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Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Mandala Snake (曼陀罗蛇) |
| Species/Race | Mandala Snake; Soul Beast |
| Gender | Female 48 87 |
| Affiliation | Lu Shi’s contracted Soul Beasts |
| Occupation/Role | Lu Shi’s first captured Soul Beast 1 |
| Status | Alive 121 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 1 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Approximately 400 years | 1 91 | Lu Shi captures her in the Soul Hunting Forest. She gains a forest Small World suited to cultivation, and her capture gives him his first Soul Ring. |
| Thousand-year Soul Beast | 8 | Reaches the thousand-year stage during Lu Shi’s years at Notting Academy; her Soul Ring upgrades to purple. |
| Nearly 4,000 years | 79 | Her cultivation age approaches four thousand years, and her mind nears maturity. |
| Evolutionary transformation | 84 85 87 | Absorbs the Snow-Colored Swan Kiss’s power inside a scarlet-and-white cocoon. She emerges after three days with altered scales and greatly strengthened venom. |
| 20,000 years | 121 | Her cultivation doubles to twenty thousand years during Lu Shi’s rapid breakthrough. |
Background / History
Lu Shi chooses the Mandala Snake as his first Soul Beast because he considers it the best candidate for long-term cultivation available to him. In the Soul Hunting Forest, he finds her concealed among Snake Vine Flowers impersonating snakes: an arrow rebounds from her scales while piercing the plants. He captures her with his Poké Ball, forming a mental connection and giving her a safe forest Small World within his spiritual world 1.
Their cultivation benefits each other. Lu Shi confirms that Soul Power produced while she cultivates flows into his meridians, while increases in his level also help her grow. He supplies her with food and later adds other Soul Beasts, medicinal plants, and fruit trees to her Small World 4 7 43.
Appearance
Her form changes substantially as she grows and evolves:
- At capture: A four-meter-long giant snake with dark-green scales, a thick body, and prominent white fangs 1 2.
- At the thousand-year stage: Pale crimson, slender, and about one meter long 8.
- Near four thousand years: Almost three meters long, with crimson scales 79.
- After the Snow-Colored Swan Kiss: Crystalline crimson scales edged with delicate white patterns 87.
Personality
The Mandala Snake is completely obedient to Lu Shi and frequently coils around him or rubs against his cheek for affection and praise. As her cultivation increases, she develops a playful streak: rather than eating a newly arrived Weasel-tailed Mouse, she frightens it for amusement. She also enjoys fruit, especially red fruit, and becomes possessive of Lu Shi’s attention 2 12 42 43 119.
Abilities & Skills
Venom
- Sprays venom that numbs, damages nerves, and corrodes its targets. Producing it consumes some of her Soul Power, but the venom remains after she is recalled 5.
- After absorbing the Snow-Colored Swan Kiss, her transparent venom can corrode the Golden Tortoiseshell’s regenerating Gilded Barrier despite her being under four thousand years old 87 91.
- Lu Shi avoids using her strengthened poison against a level-forty opponent because it could be lethal 99.
Physical Combat
- Her fangs and thick body make her dangerous at close range; Lu Shi notes her ability to constrict other Soul Beasts 2.
- She helps eliminate Gale Wolves and pursues a fleeing defense-type Soul Master alongside Zhu Zhuqing 8 12.
Soul Skills Granted to Lu Shi
- Passive enhancement: Increases his strength and speed by 50% and doubles his Soul Power recovery rate 2.
- Intimidation Generation / Mental Intimidation: Makes targets perceive swarms of attacking snakes. Weak-minded targets may faint, while others can suffer poisoning effects 2 65.
Relationships
- Lu Shi — Her captor and closest companion. She obeys him, shares the benefits of cultivation with him, and seeks his affection 1 4 43.
- Flame Spirit Eagle and Thunder-Patterned Sacred Tiger — Fellow contracted Soul Beasts; all three help Lu Shi gather creatures for his Small Worlds 50.
- Weasel-tailed Mouse — A weaker resident of her Small World whom she frightens instead of eating 42 43.