Martial Soul

Martial souls are the Xiantian seeds of cultivators. They can take many forms such as ancient divine weapons, beasts, treasures, flames, and lightning, etc. If a Martial Soul of a cultivator is ever destroyed, the cultivator is considered crippled.

The Martial Soul of a cultivator is also known as their fate soul, one of the three immortal souls of a person. Once a cultivator reaches the Xiantian realm, their fate soul is manifested in the form of a Martial Soul.

Martial souls are transformed at the Yin-Yang Violet Place Realm and gain an innate divine ability. The higher the grade of the Martial soul, the more powerful the divine ability. The strength of a cultivator's Martial Soul is affects their chances of reaching the Heavenly Soul realm.

Types of Martial Souls
Martial Souls can generally be divided into three types: Beast, Weapon, and Elemental. Martial Souls not within those three categories are either rare mutated Martial Souls that created phenomena like moonlight or radiant sun, or are a speck of dust, which represent useless Martial Souls.

A cultivator that has a rare mutated Martial Soul are generally considered monstrous geniuses.

Martial Souls give a cultivator innate abilities based off their type; Beast Martial Souls allow the user to beastify to enhance their strength, Weapon Martial Souls allow its user to gain a higher comprehension of the weapon, and Elemental Martial Souls can allow the user to awaken or strengthen their Martial Intent.

Grading
Martial Souls are divided into 4 grades, Sky, Earthen, Profound, and Amber, with Sky being the highest. Each grade is further divided into nine stages.

An Amber grade soul can be distinguished by its yellow glow when summoned.

Martial Souls can be upgraded through various treasures and general cultivation.

Lifebound Martial Souls
A cultivator who has multiple Martial Souls have their Martial Souls referred to as Lifebound Martial Souls. However, a cultivator who has less Martial souls is not necessarily weaker than one with more; it is more important that the Martial Soul is able to merge with the cultivator's martial path.

Primordial Chaotic Soul
A special type of Martial Soul that has boundless potential. They also fall under the standard grading system of Martial souls.

Primordial Chaotic Souls are more powerful than other Martial Souls, as seen when Lin Yun's Aurora Dragon devoured a Profound grade Martial Soul while still at the Amber grade.