Star Dou Forest

Biodata

Overview

Star Dou Forest is the largest gathering place for soul beasts on Douluo Continent. Its variety of soul beasts is stated to exceed that of all other soul beast habitats combined, making it a premier destination for soul masters seeking suitable soul rings. Unlike human-managed soul-hunting forests, its soul beasts have not been enclosed or raised by humans. 3

The forest is exceptionally dangerous: soul beasts are generally stronger than soul masters of the same level, and hunters must also be wary of other humans within it. The remoteness of nearby settlements reflects the threat of possible beast tides. 3 9

Regions

Soul Beast Population

• The forest contains most of the continent's soul beasts and is said to hold half of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts. Aside from the ocean, it has the greatest number of hundred-thousand-year soul beasts. 3
• Spiritual-attribute soul beasts are scarce, especially in the outer region, forcing hunters seeking them to enter deeper and more hazardous territory. 3 6
• Dream Iceworm previously nourished many of the forest's powerful soul beasts with the heaven-and-earth essence in its body; several ferocious beasts had absorbed this essence for thousands of years. 6
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion is regarded as the soul beast race's Emperor Auspicious Beast and is treated as the forest's beloved figure due to Di Tian's care for her. 44 46
• The forest can produce abnormal entities such as the Sealed Nether Wraith, an aggregate of soul beast resentment and lingering souls. Its presence causes nearby soul beasts to disappear from the area. 44 46

Hazards

• Soul beasts may attack without warning, and even a five- or six-hundred-year soul beast can be difficult for a Great Soul Master to defeat. 3
• The mixed zone requires extreme caution even from a Soul Sage such as the Maple Leaf City Lord. 6
• The Land of Great Peril is considered too dangerous for human forces to provoke; the Body Sect's slaughter of hundred-thousand-year soul beasts there previously led to a beast tide. 44
• The forest's core region is especially dangerous because powerful ferocious beasts, including Di Tian, may detect intruders. 43 46
• Hunters face threats from other people as well as soul beasts, particularly around soul-hunting towns and within the forest itself. 3 9

Notable Inhabitants

• Dream Iceworm / Sky Dream Ice Silkworm — A million-year spiritual-attribute soul beast that hid in the forest after escaping the ferocious beasts that had drained its origin power. It later became Jiang Yue's intelligent soul ring. 6 7
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion — The Emperor Auspicious Beast, whose Eye of Destiny leads her to pursue Jiang Yue through the mixed zone. 44 46
• Purple Spirit Jackal — A spiritual-attribute, pack-associated soul beast slain by Jiang Yue for his first soul ring. 3
• Nightmare Demon — A thousand-year spiritual-attribute soul beast hunted for Jiang Yue's second soul ring. 6
• Datura Snake — A thousand-year soul beast killed by Jiang Yue; its soul ring is absorbed by Tang Ya. 10
• Soft-Boned Rabbit — A thousand-year soul beast encountered and hunted by Jiang Yue during his journey to Shrek Academy. 9 11
• Sealed Nether Wraith — A strange soul beast-like entity formed from resentment and lingering souls of deceased soul beasts. 44
• Golden Turtle — A hundred-thousand-year soul beast whose body contains Living Gold; its apparent cultivation and usable strength are reduced by the object tormenting it. 42

Documented Visits and Incidents

• Jiang Yue first enters the forest with the Mysterious Elder to obtain his first soul ring. They travel into the mixed zone, where the elder captures a Purple Spirit Jackal that Jiang Yue kills and absorbs. 3
• Jiang Yue returns with the Maple Leaf City Lord to seek a spiritual-attribute second ring. The City Lord subdues a Nightmare Demon, after which Jiang Yue absorbs its thousand-year soul ring. 6
• During the same expedition, Dream Iceworm discovers Jiang Yue and fuses with him as an intelligent soul ring, later raising the age of Jiang Yue's first two soul rings. 7 8
• Before enrolling at Shrek Academy, Jiang Yue independently hunts in the outer region, encounters a thousand-year Soft-Boned Rabbit, and kills a thousand-year Datura Snake. 9 10
• Jiang Yue later plans a fourth-ring hunt for a ten-thousand-year spiritual-attribute soul beast, traveling through the mixed zone under Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's simulation concealment. 42 43
• Near the core region, Jiang Yue encounters the Sealed Nether Wraith and subsequently attracts the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's attention through her fate line. 44 46
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm uses long-distance fixed-point transport to help Jiang Yue escape the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. Jiang Yue then leaves the forest for a nearby soul-hunting town. 47