Soul Oracle

It is said that Soul Oracles were able to summon and gather souls through celestial dances. However, this occupation has already disappeared for more than ten thousand years, and it's regarded as a mere legend nowadays. As such, no one can tell what kind of abilities they possess for sure.

The Soulless Metal Humanoid is known to be a special puppet crafted by ancient soul oracles to protect themselves at close proximity.

It was later revealed that the Soul Oracles being wiped out was a ploy for the Soul Oracles to infiltrate the Demon Continent. They are responsible for teaching the otherworldy demons a flawed cultivation technique.

## Soul Cultivation

Soul oracle cultivation techniques were mainly centered around ’will’ and ’soul’. Their aim was to gain the ability to draw out their soul from their and transfuse their soul into another individual and possess their body to achieve the goal of ’immortality’. The Soul Guiding Formula is the foundation art of soul oracles. All soul oracles cultivate via this method, there are no other alternatives. Created by the first soul oracle, Liu Mozi, it can separate one’s soul from one’s physical body.

Soul Guiding Formula have a great flaw which is, upon successfully mastering the formula, one’s cultivation will be conjoined onto one’s soul, turning one’s physical body into an empty shell. On top of that, the compatibility between one’s soul and body will deteriorate. Even though one will look no different from a normal person, one would be actually driving the body using one’s soul. If a person were to successfully draw his soul out, it would be equivalent to tearing his soul and body apart. Even if he were to continue driving his own body, it would be, in truth, no different from driving a puppet. Other than the soul oracle cultivation technique, he would be unable to cultivate any other normal cultivation technique.

It was just like driving a car. After mastering the Soul Guiding Technique, one’s physical body would become the car whereas one’s soul would become the driver. No matter how good one’s driving skill was... it was impossible to reach the same level of control as moving one’s own body. In other words, once he successfully draws out his soul, it would be equivalent to giving up on his own physical body and his past cultivation. In the future, even if he could live on for an eternity through possessing others, he would also become an unnatural being that had to live in the shadows.

## Five Soul Declines

The soul oracle’s greatest strength is their soul. Even if their physical body is ruined, it isn’t a huge deal for them. They can simply possess another one and through such, live on in perpetuity. However, without the protection of a physical body, can they really survive the Five Soul Declines?

The Five Soul Declines refer to Possession Decline, Senescence Decline, Combat Decline, Searing Yang Decline, and the most fearsome of all, Sense Decline!"

"Possession Decline refers to the natural decline of strength when possessing the body of another. Even at minimum, it would cause a drop of two whole cultivation realms. As such, unless truly required, a soul oracle won’t possess anybody.

"Senescence Decline refers to the irreconcilable conflict between one’s soul and physical body. This will cause one’s soul to slowly deteriorate with time. In order to maintain one’s strength, one can only continue cultivating frenziedly.

"Combat Decline refers to how one’s cultivation would decline when using soul energy to fight. As such, what soul oracles specialize in is beguiling souls and creating fearsome mirages. In truth, soul oracles rarely fight squarely.

"Searing Yang Decline. Just as said before, soul oracles don’t dare to come into contact with elements that are rich in yang energy. Just by coming into proximity with such objects can cause your soul to weaken.

What is the most fearsome of them all is the fifth one... Senses Decline. A human possesses five senses and six perceptions. They are able to perceive shame, distinguish right from wrong, and comprehend pride and honor. However, souls are incapable of housing these. The more intense the emotion, the greater to the damage to one’s soul. A soul oracle’s emotion would cause huge ripples in their soul, resulting in their soul energy dissipating automatically..."

## The Soul Guiding Formula

The Soul Guiding Formula is the foundation art of soul oracles. There is only one formula and cultivation technique manual. All soul oracles cultivate via this method, there are no other alternatives. Created by the first soul oracle, Liu Mozi, it can separate one’s soul from one’s physical body. It has very few flaw, this showed that throughout the course of the inheritance of the Soul Guiding Formula, it had been refined continuously and it was gradually approaching perfection. Although nearing pervection The Soul Guiding Formula remaining flaw are its biggest flaw.