Martial Soul

Biodata

Power Progression

Awakening and Cultivation

• A person's innate Martial Soul and innate Soul Power are widely treated as the basis of their cultivation potential. Dai's apparent Black Panther Beast and half-level innate Soul Power were therefore dismissed as useless. 1 60
• Dai's case challenges this assumption: the Black Panther Beast is later shown to combine the speed and ferocity of beast-type Martial Souls with weapon-type traits. 10 18 60
• Soul Rings provide Soul Skills. Dai can absorb unusually powerful rings because much of their violent energy is consumed by his War Kings' ultimate techniques. 12 15
• Dai's selected Hextech ability causes his Soul Rings to grow; upon reaching Title Douluo, all of his Soul Rings are stated to evolve into hundred-thousand-year rings. 1 11
• Twin Martial Souls are considered an exceptionally rare talent, but Dai can bestow additional Martial Souls on others. 65

Known Martial Souls

War King Soul Skills

Fierce Tiger King

• War King Blood Wheel Mark

  • Condenses a pair of Blood Wheels that multiply Dai's strength sixfold and concentrate that force into the weapons. 12 15
  • Grants short-range spatial travel within a 30-meter radius. 12 22
  • Enables sudden repositioning and lethal close-range attacks. 22 24

• Instant Prison Hidden Kill Formation

  • Creates a formation close to a domain that weakens an opponent's Soul Power and five senses. 15
  • Sharply improves Dai's senses and speed inside the formation, allowing soundless movement. 15
  • Can focus its strongest debuff on one target, making it suited to eliminating enemy control- and support-type Soul Masters. 15

• Namo Gatling Bodhisattva

  • Manifests a massive Gatling cannon that fires roughly one hundred rounds per second for three continuous minutes. 15
  • Functions as a wide-area saturation attack. 15

• Storm Nebula Split

  • An innate ultimate technique that manifests Fierce Tiger King's winged tiger form and Blood Wheels. 3
  • Overwhelms Dai Weisi's White Tiger Body Protection Barrier and White Tiger Vajra Transformation. 3
  • Can be released independently by Fierce Tiger King's manifested form when supplied with sufficient Soul Power. 24

Wild Gorilla

• Indestructible Diamond Body

  • Provides absolute defense for thirty seconds, regardless of the opponent's strength. 15
  • After the defense ends, Dai enters a three-minute berserk state that rapidly increases all attributes. 15
  • Blocks the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's ambush against Qian Renxue and resists Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison. 16 24

• Meteor Burst Fist

  • Requires 1.2 seconds of charging to form a spinning dark-red energy drill around the fist. 15
  • Produces a second internal explosion on impact, ignores part of a target's defense, and converts damage into true damage. 15

• War Lord Blood Pagoda

  • A life-risking punch fueled by both Wild Gorilla and Fierce Tiger King's Soul Power. 15
  • Can also draw on the Soul Power of willing followers. 15 24
  • With the power of eight hundred soldiers and Shadow, it repels Dugu Bo and numbs the Title Douluo's arms. 24

• Wild Thunder Vajra Drill

  • Wild Gorilla's fourth Soul Skill, obtained from the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's Soul Ring. 65
  • Identified as an ultimate art of slaughter associated with Mad Split Ape. 65

Bestowal and Control

Granting Martial Souls

• Dai can grant Machine Beast Martial Souls to other people after fully awakening his two War Kings. 10
• He bestows Black Panther Beasts on all eight hundred of his followers, transforming them into a dedicated Martial Soul corps. 17 18
• He grants Shadow the Golden Iron Beast, allowing Shadow to overcome his Soul Emperor bottleneck and eventually reach Soul Sage. 14
• He gives second Martial Souls to powerful Soul Masters, including Snake Lance Douluo, Pufferfish Douluo, Qian Renxue, Dugu Yan, Demon Bear Douluo, and Dugu Bo. 45 46 65 68

Binding and Enforcement

• The War King City Lord Token is the core used to command Black Panther Beasts, Black Iron Beasts, and Ice Wolf Beasts. 45
• Martial Souls granted by Dai can contain reserve energy that he threatens to detonate if the recipient betrays him. 45 46 52
• Qian Renxue's Silver Iron Beast is specifically linked to Dai: if Spirit Hall kills him, she will die as well. 46
• Demon Bear Douluo becomes obedient after Dai plants a new Martial Soul in his mind. 65

Martial Soul Combination Techniques

• Dai considers cultivating the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma because its mature form may allow Fierce Tiger King and Wild Gorilla to develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. 16 17
• Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor and Blue Dragon Beast enable the Dragon-Serpent Combined Strike, which Dai describes as a Martial Soul combination technique. 68

Notable Quotes

“There are no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters!” — Yu Xiaogang 21

“Have you ever seen Blue Silver Grass with Innate Full Soul Power? Don't make me laugh.” — Dai Yunzhao 21