Soul Beast

Biodata

Power Progression

Nature and Cultivation

Soul Beasts are creatures that cultivate Soul Power over long periods. Their growth is far slower than that of human Soul Masters, but a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast can rival a Titled Douluo despite the latter cultivating for only around a century. Many strengthen a single trait or small set of traits to an extreme, such as strength, venom, flames, or speed 11.

Their cultivation can increase through devouring other Soul Beasts, environmental changes that affect their Soul Power, and consuming heavenly treasures. Captured Soul Beasts retain the ability to cultivate and grow stronger inside Lu Shi’s Small Worlds 1 3.

Soul Beasts also prey upon one another. Alongside human hunting for Soul Rings and Soul Bones, this contributes to their decline 36.

For most Soul Beasts, each breakthrough beyond a hundred thousand years brings a Heavenly Tribulation. The tribulations become progressively more dangerous with age, and failure results in complete annihilation; this limits even exceptionally powerful Soul Beasts’ prospects of survival and ascension 91 119.

Lu Shi’s Small Worlds offer contracted Soul Beasts an alternative to this fate. Within them, Soul Beasts can continue cultivating without facing Heavenly Tribulations, potentially advancing beyond two or three hundred thousand years while benefiting from specialized habitats, shared cultivation, and the Golden Tortoiseshell’s auspicious aura 91 120. By the end of Lu Shi’s journey, he further increases the Soul Power density of these worlds and establishes new Soul Beast planets, allowing many previously endangered species to prosper 133.

Human Transformation

A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast may assume human form. Before reaching maturity at level sixty, however, its true identity can be recognized by Soul Masters at the Soul Douluo rank or above 40.

• Xiao Wu — a Hundred-Thousand-Year rabbit Soul Beast living as a human student; Lu Shi identifies her true nature after seeing her emerge unharmed from the Titan Giant Ape’s grasp 1 40.
• Ah Yin — a juvenile Blue Silver Emperor with no memories of her former life after being captured by Lu Shi; she becomes the core of a grassland Small World and later receives the Blue Silver Tribe’s worship as its restored ruler 49 102.
• Gu Yuena — a leader of the Soul Beast race who later receives the Golden Dragon King’s origin through Lu Shi’s aid and becomes the new Dragon God 133.

Relationship with Soul Masters

Conventionally, Soul Masters kill Soul Beasts to obtain Soul Rings. Soul Beast bodies may also yield valuable materials, while high-level Soul Beasts can provide immensely sought-after Soul Bones 6 40.

A Soul Beast may alternatively sacrifice itself to a Soul Master. Compared with ordinary hunting, sacrifice is described as less risky for the recipient and capable of producing a stronger Soul Ring and special abilities 40.

Lu Shi’s Poké Ball Martial Soul breaks this convention:

• He can capture Soul Beasts without weakening or killing them first, forming a direct spiritual connection after capture 1.
• Captured creatures become completely obedient to him while retaining their personalities, instincts, and ability to cultivate 2 43.
• Each major captured Soul Beast creates or inhabits a specialized Small World suited to its attributes, such as forest, volcanic lava, grassland, perpetual thunderstorms, wetlands, or ice fields 1 7 43 49 121.
• Their cultivation can nourish Lu Shi in return, creating a cycle of mutual growth 4 7 49.
• Lu Shi can obtain Soul Skills through a Soul Beast’s capture without killing it. The Golden Tortoiseshell, for example, provides him with a defensive barrier, a cultivation-acceleration passive ability, and authority over turtle-type Soul Beasts 91.
• Powerful Soul Beasts may be persuaded to join through the promise of continued cultivation, preservation of consciousness, protection from Heavenly Tribulations, and suitable living environments rather than coercion alone 91 119 120.
• His later development of Soul Spirits seeks to reduce the traditional conflict between humans and Soul Beasts on a broader societal scale 133.

Known Soul Beasts

Small World Ecosystems

Lu Shi expands his Small Worlds beyond housing his main contracted Soul Beasts. He introduces low-level animal Soul Beasts, plant Soul Beasts, medicinal herbs, and fruit trees to build sustainable habitats 42 43 50.

• Mandala Snake’s Small World — a forest centered on a banyan tree, later populated with animals, medicinal plants, fruit trees, a Weasel-tailed Mouse, and a Leaf Velvet Worm 1 42 43.
• Flame Spirit Eagle’s Small World — a barren volcanic realm that requires Lu Shi’s Soul Power to restore lava; only fire-compatible Soul Beasts can endure its extreme heat 7 43.
• Thunder-Patterned Sacred Tiger’s Small World — a thunderstorm-filled environment used to house lightning-compatible creatures, including a Thunder Spider whose silk inflicts electric paralysis 43 50.
• Ah Yin’s Small World — a grassland dense with Blue Silver Grass, where Ah Yin serves as the central plant-type Soul Beast. It later receives the Blue Silver King and the core population of the Blue Silver Forest, which flourish under her aura 49 102.
• Golden Tortoiseshell’s Small World — a warm aquatic environment inhabited by the Golden Tortoiseshell, its mate and offspring, hundreds of turtle-type Soul Beasts, and associated wetland species such as Golden-backed Loaches and Black-scaled Water Snakes 91 92 121.
• Ice-Snow Small World — a high-energy frozen domain formed after the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion’s contract. It contains snow-capped terrain, apparent Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow, and transplanted ice-attributed plants and animals, including ice bears, frost-patterned weasels, snow-winged eagles, and polar ice dragons 121.
• Spider population — Lu Shi collects eleven spider-type Soul Beasts ranging from roughly 200 to 1,500 years, intending to support the future evolution of the Eight Spider Lances. He later adds further spider species and hunts high-level Man Faced Demon Spiders to complete a major evolution of the Soul Bone 50 94.
• Immortal Herb cultivation — Lu Shi transplants suitable Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, including Black Jade Divine Bamboo, Crystal Dragonblood Ginseng, Nine-Grade Ginseng, and Earth Dragon Golden Melon. These herbs become resources for the Small World’s Soul Beasts and plant ecosystems 87.
• Later expansion — Lu Shi continues replenishing the number and variety of Soul Beasts while infusing the Small World with denser Soul Power, substantially accelerating its inhabitants’ cultivation. After becoming the God of Domains, he establishes additional Soul Beast planets and promotes Soul Spirits as a means of reconciliation with humanity 133.