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
Associations
Limitations
- Has no effect on a soulless being 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
- Enders (Angel & Faith)
- Illyria (Angel); through her resurrection
- Ichibē Hyōsube (Bleach); via "Futen Taisatsuryō"
- Quincies (Bleach)
- Ghost Roaster (Skylanders); only ghosts
- Superman (DC Comics)
- Gods of Destruction (Dragon Ball Super); via "Destruction"
- Dirk Strider (Homestuck)
- Hosts of the Spirit of Vengeance (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- The Snarl (Order of the Stick)
- Shiki Tohno (TYPE-MOON)
- Shiki Ryougi (TYPE-MOON)
- Soul Eater (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Ghosts (Being Human)
- Apostles (Dies Irae)
- Mard Geer Tartaros (Fairy Tail); via Memento Mori
- Kratos (God of War)
- Prue Halliwell (Charmed comics)
- Life Essences (Charmed); possessing a body too long will kill the host's soul
- Terra
Known Objects
- Sōkyoku (Bleach)
- Ancient Athame (Charmed comic)
- Godkiller (Drive Angry)
- Olympian Crystal (Once Upon a Time)
- Soul Shredder (Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell)
- Azrael's Blade/Flaming Sword (Lucifer)
- Universal Killswitch (Transformers)
- Soul Gem (Marvel Comics)
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.
The Godkiller (Drive Angry), Satan's personal gun, can completely destroy the souls of others.
Soul Eater (Valkyrie Crusade) can consume and annihilate souls.
Superman (DC Comics) using Counter Vibration to destroy Darkseid's spirit, permanently killing him.
The Ancient Athame (Charmed) is imbued with a spell powerful enough to destroy souls.
The Olympian Crystal (Once Upon a Time) is so powerful that it can destroy anything, even gods and human souls.
Azrael's Blade (Lucifer) is a weapon so powerful that their very essence would be wiped out of existence..
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.
Beerus (Dragon Ball) using Destruction to completely atomize the ghost of Dr. Mashirito.