meng Hongchen’s left arm without stopping circulation elsewhere in her body.

Background

The Passionate Sword awakened independently when six-year-old Jiang Yue faced the evil soul master responsible for massacring his village. It manifested with the Unfeeling Sword as Jiang Yue’s twin martial souls, and their resonance allowed him to unleash Emotion Shakes Heaven, killing the two-ring attacker at the cost of exhausting himself completely 1.

When Jiang Yue first displayed it to the mysterious elder, the sword appeared as a silver-white longsword bearing a crimson line from hilt to tip. The elder identified its spiritual fluctuations as extraordinary, judged its quality no lower than the Seven Kill Sword, and initially recommended an assault-type path. Jiang Yue instead committed to developing it as a control-type martial soul 1 2.

After absorbing the Purple Spirit Jackal’s soul ring, Jiang Yue entered his sea of consciousness and found the Passionate Sword and Unfeeling Sword crossed within it as enormous blades. The first ring also led to the manifestation of the Joy Sword, revealing the Passionate Sword’s innate ability to turn spiritual power and emotion into physical swords 3 4.

Dream Iceworm’s fusion expanded Jiang Yue’s sea of consciousness and reinforced the Passionate Sword’s early soul rings. The sword later became central to Jiang Yue’s combat style at Shrek Academy, where he used emotional interference, redirected enemy skills, and multi-sword control to win the freshman assessment 7 8 14 34.

Jiang Yue’s choice of the control path was informed by his knowledge of Zang Xin, the Passionate Sword Douluo of a later era, who reached level 99 and became that era’s foremost control-type soul master. The elder ultimately accepted Jiang Yue’s decision, reasoning that mental-attribute soul rings would remain suitable for the sword and that his second martial soul provided a safeguard 2.

The Passionate Sword’s limitations became evident during Jiang Yue’s first confrontation with Di Qiu’er. Its blade could not penetrate her Golden Dragon scales, and her exceptional spiritual strength allowed her to withstand much of its control. Jiang Yue nevertheless used four Qing Swords and soul-ring sealing to disrupt her before switching to the defense-ignoring Unfeeling Sword 67.

At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew dramatically strengthened Jiang Yue’s spiritual power. Combined with the Passionate Sword’s mental attribute, his over-limit rings, Living Gold, and Dream Iceworm’s assistance, it brought him into the Spirit Abyss Realm. Ice-Fire Body Tempering subsequently increased the ages his rings could withstand, and the Primordial Immortal Herb raised his soul power to level 50 78 81.

A spar with Di Tian led to a major development in Jiang Yue’s swordsmanship. After witnessing Di Tian’s sky-splitting sword strike, he entered deep meditation and comprehended two opposing sword intents, one through each martial soul. He then selected a rare time-attribute bird for his fifth ring despite its low initial age, relying on Dream Iceworm to strengthen it after absorption 84 85 86.

At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, the Passionate Sword served both offensive and supporting roles. Jiang Yue used the Anger Sword and Substitution to help Di Qiu’er defeat ten senior students, demonstrated his newly formed sword intent against Ji Juechen, and later defeated Xiao Hongchen by combining time control, mental interference, and soul-skill sealing 90 96 97 112.

The mysterious elder was eventually revealed as Long Xiaoyao, a level-99 Limit Douluo. After Jiang Yue formally became his disciple, Long Xiaoyao tested the sword’s abilities and witnessed its capacity to disturb even his emotions. He then began seeking resources to strengthen Jiang Yue’s body and support the eventual completion of both twin martial souls 118 119 120.

During a later hunt in the Evil Forest, Jiang Yue obtained a spatial-attribute Evil Eye Tyrant ring and a head soul bone from a separate hundred-thousand-year, pure mental-attribute Evil Eye Tyrant. Their simultaneous absorption, supported by Living Gold, Dream Iceworm, and Electrolux, raised him to level 64. The sixth ring was enhanced to the hundred-thousand-year level and granted a spatial-control domain 159 160 161.

Appearance

The Passionate Sword is a silver-white longsword that emits spiritual fluctuations. A crimson line runs along its blade from hilt to tip, while flowing radiance covers its surface when summoned 1.

