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Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Soul Ring (魂环) |
| Type | Soul-power augmentation obtained from Soul Beasts |
| First Appearance | Mentioned as the requirement limiting Ye Feng's cultivation at level 12 1 3 |
Acquisition and Absorption
- A Soul Ring condenses above a Soul Beast after its death and can be drawn into a Soul Master's body through Soul Power. 4 32
- Absorption floods the recipient with the Soul Beast's energy; rings beyond the user's physical tolerance can severely strain their meridians or provoke dangerous backlash. 4 11 32
- A sufficiently strong physique is essential for absorbing rings above the usual limit. Ye Feng uses body tempering, the Ice and Fire Golden Body, and Whale Rubber to raise his tolerance. 9 11 34
- Powerful Soul Beasts may leave behind a remnant soul or spiritual imprint within their ring, which can resist absorption through mental attacks. 33
- Soul Rings grant Soul Skills upon successful integration. 5 26 33
Documented Ring Properties
| Property | Documented examples |
|---|---|
| Purple ring | Ye Feng's first ring, taken from the roughly thousand-year Blazing Green Oriole, is deep purple. 4 5 |
| Black ring | The Blazing Flame Phoenix's ten-thousand-year ring is black. 32 |
| Compatibility | Snow Empress identifies the Crimson Flame Golden Eagle as highly compatible with Ye Feng because its bloodline contains a trace of ancient Golden Crow blood and its flame attribute suits his martial soul. 11 |
| Remnant-soul resistance | The twenty-thousand-year Blazing Flame Phoenix's remnant soul attacks Ye Feng in his mental space during absorption. 33 |
| Ring configuration as a measure of threat | Ye Feng's two purple and two black rings intimidate Yu Tianheng and cause his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul to react in fear. 39 |
Ye Feng's Soul Rings
| Soul Ring | Source | Chapter | Soul Skill / Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Soul Ring | Approximately thousand-year Blazing Green Oriole | 4 5 | Hellfire Meteor — releases tracking crimson-gold fireballs that burn and erode targets and terrain over time. 5 |
| Second Soul Ring | Five-thousand-year Crimson Flame Golden Eagle | 11 | Raises Ye Feng's Soul Power from level 20 to level 23 through the effect of Upgrade Refund; its absorption also triggers a Karma Fire backlash and phoenix nirvana. 11 12 |
| Third Soul Ring | Three-thousand-year Mystic Fire Red Oriole | 26 | Mystic Fire Phoenix Transformation — doubles all attributes and permits elementalization into fire to evade attacks without injury while active. 26 |
| Fourth Soul Ring | Twenty-thousand-year Blazing Flame Phoenix | 27 29 32 33 | Karma Fire Phoenix Transformation — empowers Ye Feng and can create a group buff that raises allies' attributes; at Ye Feng's level or below, it consumes roughly one-fifth of his Soul Power. 33 |
Notable Absorptions
Blazing Green Oriole
Ye Feng kills the Blazing Green Oriole by anticipating its upward evasive movement and using his Ultimate Fire. Its purple ring makes him a true Soul Master and grants his first Soul Skill, Hellfire Meteor. 4 5
Crimson Flame Golden Eagle
Ye Feng absorbs the five-thousand-year Crimson Flame Golden Eagle's ring with the support of his Ice and Fire Golden Body. Near completion, his Karma Fire erupts violently; he survives by enduring the backlash, which becomes a phoenix nirvana that further tempers his body and martial soul. 11 12
Blazing Flame Phoenix
Ye Feng obtains his fourth ring from a twenty-thousand-year Blazing Flame Phoenix. The ring's remnant soul resists him in his sea of consciousness, but he suppresses and absorbs it with spiritual power and Karma Fire, gaining a substantial increase in spiritual power. 32 33