Rainbow-Winged Butterfly
Douluo: My Martial Soul Is the Star Forger
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Rainbow-Winged Butterfly |
| Original Name | 彩翼蝶 |
| Species/Race | Butterfly-type Soul Beast 17 |
| Occupation/Role | Apparent source of Luo Chen’s first Soul Ring; used to conceal its true origin 17 73 |
| First Appearance | 17 |
Appearance
- Size: Palm-sized 17.
- Distinguishing feature: Dazzling, multicolored light produced by its wing powder. Hu Liena immediately admired the butterflies’ beauty when Gui Mei brought them to Luo Chen 17.
Characteristics
- Strength: An extremely weak Soul Beast with little practical value beyond its attractive appearance 17.
- Longevity: Members of the species struggle to survive beyond one hundred years. Spirit Hall’s records contain no Rainbow-Winged Butterfly older than five hundred years 17.
- Intelligence: Even specimens with a few hundred years of cultivation are described as mindless insects lacking intelligence 17.
- Popularity: Favored among female Soul Masters for their colorful phosphorescence 17.
Abilities & Skills
Sunlight-Absorbing Wing Powder
The butterfly’s wing powder absorbs sunlight and converts it into multicolored phosphorescence 17.
- Each color contains an extremely weak power of a different attribute 17.
- These powers remain fundamentally light-attributed, although the powder can transform light into various other attributes 17.
- This diversity—not combat strength—was Luo Chen’s stated reason for choosing the species for his first Soul Ring 17.
Story Role
Luo Chen’s First Soul Ring Hunt
Luo Chen and Na’er selected the Rainbow-Winged Butterfly as a plausible explanation for his future use of multiple elements. He told Bibi Dong that he had read about its diverse attributes in a Spirit Hall Branch library and wanted to investigate his Martial Soul through its Soul Ring 17.
Although doubtful about the species’ usefulness, Bibi Dong honored his choice. She ordered Gui Mei to capture as many specimens as possible between ten and two hundred years old. Luo Chen requested forty- or fifty-year-old butterflies instead, trusting Na’er’s assessment of what his body could withstand, but Bibi Dong insisted on testing older specimens first 17.
Gui Mei returned with twenty or thirty butterflies. Luo Chen killed them one by one, beginning with a two-hundred-year-old specimen that produced a yellow Soul Ring. He eventually reached a forty-year-old butterfly whose white Soul Ring he could apparently absorb; Na’er drew the ring into his Martial Soul Space while he performed the outward motions of absorption 17.
Luo Chen regretted the unnecessary deaths but continued. Bibi Dong considered the killings a necessary expense for determining his absorption limit more precisely and deliberately used the experience to strengthen his resolve 17.
Fate of the Butterfly’s Soul Ring
When later examining the Shining Pegasus’s soul energy, Luo Chen recalled that the Rainbow-Winged Butterfly’s Soul Ring had contained only a soul, with neither soul energy nor memories. He had allowed it to dissipate within his Martial Soul Space 63.
Revelation of the True Source
By the time Luo Chen discussed the growth potential of his first three Soul Rings, he had already told Bibi Dong that his first ring had actually originated from a peculiar silvery-white dragon scale—not a Rainbow-Winged Butterfly. She accepted his earlier concealment as a reasonable precaution 73.