• Its blade is exceptionally sharp, capable of cutting through the Pippi Elephant Martial Soul’s rubber-like skin and the White Tiger Martial Soul’s defenses 14 29.
• Its manifested emotion swords are smaller, tangible blades formed from spiritual power 4.
• Known emotion swords include:
  • Joy Sword — red 3 4
  • Anger Sword — deep teal/cyan 8 9
  • Sorrow Sword — brown 9
  • Thought Sword — closely resembles the Passionate Sword, differing slightly in color; appears among Jiang Yue’s four emotion swords before he obtains his fifth ring 84 97
• During Jiang Yue’s deep meditation, the Passionate Sword appears as an illusory blade whose sword energy leaves an emotional influence on flowers and grass rather than cutting them down 86.
• During fusion with Di Qiu’er, the Passionate Sword and Unfeeling Sword materialize at either side of Jiang Yue’s waist, while the five Qing Swords hover behind him in a rose-gold glow 115.
• Silver and gray light runs along its blade when Jiang Yue applies localized time-space control to Meng Hongchen’s arm 169.

Abilities & Skills

Emotion Shakes Heaven

A self martial soul fusion skill created through the resonance of the Passionate Sword and Unfeeling Sword. Its overlapping sword shadows form a massive silver cocoon that traps and shreds its target with sword energy 1.

• It killed the evil soul master who massacred Jiang Yue’s village immediately after the swords awakened 1.
• It is described as a guaranteed-hit life-saving method and is Jiang Yue’s most valued defensive trump card 7 8.
• Its initial use left Jiang Yue completely exhausted and unconscious 1.
• Its effectiveness is still limited by the gap in cultivation. Jiang Yue believes that even sacrificing his entire life to the swords might not seal Di Tian for fifteen minutes 85.
• Jiang Yue declines to use it during his spar with Di Tian because Di Tian has anticipated the technique and might interrupt its preparation 85.
• After discovering his fusion with Di Qiu’er, Jiang Yue believes that drawing on her strength will allow him to use Emotion Shakes Heaven more effectively 115.

Emotion-Transforming Sword

The Passionate Sword’s innate ability materializes spiritual power into swords that embody emotions. These swords can affect the emotional state of living beings and are connected to Jiang Yue through invisible spiritual links 4.

• Joy Sword can stir joy even within powerful individuals who do not actively defend against its influence 3 4 27.
• Anger Sword provokes rage, causing targets to become more aggressive and reckless 9 14 32.
• Sorrow Sword works with the second soul skill to link targets’ pain and emotional damage 9 29.
• Thought Sword invokes contemplation and recollection. Its Seven Emotions of Thought draws memories from an opponent’s past, disrupting concentration and attack rhythm 97.
• The Passionate Sword itself can manipulate emotions more flexibly than a single emotion sword; combining several emotion swords with it brings this control to its peak 14.
• Multi-sword control consumes spiritual power rapidly. With Mu En’s assistance, Jiang Yue can briefly wield the Passionate Sword, Joy Sword, and Anger Sword simultaneously 27.
• The seven emotions identified for the ability are joy, anger, sorrow, contemplation, grief, fear, and shock 4.
• The emotion swords are also called Qing Swords. Long Xiaoyao observes that each soul ring appears to give Jiang Yue another sword; five are present at the Soul King stage 113 119.
• Emotion swords can merge back into the Passionate Sword. Merging the Sorrow Sword into it briefly disrupts Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s concentration within the Hell White Tiger, creating an opening for Jiang Yue to cleave their fusion apart 34.
• Emotional influence does not depend on cutting through a target’s physical defenses. The Qing Swords fail to breach Di Qiu’er’s scales but still serve as part of Jiang Yue’s disruptive fighting style 67 113.
• The Anger Sword can be enhanced with flame, as demonstrated in Jiang Yue’s duel with Xiao Hongchen 112.

Emotion Thread Sword Attachment

The Passionate Sword’s first soul skill. It coats the blade in silver radiance and strengthens both physical and spiritual combat performance 3.

• Increases attack power by 30% 3.
• Enhances blade sharpness 3.
• Increases spiritual power by 25% 3.
• After the first ring reaches the thousand-year level, it can forcibly interrupt any enemy previously struck by the Passionate Sword, including opponents charging or continuously maintaining a soul skill 23.

Live and Die Together

The Passionate Sword’s second soul skill. It establishes a spiritual connection between enemies struck by the Passionate Sword and Sorrow Sword 29.

• Increases spiritual power by 45% 29.
• Reduces the soul-power consumption of martial soul abilities by 30% 29.
• Linked targets share emotions, pain, and other spiritual damage without dividing the effect 29.
• Can overwhelm opponents by forcing incompatible extreme emotions onto them simultaneously 29.
• Jiang Yue can also use himself as part of the emotional link. Against Long Xiaoyao, he subjects himself to the Sorrow Sword’s influence so that Long Xiaoyao simultaneously experiences overwhelming grief through his own memories 120.
• Breaking the connection restores Jiang Yue to normal while Long Xiaoyao remains distracted long enough for an Unfeeling Sword attack 120.

