- "Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell."
- ― Matthew 10:28 (The Bible)
- "Let's begin. At least the souls of the two of you, I'll extinguish them with these hands of mine."
- ― Hades (Highschool DxD)
- "When your precious humans die, at least their souls go to another place. When a god dies, it isn't death. It's just absence. It's nothing. It's oblivion."
- ― Hades (Wrath of the Titans)
- "You have disgraced yourself by aligning with these demons. I shall destroy your very soul so that you can never be revived."
- ― Diablo/Noir (That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime)
The power to destroy the souls of others. Sub-power of Soul Manipulation. Variation of Destruction. Opposite of Soul Creation. Not to be confused with Soul Mutilation.
Also Called[]
- Second Death Inducement
- Soul/Spiritual Annihilation
- Soul/Spiritual Killing/Murdering/Oblivion
- Soul/Spiritual Shredding
- The Final/Spiritual/True Death
Capabilities[]
The user can permanently destroy/annihilate souls and/or spiritual beings that do not have a body, without affecting the body, which causes the targets to die without the possibility of Resurrection, but some may transform into a soulless being instead.
Applications[]
- Death Inducement
- Resurrection Negation
- Soullessness Inducement
Associations[]
Limitations[]
- Cannot destroy eternal souls.
- Does not affect a soulless being as they have no soul to destroy or those with Soul Anchoring.
- Might not have control over whether they create soulless beings, and have no control over created ones.
- Weak against Absolute soul manipulation.
- Can be undone by Flawless Restoration, Soul Recreation, Soul Restoration, Absolute Recreation or Absolute Restoration.
Known Users[]
See Also: Deader Than Dead.
- Diana Bishop (All Souls Trilogy)
- Michael Langdon (American Horror Story: Apocalypse)
- Illyria (Angel); through her resurrection
- Enders (Angel & Faith)
- Ghosts (Being Human)
- Ichibē Hyōsube (Bleach); via "Futen Taisatsuryō"
- Quincies (Bleach)
- Life Essences (Charmed); possessing a body too long will kill the host's soul
- Terra
- Prue Halliwell (Charmed comics)
- Ghostly Wail Users (Danny Phantom)
- Dark Danny/Dan Phantom
- Superman (DC Comics)
- Death-Attribute Magic Users (The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time); via Soul Break Spell.
- Vandalieu
- Guduranis
- Apostles (Dies Irae)
- Users of Hakai (Dragon Ball Super)
- Gods of Destruction
- Son Goku; manga only
- Top; via Destroyer Form
- Mard Geer Tartaros (Fairy Tail); via Memento Mori
- Kratos (God of War)
- Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)
- Dirk Strider (Homestuck)
- Jang Man-wol (Hotel del Luna)
- Mago (Hotel del Luna)
- Hosts of the Spirit of Vengeance (Marvel Cinematic Universe); via Hellfire
- Users of the Truth-Seeking Balls (Naruto)
- The Snarl (The Order of the Stick)
- Jabberwalker (RWBY); presumably
- SCP-001 - The Gate Guardian (SCP Foundation)
- Ghost Roaster (Skylanders); only ghosts
- X (Sonic.exe); via Black Hole located in his mouth
- Users of the Satsui no Hado (Street Fighter)
- The Darkness/Amara (Supernatual)
- Various Characters (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime)
- Rimuru Tempest
- Diablo
- Hinata Sakaguchi
- Souei
- Shion
- Avenger/Edmond Dantes (TYPE-MOON)
- Shiki Tohno (TYPE-MOON)
- Shiki Ryougi (TYPE-MOON)
- Emperor of Mankind (Warhammer 40K)
- Soul Eater (Valkyrie Crusade)
Known Objects[]
- Sōkyoku (Bleach)
- Invincible Stars/Starmen/Super Star (Mario series)
- Ancient Athame (Charmed comic)
- Godkiller (Drive Angry)
- Silver Arm (Fate/Grand Order)
- Basilisk's Venom (Harry Potter)
- Sword of Grynfindor (Harry Potter)
- Azrael's Blade/Flaming Sword (Lucifer)
- Soul Gem (Marvel Comics)
- Olympian Crystal (Once Upon a Time)
- Soul-Killers (R.I.P.D.)
- Universal Killswitch (Transformers)
- Soul Shredder (Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell)
- Dead End Rainbow (That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime)
- Hercules' Edge (That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime)
Known Locations[]
- Lake of Fire (Christianity)
Gallery[]
The Lake of Fire (Christianity) is the central and deepest level of Hell where the souls of the sinned are destroyed and erased from existence.
Enders (Angel & Faith) utterly destroy the souls they consume.
Ichibē Hyōsube (Bleach) using Futen Taisatsuryō to completely destroy his foes with blackness, that not even their souls can reincarnate.
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The Quincies (Bleach) are feared for being able to destroy the soul of anything they kill, preventing the victim from returning to the cycle of reincarnation.
The Ancient Athame (Charmed) is imbued with a spell powerful enough to destroy souls.
Superman (DC Comics) using Counter Vibration to destroy Darkseid's spirit, permanently killing him.
Beerus (Dragon Ball) using Hakai to erase the ghost of Dr. Mashirito.
The Godkiller (Drive Angry), Satan's personal gun, can completely destroy the souls of others.
Mard Geer Tartaros (Fairy Tail) casts the Memento Mori, a curse that completely destroys both the body and soul of its victims as Mard Geer described neither alive nor dead, simply erased.
Azrael's Blade (Lucifer) is a weapon so powerful it can kill and eradicate the souls of angels and possibly the Goddess of creation.
In addition to giving the subject a death field alongside making them temporarily invulnerable to most forms of damage, the Invincible Stars/Starmen/Super Star (Mario series) can also obliterate Boos so they won’t return to fight again.
The Olympian Crystal (Once Upon a Time) is so powerful that it can destroy anything, even gods and human souls.
A Basilisk's venom (Harry Potter) is extremely deadly, able to destroyed even an intangible soul bounded to a Horcrux by Dark Magic.
Afer assimilating the Basilisk's venom, the Sword of Gryffindor (Harry Potter) gain the ability to destroyed Soul infused Horcuxes.