Soul Destruction

Soul Destruction
Sally Malik (Being Human) shredding another ghost.
Power/Ability to:	Destroy souls.

"Nay, she is not alive. Nor is she dead. Death is but a state of the body; true death is the vanquishing of the soul. This girl still has her soul. So she is not dead"

― Ruminas Valentine (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken)

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/Spiritual/True Death Inducement
• Soul/Spiritual Annihilation/Killing/Murdering/Shredding
• The Second/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 possibility of Resurrection, but some may transform into a soulless being instead.

Applications

• Death Inducement
• Resurrection Negation

Associations

• Destruction
• Irreversible Destruction
• Soul Manipulation
• Soul Mutilation

Limitations

• Cannot destroy eternal souls.
• Has no effect on a soulless being as they have no soul to destroy or those with Soul Anchoring.
• May not have control over whether they create soulless beings, and have no control over created ones.
• Can be undone by Flawless Restoration, Soul Recreation, Absolute Recreation or Absolute Restoration.

Known Users

• 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)
• Superman (DC Comics)
• Apostles (Dies Irae)
• Gods of Destruction (Dragon Ball Super); via "Hakai"
  • Beerus
  • Sidra
• Mard Geer Tartaros (Fairy Tail); via Memento Mori
• Kratos (God of War)
• Dirk Strider (Homestuck)
  • Lord English
• Hosts of the Spirit of Vengeance (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
  • Robbie Reyes/Ghost Rider
• The Snarl (Order of the Stick)
• SCP-001 - The Gate Guardian (SCP Foundation)
• Ghost Roaster (Skylanders); only ghosts
• Avenger/Edmond Dantes (TYPE-MOON)
• Shiki Tohno (TYPE-MOON)
• Shiki Ryougi (TYPE-MOON)
• Soul Eater (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Death-Attribute Magic Users (The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time); via Soul Break Spell.
  • Vandalieu
  • Guduranis

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)
• Universal Killswitch (Transformers)
• Soul Shredder (Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell)

Gallery

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.

Quincy (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, 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.

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Soul Eater (Valkyrie Crusade) can consume and annihilate souls.

A Basilisk's venom (Harry Potter) is extremely deadly, able to destroyed even an intangible soul bounded to a Horcrux by Black Magic.

Afer assmilating the Basilisk's venom, the Sword of Gryfindor (Harry Potter) gain the ability to destroyed Soul infused Horcuxes.