Substitution

The Passionate Sword’s third soul skill forcibly changes the target of an enemy soul skill 14.

• Increases mental power by 65% 14.
• Can redirect enemy skills, including self-targeted enhancement skills 14.
• Jiang Yue can take the diverted enhancement effects for himself, as demonstrated against Dai Huabin and later in the freshman-assessment final 14 33 34.
• It was used to redirect the Netherworld White Tiger’s attack toward Cui Yajie, removing her from the match 34.
• Diverted enhancement effects can also be transferred to an ally. During the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy upgrade assessment, Jiang Yue uses the skill to strengthen Di Qiu’er while manipulating the opponents’ aggression 90.

Spiritual Sword Control

Jiang Yue can guide the Passionate Sword and its emotion swords with spiritual power rather than wielding them solely by hand 23 32.

• The sword can release a thread of pure spiritual power during combat 23.
• Jiang Yue can direct it as a flying sword while fighting at close range himself 32.
• His left-handed swordsmanship creates unfamiliar attack patterns that opponents accustomed to right-handed fighters struggle to read 23.
• Jiang Yue is not naturally left-handed. The elder requires him to train with his left hand so that he can wield both twin martial souls proficiently, and he later becomes equally capable with both hands 2 97.
• Against Ji Juechen, he uses the Passionate Sword and Thought Sword together, combining distinct left- and right-handed approaches into tightly interwoven attacks 97.
• By the Evil Forest hunt, his Distraction Control Technique has reached Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart, allowing him to divide his attention at its highest established stage 159.
• During Long Xiaoyao’s assessment, the Qing Swords’ physical attacks serve as a vehicle for attacking his spiritual sea 119 120.

Walking Corpse

The Passionate Sword’s fourth soul skill, obtained from the Sealed Nether Wraith’s ten-thousand-year ring. It seals an opponent’s soul skills through their corresponding soul rings; Jiang Yue and Dream Iceworm initially discuss the uncertainty of which skills will be sealed 45.

• Jiang Yue seals two of Di Qiu’er’s rings during their first confrontation, although her exceptional physical and spiritual strength allows her to continue fighting effectively 67.
• Against Xiao Hongchen, he seals the first, third, and fifth soul skills, disabling key components of Xiao’s soul-tool combat system and prompting his concession 112.
• It can seal a much stronger opponent’s ring: Jiang Yue seals Long Xiaoyao’s seventh soul ring during their assessment, although Long Xiaoyao counters with other abilities 119.
• During fusion with Di Qiu’er, Jiang Yue seals the Blood Bat Soul Douluo’s seventh and eighth soul skills because the enemy’s spiritual power is weaker than his 139.

Passionate Sword Intent

Jiang Yue comprehends the Passionate Sword’s sword intent after studying Di Tian’s sword strike in deep meditation. It expresses tenderness and emotion, contrasting with the cold, detached intent he develops through the Unfeeling Sword 85 86.

Its destructive power is not especially great, but it complements the Passionate Sword’s control abilities by interfering with an opponent’s emotions, concentration, sword aura, and soul-power circulation 96 97.

• Encompasses the emotions Jiang Yue has already mastered without requiring each Qing Sword to be separately summoned 96.
• Entangles Ji Juechen’s sharpness aura, preventing it from fully exerting its power 96 97.
• Causes soul power to speed up or slow down at critical points within the opponent’s body, forcing them to divide their attention to maintain control 97.
• Can slow an opponent’s sword movements and disturb the rhythm of their attacks 97.
• Bringing out the Thought Sword makes thought the dominant emotion within the intent. Memories then surface whenever Ji Juechen attempts to attack 97.
• Can shift from a winding, thread-like restraint into a storm of emotional sword intent that binds both the opponent’s emotions and body 97.
• Can unintentionally influence spectators. Meng Hongchen, unable to use soul power to resist, becomes captivated during Jiang Yue’s duel; Di Qiu’er uses her own soul power to help her recover 96.
• Di Tian warns that maintaining two opposing sword intents may threaten Jiang Yue’s sanity, although Jiang Yue believes he can manage them 86.

Withering and Flourishing of Time

The Passionate Sword’s fifth soul skill comes from a rare time-attribute bird with a trace of Phoenix blood. Its initially hundred-year ring is enhanced to the ten-thousand-year level by Dream Iceworm 86 87 112.

