Soul Power

Biodata

Properties

• Soul Power is stored within a being's soul and cannot ordinarily be displayed to others. It is described as an exceptionally potent force that strengthens both physical power and spiritual power. 233
• Absorbing even a small amount produces a tangible improvement in the soul. Refinement improves concentration, memory, comprehension, danger perception, combat processing, and the efficiency of powerful skills and spells. 234 236 239
• Greater personal strength increases refinement speed: Mu Rufeng refined roughly 10,000 Soul Power per hour normally and 100,000 per hour while in peak condition. 236 239
• Soul Power can deepen and expand the soul sea. A soul's origin manifests as a unique soul ship; Mu Rufeng's accumulated Soul Power materialized into a true sea within his soul world. 261
• Refining Soul Power can directly improve attributes. Upon reaching Level 4, Mu Rufeng automatically refined one million Soul Power, gaining 50 Strength, 50 Constitution, and 200 Spirit. 252
• Soul Power is distinct from Soul Coins. Soul Coins are Oddity World currency containing ghost energy, while Soul Power is spiritual energy held in living beings and Oddities. 42 276

Currency and Trade

• On a guest's first entry to Golden City, Soul Coins may be exchanged for Soul Power at a 1,000:1 rate; the balance can be exchanged back for Soul Coins upon departure at the prior rate. 233
• Golden City converts talents, abilities, skills, and other stakes into Soul Power for rule-bound gambling. Once traded, these traits can be materialized and transferred through the casino's systems. 233 235
• The city charges non-employee residents five Soul Power per day, and its dense ambient Soul Power can gradually strengthen long-term residents. 233
• One Soul-Power unit harvested by the Soul-Absorbing Gourd is stated to be worth 100,000 Soul Coins. 271 272

Acquisition and Storage

Refinement

Soul Power can be absorbed directly from one's soul reserve and refined into personal strength. Its benefits initially emphasize spiritual improvement rather than immediate attribute growth, though large-scale refinement and level breakthroughs can produce major stat increases. 234 236 252

Golden City Gambling

Golden City awards Soul Power for successful bets, challenges, and compensation when equivalent talents cannot be transferred. Mu Rufeng accumulated over 21 million through its gambling systems, later reaching 100 million after major victories. 235 236 238

Soul-Absorbing Gourd

The Level 9 Soul-Absorbing Gourd gathers Soul Power from living beings into itself through a Soul-Absorbing Ghost Domain. 271

• Adult intelligent beings contain 1 unit of Soul Power.
• Non-intelligent creatures contain up to 0.1 units.
• Plants contain up to 0.01 units.
• The domain's range scales with the user's strength and the power infused into it.
• Soul Power from deceased targets can be absorbed instantly. 271 272

Partially draining living targets causes fatigue and listlessness, from which they can recover after several days. Completely draining a target extinguishes its soul and causes permanent death. 271 350

Soul Matter

When Soul Matter is destroyed, it becomes pure Soul Power. Soul Energy users can absorb it efficiently, while practitioners of other systems can also cultivate with it at a much slower rate. Unabsorbed Soul Power disperses into the environment and can modify the world. 495 506

Soul Energy System

In Tian Lan World, Soul Energy is a cultivation path centered on the soul and is regarded by Mu Rufeng as a special form of soul-based power. 484

• Soul Energy can materialize as gray-black mist and be shaped into solid weapons, firearms, or combat constructs. 485
• It is the only documented power system capable of reliably resisting Soul Matter possession, permanently killing Soul Matter, and absorbing monster souls for growth. 485 488
• Soul Energy cultivators are rare, with aptitude estimated at roughly one person in tens of thousands. 485 488
• Soul Matter preferentially targets Soul Energy users as hosts; successfully possessing one may allow the entity to advance toward Rank 9. 489
• Mu Rufeng's Soul Energy enabled techniques such as Law, Heaven, and Earth, which expands his body to immense size and consumes vast reserves of Soul Energy for overwhelming power. 495 496

Relationship with Major Items

• Soul-Absorbing Gourd — Originally the principal vessel for harvested Soul Power and the source of the Soul-Absorbing Ghost Domain. 271
• Profound Heaven Immortal Gourd — Absorbed the Soul-Absorbing Gourd, inheriting its Soul-Absorbing Domain and increasing its own origin power to 10%. 516
• Chronicle of Ages — Uses Soul Power as the price for inquiries; one of Mu Rufeng's questions cost 10,000 units. 399
• Marquis of Demon Suppression — Its army-summoning effect consumes Soul Power, with one-star soldiers costing ten points each. 263
• Illusion Heart Ghost King — Its Phantasm ability consumes a large amount of Soul Power when entering an ethereal state. 262

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Golden City — Soul Power is introduced as Golden City's exclusive high-value currency and a means of improving the soul. Mu Rufeng converts Soul Coins, gambles extensively, and begins refining his reserves. 233 234 236
• Post-Golden City growth — Refinement enhances Mu Rufeng's mental capabilities, combat performance, and attributes, while his extraordinary soul sea becomes central to his confrontation with the Illusion Heart Ghost King. 239 252 261
• Soul-Absorbing Gourd campaign — Ye Lin gives Mu Rufeng the gourd as a means of acquiring massive Soul Power for Soul Coin conversion. Mu Rufeng uses it to harvest from Contractors and large populations. 271 273 274
• Cultivation and rule advancement — Soul Power remains important for high-level cultivation, rule condensation, and the path toward God-Emperor. 328 450
• Tian Lan World — Soul Energy becomes the decisive system against Soul Matter, allowing Mu Rufeng to protect human settlements, absorb defeated enemies, and reach Tenth Rank. 485 488 495
• Profound Heaven Immortal Gourd fusion — The Soul-Absorbing Gourd is consumed by the Profound Heaven Immortal Gourd, preserving and strengthening its Soul Power-harvesting function. 516

Trivia

• Soul Power cannot power Mu Rufeng's Gourmet's Tablecloth. 236
• Maqiu states that Soul Power can accelerate Vehicle advancement after Level 6, though it becomes necessary for advancement after Level 9. 413
• Soul Power is important enough that Mu Rufeng considers widespread casualties undesirable partly because they would reduce his future harvest. 450