Soul Ripper

Soul Ripper was a cousin of the Soul Scour that most essence cultivators had some foundation in using. Whereas Soul Scour tried to filter memories at rapid speed, Soul Ripper directly blew apart the soul's defenses and left it open for consumption.

Both techniques risked the destruction of the knowledge embedded in the soul, but Soul Scour usually made the soul dissipate entirely while Soul Ripper made the soul into consumable fragments and relied on the practitioner's ability to integrate the memories themselves.