• Can slow incoming attacks, giving Jiang Yue more time to respond 87.
• Supports accelerated movement and evasion against Xiao Hongchen’s barrage of 128 soul cannons 112.
• Can greatly slow an opponent’s movements and soul-power circulation. During his spar with Di Qiu’er, her sluggish soul-power flow alone reduces her fighting strength by at least 30% 113.
• Early use strains Jiang Yue, particularly while he is still inexperienced with the skill 87.
• Accelerated attacks carry physical recoil that Jiang Yue’s body cannot safely withstand at that stage, so he avoids striking at accelerated speed against Xiao Hongchen 112.
• After gaining spatial abilities, Jiang Yue applies localized time-space control to freeze the turbulent soul power in Meng Hongchen’s left arm while leaving the rest of her circulation unchanged 169.
• Large-area time manipulation remains impractical at his current level. Jiang Yue believes that turning time back even slightly over a broad area could exhaust all his soul power 169.

Emotion Stripping

A technique in which Jiang Yue converts all five Qing Swords into pure emotional power and merges them into the Passionate Sword 113.

• The blade’s contact with Di Qiu’er sends her emotional fluctuations to unprecedented intensity and throws her spiritual power into chaos 113.
• The violent emotional surge is followed by an unnaturally absolute calm 113.

Myriad Forms Void Domain

The Passionate Sword’s sixth soul skill, granted by the spatial-attribute Evil Eye Tyrant ring after its enhancement to the hundred-thousand-year level 160 161.

• Links Jiang Yue’s mental power to nearby space 161.
• Allows him to control that space within the range of his mental power, provided he has sufficient mental power to sustain the effect 161.
• Its spatial attribute complements the temporal attribute of his fifth ring 159.
• It is distinct from the future personal spiritual domain Jiang Yue hopes to develop; that independent domain remains an unrealized possibility 161 162.

Destiny-Assisted Fusion

Jiang Yue and Di Qiu’er discover a fusion made possible by the merging of their destiny power and spiritual strength, despite their martial souls otherwise being incompatible 115.

• The Passionate Sword and Unfeeling Sword participate together with the Golden Dragon Martial Soul, Qing Swords, Sword of Destiny, and Jiang Yue’s ice-fire powers 115.
• In one form, Di Qiu’er becomes armor for Jiang Yue, raising his aura to approximately Soul Sage level 115.
• In the reverse form, Jiang Yue becomes lighter armor for Di Qiu’er, and her Golden Dragon Spear gains five-colored radiance and powerful spiritual fluctuations 115.
• The fusion can use partial armor concentrated on Jiang Yue’s forearms and legs rather than a complete suit 139.
• Against the Blood Bat Soul Douluo, the fused state strengthens Jiang Yue’s sword attacks and allows him to combine them with soul-skill sealing 139.
• The fusion consumes soul power rapidly, making prolonged combat costly 139.

Emotional Perception and Noncombat Influence

The Passionate Sword’s emotional abilities also support perception, persuasion, and reassurance rather than only combat 67 106 136.

• Jiang Yue senses Di Qiu’er’s restrained anger and tension before identifying her during their first encounter 67.
• He senses Meng Hongchen’s distress and quietly eases her dark thoughts through spiritual influence 106.
• He uses the Passionate Sword to relax the aged Heavenly Dragon Horse and awaken nostalgia for its former health, strength, and freedom, helping persuade it to accept a voluntary sacrifice for Ye Guyi 136.
• Di Qiu’er later suspects that the Passionate Sword is responsible for the Emerald Swans’ unusual affection toward Jiang Yue, but this remains her interpretation rather than a confirmed effect 146.

Supporting Spiritual Powers

The Passionate Sword’s mental attribute provides the foundation for Jiang Yue’s spiritual development, which is further strengthened by external resources and spiritual companions 78.

• Living Gold expands and nourishes his Sea of Spirit and is expected to make his mental power grow roughly three times faster. Electrolux also teaches him an introductory mental-cultivation method 42.
• Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew helps him reach the Spirit Abyss Realm while still a four-ring soul master 78.
• By the later Evil Forest hunt, his mental power has reached the Titled Douluo level 159.
• The Evil Eye Head Soul Bone sharply increases his mental power and grants Mental Power Field. This is a soul-bone ability, not a Passionate Sword soul-ring skill 160 161.
• Mental Detection, Mental Detection Sharing, and Simulation supplement his battlefield control and concealment. Jiang Yue originally considers such spiritual techniques learnable without spending soul-ring slots on them 5 90 119 139.

