Sea God Crossbow

Biodata

Design & Capabilities

Mechanical Firing System

• Capacity: Holds forty-eight bolts and fires sixteen simultaneously 8.
• Power source: Uses a mechanical mechanism rather than Soul Power, allowing ordinary people to operate it 8 9.
• Firing speed: Described by Lin Hao as extremely fast 8.
• Prototype material: Kyle specifies Iron Essence when examining the original blueprints 8.
• Assembly: Lin Hao checks the first completed crossbow by rapidly dismantling and reassembling it, confirming that Kyle’s workmanship has no faults 9.

Models

Combat Applications & Limits

• Personal protection: The original design is described as piercing defenses below level forty; subsequent explanations say it can threaten a level-forty Soul Master or let an ordinary person kill a Soul Ancestor 8 9.
• Support-type Soul Masters: Ning Fengzhi considers it particularly valuable for members of his sect who lack self-defense abilities 39.
• Massed volleys: Thousands of crossbows create dense curtains of black bolts that overwhelm frontline shield-bearers and break enemy morale 44.
• High-level threats: Bo Saixi judges the original crossbows insufficient against an enemy powerful enough to overcome both the island’s guardian sharks and Seven Sacred Pillars 9.
• Battlefield support: During the war with Heaven Dou, a Sea God Empire Titled Douluo keeps enemy experts above Soul Saint level from entering the battle while the crossbow troops attack 44.

Background / History

Creation and Renaming

After three months of training under the Seven Sacred Pillars, Lin Hao asks Sea Dragon Douluo to find skilled craftsmen. He supplies Kyle with detailed Godly Zhuge Crossbow blueprints drawn from his inherited Tang Sect knowledge 8.

Lin Hao deliberately calls the weapon the Sea God Crossbow so that it will be regarded as a divine guardian weapon rather than a Tang Sect invention. Sea Dragon interprets the project as possible guidance from the Sea God, just as Lin Hao intends. Kyle completes the first working crossbow in three days 8.

Mass Production and Distribution

Bo Saixi initially questions the need for crossbows because Sea God Island is already well defended. Lin Hao instead emphasizes the Sea Soul Masters who failed the island’s trials and now live elsewhere or serve aboard trading fleets. He argues that the weapons would protect them and demonstrate that the Sea God has not forgotten them 9.

Bo Saixi grants him full authority over production. Kyle gathers the island’s craftsmen, supplying every island resident first and then everyone aboard the merchant ships. Distribution strengthens recipients’ faith and sense of belonging, while trade with mainland fleets grows closer 9 12. One pilgrim later credits the crossbow with saving his life at sea 36.

Craftsmanship and Trade

Lou Gao has heard of the crossbow near Vast Sea City but cannot obtain one because it circulates only among Sea Soul Masters. After examining Lin Hao’s example, he cannot decipher its structure or operating principles. His eagerness to learn leads him to accept an external membership in Sea God Island, stationed in Vast Sea City; Lin Hao then teaches him its forging and assembly 33.

Demand surges during preparations for the Sea God Festival 38. Ning Fengzhi negotiates an exchange of supplies for 500 Refined Iron crossbows and 300 Poison-Coated crossbows, an order worth over eight million Gold Soul Coins. Lin Hao also offers three experimental Deep Sea Silver models as a goodwill gift 39.

Military Deployment and Later Use

Lin Hao trusts the crossbows to compensate for the Sea God Empire’s small, inexperienced army against the combined forces of Heaven Dou and Star Luo 43. Their massed volleys help force both enemy armies to withdraw. Heaven Dou leaves more than ten thousand corpses behind without advancing its battle line, prompting Marshal Ge Long to retreat to a fortress 44.

Ning Rongrong later carries a Sea God Crossbow for personal protection 53. The Empire’s possession of Tang Sect Hidden Weapons also undermines Tang San’s claims of exclusive ownership, contributing to accusations that he stole the Empire’s legacy 53.