Spiritual Blade Construction

Spiritual Blade Construction
Illyana Rasputina/Magik (Marvel Comics) created and wields the Soulsword, a manifestation of her soul while she was trapped in Limbo.
Power/Ability to:	Construct bladed weapons out of spiritual energy.

"You believe yourselves immune to death? I bring you a gospel of oblivion. I bring you the Soulsword. Taste it and cease to be!"

― Illyana Rasputina/Magik (Marvel Comics)

The ability to create bladed weapons of spiritual energy. Sub-power of Soul Energy Constructs. Variation of Blade Construction. Opposite of Chi Blade Construction.

Also Called

• Soul Blade/Sword Construction/Creation
• Spirit Blade/Sword Construction/Creation

Capabilities

The user can construct blade weapons, including daggers, swords, etc., out of spiritual energy. Due to the special properties spiritual energy possesses, it is not bound by the limitations of other elements, making it very versatile. As it is part of the user, the life force that composes the weapon can be manipulated or shaped to change the weapon's shape and attributes, adapting to the situation at hand.

Since the blade is made of life energy, its sharpness can be remarkably high compared to other types of blades or be reduced to a blunt but powerful weapon to cause smashing damage. Depending on the spiritual energy, skill, and concentration, it can be used to distort and cut through dimensions, or potentially anything, such as spiritual beings, deities, and even alternate universes. The intense energy produced by the blade can also disintegrate objects on contact via something similar to heat energy, depending on the output.

Applications

• Death Inducement
• Impale
• Pain Inducement
• Soul Cutting
• Soul Energy Generation

Variations

• Spiritual Flame Blade Construction

Associations

• Blade Construction
• Ergokinetic Blade Construction
• Life-Force Manipulation
• Life Weaponry
• Sentient Weaponry - some blades may gain sentience.
• Soul Manipulation
• Soul-Bound Weapon
• Spiritual Force Manipulation
• Spiritual Weaponry
• Sword Beam Emission

Limitations

• May require concentration in order to create the blade.
• May require a conduit for the soul/spiritual energy to form, such as a hilt.
• Putting too much spiritual energy into the blade may drain the user.
• How long the blade lasts depends on the users skill and power, some may need near constant attention, others are effectively permanent.

Known Users

Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa

• Mine (Akame Ga Kill!)
• Creed Diskenth (Black Cat)
• Soul Reapers (Bleach)
  • Byakuya Kuchiki
  • Oetsu Nimaiya
• Arrancar (Bleach)
• Coyote Starrk (Bleach)
• Quincy (Bleach)
• Kazuki Mutō (Buso Renkin)
• Gon Freecss (Hunter × Hunter)
• Raziel (Legacy of Kain)
• Kurohime (Magic User Kurohime)
• Users of Mana (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
• Ajimu Najimi (Medaka Box); via Ghost Cutter
• Itachi Uchiha (Naruto)
• Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto)
• Samurai (Naruto)
• Chōjūrō (Naruto)
• Madara Uchiha (Naruto)
• Obito Uchiha (Naruto)
• Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki (Naruto)
• Toneri Ōtsutsuki (Naruto)
• Brook (One Piece)
• Charlotte "Big Mom" Linlin (One Piece)
• Stocking (Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt)
• Herb (Ranma 1/2)
• Certain Shamans (Shaman King)
• Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Kazuma Kuwabara (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Comics/Cartoons

• Illyana Rasputina/Magik (Marvel Comics)
• Fright Knight (Danny Phantom)
• Samurai Jack (IDW's Samurai Jack)
• Fan Tong (Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny)

Known Spiritual Blades

• Dōji-giri Yasutsuna (11eyes)
• Roman Artillery: Pumpkin (Akame Ga Kill!)
• Imagine Blade (Black Cat)
• Zanpakutō (Bleach)
• Colmillo (Bleach)
• Sunlight Heart + (Buso Renkin)
• Soul Shredder (Danny Phantom)
• Wraith Blade (Legacy of Kain)
• Ultimate Sword (Magic User Kurohime)
• Sword of Totsuka (Naruto)
• Hiramekarei (Naruto)
• Sword of Nunoboko (Naruto)
• Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion (Naruto)
• Napoleon (One Piece)
• Soul Solid (One Piece)
• Stripes I & II (Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt)
• Jack's Sword (Samurai Jack)
• Certain Over Soul (Shaman King)
• Gorun Nova (Slayers)
• Keyblades (Kingdom Hearts)
• Spirit Sword (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Dimension Sword (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Sword of the Darkness Flame (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa

Misao Kusakabe (11eyes) wielding the Dōjigiri Yasutsuna, which devours life energy and turns it into great power around the blade.

Mine (Akame Ga Kill!) turning Roman Artillery: Pumpkin into a spiritual blade to cut down Seryu Ubiquitous. This does cause Pumpkin to overheat and unusable for a while.

Creed Diskenth (Black Cat) creating his Imagine Blade Level 1, which he can alter its length and visibility, out of his ki and linked to his psyche, and is immensely sharp...

...and utilizing the Imagine Blade Level 2, which becomes a solidified and sentient blade that can elongate at unsuspecting angles, cracking even Orichalcum.

...and later fuses it with his arm to form his Imagine Blade Level 3, granting him a solidified blade arm and a third arm of immense destructive power.

...and using his Imagine Blade Level Max, becoming a gigantic blade of light that can destroy anything, but when it shattered it caused him to be physically crippled.

Train Heartnet (Black Cat) forming a blade of ki with his Tao Gun to break Gyanza's sword.

Ichigo Kurosaki's Zangetsu (Bleach), like most Zanpakutō, has its powers and appearance dependent on the wielder's soul, its true form realized when he accepted his heritage.

