Spirit Ring

Biodata

Power Progression

Mechanics

Acquisition and advancement

• A Soul Master normally requires a Spirit Ring to advance past each ten-level bottleneck; Lin Qing’s Red Spider Lily bypasses this restriction by condensing its own rings. 3
• The Nichirin Blade requires Lin Qing to hunt Soul Beasts for its Spirit Rings, unlike the self-condensing Red Spider Lily. 3
• Absorbing a ring increases Soul Power. Lin Qing rose from level 10 to level 13 after absorbing his first Nichirin Blade ring. 14
• Ring energy can also strengthen the absorber’s physique, though this effect was negligible for Lin Qing after his Demonification. 24

Absorption limits

• For Spirit Rings below ten thousand years, the decisive requirement is physical fitness sufficient to endure the ring’s energy. 19
• Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings additionally impose spiritual shock because their Soul Beasts possess intelligence; both physical and spiritual strength are required. 19
• Lin Qing’s Demonified body increased his physical fitness three- to fourfold upon awakening and continues to strengthen over time, enabling him to absorb rings far above conventional limits. 19
• Although he believed he could have absorbed a roughly two-thousand-year first ring, Lin Qing deliberately chose an over-800-year yellow ring to avoid attracting attention. 5

Observed Ring Colors

Ring-Derived Abilities

Nichirin Blade Spirit Rings

Each Nichirin Blade ring unlocks a Breathing Style based on the attribute of the Soul Beast used to create it. 8

• Water Breathing — Grants a water-blue blade and access to eleven Water Breathing forms without continuously consuming Soul Power. 5
• Mist Breathing — Grants mist-related characteristics; Lin Qing can use techniques such as Waterfall to become mist and evade targeting. 23 47
• Thunder Breathing — Grants lightning-element power and yellow blade coloration. 24
• Serpent Breathing — Produces a purple, curved, snake-like blade after the Titan Python ring’s absorption. 30

Sword Technique Release

After absorbing his third Nichirin Blade ring, Lin Qing awakened Sword Technique Release. 24

• Previously unlocked Sword Techniques can be switched instantly without activating their corresponding Spirit Skills. 24
• Each active Nichirin Blade Spirit Skill grants a 50% increase to Lin Qing’s basic attributes. 24
• The Spirit Skill corresponding to his current Sword Technique also doubles that technique’s power. 24
• Activating all three then-available skills allowed Lin Qing to stack a 150% basic-attribute increase. 24

Red Spider Lily Spirit Rings

• Azure Blue Spider Lily — Creates a flower that transforms a consumer into a Demon with Demon King-level potential and unconditional obedience to Lin Qing; the number of flowers is limited by the number of self-condensed rings. 2
• Blue Other Shore Flower — Removes a Demon’s vulnerability to sunlight and sacred attributes. A Demon that consumes it can continually revive unless completely erased. 23
• Aura Concealment — Hides Lin Qing’s aura and true Soul Power level, including from detection crystals. 23
• Demon Blood — Allows Lin Qing to transform others into Demons by injecting them with his blood. Demons created this way can reach, at most, the level of the Twelve Kizuki unless Lin Qing becomes a god. 28

Demonification and Spirit Rings

• Ah Yin did not produce a Spirit Ring when transformed because she had previously sacrificed her own ring and was considered between life and death during resurrection. 30
• The Titan Python did produce a pitch-black Spirit Ring after Demon Blood transformed it from a living Soul Beast into a dying Demon. 30
• Lin Qing experienced no spiritual backlash while absorbing the Titan Python’s ring and gained a connection through which he could control the transformed Demon’s life and death. 30
• After completing its transformation, the Titan Python also produced a complete set of six forty-thousand-year Spirit Bones. 31