Relationships

• Jiang Yue — Wielder. The Passionate Sword is one of his innate twin martial souls and the foundation of his control-system combat style 1 2.
• Unfeeling Sword — Twin martial soul and counterpart. The two blades resonate, protect Jiang Yue’s memories within his sea of consciousness, and combine to perform Emotion Shakes Heaven 1 3 7. Despite their fusion skill, their auras ordinarily reject each other intensely and mingle only briefly during its release; they do not normally provide the sustained mutual fusion that Long Xiaoyao assumes accelerated Jiang Yue’s cultivation 118.
• Mysterious Elder / Long Xiaoyao — First evaluator and instructor. He recognizes the Passionate Sword’s spiritual attribute and exceptional quality, then teaches Jiang Yue sword techniques and soul-master fundamentals 1 2 4. Revealed as Long Xiaoyao, he formally accepts Jiang Yue as his sole disciple, tests his control abilities, and helps obtain the Evil Eye ring and soul bone used in his Soul Emperor breakthrough 118 119 120 160.
• Dream Iceworm / Sky Dream Ice Silkworm — Spiritual partner residing in Jiang Yue’s sea of consciousness. Its fusion reinforces the Passionate Sword’s soul-ring ages and supports its multi-sword combat 7 8 45. It later raises the fifth ring to ten-thousand-year strength and the sixth to hundred-thousand-year strength, and plans to become Jiang Yue’s seventh ring through a final fusion 86 160 161.
• Mu En — Mentor in the Distraction Control Technique. His guidance enables Jiang Yue to briefly control three swords at once 27.
• Di Tian — Evaluator and source of sword-intent insight. He judges the Passionate Sword superior in quality to every other tool martial soul he has seen. His sword demonstration provides the inspiration for Jiang Yue’s passionate and unfeeling sword intents 84 85 86.
• Di Qiu’er — Combat partner and fusion partner. Her Golden Dragon defenses expose the Passionate Sword’s physical limitations, but the pair later combine their powers through destiny-assisted fusion. Jiang Yue also uses the sword’s control abilities to support her in team combat 67 90 115 139.
• Ji Juechen — Swordsmanship opponent and prospective regular sparring partner. Jiang Yue defeats him through passionate sword intent and the Thought Sword, while Ji treats the experience as an opportunity to develop his own intent 96 97.
• Meng Hongchen — Recipient of both unintended emotional influence and deliberate assistance. The sword intent affects her while she cannot resist with soul power, and Jiang Yue later uses localized time-space control on her damaged arm during her martial-soul evolution 96 169.
• Electrolux — Spiritual mentor and protector. He teaches Jiang Yue mental cultivation and helps monitor the dangerous sixth-ring and head-soul-bone fusion 42 160 161.

Trivia

• The mysterious elder believed the Passionate Sword surpassed the legendary Seven Kill Sword in quality 1 4.
• Although its first soul skill initially appeared suited to an assault-type fighter, Jiang Yue consistently chose to develop the sword along the control-system path 2 3.
• The Passionate Sword’s emotional influence can affect others even when an emotion sword has not visibly condensed, though Jiang Yue initially questions whether this occurs unconsciously 14.
• Jiang Yue regards the Passionate Sword and Unfeeling Sword as super martial souls with formidable abilities but without the slow cultivation between levels 30 and 70 associated with ultimate-attribute martial souls 7.
• Its attack power is comparatively modest beside martial souls such as the Unfeeling Sword and Heaven-Shaking Spear, but this does not prevent it from overcoming less exceptional martial-soul defenses 14.
• Unlike the Unfeeling Sword, it does not innately ignore defense. Di Qiu’er’s Golden Dragon scales and Long Xiaoyao’s dark prison can resist its cutting edge 67 119.
• Jiang Yue considers the Silvermoon Wolf King, Evil Eyes, and Merfolk Tribe possible sources for its remaining soul rings 95.
• Long Xiaoyao considers the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler’s more-than-seven-hundred-thousand-year mental-attribute ring an especially suitable eventual ninth ring. This remains a future plan, not an acquired ring 120 159.
• Dream Iceworm intends to complete its fusion at Jiang Yue’s Soul Sage advancement, becoming a Wisdom Soul Ring and granting a million-year Martial Soul Avatar; this has not yet occurred at the confirmed sixth-ring stage 161.
• Jiang Yue hopes that possessing both swords may allow him to develop a new personal spiritual domain rather than reproduce the later-era domains associated with Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi. He has not yet achieved that domain 161 162.
• Ju Zi has heard rumors identifying the Passionate Sword as Jiang Yue’s powerful tool martial soul. She interprets its name, his appearance, and his demeanor as signs that he must toy with other people’s feelings, but this is her personal judgment 174.

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