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— The awful laughter in darkness[1]
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The Hall of Souls is a mysterious faction who is one of the main antagonistic group of the "Battle Through the Heavens" story. They capture the souls of strong people.
History[]
The Hall of Souls is a mysterious force that seems to want the souls of strong people. They also recruit strong souls to become the part of it. They have various Halls in Central Plains where the captured Souls are kept.
Some of the experts from the ‘Hall of Souls’ are originally spiritual bodies. For example, Protector Tie; With the disappearance of this black fog that covered his exterior, the body of Protector Tie was finally revealed to be a somewhat illusionary spiritual body. This spiritual body appeared somewhat illusionary and transparent unlike Black fog cover body.
They even helped Han Feng with the killing of Yao Lao so that they can get his soul. Though Yao Lao was able to escape that time, but during the 3rd Fight With Misty Cloud Sect, due to intervention of Protector Wu Ying (Earth Grade Protector), Yao Lao's Soul is Captured, then transferred to Death Soul Mountain Range where he is rescued[2]. During the Poison Sect Arc, Protector Tie was captured and Interrogated by Xiao Yan[3].
There are 9 Tianzun, with 1st being the Strongest.
This Mysterious Force is actually backed by the Hun Clan which is one of the 8 Ancient Clans. Hall Of Souls is considered a Top Faction in the Central Plains and is One Hall of the "One Hall, One Tower, Two Sects, Three Valleys, Four Pavilions"[4] saying.
Although this faction nearly covers half of the continent, they seldom appear in countries that are far from the center of the continent like the Jia Ma Empire. There are not many people on this continent who know of their existence. This ‘Hall of Souls’ is extremely powerful and mysterious. Moreover, the methods they employ in their operations are extremely strange. Their targets are the ‘Living Spirits’, whose bodies have died, but whose spirits are unusually strong. They are like this continent’s spirit scavengers. Any strong spirit which has left their bodies will be sensed by them. After which, they will send someone to mysteriously finish it off. They appear to have some special restraining tactics toward spirit's.[5] The purpose of the Hall of Souls was to act on the behalf of the Hun Clan, and gather spiritual essence from the 'Living Spirits'. One likely reason was to revive dead Hun Clan members like Hun Yuantian.
Members[]
The ranks within the ‘Hall of Souls’ are extremely well defined. The protector level itself is divided into three grades: Human, Earth and Heaven Grade Protector. On top of the protectors, there are the high-positioned Honorable Elders. With their strength, they can be said to have few opponents even in the entire Dou Qi continent. A Human Grade protector only has the qualification to know of the location of one branch hall each time he comes out to perform a task. An Earth Grade protector can know two of them, a Heaven Grade protector can know three of them. Protectors from the ‘Hall of Souls’ have a spiritual imprint in the ‘Hall of Soul’[6]
The Hall of Souls protectors are divided into the Sky, Earth, and Man category. Although the Honorable Elders do not have such a strict division, they are similarly divided according to rank. Tianzun are the strongest experts among the Honorable Elder ranking… as for their strength, even Old Mu Gu is not qualified to be a Tianzun in the Hall of Souls.
Tianzuns have extremely high positions within the Hall of Souls. They will usually not easily reveal themselves.[7]
Founder
Chief
Deputy Chief
Tianzuns
- First Tianzun
- Second Tianzun Gu You
- Third Tianzun
- Fourth Tianzun Xue He
- Black Tianzun
- White Tianzun
- Zhai Xing Tianzun
- Eighth Tianzun
- Ninth Tianzun
Honorable Elders
Protectors
Branches[]
The Hall of Souls has many branch halls in the Central Plains. There are twenty-four of them that are more important. The Hall of Souls calls them the Disha Halls. The branch hall that Yao Lao had been imprisoned in back then was one of these Disha Halls.
Above the Disha Halls are the Tiangang Halls. These halls are more important to the Hall of Souls. The Tiangang Halls are divided into Heaven, Earth, and Man. The Heaven Hall is the headquarters of the Hall of Souls.[8]
Trivia[]
In translated Manhua, they are referred as "Shadow Clan" in some places.
Gallery[]
References
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| Characters | ||
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| Main | Xiao Yan | |
| Recurring | Gu Xun Er * Yao Chen • Little Fairy Doctor • Qing Lin • Yao Tian Huo • Ya Fei • Yun Yun • Nalan Yanran • Su Qian • Zi Yan | |
| Harem | Cai Lin • Gu Xun Er • Little Fairy Doctor • Ya Fei • Yun Yun • Zi Yan | |
| Male | Hai Bodong • Jia Xing Tian • Fa Ma • Gu He • Lin Yan • Liu Qing • Lin Xiuya | |
| Female | Xiao Mei • Xiao Yu • Hu Jia • Han Yue • Han Xue• Cao Ying • Qing Lin | |
| Enemies | Yun Shan• Han Feng • Feng Qing Er• Hun Tiandi | |