Renji Abarai (Bleach) realizes his Bankai's true name, Sōō Zabimaru, and it transforms the blade into a weaponized armor of superior offense than his previous Bankai.

Kenpachi Zaraki (Bleach) managed to gain harmony with his Zanpakutō, Nozarashi, after he realizes his true strength, which allows him to gain its full potential and communicate with the spirit.

Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto (Bleach) wields the strongest known Zanpakutō in its Bankai form, Zanka no Tachi, a testament of his soul being the strongest within Soul Society.

Tier Harribel's Tiburón (Bleach) is an example of a how an Arrancar's Zanpakutō, which has a rather peculiar form for a sword, still bears a close resemblance to that of a Soul Reaper's.

Nnoitra Gilga's Santa Teresa (Bleach) is an example of how Arrancar's Zanpakutō differs with each individual's soul, more diverse in form than a Soul Reaper's.

Cirucci Sanderwicci's (Bleach) Ala Cortadola wings are composed of high-frequency spiritual blades that can cut through pillars with ease via vibrations.

Coyote Starrk (Bleach) converting his bandoliers into spiritual particles, which he then concentrates into dual swords named Colmillo.

Ulquiorra Cifer (Bleach) forming his Lanza del Relampago, a lance of spiritual energy that can easily cleave through targets or cause devastating explosions when thrown.

Uryū Ishida (Bleach) using the Seele Schneider, the only traditional Quincy weapon that possesses a blade, with vibrating spiritual particles that sever target particles and absorb them for self-empowerment.

Yhwach (Bleach) forming a gigantic sword out of spiritual particles that can cut through even the most durable opponents.

Quilge Opie (Bleach) creating a military saber out of spiritual particles, which can also produce protrusions to function as a bow.

Gerard Valkyrie (Bleach) wielding his Spirit Weapon, Hoffnung.

Gon Freecss (Hunter × Hunter) is able to channel his aura around his two fingers in order to create his Scissor blade.

Kurohime (Magic User Kurohime) wielding the Ultimate Sword, composed of the four Spirit Kings and can cut through absolutely anything.

Ryūgan (Naruto) flowing his chakra through the Garian Sword, transforming the jointed blade components into an ethereal chakra dragon.

Asuma Sarutobi (Naruto) using Flying Swallow to create a spiritual extended blade that is tremendously sharp.

Itachi Uchiha's Susanoo (Naruto) using the Sword of Totsuka, which can seal anything it pierces in an Absolute Illusion.

Chōjūrō (Naruto) utilizing Hiramekarei to form various chakra blades and weapons.

Madara Uchiha's Susanoo's (Naruto) Chakra Blades's, powerful blades capable of emitting a Slash Effect of chakra...

...his Final Susanoo's two spiritual katanas are capable of slicing through entire mountains...

...and using Evil Disturbance Waltz to equip his Susanoo's sword with Kurama/Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball to increase Cutting power.

Obito Uchiha (Naruto) forming the holy sword, Sword of Nunoboko, out of the Ten-Tails' chakra.

Sasuke Uchiha's Susanoo (Naruto) forming dual chakra swords, even one is strong enough to overpower the Sword of Nunoboko.

Kakashi Hatake's Susanoo (Naruto) forming Kamui Shuriken, throwing blades created from chakra that can warp the slashed targets to another dimension.

Shisui Uchiha's Susanoo (Naruto) wields a chakra drill-sword with its right hand.

Samurai (Naruto) specializes in coating their swords in chakra to create very sharp and versatile blades.

Toneri Ōtsutsuki (Naruto) focuses his Tenseigan Chakra Mode into one of his Truth-Seeking Balls and grasps it into his hand to create his Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, a giant golden sword made of pure chakra. The power of this blade is enough to completely cut the moon in half without slowing down.

Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom's (One Piece) bicorne hat Napoleon can transfer its own soul fragment into one of its retractable blades to become a deadly sword homie.

Brook (One Piece) infusing his soul energy into his Soul Solid, creating a spiritual blade of intense coldness.

Being an Angel, Stocking (Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt) can form her stockings into spiritual katanas, Stripes I & II. The blades are able to hurt any spiritual being, such as angels, demons and ghosts.

Herb (Ranma 1/2) using Hito Ryu-Zan Ha to create very sharp ki blades...

...he can also concentrate his ki into a sword on his arm.

Yoh Asakura (Shaman King) using Over Soul to combine Amidamaru with Harusame to create his O.S. Amidamaru...

...and by focusing the power of his Over Soul to increase the size of his spiritual blade to gigantic levels, creating his O.S. Spirit of Sword.

Gourry (Slayers) wielding the Gorun Nova, a blade of light created from willpower energy, allowing it to affect both physical and astral sides.

Kazuma Kuwabara (Yu Yu Hakusho) can form his Spirit Sword by channeling his Spirit Energy into his hands. He is quite versatile with the sword, able to to change its size and length, create two Spirit Swords, and even project in in the form of deadly shards....

...using the Trial Sword to enhance his control over his Spirit Sword, allows him to change its shape into a bending whip or flyswatter...

...and increasing the spirit energy in his Spirit Sword to transform it into the mighty Dimension Sword, which can cut through dimensional barriers.

Shishiwakamaru (Yu Yu Hakusho) wielding the Trial Sword, which mutated into the Banshee Shriek Sword due to his Demon Energy and contains various deadly spirit abilities.

Cartoons/Comics

Fright Knight (Danny Phantom) wields the Soul Shredder which sends those it cuts to a dimension where they experience their greatest fears.

After his sword was destroyed, Jack (IDW's Samurai Jack) completed the trials of the three gods to summon a new one from his own soul.

Video Games

Raziel (Legacy of Kain) wielding the Wraith Blade, a soul-consuming spiritual blade, and the spectral counterpart to the Soul Reaver.