Nine-Story Pagoda
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Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Nine-Story Pagoda (九层宝塔) 30 |
| Alias(es) | Golden Exquisite Pagoda; Two Forms Exquisite Pagoda after its later transformation 2 27 |
| Type | Tool Martial Soul; capable of both power attacks and support 10 18 |
| Wielder | Luofan 2 |
| Origin | Beneficial mutation of Luofan’s three-tiered Clay Pagoda, which descended from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda 1 2 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 2 2 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Three-tiered Clay Pagoda | 1 | Awakens as a cracked, harmful mutation; Luofan has zero innate Soul Power 1 2. |
| Nine-Story Golden Exquisite Pagoda | 2 | Evolves when Luofan selects Peerless Prodigy; the transformation accompanies his rise to innate full Soul Power 2. |
| First Soul Ring | 3 | Absorbs a roughly 400-year Rock Mystic Tortoise ring, gaining Suppression and reaching Soul Power level 12 3. |
| Growing Soul Rings | 4 5 | Luofan selects Soul Ring Growth, adding one year to each ring’s age per hour. His first ring subsequently reaches the thousand-year level 4 5. |
| Second Soul Ring | 10 | Absorbs a roughly 3,000-year Xuanwu Beast ring, gains Shield, and reaches level 23 10. |
| Rule-enhanced skills | 11 | Rule Addition gives Suppression defense-piercing damage and Shield a one-attack nullification effect 11. |
| First ten-thousand-year ring | 16 | The first ring turns black as Luofan reaches level 30 16. |
| Third Soul Ring | 19 20 | Absorbs a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear ring aged over 9,000 years, gains Overpowering Aura, and reaches level 32 19 20. |
| Fire-and-ice transformation | 25 | After Luofan consumes two Immortal Herbs, crimson and azure patterns appear on the pagoda, which appears to gain fire and ice attributes 25. |
| Three ten-thousand-year rings | 27 | The second ring reaches the ten-thousand-year level; all three rings are black when Luofan reaches level 35 27. |
Background
Luofan’s Martial Soul initially awakens as a defective Clay Pagoda. After he leaves the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, his Peerless Prodigy Golden Entry transforms it into a nine-story pagoda rather than the sect’s usual seven-story form 1 2. Unlike a purely support-type pagoda, it can strike opponents directly as well as protect and strengthen allies 3 10 20.
Its nine-story form draws particular attention from Ning Fengzhi. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s seven-story limit restricts its wielders to seven Soul Rings, and Fengzhi sees Luofan’s evolution as potentially crucial to the sect’s future 15 31.
Appearance
The evolved Martial Soul is a golden, nine-tiered pagoda that normally appears in Luofan’s hand 2 30.
- Base: Bears a lotus design 2.
- Later markings: Gains crimson and azure patterns after Luofan consumes the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass 25.
- Combat size: Can expand from a palm-sized pagoda to several meters tall for Suppression 3 6.
Abilities & Skills
Suppression — First Soul Skill
Luofan throws the enlarged pagoda down onto a target, combining a heavy blow with forced restraint 3.
- Suppresses targets below Luofan’s Soul Power level for ten seconds. Against stronger targets, the duration falls by half a second per level of difference 3.
- After Rule Addition, half of the pagoda’s attack damage bypasses the target’s defense 11.
Shield — Second Soul Skill
Creates a pagoda-shaped barrier around Luofan or another chosen target 10 11.
- Rule Addition makes the first attack to hit a newly formed shield completely ineffective; a minor hit can consume this effect if Luofan mistimes it 11.
- The shield stops a stray sword-energy attack from Sword Douluo Chen Xin when Luofan uses it to protect Ning Rongrong 12 13.
Overpowering Aura — Third Soul Skill
Projects an area effect that changes damage dealt rather than merely raising or lowering combat attributes 20.