Black Hole Whale

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

The Black Hole Whale emerged from a beneficial mutation of Mu Tian'en's inherited Martial Souls. His mother's small whale Martial Soul granted considerable strength despite her level-one Innate Soul Power, while his father's rare Six-Eyed Flying Fish provided speed and brief gliding ability. Their combination developed into a much stronger Martial Soul despite Mu Tian'en's childhood food shortages 2.

During its awakening, the whale consumed the array's energy and began drawing Soul Power uncontrollably from Yan Bohan. Recognizing an unknown, top-tier Beast Martial Soul, Yan Bohan allowed Mu Tian'en to name it. Its awakening and his Innate Full Soul Power prompted an immediate invitation to join Spirit Hall 1.

Bibi Dong noted that the Black Hole Whale had no precedent in Spirit Hall's records and might possess undetected defects. She also considered it expensive to cultivate: whale-type Sea Soul Beasts were considered especially suitable ring sources, but hunting a ten-thousand-year specimen would require a Titled Douluo. Sending Mu Tian'en to the Worship Hall was therefore also a means of diverting its resources and attention 4.

For the first ring, Ma Chengyuan prioritized Soul Power reserves and recovery over conventional body-strengthening skills. The chosen Sinking Sand Water Turtle proved highly compatible, but its ring produced a domain-like skill rather than the expected Unfalling Sandcastle 16 23 32.

Appearance

• Manifested form: A fearsome whale phantom that swims through the air and has twelve eyes on each side—twenty-four in total 1.
• Possession form: Mu Tian'en develops whale-like skin folds and thick protective layers. A black patch replaces the area around his eyes, within which twelve pairs of faintly golden eyes appear 28.
• Size increase: Full possession raises his height from approximately 1.5 meters to more than two meters 28.
• Surrounding disturbance: Its absorption creates a storm-like effect as nearby air loses substances beneficial to his growth; this is explicitly not a wind-attribute phenomenon 28.

Abilities and Skills

Devouring

The whale's defining power consumes energy and can also swallow Mu Tian'en's destructive emotions 1 2.

• Drains external Soul Power, including energy supplied to the awakening array 1.
• Absorbs Soul Power released uncontrollably by Mu Tian'en's emotional fluctuations 1.
• Consumes his anger and desire for destruction, leaving him calm 2.
• Accelerates digestion, rapidly converting food into nourishment 12.
• Produces an enormous appetite and a desire to swim freely in the sea 5.

Black-Hole Particle

Before obtaining a Soul Ring, Mu Tian'en can use an instinct of the Martial Soul to form a tiny black-hole particle by spinning dust and coiling Soul Power around it 24.

• Energy absorption: Golden Crocodile Douluo's probing Soul Power is captured and disappears beyond his perception 25.
• Pulling force: Testing it with a chopstick produces considerable attraction 25.
• Lethality: Once released against the Sinking Sand Water Turtle, the particle expands and shatters its shell's defenses 30.
• Cost and danger: Demonstrating it nearly exhausts Mu Tian'en's Soul Power. Its underwater use creates a cavity and unstable currents that require Golden Crocodile Douluo to rescue him 25 30.

Martial Soul Possession

Possession enhances Mu Tian'en's physical and mental strength while expressing the whale's predatory features 6 28.

• Grants increased size, strength, and bodily protection 28 30.
• Extends his underwater breath-holding capacity to approximately one hour 29.
• Draws surrounding sand and currents toward him, forming an ink-black current that follows his movements 29.
• Does not eliminate breathing limits or make him immune to turbulent water; at level ten, strong currents can still throw him off balance 30 33.

Cultivation Guidance and Ring Refinement

The whale guides Mu Tian'en from within his lower abdomen, where his early Soul Power reservoir appears as a puddle too small to accommodate it comfortably 5.

• Directs Soul Power through his meridians and draws in surrounding energy 5.
• Teaches a cultivation method during possession, although the initial session overwhelms his young body and mind 6.
• Helps break apart and refine the first Soul Ring's essence, expanding his internal reservoir 31.
• Its partial separation during ring absorption weakens his possession and briefly compromises his underwater condition 31.

Predatory Suppression

The Black Hole Whale's presence provokes instinctive fear in other Beast Martial Souls and Soul Beasts 1 15 28.

• Yan Bohan's Martial Soul becomes rigid under its pressure 1.
• Jin Huang's Primal Crocodile instinctively urges him away, then roars without his control when provoked by the whale's presence 14 15.
• Sand Sand Crocodiles react fearfully to Mu Tian'en's scent, associating it with a devastating predator encountered by their species 28.
• Its black-hole particle triggers a bodily danger response even in Golden Crocodile Douluo 24.

First Soul Skill: Gloomy Sea Raging Sand Sky-Spanning Domain

The first Soul Ring produces a skill with reserve enhancement, environmental control, suppression, and defensive applications. Mu Tian'en explicitly distinguishes it from the anticipated Unfalling Sandcastle 32.

During testing, Mu Tian'en shapes the water into a hollow whale exceeding ten cubic meters. It restrains Golden Crocodile Douluo's arm, disperses his physical force, and rams his chest before bursting into a torrent. Golden Crocodile Douluo maintains possession but uses no Soul Skills during the test 33.

Persistent Black Water

The first skill also allows Mu Tian'en to condense unusually tough black water instead of producing Unfalling Sandcastle's sand-and-stone armor 32.

• A condensed drop retains its nature even beside a black hole and resists Golden Crocodile Douluo's possessed fingernail 32.
• The water does not disappear when scattered; Mu Tian'en can gather it again by opening a black hole 32.
• At his initial post-ring strength, he can create only one concentrated drop at a time, making advance accumulation important 32.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo recognizes its potential to form powerful armor for Mu Tian'en and his teammates once sufficient reserves exist 32.
• Water created directly in combat has weaker versions of the concentrated drop's properties, but still supports shaping, defense, and the spread of his controlled waters 33.