Martial Soul

Biodata

Power Progression

Awakening

• Martial Souls are commonly awakened when children are six years old through a Soul Master's awakening formation. The awakened child's Innate Soul Power is then tested with a crystal ball. 1 2
• After Spirit Hall's destruction, commoners must pay Soul Masters to perform awakenings; Guler Village had to gather ten Gold Soul Coins for its annual ceremony. 1
• A child may awaken a Martial Soul without sufficient Innate Soul Power to become a Soul Master. In Guler Village, a sickle Martial Soul with half-level Innate Soul Power was deemed inadequate for cultivation. 1
• Powerful Martial Souls can cause an unusually intense reaction from the awakening formation. 1

Development Mechanics

Soul Rings and Soul Skills

• Soul Rings are absorbed from soul beasts and attached to a Martial Soul, granting Soul Skills. 3 13 14
• A Soul Ring's compatibility with the Martial Soul is an important consideration when selecting a soul beast. The Razorbone Earth Dragon was chosen specifically for Ye An's White Bone Martial Soul. 13
• Soul Skills may provide direct offense, enhancement, control, sealing, or domains depending on the absorbed soul beast. 14 17 21 97

Twin Martial Souls

• Twin Martial Souls are rare, and their standard cultivation method is to attach Soul Rings to one Martial Soul first while strengthening the body enough to support the second. 3
• Delaying the second Martial Soul's rings allows it to begin with high-level rings once the wielder's physique can bear them. 3
• Ye An is unusual because his Heart and White Bone Martial Souls can be released and used simultaneously. 2
• Vina also possesses Twin Martial Souls: Snow Lotus and Brain. Her Brain Martial Soul is considered the higher-quality of the two. 25 26

Second Awakening

• The Body Sect defines Second Awakening as extreme body tempering: pain forges the body, pressure fuses the soul, and the Martial Soul's latent potential is forced out. 5
• Blood vitality is required to initiate the process, while spiritual power determines whether the awakening succeeds. 5
• The Body Sect recognizes four grades of Second Awakening: Black Iron, Bronze, Silver, and Golden. 5
  • Black Iron — increases overall strength by roughly 30%. 5
  • Bronze — increases overall strength by roughly 60%. 5
  • Silver — doubles overall strength; every recorded Body Sect genius to reach this grade became a Titled Douluo. 5
  • Golden — can nearly triple strength and qualifies its wielder as a prospective sect-master heir. 5
• Ye An's Silver-Tier awakening transformed his skeleton into jade-like white bone and gave him precise control over every bone in his body. 18 19

Martial Soul Insight

• Personal understanding of a Martial Soul is essential to maximizing a Martial Soul True Body. 70
• Ye An's deep understanding of his White Bone Martial Soul enables him to develop self-created soul skills tailored to its properties. 70 76

Types and Alignment

Body Martial Souls

• Body Martial Souls manifest through parts of the wielder's own body, allowing the body itself to become a weapon. 1 19
• The Body Sect regards more vital body parts as stronger Martial Souls. Du Busi considers the Heart Martial Soul exceptionally rare and potentially superior even to the Brain Martial Soul. 1 2
• Known Body Martial Souls include Heart, White Bone, Skin, Brain, and Torso. 2 23 25 96
• White Bone allows Ye An to grow and shape bones into weapons, including blades and spikes capable of matching top-tier tool Martial Souls in toughness. 19

Evil Martial Souls

• A Martial Soul's appearance alone does not establish that it is evil. Ye An's White Bone Martial Soul was initially mistaken for an Evil Martial Soul because of its skeletal manifestation. 1 2
• Some Martial Souls may possess sinister traits without inevitably leading their wielders toward becoming Evil Soul Masters. Others are described as inherently marked by that path. 76
• Xiao Hu's Dark Evil Tiger is identified as an Evil Martial Soul due to its sinister influence and its ability to devour soul beast corpses to strengthen its owner. 76

Documented Martial Souls

Notable Martial Soul Abilities

White Bone

• Bone weapon creation — Ye An can transform his own bones into blades and other weapons instantly. 19
• Razor Bone Thorn — Fires bone spikes from the palms at range or grows iron-hard spikes from the finger bones for close combat. 14
• White Bone Tempering — Toughens the wielder's bones and raises all attributes by 150%. 17
• Bone Vein Seal — Disrupts an enemy's soul power pathways, restricts Soul Skills, and can counter Soul Bone skills; it may be applied remotely after the target is struck by Razor Bone Thorn. 21 98
• Bone-Suppressing Domain — Raises Ye An's attributes by 50%, suppresses enemies within the domain, inflicts pain on their bones, and weakens their attributes by 30%. 97

Heart

• Blood and vitality furnace — Ye An's Heart Martial Soul continuously supplies extraordinary blood and vitality, tempering his body as a passive effect. 10 11
• Spirit Sea protection — During Ye An's Silver-Tier awakening, the Heart Martial Soul protected his Spirit Sea while his spiritual power underwent extreme strain. 76
• Combat-technique foundation — Ye An identifies the Heart Martial Soul's unusual vitality and mental qualities as the basis for developing a personal combat technique. 76

Related Concepts

• Unity of Heaven and Man — A Body Sect secret technique that lets the user's body, breathing, soul power, and spiritual power resonate with the surrounding world. Its full power normally requires a completed Second Awakening. 17
• External Soul Bones — Rare Soul Bone manifestations that can merge with and enhance a compatible Martial Soul. Ye An's Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear right palm bone fused with his skeletal Martial Soul to create the White Jade Claw. 51 52 91
• Martial Soul evolution — A Martial Soul may gain new attributes or improve in quality through compatible Soul Rings, Soul Bones, immortal herbs, or other opportunities. Zhang Lexuan's Moon Martial Soul gained a light attribute through such changes. 89