Soul Ring

Biodata

Power Progression

The documented progression below follows Yang Xiong's Soul Rings.

Mechanics

Absorption and limits

• A Soul Master requires nine Soul Rings over their lifetime; each ring is normally obtained through hunting and absorbing the power of a Soul Beast 375.
• Absorption capacity depends primarily on physical constitution, Soul Power, and spiritual power. Overreaching can rupture the body or cause death 13 64 85.
• Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts possess Soul Shock, a spiritual impact that normally cannot be endured until a Soul Master's fifth ring or later 122.
• Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts represent a further qualitative leap beyond Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts; their rings and Soul Bones are considered the greatest treasures of the Soul Master world 158 218.
• Higher-quality Soul Rings can provide greater Soul Power gains and reduce the Soul Power consumption of associated Soul Skills 19 22.

Attributes

• A Soul Ring does not necessarily transfer every attribute possessed by its source Soul Beast. It grants the attributes contained in the ring and expressed through its Soul Skill 66.
• The Dark Tortoise possessed water, earth, and concealed spatial attributes, but Yang Xiong's First Soul Ring supplied spatial energy rather than water or earth 66.
• Yang Xiong planned to pursue Power Type Soul Rings while collecting the foundational attributes of gold, wood, water, fire, earth, light, darkness, and space 11.
• A Body Martial Soul can accommodate Soul Rings of different attributes without inherent rejection, unlike most Martial Souls 11 22 250.
• Yang Xiong's Tai Chi meditation and self-created techniques further reduce conflict between different elemental energies 250.

Documented Soul Skills

Associated Soul Bone Manifestations

• Dark Tortoise Armor — An External Soul Bone manifestation formed after the First Soul Ring absorption. It extends from Yang Xiong's spine through his ribs, protecting his back, chest, and abdomen while strengthening his skeleton 14.
• Netherworld Dragon Descends — The Sixth Ring's Left Leg Soul Bone Skill; summons the Undead Netherworld Fire Dragon to possess Yang Xiong with the attack and defense of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast 163.
• Netherworld Dragon Slash — The Sixth Ring's second Left Leg Soul Bone Skill; releases a long-range fire-and-darkness energy strike from the left leg 163.
• Whale Emperor's Guard — The Million Year Torso Soul Bone Skill; forms purple armor with absolute defensive ability 310.
• Boundless Sea — Uses ocean power and water-element control to restrain enemies 310.
• Demon Whale Wrathful Wave Slash — A concentrated water-and-lightning attack capable of cutting through defenses 310.

Ring Detonation

• Ring Detonation, renamed Asura Dharma by Yang Xiong, was created when the three Thousand Jun Ant Emperor Soul Rings detonated and merged with his Tai Chi 199.
• The technique temporarily converts the explosive force of Soul Rings into a major increase in strength and combat power 199.
• Yang Xiong unconsciously reproduced the Clear Sky Sect's secret Ring Detonation art, though his version arose through his own Soul Ring absorption process 199.

Notable Facts

• Yang Xiong's actual 540-year First Soul Ring was concealed by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; Bone Douluo ordered witnesses to publicly describe it as a 400-year Mystic Turtle Soul Ring 13.
• His First Soul Ring was considered historically unprecedented at the time, as no known Soul Master had possessed a first ring exceeding 500 years 13.
• The Million Year Ninth Soul Ring is blue-gold rather than any previously known Soul Ring color and was identified by Qian Renxue as a Divine Ring 308 322.